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In the past, Tibetans were known as fierce warriors. This quiver is part of a festival costume worn by a Tibetan horse rider. Festival events include archery and picking khatags (white friendship scarves) off the ground – all while on horseback. These riders are celebrated in Tibet much like professional hockey players are revered in Canada.
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Delaware Home and Garden: Ellen Passman of Washington, D.C., renovates a Victorian house in Milton, Sussex County
A D.C. transplant rescues a Victorian in Milton.
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Love at First Sight
In its century and a quarter of existence, the Victorian house with twin peaks in Milton had served, variously, as a family residence, a funeral home, a boarding house and, briefly, an antiques shop.
At the turn of the 21st century, the property was a work in progress—with a long way to go on its way to being restored to any semblance of its original grandeur.
A tired old house in sleepy Milton, population 2,576, was an unlikely destination for Ellen Passman, who had lived in various cities and preferred the conveniences of renting to the responsibilities of homeownership.
"I had only owned one place in my entire life—and I had never fixed up anything," she recalls.
She was living in suburban Washington, D.C., and managing catering at the legendary Watergate Hotel when she discovered Milton through friends who owned a vacation home in Sussex County. Passman decided to devote a single day to house hunting, more as a tire kicker than a serious buyer.
"As crazy as it sounds, I knew I wanted to buy this house one minute after I walked in the door," she recalls.
And, so, she did.
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Art Cashin is out with his final note of the week and he has two key things on his mind: a grimm stat and a scary anniversary.
From his Cashin's Comments:
Domestic Terrorism - George Friedman at Stratfor touches on a possible re-emergence of domestic terrorism. Here's how the essay began:
Five men were arrested April 30 in connection with a plot to destroy a bridge outside of Cleveland, Ohio. The men were charged with conspiracy and attempted use of explosive material to damage physical property affecting interstate commerce. The suspects are anarchists who were noticed and approached by an FBI informant during an Occupy protest in Cleveland on Oct. 21, 2011.
Meanwhile, during the May Day demonstration in Seattle on May 1, a group of anarchists banded together to form what is known as a black bloc. Using the broader demonstration as cover, they caused extensive damage to retail businesses in downtown Seattle, including the iconic Niketown store. Anarchist violence in the United States is cyclical. These incidents indicate that radical anarchists may again be gaining momentum.
This bears watching.
May 6th - We didn't get Arch Crawford early enough for him to run a full analysis of the weekend. Arch did remind of a spotty seasonal pattern. The Flash Crash came on May 6th after all. Be cautious.


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Teachers on reading, writing, packing heat
Push surges to allow educators on carry concealed
Americans appear to have taken up the president's call for a national discourse on guns in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shooting.
But Barack Obama may not like the answer they are giving him as a push to permit teachers to carry concealed weapons is gathering steam in several states.
Following the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary, lawmakers in several states, including Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Michigan, Mississippi, South Carolina, Oregon and Virginia, have proposed or introduced legislation that would permit teachers with concealed carry permits to voluntarily bring their weapons onto school grounds.
Just days ago, Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell said the state should have a discussion about allowing school staff to carry concealed weapons to protect children. State Delegate Robert Marshall has gone further, proposing a bill that would require school districts to designate some staff members to do so.
Mississippi State Rep. Mike Kelley has filed a bill that would allow teachers to carry concealed weapons. The bill currently has the backing of more than two dozen state lawmakers. Current law prohibits concealed guns unless approved by a school board or official.
Tony Cornish, a state representative in Minnesota, plans to introduce legislation to arm teachers.
"It's something that we have to face that all of the laws in the world sometimes aren't just going to work," Cornish told Minnesota Public Radio. "The cop can't be everywhere so the best person to defend yourself is yourself."
In South Carolina, state Rep. Phillip Lowe has introduced a similar proposal that would apply to teachers who have a concealed carry permit. Lowe's bill would require teachers to complete a training course and notify school officials whenever they bring the weapon on campus. They would also be required to wear the weapon at all times.
The call to arm teachers has sent gun control advocates into a frenzy. Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign, said arming teachers sends the wrong message to students.
"It's saying the only answer to violence is more violence. The only answer to guns is more guns," Gross said.
The nation's two largest teachers unions are emphatically against arming teachers. saying it would not keep schools safe.
In a joint letter, the National Education and the American Federation of Teachers said: "Guns have no place in our schools. Period. We must do everything we can to reduce the possibility of any gunfire in schools, and concentrate on ways to keep all guns off school property and ensure the safety of children and school employees."
The letter called the idea of eliminating the gun-free zones that make schools an easy target and permitting teachers who have concealed carry permits and desire to bring their weapons to school "dangerous."
"Lawmakers at every level of government should dismiss this dangerous idea and instead focus on measures that will create the safe and supportive learning environments our children deserve."
President Obama has responded to the Newtown shooting by calling for more gun control, despite the fact Adam Lanza violated multiple gun laws prior to the shooting and Connecticut already has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in the country.
White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that the president wants a host of gun control restrictions that have long been desired by liberals. Carney said Obama wants to require background checks for all private sales of firearms and a ban on semi-automatic weapons that are often labeled assault rifles.
Contrary to media reports, semi-automatic weapons are not military weapons. According to the military definition, assault rifles are fully automatic, meaning once the trigger is pulled, the weapon continues to fire until the trigger is released or the magazine is emptied. These weapons have been illegal for private citizens to own since 1934, unless they obtain a special permit.
By contrast, semi-automatic weapons require the shooter to pull the trigger for each round. Congress has changed the definition of assault weapons to include semi-automatics that look like military weapons.
Saying the Newtown shooting must force lawmakers to action, Obama has tasked Vice President Joe Biden with creating a task force to present solutions for gun violence by the end of the year.
Despite an initial push for stricter gun control laws, there is evidence that the trend may be dissipating.
Last week, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who received an A rating from the NRA, said it was "time to move beyond rhetoric" over gun control.
However, he has since clarified his remarks, saying he was only calling for a conversation on the issues surrounding the shooting.
"I'm not supporting a ban on anything. I'm supporting a conversation on everything," Manchin told West Virginia MetroNews.
'It's about time'
Larry Pratt, president of Gun Owners of America, told WND that despite calls by media and Democrats for gun control, his organization has received strong support from the public, particularly since his well-circulated interview with CNN's Piers Morgan.
Pratt argued that the way to prevent shootings like those at Sandy Hook is to get rid of laws that prevent people from protecting themselves.
"The feedback that we have gotten from people who were not members of Gun Owners of America was to the effect of it's about time somebody said that," Pratt told WND. "It's been very affirming."
Pratt said that, ultimately, "we're going to look back and be very grateful to Piers Morgan for having perhaps provided the turning point in the debate."
"The response that we got to the interview with Morgan indicates that a lot of Americans have just had it," he said. "The way he said what he said reminded a lot of people that's why we're no longer British."
In the interview, Morgan called Pratt's views "complete and utter nonsense."
The host went into a meltdown after Pratt noted that Europe has a higher violent crime rate than America. Morgan called Pratt an "unbelievably stupid man" and charged he didn't give a d— about the gun murder rate in America.
Pratt said the recent shooting at an Oregon mall showed what might have happened if teachers were allowed to concealed carry in schools.
"The shooting out at Oregon shows how it should've happened in Newtown. A man was in a mall when he heard the shots," Pratt explained. "He had a concealed carry firearm, and even it was against the mall's policy he had his weapon. When he ran to the scene of the crime with his gun out, the shooter ran away and committed suicide."
"Had a teacher pulled out a weapon in Newtown, it's a likely possibility the shooter would've committed suicide long before he likely did. The one thing that seems to be in these people's twisted minds is, 'I will determine when I die,'" Pratt said.
Several states already permit teachers with concealed carry permits to bring their weapons to school. Utah has allowed teachers and private citizens to bring their weapons to school for several years.
In Harrold, Texas, the local school board has had an "arm the teachers" policy in place since 2008. David Thweatt, superintendent of the Harrold School District, told the Associated Press that in the years since the policy has been in place, there has not been a single safety issue involving students, which he attributes to the high level of training the teachers receive.
"Their accuracy is probably going to be 100 percent. The only people who have more shooting training in the state of Texas than my teachers are Highway Patrol," Thweatt said. "A shooter could take out a guard or officer with a visible, holstered weapon, but our teachers have master's degrees, are older and have had extensive training. And their guns are hidden. We can protect our children."
In Connecticut, permit holders are allowed to carry in schools, provided the school gives them permission.


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A man took his own life, and we might never know exactly why.
But regardless of what comes of any investigations or revelations, we've got enough circumstantial evidence already to have an idea that the NFL, its players and those who claim to love both have got to do something.
Fact is, too many men are stumbling unprepared into a scary world when the game stops and real life starts.
Whether Junior Seau's ultimate decision to commit suicide can be traced in any way to his having suffered concussions during his playing career is important to find out.
But that just might be too neat a bow to tie on this tragedy, too straight a line to draw from head trauma to depression to death.
Complete coverage: The life and death of Chargers star Junior Seau, and what he meant to San Diego.
"The NFL is doing all these things to make football better and safer," said former San Diegan John Lynch, who retired in 2008 after 15 years in the NFL. "But in a lot of ways it seems like they're ignoring a real issue … The automatic response right now is it's got to be concussion-related. I'd be cautionary of that. The league should do everything they can to find out more (about the long-term effects of head injuries), because I believe it's real. But there are a lot of other dynamics that go with retiring and leaving that world.
"I wouldn't discount the concussion (aspect). If we did, we'd feel terrible … But – and I don't say this in a negative conversation – it's an out for people that are lost and searching. It's a huge issue. It's one the league better pay attention to."
This issue has come to fascinate me over the years, as I've spent a good portion of my time around modern-day gladiators. And shame on me for not considering that it could lead to the ultimate penalty until it smacked me in the face and I wept over the idea that a father left the children he loved by shooting himself in the chest.
The man was my age, hero to millions, friend of thousands, widely believed to be the happiest son of a gun to walk The Strand. By many accounts, he placed the love of his kids just slightly below the fear of his God.
Yet, it seems, there was a hole in his heart that led to him shooting himself in the chest.
"Junior played as long as you pretty much can possibly play, and he's 41 when he's done," said Lynch, who grew up in North County and became close with Seau as both were going to multiple Pro Bowls and working out in San Diego during the offseason. "It's all right to retire at 60 or 70. But you do it at 40, and you realize you have a lot of life left to live."
When Seau won the NFL Man of the Year Award in 1994 for his charitable work, he spoke of the importance of having earned respect away from the field.
No one will ever argue Seau had done that and continued to do so via philanthropy and business, as well as in the way he treated and took care of so many right up until his death.
But it is possible, even likely, according to some that knew him well, that when there was no more field on which to also earn respect, Seau was lost.
"Junior obviously had been facing demons for at least 18 months," Gary Plummer, a former Seau teammate who played professionally for 15 seasons, told the San Jose Mercury News. "… He was crying out for help."
Plummer was not alone in retroactively diagnosing what no one had wanted to believe.
I talked to a close friend of Seau's late Wednesday night, someone who had last spoken to him the week before and who, like many close to him, said they'd seen no signs of depression prior to his shooting himself in the chest.
But now it seemed clear. Like many who talked over the past three days, the friend had been convinced by Seau that his car going over a Carlsbad bluff in October 2010 was an accident, that Seau had fallen asleep.
"No way that was true," the friend said softly.
This column comes with a caution as much as it is meant to be a caution.
These words, both mine and those from people much closer to Seau, are only the formulation of a premise. Neither I nor anyone quoted herein is a psychologist.
That doesn't make what's said any less legitimate, or terrifying.
"Football is so intense and all-consuming," Lynch said. "… The transition is extremely tough. It becomes apparent fairly quick you'll never be able to replace what you got from football. That's a tough realization, particularly when people's identity gets wrapped up in being a football player."
Lynch loves his post-NFL job as a commentator on Fox. He coaches his son's baseball team and was speaking by phone Thursday from his Colorado home after attending a function at his kids' school. He mentioned preparations for his charitable foundation's upcoming event.
"I'm always applauded for the transition I've made, but I promise you four years later it's still tough at times," Lynch said. "It's the times when there is down time, you start thinking and wondering, 'Am I having a big enough impact on this world?' That's when the thought comes in that what you had you can't ever replicate. That's when it gets tough."
There is, of course, the exhilaration of playing, especially at Seau's Hall of Fame level, in front of tens of thousands of fans on Sundays. There is also the public adoration that comes with being in the NFL.
But there is so much more.
For several years – in Seau's case, two decades – NFL players spend six months of every year with largely the same group of men, 10 to 12 hours a day. They have to be at meetings at specific times. They receive constant feedback from coaches. They spend down time playing games in the locker room, sharing stories around the lunch table and in the weight room. Side by side, they go through physical and mental punishment to which few others can relate.
They belong, they matter. They have structure, identity.
And then …
"One day it spits you out," Marcellus Wiley said. "At 30 or 35, the purpose of your life is done."
As Seau once said, "You don't quit this game because you want to, you quit this game because you have to."
Mike Goff played guard for 12 years in the NFL, five of them with the Chargers. He has a wife and toddler daughter, and he speaks of them with unrivaled affection. He is one term paper and a final away from earning his degree from the University of Iowa.
And like every player I've ever talked to about his post-career transition, there was a twinge in Goff's voices as he acknowledged that walking away from football is almost like quitting an addiction cold turkey.
"I still have trouble with it," said Goff, who played his last game in 2009. "Especially when you live in the community where you played and had your best memories ... I don't want to say it's jealousy, but you wish you were still out there playing, out there with your boys. I miss the banter ... These are people you bled with, sweat with, win with, people you were on this journey with – and then it's over.
"You can find other avenues, but there is nothing that will be the same as when you were playing."
Wiley played 10 years in the NFL and is now a commentator for ESPN and an entrepreneur. He went to Columbia, where it was instilled in him that football was something to be loved but not measured by.
Still, he said, retirement is difficult.
Wiley has talked to enough players, both before and after retirement, that he knows it is a virtual epidemic, in large part because the one thing a man learns in a lifetime of football is to simply fight through any and all problems.
"It is a tough culture," he said. "There are days you can't walk to your car and the same day you manage to run top speed into another grown man at top speed 70 times. There are too many moments pushing yourself beyond mental and physical barriers … We don't know how to turn that switch off. We don't know how to say, 'This is one time I need assistance.' So many guys, including myself, have bought into that world. We don't understand until something like this happens."
Other than vague outlines and mentions of more counseling services, players I talked to were unsure of how exactly to help players make the conversion to civilian life. They do know enough is not being done.
"Players need a game plan," Goff said. "The NFL does an awful job. When you're done, they kind of chuck you away – 'Thanks for everything. See you later.' The NFL is more concerned with the product is this year rather than what these guys are going to do when they're done."
Lynch and others give the NFL credit for providing seminars and counseling on career opportunities after football.
"But there is a lot with psychology that is not done," he said.
Lynch said Seau's death was "a call to action," and he spoke Thursday with former NFL fullback Lorenzo Neal about getting together with other retirees to address the problem.
"As tragic as this is, you hope something good can come from it," Lynch said. "There are players that are respected, then another level -- iconic, legendary. Junior is a legend, and in and of itself this will wake players up … I've got to, we've got to do everything we can to make sure this doesn't happen anymore."


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Mario, Nintendo kin jumping into theme parks
While the famed Japanese creator of Mario Bros. and Donkey Kong spent most of his trip to last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo touting such upcoming Nintendo games as "Super Mario Maker" and "Star Fox Zero," Miyamoto was also enthusiastic about a totally different undertaking. He's helping to bring his digital creations to life in Universal theme parks.
"We've come to the point where the kids who grew up playing Nintendo games are now parents who have their own kids," said the veteran game designer during an interview translated by Bill Trinen, product marketing director at Nintendo of America. "I think for them it will be a tremendous experience."
Nintendo Co. announced plans last month for immersive experiences featuring the Japanese gaming giant's characters at Universal theme parks, but it didn't provide any details. Universal Parks & Resorts is owned by cable company Comcast Corp. and has properties in Los Angeles; Orlando, Fla.; Osaka, Japan; and Sentosa, Singapore. Despite the forthcoming release of the sci-fi space combat game Star Fox Zero and the do-it-yourself platformer Super Mario Maker for Nintendo's Wii U console, the 62-year-old game designer has no immediate plans to retire — and his colleagues don't want him to, either.
Miyamoto suggested that plucky plumber Mario and his colorful Mushroom Kingdom would be hopping into Universal's parks, though he didn't elaborate on specific attractions. He noted Nintendo has been working closely with the theme park behemoth on the project. "We have all the knowledge of who the Mario character is, what the Mario world is and how it's represented," said Miyamoto. "We have been in constant communication with (Universal) communicating our vision to them, and they're turning it into something that could exist within that park. It's really about that partnership."


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Re: REJECTED, ETC. TODAY
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January 28, 2013, 11:44:23 PM »
Rejection Pie. YUMMY
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Re: REJECTED, ETC. TODAY
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April 06, 2013, 11:40:20 AM »
It is interesting to look back over previous years posts on "Rejections". There is no question that the 2013-2014 cycle is turning out to be quite unique. OK, I admit to being a "data stalker" on lawschoolnumbers.com. Hey . . . we all have our issues. So far this cycle, if you have any portability at all, there is no "bottom" cut off on admissions for 2013. If you have your heart set on attending an ABA law school . . . and you have the resources to pay for it . . . there is a school this year somewhere for you.
I have never seen so many sub-2.5 UGPA and sub-150 LSAT scores direct-admitted to law schools before. That said . . . is this a good thing? I know you think I am about to whine about low academic standards, etc . . . but that is not my concern. What I hate to see are law schools skimming (scamming) a year of tuition (up to $50K) from law students who have no realistic chance for academic success . . . wait for the down beat . . . WITHOUT APPROPRIATE ACADEMIC SUPPORT.
It isn't that I think high risk (from UGPA/LSAT formulas) students cannot be successful in law school. However, I am CERTAIN that they cannot be successful without the school's commitment to identify at-risk students early-on and provide hands-on academic support. I do not fault law schools who are facing reduced applications for responding to market forces and opening their doors to a broader range of students. (Our school has statistics that show how poor of a predictor that the LSAT can be on ultimate law school and bar exam success.) However, with that change should also come an equal commitment to address the academic support needs of these students.
If you are an applicant who was rejected this cycle because you got caught up in the "how high in the rankings can I go syndrome" . . . there is still time for Fall 2013 to redial your strategy (particularly if you are a California applicant, or someone who envisions practicing in California) and look at one of the California accredited law schools. These schools are smaller, have hands-on, one-on-one academic support, cost 1/2 to 1/3 of tuition, and have very respectable completion and bar pass rates for good students. These schools are NOT for everyone. If you have your heart set on BigLaw and BigCity . . . not so much. But if you see yourself practicing in California as a small firm lawyer, DA, Public Defender, legal services, or non-profit lawyer . . . check out one of the 17 California accredited law schools before you check out of your dream to be a lawyer.
(for additional info on one of the CBE schools, see Monterey College of Law under "M" in the discussion boards)
CA Law Dean
Yes . . . law school is intentionally challenging.
Re: REJECTED, ETC. TODAY
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February 05, 2014, 02:52:39 PM »
It looks like this will be a very good year for potential law students. With fewer potential law students taking the LSAT and lower number of applications nationally . . . it should be a "buyers" market. However, that does NOT mean that everyone will get accepted into the law schools that they initially choose. Soooo . . . what are you going to do if you get rejected from your first list of law schools?
Do you have a plan B?
As dean of Monterey College of Law, I would hope that you at least consider whether you might be a good fit at one of the California-accredited law schools (CALS). As small regional law schools accredited by the State Bar of California, CALS offer small classes, lower cost, and high employment results. This is because there ARE lawyer jobs available in the small non-urban communities of California such as Monterey, Santa Cruz, and Salinas. I would be glad to answer any questions you might have. AND we will take applications through JUNE, so there is still time to make us your "Plan B" law school if you are determined to be a lawyer.
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February 05, 2014, 10:19:26 PM »
Glad to see you back on this board CA Law Dean.
I think MCSL or any CBA school can be a great choice for the right person. However, you need to go in with realistic expectations and understanding.
Do not expect Cravath to recruit you out of MCSL, CBA school, or even 75% of ABA schools.
However, if you want to be a solo, possibly a public defender, small firm, rural area, etc a license to practice law can open doors in a lot of areas and MCSL can get you a bar exam ticket, but whether you pass that exam and what you do with your law license will have a lot more to do with you than the name on your diploma.
CA Law Dean
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February 06, 2014, 02:04:48 PM »
I fully agree with Citylaw. The problem is not that there are not enough lawyer jobs to meet the new graduate demands . . . the challenge is that there are not enough lawyer jobs
that pay enough to service the level of debt required to attend many of the large urban ABA law schools
. If a new applicant hasn't spent time on Law School Transparency (
) to better understand the economics of a law degree . . . they should do so before accepting any law school offer.
I can only speak to California, but there are many non-urban communities that NEED new, young lawyers . . . right now. Of course, small-community lawyers start out at $50-60K, not $120-160K that is theoretically available in BigLaw. Therefore, if someone enjoys the idea of living, working, and raising a family outside of an urban center . . . look for a law school that successfully channels their graduates into those markets.
At least in California, many of the non-ABA, state-accredited law schools such as Monterey College of Law will provide that opportunity.
CA Law Dean
Yes . . . law school is intentionally challenging.
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February 20, 2014, 07:49:30 AM »
REJECTION! Not fun. Actually downright depressing. However, for law school applicants in California (and anyone else who intends to live and practice in California at least 3-5 years after law school graduation), there may still be an alternative.
Consider a California-Accredited Law School
Consider one of the 17 California accredited law schools (such as Monterey College of Law). The State Bar of California, not the ABA, accredits these regional schools. Many of them have very respectable bar pass rates (competitive with the unranked ABA law schools), are a fraction of the cost of the traditional ABA schools, and offer part-time programs so that you can actually begin working in law related jobs to gain relevant experience before graduating.
Strong Ties to the Local Bench and Bar = Jobs!
Most have strong ties to the local bench-bar that result in jobs after graduation. Of course this is not the path if your goal is to work in a large urban center in a multinational law conglomerate. But if the idea of being a small firm lawyer, DA, Public Defender, Legal Services lawyer, or solo practitioner is what you are after . . . select one of the California accredited law schools in an area that you might like to live/practice and get an application in . . . right away. Then go visit to see if it fits your goals. Ask hard questions about bar pass rates, costs, job placement, clinical, programs, etc. Most of the non-urban areas of California need lawyers (despite the articles in the national news) and many of them are great places to live and raise a family if you have not already decided to be a big city lawyer.
Practicing Law in California
The biggest limitation is that upon graduation from one of the California accredited law schools you must take (and pass) the California bar exam first. You cannot go directly to another state and sit for their bar exam until you are licensed in California (and some states will require minimum years of practice as well). That is why the option is primarily for those who already know that they want to live and practice in California.
Bottom line, if you really want to be a lawyer, make it happen . . . and a California-accredited law school may be just the place for you.
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February 20, 2014, 09:49:29 PM »
Well written post I think Monterey College of Law
can work for the right student, but as CA Law Dean says do not expect Cravath to come recruit you and offer you $160,000k out of law school. If law students have realistic expectations it can be a great career.
CA Law Dean
Yes . . . law school is intentionally challenging.
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March 06, 2014, 06:31:08 AM »
I frequently hear the question "If I get rejected by my top choice law school, should I just take a gap year and reapply next cycle?" Like many legal questions, the answer is "it depends."
First question. Do you have a realistic chance of meeting he statistical LSAT/UGPA admission standard of the dream school(s) where you have applied? There are quite a few excellent websites that provide free access to analytics that allow you to plug in your LSAT/UGPA and get a multi-school report on your statistical chance of falling within the admitted student range of targeted schools. Doing this analysis is a must. The odds are that if you were rejected by a school, you fell below the 25th percentile of their range.
Therefore, the question is, if you took off a year what would you do to improve your chances next cycle? I hate to sound crass, but curing cancer or solving world peace probably won't help you. You also can't change your UGPA. Therefore, the only variable you control is your LSAT score. Even if your UGPA is below standard, many schools will admit "splitters" . . . applicants with a below median UGPA, offset by a high LSAT.
Second question. "Do you have the time, resources, and testing skills to do what it takes to significantly improve your LSAT score?" Top tutorial programs can cost upwards of $10-12,000. Credible commercial review programs can cost $1,200 - $2,500. To significantly move your LSAT score 10+ points, you should expect to spend several hundred hours of dedicated effort. Add all of this to the "opportunity cost" of waiting another year to enter law school . . . and the career market upon completion . . . and you have the objective information necessary to realistically evaluate whether a gap year will be beneficial.
Of course, there are certainly other reasons that could play a role as well. Maturity, financial situation, family issues, undergraduate burn-out, etc. However, these go to the question of 1L readiness, not dream school admissions.
One final consideration. In the current competitive admissions climate, high LSAT scores can directly translate into significant scholarship offers. The trade-off is that higher ranked "dream" schools generally offer fewer scholarships, and fewer still to "splitters". Your best scholarship offers are likely to come from lower tier law schools . . . but that is a completely different topic.
So my recommendation is that if you are willing to use a gap year to improve your law school choices . . . do it. Otherwise, if you are "all dressed up and ready to go", select a law school that otherwise matches your interests and career goals . . . and get started.
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April 09, 2014, 12:19:22 PM »
I am unhappy after I received a rejection letter today from I.U. I am no spring chicken and my oldest will be 22 years of age; I decided to go back to my first love, law school. I submitted every thing early, I took the LSAT only to find out today, I was not accepted.
Rejection does not feel good, no matter how old you are, especially when you are up in age. I applied to one school for the convenience, since I am a divorcee with children.
I am not sure about online Law Schools. I will start from the drawing board and complete a few more apps.
Any thoughts? I wonder how the young people handle rejection letters.
Thanks for a place to vent.
CA Law Dean
Yes . . . law school is intentionally challenging.
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I am sorry to hear that you were rejected from your law school choice. It is always disappointing, regardless of age and experience. If you will share your LSAT/UGPA, I can probably give you a better idea of what influenced the decision. Despite the applicant friendly admissions cycle this year, it still requires understanding the criteria of the target school to better judge your application prospects. In your case, despite having college grades that are likely several decades old (assuming college was prior to the birth of your 22 year old child), the formula of LSAT/UGPA still overshadows any work-life experience for traditional law schools. When you said "I.U" did you mean Indiana University, and if yes, was it Bloomington or Indianapolis?
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Michigan's nearly decade-old ban on gay marriage is going to trial Tuesday, with two weeks set aside for testimony from experts about whether there's a legitimate state interest in restricting marriage to a man and a woman.
DETROIT (AP) ? Two Detroit-area nurses walked hand-in-hand through a line of protesters Tuesday for a trial that could overturn Michigan's ban on gay marriage, the latest in a series of marriage-equality challenges across the country.
The issue: Is there a legitimate state interest in restricting marriage to a man and a woman?
Federal judges in recent weeks have struck down gay marriage bans in Utah, Oklahoma and Virginia without trials. At least 17 states and the District of Columbia now allow marriage by same-sex couples.
"Nothing says family like a marriage license," April DeBoer told reporters before entering the Detroit federal courthouse with Jayne Rowse, her partner of eight years.
They walked past more than a dozen people who marched quietly on the sidewalk with signs declaring, "We support traditional marriage. One man, one woman."
Gay couples poised for a favorable ruling last fall had lined up for licenses at county offices across Michigan, only to be stunned when U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman said he wanted to hear testimony from experts.
"The court may not simply adopt the findings of fact and conclusions of law previously issued in other proceedings," he said.
Two weeks have been set aside for testimony.
The case began in 2012 when nurses Rowse, 49, and DeBoer, 42, of Hazel Park sued to try to upset a Michigan law that bars them from adopting each other's children. But the case became even more significant when Friedman invited them to add the same-sex marriage ban to their lawsuit.
They argue that Michigan's constitutional amendment, approved by voters in 2004, violates the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause, which forbids states from treating people differently under the law.
"If marriage is a fundamental right, then logic and emerging Supreme Court precedent dictate that the legitimacy of two adults' love for one another is the same in the eyes of the law regardless of sexual orientation," attorneys for the couple said in a court filing last fall.
The state attorney general's office, meanwhile, is defending the election result.
"There is no dispute that there is a fundamental right to marry. But there is no fundamental right to marry a person of the same sex," the state said.
Friedman said the case required a full-blown trial with testimony from economists and other scholars.
"We've seen different approaches by different courts. ... I don't think you need to hear extensive evidence to determine that these laws violate basic rights of equality," said Jennifer Levi of Western New England University law school in Springfield, Mass., who worked on a lawsuit that led to the legalization of same-sex marriage in that state in 2004.
Mark Regnerus, a sociologist at the University of Texas, is among the state's witnesses. In 2012, he published a study in an academic journal, saying young adults with a parent who had a same-sex relationship were more likely to experience unemployment and other social woes. He later acknowledged that his study didn't look at children raised by stable same-sex couples.
Another witness is scholar Sherif Girgis, author of a 2012 book, "What Is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense." Attorneys for DeBoer and Rowse are asking the judge to block their testimony as irrelevant.
On Monday, more than 30 pastors from Baptist churches and conservative Christian congregations held a news conference to declare their support for the ban. They said family stability and the Bible demand marriage only between a man and a woman.
"The fight is on," said the Rev. Roland Caldwell of Burnette Inspirational Ministries in Detroit. "Don't tell me I can go to the polls and then the next day tell me I don't know what I'm doing."


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This script simulates avoidance conditioning as reinforcement learning with two upper motoneurons (SUMO and FUMO).
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From Tutorial on Neural Systems Modeling, Chapter 7, pg. 238: We will refer to the upper motoneurons that elicit "spin" and "freeze" responses as the spin upper-motoneuron (SUMO) and the freeze upper-motoneuron (FUMO), respectively. We will assume that both SUMO and FUMO receive auditory input and respond to tone. We will further assume that the behavioral response of the rabbit will be determined by whichever upper-motoneuron schema has the larger response to the tone. For example, if the response of SUMO is greater than that of FUMO, then SUMO will win the competition for control of the behavioral response, and the rabbit will spin the wheel rather than freeze. However, since there is an element of randomness in behavior, we will assume that the rabbit will sometimes innovate (i.e., explore). This means that the rabbit will sometimes produce the behavior represented by the upper-motoneuron schema that loses the competition for behavioral control. Finally, we assume that the rabbit can learn to change its behavioral response to the tone by adjusting the sizes of the responses of SUMO and FUMO to the tone. We assume that this learning is driven by reinforcement signals, and that the overall rabbit model expresses reinforcement learning by acquiring a simulated version of the avoidance response. The ability of the model to simulate this form of reinforcement learning depends entirely on its structure. The model will incorporate a HEAR schema that represents the auditory system. We will design the model so that the weights of the excitatory connections from the HEAR schema to either upper-motoneuron schema are modifiable. On each trial, the weight that is modified will be the one associated with the connection from HEAR to whichever upper motoneuron represented the behavioral response produced by the simulated rabbit. For example, if the rabbit spins the wheel, then the weight of the connection to SUMO from HEAR will be modified. The amount of this modification will be proportional to the difference between a reinforcement signal and the current weight value. Thus the weights from HEAR, and so the responses of SUMO and FUMO to the tone, will track the reinforcement associated with a spin or a freeze response, respectively.
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Let's be honest, at some point we've all been frightened by a random passer-by's pointy, spidery eyelashes. Or maybe we've scared ourselves after catching a glimpse of our own lashes at the end of a long day.
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1. Always start at the base of your lashes and work up. This will create the most volume at the base, making your lashes look fuller and creating less clumps.
2. When you do your eyeshadow, some of it will most likely fall onto your lashes, making them look powdery on top. Once you've applied your mascara, close your eyes and do a few swipes on the top of your lashes to darken them.
3. Rather then pumping your mascara wand in and out of the tube (which will make it dry out faster), put the wand in the tube and twist it around instead. You'll get more use out of one tube.
4. DON'T apply more mascara after it's already dry, this will only make them clumpy. When applying, if you are going to do more than one coat, do each coat while your lashes are still wet. If you like to freshen up your mascara throughout the day, wet your fingers and use them to wet your lashes a little bit before you apply another coat. This will make them pliable and help avoid clumping and flaking.
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7. If you have a problem with your mascara smudging, try only putting mascara on your tops lashes, or putting a setting powder under your eyes to keep things dry. If all else fails, try a waterproof mascara.
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A 23-year-old registered sex offender in the Hudson Valley has been sentenced to nearly two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to posing as a child on social media to entice minors for sex.
Geoffrey Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District, announced this week that Robert Garneau of Warwick in Orange County has been sentenced to 16 years in state prison after pleading guilty to three counts of enticement of a minor last May.
According to court documents, from September 2014 through December 2014, Garneau communicated online via Instagram and Kik with a 12-year-old minor in California, convincing her to take sexually explicit photographs for him. On Aug. 10, 2015 and July 18, 2015, Garneau engaged in the same type of activity with two other minors, whose ages were not released.
Berman said that while communicating with his victims, Garneau posed as a minor and threatened his victims that if they did not send additional photos or videos, they would be arrested for the images they've already sent. He also threatened to show one of his victim's Instagram followers the illicit photos.
Following his 16 years in prison, Garneau will be subjected to 15 years of supervised release. He has been remanded into the custody of the Department of Corrections.
"Robert Garneau's crimes are the nightmare of every modern parent," Berman said in a statement. "Using everyday social media websites, Garneau exploited minors for his own sexual gratification. As today's sentencing underscores, we will continue to use every tool available to law enforcement to prosecute and punish those who sexually exploit children."
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Tuesday, 21 June 2011
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It's health week this week at school too, I'm pretty sure Scott's got swimming this afternoon, Faith has her nursery sports day this morning and Willow's class isn't doing anything particularly special - but no doubt I'll have missed a note or letter somewhere along the line.
Remember I tried my hand at the bag Anne designed for our Girls just want to have fun day? Well I thought I'd also have a go at the wee canvas that Kath designed. Well I didn't have the exact same supplies, so I changed a few things. Here's the post with Kath's original, and here's my interpretation...
I couldn't get a canvas the same size so I changed it to a larger MDF frame tile, I used different coloured paper - MME So Sophie Graceful, different stamp - Hero Arts CG251 Small Solid Flower with Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo DI's. I didn't have a branch die cut or the teeny flower punch that Kath used so I substituted a Tim Holtz flourish die cut and heart punch. I used a Prima script stamp on the paper strip and flower (which is TH tattered florals) the text stickers have been in my stash for about 3 years :)
I made this as a gift for my good friend who has just bought and moved into a new flat, so I'm hoping she'll like it.
I'd like to enter it into...
One Stop Craft Challenge - stickers
Stamp Something - pretty papers
Totally Papercrafts - diecuts & punches
Cheerful Stamp Pad - things with wings
One Stitch at a Time - things with wings
Crazy 4 Challenges - twine, floss, string
Sweet Stampin' - things with wings
I'll be back tomorrow with something exciting to share .... watch this space.
19 comments:
- kath said...
fabilicious....love the colour combo and all the bits and bobs you've used...and regards all things school...CHILL..hugs kath xxx
- 21 June 2011 at 10:20
- Shell Shearer Swinscoe said...
Oh this is just gorgeous hun, I'd love it on my bedroom wall! lol
hugs shell xx
- 21 June 2011 at 10:27
- ~ Ali ~ said...
Fabulous creation as always Debbi love it.
If you get any emails for me sweetie don't click on the link its a virus. My blogger account has been hacked yet again....I'm beginning to think someone has it in for me :(
ali x
- 21 June 2011 at 11:50
- Fluffles said...
Great work Debbi you've done a good job here. & roll on the school hols eh!!! Jx
- 21 June 2011 at 12:09
- Suzi said...
It's lovely Debbie, I love the distressed bird and that swirl. colour combo is fab. I'm sure your friend will adore it.
Suzi x
- 21 June 2011 at 12:53
- Lil Daffodil said...
Hi Debbi,
I love the way you have put these elements together on this fabulous card.
Fiona x
- 21 June 2011 at 17:10
- coops said...
this is stunning debbi.a great new home gift.i love the bird and really beautiful colours :D
xx coops xx
- 21 June 2011 at 18:49
- Tracey T said...
Really like the way you have combined your die cuts and stamps to create a card that is very original. Gorgeous colour combo too! Thank you for playing at Sweet Stampin' this week. Tracey x
- 21 June 2011 at 18:56
- Teresa said...
Superb card, love all the TH goodies.
Thanks for sharing with us at Sweet Stampin'
Teresa xx
- 21 June 2011 at 20:31
Love your interpretation of Kaths canvas lovely colours.
- 21 June 2011 at 21:46
- Elaine said...
This is fabulous Debbi and such a great gift, you're friend will love it, that I am sure!
Hugs Elaine xx
- 21 June 2011 at 22:25
- Paula said...
The colours are amongst my favourites & I just love the shading on that bird. The way you have adapted the design to your own craft stash is brilliant too.
Paula (PEP)
- 22 June 2011 at 02:42
- Vicky said...
Gorgeous Debbi...!
thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin...and good luck..!
hugs Vicky xx
- 22 June 2011 at 08:04
- Keep It Sweet and Simple said...
Awesome project! I love the bird cage and those swirls, with the hearts on, look gorgeous.
Thanks for joining our 'punches and dies' challenge at Totally Papercrafts,
Caroline xxx
- 22 June 2011 at 19:35
- Pops x said...
Hi sweetie, this is just beautiful, wish i was moving just to egt this lol, hugs pops x
- 22 June 2011 at 20:26
- Zoe said...
Lovely card, thanks for entering it at SWEET STAMPIN this week x
- 22 June 2011 at 22:54
- BarbaraW said...
Lovely card. Love the die cut cage and bird. Thanks for sharing your art in the Cheerful Stamp Pad challenge.
- 24 June 2011 at 02:59
- Debs said...
Gorgeous colors and details, love your layout, thanks so much for joining our "Things with Wings" challenge at One Stitch at a Time this week
- 24 June 2011 at 03:41
- Made by Mandy said...
What a great idea to make a plaque for hanging inside the home. the collage effect is really nice and the soft colours draw you in to the different elements. I would think it would be hard to part with something so beautiful.
Many thanks for joining in with our Things With Wings challenge over at OSAAT
Mandy (DT member for OSAAT)
- 25 June 2011 at 17:39
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We need a proposal before the full group. Other people need time to read and discuss internally. I do think I was quite clear on the May 30th call as well as following up on the dlist after. If there was a proposal on the mailing list that I missed, please send me the link to it. Aleecia On Jun 8, 2012, at 11:53 AM, Shane Wiley wrote: > Aleecia, > > I believe Chris Mejia already worked with you to get time on the agenda. > > Thank you, > Shane > > From: Aleecia M. McDonald [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 11:43 AM > To: firstname.lastname@example.com (email@example.com) > Subject: Re: Towards a Grand Compromise > > Shane, > > If you have something new to discuss, you need to post it to the mailing list at once so I can allocate time for it. The agenda is late to the group (Matthias and I are running into time zone issues) which is the only reason this is even still possible. > > I would very much like for you to get new thoughts on the table. But you need to get it in front of the group if you want time to talk about it. > > Aleecia > > On Jun 8, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Shane Wiley wrote: > > > Jeff, > > I absolutely agree that this is an on-going negotiation with compromise on both sides. I don't believe Jonathan's "Grand" Compromise meets a final balance point with regard to the proposal myself and others presented in DC (I've tried to highlight those below). Permitted uses will be necessary for several narrowly defined business operations for 3rd parties to remain in business and remove the vast majority of envisioned (although no documented evidence) of harm to consumers. We'll have an updated version for Seattle. > > - Shane > > From: Jeffrey Chester [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 10:44 AM > To: Shane Wiley > Cc: Jonathan Mayer; firstname.lastname@example.com > Subject: Re: Towards a Grand Compromise > > I want to weigh in on one aspect. Privacy and consumer advocates/NGOs working in this W3C group agreed on no default (activate DNT) as part of our hopes for a compromise that would include limits on collection/retention. We also agreed to take First parties off the table, another major concession in my view to achieve consensus on collection. There's a package here of give and take. I hope we conclude these negotiations in that spirit. > > Regards, > > Jeff > > > On Jun 8, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Shane Wiley wrote: > > > > Jonathan, > > Thank you for evolving the original proposal from DC. Since you've decided to call this the "Grand Compromise" could you please help me understand where the compromise really is? After reviewing your key points of "compromise", I'm not really seeing any. > > 1. User must expressly activate DNT: The TPWG decided on this and captured it in draft text over 9 months ago. No compromise here. > 2. Affiliate 1st Party Definition: On the surface this appears to be a compromise but once we get to #3 it clearly isn't. > 3. No "Tracking Cookies": By this I believe your text is focused on cookies with unique identifiers. Once those unique identifiers are removed then the data becomes "unlinkable". We've all agreed that "unlinkable" data is outside the scope of the standard and can be shared generously (although I wouldn't personally advise that). With that in mind, the "Affiliate 1st Party Definition" is meaningless in your context. > > I see no mention of Permitted Uses, which the FTC and several EU DPAs have each conceded will be necessary for businesses to remain operational. > > In essence, I'm not seeing any real change since your submission in DC. Can you please help me understand what I'm missing on the "unlinkability" outcome? I thought this was also your position in DC and have raised that concern in the discussion of "temporary log file retention". In my opinion, If you don't agree with the complete "unlinkability" outcome, then the "temporary log file retention" discussion isn't helpful. > > Happy to learn more of your perspectives here. > > Thank you, > - Shane > > From: Jonathan Mayer [mailto:email@example.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 10:40 PM > To: email@example.com > Subject: Re: Towards a Grand Compromise > > We've already received an extraordinary amount of feedback from working group participants on this proposal. Thanks! > > In the interest of keeping revisions sane, I've created a repo on GitHub. The version control is available at https://github.com/jonathanmayer/dnt-compromise/blob/gh-pages/compromise-proposal.html, and the latest version can be viewed at http://jonathanmayer.github.com/dnt-compromise/compromise-proposal.html. > > Jonathan > On Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Jonathan Mayer wrote: > > This group has made tremendous progress. As we enter our second year and look forward to our fifth meeting, we can celebrate achieving hard-won consensus on many difficult topics. > > It's time to complete our task. We have given shape to the several issues at the center of Do Not Track policy, but we have not reached agreement on how to resolve them. Those issues are, in brief: > > 1) May a user agent enable Do Not Track by default? > > 2) May a website share its information with corporate affiliates? > > 3) May a third-party website continue to set tracking cookies (or use an equivalent technology for collecting a user's browsing history)? > > Peter Eckersley (EFF), Tom Lowenthal (Mozilla), and I (Stanford) have iterated on a comprehensive compromise proposal that addresses these issues. The text draws extensively on prior drafts from multiple constituencies. It would, in short: > > 1) Require explicit consent for enabling Do Not Track. > > 2) Allow affiliate information sharing. > > 3) Prohibit tracking cookies. > > We have received valuable feedback from a number of participant viewpoints, including browser vendors, advertising companies, analytics services, social networks, policymakers, consumer groups, and researchers. Out of respect for the candid nature of those ongoing conversations, we leave it to stakeholders to volunteer their contributions to and views on this proposal. > > As you review the draft, please recognize that it is a compromise proposal. The document is not a retread of well-worn positions; it reflects extraordinarily painful cuts for privacy-leaning stakeholders, including complete concessions on two of the three central issues. Some participants have already indicated that they believe the proposal goes too far and are unwilling to support it. > > We would ask all stakeholders to approach the document with a collegial spirit. I can assure you now: there will be components of the proposal that you will not like. Some industry and advocacy participants will flatly reject it. But when everyone in the center of the group is just a bit unhappy, I think we've found our consensus. > > Sincerely, > Jonathan > > > > Attachments: > - compromise-proposal-pde-tl-jm.html > - compromise-proposal-pde-tl-jm.pdf > > >Received on Friday, 8 June 2012 19:34:58 UTC
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National "emergencies" are always good for "bypassing rules" and making things up on the fly.
President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients. Health and Human Services chief Kathleen Sebelius now has authority to bypass federal rules when opening alternative care sites, such as offsite hospital centers at schools or community centers if hospitals seek permission.
The hysteria is completely out of control. Meanwhile, remember that Obama's children will not, as of yet, get a swine flu vaccination. See this October 8th post.
President Obama's school age daughters have not been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk.
The Centers for Disease Control recommend that children ages 6 months through 18 years of age receive a vaccination against the H1N1 flu virus. At this time only children with chronic medical conditions are receiving the vaccination because their immune system is not strong enough to fight off the strain. The CDC also says a regular seasonal flu shot does not protect against the virus.
From Gary Krasner, of the Coalition for Informed Choice, in a mass email:
FACT: Sec. Sebelius says that children are the most susceptible to H1N1 flu, and should be vaccinated against it.
FACT: Oct 8th: It was announced that President Obama's school age daughters have not been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says, "the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk."
[Note the carefully constructed PASSIVE phrase by the White House: "the vaccine is not available to them," as opposed to say, a more PROACTIVE and ACCURATE phrase: "have decided not to vaccinate." Why? Because the latter phrase would prompt people to ask why the First Family is withholding consent to vaccinate, while the former makes it falsely appear like the decision not to vaccinate was imposed on Obama. Personally, I've heard thousands of parents refer to their decision not to vaccinate their children. But I've never once heard anyone explain that the "vaccine was not available to them." Does anyone believe a vaccine would not be made "available" to the President's own children?!]
In the video below, watch him circumnavigate the question about whether his children will get the juice. Without a teleprompter he is lost, with no ability to think on his feet. At the time he was asked this question (September 20th), surely he knew the unyielding position of Health & Human Services Czar Kathleen Sebelius and the CDC, but note that he says, "My understanding at this point is that……" sputter, stumble, ummm… The position of necessary vaccination — and even the repeated attempts to make the vaccine mandatory — had been communicated well before this point in time, yet he pretends to not understand the position of his own Health Czar and the CDC.
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For a second time, prosecutors in the largest drug case ever brought into Memphis federal court have decided not to recommend a reduction in the sentence of a high-ranking member of the Craig Petties drug organization who cooperated to some extent.
Vacha Vaughn was sentenced Friday, Feb. 8, to 36 years and six months in prison on a federal drug conspiracy conviction.
He is the fourth defendant to be sentenced by Judge Samuel "Hardy" Mays.
Vaughn's position in the violent multi-state drug organization with direct ties to the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico was unique.
He was shot and robbed by men dressed as police officers in 2004, which prompted the organization to order the murder of Latrell Small who was shot to death in 2004 along with Kalonji Griffin by Clarence Broady, a "contract killer" for the organization.
Broady testified about the killings during last year's federal court trial of Martin Lewis and Clinton Lewis, the only two of those charged in the case who did not plead guilty. They were both convicted of federal racketeering and drug conspiracy as well as murder for hire charges and are awaiting sentencing.
Three years after the revenge killings, Vaughn was suspected of cooperating with federal authorities investigating the organization and was ordered killed, but the murder was not carried out.
Vaughn, meanwhile, played a role in the 2006 kidnapping of Marcus Turner, who was shot to death and his body dumped by the side of a road in Olive Branch after he had been held for several days at various locations around Memphis.
Petties, who ran the drug organization for six years from Mexico after fleeing Memphis in 2002 as investigators closed in, ordered Turner abducted. The organization was trying to find out who stole $4 million worth of cocaine.
Petties, according to testimony from several witnesses during the Lewises trial, eventually concluded Turner knew nothing about the theft but ordered him killed anyway because he knew too much about the organization.
Vaughn has maintained that while he delivered Turner to those in the organization who later killed him, he didn't know they intended to kill him.
"All I seen was guns and I got out of there," Vaughn testified last March.
He was the last witness of the trial and he testified for the defense as attorneys for Clinton Lewis sought to shake his story that it was Lewis, with his gun pointed at Turner, who took Turner from him after Vaughn set up a meeting.
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Monsanto Specialty crop traits have a new name and look for the 2010 crop season. The new brand name Genuity covers Monsanto's entire family of technology traits — from VT Triple Pro and SmartStax to Roundup Ready 2 Yield.
Monsanto decided to move all its traits under one brand name to help customers quickly identify the traits in its seed bag. Previously, a bag of seed had multiple trait labels printed on it, depending on what was included in the seed. As Monsanto continued to develop more traits, the bag became cluttered with new labels.
The new Genuity brand includes a system of four icons that will accompany the Genuity name. The icons will identify traits for herbicide tolerance, insect protection, weather protection and increased productivity. Also, trait descriptions, such as Roundup Ready and VT Triple Pro, will be written beneath the icons.
Monsanto Chief Technology Officer Robert Fraley reports that the company plans to develop 30 to 40 new products in the next decade, so it needed a new brand initiative to handle the increasing number of new traits. Fraley believes that, in the future, seed stacks will contain 15 to 20 different genes.