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Affordable Housing & Cost of Living Policy
Hetty Johnston2019-04-15T16:39:41+10:00
Housing that is affordable and accessible remains out of reach for many people in Australia. With housing ownership rates falling, particularly for people under 65 years and those on low incomes, Australia is facing a crisis of accessibility and instability.[1]
According to the University of New South Wales and the Australian Council of Social Services, [2] approximately 3.05 million people were living below the poverty line in Australia in 2015-16. Of these people, around 739,000 were children.
In dollar terms, the poverty line in Australia is about $433 per week for singles ($22,500 pa) or $909.00 per week ($47,000pa) for a couple with two children.
Electricity prices are going up, with many low-income people choosing between food and electricity. Additionally, fuel prices, particularly in rural and remote regions are extraordinarily high.
In those regions, in particular, food is also expensive, with families not being able to afford fresh fruit and vegetables – something that is essential for good health, particularly for growing children.
Increased affordable housing
The Australian Government must act to ensure that affordable housing is available, in greater numbers, across all communities. This is not simply an increase in social housing, but I am also calling for a substantial investment in affordable housing for people who are working but not able to afford housing close to their work. Essential workers such as nurses, police, child care workers and teachers simply cannot afford to live in many of our cities – this needs to change.
Depending the economic modelling you read, changes to negative gearing will either make housing more affordable for young people or drive investors from the market leading to a housing shortage and price increases.
Some would say this is merely a cynical plan to increase revenue and will not impact on the market. Some say the effects on retirees will be impacted despite the promises to the contrary.
It is difficult to know what the actual outcome will likely be. We don't know if this policy is politically motivated to deliver a budget outcome or people motivated to deliver housing affordability. Until such time as this becomes clearer, I believe it is dangerous to support this policy.
Tax-free thresholds
We need to raise the tax-free thresholds for aged pensioners to $10,000 ($192 pw) to enable them to participate in employment, if they want to, without penalty to supplement their inadequate pension payments. The same to apply to others receiving limited government benefits, such as the disability pension. In addition to helping with their immediate living costs, this approach would also incentivise people to successfully find work and would provide an opportunity to some of the nation's disadvantaged people to achieve an increased income equal to, or approaching the poverty line.
Australia is perfectly positioned to increase its 'clean, green food' provider status. We call for increased federal funding for the farming sector, social enterprises and research to increase food production, export and security, particularly in remote, regional and disadvantaged communities in Australia. Focussing on supporting the production and dissemination, nationally and internationally, of healthy, locally grown, high quality Australian food, we believe that an increase in funding to the farming sector is not only necessary but positions Australia well into the future as food increasingly becomes the global number one commodity.
We know that this will have a positive outcome – not only nutritionally, but also economically in areas and communities who need economic stimulus.
This is about dignity. A hand up, not a hand out.
Where there's Hetty, there's hope!
[1] John Daley & Brendan Coates (March 2018), Housing Affordability. Re-Imagining the Australian Dream, Grattan Institute.
[2] ACOSS and UNSW Sydney (2018) Poverty in Australia 2018.
Child Protection & Families Policy
Children are our future. Raising strong, healthy, resilient children is the responsibility of all adults in Australia – whether we have children, or not. The saying that 'it takes a village to raise a child' has never been truer. What we know I believe all Australian children, young people and families deserve to be protected through a functional legal system and broader... Read More
Transparency & Accountability Policy
It is clear that Australian's are disillusioned by our governments and, to some extent, the decisions of the public service. Regardless of the huge amount of clever, honest people working in the system, the 'Canberra bubble' continues to shock us with decisions that are neither transparent nor fair. It seems that every time we turn on the news, there is a... Read More
Health & mental health Policy
The Australian health system is world-leading, but is under ongoing threat due to misfocussed funding, workforce shortages, and community access to services, particularly in rural and remote regions. What we know Between public and private hospitals, the primary health system, allied health, community mental health and other services seeking to support individuals and families across our community, there are still people... Read More
Qld Independent for the Australian Senate
Peta Kaye Croft – Testimonial
Former State Member for Broadwater Peta-Kaye Croft has thrown her support behind Hetty Johnston's campaign for the Senate in Queensland. Ms Croft said "I am absolutely stunned by the process of the Family Court system in Australia. Anyone involved in this process would know it is costly, frightening and potentially has consequences that can impact people's lives. Hetty is the... Read More
Hetty Johnston blasts ALRC review's proposal to flick 'broken' family law system to states
MEDIA RELEASE 11th April, 2019 Independent Senate candidate Hetty Johnston has accused the Federal Government of giving up on the nation's children after it released a review into the family law system. The long-awaited Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) report makes 60 recommendations including a proposal for control of the family law system to be handed to the states and territories, rather... Read More
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We need more people like Hetty Johnston in leadership to give hope for the future. Hetty is - and will continue to be - a champion for the people. Make the difference – vote for Hetty!
Thank you Hetty for being a candidate for Senate in Queensland at a time when many people are disillusioned with political representation at all levels of government. You give hope to Queensland to have a choice of a true champion for the people, who will courageously rock the boat to ensure the needs of the region are addressed. It takes passion and strength of character to do what you do.
Hetty, I have known you for more than 20 years and admire your courage of convictions and for being genuine – what you see is what you get. I applaud your integrity and for being a person of strength balanced with compassion for the people.
I hope Queensland is fortunate enough to have you as their strong voice in Parliament and watch the benefits flow their way.
Retired Logan Mayor Pam Parker
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Huawei phone news
Huawei just got another 90-day license extension in the US despite ban
Maggie Tillman · 18 November 2019
- Latest development in year-long trade war
The US government has issued a new 90-day extension to allow US companies to do business with China, the US Commerce Department said on Monday.
The Trump administration first placed Huawei on an economic blacklist, called the Entity List, last spring, citing national security concerns. But, in an attempt to minimise the impact on customers, especially in rural America, the US Commerce Department issued several license extensions, effectively allowing Huawei to continue buying US-made goods.
Huawei could get access to Google Play Services again "very shortly"
Reuters claimed the Trump administration is now opting for another 90-day extension, even though it initially wanted a "two-week reprieve". It reportedly ran into "bureaucratic issues", however. Huawei said this latest extension "won't have a substantial impact" on its business, and it won't "change the fact that Huawei continues to be treated unfairly either".
The new extension, called a Temporary General License, will specifically allow "carriers to continue to service customers in some of the most remote areas of the United States who would otherwise be left in the dark," said US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
The Commerce Department is also exploring whether to issue individual licenses to US businesses so they can sell components to Huawei. For more about the US-China trade war and how it will impact your Huawei handsets, see our guide here.
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Gunmen believed to be members of a criminal gang stormed a school in central Nigeria, the Government Science College (GSC) in the town of Kagara in Niger state. Wearing military clothes according to residents, they stormed the Government Science Secondary School Kagara at around 2am on Wednesday, One student was killed. dozens of other pupils, teachers and relatives were kidnapped. 650 students had been in the school when it was attacked. The number of students and staff members kidnapped by the assailants from the boarding facility housing hundreds of schoolchildren is still unknown. Residents of the community were on high alert. President Muhammadu Buhari ordered security forces to coordinate a rescue operation, his office said.
Only two months ago, more than 300 students were kidnapped from a school in Kankara, in nearby Katsina state. Troops with air support were tracking the bandits. The state governor on Wednesday ordered the closure of all boarding schools in areas at risk from bandit attacks.The region is increasingly a hub for criminal gangs who raid villages, killing and abducting residents after looting and torching homes. The gangs are largely driven by financial motives and have no known ideological leanings.
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Rabbi Dr. Daniel Sperber is a professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and an expert in classical philology, history of Jewish customs, Jewish art history, Jewish education and Talmudic studies.
Sperber was born on November 4, 1940 in Gwrych Castle, Wales. He studied for rabbinical ordination at Yeshivat Kol Torah in Israel, earned a doctorate from University College, London in the departments of Ancient History and Hebrew Studies. He is currently Professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University in Israel and serves as Rabbi of The Menachem Zion Synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Sperber's publication record in Jewish studies includes Minhagei Yisrael: Origins and History on the character and evolution of Jewish customs. He won the Israel Prize in 1992. His studies include examination of halakhic and minhagic foundations of the role of women in Judaism. He has been a participant in conferences of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance and written extensively on the topic of inclusion of women in certain ritual services.
He is married to Phyllis (Chana) Magnus, originally of Highland Park, Illinois. The two have ten children and live in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.


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$16,196 FOR URALLA TO RECOGNISE ABORIGINAL CULTURAL HISTORY
Uralla Shire Councillor Kevin Ward, left, Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall, Anaiwain Elder Uncle Les Townsend, Cr Bob Crouch (obscured), Elder Kathy Kelly, Cr Tara Toomey (obscured), Deputy Mayor Isabel Strutt and Mayor Mick Pearce at the funding announcement yesterday.
NORTHERN Tablelands Adam Marshall says a $16,196 NSW Government grant will enable Uralla Shire Council to establish an Aboriginal cultural display to show off local indigenous artefacts and help forge new tourism and community links.
Mr Marshall made the announcement yesterday at the Uralla Visitor Information Centre with Mayor Mick Pearce, who said council would work with local Aboriginal Elders to showcase traditional pieces and give visitors a better understanding of the local heritage.
The grant will be used to set up artefacts in special display cabinets in the soon-to-be upgraded Information Centre.
"The display will allow tourists and Uralla residents to experience and learn about the local Aboriginal culture," Mr Marshall said.
"It's a great initiative and an idea that has come from the Elders and I'm pleased the council has backed this project.
"It will add another dimension to a tourist information centre that is increasingly attracting visitors who want to see and learn more about what Uralla has to offer.
"Uralla has never had a dedicated space to display Aboriginal artefacts but now it will and importantly it will also preserve local heritage for future generations."
"Uralla has a proud history and having a dedicated place for Aboriginal history adds to that proud tradition."
Local Anaiwan Elder Uncle Les Townsend paid tribute to Uralla Shire Council and others instrumental in making the project happen.
Another Elder Kathy Kelly, who is part of the team at the visitor information centre, said the project and grant is a small step but another in the broader reconciliation story and ties in with the Reconciliation Week theme for 2018, which is Don't Let History be a Mystery.
The project is part of the NSW Government's Regional Cultural Fund and is one of 68 from 12 regions across the state sharing in close to $50million in first round grants.
Cr Pearce said nearly one-third of council's employees have Aboriginal heritage and Uralla was a town proud of its history, both Aboriginal, bushranger and settler.


What's running Android Jelly Bean and coming straight out of New Delhi, India? The latest Micromax Canvas concept phone, created by Deepak Ahuja. He imagined a Micromax Canvas 3 A120 smartphone with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean on board and a 5 inch IPS LCD display with a 720p resolution.
Inside it we find a 1.7 GHz quad core processor with Cortex A9 technology, while at the back there's a 12 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and upfront a 2.1 megapixel secondary cam. The device comes with 8/16/32 GB of storage and 2 GB of RAM, as well as a 2800 mAh battery, that feels huge even for a 5 inch phone. The design of the Micromax Canvas 3 handset feels like a more rectangular Galaxy S with a Home Button shape that clearly reminds me of Samsung.
The back side looks really smooth and elegant and the camera and flash may be a bit too small to be realistic. Those are my only objections, but overall the concept is pretty good and it would be cool if a future Indian phone would look like that.


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American Dreams In the tradition of Alice Walker this electrifying new African American voice delivers the verdict on the urban condition in a sensual propulsive and prophetic book of poetry and prose Whether she
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Author: Sapphire
In the tradition of Alice Walker, this electrifying new African American voice delivers the verdict on the urban condition in a sensual, propulsive, and prophetic book of poetry and prose Whether she is writing about an enraged teenager gone wilding in Central Park, fifteen year old Latasha Harlins gunned down by a Korean grocer, or a brutalized child who grows up to esIn the tradition of Alice Walker, this electrifying new African American voice delivers the verdict on the urban condition in a sensual, propulsive, and prophetic book of poetry and prose Whether she is writing about an enraged teenager gone wilding in Central Park, fifteen year old Latasha Harlins gunned down by a Korean grocer, or a brutalized child who grows up to escape her probable fate through the miracle of art, Sapphire s vision in this collection of poetry and prose is unswervingly honest Stunning One of the strongest debut collections of the 90s Publishers Weekly
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Ramona Lofton was born in Fort Ord, California, one of four children of an Army couple who relocated within the United States and abroad After a disagreement concerning where the family would settle, her parents separated, with Lofton s mother kind of abandoning them Lofton dropped out of high school, fleeing her abusive father, and moved to San Francisco, where she attained a GED and enrolled at the City College of San Francisco before dropping out to become a hippie In the mid 1970s Lofton attended the City College of New York and obtained a MFA degree at Brooklyn College Lofton held various professions before starting her writing career, working as a performance artist as well as a teacher of reading and writing.Lofton moved to New York City in 1977 and immersed herself in poetry She also became a member of a gay organization named United Lesbians of Color for Change Inc She wrote, performed and eventually published her poetry during the height of the Slam Poetry movement in New York Lofton took the name Sapphire because of its one time cultural association with the image of a belligerent black woman, and also because she said she could easily picture that name on a book cover than her birth name.Sapphire self published the collection of poems Meditations on the Rainbow in 1987 As Cheryl Clarke notes, Sapphire s 1994 book of poems, American Dreams is often erroneously referred to as her first book One critic referred to it as one of the strongest debut collections of the 1990s.Her first novel, Push, was unpublished before being discovered by literary agent Charlotte Sheedy, whose interest created demand and eventually led to a bidding war Sapphire submitted the first 100 pages of Push to a publisher auction in 1995 and the highest bidder offered her 500,000 to finish the novel The book was published in 1996 by Vintage Publishing and has since sold hundreds of thousands of copies Sapphire noted in an interview with William Powers that she noticed Push for sale in one of the Penn Station bookstores, and that moment it struck her she was no longer a creature of the tiny world of art magazines and homeless shelters from which she came The novel brought Sapphire praise and much controversy for its graphic account of a young woman growing up in a cycle of incest and abuse.A film based on her novel premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009 It was renamed Precious to avoid confusion with the 2009 action film Push The cast included Gabourey Sidibe, Mo Nique, who won the Academy Award for her portrayal of Precious mother Mary, Mariah Carey, and Lenny Kravitz Sapphire herself appears briefly in the film as a daycare worker.Sapphire s writing was the subject of an academic symposium at Arizona State University in 2007 In 2009 she was the recipient of a Fellow Award in Literature from United States Artists.Sapphire currently lives and works in New York City.
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Jesika says:
It was so disturbing. Definitely not for the faint of heart or for people who can't handle explicit sexual language. I guess I would say to read this because you should know of the sour to appreciate the sweet.
This is a good collection of stories and poems, which I had ther fortune of seeing Sapphire read most of when I was a senior at NYU. She has one of the most powerful slam styles, almost making me believe I like slam poetry.
My favorite poet.
Powerhouse says:
this woman never ceases to amaze me. this is powerhouse writing in my book.
Jessi MotherFucking Ross says:
my favourite book for poetry
Billie Rain says:
this book convinced me that my words are not too ugly to be beautiful.
Lee Foust says:
This is a terrific collection of poems, stories, and performance pieces. While the core emotion from which these texts of incest, trauma, rape, sex work, and recovery come is more than enough to draw a reader in and hold them riveted, Sapphire also proves herself a consummate artist in this collection. Having seen her perform and read her texts a few times back in NYC in the '90s, I was happy to come across this collection over the summer in a second hand shop, and to finally take the time to re [...]
no words can describe the PAIN of an adult who was MOLESTED as a child, however SAPPHIRE [Poetess extraordinaire:] manages to creatively find those words, and clues us all in and in turn, we are all somehow made better because of such bravery. such humanness. and such talent.
Edgy, spoken-word type pieces. Probably come to life when performed.
Caprishacoleman says:
good very graphic but good
In American Dreams, Sapphire creates raw graphic poetry that gets under your skin and makes you realize how difficult the plight of young people can be. I found it hard to separate the story in the poem from the devices the writer used to tell the poem. If you read the poems in chronological order you can see a character narrator developing that is showing how people go from early childhood sex abuse to continue to be objectified by men. She talks of stripping, drug use and prostitution. The pro [...]
Kenya Wright says:
Hard core. Raw with no chaser.Although I do recommend drinking while reading this. There's some tough topics dealing with molestation and sexual abuse.Yet, there are some tough lines that are spun so beautifully.
To be honest, I didn't even know WHAT I was reading or what it meant most of this book. All I did know was that whatever she was saying, she felt it literally from the deepest part of her core. This book is just filled with emotion, real life emotion. It's told in "short stories", and I think each one was supposed to have a deeper meaner, but I really couldn't even tell a difference among ANY of the characters. Male or female, the characters just suffered, and it was heartbreaking yet moving as [...]
I love Sapphire for her real and raw honesty. With that said, the truth can be hard to listen to at times. It took me a while to read it, because at times, I just had to put it down and come back to it because of the emotional overload. I found the overall tone of the book to change constantly between sad and triumphant. Sapphire speaks for those who are unspoken for. I'll always love her books simply for exposing the truth about the things the we don't like to talk about in mainstream culture a [...]
Angélique (Angel) says:
This collection gets four stars not because I enjoyed it but rather because I found it exceptionally necessary. Sapphire's writing is brutal, harrowing, and unequivocally real. She sugarcoats nothing, imbuing her work with all the anger and ugliness that the situations possess when experienced in real life. At the same time, she manages to write of horrible and traumatic experiences in sometimes beautiful ways which makes the ugliness of the situations cut more sharply. I believe this collection [...]
I don't know why I had not read this collection sooner. I loved the author's book Push (but was upset with The Kid, the sequel to Push). This book killed me. Really killed me. I read it, then reread it, and still I waited to write a review. Prose and poetry, the book is over 20 years old, but sadly, its message (the treatment of women, particularly sexual abuse, prostitution, moms and daughters, and violence) is still relevant today. This is not an easy collection to read, and it's certainly not [...]
Bill Littell says:
To quote the St. Louis Post Dispatch, "This collection of prose and poems will rattle your bones and rock your soulHer uncompromising voice is one we seldom hear." The racism, sexual violence, and anger depicted in this collection make it unsuitable for young readers its in-your-face honesty, passion, and pain make it a must read for anyone interested in understanding the harsh reality lived by too many in American society.
Ashley Pearson says:
This book of poetry and prose is extremely raw and painful, but also very well written and like a snapshot of the thought process of many who have suffered abuse and oppression. Sapphire is very gifted, but if Push was not for the squeamish, then American Dreams is for those with a really strong stomach. A hard read, but very powerful and moving.
Izah Ahmad says:
Not for a soft-heart because too much disturbing explicits in it till you can't cope reading it anymore, but then what do you expect from Sapphire herself?Will do finish it, but for now, American Dreams shall be put down for a while.
Sylvia McIvers says:
This book is a bit out of my usual reading list, but it was good.The rage in some of the poetry and prose jumps off the page, and so does the need to be loved.Why do people we love treat us so badly? Why do strangers treat us badly?Be strong, be strong, and be stronger yet.
Aiesha says:
Dark, raw, vulnerable and real. This book evoked every emotion from fear, pain, anger to small moments of joy. It was visceral in a way that helps you think more critically about yourself and the world we live in. Nothing is gratuitous.
Camille Chidsey says:
Raw, disturbing, and incredibly powerful read. Probably should not have read it in one sitting - it was painful and uncomfortable at times, but an equally compelling read. Not for the faint of heart.
I didn't like this at all. I had to read it for a college English course and it was depressing and dark. It's not supposed to be all roses and sunshine but that doesn't change the fact that I didn't like. Maybe it's literal genius but it didn't speak to me.
Kaia says:
For class, again.
Jacqueline Nicole Harris says:
Her poetry cuts like a knife. I loved it.
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Flowers and fruit are only the beginning.
In the seed lies the life and the future.
Purple sprouting broccoli in the garden, primary sprouts already harvested.
The transplants were placed in the garden last autumn.
Being a little behind on garden tasks this year, I especially appreciate these wintered-over crops.
These sprouts are sweet and delicious, raw or lightly steamed.
Edible Wild Plants - Resources in the Library of Congress.
Always educate yourself before foraging for wild food plants. Some plants are poisonous!
Many thanks to Tara Pattinson's class members who also sent to me this link which offers general information on berries.
I have in my own garden 'Summit' red raspberries, a wide variety of blueberries, and lingonberries.
This "How to Grow Raspberries" article from Fine Gardening details growing the same variety that I have which provides a long and delicious picking season for me and my neighbors.
Below see my raspberry patch in April.
At right is the same raspberry patch in August last year.
Hi, New to your website but really like what I see. Maybe you can help me. I have searched and can't find an answer. I have a greenhouse with gas heat, fan, etc. I am bottom watering my flats but now they have moss. If I don't water as often, they dry out and won't germinate. HELP!!!! What am I doing wrong? My seeds won't germinate and I'm having a family reunion this summer!
Hello, Brenda! Thank you for visiting my website.
I find bottom watering to be fine for young plants, but not for seeds. Seeds want moisture, but not to the exclusion of air!
Are you using a potting mix that drains well but still retains moisture? The right balance of ingredients such as peat (moisture retentive) and perlite (drainage and air) makes a difference. Seeds prefer a light mix. Try combining 4 parts peat, 2 parts fine perlite, and 2 parts fine vermiculite, OR try just using vermiculite (fine grade) alone. Remember that your little seedlings will need some weak fertilizer as soon as they show true leaves, as there is no food for them in perlite or vermiculite.
I water my potting mix with warm water, plant the seeds, then COVER THE FLAT with one of those clear dome covers. Most flats I place on a heat mat. I check the flats daily and water only where needed using a bottled water bottle with a squirt top (usually the cells on the edge dry out a bit first. Using the dome is important-- it retains the original moisture longer. You could also just use a plastic bag and support it above the flat with small sticks or wire arches (so any sprouts don't touch the plastic directly).
IMPORTANT: As soon as the seeds sprout, prop up one edge of the dome (or open the end of the plastic bag) to let some air circulate; otherwise you will have trouble with damping off fungus.
As soon as the seedlings are large enough to handle (having 2 true leaves-- just enough to hang on to as you transfer the seedling), you can pot them up in regular potting mix and continue to feed a weak fertilizer solution often.
Use a timer to control your lights, which should be on over your seedlings no more than 18 hours a day.
New vegetable varieties for 2012 from the Mail Tribune.
Don't be concerned that the page header says "Curcurbit Breeding", this list from North Carolina state university contains links to hundreds of "Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America".
New varieties of flowers 2012.
from Charlie Dimmock, The Early Show, CBS News.
Greenhouses in Antarctica - "The McMurdo greenhouse has no glass. In a continent with only one long summer day and one long winter night in a year, the greenhouse's artificial lights create night and day every 24 hours for the plants."
Constructing and operating a greenhouse in USDA zone 4. Stuart Culp's photographs of construction, extensive text, links to drawings and details of a wood frame, triple wall polycarbonate-glazed greenhouse.
Building a passive solar greenhouse. Photos and text of construction and management of a greenhouse in northern New Mexico.
Uraniborg greenhouse, a greenhouse and workshop. Modelled after Margaret Simpson's Taj Majal greenhouse.
From The Door Garden: How to build my $50 greenhouse.
Detailed instructions, photos, and materials list.
You can use this link to the old website to access its contents.
Make soil scoops, watering cans, markers, or use them as weights to hold down row covers.
You can build your own add-on greenhouse.
How to build a greenhouse from used windows or storm doors.
Raised garden bed inexpensive min-greenhouse.
DIY, low cost and multipurpose greenhouses.
Build a greenhouse: the amazing, low-cost, multipurpose, solar-heated greenhouse/guesthouse.
You'll find this site very useful.Typing in a plant name (I looked up Tomato 'Juliet') brings up its entry and a thumbnail image. Clicking on either brings up more detail such as height, spacing, days to maturity, reviews from other gardeners, and more images that you can click on and enlarge to get a really good look.
Nonmembers may only search 10 times, but membership is free. Perhaps you could join and add to the database.
The Plants Database currently contains 62,053 plants, 34,154 photos, 15,467 comments, representing 356 families, 2,416 genera, and 5,407 species.
This database was collaboratively developed by gardeners around the world. It is the result of the efforts of 4,718 individuals. It is the largest of its kind in existence.
You may search for entries in several ways: by name (common or botanical); by characteristics (height, hardiness, etc.) or browse the database by category."
Many thanks to Mike McClure for his contribution of this bench design, detailed and fully illustrated instructions, and parts list.
Bessie (left) and little Alice exploring their tiny grass park.
Hi IM new to this gardening and I love hollyhock's but the problem with that is I have not been able to get them to come up. I have planted them in the spring around last year and they didn't do anything. So my question is when is the best time to plant Hollyhocks? Thank you for all the information you have all ready post to us. ---Summer.
Hollyhocks (aka Althaea) should be easy to grow. If you plant them outside, do so after the last frost.
If that has not been working for you, I would try planting them indoors. You will then have more control over the environment. Althaea seeds need light to germinate, so just press the seeds into the soil-- don't bury them. They will germinate best at 60 to 70 degrees Farenheit soil temperature in about 10 to 14 days.
You may prefer a different shape for your greenhouse. Geodesic domes offer another possibility. From Ernie Aiken of Worldflower Garden Domes, connector kits are available --cut your own lumber and save money, or purchase a complete ready-to-assemble garden dome kit. Worldflower Garden Domes are not free, as the above resources are, but are certainly interesting. You can easily make a paper model from Ernie's website graphics to preview any of the dome models, or just look through the extensive photos in the site.
For those plants you've set out early and want to protect from frost, eartheasy offers plans for building a portable garden cloche. Very clear instructions and drawings.
Make a cloche to their specifications, or make one to fit over a raised garden bed (more good info. from eartheasy).
By the way, I highly recommend raised beds. I put in 8 small (about 4 feet square) raised beds last year. Of course, I was staining, installing, and leveling them during a particularly rainy period, but it was well worth it. I did not use treated lumber, just deck stain on plain fir lumber.
My near urban lot is hilly, small, and just about solid clay soil. The raised bed structure takes care of the terracing necessary to get any flat ground around here. In the beds I have perfectly drained fluffy soil at all times. In our cool soggy winter and spring, the soil temperature in the raised beds is significantly higher. All to the good.
Vegetable production last year was far beyond what I had ever gotten in a traditional ground level garden. It helped to have a definite edge to everything also.
Producing transplants in the greenhouse is so much more satisfying when you know they will continue to thrive when set out into the raised beds.
We enjoy your site! We are new to the greenhouse world and have ordered seeds and started some greenhouse tomato recently. We struggle with temperature, but maintain about 50 at night. We have noticed "mites". What should we do? I have heard we need to strip the greenhouse, spray with bleach? Any advise would be great.
The tomatos I am growing are only costing me about $40 per month in electric… haha. I hope they are worth it. Please provide your thoughts and keep the information on the site coming.
Hello, Daryl! Thank you for visiting my website.
If you have a spider mite problem, your greenhouse atmosphere is TOO DRY. Damage caused by spider mites shows as numerous tiny white or yellow speckles on leaves, progressing (in severe infestations) to fine "silk" or webs on leaves which collects dust, and so many mites on the plants that they are easily spotted.
Finally, since I installed a mist system in my greenhouse, I have not once had a spider mite problem, plants thrive, and my orchids bloom abundantly.


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Today we have 5 University teaching jobs in the following order: 1) Statistics teacher in Kaifeng, 2) English Teacher in Jiangsu, 3) English Teacher in Xinxiang, 4) English Teacher in Guangdong, 5) English Teacher in a College in Jiangxi.
Please can you indicate which one(s) you are applying for when you email.
The starting date is 1st September. Your role will be to deliver Statistics classes to Sophomore students within the University. Classes consist of around 30 students.
1. 24 teaching hours per week.
2. Management of course outlines, lesson planning, examinations scripts and attendance records.
4. Teachers will be entitled to all holidays in China.
5. All teachers will be supplied with a furnished one bedroom apartment on campus.
1. Ideally you will have BA or above in a Finance related degree.
1. Citizens of a country in which English is a NATIVE language.
2. Between the ages of 25 and 50.
3. Physically sound: capable of passing a basic medical screening.
The University is very prestigious and ranked within the top 60 of China. The starting date is 1st September. Delivering English classes to both English majors and non – English majors. Teachers will be expected to develop their own lessons based around the framework contained within supplied textbooks.
In addition to teaching duties, successful applicants will be expected to make themselves available for an additional two hour every week for general speaking practice at 'English corner' events.
1. 16-22 teaching hours per week.
2. 2 hours of English related activities per week that could include English corner and judging things like debate and speech contests.
3. Management of course outlines, lesson planning, examinations scripts and attendance records.
3. Teachers will be entitled to all holidays in China.
1. BA or above in one of the following degrees (or strongly related): Linguistics, Language, English or Education.
3. Successful candidates will be confident enough to manage large classes of students, some of whom will be focused on learning English to pass examinations rather than through spontaneous personal motivation.
4. Successful candidates will be professionals - comfortable living and working in a campus community in which they will be highly visible.
5. Knowledge of the Chinese language is not necessary, but successful applicants should be interested in learning about new cultures and ready to meet the challenge of living and working overseas.
The starting date is 1st September. Delivering English classes to both English majors and non – English majors. Students are 18-24 and the class sizes tend to be 30 – 35 students. Teachers will be expected to develop their own lessons based around the framework contained within supplied textbooks.
1. 18 teaching hours per week.
1. Monthly salary starts at 6000 yuan per month but for people with a high amount of experience and educational level they can offer a much higher salary which will need to be negotiated with them during interview.
4. All teachers will be supplied with a furnished one bedroom apartment on campus.
1. BA or above in any subject - preference will be given to graduates of Linguistics, Language, or Education.
2. At least two year of related work experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have previous experience in teaching, education, administration and the fields of culture and the arts.
2. Between the ages of 25 and 55.
1. 14-16 teaching hours per week.
3. If you re-sign the contract after the first academic year then the summer months are paid in full.
The starting Date is 1st September. The location is a small city 30 minutes away from Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi province.
Delivering English classes to a range of 1st and 2nd year students in a College, helping them to improve their listening and speaking skills in preparation for examinations. Teachers will be expected to develop their own lessons based around the framework contained within supplied textbooks. In addition, teachers will write and conduct examinations twice a semester in line with the College's regulations.
1. No more than 20 hours of classes per week across the academic year.
2. 2 hours of English related activities per week included in the working hours.
1. Monthly salary of 7500RMB to 10000RMB (depending on qualifications and experience).
3. Up to six weeks of holiday during the 'Spring Festival' in January and February, this holiday will be paid.
5. All teachers will be supplied with a 2 bedroom flat on-campus: electricity, internet and water are supplied without charge. All flats come with basic cooking facilities, western style toilet and furniture.
* The College has a brand new campus. All facilities are new. It's in the newly developed part of the city. 8 kilometres to the city center. 3 kilometres to the speed train station. There are many buses at the gate going to every part of the city. Takes 25 minutes on the bus to go to city centre.
The cost of living in this area is not high. Many of our teachers are able to save between a third and half of their salary every month whilst maintaining a comfortable lifestyle.
2. Between the ages of 22 and 55.
About Sinolink: We are a legally registered company in China with two founders.
Richie Cooper: With a wealth of experience in customer service and recruitment, Richie, born and raised in the UK. He is a teacher and previous co-coordinator of a language school with over 7 years experience. An important part of his role was to conduct several interviews each month to ensure the best people are selected for the right positions. As a seasoned expat who understands the needs and challenges those seeking to work abroad, Richie has also taught English in South Korea, Malaysia and China.
Vivian Rao: Now an IELTS teacher in Huanghuai University, Vivian has held a series of teaching positions over the years. While serving as a teacher at Huanghuai University (Henan), a position she held for six years, Vivian worked as liaison for the foreign teachers working in Huanghuai. Due to this, she is familiar with the various (and often diverse) requirements that teachers have, and she has an in-depth awareness of the expectations that universities have for their teachers. Furthermore, Vivian taught Mandarin in a UK-based private school for 2 years and is therefore very familiar both with life as an expat and life in the West.
Unlike other agencies we are only specialise in working with universities or other higher education establishments (e.g. professional colleges). This is because Vivian has worked in a university for many years and understands what universities need from foreign teachers, as well as the needs of expats working in these establishments. Furthermore, with our emphasis on creating the best possible match between candidates and universities, our ambition is not simply to recruit anyone for any position within any school.
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2015 Lantos Prize Laureates Announced
The Lantos Foundation, 29 October 2015
Lantos Foundation – The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice announced today that it will award the 2015 Lantos Human Rights Prize to three courageous female leaders; Rebiya Kadeer, Irshad Manji, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. These three laureates are fearless leaders, reformers and rebels who have been willing to defy social and cultural norms to speak out against human rights abuses. The award ceremony will be held in Washington, DC on December 10, 2015. It will be open to the press and coverage is invited.
"The Lantos Foundation is proud to honor Rebiya Kadeer, Irshad Manji, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali for their courage and towering moral strength," said Katrina Lantos Swett, president of the Lantos Foundation. "All three laureates have faced down personal danger to stand up for the vulnerable and persecuted. They have eloquently advocated for the fundamental freedoms that are the sole guarantors of the rights of all."
Rebiya Kadeer is an internationally recognized human rights leader who serves as President of the World Uyghur Congress and has earned the title of the "Mother of All Uyghurs" for her tireless advocacy for the rights of the oppressed Muslims of China. Kadeer rose from poverty to become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in China and has used her wealth to lift up other Uyghur women through the 1,000 Mothers movement and other philanthropic endeavors. Her peaceful struggle for the dignity and basic rights of the Uyghur people led to her six year imprisonment by the Chinese government. Since her exile to the United States, Kadeer has become the recognized global leader of the Uyghur people and an inspiring example of a faithful Muslim woman who leads her people.
Irshad Manji is a bestselling author, award winning documentary film maker, and educator who has been a fearless advocate for a reformist approach to Islam. Manji is the founder of the Moral Courage Project, which seeks to inspire individuals to exhibit the moral courage required to do the right thing in the face of fear. Manji has modeled this integrity and bravery in her own life. In the face of repeated death threats, she has refused to abandon the faith she loves while eloquently arguing for reforms that will open a path towards reconciliation between faith and freedom. Irshad has received numerous awards, and has been glowingly described as gutsy, audacious, bold, and brilliant by voices ranging from the New York Times, to the Jarkarta Post, to Oprah Winfrey.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a survivor of childhood abuse and violence, including female genital mutilation (FGM), fled a forced marriage and sought asylum in the Netherlands. There, she completed her education and rose from being a maid and translator to an elected member of the Dutch Parliament. In 2004, Theo Van Gogh, her collaborator on a film critical of the treatment of women in Islam, was assassinated in broad daylight and Hirsi Ali was forced into hiding in the face of death threats. She then moved to the United States and has since been an outspoken opponent of child marriage, FGM and honor violence. She established the AHA Foundation to combat these abuses against girls and women and to argue unflinchingly that no culture, tradition, or religion can be permitted to justify violence against women or girls. Hirsi Ali is also a determined defender of liberal democracy and has been hailed for her intellect, candor, and courage in confronting inconvenient and uncomfortable truths. She is a bestselling author, and has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME magazine.
The Lantos Foundation established the Lantos Human Rights Prize in 2009 to honor and bring attention to heroes of the human rights movement. It is awarded annually to an individual or individuals that best exemplify the Foundation's mission, namely to be a vital voice standing up for the values of decency, dignity, freedom and justice in every corner of the world. Former recipients of the Lantos Prize include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Israeli President Shimon Peres, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, Rwandan humanitarian Paul Rusesabagina and Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng.
The prize also serves to commemorate the late Congressman Tom Lantos, the only Holocaust survivor ever elected to the U.S. Congress and a prominent advocate for human rights during his nearly three decades as a U.S. Representative.
Additional details about the award ceremony will be announced shortly.
http://www.lantosfoundation.org/news/2015/10/26/h3mmbhv8h25suysmwq01yabxb1mcmw
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Salomé Jones have written down the Starbucks name game, as told by yours truly.
When you go to Starbucks and the barista writes your name on your paper coffee cup, that is your name until you are assigned a new name.
Example: Your name is Alice. The barista writes Ally. You are now Ally until you get more coffee in a new cup with a different name on it.


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Court Shoots Down Cops Attempting To Prop Up Two Warrantless Searches With A Stack Of Lies
from the lode-bearing-bullshit dept
Mon, Apr 18th 2016 3:45pm — Tim Cushing
"Our word against yours," says law enforcement. The accusers are almost always deemed eminently credible. Presumption of innocence and all that, but the accused are almost always deemed… incredible[?]... right up until law enforcement shows its narrative can't hold hydrogen or oxygen, much less water. (via FourthAmendment.com)
Roughly paraphrased, this is the story: some cop saw a guy take a white grocery bag full of something and put it in his car. Surveillance commenced. The car's driver failed to signal a turn, which was all the cops needed to begin an exploratory stop.
As we know, law enforcement is no longer allowed to artificially prolong traffic stops until probable cause for a search develops. Instead, it must hand out its tickets and move along. Exceptions apply, of course, but that is the gist of the Supreme Court's Rodriguez decision.
The traffic stop here had probable cause pre-assumed because of the grocery-bag-to-car move witnessed earlier. When it was all said and done, a failure to signal had turned into possession of a controlled substance. And two warrantless searches: the car and the driver's house.
Warrantless searches aren't always Fourth Amendment violations, but law enforcement spent two days tripping all over its story during a two-day suppression hearing. From the opinion:
As the suppression hearing unfolded over the course of two days, the credibility of certain law enforcement witnesses was called into serious question. The events of the second day of the hearing were extraordinary: (1) The government reopened its evidentiary presentation in order to correct materially inaccurate testimony provided by its law enforcement witnesses the day before; and (2) the government had to acknowledge that the testimony of the first defense witness – which was diametrically opposed to the testimony of the government's law enforcement witnesses on day one – was, in fact, the truth.
So much for "our word against yours." Still, it usually takes more than a "diametrically opposed" witness -- especially one testifying for the defense -- to undo a prosecutor's case.
The narrative stayed coherent for all of one day, as the court notes.
Their testimony was largely in lock step as to the October 7, 2014 initiation of a traffic stop of the defendant, the search of his vehicle, the execution of a search warrant upon his home, and the entry of law enforcement into the defendant's home after the warrant was signed.
These things supposedly happened in that order. Traffic stop, vehicle search, search warrant for home, search of said home. As the suppression hearing continued, the order of these events was revealed to be much more jumbled, and much less constitutional.
On the first day of the hearing, the government's witnesses were unshakable in their testimony that no law enforcement officer entered the residence until after the search warrant was signed at 2:31 p.m. That testimony was central to the government's opposition to the motions to suppress.
In addition, [Detective Craig] Brown testified that (1) at no time did any law enforcement officer enter the home prior to the execution of the search warrant, and (2) there was no "protective sweep" of the house before the search warrant was signed at 2:31 p.m.
Detective Brown testified that his team had made a "soft entry" -- using a knock-and-talk -- but did not search the home before the warrant arrived. The other seven officers on the scene did not enter the home until after being notified the warrant had been signed.
This was later proven to be a lie -- not just by Brown but all of the law enforcement witnesses.
As it turns out, all of the government witnesses' testimony that no one entered until after 2:31 p.m. was false, which was pivotal to the Court's evaluation of the credibility of the government's witnesses, as well as to the determination of the issues presented herein.
The defendant's wife was subpoenaed. And her testimony directly contradicted the assertion that no search of the house was performed until after 2:31 pm.
She testified that her husband left the house sometime around 11:00 a.m. on October 7, 2014. Not long after that, she received a call from defendant from an unfamiliar telephone number, and he told her that the police may be coming to the house. When she looked outside, she saw numerous cars parked around the street. She had started cooking, so she went to the kitchen to check the stove. At about the same instant, she heard a knock at the door, and her little boy informed her that the police were there.
Which would have been fine if none of the officers had entered the home before acquiring the warrant. But that's not what happened.
According to Ms. Soares, she opened the door and was asked whether there was a male member in the house, to which she replied, "my husband just left." "More than five" law enforcement officers then entered the house. Those officers include two who were in uniform, Detective Brown, and two other people. They scattered and started looking around. Ms. Soares reported to the officers that she had only recently come to the United States and she did not know the laws and asked "is it okay for you to be here?" The officers answered "yes" and told her that they had just "met" her husband and "he knows we're coming here." She asked to see a warrant and asked them for their papers, and the officers said the papers would come.
Two uniformed officers stayed in the home with her, and another "kept coming and going," all day. Ms. Soares believed that officers came in around 11:00 a.m. and remained until about 6:00 p.m., and she was at home with her son the entire time.
Still in an "our word against yours" position, though. Cops say one thing. Defendant's wife says another. Until the cops say something else…
The government's lawyer informed the court that it had dug deeper into the officers' statements following Ms. Soares' testimony and discovered those statements to be composed mostly of bullshit. The government offered new testimony from Officer Daniels, and his description of the events directly contradicted Detective Brown's.
With respect to entry into the home, Daniels testified that he and his rookie trainee followed Brown to the defendant's house immediately after the traffic stop on October 7, 2014. When they arrived at the home, they went inside the house. Daniels indicated that he did not remember how many officers, but that Daniels and the rookie officer stood on the porch with a "couple of the undercover officers" who "knocked, made contact, and . . . went in." The undercover officers scattered throughout the home and walked individually through all rooms, including the bedrooms, living room, and kitchen.
Thereafter, Daniels and his trainee stayed in the house for "one to two hours" before the undercover officers "came back with a search warrant and executed the search warrant" while Daniels sat with the wife and son.
And, because the government dearly loves its exigent circumstances excuses, there's this:
He further testified that, prior to entering the home, officers had observed no signs of danger, fire, or weapons in the house, and they heard no unusual noises, flushing, or screams.
Daniels, however, stated he did not see Detective Brown enter the house before the warrant arrived. That might have saved Brown, but the detective's own testimony -- in which the timeline was all wrong -- stated he had entered the house (the "soft entry") before the warrant arrived.
Brown testified that the officers' first entry into the home was by Brown knocking on the door, followed by a "soft entry" into the home, and that, at that time, the only people in the home were Ms. Soares and her son.
With this new testimony being presented, Brown's "clear" and "unequivocal" statements -- made on the first day of the suppression hearing -- suddenly became much more vague and muddied on the second day. Crucial actions performed by Brown himself (like the knock-and-talk "soft entry") were suddenly things he "couldn't recall" details about.
The court is completely unimpressed. (Emphasis in the original.)
Based on the demeanor and testimony of the live witnesses and the about face in the government's theory in opposition to the motion to suppress evidence from the house, the Court has serious doubts as to the credibility of much of the law enforcement testimony that was presented during the hearing. One thing was clear from the testimony heard by the Court: law enforcement officers were hell-bent on getting into the defendant's home on October 7, 2014. Among other things, the DEA Task Force strategically staged the outside area around the defendant's home with between 6 to 8 officers from the early morning hours of that day. If only surveillance, or even a traffic stop and potential arrest, had been their goal, a handful of officers would have sufficed.
It's not just the warrantless entry that was the problem. The search warrant itself was defective.
Moreover, when Brown made the immediate traffic stop and found exactly what officers hoped to find, they still did not believe they had probable cause to arrest defendant, because they did not have a field test for synthetic marijuana, but they used that same as-yet-untested evidence as probable cause to obtain a search warrant for the home.
And then Brown couldn't even wait for the questionable warrant to arrive.
Before they could obtain that warrant, Brown and others joined up with the rest of the surveillance team at the home and immediately knocked and made entry into the home. They did not have probable cause to arrest the defendant; they did not have yet have a warrant; they did not witness any emergency or danger when they arrived at the home; and they heard no screams and saw no weapons; but they made immediate entry into the home.
Lies. (Emphasis mine.)
And, before Ms. Soares testified, all law enforcement witnesses inaccurately and adamantly denied that entry.
Lies on top of lies.
At the conclusion of the evidence, the government's counsel acknowledged the troubling nature of the facts that (1) officers had not informed the AUSAs of the entry, and (2) the pre-warrant entry and sweep was not recorded in any report.
There goes anything obtained during the search of the residence. The court also suppressed the evidence obtained during the vehicle search because of its multiple deficiencies. While the court found the stop was not unreasonably prolonged, it says the search was not consensual and no reasonable person in the defendant's position (flanked by three detectives, with a half-dozen police vehicles with lights flashing parked behind his car) would have felt they were free to go.
The government's "good faith exception" Hail Mary is also no-go.
No officer testified that Ms. Soares consented to their entry into the home, and Ms. Soares testified that she asked the officers to leave until they had a warrant, but they refused. Officers testified that they did not enter the home before execution of the warrant, and the entry and initial sweep through the home was not listed on any report. While it appears that no evidence was seized until after the search warrant was executed, the Court finds these facts to be critically relevant to the determination of whether the officers' actions with respect to the entry and subsequent search were in good faith, and concludes that the motion to suppress the evidence obtained from the residence should be granted.
The sad thing is the only punishment applied here is the loss of a highly-questionable drug bust. Every officer who swore to the bogus search timeline should be given maximum judicial side-eye every time they take the stand for the rest of their careers. But chances are, the next time "our word against theirs" is the only evidence supplied, they'll still receive far more deference than the defendant.
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Anonymous Coward, 18 Apr 2016 @ 4:32pm
Isn't there some kind of word or term for the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath?
I think that word starts with the letter "P".
Let's see... "promotion".
Yeah, that's it.
Bergman (profile), 18 Apr 2016 @ 9:45pm
S.O.P.?
Given that they all told the same story, they had to have worked together to get their facts straight.
S.O.P.: Subornation Of Perjury.
Anonymous Coward, 19 Apr 2016 @ 9:36am
You misspelled "Sexual Overreach of Power".
That One Guy (profile), 18 Apr 2016 @ 5:00pm
S.O.P.
'Standard Operating Procedure'.
per·ju·ry
ˈpərj(ə)rē/
the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation.
synonyms:	lying under oath, giving false evidence/testimony, making false statements, willful falsehood
cjstg (profile), 18 Apr 2016 @ 4:46pm
[citation required]
Where, when, who, how?
Would it really be that hard to provide some information that actually points to where this took place. I can guess that the court was Amarillo, but where did it take place? Who were the officers involved. You mention police officers through most of the article, but then in the court opinion they are suddenly DEA agents.
Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 18 Apr 2016 @ 5:58pm
Re: [citation required]
The traffic stop and search was done by cops, the house search was done by cops and the DEA. Relevant quotes:
Initial entry team:
Those officers include two who were in uniform, Detective Brown, and two other people.
Surveillance outside:
Among other things, the DEA Task Force strategically staged the outside area around the defendant's home with between 6 to 8 officers from the early morning hours of that day.
JMT (profile), 18 Apr 2016 @ 9:09pm
The court document is right there at the bottom of the article. Is that not citation enough for your contrary ass?
z! (profile), 18 Apr 2016 @ 4:51pm
If nothing else, let's hope the local public defender(s) make note of these officers and look very closely at any future warrants or testimony from them.
Re: If nothing else...
Perhaps this can be used in future cases where the cops in question are testifying - i.e. they were caught lying in the past: should the judge/jury believe them or not?
Re: Re: If nothing else...
"Perhaps this can be used in future cases where the cops in question are testifying - i.e. they were caught lying in the past: should the judge/jury believe them or not?"
Except there are no consequences for these cops that committed perjury at this time so it wont be much help later.
Re: Re: Re: If nothing else...
Future defendants' lawyers should be allowed to get to ask questions about this case that go to the police officers' character and veracity, but if these guys are not charged with perjury or even the tiniest black mark on their records, I'm sure it will be next to impossible to get them to admit to anything on the stand. Plus the lawyer has to be aware that these are the cops who lied and got away with it in the first place.
David, 19 Apr 2016 @ 1:13am
Yeah, that's a good hope. It's like a cashier noticing a fraudulent check and then hoping that his colleagues will pay attention every time when the same, known person comes by every week with a fraudulent check for the next ten years.
Why wouldn't he? Where's the harm in trying? Where indeed?!?
DannyB (profile), 19 Apr 2016 @ 6:10am
I was about to suggest the same thing: that public defenders always cite this court case where the court believed these officers were lying and committing perjury.
This is not quite like a store clerk watching for a fraudulent check. There are not that many public defenders, and not that many cops. Certainly not compared to the number of store clerks and shoppers. It would be very possible for public defenders to maintain a list of lying officers and which previous court cases identify those officers as the liars they are.
And whose fault is it again that people no longer trust the police? That would be the police. It's their own fault. They either lie or help protect those who lie.
Monday (profile), 19 Apr 2016 @ 10:20am
I should think that all of the colluding Officers' (involved in this perjury) past / present cases would fall under some category which would require review. Any civilian who has been sentenced and imprisoned by these Officers, should have grounds for their en masse appeals.
This is how law works, does it not???
The only "Hail Mary" that the Government has produced is the one for previously convicted citizens, through these law enforcement officials.
Capt ICE Enforcer, 18 Apr 2016 @ 5:06pm
Don't blame police.
You can't blame the police officers. Their job is to create a brilliant version of the truth that a judge will believe. Remember the police job is to bust people. Good or bad. Let the judge figure it out.
Agonistes (profile), 18 Apr 2016 @ 8:03pm
Re: Don't blame police.
Oh, I think I'm gonna blame the police officers.
seems more like their job has become to commit crimes and lie to cover them up.
Re: Re: Don't blame police.
All in the name of providing an income stream to the private prison industry.
"Remember the police job is to bust people."
Legally.
All for the Greater Good?
Shoot 'em all and let God sort 'em out?
We have to keep telling ourselves that there are still really decent, honourable Law Enforcement Officials out there. We shouldn't have to do that. Blame the Police. Make them answerable to questionable, illegal conduct.
"Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy."
TechDescartes (profile), 18 Apr 2016 @ 5:09pm
Just Get a Pass, Already
The only difference between a warrant and a hall pass at school is that the hall pass is harder to get. Oh, and the severity of the consequences for being caught without one.
Hugo S Cunningham (profile), 18 Apr 2016 @ 5:14pm
"Giglio-impaired" LE personnel
IANAL, but the legal term of art is "Giglio impaired": in Giglio vs United States (1972), the USSC ruled that prosecutors are required to disclose to the defence important exculpatory information, eg that a key LE prosecution witness has credibility issues. Will the names of these perjuring officers be linked to this judicial finding and put out on the Internet where defenders can find them?
Whatever, 18 Apr 2016 @ 5:39pm
Due process is hard! Warrants are hard!
If cops cannot be trusted at face value you'd might as well free every prisoner in jail, you disgusting lawbreakers.
So Whatever you want for yourself, want for others, 18 Apr 2016 @ 6:40pm
Re: Due process is hard! Warrants are hard! So it should be.
The basic presumption is "Innocent until proven guilty". Hence, it should be in the favour of the accused always. Irrespective of whether or not they are guilty in reality. You live in a democratic republic which should mean something. If you allow mob rule or allow bully rule, you are in for some real bad times.
Re: Re: Due process is hard! Warrants are hard! So it should be.
"If you allow mob rule or allow bully rule, you are in for some real bad times."
Foreigners often have difficulty with the complexities of English. Let me help you with that...
Since you allow mob rule and allow bully rule, you are in for some more real bad times.
I know, it's a tricky language.
So Whatever you want for yourself, want for others, 18 Apr 2016 @ 11:57pm
Re: Re: Re: Due process is hard! Warrants are hard! So it should be.
No, I meant exactly what I wrote. The added "more" is an "after the fact" position. Mine is from the "before the fact" position. I did this because there are many who have no understanding of hindsight or history and regularly repeat all the problems of the past.
As I come from the only nation that speaks and writes true English, I leave you with a common comment:
May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down.
That should give you some knowledge as to where I am from - the best place on planet Earth.
nasch (profile), 19 Apr 2016 @ 1:50pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Due process is hard! Warrants are hard! So it should be.
The added "more" is an "after the fact" position. Mine is from the "before the fact" position.
His point is that reality is after the fact - that your conditional has already come to pass.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Due process is hard! Warrants are hard! So it should be.
Mine is before as the new American Revolution is about to start. Let the games begin. America (USA) is dead and rotting, the new Free States of North America is about to be born.
Monday (profile), 19 Apr 2016 @ 10:30pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Due process is hard! Warrants are hard! So it should be.
Are you high???
Re: Due process is hard! Warrants are hard!
I thought your post was sarcasm, Poe's law again?
horse with no name just hates it when due process is enforced.
Padpaw (profile), 20 Apr 2016 @ 4:18am
Re: Re: Due process is hard! Warrants are hard!
do you just shill in your spare time or are you getting paid for this?
David, 18 Apr 2016 @ 11:10pm
Concerted, premeditated and obviously organized action to commit crimes.
The solution for that is throwing out the evidence this time round so that they shoot the wife next time in "self defense" in order not to have her mess up the story?
This department needs to be dissolved and the officers prosecuted for organized crime.
Next time justice will be harder to find. There must be no next time since clearly the officers' understanding of their job and their sworn duty has veered off the salvageable path far too much.
Anonymous Coward, 18 Apr 2016 @ 11:48pm
Too bad there isn't an online database that lists every time a LEO has been less than accurate on the witness stand. So the next time THEIR credibility can be called into question.
Water's much easier to hold than those other to things so your leading metaphor is a bit of a nonsense...
dpaus (profile), 19 Apr 2016 @ 3:03am
"Every officer who swore to the bogus search timeline should be given maximum judicial side-eye every time they take the stand for the rest of their careers."
Uh, I'm unclear as to how they should even HAVE careers after their perjury convictions.
More criminals wearing badges than those without
I wanted to add this is grounds for revolution. The government openly lying to get what it wants ignoring laws they know exist and pretty much acting like people have no rights.
Other countries have revolted over less
I guess the bad guys have to lose once in a while.
Collusion: noun
a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy:
Law. a secret understanding between two or more persons to gain something illegally, to defraud another of his or her rights, or to appear as adversaries though in agreement:
From dictionary.com
I.T. Guy, 19 Apr 2016 @ 7:03am
Cops lie. Always.
All that for pot? What pathetic-criminal liars these cops are.
Violynne (profile), 19 Apr 2016 @ 7:34am
Court Shoots Down Cops...
I highly doubt that. The cops are doing the shooting, remember.
Matthew A. Sawtell, 19 Apr 2016 @ 7:35am
Have to ask, was the 'evidence' planted after the fact?
Given the level of lies, one has to wonder...
David, 19 Apr 2016 @ 10:46am
Re: Have to ask, was the 'evidence' planted after the fact?
No, one doesn't have to wonder any more in this case: the judge suppressed this evidence, and given the reliability of the police officers so far, it cannot be considered useful for finding the truth.
If you want to wonder about planted evidence, that would be the issue of a case with the officers as defendants rather than as witnesses of the government.
Now, don't go jumping all over the cops for this. They're only following the procedures of their Federal overlords. Someone mentioned the DEA's involvement. DEA has never bothered with legal anything, especially when they think they can get a drug bust. The local LEOs are simply following the DEA example. So, what's new?
John Fenderson (profile), 19 Apr 2016 @ 12:57pm
Hate the game, not the players, huh?
I think there's plenty of room to hate both.
Re: Re:There is a fine line between hating the actions and hating the actor
When you don't recognise the difference then you are no less guilty than those whom you now hate. When the hate for the person arises then hope and reconciliation dies.
When the Free States of North America arises, one can hope that they will have learnt that justice and mercy are the two sides of the same coin.
John Fenderson (profile), 20 Apr 2016 @ 6:36am
Re: Re: Re:There is a fine line between hating the actions and hating the actor
"When you don't recognise the difference"
Huh? What makes you think I don't recognize the difference? I can detest two things regardless of the fact that they aren't identical.
"When the Free States of North America arises"
Ahhhh, I understand now. Never mind.


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Radio Liberty's North Caucasian office: Another turn in the informational war
There is a good saying for the North Caucasus branch of Radio Liberty (known in Russia as "Svoboda"): practice makes perfect. Russian Assistant President Sergey Yastrzhembsky announced Moscow's position on the subject.
Radio Liberty, which exists based on funding of the American government, started broadcasting its programs in the North Caucasus last night in the Russian, Chechen, Avar, and Cherkess languages. As was expected, the first programs exercised a very one-sided and narrow approach to the issue of the Chechen war.
The reaction from Moscow was immediate. Yastrzhembsky said that the pessimistic forecasts regarding the direction of the North Caucasian service of Radio Liberty were coming true. The assistant president gave an example: the material of Novaya Gazeta writer Anna Politkovskaya, who wrote about a January operation of the Russian federal forces in the settlement of Stariye Atagy. "It would be logical to expect that Radio Liberty will pay attention of their listeners to the contents of the principally important order that was issued by the headquarters commander Vladimir Moltensky, since it has become a very relevant event in the public life of the republic, having echoed a lot there. However, there was only one point of view given on the issue instead. The problem is that the actions of the soldiers was shown in a one-sided way, through the prism of the well-known position of the Novaya Gazeta writer, Anna Politkovskaya," – Yastrzhembksy said.
PRAVDA.Ru has already published the article &to=http://english.pravda.ru/main/2002/04/02/27308.html' target=_blank>"Liberty for Chechens?", in which it was said what the outcome could be for the Chechen office of Radio Liberty.
Russia promises to carefully watch the subject of the programs. In the meantime, Washington stated that the concern of the federal government regarding the policy of the North Caucasian service of Radio Liberty was absolutely pointless. Colin Powell claimed that the broadcasting of the new office did not at all have the objective to cause damage to Russia or to the Russian-American relations. As NBC reported, Washington "took Russia's concerns into consideration" and discussed it with the staff of journalists. Radio Liberty director Thomas Dine stressed in his statement that the direction of the programs would be precise and unbiased, respecting the human rights of all the citizens of the eastern region. Well then, nothing to add, nothing to lessen. We just have to feel sorry for Russia, because it does not have such instruments of informational influence on the foreign public opinion.
Sergey Yugov PRAVDA.Ru
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