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Russia Has Thousands of Nuclear Weapons (And They Can Kill Billions)
October 26, 2019 Topic: Security Region: Europe Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: RussiaNuclear WeaponsMilitaryNATOArms Control
But why is Moscow making them ever deadlier?
by Mark B. Schneider
Today, there is a debate over whether we should extend the New START Treaty, amend it to eliminate the loopholes, or try to negotiate an expanded agreement. As I detailed in my 2012 monograph, The New START Treaty: Anatomy of a Failed Negotiation, New START contains major loopholes and verification problems that fully negate the supposed limitations. Ironically, the 2002 Moscow Treaty limits, if the warheads are counted in the same way, required a much lower strategic nuclear warhead level that what is possible under New START.
Under New START, Russia can have an unlimited number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons because:
The New START Treaty, unlike the START Treaty, does not constrain air-launched and surface ship-launched strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.
The New START Treaty, unlike the START Treaty, does not limit long-range nuclear ship-launched cruise missiles (SLCMs). Moreover, Russia is engaged in a major expansion of its force of long-range nuclear-capable SLCMs and, reportedly, may build two Borei-K strategic cruise missile submarines. Borei-K submarines may carry hundreds of nuclear cruise missiles. This is in addition to the planned widespread deployment of the new nuclear-capable cruise missiles and
The New START Treaty does not include any constraints on tactical or nonstrategic nuclear weapons; it also does not constrain intercontinental-range cruise missiles. Russia is now testing such a nuclear-powered cruise missile.
The elimination of restrictions on giving the Backfire bomber intercontinental capability allows circumvention of the basic New START Treaty limits. Russia, according to Russian state media, has multiple programs underway to give the Backfire bomber an intercontinental capability.
Russia says that the New START Treaty does not constrain Putin's six new nuclear superweapons announced in 2018 and 2019. In reality, four of the six are not constrained. These are the Kinzhal hypersonic aeroballistic missile, the Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile, the Poseidon nuclear-powered drone submarine and the nuclear-powered cruise missile. At this point, we cannot rule out the possibility that the Russians will claim the other two (the Sarmat heavy ICBM and the Avangard intercontinental hypersonic boost glide vehicle) are not covered by the Treaty, claiming that they are a different type from the ballistic versions.
The loopholes I depicted in 2012 are now mainly actual Russian programs to circumvent the New START Treaty; others are apparent violations.
How Many Strategic Nuclear Weapons Does Russia Deploy Today?
Russia has many more strategic nuclear warheads than the 1,426 warheads it recently reported in its New START Treaty data. In 2019, Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris of the Federation of American Scientists estimated that Russia has 2,670 strategic nuclear warheads. Kristensen, in another study, writing with Matt Corda, also estimated that the U.S. has 1,590 deployed strategic warheads. In 2014, Houston Hawkins of the Los Alamos National Laboratory wrote, "Today, estimates are that Russia has about 4,500 strategic weapons in its inventory." In December 2019, Russian Strategic Missile Force Commander Colonel General Sergei Karakayev stated "…the nuclear potentials of the sides have [been] reduced more than 66% since the signing of START I." This is a major departure from the Russian position. At the United Nations in April 2018, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the U.N Dmitry Polyanskiy declared that "Russia cut its nuclear arsenal by over 85 percent as compared to its stockpiles at the height of the Cold War." If one uses the late Soviet declared number of over 10,000 deployed strategic nuclear warheads for the calculation, the difference between an 85% reduction and a 66% reduction is about 2,000 warheads. It means that Russia then had over 3,300 strategic nuclear warheads, over twice the supposed New START Treaty allowed level of 1,550. These are real warheads, not accountable warheads.
Russian Expansion of its Strategic Nuclear Weapons
There are reports that Russian nuclear weapons expansion is now underway, and it is aimed at extremely high levels of deployed nuclear warheads. In December 2017, Bill Gertz reported, "Russia is aggressively building up its nuclear forces and is expected to deploy a total force of 8,000 warheads by 2026 along with modernizing deep underground bunkers, according to Pentagon officials. The 8,000 warheads will include both large strategic warheads and thousands of new low-yield and very low-yield warheads to circumvent arms treaty limits and support Moscow's new doctrine of using nuclear arms early in any conflict."
An excellent 2015 study by James R. Howe concluded that Russia had the potential to deploy 2,664-5,890 nuclear warheads on its planned strategic ballistic missile force. In another analysis published in September 2019, he says Russia will have between "2,976 WHs [warheads], and a maximum of 6,670 WHs" plus over 800 bomber weapons. He notes that "the 2022 [Russian] strategic nuclear force's (SNFs) warhead (WH) levels will likely significantly exceed New START levels based on planned WH loadings."
In December 2017, Howe estimated that Russia would have 8,000 nuclear weapons in six years, a mix of high-yield, medium-yield, and low-yield nuclear warheads.
In August 2019, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matter Rear Admiral (ret.) Peter Fanta at the Crane Naval Submarine Warfare Center Symposium on Strategic Nuclear Weapons Modernization and Hypersonics confirmed the Gertz report stating that "The Russians are going to 8,000 plus warheads."
There is other evidence of Russian expansion of its nuclear weapons numbers. In 2019, Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley, Jr., Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, in an important speech at the Hudson Institute, stated that "…during the past decade, Russia has improved and expanded its production complex, which has the capacity to process thousands of warheads annually."[18] This confirms and goes beyond a 2014 report by Dr. Houston Hawkins, which said that Russia can produce 1,000 nuclear "pits" a year, which translates into the ability to produce 1,000 new nuclear weapons per year. In addition, he said Russia had mothballed the ability to produce 2,500 more. In 2019, James Howe stated that Russia "retains an estimated capability of building 1,000-3,000 plus weapons per year."
A Russian capability of producing several thousand nuclear weapons a year is many times what is necessary to support an operational force of 8,000 nuclear weapons. It is more like what is necessary to produce the Soviet strategic nuclear force, which peaked at about 45,000 warheads.
The Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee are attempting to reduce the capability of the U.S. pit facility (which will not be operational until 2030) to 30 per year, which would result in about a hundred-fold Russian advantage in production capability for new nuclear weapons.
Russian Strategic Nuclear Modernization
The Russian Government has announced over twenty strategic nuclear modernization programs. In December 2018, Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergey Shoigu stated that "The modernity level of the Strategic Nuclear Forces has reached 82%..." While this may be somewhat exaggerated, the more important fact is that Russian Triad modernization will be soon complete, but in reality, it is literally never ending. When a new system is deployed, its follow-on is underway.
Russian strategic nuclear modernization programs include:
The new road-mobile and silo-based Topol-M Variant 2 (SS-27 Mod 1) single warhead ICBM. It became operational in 1997.
The new RS-24/Yars/SS-27 Mod 2 derivative with a Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) payload. This system violated the START Treaty because it was MIRVed. It became operational in 2010.
Improved versions of the Soviet legacy SS-N-23 SLBM called the Sineva and the Liner with many more warheads; both are now operational. The Delta-IV submarine that carries them has been life extended.
The new six-MIRV warhead Bulava-30 SLBM being deployed on two variants of the new Borei ballistic missile submarine, eight of which are operational or under construction. This year the fourth will become operational.
Improved versions of the SS-27 Mod 2/RS-24 Yars ICBM and the Bulava-30 SLBM.
A smaller follow-on ICBM to replace the RS-24 Yars is under development.
The Avangard hypersonic boost glide vehicle, one of Putin's nuclear super- weapons. It will become operational this year.
Modernization of the Blackjack (Tu-160M) and Bear (Tu-95MSM) heavy bombers, which are now armed with: 1) a new stealthy long-range strategic nuclear-armed cruise missile designated the KH-102; and 2) the long-range KH-101 cruise missile. In 2015, President Putin revealed that the Kh-101 "can be equipped either with conventional or special nuclear warheads."
A program to produce at least 50 more of an improved version of the Tu-160M2 bomber. A recent report says the number will be about 50.
Development of a new stealthy heavy bomber, the Pak DA, which will carry cruise missiles and, reportedly, hypersonic missiles.
Development and deployment of the new Sarmat heavy ICBM with a mammoth 10 tons of throw-weight, which will reportedly carry 10 heavy or 15 medium nuclear warheads or 3-5 hypersonic gliders with deployment in 2022. This is one of Putin's superweapons.
Development of the new Barguzin rail-mobile ICBM which reportedly has been put on hold pending at 2027 production decision.
Development and deployment of a new "ICBM" called the RS-26 Rubezh, in reality, an intermediate-range missile, reportedly on hold for a 2027 production decision.
Development of a "fifth-generation" strategic missile submarine, the Husky, carrying ballistic and cruise missiles after 2025. A new liquid fuel SLBM reportedly is under development for it.
Development of Putin's superweapon, the Poseidon, a nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered, 10,000-km range, very fast, drone submarine capable of operating at a depth of 1,000-meters which the Russian press says carries a 100-megaton bomb and, possibly, a cobalt bomb. Testing of this system is reportedly well underway, and the first submarine that will carry it has just been launched.
Deployment of the Kinzhal nuclear-capable hypersonic aereoballistic missile, one of Putin's superweapons.
Testing of the Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile, one of Putin's nuclear superweapons.

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Frank W. Kocher Memorial Park was established in 2002 as a joint project between Columbia County Conservation District (CCCD) and Fishing Creek Watershed Association (FCWA). The land, part of the Custer/Kocher homestead dating back to the 1850's, was donated by Keith Kocher and Joan McCarty. FCWA with the expert assistance of Bob Marler was able to receive grants to fund the bank restoration and creation of the park. In recent years, additional land has been purchased and added to the park. Kocher Park now includes approximately 60 acres of stream side acreage to be enjoyed by the public. The park offers opportunities to study bird life, explore the joys of the creek, have a picnic in the Matt Kisner pavilion or launch your canoe or kayak for a trip down the creek. The park has also become a favorite for those taking their dogs on a walk. CCCD and FCWA both sponsor events for children and special needs persons during the summer at the park. CCCD offers a Nature camp and also a mini camp for preschool children in June. FCWA holds a Fish 'n Fun Day each summer for those with special needs. Watch for announcements of these events on our website. We welcome all volunteers who might be interested in helping with work days, garden maintenance or our special events. Please contact Nancy at CCCD nancy.corbin@columbiaccd.org or Joan at jmccarty@ptd.net. Kocher Park is one of the few places in the area which offers public access to the creek .
If you are interested in supporting the Park and maintaining this access, please download and print our brochure - Friends of Kocher Park.
For more information please visit the Frank W. Kocher Memorial Park website at http://www.columbiaccd.org/kocher-park.html
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Find your Way to Kocher - 1519 State Route 487, Orangeville, PA 17859
Kocher Park is northeast of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania near the community of Lightstreet. If you're going north from Bloomsburg on 487, you'll find Kocher tucked away on the left side of the road about 1/3 of a mile north of the intersection of 487/Lightstreet and Fowlersville Road. If you're coming from the north, Kocher park will be on your right about 3.3 miles south of Orangeville.


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Powiat chojeński – powiat istniejący do roku 1975 na terenie obecnych powiatów gryfińskiego i myśliborskiego (woj. zachodniopomorskie).

Powiat (jako Kreis Königsberg Nm.) powstał w latach 1816–1819 z siedzibą w Chojnie. Utrzymany został po II wojnie światowej i zmianach granic, jednakże od 1950 r. ośrodkiem administracyjnym było Dębno. Oprócz Dębna na terenie powiatu znajdowały się miasta: Boleszkowice (do 1972 r., później wieś), Cedynia, Chojna, Mieszkowice, Moryń i Trzcińsko-Zdrój. Powiat wchodził w skład województwa szczecińskiego i był najdalej na zachód położonym powiatem Polski.

Dla powiatu chojeńskiego istniał Sąd Powiatowy w Dębnie.

Po reformie administracyjnej w 1975 roku terytorium powiatu zostało podzielone przez nowe (mniejsze) województwo szczecińskie i województwo gorzowskie. Powiatu nie przywrócono w roku 1999, Dębno włączono do powiatu myśliborskiego, a Chojnę do powiatu gryfińskiego.

Zobacz też
 Podział administracyjny Polski (1944–1946)
 Podział administracyjny Polski 1946–1950
 Podział administracyjny Polski (1950–1957)
 Podział administracyjny Polski 1957–1975
 Powiaty w Polsce od 1945

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When It Comes to Friendships, Politics Do Matter
Written by Emily Hauser on February 7, 2020
What constitutes friendship? How do we choose whom to call a "friend"?
These have never been easy questions. Not now, in the age of social media and deeply partisan politics; not last century, when your mom's grandma worked alongside strangers at the munitions plant; not at the nation's founding, when Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were friends before they were enemies.
"Friendships are important in the provision of basic needs for contact, communication, and community," write Valerie Hill and Tennille Nicole Allen in "Hanging Out: The Psychology of Socializing." "Developing and keeping healthy bonds," they write, not only is a boon to our psychological well-being but also provides a long list of physical benefits, including, not incidentally, a longer life.
Or, as Aristotle put it, "the presence of friends, then, seems desirable in all circumstances."
So what makes a friendship?
Aristotle grappled with this lack of clarity more than 2,000 years ago: "Not a few things about friendship are matters of debate," he wrote in 350 BCE. Though he wondered "whether there is one species of friendship or more than one," he acknowledged that people can't "admit each to friendship or be friends till each has been found lovable and been trusted by each."
Lovable and trusted. That seems like a good place to start.
But what constitutes lovable and what trusted? Is a friend that person with whom you can get wasted and get home? Is it that kid from third grade who was nice when everyone else was mean? Is it a neighbor, a co-worker, a sorority sister? What if they voted for Trump?
About that last option… I recently had a spectacularly 21st-century experience: I tweeted about losing friends over politics, and it went viral. The tweet in question exploded not just across Twitter but also on Facebook, that bastion of friends and friending.
At time of writing, the tweet itself had 6,218 retweets and 22,101 likes, but on Facebook, a single account's reference to it had more than 40,000 likes, 1,400 comments, and 23,000 shares. I'm not on Facebook, but, in an exquisite example of 21st-century meta-ness, at least 10 IRL friends have told me they've seen it.
"Someone on here," I wrote, "recently tweeted something about 'I haven't lost friends over politics, I've lost friends over morals' and I can't stop thinking about it. People think 'politics' is this separate, supra-human thing, but it's your morals in action."
I've constructed better sentences in my life (I've also constructed better sentences on Twitter), and I may have misused "supra," but those 280 characters appear to have hit a nerve. When we learn that a friend has fundamentally different politics from ours, is it like discovering they color their hair, or does it carry more weight than that?
I think it's clearly the latter. Not always, but much more frequently than we may care to admit.
"Politics" boils down to how you think other people should be treated, and that matters deeply to me — not least because I, too, am a person.
If you support Donald Trump, that tells me a lot about where you stand on my humanity. It tells me you're not particularly concerned about the times I was sexually harassed, about my right to reproductive choice, or about my fears for my Jewish community. It tells me I can't feel safe sharing myself with you. And if I don't feel safe, why would I call you a friend?
How do we choose who to love and trust?
"So much of the language we use about friendship is not precise," says "Hanging Out" co-author Allen, professor and department chair of sociology at Lewis University and (as it happens) my longtime friend. "We use it so loosely that it doesn't capture the ways that deep and meaningful and really intimate friendships occur."
Some would argue (and have argued in my mentions) that there's a question here of loyalty — that some friends deserve the title because, well, longevity, I guess. Longevity and, I imagine, gratitude. But at what cost?
As Allen says, "Loyalty can obscure. It can make you want to hide the intimacy part. The risk is too high — if I want to maintain the friendship, I can't know you."
I will acknowledge that here I become less certain. I have a couple of ex-friends whose terrible behavior has rendered them permanently unlovable and untrustworthy to me, but most of my losses have been entirely about the politics of a foreign country where I once lived — people who I no longer wish to call friends but who once did deeply loving and generous things for me. What do I owe them?
I'm still not sure.
Ultimately, to deem another person trusted, you have to be willing to be vulnerable. And, as even Aristotle knew, vulnerability can be hard to achieve — but it's at the heart of that "deep and meaningful and really intimate" experience. Not every friend has to be your best friend, but if you're actively hiding a vital part of yourself to maintain a friendship? I would argue that, even if you never say it out loud, that person is not truly your friend.
Most of this is probably internal work — the words we say in our hearts as we choose what to give, what to say, and when to ghost.
We get to make those decisions according to whatever criteria matter to us, though. Today it might be about Trump, tomorrow it may be about who gets to fly to Mars. Who can tell? But you know when you feel safe — and when you do, that's where friendship lives.
Emily L. Hauser is a Chicago-based freelance writer and librarian. She has written for the Chicago Tribune, The Dallas Morning News, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Daily Beast, The Week, and Haaretz, among other outlets. Find her on Twitter.
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package net.ilexiconn.magister.handler;

import android.util.Log;

import com.google.gson.Gson;

import net.ilexiconn.magister.Magister;
import net.ilexiconn.magister.adapter.AppointmentAdapter;
import net.ilexiconn.magister.container.Appointment;
import net.ilexiconn.magister.container.PersonalAppointment;
import net.ilexiconn.magister.container.PresencePeriod;
import net.ilexiconn.magister.exeption.PrivilegeException;
import net.ilexiconn.magister.util.GsonUtil;
import net.ilexiconn.magister.util.HttpUtil;

import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.InvalidParameterException;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Locale;

public class AppointmentHandler implements IHandler {
    private Gson gson = GsonUtil.getGsonWithAdapter(Appointment[].class, new AppointmentAdapter());
    private Magister magister;

    public AppointmentHandler(Magister magister) {
        this.magister = magister;
    }

    private static final String TAG = "AppointmentHandler";

    /**
     * Get an array with all the {@link Appointment}s of this {@link PresencePeriod}. If no appointments can be found,
     * an empty array will be returned instead.
     *
     * @param period the {@link PresencePeriod} of the {@link Appointment}s.
     * @return an array with the {@link Appointment}s of this period.
     * @throws IOException        if there is no active internet connection.
     * @throws PrivilegeException if the profile doesn't have the privilege to perform this action.
     */
    public Appointment[] getAppointments(PresencePeriod period) throws IOException {
        return getAppointments(period.startDate, period.endDate);
    }

    /**
     * Get an array with all the {@link Appointment}s. If no appointments can be found, an empty array will be returned
     * instead.
     *
     * @param from  the start date.
     * @param until the end date.
     * @return an array with the {@link Appointment}s of this date period.
     * @throws IOException        if there is no active internet connection.
     * @throws PrivilegeException if the profile doesn't have the privilege to perform this action.
     */
    public Appointment[] getAppointments(Date from, Date until) throws IOException {
        DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.ENGLISH);
        String dateNow = format.format(from);
        String dateFrom = format.format(until);
        return gson.fromJson(HttpUtil.httpGet(magister.school.url + "/api/personen/" + magister.profile.id + "/afspraken?status=1&van=" + dateNow + "&tot=" + dateFrom), Appointment[].class);
    }

    /**
     * Get an array with all the {@link Appointment}s of today. If no appointments can be found, an empty array will be
     * returned
     * instead.
     *
     * @return an array with the {@link Appointment}s of this date period.
     * @throws IOException        if there is no active internet connection.
     * @throws PrivilegeException if the profile doesn't have the privilege to perform this action.
     */
    public Appointment[] getAppointmentsOfToday() throws IOException {
        Date now = new Date();
        return getAppointments(now, now);
    }

    /**
     * Adds an appointment to magister. It wil return the Url of this Appointment, if it fails null will be
     * returned
     *
     * @param personalAppointment the personal appointment instance.
     * @return the appointment instance with more info.
     * @throws IOException        if there is no active internet connection.
     * @throws PrivilegeException if the profile doesn't have the privilege to perform this action.
     */
    public Appointment createAppointment(PersonalAppointment personalAppointment) throws IOException {
        String data = gson.toJson(personalAppointment);
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(HttpUtil.httpPostRaw(magister.school.url + "/api/personen/" + magister.profile.id + "/afspraken", data));
        StringBuilder responseBuilder = new StringBuilder();
        String line;
        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            responseBuilder.append(line);
        }
        String url = GsonUtil.getFromJson(responseBuilder.toString(), "Url").getAsString();
        return gson.fromJson(HttpUtil.httpGet(magister.school.url + url), Appointment.class);
    }

    public Boolean finishAppointment(Appointment appointment) throws IOException, JSONException {
        String rawAppointment = getRawAppointment(appointment.id);
        Log.d(TAG, "finishAppointment: " + rawAppointment);
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject(rawAppointment);
        jsonObject.put("Afgerond", appointment.finished);

        String data = jsonObject.toString();
        Log.d(TAG, "finishAppointment: data: " + data);
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(HttpUtil.httpPut(magister.school.url + "/api/personen/" + magister.profile.id
                + "/afspraken/" + appointment.id, data));
        StringBuilder responseBuilder = new StringBuilder();
        String line;
        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            responseBuilder.append(line);
        }
        String result = responseBuilder.toString();
        if (result.contains("{\"Uri\":\"/api/personen/" + magister.profile.id + "/afspraken/" + appointment.id + "\"}")) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    }

    public String getRawAppointment(int id) throws IOException {
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(HttpUtil.httpGet(magister.school.url + "/api/personen/"
                + magister.profile.id + "/afspraken/" + id));
        StringBuilder responseBuilder = new StringBuilder();
        String line;
        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            responseBuilder.append(line);
        }
        return responseBuilder.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Deletes an appointment from magister.
     *
     * @param appointment the appointment instance.
     * @throws IOException        if there is no active internet connection.
     * @throws PrivilegeException if the profile doesn't have the privilege to perform this action.
     */
    public void removeAppointment(Appointment appointment) throws IOException {
        removeAppointment(appointment.id);
    }

    /**
     * Deletes an appointment from magister.
     *
     * @param id the appointment id.
     * @throws IOException        if there is no active internet connection.
     * @throws PrivilegeException if the profile doesn't have the privilege to perform this action.
     */
    public void removeAppointment(int id) throws IOException {
        if (id <= 0) {
            throw new InvalidParameterException("Id can't be 0 or lower!");
        }
        HttpUtil.httpDelete(magister.school.url + "/api/personen/" + magister.profile.id + "/afspraken/" + id);
    }

    public Appointment[] getScheduleChanges(Date from, Date until) throws IOException, AssertionError {
        DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.ENGLISH);
        String dateNow = format.format(from);
        String dateFrom = format.format(until);
        return gson.fromJson(HttpUtil.httpGet(magister.school.url + "/api/personen/" + magister.profile.id + "/roosterwijzigingen?van=" + dateNow + "&tot=" + dateFrom), Appointment[].class);
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public String getPrivilege() {
        return "Afspraken";
    }
}


The period epic 'Baahubali – The Conclusion' is being shot at Ramoji Film City. Shooting of the film's crucial war sequence is in full flow and both Prabhas as well as Rana are totally occupied with the shoot. These scenes are being shot under the technical supervision of some acclaimed international experts.
The movie is the baby of director S.S. Rajamouli and after the humongous success of the first part, the expectations on this part are significantly higher. The movie is going to hit the screens in summer 2017 in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi. Keeravani is composing the music for this film and Arka Mediaworks is the production house.
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McDonald's has done a bang-up job of bringing mobile payments to their operations, particularly in the United States. This isn't only a US job, however, because plenty of McDonald's outside of the US are into mobile payments as well. In fact, McDonald's recently announced that it's turning to Ingenico for its mobile payments operations in the UK and Ireland for the next five years at least.
McDonald's turned to Ingenico, reports note, for Ingenico's overall capacity—it handles a lot of payments—as well as its reliability, overall performance, and level of security, all of which are vital to maintaining the best user experience and keeping the lines moving along rapidly.
With mobile payments increasingly in vogue in the UK—about one in three transactions are now done on a contactless basis, according to word from UK finance—being ready to accommodate large amounts of mobile payments will be welcome.
This is especially true given that McDonald's locations now average around 3.7 million visits per day to the entire chain. This means that, if the numbers hold true, McDonald's sees around 1.2 million contactless transactions per day as well. That calls for a high-impact system, the kind Ingenico could offer.
Mobile payments and fast food go together quite well, as has already been seen. Orders can be paid for in advance and picked up later, ordered in advance and paid for and picked up there, or ordered, paid for, and picked up there, all with a mobile payments system. With so many ways to use such a setup, there's also an increased chance of failure. So McDonald's needed someone who could handle high-volume as well as high-security payments processing.
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While I might still be training for the Rock N Roll New Orleans marathon at the end of this month, marathon number 13, I already have my next marathon, marathon number 14, all lined up!
I just can't pass up a good marathon in my hometown!
127 days will be here before we know it and I cannot wait to start training for it. My training plan will be posted soon. I am still putting the finishing touches on it but I am doing a lot of different things this year. I have big plans to do a half and full Ironman this year. I can't believe I just typed that out! My training plan will be very close to that of a Hansen's Training plan so I can't wait to share it with all of you!
Oh and I am forgetting one very big super awesome news!
I'm back for another year of blogging for the Cleveland Marathon!
I am super excited to be back! Especially with my new training plan and crazy Ironman dream. Follow along for the fun and feel free to ask me any questions you may have and I will be happy to help.
There is a really great group of Ambassadors this year so please check them all out and follow our many difference experiences.
Bodhi is excited too but he's waiting for the cold and snow to go away.
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Beside these Norfolk is famous for its unique and long coastline. There are numerous beaches which line them and these clean beaches are an ideal family destination. The picturesque countryside of Norfolk is another family destination which should not be missed. The small villages bring in a lot of nostalgia and offers innumerable opportunities for cycling and walking. Tourists can experience country life in its full splendour.
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Democratic hopeful call for accountability in ECOT scandal
Marty Schladen The Columbus Dispatch @martyschladen
Possible previewing an issue in the General Election, two Democratic candidates for statewide office are calling for Republican Ohio officials to he held accountable in the state's online charter school scandal.
The Dispatch broke the story Wednesday that the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow could close next week. The state has ordered it to repay tens of millions of dollars after the embattled school could not account for student hours for which it has billed the state.
"The damage done by ECOT and the career politicians who enabled its scam keeps piling up," attorney general candidate Steve Dettelbach, a former U.S. attorney for the northern district of Ohio said in a statement Thursday. "Taxpayers are out tens of millions of dollars — or more — that was meant for Ohio kids. Now there are now potentially thousands of students and families who might not have a school next week. We cannot allow ECOT and its owners — and the politicians who enabled it — to simply slip away with all that money and no accountability for what they did."
Dettelbach is running against Republican Auditor Dave Yost, an early supporter of ECOT who last year called the school's spending into question.
"Dave Yost's aggressive enforcement actions (have) cost Bill Lager millions," Yost's campaign said in an email. "Fighting for Ohioans always come first for Auditor Yost, and these attacks are nothing more than political gamesmanship."
For now, Dettelbach said, state officials must protect ECOT students and the taxpayers who funded the enterprise.
"In the weeks and months ahead, there will be time to put the politicians' role in this travesty under the spotlight," Dettelbach said. "But in the short-term, the state must take action to help ECOT's current students and ensure taxpayers are repaid the money they are owed, including bringing actions to collect from the individuals and for-profit companies behind the school. The attorney general must make sure that any and all documents and accounts necessary to collect this money are preserved and if possible frozen, especially should ECOT close."
Dettelbach called for ECOT students to be relocated and for elected officials who took campaign money from those who profited from ECOT to give it back.
"Action should be taken to protect the rights of any families that were damaged by ECOT's wrongful conduct or now find themselves scrambling for a new school," he said. "On this front, any politician still in office who took money from ECOT should return those donations immediately. A mechanism should be set up to get that money back to where it came from, the state education system, and dedicated to helping the families and students who now face an uncertain transition thanks to the politicians' lack of leadership."
Then on Friday, Democratic auditor candidate Zack Space also said the ECOT's supporters have some explaining to do.
"(T)he self-interested politicians who aided and abetted this slow-motion train wreck for more than a decade must now be held accountable," Space, a former congressman, said in a statement. "The tens of thousands of Ohio children they failed deserve nothing less. The millions of Ohio taxpayers they fleeced deserve nothing less. Politicians who eagerly did ECOT's bidding as long as founder Bill Lager handed out campaign checks — all the while knowing that the 'school' was an abject failure — are now, unsurprisingly, silent. These individuals do a disservice to the concept of public service, and I am calling on every politician who took contributions from Bill Lager and other ECOT executives to donate every cent back to Ohio public schools, where it belongs."
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Joplin, Mo. — Missouri Southern women's basketball coach Ronda Hubbard has announced the addition of Victor Esparza to round out her coaching staff.
"I'm really excited about this last hire to our staff," Hubbard said. "Coach Esparza has a ton of experience. Like coach Ressel, he has experience on the women's side, but has spent the last seven years as the top assistant on the men's side at OPSU. I was looking for someone who has an array of skills and had experience doing it all. His duties will be multi-faceted, but will certainly include working with our guards, recruiting, scouting, and serving as our Academic Coordinator."
Esparza comes to Southern after serving as an assistant coach for the men's program at Oklahoma Panhandle State for the past seven seasons. He also served as the head men's and women's cross country coach at OPSU during that time.
At Panhandle, Esparza was responsible for recruiting, player development, scouting and practice planning. He also was in charge of team travel, student-athlete academic progress and film exchange. He got his start in coaching as a student assistant for the 2006-07 season.
As the head coach for the cross country program, Esparza was in charge of everything from recruiting, budgeting, team travel and academics, while also supervising assistant coaches.
"I am thrilled to join the women's basketball staff at Missouri Southern," Esparza said. "I am excited to build upon the already successful women's basketball program and the opportunity to work with two proven winners in coach Hubbard and Ressel."
Esparza earned a bachelors of science degree from Panhandle State, and his masters in education from East Central University.
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Gustav Hansen better known as Gus Hansen was born in Copenhagen in the year 1974. Gus Hansen is a professional poker player of international repute and fame. He lives in Monaco in Western Europe.
Unlike most other poker players Gus was a professional Backgammon player before he switched his priorities to poker, he won various fames in the game of Backgammon before 1997. Besides all these Gus has also been a youth Tennis icon in his younger days.
Gus not only concentrates on winning poker but he also bets on various other sporting events that he takes fancy to. In the year 2005 Gus won the Poker Superstars Invitational. In the year 2006 he also won the biggest pot of the second season of High Stakes Poker. Last year, that is in 2007 he won $1, 192,919 as he achieved the first place in the Aussie Millions Main Event that took place in the city of Melbourne, in Australia.
The best thing about Gustav is that if he starts taking interest in to a certain game then he plays it till he understands all the in and outs of the game, he masters everything that he lays his sights up on. This amazing player is known to be extremely knowledgeable regarding the game of poker and has the capability of beating even the most seasoned player with his shrewd game play.
He is one of those few poker players who have established themselves very fast in the world of poker.
Now let us see what we know about the famous Howard Lederer, this poker player was born in the year 1964 which makes him a senior to Gustav Hansen. Poker runs in the blood of this famous poker star as his whole family is in the card business. The famous poker superstar Annie Duke is the sister of Howard Lederer.
As a child he had a huge amount of interest in chess, so hi parents enrolled him into a chess club where he started honing his chess skills. It was in this chess club that he was first introduced to the game of poker and he found out that he had more inclination towards.
It was not before he was much grown up that he started playing poker for m0oney. As he grew up he gradually shifted his base to Las Vegas which is famous for its casinos.
Howard Lederer is one of the team members who have designed the online Full Tilt Poker Game. This poker champion stood ninth in the World Series of Poker that was held last year. In the year 2005 he got three awards in the world class poker competition, he has also won about $54,965 in a No Limit Texas Hold'em Championship; he has various other notable awards as well.
This Poker Player has been a vegetarian for a long time and he has even won ten thousand dollars in a cheese burger eating competition. This enigmatic personality is well known for his stylish and skillful game play and is revered among his fellow poker players.


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Q: PHP decimal to binary conversion without decbin() I'm trying to make decimal to binary convertor without using decbin() function. I tried smth like this (which is ok but it needs to be reversed):
    $dec=101;
    while ($dec>=1){
    $bin = $dec % 2;
    $dec = round($dec/2, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN);
    print "$bin";
    }// output:1010011

How could I reverse the output to 1100101?
Thanks in forward. :)

A: To convert a decimal integer to binary, repeatedly divide it by 2 — using integer division — until it becomes 0. The remainders at each step, which are 0s and 1s, represent the binary number, when strung together in the reverse order in which they were generated.
    <?php
function dec2bin_i($decimal_i)
{
 bcscale(0);

 $binary_i = '';
 do
  {
   $binary_i = bcmod($decimal_i,'2') . $binary_i;
   $decimal_i = bcdiv($decimal_i,'2');
  } while (bccomp($decimal_i,'0'));

 return($binary_i);
}
?>

Test case
<?php
echo dec2bin_i('36893488147419103232'); //2^65
?>

Output: A 1 followed by 65 zeros:
100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

A: There is a function to reverse a string strrev
$dec=101;
$binStr = '';
while ($dec>=1){
    $bin = $dec % 2;
    $dec = round($dec/2, 0, PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN);
    $binStr .= $bin;
}
$binStr = strrev($binStr);
echo $binStr;

A: try this:
     $dec = 101;
     $bos = NULL;
     while ($dec>=1){ $bin = $dec % 2; $dec = round($dec/2, 0,
     PHP_ROUND_HALF_DOWN);
    $bos .= $bin;
     }
    echo strrev($bos);

A: Try this code:
 function getBinary($num) {
   $remainder = '';
   while ($num>=1)
   {
    $remainder .= $num % 2;
    $num = floor($num / 2);
   }
 return $remainder;
}
echo getBinary(10);

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Embattled credit-reporting company Equifax has done some data crunching and discovered another 2.4 million people had their information stolen by hackers. The business, which was subject to one of the biggest data breaches in US history last May, has cranked up the number of affected individuals.
The flaw affects SAML (Security Assertion Mark-up Language), an XML-based mark-up language often used for exchanging authentication and authorisation data between parties. SAML's most important use is in single sign-on (SSO) solutions that allow users to log into accounts using one single identity.
Like Microsoft for Azure and Office 365 services and Amazon, Apple is complying with a new Chinese law which requires data on Chinese citizens to reside in China. For all of these companies it's a matter of complying or losing China. Greater China is Apple's second most important market after the U.S., with $44.76 billion in revenue in its last fiscal year, a fifth of Apple's total revenue for the year. What has stirred some controversy is that Apple has indicated that it also plans to store the encryption keys for its Chinese users in China... whereas neither Microsoft nor Amazon have said one way or the other. This raises understandable concerns for privacy advocates who worry that China may become heavy handed once the keys reside within its territory.
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We all know airlines don't play fair when it comes to the cost of a flight ticket. The good news is there's now a 'bot that can help you fight volatile airline costs.
Donotpay.com is devoted to ensuring flyers pay fair prices for their tickets, and will try to secure refunds in the event a traveller has overpaid for their flight.
Originally created by Stanford University junior Joshua Browder to help fight parking tickets, donotpay.com has apparently saved its beta testers an average AED1650 ($450USD) per year on ticket costs.
"It annoyed me that every single flight, I could be paying sometimes double or even triple the person next to me in the same type of seat," Browder told The Verge, on how he came up with the idea of helping out air travellers.
After extensively testing the 'bot on himself and his friends, the Standford undergrad has officially made the service available to the public as of last week.
How exactly does donotpay.com work to save its users money?
With the help of obscure airline booking rules, the website acts like a "'bot lawyer" and argue with the airline on user's behalf. And apparently there are a lot of loopholes in aviation regulation that can potentially benefit passengers (and their wallets).
We might have never heard of the "24 hour rule" or know about aviation law surrounding weather warnings, but donotpay.com will use them to save you some cash.
The bad news is donotpay.com's service is only available to flyers departing from the United States, on either a domestic or international flights.
Let's hope the services comes to the UAE in the near future.


In the latest version of Mac iMovie, it can be difficult to figure out how to place a picture inside a video title in iMovie. The latest version of iMovie 10.1.1 changed the way to add pictures.... Have you ever seen a video where the lyrics of the songs can be seen, the audio can be heard, but no video plays along? Can you make a video that includes both the clips and the pictures?


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Canuck A-lister Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz, Beverly Hills: 90210, Haven) and celebrated actress Molly Ringwald (The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Breakfast Club and the upcoming Universal Pictures film Jem & The Holograms) bring the funny to Family Channel, starring as seemingly-flawless parents to five children in the new original series The Wonderful Wayneys. From Aircraft Pictures and Dolphin Entertainment, The Wonderful Wayneys follows Paige and Wayne Wayney as they forge the path to familial greatness. The live-action comedy, created and executive produced by the witty and cheeky Tom Saunders (Arrested Development, The Larry Sanders Show), begins filming in Toronto on July 27 and will deliver 26 half-hour episodes to DHX Television for Spring 2016.
"Exploring family dynamics is a new challenge that we're looking forward to embarking on with The Wonderful Wayneys and the ability to tell the Wayneys' story in a comedic fashion brings a new element to our programming roster," said Michael Goldsmith, Vice President, Original Production, DHX Television. "We have a longstanding relationship with Aircraft and Dolphin, and are eager to see how they utilize the brilliant talent that Jason, Molly and the rest of the cast bring to the show. Being able to offer a comedy that appeals to the entire family is an exciting opportunity and we're confident that this show will have something for everyone."
The wonderful Wayneys are an amazing family: good looking, MENSA smart, talented, athletic and popular to boot. Paige (Ringwald) and Wayne Wayney (Priestley) have worked hard at raising "multi-exceptional" offspring and are proud of their children: Adam, Conner, Bentley and Derek. Everyone in town envies them or wants to be them, and you can even find Paige's book about raising her extraordinary family on the bestseller list. But alas, their fifth child, Emmett, is not marching in lock step on the path to familial greatness. What he lacks academically, athletically and artistically, he makes up for with relentless enthusiasm and curiosity. Emmett knows that one day he'll find his way, but in the meantime he's determined to celebrate his C-average status in spectacular creative fashion – no matter how often his best laid plans threaten to destroy the family's living space, reputation or sense of safety.
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"Dolphin Entertainment, Aircraft Pictures and Family Channel have been in business together for over a decade," adds Executive Producer Bill O'Dowd, CEO of Dolphin Entertainment. "It's refreshing in this business to be able to work with such close friends."
Filling the roles of Priestley and Ringwald's multi-exceptional children in the series are: Luke Bilyk (Degrassi, Lost Girl) as Adam; Katie Douglas (Defiance, Max & Shred) as Conner; Matthew Tissi (Call Me Fitz, Transporter) as Bentley; Jake Sim (The Amazing Gayl Pile, Arthur) as Derek; and newcomer Simon Cadel as Emmett.
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What is Hemp? A Look at the History and Many Uses of Hemp
Hemp has been used by human beings for thousands of years, in a variety of different ways. From the sails of ocean-going ships to rope, paper, clothing, and more, hemp, which derives from the fibers of the cannabis sativa plant, is an extraordinarily versatile and durable material.
Due in part to marijuana's illegality, hemp isn't as widely used as it was several hundred years ago. With cannabis use legalized recreationally in 11 states, and with medical programmes in dozens more, minds are starting to change and hemp is generating interest once again.
Before getting into the many practical uses, first let's discuss what hemp is.
What is Hemp?
Hemp is a strong, durable fiber extracted from the cannabis sativa plant. It was one of the first materials to be used as a woven fabric approximately 10,000 years ago. It consists of all of the parts of the plant, including the stalk and seeds, that have negligible amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical compound in marijuana that gets recreational users high.
While hemp only has trace levels of THC, it can be a source of CBD, a chemical compound of cannabis that has many medicinal uses.
Is Hemp a Drug?
Hemp is not a drug. It is a naturally occurring fiber that has numerous practical and industrial uses. Advocates argue it is a less expensive and more environmentally sustainable material than wood-based products, and it can be used to make paper, textiles, biofuel, building material and other uses.
Can You Smoke Hemp?
Truth is, you can smoke almost anything if you want to, but just because it can be rolled up and smoked doesn't make it a good idea. Hemp doesn't have the THC levels that recreational cannabis users desire. And while CBD can be found in the plant, smoking it is not the recommended application of medicine; instead the plant is processed into hemp oils, creams, balms, or hemp seeds in food.
What is Hemp Used For?
The plant's versatility suggests that it will only become more useful as we learn more about it. From a food source rich in protein, a durable textile, building material, biofuel and more, its adaptability across industries is truly impressive.
Hemp seeds have a subtle, nutty flavor and can be used in products ranging from plant-based milks and cheeses, oils, protein powders, and much more. The oil can be used as a substitute for cooking oil and used in place of butter and margarine.
Hemp seeds are highly nutritious. They are high in protein, omega-3 and omega-6 acids, and are full of a variety of vitamins and minerals that have some people going as far to call the seeds a superfood.
The seeds are packed with arginine, which produces nitric oxide. Nitric oxide helps to relax blood vessels, making them dilate. This uptick in nitric oxide can help lower blood pressure and improve the general flow of blood throughout the body and heart. Studies are being performed to see whether hemp seeds can reduce the risk of heart disease, the number one killer worldwide of preventable and reversible illnesses.
Another suggested health benefit includes improvements in digestion due to high levels of dietary fiber. The high levels of fatty acids in the seeds are known to improve skin, hair, and nails.
The plant's most common use is as a fiber. It is strong, durable, and can be grown quickly and sustainably. The fiber can be used for rope, food, bioplastics, biofuel, clothing, paper, building materials, jewelry, and more. It has potential applications across many industries, not only as a stronger alternative to cotton and other textiles, but also as a more sustainable substitute for the paper industry, which has a huge carbon footprint and is destructive to the environment.
Hemp as a Building Material
Hempcrete is a material made from the plant that can be used to construct homes and buildings. It can replace concrete blocks and is also a practical alternative for roofs, floors, and insulation.
One Kentucky-based company has started growing hemp in high quantities and turning it into wood for building materials. They will transform the fibers into flooring and blocks. With a density 15% that of concrete, hempcrete can even float on water, meaning it needs to be used with a solid embedded structure. The process of replacing building materials with hemp alternatives could have a positive impact on the environment and is a lighter alternative for builders, making construction projects go faster and decreasing the risk of injuries.
Hemp Paper
For thousands of years, hemp was used to make paper. The Chinese were the first to do this, introducing paper made fully from the plant back in 150 BC. It wasn't until the 19th century that paper manufacturing switched to wood pulp.
The paper industry has long been equipped to produce paper from wood. Transitioning to the machinery and processes required to produce paper from hemp would require extensive retrofitting. These challenges and others mean we are not yet at a point where hemp paper could replace paper made from wood pulp. However, that doesn't mean that it isn't a possibility in the future.
At present, hemp paper is mainly used for stationary, art paper, teabags, and of course rolling papers. Many weed smokers enjoy a joint that is 100% derived from the cannabis plant.
Hemp Biofuel
Hemp can also be used as a renewable source of fuel. Bioethanol and biodiesel are two different kinds of biofuels that can be made from the plant. Despite the excitement surrounding the idea, we are still a long way away from a world where hemp biofuel (or any other biofuel) takes significant market share from the fossil fuel industry.
What is Hemp Used for Medically?
Hemp can be used to treat a wide variety of different health issues. It has been used as a medicine for thousands of years, beginning in China.
Many studies are currently in progress to confirm the medical benefits of CBD found in hemp. While the evidence remains anecdotal, many users believe CBD can help with symptoms ranging from joint pain and arthritis to fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis.
What's the Difference Between Hemp and Marijuana?
According to the U.S. government, the only difference is hemp contains less than 0.3% THC. There are quite a few differences between the plants even thought many people falsely incorrectly believe they are the same thing.
Harvesting and Usage
Without the goal of maximizing THC content for consumption, hemp is grown, harvested and processed differently from marijuana. Comparing the two is a bit like comparing popcorn and corn syrup. They come from the same plant but they are completely different products grown and processed in completely different ways.
Legality of Hemp and Marijuana
Another major difference between hemp and marijuana involves. In the U.S., hemp cultivation, manufacturing, and distribution was legalized in the 2018 Farm Bill. Marijuana, on the other hand, remains federally illegal even though it has been legalized for recreational use in 11 states and medicinal use in more than 30 states. Cannabis users should know the laws in their jurisdiction; There are still places in the U.S. that will jail you for having trace amounts of marijuana.
Hemp grows best in climates with warm weather and soil that is rich in organic material. It typically takes between three and four months to grow before it is harvested. The crop grows best in relatively consistent climate conditions.
How hemp is harvested depends on the purpose of a particular crop. If a crop will be used to process CBD oil, the process will be far different than a crop used for an industrial purpose like textiles or biofuels.
Hemp being grown for CBD extraction uses much more space and the plants are generally tended to on an individual basis to ensure quality. For this purpose, farmers will typically grow 1,500 plants per acre. For industrial uses, a farmer can grow hundreds of thousands of plants per acre. He will harvest the crops in a similar fashion to a farmer harvesting crops like wheat or corn.
Like any other crop, hemp farmers need to be careful about diseases that can wipe out their crop. Overall, hemp is considered a highly resilient crop, though it is vulnerable to numerous diseases.
Though they can all be a threat, the plant is more susceptible to fungal diseases than bacterial, viral, or parasitic blights. The types of diseases vary greatly depending on climate, region, and proximity to other crops.
Hemp is a highly sustainable and eco-friendly crop for a variety of reasons.
Because it doesn't require pesticides to be cultivated at scale, the soil does not absorb chemicals that poison the water table, and eventually local waterways and oceans. Compared with cotton, for example, hemp crops require far less water and can be grown in a shorter period of time.
The process of separating the hemp fibers from the cannabis plant stem is done with a process called retting. It uses water to break down the cellular tissues of a plant's stem, pulling the fibers away in bulk.
If the plant is being processed for use as a clothing fiber, the process will be different from hemp that is destined to be used in construction projects or as biofuel When used as clothing, specific fibers will be used from the cannabis plant to ensure a softer textile. For construction projects, on the other hand, all parts of the plant will be used in the formation of blocks and other materials.
Hemp Producers
With hemp newly legal, American production exploded in 2019. Farmers planted more than 288,000 acres of the crop, more than 10 times as much as in 2018. That number is expected to keep rising.
In the U.S., the legalization of CBD has driven the demand, and thus, the industrial cultivation. But the US isn't the only place that is seeing a rush to embrace the crop.
The top five countries in terms of production are the US, China, Colombia, Canada, and South Korea. China is seen to be a leader in hemp innovation and production, growing approximately half of the world's legal supply.
The versatility and sustainability of hemp, along with changes in law and public opinion, mean that it will likely have a larger role in the cannabis industry in the years to come.
It has also become an increasingly important resource as people demand more sustainable business practices, in a world that is increasingly vulnerable to climate change. Combined with a general positive shift in the public perception of cannabis, hemp will only grow in popularity. As more countries with strong economies open up restrictions and legalize the commercialization of hemp, it's likely we will see more follow suit.
It's only a matter of time before cannabis, in general, has widespread acceptance and as more people and countries embrace the plant, hemp's place in the world will only become more significant.