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Enhancing the nutritional value and grain quality of modern rice varieties.
Molecular Characterization and Genetic Analysis of Nutritional Components of Philippine Indigenous Pigmented Rice Germplasm (NutrientRice).
NutrientRice is a BBSRC-funded project partnering with the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines.
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Rodgers, whose side have three points from their first two fixtures, challenged those fringe players who will come in to make their mark, and in the first of a double-header against the German side he is looking for a better performance after their 3-1 defeat to Salzburg in their last European outing. It's a low-grade calf strain.
And Brendan Rodgers has not been helped by the current injury crisis at Celtic Park.
"It's something we can't control but I'm looking forward to the match".
We are often hearing the negative stories surrounding travelling fans in Europe, but this must-see footage shows the Celtic fans are having an absolute ball following Brendan Rodgers' club in Europe.
"It's key coming into these games that we think about performing well". We will see how he is tomorrow.
Leipzig boss Ralf Rangnick believes the two sides are playing for second place in their Europa League section.
Rodgers said: "Jozo looks like he'll be struggling". These games will be very important. So for us, the standard here is winning so we are there to win and to do it in a way that entertains our supporters. "So, yes, both teams are fighting for second spot in this group".
Leipzig have their own issues as Emil Forsberg, Ibrahima Konate and Diego Demme are all out.
Should Rodgers decide he doesn't want to risk pairing two of his younger players at the back, he does have a couple of alternatives. We had a great chance with Odsonne Edouard after seven minutes.
Prior to that, Celtic take on Motherwell, Dundee FC and Hearts in the league, matches for which they will at least be able to welcome back Boyata.
"I don't think he would ever say that publicly and nor do I think that he will really focus too much on anything other than ensuring Celtic get to eight this season, but the bottom line for me is that he is motivated and happy at his work".
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live , Neville said, " United are tenth in the Premier League ". It was not surprising that the club would break the bank to make him a Red Devil again.
Her resignation from the United Nations role this week is said to be to allow her take the new position of president. She was voted in after the unexpected resignation of her predecessor, Mulatu Teshome yesterday October 24th.
They say she dated Melvin Rowland for about a month before learning he had lied about his name, his age, and his criminal history. Governor Gary Herbert has ordered a pair of investigations following the murder of a University of Utah student .
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Graff paid a $7.5M ransom and sued its insurance firm for refusing to cover this payment
The high-end British jeweler Graff paid a £6 million ransom after the ransomware attack it suffered in 2021.
In September 2021, the Conti ransomware gang hit high society jeweler Graff and threatens to release private details of world leaders, actors and tycoons
The customers of the company are the richest people on the globe, including Donald Trump, David Beckham,Tom Hanks, Samuel L Jackson, Alec Baldwin, and Sir Philip Green.
As proof of the hack, the group published on its leak site files related to purchases made by David Beckham, Oprah, and Donald Trump. The Conti gang leaked 69,000 confidential documents, leaked files include customer lists, invoices, receipts, and credit notes. Leaked data included info about purchases made by the royal families from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Qatar.
The Russian hacking group claimed the information published, involving about 11,000 of Graff's clients, represents just one percent of the stolen files.
The impact on the privacy of the customers could be greater than the value of the purchased jewels, some of the purchases may demonstrate embarrassing relationships between lovers and very important people.
Graff decided to pay a £6m ($7.5 million) ransom to Conti to avoid the leak of its customers' data and sued its insurance company Travelers for refusing to cover the ransom payment. It seems that the initial request of the Conti gang was $15 million, but it was halved after a negotiation with the cybercrime gang.
"The criminals threatened targeted publication of our customers' private purchases. We were determined to take all possible steps to protect their interests and so negotiated a payment which successfully neutralized that threat." explained a company spokesperson. "We are extremely frustrated and disappointed by Travelers' attempt to avoid settlement of this insured risk. They have left us with no option but to bring these recovery proceedings at the High Court."
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ARCHIVED - Telecom Public Notice CRTC 97-42
Telecom Public Notice
Ottawa, 18 December 1997
Telecom Public Notice CRTC 97-42
SERVICE TO HIGH-COST SERVING AREAS
File No.: 8665-C12-04/97
1. The Telecommunications Act (the Act), in subsection 7(b), identifies as a policy objective for Canadian telecommunications the need "to render reliable and affordable telecommunications services of high quality accessible to Canadians in both urban and rural areas in all regions of Canada."
2. In Local Service Pricing Options, Telecom Decision CRTC 96-10, 15 November 1996, the Commission stated that it considers the matter of service to high-cost areas, including the extension of service to unserved areas and the upgrading of existing service to underserved areas to be important. In that Decision the Commission stated its intention to consider these issues following the conclusion of the local competition proceeding, to the extent that they had not been addressed in that proceeding.
3. In Local Competition, Telecom Decision CRTC 97-8, 1 May 1997, the Commission noted that the advent of competition in all telecommunications markets raises the issue of the appropriate regulatory approach to the continued achievement of the policy objectives set out in subsection 7(b) of the Act. As well, the Commission noted that there was discussion during the proceeding with respect to the meaning and significance for regulatory purposes of the terms "obligation to serve", "universal service obligation" and "carrier of last resort". The Commission concluded that the most appropriate way to ensure these goals is to maintain the incumbent local exchange carriers' (ILECs) current obligation to serve, pending further investigation through a public process into an approach for serving high-cost areas that is more suited to a fully competitive environment.
4. The Commission hereby initiates a proceeding to consider the issues associated with service to high-cost serving areas (HCSAs). The Commission seeks comments associated with service to HCSAs, including: (i) the criteria for establishing HCSAs [including for example, whether different categories of HCSAs are appropriate, e.g., remote areas]; (ii) the criteria and mechanism for extending and upgrading service in a competitive environment; (iii) whether changes are required to current obligations to serve; (iv) the appropriate costing methodology to use to establish service costs in HCSAs; (v) whether HCSAs should be subsidized and if so, what would be the appropriate funding mechanism [e.g., a high-cost service fund]; (vi) services [with definitions as required] and facilities to be funded from a high-cost service fund [to include, where appropriate, consideration of uneconomic toll service and unusual expenses required for sustainable toll competition]; (vii) what are the appropriate sources of funding for any funding mechanism that may be established; (viii) eligibility and mechanism for receiving funding and whether there should be any limits on funding; (ix) the funding level per service [e.g., maximum subsidy, need for uniformity between regions, etc.] and the annual total value of any high-cost service fund or other funding mechanism that may be established, reflecting the funding level and the timing of any non-recurring investments [to include an inventory of existing services, future service extensions, future service upgrades, etc.]; (x) frequency of review of the parameters of any funding mechanism; (xi) any relationship to or impact on the existing contribution mechanism and price cap regime; (xii) implementation, operation and administration of any funding mechanism; (xiii) an appropriate mechanism for evaluating any funding mechanism vis-à-vis achieving the objectives of subsection 7(b) of the Act; and (xiv) any other issues that the Commission should consider.
5. It is the Commission's intention to implement by 1 January 2000 any safeguards or mechanisms required to address the issue of service to HCSAs.
6. While recognizing that there is a link between the existing contribution regimes and service to HCSAs to the extent that some of these areas may be funded by contribution payments, it is not the Commission's intention to conduct an overall review of the existing contribution regimes in this proceeding.
7. In Telecom Public Notice CRTC 97-41, Review of the Contribution Regime of Independent Telephone Companies in Ontario and Quebec, (PN 97-41) published today, the Commission will be examining issues that are related to the issues raised in this PN. The Commission notes therefore, that its decision in that proceeding may be taken into account by the Commission in its deliberations in this proceeding.
8. All Stentor-member operating companies and independent telephone companies subject to CRTC jurisdiction (collectively, the telephone companies) are made parties to this proceeding. Other parties wishing to participate in this proceeding must notify the Commission of their intention to do so by writing to Mrs. Laura M. Talbot-Allan, Secretary General, CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N2, fax: 819-953-0795, by 1 February 1998. Parties are to indicate in the notice their Internet email address, where available. If parties do not have access to the Internet, they are to indicate in their notice whether they wish to receive disk versions of hard copy filings. The Commission will issue a complete list of parties and their mailing addresses (including Internet email addresses, if available), identifying those parties who wish to receive disk versions.
9. The Commission will issue initial interrogatories to the telephone companies by 20 February 1998. The intent of these interrogatories will be to inventory the areas/services that may be eligible to receive any high-cost funding and related financial information.
10. Responses to initial interrogatories pursuant to paragraph 9 are to be filed with the Commission and served on all parties by 20 March 1998.
11. The telephone companies are to file their submissions on service to HCSAs with the Commission and serve a copy on all parties by 1 May 1998. Other parties wishing to file submissions may do so by filing them with the Commission and serving a copy on all parties by 1 May 1998.
12. Parties may address interrogatories to any party who files submissions pursuant to paragraph 11. Any such interrogatories must be filed with the Commission with a copy served on the relevant party or parties by 19 June 1998.
13. Responses to interrogatories addressed pursuant to paragraph 12 are to be filed with the Commission with a copy served on all parties by 20 July 1998.
14. Requests by parties for further responses to their interrogatories addressed pursuant to paragraph 13, specifying in each case why a further response is both relevant and necessary, and requests for public disclosure of information for which confidentiality has been claimed, setting out the reasons for disclosure, must be filed with the Commission with a copy served on the relevant party or parties by 10 August 1998.
15. Responses to requests for further responses to interrogatories and for public disclosures must be filed with the Commission with a copy served on the party making the request by 17 August 1998.
16. The Commission will issue a determination with respect to requests for disclosure and for further responses as soon as possible, and intends to direct that any information to be provided pursuant to that determination be filed with the Commission with a copy served on all parties to the proceeding by 4 September 1998.
17. Parties may address a second series of interrogatories to parties who file submissions pursuant to paragraph 11. Any such interrogatories must be filed with the Commission with a copy served on the relevant party or parties by 18 September 1998.
18. Responses to interrogatories addressed pursuant to paragraph 17 are to be filed with the Commission with a copy served on all parties by 16 October 1998.
19. Requests by parties for further responses to their interrogatories addressed pursuant to paragraph 17, specifying in each case why a further response is both relevant and necessary, and requests for public disclosure of information for which confidentiality has been claimed, setting out the reasons for disclosure, must be filed with the Commission with a copy served on the party or parties in question by 30 October 1998.
20. Responses to requests for further responses to interrogatories and for public disclosure must be filed with the Commission with a copy served on the party making the request by 6 November 1998.
21. The Commission will issue a determination with respect to requests for disclosure and for further responses as soon as possible, and intends to direct that any information to be provided pursuant to that determination be filed with the Commission with a copy served on all parties to the proceeding by 27 November 1998.
22. Final arguments from parties are to be filed with the Commission with a copy served on all other parties by 30 January 1999.
23. Reply arguments from parties are to be filed with the Commission with a copy served on all other parties by 15 February 1999.
24. Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely mailed, by that date.
25. In addition to hard copy filings, parties are encouraged to file with the Commission electronic versions of their submissions in accordance with the Commission's Interim Telecom Guidelines for the Handling of Machine-Readable Files, dated 30 November 1995. The Commission's Internet email address for electronically filed documents is public.telecom@crtc. gc.ca. Electronically filed documents can be accessed at the Commission's Internet site at http://www.crtc.gc.ca.
REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS AND NOTIFICATION OF SUBSCRIBERS
26. The Commission intends to conduct regional consultations in a number of locations throughout Canada. Specific times and locations are detailed below.
27. The Commission wishes to ensure that participation in the consultations will be as broad as possible. The Commission notes in this regard the initiatives of Northwestel Inc. in previous proceedings held in northern Canada, whereby that company provided video conferencing to link certain communities to the regional consultations being held in its operating territory. The Commission invites telephone companies to make proposals to provide any such links that they consider would enhance the ability of the public to participate at these regional consultations. Any such proposals to the Commission are to be received by 2 February 1998.
28. The Commission will issue further procedures no later than 6 March 1998 to reflect any such proposed video links.
29. The telephone companies are to mail billing inserts notifying their subscribers that pursuant to the Commission's direction: (i) all federally-regulated telephone companies in Canada will file proposals for service to HCSAs by 1 May 1998; (ii) these proposals will be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the business offices of the respective telephone companies and the offices of the Commission; and, (iii) subscribers may provide comments by writing to the Commission by 30 January 1999 and/or by making representations at regional consultations. Persons wishing to participate at the regional consultations are to notify the Commission two weeks prior to the applicable date. Billing inserts should reflect any additional information included in the amendment to this Public Notice (paragraph 28) and should be received by all subscribers no later than 1 May 1998.
30. Any person who wishes merely to file written comments in this proceeding, without receiving copies of the various submissions, may do so by writing to the Commission at the address noted in paragraph 8 by 30 January 1999.
LOCATION OF CRTC OFFICES
31. The documents made part of the record of this proceeding may be examined during normal business hours at the CRTC offices listed below:
Bank of Commerce Building
1809 Barrington Street
Place Montréal Trust
1800 McGill College Avenue
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage
275 Portage Avenue
580 Hornby Street
DATES AND LOCATIONS OF REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS
32. The Commission will conduct two regional consultations, one starting at 9:00 a.m. with the second starting at 6:30 p.m., in each of the locations and on the dates listed below:
(1) in Whitehorse, Yukon, at the Westmark Whitehorse (hotel), Second Ave. and Wood St., on 25 May 1998;
(2) in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, at the Coast Prince Rupert Hotel, 118-6th St., on 27 May 1998;
(3) in Grande Prairie, Alberta, at the Grande Prairie Inn, 11633 Clairmont Rd., on 4 June 1998;
(4) in Timmins, Ontario, at the Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology, Porcupine Campus, Lecture Room D118, on 8 June 1998;
(5) in Thompson, Manitoba at the Burntwood Hotel, 146 Selkirk Ave., on 10 June 1998;
(6) in Val d'Or, Quebec, at the Hôtel Confortel, 1001-3ième Avenue est, on 18 June 1998;
(7) in Deer Lake, Newfoundland, at the Deer Lake Motel, (Trans-Canada Highway), on 22 June 1998; and
(8) in Iqaluit, Northwest Territories, at the Frobisher Inn, (located in Astro Hill Mall), on 25 June 1998.
This document is available in alternative format upon request.
Laura M. Talbot-Allan
AVI97-42_0


The guys from House of Commons were in NYC this weekend. Like most of NYC, they were enjoying the 50° weather by riding their bikes all over the Burroughs. Check out Donal Rey's photos here. Tasty De Rosa man!
Good looks on the photo Noda Velo!


Asbury Theological Seminary. Music Dept.
We praise Thee, O Lord / Langlais -- Praise to the Lord / Neander -- Have mercy, O God / Bach -- From the end of the earth / Horkaness -- If Christ came back / O'Hara -- Praise / Rowley -- Break Thou the bread of life / Bingham -- Psalm 150 / Franck -- Magnificat / Bach -- O Savior, hear me / Gluck -- Holy art Thou / Handel -- Take up thy cross -- Prelude and fugue in G Minor / Buxtehude.


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Q: Recursive Adapter for Tree I have a special use case for gson.
I have the following structure:
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As you can see this is a binary tree, and I want to apply an adapter for all the nodes in the tree so that I can deserialize them as DerivedNode, not BaseNode, otherwise it will throw unable to instantiate an abstract class. Currently what I do is:
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My question is can I do this? Is this safe? Will the future update of gson affect this code snippet?

A: To anyone with same problem, InstanceCreator solves my problem

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DUBAI, Shabab Al Ahli will be flying the UAE flag as one of four semi-finalists of the 9th U16 Dubai International Football Championship square off on Wednesday evening at the Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium in Al Mamzar.
Shabab Al Ahli, who finished second in Group A behind 2016 champions Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia will take on Brazilian powerhouses and defending champions Flamengo in the second match of the evening after the semi-final between Hilal and Atletico Madrid.
The Dubai club made the last four at the expense of 2016 finalist Borussia Dortmund, holding the Germans to a 0-0 draw in the final group game, which decided the second semi-finalist from Group A. The draw meant Shabab Al Ahli finished with four points, two more than Dortmund, while Hilal, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Al Wasl in their last match, topped the table with even points.
"We know we have a huge task ahead of us. Flamengo has looked unstoppable, both when they came here last year and again in the three matches they have played until now. They have scored 18 goals and have not conceded even one. That should tell you how strong they are," he added.
Al Nasr also had a chance of qualifying for the last four, but they needed a win against Atletico Madrid in their final group game to make it to the knockout stages. The Spaniards, however, won the match 3-0, to book a semi-final with Hilal.
Meanwhile, Amer Belhasa, Chairman of Emirates Driving Institute Group and Vice Chairman of Belhasa Group, one of the strategic partners of the tournament has urged motorists to show the same discipline and respect for rules as sportsmen show in competition.


We are Steve and Becky Johnson, the proud owners of Ellis Lake Resort! We purchased the resort in July 2009 with the desire to continue to carry on the legacy of this wonderful 1939 rustic vacation destination in northern Michigan.
We are originally from the Ludington and Branch Michigan area in which our parents still live. We have 3 beautiful daughters, Morgan, McKenzie, and Caitlyn. Caitlyn is now married to Matt. They have a beautiful daughter named Milah.
A job transfer took us to northern Indiana for 15 years and are now back home to be closer to family. We feel very fortunate to be able to own a business and live in beautiful northern Michigan. God's beauty is truely magnificiant here.


The theme for this year's Annual Forum is Dare to Fail on the Road to Discovery, inspired by keynote speaker Peter Sim's best-selling book, 'Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small Discoveries'.
With the event just a month away, Council executive director Kris Kewitsch took some time recently to reflect on taking risks, learning from failure, and the importance of making little bets.
Can you tell us about a time you took a risk and it didn't work out? What did you learn?
While with Target, I helped pilot a program that brings 25 pounds of food to every student at partner schools once a month to help ensure that kids get the nourishment they need to properly learn. The initial pilot found that the food selection caused families to not take full advantage of the program, as they didn't know how to prepare some of the food items offered. We partnered with the University of Minnesota Extension program to provide recipes for the food being distributed each week, along with samples of each recipe.
Why is it important for donors and nonprofits to take 'little bets' together?
Donors and nonprofits often have similar intentions when it comes to moving work forward, but each individual and organization brings different skills, expertise, or resources to the effort that must be encouraged and embraced. By taking the time to find new paths, ways to work, or things to improve upon, we have the chance to advance our goal of improving the community.
What advice would you have for young professionals about taking risks?
Be creative, think outside the box, and don't be afraid to ask. The other key piece is to listen and find those around you who have similar values to partner and collaborate with.
You won't want to miss this year's Annual Forum where more than 300 nonprofit, philanthropic, business, and community leaders will come together to discuss how we can best work together and take risks to achieve collective impact.
To register, visit annualforum13.eventbrite.com or call 651-224-7030.


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Mahamood "Mo" Ally
Update date 1:21 am, August 4, 2021
Mahoomood "Mo" Ally is a dynamic marketing/management executive with over 35 years of outstanding accomplishments in sales, management, marketing and the sport of cricket.He arrived in the U.S. 1960 and went college in Minnesota. While there he started the first cricket team in Minnesota then moved to Florida, where with the help of some Trinidadians, he started the first cricket club in Miami in 1971.
A life-long cricket aficionado with domestic and international playing experience, Ally is the founding member/fundraising chairman for United States Cricket Federation (USCF), former vice president, past president of Cavalier Goldies Cricket Club of South Florida, former captain of Executive Cricket Club of South Florida and team manager of the Caribbean Masters of Florida. As fundraising chairman for USCF, he was instrumental in raising $10,000 that took the US cricket team on a tour of Antigua. Ally next moved to North Carolina, got land to build a cricket ground in Gastonia, NC, where he international cricket team from Capetown, South Africa in August 2011.
He is the president of the American Cricketer magazine which was established in 2003. He co-founded the company that runs the magazine to highlight the status of cricket in the United States. As a publisher, he oversees the production of the bow popular quarterly and manages its sales and circulation division. Occasionally he writes major features in the publication.
In 1995 to 1998, he was president of the American Cricket Promotions, a company which he co-founded to promote the sport throughout the United States and the Caribbean. In this position he conceptualized and developed the first " LegendsWeekend" honoring former test cricketers. The first was former West Indian spin bowler Lance Gibbs. Two years later (1998), he did it again, this time saluting two other former West Indian spin greats, Sonny Ramadin and Alfred Valentine. He brought it 24 former Test players for the event.
To promote the Legends Weekend, Ally developed event magazines and was responsible for its logistics, promotions, opening reception, gala finale, cricket matches, media campaign, merchandise, concessions, travel arrangements, and volunteer management. The entire proceeds from the week-long event were donated to United Way of Gaston County to help combat childhood obesity. Ally who holds a Master of Business Administration & Marketing, University of Minnesota, a Bachelor of Science, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN degrees, and General Certificate of Education, University of London, England, is an avid cricketer, golf and tennis player, snow skier and world traveler.
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Caesars Wrist-slapped with $100k Fine for Underage Gambling
Online Poker in Nevada may be Only Months Away
by Howard Stutz / Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 27, 2012 | 4:01 pm
Gamblers could be playing Internet poker in Nevada even before the Legislature has a chance to act on several Gaming Policy Committee recommendations to tweak current state regulations covering interactive gambling.
Gov. Brian Sandoval, following the committee's final meeting Wednesday before the Legislature convenes in February, said he's comfortable state gaming regulators are taking appropriate steps to license reputable casino operators and technology providers while protecting players' interests.
Nevada gaming regulators licensed slot machine makers Bally Technologies and International Game Technology in June to provide interactive gaming products to casino operators. Shuffle Master has received tentative approval as a supplier and could receive final approval soon.
Gaming Control Board Chairman Mark Lipparelli said the first casino operators could be in front of regulators in 60 to 90 days. Once the casino operators are licensed and independent testing labs sign off on the technology, pay-to-play Internet poker could go live within Nevada boundaries before the session begins.
"I have confidence in our regulatory system," said Sandoval, a former one-term chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. "I have confidence all issues have been considered and exhaustively covered. The technology is always evolving, but I have a level of comfort the public is protected."
Sandoval reconstituted the 11-person policy panel, which had been dormant since the 1980s, to explore Nevada's push into Internet gaming. The control board and commission have already approved regulations allowing for wagering on Internet poker as long as the activity takes place within Nevada's borders. More than three dozen casino operators and gaming equipment providers have applied for Interactive licenses.
Sandoval said the committee – which includes the heads of Nevada's two gaming regulatory panels, gaming industry representatives, lawmakers and the business community – can explore Internet gaming policy when the Legislature, which meets for 120 days every two years, is not in session. He said he hopes to add another member representing the academic community.
The policy committee met four times and developed seven recommendations for lawmakers, five of which committee members voted unanimously to forward to Carson City.
The recommendations are not specific, but ask lawmakers to modify statutory barriers affecting online gaming regulation and to strengthen regulatory standards placed on gaming license holders in order to keep underage players and those in other states from accessing websites.
The policy committee also wants the Legislature to strengthen safeguards for player money held by online gambling sites. One proposal would allow Nevada to use executive compacts or other arrangements to partner with neighboring states and countries in online gaming without reducing regulatory control over Nevada licensees.
"We made some significant progress," Sandoval said.
Any change in how revenues from Internet gaming are taxed would also have to be taken up legislatively. Lipparelli said potential revenues from Nevada's online poker websites will be taxed at 6.75 percent. However, certain revenues from poker tournaments can go untaxed, an area that might be reviewed.
Gaming regulators acknowledge they are battling quickly changing technology in the casino industry.
Lipparelli pointed out that Nevada casinos are operating roughly 22,000 fewer slot machines and 500 fewer table games since 2003, but producing the same amount of gaming revenue for the state, roughly $10.6 billion annually.
He said multiple-denomination slot machines and multigame format machines, as well as ticket in-ticket out cashless wagering, allow the industry to accomplish the same tasks with less equipment. "Small changes in technology can bring big changes," Lipparelli said. "Gaming technology has changed tremendously in a short time."
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Death takes center stage at Health Sciences Campus forum
USC medical librarian leads a lively discussion on a novel topic: What exactly is a 'good death'?
BY Sara Reeve
Caitlin Doughty, left, and Megan Rosenbloom speak at the Health Sciences Campus event. (Photo/Ricardo Carrasco III)
It's not every campus presentation that begins with the question, "How many people here have seen a dead body in person?" But that's exactly how USC medical librarian Megan Rosenbloom opened a session on "Doctor's Orders for a Good Death."
The April 6 presentation the Mayer Auditorium on the Health Sciences Campus, part of the USC Visions & Voices arts and humanities initiative, featured Caitlin Doughty, a mortician and expert on death acceptance, and Lindsey Fitzharris, a medical historian and creator of the website The Chirurgeon's Apprentice.
When Rosenbloom asked her provocative question, she seemed surprised at the large number of hands raised in the affirmative.
Americans, in particular, have become more and more detached from death.
Megan Rosenbloom
"Over the course of the 20th century, Americans, in particular, have become more and more detached from death," Rosenbloom said. "And they had fewer interactions with corpses in particular. And that lack of interaction, that sort of detachment, has led to some pretty big impacts on our culture."
Doughty, Fitzharris and Rosenbloom discussed topics ranging from the birth of antisepsis and surgical hygiene to cultural practices surrounding death around the world, to the benefits of medical students being taught with donated cadavers.
"It's the emotional experience of cutting into that cadaver that is the thing that sticks with medical students, because it is a rite of passage," Fitzharris said. "It's much more than just the training of the doctor. There's something else there … I think to kind of take that away from medical students would also make it more difficult for them to accept the realities of death with patients."
Doughty noted that a "good death" is really one in which a person has been clear about their priorities with their loved ones. "If you don't lay that out, none of it's going to happen," she said. "You're not going to stumble into a good death. You're not going to stumble into a well-rehearsed, organized, painless death. It's just not going to happen."
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La Summer Cup était une compétition de football écossaise qui a existé à deux reprises : d'abord de 1940 à 1945, puis de 1963 à 1965.

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Sous sa première mouture, elle était organisée par la Southern League pour compenser l'arrêt des compétitions nationales de football en Écosse, à cause de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, et plus particulièrement l'arrêt de la Coupe d'Écosse de football. Elle se déroulait de mai à juin, quand le championnat organisé par la Southern League était terminé, sous la forme d'une coupe à élimination directe et avec une finale en un seul match. Sa dernière édition, sous cette forme, eut lieu en 1945, la fin de la guerre permettant la reprise des compétitions nationales.

Elle fut toutefois réintroduite en 1963, cette fois-ci organisée directement par la Scottish Football League, et n'était ouverte qu'aux clubs de Division 1. Cependant, les deux plus grands écossais, les Rangers et le Celtic, déclinèrent l'invitation à participer à cette compétition. Contrairement à la première édition, la finale se jouait en matches aller-retour. Ne s'étant pas imposée dans le paysage footballistique écossais, cette nouvelle mouture ne dura que deux saisons et disparut en 1965.

Le trophée a été gardé définitivement par Hibernian et est visible dans leur vitrine aux trophées, dans leur stade d'Easter Road. Il en a été décidé ainsi car Hibernian détient (conjointement avec Motherwell) le plus grand nombre de victoires dans cette compétition, qu'ils ont gagné les premières éditions de la première et de la seconde mouture et que son président de l'époque, Harry Swan, avait pris une grande part dans la création de cette compétition en 1940. Cette décision a été prise à la suite de la suggestion de , l'entraîneur d'Hibernian lors de la première victoire en 1940.

Depuis 2020, la Summer Cup est un tournoi de football amateur réalisé au Pays basque, en été. Pendant les deux premières éditions, une vingtaine d'équipes s'affrontait pendant trois semaines sur la pelouse du stade Didier Deschamps de Bayonne. En 2022, le tournoi a vécu une évolution avec un format plus réduit, sur deux jours.

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Première période (1940-1945)

1À la suite d'un match nul en finale contre Hibernian, les Rangers ont remporté la finale et donc la compétition par tirage au sort.

Seconde période (1963-1965)

Compétition de football en Écosse

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60" Round tables (20), 30" Cocktail tables (12), 8ft Rectangle tables (4), 6ft Rectangle tables (12), Assorted size serpentine and round tables.
Mirror Cake Table and French Sweetheart Table.


"Ashton – do you want to get dirty?" This was the subject of the e-mail that led me to Smoke BBQ in Leeds last month. After opening the e-mail and realising that it was an invite to a blogger event complete with free food and free beer, my answer was yes. Yes, I want to get dirty. Sign me up.
After their Sheffield restaurant went down a storm and was a huge success, Smoke BBQ opened it's next restaurant in Leeds late last year. They work hard to find the best meat that Yorkshire has to offer before adding a touch of spice, getting a heap of wood and producing some super tasty barbecue food.
So, on a dark Thursday night last month, my brother and I made our way to Leeds with a rumbling tummy and one hell of an appetite. Smoke BBQ is situated in the booming Merrion Centre, and I was immediately impressed with the space, both in size and design. It had a fabulous industrial theme and the dim lighting made for an effortlessly cool, relaxed atmosphere.
As soon as we sat down we were offered a selection of beers to try alongside the bowl of barbecue popcorn that was waiting on our table for us. We were given samples of three draught beers – American Saviour, Smoke American Red and Freedom – along with two bottles from the menu – Freedom's Authentic Lager and Freedom's Liberty Pils. I'm not a beer drinker, but I was more than willing to get tasting, and I was pleasantly surprised by the Smoke American Red which has a much subtler taste to it. Once the staff discovered I wasn't a beer drinker, they were more than happy to bring me a glass of cola instead which suited me just perfectly.
Before we knew it, it was time for the main event: the Smoke Sharer Plate*. Let me tell you, the word plate is used lightly here and is definitely an understatement. We couldn't believe our eyes when the staff came over with a humongous platter piled up with every barbecue meat imaginable. We had ribs, sausages, a pulled pork burger, steak strips, chicken thighs and one incredibly large barbecue turkey leg, all of which was accompanied by a savoury muffin, some coleslaw, and a bowl of the yummiest double-cooked chips I have had the pleasure of digging into.
It saddens me that my pictures don't do this platter justice. Seriously, it was epic. Epic in size and epic in flavour. I favoured the turkey leg and the steak strips whilst my brother happily munched away on the pulled pork burger and sausage. I'm normally absolutely useless when it comes to hot food, yet I ate a bit of everything and thoroughly enjoyed each and every bite of it, which is a testament to the incredible yumminess of the food that was served.
Needless to say, making our way through the entire meat feast was a struggle (a yummy struggle nonetheless!), but we're not a family to give up, and so we sat back and took a break ready to attempt round two. Before we had the chance, however, we were informed that our desserts would soon be on their way. Desserts? Hell yeah!
The waiter was kind enough to wrap our remaining meat for us so that it wouldn't go to waste, and within minutes we were presented with four dessert samples – rocky road, chocolate brownie, peanut butter cheesecake and a rocky road ice cream. I went straight for the brownie, which was incredibly gooey and simply brownie perfection, whilst my brother opted for the cheesecake.
Both Sean and Duka were incredibly warm and easy to talk to, and it was a pleasure to find out more about them. It was evident that they were passionate about their business, both behind the scenes and out front with the customers. In an environment where customer service is paramount, Sean and Duka were simply perfection.
After saying our goodbyes and collecting out leftover food to take home, each blogger received a goodie bag complete with a copy of the menu, some of the delicious popcorn and a bottle of their very own smoke sauce so we could relive the flavour at home.
Writing this post has made me seriously hungry (I'm practically drooling all over my keyboard) and I can't wait for when I'm next in Leeds because I'll definitely be making a return to Smoke BBQ.
Have you visited Smoke BBQ before, or would you like to? Let me know if you're drooling over the pictures!


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A Checklist: 80 things to do this summer
Jessica Gordon Ryan May 24, 2019
Every summer I make a list of things I want to do by Labor Day. Some things I want to do with my kids, while others not. Some of the items on my list are simple, plan an evening picnic on the beach, collect and paint rocks, find the best ice cream. Others require a bit more planning such as, visiting a vineyard, chartering a boat, etc… Have fun with this list - adapt it to your lifestyle and where you live. You can make it more kid-friendly, or more "grown up" if you're an empty nester. Print it out and have fun. Life is short. Enjoy your summer!
Take a road trip to somewhere new
Try a new outdoor sport (such as paddle boarding, kayaking, golf or horseback riding)
Go to the beach (lake, park, rooftop) and watch the sunrise.
Go to the beach (lake, park, rooftop) and sip champagne as the sun sets.
Collect shells
Collect sea glass
Visit a new ice cream shop every week
Ride a Merry Go Round
Start a quest for the best Lobster Roll
Go berry picking and make home made jam
Prepare a meal using only ingredients from the farm or farmer's market
Make a pitcher of sun tea
Start a vegetable/herb/fruit garden
Start a container garden (better for children and those of us with black thumbs!)
Make s'mores with various flavors (strawberries, raspberries, peanut butter cups)
Make ice cream using rock salt and a plastic bag, or this way. (Great activity for kids)
Go for a hike or a long walk someplace new
Charter a boat
Ride a ferry
Host a pool party
Host an outdoor movie party
Go to a drive-in
Visit a museum
Visit a zoo
Visit a botanical garden
Make a Summer 2016 "Mix Tape" from your iTunes
Lose yourself in a good summer book
Organize a potluck picnic
Swim in the rain (but not in the lightning!)
Go skinny dipping!
Kiss in the rain
Go kayaking
Go paddle boarding
Camp out on the beach (by the lake) and look for shooting stars
Go to an outdoor concert
Record your day with pictures
Hang some bird feeders and count all the varieties that stop by
Rent a convertible
Play tourist in your hometown
Buy several bunches of flowers and make a pretty display
Sleep on the porch
Watch a rainstorm
Make Lemonade from scratch
Make Limoncello
On a particularly hot or rainy day lose yourself in Netflix
Visit one new outdoor restaurant a week
If you have little ones: Create a scavenger hunt with pictures in your neighborhood
If you have teens: Create a scavenger hunt in town - have the kids text their finds
Take a surfing lesson
Go boogie boarding
Go for a long bike ride somewhere new
Try Geocaching with the family
Go crabbing/clamming
Make sand candles
Start a journal and fill it with ideas, thoughts, dreams and aspirations
Start an illustrated/paint/photography journal
Go to an outdoor flea market/antiques fair
Host a Christmas Party on a hot day in July!
Go to a matinee
Color and hide "Easter" eggs
Unplug for a day
Host a clam bake
Take a sailing lesson
Make a large batch of gazpacho - try yellow and green varieties too
"Create" a new smoothie flavor
Go ziplining
Go to a minor league baseball game
Eat a hotdog
Have a Create your own Burger contest
Visit a local brewery
Visit a local distillery
Go for a "midnight" swim
Spend a hot rainy day in bed
Plan a lunch date with the girls
Go for a long walk or run
Make blueberry bread with freshly picked blueberries
Go to a local fair
Go to a carnival and jump on some rides!
Have an indoor picnic (No mosquitos! No ants!)
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Hummock Island Oyster Tours, Westport, CT. All images property of Jessica Gordon Ryan and The Entertaining House
Westport's Best Kept Secret :: Hummock Island Oyster Tours
Jessica Gordon Ryan September 10, 2017
About a week or so ago I had the privilege of joining a group of 8 led by Jeff Northrop Senior and Junior for a newly created Oyster Farm Tour on the family-owned Hummock Island in Westport, Connecticut. An oyster lover myself, I couldn't pass up this opportunity. I've only recently come to truly appreciate just how delicious those are in our own backyard.
We gathered in front of Elvira's, a small deli, where we met Jeff Sr. who took us over to the island. The adventure began when we climbed into the boat. The ride itself, less than 10 minutes, set the tone for the rest of the evening to come. It was one that was both informative and yet casual and relaxing.
Hummock Island Oyster Tours - Jeff Northrup, Sr.
Scenic boat ride to Hummock Island on Oyster Tour
As we motored across Sherwood Mill Pond we learned a little bit about the surrounding waters. We saw the oyster cages all lined up and learned that each cage houses roughly 1000 oysters. These farmed bivalves feed off of the algae which occurs naturally in the pond waters. Oysters get the nutrients from the algae by filtering the water through their gills. Because of this, and because there are so many oysters in the Mill Pond, the water is significantly cleaner than even the Long Island Sound. For more on what oysters eat hop on over to In a Half Shell, a wonderful website dedicated entirely to oysters.
Oyster cages in the salty ponds of
Once we got to Hummock Island guests settled into Adirondack chairs on the porch while Jeff Senior told us of the history of oystering in Connecticut and how the company came to be. It all began 1741 when the pond was awarded as a grant from the British King and a hundred or so years later a house was erected on the tiny island which would serve as a residence for the "oyster guard" who kept watch over the surrounding waters. The farm is still family run by Jeff Northrop Sr. and was most recently joined by son Jeff Jr. who left a career in finance to help his father with the business.
Westport-based Hummock Island Oyster Company has long been known for their outstanding oysters and their clients are indeed impressive ones with distribution in New York, Boston and Pennsylvania. Upscale local restaurants such as The Whelk and Pearl at Longshore get their oysters from Hummock Island. The highly acclaimed Blue Hill Farm relies on Hummock Island exclusively.
While "dad" took on the role of historian, "son" was shucking away on the other end of the porch, halving the oysters for us to taste. Jeff Jr. Showed us how to properly shuck an oyster and walked us through the tasting. There were no accoutrements - no lemon, mignonette or cocktail sauce - to top them off with and so what one tastes is the natural salinity of the water in which they live and the briny, sweetness of the meats themselves.
Hummock Island Oyster Tours - Jeff Northrop, Jr.
Guests enjoy themselves on the porch as Jeff Sr. discusses the intricacies of oyster farming
Our Oyster Tour's Youngest guest - along for the ride. (Hummock Island Oyster Tours)
The experience is family friendly and exciting for adults and children of all ages. In fact, children are encouraged to attend, and those under 12 are free with a paying adult.
Jeff Jr shows guests how to properly shuck an oyster. (Hummock Island Oyster Tour)
Nutritional Benefits of Raw Oysters
I wondered after eating what seemed to be an endless amount, whether one could eat too many of these delicious bivalves. And then I decided that the answer was no! In fact, the nutritional benefits are many. A single serving has about 5 grams of protein and about 2 grams of carbohydrates. They're also high in calcium, potassium, magnesium, and vitamin B-12, as well as zinc and iron.
Oyster cages and tumblers help to sort oysters, separating them by size, eliminating those too small and helping to distribute nutrients. This ensures that the best possible products are being delivered to restaurants and distributors. Thanks to modern technology, their farming process is smarter and more sustainable, something which is of great importance to the Northrop family.
Closeup of a Hummock Island Oyster
Unlike many other oyster farms, no additives are added to Hummock Island oyster cages. Their tidal gates allow for over 2.5 million cubic meters of fresh, nutrient-rich water to enter the pond where shallow waters create the perfect environment for cultivating firm white meats, beautiful shell formation, and an intimate merroir.
While we were there 2 blue crabs and several small fish found themselves among the oysters in a cage and Jeff Jr released them back into the pond. It was amusing to watch them scamper off the deck sideways directly towards the water. They needed no help with directions!
I recently spoke with Jeff Jr. and asked about the inspiration behind these newly-created tours. "We wanted to be able to offer the community something completely different; to provide an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind experience that's engaging, informative and fun. We also want to be able to share this indescribably special place that's right in everyone's backyard."
Having had the incredible opportunity to visit Hummock Island myself I can attest to the fact that the experience truly is one that is magical and unforgettable.
Artists and photographers take note! The setting on Hummock Island, especially at sunset is pure magic. We caught the most spectacular lighting as light and shadows shifted over the course of the evening. In addition to delicious oysters, you'll be inspired to paint or take pictures! See below.
The views from Hummock Island at Sunset. Westport, CT
Hummock Island Oyster Farm Tour Takeaways and Tips
Tour Schedule (Approx an hour and a half):
Our time was leisurely and unrushed as we toured the small island, learned the lores of the oyster business and the house on the island. The tour was informative and entertaining.
Parking is indeed a challenge.
Those from Westport can find limited on-street parking (with proof of residency) and those from surrounding areas and out of town can temporarily park at the site of the former Positano Restaurant. You'll meet at Elvira's, a small deli. There you can load up on water and snacks and use the bathrooms as there are none on the island. You'll walk across the street to Tide Gates at Old Mill where you'll hop on a boat which will take you over to Sherwood Mill Pond to Hummock Island. During the busy summer months consider using Uber or having someone drop you off.
Arrive a few minutes early.
Because parking is a challenge and because you don't want to keep everyone waiting.
In case of inclement weather a rain date will be offered.
Dress comfortably and sensibly and for the weather.
In the spring and fall evenings can get chilly. Wear sweaters and bring jackets. Sunglasses are a good idea.
Wear boots or shoes that can get wet.
Bring your own snacks to enjoy with the oysters.
Crackers and cheese, wine and champagne are popular choices.
Make sure your phones are fully charge.
You WILL want to take pictures
Photographers, bring your cameras and any additional lenses you may want.
Artists, brings your sketchbooks, pens and pencils
For more information and to book your own tour visit their website here, http://www.hummockisland.com/
Thank you Northrops, for an absolutely wonderful and unforgettable experience!
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16 Pool Floats Guaranteed to Make a Splash this Summer!
Jessica Gordon Ryan June 6, 2017
School's out for the summer! (Or just about to be.) A couple of years ago the pink flamingo made a splash on the home pool scene and ever since the swimming pool float is soaring to new popularity and the choices are tremendous. Fun and whimsical these will delight children of all ages - and are guaranteed to bring out your inner child. Invite your friends, invite your neighbors. Throw an impromptu BBQ party together in no time... All you need is food, pool float, water and stir!
For more information or to order a float simply hover over the image and click!
In Healthy Summer Series Tags Summertime, Summer, Summer Activities, Pool Floats
16 Books you simply must toss into your beach bag this summer
What is it about losing yourself in a good book during the summertime that's got a magical-like quality to it? Reading once again becomes a priority, forcing us to slow down as we become immersed in new worlds and new lives with bright, colorful characters. There's nothing as calming as the idea of curling up with a great read and a cold glass of iced tea or lemonade in the middle of the afternoon as the sun's rays grace down, illuminating the beautifully colored landscape, or curled up indoors while a heavy summer rain pours down around us. For as much as we look forward to barbeques, lawn parties and afternoons at the beach, we equally anticipate the luxury of a great summer read. Below are 16 titles that I've had my eye on, I think there's something for everyone, perfect for every beach bag.
Into the Water, Paula Hawkins
16 Books to toss into your beach bag this summer
A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged.
Left behind is a lonely fifteen-year-old girl. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the care of her mother's sister, a fearful stranger who has been dragged back to the place she deliberately ran from—a place to which she vowed she'd never return.
With the same propulsive writing and acute understanding of human instincts that captivated millions of readers around the world in her explosive debut thriller, The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins delivers an urgent, twisting, deeply satisfying read that hinges on the deceptiveness of emotion and memory, as well as the devastating ways that the past can reach a long arm into the present.
Beware a calm surface—you never know what lies beneath.
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We were the Lucky Ones, Georgia Hunter
Inspired by the incredible true story of one Jewish family separated at the start of World War II, determined to survive—and to reunite—We Were the Lucky Onesis a sweeping novel spanning six years and five continents and a tribute to the triumph of hope and love against all odds
"Love in the face of global adversity? It couldn't be more timely." —Glamour
It is the spring of 1939 and three generations of the Kurc family are doing their best to live normal lives, even as the shadow of war grows closer. The talk around the family Seder table is of new babies and budding romance, not of the increasing hardships threatening Jews in their hometown of Radom, Poland. But soon the horrors overtaking Europe will become inescapable and the Kurcs will be flung to the far corners of the world, each desperately trying to navigate his or her own path to safety.
As one sibling is forced into exile, another attempts to flee the continent, while others struggle to escape certain death, either by working grueling hours on empty stomachs in the factories of the ghetto or by hiding as gentiles in plain sight. Driven by an unwavering will to survive and by the fear that they may never see one another again, the Kurcs must rely on hope, ingenuity, and inner strength to persevere.
An extraordinary, propulsive novel, We Were the Lucky Ones demonstrates how in the face of the twentieth century's darkest moment, the human spirit can endure and even thrive. One Click - Buy here
Anything is Possible, Elizabeth Strout
Tommy Guptill had once owned a dairy farm, which he'd inherited from his father, and which was about two miles from the town of Amgash, Illinois. This was many years ago now, but at night Tommy still sometimes woke with the fear he had felt the night his dairy farm burned to the ground. The house had burned to the ground as well; the wind had sent sparks onto the house, which was not far from the barns. It had been his fault — he always thought it was his fault — because he had not checked that night on the milking machines to make sure they had been turned off properly, and this is where the fire started. Once it started, it ripped with a fury over the whole place. One Click - Buy here
You Don't Look Your Age: And Other Fairy Tales, Sheila Nevins
For readers of Nora Ephron, Anna Quindlen, and even Lena Dunham, comes a collection of stories and essays about what women of a certain age have learned—sometimes the hard way.
In You Don't Look Your Age, Sheila Nevins has put together an incredibly surprising, funny and poignant collection of short stories, essays, and poetry that, taken together, tell not only her life story—but the life stories of a generation of women.
Nevins has seen it all. A famed documentary producer (many credit her with creating the modern documentary) Nevins has always been behind the scenes. But now it's time for her to take center stage. Nevins experienced obstacles at every path—as a daughter, a mother, and as a woman pursuing a career in an industry she loved. You Don't Look Your Age is Nevins' chance to tell how things really were, and are, for countless women. Topics she tackles are: frenemies, infidelity, plastic surgery, dieting, Viagra, the heartbreak of young first love, the discomforts of growing old, and a celebration in the long run of what life has to offer.
With biting humor, charm, deep insight, wisdom, and surprising poignancy, Nevins has written that rare book that will be shared between mothers and daughters and even granddaughters.
The Rules do Not Apply, Ariel Levy
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gorgeous memoir about a woman overcoming dramatic loss and finding reinvention
"Cheryl Strayed meets a Nora Ephron movie. You'll laugh, ugly cry, and finish it before the weekend's over."—theSkimm
When Ariel Levy left for a reporting trip to Mongolia in 2012, she was pregnant, married, financially secure, and successful on her own terms. A month later, none of that was true.
Levy picks you up and hurls you through the story of how she built an unconventional life and then watched it fall apart with astonishing speed. Like much of her generation, she was raised to resist traditional rules—about work, about love, and about womanhood.
In this "deeply human and deeply moving" (The New York Times Book Review) memoir, Levy chronicles the adventure and heartbreak of being, in her own words, "a woman who is free to do whatever she chooses." Her story of resilience becomes an unforgettable portrait of the shifting forces in our culture, of what has changed—and of what is eternal.
Commonwealth, Ann Patchet
The acclaimed, bestselling author—winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize—tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives.
One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly—thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families.
Spanning five decades, Commonwealth explores how this chance encounter reverberates through the lives of the four parents and six children involved. Spending summers together in Virginia, the Keating and Cousins children forge a lasting bond that is based on a shared disillusionment with their parents and the strange and genuine affection that grows up between them.
When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another.
Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories. It is a brilliant and tender tale of the far-reaching ties of love and responsibility that bind us together. One Click - buy here
The Zoo Keeper's Wife
The Zookeeper's Wife is a strange, but historically true story of WWII. It reveals the extraordinary efforts of Jan and Antonina Zabinski, Christian zookeepers horrified by Nazi racism, who capitalized on the Nazis' obsession with pureblood animals in order to save over 300 doomed people by hiding them in the bombed-out cages at the Warsaw Zoo. A tale of people, animals, and subversive acts of compassion.
After their zoo was bombed, Polish zookeepers Jan and Antonina Zabinski managed to save over three hundred people from the Nazis by hiding refugees in the empty animal cages. With animal names for these "guests," and human names for the animals, it's no wonder that the zoo's code name became "The House Under a Crazy Star." Best-selling naturalist and acclaimed storyteller Diane Ackerman combines extensive research and an exuberant writing style to re-create this fascinating, true-life story — sharing Antonina's life as "the zookeeper's wife," while examining the disturbing obsessions at the core of Nazism. Winner of the 2008 Orion Award.
A Separation, Katie Kitamura
A young woman has agreed with her faithless husband: it's time for them to separate. For the moment it's a private matter, a secret between the two of them. As she begins her new life, she gets word that Christopher has gone missing in a remote region in the rugged south of Greece; she reluctantly agrees to go look for him, still keeping their split to herself. In her heart, she's not even sure if she wants to find him. As her search comes to a shocking breaking point, she discovers she understands less than she thought she did about her relationship and the man she used to love.
A searing, suspenseful story of intimacy and infidelity, A Separation lays bare what divides us from the inner lives of others. With exquisitely cool precision, Katie Kitamura propels us into the experience of a woman on edge, with a fiercely mesmerizing story to tell.
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The Big Life, Ann Shoket
Millennial women are changing what it means to be powerful and successful in the world―for everyone. Forever. You want The Big Life―that delicious cocktail of passion, career, work, ambition, respect, money, and a monumental relationship. And you want it on your own terms. Forget climbing some corporate ladder, you want a career with twists and turns and adventure. For you, success only matters if it's meaningful. Ann Shoket knows the evolving values of young women more than anyone. She's the voice behind the popular Badass Babes community, a sisterhood of young, hungry, ambitious women who are helping each other through the most complex issues around becoming who you're meant to be. As the trailblazing editor-in-chief of Seventeen for the better part of a decade, Shoket led provocative conversations that helped young women navigate the tricky terrain of adolescence and become smart, confident, self-assured young women. Now that they are adding muscle to the frame work of their lives, she's continuing the conversation with The Big Life.
The Big Life is packed with actionable guidance combined with personal advice from high-profile millennial women who have already achieved tremendous success, plus intimate conversations with a cast of compelling characters and Shoket's own stories on her quest for The Big Life. You'll learn to tackle all of the issues on heavy rotation in your mind such as:
· How to craft a career that's also a passion.
· How to get respect from a boss who thinks you're a lazy, entitled, and self-obsessed millennial
· Why you need a "squad" of people who support you as you build your Big Life
· How a side hustle will make you smarter, hotter, and more in control of your destiny.
· Why work/life balance is a sham and your need to embrace the mess.
· How to find a partner whose eyes light up when you talk about your ambition.
Written in Shoket's friendly and authoritative style, The Big Life will help you recognize your power, tap into your ambition, and create your own version of The Big Life. One click - buy here.
On Turpentine Lane, Elinor Lipman
At thirty-two, Faith Frankel has returned to her claustro-suburban hometown, where she writes institutional thank-you notes for her alma mater. It's a peaceful life, really, and surely with her recent purchase of a sweet bungalow on Turpentine Lane her life is finally on track. Never mind that her fiancé is off on a crowdfunded cross-country walk, too busy to return her texts (but not too busy to post photos of himself with a different woman in every state). And never mind her witless boss, or a mother who lives too close, or a philandering father who thinks he's Chagall.
When she finds some mysterious artifacts in the attic of her new home, she wonders whether anything in her life is as it seems. What good fortune, then, that Faith has found a friend in affable, collegial Nick Franconi, officemate par excellence . . . Elinor Lipman may well have invented the screwball romantic comedy for our era, and here she is at her sharpest and best. On Turpentine Lane is funny, poignant, and a little bit outrageous.
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life, Yiyum Li
Startlingly original and shining with quiet wisdom, this is a luminous account of a life lived with books. Written over two years while the author battled suicidal depression, Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life is a painful and yet richly affirming examination of what makes life worth living.
Yiyun Li grew up in China and has spent her adult life as an immigrant in a country not her own. She has been a scientist, an author, a mother, a daughter—and through it all she has been sustained by a profound connection with the writers and books she loves. From William Trevor and Katherine Mansfield to Søren Kierkegaard and Philip Larkin, Dear Friend is a journey through the deepest themes that bind these writers together.
Interweaving personal experiences with a wide-ranging homage to her most cherished literary influences, Yiyun Li confronts the two most essential questions of her identity: Why write? And why live?
A Doubter's Almanac, Ethan Canin
Milo Andret is born with an unusual mind. A lonely child growing up in the woods of northern Michigan in the 1950s, he gives little thought to his own talent. But with his acceptance at U.C. Berkeley he realizes the extent, and the risks, of his singular gifts. California in the seventies is a seduction, opening Milo's eyes to the allure of both ambition and indulgence. The research he begins there will make him a legend; the woman he meets there—and the rival he meets alongside her—will haunt him for the rest of his life. For Milo's brilliance is entwined with a dark need that soon grows to threaten his work, his family, even his existence.
Spanning seven decades as it moves from California to Princeton to the Midwest to New York, A Doubter's Almanac tells the story of a family as it explores the way ambition lives alongside destructiveness, obsession alongside torment, love alongside grief. It is a story of how the flame of genius both lights and scorches every generation it touches. Graced by stunning prose and brilliant storytelling, A Doubter's Almanac is a surprising, suspenseful, and deeply moving novel, a major work by a writer who has been hailed as "the most mature and accomplished novelist of his generation."
13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, Mona Awad
Growing up in the suburban hell of Misery Saga (a.k.a. Mississauga), Lizzie has never liked the way she looks—even though her best friend Mel says she's the pretty one. She starts dating guys online, but she's afraid to send pictures, even when her skinny friend China does her makeup: she knows no one would want her if they could really see her. So she starts to lose. With punishing drive, she counts almonds consumed, miles logged, pounds dropped. She fights her way into coveted dresses. She grows up and gets thin, navigating double-edged validation from her mother, her friends, her husband, her reflection in the mirror. But no matter how much she loses, will she ever see herself as anything other than a fat girl?
In her brilliant, hilarious, and at times shocking debut, Mona Awad simultaneously skewers the body image-obsessed culture that tells women they have no value outside their physical appearance, and delivers a tender and moving depiction of a lovably difficult young woman whose life is hijacked by her struggle to conform. As caustically funny as it is heartbreaking, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl introduces a vital new voice in fiction.
Fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, Diane Williams
The very short stories of Diane Williams have been aptly called "folk tales that hammer like a nail gun," and these 40 new ones are sharper than ever. They are unsettling, yes, frequently revelatory, and more often than not downright funny.
Not a single moment here is what you might expect. While there is immense pleasure to be found in Williams's spot-on observations about how we behave in our highest and lowest moments, the heart of the drama beats in the language of American short fiction's grand master, whose originality, precision, and power bring the familiar into startling and enchanted relief.
Always Happy Hour: Stories, Mary Miller
Combining hard-edged prose and savage Southern charm, Mary Miller showcases biting contemporary talent at its best. Fast on the heels of her "terrific" (New York Times Book Review) debut novel, The Last Days of California, she now reaches new heights with this collection of shockingly relatable, ill-fated love stories.
Acerbic and ruefully funny, Always Happy Hour weaves tales of young women—deeply flawed and intensely real—who struggle to get out of their own way. They love to drink and have sex; they make bad decisions with men who either love them too much or too little; and they haunt a Southern terrain of gas stations, public pools, and dive bars. Though each character shoulders the weight of her own baggage—whether it's a string of horrible exes, a boyfriend with an annoying child, or an inability to be genuinely happy for a best friend—they are united in their unrelenting suspicion that they deserve better.
These women seek understanding in the most unlikely places: a dilapidated foster home where love is a liability in "Big Bad Love," a trailer park littered with a string of bad decisions in "Uphill," and the unfamiliar corners of a dream home purchased with the winnings of a bitter divorce settlement in "Charts." Taking a microscope to delicate patterns of love and intimacy, Miller evokes the reticent love among the misunderstood, the gritty comfort in bad habits that can't be broken, and the beat-by-beat minutiae of fated relationships.
Like an evening of drinking, Always Happy Hour is a comforting burn, warm and intoxicating in its brutal honesty. In an unforgettable style that distinguishes her within her generation, Miller once again captures womanhood in "a raw…and heartbreaking way" (Los Angeles Review of Books) and solidifies her essential role in American fiction. One click buy here.
Signals: New and Selected Stories, Tim Gautreaux
A widely celebrated novelist gives us a generous collection of exhilarating short stories, proving that he is a master of this genre as well. Once again, "he reminds us," wrote The Miami Herald, "that great writing is a timeless art."
After the stunning historical novels The Clearing and The Missing, Tim Gautreaux now ranges freely through contemporary life with twelve new stories and eight from previous collections. Most are set in his beloved Louisiana, many hard by or on the Mississippi River, others in North Carolina and even in midwinter Minnesota. But generally it's heat, humidity, and bugs that beset his people as they wrestle with affairs of the heart, matters of faith, and the pros and cons of tight-knit communities–a remarkable cast of characters, primarily of the working class, proud and knowledgeable about the natural or mechanical world, their lives marked by a prized stereo or a magical sewing machine retrieved from a locked safe, boats and card games and casinos, grandparents and grandchildren and those in between, their experiences leading them to the ridiculous or the scarifying or the sublime; most of them striving for what's right and good, others tearing off in the opposite direction.
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80 Things You Must Try This Summer!
I've tried to create a list filled with ideas for both adults, teens and younger children. Take this list, print it out and put it on your desk or tape it to your refrigerator. We all have an idea of things we want to do and see over the summer, then as the weeks pass on we lose ambition, drive and creativity. Much of our days are filled with work and camps for the children. Many have time set aside for travel and family vacations. But the days are longer and there's so much that can be done on a long weekend or after work. The summer season has officially arrived - Let's make the most of it and fill our days with laughter and joy-filled activities. For those of us with children, especially older children, let's not focus on academics but on living... I'm a firm believer that the best way of learning is to get out of the classroom and get out into the world... or out into the neighborhood!
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Go to the beach (lake, park, rooftop) and watch the sunrise. DONE!
Go to the beach (lake, park, rooftop) and sip champagne as the sun sets. DONE!
Start a container garden (better for children and those of us with black thumbs!) DONE
Visit a museum DONE
Visit a botanical garden DONE
Go ziplining DONE
Plan a lunch date with the girls DONE
Go for an long walk or run DONE
Which will you start with? Do you have any ideas to share? We'd love to hear them!
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Virginia Tech to Hold Nation's First Symposium on Applying GIS to Bioinformatics
BLACKSBURG, May 2, 2001 - A roster of nationally recognized experts will highlight the nation's first symposium on a nascent yet highly promising area of scientific inquiry, "GIS Applications to Bioinformatics." Sponsored by Virginia Tech, the symposium will be held in Blacksburg on May 16-17.
"We are pleased to be the first to offer researchers in two of today's most dynamic analytical technologies the opportunity to explore the possibilities for breakaway R&D in areas where GIS [geographic information systems] and bioinformatics converge," said Virginia Tech Interim Provost James R. Bohland. The Office of the Provost is co-sponsoring the conference with the university's Office of GIS and Remote Sensing and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI), a Commonwealth of Virginia initiative located at the university.
James B. Campbell, professor and head of Tech's geography department, said the value of GIS analytical systems and data structures to bioinformatics, and the usefulness of bioinformatics methodologies to GIS pattern recognition and analysis, are only now being recognized. Campbell said some possible long-term outcomes of connecting the two investigative fields are improvements in the ability to understand the spread of human and animal disease; better control of disease outbreaks, for example the recent spread of hoof-and-mouth disease in Britain; better modeling of the spread of insect infestations, for example that of the gypsy moth in the United States; better monitoring of diseases such as rabies in wildlife populations; improvements in agricultural productivity; and reductions in the negative environmental impacts of some agricultural activities. "The cross-pollination of research that is a goal of the symposium could accelerate multiple outcomes not even yet envisioned," he said.
The symposium will be beneficial to almost all investigators in bioinformatics and GIS, Campbell said, particularly those with interests in GIS data structures, epidemiology, ecology, spatial analysis, bioinformatics, precision agriculture, pattern recognition, geostatistics, and genomics. The university will limit enrollment, he added, in order to increase the time allotted to "unfettered exploratory discussions."
The symposium's presenters and panelists include Campbell; VBI director Bruno Sobral of Virginia Tech; Carol Bult of the University of Maine at Orono; Stephanie Green of Washington State University; Carmelle Cote of ESRI, Inc.; L. W. Carstensen of Virginia Tech, Michael Goodchild of the University of California at Santa Barbara; Barbara Buttenfield of the University of Colorado; Randy Wynne of Virginia Tech; Goeff Jacquez of Biomedware, Inc.; John L. Havlin of North Carolina State University; and Clark Tibbetts of Virginia Tech.
Published by Public Relations, May 01, 2001


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Q: How to use both 'gulp-babel' and 'gulp-browserify' I try to write these code
 gulp.task('script', function() {
  'use strict'
  return gulp.src(['app.js', 'components/**/*.jsx'])
    .pipe(babel())
    .pipe(browserify())
    .pipe(gulp.dest("dist"));
});

but it shows some error:
SyntaxError:
/Users/Zizy/Programming/learn-react-js/components/CommentBox.jsx:58
    <div className="commentBox">
    ^
ParseError: Unexpected token
    at wrapWithPluginError (/Users/Zizy/Programming/learn-react-js/node_modules/gulp-browserify/index.js:44:10)

It seems that before .pipe(browserify()) the gulp did't transform the jsx code. But if I just remove .pipe(browserify()) I find that did transform, just cannot let babel and browserify work together.
I know maybe I can use like babelify or browserify plugin for babel though, I just want figure out the reason.

A: gulp-browserify doesn't quite work like that. You don't give it a bunch of buffers to collect and bundle.
You give it one file—the entry file—which it passes into Browserify. Browserify checks to see what other files the entry file references, then loads those files directly from the file system, meaning that you can't modify them with gulp plugins beforehand.
So, really, if we pretend you don't want to use Babel on your source files, your gulpfile should look like this, only passing in the entry file:
 gulp.task('script', function() {
  'use strict'
  return gulp.src('app.js')
    .pipe(browserify())
    .pipe(gulp.dest("dist"));
});

However, note that gulp-browserify is no longer maintained, and this is exactly why. gulp plugins aren't supposed to read directly from the file system. That's why you're supposed to use Browserify (or, in your case, Babelify) directly with vinyl-source-stream as recommended in the gulp recipes. It's more idiomatic and less confusing.
That wraps up my answer to your question, but I'd like to add: if you're using the ES2015 module syntax (and you probably should be), there's a better way to do this. Browserify wraps all your modules separately in a bunch of code to make the programmatic CommonJS API work properly, but ES2015 modules have a declarative syntax, which makes it much easier for tools to operate on them statically. There's a tool called Rollup that takes advantage of this, allowing it to produce bundles that are smaller, faster, and more minfication-friendly than Browserify's.
Here's how you might use it with gulp:
var gulp = require('gulp'),
    rollup = require('rollup-stream'),
    babel = require('gulp-babel'),
    source = require('vinyl-source-stream'),
    buffer = require('vinyl-buffer');

gulp.task('script', function() {
  return rollup({entry: 'app.js'})
    .pipe(source('app.js'))
    .pipe(buffer())
    .pipe(babel())
    .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));
});

A: Starting from Babel 6 you need to declare the presets manually, check this.
Basically, in the root of your project you need a .babelrc with the following content:
{
  "presets": [ "es2015", "react" ]
}

And the corresponding npm modules in package.json:
// package.json

{
  "devDependencies": {
    ...
    "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.1.18",
    "babel-preset-react": "^6.1.18",
    ...
  }
}

A: Here is a sample repository with gulp, babel and browserify
Following is the code snippet
gulp.task("js", (done) => {
  const bundler = browserify({ entries: paths.js.source }, { debug: true }).transform(babel);
  bundler.bundle()
    .on("error", function (err) { console.error(err); this.emit("end"); })
    .pipe(source(paths.build.destMinJSFileName))
    .pipe(buffer())
    .pipe(sourcemaps.init({ loadMaps: true }))
    .pipe(uglify())
    .pipe(sourcemaps.write(paths.js.destMapFolder))
    .pipe(gulp.dest(paths.build.destBuildFolder));

  done();
});


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west virginia legalizing weed
House Democrats call for West Virginia to legalize cannabis
Steven Allen Adams
From left, Delegates Mike Pushkin, Shawn Fluharty, Sammie Brown and Mick Bates talk about legislation dealing with cannabis. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams)
CHARLESTON — Democratic members of the House of Delegates said Wednesday that if the state legalizes and regulates cannabis use, the state won't have to beg for border counties in other states to join West Virginia.
They'll willingly come, the lawmakers said.
Delegates Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio, Mick Bates, D-Raleigh, Mike Pushkin, D-Kanawha, and Sammie Brown, D-Jefferson, spoke to reporters Wednesday about bills dealing with legalizing and taxing marijuana, decriminalizing and expunging convictions for marijuana possession and making continued tweaks to the state's medical cannabis program which has yet to issue a permit.
Fluharty, referring to efforts by Republican lawmakers and Gov. Jim Justice to invite Virginia counties and cities to vote to join West Virginia, said legalizing recreational marijuana would make the state more appealing.
"We heard a press conference from our governor and how he wants to bring people into West Virginia. It was a bit of a fairy tale," Fluharty said. "We have actual pieces of legislation that Democrats have introduced for years now that will actually bring people to West Virginia. Since the time that legislation has been introduced years ago, nearly 60,000 West Virginians have left our state."
Fluharty said legalizing marijuana would have major economic benefits to the state. According to a 2018 study by the congressional Joint Economic Committee, the industry brought in $8 billion in 2017 and is estimated to bring in $23 billion by 2023. More than 120,000 are employed by the marijuana industry.
"We have continued to turn our back on the fastest growing industry in the entire country," Fluharty said. "Those are jobs that could go to West Virginians and bring people from Virginia to West Virginia to live here, to work, to put West Virginia families first and build for their future."
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 11 states and Washington, D.C., have legalized small quantities of cannabis for personal use, though none of West Virginia's surrounding states have done so.
Bates is the lead sponsor of House Bill 2321, which would legalize the sale, production and adult consumption of cannabis. It would give counties the option to allow marijuana sales or production by a vote of the people.
The Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau of Health would regulate recreational marijuana. The bill would also allow for excise and local sales taxes on the legalized product.
Speaking Wednesday, Bates was quick to push back against those who say the bill would create a wild west for drug use.
"I'm not personally, nor are our House Democrats, in favor of recreational marijuana," Bates said. "What we are in favor of is the decriminalization for personal possession and consumption, the regulation and the taxation of cannabis."
HB 2321 was introduced Jan. 8 on the first day of the 2020 legislative session and was sent to the House Health and Human Resources Committee, but has not been taken up by the committee. During a Jan. 23 floor session in the House, Democratic lawmakers attempted to discharge the bill from the committee so House members could vote on it, but the motion was tabled in a 54-41 vote.
Bates said even if the House Health and Human Resources Committee takes up the bill, it still has to go through the House Finance and Judiciary committees. Triple-referenced bills often don't make it through the legislative process, which Bates called the "kiss of death."
"It has no opportunity to be considered fully," Bates said. "We believe that the votes are there; that if this bill came to the floor, a number of our Republican colleagues would join with us, because it's not a Democrat or Republican issue. It is a bipartisan issue."
Another bill soon to be introduced by Brown would decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. According to the Conference of State Legislatures, 26 states have decriminalized marijuana at the state level, turning marijuana possession into a civil or local infraction. Two surrounding states, Maryland and Ohio, have decriminalized possession. Ohio's decriminalization effort turned marijuana possession into a low-level misdemeanor with no jail time involved.
According to statistics cited by Brown, there were 4,400 arrests for simple marijuana possession in West Virginia in 2010. Since then, FBI statistics show that number has dropped to 2,533 arrests for possession in 2016. In West Virginia, simple possession of any amount of marijuana is a misdemeanor resulting in a $1,000 fine and a sentence of anywhere between 90 days or up to six months. Brown said current state law disproportionally affects the black community.
"It is the impoverished black and brown communities that are incarcerated," Brown said. "We're saying unequivocally that we are a state that welcomes all here regardless of what you use to medicate."
West Virginia already has a medical cannabis program. Senate Bill 386, the West Virginia Medical Cannabis Act, was signed into law on April 19, 2017. But the state is still years from being able to issue the first medical cannabis cards.
The Office of Medical Cannabis started accepting permit applications for those wishing to grow, process and dispense medical cannabis to patients with valid prescriptions last month. The permit period closes at 3 p.m. Feb. 18, but it could take up to six months before the first permits are approved and into 2021 before patients can receive certification to use medical cannabis.
Pushkin has introduced several amendments to the Medical Cannabis Act, including allowing for cannabis that can be smoked, cannabis flour and edibles and allowing patients to grow up to 10 plants. Another bill would deal with reciprocity between West Virginia and other states with medical cannabis laws.
"We should be able to enter into reciprocity agreements with neighboring states that are doing this a lot quicker and a lot better than West Virginia is right now," Pushkin said. "We want people from Virginia to move here, so let's fix this so we can get people from all over the country to move here."
Steven Allen Adams can be reached at [email protected]
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CHARLESTON — Democratic members of the House of Delegates said Wednesday that if the state legalizes and regulates cannabis use, the state won't have to beg
West Virginia Marijuana Laws
Although West Virginia has historically been opposed to any type of legalization, recently it passed a bill that allows seriously ill patients to legally access and use marijuana for medical purposes. Learn more about West Virginia marijuana laws below.
Recreational Marijuana in West Virginia
Is marijuana legal in West Virginia? No, possession of any amount of marijuana in West Virginia is a misdemeanor, punishable by 90 days to 6 months in prison and a maximum fine of $1,000. Compared to other states where marijuana is illegal, West Virginia's policy is relatively lenient. The state also can offer conditional discharge for first time offenders found in possession of less than 15 grams. Discharge is not a legal conviction.
Medical Marijuana in West Virginia
West Virginia became the 29th U.S. state to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes after Gov. Jim Justice signed into law a comprehensive medical marijuana bill in April 2017. The Medical Cannabis Act (Senate Bill 386) allows patients suffering from 15 conditions to apply for a card with permission from a licensed physician.
Initially, the law allowed patients to obtain marijuana in the form of pills, oils, topicals, tinctures, liquid, dermal patch, or non-whole plant forms that are administered with a vaporizer only. In March 2020, Gov. Jim Justice signed a bill allowing sales of "dry leaf or plant form" marijuana. Home cultivation of marijuana plants are prohibited.
Under West Virginia's law, the following conditions qualify for the use of medical marijuana:
Intractable Seizures
Severe Chronic or Intractable Pain
Spinal Cord Damage with Intractable Spasticity
Consumption of CBD Hemp Oil in West Virginia
Hemp-derived CBD products are legal under Federal Law in the United States; however, individual state laws are dynamic and fluid. Individual states may enact their own laws governing hemp-derived CBD.
Cultivation of Cannabis in West Virginia
Cultivation of marijuana in West Virginia is a criminal offense. Punishments vary based on the size of the grow, as well as whether the grow is characterized as possession or possession with the intent to distribute.
West Virginia has legalized the cultivation of hemp by licensed growers. In 2002, the West Virginia Legislature approved Senate Bill 447 to recognize hemp containing no more than 1 percent THC as an agricultural crop. Since the federal legalization of commercial hemp in December 2018, West Virginia has had its hemp program proposal approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.West Virginia's hemp law allows farmers to grow, harvest and sell the plant commercially.
Legal Status of Other U.S. States
Stay up to date on the latest state legislation, referendums, and public opinion polls. Our Marijuana Legalization Map allows you to browse the current status of medical and recreational marijuana laws in other U.S. states and territories.
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