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This day is special. Why? It is because this is the day that I came out of retirement. Retired from what you ask? Well, not from pension but from futsal!!! Yes, people, I finally found the courage to wear back my old futsal shoes and….wait a minute. I can't find my futsal shoes anymore. My mum threw them any 'cause it stinks like a drainage tank. My mum always said that if the shoe even slightly touches the aquarium water, all the fishes will immediately vomit white foam and turn up-side down. And, some will even run on land to get away. So smelly meh? Haihz. But anyway, since got no futsal shoes, I just used my walking shoe to play instead. Hope I don't slip and break anything….
Upon arrival at the futsal court, I was introduced to other members by my friend that called me to join him for futsal today. All of them I did not know, but never mind, can get to meet new friends. I changed into my shoes (so shy la, other people got proper shoes, I got only walking shoes. I feel like a ballet dancer in a football field). Everyone warmed up, everyone got into position, and the kick-off commenced…..
Because I haven't played futsal or any other sports for so long (almost 2 years already), my strategy for tonight was simple. Go back home with all bones in a correct position. Very simple, I just need to run around and if a ball comes my way, I just kick it away like a bomb going to explode. Yup, that was the plan. I just hope my team mates don't kick me back for playing like that. Never mind, no broken bones enough already…
So, kick-off. My team-mates started to pass the ball around, everyone was running everywhere. Ok ok, so I started running too. My team-mates went for the attack, running at the left flank, teasing a defender. He needed someone to pass to, so I ran into the middle, right in front of goal. He saw me, he passed the ball to me, the ball rolling to me, yes, my moment of glory, World Cup here I come, I side-kicked the ball towards goal…and….SCORES!!!! Yes, that's right, in my ballet shoes and with my first touch, I scored the first goal for the night. Hi-five, hi-five, back from retirement with my first goal.
So, an excellent start and I continued to run around passing and shooting at goal. But after awhile, we got a problem. Because there were so many people wanting to play, and everyone wearing different shirts, everyone got confused as to which person is in which team. So many times I passed to the wrong person as I though he was my team mate. But no, he just laughed at me and ran away with the ball. Shit. So, a lot of people complain and we decided that one team will NOT wear shirts so that team members can be seen easily, since it is so hot anyway. And shockingly, it was decided that my team will NOT wear shirts. OMIGOD. I'm not a sports person, and I don't have a six pack. I got 1 pack only, 1 BIG pack that is called my belly. And i'm so thin compared to those sporty people. A shirtless thin boy in ballet shoes, I'm starting to feel like a schoolgirl. But luckily, 4 other team members were fatty bum-bums so I still got chance not to totally embarrass myself.
So we re-started the game and I started to run around, trying very hard to be macho and tried to play futsal at the same time. Things were going ok, I made a few good passes and nearly scored another goal. Good, keep it up I told myself. Then suddenly the ball came my way…Omigod!! Ok, ok, I was clear to goal, no defender in front of me and I started to unleash a shot towards goal…and suddenly, out of nowhere a big bad guy blocked me from my right side. The problem is, he didn't only take the ball away from me, he took ME with him!!! We fell to the ground, he was ok and got up immediately, but I was on the ground thinking about my strategy: don't break any bones. Ok ok, friends helped me up and I looked at myself for any white sticks sticking out from my body called bones. No, everything intact, I looked down and even saw my two nips still on the left and the right, in the same place since I was born. I did not become a freak. *Phewww*
We played for another 30 minutes and it was time to leave, and thank God because I was getting cramps from the left leg spreading very fast to the right leg. I pretended to be macho and slowly walked away from the court. After changing I left feeling quite satisfied, considering after 2 year I didn't play any futsal, I scored a goal and played ok overall. Although a lot need to be improved (for example, my whole body need to be improved. Sigh), it was a satisfying return from futsal retirement. Now I just need to force my legs enough to drive me back home before my cramps start to spread …*Ouchhh*
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A waiter sacked from a popular Auckland cafe for allegedly stealing a $15 tip wants to move on with his life after a "horrible" ordeal to clear his name.
Rhys Pollock has been awarded more than $10,000 after the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) found he was unjustifiably fired from the Hardware Cafe in Titirangi.
Mr Pollock was shocked and distressed when cafe co-owner Theresa Gore put the allegation of theft to him in full view of customers and other staff, after he finished his shift on January 14 this year.
Ms Gore alleged two of Mr Pollock's colleagues had seen him take money from the till and put it in his pocket during his shift a week earlier.
He was unable to think clearly or recall the incident and was sacked immediately.
Mr Pollock said he was devastated about being dismissed and spent the next few days trying to recall the incident. He told the ERA he knew he had definitely not stolen any money.
Several days after being sacked, Mr Pollock remembered the incident on January 7, one of the cafe's busiest days.
He had served a family who had been billed $85, which the father paid for with a $100 note.
But when Mr Pollock processed the payment, he forgot to give the customer his $15 change. He apologised but was told by the father to keep the change.
Mr Pollock went back to the till, took out the $15 cash and put it in his pocket as a tip.
He believed he was entitled to keep the tip because it was given to him personally and because that had been standard practice in his previous hospitality jobs, the ERA said.
Mr Pollock told APNZ it was "just horrible" when the allegation was put to him.
"It was really bad - not the nicest situation to be in. I didn't know what she was talking about, to be honest."
The struggle to clear his name since then had been "a long, drawn-out, horrible process".
Mr Pollock said Ms Gore was at fault and had wronged him, but he was grateful for the three months of "very positive employment" she had given him.
"It's finally over now and I'd rather let the whole thing go to rest. It's just time to move on with my life.
"I hope Theresa has the best of luck for her future endeavours."
Ms Gore did not want to comment to APNZ in detail, but said people would make their own decisions.
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ERA member Rachel Larmer ruled Mr Pollock should be awarded $4662.50 in lost wages and $5400 for distress compensation.
In her determination, Ms Larmer said because The Hardware Cafe had not checked or retained till receipts for January 7, it could not corroborate or disprove Mr Pollock's explanation about the personal tip.
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As a result of his dismissal Mr Pollock could not afford to stay in the flat he was renting and had to move in with his parents until he could find a new job.
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1. Book of Mormon stories that my teacher tells to me
Are about the Lamanites in ancient history.
Long ago their fathers came from far across the sea.
Giv'n this land if they liv'd righteously.
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To Combat Corruption, A.G. Schneiderman Appoints Public Integrity Officers In Every Regional Office Statewide
Newly Designated Public Integrity Officers Give New Yorkers A Place To Report Government Corruption Without Fear Of Political Influence
Schneiderman Fulfills Commitment To Tackle Government Corruption At All Levels To Restore Confidence In Public Sector
NEW YORK – As part of his effort to crack down on corruption and restore the public's trust in government, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the appointment of public integrity officers to serve in all of the Attorney General's regional offices across the state. They will be charged with giving taxpayers a place to go to report complaints of government corruption without fear of local politics influencing the outcome.
"When it comes to combating local public corruption, the people of New York State deserve a dedicated 'cop on the beat.' Having a public integrity officer in each one of our regional offices will go a long way to root out corruption and address the concerns of taxpayers in every corner of New York State," said Attorney General Schneiderman. "Our talented team of public integrity officers will give everyday citizens a place to take complaints where they know they can and will be examined without fear or favor."
Attorney General Schneiderman's appointments reflect a renewed commitment of time and energy in the regional offices to public integrity matters, and will formally link them to the Attorney General's central Public Integrity Bureau. Outside of Albany and New York City, the Attorney General has regional offices in Buffalo, Binghamton, Long Island, Plattsburgh, Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Watertown and Westchester.
Russ Haven, Legislative Counsel at New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc. (NYPIRG), said: "Attorney General Schneiderman's initiative to place a public integrity officer in each regional office to root out local wrongdoing is a major step forward in the fight to hold accountable those who defraud the taxpayers of this state. Whistleblowers and other New Yorkers who see local fraud and waste will now have a local point person to share in confidence their potentially vital information. We applaud the Attorney General for making public integrity a top priority, and working to reform our state government from top to bottom."
Attorney General Schneiderman's newly designated public integrity officers are:
Albany - Colleen Glavin currently handles public integrity matters as an Assistant Attorney General in the Albany office. Previously, Glavin served an Assistant District Attorney in the Rensselaer County District Attorney's Office and St. Lawrence County District Attorney's Office, where she prosecuted felonies, misdemeanors, and violations of the law in both local and county court. Glavin is a graduate of Albany Law School of Union University.
Binghamton - Michael Danaher has served for over 13 years at the Office of the Attorney General, bringing affirmative litigation, mostly involving consumer fraud. Having served as a lawyer in private practice for 14 years, Danaher has a great deal of experience in criminal law. Danaher is a graduate of Albany Law School of Union University.
Brooklyn - Lois Booker-Williams has served for over 9 years at the Office of the Attorney General. Prior to that, she served as a law clerk for an acting Supreme Court Justice of the Criminal Term, and spent 9 years as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office. Booker-Williams is a graduate of CUNY Law School.
Buffalo - Rose McMorrow has served at the Office of the Attorney General since October 2007, handling cases in the Sex Offender Management Bureau. Previously, McMorrow was an Assistant District Attorney in Erie County for five years, for two of which she participated in the prosecution of public corruption and white collar crime cases. McMorrow is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School.
Harlem - Roberto Lebron currently serves at the Office of the Attorney General, where he investigates and prosecutes affirmative cases. Previously, Lebron worked as an enforcement litigation attorney with the New York City Department of Housing, Preservation and Development. A former president of the Puerto Rican Bar Association, Lebron is a graduate of St. John's University School of Law.
Nassau - Victoria Safran has served at the Office of the Attorney General since 2004 in the area of public advocacy, where she has prosecuted cases involving deceptive business practices and fraud in consumer, internet, securities, mortgage and charities transactions. Safran is a graduate of the Duke University School of Law.
Plattsburgh - Glen Michaels has served at the Office of the Attorney General since 2000, where he handles a wide variety of legal matters, including investigations and litigation of consumer protection, not-for-profit, and charitable giving matters. Previously, he worked in private practices in Illinois and California in the areas of taxation, estate planning, probate and trust law, charitable giving, and not-for-profit corporations. Michaels is a graduate of Yale Law School.
Poughkeepsie - Vincent Bradley has served as an Assistant Attorney General-In-Charge of the Attorney General's Poughkeepsie regional office since 2008, where he conducts investigations involving consumer protection, illegal business practices and fraud. Previously, he served for ten years as Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office. Bradley is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School.
Rochester - Before joining the Office of the Attorney General, Hillel Deutsch practiced in the law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel, LLP in New York City. During his four years at the firm, he worked on billion dollar securities fraud cases, telecommunications issues and also has a broad background in corporate fraud cases. Deutsch is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Suffolk - Kimberly Kinirons has served at the Office of the Attorney General for four years, where she has handled a diverse civil caseload. Previously, she worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office for ten years. Kinirons is a graduate of Cornell Law School.
Syracuse - Maureen MacPherson has served at the Office of the Attorney General since 2004. For the last several years, she has handled complex litigation involving medical malpractice. Previously, she served as a prosecutor at the Onondaga County District Attorney's Office. MacPherson is a graduate of Syracuse University College of Law.
Utica - Joel Marmelstein has served as the head of Attorney General's Utica Regional Office for over 12 years. Previously, he worked in private practice in Utica for over 20 years and has a broad and diverse legal background. Marmelstein is a graduate of Washington University Law School.
Watertown - Deanna R. Nelson has served as the Assistant Attorney General in Charge at the Attorney General's Watertown Regional office since 2008. Previously, Nelson worked with the law firm of Woods, Oviatt, Gilman LLP in Rochester and the firms of Maloney, Schell & Eisenhauer, Nelson Law Office and Golberg Segalla LLP in Watertown. Nelson is a graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Law.
Westchester - Wanda Perez-Maldonado has served at the Office of Attorney General since 2003, as a prosecutor in the Organized Crime Task Force and as a civil litigator. Previously, she was an Assistant District Attorney at the Bronx County District Attorney's Office. Perez-Maldonado is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law.
"From town halls to the state capital, it is essential to bring both a 'top down' and 'bottom-up' approach to reforming our state and giving taxpayers the government they deserve. We must clean up Albany, but we must also root out possible corruption hidden in the nooks and crannies of local governments and special districts," Attorney General Schneiderman added.
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FDA Takes First Steps to Regulating Lab-Grown Meat
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Lab-grown meat—also known as cultured meat or in vitro meat—has long been enticing for its potential environmental, social and economic benefits.
Lab-grown meat is not yet for sale—one of the most important American companies in the space, Memphis Meats, doesn't expect to start selling its products until 2021—but it is coming. And that's why the FDA, smartly, called for a public meeting to try to figure out just what to do with this stuff.
Lab-grown meat is typically made by harvesting certain kinds of cells, like embryonic stem cells, from living animals such as chickens or cows. Those cells are then placed on a sort of scaffolding, surrounded by a protein-rich medium, and allowed to grow. The scaffolding itself is made to be edible.
It is possible to acquire the initial animal cells without harming the animal in question, and it's also theoretically possible to grow vast quantities of lab-grown meat from a single initial cell—it's sort of like harvesting seeds from the fruit of a plant you grew from a seed. The possible benefits of lab-grown meat are obvious and enormous: Some studies suggest that lab-grown meat would require half as much energy as regular meat, produce a quarter of the greenhouse gases, take up basically no arable land space and greatly reduce water needs as well.
The FDA recently announced a public meeting, to be held on July 12th, to discuss how to regulate lab-grown meat. The FDA plans to start with some basic questions: How should lab-grown meat be evaluated for safety? What sorts of medium should be allowed? What kinds of manufacturing methods should be permitted?
The FDA also noted that it expects labeling to be a major topic of conversation. Dan Murphy, writing for Drovers (a long-running meat and livestock industry publication), affirms that expectation. Murphy wrote: "The entrepreneurs branding and positioning their creations want to identify them as "beef" or "chicken," even though they're not derived from conventional animal agriculture. To avoid problems down the road, if and when such products become price-competitive and thus more widely available, unique names ought to be required so that there is a clear line between meat from livestock and alt-meat from a factory."
The meat industry is likely to take a great deal of interest in this FDA meeting, and the regulations to follow. Some are already hedging their bets; Tyson, for example, is already an investor in Memphis Meats. We, too, will be following this closely.
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Of all the plastic we've ever produced, only 9% has been recycled. So what happened to all that plastic you've put in the recycling bin over the years?
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The myth created around plastic recycling has been one of simplicity. We look for the familiar triangle arrows, then pop the waste in the recycling bin so it can be reused.

But the true purpose of those triangles has been misunderstood by the general public ever since their invention in the 1980s.

These triangles were actually created by the plastics industry and, according to a report provided to them in July 1993, were creating "unrealistic expectations" about what could be recycled. But they decided to keep using the codes.

Which is why many people still believe that these triangular symbols (also known as a resin identifier code or RIC) means something is recyclable.

But according to the American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM) – which controls the RIC system – the numbered triangles "are not recycle codes." In fact, they weren't created for the general public at all. They were made for the post-consumer plastic industry.

In other words, the symbols make it easier to sort the different types of plastics, some of which cannot be recycled – depending on the recycling facility.

"Unfortunately, just placing your plastic into the recycling bin doesn't mean it will get recycled," says Lara Camilla Pinho. She is an architect and lecturer at the UWA School of Design who is researching novel uses of plastic waste.

"The recycling system is complicated and often dictated by market demand. Not all plastic is recyclable. We cannot recycle plastic bags or straws for example."

Behind the Scenes
So, what makes recycling plastics so difficult?

"Essentially, there are two types of plastics – thermoplastics and thermosets. While thermoplastics can be re-melted and re-molded, thermosets contain cross-linked polymers that cannot be separated meaning they cannot be recycled," says Lara.

"Even thermoplastics have a limit to the amount of times we can recycle them, as each time they are recycled they downgrade in quality."

Even when plastics are recyclable, it is often more costly than simply making new plastics.

Sugar, Seaweed and Mushrooms
If the conventional recycling system isn't working, what else can we do with all the plastic we've created?

Lara is looking for ways to add value to recycled plastics such as using it in the design and development of architectural products. She hopes to use these architectural products to help underserved communities that are disproportionately affected by plastic waste.

In addition to recycling, we also need to find ways to reduce our use of virgin petroleum-based plastics.

Bioplastic is one such product that has been getting a lot of hype over the last few years. And although they're better than petroleum-based plastics, bioplastics also come with their own set of challenges.

"There are already a lot of bio-based alternatives to plastic, such as bagasse – a byproduct of sugar cane processing," says Lara.

Mycelium, a type of fungi we most often associate with mushrooms, are also providing an interesting plastic alternative.

"In the field of architecture, mycelium is starting to be used as an alternative to plastic insulation, but also as compostable packaging and bricks," says Lara.

"The bricks take around five days to make and are strong, durable, water resistant and compostable at the end of their use."

Hy-Fi Tower, created by The Living, is an example of a building made from these bricks.

And finally, there's seaweed.

"[Seaweed is] cheap and can reproduce itself quickly without fertilizers. In architecture, there is use for seaweed as an alternative to plastic insulation but also as cladding," says Lara.

More Money, More Problems
While all these alternatives are great, the main cause of our plastic dilemma is not scientific or technological, but economic.

As long as it remains cheaper to create new plastics from fossil fuels rather than from bioplastics or from recycling, we're going to be stuck with plastic garbage islands floating in our oceans.

The true cost to our health and our environment has yet to be included in the equation. But once it is, maybe that is when the real shift will happen.

- The Complex and Frustrating Reality of Recycling Plastic - EcoWatch ›
- The Recycling Dilemma: Good Plastic, Bad plastic? - EcoWatch ›
- The Myth About Recycling Plastic? It Works - EcoWatch ›
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Consumers have gotten used to paying high prices for low amounts of cannabidiol. Plain Naturals is beginning to change that. There are myriad studies showing that low doses of CBD (less than 50mg per day) are ineffective for many users. And many clinical studies have shown effective dosages of 100 - 800mg per day to be effective for many conditions ranging from anxiety and depression to Parkinson's disease and cancer. And several studies published by the National Institutes of Health have shown up to 1500mg per day to be consistently "well-tolerated" by adults.

Now it is always recommended to begin with a lower dosage and increase until an effective dose has been reached. But the advantage of starting with a higher potency CBD oil is that it is much easier to use less to start with and increase over time than to buy very low dose CBD oil and ultimately end up buying more and more stronger products. To start at 50mg per dose of a 5000mg oil, you would simply use ⅓ dropper or about 10-12 drops.

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In a recent report published by the Food and Drug Administration, FDA tested 147 cbd oils and cbd products. They found that of the 102 products that indicated a specific amount of CBD, 18 products (18%) contained less than 80% of the amount of CBD indicated; 46 products (45%) contained within 20% of the amount of CBD indicated; 38 products (37%) contained more than 120% of the amount of CBD indicated and of those 147 products, the FDA also found nearly half contained levels of THC above the limit of 3.1 mg per serving (or .3%).

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PlainNaturals.com offers CBD (Cannabidiol) products like CBD Oils, CBD gummies and edibles, CBD isolate powder, wholesale CBD, CBD and hemp cream and essential oils. PlainNaturals.com continues to be a top supplier of wholesale CBD products to retailers and has also opened a retailer online portal for stores and CBD dealers to buy CBD in bulk.

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Trump and Biden Spar Over Climate Crisis at the End of Final Debate
Towards the end of the final presidential debate of the 2020 election season, the moderator asked both candidates how they would address both the climate crisis and job growth, leading to a nearly 12-minute discussion where Donald Trump did not acknowledge that the climate is changing and Joe Biden called the climate crisis an existential threat.
- As Biden Embraces More Ambitious Climate Plan, Fossil Fuel Execs ... ›
- Climate Crisis Gets 10 Minutes at VP Debate - EcoWatch ›
- Climate Crisis Gets Just 10 Minutes at End of Presidential Debate ... ›
Designing Batteries for Easier Recycling Could Avert Looming E-Waste Crisis
By Zheng Chen and Darren H. S. Tan
As concern mounts over the impacts of climate change, many experts are calling for greater use of electricity as a substitute for fossil fuels. Powered by advancements in battery technology, the number of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles on U.S. roads is increasing. And utilities are generating a growing share of their power from renewable fuels, supported by large-scale battery storage systems.

Hazardous Contents
Batteries pose more complex recycling and disposal challenges than metals, plastics and paper products because they contain many chemical components that are both toxic and difficult to separate.

Some types of widely used batteries – notably, lead-acid batteries in gasoline-powered cars – have relatively simple chemistries and designs that make them straightforward to recycle. The common nonrechargeable alkaline or water-based batteries that power devices like flashlights and smoke alarms can be disposed directly in landfills.

However, today's lithium-ion batteries are highly sophisticated and not designed for recyclability. They contain hazardous chemicals, such as toxic lithium salts and transition metals, that can damage the environment and leach into water sources. Used lithium batteries also contain embedded electrochemical energy – a small amount of charge left over after they can no longer power devices – which can cause fires or explosions, or harm people that handle them.

The dangers of disposing of lithium batteries improperly - Battery blamed for Guernsey recycling site blaze https://t.co/Xcs76DI520
 — Daniel Kinsbursky (@Daniel Kinsbursky)1533569733.0

Safer and Simpler
While it will be challenging to bake recyclability into the existing manufacturing of conventional lithium-ion batteries, it is vital to develop sustainable practices for solid-state batteries, which are a next-generation technology expected to enter the market within this decade.

A solid-state battery replaces the flammable organic liquid electrolyte in lithium-ion batteries with a nonflammable inorganic solid electrolyte. This allows the battery to operate over a much wider temperature range and dramatically reduces the risk of fires or explosions. Our team of nanoengineers is working to incorporate ease of recyclability into next-generation solid-state battery development before these batteries enter the market.

Conceptually, recycling-friendly batteries must be safe to handle and transport, simple to dismantle, cost-effective to manufacture and minimally harmful to the environment. After analyzing the options, we've chosen a combination of specific chemistries in next-generation all-solid-state batteries that meets these requirements.

Our design strategy reduces the number of steps required to dismantle the battery, and avoids using combustion or harmful chemicals such as acids or toxic organic solvents. Instead, it employs only safe, low-cost materials such as alcohol and water-based recycling techniques. This approach is scalable and environmentally friendly. It dramatically simplifies conventional battery recycling processes and makes it safe to disassemble and handle the materials.

A proposed procedure for recycling solid-state battery packs directly and harvesting their materials for reuse. Tan et al., 2020, CC BY


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The Grand Cherokee SRT8 is already somewhat of a sleeper. Certainly, those in the know recognize its prodigious performance. But what happens when one sends one's Jeep off to Hennessey for a 27k tune-up? Epic soccer-mom-look hoonage available at a stab of the loud pedal to the tune of 620hp and 650 turbocharged torques. Car and Driver recently took one out for a spin, and the boys from Ann Arbor point out that it's quicker than practically anything one can buy for the price, hammering not only its ber-ute bretheren, but such warp-velocity steeds as the Lamborghini Gallardo; it's only off the much-lighter Z06's quarter-mile time by half a second. What's more, optioned judiciously, the beastie comes in under 70 large.
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Basic Pistol Safety – Satisfies Virginia Requirement for your Concealed Handgun Permit application
May 9 @ 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm
An event every week that begins at 2:00 pm on Saturday, repeating indefinitely
No prior firearms experience is required to attend this class, regardless of your experience or skill level. Ladies also check out the Ladies Only Basic Pistol Safety Class!
Instruction with a +P Certified Firearms Instructor beginning in the classroom with basic firearms safety and the fundamentals of pistol shooting. Some review of the Virginia Code and a concealment option demonstration (time permitting). Students are encouraged to ask questions and share related experiences during the training.
Upon completion of the classroom theory all students will move onto the live range to demonstrate their firearms safety skills (the fun part…shooting a pistol). If you do not have your own firearm, that's okay! The course fee includes use a range firearm. *When using a range pistol ammo must be purchased there.
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It has been a long week, filled with peanut butter n' jelly sandwiches and TacoBell. That's what happens when you move across the country and are busy unpacking boxes, hoping the next box is the one that has your kitchen supplies in it. And after unpacking fifty boxes and not finding a single pan, I have come to accept that my moving strategy of not labeling boxes is a bad plan. And yes, I know the hubster is shaking his head saying, "I told you so."
So today, when I finally found a pan, the hubster and I did a little victory dance. And then, mid-victory dance, the hubster says, "I think I want a salad for lunch." I stopped dancing and looked at the hubster, a 5'10" staunchly carnivorous man, affectionately nicknamed Giant. "A salad?" I asked. "Yeah, something light and refreshing but with lots of flavor," he said. It was official. All of the moving truck fumes had gone to the hubster's head and he emerged a delicate foodie with a penchant for salads. Awesome.
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So, I whipped us up a light and refreshing salad with lots of flavor. Because I figured I owed the hubster after forcing him to unpack box after unlabelled box. And then, we ate it in a giant communal bowl with spoons because we have yet to find our plates and forks. Ah, the joys of moving mitigated only by a fabulous and delicious salad.
This post is a submission to the Fresh Express Salad Challenge for FoodBuzz. Fresh Express sent coupons to try their products but I think my coupons got lost in the mail with the move but I'm crossing my fingers they get routed to our new address because the Fresh Express salads are so, so tasty.
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1 1/2 tsp. ground corriander
1 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp. onion powder
1 1/2 tsp. paprika
1/4 tsp. turmeric
1/4 tsp. garam masala
2-3 tbs. plain yogurt
Cut chicken into cubes. Add yogurt and all of the spices and mix thoroughly.
Heat 1-2 tablespoons of oil in a pan. Cook chicken. Alternatively, you can thread the chicken onto wooden skewers and broil until cooked.
3 tablespoons plain yogurt
1/2 teaspoon whole cumin seeds
1/2 teaspoon lime juice
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Talk:Theory of evolution/Archive 26
Question Evolution! Campaign is achieving its goal - people are questioning evolution!
American young earth creationism increased in the last two years - Gallup survey. Question evolution! campaign and other efforts of creationists are working!.[1]
It is so good to be a Bible believing creationist! It is so easy to crush the pseudoscience of evolutionism. It merely takes getting the anti-evolution message out there.[2][3] Conservative 07:34, 2 June 2012 (EDT)
Whereas I, a different user, though I am Christian, see no problem with evolution, and honestly trust science more than certain political pundits and loudmouths. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by AcomaMagic (talk)
And I, another user, though I am an agnostic (however, I am inclined more towards atheism than ever due to articles like this) understand that evolution is a flawless theory. It is scientific fact, a certainty, that unnerves me as much as it does anyone else - and yet it is undeniably a fact because there is a huge body of evidence supporting it. This body of evidence is readily available in brilliant books that you can borrow from your local library, and impossible, if understood, to contradict (using logic and reason). It makes me sad to see debates raging on on this subject when the matter has long since been settled. Evoltuion is proven by the fossil record, without exception; by the science of genetics, without exception; it is actually played out visibly if you care to study the development of a human embryo; it sheds light (though of course, cannot be proven, as that would be a cyclical arguement) by the many oddities that plague human anatomy, such as vestigial tails, redundant organs, and certain instincts (like that twitch you feel when you are falling asleep and your arm falls: that is a best explained as remnant of a trait our ancestors developed to prevent themselves falling out trees). The often quoted existence of a 'missing link' is also imaginary, for reasons that would become evident to people who actually studied the facts of this issue. I am certain that every creationist, and evolution denier, in fact, every non ultra-Darwinist, has not thoroughly researched the topic. Charles Darwin and Richard Dawkins provide the most accurate overview of evolution in the scientific world. There is literally no reason to dis-believe in evolution, or even to believe in it. This is because it is not a question of belief. It has been proven. Therefore one does not need belief to realise it is true. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Narrator (talk)
Recently my son, devout of faith, laughed, "Ten minutes in the Natural History Museum teaches you how great God is, and how true evolution is." Certainly the majority of Christianity agrees with him. I do. And it is sad to see the unjust criticisms here of science, which must, by definition, take a mechanistic viewpoint. I'd advise the authors of this article to bear in mind this paraphrasing of our Lord Jesus's words, "Render unto science the things that are science's. . ." God's works are great and it's difficult enough to understand his purposes without blinding ourselves with ancestor worship in the form of Biblical literalism. That's just another form of idolatry. There are infinite possibilities to see Him at work everyday in our personal lives.Klasovsky 13:21, 8 January 2013 (EST)
- Jesus expressly referred to the Great Flood, which university "scientists" deny today. Who do Christians say is right?--Andy Schlafly 13:58, 8 January 2013 (EST)
- I'm a Christian. I also understand how allegories work. MattyD 14:05, 8 January 2013 (EST)
There are a few things, such as in the opening that isn't accurate. There is not several theories of evolution, evolution is the only theory but there are some theories within of how some processes work. The statement that the fossil record does not support evolution is also wrong. It is one of the main points of evidence for evolution. The information about 700 scientists signing the statement that evolution is wrong should also mention the Steve Project, which has taken names just from scientists who are named Steve and have many more names than the Discovery Institute. There is also statistics regarding medical doctors who do not believe in evolution, but for some reason does not comment on scientists in general, such as this poll [4] which states that 97% of scientist believe evolution. Crzyclarks 20:32, 2 June 2012 (EDT)
Is this article semi-protected like on Wikipedia, or is it fully protected so only admins can edit? I also added back the "Issues" section as it was removed for some reason. AcomaMagic 14:48, 18 August 2012 (EDT)
- Evolutionism is pseudoscience. Conservative 15:01, 8 January 2013 (EST)
- the other issue is the logic of the statement that the most prominent advocates for evolution since world war 2 have been atheists and further suggestion it's an atheistic thing. If we use the same logic we can conclude that Creationism (especially Young Earth Creationism) we can conclude the most vocal opponents of Evolution are Theists and opposition to Evolution is mostly based on religion. The problem here is the implication considering (unless i'm mistaken, I need to research more before i can make any sort of blanket statement) there are far more Theistic Evolutionists than there are Atheistic Creationists it's misleading to suggest that Evolution is based on Atheism. --DavidS 10:39, 26 March 2013 (EDT)
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The Karl Popper quote is taken out of context. For example the next line is: "and although it is no doubt THE BEST AT PRESENT AVAILABLE, it can be slightly improved." In addition, anyone who researches more will find that he recanted his view later in life.
I find incidents such as this common throughout the page, and I humbly ask for it to be unprotected so that I can fix the mistakes throughout. TAbbott 8:12, 2 October 2012 (BST)
- You are talking out of both sides of your mouth. If Popper's full quote was not anti-evolution in character, then why would you claim he recanted? Secondly, leading Darwinist and philosopher of science, Michael Ruse declared the concerning Popper's statement and the actions he took after making that statement: "Since making this claim, Popper himself has modified his position somewhat; but, disclaimers aside, I suspect that even now he does not really believe that Darwinism in its modern form is genuinely falsifiable."[5] Conservative 14:58, 8 January 2013 (EST)
How would I go about adding some references to this Answers in Genesis article to the Social Effects section? http://www.answersingenesis.org/get-answers/features/darwin-and-racism?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=darwin-and-racism-campaign
Sorry. I'm kind of new here.
Reject Darwinism?
I think y'all are jumping to conclusions with the polls, suggesting these doctors reject Darwinism because they don't believe that life developed through natural processes alone since there are plenty of people who believe God guided evolution. --Dsherman 22:29, 17 November 2013 (EST)


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MONS, Belgium - NATO opened a new headquarters complex for its special forces Wednesday as part of a larger move aimed at offsetting the effects of deep defense cuts and better coordinating the elite military units.
In a ceremony in Mons, Belgium, NATO's supreme commander Adm. James Stavridis said the new command center will ensure that the national contingents continue to develop their capabilities by training together.
The move comes as NATO is reforming its forces across the alliance. NATO's new philosophy of "smart defense" calls on members to share resources and equipment in order to reduce duplication.
"The ultimate point of smart defense is to build connections," Stavridis said at the opening ceremony.
Twenty of NATO's 28 member countries have cut their defense budgets since the Europe's financial crisis began in 2008. Military spending, which has already shrunk 15 percent in the past decade, is set to plunge further as part of the austerity measures implemented by many European governments to cope with the continent's debt crisis.
Elite units are much cheaper and easier to deploy than conventional forces that require armor, artillery and logistical support. Although they are much fewer in number, commandos often have a disproportionally large effect on the enemy.
"One of the real comparative advantages of special forces is bang for the buck," Stavridis told The Associated Press. "They are very cost-effective because it is a relatively small number of people who create enormous effect."
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The U.S. military already has a U.S. Special Operations Command that unites the special forces operated by each individual service. The command is headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida.
In a spectacularly successful helicopter-borne operation last year, U.S. commandos flew into a Pakistani army town and killed terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. And just last weekend, a U.S. special operations team carried out a rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor abducted by the Taliban outside of Kabul.
The new NATO Special Operations Forces Headquarters, which replaces a small building in the alliance's military compound in this southern Belgian town, aims to preserve the capabilities developed by NATO's special forces in Afghanistan, where national contingents have been operating together throughout the war.
U.S. and NATO advisers have worked with Afghan special forces and developed them from the ground up for several years. Military analysts consider them the most effective units within the Afghan security forces.
So far 26 of NATO's 28 members have declared their intention to participate in the new command, along with three neutral nations: Austria, Finland and Sweden. The only NATO countries not participating are Luxembourg, which doesn't have a commando force, and Iceland, which doesn't have an army.
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Darkness and Light - Guided Meditation - SCIPI December 10, 2010By Zoketsu Norman Fischer | Dec 10, 2010
Location: Headlands Institute
In topic: Meditation and Mindfulness
Norman gives a guided meditation on Darkness and Light to SCIPI conflict resolution professionals.
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Recipe from Angela Wilson of Town Creek, Ala.
1 stick of butter
8 potatoes peeled and cut into quarters.
1 pack of real bacon bits
1 tub of sour cream
1 pack of fine shredded cheese
Parsley flakes
Boil potatoes on top of stove in a big pot until tender.
When cooked, drain water.
Melt butter and pour over potatoes.
Sprinkle parsley flakes over potatoes and mash a little.
Layer with bacon bits, then cheese and top with sour cream.
Serves about 4 people
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The first home that Jim and I bought together was located in the foothills of Mount Helix and had 3,984 square feet, 1.84 acres of land, a 35,000-gallon swimming pool, and a 5,000-gallon spa. I used to come home from work Friday at noon, start the pool/spa heater, and swim like a SeaWorld whale until Monday at noon.
When we moved in, the house was in my specialty area, i.e., pretty much a dump—1971 shag carpeting, worn and torn; a leaking roof; a pool and spa that looked like a Louisiana swamp; and 1.84 acres of non-landscaping.
I put in 1.84 acres of landscape lighting and irrigation, had the pool and spa replastered and retiled, and installed tile floors in the entry foyer and the 77-foot hallway. I never got around to doing the roof because by that time the gas & electric bill was more than my mortgage payment.
In fact, in June 2000, our gas & electric bill was a whopping $4,571! Jim and I decided to sell. We knew that we didn't want to pay $4,500+ utility bills for the rest of our lives. And what good is a pool, spa, and landscape lighting if we couldn't afford to use them? At one point I set the landscape lights to come on at 8:00 at night and go off at 8:05, just to make sure that they still worked!
Sadly, we didn't find out until six months after we sold that the reason for the high utility bill was because Enron was manipulating the energy markets west of the Mississippi River. Once Enron was forced into bankruptcy, from which it never recovered, things returned to normal. However, we never bought a house that big again. It was simply too much for two guys, especially two gay guys who don't fit the gay stereotypes of cleaners and interior designers…… LOL
Here is the house where we lived, 11141 Valley Lights Drive:
So while I don't miss living in a house that big, I still enjoy visiting neighborhoods of the extraordinarily wealthy who enjoy putting on the show.
Here are four pictures of the 1% in a neighborhood surrounding a grade school where I teach chess in the after-school enrichment program:
Rumors abound here in San Diego that Mitt & Ann Romney's $12,000,000 La Jolla home is on the market. It's not in the MLS if it is but that has never squelched rumors before.
Nonetheless, I already have decided not to buy it….
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Paul Marcus, 99, proves exercise works at any age
Paul Marcus is living proof that you're never too old to exercise. He turns 100 this month, and works out twice a week at the Jewish Community Center's sports and fitness facility.
After a century of life on this earth, Marcus is a fit man whose smooth face and wavy white hair make him look at least 30 years younger than what it says on his driver's license. So many people have asked Marcus for the secret to his longevity that he's memorized a schticky answer:
"One, you gotta have good genes," he says.
"Two, you gotta be god damned lucky for 100 years. And three: Try not to eat anything that's healthy. It's true. I eat whatever I want. The secret to longevity is ice cream."
For the first eight decades of his life, Marcus was a dedicated tennis player. Twice a week, when other retirees were taking naps after a hand of bridge, Marcus played aggressive tennis in a foursome.
"They used to call me 'the fellow who runs,' " he says.
"I was very agile for my age. Two of the others in our foursome were a couple of old fellows who stood in the middle of the court, where you don't want to be. You want to be back where you can hit the ball."
When one of the others in his foursome fell and broke his hip, Marcus, then 88, took it as a sign to hang up his racket.
"Quit while you're ahead," he says.
By then, he'd also given up downhill skiing, at his wife's strong suggestion. Marcus never has broken a bone, but his knees began complaining when he climbed the stairs or walked uphill.
When he told one of his three doctors (primary physician, cardiologist, asthma specialist) about his knee problem, he didn't get much sympathy.
"What do you expect?" he says the doctor asked. "You played tennis till you were 88! You wore out the cartilage!"
Until he was about 97, Marcus followed a morning exercise ritual, doing toe-touches and arm exercises for about half an hour a day. But he started having balance problems, and one day, his wife, Phyllis, looked at him and said, "Paul, you're bending over like an old man!"
"I told her, 'That's what I am!' but then I started working with Erin at the JCC," Marcus says.
Erin Crane, a certified fitness trainer, developed a half-hour routine that Marcus follows religiously twice a week. The exercises focus on improving balance, coordination and core strength, "which helps my posture, so I'm not leaning over anymore like an old man," Marcus says.
"But it's just as important to take care of your mind. I take two classes in the Osher Lifelong Learning program for seniors, and I've studied everything from anti-Semitism to current events. We have classes in practically every subject you can think of."
Paul Marcus' fitness regimen
This workout can be modified with the help of a personal trainer or fitness expert for any age or physical limitations. Consult with your physician if this is the first time you're starting a new routine.
Hurdles (12 inches high): Step over four hurdles placed about two feet apart, first high-stepping forward, starting with dominant leg and then nondominant leg, and then high-stepping sideways.
Modified push-ups: Marcus uses a metal bar secured about 3 feet off the floor to support his torso and push up from, but trainer Erin Crane said you can use a wall, table or kitchen counter. Do 12. Rest. Repeat.
Seated leg curls on a weight machine: Two sets of 10-12 repetitions, weights set at 60 pounds for the first set and 55 pounds for the second set.
Standing core work: Waist twist, holding the padded handle to a Bowflex or other cable machine with straight arms. Perform 10-12 repetitions in one direction; repeat in the other direction.
Seated row with two pull handles (cable machine): Two sets of 10-12 repetitions.
Knee lifts and supported squats: Two sets of 10-12 repetitions.
Medicine-ball leg lifts: Stand in place while holding a 6-pound medicine ball with both hands and lift one leg at a time, leading with the knee, to work on balance. Two sets of 10 repetitions. (Crane also suggests standing on one foot as you brush your teeth, switching feet halfway through your routine.)
Half-roller balance: Stand on foam half-roller (round side up, flat surface on floor). Two sets of knee lifts, and side-step back and forth two times. Best performed with a railing or chair nearby for support, as Marcus does.
Balance board: Position the board near a grab bar or other stable handle for help in safely mounting the board. Shift weight back and forth from foot to foot, and then stand in the middle of the board. Two minutes each.
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I admit- I had no idea members could not post attachments.
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I just finished reading the book, and am wondering how everything ended between Han and Boba. If there is a book or something that explains it, please tell me the name because i don't want to ruin the ending before reading it. If not, just tell me what happened.


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WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Does the routine use of eyewitnesses in American criminal cases contribute to trials that put innocent people behind bars -- even on death row? Evidence suggests it does.
The U.S. Supreme Court is getting ready to hear a case out of New Hampshire that deals with a subtle but important point in the witness process.
Lawyers for a hapless burglar say the case asks whether the due process -- or fair trial and procedure -- guarantee in the 14th Amendment bans the use of all "unreliable eyewitness identification" arising from "impermissibly suggestive circumstances and which are very substantially likely to lead to misidentification, or only to those identifications which are also the product of 'improper state action?'" -- meaning police manipulation.
But in a larger sense, the whole idea of eyewitness evidence is under attack in the case, scheduled to be heard Nov. 2.
"DNA analysis in particular has demonstrated that misidentifications by eyewitnesses continue to lead to a high incidence of miscarriages of justice, as previously recognized" by Supreme Court precedent, the New Hampshire defendant's merit brief to the U.S. Supreme Court said.
"In a study of 250 cases in which defendants were exonerated after conviction, [University of Virginia law] Professor Brandon L. Garrett stated that the 'role of mistaken eyewitness identifications in these wrongful convictions is now well known. Eyewitnesses misidentified 76 percent of the exonerees [those proven innocent through DNA] (190 of 250 cases).' Furthermore, Professor Garrett's original study of 200 cases indicated that eyewitness misidentification evidence was the leading contributing factor to wrongful convictions and was four times more likely to contribute to a wrongful conviction than a false confession."
The study is included in Garrett's recent book, "Convicting the Innocent." The blurb promoting the book on the Harvard University Press Web site says, "DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent and let the guilty walk free. ...
"Very few crimes committed in the United States involve biological evidence that can be tested using DNA," the blurb argued. "How many unjust convictions are there that we will never discover? 'Convicting the Innocent' makes a powerful case for systemic reforms to improve the accuracy of all criminal cases."
The book in part deals with the case of Earl Washington who was "defended for all of 40 minutes by a lawyer who had never tried a death penalty case [and was] found guilty of rape and murder in the state of Virginia and sentenced to death." Washington spent nine years on death row before relatively unsophisticated "DNA testing cast doubt on his conviction and saved his life. However, he spent another eight years in prison before more sophisticated DNA technology proved his innocence and convicted the guilty man."
The defendant's merit brief also cited a U.S. Department of Justice study of 28 felony convictions overturned by DNA evidence that found "85 percent of the convictions resulted primarily from erroneous eyewitness identifications. Attorney General Janet Reno explained: 'Recent cases in which DNA evidence has been used to exonerate individuals convicted primarily on the basis of eyewitness testimony have shown us that eyewitness evidence is not infallible. Even the most honest and objective people can make mistakes in recalling and interpreting a witnessed event; it is the nature of human memory.'"
The brief also cites the 2009 Innocence Project study of more than 200 cases "in which convicted defendants were exonerated by DNA evidence, mistaken eyewitness identifications accounted in whole or in part for 75 percent of the wrongful convictions. Specifically, the Innocence Project found that [more than] 175 people have been wrongfully convicted based, in part, on eyewitness misidentification and have been later proven innocent through DNA testing."
In a friend of the court brief supporting the New Hampshire defendant, the American Psychological Association said: "That the various factors that can cause eyewitness error have actually resulted in false identifications is not simply a theoretical possibility. Indeed, more than four decades ago this [Supreme] Court observed that 'the annals of criminal law are rife with instances of mistaken identification.'
"Studies released as early as 1932 and as recently as 2008 confirm that observation, documenting wrongful convictions that rest largely or wholly on eyewitness identifications."
The APA brief added: "Although DNA testing for innocence claims has been available only since the early 1990s -- and only a small fraction of cases are suitable for testing because DNA was not collected, has deteriorated or was lost or destroyed -- proven post-conviction DNA exonerations in the United States exceed 270."
The friend of the court brief said examples aren't limited to the United States.
"For example, one analysis of 1,561 identification attempts by witnesses viewing lineups in England found that 39 percent correctly identified the suspect, 20 percent incorrectly identified a 'filler' [someone selected at random to fill out the lineup], and 41 percent made no identification -- meaning that at least 33.9 percent of the identifications were wrong (20 percent divided by 59 percent, with the denominator being those who made some identification, correct or incorrect)."
The U.S. Supreme Court, of course, hasn't been deaf to the DNA debate. The justices blocked a Texas execution 45 minutes before it was set to be carried out, then ruled 6-3 in March earlier this year that prisoners at least have the right to use federal civil rights law to force DNA testing.
The Death Penalty Information Center, though not part of the New Hampshire case, lists the names of 138 men who have been released from death row since 1973 for various reasons -- charges dismissed, eventual acquittal and pardons. Seventeen of the releases were substantially driven by DNA testing.
Hey, wait a minute, New Hampshire said in its merit brief. Let's look at the facts.
Following a jury trial in a New Hampshire court, Barion Perry was convicted of one class B felony count of theft by unauthorized taking, "which was subject to an extended term of imprisonment because he had two prior convictions for theft by unauthorized taking and one prior conviction for burglary. ... The court sentenced him to serve three to 10 years in the New Hampshire State Prison."
At an evidence suppression hearing, a judge heard that at 2:53 a.m. on Aug. 15, 2008, "Officer Nicole Clay from the Nashua, N.H., Police Department was sent to the back parking lot ... to investigate 'a report about a black male looking through vehicles and attempting to gain entry into vehicles.'"
She parked her cruiser and walked around the back of the building, where she heard what "sounded like a metal bat hitting the ground," and then saw Perry "carrying two amplifiers and walking toward her from between two vehicles."
Perry told her he had "found" the amplifiers, and had "seen a couple of kids leaving the parking lot."
Both the officer and Perry walked to a nearby street then back to the parking lot. A resident, Alex Clavijo, walked over and said "that his neighbor had told him that someone had broken into his car. He also said that the amplifiers [Perry] had been carrying and a large wooden box with two speakers mounted inside had been taken from his car."
When another officer arrived, Clay left him with Perry while she and Clavijo went inside the building to talk to the neighbor.
Nubia Blandon, who spoke only Spanish, told Clay through Clavijo that she had seen "a tall, black man walk through the parking lot, look into all the cars, circle Clavijo's car, and then open the trunk of Clavijo's car and remove a large box. Blandon also said that the man had been carrying a bat."
Police said Blandon was not told about Perry remaining in the parking lot. But when Clay asked her for a description of the man she had seen, Blandon said, "It was the man that was in the back parking lot standing with the police officer," pointing to the window that overlooked the lot.
"At some point, Blandon's husband, Joffre Ullon, who had called in the initial report about a man trying
to break into cars, returned from getting coffee," the state's brief said. He also identified the man among the cars as the "the man standing outside with the police officer."
A month later, Blandon was unable to pick Perry's picture out of a photo array. Ullon successfully picked out Perry's picture.
Eventually, the New Hampshire Supreme Court refused to throw out the eyewitness evidence.
"The New Hampshire Supreme Court correctly concluded that the due process clause of the 14th Amendment does not require that all identification evidence must be deemed reliable before it is admissible in a criminal trial," the state's brief said. "Instead, as the New Hampshire Supreme Court held, identification evidence needs to be deemed reliable only in cases where the police obtained the challenged evidence as the result of an improper -- that is, unnecessarily suggestive -- procedure."
A friend of the court brief filed by the Obama administration echoes the state brief.
Perry's case may seem like small potatoes -- to everyone except Perry, of course. But the implications in his case are huge.
Georgia executed Troy Davis in September despite pleas to spare him from a variety of heavyweights, ranging from the pope to former President Jimmy Carter. To the end, he insisted he was innocent.
"While his execution alone -- no matter how passionate his supporters -- won't bring the death penalty to an end, there is one area where activists are hoping to use Davis' death as an ongoing and emotional rallying cry for reform: eyewitness identification," Time magazine opined.
"In the 48 hours leading up to Davis' execution, the nation heard that the case against Davis was built entirely on eyewitnesses who said they saw Davis gun down off-duty police officer Mark McPhail [who had tried to rescue a homeless man being pistol-whipped by Davis]. But of the nine witnesses who testified against Davis in his original trial, seven would go on to change their minds and recant. As many outside observers pointed out, they were either lying on the stand, or lying now."
Virtually all reporting on the killing contained that fact -- that the unusually high number of nine witnesses swore at trial they saw Davis kill the young police officer, and that seven later recanted -- without going into the details surrounding those accounts.
Under what circumstances, and under what pressure, did the eyewitnesses originally identify Davis under oath? And under what circumstances, and under what pressure, did they allegedly recant?


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Singer Taylor Swift is so terrified of falling victim to a stalker that her security team sends her photos of crazed fans to watch out for.
The Love Story hitmaker has enlisted a team of bodyguards to keep her safe after a string of terrifying threats were made against her.
She tells Britain's Cosmopolitan magazine, "I get nervous when I have stalker incidents. I try not to talk too much about it because it scares me. Sometimes you get a dude who kind of wants to steal you. That's why I'm so grateful I have people looking after me, like (my bodyguard) Dennis.
"Over the past couple of years it's got worse. I get told if there's been an attempt or a threat. My security text me a picture and say, 'Look out for this dude; he's driven across the country, he's off his meds (medication),' or something like that. No one has ever been successful in getting into my house or anything like that. I have an amazing security team."
The 22-year-old star admits she has "a lot" of pursuers, but she refuses to live in fear of being followed.
She adds, "There are a lot of them (stalkers). I just try to be safe and be conscious of people around me... It's something you just have to deal with. It's the price you pay for getting to do what you love. You can let it take over your life and make you fearful all the time, or you can live your life in spite of it."
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