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Obama on Drugs
Should reformers dare to hope?
Reason Staff | 11.12.2008 7:00 AM
Last week voters in Massachusetts approved a ballot initiative that eliminates criminal penalties for possessing up to an ounce of marijuana, replacing them with a $100 civil fine. Michigan, meanwhile, became the 13th state to allow the medical use of cannabis.
As Bruce Mirken of the Marijuana Policy Project noted, the percentage of voters approving those initiatives (65 and 63, respectively) exceeded Barack Obama's share of the vote in each state. Furthermore, the results in Massachusetts and Michigan seem to reflect national opinion. For years polls have indicated that a large majority of Americans think that people should not go to jail for smoking pot and that patients who can benefit from marijuana should be able to obtain it legally.
Yet President-elect Barack Obama has retreated from his support for marijuana decriminalization, and his position on medical marijuana remains ambiguous. His reticence on these issues suggests he may disappoint those who hope the Obama administration will move drug policy in a less punitive, more tolerant direction.
One cause for that hope: Obama has been more candid about his own youthful drug use than any president in U.S. history. Although he portrays his pot smoking and cocaine snorting as behavior he regrets, it would be hard for him to justify harsh treatment of drug users when he himself escaped punishment for the same actions and clearly is better off than he would have been had he been arrested.
Given his experiences, it's not surprising that during his 2004 Senate campaign Obama told students at Northwestern University, "I think we need to…decriminalize our marijuana laws." But this year he backed away from that position. His campaign claimed he really meant "we are sending far too many first-time, nonviolent drug users to prison for very long periods of time," and "we should rethink those laws."
It's one thing to say decriminalization should be limited to simple possession of small quantities, or to say that it amounts to eliminating the possibility of arrest and jail, as opposed to repealing all penalties. It's another to say decriminalization means sending a low-level drug dealer to prison for one year instead of five.
That certainly would be an improvement, and Obama should get credit for his willingness to go that far. But it defies belief to claim this was the sort of "decriminalization" he had in mind when he addressed those college students four years ago (when he also described the war on drugs as "an utter failure").
Obama's position on medical marijuana is clearer but still fuzzy around the edges. He has promised to stop the Drug Enforcement Administration's raids on patients and the growers who supply them in states that allow medical use of marijuana. At the same time, he has said the Food and Drug Administration should decide whether marijuana qualifies as a medicine, which may mean he's open to reclassifying the drug so it can be prescribed by doctors throughout the country but may also imply a federal veto over state policy in this area.
The main danger with Obama is that his history of drug use, instead of making him more open to reform, will make him anxious to show he's tough on drugs. Something like that seems to have happened with Bill Clinton, who bragged about ever-escalating drug war budgets and threatened doctors who recommended marijuana to their patients with jail, trampling the First Amendment in his rush to prove his anti-drug bona fides.
"We are going to continue to find ways within the administration to fight legalization and the notion of legalization," a key Clinton drug policy adviser said in defense of this unconstitutional policy, which ultimately was overturned by a federal appeals court. "We're against the message that [California's medical marijuana initiative] sends to children."
Who was this zealous drug warrior, eager to forcibly suppress "the notion of legalization" in the name of protecting children? Rahm Emanuel, Obama's chief of staff.
© Copyright 2008 by Creators Syndicate Inc.
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November.12.2008 at 7:14 am
I'll be pleasantly surprised if he does.
There is no reason to expect he will anymore than our previous drug using Presidents did.
Big Green Monkey
Barack Obama is the kind of president I'd love to sit down and smoke a J with. Although, I'd love to sit down and smoke a J with anyone. Anyone have a J?
If he truly is the Man from Change he'll start withdrawing the drug warriors. If he governs from the center as most have done, he won't. He's under enormous pressure, as the first half-black president, not to do anything stupid, to play it safe, regardless of his campaign promises.
But will that experience translate into more sensible drug policies?
Hahahahahahahahahaha! no, it never does. With Barack's election, we've had three presidents in a row who've admitted to illegal drug use, and no sign of easing up on the drug war.
As long as middle America views drug use as a moral failure while ignoring alcohol use, it ain't gonna happen.
Here's something that the Pres can do with a stroke of the pen – pardon those who were convicted under federal law for intra-state drug activities or for prescribing pain medicine. No need to go to Congress, no need to seek judicial approval. He can go unilaterally, in an area where the Constitution actually provides for unilateral Presidential action.
Is it too much to hope? Probably so.
FrBunny
Clinton…threatened doctors who recommended marijuana to their patients with jail, trampling the First Amendment…
Calling H&R Constitutional scholars: Does this pass muster? Is it a First Amendment issue if a doctor recommends something that is currently illegal? Honest curiosity.
I think neo-Prohibition is more likely than any easing up on the "drug war".
You know how this goes. Sing along
*Power Chords*
Meet the new boss…
At least he was willing to go on record saying he wants to get rid of the crack/coke sentencing disparity.
Of course, the website that said that has now been taken down, but still…
I think the best we can hope for from Obama is that he doesn't ramp up the drug war. Scale it back? I seriously, seriously doubt it.
phalkor
I just don't understand it. Who are the main anti-drug interests in this country? Why would Barack Obama (who seemed like the best chance in a while to move to a sensible drug policy) choose Biden and Emmanuel (who are clearly among the worst)?
Somebody must have a clear and likely financial interest to persecute drug use. Otherwise it just doesn't make sense.
I've got no hope for change.
clearly is better off than he would have been had he been arrested
Or maybe not.
…by which I mean only that an arrest would have prevented him from becoming our next tyrant-in-chief, a karmically dodgy role.
Phalkor,
It is called unions. The public employee unions are a huge part of the Democratic Party. Many of thier members are cops and prison guards who depend on the drug war for a living. Obama is no more likly to end the drug war than he is to tell Detroit to go into Chapter 11.
If Jacob Sullum honestly thinks that Obama's drug use, cocaine snorting or whatever the hell he did will in anyway inhibit him from tossing thousands of other people away to rot, I have to admire Sullum's childlike hopes, even if I feel a little bit sorry for him. I suppose he also beleives that Obama will live quietly and modestly rather than as a millionaire out of his desire to spread the wealth around. Sullum must also believe that Al Gore is going to start worrying about his carbon footprint sometime soon.
Cynical possibility done without any research into whether the following statements are true or not:
1. Minorities voted for Obama in huge numbers
2. A larger percent of minorities are involved in the illegal drug trade
Therefore, well you can draw your own conclusion. But, it looks like a "clear and likely financial interest" to me.
Jimmy Dolittle
Obama clearly knows where his roots are and its pretty obvious he actually CARES for the people which is something you cant say for Dictator Bush. It will be interesting to see what happens once Obama is in office. I for one am looking forward to it.
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Although I find John's above comments perceptive–e.g., public unions and the prison-industrial complex make the Drug War go round, I think it goes a little bit overboard.
A big part of this is ideological: the drugs are bad, mmmmkay? attitude explains a lot.
But there's a silver lining. Medical marijuana is a 75% positive issue in these United States.
California has wink-wink-nudge-nudge legal-for-adults system going on. (Side-by-side with the actual suffering patients, natch.)
The "demonstration effect" from California is huge. People are bad at reasoning with their minds. But if you put something very obvious before them, you best believe they will trust "their own lyin' eyes."
Whatever his other faults, Obama will apply benign neglect to California and we will make serious moves, as a nation, towards MJ decrim.
(Think of it like welfare reform:
the need for it was clear by the 70s; the legislation came in '96. With MJ, need is clear by 90s, legislation is forthcoming [after state advances] in 2010s…)
Elemenope
The pardon power was never intended as a tool for the formation or alteration of policy. I'd be shocked if he did what you suggest for that reason.
O Rly? I love how you just know this. What if he hands off drug policy to Joe "I created the drug czar position" Biden?
I'd like what you say to happen. That would be great. But I think you're fucking dreaming.
No sense in hoping for something that will never happen. As I have told friends of mine many times his "decriminalization" and "stopping raids" rhetoric was just that, rhetoric. He was merely saying it so as not to lose any votes. There hasn't been a single president since the induction of the WOD, really not since the 1920's, who has done anything but ramp up the WOD. More spending, more raids, more everything. I appreciate his candid attitude towards his youth about past drug use, however as Jacob pointed out it will most likely be a catalyst for a stronger drug policy, not a weaker one. Too bad really.
BakedPenguin
"This is the moment when we must renew our resolve to rout the terrorists who threaten our security in Afghanistan, and the traffickers who sell drugs on your streets."
Got that? People who sell drugs to consenting adults are the moral equal to terrorists. I don't know he includes Ayers in that.
CK,
I think that the Unions and the cops are what keeps the ideology going and keep people from really thinking about the issue. The police unions and organizations don't just fight reform, they also make it politically unacceptable to even think about legalizing drugs.
You are right, there is a definitely a monolythic ideology that drugs are poison and such. Part of the reason for that is the public sector unions and police organizations enforcing it.
Ah, wait – he only spoke of the terrorists in Afghanistan, specifically excluding Ayers. My bad.
Also, "…moral equal of terrorists"
The Angry Optimist
The financial incentive for prosecution of the war on drugs is the health of the state.
Police, district attorneys, prison guards, legislators all materially benefit by perpetuating the irrational fear against drugs.
M. Simon
If Clinton is any guide his enforcement policies will be harsher than Bush's.
And how about the coming war with the narco State formerly called Mexico?
From Drug War To Real War
John, I was thinking about my question above and there's another answer. Pharmaceutical manufacturers.
I'm not saying that pot is a panacea, but it sure does do what a ton of pharms do for much cheaper (because its a friggin plant).
The drugs are bad, mmmmkay folks don't seem to realize that pharms are have addled up the collective consciousness of the citezinry to a far greater degree than pot could.
I agree about the California thing, though. Based on my one visit, it really does seem like mj is pretty much *winkwink legal in Los Angeles. I'm pretty sure we can never return to a "just say no" era where pot was equated with heroin.
The alcohol industry also spends a lot of dough.
California's MMJ policy is basically legalization. That is why I laughed at the decriminalization that was on the ballot this past election. If I remember correctly, Prop 215 states you can get MMJ for the obvious such as cancer, glaucoma, AIDS, etc. Then however it goes on to state or anything else you and your doctor decide you need it for. I don't know about the pharm companies really caring about MMJ, I mean sure it would compete with them but they could just grow their own and sell it if it were legal. I do know for a fact though that the Tobacco and Alcohol industry is basically the main contributor to the Partnership for a Drug Free America. They contribute something like 80% of their total income. They are the ones more worried about legal weed, not the pharm companies, imho anyways.
"The pardon power was never intended as a tool for the formation or alteration of policy."
Enforcing the Constitution, based on the President's oath or affirmation to "preserve, protect and defend" it, is not the same as forming policy. So that's not relevant to this particular situation.
In the policymaking area, however, pardons have a role, as Alexander Hamilton explained in Federalist 74: "The criminal code of every country partakes so much of necessary severity, that without an easy access to exceptions in favor of unfortunate guilt, justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel."
Professor Kathleen Dean Moore's study of pardons found many policy-related uses of the pardoning power by the President. Prof. Moore said that Presidents and governors, like the English kings before them, used pardons to ameliorate the excesses of the law, pointing the way to later reforms.
Meet the new boss.
Same as the old boss.
It would require political courage to tell the assholes with a vested interest in the drug war* status quo to pack sand, we're taking the sanity route from now on.
Obama has not displayed any political courage to date. Political skills? Yes. Political balls? No.
* Cops, D.A.s, the prison industrial complex, the rehab industry, the phamaceutical industry, the useless bureaucrats in ONDCP, FDA, the urine testing industry … Feel free to add your own favorites.
If you accept the notion that the federal government has the right to reform its drug policy as opposed to recognzie the fact that federal drug policy is based on a ridiculous interpretation of the ICC then you accept the possibility of the expansion of the federal drug war. I?m sorry, but if they passed an Amendment for Prohibition then why not for pot and speed? Advocating or even not condemning the breaking or bending of the rules in order to achieve libertarian aims can come back to bite you in the ass.
In any political system coalitions rule the government; that means leaders have to spread benefits out to the members of that coalition. As that is the case it isn't a terrible idea to ask who benefits from a government action like the WoD. Note that these benefits not even be monetary in nature.
Danimal
Dugg — http://digg.com/political_opinion/Obama_on_Drugs_Should_reformers_dare_to_hope
Obama clearly knows where his roots are
Hawaii?
Obama strikes me as a remarkably detached man, which may not be a bad thing at all in a President. I don't think he feels particularly rooted or connected at all to any community, with the possible exception of the liberal academics with whom he seems to have the most natural affinity.
On a related topic, H&R will run a post on Obama's broken campaign pledge not to consort with lobbyists, and the remarkably tiny fig leaf provided by the rules for allowing them on to his transition team, yes?
November.12.2008 at 10:00 am
Jimmy Carter. Draft dodgers. Now what were you saying again?
I?m sorry, but if they passed an Amendment for Prohibition then why not for pot and speed?
A question I have never gotten a good answer to.
Drugs will never be legalized because they are the classic example of the best of bad options. People don't like the least worst option. They like to think there is some magic sollution to every problem. Drugs suck and destroy a lot of lives. I think sometimes Libertarians too easily discount that fact. The drug war sucks to of course. The cure of prohibition is worse than the disease of drugs. Either choice is a bad choice. The problem is that prohibition can be sold as an "easy sollution" even though it is not. We can stop the scourge of drugs if we just spend some more money and send a few more people to jail. That is an easy feel good sollution, even though it is a fantasy. The reality is that you will never stop drug use and there are no good sollutions. But since people don't like reality and don't like taking the least bad of a set of bad options, they opt for fantasy and prohibition.
Great photo! The only thing that would make it better was if he was holding a glass a scotch!
Citizen Nothing
Sorry, John. My glass of bourbon and I say drugs are sometimes a delightful choice.
CN,
Yes they are. But sadly there are some people who are degenerates who use them as an excuse to be even bigger degenerates.
If we banned all things that degenerates use as an excuse to be bigger degenerates, there wouldn't be a thing left you could do.
Look at what a simple libertarianish discussion board has done to Leftini.
Part of the problem, as was brought up in the documentary In Pot We Trust, is that no one alive today remembers a time when marijuana was legal. The prohibition started and ended in the same generation. People today have always had marijuana illegal, they don't remember a time when it wasn't which makes legislation a difficult task. Another part of the problem is the governments failure at doing their job. As Redman once pointed out "I used to say, yeah lets legalize pot! If we did that I could smoke pot all day. Then I realized…I already smoke pot all day. It aint hard to find." And that basically sums it up.
RCD and Kaiser,
It also has to do with Prohibition itself. The nannies learned to quietly take away freedoms with insanely misapplied laws, rather than trying to openly legislate away freedoms via Constitutional Amendments.
The real mystery to me is how Prohibition passed anyway. Since when does a document whose specific purpose is to enumerate rights the government must respect get used as a vehicle to strip rights away? Headuptheassism must have been fucking rampant.
Paul R
the paper industry, as hemp makes great paper
the cloth industry, as hemp makes canvas snd sails
the plastics indusrty, as asn english car company is making hemp plastic panel cars
the health food industy, as hempseed is a great source of omegas and protiens
etc etc etc. that is why it is not legal, so many more expensive more polluting industries are against the cheap effecient alternative.
Very true. I am not a prohibitionist. I think they should be legal. I am just saying that the degenerates and the need to make a tough choice are the reasons why so many people buy into prohibition.
If only we could all be Redman and afford 300-400 dollar ounces while still smoking as much as you wish…
Got that? People who sell drugs to consenting adults are the moral equal to terrorists.
That seems a bit disingenuous (c.f., Mexico's current situation…4000 dead in the last 12 months, killed by people who sell drugs to consenting adults). The reason these people are equated with terrorists is that they flaunt the law, use violence to further their ends, etc…
Change the law, and you might end up with people who sell drugs to consenting adults that are less easily equated with terrorists, but in the real world, we are not talking about industrious entrepreneurs making the world a better place.
I think the drug war will go away the same way prohibition did: The government will decide they'd rather tax it and use it as yet another revenue source than ban it spend billions enforcing that ban.
Expect BATFE's acronym to be even more complicated.
BACTFEM, possibly? "Bureau of Alcohol, Cocaine, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, and Marijuana"?
Yeah. Damn those brewers and distillers, anyway, employing thousands, paying taxes, generating profits for investors! No way they are industrious entrepeneurs making the world a better place!
Holy shit, I knew things were bad in Mexico, but not that bad. Thanks for the info.
James Ard
Call me an idealist, but I think there's a chance Obama will do what's right for his people and decriminalize pot. I'm sure his chief advisor, Bill Ayers, has explained what the WOD has done to their beloved hood. Also, as a smoker, hopefully Obama doesn't harbor as many of the nanny tendencies as your run of the mill leftist.
James Ard,
While we're at it, why don't we assume that in the next four years the lion will lay down by the lamb?
And that Michelob light will be magically transformed into Sam Adams Boston Lager.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Some Harmful Ingestible Things.
juris imprudent
With Barack's election, we've had three presidents in a row who've admitted to illegal drug use, and no sign of easing up on the drug war.
All three became parents and have that parental desire to protect their children – even from the things they themselves had done and obviously survived. Don't expect that to change any time soon.
Now that I think of it, Obama might be the president to end the drug war, because he'll need every place to cut costs and obtain tax revenues he can get.
Drudge today had a link saying that the US may lose its AAA rating. There is just no money to do healthcare and the bag of goodies liberals want without going bankrupt. There is a real cruel irony to that. Liberals finally get to take power just in time for the money to run out.
Forgive my ignorance, but what is the AAA rating?
libertarian democrat
RC Dean,
NM means that if the law is changed the drug dealers WOULD be like what you are saying, but in the current illegal state, a large portion ARE bad guys for other reasons.
Economist, I believe he's talking about bond ratings.
The High Priesthood of the Obama is considering whether stories of his alleged drug use should be included in our Holy Scriptures.
Ska,
Thanks. It makes sense, now.
Economist,
I mean the ratings of US treasury bonds. If they ever slipped below AAA the interest rates on them would go up, which would raise the interest costs of servicing them and make it even harder to pay for things. It could end in a spiral into default. That cannot happen. The international community wouldn't let it happen. So what will happen is that there will be some real spending austerity by necessity not choice.
How do you mean "the international community wouldn't let it happen"?
If the US defaulted on its notes, the Chinese, Europeans and pretty much the entire industrialized world would be fucked. If the US credit rating was even close to falling, the international community would step in and tell the President something has to be done. Unless the President were just a lunatic intent on burning the whole place down, he would listen and do something.
He's under enormous pressure, as the first half-black president, not to do anything stupid, to play it safe, regardless of his campaign promises.
Which is why he'll likely keep trying to "stimulate" the economy with credit/currency expansion.
That, I can go along with. I thought he might be saying that the pot 'n' coke industry would be just as bad "in the real world" after legalization.
Okay. So assuming the president wasn't a lunatic intending on burning the place down, what would he do, exactly?
Cut spending and balance the budget. It is the only thing you can do. If you can't borrow anymore, you have to either find more money or spend less.
About. Freaking. Time.
Well, he might have meant something in between what you interpreted it as and what I interpreted it as. But I took in the real world to refer to the current world, where many drug dealers ARE bad guys, as opposed to if we legalized it, which (as we probably agree) would make good guys far more competitive in the market.
Oh and raise taxes through the roof. But there is a limit to how much he can do that because if you raise taxes too much, you run into the Laffer curve and don't get any revenue. He would have to raise taxes where the money is, the vaunted middle class that is so convinced that the Chosen One won't raise their taxes.
"The vaunted middle class that is so convinced that the Chosen One won't raise their taxes."
Hey! I'm middle class, and I called him on that bullshit almost as soon as it came out.
I am middle class to. But my middle and upper middle class neighbors were all Obama voters. They don't think they will have their taxes raised. Good luck with that. I hope it works out well for them.
Mexican drug dealers don't sell on our streets. Their drugs might, but that's not the same thing. However, your second point is correct. Al Capone didn't have seven guys killed over territories to sell legal alcohol. The basic event for a drug dealer is a voluntary transaction. The basic event for a terrorist is murdering innocent people. To compare those two is far more disingenuous than my comment.
To more seriously address the point, as others have pointed out upthread, many drug dealers are not nice people. As others have also said, remove the illegality, as this disappears as well.
The only reason drug dealers kill each other is that you can't go to the cops. What drug cartels and mafias are is a police department for people who can't call the cops. If I am selling drugs and someone robs me, it is not like I can go down to city hall and file a complaint. The only way I can do business is to pay someone a cut of my take in return for them protecting me. In the end, organized crime is just one or another variation of a protection racket.
November.12.2008 at 12:05 pm
it would be hard for him to justify harsh treatment of drug users when he himself escaped punishment for the same actions
By that reasoning, he can't go after associates of Osama bin Laden, since he himself is a close associate of a terrorist.
TallDave
You'd think at some point people would notice creating a black market that funnels money to the most ruthless elements of society not only doesn't keep anyone from using drugs, it leaves a lot of bodies in the streets and makes a lot of evil men very rich.
Cocaine has a 10,000% profit margin from paste in a Colombian field to the streets of America; if it were sold like tobacco or alcohol, it would be only as profitable as competition allowed. No drug dealers in gold chains and Escalades, no addicts blowing their inheritances on a drug problem – and no narcoterrorists in South America and Afghanistan. This is a policy that functions extremely well at only one thing: making drug dealers rich and impoverishing users.
Oil producers can only dream of profit margins like these.
This is a policy that functions extremely well at only one thing: making drug dealers rich and impoverishing users.
It has also functioned quite well to destroy most of our due process rights.
November.12.2008 at 1:00 pm
He would have to raise taxes where the money is, the vaunted middle class that is so convinced that the Chosen One won't raise their taxes.
During the election cycle as far as the media and the common zeitgeist was concerned, the PLAN, that fairy dust entity created during an election year to draw votes, had more credibility as a measure of the man than his actual legislative record with any reference to that record by opposition (where else was it being reported?) considered 'negative' campaigning.
Expect symbolic actions that are in fact commemorative additions of legislative achievements from previous years (Voting Rights Act, Clean Air Act, Disabilities blah, blah). Oh, this may sound cynical now, but by 2012 it will only sound naively optimistic in face of what actually occurs.
RC Dean, LibDem,
But I took in the real world to refer to the current world, where many drug dealers ARE bad guys, as opposed to if we legalized it, which (as we probably agree) would make good guys far more competitive in the market.
That is essentially my point.
It was suggested that equating terrorists and the violent thugs that control the illegal drug trade currently was somehow an unfair conflation between bad guys (terrorists) and good guys ("people who sell drugs to consenting adults").
In fact those networks of people selling drugs to consenting adults are, due to the current legal regime, very similar to the terrorists in terms of the means and methods (sometimes even the same individuals).
bleh, left out a key phrase.
Expect symbolic actions that are in fact commemorative additions of legislative achievements from previous years (Voting Rights Act, Clean Air Act, Disabilities blah, blah) instead of anything like drug reform that may be unpopular with key blocks of bested interests, .
vested, Vested, VESTED
At least we're finally in a position to disillusion leftists.
Alice Bowie
!!! Keep Dope Alive !!!
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Barack Obama is the kind of president I'd love to sit down and smoke a J with.
Barack Obama is the kind of president I'd love to sit down and snort a line with.
Anyone who still believes the leftist nostrums by the time they hit, oh, say, age 30, is immune to disillusionment.
The number one reason besides all the money and special interest industries that profit off the war on drugs that it will not end.
Politicians REFUSE to admit the are ever wrong. What will they do suddenly say oh our bad we screwed millions of people and jailed them needlessly ruining their lives, stripped the public of it's rights by doing so and also managed to kill many innocent no violent "criminals."
Yeah that will happen, keep hittin the crack pipe and dreaming.
As for Obama being a smoker and past (maybe) drug user and changing the nanny state I again say to keep hittin the crack pipe. Politicians unless you never noticed have a tendency to do the very things they forbid the rest of society to do themselves.
It didn't take a fuckin Econ PHD to figure out that spending WAY more $$$$ than you have will eventually catch up to you. Especially when your whole economy is setup on some make believe system of value and winners and losers in business and individuals with home mortgages are being decided by the politicians.
We are so screwed we won't even have any balls to take to a home we also no longer have. Unless of course you have a Fed. backed mortgage than you are fine with you new fixed lower rate and revalued home price spread out over a new length of time.
Everyone paying their mortgage on time should hold back a few months on payments and lets see what that does. If we are just paying Our Fair Share to society in taxes then we should get our fair share in return now that government has gotten into the winner and loser choosing business.
Henry T
This prohibiton could end like the last.
Lack of tax revenue on income in 1931, behold, no more Volstead Act.
Estimated sales tax revenue on California Med. Marijuana, $100 million.
There's not that many clinics and they don't all pay taxes.
Spread the word . . . .
Has anyone noticed what today's Wikipedia Article of the Day is? I like it.
"…writes Senior Editor Jacob Sullum, it would be hard for him to justify harsh treatment of drug users when he himself escaped punishment for the same actions and clearly is better off than he would have been had he been arrested."
Right, just like Bill Clinton went out of his way to get rid of "hostile enviroment" sexual harassment standards, and prevent plaintiff attorneys in sexual harassment suits from digging into the defendants past sexual history.
What?? Oh, yeah, nevermind.
There's just too much money involved in the drug war. Even if we were to tax the estimated $500 billion/year drug trade it would not come close to property forfeitures. And then add in all the jobs created; judges, lawyers, law enforcement, correctional facilities (both private and public), construction companies (prison builders)… the list goes on and on. The drug war is rooted far too deeply in our economy.
Why did they send Tommy Chong to jail for selling bongs on the internet and not give him probation? Not because of some idealogical position. They needed to fill a space in a private correctional facility that the US government has a contract with.
One more little tidbit. Most of the inmates in the NJ State Correctional System are there for either having drugs, selling drugs, doing something illegal to get money to buy drugs or doing something while under the influence of drugs. I just checked. 2006 – 62% non-violent offenders, NJ State Prison. 26,746 total inmates. 80% black and hispanic.
http://www.state.nj.us/corrections/offstats.html
NJ is a fairly liberal state.


OKLAHOMA CITY – Police ordered everyone off the campus at Oklahoma City Community College after a report that someone on campus had a gun. Authorities later said there was no gunman but that a campus security officer accidentally fired his weapon during a search.
Oklahoma City Police Lt. Patrick Stewart said Friday that authorities searched several sites on campus where people had reported seeing a gunman, but didn't turn up anything. He said that included the library.
Stewart said later that a campus security officer accidentally fired his gun as the library was being evacuated. Police spokesman Sgt. Gary Knight said no injuries were reported.
The school said the campus would be closed for the rest of the day.


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Punting Library
A - Z of Betting
Staking Plans
A Range of staking approaches per article
Staking Buster
Take off the limits and shoot for $$$
By Mark Merrick
Find something new to say about staking," the editor challenged me. Believe me, it's a challenge. So much has been written in PPM about staking and money management that it seems we've already covered all the bases.
I decided to dip into my racing library. One of the books I uncovered, and which I hadn't read for many years, is called Mind Your Betting, which was published in New York some 50 years ago.
The plan that caught my eye in this book revolved around the premise that you can put a limit on losses with no ceiling to the amount which can be won.
Sounds interesting? That's what I thought. The plan is known as The Limit Method and the objective is to keep the punter's risk factor at a minimum yet make maximum profits.
I think it's a plan that might well interest those among you who are bored and restless with level-stake betting and who want to expand horizons to take in something that's a bit more exciting and which has the potential to boost profits.
How is this accomplished? By making small bets with the punter's own money and bigger bets with money won (from bookie or TAB).
The capital required for six bets is only $80, betting in theoretical $5 units with the opening bet 2 units, or $10. I use this only as an example. You can use whatever amounts you want.
If all six bets are lost, the scale of the staking would be: first bet $10, second bet $10, third bet $10, fourth bet $15, fifth bet $15 and sixth bet $20. If such a wipeout happens, and let's hope it doesn't, then you clear the slate and begin a new series.
Now for the 'impact' part of the approach. Whenever a winner is struck, the AMOUNT WON is divided into three parts: one-sixth, one-third and one-half. Let's assume you backed a winner and the profit was $120. This is divided by 6, 3 and 2, and the next three bets, then, would be $20, $40, and $60.
If you win again before the new units run out, divide the profit once again and continue until you back two consecutive winners. The series then ends. You begin a new one.
In the current example, I'll assume that the $20 bet was lost and the $40 bet was on a winner at 6/1. The profit would be $240 and divided, as stated, into three parts. The next set of three bets would be $40, $80 and $120.
If the $40 bet won, it would end the series as you would have backed two successive winners. If, however, the $40 bet lost, you would then stake the $80 bet and, if that lost, move on to the $120 bet.
If the $120 bet won, you would once again divide the profit into three parts and continue betting.
Let's have a look at the bet sheet which was included in the book. The writer, James L. Harvey, took the best bet of a newspaper each day, so his approach was to have one bet per day in the series.
The results were: L-L-1 (9/1), L-L1 (6/1), L-1 (10/1), L-L-1 (4/1), 1 (6/1). The opening bet is $10 and we begin with two losing bets, each of $10. The third $10 is on a winner at 9/1. The amount won is $90. This is divided by 6-3-2. We now have bets of $15, $30 and $45 lined up. The fourth bet is $15 and the fifth bet is $30, both losers. Then
we have $45 on a winner at 6/1. The amount won is $270 and this is now divided into three (6-32) which translates as $45, $90 and $135.
The seventh bet, then, is $45 which is on a loser. The eighth bet of $90 is on a winner at 10/1 and the profit is $900. Now we divide this profit figure into three parts (63-2) for $150, $300 and $450. The ninth bet is $150 and the tenth is $300, both losers, so we then have $450 on a winner at 4/1.
The profit is $1,800. Now there is the usual division (6-3-2) which comes out as bets of $300, $600 and $900. The $300 is on a winner at 6/1 and the profit is $1,800.
Now that two successive winners have been backed, the series is closed off. The profit is pocketed. Of course I can hear you say, the US author did a good job in backing such big-priced winners!
I think the test should be seen merely as a guide to how the approach works. Obviously, it will be a rare occasion when you can back such a flow of high-priced winners!
This is certainly not a plan for the faint-hearted, but it could be nicely workable for those punters who are sure and confident about their selections and who are regulars at notching-up two successive winners.
What would happen if your first five bets lost? You would by then be losing bets of $10, $10, $10, $15, $15, a total of $60 and your sixth bet would be $20. If this won at, say, 3/1, your return would be $80, leaving you level-pegging on the six-bet series. In this case, you would simply start a new series.
However, if your final bet had produced a winner at 4/1 or better, I would suggest you then continue the series and split up the profit from the 4/1 winner.
What sort of selection plan would you need to operate this approach with long-term success? I think you need a fairly conservative one but not one that tips you into short prices too many times. Look for the good, solid bets at around 3/1 and upwards.
We have talked many times in this magazine about progression betting, and discussed its good and bad points, but I remain one of those who still believe some form of progression is required when you are betting if you are to have a fighting chance of gaining longterm spoils.
The punter needs some form of boldness to break away from the restrictive nature of level-stake betting. The right big bet on the right horse can turn your betting around for a whole year! The plod-plod of level stakes may be comforting and cautious but does it make anyone rich?
If you have some idea of the average prices of the winners you back over a year, then you can easily formulate a progression staking plan that can square you off once a winner is found. This is guaranteed, not theory. In my book, that's not a bad guarantee to have hanging around.
If you back winners at, say, 2/1, then you will need a fairly sharply climbing progressive-betting approach. The following will ensure that you will level out once a winner comes along at your average price; the profit comes when the prices are greater than the average.
For backing 2/1 chances: 1-1-2-3-4-6-9-14.
If you back, say, seven losers, you are down 26 units. But then you have 14 units on a 2/1 winner. Your return is 42 units. Your total outlay on the series has been 40 units. You have made a small profit of 2 units.
If you want to build in a profit element into the progression, you should back a 2/1 progression for average 3/1 winners, and a 3/1 progression for winners at average 4/1.
Let's say you have discovered that over the course of a year the average price of your winners is 3/1. If you follow the 2/1 progression, you will make a profit as soon as a winner is found.
For example: You back five losers in a row which means bets of 1-1-23-4, a loss of 11 units. Your next bet is 6 units. Your horse wins at 3/1. The return is 24 units. You have bet a total of 17 units. You are 7 units ahead, a profit on turnover of 41 per cent. If you had backed all six horses at level stakes (outlay 18 units at 3 units each), you would have got back 12 units and had a loss of 6 units.
So you can see there is some strength in following such a progression. It may not be the ultimate answer to all your problems but in many instances it is going to prove far more 'strike worthy' than plain old level stakes.
A further staking approach is a variation of the first plan that I outlined here. It may not be absolutely new, but I suspect it will be new to many of our readers, especially those who have joined the PPM readers' team in recent years.
The plan is aimed at ultraconservative bettors and goes like this:
Have no more than five selections for the day.
Back the first selection for $20 to win or to place (depending on your favoured approach).
If it wins or places, take out the stake ($20) and distribute the profit among the other four selections in equal amounts.
However, if the horse loses, go to the next selection and treat it as your first bet ($20 win or place again).
Each time a horse wins, or places, withdraw the stake and allocate the profit to the remaining selections.
This is a somewhat restrained form of all-up betting. It makes sure that if you can land the first bet, you will, at the very worst, break even on the day.
It is not a way to secure fast riches but it is a safe approach and if your picks are good ones (as they should be!), you can make some nice profits.
Let's look at an example: Let's say your first bet won at 3 / 1. That gives you a return of $80. You now deduct your stake ($20) and distribute the rest to your remaining four selections. That's $15 each.
Now you are betting with WINNINGS ONLY. Even if all four lose, you are going to break even on the day. Let's say you get one more winner at 3 / 1. That gives you a return of $60 and a profit of $45. The other three selections lose. Your betting chart will read as follows:
$20 win bet, return $80. Four bets of $15 each, return $60. Total bets equal $80, total return equals $140, profit on the day of $60, or 75 per cent on turnover. Pretty good by any standards.
Finally, let's talk about quinellas and ways of staking to make a nice pile of cash! A lot of people I know bet almost exclusively on quinellas. I was chatting the other day with The Optimist about this subject and he drew my attention to a plan that he believes is a terrific way to go for Q-bet fans.
His favourite staking plan, he told me, goes like this:
1 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 2 - 2 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 4 - 4 - 5 - 5 - 6 - 7.
Using 50c units, this costs just $50 over 16 bets. If you strike a win early with a $25 dividend (say), go right on with the series. As the progression develops, you only need a pay of $12.55 (2-unit bet), or $8.40 (3-unit bet), or $6.30 (4-unit bet), or $5.05 (5-unit bet), or $4.20 (6-unit bet) or, finally, $3.60 (7-unit bet) to make a profit for the series.
Should you strike just one quinella of the proportions mentioned, then you're laughing all the way to the bank. Hit a good one at the end, around Bet 16, and it's really marvellous. All you can lose is $50.
You go through the entire series, by the way, whether winners pop up or not. Should you strike three quinellas at, say, $12 on your 1st, 7th and 14th bets, your return would be 1x12, 2x12 and 5x12. This gives you a total return of 12+24+60, or 96 units, a profit over the entire series of 46 units, or close to 100 per cent on turnover.
This is not a bad way to bet quinellas. You are going through a series of bets with slowly rising stakes and, if your quinellas are on target, you can capitalise on winning streaks.
I hope these few ideas on staking have provided you with food for thought. Money management and staking is such an integral part of horse-racing betting that every punter should do all he or she can to learn as much as possible about these finer points. It's a two-edged game in racing. One is being a good selector, the other is being a very good bettor.
Without good betting habits, the best of selectors can come unstuck. I think we all realise this, and would like to beef up our knowledge. Years ago, I knew little about money management. It took some big losses to get me to the learning table.
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Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee dies at 78
By Kim Hyun-bin
Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee, who built the company into the nation's largest conglomerate and a global technology titan, died in Seoul, Sunday, after years of hospitalization.
Late Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee
"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lee Kun-Hee, chairman of Samsung Electronics. Chairman Lee passed away on Oct. 25 with his family, including Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee, by his side," Samsung said in a statement Sunday. "All of us at Samsung will cherish his memory and are grateful for the journey we shared with him. Our deepest sympathies are with his family, relatives and those nearest. His legacy will be everlasting."
Lee's funeral service has been set up at Samsung Seoul Hospital.
"The funeral procedures has been simplified with only the deceased family members and relatives scheduled to take part," the company said. "We kindly refuse condolence calls and flowers."
Lee suffered a heart attack in May 2014 and since then he had been battling respiratory difficulties.
Sources say that the chairman was capable of breathing on his own without life support equipment but never fully recovered from the stroke.
Born in 1942 in Daegu, Lee took the helm of Samsung Group on Dec. 1, 1987, following his father Lee Byung-chull, founder of the conglomerate, and becoming the second chairman of the corporate titan.
The chairman was the seventh child and the youngest son of Lee Byung-chull, who had three sons and five daughters.
According to the company statement, Chairman Lee was a true visionary who transformed Samsung into a world-leading innovator and industrial powerhouse from a local business. His 1993 declaration of "New Management" was the motivating driver of the company's vision to deliver the best technology to help advance global society.
Lee's first trademark business philosophy, known as the "New Management Initiative," has been embraced by Samsung as a preamble to date. His vision for the future consisted of drastic changes for the industry starting back from the basics and helping to revive the Korean economy. "Change everything except your wife and kids" the chairman used to emphasize, showing his will to change the fundamentals of the conglomerate and strive for innovation.
Through his leadership, Samsung has dozens of affiliates, including the world's top smartphone maker Samsung Electronics and Samsung Life Insurance.
The market capitalization of Samsung Group has soared more than 348 fold under Lee Kun-hee, transforming the company into the world's largest manufacturer of smartphones and electronics.
According to financial research firm FnGuide, the conglomerate, which includes Samsung Electronics and construction company Samsung C&T, has snowballed under his management, with its market capitalization reaching 318.7 trillion won ($282.4 billion) in 2014 from just 900 billion won in 1987, when Lee took over.
He attended middle school in Japan and high school in Seoul, then went to Waseda University in Japan for his bachelor's degree and enrolled in George Washington University's graduate school of business administration in the U.S.
Chairman Lee is survived by his wife, Hong Ra-hee, and only son, Jae-yong, and two daughters, Boo-jin and Seo-hyun.
Industry watchers believe Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong will succeed his father to become the next chairman of Samsung, while his two daughters Boo-jin and Seo-hyun will take supporting roles.
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The Pepper Mill Highland Storm Bantam A travelled to Port Carling Sunday afternoon to meet with the Muskoka Rock. The Storm walked away with a 6-0 win, a nice confidence boost for the team.
The scoring began minutes into the first period. A rush from centre, a few passes from Little and Morissette, onto the stick of Haedicke and he found the opening. The Storm continued to push. The next goal by Crang resulted from action around the Rock's net, assists going to Robinson and MacNaull. First period ended with the Storm leading 2-0. Late in the second period, Dollo intercepted a pass and rushed the net for the third goal, unassisted. Shortly after, Dollo dug out the puck during a battle behind the net. His pass found the stick of Alexander in front of the net, his shot made it 4-0, ending the second period. Early in third, action in the Rock's end, with Storm dominating the play.
Little's hard shot found the opening for the fifth Storm goal, assisted by Haedicke and Morissette. Storm continued to work hard, keeping the play in the Rock's zone. A pass from Haedicke to Walker resulted in another goal for the Storm. That chalked up the first win of the regular season for the Storm Bantam A team. Congrats to Carson Sisson, his first shut out of the season.
The Walkers Heating and Cooling Haliburton Highlands Family Health Team Highland Storm peewee AE travelled to Gravenhurst on Sunday to play the South Muskoka Bears. The Storm took control right from the start but big saves from the Bears goalie kept the score 0-0 into the second period when Tyler Martin scored the team's first goal. The Storm scored three more unanswered goals including Brenden Coumbs' first hat trick of the season before the Bears were able to crack the tight Storm defence for a goal. The Storm scored once more for a solid 5-2 victory.
Over the weekend, the members of JoAnne Sharpley's Source for Sports Highland Storm peewee A team were up before the rooster and travelled to Bancroft to play in the Mineral Capital Cup. They were slated to play a strong Centre Hastings team in the first game of the tournament.
Much of the first was played without a shot, as the players vanquish the cobwebs felt from an early Saturday hockey game. Alex Little opened the scoring on the powerplay, unassisted, with a seeing-eye shot from the point to take the lead. The period ended with the Storm up by one. Aiden Neave scored on a rebound on his backhand with just over three minutes remaining in the second, which was a fast one with few whistles. Centre Hastings made good on a lucky bounce and tied the game two-and-a-half minutes left in the second. It only took Alex Little 52 seconds to open the scoring in the third period, and the Storm benefitted from a unfortunate bounce from an own goal by Centre Hastings, and the lead was extended to 4-1. The lead was cut into by an odd tally pushed in with a hand, but later Alex Little added another goal to complete the hat trick and was named a well-deserved player of the game.
The second game featured a Arnprior team unfamiliar to the Storm. The chippy affair with numerous minors, saw Dylan Keefer potting a goal to open the scoring on the power play showing patience and going high glove with a nice shot, assists coming from Cole Prentice and Aaron Bellefleur. A defensive miscue led the tying goal by Arnprior, but only minutes later, a hard shot off of Bellefleur's stick was tipped in front and Joe Boice had his first of the game, the first ended with the Storm up 2-1.
Alex Little scored a beauty goal rushing down the right side, in the second, using his speed to increase the lead by two, Ty Mills and Brenden Newhook with the helpers. Standout goaltender Darian Maddock was incredible in the win as he faced many great scoring chances and made a highlight reel glove save in the middle frame to preserve the lead. As the period continued the two teams traded goals and watched the clock tick down with the Storm up 4-2. Arnprior seemed to throw everything into it, but the Storm carried the play and Joe Boice added the only goal of the third, making the game out of reach and the final was 5-2 Storm. Goaltender Darian Maddock earned player of the game.
As the Storm marched into the finals, they found themselves pitted against a powerful Tweed team who blew out the host Bancroft Jets by a score of 8-2 to earn themselves a right in the A championship. The two combatants fought ferociously for two periods as they played tied at zero with both goalies standing tall in the process. Both benches were in high hysterics as they fired out orders making quick line changes. In the third period, both second year peewee players and team leaders Alex Little and Joe Boice found the back of the net and first year goaltender Darian Maddock was perfect, shutting out the opponents. Joe Boice earned player of the game. Congratulations are in order as our defending champs come home with their first tournament championship of 2015/16.
The Joanne Sharpley's Source For Sports Highland Storm peewee A team, took their five-game unbeaten streak into an afternoon matchup with opponents the Parry Sound Shamrocks. The Shamrocks were never in this game as our Storm team took puck possession and rarely gave it up. The defence rotated and covered for one another and communicated well. Joe Boice (2G2A) dazzled the crowd opening the scoring on a nice backhand goal, and Cole Prentice (3G2A) added another to take a 2-0 lead into the second.
Game changing efforts often don't show up on the score sheet, but the forecheck of Tyson Clements, Dylan Keefer and Nick Phippen, was great keeping the pressure on the opponents' defence and the puck low in their zone. Aaron Bellefluer (1A) was a nightmare for the Shamrocks offence as he consistently angled them to the outside, as they entered the Storm's end. The home team added another goal and widened the lead to 3-0 entering the third. The quick puck moving and skating continued in the last frame as the Storm outmatched the Shamrocks in every regard. The Storm's goaltending was again solid as a rock. Darian Maddock recorded his second consecutive shutout, and third in six games. The final score was a 5-0 beating.
The weekend began with a game against the Huntsville Otters in Huntsville. The team played a great game even though they lost 9-2. Goals were scored by Colby Coumbs and Addison Carr. The next two games were played in Minden against the Parry Sound Shamrocks. The Storm were on fire the first game winning 5-1. The goals scored by Colby Coumbs, Kadin Card, Isaac Lee, Graeme Armstrong and Cheyenne Degeer. The second game was a battle with the Storm and Shamrocks tying 3-3. The goals scored by Colby Coumbs and Graeme Armstrong. The Timbermart Novice play in Minden on Saturday, Oct. 10 at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. against the Huntsville Otters. Hope to see you there.
The Emmerson Lumber Atom A Storm started off their double header against Parry Sound with a solid first period. The Storm fought hard in the second period with Cooper Coles opening the scoring assisted by Austin Boylan. The Shamrocks fought back scoring two goals ending the game with a 2-1 win over the Storm.
The Storm's second game against the Shamrocks was another good effort by the team. The Shamrocks opened the scoring in the first period but the Storm battled back with Gage Hutchinson and Kyan Hall both scoring goals assisted by Evan Armstrong. The Storm battled through but we're not able pull past the Shamrocks. The final score was 5-3 Shamrocks.
The Storm atom team travelled to Gravenhurst Sunday to play against South Muskoka Bears. The Bears opened the scoring in the first period putting the Storm down 3-0 going into the second. Storm's Logan Tripp scored the first goal assisted by Cody Keller bringing the Storm back into the game. Although the Storm battled hard the final score was 7-1 Bears.
The Bancroft IDA / Canadian Tire Midget B Girls Jets opened their 2015-16 regular hockey season on the road Sunday morning in Ennismore. Looking to build on their recent Oshawa tourney success, the Jets showed little rust as they took on the Eagles in their early morning tilt. The Jets soared out to an early 1-0 lead just a few minutes into the first period with a Katie Funk touch pass to spring Kenndal Marsden who beat the Ennismore tender with a forehand-backhand deke. Midway through the first, Sydney Feir put a snap shot past the Eagle's netminder, finishing off a nice pass from Ella Hedley. Katie Funk made the first period score 3-0 with a beauty high-blocker wrister.
The Jets continued their attack into the second period with Erin Kavanagh's sweet short-handed rush and 4-0 high-slot wrister that beat the Ennismore goalie clean. Kenndal Marsden finished off a dandy give and go with Jamie Little, slipping her second tally of the game into the net with a weak angle rebound shot off the post. Sydney Feir added her second of the game shortly after with a tic-tac-toe from Ella Hedley and Kelsey Maracle. Late in the second frame, Maracle finished off a heads up two-on-one from a sweet saucer pass from Feir to make the score 7-0.
The Jets used the third period to build on their puck control and sharing of the puck to continue their improving play making. Early in the third, Kelsey Maracle added her second of the game with a great deflection after a dynamite D-to-D play to create an open lane shot from Jamie Little. Midway through the third, Kenndal Marsden netted her third of the morning with a goal-mouth scramble slipping the hat-trick marker past the Ennismore tender. Sydney Feir rounded out the 10-0 score, also netting a hat-trick, finishing off a late period rush to score her third of the game. Katie Hoover stopped all Ennismore shooters earning the shut out win.
Nice game to get the regular season started girls. Keep building on your puck possession, shared team passing and heads up play. Next midget B girls' game is their "home opener" on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. where they will host the Keene Wolverines. The Jets then take on the Lindsay Lynx in Haliburton on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 5 pm and then are back in Bancroft on Monday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. taking on the Peterborough Ice Kats.


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IBC Foundation teams with Walgreens to reduce prescription drug abuse through expanded safe medication disposal
by	IBC Foundation Team	/ Friday, 22 March 2019	/ Published in Community Health, News
Stephen P. Fera, of Independence Blue Cross, with Governor Tom Wolf.
Stephen P. Fera, senior vice president of Public Affairs for Independence Blue Cross, joined Governor Tom Wolf and representatives from Walgreens to highlight safe medication disposal kiosks throughout southeastern Pennsylvania. These kiosks allow individuals to safely and conveniently dispose of unwanted prescriptions, including controlled substances such as opioids and over-the-counter medications year-round, at no cost.
Through its Supporting Treatment and Overdose Prevention (STOP) initiative, the Independence Blue Cross Foundation (Foundation) has awarded nearly $1 million dollars to help fight the opioid crisis. This total includes grants to area nonprofits and support of the installation of five new Walgreen kiosks throughout the southeastern region of Pennsylvania, including the kiosk located at the Broad and Chestnut store where this event was held.
"In partnership with Walgreens, we provide safe and accessible locations for our community members to discard unused, unwanted or expired medications." said Lorina Marshall-Blake, president of the Foundation. "This initiative highlights our commitment to ongoing state and federal prescription drug take back programs." The next National Prescription Drug Take Back day is April 27. Check the Foundation's website to find a participating site.
The STOP initiative aims to increase awareness and access to effective community-based opioid treatment and prevention through these and other initiatives:
Someone You Know, a grassroots effort of the Foundation that shares real stories of addiction and recovery — through print, video, and community events — to reduce the stigma and humanize the disease of addiction.
A regional study to examine the utilization and effectiveness of warm hand-off programs that connect overdose survivors immediately with treatment programs.
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The IBC Foundation is a charitable, private foundation, whose mission is leading solutions for a healthier community. The Foundation targets the following areas of impact: Strengthening the Blue Safety Net, Bolstering the Health Care Workforce, Addressing Health Priorities, and Community Innovation.
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Video: Stem Cell Therapy in Panama with Dr. Riordan and Mel Gibson
Host Michael Beattie discusses stem cell therapy using *human umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUCT-MSCs) at the Stem Cell Institute in Panama with renowned applied stem cell scientist and founder, Neil Riordan, Pa, PhD and acclaimed actor, director and producer Mel Gibson.
Dr. Riordan discusses the miraculous progress of a spinal cord injury patient and pilot whose doctors said that he would never walk again. He talks about where the stem cells come from, how they work and why they can treat so many seemingly different conditions. Dr. Riordan explains how umbilical cords, and subsequently, hUCT-MSCs used at the Stem Cell Institute are carefully selected using molecular screening. He also discusses why mesenchymal stem cells from umbilical cords function better than MSCs from adults, especially as they age or if they are suffering from a disease like multiple sclerosis. For example. MSCs from a newborn multiply exponentially compared to MSCs from an older adult.
Mel Gibson discusses his father's miraculous recovery, literally from his deathbed after receiving hUCT-MSCs at the age of 92. He's currently 99 and still going strong having been treated in Panama several times since then. Mel also discusses his personal experiences in Panama.
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The Boland branch of Pest Control Specialists has been operating under the ownership and management of Mike Turner since 2004. Mike has been involved with The Specialists since 2000, before undertaking the ownership of the Boland branch. The Boland area has a small, but the burgeoning industrial centre is surrounded by vineyards and farming communitiesSwellendam and Hermanus. The team is dedicated to delivering excellent service to every customer and we make our expertise and services available 24/7. We are experts in the specialised fields of bird and termite control. Please do not hesitate to contact us directly for all your pest control queries. Our friendly office staff, Ina is there to answer any questions you might have. Our expert operators are Alroy, Ricardo and Wynneman and can assist you with any of your concerns.
Pest Control Specialists in Boland are an industry leader in providing environmentally safe, reliable and superior services in order to protect our customer's health, food and property. Trusted and Recommended since 1978.


Directions For the cake: Arrange an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour the bottom and sides of 2 nonstick, 8-inch round, baking pans. Set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with a whisk attachment, combine the cake mix and orange zest. Mix for 20 seconds at low speed until the zest is incorporated. Add the orange juice, egg whites, and vegetable oil. Blend at low speed for 30 seconds. Increase the speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes, scraping the bottom and sides of the bowl with a spatula, as needed. Divide the batter between the prepared pans and bake until golden and a cake tester inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, about 30 to 32 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool the pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes. Turn the cakes out onto a wire rack and allow to cool completely, about 1 hour. For the frosting: In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, beat together the butter and creme fraiche at high speed until smooth, about 10 seconds. With the machine running at medium-low speed, gradually add the powdered sugar until incorporated. Add the raspberry jam and increase the speed to high. Beat until the frosting is smooth and spreadable, adding water, 1 teaspoon at a time, if needed. To assemble the cake: Arrange 1 cake layer, flat side up, on a cake stand. Using a spatula, spread a thin layer of frosting on top leaving a 1/2-inch border. Spread 1/4 cup of raspberry jam on top of the frosting. Arrange the other cake layer on top. Using a spatula, frost the top and sides of the cake. Decorate with fresh raspberries. Cut the cake into wedges with a slightly wet knife and serve. Store the cake in a plastic container in the refrigerator. Allow the refrigerated cake to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.


To apply to the Georgia Department of Education an applicant should review our advertised job postings and apply for the position(s) that best fit their employment history and qualifications.
Reference the job announcement number in the email subject line or cover letter. All documents submitted must be in .doc (WORD) or .pdf files only. Do not send links and/or downloads.
NOTE: Position announcements are subject to close at any time, once a suitable list of applicants has been compiled. Please be sure to read the minimum qualifications posted for each position. Some of the education-specific positions require Georgia professional educator's certification. Official documentation of certification is required with the application/resume. An application or resume received will not be considered for a position without certification documentation if required. Georgia professional educator certification inquiries can be directed to the Georgia Professional Standards Commission by calling 404-232-2500 or visiting the web site at www.gapsc.com.
Applicants who obtain degrees(s) from a foreign college or university must submit with their application an international Education Evaluation Letter showing the degree obtained is equivalent to degree(s) obtained at a college or university inside the USA. Internal Educational Services (www.naces.org/members.htm) or the Association of International Credentials Evaluators (www.aice-eval.org/Organizatios.aspx).
Under limited supervision, works with a team to design and implement educational research, planning, development, and evaluation activities for the Georgia Department of Education (GDOE) facilities division. Duties include assisting in the coordination of the capital outlay planning and application process; assisting in the management of the bonding process; evaluating facilities programs and processes, making recommendations for improvements, serving as the primary manager for the Capital Outlay Planning System (COPS); interpreting laws, rules, and policies governing the facilities program and making recommendations regarding proposed revisions; assisting with the development of annual specialized statewide program budgets; assisting with the preparation and updating of local bond debt service records; establishing and maintaining appropriate spreadsheets for project reimbursement calculations, system calculations, and summary data as required by general accounting practices; analyzing and auditing incoming documentation from local school systems to assure compliance with existing laws, rules, and guidelines; preparing appropriate communications to local systems informing them of expected disbursements or shortages with rationale; consulting and cooperating with other facilities staff for budget development, bond sales, as well as disbursements; assisting field consultants and advising local systems as requested; and developing presentations for local school systems, GDOE staff, the State Board of Education, and legislators.
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Pay grade 17 – Annual salary range $43,063.23 (minimum) to $75,523.31 (maximum) commensurate with current employment and relevant education/training and work experience, and available funding. Benefit options include life, disability, dental and health insurance, annual/sick leave, and Employees' Retirement or Teachers' Retirement.
Consideration/interviews will begin as soon as a list of applicants is established. Applications/resumes will be evaluated and only those meeting the qualifications may be forwarded to the hiring manager to be considered. Candidates chosen for interviews will be contacted directly. No notification will be sent to applicants except those who are selected for interviews. Due to the large volume of applications received, we cannot provide application status information.
It is the policy of the Georgia Department of Education not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, disability, citizenship, gender, pregnancy, childbirth or other related conditions, national origin, religion, military or veteran status, political opinions or affiliations, genetic information or age in its employment practices.
The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) and each associated State School is a registered participant in the federal work authorization program commonly known as E-Verify. The GaDOE utilizes the program to verify employment eligibility of individuals hired on or after July 1, 2007.


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Jane always wanted to be a nurse and at the age of 17 began her training in Glasgow. Her nursing career has been varied with time spent on chemotherapy and surgical wards, working in a medical centre in Spain and providing nursing support for the set builders of a Harry Potter film.
Now a community nurse, Jane has been happy working part-time whilst being mum to her two boys with her husband Barry working full-time as the main wage earner for the family. But after Barry was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, the family has been put under great pressure.
"Barry was only 39 when he was diagnosed," Jane remembers. "To begin with we coped ok, but then last year his condition got worse and his medication changed. This meant he had to take a lot of time off work so we were hit financially. It was a worrying time."
The pressures of coping with everything became overwhelming for Jane.
"I was struggling so I went to see a counsellor for help. Whilst we chatted, she talked about charities that could help nurses. She sent me the details for Cavell Nurses' Trust so I got in touch."
Cavell Nurses' Trust was able to quickly process Jane's application and ensure she and her family received funding to cover essential bills.
"We are just so grateful. You get on with your job and don't expect things like this to happen so it's nice to know that people are giving money to Cavell Nurses' Trust to help nurses when they need it."
The good news is that Barry's condition has now stabilised and he's able to get back to work. Jane is relieved that their lives are getting back on track.
"The help from Cavell Nurses' Trust has made a huge difference at a very difficult time for all of us. All our energy was being spent trying to get Barry back to health so it was such a relief to know financial help was there, it was one less thing to worry about. Anything which helps to keep things normal makes such a difference!"
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A lot of people claim, that Puffy Mattress is without a doubt, among the most comfortable mattresses available. They often compare it to enjoy sleeping on a cloud.Also, clients suffering from back pain, say that they feel relief with Puffy's Adaptive Flexible Cloud Technology. With Puffy, you receive both a 101 night sleep trial, alongside a lifetime warranty.
The Nature's Sleep mattress differs from many mattress manufacturers on the market, as it's made with 4 layers of foam.These 4 layers give a hand in helping support heavier individuals. It also helps out by decreasing movement transfer.
The 2 greatest aspects when looking to buy a new mattress, is comfort and support.There are a number of things that should occur when you lie down. You want the sinkage and contour to be right, for proper spine alignment. You also need a mattress to properly support your body, as you sleep at night. It's critical to have proper alignment from top to bottom as you sleep. This is necessary to be sure you receive a healthy rest, and to ensure you are reducing your back and neck pain. While being supportive of your own body, a suitable mattress must provide stress relief. The stress points on your body are precisely what's in control of you thrashing during the evening. Memory foam mattresses have made their way into the spotlight, by not only being comfortable, but as equally supportive.
This is along the same lines, as when we talk about comfort and support. Just like a mattress should never be too hard, it should also never be too soft.A mattress should be as neutral as it can be, to ensure both your body and spine remain in a neutral position.Too much rigidity in a mattress will irritate the stress factors, creating pinched nerves, in addition to the blood to stop flowing. If you find that a lot of the times you awake, with the feeling of having pins and needles in your body, this is a sign of a mattress that's too rigid. And if your mattress is too soft, this can create a sagging effect, similar to a hammock. When this happens, you can end up with back pain, because of your spine not being correctly aligned.This is why it's imperative to find a mattress that's close to neutral. You need your mattress soft at the right places, without being overly soft. But you also want your mattress to be supportive, without being too rigid.


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Representation of SNF Consultant: U.S. ex rel. Tober v. Global Empire, LLC (D. Md.)
We served as lead counsel representing a consultant to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in connection with a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation of alleged False Claims Act (FCA) violations concerning medical necessity of therapy services. The case resulted in the successful resolution of the government's allegations with no payment of attorneys' fees to relator or imposition of administrative remedies.
Successful Settlement with HHS-OIG on Behalf of a Private Equity Backed Portfolio Provider
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Successful Declination of Qui Tam for Long-Term Care Company
Lead counsel for a large long-term care company named as a defendant in a FCA qui tam action involving allegations of medically unnecessary services and improper billing
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Successful Settlement with HHS-OIG for Hospital System
Represented a large hospital system and negotiated a favorable settlement with HHS-OIG utilizing the OIG's Self-Disclosure Protocol. More specifically, our team conducted an internal investigation into possible compliance issues, drafted the disclosure for provision to HHS-OIG, and negotiated the final settlement between the parties resulting in a favorable resolution for the hospital.
We represented a large hospital system and negotiated a favorable settlement with HHS-OIG utilizing the OIG's Self-Disclosure Protocol. More specifically,...
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A tale of an American newspaper's attempt to bring a corrupt administration to account is a film of the time. It is not only about acquiring the story - there is the moral need to go to print even at a personal cost.
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In a very short time since they appeared, digital photo frames have become so popular that they now regularly invite aesthetic experimentation. In his recent project Poser, Constant Dullaart has offered an ironic view of this media. Slipping inside the device, the artist has designed some chroma keys of himself and, using a cinematic technique, he has added himself into some group portraits found online (one of the distinguishing features of the Dutch artist is his reworking of material from the web). From Leon Battista Alberti onwards, art history is littered with attempts to overcome the physical limits of the frame – to enter into or move beyond it. Therefore the originality of Poser is not to be found in this invasion, but rather in the artist's intention to inhabit contemporary technological devices, to become part of them and to understand their specific natures. However, Dullart's work also raises some important questions about the boundaries between public and private space in our current culture of participation. The Dutch artist dramatically violates the privacy of a group that, in the act of posing, has made explicit its strong mutual bonds of belonging. But a picture published on the web tends to lose its original values and with them the identity and bonds on which it was based. Dullaart takes his advantage from this short-circuit between private reminiscences and the public imaginary to make a foray into the everyday lives of other people, which have become a globalized showcase and – as such – the place of choice of every contemporary artist.


St. Philomena School is, and has been an integral part of St. Philomena Parish since its founding in 1958. The majority of families in the school are members of the parish and many take part in parish ministries and activities. Practicing membership in the parish is rewarded with tuition reduction. Our priests take seriously their role of providing Mass and the sacraments for the students on a regular basis. To maintain this relationship of the parish community it is hoped that every family will take an active interest and participate in parish functions and activities.


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Here's the official trailer for "Hairspray" based on Broadway musical based on the movie. It hits theaters this Summer. If you loved John Waters' Hairspray, you'll probably hate this. It looks like they've removed anything dark, edgy or interesting that the first one had and replaced with sugar, glitter and Travolta. BARF!
Michelle Pfeiffer looks hot, but she didn't need to embarass herself with this cotton candy crap!


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We save lives by talking to individuals. to enable clients reform their own lives.
SAFA Cumbria provides free counselling by professionally qualified counsellors to children and adults who self-harm or have an eating disorder. It aims to protect and preserve the health and relieve the needs of people across Cumbria who self-harm, or who are affected by others who self-harm.
I'm I am participating in the Manchester Half Marathon for Joshua Jenkinson because I am wanting to raise money and awareness.


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Institute supports HIT Training campaign: Don't Waste The Future of Hospitality
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Institute of Hospitality supports HIT Training's industry-wide callout for hospitality businesses to pledge Apprenticeship Levy Funding.
There isn't a business within the hospitality industry that's not affected by staff shortages. Organisations large and small are struggling to attract and retain the talent they need to help their business not only run effectively, but to grow. This isn't a challenge that can be solved on a case-by-case basis, it's an industry-wide problem that needs an industry-wide solution.
That's why HIT Training is launching a revolutionary new campaign for 2019. Don't Waste: The Future of Hospitality, aims to bring the industry together to champion the varied career opportunities available and implement practical solutions to lessen the skills shortage.
As part of this, HIT Training is calling on Levy-paying business in the hospitality sector to pledge to fund at least one apprenticeship outside of their company. The campaign launches as new research reveals that 65% of Levy-paying hospitality businesses are currently unaware they can transfer 10% of their funds to SMEs or charities in the sector (this will increase to 25% this year).
With £1.28bn of unspent Levy funding in the UK and less than half of hospitality businesses which have used their Apprenticeship Levy, there's an untapped opportunity to use this capital to tackle the skills shortage and protect the future of the sector.
The initiative is already gaining traction in the sector with a number of sector-leading companies signed up to the pledge and to support the campaign, including Bidfood, UKHospitality, the Institute of Hospitality (IoH) and The Springboard Charity.
To assist Levy-paying businesses, HIT Training has created a pledge portal where companies can commit their support to transfer a percentage of their Levy fund or download more information on how the Levy transfer process works. The expert team at HIT Training can also help form a partnership with an SME and oversee the process of taking both parties through the Levy transfer process, if required.
Speaking about the campaign, Jill Whittaker FIH, Managing Director of HIT Training, says:
"Hospitality is one of the most vibrant and exciting sectors to work in, yet we continue to face multiple challenges when it comes to dispelling the outdated and negative perceptions of what a career in the industry entails. The year ahead is going to be a challenging one for everyone, so we need to do all that we can to protect our industry and provide aspirational career opportunities to the next generation of hospitality stars.
"That's why we've launched the Don't Waste: The Future of Hospitality campaign. We want to bring the industry together to utilise its combined resources and support businesses of all shapes and sizes to provide high-quality development opportunities through apprenticeship programmes. Together, we have the power to make real change and protect the future of our industry."
Peter Ducker FIH, Chief Executive of the Institute of Hospitality, says:
"This is a clever and effective solution to create a sustainable pool of hospitality professionals – our future managers and leaders – for the greater good of our growing industry. I congratulate the companies that have already pledged their support and encourage more to do the same. It is in all of our interests to invest in the large numbers of well-trained and motivated personnel that the UK hospitality sector will require going forward."
The Apprenticeship Levy applies to all businesses with an annual PAYE bill of over £3m at the rate of 0.5% of their total pay bill. Businesses which fall under this threshold must pay 10% of the cost of apprenticeships, with the Government funding the remaining 90%.
More information on the Don't Waste: The Future of Hospitality campaign
Pledge a percentage of your Apprenticeship Levy fund to the sector
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Hope & Glory forges partnership with Institute of Hospitality


Broadly, Sweden and England are more or less at the same level so far in this tournament. Both have won two matches and lost one. But when it comes to ranking in their respective group, Sweden is on the top while England is at number 2 (after Belgium). The present Swedish team includes players like Robin Olsen, Karl-Johan Johnsson, Kristoffer Nordfeldt. As for the English team, Jordan Pickford, Jack Butland, Nick Pope are some of their prominent players.
As per our astrological match prediction, it is foreseen that Sweden will win this match against England. But it may not be a cakewalk for Sweden. England will try their best to outdo Sweden, but stars will favour Sweden at this stage and so will destiny.
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Guitarist Rhythm Troubles – How to Stay on Beat!
Lots of beginner, and even intermediate guitarists have rhythm problems, I did as well.
The problem is not really that we don't have a sense of rhythm, but I think it has more to do with the fact that by simply missing 1 beat, so for example plucking just 1 or 2 notes off beat, guitarists tend to get totally off beat from there.
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