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|Sarutobi Clan
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The Sarutobi Clan (猿飛一族, Sarutobi Ichizoku) is an influential clan from Konohagakure. It has produced several renowned members who have held positions of high authority, including the Third Hokage; whose son, Asuma, held membership in the Twelve Guardian Ninja, while his other child served directly under the Hokage along with their spouse as Anbu.[1] All known members have also been devout observers of the Will of Fire.
After Konohagakure's formation following the Warring States Period, the Sarutobi were amongst the first set of clans to ally themselves with the Senju and Uchiha-founded village, alongside the Shimura clan.[2] Not much is known of this clan but, in order to strengthen the unity between the Akimichi, Nara, and Yamanaka clans, it has become a tradition that one of the Sarutobi give each of the members of the current Ino–Shika–Chō trio special earrings when they swear their oaths.[3] Several members were also seen during the Fourth Shinobi World War in the battle against Madara, Obito Uchiha, and the Ten-Tails. They used the Fire Release: Great Flame Technique to quickly dry the quicklime which was covering the beast.[4]
The Sarutobi are famous for their high willpower, and exceptional strength. The clan also uses hiden ninjutsu involving the Fire Release nature transformation.[5]
Other Notable Clan Members
- Konohamaru's parents served as Anbu under the direct command of the Hokage.
- During the Fourth Shinobi World War, a group of Sarutobi clan members attacked the Ten-Tails by super-heating the cement-like substance which the beast had been trapped in.[4]
- "Sarutobi" means "monkey jump": "Saru" (猿) is the character for "monkey", and "Tobi" (飛) is the character for "jump".
- The clan name "Sarutobi", as well the name of Hiruzen's father, comes from the famous ninja, Sarutobi Sasuke.
- Sasuke Uchiha was given the name of one of the clan's members in the hope that he would grow up to be a great shinobi just like him.[6]


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Obama's envoy to Sudan, South Sudan stepping down
President Barack Obama's special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan is stepping down after two years on the job.
In a statement Monday, Obama praised Princeton Lyman for his role in helping South Sudan achieve independence. The president said the people of Sudan and South Sudan have the opportunity to "seize a brighter future" because of his envoy's efforts.
South Sudan, backed by the U.S., became an independent nation last year following a peace deal that ended years of civil war. Still, key disputes remain between the neighbors.
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You have your own theory and by no means I disrespect it, but I don't think Vermouth=Rumi in any case.MeiTanteixX wrote: I agree with you on why she didn't notice Ayumi immediately. She was simply in deep thought and didn't know who was calling her.
My point was that if Vermouth was keeping a Shogi tile in her pocket, then maybe it's a memento of Kohji and she was actually his wife 17 years ago(in case you forgot, Sharon is Vermouth).
I'm merely stating some possible ideas, and I'm not really fully convinced that it's a Shogi tile either.
P.S. If I am wrong later, please don't laugh at me.
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earlier, So I know.Tantei San wrote: Sharon(Vermouth) was Kohji's wife etc.
If that eye needs to be lubricated, it is possible that what she had were some sort of eye-drops, since they are also quite small about a inch or two and are sort of triangular at the top like a shogi tile.k11chi wrote: This is important for glass eyes and other eye replacements[/b] that have to be kept lubricated or they would chafe the tissue of the socket.


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B and I had been discussing getting a dog to play with George while we are at work. Seems a little strange but we are gone a lot and George does well with other dogs and sometimes we felt like he was lonely. We decided to get another dog about a week before Christmas, and looked at a few shelters. Needless to say, adopting a dog was much harder than we thought. The first shelter we went to we found a dog that was in the sick area. He had to wait back there for two more weeks while we called daily to see if he was adopted or if he was out of the sick area. Once he got out of the sick area, they also had pretty strict rules about bringing your dog into meet the dog you wanted to adopt. I brought George in and after a horrible way of introducing the two, they deemed George to be aggressive and said the adoption wouldn't happen. I think any dog is aggressive when you dangle a puppy infront of a dog on a leash and hold him back.
We found a few other dogs we liked but every time by the time we went to the shelter they were all adopted. We then read into it a little more and decided that a girl dog would be a better fit for George. I went and looked at dogs Sunday afternoon, and the one I wanted was still available. I said we would take her home and we both went to pick her up on Monday evening.
The day I decided to adopt her, I took her out in the little pen when you can meet with the dog and I cannot lie, I was a bit worried about how scared she was. It seemed like she had been abused and was just very skittish She did like being held, but her tail was between her legs the entire time and she peed all the time on herself because she was so worried. She barely looked at me and was just shaking with fear. She wanted nothing to do with any of the toys or even the treats in the little pen area and I was worried that she was not going to come out of her shell. The fact that we were getting a dog to be a playmate for George was the only thing that worried me. I didn't want her to be afraid of him as he is really high energy.
She was an owner surrender because they were moving so I just imagined if we had done that to George, how he would act in her position and hoped that she would come out of her shell. She was already spayed so she was ready to go home the following day. Once it became a reality that we were bringing another dog into the house, I was a bit nervous, because I always get nervous when we introduce George to new dogs. We adopted her and took her straight to the groomer, where we found out she had the hand part of a leash used as her collar, and the previous owners just cut off the leash part. She was absolutely filthy. They had to use a degreaser shampoo and also said they thought it was the first time she'd ever had a bath.
The meeting between the two dogs was pretty nerve racking for me, but they were outside in the backyard all day today and when I came home both were alive and well! They already are wrestling around and playing most of the time. George, in the beginning, was a bit protective of us, but that's okay, he seems to have accepted her into the pack. They are about the same size, but she is only 8 months old so she might end up being a little bit bigger than him. She is a bit scared when she first meets someone, but already has her tail wagging most of the time and just needs to learn that she is safe here. She also seems to be house broken, as she has whined twice to go out to the bathroom. Another score! They do chase each other around I'm so glad I gave her a chance because in a weeks time I'm sure she will be a new dog and George loves her! Her fluffy tail is his new favorite toy, so I know they will be fast friends. His other favorite thing to do is to jump off the couch right behind her and scare her. They wrestled for about 20 minutes when I got home and then were both fast asleep. Exactly what we wanted! They are just like brother and sister it seems, always antagonizing each other.
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Anti-software patent campaigners had a rare moment of harmony with the European Patent Office yesterday, coming out in support of a European Parliament motion of patent harmonisation between Europe and member states.
Both applauded the failure of a motion that would have seen an official move toward mutual recognition of patent laws in national patent offices around Europe. This would have meant that a patent registered in Madrid would automatically be recognised in Lisbon, London and Warsaw.
The idea was waved out of the EU Parliament by a clear show of hands, which the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure and infamous lobbyist Florian Mueller claimed as a victory for the anti-software patent brigade.
The European Patent Office was pleased with the outcome, which it thought would undermine its efforts to increase its own powers.
Aside from that, there was little excitement outside the rather excitable burrows of the anti-IP lobby.
The vote involved the removal of three words from one paragraph in an extensive resolution of the European Parliament. The resolution constituted the EPs advice for the European Council's spring meeting where the Lisbon Strategy (to help the European Union nurture a knowledge economy) will be discussed.
Get it? Even had the offending words "small" and "mutual recognition" been included in the European Parliament's guidance for the council, it would not have had any legislative power over the council's meeting.
Further, the idea was part of a set of recommendations for patent harmonisation that appeared to recognise the possibility that there might be some areas where patents might be best covered by a national office even in a system of harmonised patents.
And let's face it, many in Brussels are getting tired of patent harmonisation being blocked by immovable lobbyists who appear incapable of agreeing with their opponents.
The legislation has failed before because of the inability to agree what languages a European patent should be registered in. If you'll believe that, you'll believe anything. Even the French register their patents in English.
The real reason it keeps failing is purely a matter of national interest. Countries want to keep hold of patent fees (which constitute about a third of the €31,000 spend on the average patent) and national controls.
Charlie McCreevy, the European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, said the failure to find a harmonious resolution to the patent debate has created much existentialist angst in Europe. He told the European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee in November that it was like Waiting for Godot. ®


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http://www.nigerianbestforum.com/blog/?attachment_id=122403 Rolling out a wide-ranging plan for executive and legislative action to curb gun violence, Obama set up a fierce clash with the powerful U.S. gun lobby and its supporters in Congress, who will resist what they see as an encroachment on constitutionally protected gun rights.
Obama presented his agenda at a White House event in front of an audience that included relatives of some of the 20 first-graders who were killed along with six adults by a gunman on December 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
'We can't put this off any longer,' Obama said, vowing to use 'whatever weight this office holds' to make his proposals reality. 'Congress must act soon.'
Until now, Obama had done little to rein in America's gun culture during his first four years in office. But just days before his second inauguration, he appears determined to champion gun control in his next term with a concerted drive for tighter laws and other steps aimed at preventing new tragedies like the one at Newtown.
The proposals stem from a month-long review led by Vice President Joe Biden, who on orders from Obama met with advocates on both sides, including representatives from the weapons and entertainment industries.
Obama's plan calls on Congress to renew a prohibition on assault weapons sales that expired in 2004, a requirement for criminal background checks on all gun purchases, including closing a loophole for gun show sales, and a new federal gun trafficking law – long sought by big-city mayors to keep out-of-state guns off their streets.
He also announced 23 steps he intends to take immediately without congressional approval. These include improvements in the existing system for background checks, lifting the ban on federal research into gun violence, putting more counselors and 'resource officers' in schools and better access to mental health services.
The most politically contentious piece of the package is Obama's call for a renewed ban on military-style assault weapons, a move that Republicans who control the House of Representatives are expected to oppose.
The Newtown gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, used a Bushmaster AR-15 type assault rifle to shoot his victims, many of them 6- and 7-year-olds, before killing himself.
Underscoring the tough political fight ahead, the National Rifle Association, launched a scathing advertising campaign against Obama's gun control effort and deployed its representatives in force on Capitol Hill.
The NRA, which says it has about 4 million members, took aim at Obama in a stinging TV and Internet spot, accusing him of being 'just another elitist hypocrite' for accepting Secret Service protection for his two daughters but turning down the lobby group's proposal to put armed guards in all schools.
As he announced the new gun measures, Obama was flanked on the stage by children from around the country chosen from among those who sent letters to him about gun violence and school safety.
However, the White House is mindful that the clock is ticking. The usual pattern after U.S. shooting tragedies is that memories of the events soon fade, making it hard to sustain a push for gun policy changes.
Obama acknowledged the political challenges but made clear that he is prepared to take on the NRA, despite its widespread support among Republicans and significant backing among Democrats.
He warned that opponents of his effort would try to 'gin up fear' and urged lawmakers to think more about the safety of schoolchildren than trying to 'get an 'A' grade from the gun lobby that supports their campaign.'
Obama's plan appears to tread cautiously on the question of whether violent movies and video games contribute to the gun violence, which would open up issues of freedom of expression.


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Every French-Canadian home serves a version of tourtière during the holidays. Various thickeners (such as flour, crushed crackers, or even oats) can be used to bind the filling. Our version is made with flour, and the filling is enclosed in a tender biscuit crust. We decorated our pies with a maple-leaf-shaped cutout.*
- Yield
- Makes 24 hors d'oeuvres
- For filling
- 1 pound lean ground pork
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped (3/4 cup)
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried savory, crumbled
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- For pastry
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons cold vegetable shortening
- 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1/2 cup whole milk
- Accompaniment: spicy tomato cranberry preserves
- Special Equipment
- a 3-inch round cookie cutter; a 1 1/4- to 1 1/2-inch leaf-shaped cookie cutter (preferably maple*); 2 mini-muffin pans, each with 12 (1/8-cup) muffin cups
- Make filling:
- Cook pork with onion, garlic, savory, salt, allspice, and pepper in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring frequently and breaking up lumps with a fork, until pork is no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Sprinkle with flour and cook, stirring, until thickened, 3 to 4 minutes. Cool filling completely.
- Make pastry while filling cools:
- Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 425°F.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Blend in shortening and butter with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add milk and stir with a fork just until a dough forms. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead 10 to 12 times. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin into a rough 18-inch round (1/8 inch thick), dusting with just enough additional flour to keep dough from sticking. Cut out 24 rounds with 3-inch cutter and 24 leaves with leaf-shaped cutter. Make decorative lines on leaves with tip of a sharp paring knife.
- Fit each round into a muffin cup and fill with a rounded tablespoon of filling. Arrange leaves on filling.
- Bake pies until crusts are golden, 15 to 17 minutes. Lift pies out of muffin cups and transfer to a rack. Cool to warm, about 15 minutes.
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We have austerity in our own country as a result of the Great Recession, but it doesn't fall equally on all states. In fact, states suffering the most are mainly those in the South, Midwest and manufacturing rust belts.
We also know most of them are red states, and so the most conservative. Yet those states—the poorest, who have lost the most wealth—also receive the most government benefits.
How can that be so when they have spawned the most conservative politicians who decry government benefits of any kind? Dean P. Lacy, a professor of political science at Dartmouth College, is one of several researchers who have identified this anachronism. Support for Republican candidates, who generally promise to cut government spending, has increased since 1980 in states where the federal government spends more than it collects. The greater the dependence, the greater the support for Republican candidates, says his research.
Conversely, states that pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits tend to support Democratic candidates. And Professor Lacy found that the pattern could not be explained by demographics or social issues.
But it can be explained by other factors. One of my earlier columns, entitled "The Have and Have-Not States", identified several of the factors that differentiate the poorest from the wealthiest states in the U.S., as measured by those states with the highest percentage of passport holders. It comes from a study reported on Grey's Blog, which shows New Jersey with the highest percentage of passports-68.36 percent-to Mississippi with 19.86 percent of its population having passports.
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That factor is openness to outside experience, which is a psychological trait that comes from either having overseas' relations, or a better education, or a geographical proximity to other cultures. Those states with the highest percentage of passport holders had also the most diverse population, were most educated, most politically liberal, and the wealthiest. Of course, wealth seems to go in hand with education, which shouldn't be surprising.
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But those same states also had the best public services, most creative workforce and best health care outcomes, as well. Conversely, those states with the fewest passport holders were the least educated, least wealthy, even though they garnered the most governmental services.
Paul Krugman has listed 3 reasons in his own blog why the poorest states tend to elect conservative politicians, who certainly have not enhanced the economic opportunities of their own constituents.
"And what these severe conservatives hate, above all, is reliance on government programs," says Krugman. "Rick Santorum declares that President Obama is getting America hooked on "the narcotic of dependency." Mr. Romney warns that government programs "foster passivity and sloth." Representative Paul Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, requires that staffers read Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged," in which heroic capitalists struggle against the "moochers" trying to steal their totally deserved wealth, a struggle the heroes win by withdrawing their productive effort and giving interminable speeches."
But he doesn't mentioning scape-goating, a common tactic used by the most conservative politicians to explain why their own constituents tend to be worse off than those in the blue, more liberal states.
Though Christ's teaching, "Let he among you who is without sin cast the first stone" should be foremost in the minds of conservative church-goers, particularly, conservative pundits have blamed government and high taxes for their ills, when in fact it has been their own Social Darwinist views that has held back development in the red states.
In fact history has shown that it is during periods of regulatory breakdown, when so-called 'free market' ideologies prevailed as during the Hoover and GW Bush eras—i.e. when government oversight was at its weakest—that the greatest economic downturns happened. So it should be no surprise that "Political scientists who use Congressional votes to measure such things find that the current G.O.P. majority is the most conservative since 1879," says Krugman, "which is as far back as their estimates go."
That was the era of social Darwinism—when the struggle for survival of the fittest prevailed and made sense to Americans, as we were still struggling to settle and civilize our wildernesses.
But the American landscape is far different today. Modern technology has conquered the means of production, so that we suffer from too much being produced rather than too little. What we cannot or will not domestically produce is easily imported. That is the reason for the succession of burst asset bubbles—from the dot-com market crash, to too- big-to-fail financial institutions, to housing—that Americans have suffered through.
So there is no reason for a regression to 19th century thought and philosophy that the Republican Presidential candidates seem to be yearning for. There is also no reason for the wide divergence of wealth between states. Research has shown the most prosperous states are the most pro-government, most forward-looking, most open to other cultures and new ideas. What economy (or state) can grow otherwise?
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Three fighters from this past weekend's UFC on FUEL TV 7 event face medical suspensions that could run up to six months.
Main-card fighter Dustin Poirier and Ryan Jimmo, as well as preliminary-card competitor Tom Watson, all face 180-day suspensions.
UFC on FUEL TV 7 took place this past Saturday, Feb. 16, at London's Wembley Arena. The main card, including interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao's successful title defense over Michael McDonald, aired on FUEL TV following prelims on Facebook.
The suspensions, which mixedmartialarts.com first published, include mandatory layoffs of 30 days (with no contact during training for 21 days) for all competitors. Three, though, face potentially longer suspensions.
Poirier, who suffered a shutout unanimous-decision loss to fellow featherweight Cub Swanson in the co-headliner, received a 180-day suspension due to a left ankle injury. However, a physician can clear him early after he undergoes an X-ray.
Jimmo, who suffered a decision loss to James Te Huna, also can be cleared early from his right thigh injury.
Finally, Watson, who scored a TKO victory over fellow middleweight Stanislav Nedkov, can be cleared early from a right elbow injury.
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Ok, so I know I'm not the only one that's had this problem and my wife's been getting on me to blog all this stuff when I figure it out so I'm about to tell you all my exploits with mounting the Kindle Fire HD in Linux.
First, let me give you a little background information. I've been an Amazon Kindle junkie since they first came out. I missed getting the very first Kindle but have gotten all the versions ever since and have a couple of them floating around my house and family since we're big on reading. Once the first Kindle Fire came out soon it was easily recognized by my computer and I really didn't have a problem. Now a lot of the new tablets are using a new standard called Media Transfer Protocal (MTP). MTP is supposed to make it easier for the device to look at media being transferred over and figure out what it is and assign it properly. I really haven't seen the advantages of this but maybe that remains to be seen.
As you might have read in a previous blog post about my ebook managing software Calibre I mentioned how I love to send everything to my Kindle since I've gone digital. Lately I've even been scanning in all my written notes on my printer that saves to PDF and sending them to my Kindle. The cool thing about Calibre is that it reads almost EVERY format. Yes, that does mean that it can read the native Amazon DRM formats too and convert them. I of course don't endorse this since I find giving $10 for a Kindle book is like buying 2 premium coffees and I keep that knowledge forever being the best deal in town but I won't judge you.
First step you'll need to do on a Debian based system like Ubuntu is download Calibre, mtp-tools, and mtpfs. So from a terminal line do the following:
Sudo apt-get install calibre mtp-tools mtpfs
That should do it. For RPM distributions like Fedora, RedHat and Opensuse these should be available in the main repositories as well. I'm not sure about pacman or Gentoo repos so please comment and let us all know.
Next make a mount directory.
mkdir kindlefire
After that I wrote a quick little script that you can run every time. I named it kindlemount and do the following.
touch kindlemount
chmod u+x kindlemount
That made the file and made the script executable. Now you want to open the file in whatever editing software you use and put in the following:
sudo mtp-detect
sudo mtpfs -o allow_other ~/kindlefire
That's it. Using ./kindlemount when your Kindle is attached should mount it under kindlemount for you to copy files over to it whenever you want.
HOLD ON A SECOND THOUGH. Before you run the script to mount you Kindle notice that Calibre has built in mtp support since a month after the Fire HD came out so you will be able to see and convert and send files over to the Kindle with one small problem. Only ebook formats and it doesn't see what's already been bought on Amazon. "I want to put movies and music on this thing" you might be saying. Well here's the cool part.
Exit Calibre and run your kindlemount script. In your kindlefire directory you should see the folder Movies, Music, etc. Copy movies and music to it and look at them with with a video viewing app on your device (WARNING: You may need to download one like MoboPlayer which will view almost anything).
Now, to backup your books start Calibre again. This time tell it to Add books from directories…Multiple books. Select ~/kindlefire/Books as the directory and watch the magic happen!
Also note: You may need to check your Kindle Fire HD video format sizes and convert them to MP4, 3GP, VP8 (.webm) with software such as Handbrake or ffmpeg. Happy Kindle-ing.


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Malicious messages such as scams and phishing attempts are some of the most dangerous items that you can receive in your email inbox. These messages often attempt to create a sense of urgency with the hope that you will click a link and give up a password or other sensitive information. Other messages contain attachments designed to infect your computer with viruses. Learning how to identify dangerous email can help you prevent it from causing damage to your computer, your finances and your privacy.
Step 1
Enable spam protection in your email client or service. Alternatively, install an Internet security program that blocks unwanted email automatically. Spam protection services use databases of known scam, phishing and fraudulent messages to filter out dangerous email.
Step 2
Beware of any message asking you to provide personal information such as a password for an online service. These messages are almost always phishing attempts designed to steal passwords from the unsuspecting. Often, these messages attempt to prey on your fears by warning you that an account will be blocked or canceled if you do not sign in.
Step 3
Avoid clicking links, unless you are expecting a message with a confirmation link because you have signed up for a new online account. Otherwise, links typically lead to phishing websites. If you believe a message with a link might be legitimate, type the address of the website manually to be certain you are navigating to the correct website.
Step 4
Avoid any message promising large sums of money in exchange for providing a trivial service. Such messages are typically scams, sent to thousands of people at a time using automated systems with the hope that one or two will respond.
Step 5
Avoid any message with an attachment, even if the message appears legitimate. Attachments frequently contain viruses.
Step 6
View the source code of a message if you believe the sender's address is forged. The source code contains the full headers of the message including the address of the originating server. If the originating server has a different address than the one in the "From" field, the sender's address may be forged.
If you receive email containing a scam or phishing attempt, you can report it to the Federal Bureau of Investigation via the Internet Crime Complaint Center. If you receive spam, forward it to the Federal Trade Commission at firstname.lastname@example.com for investigation.
If you've ever opened your email application to see that you have hundreds of new messages in just a day or two, you know what it is like to be hit by email spam. Spam isn't just a big waste of space in your email account. It is annoying to wade through all those emails. Even more importantly, the sheer volume of viagra, porn, I'm the King of Siam's uncle and need you to move money for me, etc. emails makes missing an important email from an actual customer or the boss a lot more likely. If you happen to work for someone who isn't technologically savvy, you could even get in trouble for getting spam mail. Your boss may be under the impression that you had to visit 50 porn sites and sign up for their email lists to get all of this junk mail in your inbox. Stop the bombardment of spam mail before the little "you've got mail" tune going off every three seconds drives you to resort to pen and paper for your business correspondance or ruins your boss's opinion of your work ethic. Get some anti spam software.
For the few people who never fill out online forms, don't let friends or family know their email address and rarely send or receive email, this may sound downright silly. However, anyone who has had to deal with spam knows that a grown man may be tempted to break down and cry after wading through 200 emails that sound like they might be important, only to find that he is being encouraged to buy shares of some odd stock or see some movie star's compromising photos. As you think about this rather depressing cycle of spam deletion, you are probably starting to wonder if there is any hope or if you should just try to cram your computer down the garbage disposal. Luckily, there is help for people who are overwhelmed by spam mail – anti spam software.
Of course, you won't be able to find anti spam software that is perfect. Despite your best efforts, there will be some mail trickling in that you don't want to see because spammers spend every waking minute trying to figure out new ways to ruin your productivity and sneak past the barriers. They hack into email accounts, send email from fake email addresses using reputable domain names, send emails that look like actual articles with the spammy word hyphenated, misspelled, or disguised in some other way in the body of the text, or come up with some other new solution to circumvent that sanity saving anti spam software.
However, without anti spam software, you are wide open to attack from spammers. It is well worth the money to buy a good anti spam software to free up a bit of time. After all, you have anti-virus, spyware and firewall software on your computer, right? (The correct answer is yes. Otherwise spammers are soon going to be the least of your problems as your computers are hacked and infected right and left.) Spam is here to stay and who wants to spend an hour or two a day fighting it? If you think an hour or two a day isn't that big a deal, think about how many years you plan to read email each day and multiply that by 365. How many hours of your life will you be throwing away on spam because you didn't invest in anti spam software? In 10 years, you could have recovered a mindboggling 3,650 hours. Imagine what amazing new skill you could have developed if you used that time to learn a hobby.
If you are still on the fence, think about this – what else gives you a time savings of at least 75% on a task for under $40? Don't forget the number of hours you are regaining. Multiply them by your hourly pay rate and you are also looking at an incredible financial return on the investment in anti spam software.
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If YOU have ever felt angry about these annoying pests and wanted to do something about it but didn't know how, read on! The following is a list of what NOT to do when you receive spam.
- Do NOT try to follow remove instructions! In most cases, one of two things will happen. (1) You will have affirmed that your e-mail address is valid, and therefore will receive even MORE spam, or (2) You will receive a follow-up e-mail from the appropriate Postmaster that the e-mail address you replied to is invalid.
- Do NOT flame, mail-bomb, or otherwise use terrorist tactics to get back at the spammer. In a rock fight, both parties end up with bloody heads. Not only will you leave yourself open for retribution (in some cases this means legal recourse), but you will have discredited the efforts of other anti-spammers by bringing the Anti-Spam Campaign down to the same level as the irresponsible spammers themselves. Besides, most of the e-mail addresses that spammers use are not valid and your efforts will be wasted.
To help rid the internet of this annoying, unwanted waste, do the following:
- Contact your internet service provider and inquire about their Acceptable Use Policies on spamming and what they are doing to block the transmission of spam to you.
- Report all spammers to the appropriate authorities. The easiest way to do this is to register with Network Abuse Clearinghouse (abuse.Net) and let them do the legwork for you. Many spammers forge their e-mail addresses and headers, making tracking them down time-consuming and frustrating.
- Strengthening ISP policies and reporting spammers will certainly help, but the only way to PERMANENTLY stop spam is to contact your Representatives and urge support of opt-in anti-spam legislation.
If you regularly or even occasionally use the internet, chances are you've come across an annoying and malicious set of programs affectionately referred to by computer users as 'spyware'. Like 'adware', spyware programs track your internet usage, collect personal information, spawn 'pop-up' advertisements, and can even alter your internet browser settings. Spyware generally refers the kinds of adware that are covertly installed onto your computer without your consent.
Many spyware programs will cause your computer to slow down in its performance, and may even cause lock-ups and crashes. For this reason I highly recommend using a spyware remover on a regular basis to help keep your computer working at it's best. There are a number of spyware removers available today, and the two I most highly recommend are 'Spybot – Search and Destroy', made by Patrick Kolla, and 'Ad-Aware SE' produced by Lavasoft. Both of these programs are available in a basic form free of charge. More advanced forms of the programs are available for a small fee, however I have personally been more than happy with just the free versions.
In more recent times, Microsoft has jumped into the spyware remover business and has released a free update for Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows 2000 called the 'Windows AntiSpyware Beta'. Like all beta programs, it is in its testing stage, but is intended to be released as a free product for Window's users sometime in the near future. One major benefit of the Microsoft spyware remover is it is often able to detect and halt spyware as it is being installed, whereas most other spyware removers are normally only able to catch spyware after it is already on your computer.
Be wary when looking for a good spyware remover. There are many advertisements today for spyware removers that are misleading, and there are some phony programs that actually install spyware of their own if you use them! For this reason, its unadvisable to use any spyware remover that you see advertised in a 'pop-up' add, or other flashy and obnoxious advertisement, as these are often the programs to be wary of. Before using a spyware remover, do some research on it online, there are many online communities and forums that discuss which spyware removers are good and which ones are potentially harmful.
No single spyware remover is perfect; you may find better success with some over others. A good overall strategy is run more than one program to increase your chances of keeping spyware free. I run both Spybot and Ad-Aware at least once a week, and install updates for these programs whenever they are available.
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Spam is here to stay. And whether you like it or not, you have to face spam squarely and do your share in mitigating its negative effects. Although spam can be a source of information, spam is taken negatively because it is unsolicited. Who would ever want to receive bulk of emails containing product advertisements and easy get-rich-schemes information? Spam can slow down your server's bandwidth and can be a form of spy ware designed to steal confidential information from your computer.
One way to deal with spam or unsolicited emails is thru email filters or email filtering spam. Basically email filtering is a process which acts as a shield to inbound and even existing emails. Your emails should be screened out not only to unclog your email box and your mail server from spam but also to address possible threats of viruses and even spyware that may encroach into your computer and later hamper your productivity.
Email filtering spam can be classified into integrated, stand alone and online. All of these email filtering spam categories share one common objective geared towards ridding out spam and even viruses. They only differ on how email filtering process is employed and undertaken.
Email filtering spam under the integrated category is the most common among the three categories. Such email filtering spam integrates email filter as a feature of your existing email software. With this feature, you can mark emails as spam or not spam or you can bounce the email back to sender. Most integrated email filtering spam tools automatically segregate and place suspected spam into a folder for deletion or retention. Examples of integrated email filters are Spambully and Spam Inspector.
The stand alone email filtering spam is not a common email filter. However, it is as useful as the rest of commonly used email filtering spam. This is in the form of a separate application installed on your PC. One major advantage of using this email filtering spam is that it checks emails on the mail server before they are downloaded. The only drawback is that it requires technical configuration which may not be an easy task for a non technical user. One popular example of standalone email filter is MailwasherPro.
The third email filtering spam category is called online. Online spam filters are two types. One type is for commercial use while the second type is for home use. For the business type, this online email filtering spam directly deletes spam from the mail server without even reaching the recipients. On the other hand for the home use type, emails sent require authentication from the sender. Authentication failure means non acceptance of inbound email to user's inbox. Typical examples of business type and home use type are iHate and Spam Arrest respectively.
The email filtering spam tools presented above are available options in addressing spam. Still the effectiveness of any of the email spam filters above lies on how you optimally use these tools. Joining e-groups and forums on email filtering spam could provide you invaluable information and help you deal with spam better.
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"So I wanted to make sure I had at least a memory of something that was remaining," she said.
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She wanted a memory, too, of the Waldo Canyon Fire which, a week after igniting, has consumed nearly 350 homes, damaged two dozen more and killed two people.
Firefighters, aided by helicopters, air tankers and military planes dropping water and retardant, fought Saturday to contain the inferno, still threatening 20,000 homes and 160 businesses.
About 120 Colorado National Guard troops were deploying to assist local law enforcement officers, said Colorado Springs Police Chief Pete Carey.
Already, the Waldo Canyon Fire has scorched more than 17,000 acres -- close to 27 square miles -- and brought fear, anxiety and grief to Colorado Springs, the state's second-largest city that was, until a few days ago, happily situated in the valley below picturesque Pikes Peak.
It was 45% contained Saturday, said incident commander Rich Harvey.
In responses to Colorado Springs fire, a distinctly evangelical tone
Steve Cox, assistant to the Colorado Springs mayor, said the city remains hopeful.
"But it is a long process," he told CNN affiliate KKTV. "It's going to take us a long time to recover from this."
The fire forced the evacuation of more than 36,000 people earlier this week. Many have since been allowed to return, and authorities are no longer keeping track of how many people are still evacuated, said Anne Rys-sikora, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service.
Thousands are still waiting for word when they would be able to go home.
Others, like Frye, will have to stay with friends, family or in hotel rooms. She learned her house was gone. She has not returned yet but seen the devastation in aerial photographs.
The city has organized bus tours for about 4,000 people whose neighborhoods were charred.
"You'll be able to look at your property," Cox said. "You're not going to be able to get out and walk around the property because we're still in an active fire situation."
Barry Boulier was among those evacuated when 65 mph winds on Tuesday whipped the blaze into a firestorm that spewed ash and smoke "like a scene out of the movie 'Dante's Peak.' "
Obama tours site of deadly fire in Colorado
It was so thick, that he couldn't see or breathe, he said on CNN iReport.
"It happened so fast -- our only thought was leave NOW."
Boulier and his wife have been staying with family since they fled, though they have since learned their home was spared after firefighters stopped its advance in their backyard.
His neighbors, though, are not so lucky. Most of their houses, he said, have been burned.
"I'm kind of dreading returning," he said.
iReporters share their harrowing views of the raging wildfires
President Barack Obama declared Colorado a disaster area to allow federal dollars to help fight the Waldo Canyon Fire as well the High Park Fire, which burned 87,284 acres and destroyed nearly 260 homes in northern Colorado since it began on June 9.
As of Saturday evening, that fire is 100% contained and all evacuation orders have been lifted. Firefighters will continue mopping up hotspots along the perimeter of the fire, which has cost more than $38 million to date.
Almost half of the acreage burned by the High Park Fire is on U.S. Forest Service land.
"We have been putting everything we have into trying to deal with what is one of the worst fires we've seen here in Colorado," said Obama, who toured Colorado Springs on Friday to get a first-hand look at the devastation.
"We've still got a lot more work to do."
New app tracks Colorado wildfires
The U.S. Forest Service has warned it could be mid-July before the Waldo Canyon Fire is fully under control.
The wildfire is one of 11 active fires in Colorado. Other Western states -- including Idaho, Wyoming, and Utah -- also are battling wildfires, which is straining firefighting resources.
The effort to tame the flames in Colorado got a boost Friday from the military, which is deploying eight of the U.S. Forest Service's Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems aboard C-130 aircraft. The systems will drop retardant on the Waldo Canyon Fire as well as other wildfires still burning in Colorado.
A battalion of U.S. Army troops from Fort Carson, Colorado, also began training Friday to fight wildfires.
More than 500 troops are undergoing three days of training, according to Lt. Col. Steven Wollman, a spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division headquartered at the base just south of Colorado Springs.
A decision has not been made whether to send the troops into the Waldo Canyon Fire.
Help for wildfire evacuees and first responders
CNN's Greg Morrison and Dana Ford contributed to this report.


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The Great Philosopher Confucius preached of governmental and personal morality, honorable social relationships, just living and sincerity. He wrote, "In a country well-governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of." This is the tale of two Presidential Administrations in the US and an impending calamity that will occur after the next Presidential election. Under President George W. Bush, the nation was guided through the hymnal of shame at the excess of the wealthy. It spurred many employed persons to complain that the wealthy ought to pay more taxes and be more fair with the distribution of their property. The United States became ashamed of the large number of poor persons that were unable to find work (average unemployment rate for two terms was about 5%) and would have to live off of food stamps and welfare (28 million). Today, President Barack Hussein Obama speaks of the poisonous "silver spoon" that has oppressed the poor and middle class. Capitalism, under the Bush administration, has been a noose around the necks of those that have prospered outside of union manipulation, corrupted market systems and government sponsored endeavors. Only a mighty stimulus will reward those that seek life, liberty and the pursuits of happiness from the fountains of Central Planning Organizations. Obama has clearly defined, for the masses of people that ride their BMW's (Bus/Metro Train/Walk) to the Mall to watch TV since they can not afford the increased costs of utilities in their homes, that America's greatest shame is not its poverty but its wealth. The media continues its propaganda rantings about the economic successes of the current Administration. However, more people than ever are out of work (greater than 8% today) and nearly twice as many people are living off of food stamps and welfare (47 million). In the cabinet drawer of life, Obama's disdain for the "silver spoon" of wealth creation has not been lost on his preference for the "golden spoon" of entitlement. Confucius says, "Do not impose on others what you do not desire yourself." If Confucius were around today then, by the numbers, I believe that he would say that George Bush governed well in comparison to President Obama. So whom wears this shame? It is worn by the American citizens that empowered a economic neophyte to take the helm of the most powerful Nation in the world on the clandestine promise of "hope and change"!
Let us be absolutely transparent. TAXMAGGEDON is REAL. It is a ruthless attempt to penalize those that will not vote the current president out of office. Those that will suffer most will be those that he says he holds most dear: the poor and middle class. Taxmaggedonis a $500 Billion Hammer that Obama and his Democrat Senate plans to throw at the heads of American taxpayers. This added to the Sickle of Obama Care Taxes on the Red Background of our gloomy national deficit of $16 Trillion and you get a pretty good idea of the direction that class envy will take you. Obama has always chosen class envy over prudent economic policy. Class envy makes enemies of fiscal conservatives, appeasers of moderating Independents and Republicans in Name Only and moralists of Marxists, Socialists and Keynesian Theorists on Steroids. In observance of the class envy, politicking in the US has changed. It makes multimillionaire politicians feel as if they have to apologize for their success and at times, for the success of their ancestors. There it is. It is a shame to earn, inherit or invest wealth. It must be given to you by the great bureaucrats of the ever expanding central government. But Ken, I just filed my 2011 Tax Return. Why are we even talking about this? I believe that this moment warrants a sincere consideration of an immense and deadly financial tsunami that will soon broach the paychecks of laborers, the capital gains of investment portfolios and the philanthropic resources of non-profit agencies.
For the "We Got You Back, Obama" clientele, nothing I proclaim will make sense to you. Your answers are written on golden tablets buried beneath the Oak tree under which you slumber awaiting Obama to pay for your gas and your mortgage. However, for those awakened by the fall of ACORNs, you will understand that absolute allegiance will cost you and your grandchildren a fortune. Let's start with the basics. The Obama Tax Cuts will expire on December 31,2012. Yes, the same man that brought you the infamous "Make Work Pay" Credit [STAND WITH THE WORKERS OF AMERICA. USSA. USSA.] is proud of his seventeen (17) small business tax cuts. However, they too shall pass. The Bush Tax Cuts will expire on December 31, 2012. Despite what Madam Rachel tells you on MSLSD, the Bush Tax Cuts were more profitable for the poor and middle class than for the wealthy.
The report states that on Jan. 1 the doubling of the child tax credit, increased standard deductions and income credits and the creation of the 10 percent tax bracket — all of which primarily aimed at non-wealthy taxpayers — will vanish if gridlock persists in Washington.
While wealthier taxpayers pay more in taxes and stand to lose more money if the tax cuts expire, the impact on low-income taxpayers will be far greater because they live on slimmer margins.
Tax Foundation Report, October 2010 [http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/123131-study-expiration-of-bush-tax-cuts-will-hit-poorer-workers-hardest]
Why do you say this, Ken? Well, can you imagine being a Head of Household earning just $12,400 per year from your part time labor at Smokey's Juke Joint ad watching the Federal government take 15% of your pay instead of the 10% that "W" said was enough to pay the federal bills. Starting in January 2013, you will pay $1,860 rather than $1,240. That's an additional $620 to Big Pimp Uncle Sam. You go player. You gotta get that dollar bill y'all! Man, you are making a mountain out of a molehill. They will make that up in Earned Income monies and writing their kids off on taxes. In 2012, the head of household parent with three children received $5,891 in Earned Income Tax Refundable Credits. In 2013, she will receive $4,140. Yeah, that negative $1,751 will make up for the loss of $620 made payable to Big Daddy Uncle Sam. Oh yeah, those kids! She received a Child Tax Credit of $1,000 per child in 2012. In 2013, it falls 50% to $500. You see under President Bush, the Head of Household Filer did pretty well. As Obama exits, they will suffer mightily. In fact, the Bush Tax Cutsgreatly rewarded those that the Far Left deem are the poor and middle class. With low unemployment rates, many were able to escape the fiscal confines of governmental tax-ploitation from the Democrat Tax and Send Lobby. This led to increased consumer and industrial spending and an expansion of the economy.
This Message Is Not One spoken of Well by Urban Democrat Tax and Spenders or Carried Well by Conservatives. For Urban Democrats, lower taxes do irreparable harm to their influential powers built upon class and caste envy, government dependence and wealth distribution. Under the assault of lower taxes, people begin to ask three essential questions that eradicate the need for the Democrat Party. The first is "If government can run on less, why do they need so much of my money?" This speaks to the corruption and inefficiency that comes with government intervention into the daily lives of the citizen. Every cause of Man becomes a noble requirement of citizens to devote a portion of their incomes. We are not looking for a "real" solution but merely project or program that will help us cope with the ruin that was done by Man. Since it was Man, or the citizen, that caused the ailment which required the noble cause, a "pure" organization must step forward to oversee the correction of the problem. This pure organization must select the most elite thinkers to oversee the regulation of its competitors–free market capitalists–and fairly pay those that wish to such noble labor. While fairness is the hallmark of the effort, the elite recognize that some workers are better than other workers and must unite them to maintain control of the effort. This nobility requires more pay and benefits than the other knaves. Each has security and performs labor. However, citizens are assured that for additional project and program costs that the project or program will keep people employed and the city, state or federal government working towards the noble effort. Notice how we moved from an efficient effort to correct a problem to a noble effort to maintain those in employment to manage the problem. Corruption of effort leads to corruption of purpose. The corrupted purpose is not self-sufficient. It is built on noble reasoning and funded on the fear that Man will not solve the problem and only Government can manage it. Hence, more money is needed to do much with little outcome. The purpose has allowed the government to grow and burden the people. The citizens are divided: (1) those that recognize waste, fraud and abuse and (2) those that wish to maintain their pre-eminent source of wealth and will do, by any means necessary, to secure its source of power and influence.
The second is, "Can we do without government doing this for us?" This question requires exploration and examination. in Urban America, such exploration is deemed fruitless and harmful at once. There are some in Washington, DC that can not imagine a private trash company ridding the city of refuse at a reduced cost. There are some in Washington, DC that will not envision the parent having the power to choose the school for the child based on the needs of the student, the overall performance of the school and the direct access to taxpayer funds to fully support their decision. At one time, we were trained to become doctors, lawyers and entrepreneurs. Today, students in our community, are encouraged to become government workers and study social work. The studies of Math, Science and the Constitution are deemed too hard. How can a people that are unable to get a Voter ID actually run a marketing company that notifies the community of changes in transportation, provide needed care to the poor or represent them justly in discord without government? It goes without saying that the only way to manage poverty is to allow government to involve itself in the daily lives of its citizens. The only way to overcome it is to get government out of the daily lives of its citizens. Such examination is profitable and will lead to liberty. This is at all disdained by the Democrat power brokers and their Urban Poverty Pimps that govern Metropolitan areas.
The last is, "Whose money is this anyway?" It's amazing the number of friends that I have on Face Book with a Blue D surrounded by a Blue Circle in their Information area. This is their Face Book tattoo for being a member of the Democrat Party. However, if you ever pose this question, you get a sincere renegade-like retort. "My money is my money!" Often, this is the same response I hear in marriage counseling with young couples. "His money is My Money and My Money is My Money!" Yes, get the Divorce Papers together now. Possession seems the important virtue of wealth accumulation. However, the same individuals misunderstand the power that they lose and the power that a centralized federal government gains in the articles of this possession. When possession is the essential link to success, you are not willing to succumb to a natural requirement to give as needed. You understand that there a noble causes that you can give to without prodding however, greed separates you from such activity. Someone else can take care of this problem. I don't have it to give to those that can do best in managing it. This is why an all-powerful government suits the Tax and Spend Democrat. It removes their Will to Give and Replaces it with the Patriotic Duty of Hiring Someone to Do It For Them. While Conservatives would prefer to battle the Invisible of Free Markets, Liberals feel most comfortable when the Visible Hand of Taxation automatically withholds funds from them to answer the most noble challenges of the day like funding Government Services Administration (GSA) Trips to Las Vegas or meddling in the private business affairs of mankind by funding Solyndra. To the Conservative, every penny that you earned is yours and to the Liberal, every penny that government allows you to keep is yours. Government in Urban America has spent the past eighty years indoctrinating people to incrementally reduce their Trust in themselves and God and incrementally increase their Trust in Government.
In 1964, when President Lyndon Johnson declared a "war on poverty" in America, the poverty rate stood at around 19 percent.
Since then, total federal, state, and local spending on anti-poverty programs has amounted to $15 trillion, yet the poverty rate now stands at 15.1 percent, the highest level in nearly a decade.
Businesses, families, investors, etc. are all looking to December 31, 2012. For the Poor, their attack is already underway. Unemployment and those exiting the employment market due to an inability to find opportunities are increasing at record high levels. More Americans are on food stamps and welfare than at any time in four decades. More skilled labor opportunities exist than non-skill and that speaks to the education crisis in Urban America. The impact on federal, state and local governments is stark. Michael Tanner, Cato Institute Health and Welfare Studies Director and Author of The Poverty of Welfare: Helping Others in Civil Society", writes, "Federal, state and local governments now spend $20, 610 a year for every poor person in the United States or $61,830 for each poor family of three." Since President Obama began his Administration, the Nation's governments have spent $1 trillion on anti-poverty programs which s $315 Billion more tan the Nation spends on National Defense.
[DC Mayor Vincent] Gray is willing to rewrite tech incentives that would save LivingSocial up to $32.5 million in taxes over a five-year period beginning in 2015. By then the company, which has yet to turn a profit, expects to be operating in the black and to have hired an additional 1,000 people in the city. To maximize its savings, at least half of the new hires would be required to live in the District or move to the city within six months of being hired.
Businesses and wealthy persons have an advantage that the poor do not. Mobility! If they do not like the way the tax game is being played then, they can pick up their wealthy game pieces and leave. The Poor have no place to go. They will bear the brunt of the forces of tax policy gone wild in Democratland. They have no lobbying group to dine with city leaders to work out a favorable tax deal. Many say that under Republicans, the Rich get Richer. It appears that, under Democrats, the Poor get Poorer. Blame Bush!


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Amazon plans to deliver packages via drones within the next 4-5 years [Video]
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos spoke to CBS host Charlie Rose on his 60 Minutes program today, and revealed that the company is experimenting with delivering packages via drones within a mere 30 minutes.
The new delivery system — dubbed 'Prime Air' by Amazon — is something that the company has been working on in its R&D lab.
Drone delivery won't arrive that soon though — Bezos tells Rose that the drones are expected to be fully autonomous and start operations in the next four to five years, and in the meantime Amazon is piloting a number of tests and is looking into the regulations required.
The drones can carry items up to five pounds, which means it covers up to 86 percent of the objects that Amazon delivers. The drones can also deliver in a 10-mile radius from a fulfillment center, so "in urban areas, you could actually cover very significant portions of the population," Bezos notes.
➤ Amazon Experimenting With Drones That Will Deliver Packages In 30 Minutes [Business Insider]
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New York's health commissioner told lawmakers on Monday that he expects the state trial of medical marijuana to be up and running within a year.
Dr. Nirav Shah, testifying before a legislative budget committee, said that the research is intended to examine the drug's effectiveness in patient treatment, for example with pain in stages of cancer. The goal is to provide evidence of value not only for New York but for the country, he said.
The Cuomo administration has proposed a limited initiative to authorize medical marijuana use by patients at 20 hospitals. Shah said Monday many hospitals have shown interest and it will use marijuana provided by the federal government.
"Using federal sources for product, we can get it up and running within a year," Shah said.
Some legislators questioned the need for further study, noting that nearly half the states and many countries have studied and now allow its use.
"There are patients suffering right now in New York," said Sen. Diane Savino. Some are moving to other states like Colorado, New Mexico and Washington where they can get it, she said.
Shah replied that health department is establishing the trial within the limits of current law. Several meetings are scheduled over the next few months on implementing it.
"There's a lot of interest in this program," Shah said. He noted that with the ongoing development of other drugs, ophthalmologists told him marijuana is no longer a preferred treatment for glaucoma.
Savino said it should be left to practitioners and patients to choose treatments. "We don't need to take tools out of their toolbox," she said.
She and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried have introduced legislation to legalize possession, purchase and use of medical marijuana by a certified patient or caregiver.
In a sponsor's memo, Gottfried cited the 1999 report by the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine that "nausea, appetite loss, pain and anxiety all can be mitigated by marijuana," found to be an effective treatment where other medications failed for at least some patients suffering from HIV/AIDS, cancer, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and other conditions.


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Wisconsin DNR plans deer forums
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are planning nearly three dozen public forums on deer management this month.
The Department of Natural Resources has scheduled 34 meetings around the state from March 18 until March 29. Wildlife biologists will be on hand at each hearing to answer questions, discuss the status of the local herd and listen to ideas and observations.
Agency officials want to use the hearings to gauge public sentiment as they set up the 2013 hunting seasons.
A list of meeting dates and locations is available on the DNR's website. Visitors can find the list by searching the keywords "deer hunter forum."


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