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Futuristic Super-Trees To Soon Light Up Singapore's Marina Bay
Beginning June 29th, visitors to Singapore will be able to add one more attraction to their already long list of things to see - The 133-acre Bay South Garden. Located in the city's swanky Marina Bay, the eco-park is the first of three attractions under the Garden by the Bay project, a 250-acre (the size of 190 football fields) green initiative embarked on by Singapore's government in 2006.
While it promises many wonderful attractions, the most anticipated one is the Gold and Silver Gardens - A series of the 18 gigantic super-trees that were inspired by the tallest and most dominant rainforest trees.
While made from metal, the trees that range from 80-164 feet in height, are as eco-friendly as their greener counterparts. Their large canopies do not only collect rain water, but also, absorb heat and provide shade, helping the over 200,000 species of flowers and ferns planted around and below them, flourish. Thanks to their built-in photovoltaic solar cells that capture the sun's energy, they also provide enough green energy to power the park lights and water pumps.
Even better is the fact the some of the giant trees are linked together to form a 420-foot long skywalk, enabling visitors to stroll around and enjoy the view from the top. For those that wish to linger a little longer, there is even a restaurant!
Besides these gorgeous 'trees', the Bay South Garden is also home to The Flower Dome, a giant conservatory filled with some of the world's most exotic flower species, The Dragonfly Lake that is filled with various species of fish and plants and many other eco-friendly attractions.
Home to over 5 million residents, Singapore boasts of one of the highest population densities in the world. While beautiful, the popular tourist destination is largely an urban sprawl - Something, the government is now trying to change with this $700 million USD initiative. Their mission is to transform Singapore from a 'City Garden' to a City In A Garden'. If the other two green initiatives are as cool, we have no doubt they will succeed.
Resources: digitaltrends.com, gardenbythebay.org.sg
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Sutter's Landing will not be the future site for the Sacramento Zoo.
That determination was made during a City Council workshop Tuesday afternoon. The workshop was called so the council members could be brought up to date on the current status of the zoo – currently located on 14 acres in Land Park – and where it will be in the next 40 years.
The workshop was called by Councilman Rob Fong following a feasibility study released last July.
For now, the council has decided to keep the zoo in Land Park.
"I think it's pretty obvious that we're not going to be looking at putting the zoo anywhere else in the short term," Fong said, adding that the "short term" means anywhere in the next 20 years.
Zoo officials addressed the council, saying that the zoo will only remain sustainable for the next 20 years unless the zoo is relocated or changes the scope of its programs.
That change could be anything from a new site to an expansion into William Land Park or a different scope of programs at the current site.
A previous idea of moving the zoo to Sutter's Landing – atop a former landfill – by the Sacramento Zoological Society Long Range Planning Committee is too costly to be feasible, according to staff.
The Sacramento Zoo has been known for its large animals, said Mary Healy, executive director of the Zoological Society. She added that some of the most popular larger animals – including elephants, bears and a hippopotamus – are no longer at the zoo.
Some of the animals were moved to make space for giraffes, and the hippopotamus died.
"With 14 acres, we'll never be getting some of those animals back," she said, adding that a 14-acre zoo would need to feature smaller animals, but with better, more involved experiences for visitors.
By contrast, Oakland's zoo is about 45 acres.
One example of a more involved experience is the zoo's current program that allows supervised feeding of Giraffes, which Healy said is very popular.
Council members agreed that keeping the zoo in Sacramento is important to the city, as it is a regional attraction that draws approximately 500,000 visitors each year from more than 20 countries.
"I would hate to see the zoo leave this area," said Councilwoman Sandy Sheedy. "It is a quaint urban zoo, and we want to make it bigger, and we want to make it better."
Any plan to make the zoo bigger or better still needs to be determined, and numerous concerns and problems will crop up in any proposal.
Building an all-new zoo at another site would be costly, keeping the zoo in its current location might not be big enough going into the future, and expanding the current site might strain traffic and parking in Land Park, a spot resident and Land Park Volunteer Corps President Craig Powell said is already maxed-out for dealing with traffic.
"Broad popularity comes with its own set of impacts: heavy traffic and congestion, particularly on weekends and holidays, severely limited parking and major competition for space among park users," Powell wrote in a letter to City Council.
Parking is one of the Zoological Society's top concerns after visitor safety, and ensuring there is enough public access to the zoo is a priority as well.
After the two-hour meeting, the City Council directed city staff and zoo officials to come up with a plan for what is required for the next 20 years in the current Land Park site.
"If that doesn't work, or if there's controversy, it might accelerate looking at other options in the longer term," said Councilman Steve Cohn.
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Holding an 11-point lead, Northern Illinois University appeared to be in the driver's seat looking to end Eastern Michigan University's season Wednesday night.
After being at the bad end of a 14-1 run, Eastern Michigan University saw its 20-point lead over Kent State University melt to seven with 5:05 to play.
Glenn Bryant III came off the bench and led Eastern Michigan University for the second straight game Wednesday night. After leading the Eagles with 14 points in Saturday's loss to Ohio University, the redshirt senior forward checked in 5:50 into the first half to begin his career-high 26-point game. "I feel like I had a pretty good game against (Ohio) and I just wanted to bounce back and help my team get a win [tonight]," Bryant III said. His performance propelled the Eagles 69-57 win over Bowling Green State University at the Convocation Center, ending the team's two-game losing skid and bumping them up to second in the Mid-American Conference West Division at 4-3 (12-8 overall). "Glenn came in with a certain level of focus tonight— with a certain level of energy— and the rest of our team fed off of it," EMU coach Rob Murphy said.
With 7.2 seconds left, Anthony Strickland grabbed a rebound after Karrington Ward's missed free-throw that would have pulled Eastern Michigan University within a point. He dribbled, trying to regain control near the out-of-bounds line.
An up and down week for the Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team concluded with a win and two losses in Mid-American Conference play.
In February 2013, Cha Sweeney was cutting down the nets after winning a second-straight league championship with Toledo Rogers High School.
Scoring 56 points Wednesday night in front of 1,205 at the Stroh Center, it was the second-lowest point total through 14 games for Eastern Michigan University. Yet it was enough to top Bowling Green State University in the teams' Mid-American Conference opener, 56-51. "It's always good to win, especially when you don't play exceptionally well," EMU coach Rob Murphy said.
The Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team is putting its perfect home record on the line Thursday when Ball State University comes to town. Tip-off at the Convocation Center is set for 7 p.m.
Over winter break, the Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team went 4-0 improving its mark to 11-1 and 1-0 in the Mid-American Conference.
Coming off consecutive losses to top-10 ranked teams at Duke and Syracuse, Eastern Michigan University returned to the Convocation Center Saturday seeking a win in its final non-conference game of the regular season. Shooting 59.6 percent from the field and outrebounding Rochester College 43-25, the Eagles splashed a 38-point win over the Warriors, 92-54. "To end the non-conference schedule with a convincing win is good," EMU coach Rob Murphy said.
Guards Raven Lee and Mike Talley led the Eastern Michigan University offense in the second half to snap the team's three-game losing skid Tuesday night.
Various topics addressed by the community surfaced in the Eastern Michigan University Athletics Forum that took place in Pray-Harrold Thursday night.
The Eastern Michigan University football team's 18th consecutive season without a winning record kept the bad taste in the fans' mouths.
Eastern Michigan University's 65 total yards was 495 short of Bowling Green State University's total on Saturday. Only four of those yards came from the Eagles' passing game in a 58-7 loss to BGSU on Senior Day at Rynearson Stadium. "We tried about everything we had," interim coach Stan Parrish said.
For Eastern Michigan University, stringing wins together has been a challenge over the past two seasons. The last time the team won back-to-back games was in 2011, over Central Michigan University and Western Michigan University.
The bye week couldn't have come at a better time for EMU. The past four weeks have been a wild ride for the football team here at Eastern Michigan University.
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Eastern Michigan University Vice President/Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Heather Lyke announced Friday that head coach Ron English has been relieved of his duties effective immediately. Lyke issued a further statement through EMU Athletics early Saturday afternoon on the decision to relieve English from coaching duties: "I received a tape of a situation in which Coach English had addressed the team and used wholly inappropriate language. We hold our coaches and staff to high standards of professionalism and conduct and there is no place, particularly in a student environment, where this language is appropriate. The statements made by Coach English are absolutely unacceptable. My decision to make a change in leadership of our football program was the culmination of a lot of factors including the comprehensive review of our program, the competitive performance and this tape. Our primary interest is in the well being and success of our student-athletes and this will continue to be our priority in every decision we make and every action we take. My focus moving forward is on the quality of our student-athletes' experience as well as the search process for the next leader of our football program."
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Much of the talk about what Republicans will do, now that they have a majority in the U.S. House, has focused on policy. Policy is important. But there is another element to what angered the public about their elected leaders over the past two years: How elected officials go about making policy.
If there's any justice in the world, the line "We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it" will be carved on Nancy Pelosi's tombstone one day. That quotation came to symbolize everything the public disliked about the way Washington works. By that point, even some Americans who agreed with the basic premise of ObamaCare had become exasperated with — and therefore suspicious of — the way Democrats were ramming it through Congress.
So, it matters that the presumptive new speaker of the House, John Boehner, addressed the process of government in (what I believe to be) his first published op-ed since the election. It's in today's Wall Street Journal, and here is the relevant section:
[T]here are several steps I believe the next speaker should be prepared to take immediately. Among them:
• No earmarks. Earmarks have become a symbol of a broken Washington, and an entire lobbying industry has been created around them. The speaker of the House shouldn't use the power of the office to raid the federal Treasury for pork-barrel projects. To the contrary, the speaker should be an advocate for ending the current earmark process, and should adhere to a personal no-earmarks policy that stands as an example for all members of Congress to follow.
I have maintained a no-earmarks policy throughout my time of service in Congress. I believe the House must adopt a moratorium on all earmarks as a signal of our commitment to ending business as usual in the spending process.
• Let Americans read bills before they are brought to a vote. The speaker of the House should not allow any bill to come to a vote that has not been posted publicly online for at least three days. Members of Congress and the American people must have the opportunity to read it.
Similarly, the speaker should insist that every bill include a clause citing where in the Constitution Congress is given the power to pass it. Bills that can't pass this test shouldn't get a vote. House Republicans' new governing agenda, "A Pledge to America," calls for the speaker to implement such reforms immediately.
• No more "comprehensive" bills. The next speaker should put an end to so-called comprehensive bills with thousands of pages of legislative text that make it easy to hide spending projects and job-killing policies. President Obama's massive "stimulus" and health-care bills, written behind closed doors with minimal public scrutiny, were the last straw for many Americans. The American people are not well-served by "comprehensive," and they are rightly suspicious of the adjective.
• No more bills written behind closed doors in the speaker's office. Bills should be written by legislators in committee in plain public view. Issues should be advanced one at a time, and the speaker should place an emphasis on smaller, more focused legislation that is properly scrutinized, constitutionally sound, and consistent with Americans' demand for a less-costly, less-intrusive government.
The policy will come later, but that's an area where the GOP won't be able to call all the shots for the next two years. If — if — Boehner and his caucus can implement these rules on themselves, they will have taken one step toward regaining public trust in Congress.
November 5th, 2010
9:57 am
Sounds good on the surface, but looks like a good way to get nothing done. Like today's cartoon again. I guess the t-reps know their place by now.
November 5th, 2010
10:00 am
who cares? how is this going to create jobs?
November 5th, 2010
10:01 am
That's right they don't know how to create jobs or what they want to do except to reverse everything that has been done the last two years.
November 5th, 2010
10:03 am
will give him credit if he can pull off the earmark thing. It is and has long been an abomination.
The Constitution bit is window dressing:
The Constitution states:
To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
That is carte blanche if you can get the President to sign it and it does not impinge on a right.
November 5th, 2010
10:11 am
Yeah, cry me a river is the way to go…
November 5th, 2010
10:14 am
Good ideas but we've heard this before, from both parties. I'll believe it when I see it.
November 5th, 2010
10:31 am
Funniest thing I've read in years.
Given John Boehner's record (passing out tobacco lobbyists checks on the house floor, etc.) this is just a bunch of pablum for the gullible right-wingers to swallow.
Like McConnell in the Senate, the only thing that matters to Boehner is beating Obama in 2012. No compromise, no way. He has a nice cushy job, great health-care and plenty of under the table perks from lobbyists. If you think Boehner or Pelosi or Reid) give a rodent's hind-quarter about ordinary americans you are mistaken. They only care about political power and how that can help them and their lobbyist friends. The Tea-Party just handed the keys of the House of Representatives to a remarkable corrupt, self-serving politician. If you like gridlock and partisan bickering, you'll love the next two years.
November 5th, 2010
10:33 am
Perhaps, however, the Reps are aware the TParty will be running more candidates come 2012. That may be somewhat of a motivator. In fact, over the next decade I would hope the TParty conquers the Reps party from within.
November 5th, 2010
10:39 am
Transparency, no earmarks, etc., is what they're saying. The real proof will be in they actually do
November 5th, 2010
10:39 am
Sounds good. I know the Demwits didn't learn anything from the last elections, but hopefully the Rebublicans figured out that you need to do what you say or you'll be replaced.
November 5th, 2010
10:43 am
As many conservatives have been saying from the beginning of this late unpleasantness, it is not the government's role to create jobs. It should be the governments role to eliminate those conditions which hinder job growth, but it has never been their role to create jobs.
I think it is very possible we will see job growth very soon as consumers and companies begin to feel more confident that there is a portion of the government which is not openly antagonistic toward them.
There is an old quote, "don't just do something, stand there". This may be the best advice right now.
November 5th, 2010
10:45 am
Progressives are sore losers. Their Champion, Obama, does not get it and neither do they. Tuesday's election sent a clear message the whole world understands with the exception of Obama and his rabbid supporters. Obama continues to give inconsistent excuses avoiding the facts. Hello Barry, it's your policies, stupid! And, Progressives make a mistake when not recognizing the resolve of Conservatives to stop Obama and repeal the harm he has done. That process has started and all they can do is spout that Republican leaders won't do what they state. And, they claim to be the smart ones!
November 5th, 2010
10:46 am
The proof of the pudding is what is on the inside. We will just have to keep sipping our tea and see how things are going to be adjusted and anti-Pelosized.
November 5th, 2010
10:48 am
Sounds like a recipe for California style proposition voting. Sometimes a comprehensive bill is needed for the big issues. After that use reconciliation to tinker around the edges. The problem is no one drafts a good comprehensive bill due to competing ideologies.
The tea party is going to have to show that it can govern. There are real political consequences to cutting popular spending so we'll see what happens since the new tea party congressmen don't run any committees.
November 5th, 2010
10:48 am
I like it. Now the business of creating jobs can fall onto the public sector–where it belongs.
November 5th, 2010
10:49 am
opps I meant the private sector.
November 5th, 2010
10:51 am
It is not the private sector's role to create jobs….it is to turn a profit for its shareholders PERIOD
They are not entitled to keep unemployment below 5%….it is a reality that everyone is going to have to wake up to one of these days
November 5th, 2010
11:04 am
they will be the same republicans they have been for 30 years. all this election will do is make nothing happen for 2 years except fighting, hatred and put downs of the other side. then in 2 years we will get another republican president and he will do the same things as the last 3 we've had and the country will be in extremely bad shape in 2016. will we get it then? probably not. the dems are bad and they aren't the answer, the republicans are worse and we should not be letting the fox run the hen house again. and creating a radically dumb and mean political party like the tea party won't help America then either. when will people start trying to work together again for the best benefit for everyone and our country? or that's right, we can't work together, because that's socialism and that's bad. all we can do is tear the other side down with character assassination just so the side we support can win even if just by getting 51% of the vote. when we all have noticed that winning at any cost is not really winning at all but quite the opposite. we should be trying to win by 75% at least. trying to make the best decision no matter what the issue is.
remember this: since employers will eventually weasel out of more and more benefits for their employees saying ignorant and insensitive things like 'your paycheck is your benefits', no employer will eventually offer healthcare. and most Americans won't be able to afford it. so most Americans won't have any healthcare at all. we will someday have national healthcare paid for by the taxpayers. there will be no way around it. but it will be the republican party that pushes it. they will say they are doing it for families and the little children and they will call it something like ' the American Patriotic Family Wellness Act' and all the conservatives will love it and support it. this is coming, maybe ten years. but when the majority of this country doesn't have healthcare and sickness and death is a really big problem in a so-called 'great' country something will have to be done. and why not, it is a matter of national security to have a healthy populace. it certainly isn't a good way to defend your country by having your citizens mostly in poor health. not a good way to try and stop another country from defeated you.
we need healthcare for all. and we can fund it by not funding others countries.
one thing I have noticed recently is all the people with bad teeth that need work.
I have never seen so such a high percentage of people in this country that need dental work. they can't afford it. and these are good people that work hard and many of them are veterans. the situation is getting worse. something should be done.
we need a government because the option is not good.
and every government has socialism in it. everytime you have two or more people working together for a common goal you have socialism and it's not all bad automatically.
why don't you support the troops? I do! but isn't a standing army a form of socialism, sure is punkin.
we need to start working together and stop using hate and ignorance to hide behind.
this country deserves better.
November 5th, 2010
11:12 am
I wasn't a Socialist you morons. I was a dictator plain and simple. sure we called ourselve's Socialists but that was just to trick people.
bad people rarely call themselve's what they really are or what their motives really are. silly!
remember the People's Democratic Republic of North Vitenam?
or maybe the People's Democratic Republic of China.
or how about the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (weren't they really Communists?)
just like when someone calls themselve's a Patriot when they know what they are doing is hurting the United States.
November 5th, 2010
11:12 am
The news media announced that the Reps. replaced 60 Dems. in the House of Representatives.
The Dems. announced that they had created 60 new jobs & saved 375 jobs in the House.
November 5th, 2010
11:34 am
Will Rogers once said, "If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven."
November 5th, 2010
11:41 am
Hey Kyle,
My most recent rant is out there in cyberspace somewhere. It goes without saying that you won't like it (I said it anyway), but will you track it down and throw it up anyway?
Thanks again.
November 5th, 2010
11:55 am
When Obama get to India he should STAY in India.
November 5th, 2010
12:13 pm
A promising start, literally; if the promises are kept, it will be an improvement over the way the House conducted business for the past eight years. I still have grave doubts about the wisdom of leaving Jerry Lewis in charge of appropriations.
November 5th, 2010
12:28 pm
Wow! Nancy Pelosi invented earmarks, vague language in bills and closed-door policy making. She's been a VERY busy woman. Thanks God none of this happened from 2000-2006, or someone would be tempted to call John Boehner a lying sack of GOP-oop.
Kyle: if you want to build some credibility yourself, remember this post and reflect on it next spring. A line-by-line comparison of what Boehner says today versus what he actually does will reveal how honest he was in this editorial. And if you continue to give him a pass after that, you will forfeit any right or expectation to be taken as a journalist.
By virtue of taking him seriously now, you're already off to a bad start…
November 5th, 2010
1:03 pm
Tyler – ya beat me to it.
In 2 years when we are all voting again I would like to see how much of this has happened.
When these promises aren't kept, I will expect those that threw out the policticans this year because they were angry with the way the gov't was running, will be even angier, and will again vote for change.
November 5th, 2010
1:16 pm
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November 5th, 2010
1:21 pm
J-Bo has been in Congress for 20 years . He is a major part of THE problem—– Now he has the solution ? A Palin / J-Bo ticket for president and vice president is just the medicine our country needs for "real" Americans to feel good about this country again. You guys are going to Hell.
November 5th, 2010
1:22 pm
And the band played on as the Titanic sank.
November 5th, 2010
1:39 pm
Post Attempt #3 (condensed)
"even some Americans who agreed with the basic premise of ObamaCare had become exasperated with — and therefore suspicious of — the way Democrats were ramming it through Congress."
"Double Standard Kyle" strikes again.
Both of Bush's major tax cuts were "rammed through Congress" or, more specifically, passed in the Senate via reconciliation. No doubt, Kyle is ready with a rationalization explaining why reconciliation is acceptable when Republicans use it and tyranny when the Dems use it.
On a similar subject and responding to Kyle's midnight comment in the previous thread, he clearly doesn't know what gerrymandering means: "to divide (a territorial unit) into election districts to give one political party an electoral majority in a large number of districts while concentrating the voting strength of the opposition in as few districts as possible." He criticizes it when Democrats do it and rationalizes it as a noncontroversial fact of life when the Republicans do it.
Responding to the Kyle's falsehood that Obama and Dems didn't try to work with the GOP in this Congress, Obama offered and implemented many compromises to Republicans in the last couple of years (e.g., allowed the public option to die), despite mandates for the proposals that he and Democrats ran on. In addition, just the other day, Obama told the nation that he's willing to extend the Bush tax cuts for the top two rates for two years (with no proposals whatsoever on how to cut spending to account for the lost revenue arising out of such an extension). Once again, this angered his base (including me), and it's also a reversal of a campaign promise that helped get him elected. Republicans, pretending that Dems were not elected to the White House and the Senate majority, said no.
Consistent with Kyle's double standards regarding reconciliation and gerrymandering, he believes that Democrats with large majorities should have reached out to Republicans more (defined as giving Republicans everything they want without getting anything in return), but House Republicans now have no obligation to do the same with Dems still in the White House and still in control of one House of Congress.
Seriously, the double standards expressed with impunity by Kyle (and the corporate media in general) are seemingly endless.
November 5th, 2010
1:41 pm
I've made three attempts to post my rant with no luck. I know it's not a word count issue, because the post at 11:04 is bigger. There's no vulgarity. There was only one link. What gives?
November 5th, 2010
1:50 pm
seems to me, if you eliminate earmarks, there's no reason for Americans to "read bills" before Congress votes. Obamacare is pork, Iraq and AfPak are pork. Section 8 is pork, TARP is pork, the stimulus bill is pork, etc., etc. I have a better idea; let the country run and only draft bills when you want to amend the Constitution, which is never.
November 5th, 2010
2:20 pm
I would agree with some others that the requirement to quote a clause from the Constitution is just plain silly. There is a large pack of ravenous wolves reading every bill passed and signed into law to see if it is "constitutional" – lawyers. If they think not, they grab a plaintiff off the street and file suit in Federal Court.
Please recall the Line Item Veto passed by a Republican Congress and signed by Bill Clinton. The day Clinton used the authority the large pack of ravenous wolves led by Mitch McConnell filed suit in Federal Court. The Supreme Court said "Unconstitutional". And the "Line Item Veto" rode into the sunset never to be seen again.
I would prefer that Boehner concentrate on getting a Balanced Budget out of the House & before the Senate. AND, that balanced budget should reverse the Johnson and Reagan bills that authorized borrowing from the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds. At present those funds are simply IOUs from the US Government.
November 5th, 2010
2:31 pm
Kyle , past two years . The people have been voting anti-establishment for the last six years . Almost has a blind rage feel to it . I think Pelosi & Reid got alot of heat for reasons that are borderline incomprehensible . Mind you not a fan of either . I wish that Reid would have gotten beat by that tea party flake . Forget her name . The make lemon-aid out of rape lady . The republicans hid from her & rightfully so . I think if two other names surfaced as leaders of congress that the public could use as symbols of congressional leadership they would & will get hammered to if the economy doesn't turn around . Congress has been unpopular for awhile now with both parties in charge . Ideology isn't important to most Americans for better or worse . If what one calls socialism puts food on the table & allows for premium cable channels they will be cool with it .Like it or not the public expects politicians to provide them with feel good times . If not there would be no need to say its time for the government to focus on job creation & making tax cuts permanent. Have a good weekend .
November 5th, 2010
2:34 pm
Some of these process changes sound honorable. Some sound like an excuse to do nothing.
Sigh. The next 2 years in Congress are going to be a complete waste of time.
November 5th, 2010
2:42 pm
"Speaking of which: What does it say about the respective parties that Dems have twice as many congressmen who have been in Washington for 25 years or more as Republicans do (27-13)? "
It says we have 40 Congressmen that need to be sent home. They have violated the public trust long enough to qualify for pensions and lifetime health insurance. They must be hanging around to pad their pension because they sure as hell don't work for the greater good of the American public.
November 5th, 2010
2:56 pm
Agreed. The classes on The Constitution will do these congressional dimwits some good. Couldnt hurt for Obama to attend classes either.
Will the Dems allow Nasty Pelosi to be Minority leader? Lettuce hope not as that would be the ultimate insult if the ole battleax was busted down to a commoner.
November 5th, 2010
3:13 pm
Kyle, you aren't really that naive to think Boehner will really do what he says, are you? He has been part of the problem for a few decades himself. Where was he when the GOP had control of Congress. Let me tell you…padding his pockets and living the lobbyist highlife. NOTHING WILL CHANGE.
November 5th, 2010
3:15 pm
Booger: "I think it is very possible we will see job growth very soon as consumers and companies begin to feel more confident that there is a portion of the government which is not openly antagonistic toward them. "
That is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard on here. The Democrats passed credit card reform, healthcare reform, banking reform, student loan reform. That was antagonistic toward consumers? Neither is this administration hostile towards business. It has been trying to spark some life into the economy it inherited by pumping money into the system. Problem is the old conservative saying that you can't kill the goose that layed the golden egg (business) cuts both ways. You can't tap out the American consumers, that comprise two thirds of our economic activity, and expect business to get going again. We both need each other. Until Americans get back to a state of ecomonic health the economy won't go anywhere.
November 5th, 2010
3:22 pm
"MSNBC suspends Olbermann over political contributions"…LOLOL!!
"The Democrats passed credit card reform, healthcare reform, banking reform, student loan reform. That was antagonistic toward consumers?"
YES. All these will, in the end, cost consumers. Geesh…use that thing inside your head called a brain.
November 5th, 2010
3:24 pm
Here's an interesting article calling for impeachment.
It also includes a list of other articles this columnist has written.
November 5th, 2010
3:24 pm
If the Republicans in Congress actually DO their jobs, it will be a significant change. For four years, they've been collecting paychecks to whine about the Democrats and say, "NO effing WAY" to any and every bill sponsored by a Democrat. My Congressman has spent a lot of time at Tea Tard rallies and playing Pundit on Fox "News" in a never-ending game of Pin the Rap on the Donkey. Good for his career, perhaps, but not exactly the job description for which he's being paid handsomely in cash and benefits far superior to what most Americans can get.
Do you think now that Boehner is in charge, we'll actually start to SEE some of this "personal responsibility," "accountability," and "hard work" the Republicans are always claiming to support? MY, that WOULD be a change! Let's hope so.
November 5th, 2010
3:30 pm
"Pelosi: 'I Am Running for Democratic Leader"
Typical spoiled crybaby libs refuse to acknowledge what a crappy job they do and insist on a good beating. Hopefully the Dems will put this piece of human garbage, nasty pelosi in her place.
Ole BATTLEAX!!
November 5th, 2010
3:34 pm
A stinkin stilten sauce: Pray tell how exactly taking the middle man out of student loans, at a great savings to consumers and the goverment, will cost the consumer? I can't wait to hear your response.
November 5th, 2010
3:36 pm
Why should Pelosi go away. She fights for her convictions. More power to her. I don't recall the republicans running to the center when they got slaughtered in 2008.
November 5th, 2010
3:44 pm
Jeez, Kyle… if you'd read what I wrote, you'd notice that I was aiming my ire at Boehner's revisionism, not your comments. But fret not: since you appear to agree with his assertion that these traits were exclusive to Democratic control of the House, you sure sound like yet another lackey carrying GOP water without any individual thought or accountability of your own.
November 5th, 2010
3:47 pm
Linda: I couldn't read more than a couple of lines of that crap. Are you nuts. Sounds more like a trumped up call for a good old lynching. Of course that would be par for the course, coming from the Washington Times.
November 5th, 2010
3:52 pm
That would be the Moony Times, or more aptly the Loony Times


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When we decide to track one thing, we sometimes find that we are indirectly tracking something else. That is the theme of today's talk.
When Mark Leavitt was 57, he found out that he had heart disease, a condition that runs in his family. Mark set about making some life changes. He tracked his weight while adopting a low-fat diet. His tracking showed him that he was making progress and that progress encouraged him to keep tracking. But once Mark's weight loss stalled and then started to backslide (though he had maintained his diet) his desire to track dwindled and was then snuffed out by a major life event.
Though he was ostensibly tracking weight, this experience gave him some insight into his motivation. He began to build a mental model of his willpower. When was it strong? When was it weak? Using his background as a doctor to make assumptions on the nature of his willpower, he used the tracking of other lifestyle changes, such as movement and strength-training, to test those assumptions and better understand how to follow through on his intentions.
Watch below to see what Mark found worked for him and if you would like to see how Mark's keeping up with his habits, you can check out his live dashboard here.
This guest post comes to us from Konstantin Augemberg who covers many interesting Quantified Self topics and his personal tracking experience on the wonderful MeasuredMe blog.
On Monday, September 30, Quantified NYC group has held its 23th meetup. The event was graciously hosted by Projective Space which offers collaborative community space to over 60 startups. With over a hundred people in attendance, interesting demos and inspiring presentations (quantifying Starcraft gaming skills, predicting choice of clothes based on weather forecast, and other self-quantified awesomeness!), it turned out to be a great evening. Here is my brief report on what I saw and loved:
We started with our Demos session during which QS entrepreneurs showcased their products and services:
Steven Dean (@sgdean) also introduced the audience to our new co-organizer, Amy Merrill. Amy will be in charge of QSXX NYC group that will be organizing meetups for women in NYC area.
The Show & Tell session was opened by Mette Dyhrberg (@mettedyhrberg) and her "The Pomodoro Recovery" presentation. Following the bouncing castle accident, Mette has been diagnosed with concussion and was recommended to rest and avoid using electronic devices in order to recover. She started tracking her symptoms, diet, and resting and working habits using Pomodoro method and Mymee app. The lack of progress has prompted her to look at her tracking data, after which she realized that she may have been misdiagnosed. The visit to another doctor has revealed that she sustained a neck injury, which luckily, could be fixed right on the spot. The treatment procedure helped her to feel better almost immediately. You can watch Mette's presentation here.
In "Quantifying What to Wear", Andrew Paulus (@andrewcpaulus) shared how he used self-tracking to measure impact of weather on his choice of clothes. It started when Andrew noticed that one of his morning habits included checking weather on his phone in order to decide what to wear on that day. That led to an idea to measure efficiency of this process, by tracking his choice of clothes and then assessing at the end of the day, if the choice was correct. His first attempt at quantifying weather and wardrobe was unsuccessful, due to some flaws in methodology and measurement (e.g., the weather data was collected at different times of the day; the clothes data was not very well structured). Andrew then has revised the methodology, by subscribing to more reliable and comprehensive weather data from Farmer's Almanac, and logging wardrobe data in a more consistent manner. His girlfriend kindly agreed to co-participate in this experiment. After six months of tracking, Andrew looked at their data. He found that the overall, he tended to be slightly more accurate in choosing what to wear, compared to his girlfriend: his accuracy rate was 78%, vs. her rate of 74%. Another interesting finding was that his choices were more weather appropriate. The correlation between the clothes and weather was nearly 0.7 for him, and nearly 0 .1 for his girlfriend, which suggests that her choices are often influenced by many other factors, not just weather. You can see the full presentation here.
Amy Merrill (@amyjmerrill) shared her experiences with "Sleep Tracking with Jawbone Up". Since April 2013, she has been tracking her sleep (deep sleep phase, in particular) using Jawbone Up, as well as social and work related activities using Google Calendar. By analyzing the patterns in her data, she was able to see how certain activities affect her deep sleep. In particular, she learned that more physical activity and sleep deprivation led to more deep sleep, where as restful days tend to result in more light sleep. Certain social activities like attending wedding and taking trips on tour bus have also had a considerable impact on quality of her sleep. For the next phase, she plans to include some aspects of the diet, including consumption of alcohol, caffeine and over-the-counter drugs. You can watch Amy's presentation here.
The session was concluded by Andrew Tarvin's (@HumorThatWorks) funny and inspiring presentation "The Perfect Day", in which he discussed the tracking system that he used to build some new habits. Andre has been rating each day based on the number of goals that he achieved (e.g., waking up without snoozing the alarm, do something active for 20+ minutes, eat at least 4 fruites a day, etc.) The days with at least 3 goals met were defined as "quality days", and the days with all 5 goals accomplished were rated as "perfect". Andre learned that the strive for perfection was the most demotivating factor: missing one goal earlier in the day often resulted in giving up on all other habits as well. Waking up without snoozing was the most influential habit in that regard. He also learned that the "streaks" of quality and perfect days was the most motivational factor; once he had several consecutive successful days in a row, it was much easier to continue meeting the goals. Andre has been using this system for three years, and plans to continue using it to acquire new habits. You can read more about his system on his site. You can watch video of the presentation here.
As always, before and after the sessions, I had a chance to mingle and meet a lot of interesting people. Special shout out to Stefan Heeke, Mike McDearmon, Sylvia Heisel, Michael Moore and Dave Comeau.
Stan James finds comfort in his daily habits.So much so, that he found that he kept adding to his routine. He started out by just using physical reminders, but found that tracking tools like Equinimity (meditation) and 750 Words (writing) added a little extra boost. In August of 2012 he started using Lift, a habit tracking mobile and web application. In this great talk, Stan explains what he's learned from his 14 months of habit tracking. (filmed at the Bay Area QS Meetup).
At the last San Francisco QS meetup group event, Justin Fu shared the story of how he lost 40 pounds in 15 weeks using the Fitbit, how tracking affected his relationships, and how he developed a slew of new habits. Check out his inspiring story in the video below.
Justin Fu – 15 Weeks of Self Tracking – 40 Pounds Lost from Gary Wolf on Vimeo.
Robby MacDonell from RescueTime tried many different tools to form habits, and didn't find that any of them worked. After a good deal of frustration, he started to investigate the idea of having goals at all. In this great talk, Robby honestly shows data that isn't pretty – hooray! He also shares some really interesting insights on how to make the process of behavior change gentler, from personal and system design perspectives. (Filmed by the Seattle QS Show&Tell meetup group.)
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Nick Crocker's QS journey started with his dentist telling him, "Floss the teeth you want to keep!" Nick tells the story below of how he spent five years figuring out how to implement changes in his life, and how hard it was to add this habit to his routine. He also shares, Ignite-style, ten lessons he learned to make change easier. (Filmed by the New York QS Show&Tell meetup group.)


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Olivia Reed's favorite day of the week is unarguably Friday. Her kids, a bright-eyed group of six-year-olds, use show-and-tell day as a creative outlet for, well, whatever happens to be lying around their room, usually. Sometimes they'll bring pets (with permission beforehand), sometimes they'll bring toys. She once had a student pull up his sister, who was also in the class, and present her to the class as his "pet monkey."
Today is a crisp day in mid-October. The sun is bright but the breeze is cool, and the leaves have just begun to change and fall. Littered around the windowsills of her classroom is all the intact leaves the kids could find yesterday—and there are a lot. She plans to dry them out over the weekend and bring them back for a project on Monday.
The kids chatter and clutch their toys and photographs and books to their chests as they settle into their semi-circle, Olivia at the head. She crosses her legs delicately, adjusting her skirt as it drapes across the stool. One child isn't talking much—little Devon Hummel-Anderson distances himself slightly from the group, his wide golden eyes observing.
Olivia stares curiously at him, watches him fiddle with the small shadowbox carefully settled on his lap. He's one of the children prone to bringing photographs and knickknacks that obviously don't belong to him, but he always has clever, intelligent things to say.
"All right, guys," she says, looking up at the clock and clapping her hands. "It's time for show-and-tell. Who wants to go first?"
"I do, Miss Olivia!" The little girl closest to her, Ashleigh, raises her hand first. It goes down the line, each kid getting as much time as they want to speak (because little do these excited kids know it but show-and-tell is their earliest lesson in public speaking).
The time ticks on, each kid getting more and more impatient as their turn gets closer, some getting impatient as recess and snack time loom the more the clock ticks to eleven. After Jacob finishes showing off the Nerf gun his grandparents had bought him for his birthday last weekend it's Devon's turn.
Olivia watches him stand up and take the spot at the front of the classroom. He's turned the shadowbox around, and now Olivia can see that it holds three medals, and she immediately recognizes some of them from her brother's collection. A small lump begins to form in her throat—she'd talked to Kurt and Blaine Hummel-Anderson before Devon had been enrolled, and she knows that Blaine is still active in the military. She had never known how that affected Devon because he's never let it show.
Devon clears his throat, thrusts the shadowbox out, and says, "Today I'm gonna show you the medals my papa got for being brave and fighting all the bad guys far away from us. My daddy said I had to be super careful 'cause these are important, but he let me borrow them so I can show you how brave my papa is."
He tilts the shadowbox towards him, and Olivia leans forward as his finger presses on the glass above a small gold star affixed to a band of red, white, and blue fabric. "My daddy told me that this is the Silver Star and that for my papa to get it he had to be very, very brave and very, very stupid, but he told me not to say that to Papa 'cause he was just being fac—fashi—he was just making a joke," Devon finishes after struggling with the word. Olivia ducks her head and feels a wide grin stretch her cheeks.
He looks out at everyone, and Olivia notices their rapt attention, the surprise stoicism they're showing for kids their age. But not many of them know kids whose parents have been in the armed forces; it has to be new for all of them. She knows firsthand how stressful and horrifying it is to know someone who's been deployed; when her brother had left a few years ago she'd cried for days.
"But," Devon continues, his lips stretching into a smile, "I already knew my papa was brave 'cause that's what my daddy always called him when they'd talk over the computer."
A movement out of the corner of her eye catches Olivia's attention: she looks towards the door to the classroom, which is ajar and in her line of vision but outside the kids', and she's surprised to see a man peering into the room.
He has a cap on, and it takes a moment for Olivia to recognize that it's Devon's father, Blaine, clad in full uniform and watching his kid with a proud look in his eyes. Devon talks on, oblivious, and Blaine looks over, meets Olivia's eyes and brings a finger to his lips as a little secretive smile curls his lips the same way Devon's had curled his.
Something warm blossoms in Olivia's chest, and it's with great willpower that she keeps her neutrality as Devon continues to speak pointing now at the medal next to the Silver Star.
Blaine creeps into the classroom, his boots silent against the carpeted floor. A few of the kids look up, over, curious with their little heads cocked in confusion, but Devon remains oblivious.
"I want to be just like my papa," he says proudly. "He told me to keep my daddy safe while he's gone and I promised I would." He chews on his lower lip and toes at the floor in an uncharacteristic display of shyness. "I just want to be as brave as he is someday."
Olivia sees the tears in Blaine's eyes shimmering with the light, and by now all the kids are looking at where he stands just a few feet outside the circle. Devon stops, follows their gaze, and Olivia has to scrape the lipstick off her lower lip to keep from crying as Devon turns to see Blaine standing in the room.
His eyes go wider than normal, and he nearly drops the shadowbox as he says, "Papa!" He sets it to the ground as carefully as any six-year-old can and rushes over to Blaine, who readily scoops him up into his arms and hugs him close.
Devon's arms wrap around Blaine's neck, and he buries his face in Blaine's shoulder. Blaine squeezes Devon tight, his cap getting knocked askew. He says, wobbly and tear-filled as well as indefinably happy, "Did you miss me, baby boy?"
Devon grips tighter to the back of Blaine's neck, says, thick with tears, "So much, Papa."
Olivia claps her hand again, trying her best to sniff her tears back discreetly, and says, "All right, it's time for recess. Grab your snacks from your bags and wait in the hall, please."
The kids disperse excitedly, rushing over to their cubbyholes. Olivia carefully gets off her stool, walking over to Blaine. She observes silently for a moment, afraid to disturb, and only comes closer when Blaine opens his eyes and smiles, warm and bright, at her. "Good to see you again, Olivia."
She nods, returns Blaine's gesture. "And the same goes to you. I'm glad to see that you're well."
"As well as I'll ever be knowing that I have to leave again." Blaine sighs and presses a kiss to the top of Devon's head, the unruly mop of curls that are shorn on Blaine's own head. "Do you mind if I steal him for the rest of the day? I'm only in town for a few more days, and Kurt and I had some stuff planned."
Olivia shakes her head, says, "Oh no, no. I'd rather Devon be with you and Kurt than in here, truthfully."
Blaine thanks her, then leans in to whisper in Devon's ear, "C'mon, my brave little man. Daddy's waiting outside in the car."
Blaine lets Devon down, and Devon runs to pick up the shadowbox, clutching it close to his chest with one hand and taking Blaine's with the other. He follows him out of the classroom, chattering excitedly along the way, and Olivia watches, smiling, and feels the first tear slip down her face.


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Loosely based on historical events, 13 Assassins is a beautifully crafted, ultra-violent Japanese samurai epic directed by Takashi Miike (Ichi The Killer, Audition).
Opening with a grim and bloody Hara Kiri protest suicide that sets the tone for the rest of the outing. It's a masterpiece that's as gripping as it is brutal.
First off we meet the sadistic and psychopathic Lord Naritsugu (Goro Inagaki), an accomplished rapist, murderer and mutilator of his subjects.
(The scene where a limbless and tongueless peasant tries to explain what happened to her clan using a paintbrush is a particularly gruesome highlight).
Appalled by the Lord's actions, his chief advisor seeks the help of Samurai Master Shinzaemon (Koji Yakusho) to recruit a team for his assassination, a mission likely to end in their deaths.
Shinzaemon pieces together his team to take down the evil Lord...only for them to get lost in a forest where - fortuitously - they find their unlikely thirteenth assassin.
He's not a samurai but more of a jackass who's handy with throwing rocks, a surprisingly efficient way to take down the apparently invulnerable ancient warriors.
The grand finale features nigh-on 45 minutes of fabulously directed and choreographed Samurai brilliance with the dirty baker's dozen facing off with Lord Naritsugu's 200-strong army.
The action is intense, inventive and vastly compelling with enough twists and turns to keep the attention throughout.
Director Miike - he of the notorious Japanese horror Audition - does well in conveying themes of friendship, honour, love and loyalty without being too gushy.
The plot is gripping and well delivered if a bit drawn out at some points and although there's a bit of a lull in the middle, the extraordinary climax easily makes up for it making this sword-swinging epic well worth your money.


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- 1 parsley finely chopped
- 1/8 teaspoon(s) pepper
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- marinate fillets in lemon juice and olive oil
- 1. oven to 450 F
- 2. place fillets in baking pan, brush with olive oil
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Series tied 1-1 (as of 5/17)
|Game 1: Wednesday, May 16
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|Game 2: Thursday, May 17
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3:45 PM ET, May 17, 2012
AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
W: M. Cain (3-2)
L: A. Wainwright (2-5)
S: S. Casilla (9)
SAN FRANCISCO -- Adam Wainwright's fielders gave him little help, making three errors that led to three unearned runs. He just wished he could have bailed out his teammates with the tough pitching he expects from himself every game.Brandon Crawford hit a two-run single after one St. Louis miscue and David Freese's throwing error helped the San Francisco Giants score the go-ahead run in a 7-5 victory over the Cardinals on Thursday."I had ample opportunities to make pitches to get out of innings that I didn't make," Wainwright said. "The first two innings, two outs, guys on third and didn't get out of it unscathed either time. That's something that I've really prided myself on in my career. Usually I'm pretty tough in that situation."Wainwright (2-5) is still trying to find his way back after missing all of last season with an elbow injury. A 20-game winner in 2010, Wainwright has won just twice in eight starts this season and has a 5.77 ERA. He allowed five runs -- two earned -- and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings."I have very high expectations," he said. "Everybody keeps telling me, `Just be patient. It's coming. You're looking better and better.' But it's tough when you're coming from where I'm coming from, the seasons I've had in the past, it's tough to hear that and not get frustrated because I expect to be great. I haven't been great, but I feel like the ball's coming out better."St. Louis made three errors in a game for the second time this week, with the most important coming in the sixth inning: Freese's errant throw on pinch-hitter Aubrey Huff's two-out grounder to third allowed Brandon Belt to score the go-ahead run.First baseman Lance Berkman also made an error in the second inning that helped lead to Crawford's two-run single."That's not the kind of defense we've been accustomed to seeing this year and not the kind of defense we're going to see the rest of the way," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "It's just one of those games."Matt Cain (3-2) has been plagued by poor run support his entire career, with the Giants scoring a major league-low 3.89 runs per game for him since his first big league season in 2006.But with help from St. Louis, they managed to score five runs with Cain in the game on Thursday to make up for a rough start that included Matt Holliday's two-run homer. San Francisco had its highest-scoring home game of the season.Santiago Casilla pitched the ninth for his ninth save in 10 chances.Cain came into the game with the second-best ERA at home in the majors this season, having allowed four runs in 33 innings for a 1.09 mark. He allowed as many runs in the first three innings against the Cardinals as he had in his previous four starts here.He allowed sacrifice flies by Holliday and Freese in the first inning and Holliday's two-run homer in the third to fall behind 4-3. Cain retired 10 of the final 11 batters he faced. He allowed four runs and eight hits in six innings."I started out a little rough," Cain said. "I was kind of all over the place a little bit. A lot of pitches seemed like they were cutting back toward the middle. I wasn't making good quality pitches and they were taking advantage of it. The guys hung in there with me and got some runs and got the runs we needed and got the win."Cain ended up on the winning side when the Giants scored twice in the sixth to take a 5-4 lead. Emmanuel Burriss tied it with a sacrifice fly and Freese's errant throw allowed the go-ahead run to score.San Francisco added two runs in the seventh off Kyle McClellan on Belt's RBI double and Charlie Culberson's groundout. McClellan left the game with a sore right elbow and was scheduled to go back to St. Louis to get checked out.
Game notes
Yadier Molina hit a solo homer in the eighth for St. Louis for the first run of the season off reliever Sergio Romo. ... Cardinals OF Carlos Beltran (right knee) did not start for a fourth straight game. He popped out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth. ... Lance Lynn (6-1) takes the mound for the Cardinals when they open a three-game series Friday in Los Angeles against Ted Lilly (5-0) and the Dodgers.
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Regular Season Series
Scoring Summary
|M Holliday hit sacrifice fly to center, S Schumaker scored.
|D Freese hit sacrifice fly to right, M Carpenter scored, L Berkman to third.
|B Posey singled to right, B Crawford scored.
|B Crawford singled to left, E Burriss and G Blanco scored.
|M Holliday homered to left center (395 feet), M Carpenter scored.
|E Burriss hit sacrifice fly to left, A Pagan scored.
|A Huff safe at second on throwing error by third baseman D Freese, B Belt scored.
|B Belt doubled to right center, B Posey scored, A Pagan to third.
|C Culberson grounded into fielder's choice to second, A Pagan scored, E Burriss out at second, B Belt to third.
|Y Molina homered to center (417 feet).
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|58 degrees, sunny
|14 mph
|Home Plate - Dana Demuth, First Base - Kerwin Danley, Second Base - Paul Nauert, Third Base - Doug Eddings
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Medical pot for 2 yr. old
When a retired police officer from Summerland left his job after 25 years, he hardly imagined fighting for his little granddaughter to be given marijuana.
Chris Nuessler, along his wife, wants Canada to allow two-year-old Kyla Williams to be given a form of medical marijuana known to prevent seizures resulting from epilepsy.
The girl's parents, Jared and Courtney Williams, along with the Nuesslers, have been researching medical pot use and speaking with experts to build what they're calling "Kyla's medical team."
They say Kyla has suffered severe side effects from prescription drugs when she could be helped like other children in the United States.
A strain of marijuana commonly called Charlotte's Web has been known to help kids in the U.S., but it's illegal in Canada.
It contains very little THC, which provides the buzz recreational pot users crave, and is mostly made up of CBD, which limits the severity and frequency of seizures.
Named after a little girl named Charlotte Figi who has epilepsy, the weed has allowed her to develop and enjoy a more normal life.
In Canada, the only form of legalized medical marijuana is dried, meaning Kyla would have to smoke it.
Chris Nuessler said his view of marijuana as medicine has radically changed since his policing days.
"For me it was back to the 1980s and 1990s mindset when I was busting people. I had to do a 180 (degree turn) and start researching this."
Kyla appeared to be a healthy, little girl for the first six months of her life until her mother noticed she wasn't progressing at a normal rate and had unusual eye movements.
After she was seen by a pediatrician, Kyla was rushed to BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver, where she was diagnosed with retractable seizure disorder.
Over the next year, the little girl was placed on a series of prescription drug mixtures, received steroid shots and was given a high fat diet.
She even developed a kidney stone. Some of the drugs had brutal side effects and she was averaging 100 seizures a day, her grandparents said.
"The drugs aren't really working and we were told there's really nowhere she can go," Elaine Nuessler said. "She's down to her last drug. She may seizure for the rest of her very short life."
In March, Kyla's mother and grandmother made a trip to Vancouver and were told Kyla's life expectancy would be short.
"We both cried all the way home from Vancouver," Courtney Williams said.
The next day, Courtney's 91-year-old grandfather called to tell her he'd seen a CNN report on Charlotte's Web and how it's been known to help children with cancer and epilepsy.
"Her development was so similar to so many of the kids who have been helped by cannabis," Elaine Nuessler said.
With Kyla's father working for long periods of time in Fort McMurray, the Nuesslers have become incredibly active in Kyla's life and are in the process of selling their home to accommodate the toddler and her parents.
They say they've spoken with leading experts in the field, including Figi's doctor, and have even considered moving to Colorado, where marijuana is available.
"Our entire support network is here," said Courtney Williams, who was trained as a health-care aide.
Growing pot themselves is not an option because it requires detailed chemistry to create Charlotte's Web.
The family said they want to try the marijuana to see how it will work for Kyla and understand that there are no guarantees.
"Why not? It can't be any worse for her than some of the horrible drugs she's been put on and the side effects her little body has had to endure," Elaine Nuessler said.
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