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Right-to-Work hearing shows labor issues looming large over 2014 session
By Collin Reischman on January 13, 2014
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Right-to-Work legislation appears to be at the top of the agenda for the Republican-controlled House of Representatives. The House Committee on Workforce Development and Workplace Safety met today in its first hearing of the year. The only bill on the agenda was HB 1099, sponsored by Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Springfield.
Burlison's bill is called the "Freedom to Work Act," and would prohibit unions from requiring workers to pay dues to a union as a condition of employments. Lawmakers sparred for hours in the hearing, which at times grew outright contentious.
Burlison says the bill does weaken unions and would make the state more competitive in attracting businesses. Detractors argue that Right-to-Work lowers wages, weakens unions and reduces employment.
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"We should take the coercive power of unions away and give it to the individual," Burlison said during the hearing. "Take for example the electrician whose personal politics differ from the union he is in. This makes it illegal for that union to fire that employee if he refuses to pay union dues."
Democrats on the committee took a strong tone against the legislation.
"What is the magic part of this bill that makes you say we are going to drive growth?" Rep. Michael Frame, D-High Ridge said. "This is going to lower wages, a Republican lawmaker who supports this bill admitted it."
Frame was referring to last week's RTW rally held in the Capitol and attended by dozens of Republican lawmakers. At the rally, Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, said RTW would lower the average wage of Missouri workers, but that it would increase the total number of jobs.
"If a company hires new employees under Right-to-Work, there are probably bringing someone in at an entry level, and those people aren't going to be paid what the long-time union workers are making," Burlison said. "So yes, the average wage might be going down, but there are now more people in the workforce, and an individual has the right to do whatever is in their self interest when it comes to work."
Mike Louis, Secretary Treasurer of the Missouri AFLCIO, said that Burlison's analysis was flawed, and that Right-to-Work legislation will not suddenly cause new employees to be hired.
"A business is going to hire people if they need to hire more people in order to get their product to the market," Louis said. "This idea that Right-to-Work will let us hire more workers for less and reduce costs is just wrong. Businesses hire when there is a demand.
At the same rally last week, Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder voiced his characteristically strong support for Right-to-Work, and said earlier today that he fully expects the bill to pass the senate.
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"It's what Missourians want and it's what our businesses need," Kinder said. "As lawmakers we are supposed to help the state prosper, and we can't do that until we become the 25th Right-to-Work state."
Witnesses at the hearing spoke both in favor and in opposition of the legislation, but the majority of the turnout consisted of labor leaders and union workers.
Some Democrats suggested that Republican leadership scheduled a technical session for today in order to limit the number of lawmakers that would be present for the hearing. But Diehl's office strongly denied the allegation.
Alex Curchin, Chief of Staff to Diehl, said that his office was, in fact, "happy to give Right-to-Work the spotlight today."
While Burlison says he wants his bill to get to the senate as soon as possible, some Republican lawmakers have told him they would rather wait until after the candidate filing deadline for 2014 election before voting on the issue on the floor. Doing so could make it harder for organized labor to commit campaign funds to Republicans in vulnerable seats that for RTW.
However, the speed at which Burlison's bill is moving through the House legislative process might suggest that the bill will arrive on the House floor early in the session.
But Senate Pro Tem Tom Dempsey, R-St. Charles, told The Missouri Times that he is in no rush to handle "House priorities" until legislative priorities for his fellow senators had been addressed.
"Historically we deal with Senate priorities which this year include things like school transfers," Dempsey said. "And then we move to House priorities, I imagine we'll stick to that this year and begin dealing with House bills in March or April."
Collin Reischman
Collin Reischman was the Managing Editor for The Missouri Times, and a graduate of Webster University with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism.
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Apple's maps or Google's Maps are fine and dandy for driving from on place to another, but when it comes to looking up bike routes or trails they both tend to fail miserably. Openmaps still provides a nice way to view that sort of info.
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BOSTON -- Saying Massachusetts has missed out on $16 million in marijuana taxes, officials behind the 2016 legal marijuana ballot question on Monday pointed to staffing levels and bureaucracy at the Cannabis Control Commission as potential reasons for the slow rollout of retail sales in Massachusetts.
"The Cannabis Control Commission needs to pick up the pace," Will Luzier, who managed the 2016 ballot campaign in Massachusetts, said at a press conference outside the Statehouse. "We're not here for cannabis operators, we're here for the consumers and voters of the commonwealth that don't understand why this is taking so long."
Nevada and California voters approved non-medical marijuana laws in November 2016, at the same time the ballot question passed in Massachusetts. Retail shops opened in Nevada in July 2017 and in California in January 2018, Luzier said.
Blake Mensing, an attorney working with cannabis businesses in Massachusetts, said the cannabis commission, perhaps unintentionally, failed to prioritize the licensing of marijuana testing labs earlier in the process, ensuring some of the current delays.
Commission officials have said they are prioritizing rolling out the industry correctly, rather than meeting any specific timeframe for retail sales. After missing a now three-month-old July 1 target date for retail sales, commission officials have declined to offer a new target for the start of retail sales.
The fiscal 2019 state budget, assembled when regulators were targeting July 1 as the beginning of retail marijuana sales, counts on $63 million in marijuana tax revenues and while many businesses have applied for the retail licenses to open shops, the Cannabis Control Commission has yet to grant any final approvals.
A law signed by Gov. Charlie Baker in December 2016 delayed the effective date of the new tax, and legislation signed by Baker in July 2017 increased the maximum combined state and local tax rate on recreational marijuana from 12 percent to 20 percent.
The Department of Revenue in late 2017 estimated fiscal 2019 state marijuana taxes of $44 million to $82 million, but officials are rethinking that.
"Due to delays in licensing, actual collections of marijuana tax revenues may be lower than originally projected," officials wrote in recent financial disclosures.
Former Yes on 4 communications director James Borghesani, who now works with Luzier at a marijuana business consulting company, said the medical marijuana program encountered a troubled rollout due to state bureaucracy, indifference from state officials, and the tactics of "prohibitionists" at the local level.
"I'm seeing this structure starting to repeat itself now and I think it's very troubling," Borghesani said.
While the commission is an independent body run by appointees of the treasurer, governor and attorney general, Borghesani targeted Gov. Charlie Baker with criticism, saying he has "provided no leadership whatsoever." Borghesani said, "He doesn't even mention it. I don't think he cares if there's no rollout."
The commission should have informed lawmakers that it needed more staff, Borghesani said, "if that is an issue." He questioned the long timeline businesses are facing when applying for licenses, when compared to other industries, and whether the commission is being too strict.
"I'm not inside the Cannabis Control Commission, so none of us can say this is what they're doing on a daily basis or this is not what they are doing on a daily basis but one thing we're worried about is an overly bureaucratic agency that just moves too slow and moves slower than the voters of Massachusetts desire," Borghesani said.
The commission has issued 38 provisional licenses for marijuana businesses, including 15 retail stores, but none of the businesses can open to customers until the CCC inspects the property, certifies the business is in compliance with the law and state regulations, and then votes to issue a final license.
Commission officials said last week that at least one final inspection of a retail marijuana shop had been completed and more are scheduled.
The commission is also struggling with its powers over statutorily-required agreements between marijuana businesses and their host towns. The Legislature should consider passing a bill putting a timeline on host community agreements to prevent towns from choosing not to negotiate with marijuana businesses, Borghesani said.


If you drive in Oklahoma – the Sooner State – you must have auto insurance to be on the road legally. However, if you have a history of motor vehicle violations or accidents, insurers in the state may choose not to cover you in the "voluntary" market. The term "voluntary" is insurance industry jargon to describe the "regular" insurance market where drivers can obtain a quote easily online insurers voluntarily rate and insure most drivers. Instead, you may still find auto insurance through the Oklahoma Automobile Insurance Plan (OKAIP). This plan will ensure that you receive coverage, as long as you meet the eligibility criteria described below. In Oklahoma, the minimum coverage levels are $25,000 per person/$50,000 per accident for Bodily Injury, and $25,000 per accident for Property Damage.
What is the Oklahoma Automobile Insurance Plan (OK AIP)?
The OK AIP was first implemented in 1950. Its purpose is to extend insurance coverage to as many Oklahoma drivers as possible, especially those who are characterized as high risk. That tends to be the case when drivers have had several accidents or traffic violations under their belt. All insurers must accept high risk drivers in order to do any auto insurance business in the state; this helps to spread the potential losses from high risk drivers across all insurance companies in the state.
High risk drivers are assigned by the OK AIP to existing auto insurance companies based on carriers' market share. So for example, if Farmers Auto Insurance has 14% of the total auto insurance market in Oklahoma, then Farmers must cover 14% of the high risk drivers assigned through the OK AIP. There aren't many drivers in the plan currently, as insurers have become better over the years at evaluating and pricing high risk drivers competitively in the standard market.
Every licensed insurance agent and broker in Oklahoma can explain your options for coverage through the OK AIP, if this is where you land.
In order to apply for insurance coverage through the OK AIP, you must state on your application that you have tried and failed to find coverage in the voluntary market within the last 60 days. If that's the case, then you are eligible for coverage as long as you have a valid driver's license and a car registered in Oklahoma. It's important to fill out the insurance application accurately. If your insurer discovers that you've misrepresented some information, then your insurance policy may be canceled.
You may be ineligible for coverage - even through the OK AIP - if your record shows an unpaid insurance premium any time in the last 12 months. You may be denied Physical Damage coverage for your car if it's an antique (older than 25 years) or if it cost more than $40,000 brand new. Physical Damage coverage requires you to present your car for inspection within 10 days of receiving your policy, and if you don't, that part of your coverage will be cancelled. The good news is, if you pay your insurance bill and/or bring your car for inspection to the authorized insurance representative, you can apply through the OK AIP immediately.
The Oklahoma Auto Insurance Plan offers pretty much the same coverages that safer drivers purchase – the coverage may just cost you more. That's because – based on the claims history of millions of drivers over the years – drivers in the Plan tend to file more claims than average.
Once the Plan has assigned you an insurer, your coverage will continue for 3 years. This is a great time to improve your driving record so that you may qualify for better insurance rates in Oklahoma's voluntary insurance market. If you remain in the "high risk" pool at the end of 3 years, you may re-apply to the Plan, and if you are still eligible, you will be covered again, albeit perhaps by a different insurer.
The table below shows both the Oklahoma required minimum coverage limits - which is the lowest coverage amounts you can purchase through the OK AIP - as well as higher limits and other types of coverage. Your insurer MUST offer you coverage against Uninsured or Underinsured Motorists, but you can reject that coverage by checking a box on the application. Medical payments coverage pays your medical bills regardless of who is at fault in an accident. But be sure this coverage doesn't duplicate coverage you may already have through your health insurance.
In Oklahoma, if you want Collision Coverage, you MUST buy Comprehensive Coverage as well. This is very much at the discretion of your insurer. Physical Damage coverage comes with the following choice of deductibles: $100, $200, $250, or $500. Usually, the higher your deductible is, the lower your premium for Physical Damage coverage is (read more about how deductible affects your premiums here). Oklahoma requires a safety inspection of your vehicle prior to providing such coverage. The most your insurer will pay for Physical Damage is the "actual cash value" of your car – should you try to sell it in the open market – up to a maximum of $40,000.
If you are assigned an insurer through the OK AIP, your premiums are likely to be higher than what the average safer driver pays. However, there is no simple formula for knowing how MUCH higher they might be. Generally speaking, the same factors that make you a higher-risk driver will be what drive your premiums higher than other motorists, even through the OK AIP.
You have a couple of options to pay your Oklahoma Automobile Insurance Plan premium. The first is to pay the entire annual premium at the time you fill out your application. Your insurance agent can price the coverages you choose and send the entire amount to the OK AIP up front. The second is to pay a deposit of 30% of the annual premium with your application, and the entire balance of the premium within 30 days. The third way to pay is an installment plan. This involves paying 40% of the entire annual premium up front. You will receive a bill for 30% of the annual premium 3 months after that. And a bill for the final 30% of the premium 6 months after your policy begins.
In the happy event that you find auto insurance coverage in the voluntary market, you may switch at any time without penalty. Just inform your assigned insurer of who the new insurer is, and your assigned insurer will refund any premiums to you on a prorated basis.
If you have been rejected for auto insurance coverage in Oklahoma, you can ask any insurance agent in the state about the OK AIP.For more information about the Plan, call the Oklahoma Insurance Department's Consumer Assistance hotline at 1-800-522-0071.


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Yes, Clash of the Collectables: Season 1 is now available on Finnish Netflix. It arrived for online streaming on February 1, 2019.
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My EPL Team Of The Week For Gameweek 2
By Moneymedia (self media writer) | 4 months ago
The second match day of the 2021/22 English Premier League season did not disappoint as it produced some entertaining results from all the matches played this weekend.
Liverpool kicked off the match week with a comfortable 2-0 win at home to Burnley, Manchester City put on a show in front of their home supporters as they trashed Norwich City by 5 goals to nil, Manchester United were held to a draw by the resilient Southampton, while Chelsea outclassed Arsenal in the London derby at the Emirates Stadium.
After those matches, Chelsea and Liverpool are the joint top leaders of the EPL table, followed by Brighton and Tottenham - all on six points each, while United dropped out of the top four following their poor outing at Southampton.
There were some brilliant individual performances by players that deserve special mentioning and we are going to fit them into a starting lineup.
Here is a run down of my Premier League team of the week for game week 2:
Gk: Edouard Mendy (Chelsea)
Mendy was on hand to register yet another clean sheet this weekend. The Senegalese shot stopper came up with some big saves to deny Arsenal on several occasions and was also vital for Chelsea to resist the pressure from the opponents. He always offered himself as an extra passing option for his defenders whenever the Arsenal attackers close them down.
Defenders: Virgil Van Dijk (Liverpool)
The Dutchman showed exactly why Liverpool missed him so much last season. He was rock solid at the back for them and also played a huge role in Liverpool's build up play on Saturday afternoon. His long balls to evade the press put Burnley under so much pressure and led to his team's second goal by Sadio Mane.
Mohammed Salisu (Southampton)
The Ghanaian center back was unbeatable in defence against Man United. The left footed defender came up big for Southampton with last ditch tackles, important interceptions and was also good on the ball with his decent passing out from the back.
Reece James (Chelsea)
James was deployed at right wing back by Thomas Tuchel and the English youngster showed the world why he is considered as one of the best in that position. He was a constant threat against the Arsenal defence and was involved in his team's two goals on the day. He assisted Romelu Lukaku's opener before proceeding to find the back of the net himself with a well taken finish.
Konstantinos Tsimikas (Liverpool)
Liverpool's left back was impressive yet again, this time against Burnley. He was a constant menace down the left hand flank and combined seamlessly with Sadio Mane, providing the assist for his goal.
Midfielders: Jack Grealish (Man City)
Grealish justified his 100 million pounds price tag with an excellent display against Norwich City. The English midfielder dribbled and dazzled the opponents on the day and rounded up a brilliant home debut with a goal and an assist.
Jorginho (Chelsea)
Jorginho was simply unplayable against Arsenal. The Italian midfield maestro showed why he has been nominated for the UEFA Men's player of the year award, with a masterclass in the middle of the park against the Gunners.
His calmness in passing and the way he retained the ball against the press ensured that Chelsea controlled the tempo of the game from start to finish at the Emirates Stadium.
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur)
Perhaps we could be witnessing a return to form by the British-Nigerian midfielder. He was the hero of the day for Spurs as he tucked away a penalty in the first half which proved to be the only goal of the game against Wolves.
Forwards: Gabriel Jesus (Man City)
Pep Guardiola deployed him in an unfamiliar right wing position but he did not disappoint with his performance. Jesus caused havoc for Norwich down that flank and ended the day with two assists to his name.
Danny Ings (Aston Villa)
Scored one of the goals of the season already, with a bicycle kick finish to open the scoring against Newcastle at the weekend. That was his second goal in as many matches for his new club and he will be hoping for more this season, especially if his niggling injury issues don't come back to bite.
Romelu Lukaku (Chelsea)
The Belgian produced a dominant performance against the Gunners to guide his team to victory on his second Chelsea debut. Lukaku bullied the Arsenal defenders throughout the 90' minutes and rounded up his first match back in Chelsea colors with a goal to his name.
Here is my English Premier League team of the week for Gameweek 2:
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MANCHESTER, Ill. - The nephew of a small-town Illinois mayor shot and killed five people, including two boys, before leading police on a chase that ended in an exchange of gunfire that left him dead, authorities said Wednesday.
Illinois State Police said they believe Rick O. Smith, 43, entered the Manchester home through the back door and shot the victims at close range, leaving two women, one man and the boys dead. Two people were found in a bedroom, two in a second bedroom and the man in the hallway. A sixth victim, a 6-year-old girl, was injured and taken to a Springfield hospital.
"The offender took the 6-year-old out of the residence and put her in the hands of a neighbor," State Police Lt. Col. Todd Kilby said.
Officials have not revealed a motive for the killings. Police said the victims are related and they believe Smith and the victims were acquainted but they didn't provide details of the relationships.
A bystander called police and told them that Smith fled the home in a white sedan. A car chase ensued, leading authorities to the nearby town of Winchester, where Smith and officers exchanged gunfire. Officers shot Smith, and he later died at a hospital.
Police said they found a rifle, shotgun and large hunting knife in Smith's car.
Coroner officials said they plan autopsies on the victims Thursday morning in Bloomington and identities would be released at that time.
Scott County State's Attorney Michael Hill said Smith, of rural Morgan County, had previous convictions for reckless homicide, drugs and bad checks.
Manchester Mayor Ronald Drake confirmed that Smith was his nephew, saying he hadn't spoken to Smith in two years, but he believed his nephew was unemployed. Drake said the last time Smith contacted him was to borrow tools.
In Manchester, yellow police tape surrounded the small one-story brick home where the victims were found. Manchester is a village of about 300 residents located about 50 miles west of Springfield.
"It's a close-knit community," Drake said. "Everybody talks to everybody. ... We enjoy that goes on (in) town. This is just a tragedy for (the) whole town."
Manchester resident Julie Hardwick, 48, said she lives in the same county housing authority complex as the victims. Authorities told her she couldn't return to her home yet because of the investigation, she said.
"The kids were really nice," Hardwick said of the family. "You couldn't ask for better kids."
The Rev. Robin Lyons of Manchester United Methodist Church, one of two churches in the community said, "this shows tragedy can happen anywhere."
Two area school superintendents said they received calls from county sheriffs before 6 a.m. informing them that five people had been shot to death at a house in Manchester and that a suspect was at large.
Superintendent David Roberts of the Winchester School District and Les Stevens of the North Greene Unit District No. 3 both said they immediately canceled classes when they were told of the shootings and that other school districts did the same.
Roberts said the wounded girl is a student at Winchester Grade School and her teacher was with her at the Springfield hospital.
The school will use its own counselor, nurse and other staff members to help students who need to talk, Roberts said. Other area districts have offered to help too.
Roberts said he also will call on area ministers to be available on campus. "I've found that to be helpful in the past," he said.


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Q: Understand Symfony Error Logging I 've set up my application to send my an email upon error with monolog so I've got some mails and try to confugure what the error was. There was lots of mails with the same error:
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It may be a very general type of error but I cannot understand what it means and I cannot find the corresponding documentation on error logging so I would be very grateful if anyone could help me about what this error means and when is it triggered.

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Capital of Culture Update: Liverpool celebrates the local boys
The people of Liverpool will be delighted to know the money they've spent underwriting the Paul McCartney celebration of all things Liverpool is going to be well spent promoting local talent, like, erm The Kaiser Chiefs. There are a million bands in Liverpool, and for some reason they've had to ask a Leeds act to be the support. Funny that.
Meanwhile, a bunch of extra tickets are being made available for the gig:
Five hundred of the tickets - dubbed the best seats in the house - are being made available to charities and community groups in the city.
Organisers hope the £75 tickets could be offered as competition prizes to help the groups raise money.
Well, that is a fine gesture - giving a bunch of tickets to charities and communities to help them raise funs.
Sorry, did we say "give"? It turns out the phrasing of "made available" was carefully chosen:
Phil Redmond, creative director of the Liverpool Culture Company, said the tickets could not simply be given away.
"We just have to make sure that the box office numbers stack up," he said.
"We are actually offering the best seats in the house for community groups to buy and then they should be able to sell or raffle them off."
Yes, having screwed up the money so badly that local council tax payers are having to put their hands deeply into their pocket to keep the thing going, now they've decided they need to try and balance the books by taking money off charities for the tickets. Charming.
[Thanks to Jim M for the link]
More from No Rock on capital of culture, kaiser chiefs, liverpool, paul mccartney, phil redmond
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Authorities Too Quick To Rule Out Terrorism in Chapel Hill Shooting
Domestic terrorism has been quickly ruled out of the killing of three young Muslim students.
February 18, 2015 | Phyllis Bennis
Originally in News Observer
Hundreds of protesters march in front of Fox News and CNN offices for their coverage of the Chapel Hill, NC shootings. (Photo: Joe Catron / Flickr)
Three beautiful young Americans in North Carolina, smart, funny, two of them thrilled with their new marriage, all of them looking ahead to new schools, new careers. Just the age of the young Kayla Mueller, held hostage by ISIS and killed before or by a Jordanian anti-ISIS air raid. All three killed in cold blood. Is this what we've all been so afraid of, terrorists coming home?
Actually, if this was a terrorist act, it isn't the kind of terrorism we've been afraid of: militants trained by ISIS and coming home. If this was terrorism, it's home-grown terrorism, the kind that has been a feature of our country for far too long. The victims, three Muslim Arab-Americans, a newlywed couple and the bride's younger sister, allegedly were killed by their neighbor, a white American who wrote about his hatred of all religions.
The suspect had had issues with the victims about a parking space. But parking space arguments don't usually turn deadly. Social media have been full of calls from fans of "American Sniper" to go after Arabs and Muslims just like U.S. snipers did – and do – in Iraq.
Terrorism has lots of definitions. But the State Department version starts with "premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets." In this country, by that definition, terrorism looks like a bomb planted outside the Colorado office of the NAACP, the nation's most storied civil rights organization. Terrorism might look like an angry white man in North Carolina who threatens an Arab family by showing them the gun in his belt and, according to the New York Times, posted photos of his .38 caliber 5-shot revolver on Facebook and then allegedly takes his gun and in their own home kills three politically active young people, whose appearance made clear their commitment and pride in their Arab and Muslim identity.
It's a problem when officials describing the slayings in North Carolina are so reluctant to acknowledge even that it might be an act of terror. Authorities say they don't know yet, but the police still issued a statement within hours saying that "our preliminary investigation indicates that the crime was motivated by an ongoing neighbor dispute over parking." The chief of police was careful to add "we understand the concerns about the possibility that this was hate-motivated, and we will exhaust every lead to determine if that is the case." But his claimed commitment was undermined by his eagerness to keep the focus on the parking dispute before any such effort to "exhaust every lead" had even begun.
It's sobering to consider what would have happened – what would have been assumed – if the demographic situation were reversed, if a Muslim Arab had bragged about his guns and carried them in a threatening manner, and three popular young white Christian or Jewish students had ended up dead. Parking dispute or no, it would immediately be assumed to be an act of terror, until proven otherwise. And there probably wouldn't have been much effort to try to find any other possibility.
If Deah Shaddy Barakat had been a confessed murderer and his wife, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha, and her younger sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha had been known accomplices, the news cycle would have immediately shifted to overheated reports of Islamic terrorists coming home, the charity they worked with would have been accused of terrorist ties, every so-called "terrorism expert" in the country would have expounded on Fox and CNN about the dangers of new terrorist threats from Arabs and Arab-Americans and Muslims in our midst. Even if the authorities "weren't sure yet."
Instead, just a few hours after the shootings, the U.S. Attorney in North Carolina concluded that it was an "isolated incident." It wasn't clear how he could know that so quickly. His remark also raised the question of why something that might be a terrorist act is automatically no longer terror if it is an "isolated incident." Was Timothy McVeigh's destruction of the Oklahoma City federal building not terrorism because it was a one-time "isolated incident"?
The U.S. Attorney also announced, less than 24 hours after the murders – long before "every lead" had even been identified, let alone "exhausted"– that the attack was "not part of a targeted campaign against Muslims." Somehow that was not much comfort. We are living through a moment when the global war on terror has demonized whole populations of Arabs and Muslims as potential terrorists, terrorists-in-training, terrorists. We should at least be willing to acknowledge that sometimes that demonization comes home.
Phyllis Bennis is the Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.


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April
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Okänt datum
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Biskopsstolen i Västerås är vakant, varvid Erik av Pommern insätter sin egen skattemästare på posten.
Frälset i småländska Värend utfärdar den så kallade Växjöstadgan, som gör det svårare för bönderna att lämna sina gårdar. Liknande åtgärder vidtas av stormännen i Skara vid samma tid.
Thomas Simonsson blir biskop i Strängnäs.

Födda
21 juli – Sixtus IV, född Francesco della Rovere, påve 1471–1484.

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Ture Bengtsson (Bielke) d.y., svenskt riksråd.
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But all that is supposed to be behind him, and his future looks bright and full of possibilities. That is, until a familiar chill ripples the atmosphere–and a supernatural thunder rumbles over the mountains.
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Notable alumni
 Dora Pinkham - In 1922 she became the first woman elected to the Maine Legislature.

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Dorothy Day: 'A saint for our age'
Kris McGregor | Angelus News
Dorothy Day is "often misunderstood," says Dr. Terrence Wright, director of the Pre-Theology program at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Colorado. In his new book, "Dorothy Day: An Introduction to Her Life and Thought" (Ignatius Press, $13), Dr. Wright wants to clear up any misconceptions and show Day as she is — a "faithful daughter of the Church."
Kris McGregor: There are people out there who feel that Dorothy Day's not worthy to be a saint. But you have to go back and look at how God began implanting seeds in her life so long ago. When you go back and look at her childhood, you see those little influences — those make a difference, don't they?
Dr. Terrence Wright: You see that she was always drawn to God. Even when she tried to push him away most deliberately, she couldn't really get away from him. It informs so much of her life.
There's no doubt that she did things, particularly in her early 20s, which were very startling for a woman in that time period and she did have some very difficult times.
She had an abortion when she was 21. She had a failed marriage by the time she was 23 or 24. So there are events in her life that people might want to point to and say, "How can we say that woman's a saint?"
But there's a lot of saints who tell similar stories. St. Augustine comes to mind. And you can't miss how that call that God was making to her never goes away, and that she finally answers it. It's a beautiful story.
McGregor: Isn't that the way of conversion? It's sloppy, in most lives.
Wright: It's a slow process for her. It is sloppy. There wasn't just one moment — it's something going on throughout her life.
There are moments where she's not sure what's drawing her, but she knows there's something there. In small acts of piety she sees in other people, in the beauty of the Catholic liturgies, there was always something kind of speaking to her.
She really thought she wasn't going to be able to have children after her abortion. But she really took the birth of her daughter as a sign of God's mercy. And that eventually brings her into the Church.
A nun, Sister Aloysius, takes Dorothy and her daughter under her wing, and helps her through the process of getting her daughter baptized. She gets Dorothy to see that she can't raise her daughter Catholic unless she herself is Catholic.
There was no judgment; she just gave Dorothy what she needed at that moment. She's a wonderful example of how we're called to accompany people where they are, and try to lead them to Christ.
McGregor: Matthew 25 really took root in her heart.
Wright: That and the Sermon on the Mount are the two key Scripture passages to understanding Dorothy Day. The idea that, when you saw me hungry and naked, it was the poor, it was Christ. That's not just a metaphor. To really recognize Christ in the other shapes the her life.
McGregor: What about her relationship with Peter Maurin?
Wright: Dorothy wanted to combine her Catholicism and her talent as a writer and her sensibilities to serve the poor. On the feast of the Immaculate Conception, she prays to the Blessed Mother for a way to bring together all these parts of her life.
The next day, Peter Maurin is sitting in her kitchen, talking to her sister-in-law. And that's the person she's going to found the Catholic Worker Movement with.
The two complemented each other. Peter had a vision of houses of hospitality and a newspaper for Catholic social teachings. And Dorothy saw his vision as a way of practicing the spiritual works of mercy.
McGregor: When we look back at the totality of her life, what may have seemed extraordinary, may be not as much as we thought. Her story is normative for many. She's so relatable. We need her life to look at and embrace.
Wright: Sometimes you see attached to her: "A saint for our age." I think that's more than a cliché. Her story, her profound experience of God's mercy is something a lot of us need to know is out there. She's such a witness to that.
Kris McGregor is the founder of Discerninghearts.com.
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HomeSportsUEFA Releases Statement On Christian Eriksen After His Shocking Collapse On The Field
UEFA Releases Statement On Christian Eriksen After His Shocking Collapse On The Field
Christian Eriksen has been "transferred to hospital and stabilised," UEFA said in a statement.
Denmark's midfielder collapsed during their opening Euro 2020 game against Finland and received CPR on the pitch.
A statement issued by UEFA said: "Following the medical emergency involving Denmark's player Christian Eriksen, a crisis meeting has taken place with both teams and match officials and further information will be communicated at 19:45 CET. The player has been transferred to the hospital and has been stabilised."
The Danish DBU football association tweeted that the 29-year-old was "awake and at Rigshospitalet for further examinations".
Medical staff immediately rushed the field and performed CPR in an attempt to resuscitate Eriksen. Denmark players formed a circle around the medical staff in a bid for privacy.
Shocked fans in Copenhagen's Parken Stadium looked on in horror as medics tended to the ex-Spurs star.
Eriksen's team mates formed a circle around the Inter Milan ace, with some in tears.
There was no immediate word on Eriksen's condition.
The match was stopped in the 43rd minute.
English referee Anthony Francis signalled immediately for medical staff to come onto the pitch after Eriksen collapsed.
The midfielder's wife, Sabrina Kvist Jensen, was seen in tears and being consoled by Danish players after she rushed down to the pitch.
UEFA later announced the match has been suspended due to a "medical emergency".
Both teams left the field with officials holding up sheets to hide Eriksen from view.
Eriksen's club Inter Milan tweeted a message of support with a praying hands emoji.
The said: "Forza Chris, all of our thoughts are with you!"


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Bitcoin's musical potential
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Imagine finding out your favourite band is in town, but the event is sold out. There is, however, a few remaining tickets at the door. You make the trip to the venue, and upon arrival you realise you've got no cash. You still purchase a ticket – except, you don't actually use physical money – you use Bitcoin.
When it comes to Bitcoin, there's no reason to reach for your wallet. The concept is a form of digital currency – also known as crypto currency – that can be easily transferred between persons. They can also be traded for 'real money', with the current value of one bitcoin sitting at more than $300AUD.
Bitcoin has soared upward in potential since its establishment in 2009. Various forms of crypto currency have been established, such as Dogecoin (bitcoin based on an internet meme), which thrives in online communities and central forums like reddit. Bitcoin ATMs have been launched in Melbourne and Sydney, and can now be used to pay bar tabs.
But what about using Bitcoin to fund gigs and concerts?
Web developer and graphic designer James Sandri believes there is a lot potential in the industry. Having worked on various design projects for CoinJar.com (an Australian based Bitcoin exchange), Sandri has also put a significant amount of time into building a Bitcoin accepting music marketplace for independent artists and labels.
"I got in to Bitcoin around the start of 2013 back when it was still a pretty deep scene," Sandri tells upstart.
"I'd heard various things on the topic and upon meeting some of the bitcoin crowd, was ranted to about how it was going to change the world.
"I think [it] could really benefit the music industry by increasing the amount of control artists and bands have over their earnings. Given the fact that it's a digital currency, any Bitcoin received for ticket sales can be immediately attributed between venue and artist. Better yet, there's no fee involved with sending it – so fans pay less and artists get paid more."
Just last month, a collaboration between Touch Records, CoinJar and Melbourne band The Broken Needles saw the creation of a bitcoin vinyl launch.
Held at Melbourne's Grumpy Green – one of the few venues around the city that accepts crypto currency as payment – the event saw The Broken Needles sell their latest LP through bitcoin. According to CoinJar, the venue offered "10% off all pints paid for with Bitcoin, as well as half price hot-wings".
Larger bands such as the Gold Coast's Dune Rats are also looking to jump on board, making a statement on their Facebook page earlier this year.
With high potential for making a significant investment, bitcoin could well in fact be the future of how we handle money online. Fast and almost impossible to counterfeit, you could say it's still a 'niche' market based on the amount of people making investments. However, the currency may see an explosion in popularity if applied to more industries that pull a strong revenue – especially that involving music.
"There's some big companies like PayPal and Apple that already making headway with digital payments in the physical world," says Sandri.
"I think people will become more accustomed to the idea of using their phone to pay rather than their wallet. What gets me really excited about Bitcoin though, isn't the immediate functional benefits, it's the potential to completely change our world for the better. Our society is run by money, it's no great secret.
"If we could somehow shift the control of currency from multinational banks to the individuals who actually own it – you can imagine what would happen. Once we make this shift, paying with Bitcoin is only an app away from being part of everyone's daily routine."
Meaghan Weiley is a second-year journalism student at La Trobe University. You can follow her on Twitter: @meaghanweiley
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The MedChemExpress 1354825-58-3 relative dose intensity was 99.9 for bevacizumab (range, 81.6 to 110.1 ), 99.1 for 5-FU (range, 82.six to 104.82 ), 99.1 for LV (variety, 87.six to 103.eight ), and 98.1 for oxaliplatin (variety, 71.eight to 105.0 ), respectively.EfficacyOf the 69 enrolled patients, 94.2 patients (65/69) had had PD and 79.7 patients (55/69) had died at data cutoff. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133133.tPLOS 1 | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133133 July 17,6 /Bevacizumab-Modified FOLFOX6 in Metastatic Breast CancerFig 2. Kaplan eier plot of PFS (a) and OS.Reatment. At the last follow-up on March ten, 2015, sufferers received a median of four.0 therapy cycles (range, 0.5 to eight.0). Seven circumstances had their therapy discontinued on account of AEs, such as four instances with grade 3 or four thrombocytopenia who had not recovered inside extra two weeks of delays; these 4 circumstances received 1.0, 2.0, four.5 and five.0 cycles of bevazicumab-mFOLFOX6 regimen, respectively; 2 cases with cardiac events (1 with 18 lower in left ventricular ejection fraction compared with baseline; 1 with moderate supraventricular ectopic beats with ST segment depression and T wave adjustments); these 2 sufferers had 0.five and 2.0 remedy cycles ahead of therapy was discontinued; 1 case with grade three wound healing complications as well as the patient received 2 treatment cycles ahead of therapy was discontinued. The relative dose intensity was 99.9 for bevacizumab (range, 81.6 to 110.1 ), 99.1 for 5-FU (variety, 82.6 to 104.82 ), 99.1 for LV (variety, 87.6 to 103.eight ), and 98.1 for oxaliplatin (variety, 71.eight to 105.0 ), respectively.EfficacyOf the 69 enrolled individuals, 94.2 sufferers (65/69) had had PD and 79.7 sufferers (55/69) had died at data cutoff. As shown in Fig 2A and 2B, the median PFS was six.8 months (95 confidence interval [CI], 5.0 to 8.five months) along with the median OS was 10.5 months (95 CI, 7.9 to 13.1 months). Fig 2C and 2D showed that patients displaying objective responses had a longer PFS and OS than those that didn't (P < 0.05). Among 62 patients eligible for responsePLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133133 July 17,4 /Bevacizumab-Modified FOLFOX6 in Metastatic Breast CancerFig 1. The flow diagram of the present phase II clinical study. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133133.gevaluation, an ORR was achieved in 31 (50.0 ) patients including 2 complete response and 29 partial responses. The CBR was achieved in 35 (56.5 ) patients including 2 CR, 29 PR and 4 SD 24 weeks. The change in tumor size (sum of longest dimensions for target lesions) from baseline to maximal tumor shrinkage was shown in Fig 3.PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133133 July 17,5 /Bevacizumab-Modified FOLFOX6 in Metastatic Breast CancerTable 1. Patient Characteristics at baseline (N = 69). Abbreviations: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; MBC, metastatic breast cancer.Characteristics Age (Median, range) < 60 years 60 years Menstruation status Post-menopausal Pre-menopausal ECOG performance status 0 1 2 Molecular subtype Luminal A Luminal B Triple-negative Number of metastatic sites <3 3 Metastatic sites Lymph nodes Bone Liver Lung Chest wall recurence Pleura Brain Contralateral breast Others Visceral metastasis Yes No Disease-free interval* > 12 months 12 months Prior Adjuvant Chemotherapy Anthracyclines Taxanes Prior chemotherapy regimens for MBC (Median, range) three two 1 Prior chemotherapy drug Taxanes Anthracyclines Gemcitabine Capecitabine Vinorelbine 68 65 48 32 31 98.6 94.2 69.6 46.four 44.9 31 17 21 62 44 two, 1? 44.9 24.six 30.four 89.9 63.eight 47 16 74.six 25.4 58 11 84.1 15.9 49 42 40 36 30 16 7 three 2 71.0 60.9 58.0 52.three 43.5 23.two ten.1 four.three 2.9 25 44 36.two 63.8 5 32 32 7.two 46.four 46.4 two 61 six 2.9 88.4 eight.7 43 26 62.three 37.7 56 13 No.


Visiting mysterious Algos Island to access and enter lost memories, Emily, Trellis and Vigo search for clues about Trellis' mysterious childhood to gain needed information that they can use against the evil Elf King only to uncover a dark secret that changes everything. Simultaneous.
Emily survived the chaos of the Guardian Academy, but Max Griffin has stolen the Mother Stone. Emily and her friends lead the Cielis Guard in a fight to stop him, but Max stands in their way. Emily seeks information from the Voice of her Amulet, but instead she discovers the Voice is much more sinister than she ever could have imagined.
Collects short graphic novels with varying themes, artists, and genres.
Emily, Navin, and their crew of resistance fighters charter an airship and set off in search of the lost city of Cielis, an island high above the clouds. The mysterious Leon Redbeard is their guide, and there's a surprising new addition to the crew: Trellis. But is he ally or enemy? And will Emily ever be able to trust the voice of the Amulet?
The latest volume in Kazu Kibuishi's popular Explorer graphic anthology series takes us through hidden doors to explore mysterious worlds.
From Kazu Kibuishi, creator of AMULET, comes an irresistibly charming pair of characters!
An anthology of short graphic works by such artists as Kazu Kibuishi, Dave Roman, and Raina Telgemeier, all on the theme of a mysterious box and the marvels, or mayhem, inside.
The first volume in a new series presents an anthology of comics and graphic short stories that revolve around the theme of flight, including works by noted comic book and graphic novel creators, top animators working at Pixar and other major studios, and new Web cartoonists, including Kean Soo and Kazu Kibuishi.
Explorer, the exciting graphic anthology series which launched in Spring 2012 with The Mystery Boxes, continues with an incredible roster of comics artists who create amazing new stories around the theme of hidden places in volume two of the series, The Lost Islands.
After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move to the home of their deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be dangerous. Before long, a sinister creature lures the kids' mom through the basement. Desperate not to lose her, they follow her into an underground world inhabited by strange creatures.
Emily and her friends lead the Cielis Guard in the fight to stop the Elf King, who with the power of the Mother Stone has launched an assault on Windsor, but find Max Griffin standing in their way.
Emily, Navin, and the crew arrive in the lost city of Cielis, but they soon realize it's not the utopia they expected to find. While Trellis and Luger are taken prisoner, Emily is forced to fight for her life in a series of tests that will determine who among the new generation of young Stonekeepers will join the Guardian Council.


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Q: hibernate a base class without annotations I have a project which includes dto classes from another project which I can't modify.  I wish to persist their data but extending or embedding them requires me to modify them by adding appropriate annotations.
Is the best solution here to use xml, or it there someway I've missed to tell hibernate to persist an embedded or composed class without annotating the other project's class?

A: You should somehow provide mapping information to Hibernate. There are two ways:

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*XML mappings

Since you want to use classes from another project but can't annotate them, the only option is to use XML mappings.
However I would suggest implementing your own persistence and conversion layers, i.e. obtain DTO -> convert to entity -> persist. It gives the following advantages:

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*Better DB schema. DTOs may not be adapted well for persistence.

*More control. Changes done in another project may break/impact persistence. Converters are usually easier to fix.


PETALING JAYA, Aug 24 ― The government might have to cough up over RM3.5 million in airport charges if it wishes to bring back the Bombardier Global 5000 jet it claims was bought by fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho with stolen 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) money.
Citing a source, The Star reported today that the RM143 million plane has racked up RM3 million in parking charges at the Seletar airport since February last year when it was grounded by Singapore authorities.
"However, before the plane is allowed to be flown to Malaysia, Seletar airport has asked for settlement of the parking charges first.
"The Malaysian government would also have to fork out another RM500,000 to service the aircraft, which have been grounded and left under the sun at the airport apron," the unnamed source was quoted saying.
The daily said the fees were conveyed by the private airport,managed by Changi Airport Group Pte Ltd, to the Singaporean authorities following Malaysia's interest in the jet.
Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad told reporters in Kuala Lumpur last Thursday that the government will formally request the return of the jet after it proves the Penang-born Low had bought it with money it insists was stolen from the sovereign investment fund.
The government currently has custody of the RM1 billion superyacht Equanimity, which it also said was bought by the flamboyant tycoon popularly known as Jho Low with 1MDB money.
The government and 1MDB are seeking to expedite the sale Equanimity to recover funds for its debts. The case is scheduled to be heard in court today.


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Robin Hawkins (born 11 February 1986) is a vocalist and bassist. He was a member of Welsh band The Automatic.

Personal life
Rob studied at Cowbridge Comprehensive School, completing his A-levels and going on to take a chance with The Automatic in his gap year. Originally Rob was more interested in playing flute, joining the Cardiff and Vale Youth Orchestra, however later, at the age of 12 after buying a bass from Automatic guitarist James Frost, he taught himself to play and eventually saved enough money to afford his Fender USA Jazz Bass. Hawkins speaks Esperanto as a hobby. He graduated from Cardiff University with a first-class honours degree in Computer Science. His final year project was an investigation of musicality perception in an evolutionary context, the results of which were published in ICMC'14.

Musical career
Lead vocalist and bassist, Hawkins also has been seen playing a variety of other instruments for The Automatic, most notably the flute during the band's performances of Gold Digger and the synthesizer during performances of "This Is A Fix".

Notable appearances
On 9 January 2007, he and former band-mate Alex Pennie stood in for Zane Lowe on BBC Radio 1, in a series of stand-ins whilst Zane Lowe was on holiday. The line-up also included fellow band on B-Unique Records, Kaiser Chiefs, as well as The View, Snow Patrol, and The Zutons.

Equipment
Rob predominantly uses a Fender USA Jazz Bass. He has used and purchased various bases, however prefers his Jazz bass to other models he has used.

 Ashdown bass amps
 Fender USA Jazz Bass
 Boss Bass Overdrive
 Boss Chromatic Tuner
 SansAmp Bass DI (x2)
 Dunlop .73mm Plectrums
 Musicman Stingray Electric Bass

References

Welsh bass guitarists
The Automatic members
Living people
People from Cowbridge
1986 births
21st-century bass guitarists


There are quad bikes available which will tow purpose made mowers and small trailers and would be adequate for a small coppice enterprise-all you have to do is make sure the ground is suitable for such machines and if you don't know someone will advise you. If you do most operations sensibly and not fly round the place then they should cope and last for some time. I see the value of the small alpine style tractor, they are tough and good, but I read between the lines that you are seeing this more as a hobby and for enjoyment rather than a commercial enterprise, where you have deadlines to keep, or am I mistaken? I am seeing this as I viewed my 2 acres of fruit trees when I was married, as a slight income without the confines of commercialism! I sold most of my fruit and veg at work. My sole power was an old garden ride-on mower which had a rotovator attachment at the back if needed, I made a trailer for the job in the orchard. I am not suggesting that an old ride-on mower is suitable for you. A good quality quad is best bought from a local dealer. A farmer friend always has Hondas and a second hand one of his would be a good buy as they look after their tack, but too far from you! I am only giving my opinion others will differ no doubt, but I hope this helps.
Quad's are an easy target for theft.
Hiring someone to come and do a lot of this work on a regular basis would probably be a much cheaper option. You might then also have someone local keeping an extra eye on the place. Then you can get on with planting and tending and playing and lying in the sun enjoying. doesn't mean you can't dig and hoe occasionally if the urge takes you.
in a small area a few power tools that will fit in a car boot and a wheel barrow chained to a tree might be a good option .
A quad bike with attachments is very useful Gregotyn, but there is always the problem of theft as Cathryn says. Our local Countrywatch seems to have at least one stolen in each issue. There are advantages to getting someone local in to help, but it depends upon finance and if there is anyone suitable.
I assumed Wellington Womble would be taking the quad home, as they are road going with the right insurance, and taking the machines/produce too. At home I garage everything and leave nothing out that is obviously knickable or worth taking.
For site clearance you could always invest in pigs or better to offer the ground to a local pig keeper, he gets to do the fencing, they would clear the ground faster than most things and thoroughly with no serious effort on your part; and as for lawn mowers, Shropshire sheep won't graze your trees-they are called the orchard sheep for that reason. All you need now is Jenna to become a shepherd in order to maintain the flock! Your imput is to collect the rent- pork, bacon and sausages, lamb chops and shoulder and gather the fruit after the pigs have gone and you have planted the fruit trees!
Sounds ideal Gregotyn. Just need someone to water the pigs and sheep and see they play nicely.
I was only suggesting the owner of the pigs looked after them, not WW! there would be enough to do splitting the big logs the proffessionals are going to cut down The the pigs would have to go before the sheep arrive, cos the pigs would be uprooting the fruit trees WW is going to plant and grow before the sheep arrive!
There are fruit trees already. I don't want animals yet, though. It's bad enough being tied to the school run (the land is three miles away) I'm a bit limited as to what I can keep here - I have no garage, so to-ing and fro-ing is not really an option. I might take Catherine's advice and contract it this year. I wanted to plant trees, but the woodland creation grants are not expected to return until the spring, so I will miss this years window. There will be plenty to do in the orchard and garden, but I'm back to square one with what to do with the grassland. I wonder if it's worth ploughing it and planting something.
I wanted to plant trees, but the woodland creation grants are not expected to return until the spring, so I will miss this years window.
I gather the window for getting a grant next spring will be short as they're changing the grant system next year. You'll need to have your land registered with the RPA and you may need a suitable management plan. Worth speaking to your local FC office if you've not already done so.
, but I'm back to square one with what to do with the grassland. I wonder if it's worth ploughing it and planting something.
Invite local horse owners to rent the land to allow their horses grazing? At a low cost short term rental that will get you through to March before you have to reface these decisions?
Horses will destroy it over the winter.
That's pretty much what they said, except he implied the system was currently changing. They don't expect any applications to be made until spring, but they haven't had any details yet. He was dismissive of the TPO's. He also mentioned initial funding and maintenance over the next ten years as a possibility. Apparently, the FC have an alerts system you can register for. I've put it on a list, but I'm keeping any eye out anyway.
I don't think it's really suitable for stock. It's not an empty field, it's got all sorts of greenhouses, raised beds and fruit trees in the middle of it. I've no idea what's lurking in the undergrowth, either.


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Report: Demi Lovato taking relationship with Jordan Lutes "slowly"Report: Demi Lovato taking relationship with Jordan Lutes "slowly"
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Demi Lovato isn't rushing when it comes to their new relationship with Jute$ — real name Jordan Lutes — so the two are taking things slow for the time being.
US Weekly spoke to a source close to the pair, who explained why Demi is dialing things back when it comes to romance. "Demi loves that Jute$ is funny, she is really into his personality and they have a ball together," the insider spilled. "They were introduced by mutual friends and have been taking it slowly, mainly because Demi's last relationship ended so tragically."
As you may recall, Demi began dating and quickly became engaged to actor Max Ehrich. The pair called off the wedding and split up in September 2020 after about half a year of dating.
Demi opened up about their failed relationship in last year's documentary Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil. "I think I rushed into something that I thought was what I was supposed to do. I realized as time went on that I didn't actually know the person that I was engaged to," the Grammy nominee admitted. "We were only together four to five months, and like, honestly, it was false advertising."
With that in mind, the insider continued, "Demi really likes Jute$ but has been fooled before, so she's taking her time getting to know him."
The source adds Demi's friends approve of Jute$. "She really giggles all the time [when] she's with him," the spy explained.
Demi and Jute$ were romantically linked last month following the release of their latest album Holy Fvck.


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The Axis Powers were the coalition led by Germany, Italy, and Japan during World War II. They opposed the Allied Powers, consisting mainly of Great Britain, France, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China.
The alliance originated in a series of agreements between Germany and Italy. On October 25, 1936, the two countries proclaimed a coalition known as the Rome-Berlin Axis. This was followed by the Anti-Comintern Pact, a German-Japanese alliance against the Soviet Union that was signed on November 25, 1936. The connection between Germany and Italy was strengthened by the Pact of Steel, a full military and political alliance signed by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini on May 22, 1939. The Axis coalition was finalized when Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact on September 27, 1940.


Archie Miller will conduct his first practice of preseason camp on Friday.
Today, he met with local reporters to preview his first season as IU men's basketball coach.
As expected, Josh Newkirk will enter the season as Indiana's primary point guard, but Miller envisions a rotation that will also include Al Durham, Robert Johnson and Devonte Green at the 1.
Lanky freshman center Clifton Moore has added 14 pounds to his 6-foot-10 frame since arriving on campus this summer. Moore now weighs approximately 220 pounds.
"I think that, as the season applies into January, February, March, you can see a guy really blossom into what we think is going to be a star here one day," Miller said.
Miller likes the physical gains Johnson has made in the past few months.
75 percent of Indiana's recent team workouts have been focused on defense.
Miller envisions Johnson, De'Ron Davis and Juwan Morgan carrying the offensive load this season.
There's a lot to like in Green's skill set. He's creative and flashy, and while Miller appreciates those qualities, the IU coach wants Green to find a balance that fits within the framework of the offense.
Basketball Festivities Question: Can we expect a "Haunted Hall of Hoops" this year?


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Science|Maria Konnikova Shows Her Cards
Maria Konnikova Shows Her Cards
The well-regarded science writer took up poker while researching a book. Now she's on the professional circuit.
"Luck is just … randomness," said Maria Konnikova. "That's what I wanted to write about. Poker was a way into it."CreditCreditJoshua Bright for The New York Times
By Claudia Dreifus
As a science writer at The New Yorker, Maria Konnikova, 34, focuses on the brain, and the weird and interesting ways people use their brains.
Dr. Konnikova is an experimental psychologist trained at Columbia University. But her latest experiment is on herself. For a book she's researching on luck and decision-making, Dr. Konnikova began studying poker.
Within a year, she had moved from poker novice to poker professional, winning more than $200,000 in tournament jackpots. This summer Poker Stars, an online gaming site, began sponsoring Dr. Konnikova in professional tournaments.
We spoke recently for two hours at the offices of The Times. An edited and condensed version of the conversation follows.
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You've taken a year's sabbatical from The New Yorker to play on the professional poker circuit. Why?
I'd been thinking, for a while, about what my next book was going to be. I was interested in the theme of skill versus chance and was looking for a way to get into it. A friend suggested I read John von Neumann's "Theory of Games and Economic Behavior," the foundational text of game theory.
Von Neumann, as you know, was one of the geniuses of the 20th century — the hydrogen bomb, computing, economics. And he'd been a poker player. It turned out that all of game theory came out of poker!
When he was trying to understand how strategic decision-making worked, he concluded that poker was the perfect analog, because it was a blend of skill and chance and because, over the long run, skill can win. I decided that poker was the way to go.
I knew I'd need to spend a few months living in that world. I thought, "I'm going to have to dedicate myself to this like a career, because otherwise it's just going to be 'a writer dabbles in the world of poker.'"
Did you have a background in the game?
No, no. When I started this, I didn't know how many cards were in a deck. I hate casinos. I have zero interest in gambling.
Then I met Erik Seidel, one of the best poker players in the world. He agreed to become my coach, though he told me, "You're a hard worker, and you have a good background for this, but who knows if you're going to be any good?"
It's been an unexpected journey. I don't think anyone could have predicted that I would have gone in less than a year from not knowing how many cards were in a deck to winning a major poker title.
What did that involve?
I've been studying, playing, living, breathing poker for eight to nine hours a day. Every day! When I'm between events and in New York, I'm reading, watching videos or live-streaming very good players.
There might be a specific concept I want to work on, and I'll watch some videos of people doing this and take notes. Sometimes I'll go to New Jersey and hop onto the poker website at an internet cafe. Online poker is illegal in New York, but not in Jersey.
When Erik Seidel said you had the right background, what did he mean?
I think he was talking about my background in experimental psychology. I did a doctorate on overconfidence and risky decision-making with Walter Mischel, who invented the "marshmallow test."
I wanted to see if people with high levels of self-control made better decisions in risky conditions, like in the stock market. Usually, people with high self-control do so much better at everything than people with low self-control.
But it ends up that in unpredictable environments like the stock market, successful high self-control people — when in an environment where control is taken away from them — take longer to figure things out. They are too confident and won't take negative feedback from the environment.
Whereas people with lower self-control and who aren't as successful — they're like, "Uh oh, a bad thing is happening. I guess I should actually figure that out."
Are the other poker pros nice to you?
For the most part. I've been very lucky because my coach introduced me to high-level players. They are not only brilliant but nice, and they've taken me under their wing.
So yeah, there are people who aren't nice to me. I mean, I've been called everything at the poker table. I've been propositioned at the poker table — like, actually propositioned!
Was it an attempt to throw you off your game or to get you to his room?
Probably both. I called the "floor," which is management, and had him moved to another table.
If poker is an analog to real life, does it help or hurt to be a woman?
Obviously, the first thing people notice about me is my gender. And people stereotype.
When you see someone looking a certain way, you assume they play a certain way. So once I figure out how they view women, I can figure out how to play against them. They're not seeing me as a poker player, they're seeing me as a female poker player.
There are people who'd rather die than be bluffed by a woman. They'll never fold to me because that's an affront to their masculinity.
I never bluff them. I know that no matter how strong my hand, they are still going to call me because they just can't fold to a girl.
Other people think women are incapable of bluffing. They think if I'm betting really aggressively, it means I have an incredibly strong hand. I bluff those people all the time.
There are people who think that women shouldn't be at a poker table, and they try to bully me. So, what do I do? I let them. And I wait to be in a good position so that I can take their chips. Just like life, right?
Your last book, "The Confidence Game," was about con artists. Is there a thematic connection to the topics you write about?
The motive for this book was about getting back to what I'd studied in grad school: the illusion of control. How much of our lives do we actually control — and can we tell the difference?
People often ascribe everything good to skill. And then when bad things happen, they say, "Oh, it's bad luck." Or they say, "You make your luck."
That's just empirically impossible. And it drives me crazy because luck, by definition, is something you can't make. Luck is just … randomness. So that's what I wanted to write about. Poker was a way into it.
Now, it is true that I've long been preoccupied with the darker side of humanity. I'm interested in deviations because they make you notice the normal. In psychology, you learn a lot about the brain by looking at the deviant cases.
When you ask if my books have a progression, I'd say the world of con artists has a lot of overlap with poker because of belief, deception, figuring out what people are representing.
Do you have any insights on why grifting schemes appear to be proliferating?
Fraud really thrives in moments of great social change and transition. We're in the midst of a technological revolution. That gives con artists huge opportunities. People lose their frame of reference for what can and can't be real.
Are there more con artists now? It's more that technology made conning easier.
Before, if you wanted to con someone, you had to do expend a lot of energy doing research. Was a person a good target? Today, we're all on Twitter and Facebook, putting out all this information about ourselves.
With cellphones and emails, it's much easier to inundate a large number of people and to catch one person at a vulnerable moment. In the past, the grifter would have a lot of misses. Now, they don't care if they'll have a thousand misses. All they need is one hit.
You've earned so far over $200,000 at the table. Few writers make that sort of money. Will you be quitting your day job?
For the next year, yes. But I'm never going to stop being a writer. Why can't I do both? I love poker. Why would I stop?
A version of this article appears in print on , Section D, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Rewiring Her Brain To Win at Poker. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe


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1Clock M4 clamp on the Condor mini.
Please note: Try to put the cutter and probe on top so that they won't be broken, because the M4 clamp is higher than M1 and M2 clamps.
M4 clamp supports single/double sided & crucifix keys.
4.Will tell you what clamp you can use, then you can understand what is for M1 or M4.
5.Switch to M4 clamp, and choose "Key Learn".