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Miss September" wears stiletto heels as she strikes a pose for the Eizo X-ray pinup calendar
One of the year's most provocative pinup calendars features pictures that would be X-rated ... except that they're shot using X-rays.
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A message from Kim Hall at HSU:
Tuesday, June 29th, $2 bucks to get in (if you’re a vet, bring some type of ID – Daniel suggests a cool tattoo!)
Crabs play the Southern Oregon River Dawgs…… at 1900!
I would love to see you all, it’s awfully quiet up here this summer!!
Dave Stancliff/For the Times-Standard
Posted: 06/22/2010 01:30:17 AM PDT
When I went to school in the fifties and early sixties, paddling was a common form of punishment. I know this because I became acquainted with the practice by fourth grade. Teachers nationwide served up that dreaded “Board of Education” routinely in those days.
After I grew up, and got married and had three sons, the subject of paddling in school never came up. Not that my boys were goodie two-shoes who never got in trouble. They just never went to a school where paddling was permitted.
The state of California, where they went to school, outlawed corporal punishment in schools back in 1986. To my surprise, I recently learned there are still 20 states where it's legal for teachers to paddle their students.
Further research revealed that we are one of the few countries in the world to allow such treatment. Over 100 countries, including Canada, Australia, the countries of Western Europe and the U.K. outlawed corporal punishment decades ago.
It's not like we don't have organizations that oppose corporal punishment in schools. The American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association and the American Civil Liberties Union have all fought for years to get the practice banned nationwide.
For the first time in nearly two decades, Congress held hearings in April on the use of corporal punishment in schools. As a result of those hearings, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) will introduce a bill in the House this month to deny federal funding to schools that allow corporal punishment.
UPDATE:
From: Nadine A. Block, Executive Director, Center for Effective Discipline and co-chair of EPOCH-USA
Thanks for the nice article informing the public that the “board of education” is still a problem in the U.S. Representative McCarthy’s aide says the bill will be going to the Education and Labor Committee shortly!
Nadine
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Statistics don’t lie.
Since school let out everywhere, I’ve lost nearly 500 viewers a day. My stats show that the majority of visitors that I’m getting now (about 550 daily) are foreign.
While worldwide viewing remains the same on this blog, my national visitors have practically disappeared. I guess it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that my blog is student- driven, a fact that I find entertaining.
Stonehenge is best-known, but not only, place to fete the sun.
At sunrise on the Northern Hemisphere's longest day of the year — the summer solstice thousands of modern-day druids, pagans and partiers gather in the countryside near Salisbury, England, to cheer as the first rays of light stream over a circular arrangement of stones called Stonehenge. The original purpose of the ancient monument remains a source of academic debate. The large stones erected about 4,000 years ago are aligned with the summer solstice sunrise, leading scholars to suggest a link to an ancient sun-worshipping culture.
This is a breaking news story…
Several incidents had been reported earlier today at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division.
"We are no longer on lockdown," the public affairs office told NBC News. A press release with more details would be released later in the day, a spokesman said.”
It will run during the week and my regular column will appear next Sunday.
While disappointed, I’m not going to let it ruin my Father’s Day. Mistakes do happen. Instead, I’m going to have a great day with my wife and enjoy the beautiful weather.
Happy Father’s Day to all you dad’s out there!
Enjoy your day. It’s the one day of the year where Dad’s are always right!
Roughhousing with Dad can teach life lessons, studies find
The pirate cook smuggled food to the terrified hostages held by his gang off the Somali coast.
When the pirates started talking about harvesting their organs for cash, he sneaked them guns.
The hostages killed the pirates and escaped. But now the life of the Somali cook, known only as Ahmed, is in danger.
Sonora Smart Dodd spent more than six decades fighting for the holiday she started
Father's Day turns 100 this year, thanks to the tireless efforts of Sonora Smart Dodd (pictured at right). She spent 62 years drumming up support for the holiday until President Nixon finally made it an official national observance in 1972.
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A bill to tax medical marijuana like tobacco is scheduled for hearings by the State Senate Revenue & Taxation Comittee next Wednesday, June 23rd.
The bill, SBX6 -16 by Sen. Ronald Calderon of Montebello, would tax all sales of cannabis (except wholesale-level distribution to collectives or cooperatives) at a rate equal to the tobacco products tax rate.
Sen. Calderon's office has been evasive about discussing the bill and has not returned phone calls from medical marijuana proponents.
Patient advocates strongly oppose taxing medical marijuana. "We cannot support taxes on medical marijuana at present inflated black-market prices," stated California NORML in opposition to the bill. "Many patients are poor and living on disability. Until current laws are changed to clearly recognize the legality of cannabis sales, any tax proposals are highly premature and unwarranted. "
The provisions of SBX6 16 lack basic understanding of cannabis, which is dissimilar to tobacco both in its health effects and how it is marketed. Tobacco is taxed by the cigarette, while cannabis is sold by weight, making it difficult to make sense of the bill's mandate that they be taxed "at the same rate."
Because SBX6 -16 is a tax bill, it requires a 2/3 majority for passage. Opponents are hopeful that they can defeat the bill in committee. Medical marijuana supporters are urged to contact the committee in opposition to SBX6-16.
Committee Chair: Sen. Lois Wolk (D-Davis). Members: Sen. Elaine Alquist (D-San Jose); Mimi Walters (R-Laguna Niguel); Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield); and Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima).
Cal NORML letter of opposition:
Dear Sen. Wolk:
As co-sponsors of Prop. 215, we wish to state our objections to SBX6 16, the proposed "Cannabis Tax Law" (Sen. Calderon).
Until current laws are modified to clarify the legality of sale of medical cannabis, any such proposal is premature. At present, the legal status of medical marijuana sales and distribution remains hazy and disputed. Whereas some localities have recognized legal sales of medical marijuana through licensed dispensaries, others have not. Some legal authorities, including the city attorney and D.A. of Los Angeles, insist that such sales are flatly illegal, and many distributors continue to experience raids and arrest by local police. Until this uncertainty is resolved and conditions for legal sale firmly established in state law, the state lacks clear authority to demand taxes. In addition, the voters will be considering a "Tax and Regulate" initiative this November that could substantially change state laws on marijuana.
We cannot support taxes on medical marijuana at present inflated black-market prices. Many patients are poor and living on disability. It is hard to justify a special tax on one kind of medicine but not on others. SBX6 16 would create a two-tier system, in which lawful marijuana for medical use would be taxed, but illicit non-medical marijuana would not. The effect of this would be to encourage illegal, non-medical production.
SBX6 16 fails to set forth a coherent taxation scheme for cannabis. The scheme for tobacco taxation set forth in Revenue & Taxation Code Sections 31001ff does not work for marijuana. Tobacco is taxed by the cigarette, whereas marijuana is sold by weight. Logically, any taxation system for marijuana should also be scaled to the weight content of its major active ingredient, THC. Because of its minimal production costs, any taxes on marijuana should be established at a fixed excise rate, not as a percentage of price or revenues, since the latter could easily plummet by an order of magnitude in a true legal market. For in-depth analysis, see my paper on the "Economics of Cannabis Legalization," at www.canorml.org/ background/mjeconomics.html.
We urge the committee to reject SBX6 16 as ill-considered and premature.
Sincerely, Dale Gieringer, Director, California NORML
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