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Former US President, Donald Trump
Former US President, Donald Trump has condemned the "unfair attack" on his family business;after The Trump Organization was;made the subject of a criminal investigation.
The organization had been the focus of a civil probe by the New York attorney general, Letitia James,;over whether it falsely reported property values to secure loans and obtain economic and tax benefits or not.
However, on 19th May, James's office announced;that the probe was "no longer civil in nature".
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"We are now actively investigating the Trump Organization in a criminal capacity, along with the Manhattan DA."
In response, Trump accused James, who is a Democrat, of having;"literally campaigned;on prosecuting Donald Trump even before she knew anything about me"
"She said that if elected, she would use her office to look into 'every aspect' of my real estate dealings.
"She swore that she would 'definitely sue' me.nShe boasted on video that she would be, and I quote, 'a real pain in the a**'." firstly
New York State Attorney General Letitia James
He also stated that the investigation is "corrupt" and a "desperate search for a crime", as he;accused the district attorney's office of "going after me for years".
"Our movement, which started with the great election win of 2016, is perhaps the biggest and most powerful in the history of our country. But the Democrats want to cancel the Make America Great Again movement, not by Making America First, but by Making America Last.
"No President has been;treated the way I have. With all of the crime and corruption you read about with others, nothing happens, they only go after Donald Trump."
Trump had previously branded the then-civil probe a "witch hunt".
The former President's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, also condemned the inquiry as "flagrant abuse of political office".
On Twitter, he shared an old video of James promising to pursue all legal options against Trump while she was still campaigning for the attorney general role.
Investigation into Trump Organization
The New York Attorney General announced that she is looking into whether The Trump Organization falsely reported;real estate values to get loans and receive tax and economic benefits or not.
This, she said, includes inflating the value of assets to secure higher lending and undervaluing properties to get tax breaks.
Among the properties in question are two in New York – his northern Manhattan estate and The Trump tower. Others include a hotel in Chicago and a Los Angeles golf course, James' office disclosed.
Trump Tower is one of the properties being investigated
Manhattan's district attorney, Cyrus Vance, another Democrat, has also been investigating Trump's pre-presidency business dealings for more than two years.
While the exact nature of that probe is not known due to US grand jury rules, Vance's office has revealed in court filings that it was investigating "possibly extensive and protracted criminal conduct" at The Trump Organization, including tax and insurance fraud and falsification of business records.
Vance's investigation started after Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen allegedly paid two women to be silent about claimed sexual relationships with the former President in the run-up to the 2016 president.
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MLJ: Charly Manson vs Negro Casas [hair vs hair]
2010-10-15 @ Arena México (Entre el Cielo y el Infierno)
Charly Manson vs Negro Casas [hair vs hair]
Thought I'd try to find a Charly Manson match worth watching since he just was released from jail and worked last night's Elite show. I hadn't gone deep enough into Los Invasores to find him in 2010. Now I am. Plus it's a Casas apuestas match I didn't even know existed and it links into what I had been watching in 2010.
According to Cubs, this was part of a grand CMLL plan. An Invasor goes over in an apuestas match. A CMLL guy (Rey Buccanero) goes over a few months later, and then they face off. Unfortunately for Rey, really, part of a long string of unfortunates in his career, Manson left shortly after this. I can't imagine that made Casas too happy considering.
This was interesting though, and in part it was interesting because CMLL was introducing the insidious notion of the rudo referee, Tirantes in this case. It was very blatant, very straightforward, and while I loathe the concept in general because it dilutes the heat and is heavily overused, here it felt novel (to CMLL at least), and Negro Casas' reactions made it work when in general, it shouldn't have. That's not to say it was sustainable, but here the goal was to build heat for something later, and in that and through a quality performance or two it suited.
Manson's gimmick, in 2010, as a Marilyn Manson clone, was a little surreal. His hair was thinning at this point. He did have two-three pockets in the crowd either dressed in his facepaint or carrying his a banner for him. I think it was less support than they made it seem by cutting to these people all the time. The gimmick felt like he'd had it so long that it was self-referential now, kind of like how Hijo del Fantasma isn't exactly linkable to a newspaper comic strip in any discernible way.
This began with Los Invasores coming out with Manson and a bevy of CMLL tecnicos (including Sombra) coming out with Casas. There were people dancing and Zacarias being kind of awesome. It was a fun scene.
And here are the Manson fans, who we'd see again and again:
While there was a competitive your team vs my team feel to the first two falls and I think a novelty to the pairing, a freshness to it, it was really lacking the sort of heat and hatred you'd expect from a match like this. There was a bit too much wrestling in the primera and while there was a sense of fight, it felt almost more like a title match at first than an apuestas match. Really, the primera was just there to build to a big moment, Manson faceplanting Casas with running kicks to the corner and then Casas catching the foot only for Tirantes to distract him. That allowed for Manson to take over, hit the pick up/drop down (clumsily), and lock in a nice submission for the fall. It wasn't a huge twist or anything but it was a definitive moment of Tirantes asserting himself that'd set the stage for the rest of the match. The segunda was still heated but hardly in a bloodfeud sort of way. Casas launched Manson with a couple of armdrags and then hit La Casita for the three. Tirantes counted slow but still made the count.
So the primera and the segunda were just sort of there. Manson held his own and was a very different sort of opponent for Casas but it didn't stand out. The tercera, though, with Tirantes being a focal point, did. That was because there was a real sense of desperation out of Casas. After one more kick to the face, Manson put his foot on Casas for a pin and Tirantes counted as fast as he could. The look of exasperation on Negro Casas' face afterwards was gold. He tried to do the same in return and the count was as slow as you could imagine. From there on in, it was all he could do not to get pinned again and to try to get a submission out of Manson since he knew it'd be almost impossible to pin him.
And this was a lot of fun. Casas kicked out some submissions I'd never seen him do, from simple ones like la Cavernaria to some complex rolling ones Tirantes helped Manson whenever he could and the crowd and the announcers veered more and more into a state of disbelief. There was a great camera angle on a Manson tope and a fun moment where Casas went for the spin kick one too many times and had his leg jammed on the rope for it. Ultimately, Manson was too cocky and lost his control of the match to an out of nowhere Saito suplex, but Tirantes jammed two or three Casita attempts allowing Manson to lock in his own with another fast count and steal the win.
Given how outlandish this was relative to CMLL at the time and Casas' sheer charisma, I'm kind of amazed there wasn't some sort of riot here. I think that while the first half of the match wasn't much and the last half, while being quite a bit relied so much on smoke and mirrors, it was still hugely effective in doing what it was supposed to do and the eventual Rey Bucanero vs Charly Manson match could have been a surprisingly big deal, even if it was 2011 Rey we were talking about. Ah well, it's CMLL, what do you expect? Still, this is a good match to watch if people want to get a sense of what Manson can do in a CMLL context.
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La Quintuplice Alleanza fu un accordo, stretto nel 1818, per il quale la Francia entrava a far parte della già esistente Quadruplice Alleanza, a cui appartenevano le potenze europee contro cui la Francia aveva combattuto durante le guerre napoleoniche: Austria, Regno Unito, Prussia e Russia.

Il reingresso della Francia
Al congresso di Aquisgrana, dell'ottobre-novembre 1818, gli alleati, in cambio del pagamento delle riparazioni di guerra (ancorché ridotte), approvarono il ritiro dei propri corpi di occupazione, stanziati in Francia sin da Waterloo.
La Francia di Luigi XVIII, inoltre, venne invitata ad aderire pubblicamente ad una pomposa dichiarazione riguardo alla fraternità delle quattro potenze "cementata dai legami della fratellanza cristiana", che le quattro potenze vincitrici su Napoleone avevano, fra loro, discusso e sottoscritto.

A questa data si fa, a volte, risalire il reingresso di Parigi nel consesso delle potenze, dunque il passaggio dalla Quadruplice (senza la Francia) alla Quintuplice Alleanza.
Anche se, in effetti, le date andrebbero posticipate di circa quattro anni. In quel congresso di Aquisgrana, infatti, oltre alla pomposa e generica dichiarazione di fratellanza, le quattro potenze stipularono contestualmente anche un protocollo segreto, che confermava la garanzia reciproca in funzione anti-francese.

La vera promozione di Parigi da potenza sconfitta ad alleato dev'essere fatta risalire, in verità, al congresso di Verona del 9-14 ottobre 1822, quando, nonostante il dissenso inglese, Vienna, San Pietroburgo e Berlino autorizzarono i ministri di Luigi XVIII ad una grandiosa spedizione militare in Spagna per restaurare il governo assoluto di Ferdinando VII di Borbone: quello fu, in effetti, il vero evento che sancì il reingresso di Parigi nel consesso delle grandi potenze europee.

I congressi
Gli stati aderenti alla Quintupla Alleanza si riunirono in sole tre occasioni tra il 1820 ed il 1822, quando si scatenarono nell'Europa meridionale i moti del 1820-1821:
 Congresso di Troppau (ottobre-novembre 1820),
 Congresso di Lubiana (gennaio-maggio 1821),
 Congresso di Verona (9-14 ottobre 1822).

Secondo gli storici, la fine morale dell'accordo risale al 1825, quando morì lo zar Alessandro, che fungeva da collante tra le potenze che vi aderivano.

Voci correlate
 Santa Alleanza
 Quadruplice Alleanza (1815)
 Congresso di Aquisgrana (1818)
 Congresso di Troppau
 Congresso di Lubiana
 Congresso di Verona (1822)

Collegamenti esterni

Quadruplice Alleanza
Quadruplice Alleanza
Quadruplice Alleanza
Quadruplice Alleanza
Quadruplice Alleanza
Quadruplice Alleanza
Quintuplice Alleanza
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In front of a record crowd at All-Star Speedway in Epping, New Hampshire, NASCAR NEXTEL Cup standout Kyle Busch and veteran short track campaigner Mike Rowe put on a show for the ages. Busch took the lead from Mike Rowe on lap 179 and took the checkered flag first in the PASS North All-Star 200 event Saturday night, but after post-race evaluations the win was given to Rowe due to an unapproved tire change by Busch's number-51 team.
A spectacular night of short track racing came down to some of the biggest names in all levels of stock car racing, including Busch and the short track heroes of the PASS North Super Late Model tour such as Mike Rowe and his son Ben, plus New England racing veteran Rick Martin and young up-and-comer Travis Benjamin.
The frontrunners swapped the lead 11 times officially at the start-finish line, but many laps featured lead swaps and hard-nosed short track racing at the tight All-Star bullring. Late in the going, Mike Rowe appeared to have saved his car enough to cruise to victory, but Busch came on strong to take the lead on lap 179. Rowe tried to chase Busch down in the final laps to no avail.
Post-race, PASS Officials assessed a two-lap penalty, per the series' rulebook, to Busch's team for the unapproved tire change. The penalty dropped Busch to 16th and bumped Mike Rowe to the win. Ben Rowe overcame a spin on lap 132 to finish third. Early leader Travis Benjamin shook off recent bad luck to bring home a third-place finish, while Trevor Sanborn and Richie Dearborn rounded out the top-five.
Drama; it's what makes life interesting. It's also what makes the racing world intriguing, whether you are a fan of the NEXTEL Cup Series or the Pro All Stars Series North. The All-Star 200 PASS North event on Saturday night at All-Star Speedway in Epping, NH, had more drama than a Steven Spielberg movie, both on and off the track.
The climatic winner of the event is last year's PASS South champion Mike Rowe. Rowe was declared the victor after NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series competitor Kyle Busch was given a two-lap penalty by PASS North Officials for an unapproved tire change.
Penalty or no penalty, the race around the tight quarter-mile facility was among the best of the year for the PASS Super Late Model Tour. A half-dozen drivers, including Rowe, Busch, Rick Martin, Cassius Clark, Travis Benjamin and Ben Rowe waged war in a dramatic battle for the top spot that had the standing-room-only crowd on their feet for nearly the entire race. Busch, who had started fourth in the event, had crossed the finish line first at the end of the 200-lap race.
Even Mike Rowe, who some consider one of the toughest short track racers in the country, felt the battle for the win was extremely challenging.
"I have a lot of fun racing with Busch," said Rowe, who claimed his second victory of the PASS North season. "We raced good at Oxford (last two years) and we had a good time down at South Boston last year. It's nice to race with those guys and beat them, but when they stretch the rules and do what they do, it kind of makes us look bad. We're the ones that should've been in victory lane at the track taking the pictures, but it's just one of those deals.
Kyle Busch ran up front early before beginning to fade near the mid-point in the race. During a caution on lap 94, Busch pulled his number-51 machine into the pits with a right-front flat. The team changed both right-side tires and PASS rules state that a tire can only be changed if it is indeed flat. After examination following the race, PASS ruled the tire was not flat, and according to rule 10.19.9 – B, the Kyle Busch team received a two-lap penalty for the violation.
We came in when Kyle thought that he had a flat. We checked the tires and we could physically hear the air coming out of the right front. There was a puncture hole in the right front," explained Perry. "A lot of these guys (on the team) have never been in the position (with PASS) to know the whole tire deal and when you can and can't change them. By the time we got the tires off and realized we didn't have a hole in the other tire, just a stuck bleeder, the official had confiscated them and took them over to the PASS trailer. The bleeder doesn't technically constitute a flat tire. I went back and tried to rectify the wrong by getting the tire, but it had already been confiscated, so there was no way of getting the tire and putting it back on.
The All-Star 200 catered to all that is so exciting about short track racing. With young guns battling with seasoned veterans throughout the field, plus the added thrill of a hard-nosed and eager NEXTEL Cup driver trying to beat them all in front of a record crowd at the New Hampshire bullring, the All-Star 200 had it all.
Officially there were 11 lead changes scored at the start-finish line, but the front runners Busch, Rowe, Travis Benjamin, Clark and Martin swapped the lead throughout the 200-lap event sometimes two or even three times a lap. Rowe appeared to have saved his tires and equipment just enough to get to the finish line first, but on lap 179 Busch made the move for the lead that Rowe was not able to counter.
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NAPLES, ME (June 20, 2007) – Whenever the NASCAR Nextel Cup teams have come to New Hampshire International Speedway to race, it has become a tradition that the PASS North Super Late Models have not been far away. For the past several years, when fans have been to NHIS, the PASS North cars have been at a short track within a short drive on the Saturday night of race weekend.
At the end of the month, that trend will continue with a little more fanfare. PASS North will visit All-Star Speedway in Epping, New Hampshire for a 200-lap feature race on the Saturday night of Cup weekend – and one of NASCAR brightest stars will be heading over from the Magic Mile at NHIS to race at All-Star.
Kyle Busch, who is the hottest free agent in the racing world right now, has signed to compete in the June 30th All-Star 200 PASS North event. Busch is a veteran of several Super Late Model events during the past several years and will drive the #51 car fielded by Steve Perry for the event.
Busch's appearance in the race only adds to a special atmosphere for the All-Star 200 race that surrounds the entire state of New Hampshire during a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup weekend.
The PASS North teams have visited the track formerly known as Star Speedway in the past, but not since Bobby McArthur bought the facility, renovated it and changed the name before the start of the 2007 racing season.
The All-Star 200 is scheduled for Saturday, June 30th. Racing starts at 6 PM.
All-Star Speedway (NH) is one of the tracks on the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) North Super Late Model schedule where weekly competitors can dice it up with tour regulars. A number of veterans who know the place well, like Bobby Gahan, Eric Hudson and Babe Branscomb, are expected to enter the All-Star 200 on June 29th-30th and, of course, the regular stars of PASS North will be there as well – guys like Johnny Clark, Ben Rowe, Mike Rowe, Cassius Clark, Richie Dearborn, Travis Benjamin, Trevor Sanborn, Alan Tardiff and Derek Ramstrom.
Then there is Joey Porciello. The Lee, New Hampshire, driver really doesn't fit any mold for this race. He's a PASS North regular, but also a near-weekly competitor in the Pro Stock/Super Late Model class at All-Star. He's a PASS North rookie, but he drives like a seasoned veteran – winning the season opener at Beech Ridge to start out his 2007 season well.
Oddly enough, though, even though Star is only minutes from Porciello's hometown, he never raced there early in his career. Until Bobby MacArthur, a former Super Late Model racer himself, bought the track over this off-season, there was not a regular Late Model or Super Late Model class running at All-Star Speedway.
When Porciello did start turning laps at the facility, it was love at first drive. He won last fall's PASS Outlaw Late Model race at All-Star Speedway. It was his first start there.
Porciello has been running strong at All-Star during the off Saturday nights of the PASS North schedule this year.
Turning all of those laps there has made All-Star one of Porciello's favorite tracks to compete on.
Porciello is donning a yellow rookie strip on his bumper this year, but his victory at Beech Ridge to start the season made him stand out from the Class of 2007 right away.
The All-Star 200 is scheduled for the same weekend as NASCAR Nextel Cup and Busch Series races at the nearby New Hampshire International Speedway. At least one Nextel Cup driver is planning to race at All-Star and numerous crew members and Cup fans have flocked to PASS North races that are near to NHIS in the past. Porciello is looking forward to that.


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J. Murrey Atkins Library - Special Collections & University Archives
UNC Charlotte Finding Aids
H. H. Baxter papers
Identifier: MS0086
Manuscript Collections, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte
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This collection documents H. H. Baxter's civic and community activities primarily from the 1940s through the 1960s and includes some personal memorabilia. Comprised of photocopies of several scrapbooks compiled by Baxter primarily relating to his civic and community activities and, to a limited extent, to his private activities and interests. This collection does not represent his complete mayoral, council, or personal files.
Baxter, H. H. (Herbert Hill) (Person)
copies of originals: 750 items, including 32 photographs
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Herbert Hill Baxter was born in Boston on May 31, 1894 to Lucy Hill and Frank Herbert Baxter. He was graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1918. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army, Infantry Division, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. His training was conducted partially at Camp Greene in Charlotte. After his discharge from the Army, Baxter entered the lumber business in Charleston, S.C. In 1922 he moved to Charlotte, where, in 1925, he organized Central Lumber Company, of which he was president until the company closed in 1958. Baxter entered local politics in 1935 when he was elected to the Charlotte City Council, on which he served until 1941 and again from 1951 to 1959. In 1943, Baxter defeated E. McArthur Currie to become mayor. He was reelected in 1945 and 1947. He was defeated in 1949 by Victor Shaw. He ran for city council in 1965 but was defeated. Baxter continued to work with city government after his service on the city council, primarily as vice chair of the Charlotte Redevelopment Commission. As mayor, Baxter established a planning board and pressed for careful but progressive city growth. After World War II, he launched the sale of bonds to finance a $12,000,000 "Program for Progress." During his administration, the city acquired Morris Field from US Air Force for airport expansion; developed and adopted health, housing, and zoning ordinances; expanded city boundaries; liberalized Sunday blue laws; created ABC legislation; authorized construction of a cross town highway; established a veteran's center and a city employee retirement system and created new city departments, including Traffic Engineering. Baxter promoted funding for an auditorium and coliseum, as well as consolidation of city county governments. [See box 4:11 for a complete list of accomplishments.] Baxter was also active in many community organizations. He was 32nd degree Mason and belonged to the Lion's Club. His memberships included Myers Park Country Club, where he served as president (1953-58). He helped found the Charlotte City Club (1947) and served as its president (1948-49). Baxter worked with the Charlotte Mecklenburg Boy Scouts and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Merchants' Association. He served as president of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and as commander of the Civil Air Patrol's North Carolina Wing (1950-53). Baxter was married to Virginia Littlejohn of Spartanburg, S.C. They had three daughters. He died in 1967.
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Photocopies of scrapbooks kept by Baxter, Charlotte mayor (1943-49) and city council member (1935-41, 1951-59). Includes correspondence, clippings, speeches, and other material relating primarily to his political and civic activities.
Organized into five series: I. Correspondence, 1917-1967. II. Clippings, 1917-1967, 1982. III. Speeches, 1943-1954. IV. Memorabilia, 1917- 1967. V. Photographs, undated. Series I-III|barranged chronologically. Series IV. arranged by subject.
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Gift of Virginia Baxter and Elizabeth Hayes, 1983
Baxter, H. H. (Herbert Hill)
Charlotte (N.C.) -- Politics and government
Charlotte (N.C.). City Council
Mayors -- North Carolina -- Charlotte
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H. H. Baxter Papers. J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/461 Accessed January 18, 2021.


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Iden Croft had a brilliant butterfly season in 2017 and catalogued 24 species of butterflies.
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Over the past few years, Ilovehandles has expanded into a number of categories: home furnishings, kitchen products, personal accessories, and even puzzles. Well today we're launching two new products that hark back to our roots in tech accessories. Introducing Tug and Node!
If you have an iPad pro, you probably have an Apple Pencil. If you want to charge them both at the same time, you need two cords AND Apple's easy-to-lose adapter for the pencil. And if you have both of those devices, chances are you have an iPhone. How do you charge all three at once?
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How Bridges Work
By: Robert Lamb, Michael Morrissey & Patrick J. Kiger | Updated: Nov 12, 2021
Truss Bridges: Beam Bridges With Braces
Night lights illuminate the truss on Shanghai's Waibaidu Bridge.	Sergi Reboredo/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
Travel around the world, and you'll encounter dozens of variations on your standard beam bridge. The key differences, however, all come down to the design, location and composition of the truss.
During the early Industrial Revolution, beam bridge construction in the United States was rapidly developing. Engineers gave many different truss designs a whirl in an attempt to perfect it. Their efforts weren't for naught. Wooden bridges were soon replaced by iron models or wood-and-iron combinations.
All these different truss patterns also factored into how beam bridges were being built. Some takes featured a through truss above the bridge, while others boasted a deck truss beneath the bridge.
A single beam spanning any distance undergoes compression and tension. The very top of the beam gets the most compression, and the very bottom of the beam experiences the most tension. The middle of the beam experiences very little compression or tension. This is why we have I-beams, which provide more material on the tops and bottoms of beams to better handle the forces of compression and tension.
And there's another reason why a truss is more rigid than a single beam: A truss has the ability to dissipate a load through the truss work. The design of a truss, which is usually a variant of a triangle, creates both a very rigid structure and one that transfers the load from a single point to a considerably wider area.
While truss bridges are largely a product of the Industrial Revolution, our next example, the arch, dates back much further in time. Grab your sword and sandals, because we're about to go Roman.
Robert Lamb, Michael Morrissey & Patrick J. Kiger "How Bridges Work" 1 April 2000.
HowStuffWorks.com. <https://science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/civil/bridge.htm> 17 January 2022


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Bord na Móna shortlisted at Social Media Awards
Bord na Móna was announced as a Finalist for five awards across four categories at this year's Social Media Awards on Thursday 5 June 2014.
The 2014 Social Media Awards took place in Dublin's Bord Gáis Energy Theatre.
Bord na Móna was shortlisted for five awards at this year's event:
Best Integrated Social Media Campaign for Bord na Móna Growise
Best Integrated Facebook Campaign for Bord na Móna Growise
Best Integrated Facebook Campaign for Bord na Móna Fuels
Best Online PR Campaign for Bord na Móna Fuels – The Big Family Craicle
Best Use of Social Media by a State Body for Bord na Móna
The final shortlist included entries submitted by Bewley's Ireland, Samsung Ireland, Centra Ireland and more.


This domaine is on the road between Meursault and Auxey and it's a top place to go for a tasting. When I bought this wine the tasting was going well except for the fact that Peter Broadthurst kept suggesting that all the wines had been opened days earlier ("It' reductive!") and forced Pascal to open fresh bottles. Still, the team made heavy investments due to the reasonable prices. And this 2010 Saint-Romain has aged gracefully. An initial nose of red apple, caraway seeds, vanilla, chalk. There is a good medium structure. Cherry stones, simple, enjoyable, balanced, slightly dry chewy finish. Scores 64/100 and has reached its peak.


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Юхим Володимирович Тягушев (1919—1971) — радянський військовий, Герой Радянського Союзу (1942). Брав участь у радянсько-фінській та німецько-радянській війнах.

Біографія
Народився 26 січня 1919 року в селі Кендя нині Ічалковського району Мордовії в селянській родині. Ерзя (проте за більшістю документів йде за псевдоетнонімом мордвин).

Закінчив 7 класів. Працював у колгоспі «Новий шлях» податковим агентом сільради. Потім був різноробочим в Кендянському торфопідприємстві.

У 1939 році призваний в Червону Армію Ічалковським райвійськкоматом Мордовської АРСР. В полковій школі отримав спеціальність радиста. Учасник радянсько-фінляндської війни 1939-1940 років.

Початок німецько-радянської війни зустрів під Одесою. Був радистом батальйону зв'язку 78-ї окремої стрілецької бригади 9-ї армії Південного фронту, червоноармієць.

У квітні 1942 року 78-а окрема стрілецька бригада, у складі якої був червоноармієць Юхим Тягушев, вела бої в закруті річки Сіверський Донець, неподалік від міста Красний Лиман. В ніч на 20 квітня стрілецька рота переправилася на західний берег річки і вибила супротивника з панівної висоти 158,6 поблизу села Довгеньке (нині Ізюмського району Харківської області України). В складі десанту був і червоноармієць Тягушев. Виконуючи бойове завдання, зв'язківці розгорнули в захопленому бліндажі радіостанцію і коректували вогонь артилерії, а також брали участь у відбитті декількох контратак противника. 21 квітня, коли гітлерівці, перейшовши в атаку на висоту, яку обороняло відділення Тягушева, оточили бункер, Юхим відкрив вогонь з автомата по противнику і по радіо викликав вогонь радянської артилерії на себе. Один із снарядів потрапив в бліндаж. Тягушев отримав контузію і втратив свідомість. Гітлерівці взяли його в полон.

Тягушев пройшов кілька концтаборів. Двічі тікав, але невдало. Тільки третя втеча 21 січня 1943 року виявилася успішною, і він повернувся до лав Червоної Армії. Надалі брав участь у боях на Таманському півострові, у визволені Криму, Румунії, Югославії, Болгарії і Австрії.

У 1946 році Юхим Тягушев демобілізований. Приїхав у Хабаровськ, куди перед війною поїхали його батьки. У 1952 році закінчив Благовіщенське річкове училище. Працював в Амурському річковому пароплавстві начальником причалу 12-ї ділянки Хабаровського порту. З 1955 року працював старшим прийомоздатчиком, майстром вантажно-розвантажувальних робіт на Іманскій пристані на річці Уссурі. Жив у місті Іман (з 1972 року — Дальнєрєченськ) Приморського краю.

Помер 27 січня 1971 року. Похований на центральній алеї міського кладовища міста Дальнєрєченська.

Пам'ять
 У музеї міста Дальнєрєченськ Герою присвячений цілий стенд. На зароблені учнями гроші йому встановлено обеліск. Також Тягушеву присвячують вірші місцеві поети, щорічно на його честь проводять стрілецькі змагання.

Нагороди

 Указом Президії Верховної Ради СРСР від 13 грудня 1942 року за зразкове виконання бойових завдань командування на фронті боротьби з німецько-фашистськими загарбниками і проявлені при цьому мужність і героїзм червоноармійцеві Тягушеву Юхиму Володимировичу присвоєно звання Героя Радянського Союзу (медаль «Золота Зірка» № 4916)
 Нагороджений орденом Леніна і медалями.

Примітки

Посилання

 Герои Советского Союза — дальневосточники.
 Тягушев Ефим Владимирович .

Уродженці Ічалківського району
Народились 26 січня
Народились 1919
Кавалери ордена Леніна
Нагороджені медаллю «За відвагу»
Персоналії за алфавітом
Учасники радянсько-фінської війни
Радянські військові зв'язківці Другої світової війни
Герої Радянського Союзу — ерзяни
Померли 27 січня
Померли 1971
Поховані в Приморському краї


Midajah McCarty's steal and three-point play with 14.6 seconds to go gave the Lions the lead and they held on for the 47-43 victory at SLAM Academy.
Calvary Chapel trailed by as many as 12 points in the fourth quarter on Friday against Needles in the 2A Southern League semifinals.
But something told senior guard Midajah McCarty that the team's season wasn't quite over.
McCarty's steal and three-point play with 14.6 seconds to go gave the Lions the lead and they held on for a 47-43 victory at SLAM Academy.
The Lions (15-11) play Lincoln County (15-10) in the championship game at 11 a.m. Saturday at Del Sol. Both teams advance to next week's state tournament.
Calvary Chapel trailed 41-29 with 5:03 to play, but the Lions turned up the defensive pressure, and Needles didn't have an answer. The Mustangs (27-6) turned the ball over nine times in the fourth quarter, most coming against Calvary Chapel's full-court press.
Freshman Olivia Bell scored eight of her 22 points in the fourth quarter for Calvary Chapel, which didn't look like it was going to have a postseason opportunity after it was forced to forfeit 11 league wins for using an ineligible player.
But the Lions appealed and a hearing officer ruled that Calvary Chapel would have won six of those games without the ineligible player and restored those victories. That was enough to get the Lions into the playoffs and now the state tournament.
"It was really hard for us at that moment," McCarty said of the forfeits.
Tyra Perkins added 14 points and 11 rebounds for Calvary Chapel.
Marie Mills led Needles with 14 points, and Paige Murch added 11 points, 14 rebounds and three blocked shots for the Mustangs.
Lincoln County 38, Lake Mead 26 — The Lynx used a 12-0 run in the third quarter to pull away and defeat the Eagles.
Lake Mead hit two 3-pointers early in the second half to cut the lead to 19-17, but Lincoln County's Alexis Long scored the next four points to spark the 12-0 run.
Kendra Mathews had 11 points, 13 rebounds and three blocked shots for Lincoln County, which held Lake Mead without a field goal in the second quarter.
Long added eight points and five rebounds, and Sadie Soderborg had seven points, five rebounds, four blocked shots and three steals.
Lauryn Freund led Lake Mead (12-8) with nine points, and teammate Rebekah Fuller had six points, 14 rebounds and six blocked shots.


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Home Campus Students With Style
Students With Style
Sara Hall
Tempus Apparel designs.
— All photos courtesy Tempus Apparel
For three Newport natives and teen entrepreneurs, fashion and business go hand in hand.
Kunal Patel, 18, a 2013 Sage Hill School graduate and business major at New York University Stern School of Business, and Sage seniors Darshan Patel, 17, and Krishan Tarsadia, 16, have started Tempus Apparel, a premium clothing line based out of Newport Beach.
Tempus focuses on "class and simplicity" and is "committed to providing a fresh take on modern street fashion" while still being affordable, according to their website.
All items are manufactured "sweatshop free" in Los Angeles. They are made of 100 percent organic, pesticide-free cotton.
They design, market and sell the shirts themselves.
(left to right) Kunal Patel, Darshan Patel and Krishan Tarsadia have started Tempus Apparel, a premium clothing line based out of Newport Beach.
"It's a very tight-knit process," Kunal Patel said. "There's not much that goes on that we don't have our hands in."
The teens started Tempus on May 11 last year. They wanted to start something over the summer, Kunal Patel said.
"We thought it was a good project that we could really invest our summer in working on," Darshan Patel said. "So we decided to just go with it… It was kind of spur of the moment."
All three of them were interested in branding and apparel companies, Kunal Patel said, but none of them were fond of the current fashion trends that featured bright neon colors and loud designs. So they decided to come up with their own style.
"We wanted to make something that would last," Kunal Patel said.
Something that would look good now and in five or 10 years, and beyond, he said.
"Classic," he added.
That was the inspiration behind the company name, Tempus is Latin for "time," and their slogan, "legacy is timeless."
"We wanted to leave a legacy, not only on the apparel industry, but also in the world," Kunal Patel said.
This idea prompted them to partner with These Numbers Have Faces, a nonprofit organization that invests in students in Africa to lead and empower their countries.
"We're very happy to be working with them," Kunal Patel said. "Their message is great and their projects are unbelievable."
A portion of all Tempus sales go toward the organization's education program, he explained.
"We have this educational message… We support that 100 percent," Kunal Patel said. "We want to make sure that wherever Tempus does take us, we don't let go of that message."
They currently donate five percent of sales to the cause, but hope to increase that number as the company grows. They are looking to donate $75 to $100 in the upcoming month.
"Right now, we're trying to focus on actually growing the company itself so we can give more later on," Darshan Patel said.
In the future, they hope to design shirts that promote the charity and their message.
"We've seen the success of entrepreneurship," through friends and family, Kunal Patel said, "I think that's a big message for Tempus Apparel because not only are we entrepreneurs, but we're helping fund entrepreneurs in Africa."
As entrepreneurs and first time business owners, starting Tempus Apparel is a learning process for them.
Starting a business now will help them in the future, they agreed. They are learning what works and what doesn't, dealing with obstacles and knowing how the industry works, among other helpful information.
"It's good to have this experience under my belt and to have some basis of what to expect in regards to time and money," Darshan Patel said.
They have had a lot of support and advice from their families, they said. Their parents have been helpful, but not controlling.
The teens used their own personal savings to start the company, which gives them a sense of pride and ownership.
"We're very invested in this company and we want to see it succeed," said Kunal Patel.
They have high hopes for the future of Tempus Apparel.
"We want it to keep growing," Darshan Patel added, "and let it take us where it takes us."
For more information, visit tempusapparel.com and thesenumbers.org.
Darshan Patel
Kunal Patel
Tempus Apparel
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Anton Fischer
Dr. FISCHER, ANTON.
Under the heading : "Anton Fischer, the Nestor of Homoeopathy in Austria," the Allegmeine Illustrite Zeitung (No. 50) appearing in Altona, contains the following communication, which was adorned with a beautiful portrait : Anton Fischer, the Nestor of Homoeopathy in Austria, is the son of poor parents and was born in Pribislau, in the year 1792.
From his earliest youth he had a particular predilection for the natural sciences in general and for botany in particular, and this latter science he prosecutes with zealous industry, even in his advanced age : he takes part in genealogical exhibitions and is frequently distinguished by premiums.
Strangers from near and from afar off visit him to look at his collections of fruits embossed in wax and manufactured by himself.
Having no means of subsistence from his parents, and having to depend upon his own exertions, he came, in his sixteenth year, into the house of a surgeon, where with great efforts he managed to support his existence until he was enabled to go to the University of Olmütz.
After finishing his studies, he began his blessed career of practice and remained faithful to Homoeopathy.
Hahnemann frequently corresponded with him, Fischer was happy to receive recognition and praise from a quarter from which his modesty had least expected it. In his dear fatherland, progress was slow.
With his increasing practice also increased the chicanery in opposition to the heroic representative of Homoeopathy, the practice of which was then not even tolerated, although even then the " Ritter vom Gist" ("knights of spirits") from the whole of Austria repeatedly sought and found counsel and help at his hands.
The results achieved by Fischer, especially in the epidemic of cholera of 1831, likely astonished the opponents of Homoeopathy and may have given the impulse for the cessation of the further persecutions of the Apostles of Hahnemann.
Ever since the year 1836, Austria has possessed railroads and homoeopathic physicians.
Fischer is corresponding member of the societies of homoeopathic physicians in Vienna and in Leipzig.
He is counted among the most popular men in Brünn, where for forty years he has enjoyed the esteem and confidence of his fellow-citizens.
His self-sacrifice was never so brilliantly displayed as during the cholera in 1866, where he acquired blessed merit through his care of the Prussian invading troops.
In the year 1864 he celebrated his fifty years' jubilee as practicing physician ; in the year 1865, at the exhibition of the Imperial Horticultural Society in Vienna, he received the golden medal for models of fruits ; even the Royal Horticultural Society in England distinguished him in 1866 al the exhibition in South Kensington, with the gold medal for his artistic imitation of fruit.


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North Staffordshire Magistrates Court
Man in court slapped by woman branding him 'a nonce and grass'
Zoe Simm, aged 36, of Tunstall, lost her cool at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court
Stoke-on-Trent Live
A woman slapped her partner's co-accused across the face as they waited for their case to be called on at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
Zoe Simm, aged 36, was supporting her partner ahead of the hearing on April 23.
But at 12.45pm, in an unprovoked attack, she walked up to the man, called him a 'nonce' and a 'grass' and slapped him across the face.
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In her police interview, the defendant said she admitted slapping the man to 'shut him up as he was winding her up'.
Simm, of Henry Street, Tunstall, pleaded guilty to common assault.
Colin Drew, mitigating, told North Staffordshire Justice Centre said there was one slap with two fingers. "He is a big chap, 6ft. She is a little lady, 4ft 11. It was one blow," he said.
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We now offer regular Bridge Fundamentals class on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM. We discuss basic bidding concepts and introduce players to declarer play and defensive card playing techniques. Our goal is to introduce this wonderful game to more people gradually by focusing on the fundamentals and learning to win more tricks - a skill set applicable to other trick taking card games as well. If interested, please send an e-mail to info@alohabridgeclub.com. We urge our Duplicate playing friends to share your love and joy of this great game with your friends and family members by encouraging them to try one or two sessions for free.
Explore this unique opportunity to improve your game without taking up another precious evening. We have instructions followed by a sanctioned game.
On 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays, we play four instructional hands highlighting various aspects of Declare Play and Defensive techniques. We discuss the 'Thought Process'. We then play a sanctioned Mini Pairs game (18-21) boards starting at 7:30 PM.
On 2nd and 4th Mondays, we turn to Bidding concepts - our current methods, new trends and how to gradually implement improved methods on our convention cards. We then play a Handicap Swiss Team starting at 7:00 PM.
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Q: Is this statement true, and how can I prove it? Suppose we got a tree of probablities, of non independent probablities like this:
Path-1 : 0.5*0.7*0.8*0.9 = 0.252
Path-2 : 0.5*0.8*0.8*0.9 = 0.288
Path-3 : 0.6*0.9*0.7 = 0.378
suppose the probablity is the probablity of success, thus the highest probablity path, is the path we would like to pick.
now I have a hunch that if we do the sum like these:
Path-1 : (1-0.5)+(1-0.7)+(1-0.8)+(1-0.9) = 1.1
Path-2 : (1-0.5)+(1-0.8)+(1-0.8)+(1-0.9) = 1
Path-3 : (1-0.6)+(1-0.9)+(1-0.7) = 0.8
and we pick the smaller sum, its the path with the highest probablity of success.
is this idea correct? how if so how do I prove it, if not why not?

A: No, it's not guaranteed. Consider the following two paths (for a possible tree with first branch probabilities 0.4,0,6):
Path 1: 0.4, 0.9
Path 2: 0.6, 0.69

Path 1 has a smaller sum (i.e. negative. sum as in your method) , but Path 2 is more likely.
From an algorithmic point of view, It is also counter intuitive to find the maximum value of an expression that involves multiplications via only summations.

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Many women, although by no means all of them, have a beauty horror story up their sleeve. Maybe it's about the time they tried to shave their eyebrows, or cut their own fringe. It might involve a little too much powder, or a particularly orange self-tanning moment. It possibly even details the fiery and eye-watering moment their tea tree infused shower gel came into contact with their nether regions.
But no story has ever shaken the world up quite as much as this woman's encounter with a box of unbranded wax strips.
Hannah Scorer has taken to Facebook to share a hilarious open letter with Boots, telling them about her unfortunate pre-date run-in with their hair removal product (or, to be more specific, their Smooth Care Wax Strips).
What follows next is an almost perfect setting of the scene. "Last night, I decided to use your wax strips to tidy up my bikini line," says Scorer, adding that she "followed your instructions on how to use the strips" to the letter.
Scorer continues: "So, as instructed on the back of the pack I warmed a strip, stuck it down, endured the brief but childbirth-level pain intensity of ripping it off, and looked down, ready to admire a peachy beach-ready inner thigh.
It's at this point that things begin to get… well, nightmarish (if your nightmares involve hair removal products, that is).
"All the hair I'd just tried to take off not even slightly detached from its follicles. Except now, matted firmly into the hair was a thick layer of wax.
What follows is a side-splittingly hilarious tale of woe, as Scorer recounts grabbing at the "wax residue moisturising wipes" and doing her best to remove the sticky stuff from her skin. To no avail.
"The wipe became trapped and bits of it tore off and firmly adhered to my waxy, furry skin, like a series of tiny surrender flags," says Scorer bitterly, adding that she doubted her date would be all that impressed when he/she came face-to-face with the resulting mess.
And, naturally, things continued to get worse. Furious exfoliation helped to remove some of the gunk, but not enough to stop it immediately blunting her razor. It was only after using copious amounts of a very expensive oil (and inserting a replacement razor blade) that she managed to finish the job that the wax strips started.
Scorer's post has since gone viral, with over 76,000 likes, 10,000 shares, and 19,000 comments from sympathetic (albeit amused) hair removal aficionados everywhere.
"This is why I choose shaving over waxing," quipped one.
And one, taking aim at Boots, insisted: "Get it sorted. This lady should be, at the very least, compensated with a visit to the nearest spa...not only to relieve the pain and allow her Lady Parts (!) to recover, but allow recuperation of her soul.
Boots have yet to comment on the post themselves, although they have informed a number of press outlets that they "can certainly understand Scorer's disappointment" and have contacted her to "offer a full refund".


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"Ever Since" is Chow Mane's first release from his project, "SIMMERING", a departure from his previous sound. Over bouncy and melodic production, Chow uses his raspy, playful voice to sing infectious melodies and unexpected soaring falsettos.
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Private equity-backed hospital software provider Strata Health receives $6 million from BDC Capital to activate its U.S. strategy
CALGARY, ALBERTA, March 7, 2022 – Strata Health, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider for the healthcare sector, received 6 million dollars in non-dilutive funding from BDC Capital's Growth & Transition Capital division to help launch its growth strategy focussing on U.S. expansion. The Calgary-based company was founded by Don Schick in 2001 and is now led by president and CEO Peter Smith. Seeing its strong potential, private equity firm Polaris Partners took a majority stake in the company in 2014.
Strata Health offers hospitals and clinics a SaaS-based platform that facilitates the complex process of transferring patients to the best establishments for their evolving needs, with the goal of improving efficiency and patient care. With its solution solidly implanted in Canada, the company began to look increasingly towards the United States to grow its annual recurring revenues. It acquired Salt Lake City's SilverSearch in early 2020 as a platform to launch its push. Following early successes and with hospital decision makers once again ready to modernize their systems since the start of the pandemic, management felt that the time had come to kick-start its multipronged strategy to sign up more hospitals to its service. The funds will largely be used for investments in product development, service delivery, sales and marketing, including new hires.
Strata Health sought out BDC Capital's support to put in place a patient capital structure which would keep its cash balance strong. It will also provide the flexibility it needs to execute its plans over the coming years. Working closely with Strata's CFO, Justin Kereluk, BDC Capital developed a customized mezzanine financing solution with conditions reflecting the company's expected performance over the loan period. Features include a principal holiday and modest repayment requirements until maturity.
"We reached out to BDC Capital for our growth capital needs because they provided a unique capital offering that was flexible and accessible through clearly defined and agreed upon deliverables," comments Justin Kereluk, Chief Financial Officer of Strata Health. "BDC Capital is a very credible organization that is recognized not only in Canada but across North America, which was important to our U.S. based majority owner. I was impressed by BDC's ability to quickly get up to speed with our international business model and achieve an early value-added dialogue on the capital planning side. After working with Tabreez, Randeep, and their colleagues, I can understand why they are successful in the technology space based on their knowledge depth, creativity on terms and ability to work at an expeditious pace."
This financing came out of a collaboration between BDC Capital's British Columbia and Prairies teams which was led by Randeep Janjua, Director, Growth & Transition Capital. "We were all very impressed by the calibre, cohesion and vision of Strata Health's management team and by the deeply committed support it receives from its private equity sponsor and robust board of directors," says Tabreez Lila, Managing Director for the Prairies, Growth & Transition Capital. "Based on how well its solution fills a critical gap in healthcare, we believe Strata Health is uniquely positioned to rapidly gain market share in the next few years."
About Strata Health
With a focus on streamlining workflows, we design, build and deploy software that manages the complete patient journey. From one integrated platform, care managers can efficiently and effectively coordinate care and provide patients with better choices and outcomes while reducing costs and wasted time. A complete, end-to-end technology platform, the key to Strata Health lies in its endless versatility and flexible configurations. Our platform contains a series of proven features, including provider directories, intelligent matching algorithms, end-to-end referral pathways, patient engagement tools, and real-time data and analytics. Through our partnerships with health systems, hospitals and providers, we work to build better, smarter and stronger connections that improve lives, give more time back to care coordinators and improve outcomes.
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Пётр Фёдорович Ткаченко (21 декабря 1878, Синявка, ныне Сосницкий район Черниговской области — 3 января 1919) — украинский музыкант, слепой кобзарь.

Биография
В 1887 году, в возрасте 9 лет, Ткаченко ослеп.

В 1894 году Ткаченко начал обучаться у Андрея Гайденко, а позже продолжил обучение у Терентия Пархоменко.

Умер в 1919 году от сыпного тифа.

Творчество
Репертуар Ткаченко состоял в основном из песен. Опанас Сластион писал в 1906 году, что кобзарь знал три думы:
 «Брат и сестра» ()
 «Вдова» ()
 «Плач невольников» ()

Пётр Ткаченко много путешествовал, работал в городах Чернигов, Нежин, Конотоп, Харьков, Полтава, Лохвица, Прилуки, Пирятин, Кременчуг, Николаев и др. В 1905 году, в течение двух месяцев, он проживал в доме директора Екатернославского исторического музея — академика Дмитрия Яворницкого, играя для посетителей музея.

За свои достижения он был включен в список известных международных деятелей культуры ЮНЕСКО в 1977-1978 годах.

Кобзари Российской империи


1. In the circus, the lions are trained (训练) to perform different programs.
2. Lincoln was shot (射杀)while watching a play in Ford's Theatre.
3. We left early in the morning because we had a long journey (旅程).
4. The lost car was found abandoned (被遗弃的) in the bush off the roadside.
5. The new leaves in the Fragrant Hills (香山) in Beijing provided the most beautiful autumn scenery (风景).
6. An expert (专家)is someone who has a particular skill or knows a lot about a particular subject.
7. My school is within the walking distance (距离) of my house.
8. Farmers can grow good plants in rich soil (土壤).
Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train .
Exam is short for examination.
What do you think of the film we saw last night?
I can see a bus coming in the distance .
We agreed never to refer to the matter again.
1. TV is _____ for television.
2. Mum is coming. What present _____ for your birthday?
3. —Do you like cats?
—Of course. They mean _____ a kind of pet to their masters.
4. The painting hanging on the wall looks much better_____.
5. After all the passengers _____ , the helicopter was _____ soon.
6. Simon thought his computer was broken _____ his little brother pointed out that he had forgotten to turn it on.
7. It was foolish of him to _____ his notes during that important test, and of course he got punished.
8. If we sit near the front of the bus, we'll have a better _____ .
9. The government has rebuilt the old temple _____ a long time ago.
10. The increasingly developing technology _____ humans to know more about space and themselves.
Two teenagers had to be saved from a steep mountainside in Scotland earlier today. They were members of a party of youngsters who were in the second week of a fortnight's(两周)camping in the mountains. The two boys, both from Birmingham, had been with a party of ten others who, with an experienced guide and mountaineer, had been on a two-day climb away from the main party. They had become separated from the others and it wasn't until late yesterday afternoon that the alarm was raised and a search party was organized.
The search which was called off late yesterday evening when thick fog set in, begun again early this morning and the boys were seen halfway up on a steep cliff(悬崖) face. Climbers quickly discovered that one of the boys had broken his leg and he was taken off the mountain by helicopter and flown to the nearest hospital. It is believed that the two went off exploring on their own and then got stuck on the cliff.
1. The youngsters planned to stay in the mountains for _____ .
2. The search was put off until early the next morning because of the _____ .
3. Why was one of the boys taken off the mountain by helicopter?
A. He broke his leg and couldn't move a bit.
B. The hospital was too far.
C. The cliff was steep.
D. He was halfway up on the cliff.
A. The two boys had their legs broken.
B. The two boys went away to explore on their own.
C. One of the boys was sent to hospital.
D. The accident took place in the mountains in Scotland.
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air because they know they will get what they want.
They want to go quickly, and safely, across the country, across the sea, or right across the world—and they know Bel Air will take them where they want to go, when they want to go. Bel Air flies all the newest and fastest planes, to move towns and cities, in more countries of the world, than any other airlines(航空公司).
Do you want to go to Paris, Washington, or Tokyo? Bel Air will take you there, at all times of the day or night, right through the week. But Bel Air flies not only to the big cities in the rich countries—we fly two or three times a week to towns and cities in the very heart of Asia, Africa and South America.
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will leave on time, and arrive on time. They know the food they will receive and the films they will watch will be of the very best.
Bel Air is second to none. When you fly, fly with Bel Air.
5. Bel Air says that experienced travelers choose to fly with it because _____ .
6. Bel Air flies planes to big cities like Paris _____ .
7. "Bel Air is second to none" means _____ .
8. Choose a title for the passage " _____ ".
9. We can find that the passage is a _____ .


Vodafone Ghana Foundation has taken its ongoing National Coding Programme a notch higher by introducing modules which will equip the coders with digital marketing and commercial skills.
The first session of this training, which is the 2nd phase of Vodafone's National Coding initiative, will run for a whole week from 12th November in Takoradi. The team of digital and marketing experts delivering this programme will subsequently visit the other regions, and will take participants through various modules on how they can apply and monetise their coding skills.
Commenting, the Chief Executive of Vodafone Ghana, Yolanda Cuba said: "We are on a crucial path to ensure the digital transformation sweeping the world leaves no one behind in Ghana, no matter where they may be. This programme has been designed to empower individuals with basic knowledge in coding – including topics such as business management and digital marketing to enable them monetise their skills. There is an enormous demand out there for people with coding skills, and we want them to take advantage of the opportunities".
Three months ago, Vodafone launched a National Coding Programme in line with the company's strategy of using technology for the enhancement of education and promotion of youth employment in the country. The company is on a journey to train 10,000 youth in coding and ICT skills over a period of 5 years. Over 150 participants have already benefitted from this initiative since the launch date.


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The Mitate C3 CO2 Gel Mask can be used as a standalone home care skincare regimen. Or, it can be easily combined with many aesthetic treatments.


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Wreaths Across America honors deceased veterans
"Some of them made the greatest sacrifice, so it means everything that they did that for you and me and everybody else."
Wreaths Across America honors deceased veterans "Some of them made the greatest sacrifice, so it means everything that they did that for you and me and everybody else." Check out this story on thetimesherald.com: https://www.thetimesherald.com/story/news/local/2018/12/15/wreaths-across-america-honors-deceased-veterans/2309460002/
Bob Gross, Port Huron Times Herald Published 3:14 p.m. ET Dec. 15, 2018 | Updated 4:09 p.m. ET Dec. 15, 2018
A wreath marks a grave during Wreaths Across America on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Port Huron Police Sgt. Karen Brisby places a wreath during Wreaths Across America on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Heather Scholfield places a wreath during Wreaths Across America on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Scouts, Naval Sea Cadets and Young Marines participate in Wreaths Across America on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Mary Davis, adjutant of the Young Marines, participates in Wreaths Across America on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Bill Tucker places a wreath to honor the U.S. Marines during Wreaths Across America on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Port Huron Police Officer Sam Baker places a wreath during Wreaths Across America on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Steve Tebay stands at attention during Wreaths Across America on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Wreaths Across America on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Ensign Robert Smith leads a detachment of Naval Sea Cadets after laying a wreath to honor the U.S. Coast Guard during Wreaths Across America on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Volunteers placed 889 wreaths during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Nicole Routhier of Clyde Township places a wreath on a grave during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Joey Munoz salutes during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Rows of wreaths adorn graves at the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. Bob Gross, Times Herald
John Ritter, left, and Gary and Mary Davis listen to speakers during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Steve Tebay, left, and Lee Pochert fire a salute during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Lisa Heldreth Fountain speaks during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Al Hyde and Heather Sheldon hold an American flag and a POW/MIA flag during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Bob Gardiner and his grandson Nicholas Borunda place a wreath honoring U.S. Army veterans during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. Bob Gross, Times Herald
Volunteers placed 889 wreaths during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery.(Photo: Bob Gross, Times Herald)Buy Photo
Hannah Smith knew exactly what she was doing Saturday at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery in Port Huron.
"We are here to honor our veterans and represent our Sea Cadet organization," said Smith, who is a petty officer with the F.C. Sherman Division of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadets.
A large crowd showed up Saturday at the cemetery for Wreaths Across America. In its 10th year in St. Clair County, the ceremony is part of a nationwide event to remember and honor fallen veterans with wreaths on their graves.
Lisa Heldreth Fountain, who organizes the effort, said enough money was raised to get 889 wreaths.
The Sea Cadets weren't the only youth group represented at the event. There were Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts and Young Marines.
Mary and Gary Davis are adult leaders with the Young Marines.
"I served in the military and I have some relatives that are buried here," Gary Davis said. "We like to come up here and show our respect."
Retired Marine Staff Sgt. Lennie Brooks said he has been part of Wreaths Across America since its start in St. Clair County.
"I've been doing this ... ever since I met Lisa," he said. "She got me hooked on this thing.
"I think it's awesome," he said. "I hope we have a good crowd, and by the looks of things, we will."
Bob Gardiner and his grandson Nicholas Borunda place a wreath honoring U.S. Army veterans during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. (Photo: Bob Gross, Times Herald)
John and Deborah Ritter were with their Young Marine, Lance Cpl. Carson Ritter. Deborah Ritter is the local commander.
"We are here to respect our fellow soldiers that have passed on," she said. "We have every year.
"I think i's the greatest thing that this community has," she said. "We don't have much that everybody comes and supports like this."
JoAnn Wilton of Fort Gratiot American Legion Post 408 said she came to remember the veterans and to remember her parents, who were both World War II veterans.
"I think it's wonderful," she said. "Not only does it honor the veterans, it carries the history through with the Scouts and Young Marines."
Bob and Bonnie Gardiner, of Marine City, were with their grandson, Nicholas Borunda. They were looking at the plaques on the cemetery's columbarium wall.
Lisa Heldreth Fountain speaks during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. (Photo: Bob Gross, Times Herald)
Borunda said he was told by his grandparents that it "would be a good experience for me to come and do something, how much it would mean for the people who served and how much it would mean to me."
Bob Gardiner, who is a Vietnam veteran, and his grandson laid a wreath during the ceremony to honor all U.S. Army veterans.
"My father and his brother were both World War II veterans and they are still alive," Bonnie Gardiner said. "... So the military means a lot to us."
Ty Bommarito was one of 18 scouts from Troop 261 in St. Clair who were at the ceremony. He is the troop's senior patrol leader.
"We're here to serve for Wreaths Across America," he said. "We're here to to do our part and serve as much as we can. I think it's good that we're out here helping.
Nicole Routhier of Clyde Township places a wreath on a grave during the Wreaths Across America event on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018 at the St. Clair County Allied Veterans Cemetery. (Photo: Bob Gross, Times Herald)
He said honoring the veterans was "everything."
"Without them, we wouldn't have what we have today. Some of them made the greatest sacrifice, so it means everything that they did that for you and me and everybody else."
Contact Bob Gross at (810) 989-6263 or rgross@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @RobertGross477.
Find out more about Wreaths Across America at https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/.
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The Windjammer closes for 2nd time in past 6 months
2nd Amendment sanctuary resolution pulled from county agenda
UPDATE: Missing Sanilac County woman, child located
This local rescue dog made it to Puppy Bowl XVI
Man charged in killing visited Port Huron
MDOT: Crews working on M-25 in Sanilac County to prevent further shoreline erosion


from Hair Romance. When I initially embarked on this 30-days-30-hairstyles challenge, it was with the sole purpose of learning a few new, hip and dazzling do's to 'do up' my look. What I got was a lot more than that - I just love it when that happens! This has been an amazing experience for me. I feel like a new woman!
Firstly, I can style my hair. All by myself. Without spending a cent. These ebooks offer a range of gorgeous and versatile hairstyles suitable for every mood and occasion, from practical and professional for every day wear to glamorous and sophisticated for evening and formal events to playful and innocent in between. At first glance, some styles look complicated but once you master the basic techniques they're not as difficult to do as they look – all it takes is practice and patience and like me you will be able to create salon-quality hairstyles easily and quickly from the comfort of your home. No more spending hours and a small fortune in a salon. If I can do it, so can you!
I started with the simple, less complex-looking designs such as the rope twist bun, fishtail side braid, double braided buns and as I grasped the basics, progressed to doing the more intricate styles. The instructions are clear and easy-to-follow, complete with step-by-step photographs and useful tips. Of great value to me were the suggested variations for long and fine hair which I often applied. I also added my own personal touch, either by parting my hair or wearing my fringe differently and combining various designs into one, to ensure the style suited my face and clothing and ultimately achieved the look I wanted to exhibit. In all honesty, my first attempt of some hairstyles didn't look exactly like the photographs but with repeated efforts my technique improved and as my confidence in my abilities grew my imagination took over and soon I was creating unique designs of my own. For me, these hairstyles are feminine and flattering and will definitely update your look, and although a bun is still a bun, a braid still a braid, I now have numerous trendy twists on these classic styles.
Secondly, I learned that changing your hairstyle can actually improve your physical appearance. Certain hairstyles not only accentuate your features but soften them as well, making you look more attractive and we know how we look impacts how we feel and vice versa. It is this look-feel cycle that affects everything – your mood, movements, posture, performance especially your opinion of yourself. When you like your looks and feel good about yourself you are comfortable with who you are; you accept yourself and are happy which means you detract from engaging in any criticism and discounting of yourself. This happiness from within strengthens your confidence and increases your self-esteem making you radiate a positive self-image so, something as simple as a different hairstyle will actually make you feel better about your looks. It's definitely the easiest and most economical way to enhance your physical appearance.
Thirdly, a change in hairstyle also changes up an outfit, giving it a completely new look as a result of the vibe you are emitting. You can wear the same item over yet style your hair another way each time and the outfit will look different. Remember, most people don't pay attention to exactly what you're wearing but how you look when you are wearing it.
Fourthly, when my hair is styled I feel a sense of assurance from within which in turn makes me feel assertive, in control and organised, like I have it all together. I also firmly believe in my capabilities and competence, perhaps as a result of accomplishing something all on my own that I thought I could not do; I was always slightly intimidated by the intricacy of some hairstyles and thought they were too difficult for me to create yet through perseverance I moved past my fear and achieved the very thing I thought I could not do, and as I always say, it's the small, steady feats that lead to the big achievements. Furthermore, I feel proud and quietly confident because essentially I've tapped into unrealised potential by developing latent qualities thereby, expanding my abilities and making the most of myself.
Finally, I highly recommend these books; they are worth every penny! You literally have at your fingertips a valuable tool to transform yourself in every way. Not only will these styles add a touch of class to your look, your gorgeous hairstyles will turn heads and the increased attention from all the admiring glances and beautiful compliments you receive will do wonders for your confidence. With this renewed assurance and vigour you will feel unstoppable! Remember, this is not about superficiality; it's about feeling good and cultivating a positive attitude after all, it is your attitude that impacts your overall appearance and affects the energy you emit to the world hence, what you attract in your life. Like everything else, you get back what you give out so, love your hair and it will love you back. Know that practice makes perfect and a little effort sure goes a long way!
Personally, I feel inspired and revitalised, there's a bounce in my step. No more boring hairstyles or fussing with butterfly clips and ugly hair ties. I have rediscovered my passion for my hair and am having so much fun styling it differently each day. Best of all, it's yet another great way to showcase aspects of my personality.
"If your hair is done properly and you have on good shoes, you can get away with anything." ~ Iris Apfel, Harper's Bazaar April 2013.


The beginning of wisdom | Blooming Joy!
I hate feeling stupid. It's a thing with me, and has been for as long as I can remember. If someone catches me saying something incorrect, I get embarrassed. Growing up, teasing happened frequently, but the teasing that stung most was for giving the wrong answer. It may be why I was always a good student. I was desperate to be right most of the time.
That's what makes it so hard to admit when I am wrong about something. I struggle and fight my own pride and inner humiliation, wondering how long until everyone sees that I'm not really as smart as I like them to think. I'm just a fraud trying to get by on a little intelligence and a whole lot of waiting to speak.
It's why I've never seriously considered taking the Jeopardy! test. I think I went once in college to a live testing site, only to learn that you had to be in line very early that morning to even get a slot. But I've never attempted the online tests. Despite how much I enjoy watching the show, I would be terrified of people seeing how much I DON'T know. It's also why I don't like the idea of joining a group like Mensa, because smart people intimidate me.
The thing is, having knowledge is not the ultimate calling of a human. Learning is not an end to itself. This is a problem that Lutherans have particularly had through the years, focusing on learning and knowledge and filling our heads with Bible verses and Catechism points. Why?
Truly, the point of all of this is to grow in our relationship with Jesus, and DO SOMETHING with the knowledge that we have. But so often, it turns into learning for the sake of learning, in order to learn MORE stuff. We've got it backwards. We urge children to come to Sunday school, to attend confirmation class, to join the youth Bible class. Honestly, in all of my years doing this ministry thing, it's not been the knowledge that ultimately grew the faith of the young people. It helped, don't get me wrong, but it was through the relationships built that I saw children and youth grow and mature in their faith. Kids don't love Sunday school because they know all ten commandments and can name all of Jacob's sons. They love Sunday school because of their friends, because of the teachers. The stories and songs and STUFF guides what happens in that relationship.
So I'm going to keep struggling with this stuff, but I hope to keep pursuing relationships. That's when I grow and learn and stretch. I can keep learning information, but along the way I want to do it with PEOPLE.


they suffer for the mere memory of Kings.
we were always learning or saying lessons. In the early morning Mr.
a standing up of classes, a babble of repetition, now and then a crisis.
from Mr. Sandsome. And so the world aged to the dinner-hour.
that "phase" are irresistible--the lunar quality. May I say that Mr.
to postpone as long as possible.
world, up the broad white road that went slanting over the Down.


Discussion in 'The Welcome Forum' started by Beerpunk, Mar 19, 2019.
Discuss Hello to all, esp. basement specialists in the The Welcome Forum area at TilersForums.co.uk.
I'm an experienced builder and electrician.
Got a fair bit of experience but always learning.
Actually looking for some specific advice.
Looking forward to chatting with some of you.


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Can truck drivers use CBD oil?
CBD products became highly sought after in the U.S. by so many people since the Farm Bill was signed into law in 2018. Truckers are no exception; most truck drivers use CBD to remedy pains from occupational hazards.
CBD (short for cannabidiol) is a compound found in Cannabis Sativa like marijuana and hemp. Unlike THC, CBD is non-psychoactive (it won't get you high or make you feel euphoric). That, plus its numerous claimed health benefits, has made CBD products the go-to drug among most people in America to relieve stress, treat anxiety and depression, etc.
The cannabis plant, although being recognized at the federal level and legal in most U.S. states (apart from South Dakota, Iowa, and Idaho.), and medical practitioners recommending the use of hemp oil or CBD oil as a natural and better alternative to pain meds, antidepressants, anti-anxiety pills, sleeping pills, etc. Many truck drivers are still uncertain if they should indulge in using CBD oil to alleviate certain health issues developed from work.
I would downright say, "yea use CBD oil, only if a physician recommends." As a licensed truck driver in the U.S., the use of any cannabis product might pose a risk to your job, even if lab test results confirm a legal 0.3% amount of THC. CBD oil also has its cons.
Is CBD Oil legal for CDL drivers?
Yes! It is legal for CDL drivers or anyone really, to use CBD oil. Provided the producer is regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The purchased product contains less THC than the legal 0.3% count set by the FDA, or exactly 0.3% THC amount. Anything higher is a red flag. Do not purchase or use.
However, The Department of Transportation (DOT), in a compliance notice released last year on its website, warned truck drivers and other safety-sensitive drivers of the potential risk they put themselves in by using hemp-derived products. This is due to mislabeling on some CBD products. These products tend to contain a higher concentration of CBD and THC than labeled. And can have a different effect on the body than intended. An extreme side effect could also occur in some people.
The Department of Transportation drug-and-alcohol test is a major concern for all CDL drivers that wish to indulge in CBD oil. The testing regulation does not authorize the use of Schedule 1 drugs, including marijuana, for any purpose, and CBD use is not a valid medical explanation for a laboratory-confirmed marijuana positive result.
"Therefore, medical review officers will verify a drug test confirmed at the appropriate cutoffs as positive, even if an employee claims they only used a CBD product," DOT said.
Is it legal for CDL drivers to use CBD oil? Yes. Is it advisable for CDL drivers to use CBD oil? No! The DOT test can't detect CBD because a hemp-derived product still contains little traces of marijuana in it. Even the legal THC count of 0.3% contained in CBD oil will still test marijuana positive in a DOT drug-and-alcohol test, which will cause the driver in question to lose his job.
There also is the issue of claims that some CBD products contain a higher amount of THC than labeled on the product. CBD oils that contain THC higher than 0.3% might defeat the medicinal and recreational purpose, which may cause psychoactive effects and side effects.
Bottom line, CDL drivers can use all CBD products that contain less than 0.3 amounts of THC or exactly 0.3 THC and not feel like a criminal, unless in Iowa, Idaho, and South Dakota.
Truck drivers in medical prescription possession may not face any penalty for drug administration, using CBD products. The mandated drug tests won't result in THC free due to DOT drug test unavailability to detect cannabidiol CBD. This may result in a driver's suspension.
Can Truck drivers use CBD oil in Canada?
Cannabis plants are highly legal in Canada since the Canadian government passed the Cannabis Act bill in 2018. Cannabis plants are cultivated for medicinal and recreational purposes, alongside hemp plants, from which CBD is extracted. Although the Canadian government strictly regulates Marijuana production and Marijuana use, same with hemp plants. Drug policy in Canada is different from the United States.
Canadian workers are generally protected from random drug tests under the Human Rights Code violation/infringement of privacy rights. Drug testing may be allowed in some limited circumstances. Should a truck driver be mandated to drive in the U.S. as part of a job requirement? The motor carrier may drug test the driver in compliance with U.S. regulations.
Some events may require a truck driver to drug test using the Oral Fluid Testing (a test used to trace amounts of THC, Cocaine, and Meth in the body), though this test is not mandatory for truck drivers.
A Police officer can conduct a drug evaluation with approved drug screening equipment on a truck driver based on reasonable suspicions that a driver may be impaired and unfit to drive. A positive drug test can lead to immediate driving license suspension and impaired criminal charges.
Whether truck drivers in Canada may or may not indulge in using CBD oil has no straight answer. The hemp and Marijuana plant, although regulated by the Federal government, is legal. This makes most CBD products legal product in Canada; hence truck drivers have nothing to fear legally while using CBD oil to treat certain health issues they incurred for long hours of work. As long the CBD oil is purchased from authorized dispensaries.
No random drug testing by the government hints at truck drivers being able to use CBD oil for medicinal purposes only. Truckers that operate within the U.S. may not be able to use CBD oil, as truck drivers will be required to undergo drug tests according to U.S. regulations.
An employer may not accommodate recreational use of Cannabis products or hemp products. Safety-sensitive workers are not permitted to engage in marijuana use. Hemp product is allowed, and for medicinal purposes only.
Zero-tolerance drug policy in Ontario may hinder most truck drivers from CBD use. The policy, however, doesn't affect truck drivers with legal permission to indulge in medical cannabis. Provided there was no CBD use on the road or impaired driving, or there shall be legal consequences if caught. One thing to note about Ontario's policy, your privacy rights may be overridden. You may be pulled over and tested by Police officers with suspicions of impaired. A truck driver's career might be hanging on a cliff should a drug screen.
Bottom line, truck drivers in Canada can indulge in hemp oil or CBD oil for medicinal purposes and not recreational. Consuming CBD products that don't contain less than 0.3 THC may leave you impaired while driving and endanger the road.
Most trucker drivers use CBD oils already in Canada, some before and after taking the wheel, in some cases the latter. Canadian truck drivers rarely encounter strict drug policy, a result of the Cannabis Act. Unlike truckers being heavily monitored in the U.S., the opposite is the case in Canada. Truck drivers use CBD products at their convenience. Thanks to the Human Rights Code, truckers are not subject to random drug tests.
Although it's a zero-tolerance drug policy, Ontario cannot prosecute a trucker for possession of legally prescribed CBD products or it's usage, provided no issue of impairment occurs. The U.S. regulates drugs differently for all truckers operating within its states. One policy is high sobriety demand. All truckers are required to be THC free. Trace amounts of THC will appear on a drug screen instead of cannabidiol CBD contained in CBD oil.
Health issues plague truckers all over the U.S. and Canada due to a very physical, mental, and emotionally demanding job. Truckers often develop health issues like Smoking addiction, body pains, Hypertension, Depression, Lung Cancer, etc. It's no surprise an alarming number of truckers indulge in CBD products to treat numerous health challenges.
In search of a natural and better alternative to industrial drugs, CBD oil has become a trend among people of different occupations (truckers inclusive). It's claimed health benefits like pain and stress relief, treatment of disorders, fixing heart issues and tobacco addiction, regulating insulin, curing depression and anxiety. All other benefits are reasons why drivers use CBD oil.
It's important to note that what determines the usage of CBD oil by truckers varies in the U.S. and Canada. The U.S. Department of Transportation has an absolute zero-tolerance policy towards drugs and alcohol. Should a trucker's lab tests indicate a positive test for marijuana, an immediate loss of job and license ensues, even though the trucker claims usage of cannabidiol CBD only?
U.S. truckers may have to decide on CBD oil usage by themselves after weighing risk and reward options.
Life for truckers in Canada is a lot easier than for those in the U.S. All Cannabis production in Canada is regulated on a federal level, which ensures only CBD products from vendors that lab tests their oil are being sold in authorized markets. Solving issues of mislabelled products. No mandated random drug screening in Canada allows truckers to freely consume CBD oil, but solely for medicinal purposes.
Truckers in Canada do not have a lot to concern themselves with regards to using CBD oils. Avoid driving impaired or under the influence, and have your legal prescription present while driving. That's all to note. Truckers that operate within the U.S will have to weigh risk and reward options like suggested to U.S. truckers.