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When astronomers talk about "windows" on the universe, they're not talking about the kind that let in an afternoon breeze. Instead, they're talking about slices of the electromagnetic spectrum — wavelengths of energy that reveal different details about the universe.
One of the last windows to open was the extreme ultraviolet — a type of energy produced by some of the hottest objects. The window was thrown open by a spacecraft that was launched 20 years ago today: EUVE — the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer.
When the probe was launched, astronomers weren't sure just what it would see, because gas and dust between the stars easily absorbs extreme-ultraviolet wavelengths. Instruments on other spacecraft had detected a few objects, but not many.
It turned out that EUVE could see the universe just fine. It cataloged more than 800 objects, including the cores of galaxies, the "dead" stars known as white dwarfs, and disks of hot gas around stars in binary systems — including some systems where one of the objects was a black hole.
The craft's observations also showed that the gas and dust between the stars isn't spread out evenly. There are big bubbles and gaps, giving the galaxy the texture of Swiss cheese. The bubbles were probably cleared out by exploding stars.
EUVE was shut down in January of 2001, and burned up when it plunged back into the atmosphere a year later — closing, for a while, a window on the "hot" universe.
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3OD – Once-daily (OD) TDF-containing HAART in HIV-1-infected former IVDU-patients receiving opiate substitution: efficacy, tolerability and adherence
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- Tenofovir
- Virological Failure
- Pill Count
- Intravenous Drug User
- Diary Data
Purpose of the study
There is a clinical need for antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens that simplify dosing and make adherence easier for specific patient groups such as former intravenous drug users (IVDU) receiving opiate substitution. Availability of tenofovir DF (TDF) and other once-daily (OD) agents could offer a viable OD regimen. The 3OD study was designed to evaluate the use of OD HAART in IVDU patients.
3OD was a single-arm, multicentre, 48-weeks trial to assess efficacy, tolerability and adherence to a OD TDF-containing HAART regimen in former IVDU patients receiving opiate substitution. Of 67 patients enrolled, 27 were antiretroviral treatment naïve, 10 were virologically suppressed (<400 copies/mL), and 30 were re-starting HAART without prior virological failure. Opiate substitution was adjusted according to subject symptoms of opiate overdosing or withdrawal. Various methods were used to assess adherence: besides pill count, patients were asked to fill in a MASRI (Medication Adherence Self-Report Inventory) questionnaire and an electronic log pad diary. Calculation of adherence by pill count assumed that unreturned pills had been taken by the subjects.
Summary of results
Overall, 55% (n = 37, ITT, M = F) of patients had viral load <400 copies/mL at week 48. Using an ITT, M = E analysis, 90% (37/41) of patients reached undetectable VL (<400 copies/mL), 56% (23/41 patients) had plasma HIV-1 RNA concentrations <50 copies/mL at week 48. Only 30 patients (45%) completed the full study and the follow-up period. In 51% of patients, TDF adherence was >100% using pill count. MASRI showed adherence rates of 80–100% in 83–85% of patients; however, 15 patients never entered any data. Diary data were entered by 57 patients; diary data were entered for fewer days than patients received treatment (mean difference 113 days, calculated from treatment start and stop dates).
TDF in combination with other OD antiretrovirals in former IVDU patients showed comparable efficacy to that seen in the average HIV-1 infected population. However, measurement of adherence to self-administered HAART via pill count, MASRI or diary may be misleading in this population.
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Football League Preview: Wigan, Wolves march on
Wigan Athletic will be expected to make it nine wins in a row when they host Championship strugglers Yeovil Town on Tuesday.
Wigan's stunning run of form – which has included a run to the semi-finals of the FA Cup, which they won last year – sees them sitting fifth in the table.
Uwe Rosler's side are high on confidence and enter their home clash against the second-bottom Yeovil on the back of a 3-1 win at Ipswich Town on Saturday.
The result was soured by a hamstring injury to defender Leon Barnett and Rosler has admitted that more injuries may put his team's promotion bid at risk with Ben Watson (broken leg), Roger Espinoza (hernia) and Chris McCann (knee) also sidelined.
"That is the third injury in a week and we can't afford to have any others," Rosler told Wigan's official website.
"We have asked a lot from Leon this season and sometimes nothing can be done to prevent an injury like this.
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Two other Championship matches will be played on Tuesday, with QPR looking to take advantage of their game in hand over third-placed Derby County.
Harry Redknapp's side will go third if they pick up a point at Sheffield Wednesday but it is victory they will be targeting at Hillsborough. Relegation-threatened Charlton Athletic also host Bournemouth.
In League One action, table-topping Wolves will look to continue their 10-match unbeaten run at Crawley Town.
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And there is plenty of mid-week action in League Two as Northampton Town's unlikely bid for survival, which has gathered significant pace, faces a crucial juncture when Rochdale visit Sixfields on Tuesday.
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The Art of Getting By (2011)
This is a really weird movie which I don't really get. It's the first feature from writer-director Gavin Wiesen and I believe it's supposed to be a coming-of-age comedy drama, although the whole thing just felt kind of "meh" to me.
George (Freddie Highmore) is a high school student and gifted artist who is a rut because he finds life meaningless. He is put on academic probation and told to get his act together, and at around the same time he meets a pretty girl, Sally (Emma Roberts). They form a bond, become friends and maybe something more.
See, even writing that brief synopsis was boring to me. I've always been a fan of Highmore and I think Roberts is a cute actress, and both put in solid performances, but the film itself failed to sustain my interest (and it's only 84 minutes!).
Perhaps I am getting too old, but for some reason the actions and dialogue of these kids seemed totally unrealistic to me. It's not just they are so self-absorbed but watching them act and talk like adults made them lose whatever charm they had. I didn't find them innocent or sweet at all.
There might have been a bigger message in the film somewhere but it jumped right over my head.
1.5 stars out of 5
Drive Angry (2011) (2D)
Another Nicolas Cage movie where he's paid to be Nicholas Cage? Yes, that's precisely what Drive Angry (which is supposed to be in 3D at the cinemas, though I caught it on the small screen) is all about.
Cage plays Milton, a felon who breaks out from Hell (yes, the opposite of Heaven) to prevent a satanic cult led by Billy Burke (the dad from Twilight) from sacrificing his granddaughter. Somewhere along the way he picks up a waitress played by Amber Heard. Lots of gun fights, car chases and explosions ensue.
Surprisingly, however, Drive Angry is not as bad as it sounds. Sure, it's forgettable and blends into all of the other B-grade films Cage has made in recent years, but at least it is occasionally fun and doesn't take itself too seriously. Classier moviegoers might be turned off by all the relentless, over-the-top violence, the loud sound effects and the ludicrous but unapologetic plot, but those looking for a silly albeit entertaining grindhouse flick might find it a guilty pleasure.
By the way, the score probably would have been lower had I watched it in cash-sucking 3D.
3 stars out of 5
The Rum Diary (2011)
I am a fan of Hunter S Thompson's writing and his Gonzo journalism, so I was kind of excited about a film based on his novel starring Johnny Depp. But The Rum Diary turned out to be slightly disappointing. It was occasionally entertaining and amusing but felt like there was no focus and the film drifted all over the place without a compelling storyline to follow.
Depp plans Paul Kemp, a down-on-his-luck writer who gets a job for a paper in Puerto Rico. There are shady deals, lots of drinking and crazy shenanigans, but nothing that really gripped me to the characters or the plot.
Depp is pretty good, as is the steady Aaron Eckhart. Amber Heard is very good as the seductress, so good, apparently, that she ended up breaking up Depp's marriage. Oh well.
On the whole, The Rum Diary is not bad for some light amusement (although it felt too long with a 2-hour running time), but it's ultimately quite forgettable.
2.5 stars out of 5
The Devil's Double (2011)
The Devil's Double is apparently a true story based on the life of Latif Yahia, who looked so much like Saddam Hussein's son Uday that he was forced to be his body double.
The story has not stood up well after several debunking attempts, but I still found the concept utterly fascinating. Imagine being forced to be the doppelganger of the son of a ruthless tyrant and being sent to do all the crap he doesn't want to do and the places he doesn't want to go. It also means constantly being placed in danger and having no way out – well, apart from torturous deaths for you and your family.
Dominic Cooper players the duel role of Latif and Uday and he is dynamite. There was never any doubt in my mind that he was two completely separate people, and it's not just because of the clever make-up and prosthetics that made their appearances slightly different, at least at the beginning before the forced plastic surgery. Can't believe was only nominated for a single Saturn Award for this performance.
It's a flawed film with an overdose of brutality and occasional lulls in the narrative, but Cooper's performance and the premise alone were enough to keep me interested for the majority of the 108-minute running time.
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READ about Piers Morgan's long career in journalism here.
With CNN's brand new program "Inside Man" set to debut this Sunday, on Monday evening Piers Morgan invited his namesake and new colleague Morgan Spurlock to join him in studio for a live interview.
The host and producer of the original series, Spurlock will spend each of his eight episode's offering a "deep-dive into pressing issues facing the U.S." This weekend's premier episode covers the medical marijuana industry, and appearing on "Piers Morgan Live," he offered some of his insights:
"What I was really intrigued by is the number of people who came in there, who for years had been strung out on countless medication," he says, speaking of his stint as an employee inside a California medical marijuana dispensary. "We live in a country that medicates everything. You go to a doctor, suddenly we're going to give you a pill for whatever the problem may be."
Spurlock detailed cases in which the marijuana helped those who took it as directed:
"There were people who were on six, seven different medications, that once they started going to the clinic, taking whatever cannabis they were prescribed by the doctor, suddenly they're off all this medication. Soldiers who were coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan who were so medicated they couldn't even function around their family members, couldn't even connect with them. Now suddenly can have a life back."
Though allowing that such an example is a positive, the man behind "Super Size Me" also explained what one might describe as the problems with pot:
"A lot of folks that we spoke to who were kind of anti the campaign, they feel like, suddenly it's going to be the 60's again and kids are going to be out just wanting to get high, and not wanting to go to school, and we're going to become a lazy bunch of people who just sit around and eat Twinkies all the time."
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MR. Morgan your personal views on gun control is missing the real reason ,We have a high rate in gun deaths in this country! For 1 It is gangs that's 90% of it 2 is sick in the head people, that has been let out of the hospitals with a hand full of meds they will not our forget to take ,Our there family will turn a blind eye to !
This special was incredibly enlightening!! But what is even more cool is that you can invest in publicly traded companies that deal with the MMJ business model. The true profit potential has not even been realized yet–so it could easily be in the billions annually. A really good company to look into is medical greens–www.medicalgreens.com–it goes by the ticker sign SKTO. They just started up the company in March 2013 but their business plan is to be consultants to collectives in California to ensure that collectives are following the regulations. it is brilliant and they already made 5 million in profits in their first quarter which was only three weeks! the chairman of the board is Kevin Allyn who is a veteran of the entertainment industry–he will be interviewed by a CNN favorite Larry King in the near future to talk more about the MMJ movement and plans for medical greens. If you want to make a lot of money i'd suggest in investing in SKTO!
Pot ! needs to legal and taxed and thin the Government can stop paying China 600 Bill a year to ! And that will cut half of all drugs that come from Mexico that in it self will cut gun deaths down to 50% !
While I agree with your basic premise, have you considered the possibility that you may be mentally retarded?
Try to catch up, everything he said was accurate.
After the Michigan Supreme Court ruled Marijuana Patient to Patient tranfers illegal dispensaries throughout the state were forced to close their doors. During the aftermath I created http://SCRIP.ME to test the waters, so far the response has been great and proves there is a demand for not only cannabis but for caregivers as well.
Cannabis inspires much needless fear in 'family values themed' groups. Mothers Against Drunk Driving carries a lot of sway and have focused on medpot abuse as a giant target.
When Ultra Conservative Pat Robertson comes out in favour of legal pot and encourages medical use vs prescribed pharma ..... you know this subject has matured beyond simple sitcom jokes. Just legalize it, find something else for Cops to beat peoples heads in over. Drug laws are focused at non white and poor demographics and grossly unfair in targeting .
I am completely disgusted with Pat Kennedy (disgraced Oxy addict and former congressman) taking a 'for pay' stance against medical marijuana even though he never used pot but feels its a danger to his kids.
The Feds spend $180,000 a day going after State Legal Medical Cannabis.
This is stuff we've known for years. Not enough PROPER media coverage. You hear more about pot in Sit Coms.
My Canadian Doctor (also licensed in US) attended a physicians working seminar in Ohio on prescribing details for Medical
Cannabis. He came away puzzled as a serious matter was giggled and guffawed by 'professionals' more intent on learning how to extract income from state laws than in determining dosing or efficacy.
Jimbo I have found there are 2 types of doctors Some are in there profession for nothing but profit and could care less actually the best interest of the patient the actually likes to help people. that conference was for the first group.
Well, let's see, millions have been smoking pot for years and they work, have homes, boats, vacations, etc and they certainly do not sit around eating twinkies all day. The Drug companies will lose huge revenues when pot is legalized and they don't want that to happen. Dumb bunnies, they should have jumped on the cannabis wagon to provide it to patients.
This has bad written all over it. Primarily, all those who currently smoke tobacco will move to cannabis. To answer his last question – yes, legalization of marijuana will indeed encourage more people to smoke marijuana. Most smokers nowadays are NOT the 14/15 year-olds who he described; they are not ones who want to get anywhere near the "underworld" and smoke illegal substances. However, once you make that legal, they will move to marijuana, and the current marijuana smokers or future "wildcards" will move to more dangerous substances. And the thing is that there's no end to it. First people ask for legalization of marijuana, soon it will be cocaine. Might as well just allow people to do anything they want now wouldn't you? Anyone can smoke whatever they want, who cares. We need to draw a line at tobacco. Although it is harmful, it does not interfere with daily activities like all the other drugs (i.e. – marijuana yields to being high). Would you want more people on the road to be high? Would you want parenting to be destroyed because parents are high? Yes, there are adults that use marijuana right now, but do we want to create more and condone it?
You really haven't studied any of the scientific studies on marijuana have you? Let me guess, you got all your info from "Reefer Madness"?
I'm a medical Iarijuana patient myself who was once taking a total of 33 PRESCRIBED prescription pills per day for my brain injury, spinal cord injury, and other issues related to those injuries. I had to take these prescriptions due to a high speed motorcycle accident in 2010 in order to have a mostly normal and pain free life, however these medications ended up causing tons of side effects, causing fatty liver, and leading me to take other medications to counteract those medications bad effects. I finally met a decent doctor and was told to switch to Marijuana, even though it's not legal for that purpose in my state yet. Not even two weeks after I'd weined off of my prescription medications and switched to marijuana only my side effects have all dissapeared and my pain and muscle spasm issues have been MUCH MUCH better and more controllable. It's my firm belief, as well as those of my doctor, and many other medical marijuana patients and supporters I know's belief that the only reason marijuana is legal is because of lobbyist and the fact that the legality of marijuana makes our wonderful senators and congressmen and women so much money its ridiculous. But that's what happens I suppose when Marijuana would decrease the profits of and possibly even eliminate the use of many legal and prescription drugs as well as many illegal ones. But the government doesn't make money from fines, taking marijuana users belongings in raids and selling them, and from the lobbyists working for tobacco, prescription, and alcohol companies and supporters. It's a very stacked battle, I'm just glad some states are finally seeing the light and aren't so currupt that their eyes are blind to the truth. Hopefully someday soon it will be legal everywhere, the sooner the better.
Tobacco does not interfere with your daily activities. Try not using tobacco then tell me how your day is going.
Your'e argument here is completely based on opinion...how or from where you developed this opinion is beyond me (probably related to baby-boomers who were subjected to intense, yet false goverment propaganda from the 50's). I smoke daily, yet I do not smoke cigarettes. I have a great job, and contribute to the community. The vast majority of people who want to smoke marijuana are going to do it whether it's leagal or not (I'm not talking about medical users) and THAT is the truth. With proper regulation (similar to alchohol), there would very little impact on society as a whole. And if more people end up using marijuana, that means they probably are not going to consume as much alchohol, which is a GLORIOUS thing (anyone who's ever had a cross-buzz knows what I'm talking about). People tend to forget that alcholol cuases far, far more health problems, accidents, violence (domestic and otherwise), and unintended pregnancies than marijuana ever has or ever will, period. There is NO reason whatsoever that it should not be legal, but somehow, our govement was able to make up their own reasons and fool the entire county...and most of the world. Why? Because legalization is a threat to big tobacco companies. And hemp is another issue completely, how many trees/land could we save by allowing hemp to be used for paper, shopping bags, clothes, etc? The benefits of legalization outweigh the negative impacts by a factor of about 1000. Do the research, do the math.
Wow. Just wow. It is better to keep quite and have people assume you're an idiot than to write what you just wrote and prove it outright! Cannabis is in no way shape or form a gateway drug. The only reason many considered it to be so was because it was lumped in with the underworld of ALL illegal drugs and was selling along side of cocaine and other illegal 'harder' drugs. Legalize it and it's exactly – AND I DO MEAN EXACTLY – the same as alcohol. In fact, it's 100X more safer than alcohol. But in theory you will be left with a legal market for both production/cultivation and distribution/retail. And just like beer – you will have a few that enjoy home brewing or in this case home growing. Now then...go read about CBD's and THCA....that's a good starting point for a novice like you!
Ask any highway patrolman is cannabis is a gateway drug and he'll say "hell yeah". "Once I smell pot, that's MY gateway to untold powers and authority. I have the right to conduct a legal search, so fer sure pot is a gateway drug. Don't want to lose that gateway either."
I'm a medical user. I used to get 3-4 completely debilitating migraines each month. I'm talking extreme sensitivity to ALL senses, movement etc.. vomiting and nausea, visual artifacts, not to mention the most excruciating pain you've probably never felt. Last february, I had one that lasted almost a month and a half. I literally thought about killing myself after a few weeks of waking up every day feeling like my head was full of jackhammers.
I've had MRIs, cat scans, etc.. no doctor has been able to find a concrete cause of these migraines, but Maxalt seemed to do a decent job at quelling the symptoms about 2/3 of the time, and Promethazine would squash the nausea.. but the combination of the two would make me drowsy. On top of that, it was $300 for 6 pills.
Now, I grow my own medicine, and I smoke a little in the morning and some at night. (sometimes I enjoy a little more too!) Ever since I started smoking (and vaporizing/eating/etc) regularly, I haven't had one single migraine. Not one.
It's completely ridiculous that the federal government refuses to recognize any medical potential when there are hundreds of thousands of cases just like mine, of lives that have legitimately been changed for the better because of marijuana, and yet doctors can prescribe things like amphetamine to kids.
Outright nonsense. Every country that has decrimed or legalized has seen prices for the drug and actual drug
use rates plunge. Portugal, Germany, Holland, Slovakia and Spain. Even drug battle zones like Columbia and Peru
are admitting pot laws don't work and moving to a legalization and gov't sale model with great effect.
What happens to teens when pot is legal? They tend to ignore it as its no longer 'cool' or considered forbidden fruit.
So, how is the war on drugs working out? 35 years on it must have been won by now?
You're the type of person that I can just smoke pot and laugh at hysterically all day.
WOW... ModerateConservative.... that's one of the most ill-informed posts I've ever read on this subject and it's THOSE types of opinions that will DOOM legalization. As a CONSERVATIVE who's involved in the party, and in so doing have faced NUMEROUS ill informed arguments on cannabis. I'd like to address your arguments one at a time if I may?
1) This has bad written all over it. Primarily, all those who currently smoke tobacco will move to cannabis
A) There is ZERO evidence showing a correlation between Legalized Marijuana and Tobacco smokers SWITCHING to Cannabis. Secondly, if they DID happen to switch, we'd be a MUCH healthier nation. Marijuana smokers have better lungs and better lung capacity than does a NON Cannabis smoker.... Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/035980_cannabis_smokers_cancer.html
2) "...To answer his last question – yes, legalization of marijuana will indeed encourage more people to smoke marijuana."
A) Again I'd like to see something OTHER than your opinion showing a correlation between the two. I've searched and searched and can't find ANYTHING credible to prove your point.
3) "... Most smokers nowadays are NOT the 14/15 year-olds who he described; they are not ones who want to get anywhere near the "underworld" and smoke illegal substances."
A) In Colorado, the Average age of Medical Marijuana patients are 40-45 yrs. of age and that stays fairly consistent across the Demographics of OTHER Medical Marijuana states. http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/american-weed/articles/weed-facts/
This study goes even further to show that THREE-QUARTERS of American HS Graduates have tried Marijuana in their lives. It will also show that although NOT the TOP age bracket for users, the number is by no means negligible. It shows that 11% of adults 50+ have used it within the last year. http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Marijuana#sthash.sgsZKUTg.dpbs
4) "...However, once you make that legal, they will move to marijuana, and the current marijuana smokers or future "wildcards" will move to more dangerous substances."
A) Where the HELL did you get that? From the same paper as above "Analysis of the demographic and social characteristics of a large sample of applicants seeking approval to use marijuana medically in California supports an interpretation of long term non problematic use by many who had first tried it as adolescents, and then either continued to use it or later resumed its use as adults. In general, they have used it at modest levels and in consistent patterns which anecdotally-often assisted their educational achievement, employment performance, and establishment of a more stable life-style. These data suggest that rather than acting as a gateway to other drugs, (which many had also tried), cannabis has been exerting a beneficial influence on most."
Thomas J O'Connell and Ché B Bou-Matar, "Long term marijuana users seeking medical cannabis in California (2001–2007): demographics, social characteristics, patterns of cannabis and other drug use of 4117 applicants," Harm Reduction Journal, (November 2007).
– See more at: http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Marijuana#sthash.sgsZKUTg.dpuf
In contrast to what you're stating. It has been PROVEN that ALCOHOL is the gateway drug... NOT Cannabis! Only 3% of Cannabis smokers will EVER move on to harder drugs.... Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/036541_alcohol_gateway_drug_marijuana.html
5) Would you want more people on the road to be high?
A) Nobody condones "Drunk/Drugged driving". However, if we're gonna have it, I'd MUCH rather have the Cannabis user on the road than I would the Drunk! NUMEROUS recent studies have shown that the Cannabis user is a "SLOWER & SAFER" driver than NON cannabis users!!! That's not just against Alcoholics either! Source: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDcQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.propertycasualty360.com%2F2012%2F04%2F09%2Fstudy-weed-smokers-are-slower-safer-drivers&ei=AJjEUYn0J8vdqQHdsIHYCA&usg=AFQjCNFKPkSy1Sah0apbluqmiuniszKmNA&sig2=te1pG3ipLBkZiiCnFddvRQ&bvm=bv.48293060,d.aWM
6) TOBACCO is Addictive,
A) Cannabis is in NO WAY addictive! NO WAY! It CAN be habitual but if you run out of Cannabis, your body's NOT going to go into "Withdrawals". You MAY become a bit agitated and maybe even a bit of an ASS, for a day or two. But alluding to the fact that Cannabis is in ANY way an "Addictive Drug" like Tobacco, Opioids, etc... is starting the argument off with a FALSE PREMISE! But you won't have PHYSICAL WITHDRAWALS with Cannabis that come ANY WHERE CLOSE to those you'd suffer from quitting smoking tobacco.
A) The Cannabis user
You want people to smoke poison, but not medicine? There is nothing Conservative about the BIG Government War on Drugs. Prohibition is an abject failure. How much more money do you want to spend on perpetual failure?
Yes, more people will smoke marijuana if it legalized. So what? Marijuana smokers are irresponsible, irresponsible people make bad parents, therefore legalizing marijuana will make more bad parents. Bad logic – tobacco smokers are bad parents – ever see a kid trapped in a car with a smoking adult? Perfectly legal. Have you ever seen a parent getting drunk in front of their kids – I don't mean having a glass of wine but getting truly drunk? Perfectly legal. Bad parents are everywhere. If marijuana was legal, I still would not smoke it front of my kids; I might smoke it but not in front of my kids – the same way I don't do shots of whiskey or smoke cigars in front of them.
I think of pot like I think of alcohol (except with less health risk). There are always those people that abuse it, but then there are also those who can use it responsibly. I don't think that pot is good thing for the average joe or jane; it causes lethargy, and at times intense gluttony, not to mention it's an expensive habit. But even given the downsides, I don't think it should be illegal. To use it occasionally, like alcohol is meant to be used, is just fun. To me, the health benefits are just an excuse, kind of like saying video games help develop hand-eye coordination
Whether it is marijuana, other presciption drugs, alcohol, caffeince or dozens of other addictive substances, there will always be a percentage of the population that is incapable of functioning in society without there crutches. The choice that we have to make as a society is whether to criminalize these behaviors or not. The last one hundred years have shown repeatedly how ineffective criminalization is, and how control is the best means to minimize the risk. While I personally find it sad that so many people's lives have been ruined by addiction, criminalization has only made it worse. Let's hope some sense comes to our politicians and they face the reality of mankind rather than continue to live in their distorted notion of it.
First off, calling a drug dealer's grow house a "clinic" is a bit absurd.
And second, I don't for one second buy into all this "I was on tons of pills and weed magically cured me" nonsense. Weed helps with anxiety and can chill people out, but weed is no miracle drug. Its uses are limited. Weed makes my glaucoma worse. After smoking it I can't see myself doing anything for the rest of the day.
The reality is the vast majority of people who get medical marijuana don't really need it to treat any sort of legitimate medical condition, they just want to get high. I'm fine with people getting high, but it's silly that they pretend like this is some sort of legitimate clinic where they're selling pot brownies for medicinal purposes only.
But what about the topical application of a cream high in CBD content (NOT THC), which (for me) decreases arthritic pain and swelling. This does not get me high. Topically applied does not get anyone high, it simply provides symptomatic relief.
For example, something like docgreens dot org. Don't forget the "s".
Buddy, marijuana is a miracle drug! It's applications are endless, maybe you should have tried a different strain if the weed you were smoking was making you not want to do anything. Indica and Sativa those are two very different strains, please do more research on the medical marijuana movement! Alcohol kills people everyday but yet it's sold at almost every store, tobacco kills more people everyday and nicotine is one of the most addictive substances next to caffeine (also sold everywhere) the reason why these things are sold is for population control! Marijuana has killed approximately No One, which is a reason we won't legalize. Colorado and Washington in the coming years will show the benefits of legal marijuana for all human kind. Yes I am a stoner but for all the right reasons, please do more research and everyone do not give up the fight!
Ok, so for you it's not right. The nice thing about something being legal, is that doesn't make it mandatory!
For some people (like me), it has literally changed lives. Since I started ingesting mj (smoke/vape/whatever), I have not had ONE single migraine. I used to get 3-4 completely debilitating migraines each month. I've almost lost jobs because of it.. when you miss almost 1/4 of the work days in a month, it puts your employer in a tough spot. Since I started smoking, I haven't missed a single day of work from a migraine, because I don't get them! I'm productive as ever at work.
There are so many different strains and methods of use.. what is right for one person might not be right for another. You gotta find what works for you.. and if that's not MJ at all, no biggie. But that's not a reason to prevent other people from trying, and possibly finding a cure for what ails them..
everybody judges everyone else. what up? the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living are non resistance, non judgement and non attachment. and you will listen to me because you are a pot smoker and so am i. honor the weed dude. peace
I hope it does become like the 60's. Pot smokers were anything but lazy Twinkie eaters back then, we damn near started a revolution! I think that's what these ultraconservative groups are really afraid of. They know that weed brings people together and it makes people think, and nothing is scarier to the current power structure than a large group of people who can think for themselves.
To start off, I'm a teenager. Will legalization make it easier for teens my age to get marijuana? Ha. I could just walk outside for christ's sake. I would worry more about the youth drinking or getting into drugs than experimenting with marijuana. This is something that honestly should have been taken care of decades ago. Really, it's something that shouldn't have become a problem in the first place. The country is spending millions and millions of dollars every years combating a plant. A plant. Now, I could understand the fight if this plant was something deadly. In 5,000 years of usage, not one death. Not one. The chemicals in the foods you eat probably have more potential of killing you than marijuana does.
Piers – Until YOU try Marijuana you will have absolutely no idea what it does. You can ask others why they use it and what it does but you will have no idea for yourself. By listening to you tonight – You actually think it is dangerous – Far from it. The Native Americans used it in their "Peace Pipes' – WHY? – It gives you peace. No one wants to do "bad" when using it. You call it dangerous – WHY? – because you believe what this corrupt government says about it – LIES – LIES and more LIES. Do yourself a favor Piers – just try it. You will never believe this government again.
One of the issues not discussed tonight was keeping the private prisons in business. No doubt, sadly, I think, much of the drug issue revolves around that industry. What happens to that industry if pot is legalized?
This is amazing that we are finally getting out to inform people about the benefits of medical marijuana! I have been invested in a company Medical Greens that has the ticker simple SKTO and has focused on this emerging market. The great part is that it is making investors aware of the benefit it provides for patients that need it. This industry is expanding and my investment is strictly in Medical Marijuana so I invested in SKTO who is providing services to help those that are doing great work for many people I know who struggle with pain and cancer and Cannabis was the only thing that helped them.
Cool to see another follower/invesor in the great publicly traded company medical greens!! SKTO is the ticker!! These guys are based in california and have amazing people running it. Kevin Allyn a hollywood veteran, Jeff Benz an acclaimed attorney who also is an on air commentator for foxsports, and george jones-the ceo of borders books as the adviser! they are going help expand MMJ because their whole business model is about promoting regulation. Collectives need to be non profit so they are a for profit consulting company very similar to the business model of profitable companies doing services and consulting for the non profit hospitals!
What is astonishing to me is the large number of sick young people who need medical marijuana . Imagine needing medicine 5 times a day or more in your early 20's . I think it would be better to find a cure the root cause of all this sickness in the youth of california rather than treating the symptoms with marijuana .
Is anyone else as tired of Morgan Spurlock as I am? I liked his supersize me program (informative and entertaining). I'm just bored of the guy. My feelings only.
Marijuana is NOT physically addictive. Scientific fact. Split hairs as much as you'd like. Interestingly, American Christian values state that any pleasure derived from a source that isn't "God sanctioned" is sin. They are obviously quite comfortable with lying and telling you there is a God without any evidence to support that "belief" so telling you lies about marijuana is frankly, easy for them. The drug "expert" and Dr. Drew are simply ignorant, ill informed profiteers. Kennedy is a paid-for lobbyist/talking head. Great job on the "balanced" panel Piers. Pfffft......have another drink.
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Stoner jokes & Stereotypes aside. You're just FLAT WRONG. I really don't CARE if you believe my story or anyone elses for that matter. My DOCTOR as well as myself KNOW the TRUTH and if YOU don't believe me? It doesn't mean a TINKERS Damn to my health. Until you can SUSTAIN the injuries that MANY of us have, Then become ADDICTED to all the OPIATES etc... that we're required to take. ALL the pills we've had to endure just in order for us to have SOME SEMBLANCE of a life without pain. Yet we're UNABLE to carry on a conversation with ANYONE w/out falling a sleep or slobbering on ourselves. I was taking MANY MORE than the 33 pills HE had to take, due to a Spinal Chord injury. Which ironically(Opiates) KILLED ME TWICE & required that I have a Pacemaker/Defibrillator installed in my chest. Don't you think that if we're able to SAVE people from these DANGEROUS POISONS that KILL tens of thousands of people a year in America. Isn't that a SUCCESS? Marijuana has NEVER killed anyone by itself, yet R/x drugs are being stolen by KIDS right out of an UNLOCKED medicine cabinet! They're lulled into a FALSE SECURITY about these R/x drugs because they come from a Doctor pour a Pharmacy they really can't hurt us. If I found MY kid smoking weed, I'd talk to them about it and advise them AGAINST using it until they're MATURE enough to make an INFORMED decision on IF they wanna smoke weed or not. But if I find her taking R/x drugs from my medicine cabinet? I'd BEAT HER w/in am INCH of her life w/an 8 foot belt that has SHARK HOOKS every 3 inches. What about all those
It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant people can be to something that is totally natural,been around since evolution and if they would have taken a minute to do some research,might have found it had already been used for that centuries ago. Let me give you a perfect example;I am a 53 yr old male that developed a seizure condition about 12-13 yrs ago from a car accident I had in my early 20's that resulted in a severe head injury.(my head hit the steel gear shift hard enough to bend it in half!) I was in a coma for a few weeks,came out,left side of body needed therapy because of right side head injury but after about six months back to normal.It took almost 30yrs for the scar tissue to build up inside my brain from head injury to cause the seizures,then seizure medicine to stop them.Seizure medicine with side effects,and after body gets adjusted to medicine,it stops working and neurologist has to try new medicine.I can usually stay on a seizure medicine for only about a year,two at best before it stops working.All of this and still having to put up with any of the side effects of the medicine.I did some research a little over a year ago and found even back in the days before they had medicine for any type of seizure,they were using cannabis.(the CBD's in the pot is what stopped the seizures)So I started smoking a little of the top quality weed after dinner each night(and even reduced the amount of pharmaceutical medicine I had been taking) cause I would still have an occasional seizure with that medicine alone anyway,and have NOT HAD A SEIZURE IN OVER A YEAR!! Now,somebody tell me that it does not have GOOD medicinal benefits to a person who needs it for a certain condition that regular conventional medicine will control effectively!
I just think that people don,t know how good it is for pain compared to pills.Seeing is believing.


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Important Spaghetti Monster Update: Thank you!
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This was supposed to be an open disucssion forum. Yet, my comment about a better place for it and the obvious moral fiber of the ethics behind its purpose have been omitted. All that has occured now through the spaghetti monsters creation is the stop to the creativity that we saw of the local artisans on the property. So, congratulations. You did something alright. Hope it is what you wanted. All artist want controversey, but now there will be no more. You guys suck.And I mean that. Too bad that blasphemous monstrosity you made didn't catch fire.
- April 12, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- MAXKIEV said...
http://www.legiondelespacio.com/tira.php?id=118 el mundo debe ser pequeño
- April 12, 2008 at 7:52 PM
This is truly great news. I have presented offerings of meatballs and roasted garlic to FSM this morning.
Praise be to FSM!
(I guess this means no display of the Islamic Crescent icon on the courthouse lawn during the month of Ramadan?)
- April 13, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- T-Bear said...
Anonymous, your comment amuses me, the spaghetti monster sculpture IS the creation of a local artisan...perhaps your protest is rooted in the fact that you don't like her subject? I drove up this week specifically to see this piece of art. I think the decision made illustrates the truth of the desires of Cumberland County in regards to "art" on the courthouse lawn. This was never about art. It was, and is, about promoting a particular religion. If it were about art, the decision would have been wholly different. Good art provokes thought and conversation and the sculpture of the FSM did that. The decision of the committee verifies what those of us who use the symbolism of the FSM (some of us who are bible believing Christians thank you very much) suspected all along. Free speech is not what the displays on the courthouse lawn were ever about. Freedom of religion was not the desire of the people who allowed them. The writers of the constitution were brilliant in their inclusion of the anti-establishment clause. This clause protects both the church AND the state. It is worth preserving. I for one am disappointed that Crossville chose to ask that all the statues be removed. I would have loved to see a true free speech zone in Cumberland County. But as they are NOT interested in creating one this is the best outcome that could be hoped for. It saddens me but all Ariel did was expose the truth. Crossville was not interested in supporting the arts or in free speech...it was interested in promoting the Christian faith. That's a great and noble goal for an individual or a church...but NOT for the government. It is not the government's role.
- April 13, 2008 at 6:55 PM
Congratulations! Great move! Your plan succeeded. Now the courthouse lawn can go back to its sterile appearance. I'm sure that was your intention and ultimate goal. The committee made the only decision it could under the circumstances and pressure you and the current climate of the court system present. Just like the one bad kid in school, acting out, causing the whole class to lose privileges - you have won. Now the citizens will be deprived. Just grass and concrete - how enlightening and interesting it will be!!
Of course, you will say that it's not your fault - that now the rightful separation of church and state has been achieved. I say, it was not wrong to display either religious or non-religious items that represent ideas or beliefs that thousands of citizens in the community respect. But items displayed must be something genuine with some substance and support. With freedom comes responsibility to do the 'right' thing. The sad truth is that FSM did nothing but make fun of the religious beliefs of the majority of the county's citizens -- real, religious beliefs that have existed for thousands of years -- Not an unabashedly bogus, parody religion mocking Intelligent Design that was invented a few years ago as a protest to a Kansas court decision.
Just as I wouldn't expect to be able to create a statue of my big toe and expect to have it placed on display as the great 'TOE' OF LIFE [Bow down or be ingrown!] - items placed for display on this community's courthouse lawn should have (1) some meaning to, and support of a SIGNIFICANT NUMBER of individuals in this community and (2) not be intentionally DEMEANING to anyone else. Your statue failed miserably on both criteria.
Come on, are you really proud that you have ruined it for everyone? You say, "The discussions that have occurred over the past three weeks are what enables us to protect our right to equality and freedom of speech." Instead of 'encouraging' discussion, now discussion will be no more -- AS THERE WILL BE NOTHING THERE TO DISCUSS! You have KILLED another avenue of communcation in this town. And you say, "Oh, but for those 3 glorious weeks." 3 weeks that no one will remember in 1 year! But the courthouse will have some pretty green grass to look at, and some really cool concrete sidewalks.... I am throughly disgusted!!! Again Freedom of Speech has been converted, subverted, perverted to NO SPEECH. Go ahead, bask in the tainted glow of your hollow victory.
- April 14, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Hahahahahahaha, so the goverment is desperate this point? They cant be involved with religion when they're taking care about the population.
It's pathetic how they try to cover the intention extending it to all statues...
But of coure I'm not really able to talk about it, it was just my first view, but I don't know about your politiques, I'm a rare Brazilian Pastafarian, anyways...
Ah! Your statue of the FSM looks sooo great, its awesome =P
- April 14, 2008 at 5:58 PM
It can't catch fire. I keep urinating on it!
- April 15, 2008 at 12:11 PM
thank you ariel ramen
- April 15, 2008 at 5:16 PM
- Andrea said...
I am disgusted as well, but definitely not with you Ariel. You opened up diversity on the courthouse lawn, which is what I felt should happen. I am disgusted with our town council who panicked and removed all 'privileges' just because of your statue. To me, it shows that they really were closed minded all along. As soon as there is any real display of freedom of speech, then they get rid of the 'privilege' altogether. It's not your fault at all, it's our town's government. I wonder if someone can bring suit against them for suddenly withdrawing the right of public expression on the lawn as soon as an 'unchristian' statue went up. That's just not right. It's disgusting and I'm ashamed of them.
At our next election we all need to vote on the politicians who will make a difference and stand up for what is right.
- April 16, 2008 at 10:42 AM
I am not surprised by the town council nor the responses by some on this blog.
Well, I am very excited to see this statue. My husband and I are driving from all the way from Clarksville to see it this weekend.
FSM is not about offending nor mocking the christian religion, it is about true freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
Good for you Ariel for challenging the boundaries of true freedom of speech. Maybe some good open minded accepting christian-like behavior can come from some of these "christians"
- April 16, 2008 at 7:45 PM
So, let me get this straight... If anyone wants their piece of so-called "art" to be displayed, they only have to deem it 'religious' and see city officials quake in their boots as they approve it and liberals cry out in its defense if it's criticized? Hmmm, I can think of some very interesting exhibits... Wow, I guess anyone should be able to display anything, no matter how gross or offensive or meaningless??? ...just turn it into a 'free speech zone' issue, Yeah Baby, that's the ticket! We can always say we want to 'spark debate.' Problem is, that's not freedom of speech -- that sounds to me like lack of good taste, good judgment or any consideration for others!!!
- April 16, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Interesting that the "Free Speech Zone" only lasted as long as the symbols were "non-controversial" or Christian.
- April 17, 2008 at 6:34 PM
I was born and raised in Crossville. You may dislike the spaghetti monster, but I was completely disgusted and ashamed of all the UGLY chainsaw art on our Courthouse lawn: "Touchdown Moses," the 25 foot chainsawed Last Supper, and the rest.
God Bless you for helping Cumberland County regain some dignity rather than continue to look like a hick roadside attraction.
- April 17, 2008 at 7:07 PM
- F. Lee said...
If I were to make the pilgrimage to Crossville before the April 30th deadline, is there a reputable restaurant there where the spaghetti would be delicious and nutritious?
Yes I know their was to be a fast until May 5th (The national day of Reason) but since the FSM is about to be "taken up" we must have a last supper.
Forrest Erickson
- April 22, 2008 at 2:48 PM
- F. Lee said...
After considering the specialty license plates in TN which open a public forum I developed an idea.
Forrest Erickson
- April 24, 2008 at 1:57 PM


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Silvermoon City 30 years ago.
Two young girls quietly climb over the top of each other for the best vantage point to peer around the corner of their parents bedroom.
Lord and Lady Dimentus stand facing each other as the wife straightens and re-straightens her husbands collar, trying to make it look just right.
Lord Pendragos Dimentus raises his chin in an heroical manor before speaking.
"Who is married to the most amazing and beautiful of all magi in all of Azeroth?"
Lady Dimentus blushes, before replying with a toothy sarcastic smirk.
"Surely, only the richest, most handsome, and powerful of Lords could win a prize such as me."
The husband takes his wife's hands into his own and pulls her close for a kiss.
"Yuck!" Jenasis covers her mouth, muffling her "sorry".
Goldsworth smacks Jen in the arm and whispers sharply to her Sister "Run, you troll!"
The two young girls run through the manner as if they are being chased by starving lynxes.
They quickly reach one of the servants unoccupied bedrooms and dart inside, slamming the door behind them.
Jen immediately throws herself backwards onto the bed, interlocking her fingers behind her head and crossing her legs.
Goldsworth holds her ear to the door, listening for footsteps "Shhhhhh! Stop making so much noise!" She waits a few moments before tip toeing away from the door. "You are so embarrassing!"
Jen's jaw drops at the accusation "Be more of a prude, Gold-coins!"
Goldsworth brushes her hair over her shoulder and raises her nose at Jenasis, speaking snobbishly "Its 'Lady' Goldsworth to you, and some day 'Empress' Goldsworth!"
Jenasis laughs heartedly at Goldsworth "Yes, in a few short centuries all of this will be yours."
Goldsworth suddenly looks ill, grabbing her stomach and covering her mouth while and looking at Jenasis. Tears quickly fill Goldsworth's eyes as she walks solemnly to her Sisters side.
Jen throws a pillow at Goldy, hitting her directly in the chest "Get back! Don't get your sick on me!" Goldy falls on top of Jen wrapping her arms tightly around her "You wont be here in centuries! Your half human!"
Jen's eyes widen and she wraps her arms around Goldsworth. She begins coughing in a sickly manner *cough* "By the Sunwell, Your right!" *cough* "I am almost twenty years of age!" *cough* "Room...getting dark...Goldy is that you?"
"That is not funny Jen! Not in the least!" Goldsworth sits up in the bed next to Jen . She gently begins combing Jens bangs with her fingers over Jen's round and very human looking ears. "I will become a powerful sorceress one day and remove all the human from you with a spell. Then we will be together forever."
Jen chuckles "Sorceress Goldsworth? The human servants use more magic than you. One of them made a copper piece dissappear and then found it behind my ear! "
Goldsworth replies to Jenasis in her best school teacher impression.
"Parlor tricks! Humans can't use magic silly girl. Their primitive bodies would just explode. Everyone knows this. That is where the expression comes from 'only human'. It's rather sad really, when you think about it."
Jen sits up in the bed with a scowl on her face "So what am I to you, half monkey?!"
Goldsworth shakes her head "No, you are my Sister. I would not care if a hundred other races were in your blood. I would not trade you for anything or anyone."
Jen smiles "We do have a pretty wonderful family."
Goldsworth quickly adds "And I will see to it personally that we all are together forever!"
-End of Part one.


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The Hope College Great Performance Series will feature The Hot Club of San Francisco on Thursday, Jan. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The Hot Club of San Francisco presents a unique sound and live performance for jazz, guitar and music fans. The ensemble celebrates the music of Django Reinhardt's "Gypsy Jazz" and Stephane Grappelli's pioneering Hot Club de France. The Hot Club of San Francisco borrows the all-string instrumentation of violin, bass and three guitars from the original Hot Club, but breathes new life into the music with innovative arrangements of classic tunes and original compositions from the group's lead guitarist Paul Mehling.
"One of the most cohesive and entertaining Gypsy swing bands in the United States," is how the "San Francisco Chronicle" hasdescribed the Hot Club of San Francisco.
The performance will also include the group's "Silent Surrealism" project, created in conjunction with the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. The Hot Club accompanies four early silent films with its distinctive music as part of the performance.
Mehling has been playing the guitar at the age of six and gathered a wealth of experience in a variety of genres. He formed The Hot Club of San Francisco in 1991, and the club released its first CD, titled, "QHCSF," in 1992. For the past 13 years the club has released 10 CDs, to critical acclaim.
"Intricate, scorching and often brilliant solos," is how "Acoustic Guitar" has reviewed Mehling's work.
Evan Price, violinist for The Hot Club of San Francisco, is a 10-year veteran of the world-renowned, Grammy-winning jazz ensemble, the Turtle Island Quartet. During his tenure in TurtleIsland, Price gave more than 500 performances in concert venues from Latvia to Australia.
Tickets for the performance are on sale at the ticket office in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, and cost $17 for regular admission, $12 for senior citizens, and $6 for children 18 and under. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.
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With just a handful of days before the 86th Academy Awards, and having just completed my sweep of the Best Picture nominees, it's time for my annual Oscar predictions!
This has been a fantastic year in cinema — much better than the lackluster year before — with some very deserving nominees that could have crushed last year's field. Again, true stories have paved the way, with six of the nine Best Picture nominees all supposedly based on or inspired by real events. And to make things more exciting, it's quite an open field this year, with several intriguing possibilities in all the major categories.
So, without further ado, these are my picks.
Best Picture: (click on the film for my review)
American Hustle
Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
12 Years a Slave
The Wold of Wall Street
Comments: An impressive field this year where I awarded at least 4.5 stars to six of the nine films and at least four stars to all but one. There is no clear cut favourite, with early frontrunner American Hustle seemingly falling behind Golden Globe winner 12 Years a Slave. The critically acclaimed Gravity also lurks, though at the moment it appears the Best Picture award is down to a two-horse race. I love a bit of suspense.
Prediction: 12 Years a Slave — ticks the right boxes for a Best Picture winner and it appears there's too much momentum to slow it down now.
Dark horse: American Hustle — the early favourite could have grabbed enough votes before voting closed.
Should win: Gravity — a transcendent movie experience that will become the most memorable film of the lot years down the track.
Best Actor:
Christian Bale (American Hustle)
Bruce Dern (Nebraska)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
Comments: A real open race this year, with the buzz surrounding Chiwetel Ejiofor's amazing performance in 12 Years a Slave pushing him slightly ahead at this stage. But losing weight for a role is always a winner's signpost, and Matthew McConaughey sure lost a lot of weight for Dallas Buyers Club, so he could certainly also take home the award. Bruce Dern, as the oldie, is the sentimental favourite as the insufferable father in Nebraska, while Leo and Batman (no, not Ben Affleck) are also still in it with a chance. Anyone could win this one.
Prediction: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Dark horse: Matthew McConaughey
Should win: Chiwetel Ejiofor — in a year of sensational performances, I simply have to go with the one I believe is the best of the lot, by a hair or two. I do think Leo's performance in The Wolf of Wall Street would have been deserving in almost any other year, and I was genuinely moved and impressed by Bruce Dern in Nebraska. I'd be happy if any of those three won it.
Best Actress:
Amy Adams (American Hustle)
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
Judi Dench (Philomena)
Meryl Streep (August: Osage County)
Comments: What a crazy field this year, with all former winners except for Amy Adams, who is no slouch with five career nominations. The only one I haven't seen out of the five is Meryl in August: Osage County (I intend to see it soon), but we pretty much know by now what we're going to get with her every time. Another open race, with the award reportedly being "Cate Blanchett's to lose" until the resurfacing of the Woody Allen scandal took the shine off her recent wins at the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs. Right now I'd say it's a two-horse race between Blanchett and Adams; a three-horse race if you consider the fact that you can never count out Meryl.
Prediction: Amy Adams — I'm going for the upset! Seriously, it's a toss up between Adams and Blanchett, but I think the Woody Allen thing plus Amy being the only winless nominee could finally get her over the line this time. If we're talking about the best performance it'll probably be Meryl every time, but these awards are so political that it's hard to predict what will happen.
Dark horse: Cate Blanchett — really the favourite as opposed to the dark horse.
Should win: Cate Blanchett
Best Supporting Actor:
Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips)
Bradley Cooper (American Hustle)
Michael Fassbender (12 Years a Slave)
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Comments: The hardest to pick of the lot, in my opinion, and I've seen all of the films! Newcomer Barkhad Abdi has the surprise element going for him but it's hard to imagine voters picking him over his more famous counterparts. The only guy I can't see winning is Jonah Hill, because let's face it, the world as we know it would end if Jonah Hill becomes an Oscar winner. On the other hand, Cooper and Fassbender's statuses as sex symbols could also cost them with voters, so I'm inclined to go with…
Prediction: Jared Leto — historically speaking, people who undergo dramatic physical transformations have a good chance of winning. Nicole Kidman (nose) in The Hours, Halle Berry (plain) in Monster's Ball, Charlize Theron (fat and uglified) in Monster are just some examples, but they were all Best Actress winners. I'm pretty much picking Leto, who plays a transsexual AIDS sufferer, by default, however, as I can find potential reasons for not choosing the other guys.
Dark horse: Barkhad Abdi — he's pretty much the Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) this year, a feel good story about a guy with no acting experience. If voters can't decide among the other nominees he could come out ahead.
Should win: Michael Fassbender — tough choice but I thought he was incredible in such a difficult role in 12 Years a Slave.
Best Supporting Actress:
Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle)
Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years a Slave)
Julia Roberts (August: Osage County)
June Squibb (Nebraska)
Comments: Another relatively open field with the tortured Lupita Nyong'o from 12 Years a Slave regarded as the slight favourite ahead of Jennifer Lawrence. But I think Sally Hawkins was fantastic in Blue Jasmine and I fell in love with June Squibb after seeing Nebraska, so I don't think it's necessarily a foregone conclusion that it's a two-horse race.
Prediction: Lupita Nyong'o — I'd say Jennifer Lawrence would have won it had she not already picked up Best Actress last year for Silver Linings Playbook.
Dark horse: Jennifer Lawrence — but everyone loves her so much that she might just win it anyway.
Should win: June Squibb — she stole every scene she was in in Nebraska and delivered the biggest laughs in one of the funniest films of the year.
Best Director:
David O. Russell (American Hustle)
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
Alexander Payne (Nebraska)
Steve McQueen (Steve McQueen)
Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street)
Comments: A toss up between Steve McQueen, who could become the first ever black director to win the award, and Alfonso Cuarón, whose incredible vision gave us the masterpiece Gravity.
Prediction: Steve McQueen — remember the year when Denzel didn't deserve it but won for Training Day anyway because it was all about the first black winner for Best Actor? I have a feeling history is about to repeat itself, except McQueen actually deserves it.
Dark horse: Alfonso Cuarón — it's hard to imagine a film as great as Gravity not getting anything other than the technical awards.
Should win: Alfonso Cuarón — I know I said McQueen deserves to win, but in my opinion Cuarón deserves it more for sticking to his guns despite pressure from producers and delivering one of the most amazing movie experiences of the last decade. Those trademark long, seemingly uncut sequences throughout the film were magical.
Best Original Screenplay:
American Hustle (Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell)
Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)
Dallas Buyers Club (Craig Borten, Melisa Wallack)
Her (Spike Jonze)
Nebraska (Bob Nelson)
Comments: A no-brainer that the winner should be the incredible Her, which would have probably been a piece of crap but for the script by Spike Jonze. Don't get me wrong, all the original screenplays are great, but Her is just on another level.
Prediction: Spike Jonze (Her) — it's his to lose.
Dark horse: Woody Allen (Blue Jasmine) — maybe some people out there still like Woody.
Should win: Spike Jonze (Her)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke)
Captain Phillips (Billy Ray)
Philomena (Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope)
12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter)
Comments: Another difficult choice to make, but it's hard to see voters passing on the wonderful adaptation of the book of the same name by John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave. Usually the screenplay and Best Picture go hand in hand, so it's hard to see this one going to anyone else.
Prediction: John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)
Dark horse: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight) — everyone loves these guys.
Should win: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight) — after three brilliant films, I think some recognition should go to Linklater, Delpy and Hawke. After all, the trilogy is mainly all talking, and yet after nearly 300 minutes of it we still can't get enough of these brutally honest and lovable characters.
OK, so that takes care of the major categories. As for the rest of the nominees, I will just list them and highlight the predicted winner in bold, then add my thoughts on the category.
Visual Effects: Gravity, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Iron Man 3, The Lone Ranger, Star Trek Into Darkness
Comments: As impressive as the effects were in all the nominees, this one is a no brainer and a near lock.
Animated Feature: The Croods, Despicable Me 2, Ernest and Celestine, Frozen, The Wind Rises
Comments: I've only seen Frozen and Despicable Me 2 out of this list, but it seems to me like a pretty weak field this year.
Animated Short: Feral, Get a Horse, Mr Hublot, Possessions, Room on the Broom
Comments: No idea, so I went with the best title.
Documentary Feature: The Act of Killing, Cutie and the Boxer, Dirty Wars, The Square, 20 Feet From Stardom
Comments: I intend to see some of these eventually, but for now I'm going with the one that's getting a lot of hype.
Documentary Short: CaveDigger, Facing Fear, Karama Has No Walls, The Lady in Number Six: Music Saved My Life, Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall
Comments: No idea, but the ones with the really long names annoy me.
Foreign Language Film: The Broken Circle Breakdown, The Great Beauty, The Hunt, The Missing Picture, Omar
Comments: Haven't seen any of these yet, but The Hunt, with the awesome Mads Mikkelsen, is apparently extremely good.
Live Action Short: Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me), Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything), Helium, Pitääkö Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?), The Voorman Problem
Comments: Why do short films have to have such bloody long names?
Cinematography: The Grandmaster, Gravity, Inside Llewyn Davis, Nebraska, Prisoners
Comments: I expect Gravity to sweep most of the minor awards it's nominated for, though the cinematography in both The Grandmaster and Nebraska were excellent.
Costume Design: American Hustle, The Grandmaster, The Great Gatsby, The Invisible Woman, 12 Years a Slave
Comments: The Great Gatsby was considered a relative disappointment overall, but its glitzy costumes should get some consolation.
Makeup and Hairstyling: Dallas Buyers Club, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, The Lone Ranger
Comments: Considering the other nominees, I'd say this one's a lock.
Original Score: The Book Thief, Gravity, Her, Philomena, Saving Mr Banks
Comments: I'd like to say Gravity or Her, but considering how important the music was in Saving Mr Banks (which I watched last night), I think it'll take home the gong.
Original Song: Happy (Despicable Me 2), Let It Go (Frozen), The Moon Song (Her), Ordinary Love (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom)
Comments: I think Let It Go is the best song of the lot, but the U2 factor and the Mandela factor will make Ordinary Love hard to beat.
Production Design: American Hustle, Gravity, The Great Gatsby, Her, 12 Years a Slave
Comments: A bit of a stab in the dark here, but as American Hustle isn't getting a whole lotta love I think it has to take home something, though having said that, the production design was pretty good.
Editing: American Hustle, Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, 12 Years a Slave
Comments: Hard one to pick, but let's face it, the editing in Gravity was amazing. Captain Phillips could be a dark horse.
Sound Editing: All Is Lost, Captain Phillips, Gravity, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Lone Survivor
Comments: Again I'm going with the brilliant Gravity with Captain Phillips being the dark horse.
Sound Mixing: Captain Phillips, Gravity, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Inside Llewyn Davis, Lone Survivor
Comments: Ditto as per above.
I'll be checking back to see how many I get right on Oscar night!


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|Heir & Devisee Papers re Richard Hainer
Canadiana.org erred in their description and their finding aid for this wonderful set of records so I spent several days going through each online microfilm and creating a corrected Finding Aid. As mentioned in that earlier blog post I also noted where each Volume began on each Microfilm.
I have the first set ready for genealogists to use to more easily find the set of records they are interested in. Here is the detailed listing for Microfilm H1133 Volumes 1-6. You can access this online film by using the link provided.
As an aside, I contacted Canadiana.org on August 30 about the errors, offering them my corrected Finding Aid. I've had no response to my email so apparently they are not interested in correcting a serious error on their site.
Whoever manages their Twitter account tweeted me when they saw my blog post saying "someone" would be contacting me to discuss the problem. But that has not happened. So I will continue correcting their errors on their site and publishing the correct details and Finding Aids here on Olive Tree Genealogy blog and on my Olive Tree Genealogy website.
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- Gear Ratio 16:1
- Full Load Amps 1.4
- Insulation Class A
- Thermal Protection Auto
- Max. Ambient Temp. 40 Degrees C
- Motor Type Shaded Pole
- Shaft Dia. (Dimension U) 5/16"
- Shaft Length (Dimension V) .75"
- Bearings Needle on Case, Ball and Porous Bronze on Motor
- Lubrication Grease Filled
- Housing Die Cast Zinc
- Gear Case Material Die Cast Zinc
- Gears All Spur Gears
- Gear Type Spur
- Seals Gasketed Gear Case
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