In just the last few years, the cannabis industry has been entering what some would consider a Golden Age. As cannabis use is gradually de-stigmatized as the kind of criminal culture seen by many in the mainstream, there are still many challenges to overcome. As we know, there is more to cannabis distribution and use than what many might think. No longer is cannabis just for recreational use. Many people rely on it to control their pain and in conjunction with their doctor's direction it has many therapeutic applications. As the benefits of cannabis become more well-known, people need an experience that is different from what they perceive as the drug culture of yesterday.
Even people familiar with the uses of cannabis, both medical and recreational, are still very much unaware of its vast assortment of applications and uses. The best way to educate and guide new users and old is through open communication. By actively listening, you can quickly gauge someone's level of experience, from novice to even someone who might cultivate their own crop. Communication puts people at ease, and not being condescending or too scientific when talking about your product. Mastery of this comes with practice.
We experience customer service everyday. As the budtender, you are going to become the face of the cannabis industry to many people you encounter. Whether or not you are the first and last budtender they work with is widely dependent on the quality of your customer service. Always remember to be kind, open, and not making assumptions on someone's comfort level of discussion will help you determine what their needs are and how they can be met. Remember too that even though you might have heard the same question a hundred times that day, it might be the first time your customer has asked it.
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A common question customers want to know is THC levels. This is especially important when discussing edibles versus smoked and inhaled products. Many first time users will unwittingly try edibles, not knowing that the impact of the THC molecule is often stronger due to how the body metabolizes it, in contrast to inhaled use. In other words, the 75 year old grandmother is going to have a bad time if their first experience is too intense.
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General Information: Gram-negative bacterium Kosmotoga olearia TBF 19.5.1 was isolated from an oil deposit. Broad temperature growth range. This organism is a member of the Thermotogales and has the characteristic morphology of one or more cells contained in a sheath-like envelope which extends beyond the cell wall. Preliminary sequencing of Thermotogales genomes has identified extensive horizontal gene transfer between these organisms and the Archaea.


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Osmo Rauhala, född den 14 september 1957 i Nokia i Finland, är en finländsk konstnär.

Om vintrarna är Rauhala verksam i sitt ateljéhem i SoHo i New York, från tidig vår till sen höst arbetar han med bland annat fåruppfödning på sin släktgård i Siuro by, belägen i Tavastland i Finland. Han är gift och har två barn.

Osmo Rauhala studerade vid Fria konstskolan i Helsingfors 1981–1982, Konstuniversitetets Bildkonstakademi i Helsingfors 1982–1987 och vid Åbo handelshögskola 1976–1987. I slutet av 1980-talet flyttade han till New York. 1988-1990 studerade han vid School of Visual Arts i New York, där han avlade magisterexamen 1990. Han har också studerat vid New Yorks universitet. Han arbetar med måleri, film, foto, den grafiska trycktekniken monotypi samt videokonst, och rör sig ofta vid sitt skapande i gränsområdet mellan konst och vetenskap.

Han hade sin första separatutställning i Nokia år 1974. Fram till 2017 har han haft över fyrtio separatutställningar, de flesta av dem utanför Finland, och har deltagit i fler än ett hundra grupputställningar i ett tjugotal olika länder. Osmo Rauhalas verk finns utställda på många konstmuseer, bland andra på Kiasma i Helsingfors. Biologi, fiske, vandring, filosofi och miljöfrågor är några av hans intressen.

Osmo Rauhala har undervisat bland andra vid Konstuniversitetets Bildkonstakademi, Aalto-universitetets högskola för konst, design och arkitektur, Helsingfors universitet, Konstuniversitetets Teaterhögskola, Tekniska högskolan, samtliga belägna i Helsingfors, samt vid Åbo ritskola.

Han blev särskilt uppmärksammad för den konstnärliga utsmyckningen av Tyrvis Sankt Olofs kyrka i Finland, skapad tillsammans med konstnären Kuutti Lavonen. Den medeltida kyrkan hade ödelagts nästan fullständigt vid en anlagd brand 1997.

Den finländske regissören Arto Koskinen regisserade 2004 en TV-dokumentär om bildkonstnären Osmo Rauhalas arbete och tankar, Joki taivaalla.

Offentliga verk i urval
 In the beginning there was a word, ljusskulptur på fasaden till aktivitetscentret Silta (svenska: bro) i Tavastkyro kommun i landskapet Birkaland i Finland, 2017.
The Eyes of the World - Ursa minor, ljusinstallation i Uleåborg, Finland.
Absolute Zero - A Lighthouse of Temporality, i Kemi, Finland, 2003.
Tyris S:t Olofs kyrka, konstnärlig utsmyckning av interiören tillsammans med Kuutti Lavonen, i Sastamala i tidigare Tyrvis kommun, Finland, 2006–2008.
Rivers of Communication, konstverk i New York, skapat tillsammans med elever från Chelsea Vocational High School.
Spelteorin och Dykandens ägg, video- och ljusinstallation inne i ett äggformat konstverk i Finlands naturcentrum Haltia i Esbo, Finland.

Priser och utmärkelser i urval
 1992 Årets unga konstnär, Finland
 1993 Finska statens konstnärsstöd
 1999-2001 Finska statens konstnärsstöd
2009 Suomi-priset, Undervisnings- och kulturministeriets i Finland årliga kulturpris, för konstnärlig utsmyckning av Tyrvis Sankt Olofs kyrka i Finland, skapad tillsammans med konstnären Kuutti Lavonen.
2009 Kyrkans kulturpris, för konstnärlig utsmyckning av Tyrvis Sankt Olofs kyrka i Finland, skapad tillsammans med konstnären Kuutti Lavonen
 2017 Pro Finlandia-medaljen av Finlands Lejons orden

Källor
Vuoden nuori taiteilija 1992 Osmo Rauhala ("Årets unga konstnär") på Tammerfors konstmuseums webbplats. Läst den 7 oktober 2017.
Osmo Rauhalas webbplats.

Denna artikel är delvis baserad på artikeln Osmo Rauhala på finskspråkiga Wikipedia.

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Externa länkar
Osmo Rauhala. Before the horizon was broken, på Groninger Museums webbplats, 29 januari 2007. Läst 2017-10-06.
Artikel Hämmentävä yksinpuhelu i Turun Sanomat om Osmo Rauhala och Jouni Tervos bok Osmo Rauhala. Tapaus. (WSOY, 2012), den 13 november 2012.
Osmo Rauhala på Tammerfors Konstmuseums webbplats.
"Osmo Rauhala - maajussi ja maailmanmies" på Yles webbplats, den 21 november 2011. Läst den 6 oktober 2017.
News, Farmer/artist Osmo Rauhala opens exhibition in New York, Consulate General of Finland, New York, den 17 maj 2005.
Osmo Rauhala at Elga Wimmer PCC på Arte Fuses webbplats, den 27 december 2016. Läst 2017-10-06.
Osmo Rauhala - Spegeltest, på webbplatsen http://suomifinland100.fi.
Osmo Rauhala – On Art and Science på blancajutiblog.com, den 19 augusti 2014.
Osmo Rauhala på youtube.com

Finländska konstnärer
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Levande personer
Män
Mottagare av Pro Finlandia-medaljen

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A total of 37 teams entered the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. For the first time the title holders and the host country were given automatic qualification. Therefore, France, as the hosts, and Italy, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
Groups 1 to 9 - Europe: 11 places, contested by 23 teams (including Egypt and Palestine).
Groups 10 and 11 - The Americas: 2 places, contested by 9 teams.
Group 12 - Asia: 1 place, contested by 2 teams.
However, due to the withdrawal of Austria after qualifying (they had been annexed by Germany), only 15 teams actually competed in the final tournament. FIFA did not offer participation to the runner-up of the group that Austria had played in, Latvia.
A total of 21 teams played at least one qualifying match. A total of 22 qualifying matches were played, and 96 goals were scored (an average of 4.36 per match).
Group 1 had 4 teams. The teams played against each other once. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
Groups 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 had 2 teams each. The teams, except in Group 5, played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. In Group 5, Switzerland and Portugal were to play only one match on a neutral ground with the winner to qualify.
First Round: The seeded team received a bye and advanced to the Final Round directly. The remaining 2 teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The winner would advance to the Final Round.
Final Round: The seeded team played against the winner of the First Round at home. The winner would qualify.
Group 9 had 3 teams. The teams played against each other once. The group winner and runner-up would qualify.
Group 10 had 2 teams. The group winner would qualify.
Group 11 had 7 teams. The group winner would qualify.
Group 12 had 2 teams. The group winner would qualify.
Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.
Teams highlighted in Orange qualified for the final phase of their group.
Poland finished above Yugoslavia on goal average, and thus qualified.
Egypt were to play Romania on 17 December 1937, but Egypt refused to play Romania during the Ramadan month, with Egyptian officials arguing that it was "impossible" to play football during that time period.
After Egyptian officials invited Austrian club side First Vienna FC to Egypt to participate in a friendly game against the national team during the holy month, Egypt were withdrawn by FIFA, and Romania qualified automatically.
Greece qualified for the final round.
Latvia qualified for the final round.
Austria qualified, but was later incorporated by Germany during the Anschluss. FIFA offered the place to England (winner of the 1937–38 British Home Championship), who had opted not to enter the competition, but they declined the offer; FIFA decided not to allow anyone else to qualify, leaving the World Cup one team short.
Argentina withdrew, so Brazil qualified automatically.
Costa Rica, Dutch Guiana, El Salvador, Mexico, Colombia and the United States all withdrew, so Cuba qualified automatically.
Japan withdrew, so Dutch East Indies qualified automatically.
Austria withdrew after qualifying due to the Anschluss.
11 of the 15 teams subsequently failed to qualify for the 1950 finals: Belgium, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dutch East Indies, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Romania.
It was originally intended that the World Cup would be held alternately between the continents of South America and Europe. However Jules Rimet, the creator of the World Cup, convinced FIFA to hold the competition in France, his home country. Because of this controversial move, many American countries, including Argentina (the most likely hosts if the event was held in South America), Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Dutch Guiana, Uruguay, and the United States, all withdrew or refused to enter.. Brazil and Cuba were the only countries from the Americas to enter qualification and thus qualified for the World Cup by default.
^ Dietschy, Paul (6 June 2013). "Making football global? FIFA, Europe, and the non-European football world, 1912–74". Journal of Global History. 8 (02): 288. doi:10.1017/S1740022813000223.


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The new Fruitime 330ml Pure-pak, mini diamond curve carton with screw-cap is produced by Nampak Liquid Cartons in Isithebe and are UV flexo printed on a CPS printing press. Fruitime see a general trend towards carton in this beverage category and this carton was designed to meet consumer demand for a smaller container, while providing a longer shelf-life, opening possible future export opportunities.
Top dairy/fruit brand Tropika has introduced Tropika Fizz – a sparkling orange flavoured carbonated soft drink in two-litre and 500ml bottles. The Tropika bottle design was subjected to FEA (Finite Element Analysis, [Status]) at Nampak's R&D facility and scored highly in both its top load and burst strength scores. The PET bottles are produced by Nampak Petpak in Isando and the 28mm Super Shorty Tropika screw caps are produced by Nampak Closures in Mobeni.
Another addition to Nampak's stable takes the form of 1000 litre Intermediate bulk containers (IBCs, [Status]) manufactured by NP Megapak in Pinetown. IBCs are used to store and transport large quantities of liquids. Nampak Megapak assembles the steel support cages, and blow moulds the HDPE composite IBC bottles. The IBCs are then fitted with components such as valves and taps according to the customers' needs. The valves are interchangeable and replaceable on the Nampak Megapak containers and are not welded in. Megapak uses world class materials, construction and quality standards and has technical support from partners National Container Group (NCG, [Status]) and Mauser. NCG and Mauser also have global footprints which allows for recycling, reconditioning and repairs of IBCs anywhere in the world that they may be transported to.


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Speaking About the Way We Speak
By: by Kate Rix, College of Letters and Science
Does the language we speak influence the way we think? Alice Gaby, a professor of linguistics at Berkeley, became particularly interested in this question about five years ago as she studied an Aborignal language called Kuuk Thayorre.
This is the language spoken by the residents of a former mission community on the Cape York Peninsula of northeastern Australia. Kuuk Thayorre speakers live in a small coastal community called Pormpuraaw. Residents grew up living a traditional lifestyle until the mission was established in 1938.
CAPTION: Speakers of the Kuuk Thayorre language arranged cards showing temporal sequences differently from English speakers.
Working with Stanford University psychologist Lera Boroditsky, Gaby launched a study of the ways that languages make links between time and space. They set out to compare languages where speakers use left and right, or similar body-centered words, with languages that primarily use words for north, south, east, and west.
Speakers of the most studied languages - which include English, Hebrew, Chinese, German and the Romance languages - talk about time and space in the same way, referring to left and right and using their own bodies as the reference point. "There is a lot of research that claims it is universal to draw on the vocabulary of space to talk about time," Gaby says. Speakers of English, for example, talk about moving a meeting "forward" or "back" in time.
Looking at Kuuk Thayorre, however, Gaby realized this universalist hypothesis was not correct. "In Kuuk Thayorre there are no extended spatial metaphors to talk about time. This is unusual." Speakers of Kuuk Thayorre, for example, speak about directionality in terms of north, south, east and west rather than using temporal metaphors.
If the Kuuk Thayorre language does not use words like "before" and "ahead" to talk about time, Gaby went on to ask, what does that mean about the way they look at the world?
Perception about space, geography and time reveals a lot about human cultures. In many indigenous languages of Australia, for example, speakers describe the location of places and objects in terms of their relationship to cardinal directions and watercourses. A campsite may be "up-river" from a hunting area. A person may be instructed to pull a door "northwards" in order to open it.
"This kind of linguistic system reflects an adaptive way of thinking when there are no directive road signs," Gaby says. "It is important to stay oriented in an unfamiliar place. In that situation, remembering left and right won't really help you."
Gaby and her Stanford collaborator worked with English-speaking subjects in Palo Alto and Kuuk Thayorre speakers in Australia. They designed cards that showed temporal sequences, like a chick hatching from an egg or an infant growing into an adult. All test subjects were seated facing the same direction and were asked to arrange the cards in the correct order. Then the subjects were asked to face a different direction and again arrange the cards in the correct order.
English speakers arranged the cards according to their own point of view, from left to right, while Kuuk Thayorre speakers arranged the cards using an east-west orientation, so that they would look the same as the first arrangement if viewed from above.
"This result shows a very different response than anything we'd seen before and challenges the assumption that the language of time and space are universally linked," Gaby says. While the Kuuk Thayorre speakers were clearly using their direction language in their way of thinking about space, this isn't reflected in the way they talk about time.
"There is no metaphor for 'four years East' in the way one might say, 'four years back or before,'" she says. "Although there is a relationship between the language of space, on the one hand, and thought about space and time, on the other, the link is not nearly as direct or simple as we have assumed."

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Scientists Find What Makes Our Bones Strong When We Exercise
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Exercise is good for us in a lot of ways. It helps cut the pounds, increases cardiovascular health, adds muscle mass and can boost our mood. What it also does, though, is help keep our bones strong.
Studies have shown that regular exercise, especially involving weights, ups bone mass and maintains the health of our skeletal system. For us spring chickens, having strong bones might not sound all that critical, as our skeleton seems to get by just fine no matter what we do. But in the elderly, osteoporosis, the gradual weakening of bones, is a real threat, and it's estimated to be responsible for around two million fractures annually in the U.S. Finding a way to make bones strong without exercise, which can be difficult for older individuals, could help cut that number substantially.
Better Bones
A group lead by researchers from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute may have found a way to begin creating such a treatment. Working in mice, the scientists have found a hormone linked to exercise that helps regulate the process of bone growth. The hormone is called irisin, and it's linked to a protein known as sclerostin, another mediator of skeletal health.
Both irisin and sclerostin play a role in the regular turnover of bone cells. While most of our bone cells are quite long-lived, there's still a regular background of death and regrowth among skeletal cells. Irisin and sclerostin both help signal our bodies to begin the process of breaking down old cells so new ones can form, and it's something that's kicked into a higher gear when we work out.
While it may seem confusing that something involved in killing bone cells also keeps our bones strong, it's important to remember that this process is part of a natural cycle of death and renewal. As bone cells are removed, it seems to signal our bodies to create new ones as well, and the end result is stronger, healthier bones.
The researchers confirmed their results with tests in mice modified to lack irisin. As they report in Cell, these mice didn't lose any bone mass when subjected to a model of osteoporosis, indicating that the researchers' hunch was correct. Again, it's counterintuitive, but the test proved that irisin is involved with the turnover of bone cells, which is a critical component of bone health. Paired with previous studies showing that mice treated with irisin have stronger bones, they say it's evidence that the hormone is an important part of skeletal health.
Additionally, irisin has been linked in other studies to fat regulation and brain activity as well, meaning that the hormone could prove beneficial in other ways as well.
The researchers also found a receptor for irisin within bone cells, something that they say should help them to further explore exactly how the hormone works within our bodies. Better understanding how the irisin produced by exercise works to strengthen bones could help lead to treatments based on the hormone in the future.
If so, we'll finally be able to reap the benefits of exercise without the sweat and exertion. At least, when it comes to our bones, that is.
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Luno Is Now The First Licensed Cryptocurrency Platform In Malaysia
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Luno is the first cryptocurrency exchange in Malaysia to obtain full approval from the Securities Commission.
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Luno is the first-ever cryptocurrency exchange in Malaysia to be fully approved by the Securities Commission (SC). Headquartered in London, Luno is a global company that trades digital currencies.
Having received full SC approval, Luno now operates as a Recognised Market Operator (Digital Asset Exchange). The platform is officially open to all Malaysians interested in buying, selling, and storing digital currency.
According to Luno's official website, trading on Luno only requires three simple steps. Start off by signing up for the free Luno Wallet (on the web or via the mobile app) and creating a user profile. Then, you can top up your Luno Wallet via bank transfer or credit card. Once you have added money to your wallet, you can buy Bitcoin or Ethereum or even send it to others.
David Low, Luno's General Manager of Southeast Asia said, "This is a significant achievement and shows the importance of digital assets today and the long-term value of cryptocurrency."
"We want to help educate Malaysians on how to safely buy, sell, and store Bitcoin and Ethereum, using an exchange approved and regulated by the SC," Low added.
Luno is no stranger to the Malaysian market, having entered the country back in 2015. When the SC announced its intention to regulate cryptocurrencies earlier in January this year, Luno was prevented from accepting any new customers until it obtained its license, although existing customers were still allowed to carry on using the platform.
In June, three cryptocurrency operators were given conditional approval for their applications to become a Recognised Market Operator – Luno, Tokenize, and SINEGY. All three operators were given 9 months to fully comply with the new regulations in order to secure full approval.
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Ringworm, tinea corporis, tinea gladiatorum refers to infections in wrestlers, acquired from other wrestlers and tinea imbricata (Tokelau) all refer to skin fungal infection on the body. (Dermatophytosis of trunk and limbs).
Trichophyton rubrum, T. interdigitale, T. verrucosum and other Trichophyton species, Microsporum canis and M. audouinii and Epidermophyton floccosum.
Non-symmetrical, patches, often circular or oval, with a slightly raised red edge and scaling. Usually not itchy. Usually on exposed areas of the extremities, but may be on the body or neck. The appearances may be quite different after application of local steroid ointment or other topical agents. Infections acquired from animals can be inflamed and pustular.
Worldwide and common, with a higher frequency in tropical and subtropical countries. Tinea imbricata is limited to Southeast Asia, India, southwest Polynesia, Melanesia, and Central America.
Transmitted by direct contact with other infected individuals or animals. M. canis infections acquired from dogs and other furry animals.
Skin scraping with microscopy and fungal culture.
Topical terbinafine cream over the lesions, oral terbinafine or itraconazole.
Excellent. Recurrence is likely if continued contact with infected humans or animals.
Ringworm in a baby caused by M. canis acquired from an infected dog.
Tinea gladiatorum caused by T. tonsurans.
Tinea corporis with inflammatory edge, which is typical.


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Three rocks have been painted yellow, red and blue. They will be juggled from the top to the bottom of Suonionkatu, from the Park to Kallio Church. The Park is usually known as the Rocks, but let's call it the Park to avoid confusion
The juggling will begin at 8.46 am on the Winter Solstice, Wednesday 21 December 2022, and end at noon when the Church bells ring out. The entire Act will thus last a Pythagorean 3 hours 14 minutes
The Juggler will begin at the Park with all three rocks. He will put one down and carry the other two up the hill to the Church, where he will leave one and carry the other rock back to the Park, swap it for the one he left, climb the hill and exchange it for the one at the Church. In this way he will continue to juggle the rocks back and forth, up and down the hill
When the bells toll Sibelius at noon, the rock that The Juggler happens to be carrying will be declared the 2023 Rock of the Year
The Juggler will attempt to remain impartial, and walk at an even pace throughout
ROCK OF THE YEAR 2023 IS YELLOW
On a side note,
with sunrise at 9:25 and sunset at 15:18,
True Noon on 21:12 is at 12:21
the lightest moment of the darkest day


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Chessbrowser-occupied-black/white are hard to translate
Closed, ResolvedPublicBUG REPORT
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ChessBrowser (Completed)
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The messages chessbrowser-occupied-black and chessbrowser-occupied-white are "Black $1, $2" and "White $1, $2".
If I understand correctly, it will look like "White rook, A1" and "Black queen, A1". This is a problem in Hebrew and in some other languages. "Queen" is feminine and "Rook" is masculine, and the adjectives "black" and "white" change according to grammatical gender. Therefore, it's impossible to translate it well.
There's a similar problem in Russian: "rook" is feminine, but "queen" is masculine (long story).
The easy solution is to make a separate message for each chess piece. Luckily, there are only six pieces, so it's not too big.
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You could see the top of the mountain from my house from far away, until it disintegrated into the atmosphere – putting it below the tree line.
The mountain rained down like gray snow. Turning mainland into sandy beach. It blew in the air like heavy smoke. It clogged standard vacuum cleaner filters. It ran down the river and heaped into tall mounds, now covered in grass, brush, and trees, masquerading as Hills. People scooped it up into glass jars which once had held preserves in order to store it in the cellar. To rise the status of even the most humble dwelling to top of the Hill. Visitors from afar who visited thereafter would inquire what happened to the mountain. Most were surprised to hear it had been re-distributed. Now that it was gone it belonged to everyone.


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Board index Discussion Gun Rights Groups
NRA Lawsuit
Discuss the NRA, TSRA, and others
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Bitter Clinger wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 7:29 pm
Yep, this out-moded leadership model is still far too common. NRA Leadership should serve the members, not the other way around. Authoritarian, arrogant leaders only serve to alienate those that they need - and they never realize it until its typically too late.
You're so optimistic. You actually think authoritarian leaders are aware enough to realize it.
This whole NRA thing is such an utter mess. The only positive thing I can say about it is that the group has major consistency. I seriously hoped that they might actually be able to turn themselves around. Yeah, the odds of that happening were about as high as the current white house resident declaring the NFA illegal, but one can dream, right?
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NRA: First They Circled the Wagons, Now NRA is Circling the Drain
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The "leadership" of the National Rifle Association, are either thoroughly corrupt, delusional, or both. They held their Annual Meeting of Members on October 2nd, 2021, of this year, and the event was described by the new President of the Board of Directors, Charles Cotton as follows:
"The proceedings in Charlotte were an amazing celebration of NRA fellowship and freedom. Under the direction of Wayne LaPierre, the NRA is strong and secure – well-positioned to chart its course for the future."
Cotton and LaPierre conspired to keep the meeting as sparsely attended as possible, moving the scheduled meeting from Houston to Charlotte, then not promoting it at all, and finally, setting up a ticketing service that reported the event as "sold out" almost as soon as the "tickets" were made available. Nothing about the meeting ever appeared in any of the NRA's magazines, but they did, in a minimal nod toward technical compliance with New York law, publish two or three small notices in a local Fairfax, Virginia weekly newspaper. Information was belatedly added to the official website, in such a way as to be hard to find, then a few emails were sent out, but apparently only to relatively new Annual Members, who would be the least likely to be concerned about all of the accusations of financial chicanery in the Association, and who can't even vote on most matters at a meeting.
I am bitter clinging, irredeemable, deplorable, an enemy of the state and a Neanderthal, according to the left.
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Joined: Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:21 am
Location: North Dallas
bblhd672 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 5:06 pm NRA: First They Circled the Wagons, Now NRA is Circling the Drain
I found this part of the article insightful: "At some point in the very near future, NRA's $2 million-a-month attorney, Bill Brewer, will decide that there's no more money for him to suck out of the Association, so he'll call a special meeting to inform the Executive Committee that the evidence compiled by the NY AG is too strong and overwhelming and that the Association's best course will be to try and settle the case."
As you may recall, it was my criticism of the hiring of Brewer that got me kicked off the other forum by Cotton's butt buddy, Keith B., proving that "cancel culture" is not just the purview of the left.
Unfortunately, there is no joy in being right on this issue. I am confident that the GOA and the SAF will rapidly grow to fill the void created by the self-marginalized NRA.
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Bitter Clinger wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 5:54 pm I found this part of the article insightful: "At some point in the very near future, NRA's $2 million-a-month attorney, Bill Brewer, will decide that there's no more money for him to suck out of the Association, so he'll call a special meeting to inform the Executive Committee that the evidence compiled by the NY AG is too strong and overwhelming and that the Association's best course will be to try and settle the case."
As you may recall, it was my criticism of the hiring of Brewer that got me kicked off the other forum by Cotton's butt buddy, Keith B. Unfortunately, there is no joy in being right on this issue.
Probably the first time Brewer's invoices are past due and the excuses from the top guys start. Then Brewer can return to having drinks with his Democrat friends bragging about how much money he siphoned from the NRA to Democrat coffers.
Weren't we told that Brewer's politics do not matter, he was the best available?
A couple things I have realized. Those that rub elbows constantly with politicians, become slimy just like politicians.
If the NRA were to get every anti gun law revoked, they would lose the fear factor for collecting money. So get small victories instead of fighting for whats right to keep the money flowing. Or give in a little and claim the NRA just needs more money to fight. Very similar to the Republicans who always need more to grow a backbone.
Why is it so hard for politicians to understand "shall not be infringed?"
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Filed as an exhibit, in Rocky Marshall's motion to intervene (and save NRA) in the New York AG's case. The Brewer firm's legal bills to NRA. Breathtaking, most monthly bills exceed $2 million!
No wonder that LaPierre fought so hard to stop directors from seeing them. They were being paid millions a month with bills less itemized than what you'd get for a twenty-dollar oil change. Things like "Insurance Matters $275,347.40" or "Russia-September 1-15 $220,933.26." Some where it's hard even to guess what the work was: "Gov. Charitable rights and related matters $917,998.41" "James (Invoice to W. Davis) $133,037.34" Each of those covering only one month, note.
We showed the billing to an attorney who's worked some complex commercial cases. He said "unconscionable." Billings should be broken down by day, lawyer doing the work, his hourly rate, and an itemization of what he did, subdivided into specific tasks — research into this issue, writing a letter to this person, etc. That way the client knows what you did, knows that you weren't double-dipping (two billing for the same thing, four billing for attending a motion where only one spoke) or just making things up. With billings like these, nothing but the month and a money sum, how could anyone in NRA claim to have been "vetting" the billings? Maybe they could make sure the addition was correct?
Staggering — millions paid for "Russia." "North New York Litigation" — a simple issue, Oliver North wanted payment of his legal fees for responding to congressional inquiries about NRA. NRA Bylaws, Art. VI section 4 has one (long) sentence on the issue. Does that sentence say NRA should pay? The firm was paid about $650,000 to settle the meaning of one sentence. In one month alone it was paid $114,000 for this.
The honest former Treasurer Craig Spray said that the culture of "Wayne wants it" had to stop, and this is a good illustration of that. Word gets out that "Wayne wants Brewer paid," and then the Brewer firm is free to bill anything and no one dares to do anything but sign the checks and keep quiet.
January 4, 2021, an email from Wayne LaPierre (who was described in the bankruptcy case testimony as never using a computer) commands Spray, "On behalf of the Office of the Executive Vice President and the SLC (special litigation committee) please wire in the amount of $5,000,000 from the Operating Cash Line of Credit to the Brewer Law Firm Trust Account in connection with pending a potential legal matters."
He is being handed millions at a time when NRA can't even repair its building's roof. In return, he has given NRA so far a string of courtroom losses.
What do I miss about Texas? Most of the food, some of the people, absolutely none of the weather.
Jusme
Location: Johnson County
Sounds like being the legal firm of record for the NRA is a pretty sweet gig.
Take Away The Second First, And The First is Gone in a Second!!
Jusme wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:23 am Sounds like being the legal firm of record for the NRA is a pretty sweet gig.
Makes one wonder why any discussion of that attorney's selection was cause for being banned from Cotton's website, NOT
I'm reminded of John Grisham's 1991 novel, "The Firm" (which was turned into a movie starring Tom Cruise).
In a huge law firm, everything was billable, and everything was tracked, including copy machines.
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Bitter Clinger wrote: ↑Wed Oct 20, 2021 3:44 pm
I mentioned before that I became a 5-year member about 5 years ago, and I'm pretty sure I won't renew again after reading the latest news.
I haven't heard much about what they're doing lately to protect our freedom -- only what they're doing to protect themselves in court -- so I picked up the latest copy of American Rifleman, which I don't read much anymore either. I noticed they've gone to a cheaper paper for that magazine since last I read it. I wonder if they've done that to save money to pay lawyers?
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Yu is growing its business with a new phone and an entry into the health gadget field. The YuFit smartband aims for availability with an INR 999 price tag ($16/€14) and pays special attention to the Indian market with the first calorie counter for Indian food.
The company is adding a human touch with real life personal trainers, the first 1,000 users get access to the service for free.
The YuFit band tracks how far you've walked, your sleep patterns and calculates how many calories you burned. There's a small OLED display on the band, which also allows it to show alerts for calls and messages. This gives it a leg up on the similarly priced Xiaomi Mi Band, which has only three color LEDs on its front.
The HealthifyMe app handles things on the phone side, it will track your calorie intake and offer recommendations on the go. The app is made by a company that recently got an investment by Yu.
The YuFit will be available next month.
Yu also introduced a more elaborate product – the HealthYu cassette. It will cost INR 4,999 but tracks a lot more data – ECG, heart rate, respiration rate, blood oxygen saturation and skin temperature. It's not a wearable though, it's intended to enhance communication between you and your doctor.


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The Yebo Ember Storefront is a collection of routes, templates and components
that work out of the box with the [Yebo](http://github.com/yebo/yebo) rails
engine via [Yebo AMS](http://github.com/azclick/yebo_ams).

It uses:
* [Yebo Ember Core](http://www.yebo-ember.com/core/index.html)
* [Yebo Ember Checkouts](http://www.yebo-ember/checkouts/index.html)

## Installation

```bash
ember install yebo-ember-storefront
```

This will install all of the Storefront templates into your host application.

Now, you'll need to tell Ember's router where to put the standard Yebo routes.

In `router.js`:

```javascript
import Ember from 'ember';
import config from './config/environment';

// This line imports the Yebo Router.
import yeboRouter from 'yebo-ember-storefront/router';

var Router = Ember.Router.extend({
  location: config.locationType
});

Router.map(function() {
  yeboRouter(this, config);
});

export default Router;
```

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For more information on using ember-cli, visit [http://www.ember-cli.com/](http://www.ember-cli.com/).

## Disable Normalize.css & Zurb Foundation

Yebo Ember Storefront includes Normalize & Zurb Foundation into your CSS tree.
If you'd like to disable them, you can optionally do so in your application's
`Brocfile.js`.

```javascript
var app = new EmberApp({
  'yebo-ember-storefront': {
    disableNormalize: true,
    disableFoundation: true
  }
});
```

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The Directors of TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund Limited have declared that a dividend will be payable, in line with the Prospectus, representing the regular monthly targeted dividend for the financial period ending 30 December 2022 as follows:
Ex-Dividend Date 19 January 2023
Record Date 20 January 2023
Payment Date 3 February 2023
Dividend per Share 0.50 pence (Sterling)
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Fortifying a Functioning Logistics System
Posted on October 27, 2016	 by LT APRIL Z BAYABAO PN	1 Comments0
Leaders win through LOGISTICS. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics." – Tom Peters
Not undermining the importance of strategy and tactics, looking back at history, it is not difficult to prove that battles have been won or lost primarily because of logistics. Remember how Napoleon failed in Russia in 1812? It was believed that the main reason for the campaign's failure was logistics.
Fast forward to the present day, PSG joins President Rody R. Duterte (PRRD) in his commitment to bring real CHANGE to our country. As a PARTNER FOR CHANGE, PSG took the initiative to bring CHANGE first within its organization to better serve the President and the seat of the government.
One of these CHANGES is fortifying a function logistics system.
After the inauguration of PRRD in July, PSG has adopted several changes in its protective security operation. The President's set-up of governing the country is totally different from those he has succeeded. With the resources available and the operational mission on hand, a shift was made in the planning and carrying out of the movement and maintenance of forces.
PSG Davao Station
One of the challenges PSG met at the start of President's term was his preference of regularly go home to Davao City. The office of Logistics was barraged with numerous logistical challenges from troop's organizational support, to facilities, to mobility and FOL. The said set-up compels replication of what we have in Manila in Davao City. Working on the principles of primacy of operational requirements, sufficiency and efficiency; PSG through the Office of Logistics was able to withstand these logistical challenges.
Realignment and reallocation of funds were requested to conform with the prevailing security operation requirements of the new administration. In a span of five months, loaned bare facilities in Davao City were transformed into personnel barracks and offices; said barracks were equipped with basic furniture and fixtures necessary to make it livable; significant number of mobility assets were transported from Manila to Davao City to form part of the Presidential Convoy; appropriate amount of fuel, oil and lubricants allocation were transferred to Davao City; pistols with basic load of ammunition and basic troops organizational support were issued to newly assigned personnel such as athletic uniforms, barong and smart casual attire.
Logistics is not confined to the provision of Mission Essential Equipment and Facilities. It is also of equal importance that different projects and activities supporting the family, morale, welfare and recreational needs of personnel are undertaken to accomplish the mission.
FAMILY, MORALE, WELFARE AND RECREATION
This proverb may have rung in one's ear many times, but one surely will never get tired of its truthful nature.
The leadership, finding it paramount for its personnel to take time off from work once in a while, pursued several repairs and improvements of recreational facilities such as the Officers' Club House.
The Officers' Club House underwent a total makeover making it a great dining facility to officers and their guests aside from it now the equivalent of Manila's Valkyrie and Prive.
"Physical fitness is the cornerstone of combat readiness."
Any protective security operation requires a humongous amount of energy from its personnel. As protectors of no less than the President, personnel are expected to maintain a high level of fitness during deployment to ensure endurance during the said operations.
To complement the regular physical training and encourage participation in sports, the repair and maintenance of the gymnasium was given high priority. The renovation of the gymnasium was completed in September 2016 in coordination with the office of the President's Engineering Division.
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