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PHOENIX (AP) — An independent team named by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to review the state's troubled child welfare agency on Friday called for a top-to-bottom overhaul of the department to focus it purely on child safety.
The team released a 54-page review outlining steps needed to address yearslong problems at Child Protective Services. The most severe issue was revealed in November when more than 6,500 child abuse and neglect reports were found to have not been investigated.
Brewer abolished Child Protective Services earlier this month and created a new child welfare department that reports directly to her.
The Republican governor's CARE team report recommends retraining social workers, working more with outside providers and law enforcement and overhauling the state's child abuse hotline.
The report also recommends creating an agency inspections bureau to provide oversight and removing civil service protections from child welfare agency workers to allow exceptional performance to be rewarded.
"It's a very insular, closed, friend of friend-type culture and that needs to change," said Rep. Kate Brophy McGee, a Republican who is on the team. "It needs to be a system of employees who are supported in the job they are expected to do that's clearly outlined for them that they will then be accountable for."
The report revealed big lag times in the abuse hotline system, noting that 26 percent of callers hang up while on hold. It mapped 142 possible points in the current system where an abused or neglected child could fall through the cracks.
"It's breathtaking," Brophy McGee said. "It's very scary."
The report also repeated what's already known about the agency — that caseworkers are overworked, turnover approaches 30 percent, and performance standards are unclear.
Dana Naimark, president of the advocacy group Children's Action Alliance, said the report provides a "good, solid roadmap on the investigative side."
"I thought it was really important that they pointed out the connection between the child abuse and neglect issue and the lack of child care and other prevention support, and we certainly are looking to our leaders to take action in these areas this session as well," Naimark said.
Brewer created what she's calling the CARE team in December after it was learned that a group inside the Child Protective Services agency had been closing reports received by its child abuse hotline without sending them to social workers in the field for investigation. The idea was to cull out reports not meriting action to lower the caseload of overwhelmed field workers, but a review found many should've been acted upon, and all by law required a response.
Five senior CPS workers remain on administrative leave as investigations into who authorized the closings continue.
The CARE team has been handling the previously uninvestigated reports and assigned all but three of 6,554 cases to social workers. Those three were referred to authorities on Indian reservations outside state jurisdiction.
Social workers have removed 91 children from their homes since the neglected reports dating to 2009 were discovered. A review also found that before the closed cases were discovered, nearly 1,200 of them had subsequent reports that led to the removal of at least 316 children from their homes.
Brewer named the director of the state's juvenile corrections department to lead the effort and appointed key lawmakers and others to the team.
Earlier this month, she pulled CPS from its parent agency and created a new cabinet-level department by executive order, saying she has "abolished CPS as we know it."
Brewer renamed the agency the Division of Child Safety and Family Services and appointed CARE team leader Charles Flanagan to head it. She's asking the Legislature to formally create the new agency.
The biggest takeaway from the review was that the state needs to partner with local and regional social services providers and local law enforcement to more efficiently prevent and respond to child abuse, Flanagan said.
"I think that message is what comes out of this loud and clear," Flanagan said. "The CARE team work has allowed us to find Arizona best practices."
Brewer also asked the Legislature for money to immediately begin beefing up agency staffing. On Thursday, lawmakers approved a special $6.8 million appropriation that will allow the agency to begin hiring nearly 200 new workers. That action is needed because caseloads have soared in recent years as abuse reports skyrocketed and high worker turnover left workers handling more than twice the recommended caseload.
Brewer also wants nearly $10 million more right away for emergency child placement in group homes and other settings and family support services such as parenting skill training and foster-care recruitment. The Legislature has delayed providing those funds, with Senate President Andy Biggs saying earlier this week that the request might wait until the next budget year.
The extra funding is in addition to a $74 million request for the budget year that starts July 1. That request will pay for the agency reorganization, increased staff and other items such as a down-payment on a new computer system.
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Despite the economic woes of Afghanistan, the U.S. government has yet to develop a plan for bringing the Afghan people into the 21st Century.
After supplying the Mujahedeen with billions of dollars in weapons for battling the Soviet Union in the 1980s, U.S. officials basically turned their backs on the Afghanis. That led to years of anarchy, which ended with the Taliban taking power in 1995. Americans know the rest of the story all too well.
Fortunately, Afghan rebels aided by U.S. air power and special forces troops were able to route the Taliban and organize a transitional government that has pledged to bring peace to the country.
It will need help. Some say thousands of Afghanis could die this winter because of the lack of shelter and food supplies. Part of the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan is aimed at restoring airfields so that relief supplies can be flown in.
According to the latest figures, the United States will have 1.5 billion bushels of corn, 687 million bushels of wheat, 42 million hundredweight of rice and 330 million bushels of soybeans it can't sell at the end of this marketing year.
USDA had already promised to send 300,000 metric tons of wheat as part of its food aid commitment to Afghanistan before Sept. 11. Some of those shipments were delayed because of the U.S. bombing campaign.
Those shipments and more will be needed to help the Afghanis overcome the food shortages brought on by the war and four years of drought.
USDA, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the State Department and the U.S. military need to be brought together to develop a plan for distributing as much food aid to the Afghanis as possible, preferably from surplus stocks of U.S. wheat, corn, rice and soybeans.
What does that have to do with cotton? Last spring, U.S. cotton producers planted 16.3 million acres, the highest planted acreage since 1995. Favorable weather and lower abandonment resulted in a crop of more than 20 million bales.
USDA projects 8.4 million bales or nearly 48 percent of total U.S. consumption will not be sold this marketing year. Clearly, U.S. cotton producers need crop alternatives or a miracle product that will take about 5 million bales off the market this spring.
Several months ago, Michael Dicks, an Oklahoma State agricultural economist, proposed a new farm program built around donations of U.S. commodities to developing countries instead of continued cash outlays to U.S. producers.
Given the failure of the Senate to produce a new farm bill before Christmas, it may be that farm organizations need to take a new look at the proposal to see if it can be used to provide more aid to countries like Afghanistan and remove burdensome stocks from U.S. markets.
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And the limp nut in the White House did nothing.....
Iran fired at unarmed US drone, Pentagon says
Iran fired on an unarmed U.S. drone last week as it was hovering in international airspace, the Pentagon announced Thursday.
Spokesman George Little said the incident, which marks the first time the Iranians have fired on a U.S. drone, occurred Nov. 1 at 4:50 a.m. ET. He said the unarmed, unmanned drone was conducting "routine surveillance" over the Persian Gulf when it was "intercepted" by Iran. He said the MQ1 Predator drone, which was not hit, was not in Iranian airspace.
According to Little, two Iranian jets fired twice, missing on both attempts -- the drone headed away from the Iranian coast, landing safely soon after at an undisclosed location. The Iranian jets pursued the drone for a short period before giving up.
Little said the U.S. government has protested to the Iranians. Asked about how the U.S. could respond, he said: "We have a wide range of options from diplomatic to military."
He would not say whether there were actually plans for a military response. Asked if this should be considered an act of war, Little said he didn't want to get into "legal characterizations" of the event.
Little stressed that the drone was flying 16 nautical miles off the coast of Kuwait in international waters, and never entered the 12-mile limit that would constitute Iranian territory.
The Pentagon announced the incident as the administration imposed a new round of financial sanctions against Iranian officials and entities. They marked the first sanctions since President Obama's re-election Tuesday. According to the Treasury Department, the move was "related to the Iranian government's human rights abuses, its support of terrorism and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps."
The drone encounter comes after a U.S. drone crashed in Iran late last year. Iran claimed to have shot it down, but U.S. officials said it merely malfunctioned and crashed.
Little said the U.S. will continue to run surveillance missions in the region.
Fox News' Justin Fishel contributed to this report.
U.S. says Iran fired on U.S. drone over Gulf
WASHINGTON (AP) An Iranian attack aircraft fired at least twice at an unarmed U.S. drone conducting routine surveillance in international airspace over the Persian Gulf, the Pentagon said Thursday. The aircraft missed and the drone returned to base unharmed.
The shooting in the Gulf, which occurred just before 5 a.m. EDT on Nov. 1, was unprecedented, Pentagon press secretary George Little said. The incident was not disclosed sooner because the military does not discuss classified surveillance missions, but agreed to answer questions after news reports revealed the shooting.
Little said the drone was about 16 miles off the Iranian coast when the Russian-made SU-25 Frogfoot warplane intercepted it and opened fire. He said it was the first time an unmanned U.S. aircraft was shot at in international airspace over the Gulf.
"Our aircraft was never in Iranian air space. It was always flying in international air space," Little told Pentagon reporters. "The United States has communicated to the Iranians that we will continue to conduct surveillance flights over international waters over the Arabian Gulf, consistent with longstanding practice and our commitment to the security of the region."
According to the Pentagon, the Iranian war plane made at least two passes by the slower-moving drone, firing "multiple rounds."
Little said that once the Predator drone came under fire, it began to move further out and the Iranian aircraft continued to pursue it "for some period of time before letting it return to base." The Iranian plane did not follow the drone all the way back to its base, Little said, declining to say where that base was.
He said there was no other U.S. aircraft nearby that could respond to the attack, and added that the U.S. believes Iran was trying to shoot the drone down.
This is the second incident involving a U.S. drone and Iran.
In December 2011 a U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel drone equipped with stealth technology was captured in eastern Iran. Tehran claims it brought down the aircraft, but U.S. officials said the drone malfunctioned and had to land.
After initially saying only that a drone had been lost near the Afghan-Iran border, American officials eventually confirmed the plane was monitoring Iran's military and nuclear facilities. Washington asked for it back but Iran refused, and instead released photos of Iranian officials studying the aircraft.
International waters begin at 12 nautical miles offshore.
And the limp nut in the White House did nothing.....
Now we're stuck there bc this President won't drill and solar power cars isn't nessesarily just around the corner.
Sounds like an act of war in Tron not in the world we actually live in.
Shoot down the Iranian fighter jets? Yes..
Jimmy II was probably in the Oval Office lying under his desk in a fetal position, sucking his thumb while fretting over the big bad Iranians, who aren't even capable of shooting down a slow moving unarmed US drone...
Yeah that Iranian military is definitely bad azz.....
More easy war talk from you...
Ever been in a war?
Ever had people firing rockets at you from long distance??
Easy to call for acts of war from your couch when it's only other people or their kids getting their lives put in danger
Certainly not over a stupid drone shot down
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I find the incident in Lybia more important then Iran missing a drone with their
top notch pilots. SG said it perfectly we can't afford another war. We have enough crap going on in this country. BTW this is maybe the last time I agree.
How dare they shoot at an unarmed drone.
That drone could have been killed!
I think if I was an Iranian I'd do the same thing.
From what I read the drone was shot down 16 miles off the Iranian coast. Territorial waters typically go up to 12 miles. Thats pretty close.
What would you want done if an Iranian drone came within 16 miles of the USA?
I suspect many here would want us to shoot down the drone as well.


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Name: The Dry Eye Relief Kit from Hammacher Schlemmer
What it is: A kit with adjustable soft-cup eye goggles and two foam inserts, two gel packs with protective sleeves, and a mesh pouch. After warming the gel packs in the mesh pouch in a cup of hot water or in a microwave, you insert the packs into the goggles and wear them over your eyes for 10 to 15 minutes. The heated packs stimulate tear production and increase humidity to moisturize dry eyes. The packs also can be put in the freezer to reduce eyelid puffiness and inflammation. The gel packs last for 50 treatments and can be reordered.
The good: I suffer from dry-eye syndrome, so the dryness of an airplane sometimes make my eyes burn from dehydration. To use the kit on a plane, I ask a flight attendant for a cup of hot water. After immersing the gel packs for a minute in hot water, I put them on and often fall asleep, because these soft goggles are the most comfortable blackout mask I've found. The goggles are adjusted by tightening a soft fabric band rather than elastic, so they are very comfortable. Using the goggles in a hotel room helps me fight dry eyes caused by allergies, heat and air conditioning.
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We had a very difficult birth (30 hours followed by a c-section) which resulted in my breasts becoming swollen. Between the swelling and my milk coming in in abundance, my nipples became flattened which prevented my baby from being able to latch on. We went to a lactation consultant and she set us up with an SNS system and a nipple shield so that he could eat at the breast and we could monitor how much milk he was getting (he was losing weight so it was important to make sure he was getting enough).
We made it through those early days and now, at two and a half weeks we are feeding directly from my nipple.
His latch looks perfect from the outside (flanged lips, my entire (small) areola is in his mouth) and he eats happily. BUT it hurts! And when he finishes my nipple is compressed into the lipstick shape everyone talks about.
I've been reading about this and it sounds like we need to get a deeper latch - to get the nipple further back into his mouth. But how do I do that? I've tried just about every position possible and we've tried letting him latch himself of and making a breast sandwich and trying to get as much as possible into his mouth. So far, it's still hurting and we're still getting the lipstick shape.
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In March 1991 Shiites in southern Iraq were being slaughtered en masse. President George H.W. Bush had called upon the Iraqis to topple Saddam Hussein after the US-led coalition defeated the Iraqi army in Kuwait. The Shiites heeded the call with vigor and savagery, as did their Kurdish countrymen in the north, but now the reconsolidated Baathist regime was striking back, killing tens of thousands. Using helicopter gunships that Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf rashly permitted them to operate under the terms of the previous month's cease-fire agreement, as well as ground forces, Saddam's forces pulverized the rebellion. Many of the mass graves that have been recently unearthed are from this period.
While this was going on the Americans stood by and watched, often literally. One of the more disgraceful moral lapses in US history, this moment of "betrayal" fundamentally recast Shiite identity in Iraq. Advocates of the latest invasion–who were caught off-guard by the lukewarm reception Iraqi Shiites accorded their would-be liberators in 2003–seem to have slept through that part of the movie. US officials up and down the line did little to mitigate, much less end, the suffering of the Shiites, perhaps in deference to the wishes of their ally Saudi Arabia, for whom the prospect of a Shiite-dominated Iraq is no more inviting now than it was then. Only Iran offered substantial help, which would later yield dividends in credibility for Tehran and for groups it supported, as the elections in Iraq have revealed.
There was at least one American hero in 1991, Staff Sergeant Nolde of the First Armored Division. Robert Fisk, who never learned Nolde's first name, met him at a crossroad in Safwan, the southern Iraqi border town where Nolde's platoon sat while refugees desperately tried to flee to Kuwait. Ordered by a US official to turn them back to the killing fields in southern Iraq, where they were almost certain to die, Nolde responded:
"I'm sorry, sir. But if you're going to give me an order to stop these people, I can't do that. They are coming here begging, old women crying, sick children, boys begging for food. We're already giving them most of our rations. But I have to tell you, sir, that if you give me an order to stop them, I just won't do that." You could see the embassy man wince.
Alas, US foreign policy is not set by the likes of Nolde, which helps to explain why the United States is widely derided and unloved, not just in the Middle East. This makes it all the more important to come to grips with the double standards and hypocrisies that have come to connote American foreign policy to many people around the globe.
Fisk's magnum opus is not just about America in the Middle East, but America has a starring role in The Great War for Civilisation and it is not a flattering one. She is America, righteous of voice but tone-deaf to history, jealous of power but so entwined with Israel that she sometimes reads the other character's lines as her own. Notwithstanding Fisk's penchant for denying the powerful the benefit of the doubt, there is more than enough truth in his depiction to show that George W. Bush's promises to the oppressed (notably in his January 2005 inaugural speech) are more rodomontade than factual, especially when the President claimed, "All who live in tyranny and hopelessness can know: The United States will not ignore your oppression, or excuse your oppressors. When you stand for your liberty, we will stand with you." It is impossible to read Fisk's book–replete as it is with evidence of US complicity with dictators, selective tolerance for political violence and erratic respect for human rights–and hear Bush's claims as other than crowd-pleasing boilerplate.


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Agencies to offer summer food service to Derry children in needBy ADAM SWIFT
Union Leader Correspondent
June 18. 2013 9:12PM
DERRY — Many young people who receive free or reduced lunches at school can have a harder time getting a balanced meal during the summer.
Once again this year, Southern New Hampshire Services and Rockingham Community Action are offering a summer food service program to Derry residents age 18 and under.
The program runs Monday through Friday from June 24 to Aug. 23, with the exception of July 4 and 5.
There is no preregistration required for the meals, which are provided without charge and are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability.
The meals must be consumed on site and will be offered at three locations each day.
Those locations are the Fairways Apartments on Forest Ridge Road from 4:15 to 5 p.m., Franklin Village on Laraway Court from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m., and Hood Park on Rollins Street from 6 to 6:30 p.m.
The Fairways Apartments meals are for apartment residents only, but the other two locations are open to anyone.
Anyone looking for additional information on the program can call 668-8010, ext. 6048, or visit www.snhs.org.
The locations where the federally funded USDA meal program are being held generally have a larger population of residents who meet the federal guidelines for free and reduced lunches.
In addition to the free suppers, the Salvation Army will once again be offering free lunches for those 18 and under on Tuesdays at the Fairway Apartments from noon to 1 p.m. and on Thursdays at Hood Park from noon to 1 p.m.
"We are happy to support this program and folks in our office have volunteered to spend some of their lunches helping out the canteen," said school Superintendent Laura Nelson. "We realize many of our students really value this and benefit from it in the summer."firstname.lastname@example.com


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Traci Eggleston has simple, but critical, advice for adults serving as caregivers for their aging parents.
"Don't be afraid to ask for help," said Eggleston, executive director of Elderday Center in Batavia. "That job is big, and you don't have to do it alone. We don't want you to."
Last year, she said, the nonprofit agency provided nearly 1,200 hours of free counseling to 340 Kane County residents who are caregivers, mostly members of the baby boomer generation.
Feelings of guilt, stress, depression and anxiety are common among caregivers, she said, noting that can lead to problems elsewhere in their lives, such as marriages.
Caring for their parents is part of the triple whammy some baby boomers – Americans born between 1946 and 1964 – are finding themselves in. Some also are still supporting their children, and their personal health is demanding more of their time as they age.
"You have a population that themselves have some health care issues or a serious illness," said Nancy Nelson, senior manager of advocacy and community outreach for AARP Illinois. "But at the same time they're dealing with their parents or in-laws who have health care issues that might be more severe."
Nearly 10 million American adults older than 50 were caring for their parents in 2008, according to a 2011 study sponsored by MetLife. Being the main caregiver in a family has multiple effects on adults, the study found.
"Adult children 50-plus who work and provide care to a parent are more likely to have fair or poor health than those who do not provide care to their parents," according to the study.
Nelson estimated that two-thirds of U.S. families are involved in some kind of caregiving. However, the time spent caregiving could serve as useful preparation for individuals who are getting older, she said.
"That's an interesting twist with the boomers," Nelson said. "They'll probably be more able to address their health issues and retirement issues … because they've dealt with their parents."
For Elburn resident Kay Swift, it was her now-deceased husband who needed care. Henry Swift was 55 and had almost recovered from a quintuple heart bypass when he suffered a massive stroke, she said.
"Talk about panic mode," the 66-year-old said. "You totally feel overwhelmed."
The state would have paid her to stay home and take care of her husband, but Swift said it wasn't enough to live on, and she had to work in order to have health benefits. Thankfully, Swift said, she had a job that let her be flexible with her hours.
"It was good that I had my son," Swift said. "When you have someone in the home with you it helps."
Eventually, she said, her husband spent time at Elderday, where he had friends and could be more active.
In 1999 – about 18 months after her husband died – Swift said she joined Elderday's board, which she is still involved with.
"It truly was a lifesaver to me," Swift said.
Getting ready
Those who work with the elderly population encourage people to plan for future health issues so that they can be ready when they need services, such as assisted living.
Linda Strohschein, owner of Strohschein Law Group in St. Charles, encouraged baby boomers to have powers of attorney for health care and property.
"I think everyone needs one," she said, noting those with powers of attorney can avoid a legal process. "If you haven't gotten it by 50, run, not walk."
Powers of attorney should be someone you trust, she said. She recommends people review the documents every three to five years so they can be updated to reflect any changes in the law.
Staff at Autumn Leaves Alzheimer's and Memory Care in St. Charles recommend adults in their 50s begin to look at long-term health care insurance options.
"Nobody plans for this," said Jason O'Higgins, regional director of sales and marketing for Autumn Leaves. "Nobody thinks it's going to happen to them."
But according to statistics from the Alzheimer's Association, an estimated 5.2 million Americans have the disease. By 2025, the association reports, an estimated 7.1 million people 65 and older are expected to have Alzheimer's, which represents a 40 percent increase from those seniors currently affected.
Autumn Leaves – which opened its St. Charles location late last year – is readying for the demand. It operates locations in five Chicago-area communities, expects to open another this summer, is breaking ground on its seventh site, and it has plans for three to four more after that, said Brian Nebel, executive director of the St. Charles location.
"We're prepared," O'Higgins said.
Ailment outlook
Baby boomers are expected to have their share of health issues. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 50 percent of Americans ages 55 to 64 have high blood pressure, and another 40 percent have some form of cardiovascular disease.
Further, the American Hospital Association reports that six in 10 baby boomers will be dealing with more than one chronic condition by 2030, when the oldest of the generation is 84 and the youngest is 66.
In that time, one in four baby boomers will have diabetes, half will have some kind of arthritis, and more than one-third will be considered obese. Nelson said obesity will be a major health obstacle for boomers.
"They always think they'll exercise more after they retire, but they really don't," she said. "Sometimes it's the health problems that keep them from exercising."
As the adult activity supervisor for the St. Charles Park District, Meghan Papke wants to bring in more baby boomers, she said.
"Everyone deserves leisure and recreation," she said.
In addition to offering programs at the adult activity center and scheduling trips, the park district provides those 50 and older with exercise opportunities. A new "50+" walking club has attracted about six regulars, Papke said, noting some might feel safer walking with a group than walking alone.
This fall, she said, the park district plans to offer a "50+" session of its popular all-ages tai chi class. The new class will focus on more linear movements – positions that are better suited for older adults, she said.
As an usher at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in Geneva, boomer Michael LaRocca not only exercises during work – he might walk the stairs 16 times a day during a game – but he also bikes from home for day games. The trip is five to six miles one way, he said.
"It's good to be active," he said.


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Ghost Walk
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 1:00 PM
Westminster Branch Library
For ages 10 - Adults
Join us for a ghost presentation and evening stroll through Westminster to visit our local ghosts and legends. The walk is approximately 1.5 miles. Children under age 14 must be accompanied by an adult. A Celebrating America program. All attendees need to register.
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A&M holds investiture ceremony for Dr. Cutrer; president looks to the future
Published by: Brenda Brown - Texarkana Gazette
Staff photo by Jerry Habraken • New Texas A&M University-Texarkana President Dr. Emily Cutrer, left, laughs with her husband, Dr. Thomas W. Cutrer, during her investiture ceremony Monday morning at Perot Theatre.
Texas A&M University-Texarkana's president said Monday she doubts few people alive today would recognize the local university a hundred years from now as she predicted many successes and much growth in its future.
Dr. Emily Fourmy Cutrer told the crowd of well-wishers gathered for her investiture ceremony at Perot Theatre that looking at the university now made her think of her grandmother quoting a centuries-old proverb: "Mighty oaks from tiny acorns grow."
While recently leafing through her grandfather's 1906 University of Texas yearbook and memorabilia from her grandmother's time at Southern Methodist University, she noted, "Neither school looked so impressive back then. My grandparents wouldn't recognize those places now."
Cutrer expects the same will be true of A&M-Texarkana a century from now as it continues to grow into a mighty oak, so to speak.
The formal ceremony in which Cutrer was officially installed as president was celebrated by more than 200 faculty, staff, students, dignitaries and members of the community. John Sharp, chancellor of the Texas A&M University System, presented the Presidential Medallion to Cutrer and lauded her "impressive credentials."
"We are very pleased to have someone of her caliber," Sharp said.
Before coming to Texarkana, A&M-Texarkana's fourth president in its 41 years served about seven years as provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University San Marcos. She also held a variety of administrative positions at Arizona State University from 1990 to 2006, culminating in her being dean of the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences from 2001-06. From 1986-1990, she was a member of the faculty and also served as associate director of the American studies program at University of Texas at Austin.
The Texas native earned her bachelor's degree in American studies in 1973, her master's in American civilization in 1978 and her doctorate in American civilization in 1986, all from UT.
During the presentation of the president speech, Judy Morgan, a Texarkana businesswoman and member of Texas A&M System Board of Regents, said about 132,000 students are enrolled in A&M's 11 universities across the state, with 2,000 students enrolled at A&M-Texarkana. A two-year university when it began as a branch of East Texas State University in Texarkana, A&M-Texarkana became a four-year university in fall 2010.
"The A&M System is proud of Texarkana," Morgan said. "We're proud of its tremendous growth, its campus, its new dorms and athletics."
Morgan said true leaders have vision and can put that vision into reality—and she believes the university's new leader fits that profile.
"Undoubtedly, Dr. Cutrer is the right person at the right time," Morgan said. "She has already done a lot of good in a short time."
U.S. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, presented Cutrer with an American flag flown over the Capitol in Washington and praised A&M-Texarkana for its past successes and its successes to come.
Texas Rep. George Lavender, R-Texarkana, noted he met all four of the final candidates during the nationwide search for A&M-Texarkana's president.
"Dr. Cutrer was the best of the best," Lavender said, explaining she hit the ground running and she has already met with members of the state Legislature in Austin to promote the university.
Lauren Hyman, an Army veteran who represented A&M-Texarkana students during the investiture, complimented the new president for embracing "the family atmosphere" at the school and for taking the time to get to know students and attend student events.
James Henry Russell, president of Texarkana College, welcomed Cutrer to Texarkana on behalf of the "regional educational community," which he said is more like a "regional education family."
The two college presidents already have a good working relationship and have the same goals in mind when it comes to promoting higher education in the Red River area, he said.
During her presidential address, Dr. Cutrer said she had never experienced a more supportive community and she thanked everyone, especially students, for the warm welcome she has received since coming to town. She also thanked her late parents, "who encouraged curiosity and creativity," past teachers and professors, and her family, including her husband of 35 years, Dr. Thomas Cutrer, professor emeritus at Arizona University.
Dr. Doris Davis, regents professor, called the academic convocation to order, and Dr. Rosanne Stripling, provost and vice president of Academic and Student Affairs, gave the welcome and introduced special guests in the audience.
Dr. Peter Racheotes, president of the university's Faculty Senate, served as mace bearer for the ceremony, and Dr. Tom Wagy, regents professor, greeted the new president on behalf of the faculty and staff. Terence Washington, an A&M-Texarkana graduate student, gave the invocation, and Danny McNeely, an undergraduate student, sang the national anthem and the school's alma mater.
Pianist Mary Scott Goode played "Trumpet Tune" for the processional of dignitaries onto the stage and "Important Event" for the recessional.
Following the investiture at the Perot, everyone was invited to a reception at Texarkana Regional Arts Center.
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WINDSOR LOCKS — The Windsor Locks selectmen voted down a proposal Tuesday to submit a bid for a casino at Bradley International Airport.
The proposal represented a first step in what would be a lengthy process. A bid would have communicated the town's interest to the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes, which then need legislative approval before a new casino can be built in Connecticut to compete with the planned casino in nearby Springfield.
First Selectman Steven N. Wawruck, a Democrat, supported the proposal and urged its passage, but the two other selectmen — Republicans Dennis Gragnolati and Michael Russo — were against it.
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Looking inside instant-replay review
How does a ballclub know whether to challenge a play, an option granted to managers this season under MLB's new instant replay system?
Well, there's someone sitting in every Major League clubhouse, surrounded by MLB-installed video monitors, watching the action with a careful eye tuned to up-to-the-minute details that could mean the difference between a win or loss.
How does a ballclub know whether to challenge a play, an option granted to managers this season under MLB's new instant replay system?
Well, there's someone sitting in every Major League clubhouse, surrounded by MLB-installed video monitors, watching the action with a careful eye tuned to up-to-the-minute details that could mean the difference between a win or loss.
"I think you can see the method that most clubs are using," Reds manager of video scouting Rob Coughlin explained. "You see the manager go out onto the field, you see the bench coach pick up the phone talking to somebody in the clubhouse. Some teams, it's the video coordinator, like myself. Other clubs have hired somebody specifically to handle the job and some teams are using an assistant coach."
For example, the Reds assigned replay duties to Coughlin.
"The instant replay hasn't added any time to my day, because I was already charting every pitch. It's added a new dynamic during the game, though," Coughlin explained, saying he uses replay angles provided by TV broadcasts -- factoring in game situations -- to give a recommendation on whether or not to challenge the play in question.
"Safe/out at first base, you'd think it would be pretty clear cut -- and most of the time, it is. But there are some quirky plays that have come up that we are still working through. The collision rule at home plate has been subject to a lot of scrutiny and all of these rules are being refined as we go," Coughlin said.
Once a play is over, the process of deciding whether to challenge occurs in seconds.
"Any [plays] that look blatantly wrong, [Reds manager] Bryan [Price] will go out on the field to discuss the call with the umpire, and that will create some time for me to review a couple of different angles," Coughlin said. "I can pause, rewind, do slow motion, but first you have to find the angles that are going to give you the best look and you will have time to only look at one, maybe two, in-depth.
"The manager's not going to run out for every play. In the case of whether the ball hit the player or a pickoff at first you have to make a decision in a matter of seconds because the challenge has to be made before the pitcher gets back up on the rubber or the batter gets back into the box.
"When the manager runs out onto the field, I would say I have 30-45 seconds to make a determination about the play. Hopefully within that time, I've had a chance to find a conclusive angle on the play," Coughlin said.
That can be a significant challenge.
Coughlin said the number of angles on the play in question depends on the TV coverage -- whether the game is broadcast by both teams or just one. From there, it's a matter of figuring out whether there are angles that show the play clearly enough to provide the incontrovertible evidence necessary to overturn a call.
So in the end, it'll be up to Coughlin to give a recommendation to Reds bench coach Jay Bell.
"If something is definitely right or definitely wrong, I will tell them," Coughlin said. "If it's too close to call, then Jay or Bryan will make a determination if the game situation warrants using the challenge.
"I'm definitely factoring the game situation in when I am talking to Jay Bell -- he's my contact in the dugout. In the end, the decision is Bryan's and I am just trying to give him the best information that I can," Coughlin said.
But from there, it's hands off. The final call is completely up to the umpire crew at Major League Baseball Advanced Media's headquarters in New York.
"I have no contact with the review officials in New York or the umpires on the field," Coughlin explained. "Until those umpires take off those headsets and make the call, we're just as in the dark as the fans are. Both clubhouses have the same exact views as they do in New York."
Coughlin said it's important to temper impressions of replay with the reality of the newness of the program.
"You would like to say the system is completely objective," Coughlin said, "but the calls are made based on interpretations by humans, so what we are seeing in our clubhouse and what the review officials in New York are seeing don't always match up.
"It's a new system as we go … the people that put together this system could not have dreamed up every single scenario that would happen and there is no precedent so the review official has to make an interpretation to the best of his ability."
So it's natural that there may be a learning curve for everyone involved, from umpires, managers and coaches down to replay officials and video coordinators like Coughlin.
"The toughest part was at the beginning of the year because we hadn't had the opportunity to use the technology yet, and we didn't know the standard the umpires were going to be using as to what was 'clear and convincing' evidence. It wasn't clear until we started to see what calls were being upheld, what calls were being overturned. I think that as the season has gone on all of the people in my position have become more comfortable with the system," Coughlin said.
Preseason interviews with baseball executives gave the same indication.
"The umpires are for this," Commissioner Bud Selig told MLB.com. "I understand why. I think they have done a remarkable job, but the game is fast-paced and sometimes there are split-second decisions. Whenever you do something new, there are going to be some critics. But I'm telling you in three or four years, there won't be a critic left. That's how good I think this is going to be."
In the end, the goal is simple, said Tony La Russa, who served on the committee in charge of implementing the replay rules.
"One of the most basic rules in the rule book is to get the play right, and so we are going to try to get the game-changing play right more often than it's ever been done," La Russa said.
Meggie Zahneis, winner of the 2011 Breaking Barriers essay contest, earned the job of youth correspondent for MLB.com in the fall of '11.


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April 01, 2013
The Value of Our Trees…Every Tree Counts
In celebration of Arbor Week, Grounds Steward and Arborist, Suzie Spencer, is kicking off two tree-related programs on the undergraduate campus with several events. The first is 100 Trees in Five Years where the Grounds Department has committed to plant trees throughout campus to increase our canopy's diversity and ensure the succession of trees for future generations. This project initiates the second program which is the pursuit of recognizing Lewis & Clark as a Tree Campus USA through the Arbor Day Foundation.
During the month of April, you may notice price tags hanging from trees around the undergraduate campus. No, the Grounds Crew is not trying to plump up their donut fund…these price tags are the beginning of an initiative to communicate the value of our trees and the constant benefits they provide our community.
On a campus of constant change and improvement, it can be difficult to portray the often subjective benefits of trees in a tangible and defendable way. Everyone knows the presence of trees makes people happier, reduces crime, and cleans the air. But, very few know that these benefits can be assigned a dollar amount through calculations that have enough scientific bases to hold up in court. This is where the National Tree Benefit Calculator comes in handy. It is an online calculator developed by a national arboriculture firm that allows the environmental, social, and financial benefits of any tree to be assigned a dollar amount. All you need to know is the size of your tree (DBH, measured at 4.5 feet from tree base), and your zip code!
- Friday, April 13, 1 to 3 p.m. Spring Into Action Day of Service. Tree planting volunteer event near Templeton.
- Volunteer tree planting during Arbor Week (April 7 to 12). To sign up, contact Suzie at email@example.com.
Trees lower air temperature by evaporating water in their leaves.
In one year, an acre of trees can absorb as much carbon as is produced by a car driven up to 8,700 miles.
Trees are the longest living organisms on earth.
The world's oldest trees are 4,600 year old Bristlecone pines in the USA.
Two mature trees can supply enough oxygen annually to support a family of four.
The average tree in an urban/city area has a life expectancy of only 8 years.
For more information about Arbor Week and the benefits of trees and volunteer opportunities, visit the following websites:


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Remember those little, red Cole Haan booties with tassels that tugged on your heartstrings? Of course you do — it was just a couple weeks ago that we released the news (and a peek) of Cole Haan's newest collab with Jen Brill and Olivia Kim. And now, the bold, charming pairs are officially available!
But before you log onto Opening Ceremony to make them your own, Cole Haan has just released the latest collection snaps of the coolest, downtown twosome behind the shoes we currently covet. Watch as they get a little silly and giggly, as the lens captures them goofing around, playing on fire escapes, climbing through a window (all in a day's work, right?), and showing off their vibrant designs. Jump ahead for a peek at all the adorable pairs — Jen, Olivia, and the shoes, alike.


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MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — The 15-year-old co-defendant of a man accused of fatally shooting a baby in a stroller during a robbery attempt in coastal Georgia said the 18-year-old counted down twice before firing the shot that killed the baby.
Dominique Lang testified Thursday he was walking with Elkins March 21 when they saw Sherry West with a stroller.
Lang says Elkins demanded West's purse. Lang says Elkins pulled out a gun when West refused, hit her in the face with it and threatened her baby.
Lang says Elkins fired at the ground and then shot West in the leg. Lang said he saw Elkins point the gun at the baby and heard a third shot.
The trial is being held in suburban Atlanta because of publicity in the case.
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BALTIMORE (AP) — A soldier who lost all four limbs in a roadside bomb attack in 2009 in Iraq has received a double-arm transplant in Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Hospital officials said Monday.
Surgeons who treated the unidentified infantryman plan to discuss the transplant Tuesday at a news conference with the soldier. The soldier is one of seven in the U.S. who have undergone successful double-arm transplants, the hospital said.
The transplant last month is the first for the hospital and involved an innovative treatment to prevent rejection of the new limbs. The treatment used the dead donor's bone marrow cells and so far has prevented rejection and reduced the need for anti-rejection drugs. Those drugs can cause complications, including infection and organ damage, hospital officials said.
The novel treatment to help prevent rejection was pioneered by Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, plastic surgery chief at Johns Hopkins, when he previously worked at the University of Pittsburgh.
In his previous job, Lee led five single-hand transplant operations on five patients, giving them new hands plus marrow from their donors. In an interview last fall, Lee said that all five recipients had done well and that four were taking only one anti-rejection drug instead of combination treatments most transplant patients receive.
Minimizing anti-rejection drugs is important because they have side effects and raise the risk of cancer over the long term. Those risks have limited the willingness of surgeons and patients to do more hand, arm and even face transplants. Unlike a life-saving heart or liver transplant, limb transplants are aimed at improving quality of life, not extending it.
Quality of life is a key concern for people missing arms and hands — prosthetics for those limbs are not as advanced as those for feet and legs.
Lee has received funding for his work from AFIRM, the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine, a cooperative research network of top hospitals and universities around the country that the government formed about five years ago. With government money, he and several other plastic surgeons around the country are preparing to do more face transplants, possibly using the new minimal immune suppression approach.


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Ellis Amdur is a licensed instructor (shihan) in two koryu: Araki-ryu Torite Kogusoku and Toda-ha Buko-ryu Naginatajutsu. His martial arts career is approximately forty years -- in addition to koryu, he has trained in a number of other combative arts, including muay thai, judo, xingyi and aikido.
A recognized expert in classical and modern Japanese martial traditions, he has authored three books and one instructional DVD on this subject. The most recent is his just released Hidden in Plain Sight: Tracing the Roots of Ueshiba Morihei's Power.
Information regarding his publications on martial arts, as well as other books on crisis intervention can be accessed at his website: www.edgework.info


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Incumbent Republicans appeared poised to cruise to victory in key primary elections Tuesday, offering fresh evidence that the party's establishment wing has successfully neutralized outside conservative groups that have vexed congressional leaders since the rise of the tea party.
In Kentucky, Sen. Mitch McConnell, the party's leader in the Senate, easily won renomination for a sixth term against a tea-party-backed challenger who hoped to tap into tea party activists' distrust of GOP leaders in Washington. Shortly after polls closed, the Associated Press declared McConnell the winner.
McConnell now faces what will probably be a more significant challenge in the general election from Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, who glided to the Democratic nomination Tuesday.
As in Kentucky, an effort by conservative groups to unseat an ally of House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) appeared to fizzle in Idaho. Rep. Mike Simpson was on track to defeat his tea-party-funded challenger, Bryan Smith, with help from a late infusion of outside spending from establishment groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Another key GOP primary was the open Senate seat in Georgia, but the race was not expected to produce an outright winner because the wide-open field all but guaranteed a July runoff. The most hard-right candidates, however, were not expected to advance.
Tuesday's balloting in six states marked the busiest primary election date thus far this year, and the latest to produce disappointing results for tea party forces. Candidate Ben Sasse's victory in last week's Nebraska Senate primary stands as one of the few tea party successes this year, and came in an open-seat contest where multiple candidates claimed the conservative mantle.
Despite the early successes in primaries so far, Republican leaders were reluctant to openly celebrate their victory over the outside conservative groups they've criticized in the past. Boehner told reporters Tuesday that the tea party "has brought great energy to our political process."
"There's not that big a difference between what you all call the tea party and your average conservative Republican," he said.
McConnell's successful effort to outmaneuver his challenger was emblematic of GOP leaders' success thus far in curtailing the influence of conservative groups. Considered one of his party's most astute political strategists, he saw firsthand the tea party at its strongest in the 2010 campaign, when Rand Paul easily defeated McConnell's handpicked GOP candidate to win Kentucky's other Senate seat.
Securing Paul's endorsement was the first step in McConnell's reelection bid. He also quickly and aggressively worked to highlight aspects of rival Matt Bevin's business career that put him in conflict with the tea party orthodoxy.
The race between McConnell and Grimes promises to be one of the most expensive of the midterm campaign. It will pit Grimes' call to replace the man Democrats regard as the "guardian of gridlock" in Washington against the unpopularity of the Obama administration in the conservative, coal-rich state.
McConnell's general election pitch relies heavily on his potential status as the next Senate majority leader, while casting the 35-year-old Democrat as simply another vote to keep President Obama's party in control of the chamber.
Republicans need a net gain of six seats in November to reclaim majority status in the Senate for the first time since 2007. Were they to succeed and McConnell were to defeat Grimes, he would be in line to replace Nevada Democrat Harry Reid as majority leader.
In Georgia, where Republicans want to hold onto the seat being vacated by the retirement of GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss, party leaders headed into Tuesday's primary more confident as the most conservative candidates, Paul Broun and Phil Gingrey, trailed after early enthusiasm for their campaigns faded.
But the robust GOP field was expected to prevent any candidate from clearing the 50% threshold to win, ensuring a brutal and costly July runoff.
David Perdue, a millionaire former business executive, was expected to lead what has become a three-way contest for the two runoff spots. His challengers made an issue late in the race of his statement to a local newspaper that fixing the nation's finances would take both spending cuts and revenue increases – the latter seen as code for new taxes. Perdue's camp denies he was advocating raising taxes.
Former Secretary of State Karen Handel was trying to make a come-from-behind surge with a who's-who of conservative backers, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. A third candidate, Rep. Jack Kingston, who represents the Savannah area in Congress, also sought to gain ground.
Republican Party elders are hoping to nominate a more measured candidate for what is expected to be a costly general election battle against the Democratic front-runner, Michelle Nunn, daughter of the Peach State's still-popular former Sen. Sam Nunn, also a Democrat.
Nunn faces an uphill fight in November. But the changing demographics of metro Atlanta, including an influx of African Americans, gives Democrats a chance to play offense this fall.


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Stupak defeated Georgia Tech's Amanda McDowell in the Blue Quarterfinal Consolation bracket, 6-3, 6-2. The final match of that bracket was not played. In the White Round 16 Consolation bracket Byrne defeated Jessica Keener of
Senior Masha Ilina (Kyiv, Ukraine) fell in the Blue Consolation singles to William and Mary's Magda Bresson, 9-7, while Whitney Trotter (Guadalajara, Mexico) fell to Yulia Kashelkina of Marshall, 8-2.
"Overall it was a really good tournament for us. We were able to beat some players off of some highly ranked teams," said head coach Steve Brooks. "It was a good fall and now we get some time off and we will be ready to start back in January."
The Lady Bucs will return to action in January as they travel to the Bluegrass State to take on Eastern Kentucky, Murray State, and the University of Kentucky on the 19th and 20th. For all ETSU women's tennis news, visit www.etsubucs.com.


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Mkall wrote:Nemesis_Apoc wrote:That's awesome, man. I've never seen one in person, but judging from the pics, that Tank is much bigger than I thought it was. How much did those 2 playsets set you back?
350 or so for the pair after shipping and what-not. Worth every penny to see the waterfall actually work.
Hell yeah, that's no where near as bad as I thought it would be. That's a good catch, bro. Can't way to see the pics.


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Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight Electronics has showcased LED agriculture lamps for stimulating plant growth at the 2009 Photonics Festival in Taiwan, and the company is targeting the Japan market.
The agriculture lamps use red, blue and purple lights, which have specific wavelengths to stimulate plant growth, according to the company.
Everlight indicated that although the price for LED agriculture lamps is high, the company sees opportunity in Japan's high-end agricultural market. Products are being validated by Japanese clients, said Everlight.
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The choking sobs of a once-respected lawyer and substitute teacher evoked varied emotions among those seated in federal court yesterday.
"No worthy son, no decent brother should ever put a family in such a position or ask them to endure such things," said defendant Andrew J. Myers, who later added, "The shame I feel is one I would wish on no man."
Myers' parents sat in the second row of Room 5 of U.S. District Court, brushing back anguished tears for their oldest child, a man they knew until recently only as a loving son, devoted community volunteer and supportive sibling in a close-knit family.
"I am asking you to look at Andrew as a person who is remorseful and can change," his father, Tom Myers, wrote in an impact statement to Judge Timothy S. Hillman. "I love my son and will be there to help him in whatever way I can."
The seat in front of them was occupied by a mother who also loves her son. He was just 11 when he was victimized online by Myers, the former teacher who also happens to prey on young boys.
"You were supposed to be protecting my son when he was at school," said the mother, reading angrily from a victim impact statement. "I will never forgive you for what you've taken away from my son."
At an emotional sentencing hearing yesterday, the 34-year-old Northbridge man was sentenced to 220 months in federal prison for enticing and attempting to entice minors for sex, and possession of child pornography. While he wasn't accused of physical assault, prosecutors said he offered to perform sex acts with minors, tried to entice a victim to display sex acts, tried to arrange a meeting with a 14-year-old boy, and essentially exchanged online tips with sex offenders on how to approach boys. Some of the lewd messages were sent to students he knew from substitute teaching in Northbridge and Millbury.
And while Myers' family outlined his many accomplishments to the judge — Boy Scout leader, mentor, former Northbridge School Committee member — Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Grady offered a different motive for Myers' altruism.
"He chose a profession and activities that maximized his exposure to children," Grady told Judge Hillman, noting, "He's not here because of anything good he did."
The thing is, Myers did do some good. By almost all accounts he was a likable and respected guy, someone who volunteered at Rosie's Place while attending law school and who later charged clients what they could afford. In another impact statement to the judge, former neighbor Margaret F. Chinappi, a nurse, wrote that Myers "is so much more" than his crimes.
"I believe that as a young man who has worked so much to help others and to promote good in the community and in the world, Andrew has the inner integrity and the ability to redeem himself completely for whatever wrongdoing he is guilty of. He has many friends and neighbors who recognize his inner core of goodness and decency."
The tragedy here is that none of it matters. None of his past good deeds, none of his love for his family, and none of his eloquent remorse will ever erase the fatal flaw that will forever define him — Myers gave in to his dark impulses. He betrayed the trust of children, destroyed his life and devastated his family.
"While I know I can't change the past, not a day goes by that I don't wish I could change what I have done," Myers said.
His supporters believe him. Cynics say he's remorseful because he got caught.
One thing is clear. Myers isn't the first predator whose unveiling elicits shock and confusion, nor will he be the last. And therein lies the danger, when otherwise decent men are so adept at hiding their monstrous inner urge.


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The latest Fedora development snapshot makes Ext4 the default file system and adds experimental support for the next generation btrfs filesystem. "According to current plans, version 11 of Fedora, which is expected to arrive in late May, will use Ext4 as its standard file system. That's what the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) recently decided, following a heated discussion in an IRC meeting. If however Ext3's successor encounters big problems with the pre-release versions of Fedora 11, the developers will dump that plan and revert to Ext3."


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Hey i'm just here for telling some things most people don't know yet. Marijuana, well the compound known as CBD (Cannabidiol) , (not THC) is the cure for CANCER. Yes that's right it can cure all sorts of cancer. It's a medicine given to us by nature. I will give you some links to do some research yourself. Sometimes it will not cure the patient because the cancer has become to big but nonetheless it will give them much relief of pain and other ill effects.
But let me start by saying that the man named 'Rick Simpson' is the pioneer of all this , and he can't be praised enough. So all praise goes out to him for making this stuff the weedoil (that's the medicine he made from the marijuana's CBD) and giving it away for free, for the terminally ill diagnosed cancer patients. You can watch 'RUN FROM THE CURE' on youtube. He cured himself of cancer in the face, so that's how he got into it.
i'll give more links and spread the word to everyone you know, because this is a medicine that everybody should be able to get for their loved ones!!
On top of that there has been a recent study that driving under the inlfluene of weed isn't dangerous at all! You'll be surprised when you read this at:
So i hope that'll set things straight and people will be able to cure themselves.
Much love and light to all!
PhyongHwa wrote:
If someone thinks they need drugs or alcoholism in their life, then they're not living it right. If they try to justify their addiction (or starting one) by pointing out someone else's, then that's just plain nonsense.
This post is insensitive to others. People suffering from cancer and using chemotherapy have noted that marijuana use had significantly reduced the side-effect of nausea. I would argue that individuals in these drastic situations need "drugs" in their life to help them survive. You shouldn't trivialize other peoples lives.
Think before you speak.
Everyone should be free so smoke whatever he/she wants, but... no driving, no weapons and insure yourself properly.
The community is not obligated to pay for you doings.
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ColaKopf wrote:
Yeah I think a lot of us have been told how supposedly bad marijuana is, but I think a lot of that is basically just propaganda telling us that it's bad, ya know? There's no way marijuana is just as bad as drugs like cocaine or even worse. It's just propaganda for us to continue fighting the drug war.
One of the reasons marijuana is illegal is that hemp was going to overtake the timber industry. Here's a website with a story all about it
Marijuana isn't illegal because it's "bad" for you. It's illegal because money was going to be lost.
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I don't know why Marijuana "Cannabis Sativa" is illegal, It is so much more safe than Alcohol and Tobacco, It is said that no one has died whilst using cannabis, Everyone and everything would be less outraged if it was legal, It would make the community so much happier of a place, Only thing I see wrong with Weed is the fact that it is addicted and leaves you with nothing else to do all day besides getting high.
Living in New Zealand alot of people use Marijuana, I am not an avid user of it but i don't see it harmful at all, Another thing is, is if Cannabis becomes legalized, Alot of dealers would get enraged and start taking more drastic measures to make money etc.
trinkit wrote:
Liberals are the people who promote more control over people because they know best and Bloomberg is not a republican, he is a political whore.
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You are right about bloomberg being a whore. But, Liberals are people who want more freedoms...that is the definition of liberalism. From wikipedia:
Words such as liberal, liberty, libertarian, and libertine all trace their history to the Latin liber, which means "free".
Of course not all liberals have the same views, but you can definitely say that liberals generally support more freedoms. ...Anyways, this thread wasn't meant to be a politics debate.
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I have smoked marijuana a handful of times in my life since senior year of High School to today. I am for legalization and regulation in the United States.
1. I believe that countries who manufacture marijuana and use that money to oppress their citizens or become violent with neighboring countries should suffer a hit to their finances.
2. I believe that children should not be allowed to utilize mind/state-altering drugs until they are old enough to consider the consequences of such choices (generally around 18-21).
3. I believe that the local, state, and federal governments should not arrest and prosecute individuals for growing THC-less industrial hemp due to the abundant opportunities hemp production could have for the US economy. (Hemp can be used as an extremely efficient bio-fuel, ropes, clothes, paper, and negative carbon concrete [the concrete absorbs carbon from the atmosphere, reducing greenhouse effect] and other applications. It can grow in a number of soil types relatively quickly.) Little known fact: The US government received lobbyist funds from the farm/agricultural companies a long time ago to include hemp with the laws that made marijuana illegal, thus hemp production was outlawed in order to cut out competition.
Think before you speak.
cruentus wrote:
Of course not all liberals have the same views, but you can definitely say that liberals generally support more freedoms. ...Anyways, this thread wasn't meant to be a politics debate.
Unfortunately, this issue will always come down to that. Politics are the reason Marijuana is illegal in this country, and Politics (along with money) will keep it illegal. Doesn't stop me from enjoying herb, though.
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... wait, what were we talking about?
LOL @ EvilBunnyFluff - i like your sex/location ;-)
Anyways everyone knows all the good/bad points of cannabis, and its a never ending debate that usually goes 50/50, I'm sick of hearing it. Now what about the social uses for it? I use it to maintain my sleep schedule, but suddenly I meet more and more people who use it, and instantly I've ended up in a whole new world of networking professionals I never imagined would be like this from all ages, types, and professions. It goes into "don't knock it until you rock it!"
Bottom line I've become successful because of cannabis :-)
do you know theres about 448 different chemicals of cannabanoids in marijuana. the strongest being delta 9 tetrahydracannabynol. Marijuana is an anti-emetic meaning it has the capabilities of taking down your immune system(thats why a lot of marijuana smokers get sick easy). when taken with alcohol, it could be even more dangerous as marijuana can also slow down your metabolism causing you to stay drunker longer because the body can only process 1 oz. per hour. the process of metabolism goes from alcohol>diecitic acid>acid aldehyde > acetone> than finally broken up to simple carbohydrates...marijuana causes this process to slow down and what happens is the amount of acetone in the body will dry up the liver causeing scarring and what not... People who smoke marijuana are prone to Amotivational syndrome... when the user has a lack of motivation, enthusiasm, and lack of intuition( all in all makes you very lazy... this goes for people with long term use).... basically it has a bunch of up sides too but I wouldn't use it.
Im not downing on people who smoke marijuana but I work with a lot of people who suffer from abusing it. so you could say I have seen a lot of damage
Screw Cannibas.
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Winterfells wrote:
I'm a practical person. I think marijuana should be legalized, regulated, and taxed. This way people who enjoy it can continue doing so without having to hide it, valuable government/police resources aren't spent cracking down on this rather than more important crime, and we get more revenue for the federal/state governments to work with. Maybe some of that weed tax money can go towards better roads, public schools, assistance programs, etc.
Even though marijuana is not as "bad" or harmful as other drugs, cannabis smokers are deluding themselves when they say it's "natural" therefore it's not harmful. Every time you inhale smoke into your lungs, it will harm you over time. Don't kid yourself.
I agree with this hole heartily. If it were to be legalized and taxed it would help solve a few issues, what a lot of people dont realize is that with the exception of them being arrested for carrying weed, their lives would not change that much. You would still not be able to drive while high, because you are still driving impaired. Wouldnt be able to smoke in most public places, due to not being able to smoke there anymore. A lot of employers will still not allow you to work while high, just like they wount allow you to work while drunk.
The idea that if its legalized, then everyone would be able to do whatever they want and smoke weed everywhere is rather silly.
Also, pretty much every weed grower for profit would go out of business incredibly quickly. If it were legalized, there is no way small growers would be able to compete with tobacco companies. They would be able to grow massive amounts reducing costs. Running the small growers out of business.
I love how wrong the argument about it not being harmful because its natural is. People dont realize Arsenic, Cyanide and Tetrodotoxin arguably the most dangerous neurotoxin in existence are all completely natural.
I like cannabis, but I am not a big fan of smoking. I smoke cannabis and tobacco once in a while but I prefer not to. Vaporizers are a lot less harsh and easier to use. They also save weed. I don't have one, but I have plenty of friends who have abandoned bongs and pieces for the vaporizer.
Usually, I get my THC from brownies and other baked goods. Sure seems harmless enough to me. It's great for those sleepless nights when you just want to unwind and relax.
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From a purely logical standpoint it should be legal and taxed like alcohol and tobacco. That would minimize the stuff that comes across the borders and keep people out of jail for posession. And most importantly everyone would shut up about it.


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Check out a trailer for Wii Street U, powered by Google.
This is a great addition for family's and a good use of the gamepads unique features, really the first real step forward in augmented reality.
haha, everyone can do it in your computer, it is called google map
If you can share pics in Miiverse so people can discuss, it will be really cool. Only problem I see with it would be Nintendo with their Nazi censorship saying people are giving too much personal information about locations. I had someone on Miiverse ask to send me a friend request in a post no one else was in. I said sure and that my ID was the same across all platform. Nintendo deleted my comment and said I was not to give out personal info. It's not like I gave out my address and bank account number... With people sharing locations with this app, they could go crazy with the censorship thing. Anyway... too much beers... sorry for rambling. Looks really cool. Not as cool as the Monster Hunter 3 opening vid, but pretty cool.
its powered by google, it should be called google street view.... not street u


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Women in the U.S. military have been on the front lines of two wars. They've engaged the enemy, suffered grievous injury and been awarded medals for valor; 152 of them have died. So the Defense Department's decision to lift its official ban on women in combat is, in some respects, an acknowledgement of reality. Nonetheless, it is a historic move -- both sobering and exhilarating -- that affirms the importance of women in defending this country and removes barriers that have impeded them in that work.
"The fact is they have become an integral part of our ability to perform our mission," Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said Thursday as he announced an end to a policy that essentially restricted women from serving in the infantry, artillery, special operations and other specialties. The decision to upend a rule in place since 1994 came on the recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whose chairman, Gen. Martin Dempsey, joined Mr. Panetta in signing an order that will open hundreds of thousands of front-line jobs to female service members.
One result will be a more level playing field for women, who make up about 14 percent of active-duty personnel: As they seek to advance in rank, they will no longer be hobbled by lack of official combat credentials. Dempsey said that the change will also mitigate the military's persistent problem of sexual assault and harassment: Having "part of the population designated as warriors and one as something else" has "in some way led to that environment."
Neither of those benefits would justify the change if it were to compromise military effectiveness. But most people knowledgeable about the situation believe that won't happen. "American women are already serving in harm's way today all over the world," said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. "It reflects the reality of 21st-century military operations," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chair of the Armed Services Committee. Gen. Dempsey said that the change will be implemented in a way that won't sacrifice the military's capability.
Each branch of the military is charged with devising its own plan and will be allowed to seek exceptions if officials think there are positions that should remain closed to women. It's important, as McCain added, that standards not be compromised. But the way in which female service members in Iraq and Afghanistan performed a range of jobs once thought unimaginable for them -- from driving trucks down bomb-strewn roads to serving as gunners on vehicles -- is evidence not only of their mettle but also of the military's ability to properly train and deploy its troops.


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BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) — Investigators have determined that a fire that damaged the Bellevue, Wash., home of Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez started in the laundry room.
Lt. Richard Burke says the cause of the Monday afternoon fire remains under investigation. Damage is estimated at $250,000.
Hernandez and his wife, Sandra, were in Napa, Calif., at the time. His agent, Wil Polidor, says their two children were at a mall with their nanny and the pitcher's mother-in-law.
Burke says police have secured the home, which is uninhabitable.
King County public records show the 5,100-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-bath house was built in 2009 and is valued at $2.85 million.


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For Immediate Release
Contact: Jerry Horn, 540-785-4733
Over sixty national Catholic leaders have signed a statement drafted by three Catholic pro-life organizations to call special attention to the pro-life significance of the Feast of the Annunciation, March 25.
Priests for Life, Human Life International, and the Missionary Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe sent out the short statement in February. The statement and its signers are posted at www.priestsforlife.org/news/annunciation.htm, and Catholic leaders may still add their names to it.
"The statement is an expression of a conviction that has been growing all over the world for years," explained Fr. Frank Pavone, Co-Founder of Priests for Life. "When I worked at the Pontifical Council for the Family in Rome, I saw letters coming in frequently requesting that the Church raise the Feast of the Annunciation to an even higher level of solemnity. The reason is simple. We live in an age when the human embryo and fetus are regarded as things rather than persons. At the Annunciation, God Himself became an embryo, and gave human life -- at its beginnings and at all stages -- an even greater dignity than it already had."
The statement does not call for any canonical or liturgical changes, but rather encourages the faithful to meditate more deeply on the pro-life meaning of the Annunciation. Pastors are encouraged to have special celebrations on this Feast each year that can enable the faithful to pray for an end to abortion and to the exploitation of human life by destructive embryonic research and cloning.
In some nations, the Annunciation has been declared the Day of the Unborn Child. The Knights of Columbus will observe the day in the same way. It is also noteworthy that Pope John Paul II published his encyclical, The Gospel of Life, on March 25, 1995.
This year, due to the date of Easter, the liturgical observance of the Annunciation occurs on Monday, April 8.


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When Jose Gonzalez's father Joseph Gonzalez found out his son had stolen $100 from a family member, Jose's father went beyond the usual grounding or taking away TV privileges as punishment. To pay for his crime, 12-year-old Jose was ordered to stand on a street corner in downtown Denver and hold a sign that proclaimed: "I am a thief. I took money from a family member."
Plus: How to Avoid the 8 Most Common Discipline Traps
Joseph Gonzalez told The Denver Post that his son is "a good kid," and that "this is the first time he's done something like this. I hope it will be the last." Jose spent hours of his spring break at his post of shame (with bathroom and drink breaks). Gonzalez watched Jose from the pawn shop he owns and also took Jose to school to admit his crime to school officials.
Gonzalez explained his tough love approach to the Post in a video interview. "It's either holding the sign or go to jail – jail is more harsh," he said. "If more parents did this more often, kids wouldn't be acting up all the time. […] We have parents who are afraid to punish their kids. I'm not afraid."
Plus: Corporal Punishment in the Twenty-First Century
While Gonzalez does not feel this was too harsh a punishment, Florida psychologist James Huysman feels differently. "The taking-responsibility part is cool, but the rest of this is not cool. This is about shame," said Huysman, who explained to the Post that children are unable to gain insight from this kind of public atonement.
Plus: When Kids Want Discipline
But Gonzalez believed Jose took his punishment "like a little man," and Jose himself had even said it was fair. "I was mad and sad at the same time, 'cause I thought I was going to be embarrassed a lot," Jose said to the Post.
Watch the interview with Jose and his father:
Would you punish your kid in a public way like Gonzalez? Do you think this punishment was fair or too harsh?


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LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — A retired car dealer pleaded no contest Thursday to reckless endangering in a dam breach in Hawaii that swept seven people to their deaths in 2006.
State Attorney General spokeswoman Anne Lopez says that in exchange for James Pflueger's plea, state prosecutors agreed to drop seven manslaughter counts.
Lopez says the agreement calls for five years' probation when he's sentenced Jan. 23. At the sentencing, prosecutors can argue for additional conditions such as community service, a fine and up to a year imprisonment, Lopez said.
Pflueger's company, Pacific 808 Properties, pleaded no contest to seven counts of manslaughter. The company will pay a $350,000 fine that will go toward a dam inspection and safety program.
"I am satisfied that by entering into this plea agreement Pflueger has accepted responsibility for his part in this tragedy," Attorney General David Louie said in a statement. "It is my hope that the events of today can provide a degree of closure for the families and community affected by the Ka Loko dam breach."
He said he's pleased Hawaii will have an additional $350,000 to help prevent similar tragedies.
Each manslaughter count would have carried a sentence of 20 years in prison for the 87-year-old landowner, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.
Pflueger's attorneys couldn't be reached for comment.
The victims were killed after the century-old Ka Loko dam broke on Pflueger's property, sending hundreds of millions of gallons of water downstream.
One of the accusations against Pflueger was that the dam's emergency spillway, designed to keep water from flowing over the dam, had been covered. He has repeatedly denied that he had the spillway filled. An independent investigator concluded the lack of a spillway caused or contributed to the failure.
The case has seen lengthy delays since he was indicted in 2008, but prosecutors had been preparing to take the case to trial after Pflueger rejected the deal in April.
Kauai County in 2010 agreed to pay $7.5 million for its portion of a settlement covering lawsuits filed by the families of the victims. The state's share was $1.5 million.


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There were 49 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Thursday. At that time, there were 1,395 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
There were 49 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Thursday. At that time, there were 1,395 people held at the jail, which has an official capacity of 1,411.
Weapons arrest: A Manteca man was arrested after investigators found weapons while conducting a warrant search of his vehicle and his residence in the 5900 block of East Northland Road about 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, deputies reported. Authorities arrested Steven Alexander, 53, on suspicion of being a felon in possession of firearms, being a felon in possession of ammunition, possession of a destructive device and possession of materials to make a destructive device. The Sheriff's Office has not disclosed what kind of destructive device Alexander allegedly had in his possession.
Robbery: Police apprehended two of three boys who pushed a 15-year-old boy down a levee embankment and stole his iPhone about 5:10 p.m. Wednesday in the 10000 block of Muir Woods Avenue, officers said. Police recovered the victim's phone and arrested two boys on suspicion of robbery. A third boy who participated in the robbery was not located. He was described as a black boy 15 to 16 years old standing 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 140 pounds with a short Afro, a white T-shirt and blue jeans.
Auto theft arrest: Authorities arrested two 15-year-old boys on suspicion of auto theft after spotting them in a stolen vehicle about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday near Swain Road and Gettysburg Place. The boys initially failed to yield when officers attempted to stop the vehicle, police said. The driver was arrested without incident after pulling into a driveway on Porterfield Court. The passenger fled on food but was captured as he tried to jump a fence.
The California Highway Patrol responded to 20 noninjury accidents and four injury accidents in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Thursday. CHP officers also recovered four stolen vehicles.
The Stockton Fire Department responded to 103 calls for service in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Thursday, including two vehicle accidents, 81 medical calls and three structure fires.