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2017/0240115 ADJUSTING INSTRUMENT, EXTERIOR MIRROR UNIT, MOTOR VEHICLE
Adjusting instrument for an exterior mirror of a motor vehicle, comprising a foot for attachment to the fixed world, being the motor vehicle, and a housing...
2017/0240114 ACTUATOR MECHANISM, EXTERIOR MIRROR DEVICE AND VEHICLE
The invention relates to an actuator mechanism for adjusting at least one angular position of a mirror element in an exterior mirror device for a motor...
2017/0240113 MOTION MECHANISM, EXTERIOR MIRROR DEVICE AND VEHICLE
The invention relates to a movement mechanism, which is provided with a base element and a support element, which, inserted into each other, form a ball hinge...
2017/0240112 HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DRIVING VIDEO RECORDER
The present invention relates to a head-up display device with driving video recorder, which includes a device body, a camera lens, an adjustment module, a...
2017/0240111 CHILD SEAT MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
Embodiments include a vehicle comprising a user interface, a first sensor coupled to a child seat for detecting a child seat belt status; a gear selector for...
2017/0240110 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING ALERTS TO A CONNECTED VEHICLE DRIVER AND/OR A PASSENGER VIA CONDITION...
Methods and systems for alerting a vehicle driver and/or a passenger via wireless communications. One or more conditions with respect to a vehicle are...
2017/0240109 DISPLAY DEVICE
A display device includes: a display unit configured to display an image on a windshield of a host vehicle; and an electronic control unit configured to:...
2017/0240108 VEHICLE PROXIMITY NOTIFICATION APPARATUS
A vehicle proximity notification apparatus has first and second loudspeakers which output warning sound notifying proximity of a vehicle to an outside, and an...
2017/0240107 DEVICE FOR LIGHTING THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
The invention concerns a device for lighting the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle. The device includes a variable light-emitting element adapted to...
2017/0240106 LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT
A motor vehicle passenger compartment lighting system includes semiconductor light-emitting light sources and a substrate on which the light sources are grown....
2017/0240105 LIGHTING DEVICE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
A lighting system for a motor vehicle passenger compartment includes a light beam shaping device and an projection optical element configured to convert the...
2017/0240104 ILLUMINATED CUP HOLDER ASSEMBLY
A cup holder assembly includes a lens and a cup holder liner. The lens is configured to receive light from a light source and direct the light towards a...
2017/0240102 MULTIFUNCTION LAMP UNIT AND REAR VIEW DEVICE THEREWITH
A multifunction lamp unit for a vehicle includes a housing, at least one light conductor with at least one illuminant provided by an LED on a printed circuit...
2017/0240101 VISUAL INDICATOR ADAPTOR AND ASSEMBLY FOR A TRACTOR TRAILER
A visual indicator assembly and adaptor for a trailer includes a control circuit electrically coupled to a plurality of lamps positioned in a rear header of...
2017/0240100 VEHICLE BADGE
A badge for a vehicle is provided herein. The badge includes a substrate attached to a housing. The housing has a viewable portion. A first light guide is...
2017/0240099 VEHICULAR LIGHT BAR AND LUMINESCENT PLANAR SHEET COMBINATION
A vehicle lighting system is provided primarily for use with emergency response vehicles. The lighting system preferably includes a planar plate mounted to one...
2017/0240098 LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE
A control system of a self-driving vehicle (SDV) can process sensor data from a sensor system of the SDV to autonomously control acceleration, steering, and...
2017/0240097 VEHICLE VISIBILITY INCREASING SYSTEM
A vehicle visibility increasing system includes a vehicle having a rear window and a front window. A pair of light emitters is provided. One of the light...
2017/0240096 INTENTION SIGNALING FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
An intention signaling system for an autonomous vehicle (AV) can monitor sensor information indicating a situational environment of the AV, and detect an...
2017/0240095 STEERING SWITCH DEVICE AND STEERING WHEEL
A steering switch device, which is mounted on a steering wheel, includes a linear switch that includes a hollow insulator having restorability and two...
2017/0240094 LIGHTING DEVICE WITH PRIMARY LIGHT SOURCE AND PHOSPHOR VOLUME
Various embodiments may relate to a lighting device, including at least one primary light source for generating primary light, a phosphor volume spaced apart...
2017/0240093 VEHICLE LAMP HEATER AND VEHICLE LAMP
This disclosure refers to a vehicle lamp heater, comprising a PTC heating resistor, a metallic cooling body fixed to the PTC heating resistor, and a holder...
2017/0240092 RETAINING BRACKETS FOR INTERIOR CONVENIENCE NETS AND OBJECTS
A product for retaining objects that may include a base that may have a central body. A leg may extend from the central body. An anchor arm may extend from the...
2017/0240091 TRAILER-BASED CONSTRUCTION PLATFORM
A support tube end element provides a structure allowing support of trailer platform support tubes to form expansive, stable base useful in house construction....
2017/0240090 VEHICLE GUTTER SPOUT COVER
A vehicle gutter spout cover comprising: a receptacle with a generally smooth outside surface; an orifice located on the receptacle and configured to allow the...
2017/0240089 Mini-Camper Attachable to Vehicle Hitch Receiver
The present invention relates to a camper that is hauled by a vehicle. The camper is collapsible into a compact easy traveling position that is connected to a...
A camper that is hauled by a vehicle. The camper is collapsible into a compact easy traveling position that is connected to a hitch receiver on the vehicle....
2017/0240087 DECEASED ANIMAL MOVING DEVICE
A deceased animal moving device lifts and transports a deceased animal. The device includes a base configured for being moved on a surface. A mast is coupled...
2017/0240086 LIFT GATE SYSTEM WITH EXTENSION PLATE AND A LIFT GATE PLATFORM
The present invention provides a lift gate system. In one embodiment, the lift gate system comprises a lift platform, a lifting mechanism, and at least one...
2017/0240085 VEHICLE BEVERAGE HOLDER ASSEMBLY
A beverage container holder may include a beverage container receptacle, a gimbal set including outer, middle and inner gimbals surrounding and connected to...
2017/0240084 WALLET RELIEF IN SEAT CUSHION
A vehicle seat includes a seat member having a support cushion with a first hardness value. A relief member is disposed in the support cushion and has a second...
2017/0240083 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEAT COVER AND SEAT COVER
A method produces a seat cover (2), which seat cover includes at least one body contact surface (7, 9) and seat cushion side surfaces (8.1, 8.2, 10.1, 10.2)...
2017/0240082 VEHICLE SEAT
A vehicle seat is provided with a seat cushion and a seat back. The seat back is provided with a resin frame at least a part of the rear surface side of which...
2017/0240081 FASTENING STRIP FOR FIXING A SEAT COVERING TO A SEAT CUSHION OF A CAR
One aspect of the present invention provides a fastening strap for fixing a seat covering to a seat cushion of a car. The fastening strap includes a plurality...
2017/0240080 CUSHION COVER, IN PARTICULAR FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CUSHION COVER
A cushion cover (100), in particular for a vehicle seat (1), includes a surface layer (102) and at least one embossing (120) in the surface layer (102). A...
2017/0240079 CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS
A distributed control system for a vehicle seat includes a control module for communicating on a single communication bus and a plurality of nodes connected to...
2017/0240078 SEAT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM
A seat air conditioning system includes: a seat pad that constitute a seat on which a user is seated and that is resiliently deformed to support the user on a...
2017/0240077 SEAT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE
A seat includes a back part and a seat part having a seat cover, padding, and a support structure. The seat cover delimits a seat area, which is divided into a...
2017/0240076 INFLATABLE AIR CUSHION SYSTEM AND SEAT ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING THE SAME
The present disclosure provides an inflatable air cushion system of a vehicle seat. The inflatable air cushion system includes an inflatable air cushion...
2017/0240075 VEHICLE SEAT BOTTOM WITH INDEPENDENTLY DEPLOYABLE DEVICES
A seat bottom includes a frame, a first thigh support, a second thigh support, and a controller. The first thigh support and the second thigh support are each...
A seat bottom includes a frame, a first thigh support, and a second thigh support. The first thigh support and the second thigh support are each supported by...
2017/0240073 CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT, CARRIER AND STROLLER DEVICE
A convertible car seat, carrier and stroller device includes a car seat that has a frame, which is rigid. The car seat is shaped and sized to a child. A...
2017/0240072 Convertible Car Seat to Stroller Device
A convertible car seat to stroller device includes a car seat that has a frame, which is rigid. A handle, which is extendable, is coupled to the frame. One of...
2017/0240071 ROTATION MOVEMENT CONTROL MECHANISM AND SEAT
A structure in which two worm wheels are disposed across a worm provides an increase in locking reliability while maintaining stable operation during rotation....
2017/0240070 RELEASE LEVER COUNTERWEIGHT
A counterweighted release lever for a vehicle seat back release mechanism is described. The release lever includes a counterweight providing sufficient weight...
2017/0240069 TORQUE TRANSFER CONTROL MECHANISM AND SEAT STRUCTURE
A torque transfer control mechanism that suppresses output-side displacement, and including a rotation control unit that maintains a locked state when an input...
2017/0240067 TRACK ADJUSTER
A track adjuster may include a cross member, an end stop bracket, an adjustable end stop lever, and/or a connection member that may be configured to actuate...
2017/0240066 IDENTIFYING AND LOCALIZING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT BY CORRELATING HAND GESTURE AND SEATBELT MOTION
A method, system, and vehicle for locating an occupant within the vehicle. The method includes receiving motion data of a seatbelt for a seat in the vehicle...
2017/0240065 COOLING DEVICE FOR BATTERY
A cooling device for a battery that is mounted in a vehicle includes: a cooling fan that is configured to suck air in a vehicle interior, and to blow the...
2017/0240064 VIRTUAL ASSESSMENT OF BATTERY STATE OF HEALTH IN ELECTRIFIED VEHICLES
A vehicle includes a traction battery and a controller programmed to operate the traction battery according to an estimated value of a battery state of health...
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[email protected]: On no issue are Democrats more extreme – and more depraved – than when it comes to Border Security. The Democrat Agenda of open borders is morally reprehensible. It is the great betrayal of the American Middle Class and our Country as a whole. Trump2020
#District Columbia#USA#America
Former @realDonaldTrump longtime assistant speaking to @HouseJudiciary in closed session.
https://t.co/gSDQ1Iym05
[email protected]: Don't ever forget - this election is about YOU. It is about YOUR family, YOUR future, and the fate of YOUR COUNTRY. We begin our campaign with the best record, the best results, the best agenda, and the only positive VISION for our Country's future. Trump2020
[email protected]: In the ultimate act of moral cowardice, not one Democrat Candidate for president - not a single one - has stood up to defend the incredible men and women of ICE and Border Patrol. They don't have the character, the virtue, or the spine. Trump2020
[email protected]: Together, we are breaking the most sacred rule in Washington Politics: we are KEEPING our promises to the American People. Because my only special interest is YOU. Trump2020
[email protected]: THANK YOU ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
"I've had the chance to be on the front row of history," @PressSec says, praising @POTUS. "He's going to have an incredible six years to make this country as strong as it's ever been."
[email protected]: Join me LIVE tonight in Orlando, Florida at 8:00 P.M. Eastern as we kickoff Trump2020. Enjoy.
[email protected]: Departing for Orlando, Florida with @FLOTUS Melania.
"I haven't been hearing that lately," says @POTUS of Iran and the 'Death to America' chants, contending they've stopped since he came into office and pulled out of the JCPOA.
RJC: @AOC's "Concentration Camps" Tweet is Disgraceful
Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan's statement: "I would welcome the opportunity to be Secretary of Defense, but not at the expense of being a good father."
Trump says Acting Secretary of Defense Shanahan has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process, Mark Esper to replace him
Big changes coming the NSC. Fiona Hill out, Tim Morrison in as Russia lead. Erin Walsh takes over Africa from Cyril Sartor. Rear Adm Peter Brown replaces Adm Doug Fears as Homeland Security adviser. Anthony Ruggiero to lead on WMD
Trump: ICE will begin removing 'millions of illegal aliens'
[email protected]: Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, who has done a wonderful job, has decided not to go forward with his confirmation process so that he can devote more time to his family..
[email protected]: ..I thank Pat for his outstanding service and will be naming Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper, to be the new Acting Secretary of Defense. I know Mark, and have no doubt he will do a fantastic job.
[email protected]: German DAX way up due to stimulus remarks from Mario Draghi. Very unfair to the United States.
[email protected]: "ECB officials see Rate Cut as primary tool for any new stimulus." @business
[email protected]: Had a very good telephone conversation with President Xi of China. We will be having an extended meeting next week at the G-20 in Japan. Our respective teams will begin talks prior to our meeting.
[email protected]: The Fake News doesn't report it, but Republican enthusiasm is at an all time high. Look what is going on in Orlando, Florida, right now. People have never seen anything like it (unless you play a guitar). Going to be wild - See you later.
[email protected]: European Markets rose on comments (unfair to U.S.) made today by Mario D.
Crash investigation on Wisconsin Ave NW in Tenleytown.
[email protected]: Mario Draghi just announced more stimulus could come, which immediately dropped the Euro against the Dollar, making it unfairly easier for them to compete against the USA. They have been getting away with this for years, along with China and others.
Police on scene on traffic accident that has NB Wisconsin Avenue NW shutdown at Albermarle St
[email protected]: Only a few people showed up for the so-called Impeachment rallies over the weekend. The numbers were anemic, no spirit, no hope. More importantly, No Collusion, No Obstruction.
[email protected]: Only a few people showed up for the so-called Impeachment Rallies that took place over the weekend. Even the Fake News called it a disaster. On the 4th of Julyfr
[email protected]: Wow. The State Department said it has identified 30 Security Incidents involving current or former employees and their handling of Crooked Hillary Clinton's Emails. @FoxNews This is really big. Never admitted before. Highly Classified Material. Will the Dems investigate this
[email protected]: The story in the @nytimes about the U.S. escalating attacks on Russia's power grid is Fake News, and the Failing New York Times knows it. They should immediately release their sources which, if they exist at all, which I doubt, are phony. Times must be held fully accountable.
[email protected]: Thousands of people are already lined up in Orlando, some two days before tomorrow nights big Rally. Large Screens and food trucks will be there for those that can't get into the 25,000 capacity arena. It will be a very exciting evening. Make America Great Again.

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Review Roundup
The holiday season is well and truly upon us. It's the last weekend before Christmas and all through the house, my D&D group had to cancel because everyone had last-minute stuff come up due to the hol
The holiday season is well and truly upon us. It's the last weekend before Christmas and all through the house, my D&D group had to cancel because everyone had last-minute stuff come up due to the holiday and the end of the year :/ ... But waddyagonnado? Me? I'm gonna probably bake some cookies and just chill, watching some Christmas movies, including MST3K's Manos, the Hand of Fate. Why is that a Christmas movie? Because it's in the same 2-disk box with Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. But that's me.
As for the exact moment, it's time to get you a bunch of reviews.
Today we have: Mythos Tales, BattleGoats, Murder at Blood Mansion, Timeline: British History, The Refuge, Ice Cool, You Gotta Be Kitten Me, Colony, CVlizations, Star Wars: Destiny, Pocket Madness, The King's Armory, La Granja: No Siesta, Escape Room: the Game, Ponzi Scheme, Doom: The Board Game, Deathwatch: Overkill, and Blood Bowl (2016 Edition).
theMCGuiRE review:
Mythos Tales Review
theMCGuiRE review takes a look at Mythos Tales from 8th Summit. This is a story driven game with a horror feel straight from the H.P. Lovecraft's universe! You will work as a team or alone to solve the crimes one by one trying to outwit Professor Henry Armitage and get the best most efficient score possible. The game is super fun and travels well if you are on the go. So if you are looking for an adventure and you don't mind chasing down monsters from the deep, look no further than Mythos Tales!
Toucan Play That Game:
BattleGoats Review
In this video you can find out my thoughts on BattleGoats by Card Lords.
Murder at Blood Mansion Review
In this video you can find out my thoughts on Murder at Blood Mansion.
Polyhedron Collider:
Timeline: British History Review
Timeline is ridiculously simple to play. Each card in the game beautifully depicts an event in history. The front side is merely the artwork and title but on the rear of the card is the year in which this event took place. The aim of the game is simply to empty your hand of cards by slotting a card in between the right events. Flip over the card to see if you're correct, if so the card stays in place, wrong and the card gets discarded and you are forced to draw another card from the deck.
In2thereview:
The Refuge Review
The Refuge was very quickly funded on kickstarter recently, and lucky old me, I've just received mine through the post! The game itself is a mixture of deck building and a race to the finish line, all while trying to outsmart zombies and the other survivors, there is only room for one person at the finish line!
iSlaytheDragon:
Ice Cool Review
School's in session but the penguin students have only one thing on their minds: fish. The winner of Ice Cool is the player who can collect the most.
On your turn, you will flick your penguin pawn a single time. Certain doorways around the school will have fish tokens in your color attached to them. If you flick your penguin through one of these doorways, you remove the fish token and draw a fish card. It's an easy enough goal, but it's complicated by the presence of the hall monitor.
You Gotta Be Kitten Me Review
First things first: you've got kittens, see? That's the thing.
These kittens are wearing sunglasses, hats, and bowties, because why not?
Colony Review
Colony is an engine building and resource manipulation game with dice for one to four players. Players are leaders of postapocalyptic colonies using their scant resources to build up their infrastructure. The first player to reach a certain point threshold is the winner.
Board Game Quest:
CVlizations Review
Players take on the roles of unseen hands guiding a tribe through the ages. As they do so, they will engage in resource gathering activities with the aim of acquiring knowledge and tools in the form of idea cards. Each card awards happiness points at the end of the game and/or a special ability to gain advantage over opponents.
Star Wars: Destiny Review
In Star Wars: Destiny, each player constructs (or uses a pre-made starter deck) of 30 cards. The goal of the game is to reduce the life of your opponent's heroes to zero. This is accomplished by playing cards from your hand and rolling dice to gain attack power, resources or other special abilities. Turns will be played back and forth between players until one player is out of life.
Pocket Madness Review
Pocket Madness (which sounds like a disease received from visiting Yuggoth) is a game about researching the Ancient Old Ones as recorded by the human Howard Phillips Lovecraft. By playing cards, the human players imagine themselves to be opening portals, publishing research and gaining "madness" (more like sanity if you ask me). The human player who is able to have the least "madness" at the end of the game wins.
The King's Armory Review
Luckily for the kingdom, scouts have noticed an impending army of monsters hoping to break through the castle defenses and take the treasures within. This advanced warning has allowed for the necessary preparation for the upcoming battle. This allows the players to set up defensive towers and hire troops to defend the castle. Players will choose from traditional fantasy hero archetypes to command during the game.
Drive Thru Review:
La Granja: No Siesta Review
Intro (00:00); game overview (00:46); final thoughts and review (09:25)
Escape Room: The Game Review
Ponzi Scheme Review
Doom: The Board Game Review
Deathwatch: Overkill Review
Blood Bowl (2016 Edition) Review
8th Summit BattleGoats Blood Bowl Board Games Card Games Card Lords Colony CVlizations Deathwatch: Overkill Dice Games Doom: The Board Game Escape Room Fantasy Flight Games Fantasy Flight Games_ Fantasy Sports Fun Forge Games Workshop Games Workshop_ Gate Keeper Games Granna Ice Cool In2thereview iSlaytheDragon La Granja: No Siesta Miniatures Game Mythos Tales News Pocket Madness Polyhedron Collider Ponzi Scheme Review Roundup Reviews Spin Master Games Star Wars: Destiny Stone Blade Entertainment Stronghold Games Tasty Minstrel Games The King's Armory The Refuge theMCGuiRE review Timeline: British History Toucan Play That Game You Gotta Be Kitten Me
Hello there, Saturday! Nice to see you could stop by. Do come in, have a seat, and make yourself at home.I hope your Saturday is going nicely. I've got baking to do. Cookies, brownies, and maybe some
Hello there, Saturday! Nice to see you could stop by. Do come in, have a seat, and make yourself at home.
I hope your Saturday is going nicely. I've got baking to do. Cookies, brownies, and maybe some other stuff. We'll see.
But that's me. As for you, it's time to get you some review articles to chew on.
Today's articles feature: Fischkrieg Space Mat Starfield, the Pandemic App, They Come Unseen, Age of Tyrants, Thunderbirds, Jaipur, Hengist, Animal Upon Animal: Crest Climbers, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Pharaoh's Gulo Gulo, Expedition: Famous Explorers, Dragon Farkle, Ghostbusters: The Board Game, Codenames, Discworld: Ankh-Morpork, Subterfuge (iOS version), Rome: Rise to Power, Warhammer Quest the Adventure Card Game, and Automobiles.
Chaosbunker:
Fischkrieg Space Mat Starfield Review
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Fischkrieg newest mousepad style Starfield space mat on review at Chaosbunker
Play Board Games:
Pandemic App Review
The Pandemic App is a digital representation of this now classic cooperative board game. You can play it and control all the players or pass and play with your friends.
The Board Game Show:
They Come Unseen Review
Commander Andy Benford was the living and breathing embodiment of Tom Clancy novels while many of us were still cutting our war gaming teeth on the likes of Risk, Stratego and Axis & Allies. (Okay, maybe also Panzer Blitz if you weren't a total wimp.) Benford saw service aboard diesel-electric submarines, a nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarine and a nuclear-powered Polaris ballistic missile submarine, all during the Cold War. He retired from service in 1993.
He also designed a game, They Come Unseen by Osprey Publishing.
Who better than a retired Cold War submariner to design a game that simulates the cat and mouse interactions between Soviet destroyers and NATO submarines in the stormy, icy waters of the Barents Sea? They Come Unseen does just that with palpably tense and exciting game play. That is when you're not trying to clarify a rule in the 10-page FAQ.
Follow the link for the full review!
Quirkworthy:
Age of Tyrants Review
I think I mentioned Age of Tyrants a while back – a forthcoming 6mm scale battle game set in the Urban War universe and designed by a friend of mine: Mark Brendan. Well Mark popped over this week to run through the game with me in its current beta format, and we did a good bit of tinkering to help it along
Shut Up & Sit Down:
Thunderbirds Review
Leigh! Thank you for joining us for this review of the Thunderbirds board game, although as you've never seen an episode of 1960s TV series you won't be allowed to talk. You can nod along, though, and say things like "Wow!".
Dog and Thimble:
Jaipur Review
Jaipur is a great gateway game. My girlfriend is new to modern board games, so I'm always on the lookout for easy-to-play games that work well for two players. It doesn't hurt if the game has some elements of more complex board games, but not enough to be intimidating to someone new to this insanely beautiful hobby of mine. If you're in a similar situation, then I recommend finding a copy of Jaipur.
Hengist Review
In Hengist, players are trying to accumulate the most treasure over the course of the game. Each turn, a player can take an action with each of their three raiding groups. This usually involves moving around the board into positions to raid villages. However, the most direct paths to the best treasure will be obscured, so the obvious path might actually lead to the worst treasure. Through experimentation and the use of spies, players can find the path to the best treasure and increase their wealth.
Animal Upon Animal: Crest Climbers Review
In Animal Upon Animal: Crest Climbers, players are trying to get rid of all the animals they start the game with by stacking them on a mountain. Each turn, players will roll a die that determines how many animals they can stack this turn, and possibly in what manner.
Take care though, because if you knock animals of the stack, you'll have to take them into your herd. Be the first player to rid yourself of your animals and you'll be the king of stacking.
A Dragon's Worst Enemy (A Review of Castles of Mad King Ludwig)
Your main objective in Castles of Mad King Ludwig is to build the most successful castle. Success is defined through secret and public objectives, as well as the whim of every player's grand vision. Every round, one player will be designated as the Master Builder. The Master Builder's most important duty is setting the prices for the various castle rooms that are available to be constructed. In turn order, players will choose which room they'd like to construct and must pay the Master Builder the appropriate amount. After all other players have constructed their rooms, the Master Builder can select from the remaining rooms and this time pays the appropriate amount to the general supply.
Wrapped Attention (a review of Pharaoh's Gulo Gulo)
Pharaoh's Gulo Gulo is a dexterity adventure game for two to six players. Players try to remove boulders from the boulder trap without knocking over the pharaoh's staff or knocking other boulders out in order to move forward along the path. The first player to make it to the mummy's chamber and defeat the final trap lifts the mummy's curse and wins the game.
Road Trip! (A Review of Expedition: Famous Explorers)
In Expedition: Famous Explorers, you are in control of several locations on the world map. Your goal is to push the three ongoing expeditions through your locations which will score you points. But that's not all: You also want to keep the expeditions from passing through locations controlled by your opponents so you can deprive them of said points.
No One Follows a Farkler (A Review of Dragon Farkle)
You may be familiar with this sort of dice game, and the structure here doesn't stray too far from the norm. You roll a handful of dice, set aside some that give you points, and then decide either to push your luck and roll again (knowing you might fail and lose everything you've accrued), or play it safe and lock in your score (all the while knowing you could have scored a LOT more if you just kept rolling).
BoardGameKing:
Ghostbusters: The Board Game Review
Ghostbusters: The Board Game is an adventure board game for 1 – 4 players. They are the professionals in busting ghosts and closing gates to the Spirit World! This game is customizable, cooperative and it has high re-playability. It provides unique illustrations and figures based on the original work and designs of Dan Schoening, who is the artist of Ghostbusters comic book original series. Each Ghostbuster has his own role and unique abilities which can be gained by getting experience. The game has modes for different levels of players. Now it is your move to save the world from creepy ghosts!
Codenames Review
Codenames was published in 2015 by Czech Games Edition. The game was designed by Vlaada Chvátil, the renowned Czech game designer famous for Through the Ages, Galaxy Trucker, Bunny Bunny Moose Moose, Space Alert, Tash-Kalar, Dungeon Lords, Dungeon Petz, and Mage Knight.
Discworld: Ankh-Morpork Review
Discworld: Ankh-Morpork was published in 2011 by Treefrog Games. The game was designed by Martin Wallace. Illustrations in the game were done by Peter Dennis, Paul Kidby, Ian Mitchell, and Bernard Pearson.
Discworld: Ankh-Morpork belongs to the Discworld games family. This series is based on Terry Pratchett's Discworld Universe. It also includes Clacks: A Discworld Board Game, Guards! Guards! A Discworld Boardgame, The Witches: A Discworld Game, Watch Out: Discworld Board Game, and Koom Valley Thud.
Subterfuge iOS Review
Rome: Rise to Power Review
Warhammer Quest the Adventure Card Game Review
Automobiles Review
8th Summit AEG Age of Tyrants Alderac Entertainment Group Animal Upon Animal Asmodee Automobiles Board Game Quest Board Games BoardGameKing Card Games Castles of Mad King Ludwig Chaosbunker Czech Games Edition Discworld: Ankh-Morpork Dog and Thimble Dragon Farkle Drive Thru Review Expedition: Famous Explorers Fischkrieg Ghostbusters Haba Jaipur Mayfair Games News Osprey Publishing Pandemic Pharaoh's Gulo Gulo Play Board Games Quirkworthy Review Roundup Reviews Rome: Rise to Power Sci-fi Shut Up & Sit Down Subterfuge Terrain The Board Game Show They Come Unseen Thunderbirds Videogames Warhammer Quest the Adventure Card Game Z-Man Games
TGN Sunday Snippets
Hey everyone. It's come time for another edition of Sunday Snippets. Hopefully your weekend is going well. Many of you may have tomorrow off from work as well. We'll be in the office, but we're gonna
Hey everyone. It's come time for another edition of Sunday Snippets. Hopefully your weekend is going well. Many of you may have tomorrow off from work as well. We'll be in the office, but we're gonna be having a BBQ in the afternoon. So it'll be a good time had by all! Plus, traffic is going to be a breeze, since all the offices downtown will be closed.
Hey, when you live in Atlanta, a lot of your thoughts turn to how the traffic is going to be. Trust me.
Anyway, in this batch of bite-sized stories we have: Kromlech New Release - Legionary Plasma Gun & Combat Blades, 6 more installments of The Fiver from The Meeple Mechanic, and The Ministry of Board Games Alternative media network launched.
Kromlech New Release - Legionary Plasma Gun & Combat Blades
every commander wants to have the best equipment as possible for his soldiers.
We know that very well and that's why we keep our production line at high speed all the time. Today we have new model of Plasma Gun* and Combat Blades for your Legionaries. The best on market ! Those combat blades are also very effective as swords for your allied Guardsman.
Richard Launius on Designing Defenders of the Last Stand
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Q: Forward host port to guest I have MySQL running locally on my host machine and for reasons™ I can't run it inside of my Vagrant machine. I know that there's a way to address this issue with iptables by forwarding all traffic to 3306 on the guest to the host's IP address and port, but this complicates things a lot for me as I'll have to play around with iptables rules and probably get into TCP masquerading, which would be nice to avoid.
Is there a way in Vagrant (VirtualBox VM) to forward a host TCP port to the guest so that the guest can access 127.0.0.1:3306 and have all traffic forwarded to host:3306 seamlessly? If not, how exactly would I set this up in iptables?
According to this answer, Docker provides a way to do this natively without having to screw around with IP tables rules. Does VirtualBox and Vagrant provide a way to mimic this functionality?

A: Port forwarding (using NAT back network backend) doesn't seem to fit the use case well.
In your use case, Public Network (Bridged Networking) is a better choice. Create a 2nd network in Vagrantfile and do a vagrant reload.
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
  config.vm.network "public_network"
end

Basically this will add an extra virtual NIC in the VM, and it'll get an IP from the same DHCP server in your network. Get its IP by using ifconfig -a or ip addr.
The host <=> VM will be able to communicate. VM should be able to connect to mysql running on the host via port 3306.
HTH

A: I have two solutions, one involving iptables hacking and one more straightforward using SSH.
Tunnel a Host Port to the Guest over SSH
When connecting to the guest using vagrant ssh, pass the port along as an argument:
vagrant ssh -- -R 3306:localhost:3306

This will forward the local port 3306 to the remote machine at port 3306.
iptables Hackery
We can use iptables on the guest to forward all traffic to a local port on the guest to a remote port on the host. We need to ensure that the host and guest have more or less static IP addresses in relation to each other to ensure that everything works fine. We'll also need to open a port on the host's firewall to allow the guest to do this.
Give the Guest a Static IP
In your Vagrantfile, set a static IP address for the guest:
config.vm.network "private_network", ip: "10.10.10.10"

Now, when you hit 10.10.10.10, you'll always* be hitting your guest.
Configure iptables in the Guest
Found in this awesome answer in Server Fault:
$ remote_ip=10.0.2.2
$ mysql_port=3306
$ sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport $mysql_port \
      -j DNAT --to $remote_ip:$mysql_port
$ sudo iptables -N INET-PRIV
$ sudo iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth1 -j INET-PRIV
$ sudo iptables -A FORWARD -j drop
$ sudo iptables -A INET-PRIV -p tcp -d $remote_ip --dport $mysql_port \
      -j ACCEPT
$ sudo iptables -A INET-PRIV -j DROP

Then, enable  port forwarding:
$ echo "1" | sudo tee /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

First, test it out, then when you're sure it works, run:
$ sudo iptables-save

I'm not sure that /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward will remember settings on boot, so you might want to add that to a startup script.

Which Should I Use?
SSH is definitely easier to do, but there's a bit of a performance overhead of having to encrypt that port's traffic and forward it back to the host.
iptables feels like black magic, but once you get it working, it's really nice and fairly seamless.

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The art of passing: Derrick Wilson
Can Derrick Wilson get to the lane more in a premier role? (USA Today)
As a high school sophomore Derrick Wilson was a dual-sport athlete, being recruited by Notre Dame, Georgia Tech and Stanford to play running back. At the same time, the 6-foot, 205-pound bulldozer was making a name for himself on the hardwood, drawing high-major interest while running the point for The Hotchkiss School (Conn.).
And when he made the decision to pursue basketball in college, Marquette — ironically the only school on his shortlist not to offer football — was waiting for him. The Hotchkiss point guard averaged 19, 23 and 17 points per game his final three seasons, respectively, and his scouting report read as a scoring combo guard who, per ESPN.com, was "probably most naturally suited to play off the ball. He also was labeled as a ready defender who "[uses] his upper body strength and physicality to keep his man from getting to his sweet spots."
Through two seasons the latter portion of the scouting report has been spot-on. Per Synergy.com, Wilson was Marquette's best defending guard in 2012-13, and the seventh best Big East man-to-man defender (min. 90 possessions) of all Big East guards. He has used that running back-like frame to check opposing point guards, and his fouls-per-40 minutes, which were astronomically high at 7.0 as a freshman, dropped to 3.6 as a sophomore.
But the high school senior who was able to, per ESPN.com, "put points on the board both by overpowering defenders en route to the rim or also from the perimeter with a much improved skill set" has been invisible at Marquette.
In 749 career Division I minutes, Wilson has attempted just 71 field goals, one shot per 10.55 minutes. To put that number in perspective, Jamal Ferguson (one shot per 7.22 minutes), Jake Thomas (one per 4.9 minutes) and even Erik Williams in 2009-10 (one per 4.8 minutes) were more aggressive.
And while as a will-be junior his field goal attempts undoubtedly will increase, there won't be any major changes to his scoring. Where Wilson can improve — and must improve — is how he moves about the court on offense, how frequently he gets to the paint and where his assists come from. Those three three factors combine into Wilson needing to become a more efficient passer and leader for the Marquette offense.
Last year this was one of Junior Cadougan's best traits. Of the senior's 130 assists (we were unable to find three on tape), 52 came inside or around the paint. In other words, 40 percent of his assists came off Cadougan either beating his individual defender or outrunning the opponent's transition defense. Extending the analysis, 72 of his 130 tracked assists resulted in Marquette layups or dunks (13 resulted in jumpers; 45 resulted in 3-pointers). If Wilson had potential to play running back, Cadougan very well could have been his fullback the way he relentlessly attacked the paint.
Given the time and resources a comparison could be made to how high (or low) that number was compared to other Big East point guards; Cadougan's 4.1 assists per game were 10th in the Big East, and few could argue he wasn't one of the better passers in traffic and transition.
What is possible is to compare Cadougan's percentages and assist chart to next year's presumed starter, Wilson. Say what you will about freshman Duane Wilson — and we've said a lot — but Derrick will get the first nod.
Fourteen of Derrick's 56 tracked assists (we were unable to find 1) last season came in or around the paint, where Wilson either beat his individual defender or outran the opponent's transition defense. That 25 percent mark was much lower than Cadougan's. Further, 25 of his assists (45%) resulted in layups or dunks, lower than Cadougan's 55 percent mark.
In the case of Wilson, his description as a pass-first point guard was as a distributor rather than a facilitator. More times than not he was a product of Marquette's offense as a passer, rather than making plays happen within it.
Those percentages happened, in part, because of his role last season (and as a freshman). As Cadougan's reserve, Wilson was in the rotation for his defensive productivity and was the fifth option on offense, meaning aggressiveness to the paint wasn't the top action on his mind. Marquette ran its offense out of the post more with Wilson running the point.
That will have to change this year. The offense is now Wilson's, and while the Golden Eagles have players who can produce on their own — Gardner, Todd Mayo, Jamil Wilson top that list — a point guard who can get to the lane, earn valuable paint touches and create for others is a necessity in any offense.
One of the most important trends to watch early in the preseason will be Wilson's tendencies. Does he let the defense come to him and then react, or does he create his own mismatches? Can he play with that running-back mentality of not waiting for the hit, but rather taking it to defenders? Spurts of this were seen at times — even against Big East defenses — and now it's time for him to do this regularly. He may not get to Cadougan's 40 percent clip, but improving on his 25 percent mark last year is a must for the Golden Eagles to reach their full offensive potential.
If his defensive prowess has taught us anything, Wilson has football tendencies. He's physical, quick laterally and has stellar conditioning that allows him to play as well in his first minute as he does in his last. Now it's his turn to finally do the same on the offensive end and keep Marquette one of the most efficient groups in the country.
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[Brigham Young Sermon]
I gave it as my opinion that the earth did not now dwell in the sphere in which it did when it was created, but that it was banished from its more glorious state or orbit of revolution for man's sake. Also that I did not think the tides were by the influence of the moon, but as the beating of a man's heart, the earth being a living body. Elder Parley P. Pratt inquired what was strictly right as to the association and connection of a man with his wife. I replied that if we had not been brought up in gentile superstition, it would have been right for us to associate equally with all our wives, or as we chose about it. But now it was wisdom to not forsake the wives of our youth, who dwelt in our bosoms while we and they knew not the things of God's more perfect law; for the others, who never enjoyed that constant society, could better endure the distant association than if they had enjoyed the greater familiarities, and better than the first wives could, to many of whom it would be worse than death for their husbands to withdraw from them. As to connection with them, I thought to be strictly right would be to not unite with a woman, in view of impregnation, till seven days after the cessation of the menstrual discharge, in order for the most healthy procreation of our species. Also, that after childbirth, if delivered of a son, the woman should continue forty days in her purification, and if of a daughter, she should be seventy days separated as unclean for a man. As to sexual connection during pregnancy, just as they please about that, they could suit themselves. I also said there were things which I must teach the females, to prepare them for the presence of God, when I could get a place to do it in. ...
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>>I think that adding a base defence mechanism like a turret or maybe even spike traps that can be destroyed by high powered guns may be a good help for people who like to stay out of their base giving an extra layer of protection out of the base. I realise that the turret may cause FPS issues but i do not think spikes can and limit it to 1 p/person to stop mass spam.
Although having a turret at your base would be fun and useful. However, as you've already addressed, it could possibly cause lag and I've seen that happen on other servers.
Moving onto your main idea, the spikes, I think it is a great idea, I doubt it would cause as much lag as a turret would, and I think it would be a fun and useful feature.
+Rep on the spikes idea.
Come on now, you are just going to make raiding impossible at this point taking into account there are World Glow bases everywhere and people do not even know where to shoot at, adding spikes/turrets/any other defence mechanisms would be a hell to raid.
I agree with shadow, although it's an amazing idea I just think that no one needs anymore defence as world glow bases are already hard enough to raid we don't need to add turrets or spikes to this. Also have you considered that trolls may use this to their advantage to mass rdm. They could place spikes in spawn causing people to be trapped, they could put spikes in other people bases causing them to die. I wont minus rep but I wont plus rep.
By spikes i mean that they will damage you so say u run into a base they do 25-50 damage to give people who are solo basers a chance i think that the world glow bases can be countered if people know how to do so.
How will this make raiding impossible?
Turrets May cause lag like you said, but would be useful. To stop them from being OP, maybe they shut off after some time? Or only activate when raided? Things like that. Spikes are a good idea but, we would need specific rules to make sure they aren't used for abuse.
This could be a fix for the "I was afk and Some guy raided my base so it was defenseless" person.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Ninth Circuit Nevada District Court Wang v. Nevada System of Higher Education Filing 269
Wang v. Nevada System of Higher Education
ORDER - Defendant's motion for costs and attorneys' fees (ECF No. 241 ) is granted in part and denied in part. Defendant is entitled to reasonable costs in the amount of $15,696.80. The Court denies Defendant's mot ion with respect to attorneys' fees. It is further ordered that Defendant's motion to enforce Plaintiff Guangyu Wang to order all parts of the trial proceeding for transcript (ECF No. 264 ) is denied. Wang's motion for sanctions (ECF No. 243 ) is denied. Wang's motion for reconsideration (ECF No. 268 ) is denied. Signed by Chief Judge Miranda M. Du on 1/10/2022. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SMR)
Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 1 of 13 1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 5 *** 6 GUANGYU WANG, Case No. 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Plaintiff, 7 ORDER v. 8 9 NEVADA SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Defendant. 10 11 12 I. SUMMARY 13 The jury returned a verdict in favor of Defendant the Nevada System of Higher 14 Education on pro se Plaintiff Guangyu Wang's single remaining claim for retaliation under 15 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a). (ECF Nos. 232, 234.) 16 Before the Court is Defendant's motion for costs and attorneys' fees and motion to compel 17 Wang to order all parts of the trial proceeding for transcript. (ECF Nos. 241, 264.) 18 Additionally, before the Court is Wang's motion for sanctions and motion to reconsider the 19 Clerk of Court's memorandum regarding taxation of costs.1 (ECF Nos. 243, 268.) The 20 Court, having reviewed the parties' motions and corresponding briefs—and as further 21 explained below—will grant in part and deny in part Defendant's motion for costs and 22 attorneys' fees, and deny Defendant's motion to enforce, Wang's motion for sanctions, 23 and Wang's motion for reconsideration. 24 II. BACKGROUND 25 Plaintiff Guangyu Wang filed a first amended complaint alleging five claims against 26 Defendant for retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e- 27 28 filed the motion for reconsideration as an "objection" (ECF No. 268) to the Clerk's memorandum regarding taxation of costs (ECF No. 263). The Court construes Wang's objection more appropriately as a motion for reconsideration. 1Wang Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 2 of 13 1 3(a). (ECF Nos. 21, 105.) The Court dismissed four of those claims, with the remaining 2 claim—the fifth claim—to be tried by a jury. (ECF No. 97.) Wang alleged in his fifth claim 3 that Iain Buxton retaliated against him, in violation of Title VII, by preventing him from 4 retrieving his lab supplies from the Medical School at the University of Nevada at Reno. 5 (ECF No. 105 at 9.) 6 The parties held a settlement conference on August 26, 2019, and Defendant 7 thereafter offered a judgment to Wang in the amount of $5,800.00. (ECF Nos. 111, 241- 8 4.) Wang did not accept the offer and the case proceeded to a jury trial. (ECF No. 241-2 9 at 2.) Jury selection took place on May 4, 2021, and trial began the following day regarding 10 Wang's remaining fifth claim of retaliation. (ECF Nos. 219, 220.) 11 During trial, Defendant's second-chair attorney, Susan Poore, examined one 12 witness on May 6, 2021. (ECF No. 222.) On the following day, Poore presented and 13 argued Defendant's Rule 50(a) motion, which the Court denied. (ECF No. 226.) Later that 14 day, Iain Buxton provided his testimony. (Id.) The jury began their deliberation on May 10, 15 2021, and they returned a verdict in favor of Defendant on Wang's fifth claim. (ECF Nos. 16 228, 232.) The Court subsequently entered a judgment, and Wang filed notice of appeal 17 on June 8, 2021. (ECF Nos. 234, 251.) On June 28, 2021, both Wang and Defendant filed 18 transcript designations. (ECF Nos. 258, 259.) Wang designated only the transcript of 19 Buxton's trial testimony, and Defendant designated the entire trial transcript to be used on 20 appeal. (Id.) 21 After the jury trial, Poore filed a notice of appearance as counsel for Defendant. 22 (ECF No. 235.) Thereafter, on May 24, 2021, Defendant submitted a Bill of Costs and 23 supporting exhibits, with costs and expenses totaling $15,696.80. (ECF Nos. 239, 239-1 24 – 239-34.) Defendant additionally filed a motion for costs and attorneys' fees and attached 25 signed declarations. (ECF Nos. 241, 241-2, 241-3.) Defendant requests $29,722.70 in 26 attorneys' fees, with the total of costs and attorneys' fees to be awarded to Defendant 27 totaling $45,419.50. (ECF No. 241.) 28 /// 2 Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 3 of 13 1 In response, Wang filed an objection to Defendant's Bill of Costs. (ECF No. 245.) 2 On July 23, 2021, the Clerk of Court issued a memorandum regarding taxation of costs. 3 (ECF No. 263.) The memorandum states, in part, that the Clerk was "relying on the 4 judgment entered and finds defendant to be the prevailing party" and that "[c]osts are taxed 5 in the amount of $15,696.80 and are included in the judgment." (ECF No. 263 (emphasis 6 omitted).) Wang objects to the Clerk's memorandum and has filed, which the Court now 7 construes, as a motion for reconsideration. (ECF No. 268.) 8 III. MOTION FOR COSTS & ATTORNEYS' FEES2 9 Defendant argues that, as the prevailing party in this action, Defendant should be 10 awarded costs and attorneys' fees under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 54(d) and 68(d), 11 and 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k). (ECF No. 241.) Defendant further argues this is appropriate 12 when considering Wang's bad faith conduct in this action and at trial. (Id. at 4-12.) Wang 13 counters that his retaliation claim was "serious, reasonable and grounded." (ECF No. 244 14 at 1.) The Court agrees with Defendant that they are entitled to reasonable costs but 15 disagrees that attorneys' fees are appropriate in this instance. The Court will address both 16 issues below in turn. 17 A. Reasonable Costs 18 Defendant claims it is entitled to reasonable costs as it is the prevailing party under 19 Rules 68(d) and 54(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (ECF No. 241.) Rule 68(d) 20 provides that "[i]f the judgment that the offeree finally obtains is not more favorable than 21 the unaccepted offer, the offeree must pay the costs incurred after the offer was made." 22 Rule 54(d)(1) states, in part, that "costs—other than attorney's fees—should be allowed to 23 the prevailing party." As such, prevailing parties are generally entitled to reasonable costs 24 other than attorney's fees. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1); LR 54-1. The Ninth Circuit has 25 interpreted Rule 54(d) "to create a presumption in favor of awarding costs to the prevailing 26 27 28 2The parties filed a corresponding response and reply. (ECF Nos. 244, 246.) The Court notes that Wang's response was filed as an "objection" to Defendant's motion, which the Court construes as his response to the motion. (ECF No. 244.) 3 Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 4 of 13 1 party," Amarel v. Connell, 102 F.3d 1494, 1523 (9th Cir. 1996), and the burden is on the 2 losing party to "show why costs should not be awarded," Save Our Valley v. Sound Transit, 3 335 F.3d 932, 944-45 (9th Cir. 2003) (citing Stanley v. Univ. of S. Cal., 178 F.3d 1069, 4 1079 (9th Cir. 1999)). 5 Here, Defendant made an offer of judgment to Wang prior to trial in the amount of 6 $5,800.00, which Wang declined to accept. (ECF Nos. 241-2, 241-4.) Defendant 7 prevailed,3 as the Court previously granted summary judgment in favor of Defendant on 8 four claims, the remaining fifth claim was found by the jury in favor of Defendant, and 9 judgment was entered accordingly. (ECF Nos. 97, 232, 234.) Thereafter, Defendant timely 10 submitted a Bill of Costs totaling $15,696.80 and attached supporting documents. (ECF 11 Nos. 239, 239-1 - 239-34.) Wang filed an objection to the Bill of Costs raising several 12 arguments but none of those arguments were objections to the costs nor arguments as to 13 why costs should not be awarded to Defendant. (ECF No. 245.) Wang merely concludes 14 his claims are "serious, reasonable and grounded" and he is "actually the prevailing party 15 in this whole case." (Id. at 1-2.) Accordingly, the Clerk of Court issued a Bill of Costs taxing 16 costs in the amount of $15,696.80 and included that amount in the judgment. (ECF No. 17 262.) The Clerk further issued a memorandum expressly stating that the Clerk relied on 18 the judgment entered and "finds defendant to be the prevailing party." (ECF No. 263.) 19 In his response to the motion for costs and attorneys' fees, Wang makes several 20 arguments4 that appear to justify why he brought his Title VII retaliation claims against 21 Defendant in the first place. (ECF No. 244.) But similar to his objection to the Bill of Costs, 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Court notes that Wang filed an objection to Defendant's Bill of Costs. (ECF No. 245.) In his objection, Wang states that "Plaintiff is actually the prevailing party in this whole case." (Id. at 2.) However, this is incorrect, and the Court reiterates the words of the Clerk of Court in the memorandum regarding taxation of costs that the Court "must rely on the judgment entered and finds [D]efendant to be the prevailing party." (ECF No. 263. See ECF No. 234.) 3The 4The Court notes that Wang argues in his response, among his other arguments, that Attorney Susan Poore should be sanctioned by the Court. (ECF No. 244 at 8-9.) This argument, however, is not a proper response to Defendant's motion for costs and attorneys' fees and elsewhere (see ECF Nos. 245 at 2, 265 at 4-5, 268 at 2). The Court will address sanctions against Poore below only when addressing Wang's motion for sanctions. See infra at pp. 8-9. 4 Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 5 of 13 1 none of Wang's arguments dispute the costs itself nor provide sufficient basis as to why 2 the Court, in its discretion, should not grant reasonable costs to Defendant. See Assoc. of 3 Mexican-Am. Educators, 231 F.3d 572, 592-93 (9th Cir. 2000) (discussing four reasons a 4 district court can deny costs to defendants and recognizing these "good reasons" are not 5 an exhaustive list). Accordingly, Wang has failed to meet his burden to "show why costs 6 should not be awarded" to Defendant. Save Our Valley, 335 F.3d at 944-45. The Court 7 therefore finds Defendant—as the prevailing party—is entitled to reasonable costs in the 8 amount of $15,696.80 as set forth in the Court's Bill of Costs (ECF No. 262). 9 B. Attorneys' Fees 10 Defendant claims they are also entitled to $29,722.70 in attorneys' fees because, 11 again, they are the prevailing party under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k). (ECF No. 241.) 12 Defendant further argues that Wang's bad faith conduct entitles them to attorneys' fees. 13 (Id. 5-12.) Specifically, Defendant asserts that Wang engaged in a pattern of "bad faith 14 litigation," which includes challenging his deposition testimony, ignoring the Court's orders 15 by filing duplicate documents, engaging in unsupported attacks on opposing counsel, and 16 continuing his bad faith conduct at trial. (Id.) Although the Court recognizes the challenges 17 Defendant experienced in litigating this action given Wang's conduct that led to repeated 18 warnings from the Court during trial, the Court nevertheless finds awarding attorney's fees 19 in this instance to be unwarranted. 20 Section 2000e-5(k) states, in relevant part, that "the court, in its discretion, may 21 allow the prevailing party . . . reasonable attorney's fee (including expert fees) as part of 22 the costs[.]" (parentheses in original). The Ninth Circuit has articulated that under § 2000e- 23 5(k)—the fee-shifting provision of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act—"attorney's fees should 24 be awarded to a prevailing defendant only if the plaintiff's claim was "frivolous, 25 unreasonable, or without foundation." Green v. Mercy Hous., Inc., 991 F.3d 1056, 1057 26 (9th Cir. 2021) (emphasis added) (quoting Christiansburg Garment Co. v. EEOC, 434 U.S. 27 412, 421 (1978)). A plaintiff's claim is not frivolous in this context merely because the 28 plaintiff did not prevail. See Christiansburg, 434 U.S. at 421-22. Moreover, the denials of 5 Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 6 of 13 1 motions to dismiss and summary judgment may suggest a plaintiff's claims are not without 2 merit. See Sanchez v. City of Santa Ana, 936 F.2d 1027, 1041 (9th Cir. 1990). 3 Here, Wang's retaliation claim survived Defendant's various motions to dismiss and 4 summary judgment. (ECF Nos. 19, 50, 97) See Sanchez, 936 F.2d at 1041. On numerous 5 occasions, Wang relied on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's ("EEOC") 6 determination letter to support his allegations that Defendant retaliated against him. (ECF 7 Nos. 105, 244, 245.) The letter stated that the EEOC determined, based on the evidence, 8 there was "reasonable cause to believe that [Defendant] retaliated against [Wang] for 9 engaging in protected activity[.]" (ECF No. 105 at 27-28.) Wang reasonably believed— 10 relying in part on the letter—that Defendant had retaliated against him in violation of Title 11 VII, and he stood his ground by not accepting the offer of judgment. See Mitchell v. Office 12 of L.A. Cnty. Superintendent of Sch., 805 F.2d 844, 847-48 (9th Cir. 1986) (stating that 13 "[a] plaintiff receiving [an EEOC determination] letter would reasonably believe that there 14 was an adequate basis in law and fact to pursue his claim."); Watson v. Cnty. of Yavapai, 15 240 F. Supp. 3d 996, 1002 (D. Ariz. 2017) ("Standing one's ground is not equivalent to 16 frivolousness, unreasonableness, or an action lacking foundation[.]")). While all of Wang's 17 claims were ultimately unsuccessful, the Court finds his claims were not frivolous merely 18 because Wang did not ultimately prevail. See Christiansburg, 434 U.S. at 421-22. 19 However, the Court is mindful that Wang engaged in a pattern of conduct that 20 Defendant's describe where Wang would "file and refile motions, objections and requests 21 for reconsiderations." (ECF No. 241 at 5.) But that conduct is afforded leniency from the 22 Court when considering Wang who, in propria persona, pursued his claims without 23 counsel. Although he is required to comply with the rules that govern this Court, Wang is 24 afforded leniency as a pro se litigant. As the Ninth Circuit has articulated in Miller v. Los 25 Angeles County Board of Education, "pro se plaintiffs cannot simply be assumed to have 26 the same ability as a plaintiff represented by counsel to recognize the objective merit (or 27 lack of merit) of a claim." 827 F.2d 617, 620 (9th Cir. 1987) (parentheses in original). The 28 Court therefore held in Miller that the "Christiansburg standard is applied with particular 6 Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 7 of 13 1 strictness in cases [when] the plaintiff proceeds pro se." Id. Admittedly, Wang's conduct 2 throughout this case gives the Court pause. But his conduct does not amount to 3 "exceptional circumstances" that would permit granting attorneys' fees to the prevailing 4 Defendant. Christianburg, 434 U.S. at 422; see also Harris v. Maricopa Cnty. Superior Ct., 5 631 F.3d 963 (9th Cir. 2011) (italicized and internal quotes omitted) ("[D]efendant is 6 entitled only to the amount of attorneys fees attributable exclusively to a plaintiff's frivolous 7 claims."). Ultimately, the Court must strike a balance between the competing 8 considerations of potentially chilling legitimate Title VII claims on the one hand—a stated 9 critical concern in Title VII and central the very concept of equal opportunity—and, on the 10 other hand, immunizing plaintiffs with potentially unfounded claims from the usual rules of 11 law that govern litigants. See Watson, 240 F. Supp. 3d at 1001 (citing Blue v. U.S. Dep't 12 of Army, 914 F.2d 525, 535 (4th Cir. 1990)). As the Ninth Circuit has observed, "[t]he only 13 purpose served by awarding attorneys' fees to a prevailing defendant is to discourage 14 frivolous litigation." Dosier v. Miami Valley Broad. Corp., 656 F.2d 1295, 1301 (9th Cir. 15 1981). "But an award of fees should not serve to chill employees from pursuing 16 questionable but reasonable claims." Williams v. Clark Cnty. Sch. Dist., Case No. 2:16-cv- 17 02248-APG-PAL, 2019 WL 8051706, at *1 (D. Nev. Feb. 4, 2019) (citing Christiansburg, 18 434 U.S. at 422). The Court finds that Wang's conduct was not so egregious as to justify 19 risking the potential chilling effect of pursuing non-frivolous Title VII claims. 20 Because the Court finds that Wang's claims were reasonable, and in weighing 21 possible chilling effects of awarding additional attorneys' fees, the Court further finds the 22 taxed costs against Wang is more than sufficient to keep him and others from filing 23 frivolous claims without chilling prospective plaintiffs from pursuing reasonable claims. The 24 Court therefore declines to award attorneys' fees to Defendant in the amount requested. 25 Accordingly, Defendant's motion for costs and attorneys' fees is granted in part and denied 26 in part as stated herein. 27 /// 28 /// 7 Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 8 of 13 1 IV. MOTON FOR SANCTIONS5 2 Wang argues that Susan Poore should be sanctioned under Rule 11 of the Federal 3 Rules of Civil Procedure. The crux of Wang's argument is that Poore appeared at trial to 4 examine a witness and present Defendant's Rule 50(a) motion before filing a notice of 5 appearance as counsel for Defendant. (ECF No. 243.) Wang further argues that Poore's 6 presence destroyed jury scheduling, disrupted trial proceedings, caused an unnecessary 7 delay to trial, and increased the cost of litigation. (Id. at 1.) As a result, Wang requests that 8 Poore "pay all the parties' legal fees including attorneys' fees as a result of her violation." 9 (Id. at 5.) Defendant counters that Wang failed to comply with Rule 11(c)(2) and has failed 10 to show how Poore's appearance has caused any delay, harm, or negative impact on this 11 action. (ECF No. 247 at 2-4.) The Court agrees with Defendant on the relevant latter 12 argument. 13 "Three primary sources of authority enable courts to sanction parties or their 14 lawyers for improper conduct: (1) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11, which applies to 15 signed writings filed with the court, (2) 28 U.S.C. § 1927, which is aimed at penalizing 16 conduct that unreasonably and vexatiously multiplies the proceedings, and (3) the court's 17 inherent power." Fink v. Gomez, 239 F.3d 989, 991 (9th Cir. 2001). Wang appears to move 18 for sanctions under Rule 11 and the Court's inherent authority. The Court considers 19 Wang's motion under its inherent authority only, as a Rule 11 sanction is inapplicable in 20 this instance. 21 Federal courts have the inherent power to punish conduct which abuses the judicial 22 process, including accessing attorneys' fees when a party has "acted in bad faith, 23 vexatiously, wantonly, or for oppressive reasons." Chambers v. NSDCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 24 32, 45-46 (1991) (citation omitted). When imposing sanctions under its inherent authority, 25 a court must make an explicit finding of bad faith or willful misconduct. See In re Dyer, 322 26 F.3d 1178, 1196 (9th Cir. 2003). Negligence cannot sustain a sanction under a court's 27 inherent authority. See Zambrano v. City of Tustin, 885 F.2d 1473, 1485 (9th Cir. 1989). In 28 5The parties filed a corresponding response and reply. (ECF Nos. 247, 248.) 8 Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 9 of 13 1 addition, "[b]ecause of their very potency, inherent powers must be exercised with restraint 2 and discretion." Chambers, 501 U.S. at 44. 3 Here, Matthew Milone has been the lead attorney on record since this action began. 4 (See ECF No. 6.) Milone argued the majority of Defendant's case at trial with Poore 5 examining one witness and arguing one motion. (ECF Nos. 220, 226.) After trial 6 concluded, Poore filed her notice of appearance as counsel for Defendant on May 11, 7 2021. (ECF No. 235 ("Notice").) Poore is admitted and authorized to practice before the 8 Court, which is what she did at trial. (ECF No. 247-1.) Although Poore did file her Notice 9 after appearing at trial, and the record does in fact reflect two different e-mail address for 10 Poore as Wang points out,6 these errors are de minimis and negligent at best. The Court 11 finds Poore neither acted in bad faith nor engaged in willful misconduct that would warrant 12 sanctions under the Court's inherent power. Nor did Poore's involvement at trial create 13 any disruption or delay as Wang claims. Accordingly, Wang's motion for sanctions is 14 denied. 15 V. MOTON TO ENFORCE7 16 Defendant argues that Wang has failed to comply with Rule 10 of the Federal Rule 17 of Appellate Procedure and that he must order the entire trial proceeding transcript in this 18 action. (ECF No. 264.) Specifically, Wang has failed to file with the Ninth Circuit a 19 certificate regarding unnecessary portions of the transcript. (Id.) Wang appears to counter 20 that, outside of Iain Boxton's trial testimony, "other portions of the transcript of the jury trial 21 hearing are not necessary to the appeal" and, if Defendant thinks otherwise, then 22 Defendant should be responsible to pay. (ECF No. 265 at 4.) Wang further counters that 23 his notice of appeal and motion for appointment of counsel "clearly stated that this appeal 24 25 26 27 28 6It is unclear to the Court the exact argument or issue Wang is making with respect to Poore's use of two different e-mail addresses. The Court notes that it previously advised Poore to update her court account information pursuant to LR IC 2-1(g). (ECF No. 237.) Poore's e-mail on the docket record now reflects the one Poore listed on her Notice. 7The parties filed corresponding response and reply to the motion. (ECF Nos. 265, 266.) 9 Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 10 of 13 1 is to resolve the issues about the District Court of Nevada's erroneous decisions on 2 Wang's claims for Title VII intentional retaliation and damages against [Defendant]." (Id. 3 at 7.) Moreover, Wang makes several new and non-responsive arguments regarding the 4 accuracy of the trial proceedings. The Court is not convinced by either parties' arguments, 5 and will deny the motion to enforce. 6 A. Transcript 7 Rule 10(b)(1)(A) of the Ninth Circuit's Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure states, 8 in part, that the appellant has a duty to "order from the reporter a transcript of such parts 9 of the proceedings not already on file as the appellant considers necessary[.]" "Unless the 10 entire transcript is ordered . . . the appellant must—within the 14 days provided in Rule 11 10(b)(1)—file a statement of the issues that the appellant intends to present on the appeal 12 and must serve on the appellee a copy of both the order or certificate and the statement[.]" 13 Fed. R. App. P. 10(b)(3)(A). If the appellee considers it necessary to have other parts of 14 the transcript proceedings, the appellee may "either order the parts or move in the district 15 court for an order requiring the appellant to do so." Fed. R. App. R. 10(b)(3)(C). 16 In his notice of appeal, Wang states he is appealing this Court's last judgment 17 entered on May 11, 2021, orders entered "on the dates including, but not limited to, 18 5/8/2018, 7/12/2019, 3/30/2020 and 5/25/2021," and "orders that may be entered on and 19 after 6/8/2021." (ECF No. 251 at 1.) On June 23, 2021, Wang filed a motion for 20 appointment of counsel with the Ninth Circuit and states that his appeal is "regarding the 21 Title VII retaliation and damages."8 Additionally, he filed a designation of transcripts to be 22 used in record on appeal in this Court and lists Buxton's trial testimony transcript, which 23 was later entered on the docket.9 (ECF Nos. 258, 260.) 24 25 26 27 28 Court takes judicial notice of Wang's motion for appointment of counsel in his appeal to the Ninth Circuit. See Motion for Appointment of Counsel, Wang v. Nev. Sys. of Higher Educ., Case No. 21-15981 (9th Cir. Jun. 23, 2021), ECF No. 3. 8The 9On the same day that Wang filed his designation of transcript, Defendant did the same and designated "Trial Proceedings/Witness testimony" as the following transcripts to be used in the record on appeal. (ECF No. 259.) 10 Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 11 of 13 1 While it is understandable based on the record why Defendant believed the entire 2 trial transcript proceeding should be ordered given the scope of Wang's appeal, the 3 decision of whether to order the entire transcript belongs to Wang, not Defendant. Wang 4 makes clear in his response that he has decided other portions outside of Buxton's 5 testimony are "not necessary to the appeal." (ECF No. 265 at 4.) The Court therefore 6 agrees with Wang that if Defendant believes other portions of the trail proceeding are 7 necessary for the appeal (id.), then Defendant is responsible for ordering them. 8 Accordingly, Defendant's motion to enforce Wang to order all parts of the trial proceeding 9 for transcript is denied. Wang's Additional Arguments 10 B. 11 In his response, Wang raises the following new and non-responsive arguments: (1) 12 there is no audio recording to prove the transcript is "complete, correct, and accurate;" (2) 13 the Court Reporter sent an e-mail to Wang stating that she deleted the audio recording of 14 the trial proceedings; (3) the Court Reporter reminded Defendant's counsel "to use 15 deposition transcripts to defeat Wang" during trial; (4) and the transcript of Iain Buxton's 16 trial testimony is "incomplete and has some errors." (Id. at 6-7.) The Court notes that these 17 allegations are improper responses to Defendant's motion to enforce, as they do not 18 directly respond to Defendant's arguments. However, the Court takes allegations of 19 misconduct against it and its staff seriously, and will therefore address Wang's arguments 20 here. 21 28 U.S.C. § 753(b) of the Court Reporters Act provides, in pertinent part, that 22 "[e]ach session of the court and every other proceeding designated by rule or order of the 23 court or by one of the judges shall be recorded verbatim by shorthand, mechanical means, 24 electronic sound recording, or any other method, subject to regulations promulgated by 25 the Judicial Conference and subject to the discretion and approval of the judge." 26 Additionally, "[t]he transcript in any case certified by the reporter or other individual 27 designed to produce the record shall be deemed prime facie a correct statement of the 28 testimony taken and proceedings had." Id. "While 28 U.S.C. § 753(b) provides a party with 11 Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 12 of 13 1 the right to receive a transcript of in-court proceedings, audio . . . recordings are not subject 2 to disclosure." Johnson v. Young, Case No. 3:14-cv-00178-RCJ-VPC, 2017 WL 662904, 3 at *3 (D. Nev. Feb. 17, 2017). 4 Here, the Court Reporter produced a transcript of Buxton's trial testimony and 5 certified "that the foregoing is a correct transcript from the record of proceedings in the 6 above-entitled matter." (ECF No. 260 at 60.) Pursuant to the plain language of 28 U.S.C. 7 § 753(b), no audio recording is required when another official method of recording is 8 available. Wang offered no evidence to support his assertion that the transcript is incorrect. 9 Even if the Court were to accept Wang's allegation that Buxton's testimony regarding 10 Wang's "excellent" job performance was omitted from the Court Report's transcript (ECF 11 No. 265 at 7), Wang has not demonstrated that this omission has adversely affected the 12 outcome of his trial. See United States v. Carrillo, 902 F.2d 1405, 1409-10 (9th Cir. 1990). 13 Additionally, the allegation that the Court Reporter reminded Defendant's counsel to use 14 the deposition transcript against Wang is improper as the Court was present at trial and 15 did not observe any mishandling from staff. The errors that Wang further raises regarding 16 the misspelling of names of individuals at trial (ECF No. 265 at 7) are de minimis and again 17 do not adversely impact the case outcome. As such, the Court rejects Wang's allegations 18 of improper conduct. 19 VI. MOTON TO RECONSIDER 20 As stated above, Wang filed an "objection" (ECF No. 268) to the Clerk of Court's 21 memorandum regarding taxation of costs, which the Court construes as a motion for 22 reconsideration. See supra n.1 at pp. 1. A motion for reconsideration must set forth "some 23 valid reason why the court should reconsider its prior decision" and set "forth facts or law 24 of a strongly convincing nature to persuade the court to reverse its prior decision." Frasure 25 v. United States, 256 F. Supp. 2d 1180, 1183 (D. Nev. 2003). The Court, having reviewed 26 Wang's motion, finds that Wang repeats several of the arguments he has raised 27 throughout this case and has failed to offer a valid reason as to why the Court should 28 reconsider the memorandum. Accordingly, Wang's motion to reconsideration is denied. 12 Case 3:18-cv-00075-MMD-CLB Document 269 Filed 01/10/22 Page 13 of 13 1 IV. CONCLUSION 2 The Court notes that the parties made several arguments and cited to several cases 3 not discussed above. The Court has reviewed these arguments and cases and determines 4 that they do not warrant discussion as they do not affect the outcome of the motions before 5 the Court. 6 It is therefore ordered that Defendant's motion for costs and attorneys' fees (ECF 7 No. 241) is granted in part and denied in part. Defendant is entitled to reasonable costs in 8 the amount of $15,696.80. The Court denies Defendant's motion with respect to attorneys' 9 fees. 10 11 It is further ordered that Defendant's motion to enforce Plaintiff Guangyu Wang to order all parts of the trial proceeding for transcript (ECF No. 264) is denied. 12 It is further ordered that Wang's motion for sanctions (ECF No. 243) is denied. 13 It is further ordered that Wang's motion for reconsideration (ECF No. 268) is denied. 14 DATED THIS 10th Day of January 2022. 15 16 17 18 MIRANDA M. DU CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 13


The number of obese or overweight U.S. dogs and cats remained essentially the same in 2018 compared to the previous year, according to the latest report from the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP). At 55.8 percent for dogs and 59.5 percent for cats in 2018, the rates are still quite high and concerning, but at least they didn't rise appreciably, as they had for several years in a row.
In addition, pet owner awareness of pet obesity and the associated health risks seems to be growing: 68 percent of pet owners responding to APOP's annual survey said they had tried to help their pets lose weight. That's the good news.
The bad news? Many pet owners reported being confused about pet nutrition and obesity, and it seems their veterinarians are not always helpful when it comes to advising about obese pets and weight loss, according to APOP.
The problem is, veterinarians may be doing the best they can, and clearly that isn't enough. Unfortunately, there has long been a gap in veterinary education curricula in terms of companion animal nutrition, with many vet students receiving only one course on it. While some vets do undertake additional studies in nutrition and even become board certified in it, or others seek out nutrition information and education from various sources throughout their careers, the number is still relatively small.
Thus a disconnect: In the APOP survey, vets were ranked first for where pet owners receive the best dietary recommendations, yet the owners may have no way of knowing, or don't know to ask, exactly what veterinarians are basing their recommendations on.
Further, though two-thirds of pet owners surveyed agreed that veterinarians are knowledgeable about pet nutrition, 20 percent disagreed and 13 percent said they don't know. That may be one reason why "online/internet/website" ranked second as the source for the best dietary recommendations – which is always concerning. Other sources named included pet store, friend, trainer, breeder and groomer, also troubling because those people likely have even less knowledge about pet nutrition than vets do.
What's most worrying: Though 53 percent of pet owners surveyed said their vets discussed their pets' weight during the annual visit, 19 percent said that happened only occasionally, 20 percent said only when asked and 8 percent said no. Perhaps in some cases falling into the latter three categories, the pets have body condition scores (BCS) rated as thin or healthy weight; but if a pet's BCS pegs it as overweight or obese, that should be a key item of discussion between the vet and the owner.
I liken this situation to human medicine. My father struggled with his weight most of his adult life, and I remember my mother complaining that his doctor never talked to him about his weight or diet – unless Mom accompanied him on a visit and insisted it be discussed! Yet today, my doctor asks me about my diet and eating habits at nearly every visit, whether an annual wellness check or for a particular health issue.
That's because, I believe, doctors are becoming more educated about the importance of diet and nutrition as the foundation for good health. With the never-ending humanization of pets, it stands to reason – at least I hope – that veterinarians will eventually understand this connection and veterinary school curricula will catch up.
Of course, whether with humans or pets, compliance is always a challenge. Yet without the knowledge or education behind dietary or weight recommendations, that challenge is only compounded.


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Study: Use of Unregulated Synthetic Cannabinoid Products Falls Following Marijuana Legalization
Jurisdictions that legalize adult-use marijuana access experience a sharp decline in the public's use of unregulated synthetic cannabinoid products, such as Spice and K2, according to newly published data in the Journal of Clinical Toxicology.
NORML's Deputy Director Paul Armentano found the study's results to be unsurprising. "The limited popularity of these products is a predictable outgrowth of criminal marijuana prohibition. As one would expect, there exists little demand for these unregulated synthetic products in an environment where whole-plant cannabis is legal and regulated."
Specifically, researchers identified a 37 percent annual decline in poisoning reports associated with the consumption of illicit synthetic cannabinoids in states where the marijuana was legalized as compared to jurisdictions where the plant remains criminalized.
Synthetic cannabinoids typically refer to illicitly produced cannabinoid agonists, which are added to otherwise inert herbal products. Once ingested, they interact with endogenous cannabinoid receptors to elicit certain physical and euphoric responses that are similar to some of the effects of marijuana, but that are often much more potent.
"This study shows some potential public health benefits to the legalization and regulation of adult use of cannabis," said the study's lead author in an accompanying press release. "Based on both past research and this current study, it's evident that users who have a choice to use a less toxic product would potentially do so."
The data is consistent with prior studies assessing consumers' attitudes and self-reported use of unregulated synthetically-derived cannabis products, such as K2 and, more recently, delta-8-THC and other novel cannabinoids. For example, data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, reported, "Natural cannabis [is] preferred to synthetic cannabis by 93 percent of users, with natural cannabis rated as having greater pleasurable effects when high and being more able to function after use." Another study found that consumers who reported using synthetic products often did so because the products were unlikely to show up on drug tests.
Similarly, a pair of studies published earlier this year found that online searches for unregulated products containing delta-8 THC were far higher in states where whole-plant cannabis is illegal. (Although delta-8 THC occurs organically in the cannabis plant, it is only produced in nominal quantities. By contrast, the elevated quantities of delta-8 THC found in unregulated products are the result of a chemical synthesis during which manufacturers convert hemp-derived CBD to delta-8 THC.)
NORML's Armentano added, "Amending outdated and discriminatory drug testing policies for cannabis, as several states and municipalities have wisely begun to do, will likely drive consumer demand for these unregulated products down even further, thereby providing additional public health and safety benefits."
Full text of the study, "Synthetic cannabinoid poisonings and access to the legal cannabis market: findings from US national poison center data 2016–2019," appears in the Journal of Clinical Toxicology.
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Woman of Tehuantepec, also known as Aztec Woman of Tehuantepec, is an outdoor 1935 fountain and sculpture by Donal Hord, installed in the courtyard of Balboa Park's House of Hospitality, in San Diego, California.

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