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IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO READ WHAT TOM FLANAGAN HAS TO SAY ABOUT FIRST NATIONS, if only because no one can accuse him of using a dog whistle—his views are clear and plain. The most recent article, "Specific Claims and the Well-being of First Nations", released on June 21—National Indigenous Day, no less—is a case in point.
Unfortunately, for a subject that is deserving of informed debate, Mr Flanagan's analysis relies on incorrect assumptions and incomplete information, which may well mislead. This short article will attempt to provide a partial antidote.
What is a Specific Claim? A Specific Claim basically relates to federal mismanagement of First Nation lands or assets. The reason why these claims exist is because, as a result of legislation and policy (including the Indian Act), the federal government took control of all aspects of the management and disposal of First Nation lands and assets. First Nations had no choice in the selection of their trustee, and no oversight. And government made a mess of it, which has been well documented, with examples to be found across the country, from pre-Confederation days right up to the present.
In some cases, elected officials and federal bureaucrats worked together to appropriate First Nation assets for their own personal gain. Other times it was just incompetence or indifference that led to the loss or degradation of First Nation assets.
Regardless of the cause, the result has been the widespread stripping and diminishment of First Nation assets through time which, together with other measures (such as the residential schools), has contributed to the impoverishment and marginalization of First Nations.
According to Mr. Flanagan, Specific Claims are only notionally based, with an elastic definition, intended to allow greedy First Nations and a compliant federal government to milk the treasury, as a means of salving white guilt.
Fraud by employees or agents of the Crown in connection with the acquisition, leasing or disposition of reserve lands.
These are not imaginary grievances. In fact, they are real enough that the federal Public Accounts carry a contingent liability of $5.3 billion solely for the Specific Claims of which Canada is aware.
This will give readers an idea of the magnitude of the problem.
One would think that Mr. Flanagan would be all for the sanctity of property rights, the protection of the citizenry from arbitrary state action, and the right of due process. But apparently not when it comes to First Nations.
It's perverse to suggest, as Mr. Flanagan does, that First Nations should be suspect, or even blameworthy, simply because they seek to recover assets that have been unlawfully or fraudulently taken or withheld by government.
Contrary to what the article implies, the Specific Claims process itself is not a cakewalk. Once received by Canada, claims are subject to factual verification, counter-research, legal review and risk assessment. They are not accepted for negotiation unless the Department of Justice determines that if it went to court, the Crown would likely lose, and potentially lose big. An example of the latter can be found in the recent settlement negotiations related to the 1923 Williams Treaty, where $1 billion is on the table.
Mr. Flanagan looks at the increasing volume of claims being filed and suggests that it is a result of opportunism.
Another way of looking at those numbers is that they are simply evidence of the massive scale and scope of federal mismanagement. It's like a forensic audit of a corrupt organization: the more you look, the more you find.
In this light, it seems rather uncharitable to blame First Nations for trying to uncover the true extent of the mismanagement of their assets, and to seek redress.
As for the benefits of resolving Specific Claims, it's difficult to recall anyone suggesting that this alone would solve the many challenges facing First Nations today. The economic and social damage experienced by First Nations has been so profound that there is no one solution and it won't happen overnight. In this context, resolving Specific Claims are simply one part of the mix of measures that are required—and an important one, since they help to restore their assets of land and capital.
It is true that there is little in the literature assessing Specific Claims from an economic perspective. In the mid-1990s there was a series of studies which tried to identify the potential economic benefits of settling claims, but none of them were definitive. For our purposes, the most relevant finding came from a study on Comprehensive Claims settlements prepared for the BC and federal governments in 1995, which concluded that "Evidence of settlement benefits has, in virtually all cases, taken some time to become apparent and sometimes appears in forms that are not initially anticipated." This is also true of Specific Claims.
Applying a strictly quantitative analysis does not provide a clear picture of the benefits of resolving claims, and the Community Well Being Index (CWB) is not necessarily the best measure to use, as Flanagan does. The CWB tracks per capita income, education, housing and labour force participation, but does not take into account other factors, such as land base, cultural integrity and health.
Individual First Nations take different approaches and have differing expectations regarding claims settlements. Often claims settlements are structured so that a portion of the proceeds are distributed on a per capita basis, with the remainder divided between land acquisition, economic development, cultural renewal and other community priorities. Anyone who thinks that First Nations are profligate when it comes to the management of settlement proceeds would do well to take a close look at real-world examples.
One also needs to consider the significant benefits which go to surrounding non-Indigenous communities when a claim is settled: lands purchased from third parties, building materials, increased purchase of goods and services, etc.
The question of benefit—short and long term—is an important area for further study and discussion and calls for the development of accurate tools, which provide qualitative as well as quantitative measures.
Regarding Mr. Flanagan's conclusion that there needs to be a time limit imposed on the resolution of Specific Claims, this would have the result of denying due process. As explained, it takes time to document and negotiate or adjudicate these claims. The actions which gave rise to Specific Claims occurred over the course of the past century and a half.
In this context, it is not surprising that it will take longer then 40 years to resolve them—particularly if the process is to be evidence-based and not just a giveaway.
And the process of resolving claims is itself evolving—as it should—in an effort to provide an effective and equitable remedy, and an alternative to the costs and delays inherent in the courts.
Ironically, it was the Harper government—which Flanagan had various roles in—that did much to frustrate the resolution of Specific Claims during its years in power, notwithstanding Jim Prentice's success in getting the Specific Claims Tribunal Act adopted. Some call it "the lost decade". These efforts are well-documented and went far beyond the budgetary curbs imposed to achieve deficit reduction—including measures such as a refusal to employ mediation or spiking the rejection rate.
In the end, all parties have a responsibility to try and ensure that these matters area dealt with fairly and expeditiously. But the starting point needs to be a recognition of the legitimacy of First Nation property rights, the protection of First Nations from arbitrary state action, and the right of redress via due process.
Disclosure: Peter Di Gangi works with First Nations on Specific claims and is involved in the current AFN-CIRNA discussions.
. For an excellent review of the rapaciousness of the Laurier Liberals on the prairies, see Peggy Martin-McGuire, First Nation Land Surrenders on the Prairies, 1896-1911 (Ottawa: Indian Claims Commission, September 1998).
. Canada, Public Accounts, 2017, Vol 1, Section 2, Consolidated Financial Statements of the Government of Canada and Report and Observations of the Auditor General of Canada, Note 6. There is another $5.2 billion set aside for contingent liabilities related to unextinguished Aboriginal title ("Comprehensive claims"), and an additional $9.3 billion for other claims and litigation (some, though not all of which are First Nation related).
. "Williams Treaties First Nations vote to approve $1.1 billion settlement proposal", Toronto Star, 27 June, 2018.
. ARA Consulting Group, "Social and Economic Impacts of Aboriginal land Claim Settlements: A Case Study Analysis – Final Report" (December 1995 – Prepared for BC Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs & Federal Treaty Negotiation Office): p. 10.
 ARA Consulting Group, "Social and Economic Impacts of Aboriginal land Claim Settlements: A Case Study Analysis – Final Report" (December 1995 – Prepared for BC ministry of Aboriginal Affairs & Federal Treaty Negotiation Office): p 9.


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Single mom Laura was just barely scraping by when she unexpectedly found out she was pregnant. The father denied the baby was his. Then Laura failed out of nursing school, lost her job and was in the process of losing her home. The odds seemed stacked against her, and ending the pregnancy seemed like the only logical answer. But the struggling mom refused an abortion after God visited her in her dreams!
As a single mom, Laura had always struggled. She worked two low paying jobs just so she could raise her two daughters. So, finding out she was pregnant was a surprise. And not a pleasant one.
She turned to the father, Michael, for advice.
"I don't want to make him look bad, because he's a wonderful person…but [at the time] he said it wasn't his and he was going to give me money for an abortion," Laura recalled tearfully.
Laura knew in her heart it was wrong to end the pregnancy. But she was terrified of raising another child alone.
Laura was working hard to get through nursing school. But thanks to all of the stress she was under, she failed her final block by just two points. It was a huge blow.
After that, Laura lost her job. She was in the process of losing her house, too. All the while, God kept visiting her in her dreams.
But Laura just couldn't see how she'd ever be able to raise a baby in such dire circumstances. So, she gave in to the pressure and headed to the abortion clinic with Michael.
"They saw how upset I was, so they called me in the back room and told me that obviously I wasn't ready to do this and to come back on Sunday," Laura said.
Laura agreed, but couldn't shake the feeling that Holy Sunday seemed like the worst day for an abortion. Still, she felt as though she had no other choice.
Laura and Michael returned to the abortion clinic on Sunday, as agreed. But Laura wasn't feeling any more at ease with the decision. She clutched her Jesus Calling devotional as she walked towards the clinic, and searched for answers.
"What is He trying to tell me? What is He trying to tell me, because this isn't right?" she remembers asking herself.
That's when she made eye contact with Lynne, a representative from Heartbeat International. Heartbeat International is a Christian pro-life organization dedicated to providing pregnancy help to desperate women considering abortion.
It was now clear to Laura what God wanted her to do. The struggling mom refused an abortion and turned to Heartbeat International for help.
At the pregnancy help center, she and Michael got their first look at their baby boy, Cash.
Though Laura was going through tough times now, the staff at Heartbeat International assured her they would help her get back on her feet. They promised to be there for her and Cash as long as they needed.
With their help, Laura went back to nursing school. When her computer broke, these special angels bought her a new one so she could get caught up on her school work.
So many women find themselves in situations just like Laura's. With nowhere to turn for help, abortion often seems like the only answer. It's so important to spread awareness of the pregnancy resources available to these moms. And it's just as important to share the love of God with these women. God is faithful, and He will always make a way for us. We just need to trust Him, even when things seem impossible.
A mom was ready to abort until God sent her a sign at the abortion clinic!


Hagerman Municipal Schools – Page 4 – The official site for Hagerman Municipal Schools located in New Mexico and proud home of the Bobcats.
Hagerman Elementary students participated in the Bike and Roll to School event. We had over 30 students walk, ride bikes and skate from the Community Center to the school. Thank you to all who participated in this events that promotes healthy habits.
Hagerman Elementary Teachers received the Teacher of Character Award. Congratulations goes to Lori Mahan, Paula McClain, Stephanie Lindsey, Taylor Medrano, Kimberly Dees Jessie Copeland, Claudia Muniz and Candice Barrera.
Hagerman FFA member and HHS sophomore Adiel Clark was selected by the New Mexico FFA Association to receive 1 of the 2 scholarships awarded annually for members to attend the Washington Leadership Conference during the summer in Washington DC. Adiel will participate in a week long conference and tour our nation's capitol while learning about FFA and agriculture.
More than 2,300 students are registered for the 2018 Washington Leadership Conference, the second-largest student experience that the National FFA Organization hosts each year. Created in 1969 and held annually, the conference begins June 5 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. FFA members can attend the conference during one of seven weeks through July 28.
They will spend the week under the guidance of professionals, counselors and FFA staff. In workshops, seminars and small groups, members will focus on identifying and developing their personal strengths and goals while undergoing comprehensive leadership training that will help them guide their local FFA chapters.
The capstone of the event will be a civic engagement activity where participants apply what they have learned to a hands-on activity. Members will also analyze the needs of their communities, develop wide-ranging and high-impact community service initiatives and implement their plans with the help of their FFA chapters upon return home. Students in recent years have promoted agricultural literacy; brought attention to abuse; collected and distributed shoes to individuals in Haiti; created a hunger awareness plan and more.
FFA members will experience the history of the nation's capital and tour landmarks including the Washington Monument, the National Mall, Arlington National Cemetery and the U.S. Capitol, among others. Members will also have an opportunity to participate in congressional visits during the week.
The 2018 Washington Leadership Conference is sponsored by title sponsors CSX, Monsanto, Farm Credit and weekly sponsor Valent. For more information, visit FFA.org/WLC.


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Sundance arrives in the UK...
A special selection of fourteen films is to be screened at the first ever UK Sundance festival in April 2012. The films have been chosen from among those already screened at the Sundance Festival Utah in January, but this will be the first time they have been screened anywhere else. The festival will take place at London's O2, and will also feature talks and musical performances.
Festival founder Robert Redford has said of the inaugural UK Sundance:
'I welcome the opportunity to see how people in the UK experience these films. While they are American productions they speak to universal experiences and global challenges. Sundance London also is the perfect opportunity to continue our long-time commitment to growing a broader international community around new voices and new perspectives.#
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2 Days in New York – A Romantic comedy from director Julie Delpy, who stars alongside Chris Rock, the film is a follow up to 2007's 2 Days in Paris.
Filly Brown – Tells the story of Maria Jose 'Majo' Tonorio, a tough LA street poet who is forced to choose between her friends and providing money for her family when she is offered a record deal.
Chasing Ice – A documentary by Jeff Orlowski highlighting the dangers of climate change through the work of National Geographic photographer James Balog. The film follows Balog as he crosses the Arctic capturing disappearing ice fields with time-lapse cameras.
Finding North – A documentary looking into issues of food supply and hunger in the United States, the richest country in the world.
The House I Live In – A documentary by Eugene Jarecki examining America's 'war on drugs' and how it has destroyed families and communities in the US without ever seeming to have an effect on the drug trade.
Liberal Arts – A comedy drama starring Elizabeth Olsen and Zac Efron. A thirty-something man falls for a nineteen-year-old college student.
For Ellen – A drama starring Paul Dano and directed by So Yong Kim. A struggling musician must drive overnight to fight his estranged wife for custody of their daughter.
LUV – With an appearance from Danny Glover, drama LUV is set over the course of one day and shows a shy thirteen-year-old boy bonding with his troubled uncle.
Nobody Walks – The story of a family who take a young artist into their home, directed by Russo-Young.
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty – A partly animated film by Terence Nance. An artist considers the ideas of experience and emotion after he is stood up on a date.
The Queen of Versailles – A documentary about a billionaire couple who have built a 90,000 foot square mansion based on the palace at Versailles.
Safety Not Guaranteed – A comedy starring Jake M. Johnson and Aubrey Plaza about magazine employees sent out to interview a man who placed a classified ad for time travel companions.
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	/**
	 * httpBean的方法返回值
	 */
	private Object result;
	/**
	 * 当前方法是否被拦截
	 */
	private boolean isIntercept;
	/**
	 * resultSingle()方法的递归次数
	 */
	private int cycleNumber;
	/**
	 * 时间的格式字符串
	 */
	private String format;

	public ResovlerParamImpl(ContextParameter contextParameter, NyQueue<ContextView> queue) {
		super(contextParameter.getContext());
		this.queue = queue;
		this.contextParameter = contextParameter;
	}
	/**
	 * 查找url映射的类和方法
	 * @throws Throwable
	 */
	@Override
	public void resolver() throws Throwable {
		MapperInfo info = contextParameter.getMapperInfo();
		this.httpBean = beansFactory.getBean(info.getName());
		this.methodWrapper = new WrapperMethod(info.getMethod());
		this.paramMap = contextParameter.getParams();
		// 请求方式检查
		checkRequestType();
		// 注入值后的形参列表
		Object[] agrs = injectParameters();
		// 目标方法执行返回结果
		this.result = invokeMethod(agrs);
		// 判断是否应该停止解析
		if (stopController()) return;
		// 被代理的目标方法是否想返回json数据
		boolean isJson = methodWrapper.isAnnotationPresent(JSON.class);
		// 将视图解析器需要的参数放入视图解析器队列
		queue.put(new ContextView(wrapper, result, format, isJson));
	}

	@Override
	public Object[] injectParameters() throws Throwable {
		Object[] args = new Object[methodWrapper.getParamterLength()];

		for (int i = 1; i < args.length; i++) {
			// 当前方法参数的名称
			String paramName = methodWrapper.getParameterName(i);
			// 在请求参数中寻找和当前方法形参名相同的对应的参数值
			String[] param = paramMap.get(paramName);
			// 当前方法的参数对象
			Parameter parameter = methodWrapper.getParameter(i);
			// 当前方法参数的类型
			Class<?> paramType = parameter.getType();

			if (paramType == Transfer.class) {
				// 操作request 和 session的类
				args[i] = new Transfer(wrapper);
			}
			else if (paramType == Share.class) {
				// 文件下载类
				args[i] = new Share(wrapper);
			}
			else if (paramType == Multipart.class) {
				// 文件上传的类
				args[i] = multipartCheck(contextParameter.getMultipart());
			}
			else if (parameter.isAnnotationPresent(UrlHolder.class)) {
				// 获取到方法参数内的@UrlHolder注解对象
				UrlHolder urlVar = parameter.getAnnotation(UrlHolder.class);
				// 在map中获取@UrlHolder value()方法中字符串对应的值
				String string = contextParameter.getPlaceHolder(paramName);
				if (string == null) {
					string = contextParameter.getPlaceHolder(urlVar.value());
				}
				args[i] = BasicUtil.convert(paramType, string);
			}
			else if (BasicUtil.isCollection(paramType)) { // 当参数为集合时
				// 当集合的泛型是primitive时 如 int long 这里也把String当做原生类型
				if (BasicUtil.isCommonCollection(parameter.getParameterizedType())) {
					args[i] = BasicUtil.convertList(paramType, param);
				}
				// 当集合的泛型为 除上面之外的其他java对象时
				else {
					existDateFormatAnnotation(parameter);
					args[i] = resultList(parameter.getParameterizedType());
					cycleControl();
				}
			}
			else if (BasicUtil.isCommonType(paramType)) { // 当参数为基本类型时
				// param数组为空时结束此次循环
				if (BasicUtil.notNullAndLenNotZero(param))
					continue;
				args[i] = BasicUtil.convert(paramType, param[0]);
			}
			else if (paramType == Date.class) { // 当参数为时间类型时
				// param数组为空时结束此次循环
				if (BasicUtil.notNullAndLenNotZero(param))
					continue;
				existDateFormatAnnotation(parameter);
				dateFormatCheck(format);
				args[i] = DateUtil.resolve(param[0], format);
			}
			else { // 这里一般表示用户自定义的java对象
				existDateFormatAnnotation(parameter);
				args[i] = resultSingle(paramType, 0);
				cycleControl();
			}
		}
		return args;
	}

	@Override
	public Object invokeMethod(Object[] args) throws Throwable {
		// 拦截器链前置执行的方法
		for (Interceptors preHandle : intercepts) {
			if (!preHandle.preHandle(wrapper)) {
				// 如果方法被拦截了就停止运行下面代码
				LOGGER.info("请求被拦截, url: {}",
					wrapper.httpRequest().getRequestURL());
				return isIntercept = true;
			}
		}
		try {
			Object invoke = methodWrapper.invoke(httpBean, args);
			if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
				LOGGER.debug("parameter name: {}", methodWrapper);
				LOGGER.debug("parameter value: {}", Arrays.toString(args));
			}
			// 拦截器链的后置执行方法
			for (Interceptors beHandle : intercepts) {
				beHandle.behindHandle(wrapper);
			}
			return invoke;
		} catch (Throwable e) {
			// catch  httpBean的异常
			Throwable cause = e.getCause();
			throw cause == null ? e : cause;
		}
	}

	/**
	 * 根据目标方法的类型,将请求中携带的参数封装成一个集合
	 * @param type	httpBean中的方法参数集合的泛型类型
	 * @return
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	private List<?> resultList(Type type) throws Exception {

		List<Object> objs = new ArrayList<>();
		ParameterizedType paramType = (ParameterizedType)type;
		Class<?> generic = (Class<?>) paramType.getActualTypeArguments()[0];
		Field[] fields = generic.getDeclaredFields();

		int length = 0;
		for (Field field : fields) {
			String[] strings = paramMap.get(field.getName());
			if (strings == null) continue;
			// 判断有几个对象
			length = length < strings.length ? strings.length : length;
		}

		for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
			objs.add(resultSingle(generic, i));
		}
		return objs;
	}

	/**
	 * 根据类型将请求中的参数封装成一个对象并返回
	 * @param clazz	httpBean中方法参数的类型
	 * @param index	用于resultList()方法标识索引位置
	 * @return
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	private Object resultSingle(Class<?> clazz, int index) throws Exception {
		if (cycleNumber >= 10) {
			cycleNumber++;
			return null;
		}

		Object instance = clazz.newInstance();
		Field[] fields = clazz.getDeclaredFields();
		AccessibleObject.setAccessible(fields, true);

		for (Field field : fields) {
			if (BasicUtil.isCollection(clazz)) {
				instance = resultList(field.getGenericType());
				continue;
			}

			String[] vals = paramMap.get(field.getName());

			if (vals == null || index >= vals.length)
				continue;

			String param = vals[index];

			if (BasicUtil.isCommonType(field))
				field.set(instance, BasicUtil.convert(field, param));
			else if (field.getType() == Date.class) {
				dateFormatCheck(format);
				Date date = DateUtil.resolve(param, format);
				field.set(instance, date);
			}
			else {
				resultSingle(field.getType(), 0);
			}
		}
		return instance;
	}

	/**
	 * 方法的停止控制一般情况是拦截器拦截, 方法返回值为void时停止执行解析方法
	 * @return	true or false
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	private boolean stopController() throws IOException {
		// 方法返回值为void或者被拦截时, 提交当前请求并结束后续的代码执行
		if(isIntercept || methodReturnCheck()) {
			wrapper.commit();
			return true;
		}

		// 当方法被@Serialize注解标识时, 将返回值序列化到请求头中
		if (methodWrapper.isAnnotationPresent(Serialize.class)) {
			wrapper.sendObject(result);
			wrapper.commit();
			return true;
		}
		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * 循环控制, 防止栈溢出
	 */
	private void cycleControl() {
		if (cycleNumber >= 10) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
				"当前方法参数绑定时递归次数过多, method: " + methodWrapper.getMethodName());
		}
	}

	/**
	 * 请求方式检查, 浏览器的请求方式和目标方法要求的请求方式不匹配时抛出异常
	 */
	private void checkRequestType() {
		String reqType = wrapper.httpRequest().getMethod();
		Annotation[] annos = methodWrapper.getAnnotations();
		Annotation methodType = AnnoUtil.get(annos, Request.class);
		String type = methodType.annotationType().getSimpleName();
		if (!type.equals(reqType)) {
			throw new PatternNoMatchException(reqType);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * 方法的返回值检查, 为void时会直接提交请求
	 * @return true or false
	 */
	private boolean methodReturnCheck() {
		return methodWrapper.getReturnType() == void.class;
	}

	/**
	 * 时间格式检查
	 * @param format
	 */
	private void dateFormatCheck(String format) {
		if (null == format) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
				"必须给出时间格式, 请在方法参数前使用@DateFmt注解设置时间格式");
		}
	}
	/**
	 * 文件上传检查
	 * @param multipart
	 */
	private Multipart multipartCheck(Multipart multipart) {
		if (multipart == null) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
				"请确认form标签是否设置了multipart/form-data属性");
		}
		return multipart;
	}

	/**
	 * 存在@Datefmt注解时的操作
	 * @param parameter
	 */
	private void existDateFormatAnnotation(Parameter parameter) {
		DateFmt annotation = parameter.getAnnotation(DateFmt.class);
		if (annotation != null)
			format = annotation.value();
	}

}

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Singapore Premier League Sports
Tanjong Pagar get a 6-0 bashing by Albirex Niigata, but Noh Alam Shah says the scoreline doesn't matter much.
Apr 18, 2021 featured
After getting hit by Albirex Niigata for six goals without a response, Tanjong Pagar United manager Noh Alam Shah said in a post match interview that that all teams in the league this season have had defensive issues and that the scorelines "don't matter much."
"Every team also, the defence also, leaking a lot of goals," said the former national striker.
"This year, the whole league defence is in bad shape."
However, a check on the current standings does not support his assessment when it comes to Albirex Niigata at least.
Albirex Niigata, sitting at the top of the table, has only allowed four goals in seven games, an average of less than one goal a match.
The team with the next best defensive showing is Balestier Khalsa, which has played six matches so far, has allowed in seven, and are in fifth place.
The three worst teams in terms of defence are Tanjong Pagar, Geylang International and Young Lions, who collectively have conceded 65 goals after seven matches.
Despite the 6-0 loss to the White Swans, Noh said that he was proud of his charges and that the scoreline does not reflect on the team's performance, and that scorelines "don't matter much".
"I am really proud of my boys despite the scoreline."
"The coaches wanted the players to know that we can compete with the best.
"There is 8-0, 6-0, 7-0 scorelines. So this scoreline doesn't matter much."
Despite the 6-0 loss, the Jaguars are not at the bottom of the table, a spot currently occupied by the Young Lions.
The Young Lions pulled off a 1-1 draw against Hougang United on 17 April.
Photos: AIA Singapore Premier League
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Singaporean Izaac Quek Yong is current leader in global Under-15 ranking.
Bye Bye Jose.


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This brief 1894 obituary was provided by a descendant of the deceased who wishes to remain anonymous.It was published in the Tama Star Clipper, Tama, Iowa, March 1894, page 4. The August 1988 Laurel Messenger states that John was born on March 17, 1825, and died March 25, 1894, and married Louise Emerick on August 10, 1849, and goes on to say that after Louise's death, John married Susan Kennel on February 22, 1876.
The obituary reads "John Corns, one of Tama county's oldest settlers, died at his son Ed's., in Butlerville, Sunday. The funeral services were held in the school house Tuesday, Rev. Avery officiating. Interment was in the family burying ground in Highland.".


By Michael Vergien, English A: literature teacher, Coppell High School, Texas, USA.
This made me think. Not just about my own students' learning, but authentic learning in general. It's great to have students attempt a mathematical formula connected to a real problem because it gets them thinking outwardly. But how do we, as educators, make it more than just another assignment they have to do? And ensure we create thinkers rather than employees?
We all want more for our students. We want them to do more than just be able to work well with others, prepare for an assessment, write a coherent expository piece that will be sent to the town council or research real world issues and put the findings and solutions on a poster. By design, authentic learning requires less of our expertise. Its style aims to broaden the variety of learning methods available for students, ensuring student learning isn't only determined by what the teacher knows. I fully support this steer away from simply providing students with information via lectures.
However, if we don't know enough about our subjects, how can we know when guidance is needed? To spark the love for passionate learning our students require, we need to know more about our subjects, and not just learning in general. We need to become what we want from our students, and wholeheartedly believe in what we teach, encouraging our students to possess the same passion. We must live, breathe, eat, and sleep what we teach. How can we ask students to solve real world problems in a meaningful way, if we aren't doing the same? How can we look a student in the eye and tell them that an author wrote something with an intended effect, if we don't write with intention?
How can we tell a student that research is the key to seeing both sides of a historical argument, if we don't relish the research too? Furthermore, how can we ask them to read and think about difficult literature, if we don't see the beauty in the difficult ourselves? Instead of creating doers, let's create thinkers and lovers of knowledge. As the American author Thoreau wrote: "Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men." Let's provide our students with more than the ability to interpret what those in charge want them to accomplish. So, instead of assigning a real world mathematical problem, let's show students what it means to be a true mathematician; one who sees the beauty in the numbers that make the world magical. They should see the joy we get from seeing mathematical patterns not just in the project, but also in the patterns of our lives. Our love for numbers should be so infectious that they can't stop seeing it everywhere for themselves. If we teach science, we shouldn't just create an assignment asking students to develop their own solutions to greenhouse gas emissions. They need to see how the interconnected web of life affects their own everyday lives.
As an English teacher, I don't want their analysis to end when the bell rings. I want students to understand when 'displacement' arises so they know to show compassion in return. I want them to see the poetry floating in the atmosphere just as the 19th-century poet Emerson did, and have an urge to write it down and share it with the world. We need to show students the authenticity of our lives so they can see it in their own. If we continue celebrating success in students who simply know how to solve a problem because we tell them to, we are in danger of perpetuating the factory model of education, which limits students' potential. As teachers, we determine if students see learning as something to be done, or something to be lived. Let's create noble villages to live in.


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Douglas M. Bloomfield
Blasphemy alert: Alon Pinkas, former Israel diplomat, calls for a U.S. peace plan
American pro-Israel groups, mostly an echo chamber for the Netanyahu government in Jerusalem, have jumped on the "don't present a U.S. peace plan" refrain like ants jump on picnic scraps. But a longtime Israeli diplomat has different ideas.
Alon Pinkas, writing in today's Politico, said that "After more than 17 years of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, you know something has gone terribly wrong when all you can hold, maybe, is a strange setup called 'proximity talks.'"
Strange, indeed; special envoy George Mitchell sounds more like a mailman than a negotiator.
What's needed now isn't just out-of-the-box thinking, he argues; we need a whole new box. And that box should involve a "comprehensive, detailed and viable peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — if not a plan, then a bold vision with concrete principles and parameters. And yes, the sides are encouraged to make changes. But there should be a timetable."
Blasphemy! How soon will American Jewish right-wingers label Pinkas anti-Israel?
But Pinkas bravely soldiers on.
"President Barack Obama, who lucidly defined the resolution of the conflict as a vital U.S. national security interest, should not be too cautious or overly sensitive to the intricacies of Israeli and Palestinian politics," he argues. "We have seen this movie several times — and the ending does not change."
He makes a clear distinction: a "U.S.-sponsored plan — whether written by the Obama administration or presented by the "Quartet" (the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia) — is not an imposed peace. You cannot impose peace, and you cannot enforce sustainability or guarantee durability."
The "peace process," he writes, has grown into a "bureaucracy. The less the process accomplished, the bigger the bureaucracy grew." Only a smart U.S. or Quartet plan, he said, can break through an "industry [that] became all about the process. The process now floats aimlessly between being a maintenance tool, designed to prevent hostilities, and a colossal exercise in futility that precipitates violence."
The tragedy, he says, is that "both [Israel and the Palestinians] know what needs to be done. Obama should say so."
I always thought Pinkas was one of Israel's most effective diplomats. This op-ed isn't going to win him any popularity contests, but it effectively argues that what pro-Israel groups here want the most – a continuation of the diplomatic status quo, with no pressure on Israel, no real leadership from Washington, just diplomatic babysitting – just isn't going to work.
Douglas M. Bloomfield is a syndicated columnist, Washington lobbyist and consultant. He spent nine years as the legislative director and chief lobbyist for AIPAC.


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Q: Undefined method class::construct() when creating a plugin I try to create a simple plugin following by the guid http://docs.layerswp.com/plugin-creation-guide
So I've created main file functions.php
<?php /*
* Plugin Name: Layers - Demo Extension
* Version: 1.0
* Plugin URI: http://www.yourpluginpage.com
* Description: What does your Extension do for Layers?
* Author: You
* Author URI: http://www.yoursite.com/
*
* Requires at least: 4.5
* Tested up to: 4.5.3
*
* Layers Plugin: True
* Layers Required Version: 1.5.4
*
* Text Domain: layers-demo-plugin
* Domain Path: /lang/
*/
if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;

// define constants (optional)

// Load plugin class files
require_once( 'includes/class-layers-demo-extension.php' );

// Instantiate Plugin
function layers_demo_extension_init() {
    global $layers_demo_extension;
    $layers_demo_extension = Layers_Demo_Extension::get_instance();
}
add_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'layers_demo_extension_init' );

// Additional Functionality

and the file includes/class-layers-demo-extension.php
<?php /**
* Layers Demo Extension
*
* What your plugin does
*
* @package Layers
* @since Layers 1.2.4
*/

class Layers_Demo_Extension {

//Initiator
private static $instance;

public static function get_instance() {
    if ( ! self::$instance ) {
        self::$instance = new self();
        self::$instance->construct();
    }
    return self::$instance;
}

// Constructor
private function __construct() {
    // Hooks go here
}

//Custom Functions

}

But when I go to admin panel, I get the 500 error.
When I enable WP_DEBUG I see this
Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method Layers_Demo_Extension::construct() in /.../wp-content/plugins/layers-demo-extension/includes/class-layers-demo-extension.php:18 Stack trace:
#0 /.../wp-content/plugins/layers-demo-extension/functions.php(29): Layers_Demo_Extension::get_instance()
#1 /.../wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(286): layers_demo_extension_init('')
#2 /.../wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(310): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array)
#3 /.../wp-includes/plugin.php(453): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#4 /.../wp-settings.php(327): do_action('plugins_loaded')
#5 /.../wp-config.php(89): require_once('...')
#6 /.../wp-load.php(37): require_once('...')
#7 /.../wp-admin/admin.php(31): require_once('...')
#8 /.../wp-admin/tools.php(10): in /.../wp-content/plugins/layers-demo-extension/includes/class-layers-demo-extension.php on line 18

But I don't know how to fix the problem...

A: In your get_instance() method, you call self::$instance->construct() not self::$instance->__construct(). Also, there's no reason to call the constructor like that; it will be called when you invoke new self();

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Belgium is famous for its superb beers, delicious waffles and the worldwide known french fries and ofcourse chocolatelovers can tease their sense of sweet taste. But there is also a young and experienced street art lover and curator, Bjorn Van Poucke, who got involved in small and big interventions in public space of the big cities of this small countrylandscape. Visiting the latest edition of this art-festival in the beginning of April unlocked a real interest in the Belgium Street Art scenery.
"Public Art" – About definitions we won't discuss but what this festival does to a city is definitely a public service. If it is not to please our eyes, it is for sure to spread the lovesparkles for these artistic expressions not only to a very wide audience but also through a huge diversity of street artists all kind.
Art and cultural heritage are central themes to cover a wide range of surfaces in the seaside-city of Ostend. Artists worldwide passed by to cover not only the commercial centre but also the harbour side, the residential area… It is about creating a flow throughout the bigger part of the city of Ostend.
With a line-up of artists and pieces that takes your breath away, one encounters artists that dare to experiment with their own unique print on the wall. Some have a huge storyline revealed in the bits and pieces brought on the city surface, while some display the narratives of local people, others add a touch of beauty to urban landscape.
Last year I missed out but this year I had the opportunity to join a guided walking tour with Lola** (aka aprimadona aka female party of Chépas-collective aka a crazy friend and inspiring artist herself). She brought some insider's information of the art-scenery and the wicked minds behind those wonderful pieces on a plate in a funtivistic way. A map*** of all the presented works of last year and this year's edition can be easily downloaded online for walkers and cyclers to go on one's own experience of this ancient though contemporary version of marking the walls.


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Ranking the top 10 British boxers of all time
Sports Zion
Boxing never limits the boundary of nation, ethnicity, or region. Players all over the world irrespective of their nationality have shown their greatness and ability in boxing leaving the crowd speechless.
The British boxers were no exceptions. From the early days of boxing until now, the British boxers have dominated in all categories of boxing. Some of them broke previous records while some of them were too busy making their own records.
The list of top ten British boxers depicted their uniqueness that made people enthralled. So, who got the chance to be on the list? Let's have a look.
10 most hyped boxing matches of all time
#10. Amir Khan
The 33-year-old boxing sensation surely deserves to be in the top ten list of best British boxers having the best qualities of a boxer in him. Everything that a boxer needs including footwork, speed, combination punching, and snapping jab; Khan is perfect at all these things.
So, does he even lack anything? Well, that's one hell of a tricky question and to find the answer, we need to dive deeper.
When it comes to speed, there might be some lacking in Khan but he surely had the ability to cover up the areas of lacking. He was the youngest British boxer of all time who have won the medal in Olympic boxing as well.
Defeating great boxing stars including Chris Algieri, Julio Diaz, Luis Collazo, Devon Alexander, and Marcos Maidana not only proved his greatness but also his boxing skills. One of the lightweight British boxers had achieved the title WBA when he was only 22.
The 'King' is the nickname of this boxing champ. Winning 34 matches out of 39 firmly evinced the worth of such a name. He is also a philanthropist and has a charity organization of his own named Amir Khan Foundation.
#9. Jim Driscoll
Without any argument, Jim Driscoll is one of the best British boxing fighters who unfortunately did not have the chance to win any world title. But it did not undervalue the greatness of his boxer even for a bit. The mighty boxer had created several scientific styles of boxing.
Undoubtedly, the achievement of Jim did not stop right there. Despite struggling financially in his early years of boxing, he played boxing to make his way out of economic hardship. It was more than just a sport to him; a way of living.
Winning the Coveted Lonsdale Belt furnished his career even more in the year of 1910. The internal Hall of Fame societies could not think more about saving a place for his British boxer.
Even though he was born and brought up in Cardiff, Wales; he did not forget the root of his parents who were both Irish. Starting his career in 1901 till the end of 1919, his achievements and dedication towards boxing made him unforgettable.
With a total of 77 matches throughout his career, Jim won 58 with 39 knockouts. There were a total of 3 losses alongside 6 draws. The finest British boxer passed away in 1925 at the age of 45.
#8. Barry McGuigan
Someone might want to get technical about the nationality of the legendary Barry McGuigan. He was born in 1961 in the Republic of Ireland. But he had taken British citizenship then represented Northern Ireland in the Commonwealth Games as well as the Olympics.
Moreover, the legendary boxer is considered one of the best British champions who was also selected into the Hall of Fame of international boxing in 2005. His achievements came under the spotlight, even more, when the world saw him defeating other boxing legends.
Having one of the fanciest nicknames 'The Clones Cyclone' evidently pointed out his fierce strategies in boxing. He achieved the WBA world featherweight championship proving him one of the best featherweight boxers of England leaving everyone jaw-dropped. The professional career of McGuigan started in 1981 which ended in 1989.
Currently, McGuigan is known as a famous boxing promoter. He is the founder and the president of the PBA (Professional Boxing Association) and also the Chief Executive Officer of Cyclone Promotions.
#7. Naseem Hamed
One of the very few orthodox punchers who dominated the boxing industry, Naseem Hamed is one of them. He had the ability to throw punches from almost all angles holding his hands low and he was persistently off balance.
Born in 1974 in South Yorkshire, England; Naseem started his professional career in 1992. He won 36 of 37 total matches. Recognized as one of the best British boxers of all time, this boxer owned multiple featherweight championships during his career.
Being ranked on the list of the top pound for pound boxers of all time of the previous 25 years was no tough job for him. Naseem, who is one of the most famous British featherweight boxers, had several nicknames including 'Prince Naseem' and 'Naz'.
The superstar showed his outstanding athleticism throughout his career. He only lost one match and had a percentage of 84 in terms of the knockout ratio. One of the best British boxers in history ended his career in 2002.
#6. Carl Froch
Carl Froch certainly deserves to be on the list of top British boxers considering the superstars he fought throughout his entire professional career. He was widely known as 'The Cobra'. Froch started his professional career in 2002.
This white boxer had defeated many former world champions including Lucian Bute, Jermian Taylor, Glen Johnson, Arthur Abraham and he retired with a total of 33 wins with 24 total knockouts in 2014.
In 2012, The BoxRec and World Boxing News elected Froch to be the Fighter of the Year. After his retirement, he engaged himself in boxing analytics and became Sky Sport's commentator. In terms of bringing immense excitement in the ring, Froch never failed to do so.
#5. Ken Buchanan
Buchanan is one of the most famous United Kingdom boxers, who had fought in more than 10 countries in his entire career. But he played mostly around the area of London. This sensational boxer was born in June 1945 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
This boxing legend of Edinburgh is one of the world's undisputed Lightweight Champions. He showed his charisma in the world of boxing and proved his worth thereby.
Among the total of 69 matches, he won 61 of them, lost only 8 matches, and there were a total of 27 knockouts. This legend started his boxing career in 1965 and after losing the iconic match with George Feeney in 1982, he ended his career.
The Hall of Fame of International Boxing showed proper respect to his name by including it in the year 2000. This again proves his dominance even after his retirement of 18 years.
#4. Joe Calzaghe
The number of World Champions who have retired undefeated is not much. Not everyone in the boxing industry could achieve such an accomplishment. The legendary English boxer Joe Calzaghe is one of those very few boxers.
This famous British boxer was born in March 1972 in London, England. He was known with some of the fanciest nicknames including 'The Italian Dragon', 'Super Joe', and 'The Pride of Wales'.
'The Ring' ranked Calzaghe as one of the top ten active boxers of the World. The 2007 award of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year won by the undefeated British boxing champion as well.
The legendary boxer played 46 matches in his career and won all 46 of them. The professional boxing career of Calzaghe started in 2003 and he retired in 2008 with a total of 32 knockouts under his name.
Undoubtedly, he proved himself as one of the best boxers of all time of the United Kingdom by defeating the great boxers including Omar Sheika, Saiko Bika, Mario Veit, Chris Eubank, and Jeff Lacy.
#3. Lennox Lewis
The crown of the best British Heavyweight of all time would surely go to Lennox Lewis as he proved himself one of the best in almost every athlete. However, no one could imagine his talent and excellence in boxing until he started his professional boxing career.
One of the best black British boxers ended up winning the Commonwealth and European Champion. This undisputed heavyweight boxer has also won the World Champion thrice.
Playing against almost all boxing superstars including Oliver McCall, Tony Tucker, Frank Bruno, Hasim Rahman, Evander Holyfield, Shannon Briggs, as well as Mike Tyson was a great experience of Lewis.
The black boxer from England had managed to win almost every match except for the ones with Evander Holyfield, Oliver McCall and Hasim Rahman. But he defeated all three of them in the rematches. So technically he had defeated every single opponent he countered.
In September 1965; Lewis was born in London, England. However, his nationality was British-Canadian. The nickname 'The Lion' surely depicts his might and greatness in boxing proving him to be one of the best British boxers. He ended his boxing career in 2003.
#2. Bob Fitzsimmons
This guy was the first boxer who had won the world titles in terms of three distinctive weight categories. Such remarkable achievement ensured him to be recognized as one of the best UK boxers; winning the heart of millions of fans as well.
The great UK boxer defeated Peter Maher for the Heavyweight title, the mighty Jack Dempsey for Middleweight crown, and achieved the Light Heavyweight title by defeating George Gardner.
These accomplishments were never too easy for him to achieve. After defeating his opponents, Fitzsimmons proved his worth to fight in the heavyweight division for his entire career. He had played a total of 125 matches and won 89 of them where 79 of them were won by direct knockout.
One of the mighty English boxers of the century was born in 1891 in Cornwall, England. He was famous for his nicknames such as 'The Freckled Wonder', and 'The Fighting Blacksmith'. In boxing history, he is also considered to be one of the hardest punchers. The lightest heavyweight champion of all time breathed his last in 1891.
#1. Jimmy Wilde
How can someone weighing only 96 lbs compete in one of the toughest and most brutal combat sports ever?
Jimmy Wilde had set such an outstanding record while he also proved himself the best British boxer ever without any doubt. This magical boxer was born in May 1892 in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. He was also known as 'The Mighty Atom'.
Being the very first champion in professional boxing of the country was a ground-breaking achievement for Wilde. He also achieved the title of the Country's very first World Flyweight Champion. One of the famous British boxers of all time had his career treasured with accomplishments.
The professional career of this superstar was from 1911-1923. During this time he had won 137 matches out of 150 fights. There were a total of 98 knockout wins, 4 losses, and only one draw. The crowd had been mesmerized with his ability to knock down larger opponents over 200 lbs with his toughness and strategic gameplay. The legendary boxer died in 1969 at the age of 76.
Making the list of the top British boxers has never been so easy. You did see for yourself how the superstars are showing their worth to be on the list. Everyone has proven skills, achievements, and records of boxing in the most unique ways. This is the beauty of boxing. These boxers are hailed for a lifetime.
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Hemp Industry Sees First Changes In Half Century
We Should Be Pouring Time And Money Into Hemp, Period
The ban on marijuana imposed by the United States authorities was alien to Japanese tradition, because the drug had never been extensively utilized in Japan earlier than. Though these legal guidelines towards marijuana are a number of the world's strictest, permitting 5 years imprisonment for possession of the drug, they exempt hemp growers, whose crop is used to make robes for Buddhist monks and loincloths for Sumo wrestlers.
The USDA has allowed hemp to be licensed as natural since 2016, though there's presently a shortage of natural seed to plant. MOSA, an natural certifier in Viroqua, lists solely 14 farms within the Midwest, the overwhelming majority of which might be in Wisconsin, which might be rising licensed natural industrial hemp crops. Of the 183 growers who registered with the state last 12 months, solely 139 reported planting something.
After all, all growth begins the identical method—with the planting of a seed. The LSU AgCenter's Industrial Hemp Working Group is tasked with discerning which seed varieties are compatible with Louisiana's local weather, as well as figuring out greatest administration practices for planting and providing that data to the general public.
Also, breeding since circa 1930 has targeted quite specifically on producing strains which would carry out very poorly as sources of drug materials. Hemp grown for fiber is planted intently, leading to tall, slender vegetation with long fibers.
The report noted that industrial hemp still has significantly much less developed infrastructure than other crops, so growers can't rely on selling their harvest to a neighborhood grain elevator. The Chinese emperor Shen-nung is reported to have taught his individuals to develop hemp for fiber within the twenty-eighth century B.C. paperwork a data of the plant in China–but not for use as fiber. Cannabis indica, Cannabis sativa, Cannabis americana, Indian hemp and marijuana (or marihuana) all check with the identical plant. Cannabis is used throughout the world for various functions and has a protracted historical past characterised by usefulness, euphoria or evil–relying on one's perspective.
Ideally, based on Defra in 2004 the herb ought to be harvested before it flowers. In the years after the ban, farmers desirous to develop the crop were still considered with suspicion.
Total prices for State licensing, sampling, and testing underneath the pilot applications usually amounted to about $1,000 per producer. This contains administration of licensed seed schemes in sure States. Measurable impacts to the hemp business resulting from this rule is not going to occur until 2020. It is difficult to estimate the increase in whole returns to producers on account of this rule. AMS estimates that this rule is responsible for as a lot as 50 % of the increase in whole producer returns from 12 months to year.
It's been two and a half years since Californians voted to legalize both the marijuana and hemp varieties of the cannabis plant. And it's been more than three months since industrial hemp — outlined as having have less than 0.three % of THC, the compound in hashish that makes people excessive — turned authorized on the federal level.
And Frazier remarked how he was impressed to develop cannabis, partially, by agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver—one of Tuskegee's most well-known school members. Michael Bowman, the company's cofounder, mentioned that hemp has gained such popularity lately that farmers in all components of the nation—from the Pacific Northwest to the Deep South—are gravitating toward the plant.
The number of hemp that thrives at Colorado's excessive elevations or in Kentucky's numerous seasons received't necessarily thrive in Louisiana's hot and humid climate. We have extra pests than our northern counterparts, and Louisiana has a number of completely different regional climates; a seed genotype that adapts to North Louisiana might not react the same in South Louisiana soil. "We're bringing it back to the plant," stated Ashley Mullens, who's the coordinator of the AgCenter analysis group.
Future of hemp
And whereas farmers representing over one hundred,000 acres of agricultural land within the jap a part of the state type the core of BioRegen's preliminary membership, Mathis says Western North Carolina has an important role to play in the emerging hemp industry. Asheville already boasts a powerful medicinal herb and nutraceutical trade, which he believes positions this area as a potential processing center for hemp-based mostly meals, supplements and different wellness products. And for farmers within the area, he continues, industrial hemp could ultimately exchange tobacco as a excessive-yield crop for small parcels. Of the 183 growers who registered with the state last 12 months, only 139 reported planting anything.
plans would not be reviewed or accredited until AMS finalized laws forward of the 2020 planting season. Additionally, the NTT said that till regulations have been in place, States, Tribes, and establishments of upper schooling can proceed operating beneath authorities of the 2014 Farm Bill. The 2018 Farm Bill extension of the 2014 authority expires 12 months after USDA has established the plan and rules required beneath the 2018 Farm Bill. A second Notice to Trade was issued on May 27, 2019 to make clear again that Tribal governments via the authorities in the 2014 Farm Bill are permitted grow industrial hemp for analysis functions in the course of the 2019 rising season. USDA appreciates the urgency during which the Indian Tribes wish to have interaction in this new financial opportunity.
In addition, states might take so lengthy to approve a grower's software to cultivate hemp that the farmer may be pressured to quickly plant the seed without knowing how many patrons they'll have. The sturdy, robust stalks could be was textiles or constructing supplies. Although industrial hemp is various the hashish plant, smoking it doesn't produce a excessive. Industrial hemp accommodates solely trace quantities of THC, the substance that provides marijuana its psychoactive outcomes. Even so, the federal government lumps hemp in with marijuana as a Schedule I drug underneath the Controlled Substances Act, which implies the plant's manufacturing and use fall underneath the watchful eye of the U.S.
In seed production after the pollen has been shed, these male vegetation are reduce out. One impediment within the onward march of hemp is the reluctance of farmers to attempt new crops. The problem is sophisticated by the necessity for proper gear an inexpensive distance from the farm. The machine can't be operated profitably until there's enough acreage inside driving range and farmers can not discover a worthwhile market except there's machinery to deal with the crop. Another impediment is that the blossom of the feminine hemp plant accommodates marijuana, a narcotic, and it is impossible to develop hemp with out producing the blossom.
Hemp, on the other hand, contains an abundance of CBD, and fiber from the plant is used for every thing from automotive components to clothing. Hemp evangelists wish to level out that George Washington cultivated the crop on his five farms, using it for rope, attire, sail canvas, and fishing nets. And Frazier remarked how he was inspired to grow hashish, partially, by agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver — one of Tuskegee's most famous college members. Findings like these point to the bigger concern of whether the frenzy to enter the market may even spur development in sustainable production. The public profit firm First Crop, which promotes regenerative hemp farming, launched this yr to offer cannabis farmers help and services.
Hemp for Victory
While hemp for fiber is grown dense and tall, hemp grown for CBD can look very similar to bushier marijuana vegetation. And all of them scent the identical, resulting in seizures at authorized hemp farms or as vans haul hemp deliveries throughout state lines. Hemp was a well-liked agricultural crop from the time the United States was founded till the flip of the 20th century. That's when belief in the dangers of marijuana began to mount, pushed largely by rhetoric from neighborhood leaders who used the drug as a method to demonize the brand new wave of Chinese and Mexican immigrants. In 1937, the U.S. government officially linked hemp with marijuana, making it unlawful to farm any variety of cannabis for eighty years.
Subpart C—USDA Hemp Production Plan 990.20 USDA requirements for the manufacturing of hemp. 990.25 Standards of performance for detecting delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) focus levels. 990.26 Responsibility of a USDA producer after laboratory testing is carried out.
The bill acquired widespread assist from both legislative chambers, which may likely be attributed to its recognition amongst Louisiana farmers for the financial potential of the burgeoning CBD trade. In November, the AgCenter held an industrial hemp informational assembly in Shreveport for involved producers; a crowd of about five hundred attended the daylong presentation. "It offers the farmer an extra cash crop they'll grow, and gives them an alternative choice," stated Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture Mike Strain. Fittingly, Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the bill into regulation in June with a hemp ink pen. Hemp's reentry into the world of American agriculture began only six years in the past with the USDA's state Pilot Program.
Plant pioneers
CBD may be extracted from hemp as an oil and infused into meals, used topically to treat ache, and/or be injected as medicine. And whereas farmers representing over one hundred,000 acres of agricultural land inside the japanese a part of the state sort the core of BioRegen's preliminary membership, Mathis says Western North Carolina has an important place to play in the rising hemp trade.
For young farmers, hemp is a "gateway crop"
It's been seventy-seven years since hemp was legally grown within the United States. Though it has long been thought-about taboo for its association with marijuana, hemp really has a prolonged historical past in the underpinning of American agriculture. It was grown by not one, but two U.S. presidents—George Washington and Thomas Jefferson—and it was a distinguished dankstop venum hand pipe crop for U.S. farmers up until the early twentieth century. This ended when Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which enacted a tax on the sale of hashish and did not differentiate marijuana from hemp. Though hemp and marijuana are each derived from the Cannabis sativa L.
PART 990—DOMESTIC HEMP PRODUCTION PROGRAM
They were required to apply for individual licences from the Home Office and were subjected to identify checks and testing by the local drugs squad to make sure no person was utilizing hemp as a cover for rising fields of marijuana. Most hemp farmers now work underneath contract to firms such as Hemcore and are required only to notify the local police station about where they'll grow their crop. Law enforcement, for example, has a tough time telling the distinction between marijuana and hemp, with no roadside test to measure THC ranges.
We have labored expeditiously to develop and promulgate this interim final rule so that States and Tribes will be able to submit their plans in time for the 2020 season. State and Tribal plans should incorporate procedures for sampling and testing hemp to make sure the cannabis grown and harvested does not exceed the appropriate hemp THC degree. Sampling procedures, amongst other requirements, should ensure that a representative sample of the hemp manufacturing is bodily collected and delivered to a DEA-registered laboratory for testing. If producers delay harvest past 15 days, the plant will likely have a better THC stage at harvest than the pattern that's being examined.
Basically, if the federal government planted industrial hemp instead of trees, it would get the next influence on climate change, plus products which would replace fossil fuels, plastics, and timber produced paper. This is one thing that can be accomplished now to fight local weather change, each as a way of sucking CO2 out of the air and providing a replacement for the very fuels that put the CO2 into the air. The government may join with investors, plant the hemp, after which have a ready marketplace for the hemp when it was grown. While that is only the beginning of a protracted highway forward, industrial hemp could be the way forward for Louisiana agriculture. The AgCenter's incubating inexperienced buds may not appear to be a lot now, however they'll develop over time, instructing us tips on how to adapt and regulate our methods in the course of.
The critics of HIA often allege that it's the HIA which will have an ulterior motive in selling hemp for economic causes whereas really looking for to legalize marihuana for recreational use. This would discourage farmers from trying to make use of hemp to bypass the legislation's prohibition of marihuana whereas still protecting the general public's proper to provide industrial hemp — a compromise that may satisfy all but these with the aforementioned hidden agenda. Millennia of selective breeding have resulted in varieties that look quite completely different.
Hemp is a fiber, oil, and seed crop, so each a part of the plant—seed, stalk, flower, and leaf—may be harvested to supply an array of textiles, industrial merchandise, building materials, and CBD or hemp seed oil. Hemp may even function the building blocks of a house within the form of hempcrete—a mix of hemp, lime, and water that naturally resists mold, does not burn, and repels insects. Hemp seed is full of all 9 important amino acids, and could be consumed as a protein source along with hemp seed shells, which provide fiber. The hemp stalk and seed can even present an alternate, sustainable gasoline source— hemp biodiesel, methanol, and ethanol. Hemp is the plant that may do all of it—feed you, clothe you, home you, and heal you, as Kristy Hébert, co-founder of Louisiana hemp firm Cypress Hemp, likes to put it.
There have been studies and experiments with promising results in which waste fiber from industrial hemp was used as a component in supercapacitors for vitality storage.
Schiller known as on the hemp trade itself to assist provide the data wanted to write guidelines for CBD and other hemp products.
In 2019, the quantity shot as much as 480,000 acres, with Colorado and Oregon main the way with 80,000 and 60,000 acres, respectively.
"DEA" means the "Drug Enforcement Administration," a United States Federal regulation enforcement company under the United States Department of Justice.
First authorized hemp crop growing well, close to harvest, farmers report
Rumors unfold about farmers getting ripped off by unscrupulous seed dealers who flocked to Wisconsin to benefit from the new market. Many who did plant confronted a moist spring that left standing water of their fields and wiped out their crop. Others discovered they planted their seeds too deep, resulting in poor germination and competitors from weeds. Twenty-one farms failed the THC exams — some by only a fraction of a percent — and misplaced their harvest.
Under the hemp pilot program licensed under the terms of the 2014 Farm Bill, various States developed seed certification packages to assist producers determine hemp seed that would work properly of their specific geographical areas. USDA will not embody a seed certification program on this rule because the same seeds grown in numerous geographical areas and growing circumstances can react differently.
The 2018 bill additionally allowed states to individually regulate hemp production, pending USDA approval of state submitted plans. Louisiana officially legalized the expansion of industrial hemp and the sale of hemp-derived CBD merchandise during the 2019 legislative session, and on December 23, Louisiana was the primary state in the union to receive USDA approval for its industrial hemp proposal. While hemp is primarily known for producing CBD, or cannabidiol, its functions are manifold.
The 2014 Farm Bill provided for the cultivation of hemp for research purposes. However, Louisiana—which opted out of the program—wouldn't seed hemp till the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill, which removed hemp from the Schedule I managed substances record and federally legalized the cultivation and manufacturing of hemp as an agricultural commodity.
Prices for hemp fiber range from $0.07 per pound to $zero.67 per pound, and costs for hemp grain or seed vary from $0.65 per pound to $1.70 per pound. Prices for hemp flowers, in which concentrations of the cannabinoid cannabidiol, or CBD, are located, range from $three.50 to $30.00 per pound or extra, relying on the CBD content. Producer curiosity in hemp production is largely driven by the potential for top returns from sales of hemp flowers to be processed into CBD oil. From 2017 to 2018, the number of licensed producers of hemp more than doubled to achieve three,543 producers.
Those steps are also necessary for producers to qualify for the USDA applications and products described above. The Hemp Business Journal estimates sales of U.S. hemp-primarily based products from 2018 to 2022. The progress rates of those sales from year to year are proven in Chart 1. It is necessary to do not forget that even though the 2018 Farm Bill eliminated hemp from the list of controlled substances, it preserved the authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to manage merchandise which comprise hashish.
This requirement will yield the truest measurement of the THC degree at the level of harvest. Accepting that a pre-harvest inspection is finest to determine suspicious vegetation and actions, and that the sample should be taken as close to harvest as attainable, the time was chosen based on what can be an affordable time for a farmer to harvest an entire subject. This 15-day post-pattern harvest window was also designed to allow for variables corresponding to rain and gear delays. We are requesting comments and knowledge concerning the 15-day sampling and harvest timeline.
The a lot-anticipated hemp harvest within the autumn of 2019 was appeared to eagerly across a lot of rural America. glass bowl bundle that 230,000 acres of hemp were planted last year, a formidable figure for a fledgling agricultural sector. But a mix of things — confusing rules, dangerous seeds and bad weather, insufficient infrastructure, and a scarcity of expertise with cannabis cultivation — contributed to crop failures that dashed the hopes of many first-time hemp growers. Stalks like these right here on the left wield the most fiber and the best.
For instance, the same seed used in one State to provide hemp vegetation with THC concentrations less than zero.three%, can produce hemp plants with THC concentrations of greater than zero.3% when planted in a different State. We have additionally discovered that the technology needed to determine seed planting ends in completely different locations just isn't superior enough presently to make a seed-certification scheme possible. Additionally, we don't have accurate data right now on the origin of most hemp seed planted within the U.S.
The banking trade is awaiting these rules to be able to develop steerage concerning deposits derived from hemp operations. Without these regulations, the banking business isn't keen to take the danger of accepting deposits or lending cash to these companies. Additionally, with the IFR effective this fall, producers will be able to plan and execute the steps essential to plant through the 2020 crop year. Those steps embrace identifying the land and acreage for the planting, contract for seed and different provides, acquire financing, and determine and contract with potential patrons.
the kind pen tri level herb grinder considers industrial hemp to be a hashish sativa plant that has had the psychoactive compound THC bred out of it. Mike Lewis, a hemp farmer in Kentucky, agrees that CBD manufacturing is now going to guide the hemp business versus the crop's industrial uses. One safeguard for patrons on the lookout for flowers grown without chemical substances or pesticides is to search for the certified natural label.
Federal regulations now being drawn up require registration of hemp growers, and tentative proposals for stopping narcotic production are rather stringent. In today's anti-drug local weather, individuals don't want to hear about the commercial potential of marijuana. The reason is that the flowering high of a female hemp plant accommodates a drug. But from 1842 through the Eighteen Nineties a robust concentrated extract of marijuana was the second most prescribed drug within the United States. In all that time the medical literature did not record any of the unwell effects claimed by right now's drug warriors.
The comeback crop
Well because the Popular Mechanics article appeared over half a century in the past, many extra applications have come to light. Back in 1935, greater than fifty eight,000 tons of marijuana seed were used simply to make paint and polish (all non-poisonous, by the way). When marijuana was banned, these secure paints and varnishes have been changed by paints made with toxic petro-chemicals. In the Thirties nobody knew about poisoned rivers or deadly land-fills or kids dying from chemicals in house paint. People did know something about hemp back then, because the plant and its merchandise were so frequent.
From the farmers' point of view, hemp is a straightforward crop to grow and can yield from three to 6 tons per acre on any land that may develop corn, wheat, or oats. It has a brief rising season, in order that it can be planted after other crops are in. The lengthy roots penetrate and break the soil to depart it in perfect situation for the following yr's crop. The dense shock of leaves, eight to 12 toes above the bottom, chokes out weeds. Two successive crops are sufficient to reclaim land that has been deserted due to Canadian thistles or quack grass.
species, the 2 differ of their chemical composition, makes use of, and cultivation methods. Hemp contains less than .three% THC, the psychoactive cannabinoid in marijuana famous for eliciting the sensation of being excessive. Today, they assert, those dangers are substantial, according to many consultants, as a result of hemp resembles crude marihuana and there is no visible way to distinguish the two. This, alone, would make enforcement of the marihuana legal guidelines by federal and state authorities all but unimaginable if hemp have been legalized.
"We're in the infancy stages, so we're going to be learning right alongside the producers." The institution of a definitive AgCenter-accredited commonplace for hemp growing practices in Louisiana remains to be years down the road, Mullens said. Newly elected Louisiana House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, sponsored House Bill 491. "This piece of legislation alone will create extra jobs than any payments we've handed within the last twenty years," mentioned Schexnayder.
Because marijuana use in Japan has doubled up to now decade, these exemptions have lately been called into query. An archeological site in the Oki Islands near Japan contained hashish achenes from about 8000 BC, probably signifying use of the plant. Hemp use archaeologically dates again to the Neolithic Age in China, with hemp fiber imprints discovered on Yangshao culture pottery relationship from the fifth millennium BC. https://t.co/kekssdYO9w used hemp to make garments, sneakers, ropes, and an early form of paper.
HEMP, THE PLANT THAT CAN SAVE MOTHER EARTH
As farmers have confronted water shortages, unstable markets, and punishing seasonal circumstances, communities across the country have pressured lawmakers to assist them restore US agriculture with more worthwhile, sustainable vegetation. Nonetheless, federal legislation handed in 2014 permits states to create their very personal regulatory methods to handle industrial hemp cultivation. Over half of all states now permit farmers to grow the crop, says Lauren Stansbury, public relations manager for the nationwide Hemp History Week marketing campaign, which was launched in 2009. While hemp may be made into quite a few merchandise with various purposes, cannabidiol, or CBD is projected to take the largest share of market price over time.
As the documentation under explains, the uses of cannabis hemp are as diversified and multi-faceted as any of us could ever probably imagine or hope for. This plant can certainly present us options to MANY of the important imbalances we as an industrial tradition have created in the brief span of the past sweet tooth 2 piece pop up diamond teeth grinder few hundred years. Because hemp, like marijuana, belongs to the cannabis sativa household, legalizing cultivation of the crop has taken years. U.S. lawmakers have typically handled hemp and marijuana as the same, although hemp accommodates just a fraction of a p.c of THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana.
Michael Bowman, the company's cofounder, stated that hemp has gained such reputation in recent times that farmers in all parts of the country—from the Pacific Northwest to the Deep South — are gravitating toward the plant. Individuals and industrial entities also want the IFR's steerage to interact in the production, harvesting, transportation, storage, and processing of hemp and hemp merchandise. Absent an interim rule promptly implementing the regulatory program required by the 2018 Farm Bill, there are not nucleus iso dry herb vaporizer kit any procedures in place to find out whether or not a cannabis crop qualifies as hemp as defined in section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. It is necessary to problem the IFR now to provide individuals and entities enough time to make the required plans and purchases and to obtain financing ahead of planting hemp in 2020.
Sales of hemp-primarily based products are anticipated to increase about 15 p.c from 2018 to 2019. In 2020, gross nucleus pipe mug sales are anticipated to grow about 14 p.c, in 2021, 19 percent, and in 2022, 16 percent.
The classical Greek historian Herodotus (ca. 480 BC) reported that the inhabitants of Scythia would often inhale the vapors of hemp-seed smoke, both as ritual and for their own pleasurable recreation. The United Kingdom and Germany resumed industrial manufacturing within the Nineties. Companies in Canada, the UK, the United States, and Germany, amongst many others, process hemp seed right into a rising vary of food products and cosmetics; many traditional rising countries continue to provide textile-grade fibre. Hemp is used to make quite a lot of business and industrial products, together with rope, textiles, clothes, shoes, meals, paper, bioplastics, insulation, and biofuel. The bast fibers can be utilized to make textiles which are a hundred% hemp, however they are commonly blended with other fibers, such as flax, cotton or silk, as well as virgin and recycled polyester, to make woven materials for attire and furnishings.
AMS assumes, due to this fact, that fifty % of the expansion in gross sales of hemp merchandise from 2020 and beyond shall be attributable to the 2018 Farm Bill. As this rule permits the 2018 Farm Bill, 50 percent of the expansion in sales of hemp merchandise starting in 2020 might be attributable to this rule. In order to measure the impacts of this rule on affected entities, AMS defines the baseline such that gross sales of hemp merchandise from 2014 through 2019 shall be handled as attributable to the 2014 Farm Bill solely. AMS assumes, due to this fact, that only 50 p.c of the expansion in sales of hemp merchandise from 2020 and past might be attributable to the 2018 Farm Bill. High prices for hemp, pushed primarily by demand to be used in producing CBD, relative to different crops, have driven increases in planting.
The inner two fibers of the plant are woodier and usually have industrial functions, similar to mulch, animal bedding, and litter. When oxidized (usually erroneously known as "drying"), hemp oil from the seeds becomes stable and can be used within the manufacture of oil-primarily based paints, in creams as a moisturizing agent, for cooking, and in plastics. A survey in 2003 confirmed that greater than 95% of hemp seed sold in the European Union was used in animal and chook feed.
Asheville already boasts a strong medicinal herb and nutraceutical trade, which he believes positions this space as a prospective processing middle for hemp-based mostly foods, dietary supplements and totally different wellness merchandise. And for farmers within the area, he continues, industrial hemp might eventually replace tobacco as a excessive-yield crop for small parcels. The hemp industry has the potential to create tens of thousands of jobs all through a variety of sectors because the business continues to develop. hemp farmers could not discover a purchaser for their crop final summer time, according to a survey by Whitney Economics.
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Heading home yesterday afternoon it began raining.
The rain fell loud and fast. But I didn't get too wet. The rain was too fine for that. There were patches of dark cloud but also bright sunshine, the rays passing through the droplets giving the impression that the rain had been backlit. It made London look a little like a movie set. The rain too clear, the light too sharp. It was lovely. As I crossed the road I saw a rainbow. I know it is a little corny taking photos of rainbows, let alone posting them on the internet, but I liked the intrusion of nature in the big, grey, unflinching city.