Sept. 4, San Jose State, (W, 48-3) Sept. 11, Penn State, (W, 24-3) Sept. 18, at Duke, (W, 62-13) Sept. 25, at Arkansas, (W, 24-20) Oct. 2, Florida, (W, 31-6) Oct. 9, at South Carolina, (L, 35-21) Oct. 16, Mississippi, (W, 23-10) Oct. 23, at Tennessee, (W, 41-10) Nov. 6, at LSU, (L, 24-21) Nov. 13, Mississippi State, (W, 30-10) Nov. 18, Georgia State, (W, 63-7) Nov. 26, Auburn, 2:30 p.m. (CBS-3)
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Activists in Alabama have been trying for years to get a medical marijuana bill passed there. Last year, for the first time, a bill made it out of committee. Next year, they will try again, but even if they succeed, it will be too late for Michael Lapihuska. http://stopthedrugwar.org/files/michael-lapihuska.jpg Michael Lapihuska, facing camera, wearing Alabamans for Compassionate Care t-shirt Lapihuska, cursed with depression and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), grew up in Alabama, but left the state after serving 13 months for possessing five grams of marijuana in 2003. The now card-carrying medical marijuana patient from California was arrested on marijuana possession charges again on December 15 in Anniston, Alabama, as he visited his family for the holidays. Lapihuska was stopped by a police officer and accused of hitch hiking as he walked down a road. The officer demanded he be allowed to search Lapihuska, and he complied. The search came up with a prescription bottle containing one gram of marijuana. Lapihuska explained that he was a registered California medical marijuana patient and produced a patient ID card. But Alabama justice doesn't recognize medical marijuana, and Lapihuska was charged with his third marijuana possession offense, this one worth between two and 10 years in state prison. Under Alabama law, a first marijuana offense is a misdemeanor, but a second possession offense is a felony punishable by a year in prison. A third possession offense is a felony punishable by two to 10 years in prison. http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2010/sep/22/alabama_patient_facing_10_years added by: JackHerer
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Southern U.S. States Targeted for Genetically Engineered Tree Plantations United States–Today is the International Day Against Tree Monocultures [1]. Across the globe, timber plantations are wreaking havoc on forests and forest dependent communities. Now, to further exacerbate this damage, genetically engineered trees (or GE trees) pose a new and unprecedented threat. The Dogwood Alliance’s Executive Director, Danna Smith said, “The USDA recently approved a request by GE tree company ArborGen, headquartered in South Carolina, to plant over a quarter of a million genetically engineered eucalyptus trees across Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and South Carolina, —many of the same regions still trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill. This would be another disaster for the region.” Like kudzu, eucalyptus trees are wildly invasive, and spread into native ecosystems, displacing wildlife. Additionally, the oil in these eucalyptus trees is extremely flammable. California spends millions each year to eradicate invasive eucalyptus because of the threat of wildfires. In 2009 over 200 people were killed in Australia in a firestorm fuelled by eucalyptus. It was the worst fire in the country’s history. On July 1, 2010 Global Justice Ecology Project, Dogwood Alliance, Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety, and the International Center for Technology Assessment filed a lawsuit to stop ArborGen’s GE eucalyptus due to their potential impacts [2]. “It’s time for people to understand that GE trees must be banned and that plantations are not forests,” remarked Orin Langelle, Global Justice Ecology Project Co-Director/Strategist. NOTES to Editors: [1] In 2004, September 21st was declared the International Day Against Tree Monocultures by organizations throughout the world. On this day, people in every continent carry out actions to generate awareness about the impacts of large scale tree monocultures on communities and their environments. For more info, see www.wrm.org.uy [2] For background on the lawsuit click here. Click here to sign the petition to stop genetically engineered trees! added by: JanforGore
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For the record, here are the first and fourth sentences from the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book released earlier this afternoon: Reports from the twelve Federal Reserve Districts suggested continued growth in national economic activity during the reporting period of mid-July through the end of August, but with widespread signs of a deceleration compared with preceding periods. … However, the remaining Districts of New York, Philadelphia, Richmond, Atlanta, and Chicago all highlighted mixed conditions or deceleration in overall economic activity. It may be fair to describe the detail in Atlanta’s section of the report as “mixed” (it’s a borderline call; the opening paragraph from that District’s report will appear later). But Richmond’s section is clearly one of deceleration, which brings us to today’s clearly needed geography lesson for Jeannine Aversa and/or a headline writer at the Associated Press. What follows is a graphic containing the headline at Aversa’s 2:45 p.m. story (since updated here ), and her first few paragraphs: That’s clever. By isolating slower growth to the “East” and “Midwest” (really “decelerating,” a somewhat stronger term that implies a trend of ever-slower growth instead of a onetime event), the AP’s headline writer would appear to be attempting to limit the full brunt of the Beige Book’s relatively bad news. The fact is that the declining Richmond District includes Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia, many of whose non-DC Beltway residents would be surprised to learn are considered “East” by the AP’s headline writer. The opening paragraph about Atlanta is mixed, but contrary to the AP’s communicated geography, some of the bad news is neither in the “East” nor the “East Coast,” no matter how far you try to stretch the definition (bold is mine): Sixth District business contacts indicated that the pace of economic activity continued to slow in July and August. Retailers reported a decrease in traffic and sales, and their outlook was less positive than in previous months. Reports from the District’s tourism sector were mixed as contacts outside of the oil-spill affected Gulf coast experienced positive growth , but areas from Louisiana to the Florida panhandle saw significant declines in visitors. Residential real estate contacts noted that the pace of new and existing home sales slowed, and their outlook remained pessimistic. Nonresidential real estate activity remained weak. Manufacturers reported that the pace of new orders growth slowed. Banking credit conditions remained constrained and loan demand was reportedly weak. Labor markets improved modestly, but most businesses maintained a strong preference for increasing the hours worked of existing staff and expanding their use of temporary hires rather than for hiring permanent employees. Transportation and material prices rose slightly, but most firms expressed limited ability to pass increases through to consumers. The bolded item would seem to indicate that contacts actually in the Gulf didn’t see growth in the tourism sector. That would include Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, none of which have recently been known to be located in “the East” or “East Coast.” Additionally, the two tidbits that follow in Atlanta’s section of the report allude to other forms of deceleration occurring in those decidedly non-“Eastern” states: “areas from Louisiana to the Florida panhandle saw significant declines in visitors.” “Most District merchants reported that traffic and sales decreased in July and August.” Jeannine Aversa would have been better off simply publishing the first four sentences of the Beige Book and going home. A public attempting to stay informed would have been better off with a headline reading “Fed releases Beige Book, identifying regional economic trends.” Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com .
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Filed under: R.I.P. , Movies Glenn Shadix — famous for playing Otho the interior decorator in ” Beetlejuice ” — died this morning after falling at his home in Alabama … this according to his sister. Shadix’s sister Susan Gagne told The
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*Exclusive* Credit: FloridaOilSpillLaw.com “Our heads are still swimming,” stated Barbara Schebler of Homosassa, Florida, who received word last Friday that test results on the water from her family’s swimming pool showed 50.3 ppm of 2-butoxyethanol, a marker for the dispersant Corexit 9527A used to break up and sink BP’s oil in the Gulf of Mexico. The problems began for the Scheblers a few weeks after the April 20 blow-out. “Our first clue were rashes we both got early in May. Both my husband and I couldn’t get rid of the rashes and had to get cream from our doctor,” Schebler noted, “I never had a rash in my life.” Then, on “July [23], my husband Warren mowed the lawn. It was hot so he got in the pool to cool off afterward. That afternoon he had severe diarrhea and very dark urine. This lasted about 2 days,” she revealed. Initially, they reasoned this was caused by the heat. The following week Mr. Schebler again mowed the lawn and went in the pool, and again he was sickened with the same severe symptoms. Suspicious that the pool may be a problem, the family set out to get the water tested. “We have a 15 year old and felt we owed it to him to live in a clean, healthy environment,” said Mrs. Schebler. The Scheblers found Robert Naman, a Mobile, Alabama chemist who’s performed multiple tests (1, 2, 3) for WKRG Channel 5, also out of Mobile. “Warren collected a water sample from the pool filter on August 17th… packed the sample according to Mr. Naman’s instructions, and overnighted it to his Mobile, Ala. lab that same day,” she noted. The results were delivered by Naman over the phone on August 27 at 11:00 a.m. EDT. A copy of the findings were then e-mailed to the Scheblers. To view the document, click here. “Naman [said] our pool water sample we sent him contained 50.3 ppm [parts per million] 2-butoxyethanol marker for Corexit,” according to Mrs. Schebler. Tests for arsenic came back at less than .02 ppm. A July letter from four top scientists noted, “Corexit 9527A contains 2-BTE (2-butoxyethanol), a toxic solvent that ruptures red blood cells, causing hemolysis (bleeding) and liver and kidney damage (Johanson and Bowman, 1991, Nalco, 2010).” The safety data sheet provided by Nalco, the manufacturer of Corexit 9527A, warns, “Harmful if absorbed through skin. May be harmful if swallowed. May cause liver and kidney effects and/or damage. There may be irritation to the gastro-intestinal tract.” Mr. Schebler’s “severe diarrhea and very dark urine” appear to indicate gastro-intestinal tract irritation. BP Press Officer Daren Beaudo released a statement on August 28 that reads, “Unified Command records indicate that the last date of use of the Corexit 9527 was May 22,” almost three months before the samples were taken from the pool. Yet, the Schebler’s report is the second time in the last 10 days that the 2-butoxyethanol marker for Corexit 9527A has been discovered near the Gulf. It has also been found near the Florida border in Cotton Bayou, AL, at about 1/4 the level as in Homosassa, FL. A WKRG segment from August 19 featured an inland water sample that tested for 13.3 ppm of the Corexit dispersant. The question remains, how did this chemical find its way into the Schebler’s pool in such a high concentration? “At night we would hear very low aircraft, including helicopters. We figured they were just heading to help out in the Gulf,” and Mrs. Schebler added that she was told, “The prevailing winds from the Gulf are easterly — and when they spray, it is airborne — and that we are right in the path of those winds.” It was also noted that, “We had alot of rain here before my husband got sick, and wondered what was going on… We had been having daily downpours in July.” There is no way to be sure at this point. Though she stated, “Friends a few miles away… are having [a] similar situation. They are now thinking of getting their water tested.” As for the family’s current physical well being, “We both still have rashes that will not go away if we stop the cream we were given by our doctor. Warren still gets diarrhea on and off – this never happened with this frequency before.” (a bit more at original article, and many links to sources) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FxfYqnlQ50&feature=player_embedded added by: samantha420
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Ah yes – liberalism, or as its recent branding has labeled it, progressivism, is the most open-minded and culturally sensitive place to be on the ideological spectrum. Those who subscribe to those beliefs are far more enlightened and far more able to respect those from all over the globe, or least all over the United States, right? Not the case with liberal talk show host Bill Press. On his Aug. 4 program, Press launched into a long-winded rant about a handful of U.S. Senators who question the interpretation of the 14 th Amendment , which allows for so-called “anchor babies” to provide a way for some illegal immigrants to achieve legal status, despite having broken the law by entering the United States. Press took issue with Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, who suggested the 14 th Amendment is being abused and wasn’t what was intended by the original authors of it. But he didn’t just disagree with him for his stance. Instead, he took to mocking his southern accent, playing to a stereotype of people from the South. “You know the only thing we’re missing with that are the banjos, you know,” Press said. “I mean – yeah, Jeff Sessions. I mean give me a freaking break. [ In faux southern accent with banjo music playing ] You know our founding fathers didn’t know them jet skis – they got them jet skis in Tijuana. They do, they just zip up the coast and have their baby on the beach in La Hoya, La Joya, La Jolla and then they back to Tijuana with a little baby American. God darn if Thomas Jefferson had only know’d that we would have been different.” Press went on to show his audacity was boundless and called critics of the way the 14 th Amendment has been used as “mean-spirited.” Press framed the entire debate in a manner that made it seem like legislators were taking their concerns over illegal immigration out on children. “Where do we get these people from?” Press continued. “You know, unfreaking believable. Look this is such a stupid thing. Number one, it’s just – look, it’s so mean-spirited, right? Yeah, OK – we’re going to take it out on the kids. Yeah, we’re going to get even with those illegal immigrants. We’re going to get even with anybody that came here to try to improve their life and do better for their family. Yeah, we’re going to take it out on their kids and throw those little buggers back across the boarder.” But he didn’t stop there with the mocking Sessions. Later in his broadcast, Press launched into another anti-Sessions screed with the same theatrics. [ With faux southern accent with banjo music playing ] “Ah yeah, did Thomas Jefferson know ‘bout dem UFOs?” Press said. “Man, those aliens coming here from outer space, popping out a baby and then hopping in their spaceship and goin’ home. What’s this world coming to? I’m tellin’ ya, if James Madison know’d that he would’ve done different.” And to end his bizarre high-minded, left-of-center condescending anti-Alabama rant, this wizard of smart suggested maybe we should revoke citizenship from Alabamians. “You know, how about we just take citizenship away from people born in Alabama ?” Press said. “That’d be a good start. Just kidding, Alabamans – well, yeah maybe [laughter]. Alright, there we go, yes indeed.” One can only ask what is next for Press. Will he mock someone of another ethnicity which he disagrees with a stereotype? It is hard to imagine a conservative talker pulling such a feat off without some sort of pushback from Press and his ilk.
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Amanda Lynn Cook, 23-year-old woman from Andalusia, Alabama, has been arrested for allegedly engaging in sex with a 15-year-old boy after the two were found at a local campground. According to police report, deputies came in contact with the couple in the early morning hours of Tues., July 5, at Pt. A Park. It was apparent the two had been engaged in sexual activity. Read more from the source: http://femalesexoffenders.com/fso/index.php/the-news/119-amanda-cook-arrested added by: b2r
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‘It was the last one we expected her to pick,’ song’s producers reveal. By Steven Roberts Beyonc
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Last week, singer Jimmy Buffett took a swipe at former President George W. Bush, saying that the Republican administration was responsible for the oil spill off the Gulf Coast. “To me it was more about eight years of bad policy before [President Obama] got there that let this happen,” Buffett told the Associated Press. “It was Dracula running the blood bank in terms of oil and leases.” But Buffett appeared to change his mind at his concert in Gulf Shores, Alabama on Sunday, and laid the blame for the spill solely on BP. The musician revamped the lyrics of his famous “Margaritaville” song to: “Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame; but I know it’s all BP’s fault.” We think this revision is a bit more on-target.
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