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Permafrost Day

It is a new day with the same predicament; the people must abandon the city of Itorunt through the north gate to warmer lands. The soldiers are recovering from the past battle but still they must continue to protect the civilian’s caravan, only a handful of them remains, many left wounded, and others leave to escort the caravan of people. Still the city will not be empty in about two days, time they don’t have.

Today’s weather is worse, besides being colder than previous days, and having a snowfall, there is a strong breeze making everyone unable to see even at mere ten meters. The south gate is being repaired, since is dangerous to seek trees outside they are dismantling houses and using the wood for the gate.
At this point the soldiers are not wearing any heavy or metal reinforced armor; they are wearing fur clothes to warm themselves, with the help of various campfires, especially near the south wall where the Snow Trolls have been attacking. The only noble unit remaining in the city is the Black Riders they vowed to defend the city until the last man.

Captain Eugen: Move those legs! We must keep the horses warm.
Soldier: excuse me captain, but we can’t repair the gates beyond this point, any further improvement will require the Duke assistance.
Captain Eugen: If civil work is not useful anymore, let’s do some training, we must warm up and be more agile, remember we are not wearing any armor so we can’t take hits.
Soldier: this…this must be a punishment from the Titans!
Captain Eugen: what are you talking about soldier? There is no such thing as a Titan. The GODs are the one behind all this.

Suddenly loud noises started to be heard from outside of the wall, like if it was hit by a battering ram, the snow storm is raging strong and the archer can’t see what is just outside. In that moment Tanya leaves her tent, and drawing her sword talk to the two men talking outside.

Tanya: it doesn't matter on what you believe, either Deities or Superstitions in the end that doesn’t really matter, the enemy is here and we must give these people hope to leave safely.

The gates have been overrun this time 48 Snow Trolls are inside the city crushing everything on their path with their big wooden logs, the soldiers can’t see far ahead, and when they see the trolls they are already too close to do something and the archers can’t aim well, all this due to the strong winds.

Captain Eugen: My lady we can’t even charge here we need more space for momentum and the militia is being overrun.
Tanya: Everybody move to the center of the city, we rally there. Carry the wounded on the Cavalry!
Captain Eugen: My Lady there is no time, we can’t save everyone, and the wounded has to be left behind…

Tanya thinks for a while that seems like an eternity, then she turn around with her horse and start to move.

Tanya: FINE! But we have to move now.

They manage to get to the center of the city, the same place where the people are gathering to emigrate to the north, the militia start to garrison the center square facing to the south road, meanwhile the city is in chaos, the Trolls are killing all men on their path while they take the women back to their plains.
The black guards are 100 meters north of the barricade to charge at the Snow Trolls when the time is due they can’t see but they hope to be lucky ; many people left the square ad forget the caravan to move to their houses, others improvised weapons to fight with the militia.

The enemy approaches hitting everything on the south road creating loud noises on their path, they can’t be seen yet but the archers open fire in their direction, they hardly hit the Trolls the snow storm is strong that looks like a frozen hell.

The archers abandon their bows and unsheathe their swords the noise is closer, the troll begun to throw rocks and logs from the building to hit the barricade and some soldiers behind at the same time they were rushing to it.

The barricade for the Trolls was like a sand castle for the sea waves, they would be been good to stop the movement of a couple of bandits or a small unit, but not those Ice Warriors, the battle rages fiercely the militia is being overpowered. Tanya looks to the captain of her unit and he makes a “no yet” signal to her, the peasant who formed armed groups begin to fight as well making the battlefield sound more louds.

Captain Eugen: Now is the time my lady! We charge past then and keep going and turn back then repeat.
Tanya. CHAAAAARGE!
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Dave Cameron's Aide on Child Internet Policy Arrested for Child Pornography

aid arrested on child pornography : police test 62 - year-old Cameron was on the Web filters and has been tipped for peerage
Patrick Rock was one of the closest collaborators of David Cameron
The 62-year -old was involved in the development of the policy of child pornography
But he left after the allegations against him were revealed
Aristocrat single was tipped to the peerage , a few weeks ago
By JAMES CHAPMAN
POSTED : 5:46 p.m. EST , March 3, 2014 | Updated: 6:20 p.m. EST , March 3, 2014
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Patrick Rock, a key advisor to the Prime Minister , was arrested on suspicion of child pornography offenses 5
Patrick Rock, a key advisor to the Prime Minister , was arrested on suspicion of child pornography offenses
One of the closest collaborators of David Cameron has resigned after being arrested on allegations of child pornography.
Patrick Rock has been closely involved in the government's policy on Internet porn filters .
He left after the Prime Minister learned that he was the center of a police investigation of images of child abuse .
Detectives from the National Crime Agency consulted No. 10 and studied computer systems and offices used by Mr. Rock , deputy director of the unity of the Downing Street policy .
Mr. Rock was a protégé of Margaret Thatcher, and has held several management positions within the Conservative Party. It was close to Mr Cameron for many years .
Described as political fixer Prime Minister " had the single 62, has been tipped as a leading contender for a Conservative peerage only a few weeks ago .
His arrest and resignation of Downing Street, where he worked since 2011 , will send shock waves through the high command of the party. The Prime Minister said he was " very shocked" .
A friend told me: " It has long been known Patrick and never expected something like this."
Mr. Rock was arrested last month after officials at No. 10 was made ​​aware of a "potential for abuse offense imaging children," the spokesman for Mr Cameron told the Daily Mail.
A well-placed source said Roche is also the subject of a sexual harassment complaint by a public servant who works in Downing Street, which is known to have been transmitted to the head of Mr. Cameron Ed Llewellyn staff .
" There were allegations against him , there will be a formal process. This upset some people at # 10 , "said the source.
Mr Cameron relationship with Mr. Roche dates back to the Interior Ministry , where they both worked under Michael Howard in the 1990s .

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Mr. Rock, who has repeatedly tried to become a Member of Parliament , Westminster known for coining the term " Cows moo , dogs bark , Labour introduced taxes" used by the Conservatives in the 1970s .
The Prime Minister has returned to Downing Street in 2011, a move welcomed by critics as heralding the return of a " grown up " at the center of government.
No unit 10 in politics, he took a special responsibility for problems internal affairs, and was also involved in the preparation of government measures against Internet pornography and child abuse imagery .
Close aid arrested : Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street 5
Close aid arrested : Prime Minister David Cameron leaves 10 Downing Street
Prime Minister David Cameron and his chief of staff Ed Llewellyn ( above) , which was made ​​aware of a sexual harassment complaint filed against Mr. Rock 5
Prime Minister David Cameron and his chief of staff Ed Llewellyn ( above) , which was made ​​aware of a sexual harassment complaint filed against Mr. Rock
Google and other search engines have made ​​changes that prevent corrupted pictures of them be included in the results of more than 100,000 research under government pressure 5
Google and other search engines have made ​​changes that prevent corrupted pictures of them be included in the results of more than 100,000 research under government pressure
In a crusade led by the Prime Minister at Downing Street negotiated an agreement with Internet companies, which means that all 20million homes connected to the Internet were contacted and asked if they want the family filter installed.
Downing Street also persuaded Google and other search engines to implement changes that will prevent corrupt they are included in the results of more than 100,000 research images.
Downing Street confirmed that Mr. Rock , who lives in west London , had been involved in politics.
"The Prime Minister believes that the imagery of child abuse is abhorrent and anyone involved with it must be properly dealt with under the law. "
Spokesman for Downing Street
Patrick Roche is one of a number of councilors and officials on this issue - but the work was done by another , and the decisions taken by ministers , "said a spokesman .
" On the evening of February 12 , Downing Street are aware of a potential criminal offense related to imaging of child abuse . , He was immediately returned to the National Agency of crime.
"The prime minister was immediately informed and updated throughout. Patrick Rock was arrested at his home in the early hours of Feb. 13 hours after Downing Street had reported the matter .
"Subsequently , we organized for staff to come in 10 and have access to all computer systems and offices, they are considered relevant.
" This is an ongoing investigation , so it would be inappropriate to comment further , but the Prime Minister considers that the imagery of child abuse is abhorrent and anyone involved with it must be properly dealt with under the law. "
The spokesman rejected suggestions that colleagues in No. 10 were told Mr. Rock was "sick" , but only the Prime Minister and a handful of his most senior officials appear to have been informed of the reasons for his absence.
Downing Street refused to comment on the allegations of sexual harassment but insisted . " All complaints are treated seriously and dealt with appropriately "
A pillar of the conservative establishment
Oxford graduate Patrick Rocher comes from a noble background 5
Oxford graduate Patrick Rocher comes from a noble background
By Tom Kelly and JAMES CHAPMAN
Born Robert John Patrick Rock the Besombes for a family of European aristocracy , he worked for major conservative for four decades.
But despite his impeccable social and political contacts , the Rock Oxford-trained repeatedly failed in his ambition to become a Conservative MP , despite being selected to fight safe seats .
Rock , 62, single, lives in an apartment at £ 500,000 Parsons Green, West London. He was born in Kensington in 1951 , a year after the marriage of his mother Gertrude and father Egyptian origin Robert John Rock the Besombes .
Her grandmother was a Aigneaux D ', a family of the French nobility who was born in Normandy and has a coat of arms.
As a teenager , Rock shipped to the elite Jesuit Stonyhurst College in Lancashire , earning a scholarship to Worcester College , Oxford, where he studied history.
After graduation, he worked as political secretary to Margaret Thatcher 's correspondence from the Office of the Prime Minister and also CEO of Retail Consortium .
It is not clear when he shortened his name to common Patrick Rock, but he used while fighting against the Woolwich East selection in 1979 , aged 28 , as he lost despite rising conservative vote .
After losing Crewe and Nantwich election in 1983, he was elected in an election to defend the seemingly impregnable safe seat for Portsmouth South in 1984 , which had a Conservative majority of over 12,000 .
Portsmouth News described as " protected Thatcher who had been chosen by Downing Street to challenge the seat in front of the most impressive local candidates.
During the campaign, he was described as " friendly and energetic, but a little wet behind the ears." His campaign ended disastrously after talking on TV about a hospital that was not in the district.
Rock was unmoved , said at a public meeting that he was " absolutely certain" that he would win the seat, predicted work would finish second and SDP Liberal Alliance third runway .
But after a 14 per cent swing against him, he was defeated by the Alliance Mike Hancock in what has been called "the greatest sorry choice for years " and a " big surprise " Mrs Thatcher.
Newspaper articles have described the rock defeated pale leaves counter " shock .
He blamed the defeat too many conservatives who live at home and Mrs Thatcher called him the next morning to ensure his defeat was not his fault. The following year he was appointed to head the Conservative Research.
He then worked as a special advisor to the Minister of the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of the Interior, where he met David Cameron. The couple is known to have said they repaired the two presidents pub the day of the death in 1994 of Labour leader John Smith, where they agreed Tony Blair will take over , leaving their party "f ***** " .
Roche tried again became an MP in 1990 , asking for safe Conservative seat of Devizes , but failed to get elected.
He has also worked in Brussels EU Commissioner Chris Patten , in charge of the Western Balkans, before becoming a political adviser in Downing Street.
His colleagues describe him as "abrasive " and " a commentator rather a man of action . " Another said his arrest in abuse images of children was a " big shock " .

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Medicinal Marijuana

The legalization of marijuana for medicinal use as recommended by a licensed physician

is a highly controversial issue. Under the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, California

became the first state to legalize marijuana for medicinal use. Unfortunately for the

beneficiaries of this act, federal law states that marijuana is a Schedule I drug under the

Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act. Under this act, there are five

such schedules classifying different drugs, both legal and illegal, based on potential

for abuse, accepted medicinal use, accepted safety for use in medical treatment when

supervised by a licensed physician.(AP) To be placed as a Schedule I drug "the drug or

other substance has a high potential for abuse, has no currently accepted medical use

in treatment in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or

other substance under medical supervision"(Authority and criteria for classification of

substances).

A drug can be moved, added or removed from any schedule in which it is placed if

and when there is scientific evidence showing medicinal usability. Said changes to

the schedules can be initiated by the Attorney General, Administrator of the DEA, the

Secretary of Health and Human Services, or by the petitioning of any interested party,

including pharmaceutical companies and private citizens.

The first step taken by the United States to criminalize marijuana was the Marijuana

Tax Act of 1937. This act did not directly criminalize the drug, but instead, imposed

a one dollar tax on commercially dealt marijuana. The penalty for not paying theses

taxes was up to two thousand dollars in fines and up to five years in prison. This act

made it too risky for anyone to deal this drug. In 1969 the Marijuana Tax Act was found

unconstitutional, on the grounds that anyone seeking a tax stamp would incriminate

themselves, thus violating the fifth amendment. Congresses response to this was the

Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. This was the first step

of Nixon's modern war on drugs.

In California, the Compassionate Use Act, or Proposition 215, was drafted to "ensure that

seriously ill Californians have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes

where that medical use is deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician

who has determined that the person's health would benefit from the use of marijuana in

the treatment of cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, glaucoma, arthritis, migraine, or

any other illness for which marijuana provides relief"(The Compassionate Use Act of

1996). This law gave California physicians the right to prescribe marijuana to patients

to counteract nausea brought on by medications patients were already on and as a pain

killer. For patients such as Angel Raich, who has an inoperable brain tumor, wasting

syndrome, chronic pain disorders, scoliosis, nausea, and several other documented

medical problems, marijuana was literally a life saver. From 1996 to 1999, Ms. Raich

was confined to a wheelchair. She credits marijuana for allowing her to get out of the

wheelchair and restoring mobility to the right side of her body. Due to her allergies and

chemical sensitivities to almost all conventional pharmaceutical medications, treating

her ailments is almost impossible. Another patient prescribed medical marijuana was

Ms. Diane Monson. Medical marijuana completely eliminates the chronic back spasms

she has had for many years. She has tried many other prescription and non-prescription

medications but they left her feeling nauseous and groggy. Marijuana has neither of these

side effects.

On August 15, 2002, the county sheriffs and agents from the DEA raided Ms. Monson's

house. After thoroughly searching the house, the sheriffs decided that her 6 canibis plants

were completely legal. The DEA thought otherwise, and "after a 3-hour standoff, the

federal agents seized and destroyed" all of her plants(Stevens, 2). When taken to the

Supreme Court, the case no longer was about whether marijuana has medicinal value

and should be made available to those in need, but "whether Congress' power to regulate

interstate markets for medicinal substances encompasses the portions of those markets

that are supplied with drug provided and consumed locally"(Stevens,3). Their final

decision was that patients or caregivers who cultivate marijuana for medicinal use "can

only increase the supply of marijuana in the California market" and "that such production

will promptly terminate when patients recover or will precisely match the patients'

medical need" seems unlikely(Stevens, 10).

Fortunately for people like Ms. Raich and Ms. Monson, not everyone in government

feels this way. Justice O'Connor of the Supreme Court believes that one of the virtues of

federalism is "that it promotes innovation by allowing for the possibility that "a single

courageous state may, if it's citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social

and economic experiments without risks to the rest of the country'"(O'Connor,1). The

Compassionate Use Act is a prime example of the a State serving as a laboratory. States

powers have always included the ability to determine what are criminal acts and protect

the welfare, heath, and safety of their citizens. In using those powers, California and

it's citizens have come to a decision regarding the question of whether marijuana can

effectively be used medically. Fortunately, "the Court's holding neither struck down

Proposition 215 nor demanded that California bring criminal charges against it's citizens

who were using marijuana on the advice of their physicians"(Cohen,1).

Marijuana has been used as a medicine since it was first discovered. In the 17th and

18th centuries, marijuana was prescribed for "a wide variety of conditions, including

depression, cough, jaundice, inflammation, tumors, arthritis, gout, venereal disease,

incontinence, cramps, insomnia, epilepsy, and asthma"(Gahlinger,34). Between 1839

and 1900, over 100 medical studies on marijuana and it's effects or uses were published

and before 1941, canibis and it's extracts were sold as medicines in powder, tablet, and

liquid forms. Only in 1941 was canibis and all of it's extracts removed from the U.S.

Pharmacopoeia and the National Formulary, which contains all the recognized standards

for medications.

One of the factors used in determining drug scheduling by the DEA is the risk to public

health. If a drug has been classified as a Schedule I narcotic, it generally poses a threat

to public safety. However, marijuana has not been found to have "any physical peril

for users of the drug"(Miller, 18). In fact, when you consider it's "'therapeutic ratio',

the difference between the size of the dose needed for the desired effect and the size

that produces poisoning", you will find that it has no known ratio as yet(Miller, 19).

For that matter, a congressionally mandated study done by a conservative commission

appointed by President Nixon recommended that "possession of marihuana for personal

use would no longer be an offense" and even that "casual distribution of small amounts

of marihuana for no remuneration, or insignificant remuneration not involving profit,

would no longer be an offense"(Trebach,105). Even clergy members support the medical

marijuana issue, stating that "'This is about compassion for people" and that they "feel

compelled to support doctors who want to use whatever tools necessary to ease the pain

of the extremely sick"(Huffstutter, 1).

California is not the only state to have medical marijuana laws on the books. In total,

there are 26 states with such laws still in effect dating as far back as 1978. Washington

D.C. even has a medical use law which reschedules marijuana to Schedule V when used

for medicinal purposes. Schedule V contains drugs, such as Robitussin A-C, that have

low potential for abuse and accepted medical use, but may lead to limited dependence.

Almost all of the states laws allow medicinal use for cancer patients and other life

threatening illnesses, but California is the only state that expressly allows cultivation by

the patient or caregivers for medical use. Counties may set the limit of plants and weight

of dried marijuana for medicinal use, but if there is no set limit, they use California

defaults of 6 mature or 12 immature plants and 8 ounces of dried marijuana. Some

counties, such as Del Norte, allow as much as 99 plants and 1 pound of dried cannabis.

Only Humboldt County has no limit on the amount plants one can possess.

Some groups, such as NORML, a non profit members group, support the legalization

of marijuana for recreational as well as medicinal use. They believe that marijuana

could be California's cash crop and they estimate it would raise $1.5-$2.5 billion

dollars in tax revenue while saving approximately $150 million in arrests, trials, and

incarceration costs. In fact, the Los Angels NORML director, Bruce Margolin, ran

for governor in the 2003 recall election. His campaign platform, decreasing our states

debt by taking "California's No.1cash crop off of the black market and tax the sale and

distribution of Marijuana in the state"(Bruce).

While most people may not support the legalization of marijuana for recreational use,

a poll taken in 2003 revealed that 75% of adults in the U.S. are in favor of medical

marijuana. However, even though most of the public supports medicinal use, most

government officials and some researchers do not believe that marijuana is a viable

medicine. In fact, Special Assistant David Murray thinks medicinal marijuana "is a patent

medicine of the 19th century hawked by carnival barkers" and "Not only is smoked

marijuana not an effective medicine, but it is addictive, carcinogenic, damages the body's

respiratory, immune and reproductive systems, affects short-term memory and ability to

learn and is a 'gateway' to harder narcotics use"(Marshall).

However, according to Dr. Leo Hollister, the evidence of damage to the immune and

reproductive systems are contradictory in nature and that the studies that were closest to

actual clinical conditions created less compelling evidence. The immune suppression idea

was first brought up by the notorious Dr. Gabriel Nahas, but researchers in the Regan

administration failed to find conclusive evidence of this theory. Government experts

also agree that marijuana causes no permanent damage to either the male or female

reproductive systems.

As for it being a gateway drug, there is no scientific evidence to support these claims.

Many cultures throughout Asia and Africa have been using marijuana religiously,

medically, and recreationally and they "show no propensity for other drugs"(California

NORML). This theory took hold in the sixties, when marijuana became the recreational

drug of choice, but was refuted in the eighties when cocaine took old of America

and marijuana use declined. However, there is evidence that shows in the absence of

marijuana a user is more likely to turn to a harder substance or alcohol to get high.

Further more, marijuana does not cause a physical dependence and there is still some

debate as to whether or not it causes psychological dependence.

As far a marijuana not being an effective medicine, if this is the case, why do so many

researchers, doctors, and cancer specialists believe it does? Marijuana is not prescribed as

an antibiotic or anything like that. It is prescribed to patients who are in to much pain or

to nauseous to eat or even function in day to day situations. Chemotherapy tends to leave

patients with both a throbbing pain and nausea.(CC) This will prevent them from eating

which causes their immune system to weaken even more. Marijuana allows patients to

feel hungry and eat without forcing themselves too. It eases some pain with out the side

effects or chemical dependency of most modern pharmaceutical pain killers. In fact,

some medicinal users claim that cannabis is a safe, cheap, and effective alternative to the

usually nauseating medications prescribed for their particular ailments.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved clinical trials of a drug called Sativex,

which s a liquid that combines two of the most therapeutic compounds in marijuana.

Sativex is the second marijuana derived pharmaceutical drug created and tested by the

FDA. These drugs are to be used the same way medical marijuana is, however, they

supposedly limit the dangerous effects of canibis, those of getting high and smoking.

However, some are not convinced "that the therapeutic benefits of cannabis can always

be separated from its psychoactive effects"(Grinspoon). Many patients speak of feeling

better after they get high. If marijuana contributes to this mood elevation, should that

be taken away from a patient that is probably in need of it? For those who are worried

about the toxins that come with smoking, they can use a vaporizer, which frees the

cannabinoids from the plant without burning it or producing smoke.(AC)

Some feel that one day, cannabis will be seen as a wonder drug, just as penicillin was in

the 1940's. Just like penicillin, marijuana is nontoxic, has a wide range of uses, and would

be remarkably inexpensive if legalized. Even good quality, although illegal, marijuana

is cheaper than the synthetic versions the FDA is trying to pass. The only bonus to drugs

like Sativex over marijuana is that Sativex is completely legal.

The claim that Sativex doesn't cause intoxication, a main goal of the FDA, hinges on the

idea that patients will stick with the recommended dosage. The down side of this is that,

while marijuana takes effect almost immediately, Sativex does not, though it is much

more efficient than it's counter part, Marinol. In effect, Sativex could get a patient high if

they took more than the recommended dosage, just as cough syrup can get one drunk, if

more than the recommended dosage is ingested.

What all this seems to boil down to is an issue of when. Most of the adults in the U.S.

seem to agree with the legalization of marijuana, if not entirely, at least for medicinal

purposes. Most agree that it has therapeutic qualities and can be a life saver in the case of

AIDS and cancer patients, as well as treat a multitude of other symptoms. The only real

opposition seems to come from government officials. If medical marijuana were made

legal, it could increase tax revenues and the quality of life of many infirmed patients.(SB)

It made completely legal, and properly regulated, it could be a tremendous cash crop

for California, if not the whole U.S. and generate billions of dollars in revenue, which

would remove a lot of the debt that looms over this country like a storm cloud. Most of

the reasons for it being illegal are unfounded and even government appointed research

has recommended that possession not be a criminal offense. Many countries around the

world have loose if any marijuana laws and crime is no more rampant, psychosis no more

prevalent, than here. If it works for countries less powerful or developed than the U.S.

why can it not work here? Is America so much better than these countries that we must

force our infirmed to suffer unnecessarily? Why must we deny a cheap and effective

source of relief to those so desperately in need of a quality of life change? Our strict laws

turn dying, pain riddled patients into criminals or force them to a life of side effects, if

they can even take the prescribed medications.(VP) There is something seriously wrong

with a country that would deny relief to those in pain, an appetite to those to nauseas to

eat.