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A day after more than a 100 people packed a Maryland State House committee room to share their views on legalizing marijuana, advocates for easing prohibitions on the drug said they feel momentum building in their favor.
"The floodgates for change are open now," said Sen. Jamie B. Raskin (D-Montgomery), who has sponsored a bill that would legalize marijuana and impose taxes and regulations on its distribution and use. "We have essentially vilified and criminalized our own people for doing something that our last three or four presidents have admitted to doing. That is a theme I heard yesterday."
But Raskin also cautioned that while he thinks there is a real possibility that the legislature might agree to reduce the criminal penalties for marijuana use, the chance of legalizing marijuana remains more remote.
Lawmakers have sponsored bills in the Maryland General Assembly that would rewrite nearly a century of laws and policies outlawing marijuana. Some want to address problems in the medical-marijuana bill that was passed last year so that patients and doctors can more easily access the drug. Others seek to decriminalize marijuana by treating possession of small amounts as something like a traffic ticket. Others, such as Raskin, would prefer to legalize marijuana, classifying it in the same way as alcohol.
On Tuesday, dozens of Marylanders joined the debate, often with highly emotional testimony that drew on their own experiences with the drug.
Results from an unscientific survey of Washington Post readers
College students, parents, police officers and others packed the Judicial Proceedings Committee hearing while others waited in the lobby, wearing green ribbons or cannabis leaf insignias as a show of support for Raskin's bill.
Many were supportive of legalization, and even more backed a measure — sponsored by Sens. Robert A. Zirkin (D-Baltimore County) and Allan H. Kittleman (R-Howard) — that would impose a noncriminal fine of up to $100 for possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana.
Several of those who testified admitted to having tried marijuana, though often also noting that they didn't find it to their liking. Some told of how an arrest for having a small amounts of pot had initiated a lifelong ordeal. Others appealed to libertarian sentiments.
Gregory Reina, 59, identified himself as a "taxpaying homeowner" who had been married 33 years, raised two sons and now, as a retiree, stayed active refereeing youth sports. He covered a host of reasons for why marijuana should at least be decriminalized, including his experience with a substance that he believes is less harmful than tobacco and alcohol.
"[Yet] if I wanted to get marijuana, I was terrified I may be shot and robbed. Eighty percent of the homicides in Baltimore city are drug-related," Reina said. He also scoffed at the notion that marijuana is a gateway to abuse of more dangerous drugs. That's only because it's illegal, he said: "After all, customers buying wine for dinner are not offered heroin."
Others argued that it was time to end a policy that brings the weight of the justice system down hardest on minorities.
Some of the strongest pushback came from law enforcement officers, including David Morris, the police chief in Riverdale Park. He told the panel that decriminalizing marijuana would send the wrong message to young people.
Annapolis Police Chief Michael A. Pristoop went awry, however, in citing an online news article that said 37 people in Colorado had died due to overdosing on marijuana on the day that state legalized the drug. The article was a hoax published by a satirical Web site — which Raskin pointed out to an embarrassed Pristoop in the middle of his testimony.
Late Tuesday, the chief apologized for the mistake.
"I believed the information I obtained was accurate, but I now know the story is nothing more than an urban legend," Pristoop said in a statement. "This does not take away from the other facts presented in opposition to legalization or the good work of the Maryland Chiefs and Maryland Sheriffs associations."
The state Senate passed a decriminalization bill last year that died in the House Judiciary Committee, which also became the burial ground for a House bill like Raskin's.
But marijuana advocates hope that this year will be different, especially because Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Anne Arundel) has set up a working group to find a way forward on marijuana legislation.
Busch has said, however, that Maryland would be wise to assess the implementation of new legalization laws in Colorado and Washington state before attempting to follow their lead.

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This is a really great place to take young kids. There is so much to do. I like that it offers both inside and outside activities, especially with the unpredictable weather in the Bay Area. I love the water feature outside with the pretend fish. The little girl I nanny loves to put the aprons on and she could play in the water all day. Their cafe is nice but really expensive. I like that they offer healthy choices but next time I will bring our own food.
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it's only suitable for toddler and younger kids, not good on real discovery for teens. In that sense, I recommend Exploratorium more.
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The review is an overall rating for our experience. The museum itself is actually pretty fun for kids. It's housed in different buildings and much of it is outside with a fantastic view of the Golden Gate Bridge. BRING YOUR OWN FOOD. I can't emphasize this enough. Don't be fooled by the organic café that's there. It's terrible. Really awful. DO NOT PLAN TO EAT AT THE BEAN SPROUTS CAFE. We waited for at least 30 minutes to order our food in a line that had only about 5 people in front of us. By the time we ordered, they were out of half of the menu. Their menu isn't really that big. The creative dishes that they advertise are all cute and kid-friendly, but they didn't have half of the things they advertised. Then….THEN after we ordered our over-priced organic food, we had to wait in the OTHER line. For AN HOUR to get our food. Yes, we could've left the museum, gone to a sit-down restaurant, ordered and eaten and returned to the museum quicker than it was to eat at the museum. AN HOUR after ordering, I sat there with my 3 hungry, cranky kids who patiently waited for their food. AN HOUR. The café was horribly under-staffed (there were 2 people preparing food, 1 person taking orders) This was 12:00 noon. On a Monday (holiday). RIDICULOUS. Not done complaining yet. When I finally got my food…it wasn't what I ordered! They RAN OUT OF the waffle batter they use to make most of their kid-foods. So, my kids who anticipated their grilled cheese on waffles, shaped like butterflies got plain grilled cheese on plain bread. I paid $6 for this. Each. 3 of them. THEN my sandwich…the adult one was served on the SAME KID BREAD. It was at least HALF the size that it was advertised to be. (My friend got the exact same sandwich that I ordered. Hers was on "big person" bread. It looked delicious. She was 1 person ahead of me in line and got her food 10 minutes before I did. Apparently because they RAN OUT OF EVERYTHING in between her order and mine.) I paid $8 for a kid-sized veggie sandwich with 3 mini carrot sticks. THREE. And I paid $2 for iced tea. Know what I got? Luke-warm tea without any ice cubes. That place is an absolute JOKE and I will copy/paste this review every place I get. DO NOT EAT AT THE BEAN SPROUTS CAFE. You've been warned.
Julio Gomez
Great time, recommend for tots!
Mehmet Fidanboylu
Great views of sf and Golden gate. Well thought kids play areas. My 5 and 2 year olds had a blast. Despite being much smaller than San Jose location, we did not manage to see everything in 4 hours. Will go back.
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Wild Bear
Sample of the modified "Bear Design", already on the running, without the text.
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Sample of the modified "Bear Design", already on the running, without the text.
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Sample of the modified "Bear Design", already on the running, without the text.
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Sample of the modified Bear Design (already on the running) without the text.
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I think the size on the original design is better. Great illustration!
Love the drawing! Love the colors too. Wish the bear had a splash of color or some sort of story line...
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Wish there was a splash of a third, more saturated color and some sort of story line (something in the bear's mouth, some sort of context clue, etc.)
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Thanks for the comments!
this one seems a bit unfocused because I modified it from the small versión, but the original artwork is giant, so it will be clear like on the right part.
I followed this from the voting link. I think your illustration is magnificent, very, very well done.
But as was said, it needs a concept. You said it was a reminder of freedom of wildlife before computers and cars. So the bear is roaring for... fun?
What if the bear was standing on a smashed laptop computer?
Maybe the bear as a constellation?
Maybe add some background?
You could also take it in a completely different direction and put something in front of the bear that he is about to eat or that he is blowing away with the blast of his roar.
I really like it! The colors are great.
Came across this while poking around on the net. Maybe ideas?
man, I love the illustration and the detail. But havent there been a little too many shirts about bears? check mine out if you have the time.
Amazing details! Wouldn't change a thing.
this is the greatest bear shirt ever
You are an incredible artist. I have to stick with comic style drawings rather than realistic ones. I am impressed!
Thank you very much for all this support and suggestions!! You are great!
I know that maybe the concept is not very strong here, and the bear has been made a thousends of times, I just wanted to draw..
If I can get more of the meaning, give it a new sense, as Francesca suggests, I'll upload a new version.
nice..... submit this!
check mine too
awesome...i like it very much
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awesome...submit it...
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wah great illustration. love the details!
really cool, guys dont ask people to vote on your stuff in critique blogs...
really cool, but i dont think it works for a T
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Peyton Hillis, last year's Madden cover boy, lands in Kansas City
Peyton Hillis' Madden Curse is apparently over, and he's moving on in its wake. A year after gracing the cover of the ubiquitous video game, the unrestricted-free-agent running back has agreed to move on from the Cleveland Browns to the Kansas City Chiefs, signing a one-year, $3 million deal on Wednesday.
Hillis, a seventh-round pick of the Denver Broncos in 2008, first showed flashed of greatness in his rookie season, when he led the team with just 343 yards in Mike Shanahan's last year with the franchise after a series of injuries made his presence necessary. Hillis' role was reduced in 2009 under new head coach Josh McDaniels, and he was involved in the worst personel decision McDaniels made during a history of them in Denver -- on March 14, 2010, McDaniels traded Hillis AND a sixth-round pick to the Browns for quarterback Brady Quinn.
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Hillis' first season in Cleveland made McDaniels look even sillier. While Quinn sat on the bench in Denver, Hillis gained 1,177 yards and scored 11 touchdowns on 270 carries. He was supposed to be the heart and soul of the Browns' offense going into 2010, but after the Madden cover (cue the spooky music), everything started to go wrong. First, Hillis missed one game with strep throat on the advice of his agent, leading some to wonder whether he really had any medical issues at all. He further alienated the Browns' faithful by no-showing to a children's charity event on Halloween, and by heading back to his home in Arkansas for his wedding when the team thought he was rehabbing an injury.
Things got weirder in November, when a group of Browns veterans sat Hillis down, intervention-style, and tried to help him regain his focus. As Yahoo!'s Mike Silver reported, nobody on the team could understand what Hillis' problem was, though contract issues seemed to be at the heart of his dissatisfaction.
"It's been a humbling experience," Hillis told Silver. "It's been a whirlwind coming from where I was to where I'm at now. I'm trying to grasp the whole situation and trying to deal with it. It's still a learning process and I'm trying to do the best I can."
In early March, it seemed that his focus might be moving away from football entirely, when ESPN's Adam Schefter reported that Hillis was wavering between football and a possible career in the CIA. In that article, Schefter insightfully pointed to the possible roots of Hillis' insecurities.
Hillis has felt defeated throughout his time in football, whether it was being benched at Arkansas in favor of Felix Jones and Darren McFadden, being traded away from the Denver Broncos, or being unable to procure the long-term deal he desired in Cleveland. It led him to tell Cleveland's coaches that he didn't know whether he wanted to play football anymore.
Hopefully, Hillis can put it all back together with the Chiefs. He's a talented back who can succeed in the right role ... as long as he understands what that role is. He'll be reunited with offensive coordinator Brian Daboll, who presided over his breakout season in Cleveland.
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50 Book Challenge 2016 Part Six(1000 Posts)
Thread six of the 50 Book Challenge for this year.
The challenge is to read fifty books (or more!) in 2016, though reading fifty isn't mandatory. Any type of book can count, it's not too late to join, and please try to let us all know your thoughts on what you've read.
The first thread of 2016 is here, second thread here, third thread here, fourth thread here and fifth thread here.
Place marking on new thread - thanks southeast!
(Note name changed from tumbletumble)
Thanks SouthEast.
Having a blissful soothing time reading the Shellseekers interspersed with The Turing book. Sitting on my terrace in the sunshine overlooking the banks of the Wye sipping a coffee and reading. It's paradise. Could stay here forever.
Thank you for the shiny new thread, Southeast
Thanks, South.
I've resorted to beginning a re-read of The Dark Tower, in desperation at having abandoned so many books recently. I'd planned to leave it until the weather was colder and nights were darker, but needs-must.
Thanks for the new thread South. A bit in between books at the moment -started Cote's epigenetics book but have a long train journey at the weekend so decided to save it for that. Kind of re-reading Naomi Novik's Uprooted, but not sure it's worth a second read, and then I've got Wolf Border by Sarah Hall from the library but not quite in the mood to start it.
Doing much better on audio- half way through Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson, and thoroughly enjoying it.
Sounds amazing, Best. Enjoy!
Book 94
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
The second in The Dark Tower series. I didn't bother with the first, because it's not a great read. This one, The Wolves of the Calla and the final one are my favourites. Like putting on a favourite old jumper and hunkering down with hot chocolate.
Posting my updating list to help me keep track, highlights in bold:
1. Untold Stories - Alan Bennett
2. Levels of Life - Julian Barnes
3. A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled - Ruby Wax
4. An Awfully Big Adventure - Beryl Bainbridge
5. Case Histories - Kate Atkinson
6. The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k - Sarah Knight
7. Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
8. The Good Liar - Nicholas Searle
9. Passenger 23 - Sebastian Fitzek
10. The Women Who Went to Bed for a Year - Sue Townsend
11. The Driver's Seat - Muriel Spark
12. The Widow - Fiona Barton
13. A Man Called Ove - Fredrik Backman
14. Nice Work (If You Can Get It) - Celia Imrie
15. Mothering Sunday - Graham Swift
16. This is Me - Michelle Collins
17. Behind the Scenes at the Museum - Kate Atkinson
18. Memoirs of a Professional Cad - George Sanders
19. Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh
20. Olivier - Philip Ziegler
21. Miss Lonelyhearts - Nathaniel West
22. Waist Disposal - Dr John Briffa
23. Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters
24. Not Working - Lisa Owens
25. Straight Up - Danny Dyer
26. Shop Girl - Mary Portas
27. Career of Evil - Robert Galbraith
28. The World According to Danny Dyer - Danny Dyer.
29. Man at the Helm - Nina Stibbe
30. Respectable - Lynsey Hanley
31. Gentlemen & Players - Joanne Harris
32. Love from Boy - Roald Dahl/Donald Sturrock
33. Luckiest Girl Alive - Jessica Knoll
34. Charlotte's Web - E.B White
35. The Muse - Jessie Burton
36. Out of Time - Miranda Sawyer
37. The Swimming Pool Library - Alan Hollinghurst
38. I See You - Claire Mackintosh
39. My Name is Lucy Barton - Elizabeth Strout
40. Peter O'Toole - Robert Sellers
41. On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan
79. The Witch's Vacuum Cleaner and other stories by Terry Pratchett
Short stories for young children - but enjoyable enough for adults too. As long as you bear in mind that they are quite silly. It includes an early tale of goblins which was one of the forebears of Truckers.
Bringing my list over:
43. One Shot (Jack Reacher #9) by Lee Child
42. HHhH by Laurent Binet
41. The Epigenetics Revolution: How Modern Biology is Rewriting our Understanding of Genetics, Disease and Inheritance by Nessa Carey
40. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
39. Guilty Minds by Joseph Finder
38. Nightfall by Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg
37. High-Opp by Frank Herbert
36. Under The Dome by Stephen King
35. The City & The City by China Mieville
34. Treatise On Harmony by Jean-Philippe Rameau
33. Echo Burning by Lee Child
32. Spy the Lie: Three Former CIA Officers Reveal Their Secrets to Uncloaking Deception by Philip Houston, Mike Floyd, Susan Carnicero, Don Tennant, Michael Floyd
31. The Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka
30. Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger
29. Half Way Home by Hugh Howey
28. Dark Fire by C. J. Sansom (Shardlake #2)
27. Reaching Down The Rabbit Hole: Extraordinary Journeys Into The Human Brain by Dr Allan Ropper
26. The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu (The Three-Body Problem #2)
25. Daughter of the Winds by Jo Bunt
24. Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
23. The Girl In The Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz
22. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
21. The Year of Living Danishly: Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country by Helen Russell
20. Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
19. Lord Of The Flies - William Golding
18. Mother Of Eden by Chris Beckett (Dark Eden #2)
17. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
16. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
15. The Time Machine by H G Wells
14. The Knife Of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
13. Hot Zone - The Chilling True Story of an Ebola Outbreak by Richard Preston
12. Dissolution by C. S. Sansom
11. Limitless (The Dark Fields) by Alan Glynn
10. High Heat by Lee Child
9. Authority by Jeff VanderMeer8. Rivers Of London by Ben Aaronovitch
7. Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep by David K. Randall
6. Ancillary Justice by Ann Beckie
5. Written In Fire by Marcus Sakey
4. The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain by James Fallon
3. The Day Of The Triffids by John Wyndham
2. Wolves by Simon Ings
1. Black Swan Green by David Mitchell
44. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
by Oliver Sacks
I loved this. It's a neurology book written 30 years ago so some of the "mysteries" might be solved by now, but they are utterly fascinating. It reminded me of Carl Sagan's Pulitzer-winner book Dragons of Eden, published in 1977 and talking about some fascinating stuff such as split-brain patients (with no communication between right and left brain hemispheres). I would definitely recommend this book.
Loved your 13 and 14 books cote what did you think of The Knife of never letting go? There are two more incredible books in that trilogy and I am jealous that you still have them to go!
Hot Zone was scary stuff too.
I haven't kept my list up but it's defo on track for fifty if not there. Wish I had kept a record now it would be so interesting to see it!
45. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium Trilogy #3)
by Stieg Larsson
I read this 7 years ago while breastfeeding newborn DS and was surprised to see that I remembered a grand total of zero about it Lisbeth Salander is in hospital for most of this book while her friends & enemies circle around each other outside. This is another great book by Stieg Larsson - his last, unfortunately. I really like the meticulous investigation in each of his books, and the feminism that seeps through every page.
Checkpoint - I loved Hot Zone, too but you won't like what I had to say about The Knife Of Never Letting Go. I've been reading sci-fi for a very long time and am a bit hard to please in this genre - sorry!
And I can't stand YA
Haha oh no! It's my fave book!
What about Oryx and Crake, you might like that trilogy, by Margaret Atwood. More grown up than Knife of thing but still pretty dystopian but more science fictiony!
You really didn't like it did you! I am reading a series your dd might like, it's called the Raven trilogy I think, first books is called the Raven Boys and it's quite gripping, not sure if you would like it though as it's pretty YA.
Have you read Watchers or Ghosthunters by Neil Spring, you might like them, based on truth but written as a fiction book.
Just checking in, thanks for new thread southeast. Will post my list and updates shortly, enjoying everyone's reviews.
Noooooooooooo, Cote. Don't read, Oryx and Crake. You'd absolutely hate it. I hated it too, but I'm pretty sure it's one we'd agree on!
I've been meaning to read The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat for about 20 years. Must get around to it. It's one I keep thinking I might have actually read years ago,but can't remember.
Sounds idyllic best I've wanted to go to the Wye valley since seeing it depicted in Shadowlands, reading your post don't know what's taken me so long!
It's beautiful. Must look up Shadowlands.
I'm a little embarrassed of my little list of read books compared to some of yours...getting back into reading (mostly in the bath in peace in the evenings!) alongside looking after an 8 month old!
So, here goes:
1) Our Song - Dani Atkins
2) When She Was Bad - Tammy Cohen
3) Blue Shoes and Happiness - Alexander McCall-Smith. Number 7 in the series, I love these books, they are my comfort read! An absolute pleasure!
4) Up Close and Personal - Leonie Fox. Set in a quiet village this follows the lives of three friends, each of them with relationship problems. Easy to read but a bit silly in parts. Average chick lit.
5) Eeny Meeny - M J Arlidge - finished this last night. Bit late to this series but finally got around to the first one. Amurderer who enjoys abducting pairs and giving them the choice of either living or dying by killing the other. I enjoyed it, I didn't make the connection as to the murderer (maybe a bit of baby brain!). I will read the next one in series.
best do - it's a lovely film, marvellous locations and acting and as it's about C.S Lewis great for book-lovers...but have tissues handy
tessiegirl I read 4 books in the year after I had dd (all in one week's holiday) so think you're doing just fine. She 2.8 now and I'm reading a lot more
Ohhhh, Shadowlands made me cry. Went to see it not long after my mother died. Probably not a good film to see if you're feeling a bit raw. But the scenery was stunning. I love the Golden Valley. DH and I used to go up there quite a bit before the DC came along. Hay is a favourite, and very special, place for us. We had our honeymoon there as well.
Can't believe we're heading into the final quarter of the year soon. Will be back with my list maybe tomorrow (busy day today). Thanks for starting up the new thread, Southeast
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Don't be embarrassed, Tessie. Even a few books is better than no books!
My list. I'm so disappointed with so many this year, and disappointed by how few stand out novels there are. I've probably started and abandoned another 30 or so too.
1.The Victorian Detective
3.Career of Evil
4.Bazaar of Bad Dreams
5.The Book of Strange New Things
6.Travel guide/history Germany
8.Sherlock Holmes & the Yule Tide Mystery
9.The Good Fairies of New York
10.The Great Railway Bazaar
11.The Daffodil Mystery
12.In the Land of White Death
13.The Victorian Workhouse
14.The Lie Tree
15.Sherlock Holmes: The Spirit Box
16.The English at the North Pole
17.Leaving Berlin
18.The Worst Journey in the World
19.Berlin – Rory Maclean
20.Clouds of Witness (Lord Peter Wimsey)
21.Dead Street
23.Max Carrados
24.The Osiris Ritual
25.The Holy Thief
26.The Janissary Tree
27.The Spy who Came in from the Cold
28.The Big Bow Mystery
29.How to be a Victorian
30.The Enchanted April
31.The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth
32.The Lady Vanishes
33.The Lady from Nowhere
34.The Green Mummy
35.Fool Moon
36.Hitchhikers' Guide series
40.A Very British Murder
41.Playing to the Gallery – Grayson Perry
42.Gone to Ground
43.Faust's Metropolis
44.Sad Cypress
45.The Secret Adversary
46.A Colder War
47.The Good German
48.All Creatures Great and Small
49.Stalin's Nose
50.The Ghosts of Berlin
51.The Lord God Made them All
52.Murder – British Crime Classic
53.A Spy Amongst Friends
54.Fear Stalks the Village
55.Berlin Now
56.My Man Jeeves
57.The Mysterious Affair at Styles
58.Just One Damned Thing After Another
59.The Ice Cold Heaven
60.A Man Lay Dead
61.Behold, Here's Poison
62.Lord of the Flies
63.Wolf of the Plains
64.Lords of the Bow
65.Lady Susan
66.Facing Up
67.The Midnight Swimmer
68.The Loney
69.Mary – Nabakov
70.I Capture the Castle
71.Lies We Tell Ourselves - would have been a stand out but I hated the ending
72.End of Watch
73.True Grit
74.Whose Body?
75.Jane Austen and Food
76.Bird Box
77.Until the Final Hour
78.Every Dead Thing
79.The Things They Carried
80.Into Darkness
81.Anatomy of a Soldier
82.A Woman in Berlin
83.All the Light we Cannot See
84.A Walk in the Woods
85.Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
86.Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
87.The Crossing of Antarctica
88.Destination Unknown – Agatha Christie
89.Ordeal by Innocence –Agatha Christie
90.The Other Side of Silence
91.Nazi Women
92.The Man in the High Castle
93.Revelations of a Lady Detective
94.The Drawing of the Three
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Letting go of the world
Do not waste a lot of time thinking or talking about the shortcomings or wrong actions of those in power. Their organization of the world has created your opportunity; all you get really comes to you because of them. Do not rage against corrupt politicians. If it were not for politicians we should fall into anarchy and your opportunity would be greatly lessened."
In order for me to focus on bringing money into my life, I really do have to let go of this obsession of mine to come back to politics. I drop it, then pick it up again, then drop it again... I've got to stop picking the damn thing up!
When your life is focused on the problems of those around you, then your life simply becomes filled with problems. When your life is focused on corrupt politicians and bureaucratic systems, then that's all that your life consists of.
When your life is focused on the joys you are currently experiencing, and the joys that exist in your mind that you want to experience, then that's all that your life will consist of.
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It's probably too late now, since you keep using the computer and writing to the hard drive but I would try it anyways:
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+ Should I pray for my sponsored child?
Absolutely—we not only desire your financial support; we highly value your prayer support as well.
+ How can I communicate with my sponsored child?
We encourage you to write letters. Whether your letter is composed with pencil and paper or electronically, via our sponsor web portal, our staff will translate letters between you and your sponsored child. Your sponsored child will respond to you in a handwritten letter (not via email). For more information about the HOH Sponsorship web portal, see below.
+ Will my child write to me?
Yes, your child will communicate with you through letters, drawings, etc. in addition to responding to letters you write to them. The more you write to your child, the more he/she will write back!
+ What other opportunities will I have to learn more about my sponsored child?
You will receive regular updates about your child and about our program through emails and newsletters. You can learn about where your child lives, read stories about the villages and children HOH serves, and see photos on our website – handfulsofhope.org
+ May I send gifts to my child?
It is only natural to want to shower your sponsored child with gifts. Our experience, however, has shown that it becomes problematic when one child receives a gift and another does not. To ensure that all our children are treated equally, it is our desire to provide a Christmas gift to every child in our program. We hope you will consider making a monetary gift to the Student Christmas Gift Fund. Please visit our website, click the Donate button, and designate your gift simply by adding a comment, "Student Christmas Gift Fund" in the comments field of the donation form.
+ Can we visit our child?
Visiting your child can be an exciting and encouraging experience for both you and your sponsored child. We greatly encourage it. You can join one of our mission trips and spend time with your child. See our website for more information about upcoming trips.
+ How does HOH ensure that my support actually benefits the child I sponsor?
We have competent staff who make sure our programs are operating effectively. There are strict financial accountability guidelines in place to ensure that funds are used appropriately.
+ Does all $35 go directly to my child?
Your donation will go into our Education Fund and your child will receive the services/benefits of the program through your contributions.
+ How do I use the HOH Sponsorship Web Portal?
To access the web portal
point your web browser to handfulsofhope.org/sponsorship
To sponsor a child
Browse through the photos of available students. You may use the filter options at the top of the screen to filter by gender, age, or grade level. For example, to view only females, age 5, or males in grade 4. To clear the filters, click "View All Child Sponsorship" to return to the full list of available students. Click on any one of the children's photos to view the child's profile.
Click the "Sponsor Now" button to begin your sponsorship. You will be required to fill out a form with your contact info, a user name and password (to access your account later), payment method, payment frequency (monthly, quarterly, yearly), and credit card number. Click the "Sponsor" button to complete the transaction.
To send a message to your sponsored child:
Click the "login" button and login to the web portal with your user id and password Click "send message" Type a subject line, and your message, and press the "send" button. Your message will be received by one of our field missionaries who will translate, if necessary, and deliver the message to your sponsored child. Your sponsored child will respond in a handwritten letter (not via email). Click "my account" to return to your Donor Account page.
To upload a file:
You may upload files, such as a family photo, to share with your sponsored child. Click the "login" button and login to the web portal with your user id and password Click "Upload file" Drag/drop the file into the window, or click inside the upload box and select the file from your file manager. Click "my account" to return to your Donor Account page.
To update your Donor Profile:
Click the "login" button and login to the web portal with your user id and password Click "Update Card" to update your credit card info. Click "Update My Info" to update your profile, including address, phone, email address and your password. Click "Submit" to save. Click "my account" to return to your Donor Account page.


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I've been teaching First Year Writing here at IUSB since 2012. Before that, I was a magazine editor for more than a decade. I love using my background working with writers to help my current students express their ideas in clear and compelling ways. When I'm not teaching, I am a freelance writer and my work appears regularly in such magazines as Real Simple, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and Parents. I have written about everything from my rent-a-chickens to fear of clowns, but my main beat is psychology, parenting, and wellness. In 2016, I was shocked in a good way to win a National Magazine Award for my writing.
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What Are Antidepressant Drugs?
Antidepressants are drugs that correct chemical imbalances in the brain and reduce the symptoms of depression. These imbalances to the chemicals in the brain can cause changes to a person's behavior and their mood.
Neurotransmitters in the brain have a critical role as they are the communication links between the nerve cells of the brain. When one nerve releases a neurotransmitter it is normally accepted by another nerve. If there is no acceptance then the originating nerves will be taken back in a process called "reuptake".
When it comes to depression, the prevalent neurotransmitters are dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin.
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Antidepressant drugs inhibit the reuptake of certain neurotransmitters and this leads to an increase in their levels around the nerves in the brain. A common example of antidepressant medication is the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) group of drugs that change the level of serotonin in the brain. Serotonin levels often determine mood. A body will produce serotonin naturally and the job of SSRI drugs is to increase the levels by blocking the reuptake of serotonin. A doctor may prescribe an SSRI for the treatment of panic attacks, depression, anxiety disorders or other personality problems. In severe cases of depression they seem to work better than in mild cases.
SSRI Lawsuits
A number of studies have suggested that side effects of antidepressant medications could include serious SSRI birth defects which will mean a lot of health problems for babies and younger children. There has been a link discovered between taking SSRI type anti depression medications and giving birth to babies with defects. These can include septal defects, spina bifida, cleft palate and persistant pulmonary hypertension in the babies. These have lead the to the rise in antidepressant lawsuits.
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SSRI Birth Defects
The links between antidepressants and birth defects are categorized as either cardiac or non cardiac and they include:
Cardiac Birth Defects
Hypoplastic Left Heart. This is where the baby's left side of the heart does not fully develop. This is very serious and can cause sudden death. In a lot of cases patients may need a number of surgical procedures or even a heart transplant to ensure survival as they get older.
Hypoplastic Right Heart. This is where the baby's right side of the heart does not fully develop. This is very serious and can cause sudden death. In a lot of cases patients may need a number of surgical procedures or even a heart transplant to ensure survival as they get older.
Septal Defect. This is an atrial and ventricular defect where a hole is developed in the wall of the baby's heart. This can lead to blood circulation not being sufficient which in turn stresses the heart by making it work harder to pump more blood. Open heart surgery is often required with this condition.
Tetrology Of Fallot. This has four components which are the dilated aorta that connects to the left and right ventricles, a ventricular septal defect, thickening of the right sided ventricle and a narrowing of the pulmonary valve. This may result in the blood not being properly oxygenated before it is circulated through the baby's body.
Non Cardiac Birth Defects
Club Foot. This is an abnormal development of the baby's blood vessels, muscles, bones and joints that results in one or both feet turning downward and inward which can cause sever problems with mobility in later life.
Spina Bifida. This is caused by the there is no closure of the spinal cord and the backbone and the spinal cord can protrude through the opening. The normal function of the protruded section of the cord is impaired which can lead to severe disabilities.
Cleft Palate. This is where separate parts of the skull that go to form the roof of the mouth do not join together as they should. This can lead to breathing, feeding and speech problems as the child grows.
Birth Injury Lawsuit
If you or a member of your family have taken SSRI antidepressant drugs during pregnancy and given birth to a baby that has been born with defects then you should contact birth defect attorneys that specialize in antidepressant lawsuits. Click here to contact a credible birth injury attorney who will be happy to review your case and advise on whether you have a good case.
It is imperative that you deal with competent birth injury lawyers as they have the experience and will be able to quickly ascertain if a case can be taken to court and compensation sought. So the next step is to click here and complete the form on the page and receive the right advice and guidance today.
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Release Notes: This release fixes a number of bugs: a missing : in the parameter name in HQL, an NPE after deleting entities, a syntax error on some versions of PostgreSQL, and models not being synchronized correctly when content was modified.
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Release Notes: Category bag heuristics have been tuned. Hibernate performance has been improved. Hibernate properties are always replaced in the installer. An authToken expiration thread is scheduled periodically. log4j logging is configured correctly. The default seems to be that isTraceEnabled() returns true while trace() does nothing.


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Discover the unspoiled nature of Swedish Lapland by canoe and hiking. Enjoy the scenery of a fantastic, overwhelming wilderness. Relax in the evening by a bonfire. Listen to the silence of the nature accompanied by the "midnight sun". The sun never goes down from end of May until end of July. Watch the animal life in the middle of "nowhere". This tour-hiking is made for small groups up to 6 persons but also for families with children ( age as from 6 years). You will be accompanied by certified outdoors guides. Accommodation in tents, small cottages without electricity and running water as well as traditional Swedish houses.
Period: 15 June - 30 Septembre: 7 days, 6 nights, 5 days multi-activity (canoe, hiking, fishing, walk with a husky, animal watch).Special requirements: a good physical condition and health, be able to swim and have a team spirit.
Day 1: Arrival in Vilhelmina in Lapland. Accommodation in double room. Dinner. During the dinner briefing about the activities.
Day 2: Breakfast.Transfer for the activity. Get the equipment for the canoe tour. Let´s paddle after a short introduction " what to do and not to do". Lunch in the middle of " nowhere " Of course there will be stop overs to take pictures. In the late afternoon arrival somewhere in the wilderness for the night in a teepee. Fishing. Enjoy a swim...Everybody helps to install the tent. Dinner prepared on a bonfire. We talk about the first canoe tour. Evening to listen to the silence of the wilderness of Swedish Lapland.
Day 3: Breakfast. Today we paddle back direction the beach. Outdoors lunch. Arrival in the late afternoon at our base camp. Everybody will help the guide to carry the canoes and the equipment on the shore. Dinner in a teepee. Transfer to the accommodation. Free evening.
Day 4: Breakfast. A two days hiking. Get the equipment and follow your guide. Pack your backpack and of we go. Outdoor lunch. After the lunch we continue the hiking. Arrival in the afternoon at the accommodation. A small cottage without electricity. Fishing during the day.Time also to take pictures. Dinner prepared on a camp fire. Free evening to enjoy the nature and the silence of Lapland.
Day 5: Breakfast. We pack our backpack. Hiking. Outdoors lunch.There will be a lot of opportunities to take pictures. May be to watch some wild animals or birds. Enjoy another day in the nature. Return to the base camp in the late afternoon. Dinner in a teepee.Transfer to the accommodation. Free evening.Day 6: Breakfast. Walk with a husky. Huskies are very friendly dogs. First you will help our mushers to feed the dogs.We spend the first part of the day in the kennel. Lunch. After the lunch walk with your new friend to a lake.At the lake you will have the possibility to swim with the husky. Return in the afternoon to the kennel. Dinner and transfer to the accommodation.Day 7: Breakfast and departure.
Price: 850 €/person. Minimum of 2 persons and a maximum of 6 persons.
Included: The transfer for the activity, accommodation as in the program full board, rent of the equipment for the activities (canoe, fishing rods, life jacket, tent, kitchen equipment), the services of professional certified outdoors guides.
Not included: The flight tickets to/from Vilhelmina via Stockholm-Arlanda: www.flysas.comStockholm-Vilhelmina: www.nextjet.se Travel/health/cancellations/luggage/repatriation insurances, a car rental, beverages, expenses for personal items and all other items not mentioned in the program.Alternative airport Umeå: www.flysas.com
Items not to forget: backpack, water tight bag for the canoe tour, sleeping bag, light mattress, light shoes, binoculars, light gloves, rain clothes, flash light, warm jumper, a hat, sunglasses, sun protection cream, personal pharmacy if necessary etc...


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Dry Coolers needed a website that was first and foremost easy to use. They knew the importance of a web presence to the future of their business, and wanted to make sure that the bulk of their product information was online and easily available to customers.
Researching the industrial cooling and heating world was a major part of our process. We didn't want to introduce functionality that would frustrate potential clients and turn them off, but we did want to give Dry Coolers a sleek and stylish website. Their customers still call to compliment the site. Get ready for 2.0!


text: Hal, I'll have to try this. You say that the roots appear in a few days. Do you mean that in less than a week I can take kiwi cuttings and have them rooted without a mister? I'll have to ask my friend that runs a kiwi nursery if he has tried this technique. He usually roots cuttings 6-8" long and his success rate is less than 50%. I wonder how this would work with roses? -Mark Lee, Seattle z8a -----Original Message----- From: nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Hal Love Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 8:35 PM To: 'North American Fruit Explorers' Subject: RE: [NAFEX] rooting kiwis? Dormant cuttings can be rooted with bottom heat if you keep the tops cold, but I have not had great success with it. The easiest and almost 100% successful method I use is leaf bud cuttings. I cut green to semi-green shoots, and then divide into one inch sections of stem with one bud with the petiole and leaf attached. Each cutting is dipped in rooting hormone and placed in potting soil in a seed starting tray. The stem and bud are placed about 1/2 to 1 inch deep, with the leaf sticking out. The trays are placed under a fluorescent light at room temperature. I leave the cover on until shoots just emerge, then remove the top for a few days before transplanting. Roots usually appear in just a few days, and shoots emerge in about two weeks. I have done this with cuttings taken at any time the plant is actively growing right up to just before the leaves drop in fall. I have done this with a number of species and all root easily except for the kolomiktas. Hal _______________________________________________ nafex mailing list nafex at lists.ibiblio.org **YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** All other messages are discarded. No exceptions. ---- To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex File attachments are NOT stripped by this list TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES! Please do not send binary files. Use plain text ONLY in emails! Message archives are here: http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/nafex NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/


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Still reeling from the suicide of his best friend Tess, seventeen-year old Brendan struggles to overcome his addiction and identity issues. Walking the ledge outside his Manhattan apartment has become its own sort of drug, as he stands night after night with his arms outstretched, ready to fly away. Sarah can see him from her window, and begins journaling about this boy she sees on the ledge. Paige and Nate, a young couple in another building, can see both teens from their fire escape. A strong desire for freedom resides in each of them, and as their lives intertwine, that desire will be tested. Anyone can jump, but not everyone can fly…
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"Letters from the Ledge is a wonderful, captivating novel. Lynda's skilled writing and compelling storytelling had me hooked from page one. The characters are real, honest and raw. I found myself identifying with their triumphs, pains, longings and fears. Letters from the Ledge will challenge you, change your way of looking at those around you, and ultimately leave you examining your own desire, your own need, to leap and to fly. I have and will recommend this book to friends of all ages!" - Danielle (reader, Amazon reviewer)
"If you are looking for a good read in the New Year, this blossoming author has provided it. It's fresh, real, captivating, romantic and yes, Edgy!
The back stories are raw and the language is authentic. The theory of six degrees of separation comes to life as a "ledge walker, window watcher and fire escape sitter" take to the night skies high above Midtown Manhattan. You will find yourself immersed in the lives of these characters, maybe even identifying with parts of them, making it easy to turn the page and nearly impossible to put down.
For me, it was a journey through the souls of these characters in self-discovery and healing. As the Dalai Lama put it, "We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves."
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He comes the God who is Father, Son and Spirit. He comes for he has promised to do so. He was there on the first day of creation, he will be there on the last. While coming at the hour he alone chooses, the God who is Father, Son and Spirit wishes that we call him,
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He comes for he has promised to do so.
He was there on the first day of creation,
he will be there on the last.
While coming at the hour he alone chooses,
the God who is Father, Son and Spirit
wishes that we call him,
that we desire him and keep waiting for him.
The Season of Advent is a privileged time for doing that,
to say and repeat with fervor: Come, Come to save us !
Come to enlighten us, uplift us, liberate us, comfort us !
Come ! Come ! at the hour that is yours,but Come ! We pray.
Jean-Yves Garneau, p.s.s. – Priest and Pastor, October 2011
18 December 2011
to your word
The Archangel Gabriel approached Mary with words from Heaven
"Hail Full of Grace,
the Lord is with you"!
Mary pondered Gabriel's greeting asking herself
"How can this be since
I am a virgin?
She, who is strengthened by the Lord, receives the grace to respond generously with the words
"Be it done unto me
according to your Word"
Do not be afraid to trust the Lord, and to give your own "fiat" as did Mary —whatever
you want O Lord!
n the Incarnation, the world
is changed forever:
God has come down,
God has dwelt among us!
The world waited for
the long-desired Messiah.
one in the Incarnation and Nativity of the God-man Jesus.
We celebrate his birth in the Sacred Mysteries we celebrate,
as we await his return in Glory!
Divo Barsotti
Mystic life and liturgical mystery
Despite his great sin,
David longed to build
a house for God
among his people
Yet no earthly
home can satisfy the Lord.
God did not come to us
in riches, with gold-filled
palaces but in humility
Peace means more than words; God's peace expresses perfect Blessedness.
Jesus, the Prince of Peace, heals and reconciles us, while returning us to that
Perfect peace first breathed upon the world by the Eternal Father in his perfect
act of Creation. Now we too can receive the comforting words of the Father:
"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you." (John 14:27)
how to say "yes" to the Lord, without counting the cost.
that animates humanity and because
it is your love that burns in our hearts.
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Sister Disciples of the Divine master
Canada 2011
to live in simplicity and that we might be convicted once again
of the dignity that each one possesses as
a child of God (see Alexander C, O.S.B.)
When we become more fully aware of this dignity,
then we will receive our New Born King in Peace, Joy and Love.
Our warmest greetings to all for a
Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Transition Services in Special Education: A Practical Approach provides teachers with a comprehensive and practical guide to helping their students as they prepare to leave the world of special education.
This book includes procedures, laws, school responsibilities, organizations, forms, legal requirements, parent's responsibilities, state and government agencies, and anything else that a would ever need to help ease them through this challenging and often confusing process.
Teachers working with children with special needs.


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The mission of Subcommittee #7 - Certification of Test Facilities is ultimately to improve the consistency
and quality of crash test methods and measurement results between test laboratories. As recommended to the
Federal Highway Administration, this mission quest requires crash test laboratories to become accredited by a
third-party accreditation organization conforming to the general requirements of ISO Guide 58. Also central
to this mission is the establishment of, and participation in, an interlaboratory collaboration and proficiency
test program between crash test laboratories. Proficiency testing is also an important component of third party
To access the sub-committee activities:
1. Go to ftp://mwrsf1.unl.edu
2. Enter the user name "AASHTO" and password mwrsf2014
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Noose tightens around Orissa mine looters
It's all thanks to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Orissa, else the mining scam would have remained 'under-mined' for another five years. But what they have uncovered so far is just the 'tip of an iceberg', and that makes just half the story. However, it was enough of a shocker for many and an unwanted dampener for the party in power after a thunderous victory in the recent polls. The scam would surely prove to be the toughest test for Naveen Patnaik's much talked about 'transparency' mantra.
The news about the Centre's 'partial' willingness to seek approval of the Orissa High Court for instituting a CBI inquiry into the multi-crore mining scam in the state, if it comes, can make the whole thing murkier for the rulers' community in Orissa. The miners so far seem to be working overtime to avoid a CBI inquiry into the issue. Let alone the party in power, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), even the main opposition, the Congress, which should have taken up the issue like a walk-over opportunity to nail down Naveen Sarkar, has so far maintained a silence that is indeed astonishing. Had it happened in any other state of the Indian polity, the scam could have become the waterloo for the party in power. The reason behind Congress' soft-pedalling the issue, is not difficult to understand.
There is a frenzied tussle between a section of the media in Orissa and the political as well as the executive class. While one is showing the mirror, the other is turning its face the other way, rather brazenly. One after the other disclosures of the case studies of the mineral thefts, considered to be the biggest ever loot of public property in the country, were viewed by the government as a piece of mere bad news, like any other trivial irregularity. The issue neither found the place of priority that it deserved nor Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who vouches for transparency, showed any serious concern for the loot of mineral wealth of such staggering magnitude from an unfortunate state like Orissa that still wears the tag of being the 'poorest'.
Nothing could be more glaring than an admission of the embezzlement in the state. In its follow-up action, the government suspended mining activity in 128 mines and cancelled 482 trading licences for acts of irregularities following vigilance raids. Some foot soldiers in the looters' brigade were either interrogated or arrested under bailable sections. A few are in jail and many more are absconding, while the majority are patiently watching. The state government recently sent an Enforcement Squad to Keonjhar only to be hounded out by the mafia, reportedly of Jharkhand origin. Thanks to the clout enjoyed by outside perpetrators of the mega pilferage under the present dispensation, Jharkhand based miners are stated to be big players in Orissa mining.
The state recently constituted a three-member inquiry team to find out how much mining was going on as per law. Ironically, the team included a Divisional Forest Officer, who is already in the vigilance net for his alleged role in illegal mining! The officer in question, PR Karat, was in fact heading the Forest Division in Keonjhar, the largest mining hub which has now become the largest grazing ground for the looters. Interestingly, Karat's predecessor, Bikram Singh too was fighting criminal cases filed against him by the vigilance department on similar charges. That shows sincerity.
However, as it appears, and going by what the sleuths in the vigilance department confided, they were only the minions in the school of whales. The legal complications apart, the vigilance department may not have the freedom to swoop on the big thugs. Also, the present government seems to have a penchant for shielding the guilty and dispatching them from that post to somewhere else with a promotion, which is already in the waiting. But this time, the pitch seems to be having so many bounces for the offenders to escape body blows.
<b>Hush-up bids</b>
The mineral loot involving an annual illegal transportation of the precious ores worth Rs 7,000 crore (as alleged by a petitioner in his PIL filed in the Supreme Court) has been going on for many years, in which many politicians, including the ruling party, are suspected to be involved. It has not only become the cause for colossal revenue loss but also an indiscriminate depletion of forest cover at Keonjhar and other areas. So, it should not be surprising to know that there is a maniacal pursuit by political leaders from different parties to seal the door for a CBI probe. Confiding to this author an official from the vigilance department rued that the loot 'is of enormous magnitude and in the last 15 years the state must have suffered a loss of mineral wealth worth few lakh crores of rupees'.
A PIL filed by a journalist, Rabi Das, from Bhubaneswar, has been admitted by the apex court and the Orissa High Court is already hearing another PIL seeking a probe into the issue by the CBI. The apex court, on hearing the petition of Das, has already sent its Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to look into the illegal mining. The next date of hearing is December 17, which has given a breather to the state government for at least a few weeks.
The winter session of the Orissa Assembly has started and the pressure on Naveen Patnaik government is visible. The Centre, which had so far maintained a surprising silence on the issue, seems to have woken up to the exigency and expressed its willingness to engage the CBI if the Orissa High Court so desires. But, an unfazed Naveen dispensation underscored the impartiality of a probe by the state vigilance and said 'no' to a CBI inquiry.
Going by the CEC's observation, the scenario in the mines is just like a 'can of worms' and it was at the behest of the CEC that the order for the closure of 125 mines was issued. The situation, in fact, is very piquant and all the players in this 'game of collective loot' have gone on the defensive. The brazenness with which the politicians from the ruling party tend to underplay the seriousness of the issue, only smacks of a suicidal ferocity that one takes resort to during undefendable eventualities. As it appears, it is now a battle between politicians (not one party) and the seekers of justice. And the noose seems to be tightening around the neck of the politicians. Only three percent of the lease holders or mine owners in Orissa's 600 mines are from the state.
Visibly panicked by the legal repercussions the state government has sought the cooperation of the Jharkhand government to curb illegal mining of ores. It has yet again constituted its own Enforcement Squad to duck any further legal salvoes. The imperious heat of denials has reduced and the latest chatter on the political gravepine is that there is a series of whisper conclaves in and around to somehow protect the 'moral territory' from being invaded by exposures.


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This final note today. Organized labor has been in trouble in this country for a while now. Union membership is down, their political influence is in question. But the Teamsters Local in Oakland, Calif. has 40 new members. The Wall Street Journal reported today that employees at a pot-growing company signed union cards last month. That's pot as in marijuana, the medical kind, which is legal out here.
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