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I have a customer that's switching over to E85 fuel and a lot of new calculations have to be done to make sure the fuel system is capable of handling the required extra fuel. Here's one tip for calculating fuel requirements.
ONE way to do calculations is to understand that E85 will require about 49% more fuel to achieve the same Lambda. You can't use A/F when you calculate percentage fuel differences because the FUEL part is in the denominator (AIR is in the numerator). Switch it over to F/A by taking the inverse (1/x). That's how the fueling is specified in the actual PCM strategy anyway. Diablosport tries to make it easier for CMR tuners by using A/F but they have to switch it back to F/A behind the scenes.
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As you can see, DOUBLING the fuel (2-parts instead of 1-part) results in an A/F of 7.35.
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Tallahassee, FL -- April 3, 2012 --
Reggie Luster is charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of his girlfriend Gabriella Stroude. Luster appeared in court on Tuesday afternoon. The defense asked that Luster be released without bond.
Luster appeared in court with visible bandages and casts on his hands. His mother, Elanor Platts, has been a registered nurse for more than 20 years. She testified Tuesday afternoon that her son has not received proper medical attention for his hands. Luster's attorney said his client had seven hours worth of surgery on his hands following the incident on March 15.
Luster's attorney also said the wounds on his client's hands are consistent with someone trying to wrestle a knife from someone in a struggle. The prosecution showed pictures of multiple stab wounds on Gabriella Stroude and also presented a photo of the knife that was used that day.
The prosecution claims Luster is homicidal and suicidal and is too dangerous to be out on bond. They say at one point during the stabbing incident that Luster yelled out, 'I want you to die.'
Reginald Luster Sr., Reggie's father, also testified on behalf of his son. He says if his son is released on bond, Reggie would live with him in his Jacksonville home. Reginald Luster is an attorney in the Jacksonville area.
If Luster ever is released on bond the defense say they would be fine with having an active GPS placed on their client.
Tallahassee, FL -- March 27, 2012
A hearing is set for next month in the case of an FSU student accused of stabbing a fellow student.
Reggie Luster's attorney filed the motion with the court to set bond for his client. The motion will be heard on April 3 at 3 p.m. Luster is accused of stabbing Gabriella Stroude inside Stroude's dorm room earlier this month.
Tallahassee, FL -- March 21, 2012
A 19-year-old junior at Florida State University, accused of stabbing a fellow student, made his first court appearance Tuesday (3-20-12).
Reggie Luster was ordered by a judge to stay at least 500 feet away from Gabriella Stroude. He is not allowed to have any contact with Stroude either.
Police say Luster stabbed Stroude inside of Stroude's dorm room last week because Luster was upset Stroude was still talking to an ex-boyfriend. Police say Luster then turned the weapon on himself. Both were taken to the hospital and treated.
NOTE; Probable Cause has been attached
Tallahassee, FL -- March 19, 2012
Reginald Luster, 19 has been arrested and charged with attempted murder for last week's stabbing at Ragans Hall on FSU campus.
Authorities say Luster tried to kill his girl friend, Gabriella Stroude, since she had had contact with an ex-boyfriend. Officials say Luster attacked her with the knife and then turned the weapon on himself.
[UPDATE] Tallahassee, FL -- March 18, 2012 --11:17am
The health of a Florida State University junior who was stabbed inside a dorm room Thursday (3-15-12) is improving.
A spokeswoman for Tallahassee Memorial Hospital says Reggie Luster has been upgraded from 'fair' to 'good' condition Sunday (3-18-12)
Luster and Gabriella Stroude were stabbed inside Stroude's fourth-floor dorm at Ragans Hall. Stroude has since been released from the hospital.
Police have not released a motive for the stabbing. But say they are not actively looking for any suspects at this time. The case remains under investigation.
[UPDATE] Tallahassee, FL -- March 16, 2012 --1:11pm
The Florida State University Police Department have identified the persons involved in yesterday's stabbing as 19-year-old Gabriella Stroude and 19-year-old Reginald Luster.
Police have not released a motive for the stabbing. But say the two knew each other. No charges have been filed at this time.
Reginald Luster is listed as in fair condition at Tallahassee Memorial.
[UPDATE] Tallahassee, FL -- March 16, 2012 --12:45pm
The Florida State University Police Department says that the woman involved in yesterday's stabbing at Ragans Hall has been released from the hospital and is staying in an undisclosed location. The man involved in the stabbing is still in the hospital.
FSUPD has not said what, if any, charges will be filed. The names of the two have not been released.
UPDATE:Tallahassee, FL -- March 15, 2012 --10:14 p.m. By Mike Springer
FSU Police still don't have a motive for the stabbing that left two FSU students seriously injured inside a dorm room just up the street from the campus police station.
"I was shocked when I got home that it was where we live," says FSU student Samantha Schindler.
Schindler lives at Ragans Hall. It was inside a fourth-floor dorm here at building one that two 19-year-old FSU students were stabbed. The female student a sophomore. The male, a junior.
"This is generally considered the most ritzy dorm and it happens here," says FSU student Lucas Heacock.
When police arrived they found a man and a woman on the ground, both with stab wounds.
Police say the injuries are serious...but both were conscious while EMT's wheeled them out.
"I only saw a glimpse of the fourth floor and there were just people in suits and name tags, all very official, up and down the halls," says Heacock.
Police say the two students were arguing inside the dorm room right before the stabbing. Police won't say what they were arguing about, but they say the two knew each other. However, police would not elaborate on the nature of their relationship.
News of the stabbing spread quickly across campus through the school's text alert system.
"Me and my friends were on our way back to my dorm and we got the text at about the same time we saw all the police cars and we were really scared," says Heacock.
Less than an hour after the initial text alert was sent, the university issued another saying 'all was clear'. Police are not actively searching for any suspects.
Police have not released the names of either student at this time. Nor
have any charges been filed
UPDATE: Tallahassee, FL -- March 15, 2012 --9:45 p.m.
Major Jim Russell with FSU PD says both people stabbed are 19 year old FSU students.
He is not yet releasing their names or home towns.
Russell described both their injuries as "serious stab wounds" but says both were conscious and talking when they were sent to the hospital.
Russell says the young woman lived on the fourth floor of Ragans Hall in building one.
He says folks at the dorm reported a disturbance but by the time the FSU officer arrived, both the man and the woman were injured and on the ground. The officer called in on his radio "two down" and called for paramedics.
Russell says officers have interviewed witnesses and will be interviewing the two FSU students injured in the stabbing after doctors tend to their medical needs.
UPDATE: Tallahassee, FL -- March 15, 2012 --9 p.m.
Police have not released the names of the two people stabbed inside a forth-floor dorm at Ragan's Hall. But police say the female is a 19-year-old FSU sophomore and the male is a 19-year-old FSU junior. Police say both suffered serious stab wounds, but were conscious when taken to the hospital.
Tallahassee, FL -- March 15, 2012 --
FSU Police Press Release
On March 15, 2012 at about 3:15pm, the FSU Police Department responded to a report of an altercation at Ragans Hall, Building 1, on the Florida State University campus. Upon arrived the responding officer discovered two people stabbed in a 4th floor residence hall room. Additional officers and medical services quickly responded and secured the scene. It was quickly ascertained that the only two people involved in the incident were those that were stabbed and that they personally knew each other. It was determined that the two had been involved in a violent altercation, and at some point an edged weapon was introduced. Both parties sustained serious wounds, but were stabilized and transported to the hospital. The FSU Police Department is continuing the investigation to determine the details of the events leading up to and during the stabbing. The Florida State University initiated an "FSU Alert" to notify the campus community and to direct persons on campus to stay clear of Ragans Hall. This was done to facilitate the ingress and egress of emergency personnel. The "All Clear" was sent via the FSU Alert System as soon as emergency medical personnel were clear with the patients. There are no outstanding suspects and the campus has resumed normal operating conditions.
As more additional information is available in the interests of the University community, updates will be posted on the primary source of FSU emergency information updates, alerts.fsu.edu.
UPDATE March 15, 2012
Tallahassee, FL -- There was a double stabbing at FSU shortly before 3PM this afternoon at Ragans Hall. Two people stabbed each other in a dorm room next to the police station.
A campus alert was sent out about FSU police being on the scene of the stabbing. About twenty minutes later, another alert was released telling students there was no threat and that they could return to their normal activities.
The two suspects were taken to the hospital. Both are expected to make a full recovery. As for charges police are still investigating. That's all we know right now.
March 15 4pm
*FSU ALERT!* ALL CLEAR! All subjects related to the double stabbing at Ragans Hall have been detained. There are NO subjects on the loose and NO continuing threat to campus. You may return to normal operations. Law enforcement will continue to investigate. Expect law enforcement presence on scene for a extended duration.
March 15 3:47pm
The Florida State University Police Department is responding to a reported double stabbing at Regans Hall #1. At this time, it is assumed that the responsible parties are the victims. There is no report of an assailant at large at this time. Regardless, all persons in the area should use caution and avoid the Regans Hall Complex. Numerous emergency vehicles are responding or are on scene.
March 15, 2012 3:45pm by Julie Montanaro
FSU Police are on the scene of a double stabbing at Ragans Hall. That's a dormitory on Learning Way.


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Thank you for the opportunity to comment on ways the FCA can help better support small and mid-sized farms producing for local and regional markets. I support the FCA's efforts to be more inclusive of these farms and particularly hope that when adopting the new rule, you will consider a few issues of key importance.
First, I believe it is imperative that the FCA have a plan for outreach to local farmers and producers. Without such outreach, the diversity of farmers who take advantage of FCS benefits is sure to be skewed to those farmers with enough infrastructure and institutional savvy that they already know about their options. We need to reach all the farmers, particularly those underrepresented, such as people of color, new immigrants, women and urban farmers.
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July 5, 2011 — Lassen County's Board of Supervisors found itself embroiled in one mighty clucking controversy last week after a local chicken farmer asked the board to help him find a way through a conflicting maze of laws and administrative regulations so he can once again sell his poultry at local farmer's markets.
According to information presented by the farmer, California state law provides an exemption for his small, homegrown operation from the regulations imposed upon large poultry producers who must process their meat at a facility approved by the United States Department of Agriculture or the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
On the other hand, an association of county health officials has approved regulations requiring all poultry to come from a USDA or CDFA approved facility. Following those guidelines, the local health department has advised the farmer's markets the farmer may not sell his poultry at their venue.
The issue raises concerns for the supervisors. First of all, they may not have the authority to give direction to the county health department to resolve the conflict even though they provide the officials' salaries and the office space from which they operate. Decisions made by Lassen County health officials simply may be beyond the board's jurisdiction.
This is the third time in recent memory when decisions made by unelected administrative agencies have affected Lassen County residents. We cannot use burn barrels in Lassen County because a group of county air pollution control officers banned them statewide. Since Jan. 1, those seeking to build a new home in Lassen County must install an automatic home sprinkler system because a group of fire chiefs adopted a standard that originated with international law. Now local poultry cannot be sold at Lassen County farmer's markets because a group of county health officials decided the chicken come from "an approved source."
Certainly none of us want to choke on bad air, live in an unsafe home or eat tainted meat, and we recognize those regulations are designed to protect us. But these decisions should be made by the people we elect and not by faceless bureaucracies that lurk beyond our reach behind some fancy sounding names.
That's simply bad government. We should never give up the right to directly participate in our governance or the right to redress our grievances.
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Summary (Magill's Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
"In the Waiting Room" is a frequently anthologized poem which describes a moment of awakening consciousness in the poet's early life. The speaker sets the scene with Bishop's characteristic attention to minute detail. She has accompanied her Aunt Consuelo to the dentist's office and waits for her through the dark afternoon or evening of Massachusetts in February. While she waits, she reads a copy of National Geographic, observing the pictures of naked women, a dead man "slung on a pole," and a volcanic eruption. The pictures of the women both fascinate and horrify the child; she stares at their naked breasts and at the wire adornments binding their necks. At that moment, she hears her aunt's soft gasp from the dentist's office, and she is moved by a series of understandings. One is that somehow all of us are united—the child viewer, the aunt, the women in the magazine. "I—we—were falling, falling. . . . " In fact, she feels everyone is falling off the world, and to stop that sense, she asserts her own identity. She is Elizabeth; she will be seven years old in three days. Still she is moved by the mystery of identity. Why should she be who she is? What binds her to her aunt, her family, the women in the picture? Why should the two of them be here at this particular moment? Bishop often writes about perceptions of time. Here, she pictures it as a black wave about to swallow the waiting room and all its inhabitants. As the poem ends,...
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There is a part of Allen Jenerette that wishes he could get right back on the wrestling mat and get back to the business of winning.
When you father is a high school baseball coach, you spend your springs, summers and falls on the diamond and in dugouts, right?
Giving a ranked Spring Valley squad all it wanted and then some, the Lugoff-Elgin girls' soccer team came out on the short end of a 2-0 decision in a Region 4-4A match played last Thursday at L-E Stadium.
While some in Kershaw County have griped and moaned about the unseasonable spring weather, when you are from Upstate New York and finally see grass on the baseball field well, let Randy Stokes describe the scene at Optimist Field Monday morning.
Whitney Osborne took a pass from Beth Jordan and sent it home for the game-winner with three seconds left in overtime to give the Lugoff-Elgin girls' soccer team a 1-0 win over host Ridge View on Tuesday night.
Maybe, this is a sign that Zac Bowers' luck is changing for the better. Bowers has been Lugoff-Elgin's poster boy for hard-luck starters. Tuesday, however, that all took a positive turn as the junior was backed by 11 runs on eight hits as the Demons evened their Region 4-4A record at 2-2 with an 11-3 victory over visiting Ridge View. The win was the first in four decisions for the right-hander who, in his first ...
If it is Tuesday, then Erin Blizzard must be throwing a perfect game. For the second straight Tuesday night, the Lugoff-Elgin sophomore was virtually untouchable as she fired a five-inning perfect game in the Lady Demons' 10-0 win over visiting Ridge View. One week earlier, Blizzard was perfect in a 12-0 victory against Richland Northeast. Blizzard (5-6) fanned 11 of the 15 batters she faced in her second gem which helped James Marlow's charges to ...
So much for having a letdown. One day after an emotional win over rival Camden, the Lugoff-Elgin tennis team had little trouble in handing visiting Ridge View a 6-0 loss in a Tuesday afternoon match played on the L-E courts. The victory gave the Demons a 3-2 mark after the first go-through in Region 4-4A play while hiking their overall record to 5-3 heading into Thursday's conference match at Spring Valley. Coach Edward Rickwood's squad ...
Sometimes, what looks, on paper, to be a tough week was not so bad after all. Take, for instance, the Lugoff-Elgin boys' tennis team. Last week, Coach Edward Rickwood's improved Demons won once in three outings. But you will not hear the team's head coach complaining with his team's effort and, performances. This week, the Demons will, again, play three matches in five days, starting with Monday's win over Camden. "Despite our two losses last ...
Using an altered batting order, Lugoff-Elgin scored 10 runs and, more importantly, collected its first Region 4-4A win of the season in a 10-3 victory over host Irmo last Friday night.
Three nights after having pitched a perfect game against Richland Northeast, Lugoff-Elgin's Erin Blizzard threw blanks at Irmo.
Two nights after a mistake-filled loss to Region 4-4A foe Richland Northeast, Lugoff-Elgin baseball coach Randy Stokes was interested to see how his team would react in Thursday's non-conference game at White Knoll.
That grimace on the face of Randy Stokes spoke volumes. Standing a few steps beyond the first base bag, the Lugoff-Elgin head baseball coach talked, in halting sentences, about what he had just witnessed. For a team which had been shut out in their previous two games, Tuesday's 5-2 loss to visiting Richland Northeast was hardly a step in the right direction. In fact, Stokes said, his team regressed on a night in which the ...
Sophomore Erin Blizzard fired a perfect game at visiting Richland Northeast as Lugoff-Elgin rolled to a 10-0, five-inning victory on Tuesday night.
You get the feeling that Randy Stokes would rather Blythewood had scored its four runs on a grand slam than the way they did in handing visiting Lugoff-Elgin a 4-0 loss last Friday night.
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Facebook and other social networks are re-organising how consumers experience the web, centring it on their personal connections and activities.
This is blurring the lines between branded content, paid advertising, and consumer conversations.
Marketers therefore need to integrate owned, paid and earned social media strategies.
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by Matthew Whitehead 18 December 2013 09:40am 0 comments
In the same way that Beyonce flung out her fifth album unexpectedly last week, Google UK has just fired its 2013 zeitgeist list into my inbox without so much as a word of warning.
Although it has almost no impact or relevance for ecommerce and digital marketing it still gives a fascinating look into what have been the most popular topics of the past 12 months, and as such I have no qualms about publishing it here on the Econsultancy blog.
Last year it turned out that people in the UK couldn't get enough of Gangnam Style, Gary Barlow and Kate Middleton, but nobody cares about those guys anymore.
So what have proven to be the most searched terms in 2013? Here's a run down of the most popular queries, as well as those that shone brightly for a short period of time and therefore make it onto Google's 'trending' lists...
by David Moth 17 December 2013 16:33pm 4 comments
As always, there was lots of comment-worthy developments in the world of digital marketing this year.
Here's my summation of 2013 in quotes, from changes at Google, to acquisitions and mergers, and developments across social networks.
Got other quotes worthy of inclusion? Do leave them in the comments section below.
by Ben Davis 17 December 2013 14:20pm 2 comments
Here is my 'expert' opinion are the best Vines created by brands in 2013.
Although seeing as Vine has only existed for approximately 11 months, here are the best branded examples from the entire existence of the service. That sounds far more impressive.
What makes a good branded Vine? Well, I'm glad you asked...
by Christopher Ratcliff 17 December 2013 13:46pm 0 comments
As we're fast approaching the end of the year it's time to round up some of the most interesting stats from Econsultancy's Q4 reports.
In the past few months we've published surveys on customer experience, mobile marketing, and conversion rate optimisation, as well as best practice reports on marketing automation and digital transformation.
To find out more tasty insights from our 2013 reports, check out my round ups of stats from Q1, Q2 and Q3.
And to really indulge yourself in a statistical feast, download our Internet Statistics Compendium...
by David Moth 17 December 2013 11:51am 0 comments
For anyone thinking of buying online between now and Christmas Eve, one of the biggest questions will be 'can this retailer deliver in time for Christmas?'.
However, many ecommerce sites are still way too vague about this information. This means that people will either decide not to order, or will press ahead and risk disappointment.
With the example of children's onesies (which seem to be like hen's teeth this year), I'll be looking at the approaches of different sites.
by Graham Charlton 17 December 2013 11:29am 7 comments
Let's face it, in 2013 Gov.uk has featured in the forefront of many people's minds as a flag bearer for great design and digital change. Continuing this trend, Thursday last week saw Gov.uk release the next section of its alpha style guide.
If you don't have a style guide, or you have a fusty old copy in a shared folder no longer in use, or even worse, just a printed copy in a folder, well now is the time to update it and watch standards soar.
This style guide (part of GDS's seven wider design principles) is still being optimised but now includes sections on 'writing for Gov.uk', 'writing for the web', 'style points for various content types' and a 'transactions style guide'.
It's interesting that Gov.uk realises the style of the guide itself is important. Continuous work on improving navigation and keeping content up to date is as important for the style guide as for the wider site.
If information and guidance isn't up to date, or the guide is not easily engaged with, errors carried forward will persist.
Let's take a look at the new style guide and see why it stands out, as well as what you can appropriate for your own organisation's style guide. I hope you'll agree with me, that when a style guide is done well, it's actually a lot of fun to use, with more prescriptive advice on grammar reading as dead pan as a Stewart Lee gag.
by Ben Davis 17 December 2013 10:53am 2 comments
Predictably John Lewis currently retains the highest social engagement for Christmas ads, but for how long?
As of 10 December 2013, the John Lewis 'The Bear and The Hare' ad has achieved 10.3m views, and just over 1m engagements (likes, shares or comments).
However, its engagement-per-thousand-views (EPM) has dropped to 101, from 393 in four weeks.
This seems logical. The more popular and ubiquitous a video is, the less likely that people will bother sharing it as they feel they're just adding to the noise of what we've already seen.
Interestingly though, this viral complacency may lead to a pre-Christmas upset.
by Christopher Ratcliff 17 December 2013 10:40am 1 comment
Beyoncé's self-titled new album, Beyoncé (I feel like I didn't really need to say that), has destroyed the internet this weekend in a pre-Christmas gamble which has seen the ex-Child of Destiny installed as the new monarch of pop.
Picking the penultimate weekend before Christmas goes against all traditional new album release logic. Mid-November to Mid-January is a barren wasteland of Susan Boyle, greatest hits compilations and swing albums by nice young men your mum likes. Nobody good releases new music at this time of year. Nobody.
But then the Carter family rarely have been ones to stick with traditional record release logic, just look at Jay-Z who released his last album Magna Carta Holy Grail through a mobile app earlier in the year. (Read more about that in six musicians embracing app technology)
by Christopher Ratcliff 17 December 2013 09:22am 1 comment
Over the past week I've been asking a bunch of content marketing folk about the trends in their industry for 2013, the best examples, and looking ahead to next year.
Here, I've asked about the most effective formats for content. In 2012, it could be argued that infographics were king, but I think the sheer volume produced has diluted this particular tactic.
Other formats are working well though: video, immersive storytelling, slideshare, scrolling sites, and good old blog posts.
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Legal assistants, or legal secretaries, work for lawyers and litigators to help keep the legal office running smoothly. Legal assistants are trained to help lawyers prepare and process legal documents, like motions and appeals. During Hickey College's legal administrative assistant program, students learn their way around legal concepts and legal office procedures as well as legal office systems. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, " legal secretaries prepare correspondence and legal papers such as summonses, complaints, motions, responses, and subpoenas under the supervision of an attorney or a paralegal. They may also review legal journals and assist with legal research—for example, by verifying quotes and citations in legal briefs. Additionally, legal secretaries often teach newly minted lawyers how to prepare documents for submission to the courts."Hickey College's graduates work in:• Private law offices• Legal servicesAt Hickey College, you'll:• Learn important computer skills• Learn essential business skills to apply as you advance in your career• Be qualified for entry level positions upon graduation• Have access to Hickey College's placement department to help get you the job
oThe Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) taxonomic coding scheme was developed in 1980 by the National Center for Education Statistics to facilitate the organization, collection, and reporting of fields of study and program completions. The CIP titles and program descriptions are intended to be generic categories into which program completions data can be placed, not exact duplicates of a specific major or field of study titles used by individual institutions. This institution's programs generally are intended to provide training for occupations associated with multiple CIP codes and each program's graduates generally occupy a wide variety of positions both following graduation and within a few years. However, the institution is required to choose one CIP code and believes that a code of 22.0301 is the best representation of expected occupations. The institution is required to list the following occupation (by name and Standard Occupational Classification—or SOC—code) that the O*NET crosswalk identifies as a representative sample of identified occupations for completers of a program with a CIP code of 22.0301: 43-6012.00 Legal Secretaries.
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o The on-time graduation rates as defined by the U.S. Department of Education for students who completed the programs between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 are 100% for the diploma program and 100% for the degree program. The definition is the percentage of graduates that completed the program within the normal timeframe.
o The placement rates as of October 31, 2012 for graduates between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012 and as reported to ACICS were not applicable (no graduates) for the diploma program and 86% for the degree program. More graduates may have been placed subsequently, as may be shown elsewhere on this site.
o Tuition and fees charged for completing the program within the normal time for students who start the programs between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 are $17,300 for the diploma program and $27,650 for the degree program. (Note that financial aid is available for those who qualify and the net price paid may be materially less; please visit www.hickeycollege.edu/aid.)
o The typical costs for books and supplies for completing the program within the normal time for students who start the programs between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 are expected—as of the fall of 2012—to be approximately $2,302 for the diploma program and $2,724 for the degree program.
o The total charges for school-sponsored housing for completing the program within the normal time for students who start the programs between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2013 are $7,300 for the diploma program and $11,680 for the degree program.
o Potential applicants may find the following information at www.hickeycollege.edu/catalog.pdf: institutional accreditation; contact information for accrediting agencies and state licensing/approval agencies; admissions policies and practices; policies on transfer of credits to and from the institution; policies and processes for withdrawal and for refunds of tuition/fees; and additional consumer information.
o For degree program graduates between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, median federal loan debt was $11,726, median private loan debt was zero, and median institutional loan debt was zero. For diploma program graduates between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013, median federal loan debt was withheld for privacy, median private loan debt was zero, and median institutional loan debt was zero.
For the entire US, employment of paralegals and legal assistants is projected to grow 28 percent between 2008 and 2018, much faster than the average for all occupations. Employers are trying to reduce costs and increase the availability and efficiency of legal services by hiring legal assistants to perform tasks once done by lawyers. Legal Assistants are performing a wider variety of duties, making them more useful to businesses.Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition


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Seattle University head baseball coach Donny Harrel has come to an agreement with the school on a new four-year contract, announced Monday by the athletics department.
Harrel was hired in the summer of 2008 to build from scratch a baseball program that was reinstated by the university after it was dropped as a varsity sport in 1986. After using the 2008-09 academic year to put together a team, Harrel led the Redhawks into competition in the 2009-10 campaign, picking up victories at Oregon, at Portland, against Dallas Baptist, against BYU, and against Creighton at historic Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb.
In the 2011 baseball season, the Redhawks nearly doubled their win total from 11 to 21, including Seattle U's first victories over crosstown rival Washington since the start of the reclassification process. Seattle U also defeated nationally-ranked Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore., plus took two of three games from Notre Dame.
This past season, Seattle U once again improved on its win total, earning 23 wins featuring another victory at Washington, the program's first road series win since its rebirth by taking two of three games at San Jose State, and a come-from-behind win at Washington State for the Redhawks' first victory over the Cougars since 1968.
"Donny and his staff have done a remarkable job in a very short period of time. Baseball is very important to the Seattle U community and we have established a solid foundation to compete for championships in the near future," noted Bill Hogan, SU Director of Athletics who hired Harrel in 2008.
"I am very excited Seattle U believes in me and what our staff is doing here with the Redhawk baseball program. Our student-athletes have helped build this program back up on and off the field, but with baseball being gone for 26 years, we still have work to do. This commitment by the university allows us to continue with our vision of create an outstanding baseball program and get it back to the competitive nature it held in years past," Harrel said.
Besides the work on the field, Harrel has led the baseball program to solid performances in the classroom and in the community. The Redhawk baseball players have become heavily involved with organizations such as the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, the Rotary Boys and Girls Club, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
Harrel will lead the Seattle U baseball team into the Western Athletic Conference starting next season, a strong league that in 2013 will include three teams that played in the 2012 NCAA Tournament (Dallas Baptist, New Mexico State, Texas-Arlington). The Redhawks will look to advance to the WAC Tournament, where an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament awaits the winner.
"With us joining the WAC this next year, this opportunity continues to allow us to write our own chapters in the SU Baseball history book. I feel very blessed to have the support of the university, our alums, and all those involved with the program. Our work has only just begun and I look forward to a bright future with our players and staff. SU baseball has truly become my passion and the challenges we face is exactly why I enjoy doing this," said Harrel.
The Seattle U baseball team will face the following schools in WAC competition next year: CSU Bakersfield, Dallas Baptist, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, Sacramento State, San Jose State, Texas-Arlington, Texas-San Antonio, and Texas State. Harrel is also putting together a strong non-conference schedule for the Redhawks, which will be released to the public early in the 2012-13 academic year.


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The Dean's List are a hip-hop group from Boston, and are made up of Sonny Shotz, DJ Mendoza and Mik Beats. They formed in 2009 and have put out a string of releases including the 2010 mixtape Undeclared and 2011′s The Drive In. However, it's new album, Generation X, that could really break the group into the big-time.
I suppose it's a good blend of hip hop, pop and indie music, which should mean their audience will be as diverse as they are.
Here's their brilliant song, Hollywood Ft. Dani Ummel, which will surely be a future hit:
It's a proper feel good hip hop/pop track and is guaranteed to be play throughout LA clubs for years to come. It's the second single from their upcoming album, Generation X, which is released in April.
They've just played SXSW and have an upcoming US tour coming up, but hopefully they'll be over to the UK soon.


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Holocaust Deniers Play Footsie with Iran (Again)
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The Islamic Republic of Iran is replete with beautiful mountain vistas, a clean subway system and keen scholarly discussion, if the Institute for Historical Review's (IHR) Mark Weber is to be believed. The country is also the victim of the harmful depredations of a "Zionist-controlled Hollywood," according to Weber. He and more than 40 other non-Iranians gathered with their Hollywood-hating Iranian peers for a four-day February conference in Tehran. Speakers from the United States, Europe and the Middle East claimed that Hollywood did everything from pollute their cultural environment to promote war with Iran. If you thought Americans were all skinny, that was a false impression caused by Hollywood. And if you looked around and thought about sex, well that too was the fault of Hollywood.
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Sperm whales in Dominica
Posted 31 January 2010 - 02:04 PM
I have a photo with 8 or 9 in the frame. I'm not sure if anyone has a shot with more. Tony saw 13 in the water today, but it was impossible to get all of them in the frame at once!
Posted 31 January 2010 - 02:11 PM
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I only write this because you were sitting at the next table during dinner, and we didn't get a chance to talk. We did overhear you mention "Wetpixel," though. Hopefully, it was in a positive light, and hopefully, the standard rift between researchers and photographers won't be an issue here.
Posted 31 January 2010 - 05:02 PM
Peter, I asked you not to call attention to yourself on Wetpixel. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ban your newest username, 'Dr. Who'.That looks like Scar. 2 divots on the right fluke and one on the left.
Posted 31 January 2010 - 06:28 PM
A group of five sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) including a small calf. The black debris in the water is skin sloughed off from all of the rubbing.
Nine sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Three were hanging face up with their eyes closed. Two are hanging face down. Three accompany a small calf in the distance.
Tony Wu photographs a sperm whale with a tiny Sony Cybershot.
Posted 31 January 2010 - 06:35 PM
Awesome photos, you have been very lucky to find pods each day.
When you encountered the mature male, did he show any aggression?
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Here is one from yesterday. "Human for Scale"
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I believe I would be adding quite redundant internal moisture to my wetsuit, were I in that position. And yes, I'm still envious. But I gotta admit, that would just have to be intimidating as heck! Them sperm whales ain't no baleen feeders....
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Any guess on how much bigger the large bull was than the females? Did you notice if it was mature enough to have a mouth with a full set of teeth?
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This hotel was lovely. The rooms were nice, and clean, although some needed a little TLC (wrought iron balcony and shutters needed work). The staff was very accommodating. The downside is that this hotel is not close to the town center. I wouldn't walk because of the winding road and shallow walks and it is at least 15 minutes to... More
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Justin Bieber took to Twitter this weekend and publicly admitted he "broke down" in a New York City church on Sunday (September 8). Still on a break from his mammoth Believe world tour, the teen star was spotted at various New York Fashion Week events throughout Sunday. At some point, Justin told his over 44 million Twitter followers he attended a church service earlier that morning.
"Great Sunday so far," he wrote, before revealing his emotional experience. "Love to my guy @carllentzNYC for the amazing sermon at church this morning. Love you man. I broke down today. Thank u )" Continue reading


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San Francisco Energy Cooperative Launches This Fall
Co-op has new approach to community energy
SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco Energy Cooperative is proud to announce the November 12 launch of it's innovative new way for San Francisco renters to own a piece of the renewable energy market.
If you don't own a home, there have been few ways for you to participate in the growing renewable energy industry up until now. With a simple plan to pool little bits of resources from a lot of people, the San Francisco Energy Cooperative is blazing a trail for everyone to possess part of the future of energy, and obtain a portion of the profits in return.
"If you're a renter, you have no way of getting involved in the renewable energy market in a democratic, equitable manner. You could buy stocks in energy companies or solar panel companies, but those methods all equate money with voice. If you invest a tiny amount of money, you get no say. Your money is going to be put in the pocket of a corporation that's run by these big Wall Street types. SFEC is a democratic way to do investing as well as a way to take a little bit of money and do some good," said Evan Wynns, SFEC's Executive Director.
"The solution is for communities to have a transparent way for people to put in whatever money they have to spare and get a profit out of it. How do they get the profit? The biggest part of our plan is bulk purchase of solar panels—using rebates, government incentives and taking advantage of bulk pricing—and leasing them back to community members. Using this method, the solar panels will pay for themselves faster, and therefore return an investment faster, than if they were all purchased by individual homeowners at a higher price," Wynns said.
The Co-op is a community organization that seeks to address the needs of the Bay Area in all things green energy, and make the business of renewable power accessible, reliable and fruitful for the rest of us.
"In the long term, we want to create a green business community to be patronized by those who care about the impact they have on their world. And clean energy technologies are improving every day. Really, the sky's the limit."
San Francisco Energy Cooperative memberships start at $10 a year. More information can be obtained on the web at www.sfenergycooperative.com or by calling 415-894-7620. You can meet Evan Wynns and his team at the San Francisco Green Festival, November 12-13.
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Kensington Wine Rooms
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Kensington Wine Rooms 127-129 Kensington Church Street
- Venue phone:
020 7727 8142
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- Opening hours:
Open noon-midnight, meals served noon-10.45pm daily
- Transport:
Tube: Notting Hill Gate tube
- Price:
Main courses £14-£24. House wine £22.70 bottle, £4.20 glass
Kensington Wine Rooms
- 127-129 Kensington Church Street
- www.greatwinesbytheglass.com
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- 127-129 Kensington Church Street
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I liked this. The wine, tapas and feel of the place was perfect for the informal relaxed evening I was after. Loved the natural wines they've got going - not too many places around this part of town that have a range like this. Definitely be back...
Dave Mon Apr 1Rated as: 5/5 -
A fab opportunity to try some really exciting, different wines. Loads of classics to choose from too!
For dinner I had the (very fresh!) Maldon Oysters and shared a Cote de Boeuf for main course. The tender steak comes highly recommended with green beans, sauteed potatoes and the best bearnaise sauce in London.
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The wine here is the main attraction and the list is really excellent. With over 50 wines by the glass that are constantly rotating and available to try from their Enomatic dispensing machines - there's always things to get excited about! There natural wines section is a breath of fresh air, though its not at the expense of more classic styles. The guys on the floor are normally really happy to spend some time to explain styles and give suggestions, which helps because the wine selections can get a little esoteric (to say the least!).
Food is great too. I normally go with their sharing plates in the bar but the Dinner menu is satisfying too.Jeremy Saunders Mon Feb 4Rated as: 5/5 -
What a great place, esp if like us you like wine! There's a fantastic selection of wines by the glass, on top of a well thought out main list wittily grouped around grape themes. The food is pretty good too, well matched to the wines with a good selection of small plates if you're mainly watering rather than grazing. Top foie gras and spanish iberico ham, lovely chic fondant...We moved to the area 6 month sago and this is definitely our local.
Oliver Lorenz Thu Dec 6 2012Rated as: 4/5 -
This loud, overcrowded bar leading to a cramped dining 'room' with unfriendly, gruff staff and bland overpriced food and wine, fails to impress on all levels. Though we were seated quickly, 15 minutes passed before a grumpy waiter impatiently took our order. Our drink orders were brought to the table 10 minutes apart, and our meals came considerably later. My fish entree -Cod with broad beans- was not only tasteless, but was also brought to the table cold and was sent back. The fillet steak my friend ordered was also nothing special. Currently this place has nothing to offer for us to consider returning.
Notting Hill Local Sat Oct 27 2012Rated as: 1/5 -
Although the review was posted on 19 October, we noticed that it mentioned a menu item that's not been listed since the second week of June. In fact, the dishes listed suggest that the reviewers visited on Monday 15 June, over 4 months ago, which makes it rather outdated. The management was well aware that there was a problem with the kitchen, and the Head Chef has since been replaced by Patrick Strauss, formerly Head Chef at the Michelin-starred restaurant L'Ermitage in Clarens, Switzerland. I'm sure you would notice the difference.
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We stayed in A105 and were impressed. When you book on line, you never know what you are getting. With an unobstructed view of the ocean, sunsets and passing boats, it truly was wonderful. Loved just sitting on the lanai and relaxing. No stairs to climb and only steps to the beach. The staff were friendly and helpful and made... More
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Mohamed Sanu (twitter: @M0SAnu)
Position: WR
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Spirit of competitionManaging editor As new managing editor of The Korea Times, I had a talk with the entire newsroom and supporting staff a la town-hall meeting last week. At the start, I spoke for around 10 minutes or so about my sense of duty and some of my plans, which was followed up with a question-and-answer session. I want to share some of it with you, readers, because you are part of our Times family and your support and understanding is pivotal to the success of any changes we are planning. I promise to let you know more as they happen, for instance in our coverage, in separate notices. The first subject I talked to my colleagues about was change. My message was that change is not a matter of choice but of survival. I had some reservations about picking it as my top item in my keynote speech because it meant I took the same risk as leaders of organizations, big or small, of overpromising. But I realized that it was inevitable because I believe we can end up as a lump of meat (I didn't use this metaphor during the meeting) unless we face challenges and make adjustments to accommodate or reject them. It doesn't need repeating that the news business has been undergoing upheaval, forcing media outlets to sink or swim. Marquees in print media have gone out of business in other countries, and newspapers that are considered to be too big to fail in Korea are trying to beat the prophecies of their decline by branching out into television broadcasting. Being faster in news delivery and economical in budget, Internet portals have long been breathing down the neck of the traditional media, and that includes The Korea Times. So a fight for survival has been on for some time. We didn't start this fight and it is part of the zeitgeist we are living with, but I have no intention to step back from it. Neither do I want to be satisfied with mere survival. I want to fight and win, meaning we should be the one to set new standards which the rest of the industry can model themselves after. Do I sound overly optimistic or perhaps a tad unrealistic? Maybe but I believe in the power of change. It is the one who holds the handle of the knife that wields it. Seeking the knife handle of change is like a quest for fire. I am a little carried away but I know my quest for fire will be focused on meeting the present needs of our readers and, sometimes and more importantly, finding and fulfill them in advance. If I make this journey alone, it would be meaningless. If I make this journey only together with the Times staff, it would be meaningless, too. This journey can only be made complete when I, the staff and the readers make it together. So I am inviting all of us on this journey that will surely be turbulent sometimes and exciting at others. It could also be boring as if stuck in the doldrums; or as dynamic as Korea. During our town-hall meeting, one reporter asked me what specific plans I had for the Times, I had in my hand a piece of paper on which I had jotted down my what-to-do list but asked him for a waiver on my answer, saying that I wanted to minimize the chance of being caught for promising more than I could deliver. I thought that I would have a new list soon, which I want to fill together with the staff as well as the readers. Still, I have a couple of principles by which I live by, which will be applied in my new job First, it is an open-door policy with a twist. I said during the meeting, "The door to my office is closed but not locked. Anybody can come in but with a little effort to push." Now I have done all the push so far to snatch anybody in sight for a brief chat. I am also inviting the readers to send us your thoughts. Second, it is about pragmatism. I know that the word can be synonymous with indecision and lack of principle, if one practices it without caution. I said that the Times' quest for quality coverage and the discovery of new sources of revenue doesn't necessarily go in opposite directions. "If two rabbits split ways, we can still catch them both by chasing one and having a hunting dog catch the other," I said. Thirdly, I talked about the spirit of competition, recalling my favorite JFK commencement speech at the American University. I explained that it was a challenge to the rival, the Soviet Union, to compete not with arms but for the betterment of world peace. "I want to share that JFK's naivete by which he obviously believed one man can change the world," I said. I invited every one of the Times staff to be that one man and let our readers be the first to taste the sweetness of the changed fruit and spirit of competition. |


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Was the Republican National Convention a Success for Mitt Romney? >
Convention Speeches Too Vague on Policy to Help Romney
RNC's speakers focused on Romney's intangibles, not the platform
August 31, 2012
The Republican National Convention was too vague and impersonal to be helpful to Governor Romney. Not only did we not learn enough about Mitt Romney as a person but we also didn't learn much about what the Republican Party's objectives are or what specifically a Romney administration would do on the most pressing issues of the day.
Four prominent (prime-time) examples:
Condoleezza Rice, Wednesday night: "Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have the integrity and the experience and the vision to lead us. They know who we are. They know who we want to be. They know who we are in the world and what we offer."
[See a Slideshow of the 11 Most Memorable Political Convention Speeches.]
Chris Christie, Tuesday night: "See, I know Mitt Romney, and Mitt Romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear, to put this back on a path to growth and create good paying private sector jobs again in America. Mitt Romney will tell us the hard truths we need to hear to end the torrent of debt that is compromising our future and burying our economy."
Paul Ryan, Wednesday night: "When Governor Romney asked me to join the ticket, I said, 'Let's get this done.' And that is exactly what we are going to do." And, "Before the math and the momentum overwhelm us all, we are going to solve this nation's economic problems."
Mitt Romney, Thursday night: "I have a plan to create 12 million new jobs." And, "Every parent should have a choice." And, "When nations cheat in trade, there will be unmistakable consequences."
[Take the U.S. News Poll: Did Romney's Acceptance Speech Convince Voters He Can Turn America Around?]
They "know who we want to be"? They "tell hard truths"? They are going to "get this done"? What are these specific plans to achieve these outcomes?
In stark contrast to the pomp and circumstance from the preceding three nights, the Republican National Committee's platform committee (like them or not) created a document that is 62 pages long of specific ideas and ideals that define the party and specify its goals. Beyond wayward generalities, very few of these points were mentioned by the speakers over the past few nights. Even discussion of vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan's controversial (but detailed) budget proposal was shelved. This creates two problems, one for voters and one for the Republicans. For voters, we are left in the dark about many of the specific details concerning what a Romney presidency would look like, which issues would be a priority, and what specifically would be done on those issues. For the Republicans, it risks letting the Democrats define what a Romney presidency would be like. Without question, they are not likely to paint a picture favorable to the Republicans.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the 2012 campaign.]
The GOP missed an opportunity to define and refine its message for the country on a national stage with its most prominent and popular players on the field. Being the party of "not Obama" will only carry the Republicans so far. This vision may come in the subsequent weeks (Mitt Romney said, for instance, "we will get to know them better in the days ahead") but time is running short to make a concerted case to the voters.
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How about some key metrics?
Two hundred thousand Oklahoma voter signatures;
A November 2013 statewide contest;
A million dollar budget for organizing a fateful signature campaign;
One thousand active participants, including a tiny, but super capable management crew, inventive use of social media to organize "seeding" and early wave supporters, some very serious volunteers, several hundred paid signature gathering folks, and a lot of zeal;
A $500,000-$750,000 general election budget.
Ok, context: this is part 3 of a series that I've written on the weed legalization fever that is in fast play nationally and that will surely visit Oklahoma. As readers may know, Colorado and Washington State recently enacted full out marijuana legalization initiatives. And of equal importance, it looks as though the Obama Justice Department is not going to oppose implementation of these new efforts. So the political landscape has changed convulsively on the weed legalization front in the last year in America -- with all the dramatic gains in personal freedom, an end to the ongoing corruption of law that comes from petty marijuana prosecutions, and significant savings in incarceration outlays and wasteful use of law enforcement resources.
Interestingly, Arkansas, where a medical marijuana initiative failed by just two percentage points in November, offers an alluring and surprising statistic: 339,000 people voted for Barack Obama in Arkansas in 2012, but the nearly successful medical marijuana initiative -- which was on the same ballot -- secured almost half a million votes. And while there are some significant historical differences between Oklahoma and Arkansas -- from cultural, economic and political standpoints, the states have a good deal in common.
Assuming that one could secure the signatures required for a Sooner citizen weed initiative, it's vital to understand that referendum campaigns -- and off year elections of every description -- garner fewer voters than general elections. So some rudimentary computer modeling suggests that the total turnout for a weed initiative is likely to be a relatively modest number. We might expect the total turnout for a "standalone" to be on the order of 400,000 voters statewide. In contrast, there were just over 1.3 million voters who participated in the 2012 presidential campaign -- this is a strategic part of a possible contest environment that makes a weed "win" in Oklahoma much more likely than most political observers might perceive.
I have a host of old friends in the political consulting business here and elsewhere. And I've been a political consultant -- mostly engaged in polling/survey research, analytics, and issue/strategy work for a couple of congressional candidates and for several mayoral contenders over the course of the last 10 years. So it would be fair to say that I've had some deep professional political involvement -- but I've never been involved in a statewide referendum campaign in Oklahoma. So I sought some additional insight into how a weed legalization initiative could be organized and what kind of resources would be required to prevail. The "contest deal sheet" figures at the top of this post come, in big measure, from a wide ranging conversation I had recently with a leading, in-state political consultant. This fellow, a friend, is a Republican (unlike me) who's been involved in two important statewide referendum efforts and a bevy of congressional, gubernatorial, and local contests. He talked to me freely, but only on background for this essay. Much of what I've outlined here comes from my exchange with him and some of my other political buddies here in town.
Basically, it looks like the Oklahoma Legislature will never take up on the whole issue of weed law -- despite a dogged, multi-year campaign by Okla. Senator Connie Johnson and others to get a real conversation going. But there is a grand sign that the general public in Oklahoma is open to the idea of at least voting on legalizing medical marijuana: 54.4 percent are for it, and only 33.6 percent against same, according to statewide statewide SoonerPoll in 2010.
My state referendum friend/consultant believes that the 90 day run-up allowed for a signature gathering effort in a statewide referendum campaign here is a daunting management challenge. It's not the kind of thing that can be organized out of a garage.
But given the big latent support that appears to exist here for some kind of marijuana initiative, it would not be the most difficult statewide "change" campaign ever mounted in the state: that honor would go to the serial fight for liquor by the drink, a huge struggle, hobbled significantly by Oklahoma's fundamentalist religious community and their fevered opposition to alcohol consumption.
An Oklahoma medical marijuana/legalization initiative would have the benefit of the headwinds produced by the national movement and by the very real prospect of getting some budgetary relief from the enormous incarceration expenses that Oklahomans dole out every year. There's also the strong prospect that a weed initiative would resonate strongly with the stout libertarian impulse that's a big part of Oklahoma's political and social culture.
My buddy and I concluded that Oklahoma's super-active, eclectic music community and the hundreds of thousands of fans associated with it are key assets in a successful weed initiative. Concerts could be used to fuel the petition signature campaign -- the piece that proceedes getting a ballot initiative in place, say by November of this year, or perhaps early next year. And, while it's more of a hill climb, big players in Oklahoma's music industry and maybe some of our stellar performers could be induced to raise the million dollars or more required for the petition signature phase of
the effort and the maybe $500,000-$750,000 effort that will be needed to to power up a follow-on statewide election campaign.
Weed as "Infant Industry"
Another critical, "weed" challenge: finding the legal talent and the strategic gambits needed to ensure that Oklahoma benefits economically from a new,
in-state marijuana industry. As readers may know, or may soon come to understand, the liquor industry, the fast food industry, parts of the pharmaceutical industry, and other parties are fascinated by the progress of marijuana initiatives across America. Their intention is to get into the "businesses" as soon as possible. But as I've noted in an earlier piece, this might preclude the growth of a true in-state, indigenous industry with all the tens of thousands of jobs and many millions of retail tax dollars that would flow from it. So a marijuana initiative, if rightly structured, would also be a vehicle for securing new employment and a different economic trajectory for Oklahoma -- but we'll have to work hard, via the design of a statewide referendum and in the enabling legislation that would follow voter approval.
More on all this later in the year.
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(HealthDay News) -- Morning sickness, characterized by nausea and vomiting during pregnancy, can cause malnutrition for the mother and the developing baby if it's severe enough.
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Pheu Thai puts trust in Pongsapat for city race
Tough fight set despite rival's tarnished record
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The Pheu Thai Party's executive committee Sunday chose Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen as the party's candidate for the Bangkok governor election in a unanimous decision.
However, analysts predict a tough fight ahead for the deputy national police chief and secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).
Pol Gen Pongsapat will run against incumbent Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the Democrat Party's nominee.
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