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President Trump says he's cutting off FEMA money for California fires
"Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money," the president tweeted Wednesday
President Trump says he's cutting off FEMA money for California fires "Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money," the president tweeted Wednesday Check out this story on theadvertiser.com: https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/01/09/donald-trump-fema-california-wildfires/2524830002/
David Jackson, USA TODAY Published 10:41 a.m. CT Jan. 9, 2019
President Donald Trump(Photo: Joe Raedle)
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he is cutting off federal money to fight California wildfires, claiming the money is being wasted.
"Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forrest fires that, with proper Forest Management, would never happen," Trump tweeted. "Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money. It is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!"
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, replied, saying Trump's "threat insults the memory of scores of Americans who perished in wildfires last year & thousands more who lost their homes."
Pelosi said House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, another Californian, "must join me to condemn & call on POTUS to reassure millions in CA that our govt will be there for them in their time of need."
.@realDonaldTrump's threat insults the memory of scores of Americans who perished in wildfires last year & thousands more who lost their homes. @GOPLeader must join me to condemn & call on POTUS to reassure millions in CA that our govt will be there for them in their time of need https://t.co/YZJQug9zh0
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 9, 2019
It's unclear whether Trump has already ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to cut off money for California fires or is threatening to do so as he has in the past.
Billions of dollars are sent to the State of California for Forest fires that, with proper Forest Management, would never happen. Unless they get their act together, which is unlikely, I have ordered FEMA to send no more money. It is a disgraceful situation in lives & money!
Critics on Twitter questioned whether Trump could legally withhold FEMA money that has already been appropriated.
State officials have accused Trump of playing politics with the California wildfires, and said he does not understand the issues involved in fighting fires.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has criticized Trump over firefighting policy, tweeted after the president's shutdown speech on Tuesday that "Trump's go-to is governing by fear and division."
On Tuesday, the newly inaugurated Newsom proposed $105 million in new spending to prevent, fight and escape wildfires in the wake of one of the state's worst fire seasons.
Trump's declaration comes as he takes political heat over the ongoing partial government shutdown, which affects some of FEMA's operations.
In an initial post, the president misspelled the word "Forrest," He later tweeted the same message with the correct spelling of "forest."
Trump has been known to suddenly declare sudden policy decisions, only to change or modify them in subsequent days. Examples include the now-slowed-down withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria.
California wildfires burn thousands of acres
After a brief delay to let a downpour pass, volunteers resume their search for human remains at a mobile home park in Paradise, Calif., Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. A team from Orange County in Southern California is among several teams conducting a second search of a mobile home park after the deadly Camp wildfire torched part of Butte County in Northern California. Task force leader Craig Covey, in blue jacket at center, says his team is doing a second search because there are outstanding reports of missing people whose last known address was at the mobile home park. Kathleen Ronayne, AP
Eric Darling and his dog Wyatt are part of a search team from Orange County in Southern California who are among several teams conducting a second search of a mobile home park after the deadly Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif., Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. The team is doing a second search because there are outstanding reports of missing people whose last known address was at the mobile home park. They look for clues that may indicate someone couldn't get out, such as a car in the driveway or a wheelchair ramp. Kathleen Ronayne, AP
Steven McKnight, right, and Daniel Hansen saw through large pieces of sheet metal so they can be moved to allow cadaver dogs to search beneath them for signs of human remains at a mobile home park in Paradise, Calif., Friday, Nov. 23, 2018. They said the mobile home park had already been hand searched, so they were re-examining it with search dogs. Kathleen Ronayne, AP
In this Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018, photo, two oak trees stand on a rain-soaked, burned-over hillside following the Woolsey Fire in Agoura Hills, Calif. In Southern California, more residents were allowed to return to areas that were evacuated due to the 151-square-mile Woolsey Fire as crews worked to repair power, telephone and gas utilities. A storm on Thanksgiving Day passed without causing significant mudslides, but forecasters said more rain was possible next week. John Antczak, AP
Amy Sheppard accepts banana bread from Margarita and William Bradbury as she packs up items outside her tent in a Walmart parking lot in Chico, Calif., that's been a makeshift campground for people displaced by wildfire, Wednesday morning, Nov. 21, 2018. Sheppard lost her home in Magalia to the Camp fire. She was staying in the tent for four days with her sister and 1-year-old niece. They are moving to a motel because of rain that began Wednesday. Kathleen Ronayne, AP
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger serves breakfast to firefighters Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, in Chico, Calif. Schwarzenegger has made a surprise visit to firefighters battling a deadly blaze in Northern California, helping serve them breakfast while providing encouragement. Schwarzenegger said Wednesday he was in Budapest, Hungary, when he heard the fire had leveled the town of Paradise. He said he wanted to visit the scene and show his appreciation for firefighters who risk their lives. Destiny Lestenkof, Destiny Lestenkof via AP
Search and rescue crews dig through the burnt remains of a business as they search for human remains on November 21, 2018 in Paradise, Calif. Fueled by high winds and low humidity the Camp Fire ripped through the town of Paradise charring over 150,000 acres, killed at least 81 people and has destroyed over 18,000 homes and businesses. The fire is currently at 80 percent containment and hundreds of people still remain missing. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Search and rescue crews dig through dumpster as they search for human remains on November 21, 2018 in Paradise, Calif. Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Firefighters with California Task Force 4, a FEMA-sponsored urban search and rescue group based in Oakland, search Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, through the rubble of trailers destroyed by the Camp Fire. Jason Pohl/The Republic
Firefighters with California Task Force 4, a FEMA-sponsored urban search and rescue group based in Oakland, search Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, through the rubble of trailers destroyed by the Camp Fire. Crews conducted secondary searches ahead of heavy rains forecast later in the week. Jason Pohl/The Republic
The Camp Fire, which began Nov. 8, 2018, destroyed hundreds of homes and buildings in Paradise, California. Jason Pohl/The Republic
The community came together to honor those who have been affected by the Camp Fire during a candlelight vigil and service at the First Christian Church of Chico, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, in Chico, Calif. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY Network
People attend a candlelight vigil and service for those affected by the Camp Fire at the First Christian Church of Chico, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, in Chico, Calif. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY Network
A sign is displayed during a candlelight vigil and service at the First Christian Church of Chico, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, in Chico, Calif. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY Network
Jacob Saylors, 11, walks through the burned remains of his home in Paradise, Calif. on Nov. 18, 2018. The family lost a home in the same spot to a fire 10 years earlier. JOSH EDELSON, AFP/Getty Images
A sign warns looters in Paradise, Calif. on Nov. 18, 2018. JOSH EDELSON, AFP/Getty Images
Kimberly Spainhower hugs her husband Ryan Spainhower, with their daughter Chloe Spainhower, 13, right, at the burned remains of their home in Paradise, Calif. on Nov. 18, 2018. JOSH EDELSON, AFP/Getty Images
A woman uses a shopping cart to help move her belongings from the field next to the Walmart in Chico, Calif., on Nov. 18, 2018, as officials work to close the make-shift camp that formed as people fled the Camp Fire. FEMA, Red Cross and other agencies were helping to place the remaining people at the camp. KELLY JORDAN, USA TODAY Network
John Richards secures items on top of his SUV as he and his girlfriend pack up their belongings from the field next to the Walmart in Chico, Calif. on Nov. 18, 2018. KELLY JORDAN, USA TODAY Network
Ryan Vaughn begins to pack his belongings from the field next to the Walmart in Chico, Calif. on Nov. 18, 2018. KELLY JORDAN, USA TODAY Network
A woman uses a shopping cart to help move her belongings from a field next to the Walmart in Chico, Calif. on Nov. 18, 2018. KELLY JORDAN, USA TODAY Network
PG&E crews work in the devastated town of Paradise, Calif. to restore the power to the area on Nov. 18, 2018. KELLY JORDAN, USA TODAY Network
Cindy De Lano and her boyfriend John Richards work to pack up their belongings from the field next to a Walmart in Chico, Calif. on Nov. 18, 2018. KELLY JORDAN, USA TODAY Network
A volunteer member of an El Dorado County search and rescue team uses orange spray paint to mark the ruins of a home to show that no human remains were found at the location in Paradise, Calif. on Nov. 18, 2018. SUDHIN THANAWALA, AP
Ryan Belcher, left, comforts his daughter Zoeylee, 10, where they are camping with their family at the Walmart in Chico, Calif. The Belcher family lost their home and vehicles to the Camp Fire. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY NETWORK
Cars drive on the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge in San Francisco, Nov. 17, 2018, as the California wildfires smoke brings the poor air quality to Northern California. According to Purple Air, an air quality monitoring network, the smoke in California is worse than smoggy cities in India and China. JOHN G. MABANGLO, EPA-EFE
People wait in a long line to get into the former Sears store in Chico, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. The empty store now houses FEMA and a host of other local, state and government agencies to help those affected by the Camp Fire. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY NETWORK
Ryan Belcher, left, and his wife Casey sit next to a pick-up truck that Ryan's boss loaned them. The Belcher family lost their home and vehicles in the Camp Fire. The children sleep in the truck at night and the parents share a small tent in a field next to the Walmart in Chico, Calif., Nov. 17, 2018. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY NETWORK
Search and rescue personnel comb through debris searching for remains in a neighborhood near Pentz Road in Paradise, Calif, after the Camp Fire devastated the area, Nov. 15, 2018. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY NETWORK
Paradise Unified School Board member Richard Gingery Jr. cannot believe the devastation as he looks over the remains of the continuation high school in Paradise, Calif., after the Camp Fire devastated the area, Nov. 15, 2018. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY NETWORK
A tent glows from a light inside as people live in a make-shift tent compound next to the Walmart in Chico, Calif. Nov. 15, 2018. The parking lot and field next to it have become a refuge for evacuees of the Camp Fire which devastated Paradise. Officials are closing the area on Sunday and working to find a more sustainable housing solution for those affected by the fire. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY NETWORK
Jasmin Hamburg carries her youngest son Aiden, 10 months and holds the hand of her older son Lucas, 4, as she walks back to the tent compound next to the Walmart in Chico, Calif. Nov. 15, 2018. The parking lot and field next to it have become a refuge for evacuees of the Camp Fire which devastated Paradise. Officials are closing the area on Sunday and working to find a more sustainable housing solution for those affected by the fire. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY NETWORK
Search and rescue personnel walk to their next destination to comb through debris searching for remains in a neighborhood near Pentz Road in Paradise, Calif, after the Camp Fire devastated the area, Nov. 16, 2018. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY NETWORK
People look through clothing and other items in front of the old Toys 'R Us building where a make-shift camp has been set up to help fire victims of the Camp Fire.(Kelly Jordan / USA TODAY NETWORK) (Via OlyDrop) Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY NETWORK
Firefighters hold a line in the Camp Fire with a control burn Near Bloomer Hill in Butte County in California on Nov. 14, 2018. Thomas Hawthorne, Thomas Hawthorne/USA TODAY NETWORK
Firefighters work to control the Camp Fire north of Oroville, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, The Advertiser, via USA TODAY Network
Firefighter Ross Miller fires an incendiary round into a fire line in the Camp Fire as part of a control burn Near Bloomer Hill in Butte County in CalIf. Nov. 14, 2018. Thomas Hawthorne/USA TODAY Network
Maria Lewis, a volunteer, folds and sorts boxes of donated clothing for the people who have taken refuge in the Walmart parking lot in Chico, CA, Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Lewis who lives north of Chico, had the day off and decided she needed to be here helping those who have suffered from the Camp Fire. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY NETWORK
Firefighter Brandon Feller looks into a control burn used to help fight the Camp Fire Near Bloomer Hill in Butte County in Calif. Nov. 14. 2018. Feller was burned in a fire earlier in the year and after being cleared for medical leave returned to work at the Camp Fire. Thomas Hawthorne/USA TODAY Network
Firefighters hold a line in the Camp Fire with a control burn Near Bloomer Hill in Butte County in Calif. on Nov. 14, 2018. Thomas Hawthorne/USA TODAY Network
Daryl Merritt, 55, of Paradise, sits in his tent compound in a field next to the Walmart in Chico, CA, Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Merritt has no idea if his home survived the Camp Fire but is making the best of things with new friends and neighbors. Kelly Jordan, USA TODAY NETWORK
Rescue workers sift through rubble in search of human remains at a burned property in Paradise, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2018. JOSH EDELSON, AFP/Getty Images
A rescue worker uses a cadaver dog to search for human remains at a mobile home park that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on Nov. 14, 2018 in Paradise, Calif. JUSTIN SULLIVAN, Getty Images
A Fresno County Sheriff officer tends to a body recovered in Paradise, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2018. JOSH EDELSON, AFP/Getty Images
Rescue workers carry a body away from a burned property in the Holly Hills area of Paradise, Calif. on Nov. 14, 2018. JOSH EDELSON, AFP/Getty Images
A search and rescue worker, looking for Camp Fire victims, carries Susie Q. to safety after the cadaver dog fell through rubble at the Holly Hills Mobile Estates on Nov. 14, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. NOAH BERGER, AP
Members of the California Army National Guard search a property for human remains from the Camp Fire on Nov. 14, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. JOHN LOCHER, AP
Search and rescue workers rest after looking for bodies of Camp Fire victims at the Holly Hills Mobile Estates on on Nov. 14, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. NOAH BERGER, AP
A San Francisco firefighter uses an axe to dismantle a burned mobile home as he searches for human remains at a mobile home park that was destroyed by the Camp Fire on Nov. 14, 2018 in Paradise, Calif. JUSTIN SULLIVAN, Getty Images
A basketball hoop burned by the Camp Fire stands amidst the remains of a destroyed home on Nov. 13, 2018, in Magalia, Calif. THOMAS HAWTHORNE, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
A burned vehicle sits beside a property destroyed by the Camp Fire on Nov. 13, 2018, in Magalia, Calif. THOMAS HAWTHORNE, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
Evacuees from the Camp Fire sort through donated supplies outside a Walmart on Nov. 13, 2018, in Chico, Calif. THOMAS HAWTHORNE, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
Rick Etchieson and Pat Mathews from L&T Towing work into the night to remove a school bus destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
Destruction caused by the Camp Fire near Magalia, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
Sarah Gronseth kisses her dog Branch in the bed of a truck in a parking lot, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Chico Calif. Gronseth, a teacher, evacuated some of her high school students in her truck as the fire bore down on the high school in Paradise, Calif. She lost her home in the fire. John Locher, AP
Workers check for gas lines amid the damaged homes from the Woolsey Fire on Filaree Heights Road in Malibu, Calif., on Nov. 13, 2018. FREDERIC J. BROWN, AFP/Getty Images
Videographer Scott Eason lights a school bus destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
Work crews remove a school bus destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
Roger Kelton searches through the remains of his mother-in-law's home leveled by the Woolsey Fire, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in the southern California city of Agoura Hills. Jae C. Hong, AP
Destruction caused by The Camp Fire near Paradise, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
Work crews remove a school bus destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif. Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
A search and rescue worker searches a car for human remains at a trailer park burned out from the Camp Fire, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. John Locher, AP
Helicopters drop water on the Woolsey Fire in the Santa Monica Mountains near Newbury Park, Calif. on Nov. 13, 2018. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Republic via USA TODAY Network
Residents of Paradise, Calif. create a temporary housing away from the fire in a Wal Mart parking lot in Chico, Calif. on Nov. 13, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, The Daily Advertiser via USA TODAY Network
The Woolsey Fire burns in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area near Newbury Park, Calif. on Nov. 13, 2018. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Republic via USA TODAY Network
A helicopter flies near the Woolsey Fire burning in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area in Newbury Park, Calif. on Nov. 13, 2018. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Republic via USA TODAY Network
Jennifer Fuller with her children Sierra, Mary and Bear pick up supplies in Chico, Calif. on Nov. 13, 2018, after surviving the Camp Fire that destroyed their home in Paradise, Calif. SCOTT CLAUSE, The Daily Advertiser via USA TODAY Network
Volunteers Paul Aggers and Izzy Taylor distribute free food to neighbors in need in Chico, Calif. on Nov. 13, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, The Daily Advertiser via USA TODAY Network
Firefighters continue to work around the clock battling the Camp Fire blaze near Butte Valley, Calf., Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
Firemen discuss their plan for an overnight shift protecting homes and property from the Camp Fire on Nov. 12, 2018, in Butte Valley, Calif. Thomas Hawthorne, USA TODAY NETWORK
Small lines of fire burn near the front line of the Camp Fire Nov. 12, 2018, in Butte Valley, Calif. Thomas Hawthorne, USA TODAY NETWORK
The Camp Fire causes extensive damage near Butte Valley, Calf., Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
A dog is treated for severe burns on its paws from the Woolsey Fire. Volunteer veterinarians with Veterinary Angels and The Little Angels Project, created a tent at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., to treat animals injured or displaced by the fires. Sandy Hooper, USA TODAY
A cat is treated for burns and smoke inhalation from the Woolsey Fire. Volunteer veterinarians with Veterinary Angels and The Little Angels Project, created a tent at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, Calif., to treat animals injured or displaced by the fires. Sandy Hooper, USA TODAY
Smoke fills the air near the Camp Fire on Nov. 12, 2018, in Butte Valley, Calif. Thomas Hawthorne, USA TODAY NETWORK
Firefighters work off of Highway 70 near the Camp Fire on Nov. 12, 2018, in Butte Valley, Calif. Thomas Hawthorne, USA TODAY NETWORK
The Camp Fire continues to burn near Butte Valley, Calf., Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
Firefighters continue to work 24-hour shifts battling the Camp Fire blaze near Butte Valley, Calf., Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
The Camp Fire causes extensive destruction near Butte Valley, Calf., Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, USA TODAY Network
Linda Stamper's backyard is covered in fire retardant as the Hill Fire burns on Nov. 12, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Ventura County firefighters saved all the homes in the area. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
Firefighters put out hotspots as the Hill Fire burns on Nov. 12, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
Firefighters put out a fire on a roof as the Hill Fire burns on Nov. 12, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
A firefighter puts out hotspots as the Hill Fire burns on Nov. 12, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
A helicopter drops water on the Hill Fire in Thousand Oaks, Calif. on Nov. 12, 2018. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
Residents evacuate with their pets as the Hill Fire burns on Nov. 12, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
Firefighters put out a hotspot as the Hill Fire burns on Nov. 12, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Ventura County firefighters saved all the homes in the area. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
Residents are escorted to safety as the Hill Fire burns on Nov. 12, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
Water flies from a hose at the Hill Fire on Nov. 12, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. ROB SCHUMACHER, The Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
The Camp Fire swept through Paradise, CA destroying more than 6,500 structures and the death toll has risen to 23. November 11, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network
The Camp Fire swept through Paradise, California, destroying more than 6,500 structures. Scott Clause, USA TODAY Network
The Camp Fire swept through Paradise, Calif. destroying more than 6,500 structures. SCOTT CLAUSE/USA TODAY Network
Nov 11, 2018; Westlake Village, CA, USA; A helicopter prepares to drop water on flames from the Woolsey Fire on Nov. 11, 2018, in Westlake Village, Calif. ROB SCHUMACHER, Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
An air tanker drops retardant on the Camp Fire near Paradise, Calif. on Nov. 11, 2018. TREVOR HUGHES, USA TODAY
The charred landscape in Paradise, Calif. left by the Camp Fire on Nov. 11, 2018. SCOTT CLAUSE, The Daily Advertiser via USA TODAY Network
Firefighters from Glendale, Calif. battle flames from the Woolsey Fire on Nov. 11, 2018, in Westlake Village, Calif. ROB SCHUMACHER, Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
Disa Grant watches firefighters battle flames from the Woolsey Fire on Nov. 11, 2018, in Westlake Village, Calif. ROB SCHUMACHER, Arizona Republic via USA TODAY Network
Heavy smoke blankets the forest where the Camp Fire is burning near Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 11, 2018. TREVOR HUGHES, USA TODAY
Sgt. Nathan Lyberger of the Yuba County Sheriff Department, prepares a bag to move human remains found at a burned out home at the Camp Fire on Nov. 11, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. JOHN LOCHER, AP
The remains of the Ridgewood trailer park lay empty days after the Camp Fire swept through town on Nov. 11, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. THOMAS HAWTHORNE, The Arizona Republic-USA TODAY Network
A firefighter looks through a home destroyed by the Camp Fire where human remains were found on Nov. 11, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. JOHN LOCHER, AP
Smoke rises above the Plumas National Forrest near Concow, Calif. on Nov. 11, 2018. HUNG T. VU, Record Searchlight via USA TODAY Network
Santos Alvarado, right, and his son Ricky recover a safe from their destroyed home at Seminole Springs Mobile Home Park on Nov. 11, 2018, following devastating wildfires in the area in Agoura Hills, Calif. CHRIS PIZZELLO, AP
The charred remains of a home in Malibu, Calif. on Nov. 11, 2018 caused by the Woosley Fire. ROBERT HANASHIRO, USA TODAY
Fire burns in Concow, Calif. on Nov. 11, 2018. HUNG T. VU, Record Searchlight via USA TODAY Network
The remains of the Rock House, Dining & Espresso restaurant destroyed by the Camp Fire in Yankee Hill, Calif. on Nov. 11, 2018. HUNG T. VU, Record Searchlight via USA TODAY Network
Firefighters put out flareup on a hill in West Hills during the Woolsey Fire in Southern California on Nov. 10, 2018. Omar Ornelas, The Desert Sun-USA TODAY NETWORK
Residents look over the damage to a home on Dume Road in Malibu, Calif, which was overrun by the Woosley Fire. The Woosley Fire as of Nov.10, 2018 has consumed 70,000 acres. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Network
Horses from the White Cloud Ranch on Kanan Road in Malibu are moved from the property on Nov. 10, 2018, after the Woosley Fire blazed through the area. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY NETWORK
Smoke from the Camp Fire is seen in and around Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2018. Jason Bean, Reno Gazette-Journal-USA TODAY Network
Destruction from the Camp Fire is seen in and around Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2018. Jason Bean, Reno Gazette-Journal-USA TODAY NETWORK
A U.S. flag is displayed at half-staff to honor the shooting victims as the Woolsey fire burns on the hill behind a home in Westlake Village. Twelve people were shot and killed Wednesday by gunman Ian David Long who opened fire at the Borderline Bar and Grill. Rob Schumacher, The Arizona Republic-USA TODAY NETWORK
Flames from the Woolsey Fire threaten hillside homes in Westlake Village, Ca., Nov. 9, 2018. Jay Calderon, The Desert Sun-USA TODAY NETWORK
A firefighting air tanker is used to fight the Woolsey Fire as it threatens hillside homes in Westlake Village, Ca., Nov. 9, 2018. Jay Calderon, The Desert Sun-USA TODAY NETWORK
Stanley the Giraffe, one of several exotic animals at Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu, California, is shrouded in smoke in the aftermath of the Woosley Fire on Nov 10, 2018. The animals on the ranch survived, but several buildings on the property we destroyed or damaged by the fire. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY NETWORK
Firefighters battle flames at a burning apartment complex in Paradise, north of Sacramento, Calif. on Nov. 09, 2018. A rapidly spreading, late-season wildfire in northern California has burned 20,000 acres of land and prompted authorities to issue evacuation orders for thousands of people. As many as 1000 homes, a hospital, a Safeway store and scores of other structures have burned in the area as the Camp fire tore through the region. Josh Edelson, AFP/Getty Images
Burned out trucks and a building on the Saddlerock Ranch property in Malibu, Calif, in the aftermath of the Woosley Fire that as of Nov 10, 2018, reportedly consumed 70,000 acres. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY NETWORK
Alexander Tobolsky, right, and his girl friend Dina Arias, return to his home where burned out by the fire in Malibu, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Officials took advantage of temporarily calm conditions Saturday to assess damage from the blaze that's burned 109 square miles outside downtown Los Angeles. Ringo H.W. Chiu, AP
A police cruiser patrols the neighborhood where the ABC TV series "The Bachelor" is filmed in Beverly Hills, on Nov 10, 2018. The house where series is produced is still standing. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY NETWORK
Paradise Elementary School buildings were burned down after the Camp Fire Nov. 9, 2018 in Chico, Calif. Hung T. Vu, Record Searchlight- USA TODAY Network
Araya Cipollini, 19, holds on to her dog T.J. near the burned out remnants of her neighbor's home burned in the Camp Fire, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. Cipollini and her family lost their home nearby in the fire. John Locher, AP
Destruction as seen from the business in the downtown area in Paradise Nov. 9, 2018 in Chico, Calif. Hung T. Vu, Record Searchlight- USA TODAY Network
The charred remains of the burned out home are seen in Malibu, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Officials took advantage of temporarily calm conditions Saturday to assess damage from the blaze that's burned 109 square miles outside downtown Los Angeles. Ringo H.W. Chiu, AP
Flames send smoke into an Agoura Hills neighborhood in California on Nov. 9, 2018. The Woosley Fire in Ventura County has grown to over 35,000 acres and forced the evacuation of many residents. Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY NETWORK
A burned electricity pole fell on an abandoned car along Skyway as seen on Nov. 9, 2018 in Chico, Calif. Cars were abandoned along Skyway at the north end of the town as people tried to escaped on a 2 lanes road. Hung T. Vu, Record Searchlight- USA TODAY Network
In this Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 photo, smoke from the wildires fills the air in Malibu, Calif. Los Angeles County fire Chief Daryl Osby said Saturday that firefighters told him they were working in the toughest, most extreme conditions they had seen in their lives on Friday night. He says conditions are far better Saturday, with a lull in winds that are expected to return Sunday. Ben Watkins, via AP
Bakersfield, California-based firefighter Marc Eyherebide, 33, sprays down a destroyed home with water to prevent it from sparking any more fires in Paradise, Calif., following the Camp Fire devastation on Nov. 9, 2018. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY
A house burns during the Woolsey Fire, Friday, in Malibu, Calif. ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images
Cathy Fallon wipes her face beside her son Gabriel Fallon as she stands near the charred remains of her home Friday, in Paradise, Calif. "I'll be darned if I'm gonna let those horses burn in the fire" said Fallon, who stayed on her property to protect her 14 horses, "It has to be true love." All of the horses survived. John Locher/AP
A helicopter drops water on a brush fire behind a home during the Woolsey Fire in Malibu, Calif., Friday. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP
Firefighters push a vehicle from a garage as a wildfire fire burns a home near Malibu Lake in Malibu, Calif. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP
Smoke hangs over the utterly destroyed Ridgewood mobile home park in Paradise, Calif., following the Camp Fire devastation. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY
Fires burn toward homes on, Nov. 9, 2018, as seen from a helicopter over the Calabasas section of Los Angeles. Flames driven by powerful winds torched dozens of hillside homes in Southern California, burning parts of tony Calabasas and mansions in Malibu and forcing tens of thousands of people — including some celebrities — to flee as the fire marched across the Santa Monica Mountains toward the sea. Mark J. Terrill/AP
A man rides on along the Pacific Coast Highway as the heavy smoke rises over the the Santa Monica Mountains during the Woolsey fire in Malibu, Calif. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP
The Woolsey fire burns the bridge on Mulholland Highway near Kanan Road in Malibu, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2018. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP
Flames approach a house, Friday with a loud roaring sound, during the Woolsey Fire on in Malibu, Calif. David McNew/Getty Images
People enjoy the day in the beach as the heavy smoke rises over the the Santa Monica Mountains during the Woolsey fire in Malibu, Calif., on Friday. Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP
Linda Gould tends to her horse after they were evacuated as the Woolsey Fire sweeps through Malibu, Calif. MIKE NELSON/EPA-EFE
Traffic jams the southbound lanes of Pacific Coast Highway as all of the city of Malibu is evacuated to flee advancing flames during the Woolsey Fire on Nov. 9, 2018 in Malibu, Calif. About 75,000 homes have been evacuated in Los Angeles and Ventura counties due to two fires in the region. David McNew/Getty Images
The burned remains of the Paradise Elementary school is seen Friday. Blocks and blocks of homes and businesses in the Northern California town have been destroyed by a wildfire. Parts of the town of Paradise were still on fire on Friday. Rich Pedroncelli/AP
A homeowner who was overcome by smoke is attended to by firefighters as the Woolsey Fire swept through the Malibu Lake community. The Woolsey Fire has led to the evacuation order for 75,000 homes. Fires across California fueled by very dry conditions and warm strong Santa Ana winds have destroyed structures and caused fatalities. MIKE NELSON/EPA-EFE
Firefighters battle a home on fire at the Malibu Lake community in Malibu, Calif., Friday. MIKE NELSON/EPA-EFE
Embers fall from burning palms and the sun is obscured by smoke as flames close in on a house at the Woolsey Fire, Friday. David McNew, David McNew/Getty Images
Smoke clouds the air above the remains of a burned-out house and car in Paradise, Calif., following the Camp Fire devastation on Friday. Trevor Hughes/USA TODAY
Three cars destroyed by a wildfire sit at a burned out home Friday, in Paradise, Calif. Authorities have confirmed that at least six people have died in the fire that has consumed more than 70,000 acres and destroyed at least 2,000 structures. Rich Pedroncelli/AP
Residents take a look at the Woolsey Fire burning brush and trees in Agoura Hills, Calif. About 75,000 homes have been evacuated in Los Angeles and Ventura counties due to two fires in the region. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
A dog watches from a car as flames approach during the Woolsey Fire on in Malibu, Calif. David McNew/Getty Images
Tom Duffy tries to put out his neighbor's house Friday after the Woolsey Fire swept through the Oak Park neighborhood. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR
Cliff Cole watches the Woolsey Fire burn from a Highway 101 overpass Friday morning. He was evacuated from his home and said he wanted to make sure flames didn't jump the freeway and move toward his house. COLIN ATAGI/THE DESERT SUN
A house on Kellwood Court in Oak Park was destroyed by the Woolsey Fire on Friday. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR
A firefighter hoses down some trees at Erbes Road and El Monte Drive in Thousand Oaks on Friday. The Woolsey Fire affected several communities in the Conejo Valley. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR
Ventura County Supervisor Peter C. Foy, Supervisor Kelly Long and Supervisor Linda Parks stand during a news conference at Conejo Creek Park South on Friday morning. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR
Chief Deputy David Richardson, of the Los Angeles County Fire Department, answers questions about the Woolsey Fire at a news conference at Conejo Creek Park South on Friday morning. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR
This dog was among three that evacuated with its owner from Malibou Lake on Friday morning because of the Woolsey Fire. COLIN ATAGI/THE DESERT SUN
A firefighter jumps a fence that had flames at Erbes Road and El Monte Drive in Thousand Oaks. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR
Ryan Duffy, left, and his father Tom Duffy try to put out the fire Friday at their neighbor's house, which was affected by the Woolsey Fire in Oak Park. JUAN CARLO/THE STAR
Residents of Westlake Village watch and wait as the Woolsey Fire sweeps through Triunfo Canyon in Westlake Village, Calif., Nov. 9, 2018. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
Residents of Westlake Village, Calif. watch the Woolsey Fire as it surrounds Triunfo Canyon on Friday. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
The Woolsey Fire threatens hillside homes in Westlake Village, Calif. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
A man tries to prevent fire from reaching his Westlake Village, Calif. home. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
A firefighting air tanker is used to fight the Woolsey Fire as it threatens hillside homes in Westlake Village. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
Flames from the Woolsey Fire threaten hillside homes in Westlake Village. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
A resident wearing a breathing mask runs down Shadow Oaks Place in Thousand Oaks, Calif., as smoke from flames in a hill above the homes fills the neighborhood. Some residents decided to leave their homes as firefighters kept a watchful eye on the fire. Robert Hanashiro/USA TODAY
Jeff Riley waits to be evacuated from his home on Shadow Oaks Place, in Thousand Oaks, Calif., with the family dog. Flames on a hill above the neighborhood caused residents to leave their homes. Robert Hanashiro/USA TODAY
A neighbor walks by a house on fire on Lafitte Dr. in Oak Park, Calif. early Friday. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
Residents of Westlake Village, Calif.. watch the Woolsey Fire on Friday. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
Residents of Westlake Village, Calif.watch the Woolsey Fire as it surrounds Triunfo Canyon. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
A firefighter works on a home that caught on fire in Oak Park, November 9, 2018. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
Tina Weeks jumps into her car to evacuate after her neighbors house became fully engulfed by the Woolsey Fire in Oak Park, Ca., in the early morning of November 9, 2018. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
The Woolsey Fire burns a home on Lafitte Dr. in Oak Park, November 9, 2018. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun
A fire fighter take cover as high winds whip embers, as the Camp Fire burned out of control through Paradise, fueled by high winds in Butte County, Calif. Nov. 8, 2018. The nearby communities of Pulga, Paradise and Concow, have been ordered to evacuate the area. PETER DASILVA, EPA-EFE
Firefighters battle the Camp Fire as it tears through Paradise, Calif., Nov. 8, 2018. Noah Berger, AP
Fire rages through neighborhoods as the Camp Fire burns out of control through Paradise, fueled by high winds in Butte County, Calif., Nov. 8, 2018. PETER DASILVA, EPA-EFE
The massive plume from the Camp Fire, burning in the Feather River Canyon near Paradise, Calif., wafts over the Sacramento Valley as seen from Chico, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018. DAVID LITTLE, The Chico Enterprise-Record via AP
The Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018. NOAH BERGER, AP
Medical personnel evacuate patients as the Feather River Hospital burns while the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018. NOAH BERGER, AP
Flames consume a home as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018. NOAH BERGER, AP
A home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018. NOAH BERGER, AP
A piece of a burned page that fell out of the sky in Chico, Calif. on Nov. 8, 2018, as the Camp Fire burns nearby. NICOLE KOWALCZYKE, AP
Smoke from the Camp Fire, burning in the Feather River Canyon near Paradise, Calif., darkens the sky as seen from Highway 99 near Marysville, Calif. on Nov. 8, 2018. DON THOMPSON, AP
The Hill fire burns in Camarillo, Calif. on Nov. 8, 2018 as it crosses U.S. Highway 101, at center right, threatening hundreds of homes. CBS2/KCAL9 via AP
A wildfire burns on Nov. 8, 2018, near Newbury Park, Calif. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ, AP
A police officer mans a checkpoint in front of an advancing wildfire on Nov. 8, 2018, near Newbury Park, Calif. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ, AP
A police officer mans a checkpoint in front of an advancing wildfire Nov. 8, 2018, near Newbury Park, Calif. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ, AP
Medical workers move equipment from a makeshift emergency room while the Feather River Hospital burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018. NOAH BERGER, AP
Flames consume a building as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018. NOAH BERGER, AP
Flames consume a car and building as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018. NOAH BERGER, AP
A vintage car rests among debris as the Camp Fire tears through Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 8, 2018. NOAH BERGER, AP
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Top from left, Janet O'Shea, her son Will, and Christmas Motors president David Christmas spoke at the grave of Will's twin sister, who died at age 6 from a rare cancer.
Christmas Motors began with two brothers, one car, and a dream. But while the Christmas brothers sell cars to make a living, fighting cancer has become their life.
Since 2006, the Maynard business has raised $3.5 million for the Pan-Mass Challenge, the annual bike-a-thon that helps fund research and patient care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Last year, its Team Lick Cancer, one of 200 fund-raising teams, contributed $720,000 to the PMC, placing it fifth on the top 10 list, not far behind Bain Capital and the New England Patriots.
And until someone finds a cure for every variation on this disease, Team Lick Cancer, which will be honored at the PMC Heavy Hitter event Friday night at the InterContinental Hotel in Boston, will just keep pedaling.
The business was started in 1974 by David and another Christmas brother, Bob, on the front lawn of their family's home in Acton. David, a high school athlete who, at 61, still holds the batting record at Acton-Boxborough High School, had finished two years at Framingham State College, and was working at a service station and driving cars for an auto wholesaler. Bob had graduated from the auto mechanics program at Wentworth Institute of Technology.
The brothers sold their first car almost as quickly as they purchased and repaired it; afterward, they bought another, then another, and kept on going, one car at a time. By 1977, with an inventory of five vehicles, they rented a lot on Acton Street where they still operate, built an office the size of a Fotomat hut, and hung the hand-carved-and-painted "Christmas Motors" sign, made by their brother Peter, near the road.
For a decade they struggled, depending on word-of-mouth to draw customers from across town and around the region; but eventually, thanks to the Internet and online reviews, people began to travel, some from as far away as California, Bermuda, and Ghana, to buy their cars.
In the late 1980s, as his job in high tech was being phased out, a third brother, Peter, joined the company as a weekend salesman. By 1988, he was selling cars full time and was later promoted to general manager.
Bob, who serves as treasurer, moved to a role behind the scenes.
Today, the dealership sells 40 cars a month, employs about a dozen people, and enjoys relationships with customers that go back years.
"It evolved," says David, who, in 1997, put on a pair of sneakers and rode in his first Pan-Mass Challenge — 192 miles from Sturbridge to Provincetown — to honor the memory of a friend who had died.
Peter (right) and David Christmas chatted in the Christmas Motors office. Last year, the company's Team Lick Cancer, one of 200 fund-raising teams, contributed $720,000 to the Pan-Mass Challenge.
You don't go into the car business if you don't love cars. And if you're the owner, you get your pick every day. But David's choice of ride these days is a 2001 Dodge Stratus — dependable for commuting to Boston twice a month at 6 a.m. with his Team Lick cocaptain Scott Apgar, to donate platelets at the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center.
The cocaptains have biked thousands of miles for the PMC and made a combined total of more than 300 platelet donations — a lifesaving gift of infection-fighting white blood cells for patients undergoing chemotherapy.
It's not just family and friends, however, or the fans who hold up signs along the PMC route that say, "Thank you for saving my life," that the Christmas brothers help.
Many are customers. Some are business acquaintances. One of them was me.
I might have looked away, embarrassed by what slipped so easily off my tongue.
But Peter Christmas, who talks about cancer with a customer at least once a week, was as steady as a rock.
Then, he offered to make a call on my behalf, using his connection with the PMC; and a week later, I was sitting in the office of a top lymphoma specialist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, relieved to find out that the care and diagnosis I had received had been right on the mark.


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Q: Date.ValueOf error I have a validation rule implemented on a Apex class as below. But it doesn't work always. some times even error=False it goes to error mode.
IS there something wrong with Date.valueOf ??
if ( assmt.Assessment_Date__c>= Date.valueOf('2017-01-01') &&
     assmt.Training_Plan_Start_Date__c < date.valueof('2017-01-01')){
  error = true;
  assmt.Assessment_Date__c.addError('Assessor Portals will only accept assessments with a date in 2016. If you wish to submit credit reporting with a 2017 date, please contact your Learning Support Advisor.');
}

A: I recommend you use two separate Validation Rules for this functionality. Your error message doesn't have anything to do with validation of Training_Plan_Start_Date__c, and I can imagine as an end user I would be pretty frustrated with this current implementation.
Assessment Date
YEAR(Asessment_Date__c) < 2017

Assessor Portals will only accept...

Training Plan Start Date
Year(Training_Plan_Start_Date__c) >= 2017

Some message related to the field being validated

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module RedmineSympa
  module Hooks
    class ProjectHooks < Redmine::Hook::ViewListener
      # :project
      # :form
      def view_projects_form(context={})
        content = context[:form].text_area(:sympa_info, :rows => 5, :class => 'wiki-edit')

        #FIXME: this doesn't work any more. Why?
        #content += wikitoolbar_for(:project_sympa_info)

        return content_tag(:p, content)
      end
    end
  end
end

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Cannabis Concentrates Are a Multi-Billion Dollar Powerhouse
How to Avoid the Bogus Dab Carts Flooding the Illicit Market
Why Does Marijuana Decriminalization Not Include Concentrates?
California Bans Sale of Butane to Curb Hash Oil Explosions
PHOTO Kurtis Garbutt
The latest data shows the concentrate sector could be worth more than $13 billion by 2026.
If there is one thing we have learned by watching the development of the cannabis industry over the past few years, it's this: The consumers may talk a big game with respect to using cannabis in pursuit of health and wellness, but deep down inside the majority of them just want to get reeeeaaallly freaking high.
This is undeniable considering that cannabis concentrates — arguably the most potent, clear your schedule, mind-bending pot products on the American market — is one of the largest growing segments of this burgeoning, yet still very young, industry of inebriation. This piece of the action is so large, in fact, that some of the latest data shows the concentrates sector could be worth more than $13 billion by 2026.
There is simply no denying that cannabis consumption has changed since the days of rolling up a fatty or two. Although the sale of flower still leads the pack in terms of sales, believe it or not, cannabis concentrates come in second place, surpassing pot edibles by nearly a $1 billion annually.
In 2017, the cannabis industry sold roughly $1.9 billion worth of concentrates while the edibles market raked in around a billion. But it is the growth potential of concentrates that has investors all hot and bothered. A recent report from Ionic Brand shows that although edibles sales will more than triple within the next two years, concentrates could experience nearly 10 times the growth.
In 2017, the cannabis industry sold roughly $1.9 billion worth of concentrates while the edibles market raked in around a billion.
For those of you who are new to the cannabis scene — at least those of you who are just now entertaining the concept of getting high without actually smoking weed — the label "marijuana concentrates" actually pertains to a variety of products. There's hash oil (honey oil), tinctures, CO2 oil, distillates, rosin, shatter, dabs, budder, kief, crystalline — the list is seemingly endless and evolving.
These products, while different enough in the way that they are made and are also similar in the sense that they should all probably come with a large warning label printed on the front of the packaging. Something like, "Warning: You probably aren't doing sh*t for the rest of the day" or "Caution: More Than One Hit and You Might Wake Up On A Park Bench Just South of Memphis."
Because unlike marijuana flower, which can contain anywhere between 10-25% THC, concentrates can come packed with up to 90%. In other words, these highly sought after dispensary favorites have the power to dizzy even the strongest of stoner constitutions. So hang on tight!
What makes them so special and in high demand is not only their strength, but their ability to allow the user to toke in secret. Because the plant matter is eliminated in the manufacturing process, some of these products are relatively odorless and packaged in a way that is more convenient and discreet than smoking. This is the reason vape pens have become so popular over the past few years in states that have gone fully legal. Vape pens make up close to 86% of the cannabis markets in Colorado, Washington and Oregon — the first three states to put recreational laws on the books. In California, however, where the black market on bud is said to be running strong, concentrates are responsible for more than 70% of its overall cannabis sales.
So yeah, weed has changed.
At first glance, the cannabis concentrates market appears to have borrowed a snippet from the alcohol industry by creating potent products in the vein of whiskey and vodka designed to feed the brain quicker than even the most overzealous bong hit. But the cannabis industry likes to think concentrates are more than just an elaborate quest for the eternal buzz. Sure, these nod inducing little boogers (seriously, some of them literally look like boogers) are great for recreational consumption, but they also have a substantial purpose in the grand scheme of the medical marijuana. It is because of their potency that concentrates are often used in the treatment of a variety of life-threatening medical conditions such as AIDS and cancer. Even patients suffering from PTSD and neurological disorders have enjoyed the benefits of these products.
Cannabis concentrates are expected to experience a sales surge on July 10 or 710 (OIL flipped upside-down — yeah, someone was HAF when they came up with that). Last year, sales on concentrates over 710 increased by nearly 30% in states with legal markets. The bulk of this sales boost came from shatter, vape cartridges, wax and live resin, according to data collected by Flowhub and Headset.
And while it is cool that these cannabis spinoffs have managed to get their own holiday, the concentrates sector and all of its 710 glory has a long way to go before it can compete with the cannabis community's highest of holy days — 420.
The report finds that cannabis sales on 420 last year surpassed 710 by 64%. Still, overall, the cannabis concentrate sector has grown by 94% in just the past three years. So regardless of whether this "Dab Day" actually takes off and becomes comparable to 420, concentrates are already to be respected.
This portion of the cannabis trade is poised to become an even stronger contender as more states move to legalize the leaf. From the way things are shaping up, these products are going to continue to give cannabis edibles a gnarly beating, including all of those THC-infused beverages that were predicted to become the next big thing, and possibly even give flower a run for its money in the not so distant future. As a result, America is just going to keep getting higher.
We're okay with that.
TELL US, do you prefer concentrates or flowers?
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I have so got to get me a digital camera.
Found a junk AT case at the same place I got the keyboard from. I'm going to carve it up and modify it to accomidate the cabinet. Pics when I can.
FYI, I usually update the sections as I do each individual part. I should probably update this page so people know when the other sections are updated as well. I mean, it only makes sense.
Next post Check your work first!


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James Ellsworth, född 13 oktober 1849 i Hudson i Ohio, död 2 juni 1925 i Villa Palmieri Florens i Italien, var en amerikansk bankman och kolgruveägare. Han var far till Lincoln Ellsworth.

Ellsworth studerade vid Western Reserve College and Preparatory School (idag känt som Western Reserve Academy); efter examen 1868 anställdes han som kontorist i Cleveland i Ohio. År 1869 bytte han arbete och anställdes vid kolgruvbolaget Ames & Co. Fem år senare gick han in som ägare av bolaget som då bytte namn till James W. Ellsworth & Co. Företaget expanderade med gruvor i Ohio i Pennsylvania, West Virginia och Virginia samt försäljningskontor i Chicago, New York City och Pittsburgh. Expansionen ledde till att Ellsworth skapade en förmögenhet. Mellan 1896 och 1898 var han direktör för Union National Bank of Chicago.

Ellsworth gifte sig 4 november 1874 med Eva Frances Butler och de fick 1880 sonen Lincoln som,  senare skulle bli en av amerikas flygpionjärer. Han var en stor samlare av mynt och blev medlem i American Numismatic and Archaeological Society (AMAS) 1893; hans stora samling av kopparmynt såldes 1923 till George Clapp som donerade samlingen till AMAS.

När Ellsworth återkom till Hudson 1907 möttes han av en katastrofplats. En stor brand hade ödelagt staden och han tidigare skola hade tvingats stänga på grund av ekonomiska problem. Han inledde ett arbete med att återskapa och förbättra staden. Utöver stora donationer till staden Hudson stödde han Roald Amundsens polarexpedition 1925.

Födda 1849
Avlidna 1925
Personer inom USA:s näringsliv
Män
Personer från Hudson, Ohio

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Learning to lead — Julianne Schultz
See how they run — Gideon Haigh
Their body politics — Stuart Glover
More than fun — Geoff Woolcock
Suspended reality — Tracey Holmes
Back to the future — Jonathan West
Time for spart: sport + art — Scott Rankin
The Aboriginal football ethic — Tim Butcher & Barry Judd
The land we play on — Gregory Phillips & Matthew Klugman
Transient triumphalism — Colin Tatz (1934–2019)
Muscular Judaism on the frontier — Josh Chiat
When the park comes alive — Christopher Warren
Full credit to the boys girls — Fleta Page
Matchbox memories — William McInnes
Polishing tarnished ideals — John Harms
Bully's sporting chance — Paul Mitchell
Race plans — Catriona Menzies-Pike
Personal score — Ellen van Neerven
Dragon mother — Gerhard Fischer
Pacific games — Sean Dorney
Golden girls — Annie Zaidi
A great leap forward — Keane Shum
Green and pleasant memories — Tom Bamforth
Ferocious animals — Luke Johnson
Icarus: Bot — Gay Lynch
Unfurling — Jessica White
Match point — Chris Armstrong
Sport: New Zealand Herald, Wednesday May 4, 2016 — Selina Tusitala Marsh
The stands — Alicia Sometimes
Do your practice and all is coming — Edwina Shaw
From the outer sanctum — Nicole Hayes
Circling the city — Nick Gadd
The challenges of achieving gold — Duncan Free & Naomi McCarthy
High expectations — Chris Sarra
Picture Gallery (1)
Outback rules — Wayne Quilliam
More than fun
by Geoff Woolcock
THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY has already seen a stream of premature epitaphs written for many long-standing social phenomena, not least social capital – often referred to as the 'glue' that binds us together. I eagerly jumped on that bandwagon at the turn of the century, worried about signs of weakening social connectedness. At that time, Harvard Professor Robert Putnam, in his bestseller Bowling Alone (Simon & Schuster, 2001), persuasively traced the consequences of weakening social and civic ties in middle America. I haven't really gotten off that wagon, although I've never felt completely comfortable with some of my fellow traveller's laments about the state of the world and declining stocks of social capital.
My discomfort with this received wisdom shared by these fellow travellers is a product of the time I spend outside work hours in grassroots football, where social capital seems to be flourishing.
Yet sport has received little considered academic discussion about how social ties are faring in Australia. I am at fault here: my co-edited book Social Capital and Social Justice: Critical Australian Perspectives (Charles Darwin University Press, 2009) overlooked several local academics' thoughts on sport and social capital, including colleagues at Griffith University. The book stemmed from an Australian Academy of Social Sciences workshop where, as the title indicates, invitees were asked to address the emerging policy implications of the growing interest in social capital for social justice, and sport didn't readily appear to be a 'critical perspective'.
This omission is telling. I have structured this 'redemptive' essay partially around the Julius Sumner Miller question of why is it so? – not from an academic point of view, but from that of a lifelong participant in team sport: a player, coach, recruiter, father, spectator, researcher and writer.
AT ONE LEVEL, the relative lack of scholarship about the significance of sport in Australian social life reflects a dispiriting degree of academic snobbery. To be a sports sociologist in many Australian universities will cast you as the equivalent of the high school sports 'jock' in your department. Public discourse and commentary, dominated by corporatised sport, is generally blind to the massive contribution that local sport contributes to social connectedness.
In the now-commonplace writers festival session on the future of cities, panellists inevitably thump the familiar drum of the desperate need for more public amenity and interaction in our inner cities, seemingly oblivious to the thriving social world fuelled by grassroots sports throughout our suburbs on any given weekend – a picture that the celebrated liveable cities Vancouver and Zurich could only dream of.
Despite the vast array of talented authors writing about sports, it still seems a stretch to include them in prominent events. But it's not only literary circles doing the cold-shouldering. For all our unquestionable acceptance of the central place that sport plays in Australian society, where is the great Australian sporting film? (Save Your Legs? Haven't heard of it? Okay, maybe The Club?) Musical? (Warnie?) Satirical comedy? (The Footy Show is beyond satire, though Roy and HG have done this genre proud.) Popular music, particularly in Melbourne, bucks the trend but the effect still seems to leave sport seen as beneath the 'proper' arts.
The increasing corruption of professional sport, accompanied by infantile behaviour of several notable sports stars, has furthered public cynicism about sport's virtues. But even here, I detect an upside among many parents standing along the touchline: such shenanigans are the fallout from top-tier sport's riches and, in turn, actually serve to affirm what's most important about sport, namely its capacity to allow people of all backgrounds and abilities to come together and shelve petty prejudices.
For sure, incidents such as the persistent 2015 booing of Australian of the Year and AFL champion Adam Goodes were an unseemly reminder of how racism permeates Australia at every level of society. But again, even though the venom of some of the online trolling was redolent of KKK language, the nation's most popular team sport provided an extraordinary platform for the issue to have such enduring reach and impact, as Stan Grant's impressive orations since have so powerfully demonstrated. My most memorable opportunity to engage with this came with the reunion for an old state under-age representative footy team at a well-known pub in Brisbane last year, where our only Indigenous player put us all in our place by correctly noting that none of us had recognised him in the first half-hour of the night because he was sitting alone at the bar enjoying a few jars, 'Like any typical pissed bum blackfella you bastards would have us all for!'
GOOD ACADEMIC TRAINING should caution one against drawing too long a bow in arguing the neglect of sport's contribution to social good. For sure, there has been a burgeoning of philanthropic activity funded by sports stars that shows little sign of slowing. Indeed, the Shane Warne Foundation's troubles notwithstanding, there would seem to be very few ex-Test cricketers with a decent number of baggy-green appearances who don't have a trust or charity of one form or another. And the breadth and depth of causes now spanned by sport grow ever more impressive, from the Homeless World Cup backed by the Big Issue and the quadrennial Gay Games, to the enormous diversity of disabled sports participation and sport subsidies for newly arrived refugee communities. But perhaps all this sporting altruism just reinforces the point: that is, do we all just take it for granted that the scale of social connecting ignited by sport is a good that's best served unscrutinised and unexamined, an opiate for the masses to enjoy at their leisure, free of the boss or teacher standing over to inspect their sport doodlings?
Or is it more pertinent to remark on sport's multifaceted unintended consequences, as the erudite American author Henry David Thoreau shrewdly observed: 'Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.'
I know this from my own experience of sport's trickle-down surprises. I didn't grow up in a family that played club cricket, but the countless hours spent with other fathers at the boundary rope during my eldest son's two summer seasons saw me learning more about the lives of those men than I've ever known about a group, before or since.
So this doesn't appear to suggest lost virtues are only found in sporting circles, I hasten to add how first-hand experience inside football clubs at many levels has made indisputable the reality that they are as flawed as any social institution. It never ceases to amaze me, come State of Origin time of year, that the same mass-media champions of one-punch-can-kill campaigns reserve a special bloodlust that not only sanctions such violence during Origin clashes, but actively promotes it. Hypocrisy is alive and well, even if in such entertaining prose as that offered to my team by an Irish referee prior to the grand final of a thoroughly enjoyable season of Gaelic football; before he blew the starting whistle, we saw no hint of irony on his face as he barked his orders, 'If I hear one swear word from any of you fookin' cunts during the fookin' final, then you'll be fookin' off!'
I WAS THE last of a generation in junior AFL to have league ladders in all age groups, which were replaced in the early '90s with Auskick for all kids under eleven, with no game scores recorded and no tackling. There persists an old, flat-earth brigade of many ex-players, now fathers or uncles, who label this change of philosophy as 'politically correct nonsense', and typically go on to allege the illogical extension of a mollycoddled and cotton-wooled generation and its ensuing woes. I'm not one of them. When I was in my twenties, I was an under-8s and under-9s coach and saw the rapid surge of kids registering to play, who felt safe playing – getting in a kick and a handball that full-body contact wouldn't have allowed them – and then stayed on into the older age groups. Mind you, I recall a rather pampered kid at the close of a Thursday night training at the club where I coached asking his mother if they could take the Pajero and not the Lexus to their upcoming away fixture because it would be easier on his back, triggering a haughty hurrumph as I fondly remembered the days when all twenty of us little Vegemites would squeeze into the open-tray plumber's ute that belonged to our team manager. Perhaps we were even a better team for it.
One of the consequences of this new approach to youth sports – the one I have found most challenging – is the negativity associated with an emphasis on winning. From my experience across team sport, and especially with boys, the motivation to win remains fundamentally powerful. I could readily dwell on 'winning versus enjoying' – particularly its tendency to be set up as a false dualism – but such puffery is shot through by an especially fruity but perceptive email written by an old mate, SB, a couple of years back:
Elvis Costello once said that 'writing about music is like dancing about architecture – it's really a stupid thing to want to do'. And so, probably, is trying to write about what's important about competitive sport. You kind of need to experience it to understand it. Trying to write about it is stupid. So let's be stupid for a second.
Like most kids playing club sport when I was young, I wanted to rock up on a Saturday, piss about with my friends for a little bit, try to avoid getting 'dacked', then get on with doing something that was totally different to everything else in my week (and my life in general). Matches provided an hour or so where my fellow nose-pickers and I took each other a bit more seriously – where we all put our bodies and brains together to tilt at the windmill that was trying to get a win. It was different to mucking about in the park; it gave us a reason to run ourselves out of breath until we weren't entirely sure whether our little lungs would ever catch up again.
And, it was exhilarating. We craved it as kids. Most young people love to test themselves like this. Get in with your mates from your suburb and try to run out of breath together to beat the kids from across the way – it really tickles your DNA. You know you're alive – even when you are nine. It's so sweet. You start thinking about playing days before you actually do. You get nervous; you get excited. You get invested. It hurts. It brings happiness. I never found it 'fun': fun was to be had at the BMX track. Footy was way better. I loved the shit out of it. I lived for it. It satisfied something in me that I wasn't getting elsewhere. I was a nervous kid. I walked taller when I got together with all my friends to play footy. I was obsessed with it. I couldn't wait to do it – sometimes waiting for Saturday was worse than waiting for Christmas. It was never ever 'fun' to me.
We still talk about those footy days now as adults. We don't talk about 'fun' totem tennis games we had; footy was better than 'fun'.
I think SB's words speak to a lot of boys finding their way in team sport. Arguably, the most treasured email I've ever received in my footy life was from the father of a ridiculously courageous, undersized back pocket who played in a premiership-winning side that I coached. He simply wrote, 'Harry's just told me that was the best moment in his life to date…thanks for how much you helped contribute to it.'
I WATCH THE pathetic antics of the tennis brats Bernard Tomic and Nick Kyrgios and wonder if they'd carry on as they do if they'd actually played a team sport for a decent period of their upbringing. Solo sporting pursuits might garner our admiration, but they also seem more susceptible to feeding the prima donna, as I witnessed in a brief halcyon period of involvement with elite athletics when I held the state schoolboy race-walking record, the caveat being that race-walking is such a bizarre outlier in so many respects, the very concept of it gives it automatic immunity from hubris!
Perhaps this is again best put by SB:
…and then there's the giddy thrill of playing together, playing for others, not just yourself. The period when I stopped playing footy corresponded with when I started university. I spent a long time at uni just trying to get along with people amongst the seemingly unrelenting herd of upper-middle class intellectual pseuds – a population hitherto unfamiliar to me. All too often, I found myself nodding in nervous agreement with someone or other about how pointless barracking for sport is. It never felt right. Once I got a bit older, I then worked out what I loved about organised sport. Obviously all the things I've already said, but more. Intellectual pursuits are fine and more than worthy, but there is a visceral enjoyment in pitting yourself physically against someone else that cannot be intellectualised. Add the enjoyment of helping your friends to do that alongside you and you're getting pretty high. Then add being part of a club and community that is all about sticking fat for one another no matter what, and you are mainlining heroin my friend. You jump up and down together if you win and you get around each other if you don't – from teammates to parents to canteen volunteers to committee folks – the lot. The feelings of winning and losing are then both incredible. Either way, that little community values you for how hard you tried, as opposed to whether you had a win or a loss. We mostly lost but I loved every single second of it. From root to branch – the club, the team, the people who just wandered in off the streets with the arse out of their britches – we all marched on together as a gloriously supportive mess. Why deny young people this experience? Having that connectedness is rare at any stage of life, through sport or otherwise. Let the kids get into it – at any age!
IS FUN THE fall guy for sport taking itself too seriously? Another distinctive facet of sport in the new millennium is its obsession with harnessing elite athletes, and all the paraphernalia that comes with this hothousing, including the proliferation of academies of one form or another. Such an emphasis on the top end of the talent pool has obvious consequences down the line, specifically to make a whole lot of competent, if not the most skilled, performers fast-forward the question of whether they want to play the sport at all. I've seen first-hand the AFL Academy system and its barely disguised contempt for local club football: there has only been one session in Brisbane over the past five years where the well-renumerated AFL Academy coaches have directly invited local volunteer club coaches to learn about current coaching methods.
The AFL's hitherto rolled-gold business strategy of pumping participation numbers in at the pyramid base, licking the cream that oozes over the apex and overlooking everything and everyone in between may have become as redundant as the drop kick, given almost all footballers play in leagues other than that of the eighteen-team AFL. If the implicit (and some would argue explicit) message emanating from AFL academies continues to be 'nice try, but you've failed to become elite in this sport', don't be surprised to watch many of these same young men and women never returning to football or, worse still, to any sport. Through family members, I've also observed a similar pattern in local soccer circles, the fallout in this case exacerbating an already long-standing conundrum of so many exiting from soccer in their adolescence. To be fair, concerns about the implications of this concentration on elite talent for community sport have become more widely acknowledged, most notably in a recent study commissioned by the Victorian Football League on country and community football, conducted by the highly respected sport and social capital academics Matthew Nicholson and Russell Hoye.
All said, however, the enduring power of achieving together in team sport, no matter the level of competition, overcomes most failings. Just last weekend, I walked past a bunch of high school seniors clearly not playing their sport of choice in a ragged game of soccer, laughing themselves silly with their impossibly spectacular shots on goal, each far more likely to hit the corner flag than the back of the net.
It was infectious, and a wonderful reminder that our nation's mental health is far better off for the bonding and bridging social capital manifested through team sport, even if the word does not appear once in our current National Mental Health Plan. Perhaps, as has been suggested above, sport's social benefits are so obvious as to make them not 'problematic' enough (read 'publishable') for the scholarly community. A more blunt but persuasive reason lies in the reality that the vast bulk of our social scientists have had little to do with sport of any shape or form. Meanwhile, as the wise Hugh Mackay might put it, our innate desire to belong can conquer our perverse drive to exclude, and grassroots sports continue to be one of this nation's most potent social lubricants.


(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Morata and the second or maternal family name is Martín.) Álvaro Borja Morata Martín (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾo moˈɾata]; born 23 October 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Madrid and the Spain national team as a striker. Morata gained 34 caps for Spain at youth level, helping the country win the 2013 Under-21 Championship. He made his senior debut in 2014, representing the nation at the Euro 2016.


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Post-Pandemic, You're More Likely to Take More Road Trips
Even after the risk of COVID-19 passes, many will be uncomfortable with air travel, research says.
By Roberto Baldwin Published: Jun 6, 2020
Marc Urbano|Car and Driver
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers found that more people in the Chicago area are anticipating taking road trips post-COVID-19 pandemic.
The survey showed that many are expected to remain fearful of flying even after the risks of the pandemic have passed.
The researchers are working on a larger national study with Arizona State University.
If you love cars, it's highly likely that you're also a fan of road trips. If you're planning a road trip after the pandemic, you're not alone. Researchers have found that in a post-COVID-19 world, it's starting to look like more and more people will be skipping the sky for some time on the road.
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago Translab conducted a survey about the travel plans of people immediately after the pandemic subsides compared to their behavior before coronavirus turned the world upside down. After surveying more than 1000 people in the Chicago area, the researchers found that many people said they won't feel comfortable on planes, and many of them are anticipating taking more long-distance trips in their cars instead.
The researchers also found that local travel by personal vehicle was deemed to be extremely low risk by the highest percentage (59 percent) of those responding. It was followed closely by riding a personal bike (46 percent) and walking (42 percent).
For the airline industry, if the trend is larger than that of those surveyed, it could be more bad news for an industry already in financial trouble. When asked if they expected to change air-travel plans once COVID-19 is no longer a threat, 26 percent said they would travel by air significantly less while 17-percent said somewhat less. Meanwhile, 43 percent said that their airplane travels would be around the same as before the outbreak. Only 14 percent said they intended to fly more than before.
As for reasons behind the change, 48 percent said they don't feel safe or comfortable around strangers in a close space. But here's where you start humming "Holiday Road" from National Lampoon's Vacation: 27 percent anticipated taking more long-distance trips by car.
The researchers compiled the data from a survey of 906 respondents in the Chicago area. So it's not a huge data set. But, the researchers will be starting a national-level study soon in collaboration with Arizona State University. The new study will be conducted as states are reopening so the answers might be slightly different as the national and personal concerns about the coronavirus may have changed.
Still, the research is a snapshot of how the coronavirus has affected our thoughts about how we get around, and how we will in the near future.
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Once upon a time there was an organization. It was a fairly good sized business, not too big and not too small. It was a business, in fact, much like your business. And it came up with a way to apply the battle of wits from the Princess Bride to dealing with some long-lasting and thorny problems. For those who may not recall this scene or, hard though it may be to imagine, have never seen the movie, it occurs relatively early in the film. Vizinni the dwarf has kidnapped Princess Buttercup and is fleeing with her to Guilder. In pursuit is the mysterious Man in Black. The Man in Black defeats the master swordsman, in a duel, and Fezzik the Giant in a wrestling match. He then confronts Vizinni in a battle of wits: two goblets, one supposedly containing deadly Iocane powder, sit before the two men. Vizinni must deduce which goblet contains the poison and then both men will drink.
What follows is a dizzying, and often hilarious, chain of logic as Vizinni attemps to solve the puzzle.
Now, the fact is, none of the problems the business was facing were particularly unique or new problems. They were problems that the organization had had for many years: difficulties in setting priorities and making decisions; allocating resources and providing clear direction to employees. In other words, the sorts of problems that many businesses struggle with.
These problems were the topic of much discussion, but despite all that discussion nothing ever changed. Attempts to solve the problems almost resembled the classic model of two steps forward, one step back. The resemblance broke down in the second half: they usually took two steps back.
Eventually, someone suggested bringing in a consultant to help with the problems. This is where things got creative. It turns out that there are two types of consultants, at least for this particular business: those who were closely connected to the business and known to people there, and those who had no connection at all.
We now come to Vizinni and his Dizzying Intellect.
Consultants in the second group could clearly not be hired because they knew nothing about the company. How could they possibly be of assistance? Therefore we must look at consultants in the first group.
Consultants in the first group were too close to the organization. Clearly they too could not be hired. Therefore, we must go back to consultants in the second group.
But consultants in the second group would clearly not care about the results. So they could not be hired. Back to the first group.
But consultants in the first group could not be hired because they might care too much. So they too could not be hired.
And so it went, on and on, until eventually nothing was done. People continued to complain about the problems, but no one wanted to act.
In the movie, of course, Vizzini finally chooses a goblet and drinks the deadly Iocane powder. In reality, it didn't matter which goblet he chose as the Man in Black had developed an immunity to Iocane powder and poisoned both goblets.
Similarly, in this case it wouldn't have mattered which choice the business actually made: bring in someone totally unconnected or someone close and known to the people there. The important thing was to make a choice and actually take action to deal with the long-term problems that were interfering with their productivity. Whichever choice they made would have different benefits and different drawbacks, but either could have helped them. It's only the choice to do nothing that has no hope of success. Let's face it, if the problems haven't gone away on their own after months or years, odds are pretty good that they won't be going away on their own tomorrow or even next year.
Choose a goblet. Take action. Nothing will change until you do.


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Roger Stone, a longtime political adviser to President Trump, told former Trump aide Sam Nunberg in 2016 that he had met with Wikileaks leader Julian Assange in London, Nunberg told The Washington Post on Tuesday.
Another Stone associate also confirmed to the paper that Stone had made those claims.
Nunberg told the Post that investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller asked him about that conversation with Stone. Investigators are looking into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russian operatives to swing the 2016 election. The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that Russians stole emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta and gave them to Wikileaks, which released them during the campaign.
Stone told the Post that he had made the comments in jest in order to get off the phone with Nunberg.
In a series of increasingly-bizarre TV interviews last Monday, Nunberg maintained that he would not cooperate with Mueller, only to change his mind and appear before a grand jury on Friday.
Nunberg was fired from the Trump campaign in 2015 over a series of racist Facebook posts.
This story "Nunberg Told Mueller That Roger Stone Met With Assange" was written by Aiden Pink.


What a great accompaniment to a pre-dinner beer on St. Patrick's Day! The "shamrock" is made with a shamrock cookie cutter and sliced avocado.
Who'd have thought to pair corned beef and avocado? The California Avocado Commission!
Cute appetizers for St. Patrick's Day. Photo courtesy California Avocado Commission.
1. MAKE shamrocks. With the peel still on, slice four slices (¼-inch thick) from the sides of the whole avocado. Remove seed from center section and slice the avocado in half lengthwise. Peel slices. Using a small shamrock-shaped cookie cutter, cut shamrock-shaped avocado pieces for each cracker. Cover surface with plastic wrap so avocado doesn't discolor; set aside.
2. PLACE remaining avocado in a small bowl and stir in pickles. Spread avocado mixture on each cracker.
3. TOP with two squares of corned beef, then an avocado shamrock. Serve.


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AC Milan and Inter Milan will go head-to-head in Riyadh during the Italian Super Cup. (Twitter)
Saudi Arabia sports scene: AC Milan and Inter Milan to go head-to-head in Riyadh
Ghinwa Obeid, Al Arabiya English
Published: 18 January ,2023: 11:31 AM GST Updated: 18 January ,2023: 04:17 PM GST
Giants AC Milan and Inter Milan will face off for the Italian Super Cup championship in Riyadh Wednesday evening in another major football match in the Kingdom.
The Italian Super Cup, which will be held at Saudi Arabia's King Fahd International Stadium at 10 p.m., follows the Spanish Super Cup earlier this week during which Barcelona was crowned champion.
This is the third time the Italian Super Cup is being held in Saudi Arabia.
The event was first held in 2018 in Jeddah that ended with Juventus winning over AC Milan and the second championship was held in 2019 in Riyadh where Lazio defeated Juventus for the first spot.
The Italian Super Cup is organized by the Saudi ministry of sports as part of the 2022 Diriyah Season and follows in the footsteps of other sporting events being held.
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"The Kingdom's hosting of this championship is an extension to several other championships and international sports events that have been held on its soil over the past couple of years," the ministry said on its website. This, the ministry added, reflects Saudi Arabia's ability to host major events that fans from within and outside the Kingdom can enjoy and comes in line with the goals of Vision 2030.
The Kingdom's position as a major sports hub will also be emphasized on Thursday during the Riyadh Season Cup that will bring together Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi head-to-head when Paris Saint-Germain and the stars of Al-Hilal and Al-Nassr clubs face off in the much-anticipated game.
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It is also the focus of a significant ecological restoration project in a joint initiative with DOC and the Tongariro National History Society (TNHS). Together they are aiming to restore the area to its natural state, and encourage native fauna and flora to thrive by way of intensive pest control.
A new group of TNHS volunteers have recently arrived to work over summer at this important site. They come from America, England, France and even a couple from New Zealand.
Their main role is to help with the long term project which primarily involves controlling animal predators. This is done by filling the network of 1100 bait stations covering 600ha of bush, and by checking and re-setting trap boxes around the lake. The bait stations are filled with poison fortnightly over the summer, heavily reducing rat numbers and giving birds a chance to breed. The traps focus more on the control of stoats. Both of these methods require huge volunteer commitment, so this new group is vitally important over the summer period.
One of their first jobs at Rotopounamu on arrival was to place 30 new tree plaques around the lake which identify important native tree species. Area Manager Dave Lumley says "assisting the public in identifying native tree species is important for visitors and locals to help understand the importance and special uniqueness of this site".
Working with communities is an important role nationally for the Department. Sharing conservation work, and supporting communities and individuals to contribute to conservation is rewarding for all those involved.
DOC has also recently made significant track improvements taking out the steps and therefore making the track accessible for pushchairs. With the increase of bird song and planned improved interpretation this is a great place for families to go for a nature walk.


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Vaporum treads into territory that I have personally seen very little of. While I love the Dungeon Crawling style I think to this point I have only ever explored Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox by myself without party members by my side. Taking things a step further, you'll have to be quick on your toes because Vaporum while being designed as that robust old school Wizardry styled adventure that we all love, is also designed to be experienced in real-time.
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