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Gale Doncic Takes Harden And Rockets Ahead
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Tuesday, 5 January 2021, 01:59 EST
Modified date: Tuesday, 5 January 2021, 01:59 EST
Without James Harden, the Rockets had a brilliant victory over the Kings on Saturday. Without Luka Doncic the Mavericks hit the Bulls in Chicago. But for their first game of the season in Houston, they were both. Harden and Doncic. Two members of the Best Quintet from last season, third and fourth in the MVP vote behind Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James. And the victory individual and collective (100-113) went to Doncic which allows his team to breathe and leaves both in negative and with three losses, the Rockets in five games (2-3) the Mavs in seven (3-4).
Rick Carlisle harassed by his team's defensive weakness moved the quintet. He took out Dwight Powell and above all he took out Tim Hardaway whom he once introduced to unleash the best offensive version of the Mavs. And he put Maxi Kleber and Willie Cauley-Stein into a much larger unit in which Dorian Finney-Smith became a forward and not power forward.
The result was excellent due to the work of the new inside game … and the attitude of Hardaway who far from being ill to go to the bench, was absolutely key in the victory on a bright night: 30 points, 8/10 in triples. Doncic's perfect squire Kristaps Porzingis is in the dry dock who played his best game of the season. With a difference: 33 points, 16 rebounds, 11 assists. The mole, 8 losses and a 3/10 in triples, a section in which it went from more to less (3/7 in the first part) and in which it is still irregular. But a great game in which a version of Doncic more similar to last season was finally unleashed.
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James Harden was a shadow at least for his usual production level: 21 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, and too many shots (5/17). Little weight when his team needed him the most and he was little accompanied by more than 20 points from Eric Gordon and 23 with 7 rebounds from a Christian Wood that was also below previous performances. Like John Wall, who stayed at 14 + 4 + 4 with only four baskets in play (4/10). Worse was DeMarcus Cousins, sent off for two techniques in three minutes. First a scuffle with Cauley-Stein, then another with the referees.
The Mavs dominated the game from a powerful first quarter (21-33). But they had to sweat to close a finally clear triumph. After opening a gap almost halfway through the third quarter (56-72) they received a 14-0 (70-72) run that equalized a game that reached 85-85 with ten minutes to go. There the Rockets broke, who missed eleven of their next twelve shots and were 92-106, with Harden off and a fatal succession of misses and losses while Hardaway saved the victory for Carlisle.
After the win, the Mavs coach acknowledged that Luka Doncic is almost optimally at peak. That the Slovenian is coming.
This was his 26th triple-double in the NBA. With less than 22 years he leads the league in the history of overwhelming Magic Johnson and Ben Simmons follow with 25… between the two. Since he arrived in the United States Doncic has added three matches of at least 30 + 15 + 10, something that only two other players have achieved in that stretch a couple of times each Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic. And a statistic that with less than 22 years only signed once each Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson.
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Donciche has surpassed 1,000 assists and is the fourth-fastest player to reach 1,000 points 1,000 rebounds and 1,000 basket passes. He has done it in 139 games. LeBron needed 158, more than he and more than Oscar Robertson (98) Ben Simmons (126), and Magic Johnson (126). The last one, for now, Doncic is already (39 to 38 of the legendary Dirk Nowitzki the player who has led the Mavericks the most times in points rebounds, and assists in the same game. And he has just started his third season in the NBA.
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The Japanese Mini-Subs of the Pearl Harbor. Terry Kerby on a Discovery that Rewrote History. A Scuttlefish Feature.
Terry Kerby at the viewing port of the deep sea sub, Pisces V. He was looking through this view port when he found a tiny Japanese submarine that rewrote the history of World War II.
Photo: Chris Dixon
Last week, The New York Times published a story I wrote that posed a question: Do Humans Have a Future in Deep Sea Exploration? The story focused on a pioneering deep sea submersible pilot named Terry Kerby and the laboratory he oversees on Oahu's windward coast. The laboratory, part of the University of Hawaii and better known as HURL, has been the most important United States deep-sea research outpost in the mid-Pacific since the 1980s. As HURL's chief pilot, Kerby is perhaps the most experienced submersible navigator alive. With a crew of five, Mr. Kerby and his twin Pisces submarines have discovered more than 140 wrecks and artifacts, recovered tens of millions of dollars in lost scientific equipment, and surveyed atolls and seamounts whose hydrothermal vents and volcanoes were unknown.
Kerby's discoveries, made alongside the likes of Dr. Robert Ballard and Dr. Sylvia Earle, have rewritten the history of World War II and changed our very understanding of the deep ocean. But in 2013, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced it would be cutting off the meager funding that helped keep HURL and its subs afloat. Today, Kerby faces the possible mothballing of his fleet – and the world faces the loss of ¼ of the planet's human-piloted deep subs. The forces at play are the same as in many other realms of science — dwindling budgets – NOAA's deep sea exploration budget is $26 million per year, while NASA's space exploration budget is on the order of $4 billion. Then, of course, there's the issue of robots.

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Q: 500 errors not reported as log level error when using php73 With php72 or php73 the 500 error response codes are no longer identified in Google Cloud logging with the red log level "Error"
How can I resolve this?

I suspect it is related to this change in php7:

The entrypoint field uses the built-in serve command, which is a
  program within the PHP 7 runtime that starts up the php-fpm
  implementation and a webserver in the background. This webserver
  routes all traffic to the provided PHP file using the front controller
  design pattern
  https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/standard/php7/runtime#application_startup

I'm using App Engine standard with this app.yaml
runtime: php73
entrypoint: serve controller.php

A: I think it could be a bug. I tried to run a PHP7 app on App Engine to make it crash and I was able to see in Stackdriver the same issue as you, something that doesn't happen on PHP5. You could check any progress for that issue to get resolved here.

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Residential and small commercial customers may see one or more of the following terms on your bill. For your convenience, Stream has provided you with a definition for each.
Advanced metering charge -- A charge assessed to recover a TDU's charges for Advanced Metering Systems, to the extent that they are not recovered in a TDU's standard metering charge. Acceptable abbreviation: Advanced Meter.
Competition Transition Charge -- A charge assessed to recover a TDU's charges for nonsecuritized costs associated with the transition to competition. Acceptable abbreviation: Competition Transition.
Demand Charge -- A charge based on the rate at which electric energy is delivered to or by a system at a given instant, or averaged over a designated period, during the billing cycle.
Energy Charge -- A charge based on the electric energy (kWh) consumed.
Energy Efficiency Cost Recovery Factor -- A charge assessed to recover a TDU's costs for energy efficiency programs, to the extent that the TDU charge is a separate charge exclusively for that purpose that is approved by the Public Utility Commission. Acceptable abbreviation: Energy Efficiency.
Late Payment Penalty -- A charge assessed for late payment in accordance with Public Utility Commission rules.
Meter Charge -- A charge assessed to recover a TDU's charges for metering a customer's consumption, to the extent that the TDU charge is a separate charge exclusively for that purpose that is approved by the Public Utility Commission.
Nuclear Decommissioning Fee -- A charge assessed to recover a TDU's charges for decommissioning of nuclear generating sites. Acceptable abbreviation: Nuclear Decommission.
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Sales tax -- Sales tax collected by authorized taxing authorities, such as the state, cities and special purpose districts.
System Benefit Fund -- A non-bypassable charge approved by the Public Utility Commission, not to exceed 65 cents per megawatt-hour, that funds the low-income discount, one-time bill payment assistance, customer education, commission administrative expenses, and low-income energy efficiency programs.
TDU Delivery Charges -- The total amounts assessed by a TDU for the delivery of electricity to a customer over poles and wires and other TDU facilities not including discretionary charges.
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This week saw the release of Gears of War 3's most extensive DLC to date: RAAM's Shadow. Having played the first hour or so of the single-player component, I have to say that it is very good. The story serves as a prequel to the first game in the series, taking place right after Emergence Day. While it's a little pricey at 1200 MSP (or $15 in actual money), the amount of content you get in RAAM's Shadow makes up for the initial investment. It's also one of the best Xbox 360-exclusive DLCs out there.
In the videos below, theRadBrad will take you through a complete walkthrough of the single-player campaign. Be warned though, if you're expecting a quick guide this is not it. Each video is at least ten minutes long, and there are thirteen of them. So sit back, relax, and kill some Locust.
Upon completion of the game, you'll get the achievement 'Welcome to Zeta'. Beat it on arcade mode, and you'll get 'Some Friendly Competition'. And if you played through it with three buddies on co-op, then you'll receive 'Help From My Friends'.


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Le Central Railroad of New Jersey (sigle de l'AAR: CNJ), usuellement connu comme le Jersey Lines ou le CNJ, était un chemin de fer américain de classe I dont les origines remontaient aux années 1830. Il exista jusqu'en 1976, date de son rachat par Conrail qui reprit également d'autres compagnies de chemin de fer en banqueroute dans le nord-est des États-Unis. Sa ligne principale partait de Jersey City et traversait le New Jersey en direction de l'ouest jusqu'à Phillipsburg; de là il franchissait le fleuve Delaware pour gagner la Pennsylvanie et la ville d'Easton, avant de remonter ensuite vers Scranton, Pennsylvanie. Des embranchements allaient vers la baie du Delaware dans le sud du New Jersey.
Le CNJ fut acquis par le Philadelphia and Reading Railway en 1883. Bien qu'il reprit son autonomie, le Reading continua d'exercer une grande influence sur le CNJ, et poursuivit l'utilisation de son terminus de New York City.
Le Liberty State Park à Jersey City inclut la gare centrale de voyageur du CNJ (Communipaw Terminal) située sur l'embouchure de l'Hudson.

Les origines
Il fut issu de deux chemins de fer:
 Le premier, l'Elizabethtown & Somerville Railroad fut créé le  pour relier Elizabeth (New Jersey) sur la baie de Newark (avec un transfert vers New York par bateau à vapeur) à Somerville à l'ouest. Au début la liaison d'Elizabethport à Elizabeth, se fit grâce à un chemin de fer tracté par des chevaux. Pendant qu'un embranchement voyait le jour pour connecter Elizabeth au New Jersey Rail Road, la ligne principale commença par atteindre Plainfield, NJ en , puis Dunellen, NJ en 1840, l'est de Bound Brook, NJ en 1841 et Somerville en 1842.
 Le second, le Somerville & Easton Railroad fut créé le  pour prolonger la ligne vers Easton. L'extension vers Whitehouse, NJ, ouvrit en 1848 et fut louée par l'Elizabethtown & Somerville Railroad qui finit par racheter le Somerville & Easton Railroad, le , pour se consolider le  en Central Railroad of New Jersey (appelé aussi Jersey Central Lines et plus tard CNJ).
Le reste de la ligne atteignit Phillipsburg en 1852, puis Easton le , via le niveau supérieur de l'Easton Bridge (propriété du Lehigh Valley Railroad) enjambant le Delaware River. À ce moment-là, les trains de charbon du Lehigh Valley Railroad commencèrent à circuler sur le CNJ vers Elizabeth. À partir du , il en fut de même avec le Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, qui rejoignait le CNJ au niveau de Hampton; mais pour ce faire un troisième rail fut ajouté car le DL&W n'était pas à écartement standard.
Le , le CNJ trouva un arrangement pour utiliser la ligne du New Jersey Rail Road jusqu'à son terminus dans Jersey City, avec toujours avec un troisième rail pour les trains du DL&W.
Le South Branch Railroad, filiale du CNJ, ouvrit le , et assurait la liaison entre Somerville et Flemington, NJ au sud. Afin de ne plus utiliser la ligne du New Jersey Rail Road, le CNJ ouvrit le  une nouvelle ligne conduisant à son propre terminus dans Jersey City, incluant un pont sur le Newark Bay, avec un transfert par ferry vers New York City au niveau de Cortlandt Street. Le Newark & New York Railroad ouvrit le , une ligne directe entre le centre-ville de Newark et le terminus du CNJ dans Jersey City. Puis le , un embranchement relia Elisabethport à Newark où passait le Newark & New York Railroad.

L'expansion
Le Perth Amboy & Elizabethport Railroad qui construisait une liaison à partir du CNJ entre  Elizabethport et Perth Amboy au sud, rencontra les hostilités du Perth Amboy & Woodbridge Railroad filiale du Pennsylvania Railroad au moment de croiser leurs lignes. Finalement le PRR reçut l'injonction de ne plus interférer dans la construction. Le CNJ racheta le Perth Amboy & Elisabethport Railroad cette même année. Le , le CNJ  loua le New York & Long Branch Railroad, qui projetait de relier Perth Amboy à Long Branch dans le sud-est. La ligne Elisabethport / Long Branch ouvrit le , et fut étendue vers le sud, grâce à de nouvelles acquisitions, pour atteindre Bay Head en 1881.  En 1882 le CNJ et le Pennsylvania se mirent d'accord pour utiliser conjointement la ligne du Perth Amboy & Elisabethport grâce à des droits de passage concédés au Pennsylvania : cela concernait la zone située entre Perth Amboy et Woodbridge crossing et son extrémité sud constituée par le pont sur le Raritan River.

Le CNJ loua le Dover & Rockaway Railroad pour 990 ans à partir du , puis le Ogden Mine Railroad pour 999 ans à partir du  et enfin le Hibernia Mine Railroad pour 20 ans à partir du  (renouvelée 1 fois). Pendant la période 1883-87, le CNJ fut contrôlé par le Philadelphia & Reading (Reading). En 1901, le Reading reprit le contrôle du CNJ jusqu'à la création de Conrail le .

En 1917 le CNJ absorba les nombreuses compagnies suivantes :
Buena Vista Railroad,
Carteret & Sewaren Railroad,
Carteret Extension Railroad,
Cumberland & Maurice River Railroad,
Cumberland & Maurice River Extension Railroad,
Elizabeth Extension Railroad,
Freehold & Atlantic Highlands Railroad,
Lafayette Railroad,
Manufacturers' Extension Railroad,
Middle Brook Railroad,
New Jersey Terminal Railroad,
New Jersey Southern Railroad,
Navesink Railroad,
Passaic River Extension Railroad,
Raritan North Shore Railroad,
Sound Shore Railroad,
Toms River Railroad,
Toms River & Barnegat Railroad,
Vineland Railroad,
Vineland Branch Railway,
West Side Connecting Railroad, et
West End Railroad.

En 1924, le CNJ reçut la première locomotive diesel-électrique à succès construite par Alco. En 1929, il commença l'exploitation de son train le plus fameux, The Blue Comet, qui reliait Jersey City terminal à Atlantic City. Le service fut arrêté en 1941. L'Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) autorisa l'acquisition du Wharton & Northern Railroad et du Mount Hope Mineral Railroad le . Le CNJ fusionna ensuite le Hibernia Mine Railroad le .

Le déclin
Le , le CNJ abandonna l'Ogden Mine Railroad. De 1946 à 1952, le CNJ regroupa ses lignes en Pennsylvanie sous le nom de Central Railroad of Pennsylvania afin de ne plus payer certaines taxes au New Jersey. Mais ce montage fut cassé par la cour, obligeant le CNJ à réintégrer son réseau en Pennsylvanie. En 1961, le CNJ acheta deux portions au Lehigh & New England Railroad en cours de dissolution. Ces 2 segments furent appelés Lehigh & New England Railway et reliaient en Pennsylvanie :  d'une part, Lansford  à Tamaqua, permettant de relier les mines de charbon au Reading Railroad ; et d'autre part, Bethlehem  à Bath et à Martins Creek,  permettant de relier les cimenteries aux CNJ et au Lehigh Valley Railroad. Comme la ligne du CNJ était parallèle à celle du Lehigh Valley Railroad entre le fleuve Hudson et Scranton, une concurrence féroce s'exerça entre ces deux compagnies pour l'acheminement des marchandises et tout particulièrement du charbon anthracite.

Mais à cause des profondes mutations du trafic marchandise et la faible longueur de son réseau, la compagnie faisait souvent banqueroute, et le , ce fut la dernière. En 1972, son réseau situé en Pennsylvanie, connu sous le nom de Central Railroad of Pennsylvania, cessa ses activités. Le Lehigh Valley Railroad en profita pour racheter le réseau en Pennsylvanie.  Le CNJ cessa d'exister le , et fusionna dans Conrail le .

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Bibliographie
 "Opening of the Newark and New-York Railroad". New York Times. July 24, 1869. p. 8.
 "Railway Consolidation". New York Times. March 19, 1872. p. 5.
 "New-York and Suburban News". New York Times. June 1, 1872. p. 8.
 "Railroad History Database"
 "PRR Chronology"

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Central Railroad of Pennsylvania

Liens externes

Ancienne compagnie de chemin de fer aux États-Unis
Entreprise fondée en 1839
Entreprise disparue en 1976

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Couples Wedded By Fake Churches To Repeat Process – Gov't
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The Ugandan Government through the Deputy Attorney General, Mwesigwa Rukutana has asked couples in marriages conducted by Bugolobi based Anglican Church of Resurrection to conduct fresh marriages because the Church wasn't licensed/ gazetted.
During today's plenary sitting, Rukutana said there is no remedy that couples wedded by sham Churches can have apart from repeating the process.
He was responding to a question raised by Mukono Municipality MP, Betty Nambooze.
It should be recalled that last week, Daily Monitor reported that 920 couples face a dilemma of invalid marriages after the church they had solemnised their marriages between 2006 and 2016 hadn't been gazetted as per the Marriage Act, 1904 which stipulates that any marriage celebrated at a place other than that licencsed/gazetted by the Justice Minister, is null and void.
Nambooze told Parliament that dozens of these couples happen to come from her constituency and that it isn't tenable in their ears that a marriage conducted in a church can be nullified because the church's registration hadn't been gazetted.
"I have information that this place of worship is now gazetted. If it is going to be held that these marriages are null and void it would have brought problems and antagonism in over 100 families in the country, some of these people have since died and if you are to nullify such a marriage, you would have brought inheritance problems," Nambooze said.
She said that the development is likely to affect the women most because of societal stereotypes that state that each year that passes by a woman ceases to be 'marriable' arguing that if men who got married in 2006 are given an opportunity to say that women they married and have been living with were never in legal marriages with them, some of them might change their minds and this would likely bring problems to the children.
"These people went to church, in the middle of the city, how could it be that their marriages are null and void? Where were government institutions to guide Ugandans? When is the Ministry going to bring out a where to go instead of entering marriages and after a decade they are told their marriages are illegal. If there is no remedy that can be given to these couples and that they aren't required to undergo the same ceremony," Nambooze added.
However, Rukutana said that under the Marriage Act, marriages can only be registered by registrar of marriages and prayer centres that are licensed to register marriages on behalf of registrar of marriages and it was time Ugandans realised that not all prayer houses are licensed to conduct marriages because there are terms and conditions that prayer houses must follow to conduct marriages.
"There can be some remedial action; the remedy can be repeat the marriages not necessarily in religious institutions but before registrar of marriages. Let them comply, it is simple, they just go announce their intention to get married and it is pinned on notice boards," said Rukutana.
He further said that whereas no one is moving to nullify the marriages, the marriages are null and void from initial stage because the status of the place of solemnisation is the essential requirements of marriage.
"Couples should be prudent enough to find out if prayer houses they are going to are duly registered. It is unfortunate that our people over time haven't bothered to ascertain what kind of places they solemnise their marriages in," he added.
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Emerald City Defenders (ECD)
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This gathering of runners is less a team of shadow operators, then a team of like minded patriots. The ECD have gathered under the leadership of the infamous Raven to keep a watchful eye over the tides of war. Raven has hand picked his defenders and these shadow warriors have all been tasked with keeping a watchful eye over the comings and going within the shadows of Seattle. Raven is concerned with the sudden increase in federal agents, military presence and the increase of UCAS loyalists growing with each passing day that the city will crumble unto itself and once again fall victim to the tyranny of the False Flag.
He decided that it was time to gather a small unit of soldiers from all walks of life to be the guardians of the city and keep tabs on those that wish us all harm, this unit is less a armed militia then a vigilant watch group. Though don't forget these are all hardened veterans of the shadows and can and will defend themselves to their fullest capabilities. The ECD has gathered and the streets couldn't be safer during this most troubling time under the watchful eye of Raven and his flock.
Though be cautious of this unit, they are all armed and very dangerous and have been tasked by Raven to stand opposed to the furtherance of tyranny within the boarders of the Emerald City. This means this unit will do whatever they need to do to guarantee to sanctity of it's citizens and administration from the choking grasp of the False Flag. They may act as the ever observing eye, but they will have no issues with becoming the sudden gaze of death. This unit are all very dedicated to the cause and they will do whatever it takes to protect the Emerald City from any further invasion, the ECD has decided to pick up the slack the police department doesn't have the time or resources to handle. Remember their eyes are open and now so should yours, all it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
"I grow weary of all the intrusion from the False Flag, they will not rest till the last of us has been killed. We the citizens of Seattle need to gather as one and stand united as the last line of defence under the crushing grip of oppression. This my citizens is what the Emerald City Defenders are for, we are here to keep you free of the oppressive grasp of the False Flag, we are here to lay our lives down in defence of lady liberty and your right to live free. This is our America, this is our City and this is our Lives, and for freedom to triumph against tyranny we must risk everything." (Howard Crowley <Raven> 12/27/73)
The Emerald City Defenders
Raven: Mr. Crowley is a long time native of the Emerald City and has been working within the shadows for many decades. This hunter and killer has become reborn after his return to service do to the increase of UCAS presence within Seattle, Raven calls this city home and personally has felt the destructive nature of the False Flag numerous times. He has watched as his neighbours, friends and kin have been murdered, wrongfully arrested and butchered by the tyrants of the False Flag. He has watched a the city he loves so dear, has fallen to the wayside and the people oppressed and forced to exist within a dystopian society as their liberties and freedoms are stripped away with each passing day. Raven can sit by no longer and he has gathered some of the cities best shadow warriors to observe, report and protect the citizens from the tyrannical control of the UCAS. This gathering is his brain child and as the days go by, Raven keeps adding warriors to his roster and proves that even the criminals are not above patriotism and have a sense of pride for the city they call home.
Owl: Another shifter and world class journalist that has joined the ECD, Owl is a great hunter of the truth and has no fear of his actions. He is not above murder as he considers it nothing more than natural selection and he is a predator, tough for Owl he also values the truth and his freedom to both report the truth and as well live free of oppression. He has been working alongside the rebels for many years and helping with their destruction of the False Flag from the sidelines for many years, though for Owl everything became personal when his home would come under assault and the government would prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are the tyrants they have been accused of. Owl already new of their tyranny but this was all the verification this life long journalist needed. Raven contacted Owl about taking to the skies over Seattle to protect the people and defend the city from the illegal occupation of the UCAS. Owl didn't need to be asked twice and has since turned many a soldier of the False Flag into nothing more then owl pellets.
Edge: Edge is one very angry runner and his frustration is aimed directly at the tyrants of the UCAS, he has been working within the criminal world for most of his life and yet he still holds Seattle close to his heart. This legend calls Seattle home and will give his life to see the people free of the oppression bestowed upon them by the UCAS. Edge sought out Raven when he heard of the formation of the Defenders and has been ever so vigilant since, he and his fellow Helix member Quickdraw both serve within the ECD and Edge will not rest till every last taint of the UCAS has been removed from Seattle and the people are free once more. He will never allow this great city to fall and he will never again sit by and do nothing as evil men triumph, Edge is a true patriot and has been extremely proactive in his defence of Seattle and her people.
Woodsman: The Woodsman lives within the outskirts of the city itself, but he is still within the Seattle proverb and has been keeping a keen eye on the events as they unfold around him. He violently defends his region from anyone he considers a defiler and will send their bodies back neatly filleted and carved up like one would deer after a hunt. This man has already felt the destructive forces of the UCAS and holds no love loss for the false government. The Woodsman would join the Defenders in order to keep Seattle and its wilderness free of the evils of the False Flag. This man uses his pets to bring down the enemy and his axe is the last thing many in the UCAS military ever see as they traverse his territory. The Woodsman is a bit of a recluse, but he considers those in the Defenders to be his brothers and will fight to his death to defend anyone of them. He is not a man that has any concern about keeping people alive and he see's those that serve the False Flag as less then human, this includes sympathizers, loyalists and even the Natives of the NAN. The Woodsman lost everything in a blink of an eye and he has been on a quest of revenge ever since, so do yourself a favour Stay The Hell Out Of The Woods!
Gargoyle: The master ninja that is so feared that even other clans won't move against the Gargoyle, and even the Yakuza is willing to loose money and resources than dare tangle with the Gargoyle. This shadow warrior has called Seattle his home for many years, though his heart may reside elsewhere. The Gargoyle has proven to be a valuable member of the Wolf Pack and now he has taken his patriotism to the next level and joined up with the ECD. The Gargoyle is a master assassin and hunter of man, he has been training his entire life to bring down the False Flag and watch as the UCAS burns in a blazing effigy. So when he was given the offer to join the ECD as the representative from Seattle foremost team the feared Wolf Pack, he wouldn't bat an eye and gladly accept the challenge of rendering the UCAS extinct within Seattle. This is a challenge that shouldn't taken lightly as the bodies will begin to pile up in the morgue and the police are to afraid to move against the Gargoyle.
Fallout: This man has been pushed to brink and straight over the cliff by the False Flag so when the offer came to him to join the ECD Fallout jumped at the chance. He is a seasoned mercenary, who has been fighting against the UCAS since it's inception and has a personal vendetta to settle with the agents of the Flag. Fallout is a dedicated patriot and a man that can't allow tyranny to exist within the once great land of America. He knows that the landscape has been ruptured and scarred by the actions of both sides since the Great Tragedy, but for Fallout it's not about the restoration but the reconstruction of a failed system. He fights and patrols the cities streets to keep the citizens safe and protected from the harm that lurks within the shadows. He stands in direct defiance of the False Flag and will never allow a citizen to suffer under the corrupt regime; as long as their is a breath in Fallout's body he will remain on-guard and will fight to his last dying breath.
Toad: The youngest of the Yates family has really proved that even the youngsters are dedicated to the cause and wish to live free of the tyranny and escape the dystopia that has been handed to him. Toad willingly joined the ECD and has forgone his youth and teenage years, to be a soldier for freedom. This teen is a shinning example of what the youngsters are capable of if pushed to far, the UCAS has plagued his family for decades and even took his mothers life, giving Toad every reason to keep fighting against the traitors of America and Seattle. This city is is home and he was born and raised right here in Lynnwood so for Toad the UCAS occupation is personal and his Yates blood will not allow him to remain silent anymore. This youngster has risen through the ranks quickly and will fight against the enslavement of Seattle till his last dying breath. The Youngest of the Yates proves why the Brothers Grimm are a force to be reckoned with and he is quickly becoming like his adult kinsfolk.
Frodo: Non Seattle native but still quite dedicated to the cause and the fight for freedom, Frodo made quite a stir within his home state of Pennsylvania before fleeing to Seattle to partner up with Harbinger Bilbo. Frodo though would find kindred spirits with Raven, Plymouth, and Toad thus it wouldn't be long before he would come to call Seattle home and volunteer for the squad Raven was forming. His extreme patriotism and sense of loyalty is what drives Frodo each and every day as he patrols the streets with his fellow Defenders. Frodo has already watched his home town become nothing but a cesspool from the oppression and witnessed the destruction of many of his states great cities as well as the destruction of the Liberty bell and Liberty hall in Philadelphia. He vowed that day to never allow the UCAS to own him and young Frodo has been fighting within the rebellion ever since. He watched his home town and state crumble under the UCAS, you can bet your last dollar he will not allow it to happen here in Seattle.
Gumby:
Captain: Deaths Hand cleaner Captain calls Seattle home when he is not performing the nefarious tasks with the Hand. Though he does hold a very strong and conservative value system, that causes his blood to boil as he watches this mantling of his beloved America. Captain is very patriotic and an extreme nationalist that will not allow the people of Seattle and America to be dismantled and enslaved. This is in direct conflict with his work in the Hand, but for Captain it's about pride in one's self, pride in one's nation and the willingness to die for the cause. Captain has joined the ECD out of frustration and anger towards the UCAS and he lends his experience to the Defenders and prowls the streets looking for the tyrants of the UCAS and when he finds them, the Captain does what he does best and removes the frayed ends. To this Defender all who serve the False Flag are guilty and the punishment is death, so don't ever expect any mercy from this killer.
Stringer: Dedicated patriot and seasoned reporter Stringer known as the Mad Poet has taken a great interest within the events that plague Seattle nightly and the tyranny of the False Flag. Stringer calls Seattle his home and he has raised his children and grandchildren within the city limits, he has taken up arms against the occupation of Seattle in order to give his kin a future that is not one of dystopia and suffering. He joined the Defenders on the behalf of his friend Raven and all journalists that have been gagged since the rise of the New Order, for Stringer this is personal and he will give everything he has to defend the people of Seattle even if that means he has to lay his life down one day, for Stringer at least he will go to his grave a hero and not coward.
Defender: Well this is one Crane brother that can actually be called a hero, and he tries to follow a non violent path unlike his brothers Stamps and Apex. Though the Defender is a man that if pushed to far will show you why it is not wise to anger a Crane, and with the occupation of Seattle and the False Flags dismantling of the freedom of religion, and as well trying to enslave his flock for their own nefarious plans. The Defender knows the time for non violence has passed and after losing his leg during the Battle of Seattle, he has joined the ECD to aid them in the protection of the people, offer spiritual guidance and give last rites to those UCAS rats that dare to step foot inside Cranes city. He is Texas born and raised but has spent his entire adult life within Seattle, where he has preached peace and forgiveness though for the Defender the gloves have come off when the False Flag assaulted his church on Christmas Eve and murdered many of his congregation trying to frame the rebels. When Defender was approached to join the ECD he signed on the dotted line and joined the ranks of some of cities best to protect her people from unnecessary harm. Defender might not seek the violent outcome, though he is more then prepared to shed blood if it comes to him.
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Sandman: The HRM assassin known as Sandman as well calls the Emerald City his home, when he is not off doing God knows what for the HRM. Though for Sandman the one thing he hates more then elves is oppression and the destruction of his beloved America, Sandman has witnessed first hand the rise of the False Flag, survived the purge and nights of blood. This man serves within the Patriots as well as the HRM and when given a chance to defend his home from the UCAS the Sandman like Captain jumped at the chance. Though when it comes to Sandman's actions with the ECD it's best not to ask and leave it for the coroners report. As this killer doesn't see any thing other then False Flag when it comes to a agent of the Flag, supporter or loyalist, to him they are all the same and they deserve the same sentence. Sandman like Captain is often on the prowl looking for False Flag agents to remove. He will never take prisoners and he will lend aid to citizens in need, just as long as their not elven.
Plymouth: Now this is one scary SOB and he has proven on a number of occasions that he despises the UCAS and False Flag. Plymouth gladly joind the ECD when asked by Raven and he hasn't disappointed in his protection and defence of the cities citizens. Plymouth is another outsider that only resides within Seattle on occasion, tough he has taken a liking to our fair city and I am really not sure thats a good thing since he works for the Caribbean League and seems to have little concern about causing pain and suffering. Though he is fighting on behalf of the city and her people so he can't be all that bad, wait what am I saying Plymouth is the commander of the Death Squad and can manipulate the very boundaries of life and death. This Defender has been seen killing those associated with the False Flag and then reanimating their corpses and sending the newly risen zombies at their allies, thus perpetuating the cycle. Plymouth is not bound by the same rules of engagement that the UCAS is used to dealing with and he is fully protected by diplomatic immunity, so this voodoo shaman has been given the golden ticket to claim our very souls.
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Quickdraw: Hive Buster and leader of Helix, Quickdraw has called Seattle his home for almost two decades and has personally fallen victim to antics of the False Flag as he and his Hive Busters would become enemies of the state and hunted to near extinction. He was also one of the runners involved in the Great Winds of Change operation that would bring to light even further aspects of the False Flag and their allies. Well for Quickdraw after his triumphant resurrection would once again take the fight directly to the belly of the beast and crawl into the depths of hell to fight the enemy of the people. Quickdraw was asked to join the Defenders by his team mate and long time friend Edge, for Quick this was already something he was planning so it was a simple yes and so the mighty Quickdraw, the most deadly of dwarven samurai would take to the prowl and hunt the False Flag like he was a big game hunter and their skulls are his trophy. Quickdraw has left countless False Flag agents deceased and without their heads and spinal column. Don't expect to be left among the living if Quickdraw encounters you on the street, this Defender subscribes to the same school of thought that Sandman and Captain do; Kill them all and let God sort them out.
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Kodiak: Another shifter that has joined the ECD and this one is a real mean bastard that has no care or concern for the lives of the enemy. Kodiak has been drawn into Seattle by the destruction of the environment and the death of many of his kin at the hands of the agents of the False Flag. He considers the UCAS to be the defilers of Mother Earth and will never allow a defiler to survive as they have given that right up the second that tried to murder the planet. Kodiak being friends with Simba was more then willing to lend his friend a hand and fight on behalf of the city and her people from the murderous defilers of the UCAS. Kodiak is fearless and has an ceaseless hunger that can't be quenched, he has tasted False Flag blood and now he will not stop till he has removed their stain from the soil.
Simba: British national Simba now calls Seattle home after he was exiled from his nation and had his family and pride butchered by the agents of the New Order. Simba has taken to the fight directly against the UCAS not out of his love for America but for revenge he is British after all. Though he does call Seattle home and when the UCAS would begin to occupy the city and start to enslave it's citizens, Simba took it personal and would once again shed the blood of his enemy. Being a shifter he is friends with others of his ilk, so when Raven confronted Simba about joining the ECD he gladly joined and lurks the urban jungle stalking his prey and this lion has a taste for UCAS flesh. Simba has only his friends in the Defenders left, so this man will fight to the death and he has nothing to loose so you can bet that he will be giving his all in defence of the Emerald City.


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Everything Your Weed Guy Knows About Weed Is Probably Wrong
Meet Canada's foremost weed expert: Al The Alchemist.
by Damian Abraham
Jul 7 2016, 7:40pm
Blackberry Kush, pictured above, is an indica—but what you think you know about this class of weed could be wrong. Photo via Flickr user Dank Depot
This post originally appeared on VICE Canada.
Last week the Liberal government in Canada announced the creation of its Legalization Task Force. Composed of doctors, politicians, addiction experts, and cops, it has the people with the expertise—in the government's humble opinion—needed to bring cannabis out from under criminalization and into a legal framework.
But, as I'm sure even they would admit, one thing they're lacking on the task force is anyone with any real knowledge about the plant itself. There's no one on the Legalization Task Force that has any practical experience with weed other than telling you why it's bad or trying to keep it away from you. I doubt very much that any of them would admit to being a regular consumer (if I'm wrong on this, I hope some task force members hit me up for a session) let alone grown it or studied it from anything but a prohibition perspective.
That is certainly not the case with Al the Alchemist.
Al is one of Canada's foremost weed experts—something for which there's currently no official accreditation, but is a position that has to be earned all the same. The former host of the canna-educational Class in Session has been involved in cannabis for more than 30 years and has been growing weed for most of that. He takes the plant seriously and as a result is an invaluable source of information. Since meeting him a few years ago, he has completely changed my awareness of weed and how it works. I sat down with him recently to talk about some cannabis-related topics, including legal versus illegal, sativa versus indica, and the other false dichotomies the legal cannabis industry is being built on.
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VICE: So how did you get into cannabis?
Al The Alchemist: Literally when I was a kid, we just decided one day to smoke weed. [It was with] my friend Ricky, who's no longer with us, he passed on. Anyway, I helped Ricky do his paper route, and he stole some weed off his dad, and we just decided to try it! And it was just the best fucking experience! There were a couple others like: There was a pimp that was around in our neighborhood, about a block away from my parents' place—really nice guy, but he was a pimp, no way around it! He had the silk suit and drove the Cadillac—he was a pimp. I got up the balls to knock on his door one day, there were about four of us, so I went and knocked and knocked on his door and waited and waited and finally the door opened and this guy looked at me and started laughing! I was like, "Uh, can I get some weed?" And he laughed in my face and slammed the door! And as I was turning around to leave he opened the door and said, "Hey, where're you going" And I gave him $10, and he filled my hand! Like it wasn't a gram, he filled my hand and said, "Now go have fun!" He still thought of me as a twelve-year-old kid.
What was the point when you started learning about it?
My friend's uncles, they were kind of the old rounders who were selling all the weed, so I started learning right off the hop, "Oh, this is Mexican weed, and this is Colombian." I knew what they each looked like. I knew what Thai looked like. I was really into it! Like, "Oh I heard that the Mexican tastes that way because they cure it with bananas and put it flat under mattresses!" etc.
I guess so much of cannabis industry is based on oral tradition...
One of the old traditional ways, they don't do it anymore in Afghanistan because of all the bullshit they have to go through, but one of the old ways of making hashish in Afghanistan was to extract it from the plant using the friction techniques, but then putting it in a clay urn, sealing it with animal skin and wax, and then burying it in the desert for like six or seven years. And then digging it up because it's fully cured, it's been heated and cooled—the desert gets hot and then super cold and hot and super cold every day—so it does that for seven years before it's ready.
And that's the traditional way of the past. In the 70s, they were processing hash like that.

So I guess these are the techniques that are lost now?
The Russian invasion into Afghanistan fucked that all up. They couldn't do those processes anymore.
How did you decide you wanted this to be a thing you wanted to spend some time actually learning about?
It's never been something that I've actually ever sat down and read books to study—it was just an organic gathering of knowledge, like exposing myself to the plant at such a young age, and exposing myself to the criminal side of it really. Learning about dealing, learning about the different companies it was imported from, that gave me a thirst and then when I moved out of my parents' place when I was eighteen, we grew a plant. We were like, "Hey, let's start growing this weed and see what we can do!"
There were no books, you couldn't go and buy High Times, they were outlawed in Canada at that time. It was before [Marc] Emery stepped up and said this is wrong—and thanks to Emery for doing that because that knowledge is now available. But when I was a kid, there was trial and error. We grew a plant with fucking laundry soap because we knew it had phosphates in it! Like, "Hey look we grew a plant!" And just slowly I started figuring stuff out and was like, "Hey I can grow weed!" Well, that's not true—one of our friends took the three year fucking biker apprenticeship. He grew for these guys, and they're pretty hardcore guys—and that was the first guy in our circle that really knew—he took the plunge, and then I started learning, I did a two year apprenticeship, I guess you could say, through him. We used to grow ruderalis hybrids. It was right when the Roadside Rudys collection was pretty big news. But one thing my buddy figured out from growing outdoors on his apprenticeship was that they flower ultra fast. It was unbelievable!
You mentioned off the top how you became interested in the criminal involvement side of cannabis.
Fascinated by it!
It just seems because of cannabis being criminalized, there's really no way to separate the development of and history of this plant from the criminal side of it.
Yeah, it developed completely criminally! Everything being adopted on the licensed-production side was developed under the prohibition. A lot of the techniques, everything! It all comes through the black market. So it's just legitimizing it. I don't understand where the resistance is. The government is willing to take these things and totally ignore everybody that was involved in the black market side. Saying, "Oh, this is the new thing. If you have a criminal record involving cannabis, you're no good to us!" To me, it's all asinine. These are the people you want on your side, growing the weed, people that have done time for it and are passionate about it and weren't scared and still went and did it. You know they got out of jail and still went and grew more and more weed.
A cannabis criminal record is almost like a résumé.
Almost? In my opinion it is.
You would have had to learn from someone or be protected by someone: You would have had to always be adjacent to someone that was criminally involved.
Yeah, and back in the day, it would have been bikers. I mean, nothing wrong with bikers. In my opinion, they were the ones that kick started the cannabis industry and made it what it is. I'm glad there was a group of people who said, "Fuck the government, people want this product, and if they're not stepping up to the plate to grow it, we are!" And I'm really happy for this. People are so quick to talk down in the activist community about the biker grow ops—but a lot of these recipes, strains, and everything we enjoy happened because of the bikers.
You bring up the development of strains. I find it really interesting right now that there's this whole push for good legal weed versus bad illegal weed—but correct me if I'm wrong—a lot of these strains on all sides come from the "black market."
A lot of them come from California. What people don't realize, back to the biker thing, a lot of these bikers were military, and they would collect these seeds from other counties and then grow them once they got back to California. They became part of collectives—there were six Afghani seeds that started Amsterdam basically. And I'm pretty sure it was six seeds that got smuggled out of California into Amsterdam. They were originally from Afghanistan into California, but from California into Amsterdam, and that's crazy! I mean, that could be folklore too, but...
What is it about the West Coast of the US and Canada? Why did cannabis develop so much there?
California! California started a lot of shit, they really did. And because of the Pacific Northwest community, it's not just California because we have Oregon and all of these other places. Eventually working its way up the networks of growers and hippies and people who were passionate about the plant through the 60s and 70s and that came to Canada too. A lot of Canadians traveled the world and also collected their own genetics. There was a pioneer, I don't know if I can say his name, but he was from Winnipeg, and he was flowering weed before Ed Rosenthal wrote about it. He didn't write a book about it, but if he had, he would have been the Ed Rosenthal.
Yeah, when did you realize that there was a national community?
I guess when Emery started stepping up to the plate. We were all like, "Who is this guy? We can buy bongs and books again." Here's a guy who didn't have anything to do with weed, but that realized how wrong it was and said, "Fuck it!" We thought that was the coolest thing: "Holy shit, he went from Ontario to Vancouver." Then we realized that there was the Vancouver scene, and one of our friends brought some strains from Vancouver—one of them was called the "Dankouver," and it was a crazy fucking strain! And another one that they just called "Van Couver," which smelled like strawberries. We realized that there was this huge scene out West.
I guess that was the origins of the fabled "BC bud"?
Yeah, the first ones we were getting were the Hawaiian Skunk, and we called that one the "nug." Pound-A-Plant, which later became the legendary BC Hash Plant, but when we were getting it, it was called "pound of plant." And we were getting the "Rude Northern." It was the rankest, rudest, hardest, densest, chunkiest bud. Really dark.
I think some people don't realize that these strain names actually have origins. There's a reason it's called this or that thing.
No different than a Ford or a Passat—they all have an origin. There is a reason.
There's almost this stripping of the heritage of cannabis going on.
Oh yeah, the history of cannabis has been so removed that it's hard to say what the history of cannabis is. All we have are these bastardized legends, and it's easy to gloss over that. Because of that, it's like we're just making it up as we go along. And to me, they're forcing people to lie! So now people have to say, "Oh it's a sixty/forty indica/sativa!" Oh yeah, how the fuck do you know that? You know that this particular phenotype is expressing this and that—you KNOW that, and you're going to communicate it to someone who is counting on you for the right answer? People can just tell somebody anything right now, and people are going to believe it! They think, Well, the dispensary guy told me this, and it must be true. He's a professional, and he deals with cannabis. He knows whats up! No.
It's even worse when you go to your doctor and your doctor is telling you this stuff?
Fuck yeah! Your doctor is trying to tell you, "Oh, what you need is sativa!" Well, do you? And what's sativa? What's an indica?
Well, what is an indica, and what is a sativa?
Well, a sativa means it's been cultivated, which is all cannabis. It's all cultivated, so everything's a fucking sativa! And an indica means it has to come from India.
So how did it come to the point where people think indica means you're going to get sleepy and sativa means you're going to get jumpy?
For that we've got to go back to the beginning, to the early days of classification. So we've got Linnaeus, he's the guy that categorizes cannabis sativa. The L in the Sativa—L name? That's Linnaeus.
He used correct terminology. He found a culture, a group of people that were growing cannabis, and they had bred—literally selectively bred the cannabis for two different reasons: one for fiber and one for oils. So he chose the proper name of an anciently cultivated cannabis. Cannabis sativa.
But he made no assertions about the effects of sativa?
No! Literally, he used the correct terminology, because this society had been growing cannabis in this region, and they developed, through selective breeding, making it better every year. He drew a picture of this plant, and it's a really lanky plant with stringy arms. But if you grow weed, and you've grown it for any length of time, you know that if you get your plant's root bound, they get lanky! If you grow weed in fields and you plant them side by side, like six inches apart from one another, it won't matter if it's a broad or thin-leaf cannabis plant, it's going to look like that picture Linnaeus drew: It's going to get really skinny, and it's going to stretch, and it's not going to have big branches. So there's your sativa.
Then we have Lamarck. He was in India. He was categorizing all things Indica, which means all things from India. He even classified a mango as an indica. There are lots of indicas that have nothing to do with cannabis.
"Well you don't want to eat that mango before you go to work, that's a bedtime mango." [laughs]
He found the plant growing in the wild. It wasn't being cultivated in a field or anything like that. It didn't have a whole bunch of other plants six inches from it, it was allowed to spread out it, it had like the squatter structure, with big fucking shrub like appearance and a broader leaf. Because he was in the north of India where plants don't grow super tall, they grow pretty wide and have a broader leaf! But if you go to the south of India, you're going to find the really lanky, "sativas" so to say.
So could you conceivably take the same seed and grow it tall and lanky or squatter?
Well, a broad leaf will be a broad leaf and a thin leaf will be a thin leaf. It's not going to change that much. However, there's a guy in Columbia that claims at about eight thousand feet you can turn broad leaves into thin leaves.
So there's nothing about the broad leaf that means you'd be sleepy?
Where did all this idea about indicas making you tired, etc. come from?
Well, Holland comes into the scene, and they started cracking seeds and saw these differences, so they went to the books and said, "Well, that's a sativa and that's an indica," and they ignored where they came from. So then Afghanis (strains) became indicas, North Asians (strains), Nepalese (strains), that all became indica.
I guess maybe it was easier for them to classify that way?
I mean there's Africans that are broad leaf! Are they indicas? They're Africanas! Just like there are Afghanicas, Asianicas.
So can you break down cannabis into two—some make you sleepy and some make you wide awake?
I think it depends on the person's metabolism and brain chemistry.
Yeah, because I've tried stuff that people said was a sativa and I was tired afterward.
Yeah, for sure! Haze often makes me want to go to bed after, but that's a haze! And I'll start my day more often than not with kush, because for me it's light, it's daytime weed, it doesn't have any staying power. And like some of the heaviest kushes that I've watched my friends nod off from—to me that's how I start my day because it doesn't last long. I don't get the narcotic feeling from it. So I just think it's all based on metabolism and brain chemistry really.
THC is THC—the THC in indica is no different than the THC in sativa. People are so trained, and I really think in a lot of cases there's a psychosomatic effect. When people are told that it's a sativa, there's an anticipation, they build it up themselves. I'm guilty of just rolling joints and smoking them with people and not disclosing if they're an "indica" or "sativa." And people that are so "sativa sensitive" are like, "Oh that's awesome, I feel so gooood." Well yeah, you just fucking smoked a haze, I don't know if I should tell you that or not because you might have a panic attack, you know? And then with panic attacks, I've had panic attacks, but I'm not saying it's because of the weed I'm smoking. It's because of my brain chemistry at the time.
So what does causes strain differentials then?
Terpenes. It's the cannabinoid profiles too, but really terpenes are the ones. If we started looking at strains that make people paranoid—chances are they're sharing common terpenes. And strains that make people sleepy—chances are they're all a certain type of terpene profile. I'd like to see weed being slowly classified in those realms.
So then I guess the logical thing to talk about from that would be irradiation and a reduction of terpene clusters, so what does this mean when we talk about irradiating cannabis?
You're stripping the character, bottom line.
The other thing I wanted to talk about is the idea of CBD and THC and this sort of false dichotomy that these are the two trichomes. It's kind of the whole post–Sanjay Gupta effect. That there's good trichome in CBD and bad trichome in THC because supposedly one only affects your body and one affects your mind, but don't they interact?
They both exist within the same trichome. The trichome is the gland, and within that gland, we have the full cannabinoid spectrum. Both THC and CBD are important.
But they're just two of a few right?
Yeah tons. There's THC, CBD, CBG, CBN, and all of those existing in acid forms as well as they're fully decarboxylated forms. There just haven't been enough tests. THC was the one they were testing for the longest time, so they know the most about it. And now they know about CBD. But they haven't really delved into all of these other ones. We are just getting started.
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A top official at the CAN's national office told Saturday PUNCH on Friday that the organisation is only concerned with denominational issues and not personal ones, under which Suleman's case falls.
Otobo had accused Suleman of illegal procurement of abortion, threat to life, and attempted murder, following which a Christian group, Concerned Christians, called on CAN to investigate the allegations.
However, the CAN source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, "CAN provides an umbrella for Christian denominations and it is a bridge between the church and the nation, not between individuals. This issue has to do with individuals, ethics and morals. So it is the denomination that Suleman directly subscribes to that should look into it and not CAN.
"The CAN cannot be involved. What is happening is not an official issue. It is a personal issue. The man has denied the allegations made by the lady, but she insists and we are told that their lawyers and the appropriate authorities are already involved. If it was a matter that had to do with the church now, we would have waded into it. You will be aware that when the man was being harassed because of what he preached and said, CAN stepped in. We declared our position on that but this other matter is a little bit complex.
However, efforts to reach the National President, PFN, Dr. Felix Omobude, on the phone were unsuccessful as he neither answered calls made to his mobile telephone nor responded to text message sent to him.
The Chairman, PFN, Edo State, where Suleman is based, Bishop Mon Igbinosa, told our correspondent on the telephone that he was bereaved and could not comment on the issue or direct our correspondent to any other official who could.


Find artworks, auction results, sale prices and pictures of Masashige at auctions worldwide.
An ivory netsuke of a Tanuki (badger) sake seller By Masashige, probably Kyoto, early 19th century Signed Masashige. 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high. 象牙彫根付 酒売狸 銘「正重」 19世紀前期 Provenance: W. L. Behrens collection, no.3093. Published: Joly, WLB, pl.XXXVIII. Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.81, no.K900. With human face and limbs, the tanuki standing, smiling as it holds a large gourd with one hand and a cash book with the other, its huge distended scrotum rising at the back and over the head, the somewhat worn ivory bearing a good patina.


During the telephonic conversation with Banerjee, Singh asked her to take action against those who indulged in the violence.
NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday called up West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and expressed serious concern over reports of violence against people who participated in BJP President Amit Shah's rally of in the state, officials said.
The home minister called up the chief minister to express serious concern over the reports of large-scale violence and arson against people who participated in the rally of the BJP president in East Midnapore district, a home ministry official said.
Vehicles ferrying BJP workers were set on fire in clashes that broke out following Shah's rally, party sources said.
The sources said three persons were injured in the clashes.
No confirmation was available from police.
The BJP alleged that buses in which party workers were returning from Shah's rally were ransacked and set on fire allegedly by TMC activists.
The Trinamool Congress, on the other hand, claimed that BJP workers had attacked a local TMC party office in Kanthi and vandalised it.


Mickey Mouse is turning 90!
The mouse that started it all is turning 90.
Mickey Mouse, the reigning prince of the Disney Kingdom, made his big-screen debut 90 years ago, on November 18, 1928, in the animation short Steamboat Willie.
Since then, Mickey has made countless appearances on screen, toured both on the ice and on stage, and entertained millions around the world through 12 theme parks, cruises, and for certain Disney-fanatics, has even walked brides down the aisle.
For close to a century, Mickey Mouse has been at the cornerstone of Walt Disney's billion-dollar empire; an empire that has simultaneously become one of the world's most powerful and recognizable companies while still keeping at the hearts and electrifying the imaginations of millions through nearly 750 Disney films.
Mickey Mouse was originally named Mortimer Mouse? His name was changed because Walt Disney's wife, Lillian, thought Mickey sounded nicer than Mortimer.
Mickey's first watch? One of Mickey's most famous products, his Mickey Mouse watch, was first manufactured in 1933 and sold for $3.75.
In celebration of his 50th birthday in 1978, Mickey Mouse became the first animated character to be honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


Mar 27 - China's President ends a three day visit to France. Trade and business deals have been on the agenda. David Pollard looks at just how much China can offer a struggling France in terms of help and investment.
Politicians call it pressing the flesh. There was plenty of it as France offered handshake after handshake to the visiting Chinese delegation. President Hollande wants closer ties to help revive foreign trade - and, perhaps, his own fortunes after a bruising for the ruling Socialists in recent local elections. (SOUNDBITE) (French) French President, Francois Hollande, saying: "Eighteen billion euros in contracts means employment, growth and especially prospects for growth for the years to come." Among contracts signed: nuclear energy and liquefied natural gas agreements. And a deal for Chinese carmaker Dongfeng to help recapitalise Peugeot, by buying a 14 percent stake. China is also signing up to buy 27 Airbus airliners and to extend a deal allowing other Airbus to be assembed there. France, says Dominic Johnson of Somerset Capital, is an old and expert hand at selling itself abroad. And despite a recent slowdown, China is a top bet. (SOUNDBITE) (English) Dominic Johnson, CEO & Founding Partner, Somerset Capital, saying: ''You have rising levels of consumption and power amongst a vast population and that's going to be at the core of really everything anyone does, geopolitically and globally. And so France is absolutely right to make a focus on that. We're doing the same in the UK and Germany and every other country is also going to be following suit. '' But Germany - next on President Xi's itinerary - accounts for nearly five percent of Chinese imports. At 1.2 percent, France has a long way to catch up - and may be too late. Recent business data has shown encouraging signs - but its economy is still stumbling under the weight of record unemployment. Michael Hewson of CMC Markets. (SOUNDBITE) (English) Michael Hewson, Chief Market Analyst at CMC Markets, saying: ''You could argue that they probably have missed the boat, but they still need to be doing something to encourage private investment into the French economy, and I think the government has a big part to play in that. They've got to do more than pay lip service to it, they've actually got to implement the reforms.'' France is thought to house Europe's biggest Chinese community, and considers itself an old friend. Fifty years ago, it recognised the Communist regime when others in the West were snubbing it. With the latest charm offensive to woo the Chinese President, it hopes the favour will be returned.


Forget so-called 'home-remedies' for cleaning jewelry and expensive jewelry cleaners that only work for some kinds of jewelry (and damage others). There are two simple ways to clean your CubicZirconia.com jewelry yourself, at home. One method is basically free, and the other will cost you less than US$15 bucks. We'll discuss both methods of cleaning fine CZ jewelry in this post.
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Follow our care and cleaning FAQ's simple rules for proper and regular care, and avoid letting your jewelry encounter these harmful substances too much, and there's no reason your fine cubic zirconia jewelry from CubicZirconia.com can't last you a lifetime.
In this post, we fully explained what rhodium is, why rhodium-plating is popular with fine jewelry (and fine jewelry customers!) and provide more rhodium-related info than you'll probably ever want to know. We even cover the drawbacks to rhodium-plating -- mainly the ongoing maintenance cost and effort-- to help our customers wanting white precious metal jewelry to make the best possible decision.
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Sorry, but in most cases "grandma's jewelry organizer" where everything is jumbled together is a BIG NO-NO. Be aware of what other objects that you/your jewelry may come into contact with and store your rings, earrings, pendants and more safely with these jewelry storage tips.
The Moh's Scale of Hardness ranks minerals, gemstones, metals and other materials based on what material scratches what other materials, and what materials are scratched by it in return. Basically, a material can be scratched by anything ranked above it and can scratch anything ranked below it. This is important because you're going to learn how to mostly prevent the #1 reason fine precious metal jewelry becomes damaged and doesn't last the lifetime you expect it to last!
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Under Zox® Project, director and writer Andrew Zox develops film.
His film I Am My Own Mother was an official selection at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
His first film It Goes Quiet premiered at Athens International Film + Video Festival and Chicago International REEL Shorts Film Festival.
Zox's music video Ode to Malala by legendary folk artist Suzzy Roche about Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, premiered at The United Nations for Day of the Girl.
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Zox appeared in Ang Lee's film Taking Woodstock and is a former company member with the Helen Hayes winning troupe Synetic Theater. He has appeared / directed with Classic Stage Company, Playwrights Horizons, Performance Space 122, Berkshire Theater Festival, Folger Theatre, Olney Theater, Theater J, and Ars Nova.
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<?php

namespace lithium\tests\cases\core;

use lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockRequest;
use lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockMethodFiltering;
use lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockExposed;
use lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockCallable;
use lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockObjectForParents;
use lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockObjectConfiguration;
use lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockInstantiator;

class ObjectTest extends \lithium\test\Unit {

	public function testMethodFiltering() {
		$test = new MockMethodFiltering();
		$result = $test->method(array('Starting test'));
		$expected = array(
			'Starting test',
			'Starting outer method call',
			'Inside method implementation',
			'Ending outer method call'
		);
		$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);

		$test->applyFilter('method', function($self, $params, $chain) {
			$params['data'][] = 'Starting filter';
			$result = $chain->next($self, $params, $chain);
			$result[] = 'Ending filter';
			return $result;
		});

		$result = $test->method(array('Starting test'));
		$expected = array(
			'Starting test',
			'Starting outer method call',
			'Starting filter',
			'Inside method implementation',
			'Ending filter',
			'Ending outer method call'
		);
		$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);

		$test->applyFilter('method', function($self, $params, $chain) {
			$params['data'][] = 'Starting inner filter';
			$result = $chain->next($self, $params, $chain);
			$result[] = 'Ending inner filter';
			return $result;
		});
		$result = $test->method(array('Starting test'));
		$expected = array(
			'Starting test',
			'Starting outer method call',
			'Starting filter',
			'Starting inner filter',
			'Inside method implementation',
			'Ending inner filter',
			'Ending filter',
			'Ending outer method call'
		);
		$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
	}

	/**
	 * Verifies workaround for accessing protected properties in filtered methods.
	 */
	public function testFilteringWithProtectedAccess() {
		$object = new MockExposed();
		$this->assertEqual($object->get(), 'secret');
		$this->assertTrue($object->tamper());
		$this->assertEqual($object->get(), 'tampered');
	}

	/**
	 * Attaches a single filter to multiple methods.
	 */
	public function testMultipleMethodFiltering() {
		$object = new MockMethodFiltering();
		$this->assertIdentical($object->method2(), array());

		$object->applyFilter(array('method', 'method2'), function($self, $params, $chain) {
			return $chain->next($self, $params, $chain);
		});
		$this->assertIdentical(array_keys($object->method2()), array('method', 'method2'));
	}

	/**
	 * Tests that the correct parameters are always passed in Object::invokeMethod(), regardless of
	 * the number.
	 */
	public function testMethodInvocationWithParameters() {
		$callable = new MockCallable();

		$result = $callable->invokeMethod('foo');
		$this->assertEqual($result['method'], 'foo');
		$this->assertEqual($result['params'], array());

		$expected = array('bar');
		$result = $callable->invokeMethod('foo', $expected);
		$this->assertEqual($result['method'], 'foo');
		$this->assertEqual($result['params'], $expected);

		$expected = array('one', 'two');
		$result = $callable->invokeMethod('foo', $expected);
		$this->assertEqual($result['method'], 'foo');
		$this->assertEqual($result['params'], $expected);

		$expected = array('short', 'parameter', 'list');
		$result = $callable->invokeMethod('foo', $expected);
		$this->assertEqual($result['method'], 'foo');
		$this->assertEqual($result['params'], $expected);

		$expected = array('a', 'longer', 'parameter', 'list');
		$result = $callable->invokeMethod('foo', $expected);
		$this->assertEqual($result['method'], 'foo');
		$this->assertEqual($result['params'], $expected);

		$expected = array('a', 'much', 'longer', 'parameter', 'list');
		$result = $callable->invokeMethod('foo', $expected);
		$this->assertEqual($result['method'], 'foo');
		$this->assertEqual($result['params'], $expected);

		$expected = array('an', 'extremely', 'long', 'list', 'of', 'parameters');
		$result = $callable->invokeMethod('foo', $expected);
		$this->assertEqual($result['method'], 'foo');
		$this->assertEqual($result['params'], $expected);

		$expected = array('an', 'extremely', 'long', 'list', 'of', 'parameters');
		$result = $callable->invokeMethod('bar', $expected);
		$this->assertEqual($result['method'], 'bar');
		$this->assertEqual($result['params'], $expected);

		$expected = array(
			'if', 'you', 'have', 'a', 'parameter', 'list', 'this',
			'long', 'then', 'UR', 'DOIN', 'IT', 'RONG'
		);
		$result = $callable->invokeMethod('foo', $expected);
		$this->assertEqual($result['method'], 'foo');
		$this->assertEqual($result['params'], $expected);
	}

	public function testParents() {
		$expected = array('lithium\core\Object' => 'lithium\core\Object');

		$result = MockObjectForParents::parents();
		$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);

		$result = MockObjectForParents::parents();
		$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
	}

	/**
	 * Test configuration handling
	 */
	public function testObjectConfiguration() {
		$expected = array('testScalar' => 'default', 'testArray' => array('default'));
		$config = new MockObjectConfiguration();
		$this->assertEqual($expected, $config->getConfig());

		$config = new MockObjectConfiguration(array('autoConfig' => array('testInvalid')));
		$this->assertEqual($expected, $config->getConfig());

		$expected = array('testScalar' => 'override', 'testArray' => array('default', 'override'));
		$config = new MockObjectConfiguration(array('autoConfig' => array(
			'testScalar', 'testArray' => 'merge'
		)) + $expected);
		$this->assertEqual($expected, $config->getConfig());
	}

	/**
	 * Tests that an object can be instantiated using the magic `__set_state()` method.
	 */
	public function testStateBasedInstantiation() {
		$result = MockObjectConfiguration::__set_state(array(
			'key' => 'value', '_protected' => 'test'
		));
		$expected = 'lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockObjectConfiguration';
		$this->assertEqual($expected, get_class($result));

		$this->assertEqual('test', $result->getProtected());
	}

	public function testInstanceWithClassesKey() {
		$object = new MockInstantiator();
		$expected = 'lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockRequest';
		$result = get_class($object->instance('request'));
		$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
	}

	public function testInstanceWithNamespacedClass() {
		$object = new MockInstantiator();
		$expected = 'lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockRequest';
		$result = get_class($object->instance('lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockRequest'));
		$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
	}

	public function testInstanceWithObject() {
		$object = new MockInstantiator();
		$request = new MockRequest();
		$expected = 'lithium\tests\mocks\core\MockRequest';
		$result = get_class($object->instance($request));
		$this->assertEqual($expected, $result);
	}

	public function testInstanceFalse() {
		$object = new MockInstantiator();
		$this->assertException('/^Invalid class lookup/', function() use ($object) {
			$object->instance(false);
		});
	}

	public function testResetMethodFilter() {
		$obj = new MockMethodFiltering();
		$obj->applyFilter(false);
		$obj->applyFilter('method2', function($self, $params, $chain) {
			return false;
		});

		$this->assertFalse($obj->method2());

		$obj->applyFilter('method2', false);

		$this->assertNotIdentical($obj->method2(), false);
	}

	public function testResetMultipleFilters() {
		$obj = new MockMethodFiltering();
		$obj->applyFilter(false);
		$obj->applyFilter(array('method2', 'manual'), function($self, $params, $chain) {
			return false;
		});

		$this->assertFalse($obj->method2());
		$this->assertFalse($obj->manual(array()));

		$obj->applyFilter('method2', false);

		$this->assertNotIdentical($obj->method2(), false);
		$this->assertFalse($obj->manual(array()));
	}

	public function testResetClass() {
		$obj = new MockMethodFiltering();
		$obj->applyFilter(false);
		$obj->applyFilter(array('method2', 'manual'), function($self, $params, $chain) {
			return false;
		});

		$this->assertFalse($obj->method2());
		$this->assertFalse($obj->manual(array()));

		$obj->applyFilter(false);

		$this->assertNotIdentical($obj->method2(), false);
		$this->assertNotIdentical($obj->manual(array()), false);
	}

	public function testRespondsTo() {
		$obj = new MockMethodFiltering();
		$this->assertTrue($this->respondsTo('applyFilter'));
		$this->assertFalse($this->respondsTo('fooBarBaz'));
	}

	public function testRespondsToProtectedMethod() {
		$obj = new MockMethodFiltering();
		$this->assertFalse($this->respondsTo('_parents'));
		$this->assertTrue($this->respondsTo('_parents', 1));
	}

}

?>

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Apple Sticking to Return to Office Policy Despite Staff Backlash
Jul 1st, 2021 8:31 AM EDT | News
Top Apple executives are sticking to the company's plan for staff returning to the office, The Times reported($). That's despite a recent backlash from staff.
Deidre O'Brien: 'In-person Collaboration is Essential' to Apple Culture
In a video to staff, Deirdre O'Brien, senior vice-president of retail and people, (pictured above with CEO Tim Cook,) said:
We believe that in-person collaboration is essential to our culture and our future. If we take a moment to reflect on our unbelievable product launches this past year, the products and launch execution were built upon the base of years of work that we did when we were all together in-person.
A letter from some Apple staff organized via Slack told claimed that plans for a mandatory three days in the office had "forced some of our colleagues to quit."
Other major tech firms are offering a more flexible approach to remote working. For example, Twitter staff are able to work at home on a permanent basis. Likewise, Microsoft and Facebook staff can do so with managerial approval.
Apple Deirdre O'Brien Tim Cook
Apple to Hold Q3 Earnings Call on July 27
Adaptation of 'City on Fire' Coming to Apple TV+


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Better Than Mardi Gras? The Jazz Fest in New Orleans
This festival takes place during the last weekend of April and first weekend of May.
Formally known as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Jazz fest is a traditionally celebration of New Orleans and Louisiana culture, although the festival has become a vibrant and exciting melting pot of cultures.
The celebrations began in 1970 and were carefully planned out by New Orleans and George Wein, creator of the Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival. Wein was commissioned to create a festival to celebrate New Orleans culture, and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation was created. The Jazz Fest was born and became a great success.
Today the festival features live music, flavorful food, crafts, markets, parades, and demonstrations. Food is a big part of the fun; you can find things from the fiery to the refreshing, like crawfish bisque, Cajun chicken, jambalaya, fried plantains, Creole cream cheese cake, sweet potato pie, and chocolate Azteca gelato. The Louisiana Folklife Village brings together artisans and experts in Louisiana tradition to get back-to-basics with traditional crafting skills. The Louisiana Marketplace is a representation of New Orleans and Louisiana culture as seen through the eyes of Louisiana artisans.
The music is a big part of what draws such a huge crowd; while plenty of Lousiana music is represented, there are also tons of well-known singers and bands from around the world. The festival boasts country music, pop, blues, R&B, folk, Latin, rock, rap, Cajun and much, much more.
The Jazz Fest falls on the same weekend each year as the newer Festival International de Louisiane, so many festival-goers feel torn between the two options. While the Festival International de Louisiane is said to have a more authentic, community-oriented feel (and is free), many think the Jazz Fest has a more intense atmosphere and is more culturally diverse. There is plenty to see and do.
Visit the official site of Jazz Fest.
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Celebrating Cryogenics in Style: The Frozen Dead Guy Days
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Mighty List-Eat at Delancey — Notorious M.L.E.
I get nervous about meeting people I admire. Not that I meet people I admire that often but what would happen for example if I met Shakira? What if she was a jerk? Or really, really stupid. It would be so disappointing. I would never be able to enjoy the music again. Why do I have Shakira on the brain? Cause I'm going to go see her in concert tonight, whee! That'll be a story for another day though.
Today's story is about a restaurant in Seattle: Delancey pizzeria to be specific. There are many, many restaurants that I would like to eat at but I've only listed a few on the Mighty List. The ones that made the cut are there for the quality of their food and my emotional attachment to them. For example: Topolobampo in Chicago. Arnold and I love to watch Rick Bayless' show and we cheered him on like demented groupies when he won Top Chef Masters. We have a personal (if imaginary) relationship with Rick and that's why his restaurant made the cut.
Delancey was on the list because I absolutely adore Molly Wizenberg's book "A Homemade Life". After reading that book, anything that Molly cooks is on my list. Like Arnold and Rick, Molly and I are in a committed if one-sided friendship.
So I was practically obligated to drag 6 of my friends out to a residential area of drizzly Seattle two weeks ago to eat pizza at Delancey. I won't lie. I was very nervous about how this would turn out. What if it was horrible, terrible, ghastly pizza or worse, rude service? Everyone would be mad about how I convinced them to go there and Molly and me's imaginary friendship would be irreparably damaged.
The pizza was perfect; thin and crispy with super-fresh toppings. The salads we had beforehand were fresh and zippy with crunchy lettuce layered under the perfect amount of dressing. Outside it was cold and rainy but inside it was warm and cozy and candlelit. I couldn't have been any happier with a belly full of pizza and a table filled with people I love.
And that's when things sort of went to another level. Dessert was some kind of cream, honey and fig concoction. It was insanely good. I don't even really like figs but there I was fighting over figs like a drunken sailor. It was just like when Molly convinced me that I should braise cabbage. Unthinkable. But then I tried it, and I saw the light, and it was good.
Posted on October 19, 2010 by La Emily and filed under Bossy Pants Recommends, Mighty List and tagged Blog Love Delancey Lists are Fun Seattle.


The winners of the Iceland Trekking Cabins architecture competition, organized by Bee Breeders, successfully tackled a challenging brief, requiring them to create a shelter for trekkers in a vast, dynamic landscape which varies across each location and is defined by topographic contrast and ecological factors.
The first place winners, DEAGAN MCDONALD and KELSEY NILSEN from Canada, were recognised for their clever articulation of the most basic elements of shelter – the roof and wall – to create a fully immersive experience. It featured an expansive roof that allows the textured landscape to permeate through, and gabion walls from local stone that also create an external gathering space.
First place, DEAGAN MCDONALD and KELSEY NILSEN.
The success of the second place proposal, from a Swedish team of ROBIN KRASSE, KARL LAGERQVIST and MATTIAS DAHLBERG, lies in its simplicity. With three aligned and evenly spaced concrete cores that contain the circulation, hearth, and bathroom of the cabin, these elements allow for extra shelter beneath the structure to create a public gathering space while solving the difficult problem of maintenance under heavy snow conditions.
Second place, ROBIN KRASSE, KARL LAGERQVIST, MATTIAS DAHLBERG.