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Cannabis One to Buy Nevada Cannabis Operator for $24.6 Million
Cannabis One Holdings Inc. Announces Definitive Agreements to Acquire Leading Nevada-based Cultivation, Manufacturing, and Brand House, Evergreen Organix
VANCOUVER and DENVER, April 22, 2019 /CNW/ – Cannabis One Holdings Inc. (CSE:CBIS) ("Cannabis One", "CBIS", or the "Company"), an emerging, premier "House of Brands" in North America, is pleased to announce that it has executed three (3) definitive agreements (each, a "Definitive Agreement" and collectively, the "Definitive Agreements") to acquire certain assets of Nevada-based LV 3480 Partners LLC, 3480 Investors, Inc., and Agro Finance LLC (Collectively, "Evergreen Organix").
In connection with the Definitive Agreements, Cannabis One will acquire Nevada State-issued cannabis cultivation & manufacturing licenses, held by NV 3480 Partners LLC and 3480 Hacienda Partners LLC, respectively (the "Nevada Cannabis Licenses"), and related infrastructure, subject to the approval of Nevada State regulators, in addition to the popular flower brand "Fleur" and the award-winning, cannabis-infused product brands, "Evergreen Organix" and "EG.O", among others. With significant consumer appeal, Evergreen Organix has already won numerous cannabis industry awards for its branded product line, including Best CBD Flower for its Fleur-branded "Fire Angel" strain; Best Edible for its Evergreen Organix-branded "Chocolate Chip Cookie" at the 2018 Jack Herer Cup; and second place in the Best Edible category at the recent 2019 THC Classic hosted by Rooster Magazine. With unparalleled quality, and comprehensive brand reach and consumer loyalty, Evergreen Organix has established manufacturing and distribution relationships for the production of its signature suite of brands across six (6) states: Nevada, California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Montana.
Building on the momentum of our recent announcements related to the acquisition of the 'Honu' and 'Fat Face Farms' brands, Cannabis One is now excited to bring the Evergreen Organix family under the CBIS banner.
Jeffery Mascio, CEO of Cannabis One
With the addition of these popular Nevada marques to our growing portfolio of 'Best-of-Breed' brands, and the expansion of Cannabis One's cultivation and manufacturing reach into the State of Nevada, CBIS continues to demonstrate its ability to execute on its stated strategy – Acquire popular brands in vibrant markets and leverage that consumer enthusiasm into multi-state retail and manufacturing expansion.
Following the closing of the transaction contemplated in the Definitive Agreements (the "Closing"), the Company anticipates that the acquisition of Evergreen Organix will:
establish Cannabis One with a significant brand presence in the Nevada recreational and medical marketplace, with an Evergreen Organix management-estimated retail penetration level for its brands in approximately 93.0% of Nevada State-licensed dispensary locations;
provide, through its newly-acquired Nevada Cannabis Licenses, more than 27,000 ft2 of additional cultivation capacity to the Company, with another 6,000 ft2 of active manufacturing space, facilitating the throughput of CBIS' growing brand portfolio, which would now include: INDVR, INDVR Fire, INDVR Strains, Honu, Fat Face Farms, Fleur, Evergreen Organix, and EG.O – while also allowing for the manufacture of the Flav, West Edison, and Cheech's Private StashTM licensed branded product lines;
generate an Evergreen Organix management-estimated, annualized US$15.0 million in annual system-wide brand revenue through the Evergreen Organix channel, during fiscal 2019, with an estimated EBITDA margin of between 23.0% and 30.0%, assuming: the continued operating performance of Evergreen Organix's cultivation and manufacturing operations; the successful launch of new products in Evergreen Organix's home state of Nevada; the continued expansion of Evergreen Organix's licensed product lines in both Nevada and legal, out-of-state jurisdictions; and a return to trend for Nevada cannabis industry participants, following an acute period of competitive, yet – in the opinion of Evergreen Organix – unsustainable pricing practices; and
further Cannabis One's vision to become a true multi-state operator ("MSO") for the manufacturing, distribution, and retail penetration of its proprietary brands and formulations – which the Company believes represent only the highest level of consumer appeal and market reach – while also securing additional long-term reciprocal manufacturing and distribution relationships in California, Washington, Oregon, and Montana.
Jerry Velarde, President of Evergreen Organix, who will be joining the Cannabis One team as Chief Marketing Officer following the Closing, commented, "Evergreen Organix believes CBIS represents an exceptional value proposition and a valued industry partner through which to launch the next phase of our progressive state-legal expansion program", continuing, "Having already established a reputation centered around brand quality and consistency in the minds of cannabis consumers – we are now excited to jointly announce the contribution of our Evergreen Organix suite of brands, which includes the substantial cultivation and manufacturing infrastructure we have been building since 2015 in the Nevada marketplace, to Cannabis One's growing 'House of Brands'."
Under the terms of the Definitive Agreement with LV 3480 Partners LLC, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, will acquire all intellectual property, product formulations, warehousing and logistics operations, and multi-state intellectual property licensing and manufacturing agreements with contracted partners. Gross consideration payable upon Closing to LV 3480 Partners LLC in connection with the transaction will be US$24,607,506, less any funds previously advanced by Cannabis One or its wholly-owned subsidiary to LV 3480 Partners LLC, in Class B Super Voting Shares of Cannabis One (the "CBIS Shares") at a per CBIS Share price equal to ten (10) times (given that each CBIS Share is convertible into ten (10) Class A Subordinated Voting Shares of Cannabis One (the "Class A Shares")) the greater of: (a) the maximum discount allowed under the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange (the "CSE") of the closing price of the Class A Shares immediately prior to the date of execution of the Definitive Agreement with announcement of the same by Cannabis One; and (b) the ten (10) day volume-weighted average price of the Class A Shares for the period immediately preceding the Closing, converted into United States Dollars using a ten (10) day simple average of the USD:CAD Noon exchange rate for the period immediately preceding the Closing, as published on www.federalreserve.gov (the "Purchase Price").
The CBIS Shares issued to LV 3480 Partners LLC in connection with the transaction shall be subject to a contractual lock-up, restricting the transfer of the CBIS Shares during the lock-up period. Any CBIS Shares issued pursuant to the Definitive Agreement will be locked up for a total of eighteen (18) months from the date of issuance, during which 33.33% of the issued CBIS Shares will be released from such lock-up on each six (6) month anniversary of the issuance of the CBIS Shares (the "Lock-Up"), pursuant to the terms and conditions of a lock-up agreement to be entered into between LV 3480 Partners LLC and Cannabis One (the "Lock-Up Agreement"). The Lock-Up Agreement will provide for certain exemptions on transfer restrictions, to be mutually-agreed between LV 3480 Partners LLC and Cannabis One, provided that such transferred CBIS Shares remain subject to the Lock-Up following such transfer.
Under the terms of the Definitive Agreement with 3480 Investors, Inc., the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, will acquire two (2) State of Nevada-issued licenses pertaining to the cultivation and manufacture of cannabis and cannabis-related products, subject to the approval of Nevada State regulators. Gross consideration payable upon Closing to 3480 Investors, Inc. in connection with the transaction will be US$15,000,000, comprised of US$14,355,000 in assumed liabilities and US$645,000 in cash.
Under the terms of the Definitive Agreement with Agro Finance LLC, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, will acquire all cultivation and manufacturing equipment used in the production of the Evergreen Organix, EG.O, Fleur, Honu, INDVR, INDVR Fire, INDVR Strains, Cheech's Private StashTM, and Flav brands in the State of Nevada, in addition to the assumption of all financing and leasing activities to which Agro Finance LLC is currently engaged. Gross consideration payable upon Closing to Agro Finance LLC in connection with the transaction will be US$8,103,117 in cash.
The closing of the transaction contemplated in the Definitive Agreements is subject to receiving all necessary governmental and regulatory approval, including, but not limited to the approval of a transfer of ownership by the Nevada Department of Taxation and the Clark County Department of Business Licenses. Further, it is the intention of the parties to effect the Closing of the Definitive Agreements concurrently.
About Cannabis One
IF WE BRAND IT, THEY WILL COME – Cannabis One Holdings Inc. (CSE:CBIS) is focused on aggregating and optimizing popular cannabis brands throughout North America. With its unique, franchise-ready retail brand, The JointTM, and through targeted acquisition and partnership opportunities, Cannabis One intends to become the premier, globally-recognized, "House of Brands", holding a client portfolio of award-winning products with an extensive market footprint. Through the Company's The JointTM retail concept, Cannabis One intends to leverage the consumer and brand data harvested from its retail locations to bring data-driven analytics to an emerging, branded industry. For consumers, Cannabis One desires to become the definitive source for unparalleled product selection and renowned service in an otherwise fragmented market.
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13 minutes read FORMER FARFETCH TEAM LAUNCHES SPROUTL, THE DESTINATION FOR NEW GENERATION OF GARDENERS, AND RAISES $9M LED BY INDEX VENTURES LONDON – 26 July 2021 – Sproutl , a UK gardening tech start-up that aims to open up gardening to a whole new generation of gardeners and get everyone to plant something, has today launched a curated online marketplace that celebrates the best brands and businesses in the gardening industry. The company has also announced $9 million of seed funding led by Index Ventures with participation from Ada Ventures. As of today, consumers from across the UK can access some of the best gardening products and plants from the country's leading independent garden centres, nurseries and shops in an online curated marketplace, with more to be added over the coming months. In addition, the platform offers inspiration and straightforward advice, making gardening accessible to everyone. Sproutl is not just an online gardening marketplace. It's a platform that provides inspiration and advice to a new generation of growers, demystifying gardening, making it accessible and fun to fresh new audiences who may never have grown anything before, bringing plants and products seamlessly from phone to door. Gardening in the UK is experiencing a renaissance. According to the Horticultural Trade Association, the number of gardeners rose by three million last year, with nearly half of these aged under forty-five. During the lockdown, searches for plants rivalled those for dresses. And Google searches related to gardening have doubled from May 2020 to May 2021. GlobalData estimates that the green-fingered boom shows no sign of abating this year, with spending estimated to rise by seven per cent. From plants, pots and planters to outdoor living and gardening essentials, the site celebrates the best that gardening has to offer for the UK consumer. The platform is designed to make shopping hassle-free for consumers and take the pain out of online selling for horticultural suppliers and integrate with their systems. Sproutl not only manages logistics, packaging sourcing, and delivery but also online marketing and customer services. Allowing local garden centres, shops and nurseries to develop their online presence and reach new national audiences, generating incremental sales. Horticultural launch partners include Rosebourne, Polhill and Millbrook garden centres. As well as specialist nurseries such as Middleton and indoor plant specialist Bellr. Peat-free pioneers, Fertile Fibre and living wall specialist, Horticus have also come on board. Sproutl is already in discussions with many more partners who will join the marketplace in the coming months. The seed and need for Sproutl were sown back in 2016 when former VP Trading and Strategy, Marketing at Farfetch, Anni Noel-Johnson, wanted to plant her small London garden. Working full time, she looked for an online option but found that they typically catered for an informed, mature audience and had huge variations in availability and delivery lead times. After leaving Farfetch, over a coffee with former colleague Andy Done (who had previously been Director of Data Engineering at Farfetch, and headed up data analytics at King, makers of the hit game Candy Crush), Sproutl was launched. Hollie Newton, who swapped from being an award-winning creative director to become a bestselling gardening author, was brought on board to be the chief creative officer. Anni Noel-Johnson, CEO, & Andy Done, CTO, commented: "We built Sproutl to invite a new audience to take up gardening and give them the world-class eCommerce experience that digital natives expect. Our mission is to demystify growing plants and remove the barriers to getting started." 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More than anyone we've met, Anni and Andy have understood this cultural change and built Sproutl, a gardening destination that's like no other." Check Warner, Partner at Ada Ventures commented "At Ada, we are looking to invest in dynamic founders with bold ideas. The Sproutl team is reinventing and reshaping the online gardening landscape in the UK, making gardening more accessible and inclusive. The depth of experience of the team and their passion for celebrating independent garden retailers made us really excited to partner with them on this ambitious mission." – ENDS – Mark Forsyth m: 07712467517 e: [email protected] Sproutl.com Notes to editors: Sproutl is a dedicated gardening platform that includes a curated online marketplace celebrating the best brands and businesses in the gardening industry. 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Regarding Qualys: From what I hear, its a terrible vulnerability scanner. Giving you a report full of false positives and lots of meaningless alerts that you have to double check once the scan is done.
This is not 1st hand experience; but i know that Visa/PCI guys are using it.
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The History & Introduction to Hydroponics
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Written by Abby Quillen
Your Introduction to Hydroponics
When most people think of gardening, soil comes to mind. But plants don't actually require it to survive. They mostly need the nutrients and minerals in the soil. Plants can grow in water, gravel, perlite, rice hulls, pine bark, cedar shavings, and other mediums, or even suspended in air.
The science of soilless gardening is called hydroponics. It may sound like something devised in a modern laboratory, but it's been around for thousands of years. The essential ingredient is an oxygenated mineral-nutrient solution that's circulated through plants' roots.
Some scholars theorize the ancient Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, was a hydroponic system. The Aztecs grew maize, squash, beans, amaranth, tomatoes, chili peppers, and flowers in high-output chinampas, or floating gardens, which were hydroponic systems. A traditional hydroponics system is still in use on Myanmar's Inle Lake, and similar systems probably existed in ancient India, Greece, China, and Egypt.
In the early 1600s, the British scientist Sir Francis Bacon, father of the scientific method, conducted formal research on hydroponics, which he called "water culture." Laboratory experiments continued into the 20th century. In 1937, William F. Gericke applied the experiments to large-scale commercial applications, and the modern hydroponics movement was born.
Today many people identify hydroponics with marijuana growers, who've made use of the technology. But much of the world's greenhouse produce is now grown in hydroponics systems, including some of the lettuce, tomatoes, herbs, and veggies in many supermarkets' refrigerated cases.
Growing food without dirt, earthworms, and, sometimes, sunshine may go against common ideas of where healthy food comes from. But hydroponics has taken off for good reason. It offers a number of benefits over traditional soil methods and it may even help solve some of the world's growing problems.
Agriculture currently uses 80 percent of the fresh water consumed in the U.S. and 60 percent of it worldwide. Meanwhile a water scarcity crisis currently plagues every continent, particularly arid regions such as the American West.
With a name like hydroponics, it seems soilless systems would use a lot of water. However, on average, hydroponic systems use 10 times less water than soil agriculture because they recirculate fluids and cut waste. In the hope that soilless agriculture will help prevent worldwide water wars in the next century, the National Nuclear Security Agency built a hydroponics greenhouse in New Mexico's Sandia Laboratory to test the feasibility of growing forage crops for livestock with hydroponics.
Water is not the only resource in short supply. Many countries, including Great Britain, may face a significant shortage of farmland in the next two decades. Some studies estimate crop yield must double by 2050 to meet projected demands, and scientists warn that will not happen if current trends continue. In the past we've cleared forests and grasslands to plant crops, with grave environmental consequences. What if there's a better way?
Some futurists, including microbiologist Dickson Despommier, are convinced hydroponics is the answer. In soilless systems, roots don't need to stretch out as much because they're supplied with all the nutrients they need. Crop yields are typically higher and more stable, and artificial lighting makes year-round crops possible. It currently takes a land area the size of Virginia to produce food for New York City. Despommier envisions cities feeding themselves with vertical skyscraper greenhouses. "If vertical farming in urban centers becomes the norm," Despommier says, "then one anticipated long-term benefit would be the gradual repair of many of the world's damaged ecosystems through the systematic abandonment of farmland."
Less Pesticide Use and Runoff Pollution
Agriculture is the leading cause of water quality problems in the U.S., and pesticides, including endocrine-disrupting atrazine, currently contaminate our watersheds and drinking water. Many hydroponic farmers use zero herbicides or pesticides, and any system with the potential to curb pesticide use is important. Because plants experience less stress and are fed optimally, they're healthy enough to resist any pests able to enter the greenhouse. Alternatively, organic methods can control pest infestations. Weeds are not an issue with hydroponics, since they need soil to grow.
We've all gotten used to headlines about deadly E.coli outbreaks. Twenty-three percent of foodborne illness deaths and 46 percent of foodborne illnesses are linked to eating produce, according to the Center for Disease and Prevention. Soil polluted by livestock waste is often pinpointed as the cause.
Because hydroponic systems are sterile and don't have soil to be contaminated, disease outbreaks are less likely, especially in clean, well-run systems. (However, hydroponics does not completely eliminate the risk of foodborne illness. Proper precautions are warranted.)
Lower Food Miles
An eat-local movement has erupted across the country. Local produce is usually more nutritious, since vitamin content is depleted by light, temperature, and time. Moreover, local food doesn't require the expense and energy expenditure of long-distance trucking. But how can people grow food in dense urban centers or inhospitable climates? Hydroponics may be the answer.
Take Emory University for example. The lettuce the school used to serve in their cafeteria had been trucked 3,000 miles before the students ate it. Students built a hydroponics system and now greens are grown 10 feet from the salad bar.
A number of companies, including New York-based BrightFarms, grow tomatoes, greens, and herbs hydroponically on the roofs of grocery stores. The supermarkets sign a contract to partner with BrightFarms for ten years, and in exchange, they're able to sell the freshest, just-picked produce and eliminate some of their transportation costs.
Emory's experiment and the growing number of partnerships between hydroponics companies and supermarkets indicate soilless agriculture may provide more local food choices in the future.
Potential Downsides of Hydroponics
Any time people change conventional ways, especially those as embedded in our identities as food cultivation, controversy is inevitable. Hydroponics is no exception, and it does have some potential drawbacks that should be weighed with the benefits. (However, it's important to evaluate it in the context of the industrialized agricultural system we currently have, rather than an idealized one.)
Scientists are increasingly aware of the importance of the microbiomes in our soil. "There are millions of organisms in a couple cubic centimeters of soil," explains biologist Jeanne Romero-Severson, and we've been unable to grow 90 percent of them in the laboratory. Because we still don't fully understand the relationships between plants and soil microbes, it remains questionable whether we can reproduce them in a hydroponics system. For that and related reasons, a coalition of organic farmers oppose the USDA's decision to allow hydroponically grown produce to be certified organic.
Most hydroponic growers claim their greenhouse-grown veggies are as nutritious as, or more nutritious than, conventional veggies, although data is hard to come by. There's a widespread perception that hydroponic veggies are tasteless or watery, although the evidence is mostly anecdotal. In one blind taste test, hydroponically grown lettuce was rated as just as tasty as conventional or organic varieties. More nutritional analysis and taste testing on a variety of crops would be informative.
Several other issues may make hydroponics challenging or undesirable for some growers:
It can be expensive. Growers, especially large-scale ones, must make an initial investment to buy pumps, pipes, basins, lights, air filters, and fans.
Systems are made of fabricated materials, which require resources to build and maintain.
Commercial nutrient solutions are often mined and produced in factories and they can be pricey.
Systems, especially those with artificial lighting, can use a lot of electricity.
Large systems require technical knowledge and careful monitoring.
Many of those challenges can be mitigated for small-scale home gardeners. Setting up a soilless system can be inexpensive and easy and it's an excellent way to understand the principles and potentials of hydroponics.
DIY Hydroponics for the Home Gardener
The first and often most daunting decision for any gardener is what to grow. The best veggies to grow in any garden are the ones a person or family enjoys the most. But some plants tend to work better than others in small hydro-systems.
A small herb garden is a great way to get started. But before diving in, it helps to understand the basic parts and six different types of hydroponics systems.
With a little basic understanding, anyone can make a simple system. A passive wick system is the easiest to start with because it doesn't require a pump, timer, or electricity. (For those not DIY-inclined, many companies offer hydroponic starter kits.)
How to Make a Hydroponic Wick System in a Jar
Wide-mouth quart-sized jar
Small planting container (with drain holes in the bottom) that nests in the mouth of the jar. (A small, plastic planter with the following dimensions fits perfectly: 3.5 inches wide at top, 3.25 inches long.)
A clean sock, towel, or t-shirt cut into 9-inch by 1-inch strips. (One strip is needed for each drain hole in the planter.)
Water soluble nutrients
Growing medium. (Coconut coir, perlite, and clay balls are good options for beginners. All of them can be sterilized and reused. Purchase online or at a hydroponics store.)
Small herb transplant
System setup:
Sterilize the jar and planting container by washing in soap, water, and diluted vinegar. Rinse well and dry.
Using the distilled water, follow the directions on the nutrients to make some nutrient solution.
Soak the strips of towel, T-shirt, or sock in the solution.
Thread one strip of the soaked material through each drain hole. Temporarily tape them to the top of the planting container.
Braid the strips hanging out the bottom of the container together so there's one wick hanging down.
Fill the planter midway with growing medium.
Gently rinse the soil off the plant roots and transplant it into the growing medium, adding enough medium around the roots for support.
Remove the tape that held the cloth strips to the top of the planter. Space them evenly around the plant roots. They will deliver the nutrient solution to the roots.
Fill the jar halfway with nutrient solution.
Nest the planter in the jar. The solution should be one to two inches beneath the level of the planter and the wick should hang into the solution.
Put the system in a sunny window or under a grow light.
Monitor, and add nutrient solution as needed.
Every two weeks wash the jar and replace the nutrient solution. (Reuse old solution to water houseplants.)
Enjoy fresh-grown herbs.
Hydroponics systems are already making food easier to grow in deserts and in land-starved countries like Japan where there are concerns about radiation-contaminated soil. If some futurists are correct, hydroponics could help solve impending food, water, and environmental crises. At the very least, soilless systems offer urban apartment dwellers and people living in inhospitable climates the ability to grow food, and that's no small feat.
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Kids bring allergens into the house, too. Leave shoes outside the door, schedule an early bath and change to indoor garb for the evening. A high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter will help clean the air.


There are many great iPhonegraphers that only uses their iPhone to shot photos, but you can improve it with various ways.
Today I'm gonna talk about professional camera case for iPhone 6 – BitPlay SNAP! Pro.
Made out of best quality materials.
The professional bundle comes with two different grips for better image stabilization. One grip is made out of natural wood and one, made out of plastic with tripod mount. Also there's a little screwdriver, a button to slide into the case for a better a place for your thumb, leather strip and a fabric strip. Of course, with SNAP! Pro case you got wide angle and macro lenses and a bunch of instructions.
So you may ask "what's the point of this case?". Well, I've got your question and here's the answer. As soon as you put your iPhone 6 in this case you'll start to take professional photos, because there are physical shutter button, ergonomic grips, it's tripod-compatible, you can add various lenses on it, it also has functional strap and enhanced thumb rest, as you can tell, it's also a better protection.
I tried to take some photos and the results are great! The physical shutter button does his work as its finest.
BitPlay SNAP! Pro case costs 129$ and there's more lenses to buy, that starts from 25$.


New England SCBWI is looking for an illustrator for our 2019 Spring Conference, their work to be featured on most conference materials. This will be a piece of art created specifically (no existing artwork) for the conference theme.
Must have a suitable body of work.
One full color illustration, and perhaps several spots if appropriate. You will be art directed by a member of the regional team and/or conference director, so please expect to make some changes.
Payment will be one free admission to the conference for the weekend. Travel, room, board and other expenses, like critiques, would be your responsibility. You would also have the chance to sign books if you are published.
NESCBWI is asking for first publication rights for a period extending two months after the conference, for all promotional purposes including web and email, conference signage, and paperwork.
All finished art is to be supplied to NESCBWI digitally. If you work traditionally, you will be responsible for scanning.
Final art will be due 11/20/2018 with various deadlines prior to that. Do not submit if you are unable to complete the work in that time frame, or have other commitments.
NESCBWI is not bound or required to choose an artist based on submissions.
Send an email to Milanka Reardon (centralic@nescbwi.org) with a link to your website, or a dropbox folder (preferred.) Theme doesn't matter yet. We're looking at style.
OR attach a .pdf no larger than 3MB with your six best images.
Deadline for submission is August 10th. A decision will be made, and the chosen illustrator notified by August 28th.


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Lev Parnas' team demands Trump toady AG Bill Barr recuse himself from his trial
Corruption, Current Events, Impeachment, News Analysis, Politics, Republican Hypocrisy, Trump Investigations
by Vinnie Longobardo
Vinnie Longobardo
Vinnie Longobardo is a 35-year veteran of the TV, mobile…
Trump lashes out at "stone cold losers" at Washington Post in furious outburst over new book
Lev Parnas — the Rudy Giuliani associate who brought a major upheaval to the impeachment defense of Donald Trump with his stunning allegations that confirmed the nation's worst fears about the criminality behind the president's attempt to extort Ukraine for his own political gain — has now called on Attorney General William Barr to recuse himself from any involvement in the prosecution of his federal campaign finance violations indictment.
Parnas has requested the recusal in order to "avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest and to preserve the public trust in the rule of law," according to a letter that Parnas' attorneys have sent to both the Justice Department and the judge overseeing the case against the now-cooperating witness who has implicated the attorney general as an integral player in the president's impeachable offenses.
Lev Parnas' attorney Joseph Bondy filed a motion calling for Attorney General Bill Barr's recusal and the appointment of a special prosecutor outside @TheJusticeDept for his client's case. pic.twitter.com/s33qczUcHf
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 20, 2020
During an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow last week, Parnas claimed that Donald Trump "knew exactly what was going on" with the efforts by his lawyer Rudy Giuliani and his team of cohorts to shakedown the Ukranian government by withholding much needed military aid until they agreed to investigate his potential presidential rival, former Vice President Joe Biden.
"He was aware of all my movements," Parnas said to Maddow. "I wouldn't do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani, or the president. I have no intent, I have no reason to speak to any of these officials."
Add your name to tell McConnell to allow impeachment witnesses. We demand Trump get a fair trial!
The Soviet-born entrepreneur also noted that the knowledge of the conspiracy extended beyond just Giuliani and the president.
"Attorney General Barr was basically on the team," Parnas told Maddow.
Parnas noted that the attorney general frequently communicated with Giuliani and speculated that Barr "had to have known everything," confirming suspicions that Barr sees his role more as the president's personal defense lawyer than as the chief official in an impartial Justice Department.
Parnas' attorneys claim that their client has already suffered "actual harm" due to the attorney general's conflict of interest. They cite the fact that due to "delays in the production of discovery in his federal case," he was unable to comply with a congressional subpoena in time for House investigators to make use of his evidence and properly assess his value as a potential witness.
His lead attorney Joseph Bondy also says that prosecutors have refused to meet with Mr. Parnas to take delivery of his information regarding the president, Giuliani, and two other right-wing attorneys that Parnas says were involved in the politically motivated scheme, Fox News regulars Victoria Toensing and Joseph diGenova.
Bondy claims that the information provided by Parnas could potentially benefit his client if he were to be convicted of the campaign finance charges against him, due to the leniency typically afforded defendants who provide crucial information in other, more high profile cases.
To be clear, the request is to AG Barr in a letter, and Bondy informed SDNY Judge Oetken of his request in a separate letter. pic.twitter.com/rs1L88qJpm
While Parnas and his legal team are certainly smart to call for Barr's recusal in his particular legal proceedings, the involvement of the attorney general in the machinations of the Ukraine scandal alone should be grounds for Barr's own removal from office before he's allowed to further erode the public trust in the rule of law.
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Original reporting by Sky Palma at RawStory.
Vinnie Longobardo is a 35-year veteran of the TV, mobile & internet industries, specializing in start-ups and the international media business. His passions are politics, music and art.
Vinnie Longobardo January 20, 2020


Art Glossary: What is Gallery Wrapped Canvas?
This post we will continue to define and explain various art terms in a clear and concise fashion and direct you to additional resources where you can learn more about the technique. Today, the art term we will discuss is: "Gallery Wrapped Canvas".


Determined to maintain its credit rating, management implemented a rectification strategy aimed at addressing the accounting concerns.
On September 22, the Senate approved by unanimous consent the Credit Rating Agency Reform Act of 2006.
An increasing number of companies and municipalities are becoming convinced of the benefits of maintaining a credit rating and the forecasts are that the demand for this service will increase after 2010.
While this may be the case, issuers may nevertheless feel pressure to purchase advisory services to enhance the likelihood of receiving a good credit rating.
Still, Schwarzenegger has more work ahead of him if the state's credit rating, still one of the lowest in the nation, is to climb back to respectability.
For example, some lenders allow consumers to obtain home loans or refinance mortgages on the basis of assets rather than credit rating.
The public availability would apply only to the credit rating itself, not to other information otherwise developed by CRAs.
Fitch Ratings, one of three national bond rating firms, downgraded the city's future outlook for its credit rating on Thursday from stable to negative.
The yield investors get on preferred stocks depends on current interest rates, the credit rating of the issuing company and investor interest in the offering, experts say.
However, CMX currently has a merger agreement with CVS, which Fitch views as a positive for CMX credit rating.
30 December 2010 - Credit Rating lifted today to uaA+ from uaA the long-term credit rating of Ukrainian Index-Bank.
The focus on recent corporate scandals has also brought congressional attention to--and scrutiny of--the inner workings, the power and the role of the credit rating agencies.


Democracy At Your Fingertips: Will You Join The Mobile Voting Revolution?
It's the 21st century; we may not have flying cars, yet, but the technological advances we have made over the past 25 years are astonishing. Where were you 25 years ago, and did you ever think you would have everything you ever wanted to know at your fingertips? It wasn't always easy and it wasn't always perfect, but we have more education, communication, and entertainment than ever before.
I have worked in politics for a number of years now, and in my time I've enjoyed watching the progression of how and when politicians and candidates interact with technology. With the launch of social platforms — Twitter specifically — communication has never been so concise and timely. As a legislative aide in the Colorado State Legislature, I saw constituents, political junkies, and even politicians depend on up-to-date news from a 140-character post.
Every election year, the issue of voter turnout is a major topic in the news and among campaigns. Get out the vote (GOTV) strategies are near the top of the priority list — right behind fundraising efforts, of course. All of the GOTV efforts I have been a part of had a lot more to do with getting out the vote for my boss… and preferably not the other guy.
Millions of dollars go into GOTV efforts every election cycle, and still, less than 60% of eligible voters actually participate in a presidential election year, and don't even get me started on voter turnout in non-presidential election years. In fact, the turnout in the 2014 election was the lowest in 70 years!
I am puzzled by the fact that the U.S. trails most developed countries when it comes to voter turnout. We are the United States of America; we are the most nationalistic, passionate group of individuals in the world. We love our country, we love our freedom, and let's be honest, we love our phones.
We love our country, we love our freedom, and let's be honest, we love our phones.
It's not like voter turnout is a new dilemma; in fact, it's an age-old problem.
Although technology and society have changed drastically, the voting process seems to be stuck in the past. You know the drill: fill-in your Scranton-like ballot, sign your name, put it in an envelope, throw a stamp on it, and put it in your mailbox. Then, you wait for election night with your fingers-crossed to find out if your team is going to have the chance to "fix" this country.
Or worst yet, you make arrangements to get off work (or before or after), drive to the polling station, wait in line, duck behind the curtain or behind the poll booth wall and punch your chads out.
And once you leave the polling station or drop your ballot into the U.S. Mail, how sure are you that your vote was cast and counted? I find it interesting that the ability to conduct a recount is legislated in most states and voting districts. If our current process was so good, why would a recount be needed at all?
I don't expect perfection, but we put so much time, money, and energy into elections, I'm convinced there has to be a better answer.
I log into my bank account through a secure app on my phone. I access my HIPPA-protected health records on my phone. I depend on my phone for just about everything, but I still don't have the option to vote on my phone. But could that be a solution? Could more access and a more familiar platform help bring more voters?
I know, I know, I know! It's a crazy idea. It will never work, and won't the Democrats get more votes, or won't the Republicans get more votes if we do this?
There are questions that still need to be answered, but we all know this is inevitable. Whenever there is a drastic breakthrough there are also naysayers or folks who are not ready to progress to the next level, and there will be individuals who are skeptical of the validity and the security of mobile voting.
Mobile voting is not a partisan issue. Republicans, Democrats, and independent support it.
I think we should be concerned with the legitimacy of our vote now, and I am shocked more of us haven't expressed concern about the current voting system.
Mobile voting is not a partisan issue. In a study involving 119 Republicans, 188 Democrats, and 199 independent voters, 61% of Republicans, 63% of Democrats, and 57% of independent voters said they would be willing to vote on their mobile phones if given the option.
Wait a minute, did the majority of Republicans, Democrats, and independents just agree on something?
As someone who has worked in politics, I see mobile voting as an opportunity for the U.S. to be ahead of other developed countries rather than behind like we have been when it comes to voter turnout. There are ways to cautiously and safely move the voting process into the 21st century.
I interviewed Pete Martin, the CEO and Founder of a company looking to bring mobile voting to the world. The company is called Votem, and they want to bring modern technology into a process that has stayed the same since the popularization of mail-in ballots. Being as security is going to be a major issue, Votem pulled in the former Chief Security Officer and CIO of Lawrence Livermore Labs for the Advisory Board. Keep your eyes out, Votem will be launching their mobile voting platform in the next few months.
What do you think of the idea of mobile voting? What would it take for you to feel comfortable with the idea of voting right on your phone, from anywhere you want — Your job, your home, your kid's soccer practice.
Nissa Szabo is a political and advocacy professional who has a passion for technology. She is the former Government Affairs Manager for the Colorado Technology Association (CTA). CTA leads the network of companies and professionals fueling Colorado's economy, through technology. Nissa focuses on issues that provide a favorable business climate securing Colorado's position as a center for entrepreneurial activity and technological leadership. Nissa's other experience includes serving as legislative staff in the Colorado State House of Representatives. She was an Associate with The Starboard Group specializing in campaign and non-profit consulting and fundraising. She has collaborated with a number of organizations, on a contract basis, in creating and implementing successful public relations campaigns. Most recently Nissa joined forces working as social media lead for Mad Hatter Agency. She will be spending the next year traveling the globe and living in 12 countries, writing about world changing ideas, and trying to stay on top of constant changing time zones.


There may be a time when you want to display a message at the end of all your posts on your wordpress blog. This can be for any promotional messages or to even add your social bookmarking content. In this article I will quickly show you a small snippet to add content after each post.
Using the Wordpress add filters you can apply a function to display the content. All you have to do is copy the following code into your functions.php page and content will automatically be added to the end of your content on all posts. This will check that the post is not on an RSS feed and that the current page is not the home page and then it will add the following to the content of the post.


1) What's your greatest sporting achievement to date?
2) What will be your greatest sporting challenge this year?
3) What or who got you hooked into your sport?
4) Who is your sporting hero?
I've had a few to be honest. Michael Jamieson and Robert Millar are up there.
5) 95% of all sportswear bought in the UK is imported. What is your opinion on that?
I guess it'd be nice to have more sportswear made in the uk, hopefully that'll change.
6) How do you relax and what's your poison of choice?
I just watch TV or mess about with my mates, something that doesn't require energy! Probably Cream Soda.
7) You're chopping wood, do you use a chainsaw or an axe?
Not sure, just as a nice guy who was alright at triathlon probably.
9) Haggis yes or no?
10) Beards are back in fashion, with Faris Al-Sultan sporting the chin heather, would you ever consider growing a chin sporran?
Maybe a few years down the line, my beard growing ability isn't really there right now!
11) You've trained in the Cahoonas 75 trunk what's your verdict?
Yeah the boxers are great, I've had a chance to wear them a few times and yeah I really like them. Especially when running, it's unusual to find boxers that are comfortable to run in.


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Q: Python why is this invalid syntax I'm fairly new to python and I have received an invalid syntax error.
res = (True in (!(((point[0] > (p[0] - 5)) and (point[0] < (p[0] + 5))) and ((point[1] > (p[1] - 5)) and (point[1] < (p[1] + 5)))) for p in pointsClicked))
I've looked at this for a bit and have no idea what is causing the problem.

A: Python does not have a ! operator. Use the not operator instead.

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Northcliffe Media (formerly Northcliffe Newspapers Group) was a large regional newspaper publisher in the UK and Central and Eastern Europe. In 2012 the company was sold by Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) to a newly formed company, Local World, which also bought Iliffe News and Media from the Yattendon Group. In October 2015, Trinity Mirror, later Reach plc, bought Local World.

It operated from over 30 publishing centres, and also had 18 daily titles. The main publishing centres for the newspapers were South West Wales Publications in Swansea, Bristol Print Centre in Bristol, Derby Print Centre in Derby, Rockwell Universal in Grimsby, Leicester Print Centre in Leicester, Plymouth Print Centre in Plymouth and Stoke Print Centre in Stoke on Trent. All publishing centres except Swansea and Grimsby have since closed.

Northcliffe ran a print and publishing service to businesses and organisations across the UK and Ireland. It also operated a retail division with 67 outlets and had Hungarian newspaper interests. It also claimed to be one of the top two publishers, in terms of circulation, in Slovakia after two-and-a-half years in the country, and to have invested £22 million in the Eastern European market between 2004 and 2007. They owned Avizo, the leading daily classified newspaper in Slovakia, City Express was acquired, including two fortnightly titles, Auto Burza, a motors classified product and Burza Nehnutel'nosti, a property magazine.

History
In November 2005, the DMGT announced that it wanted to sell Northcliffe Newspapers, at the time worth over £1.5bn. It came after figures according to Ofcom announced that Northcliffe only has 16% of the regional market, compared to Trinity's 20%, Newsquest's 18% and 15% for Johnston. This was cancelled after they could not find an offer for the group as a whole. On 6 July 2007, the company bought 26 regional titles from Trinity Mirror plc for the sum of £64.15 million. The group said it had bought three of Trinity Mirror's local divisions, East Surrey and Sussex Newspapers, Kent Regional Newspapers and Blackmore Vale Publishing, included the Croydon Advertiser, Blackmore Vale magazine, Medway News and the Kingston Informer. The sale is expected to boost Northcliffe's circulation by 872,000 copies per week.

The company's name was changed to Northcliffe Media from Northcliffe Newspaper Group in 2007.

In July 2011, it was announced that Northcliffe Media intended to sell nine of its titles to the KM Group. The newspapers involved include the Dover Express, East Kent Gazette, Folkestone Herald, Herne Bay and Whitstable Times, Isle of Thanet Gazette, Medway News and Thanet Times. km Group has referred the matter of the acquisition of the titles to the Office of Fair Trading.

In November 2012 DMGT sold Northcliffe Media to Local World. In October 2015, Trinity Mirror announced that it was acquiring the whole of Local News.

A&N International Media
A&N International Media, formerly Northcliffe International, was the Central and Eastern European multimedia enterprise arm of Northcliffe Media. It had newspapers throughout Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, with their biggest market in Hungary. They also had website interests in Croatia, owning four shopping, home and car websites as well as in Slovakia and Hungary.

The international arm began in 1989, when the Northcliffe Newspaper Group acquired Kisalföld, the largest regional newspaper in Hungary, serving the north-western county of Győr-Sopron. The group later acquired Délmagyarország, the largest daily title in the south-east of the country, and the English-language weekly newspaper, The Budapest Sun. Northcliffe also invested significantly in new headquarters and printing plants in both Győr and Szeged.

The total Eastern European business had revenues of £35 million per year and annualised profits of around £6 million. The arm had 801 overseas workers in 2006, but after the arrival in the Croatian market in March 2007, this exceeded 1,000. The chairman of the European arm was Vivian Baring and the director was István Szammer.

Hungary
In Hungary Kisalföld, a morning newspaper based in Győr, had the highest circulation of any regional title in the country, selling an average 78,000 copies Monday to Saturday. It also published a daily edition for the town of Sopron. Northcliffe International also published Délmagyarország, Hungary's oldest regional daily newspaper and the largest selling title in the south-eastern region. In addition it published Délvilág for Csongrád county. Other publications included classified titles Magyar Bazár and Irányár. Websites included Használtautó, a car finder website (similar to that of DMGT's Loot Newspaper and website in Britain), Ingatlanbazár, a house finder website (similar to that of DMGT's Primelocation website in the UK) and Workania, a work finder website (yet again similar to Jobsite in the UK owned by DMGT).

Other newspapers owned by the group included the paid-for:

Déli Apró
Délmagyarország
Hírpressz
Irányár Bács
Irányár Békés
Irányár Szolnok
Magyar Bazár Álmos
Magyar Bazár Huba
Magyar Bazár Koppány
Magyar Bazár Tas
Vasárnapi Kisalföld

And the free:

Budapesti Cégregiszter
Csongrád Megyei Cégregiszter
Csongrádi-Szentesi Hirdeto"
Gyo"ri Cégregiszter
Gyo"rpress
Lajtapress
Makói Hirdeto"
Presztizs Magazin
Rábaközpress
Soproni Szuperinfo
Sopronpress
Szolnoki Hirdeto"
Vas Megyei Cégregiszter
Vásárhelyi Hirdeto"

Slovakia and Bulgaria
In 2004 Northcliffe International acquired Avizo, Slovakia's biggest daily advertising magazine which included nearly 8,000 advertisements daily. Other acquisitions included City Express, a free weekly paper distributing 160,000 copies in and around Bratislava, the country's leading recruitment website Profesia.sk, the leading motors website Autovia.sk, and the quality daily newspaper Pravda, the oldest national title in Slovakia with a circulation of 78,000. Northcliffe's Slovakian business, in which it invested a total of £23 million, employed over 300 people and generates revenues of £12 million.

Other newspapers owned by the Slovakian arm of the group included:

Burza Nehnutel'nosti
Profesia

In Bulgaria, Northcliffe International owned the daily Bulgarian newspaper Pozvanete, established in 1992. Pozvanete is the leading paid-for classified advertising newspaper in the region with copies sold in Sofia, Varna and Plovdiv. The title employed more than 200 people.

Croatia and Romania
Northcliffe International entered the Croatian market in March 2007 with the purchase of 60 per cent of the country's leading recruitment website Mojposao.hr. The site controls 85 per cent of the country's online jobs market. Northcliffe invested almost £12 million on digital assets in Hungary, Slovakia and Croatia. Other websites included 4kotaca.net, centarnekretnina.net and kupiprodaj.net.

In Romania, Northcliffe International's activities extended further with the acquisition of the classified title Anunţ A-Z in Bucharest. Anunţ A-Z was established in 1990 as a bi-weekly classified advertising periodical and sold 12,000 copies per issue mainly in Bucharest. The title also has a dedicated website.

Titles
Northcliffe Media claimed that over 3,272,302 people had visited all of its local sites for all the newspapers, with the most hit site being the Derbyshire. Northcliffe's core business was the production, printing and distribution of Regional Newspapers alongside its online 'thisis' network.

Subsidiaries
Some former subsidiaries of the group included Northcliffe Retail and a 25% shareholding in the website Fish4. Associated Northcliffe Digital (AND) was the online arm of the Northcliffe Media Ltd, one of the largest and most successful regional newspaper publishers in the UK. Its daily titles had a combined sale of more than one million copies per day and its paid-for weeklies sold in excess of 490,000 copies. Each week the Group also distributed 2.6 million copies of its free newspapers.

References

Daily Mail and General Trust
Newspaper companies of the United Kingdom

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text: Beijing to play more active role in Iran talks As Iran has the third largest proven oil deposits and the largest natural gas reserves,… Beijing and the Vatican resuming talks: report TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Hong Kong newspaper the South China Morning Post (SCMP, 南華早報) yesterday reported that… Beijing officials, Hong Kong pan-democrats no closer after holding talks on … Getting the two sides together was an achievement in itself, but hopes… Beijing-Taipei talks open door to developing political ties, analysts say This new flexibility in Beijing's approach was further evidenced by the revelation by the… John Kerry appeals to China over North Korea nuclear talks "The United States has to know that, while Beijing has always been trying to… U.S. envoy to hold talks in Beijing amid N. Korea's charm offensive BEIJING, Jan. 27 (Yonhap) — The U.S. special envoy for North Korea… Foreign chiefs of China, Jordan hold talks in Beijing Foreign chiefs of China, Jordan hold talks in Beijing. (Xinhua) 08:54, December 02, 2013. Email|Print|Comments… A Chinese bank teller talks on the phone in Beijing A Chinese bank teller talks on the phone in Beijing. 3 of 34. A… Britain and Beijing in talks about yuan quotas The British government is in talks with Beijing about the granting of quotas to financial institutions… Beijing envoy, Hong Kong lawmakers in landmark talks Zhang Xiaoming, head of the city's mainland China liaison office, was invited to the lunch by… NSA Shiv Shankar Menon in Beijing for border talks BEIJING: China is according high importance to national security adviser Shiv Shankar Menon's visit to… Vietnam's president visits Beijing for talks on future cooperation From June 19 to June 21, Vietnam's President Truong Tan Sang visited Beijing and met… N. Korea 'snubbed' in Beijing, caves to Chinese demands on nuke talks A North Korean delegation to China appears to have been gently snubbed… North Korean envoy visits Beijing for talks North Korea. North Korean envoy visits Beijing for talks. A group of North Korean political and military… Beijing talks tough again on US influence in region Chinese diplomats have resorted to tough rhetoric against the United States for the second time…


A few of the faces–and objects–spending their Saturday at the Main Auction.
Byron Healy auctions off a bird nest basket sculpture thing for $2.00. He auctioneers every Saturday from 10 a.m. well past midnight.
Dennis Robinson bought this blacksmith tool on a recent Saturday because he's pretty sure he has a handle that might fit it.
The Main Auction attracts from 1,000 to 1,200 bidders every Saturday.
John Greene just bid on and won a Ford Bronco for $1,500. He bids at the Main Auction to feel an adrenaline rush similar to what he felt in the military.
Lurinda Greene watches her husband John (right) closely to make sure he doesn't bid on too much. He's maxed out two credit cards already.
The Main Auction goes late into the night on Saturdays, sometimes even to 3 a.m. The crowd doesn't subside much.
The Main Auction has been around for 76 years. Eventually, owner David Wesely Junior hopes to hand it down to his son, who's 11 years old right now.


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Dane Rowlands to head Carleton's Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
Published: August 2, 2012
Matthew Pearson
CIGI Expert: Fen Osler Hampson
The following is an excerpt. To view the full article please visit the link below.
OTTAWA — An expert in conflict resolution and international debt has been appointed the new director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, one of Carleton University's flagship programs.
Dane Rowlands began his five-year term on July 1. He replaces noted Canadian foreign policy and international security expert Fen Hampson, who is now the director of the global security research program at The Centre for International Governance Innovation.
Rowlands said Thursday the school's mission is to prepare its roughly 250 graduate and PhD students to understand the complicated global environment at the policy level, as opposed to a strictly theoretical one.
Interdisciplinary...
Global Security & Politics
The opinions expressed in this article/multimedia are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of CIGI or its Board of Directors.


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A cohesive viscoelastic-elastoplastic-damage model for DEM and its applications to predict the rate- and time-dependent behaviour of asphalt concretes
Ha H. Bui, Xuan Dai Lu, Nhu Nguyen
Asphalt concrete is a composite heterogeneous material comprised of aggregates bonded together by bitumen binder. The mechanical behaviour of this material shows great dependence on loading rates and time (e.g., creep, relaxation). Such heterogeneity in the internal structure and complex behaviour of asphalt concrete present a challenge for numerical methods to fully capture its responses under different loading rates and durations, especially when large deformation and crack development are present in the material. This study proposes a modelling approach capable of capturing the behaviour of asphalt concrete under different loading rates and durations. In this approach, the heterogeneous internal structure of asphalt concrete is naturally reproduced by the discrete element method (DEM). In parallel, a new inter-particle contact model is developed for the DEM to describe the grain-level behaviour of asphalt concrete. This contact model couples a viscoelastic-damage law with a cohesive-elastoplastic-damage law, enabling the contact model to characterise the rate and time dependency, viscoelastic damage, and plastic-damage behaviour of asphalt concrete. Moreover, thanks to the use of DEM, the proposed approach can naturally capture crack initiation and development. Through comparisons and verifications with a wide range of experiments on asphalt concrete, including the relaxation test, creep test, and dynamic semi-circular bending test, the proposed approach shows its capability of overcoming the limitations of previous DEM models in reproducing the complex behaviours of asphalt material under various loading conditions. Insights into the failure mechanisms of asphalt material under complex loading conditions and its transitional behaviours from diffuse to localised failure can be thus naturally derived from the proposed DEM approach. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed approach for investigating the behaviour of asphalt concrete.
International Journal of Plasticity
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2022.103391
10.1016/j.ijplas.2022.103391Licence: Other
Bui, H. H., Lu, X. D., & Nguyen, N. (2022). A cohesive viscoelastic-elastoplastic-damage model for DEM and its applications to predict the rate- and time-dependent behaviour of asphalt concretes. International Journal of Plasticity, 157, [103391]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijplas.2022.103391
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Virginia State Police Intensify
Corinne N. Geller, VSP
Corinne.Geller@VSP.Virginia.Gov
Michelle T. Holland, VDOT
703-259-3378 / 703-586-0487 (cell)
Virginia State Police Intensify HOV Enforcement on I-66 Express Lanes Inside the Beltway Friday
All drivers must have E-ZPass or E-ZPass Flex (for HOV-2+) to travel during rush hours
FAIRFAX – Virginia State Police (VSP) will conduct a focused High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) enforcement on Interstate 66 inside the Beltway tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 30 during morning and afternoon rush hour periods. This effort is intended to bring HOV violators into compliance.
The focused HOV enforcement comes just before the first-year anniversary of express lanes operations on Dec. 4. HOV hours are Monday through Friday, from 5:30 to 9:30 a.m. eastbound and 3 to 7 p.m. westbound.
Any person in violation of the HOV rules is guilty of a traffic infraction. Violations committed within this area on I-66 are punishable by fines including $125 for a first offense, $250 for a second offense within a period of five years from a first offense, $500 for a third offense within a period of five years from a first offense, and $1,000 for a fourth or subsequent offense within a period of five years from a first offense.
All vehicles with two or more people (HOV-2+) can continue to use the road during rush hours for free, but need an E-ZPass Flex switched to HOV-mode. Drivers choosing to pay a toll and drive by themselves in the express lanes need an E-ZPass.
Visit 66ExpressLanes.org for more information.


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Frederick Samuel "Fred" Duesenberg, född 6 december 1876 i Lippe, Tyskland, död 26 juli 1932 i sviterna av en trafikolycka i närheten av Jennerstown, Pennsylvania, USA, bildesigner, tävlingsförare och pionjär inom den amerikanska bilindustrin. Grundade tillsammans med brodern Augie 1913 bilmärket Duesenberg.

Friedrich och August Düsenberg emigrerade med sin mor från Kirchheide i Tyskland till New York år 1885. Flyttade senare till Rockford, Iowa där de bytte namn till Fred och Augie Duesenberg.
Skolade sig i Rockford för att sedan börja jobba som tekniker för jordbruksmaskiner samt tillverkare av väderkvarnar.

Fred Duesenberg började under 1890-talet bygga cyklar som han även tävlade med, och startade en motorcykelbutik vid 17 års ålder, samtidigt som brodern Augie Duesenberg hade en liknande butik i staden Garner, Iowa. År 1910 byggde Fred Duesenberg sin första tävlingsbil, efter att ha jobbat som teknisk rådgivare och testförare hos biltillverkaren  Rambler. 1913 bildades Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company, Inc av de två bröderna.

Födda 1876
Avlidna 1932
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Personer inom USA:s näringsliv
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Amerikanska racerförare
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