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we mother by heart. and whatever graces are stocked in the pantry by the MotherGod who keeps us from running out of what we need, before we can get back to the store where they sell these things. |
we mother, too, with history. lying there, fully awake, i begin to connect the dots. i think of just a week ago, in a tent in the woods, the same little guy was crying for his room. i remember how the summer before first grade can be a little bumpy. |
i know, because this is a bend i’ve been around before, that there will be bumps. and even a little guy who, by day, can play a sword-wielding super hero, by night can put down the shield, can bare his tender side. |
i think back to all the nights when, as a baby, he went to sleep nestled between his mama and his papa. i think that world will always be the safest, surest thing to his little tiny soul. |
and i understand how his world feels topsy-turvy when he’s with his papa but not his mama. and he’s in some air-conditioned motel room. and not the little room at the top of the stairs where the lake breeze blows in. |
and so i wait for the sound of the car pulling up to the curb, so i can wrap him in. so i can hold him in my arms and make his world not so wobbly anymore. |
is that not the most amazing super power? and i can do it without a sword. |
that’s what happens when the phone rings before the light comes. |
tell your middle-of-the-night phone-call stories. do you remember longing for your mama in the middle of the night in some faraway unknown bed? do you remember being longed for? how did you make it right? how did you set the world back to where it didn’t feel so wobbly? |
and a most blessed birthday to the two girls who both were born to two of my dearest longest-lasting friends. sweet veronika and molly, happy happy happy. to the woods of vermont, and the wilds of chicago, i send the sweetest birthday wishes. |
California Voters Consider Legalizing Marijuana |
On Nov. 2, California voters will take to the polls to decide upon a controversial ballot initiative, the legalization of marijuana. Under Proposition 19, also known as the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, various marijuana-related activities would be legalized under state law and local governments would be authorized to collect taxes related to marijuana. |
Supporters of Proposition 19 focus on the fact that legalization would provide the state with a much-needed source of revenue; Californians spent approximately $1.4 billion annually on marijuana. Because these sales are not legal, these commercial transactions go untaxed. Legalization could provide significant revenues to struggling local governments. |
In addition to the revenues generated, supporters of the measure argue that legalization would decrease the costs of enforcing existing drug laws. Furthermore, some have argued that legalization could help to end the drug problems in Mexico. |
Opponents remain unconvinced that Proposition 19 is the appropriate solution to these challenges. Some have expressed concerns that the ballot proposition is poorly drafted, thereby making it a weak platform for such a significant change. Because the proposition would allow each county to make its own regulations for the sale and possession, it could lead to confusion. Finally, some fear that legalization would lead to more widespread use of the substance, and believe that this should be discouraged. |
At the moment, though, it is nearly impossible to predict what might come of Proposition 19. According to Nate Silver of the New York Times, the polls slightly favor the opponents at this point, with 47 percent planning to vote no and 46 percent planning to vote yes. However, he also notes that ballot issues are very difficult to poll, and that prior models may not properly account for a variety of issues that might affect the outcome. |
For example, many people who might not otherwise vote may be particularly inclined to vote because this issue is on the ballot. The state is also in the midst of a hotly contested gubernatorial race, and the turnout for that race may have unexpected consequences for this ballot measure. Ultimately, Silver reports about even odds for the success or failure of this initiative, and only time will tell what might be to come in California. |
Of course, even if California opts to legalize marijuana under state law, this would not alter federal laws. Under the federal Controlled Substances Act, it is illegal to possess, cultivate, use or distribute marijuana, and Attorney General Eric Holder has made it clear that the Obama Administration will "vigorously enforce" federal drug laws, regardless of how the state laws may change. As a practical matter, though, this might be an empty threat for those who possess limited quantities of marijuana, as it would likely be too costly for the federal government to prosecute every case. Alternatively, the federal government may seek an injunction against Proposition 19 if it passes, requesting that the courts prevent it from taking effect. |
Should Proposition 19 pass, though, it would likely initiate a national conversation on the legalization of marijuana in this country, thereby helping to pave the way for other states seeking to introduce similar measures. Certainly, it will not be an immediate shift, and some states may be closer to legalization than others. |
One might reasonably assume that those states with existing medical marijuana laws might be more likely move to full legalization than those still seeking to enact medical marijuana laws, such as Wisconsin. For those with strong feelings on legalization of marijuana though, now is the time to be heard, as the true debate on the issue begins. |
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'Spinning' The Truth About Our Own Moon? |
Posted by Mitch on June 30, 2007 02:16:23 UTC |
I have read various articles on the net regarding whether or not our moon spins on it's own axis. Funny thing is, most professional astronomy sites seem to be trying to tell us that it does spin around it's own axis about once for every orbital period. |
My questions are these....If one should drill a hole in the center of a baseball from top to bottom and run a string through it, tie it off with enough left over to swing it about one's head from a distance of a few feet, will it rotate around the string or 'pole/axis' running top to bottom through the center? Or will one side continually face you as it orbits your head? |
If it does not spin about it's own axis but instead move it's whole body through space around your hand without spinning, is not the moon actually fixed and stationary in reference to it's own axis, therefore moving only around your hand as the external axis point? |
If one can accept the obvious as true, then many astronomy sites that claim the moon spins on it's own axis are teaching error. But are they teaching error intentionally or by accident? A car driving around you in a circle is hardly "spinning on it's own axis". Even accounting for that "once for every rotation" gibberish. An arrow with a string tied to it's middle will present one side to you as you swing it around your head, it too is hardly spinning around it's own axis. These objects, like our Moon, are simply moving in a circular path around an axis point, which I'm sure we all can agree, is quite external to themselves. |
Jim Loy owner of: |
Insists (despite hard evidence to the contrary) that the moon spins around it's own axis when it's plain to see by even a child, that it doesn't spin it at all on it's own axis (an imaginary pole running top to bottom through the middle of itself) but instead simply moves in an orbit around an axis far away from itself, an axis point that could hardly be called it's own. |
And here's Bad astronomy website's explanation: |
So who's right? Those laymen who see the moon as not spinning at all, instead merely wobbling around it's own axis a wee bit and merely travelling in a circle around a distant axis point....or those professionals who seemingly try to bamboozle us that it does? Could so many well known astronomers simply be that bad at simple physics? Smells like a funky wedge of 'Lunar Limburger' to me. |
And sounds like just more of those ever increasing and condescending: "don't worry your pathetic little heads about such observations, go back to sleep" dismissals. |
Many people are not aware of the fact that the largest known impact crater in the solar system (Aitken Basin) is located on the perpetual far side of our very own moon. It is some 1550 miles across! |
Makes me wonder, what secret might they be trying to hide? |
On the 'far side'..... |
Is your head spinning yet? If so, try and remember it's all relative. |
Or so they would have us keep guessing.... |
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How do YOU study? |
How do YOU study? |
« on: September 08, 2015, 07:16:26 AM » |
So last night I THINK I had a brainstorm. I decided to do the following, in this order: |
1. read the hornbook |
2. read the cases |
3. brief the cases |
4. copy and paste the rule statements I developed in the cases into a rule statements doc |
5. listen to the lecture |
6. Update my outline |
7. Make flash cards from the outline |
Thoughts? What am I missing? |
Re: How do YOU study? |
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2015, 11:26:31 AM » |
If that works for you then it works for you. Law school is trial and error, but I think one important thing to do that I didn't do my first semester is practice problems. |
Those are really the key and how you learn to apply the law. I used Cali lessons , which all ABA schools provide for free. Then also try multiple choice problems and law school essays. You will do poorly your first few tries, because these problems are meant to trick you, but as my contracts professor said there are only so many tricks they can trick you, so once you learn all the tricks you should be good. . |
Another item I used was reading , before I read the case. |
Also, don't rely to heavily on hornbooks and pay attention to what your professor says. Professors like Judges are people and have slightly different views and your Civil Procedure professor might think talk about interpleader and think that is the most important thing to know, which means it probably be on the exam more than another Civ Pro professor that thinks knowing the rules of discovery is the most important. |
At the end of the day most 1L's over complicate law school and I was guilty of this myself. However, law school teaches you how to simplify matters, which is a skill you will learn. |
I think the number one thing to do is read everything the professor says to read, do practice problems and make your own outlines. Creating the outlines in whatever format helps you learn is how you learn, don't worry if X person says you need to do it this way every person has their own way of learning. |
Re: How do YOU study? |
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2015, 04:25:01 PM » |
Depends on the subject and the way the class is graded to be 100% honest. |
The bar exam is another beast................but MPRE I think I listed to lectures while playing games online and drinking ice beers. (its the mpre lol) |
If a 1L was reading this. I'd say, to do the following. |
1. Buy canned outlines (do it, just do it) |
2. Take notes, but no one takes perfect notes (thus the canned stuff to supplement it) |
3. If at all possible buy a USED book. They have the good stuff already highlighted and underlined. |
4. Join your student bar association and buy the approved outlines from prior exams (most schools offer them) |
5. Remember to breath, 2L is just around the corner. |
Re: How do YOU study? |
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2017, 01:54:33 AM » |
We would like to always find you. |
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The growing unemployment rate in the United States is among the highest in the industrialized world, with only Sweden having a harder time putting people to work, according to a new international employment analysis by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
In November, the BLS found that Sweden had an unemployment rate of 8 percent, while the United States came in at 7.7 percent. That was before today's announcement that the U.S. rate is a staggering 7.9 percent. |
The other countries the BLS studies that supplied November unemployment rates--Canada, Australia, Japan and Netherlands--were all significantly lower. Japan was the lowest at 3.8 percent. |
In October and September, Italy and France reported higher unemployment; Sweden was just a hair below the U.S. rate. |
The unemployment rate in the U.S. has consistently been among the highest among the countries covered in the BLS "comparisons program" during the recession, though typically less than in Italy and France. |
There are, however, other notable Western nations not in the BLS study suffering much worse unemployment, such as Spain where the rate is 26 percent. |
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