Uttar Pradesh assembly election of 2017 was one of the most fiercely fought polls after the general elections of 2014, where Media almost acted like a participant rather than a medium of reportage. So the circus that we see today was expected when BJP won, and especially after the party chose Yogi Adityanath to lead the state.
During election campaigns, a poll promise repeatedly emphasized by BJP was that of closure of illegal slaughterhouses. Rightfully so, post victory, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh got right to the task of shutting down illegal slaughterhouses that functioned in the state, which, per an APEDA report, is the highest producer of meat with 19.1% share in the country.
While I watched the media circus unfold, I couldn't help but notice the kind of canards being spread by the media regarding a legitimate action initiated by the UP government and juxtapose the outrage with that during an actual ban on alcohol imposed by the Bihar government not too long ago.
The variance in protest was staggering. But what was more horrifying, was the utter lack of interest among the 'intellectual' class to dig deeper and perhaps debate on facts.
In this article, I have decided to compare the impact and reasons the two decisions taken by two different political dispensations, in two different states. The action against illegal slaughterhouses that per our intellectual class, spells the doom of Uttar Pradesh, and the ban on alcohol, a largely legal and regulated industry, that was termed a revolutionary move.
Perhaps the two main laws that one needs to understand with respect to slaughterhouses is, a) Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Slaughter House) Rules, 2001 and b) The Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 (pdf). While for the Alcohol ban in Bihar, the Nitish Kumar government enacted the Bihar Excise (amendment) act, 2016.
The laws governing the two decisions, juxtaposed together, point to the glaring mismatch in critique.
Laws regulating slaughterhouses have been in existence since time immemorial. it deals with aspects such as the manner in which animals are to be slaughtered, the physical facilities mandatory for slaughterhouses, disposal of waste material etc.
An animal that is pregnant, or has an offspring less than 3 months old cannot be slaughtered.
There needs to be a reception area or resting ground in the slaughter house with adequate food and water for the veterinary doctor to examine the animals.
The blood drain and collection in a slaughter house shall be immediate and proper.
No person who is suffering from any communicable or infectious disease shall be permitted to slaughter an animal.
Each floor drain, including blood drains, shall be equipped with a deep seal trap (P-, U-, or S-shape) (ii) Drainage lines shall be properly vented to the outside air and be equipped with effective rodent screens.
Drainage line from toilet pans and urinals shall not be connected with other drainage lines within the plant and s6l not discharge into a grease catch basin and such lines shall be installed so that if leakage develops, it shall not affect the product or the equipment.
Prohibition of import of cattle, etc., into city without permission.
Butchers and persons who sell flesh of animals to be licensed.
The "ban" on illegal slaughterhouses, as being phrased by the media, is for the entities that don't adhere to regulatory laws that have been enshrined for the safety of the animals, environment and consumers.
The alcohol ban in Bihar, was the result of an amendment being passed to the Bihar Excise Act. The basic tenet that all laws are based on is the assumption of innocence until proven guilty. The Bihar Excise (Amendment) Act, 2016, on the other hand, assumes guilt until proven innocent.
The offender, company owner or unit head also to be held accountable for consumption, storage and distribution inside company premises.
District collector can impose a collective fine on a village or town if a group of people is found violating liquor law frequently.
If a person consumed alcohol in a public place, the accused can be thrown in jail for a term not less than 5 years which may extent up to 7 years.
Most offences attract a minimum punishment of 5 years and a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. This "Tughlaqi" law breached all the basic tenets of judicial jurisprudence; from assumption of guilt, to collective punishment, to imposing the alien concept of vicarious liability to shifting the burden of proof to the accused to horrifyingly defying the doctrine of proportionality when it comes to punishment.
Legally, while the closure of illegal slaughterhouses focuses on implementation of well thought out laws, the Bihar alcohol ban focused on introducing a highly draconian law to compensate for the lack of implementation.
Slaughterhouses are listed under the "Red category" which means they are among the industries that are considered heavily polluting. in 2015, of the 129 industrial units (deemed very hazardous for the environment) that have not installed anti-pollution devices, 44 units were slaughterhouses (pdf). The impact unregulated slaughterhouses have on the environment are tremendous.
Many slaughterhouses run without Rendering Plants. The generated useless fat, bone and mass is meant to be disposed in the rendering plant. Illegal Slaughterhouses end up dumping it in water bodies thereby contaminating the water bed.
Situation in Meerut was so bad that National Human Rights Commission had to issue notices to the municipal commissioner of Meerut and chairman of the State Pollution Control Board to appear in front of the commission in 2009 for non-compliance of its recommendations on closure of illegal abattoir and about 200 furnaces used for extraction of animal bone fat in the city.
It is said that Meerut will face a severe water crisis by 2030 because of water contamination due to industry effluents and particularly, pollutants generated by slaughterhouses. The hand pumps were drawing unclean and unfit to drink water in 2015 itself.
Another complaint seems to be how some licensed slaughterhouses seem to be getting temporarily shut as well. Just because the slaughterhouse is legal, doesn't necessarily mean the norms are being followed. There was a slaughterhouse in Ghazipur that was electrocuting animals before slaughter (I would suggest viewer discretion since the video embedded can be disturbing).
In this scenario, the arguments against closure of illegal slaughterhouses sounds shallow and unintelligent.
Without going into religious arguments of the sacredness of Cows, the practical aspects of cow slaughter also need to be discussed.
These statistics were given by Mrs. Maneka Gandhi in 2012. I would conclude that the greatest disservice to the environment and to the cows themselves has been them being considered sacred by Hindus. Were they not revered, perhaps the intelligentsia would be more receptive to dangers of indigenous cow breeds being slaughtered.
The reasons cited for the Bihar alcohol ban were flimsy and didn't hold ground. They justified their draconian law by saying that an alcohol ban would reduce crimes and also provided some wishy washy moral argument for this move. While the results were far from expectations.
Post alcohol ban, cognizable crime – which the police can investigate without a magistrate's order – rose 13% between April and October 2016, from 14,279 in April to 16,153 in October. The complete analysis of Bihar Police Crime Records can be read here.
Essentially, there were compelling reasons to stop illegal slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh while no such pressing reason was apparent to shut down legal alcohol business in Bihar.
The self-proclaimed intelligentsia and guardians of "liberal" values claim that this crackdown against illegal slaughterhouses is against the Muslims. Now I won't assume to analyse why these people insist on seeing everything through communal prism, but their argument is as factually incorrect as is myopic.
So if the the AIMLE officials claim that a vast amount of workforce in slaughterhouses are in fact Hindus, the argument of it being "Anti-Muslim" fails to prove its worth.
Another critique of the crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses is how it would affect the employment in the state. Yes, I do concede employment would take a hit for the ones employed in illegal slaughterhouses. But, citizenry can't possibly expect the state to not follow the law because it will cause an inconvenience to the ones indulging in illegal activity. The liberal argument unfortunately defies basic principles of common sense.
The staggering hypocrisy is also evident from the fact, that these very people failed to see the job losses when Nitish Kumar banned a largely legal and licensed trade and imposed a draconian law because of which over 44,000 people currently languish in Bihar jails.
The situation of citizens being incarcerated is so appalling, that the Bihar government was contemplating increasing space in their jails to accommodate the recent arrests. The alcohol ban has cost the state of Bihar 5500 crore and has rendered at least 35000 people jobless.
Nitish Kumar had once wooed Carlsberg to set up plants in Bihar convincing them to set up a $25 million plant near Patna. Bihar had almost become a hub for the brewery industry and post the alcohol ban, most companies like Carlsberg, Cobra, Diageo Plc, United Breweries and Molson Coors are mulling exit as their licenses may not be renewed.
Strangely, people talked more about revenue losses in Uttar Pradesh (where revenues were actually denied due to illegal business) while not caring about losses in revenues that was being earned through taxation of a legal business in Bihar.
It is indeed tragic that not only our political dispensation, but even the opinion makers of this country choose to support banning a largely legal industry but oppose action taken against illegal businesses of an industry classified under the red category.
These are the very people who talk of animal rights, the rights of citizens to live in a clean unadulterated environment and lament the rise of lawlessness in the country. Nothing but an inherent bias against a man in saffron explains this inconsistency.
Navjot Singh Sidhu direct appeal to Muslims comes days after Mayawati made a similar pitch in Uttar Pradesh's Deoband and paid with consequences. The Model Code of Conduct bars candidates from seeking votes on communal or religious lines.
In her resignation letter, Priyanka Chaturvedi says that while the Congress party says it stands for women empowerment, safety and dignity of women, this call is not reflected in the actions of some of its members.


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Tonight I attended Hispanic Business Magazine's Woman of the Year Gala. This annual event is part of a day-long series of workshops that I was unable to attend, much as I wanted to be there. There is a part of me that's just a conference junkie, but that compulsion to sit and absorb information wasn't what made me want to be there today. I wanted to attend today's event because it was a conference for and about Hispanic Women.
I always come away from these things energized, full of ideas and hope and commitment. I meet wonderful women doing wonderful things that make me proud and envious and (just a little bit) sad that I don't measure up (in my own mind). There is something remarkable about getting a group of professional women in the same room for no other reason than to support and celebrate each other. It's great.
The Woman of the Year is truly inspiring. Her story of overcoming adversity and working her way up, of becoming a success by anyone's standards, is amazing. The honor she received today was certainly well-deserved.
In the evening, celebrate with our Woman of the Year, Inspector General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, Frances Garcia. This first-generation Mexican-American worked in the fields; waited tables at a diner; and worked side by side with the white men as the first woman and Hispanic at accounting firm Arthur Andersen in Dallas. She also survived a serious car accident — one that left her with broken bones and other major injuries.
Years of hard work and personal sacrifices ultimately led her to the nation´s capital, where she has been Inspector General of the U.S. Government Accountability Office since 1996.
I met some very interesting women and men tonight. I look forward to connecting with them again later, to find out what they're doing and how I can help. I flatter myself that I can actually help a few of them reach their goals or just put them in touch with the right tools or people. Every once in a while I'm helpful and/or effective.
Time to go to bed. I have a full day tomorrow, again.


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Fiction A-Z
Jack Maggs
Author(s): Carey Peter
The year is 1837 and ex-convict Jack Maggs has returned illegally to London from Australia. Installing himself in the household of a genteel grocer, he attracts the attention of a cross-section of society. Saucy Mercy Larkin wants him for a mate. Writer Tobias Oates wants to possess his soul through hypnosis. Maggs, a figure both frightening and mysteriously compelling, is so in thrall to the notion of a gentlemanly class that he's risked his life to come back to his torturers. His task is to shed his false consciousness and understand that his true destiny lies in Australia.
Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, and now lives in New York. He is the author of thirteen novels (including one for children), two volumes of short stories, and two books on travel. Amongst other prizes, Carey has won the Booker Prize twice (for Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang), the Commonwealth Writers' Prize twice (for Jack Maggs and True History of the Kelly Gang), and the Miles Franklin Literary Award three times (for Bliss, Oscar and Lucinda and Jack Maggs). His most recent novels are Parrot and Olivier in America and The Chemistry of Tears.
Imprint : Penguin Books Australia
Author : Carey Peter

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Spanish priest and Orientalist; born in 1527 at Freseenal, Estremadura; died 1598 at Seville. Philip II. entrusted him with the editing of the Polyglot Bible which was printed in Antwerp (1568-1572) under the title, "Biblia Sacra, Hebraice, Chaldaice, Græce, et Latine, Philippi II., Regis Catholici Pietate et Studio ad Sacrosanctæ Ecclesiæ Usum Chph. Plantinus Excudebat." Arias was accused of Judaizing, on account of his insertion in the Polyglot of certain Aramaic paraphrases tending to confirm the Jews in their claims; but he was acquitted of the charge through a favorable report on the matter by the inquisitor, P. Mariana (1580). He translated Benjamin of Tudela's "Masa'ot" into Latin (1575, 1636, 1764), and was the author of "Antiquitatum Judaicarum" (published, with engravings, in Leyden, 1593), and many other works.


-Associate Editor of 'Dignity Dialogue', while at Mumbai.
-Assistant Editor who single handedly launched and edited a magazine, 'One India One People', while at Mumbai.
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Un Groupement Foncier Viticole (GFV) est une société civile spécifique à la viticulture dérivée des Groupements Fonciers Agricoles (GFA). Elle a été créée par la loi  du  pour permettre aux particuliers d'investir en plaçant leur argent à long terme et a pour but l'acquisition collective d'un domaine viticole.

Définition & fonctionnement
Des particuliers, en nombre limité, se regroupent  pour acquérir une propriété viticole. Son exploitation peut-être faite en direct par l'un des associés ou confiée à un exploitant choisi pour son savoir-faire tant technique que commercial.

Dans ce dernier cas, l'associé perçoit, chaque année, les revenus issus du fermage, en proportion du nombre de parts détenues. Cette valeur est ajustée chaque année et entérinée par arrêté préfectoral.

Avantages fiscaux
Le GFV, de par sa forme juridique, offre la possibilité aux porteurs de parts de bénéficier d'avantages fiscaux dans le cadre des transmissions à titre gratuit (donations et successions).
Cet avantage pouvant être complété d'une exonération en matière d'ISF / IFI 2018.

Voir aussi
EARL (Exploitation agricole à responsabilité limitée)
GAEC (Groupement agricole d'exploitation en commun)
SCEA (Société civile d'exploitation agricole)
 Groupement foncier forestier

Notes et références

Viticulture en France
Forme juridique d'exploitation agricole en France

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MWO D.J.G. "Drew" Nelligan, MMM, CD
We regret to advise of the sudden death of Combat Engineer Master Warrant Officer D.J.G. (Drew ) Nelligan at Canadian Forces Detachment Dundurn on 5 February 2004.
Drew joined the Canadian Forces in May 1974 and undertook his first Field Engineer training in Chilliwack at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering (CFSME) later that year. After training, he was posted to 2 Combat Engineer Regiment, Petawawa 1974-77, followed by 22 Field Squadron, Gagetown 1977- 79. Drew returned to 22 Field Squadron 1983-87 after a four year tour with 4 Combat Engineer Regiment in Lahr, Germany 1979-83.
Drew spent most of the rest of his career stationed in British Columbia - first as an Instructor at the Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering 1987-91 and then followed by I Combat Engineer Regiment. During this latter tour, Drew participated in the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission in 1991 and with the Canadian Battalion Group in Vukovar, Yugoslavia in 1993
Drew was with the Officer Candidate School in Chilliwack in Summer 1996 before returning to CFSME 1996-97. This was followed by a Regular Support Staff tour with 6 Field Engineer Squadron, Vancouver 1997-2000 after which he returned to 1 Combat Engineer Regiment 2000-01 and was then posted to his last assignment with CFB Winnipeg, Detachment Dundurn.
Funeral services were held on 11 Feb in Saskatoon and subsequently at the Pinegrove Memorial Garden Cemetery in Carrot River, SK. A Military Guard and Firing Party from Canadian Forces Detachment Dundurn participated in the Interment.


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English is important, but so is Somali: Minneapolis Public Schools are launching a Somali Heritage Language Program.
Developers of the program say students often feel uncomfortable bringing their cultural heritage with them to school. They want them to appreciate how rich it is.
by Hana Ikramuddin August 3, 2021 August 3, 2021
Farhiya Del helped write the curriculum and lesson plans for the new Somali Heritage Language Program launching on August 6. Credit: Jaida Grey Eagle | Sahan Journal
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When Farhiya Del arrived in the United States nearly 30 years ago, she felt the pressure to fit in. Beyond learning about a new country, she also struggled to adapt to a new culture and especially a new language.
Farhiya, who was a teenager at the time, had a lot of work ahead of her to strengthen her grasp of the English language. She only understood basic greetings in English.
"I was like a deaf person sitting in a classroom," Farhiya said.
To fit in, Farhiya did her best to start speaking English as much as possible, including when she came home from work. However, she says, in her rush to learn English, she was also starting to forget something else: Somali.
"I realized, 'Oh my God. I need my Somali,' and I realized I was using more English than Somali, and I couldn't even explain simple things in Somali," she said. "That's when I stopped."
After taking a job that required her to speak Somali, Farhiya ramped up her efforts to remember her native language.
While Farhiya felt compelled to leave Somali behind, she hopes that won't be the case for other new immigrants from Somalia, especially for the 4,000 children at Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) who self-identify Somali. To support these students, MPS will launch a Somali Heritage Language Program in select schools Aug. 6.
Organizers of the program were helped by Ayumi Stockman, World Languages Education specialist at the Minnesota Department of Education. Stockman helped write the curriculum and train the teachers. Farhiya, who started working in MPS as a second-grade teacher in 2006, also helped write the curriculum and lesson plans for the project, and will be one of the teachers.*
The course will be taught multiple times a week, and will include greetings and conversational phrases that students can use in their daily life. The program is meant to follow along with the content students are learning in English. There will also be bilingual sessions once a month where faculty will read stories in Somali to all students, regardless of their background.
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The program, steered by the Multilingual Department follows a similar, older program aimed at Hmong students in Minneapolis. While the Multilingual Department is initially funding the program, participating schools will absorb the costs after the first three years. According to Muhidin Warfa, the executive director for English learners and global education for the Multilingual Department in MPS, there could be more than the 4,000 students with Somali heritage who chose not to identify themselves.
Because of the limitation on schools, around 10% of Somali students will end up having access to the program, she said. The Multilingual Department considered many factors when choosing schools, including the mission and the existing language programs and options at the schools.
At this point four schools will be involved with the program, all of which have at least 20% Somali students, according to Deqa Muhidin, who works in the Multilingual Department, and has been working to design the curriculum over the past year.
One of those schools is Lyndale Community School, where Farhiya works. High school students in South High School and Heritage Academy will be able to take the course as an elective. Elementary school students who have identified themselves as Somali will be automatically enrolled in the program, and can opt out.
"We wanted to provide an opportunity for them to have to learn their heritage language as a course," Deqa said. "Parents have been asking for a program that basically allows for them to learn their heritage language."
According to Farhyia, one benefit of the program is that it will encourage students to use their native languages at schools – something which she says is usually discouraged when teachers do not understand what students are saying.
"A lot of times kids will feel uncomfortable bringing their culture with them, because in schools, you only speak English," Farhiya said.
Since the program will include all students in some way, both Somali and non-Somali parents alike are excited about the program, according to Farhiya.
"I didn't fit when I came to this country, and I think a lot of kids when they come to school … They run away from Somali or speaking their home language because they want to catch up with English," Farhiya said. "They don't know how important and rich their culture and language is."
*This story has been updated to provide additional information about who helped write the curriculum and train teachers for the program.
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More than three million people live in the Montreal region. At the center of Montreal is a mountain called Mount Royal. The suburb of Westmount is a very affluent suburb of Quebec. Most of the people who live in Montreal speak French, but English is also commonly spoken, as a second language. Montreal is in the southwest of Quebec, 530 kilometers north of New York City. The city itself is located on an island, the Island of Montreal. Near the downtown area, there is a hill called Mount Royal (Mont-Royal in French). Montreal has many beautiful churches (Montreal is referred to locally as 'the city of a hundred churches'), including the largest church in Canada, and also much important art, history, and science museums. You can also visit the location of the 1967 World's Fair, where today, as well as many other attractions, one will find the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Formula One automobile racecourse. Also of interest is the site where the 1976 Summer Olympic Games were held, and the modern architecture of the Olympic stadium (the 'Big O') and its tall inclined observation tower (the highest inclined tower in the world); now a landmark of Montreal. A lot of Montrealers are interested in hockey, and Montreal is home to its own ice hockey team called the Montreal Canadiens who plays in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Montreal (/ˌmʌntriˈɔːl/, spelled Montréal in French) is a city in the country of Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec and the second-largest city in Canada. It is the second-largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris. Montreal is built on an island sitting in the Saint Lawrence River. Montreal is North America's number one host city for international events. Montreal is home to the famous Cirque de Soleil and hosted the Summer Olympics in 1976. Montreal also played host to Expo 67, considered to be the most successful world's fair in the 20th Century. Montreal is a major industrial center, commercial and financial metropolis, railway and maritime bridgehead, and one of the centers of francophone culture in North America. It is one of the world's great cities and enjoys international acclaim. Montréal is one of Canada's most fascinating cities to visit. ... It is the second-largest city in the country. Montreal abounds in tourist attractions. While wandering the streets of Montreal, you will find many examples of impressive architecture, great eats, local culture, trendy bars, and so much more
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The 2021 Outlook for U.S. Agriculture From USDA's Chief Economist
Speaking on Thursday at USDA's virtual Agricultural Outlook Forum, USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer provided a broad outlook for U.S. agriculture. Today's update provides an overview of key aspects of Dr. Meyer's presentation.
In his speech Thursday (transcript / slides), Dr. Meyer noted that, "Grain and oilseed markets are set to end the 2020/21 marketing year with tightening stocks in several key markets because of strong demand. World corn and soybean ending stocks are projected at multi-year lows as are U.S. ending stocks of corn, soybeans, and wheat. The 2020/21 U.S. season average prices for both corn and soybeans are projected at 7-year highs, and these strong prices have supported the entire grains and oilseeds sector."
Dr. Meyer indicated that, "The commitment by China to greatly expand its purchases of U.S. agricultural products (and other goods) has coincided with its effort to rebuild its livestock sector after suffering the devastating effects of a widespread outbreak of African Swine Fever. Sales of agricultural commodities to China accelerated in the summer and fall, and by the end of the year the pace of corn and soybean sales to China was at or approaching new records."
Dr. Meyer added that, "While exports to China were surging, U.S. agricultural sales to Mexico, Japan, Korea and other major trading partners worldwide also remained strong, providing further support to rising prices. Agricultural trade has proved resilient in the face of a global economic contraction and certainly much stronger than non-agricultural and further from what was experienced during the 'great recession' of just over a decade ago. This strength is reflected in USDA's revised forecast for U.S. agricultural trade in FY 2021, with exports now forecast at a record $157.0 billion, or an increase of over $21 billion from FY 2020. Exports to China in FY 2021 are forecast at a record $31 billion, reflecting strong October-December shipments of U.S. soybeans, corn, wheat, cotton, and chicken paws."
"The Outlook for U.S. Agriculture – 2021, Building on Innovation: A Pathway to Resilience," USDA Chief Economist Seth Meyer, February 2021.
"This strength in agricultural exports over the past 12 months has helped to drive the price of many commodities from recent lows at the start of the pandemic to highs last seen more than 5 years ago.
We expect this export-led demand growth to continue through 2021, supporting prices and farm income, as the global economy continues to recover, and optimism grows for continued rebuilding of the U.S.-China trade relationship.
Turning to acreage prospects, Dr. Meyer explained that, "The three-crop total of corn, soybeans and wheat, could reach 227 million acres, the highest since 2016. Current new crop futures prices and contract bids for fall delivery signal strong acreage increases, particularly for soybeans for which acreage is expected to expand 6.9 million acres to 90 million.
"Corn area, also facing high prices, is expected to grow 1 million acres to 92 million. The combined two-crop acreage is projected to reach a record 182 million acres, compared to the previous record in 2017 of 180.3 million."
#Corn balance sheet
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And with respect to prices, Dr. Meyer noted that, "Given continued strong international demand and tight stocks, we project that soybean prices will remain elevated. The soybean price will also be supported by strong domestic demand and growth in U.S. renewable diesel capacity. In contrast, corn prices are expected to decline slightly with larger corn acres and an expected return to trend yields leading to slightly higher ending stocks with strong global demand moderating the price decline on what is expected to be a large crop under normal weather conditions."
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In remarks on farm income, Dr. Meyer pointed out that, "USDA currently expects net cash income to finish 2020 at $136.2 billion, but to fall to $128.3 billion in 2021. We expect net farm income, which includes the value of inventory changes, to decrease $9.8 billion (8.1 percent) to $111.4 billion in 2021. Despite this decline, 2021 net farm income would still be 21 percent above its 2000-19 average of $92.1 billion."
"However, the decline in direct government farm payments from 2020 to 2021 is expected to more than offset the jump in cash receipts and drive most of the decline in both net income measures. Direct government farm payments are forecast at $25.3 billion in 2021, a decrease of $21 billion (45.3 percent) in nominal terms as smaller supplemental and ad hoc disaster assistance for COVID-19 relief is expected in 2021 relative to 2020."


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Switzerland and Laos established diplomatic relations in 1963 and enjoy good bilateral relations. Switzerland supports the development effort in Laos through its international cooperation. Trade relations between the two countries are minimal.
The Swiss embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, is also accredited to Laos (officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic). Since summer 2012 all consular services have been provided by the regional consular centre in Bangkok. The honorary consulate in Vientiane has been reorganised into a consular agency.
Switzerland and Laos have had diplomatic relations since 1963 and have engaged in regular political dialogue since 2012.
The Laotian ambassador to Switzerland resides in Geneva.
The opening of the SDC cooperation office in Vientiane in autumn 2006 was followed by a rapid expansion of programmes in Laos. Switzerland is thus intensifying the development cooperation relationship it has had with the Laotian government since the mid-1990s.
Switzerland also cooperates with Laos within the framework of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), of which Switzerland has been a sectoral dialogue partner since July 2016.
Trade relations between Switzerland and Laos have been growing since the 1990s but remain small in scope. Switzerland's exports include watches and clocks, machinery and pharmaceuticals, while its main imports from Laos are precious stones and textiles.
Researchers and artists from Laos can apply for Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships to the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).
employment and vocational education and training.
Regarding humanitarian aid, the SDC intervenes on an ad hoc basis after natural disasters.
Two regional specialists in disaster risk reduction and disaster management have been based in Bangkok since 2013 to support SDC projects in South East Asia and the Pacific region and to respond rapidly to natural disasters in both regions. The two specialists are also helping ASEAN to step up its disaster risk management and rapid response capabilities.
Laos also benefits from certain regional economic development programmes run by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).
At the start of 2018, there were 131 Swiss nationals living in Laos.
Switzerland recognised Laos in 1957. In 1963 the two countries established diplomatic relations, which are today managed by the Swiss embassy in Bangkok.


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The Ponytail Returns: Everything's Coming Up West Ham
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by Mike L. Goodman
It was a weekend of disappointment for almost everybody in the Premier League. Chelsea lost for the first time. Tottenham and Liverpool — with their scoreless home draws — continued their incredibly lifelike impressions of mediocre mid-table sides. Arsenal benefited from a three-goal swing in a 10-minute stretch (a Stoke goal ruled offside and then two quick scores of their own) and somehow still never really came close to winning. Even Manchester City, who climbed to within three points of Chelsea at the top of the table, leave the weekend devastated by a long-term injury to Sergio Agüero.
The weekend sucked — except for Big Sam Allardyce and his third-place West Ham United.
That's nine points in eight days for the Hammers. While Southampton might be getting all the early-season sleeper attention, if the Saints lose to Manchester United today, then West Ham will be the top gate crashers after 15 games. And with upcoming matches against Sunderland and Leicester City, there's no reason to think that'll change.
Yesterday marked the return to dominance of Allardyce's ponytailed muse: Andy Carroll. In the lead-up to the game, Allardyce had to defend choosing to sign Carroll instead of Swansea striker Wilfried Bony. Prior to the match, Bony had scored 22 goals for the Swans, while Carroll had notched a grand total of two for the Hammers. The story seemed destined to stay the same when Bony gave Swansea the lead 18 minutes in — and then Carroll did this.
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And then this.
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And then he teed up this Diafra Sakho rocket launcher.
Two goals and an assist — all with his head, of course — make for a pretty nice rebuttal.
Sunday was the first time that Allardyce had all of his striking options healthy this season, and despite the move toward a less cross-dependent style that might seem ill suited to Carroll's above-the-ground game, Big Sam opted to start Carroll and Enner Valencia and bring Sakho on in the second half. With Carlton Cole and Mauro Zárate sitting on the bench — and as odd as it seems to say this about a Sam Allardyce team — that is a lot of firepower.
While juggling all those attacking options might be tricky going forward, you can put it in the "good problems to have" file. Over a stretch when Southampton has been crippled by a lack of depth, West Ham seem to be showing theirs off just for fun. And it's not only the strikers. They won two games without Alex Song, the hub of their midfield and one of the best signings of the season. The midfield has, at different times, contained newcomers like Song and Cheikhou Kouyaté, alongside stalwarts like Mark Noble and Kevin Nolan, mixed in with kind-of-sort-of wingers Morgan Amalfitano and Stewart Downing, all pressed together into what usually resembles a narrow diamond of a four-man midfield. Despite the rotation in the front two-thirds of the formation, though, West Ham's defense has remained remarkably consistent with a clear first-choice back four of Carl Jenkinson, Winston Reid, James Tomkins, and Aaron Cresswell.
All that depth combined with Allardyce's flexibility mean that this team just doesn't fit your usual underdog mold. The Southamptons and Swanseas of the world play with short squads and a defined approach. West Ham just won three games in eight days playing three different lineups. They played 18 different outfield players over that stretch; Southampton have played only 20 outfield players all year.
Will West Ham contend for the long haul? Staying in the top four remains quite the challenge, but with their varied depth, they're better prepared for the pitfalls that usually trip up a team punching above its weight. Still, there are concerns. Will they struggle as the league faces them a second time and teams are no longer stunned that the Hammers' keeper isn't bombing the ball downfield every time he gets it? Will players like Sakho and Valencia, who have been so strong in the attack this season, be able to endure the rigors of the Premier League for a full season? If Andy Carroll is to be so important, will he manage to stay on the field for any prolonged length of time? Plus, they've conceded the ninth-most goals in the league, and are also the ninth worst in terms of expected goals conceded. This, incredibly uncharacteristically for Big Sam, is an attack-minded team bent on outscoring the opposition. Although with the flexibility they've shown, one imagines that could change at the drop of a hat — and it might have to when they play Chelsea and Arsenal on December 26 and 28.
For now, though, Big Sam and West Ham United are living the dream. A year ago, they were relegation candidates and Allardyce was fighting for his job. Now, they sit in third place, atop a crowd of contenders vying for the Champions League. There was a time when a successful weekend for West Ham meant that they got the momentary joy of playing spoiler for a game. Now Big Sam & Co. are here to spoil somebody's season. The rest of the league better start paying attention.
Filed Under: Soccer, English Premier League, Swansea City, West Ham, Andy Carroll, Sam Allardyce, Diafra Sakho, Enner Valencia, The Ponytailed Muse
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Harry Seidel (født 2. april 1938 i Berlin, død i august 2020) var en flugthjælper ved den indre tyske grænse og banecyklist i DDR. Efter opførelsen af Berlinmuren hjalp han østberlinere med republikflugt fra den sovjetiske besættelseszone i Østberlin til Vestberlin. Han deltog i udgravningen af flere flugttuneller under muren. Da han blev anholdt af Ministeriet for Statssikkerhed (forkortet MfS eller Stasi) i forbindelse med et nyt flugtforsøg, blev han af DDR's højesteret, i en skueproces, idømt livsvarigt fængsel. Efter cirka fire års fængsel blev han købt fri af de vesttyske myndigheder.

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Harry Seidel voksede op i den østberlinske bydel Prenzlauer Berg. I skolen havde han svært ved at indordne sig under den politiske indoktrinering og forlod skolen efter 10. klasse og blev uddannet som elektriker. I sin ungdom viste han et talent for banecykling. Han startede i cykelklubben Semper Berlin og rykkede senere til SC Einheit Berlin. Efter at have vundet Berlin-mesterskabet i banecykling flere gange, vandt han i 1959 DDR-mesterskabet i tomands holdkørsel med Rainer Pluskat og vandt en tredjeplads i 4000 meter i individuelt forfølgelsesløb. Han blev udtaget til DDRs banecyklingslandshold. Som en succesrig cykelrytter blev han ofte benyttet af DDRs propagandamaskine. I 1960 blev han nægtet deltagelse i de olympiske lege i Rom, på trods af han opfyldte de opstillede krav. Seidel siges at have nægtet at dope sig med anaboliske steroider.

Slutningen på Seidels østtyske cykelkarriere blev markeret med udmeldelsen fra SC Einheit i april 1961. På samme tid sagde han sit job op og fik et job som avisbud i Vestberlin. I Vestberlin havde han bedre mulighed for at forberede sin flugt fra Østtyskland sammen med sin kone Rotraut og deres lille søn. Det lykkedes ham at finde et hul i muren, hvor han kunne flygte til Vestberlin, men vendte samme dag tilbage til sin familie. Samme aften flygtede han på ny, denne gang over floden Spree. I starten af september 1961 hentede han sin kone og søn til Vesten via et hul i grænsehegnet i Kiefholzstraße. Som en følge af familiens flugt blev hans mor og familiemedlemmer midlertidigt anholdt, men efter deres løsladelse blev de løbende chikaneret af Stasi.

Flugthjælp
På baggrund af egne erfaringer og truslerne mod hans tilbageværende familie i Østtyskland besluttede Seidel at blive flugthjælper. Af denne grund klippede han flere huller i grænsehegnet og ødelagde lyskastere langs grænsen. I december 1961 anholdte Stasi Seidel ved Brandenburger Tor og underkastede ham forhør. Det lykkedes ham at flygte igennem et vindue i otte meters højde og slap tilbage til Vestberlin.

Eftersom den tekniske sikring af den indre tyske grænse løbende blev forbedret, blev det i sagens natur sværere og sværere at passere grænsen uden myndighedernes accept. I januar 1962 forsøgte Seidel at grave en flugttunnel i Kiefholzstraße, der dog måtte opgives grundet det høje grundvandspejl. Under sit arbejde som avisbud lærte han kioskejeren Fritz Wagner at kende. Denne arbejdede som betalt flugthjælper. Seidel og Wagner slog sig sammen om et fælles tunnelprojekt. I modsætning til Wagner var Seidel ideologisk motiveret og krævede ikke betaling for sin assistance til at flygte til Vesten. I det fælles tunnelprojekt overtog Seidel ledelsen af gravearbejdet, mens Wagner tog sig af de organisatoriske opgaver. I alt bestod gruppen af cirka 20 mand.

I begyndelsen af 1962 arbejdede Seidel med Fritz Wagner og Heinz Jercha på en tunnel i Heidelberger Straße 75, hvorigennem de i marts 1962 lykkedes at transportere adskillige flygtninge. Jercha og Seidel mødte flytningene på østsiden og førte dem til tunnelindgangen. Wagner, Seidel og Jercha kom alle fra forskellige baggrunde og havde forskellige motiver for deres involvering i flugthjælpen. Seidel og Jercha smuglede flere flygtninge under muren end Wagner vidste, men modsat tog Wagner flere penge for sin flugthjælp end hvad han fortalte sine kollegaer. MfS blev bekendt med tunnellen den 24. marts igennem en hemmelig informant (på tysk: inoffizieller Mitarbeiter, IM), som var lykkedes at vinde Seidels fortrolighed. Den 27. marts havde Stasi planen klar for en aktion som skulle ødelægge tunnellen og pågribe bagmændene. I løbet af aktionen opstod et skyderi hvorved et rikocherende skud traf Heinz Jercha i brystet. Det lykkedes Seidel og Jercha at flygte tilbage til Vesten hvor Jercha døde af sine kvæstelser. Antallet af østtyskere, der nåede igennem denne tunnel, angives til mellem 35 og 59. Størstedelen af flygtningene var beslægtede med tunnelbyggerne.

I maj 1962 påbegyndte Seidel og Wagner arbejdet på en ny tunnel med udgangspunkt i Heidelberger Straße 28-29, men denne blev opgivet efter en advarsel fra BfV.

I Pinsen, den 31. maj 1962 gravede Seidel og andre en tunnel i Treptow fra kælderen i hotellet Heidelberger Krug på vestsiden til en kælder i en fotobutik i Elsenstraße på østsiden. Igennem denne udgravning flygtede omkring 55 personer frem til 11. juni 1962. Herefter opdagede Stasi den 75 meter lange tunnel, hvorefter den blev ubrugelig som flugtrute. Under et vejarbejde i 2004 blev en intakt del af tunellen afdækket af bygningsarbejdere. I 2006 blev en mindeplade for tunnellen indviet under overværelse af Seidel.

I juli 1962 forsøgte Seidel og Wagner sig på ny med en tunnel i Kiefholzstraße. På dette tidspunkt havde de allieret sig med Hasso Herschel og Girrmann-gruppen, som bestod af studerende fra FU Berlin. Kontakten mellem de to grupper var blevet formidlet igennem BfV. Da tunnellen brød stod færdig den 7. august 1962 opstod der problemer. Datjaen, hvor indgangen til tunnellen skulle ligge var beboet og beboeren var ikke interesseret i flugt. En IM med nøgleordet "Hardy" havde afsløret planen til Stasi som samme dag arresterede cirka 60 flygtninge. Den samme IM afslørede i oktober 1962 også Seidel og Wagners næste tunnelprojekt i Heidelberger Straße. Efter tunnellen blev færdiggravet med hjælp fra Girrmann-gruppen og det var lykkedes at smugle to østtyske borgere ud slog MfS til mod tunnellen hvorved en tunnelbygger blev hårdt såret.

Den 14. november 1962 dukkede Seidel frem fra en 70 meter lang tunnel som var gravet på bestilling af det vestberlinske CDU i Kleinmachnow, her lå Stasi i baghold. CDU havde bestilt tunnellen så deres medlemmer der var fanget i Østberlin kunne hjælpes til flugt. Under anholdelsen fandt Stasi en ladt pistol på Seidel. Da han ikke var med til at bygge denne tunnel fra starten havde han senere spekuleret: "Måske var det en Stasi-fælde, jeg ved det ikke."

Retssagen

Seks uger efter Seidels anholdelse begyndte retssagen med ham i DDR's højesteret under retspræsident Heinrich Toeplitz. Under de tre dage lange retshandlinger havde Seidel tildelt en systemtro advokat som forsvarer. Den vestlige presse havde ikke tilladelse til at overvære retssagen. I stedet bestod publikum af soldater fra grænsestyrken, partimedlemmer fra SED og udvalgte medlemmer af VEB. Den 29. december 1962 fandt retten Seidel skyldig i brud på loven om "beskyttelse af freden" og våbenlovgivningen og meddelte ham livsvarigt fængsel.

Retssagen var en skueproces og kørte efter en MfS drejebog. I et internt "forslag for gennemførelse af retsag for udvidet offentlighed" fra MfS den 26. november 1962 blev målet beskrevet, nemlig at "påvise resultatet af en aggresionshandling mod DDRs grænser overfor verdensoffentligheden". Det var første gang loven kom i brug siden dens vedtagelse i 1950. Loven kunne, igennem sine gummiparagrafer benyttes til alle formål og muligheden for dødsstraf forelå, denne mulighed blev dog hurtigt udelukket på grund af de skader en sådan straf ville forvolde på DDRs internationale omdømme. Seidels dom skabte protester over hele verden.

I begrundelsen for dommen anklagede retten Seidel for at være i ledtog med de vesttyske myndigheder og sammenlignede de begåede forbrydelser med dem der blev fastlagt under Nürnbergprocessen og beskyldte ham for at lave forberedelser til en vestlig angrebskrig. Denne beskrivelse blev kritiseret af den Internationale Juristkommission i en rapport udarbejdet i 1963, især sammenligningerne mellem flugthjælperne og nationalsocialismes forbrydelser tiltrak sig kritik. Willy Brandt, på tidspunktet den siddende borgmester i Vestberlin kommenterede processen: "Der findes ikke ord som tilstrækkeligt kan beskrive forargelsen over denne politistats moderne inkvisition."

Fængsel
Seidel sad fængslet først i Statssikkerhedens fængsel i Hohenschönhausen og efterfølgende i tugthuset i Brandenburg. Forholdene i fængslerne betegnede han som dårlige. Under Seidels fængsling organiserede Rotraut Seidel ved flere lejligheder protester for hendes mands løsladelse ved muren og andre offentlige steder i Berlin. Den 14. september 1963 rejste den indiske borgerrettighedsaktivist Tapeshwar N. Tutsi med en robåd til den østberlinske side af Britzer forbindelseskanalen. Han medbragte en plakat som opfordrede til frigivelsen af Seidel og andre politiske fanger i DDR. Som et svar på terrorismeanklagerne i den østtyske presse svarede Rotraut Seidel at hendes mands udelukkende var af motiveret af private årsager. Efter Seidel havde siddet fængslet i cirka fire år blev han frikøbt af de vesttyske myndigheder efter lange forhandlinger.

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Den 13. september 1966 kom Seidel igen til Vestberlin. Her arbejdede han for Senator für Inneres. Han var ansvarlig for behandlingen af de af nationalsocialismen politisk og religiøst forfulgte.

Han blev efter sin fængsling igen aktiv indenfor banecykling og vandt i 1973 med Burckhard Bremer, Roger Poulain og Peter Lindow de vesttyske mesterskaber i holdcykling.

TV-programmet Monitor på ARD organiserede i marts 1990 efter murens fald et møde mellem Seidel og Toeplitz. I samtalen beskrev Toeplitz dommen som gammeldags, dog uden at undskylde eller tage afstand fra den. Den 1. december 1992 vidnede han, sammen med andre ofre for DDR-diktaturet, overfor en Forbundsdagens undersøgelseskommision for "Gennemgang af historien og følgerne af SED-diktaturet i Tyskland".

I 2012 blev Seidel tildelt Verdienstkreuz am Bande.

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    #    LogEvent.new( logger, level, [data], trace )
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    # Creates a new log event with the given _logger_ name, numeric _level_,
    # array of _data_ from the user to be logged, and boolean _trace_ flag.
    # If the _trace_ flag is set to +true+ then Kernel::caller will be
    # invoked to get the execution trace of the logging method.
    #
    def initialize( logger, level, data, trace )
      f = l = m = ''

      if trace
        stack = Kernel.caller[CALLER_INDEX]
        return if stack.nil?

        match = CALLER_RGXP.match(stack)
        f = match[1]
        l = Integer(match[2])
        m = match[3] unless match[3].nil?
      end

      super(logger, level, data, Time.now, f, l, m)
    end
  }
end  # module Logging


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Q: JavaScript fetching multiple known element IDs I'm learning JS by making a character sheet (rpg), I got a form set up like this
<fieldset id="char-int">
  <label for="int">INT</label>
  <input id="int" name="int" placeholder="40" type="number" min="0" max="100">
  <input id="int-hard" name="int-hard" placeholder="20" type="number" min="0" max="100">
  <input id="int-extr" name="int-extr" placeholder="6" type="number" min="0" max="100">
</fieldset>

I need to change the value in int-hard and int-extr with simple rounded down division.
window.onchange  = changevalue;

function changevalue() {
  var hardRoll = document.getElementById("int").value / 2;
  var extrRoll = document.getElementById("int").value / 5;

  var setStat = document.getElementById("str-hard").value = Math.floor(hardRoll);
  var setStat = document.getElementById("str-extr").value = Math.floor(extrRoll);

This works, but there must be a smarter way to do this as I got multiple IDs I want to do the same stuff to like STR, DEX etc..

A: You can remove the ids from your inputs and work within the context of your fieldset, like this:
<fieldset id="char-int">
  <label>
    INT
    <input name="int" placeholder="40" type="number" min="0" max="100">
  </label>
  <input name="int-hard" placeholder="20" type="number" min="0" max="100">
  <input name="int-extr" placeholder="6" type="number" min="0" max="100">
</fieldset>

function changevalue() {
    var fieldset = document.getElementById("char-int");
    var intField = fieldset.querySelector('["name=int"]');
    var intHardField = fieldset.querySelector('["name=int-hard"]');
    var intExtrField = fieldset.querySelector('["name=int-extr"]');
    // ...
}

(Note that I also moved your name="int" field into the label so we don't have to use an id to link them.)
querySelector finds the first element within the element you call it on that matches the given CSS selector. (There's also querySelectorAll, which finds a list of all matching elements.)
Depending on how much you can parameterize the actual logic of the changevalue function, you could change the names to not have int- in them (or add classes), and then pass in the id of the fieldset (or the fieldset instance itself).
<fieldset id="char-int">
  <label>
    INT
    <input id="int-main" name="main" placeholder="40" type="number" min="0" max="100">
  </label>
  <input name="hard" placeholder="20" type="number" min="0" max="100">
  <input name="extr" placeholder="6" type="number" min="0" max="100">
</fieldset>

function changevalue(fieldSetId) {
    var fieldset = document.getElementById(fieldSetId);
    var mainField = fieldset.querySelector('["name=main"]');
    var hardField = fieldset.querySelector('["name=hard"]');
    var extrField = fieldset.querySelector('["name=extr"]');
    // ...
}

QS and QSA are supported by all modern browsers, and also IE8.

A:
I got multiple IDs I want to do the same stuff ...

When you here such a phrase, it can be a sign that you need to use classes. They are used exactly for this: to denote group of similar elements.
So what you should do is to add the same class to all elements, then select all necessary elements, and then use for loop to process all of them.
For example, HTML:
<input class="int" name="int" placeholder="40" type="number" min="0" max="100">
<input class="int-hard" name="int-hard" placeholder="20" type="number" min="0" max="100">
<input class="int-extr" name="int-extr" placeholder="6" type="number" min="0" max="100">

and then javascript:
var int = document.querySelectorAll('.int');

for (var i = 0; i < int; i++) {
    var hardRoll = int[i].value / 2;
    var extrRoll = int[i].value / 5;
}

A: Try this solution:
// Your inputs, selected by ID
var inputs = document.querySelectorAll("#int-hard, #int-extr");

// Apply onchange to selected input fields
for(var i = 0, length = inputs.length; i < length; i++) {
  inputs[i].onchange = function() {
    this.value = Math.floor(this.value);
  };
}

And please don't use window.onchange as this fires off to every change in your document.

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Now House Oversight chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, demanding access to Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Morrissey, another key player in the Fast and Furious scandal and cover-up, who reported to Cunningham.
Cunningham's assertion of Fifth Amendment privilege "suggests that the Department has jeopardized public safety and the public trust by allowing individuals with potential criminal culpability to remain in positions of authority," Issa says in the letter.
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Tag: Kennerspiel des Jahres 2015 Nominee
5 July, 2015 Kai Reviews
Thing-building games are still going strong. Deck-building games are the most popular of the bunch, but dice-building games and bag-building games have lots of fans, too. With Orleans one bag-building game has made the Kennerspiel des Jahres nominations this year and it really represents the cream of the genre. To become the most successful leader in medieval France, you need tight management of the followers in your bag.
Broom Service
29 June, 2015 Kai Reviews
Potion delivery is big business. A bit like pizza delivery, only with more magic, and on broomsticks. That is your business in Broom Service, but the competition is tough and you won't have time to let your brooms cool down before the day is over. So keep a close eye on what your opponents are doing and use your witches and druids to deliver the most potions before the game is over.
Usually, when a game tells you to create your own legend, it doesn't mean you should kill the people participating in it. But when the game is named after the Greek underworld for heroes and demigods it was predictable that they would have to get there somehow, and the usual way is dying. But at least they will contribute to your legend and maybe help secure your place on Olympus.
Ca$h'n'Gun$
We all have played Cops and Robbers as kids. Pretty much all of us forgot the simple joy of pointing a toy gun at our friends and yelling "Bang! Bang! You're dead!" Cash'n'Guns skips the cops for most of the game. but the robbers and toy guns are there.
Tichu may be the game that profited most from going on the intertubes so far: while it has been around since 1991, it was appearing on Brettspielwelt that made the name known to every gamer to ever be online. And deservedly so. While Tichu may look similar to any other card game you know, it's quite a unique mix of trick-taking and shedding game, but gains most its fascination from being a team game.
In this year's Spiel des Jahres, the King asks you to construct villages for his Kingdom. But his subjects are not always guided by sanity when they write their wishlist where the villages should go. Some of them have truly special needs, and then they keep contradicting each other. It's enough to drive a city planer insane.
Cheaty Mages
You can trust mages to cheat. Always. Every single time. After all, what would you do with the POWER OF THE COSMOS™ at your fingertips. But using it to win Monster Rumble bets? That is pretty low. Is there nohing so low those mages won't consider it? As it turns out: nope.
Odyssey -Wrath of Poseidon
Nothing is easy when the gods are against you. Especially not getting home across the sea when the god in question is Poseidon. And even less when Poseidon is a friend from whom you just stole the last piece of pizza. That's the setup of Odyssey – Wrath of Poseidon: up four players are Greek navigators on their way home, one player is Poseidon who feels slighted by the Greek's victory at Troy. Together, they play an asymmetric deduction game.
The Roman Empire has always been a popular setting for games, so Concordia is not innovative in that respect. But it is a game by Mac Gerdts, so you know it will not be a run-of-the-mill, nothing-new-to-see-here game. Gerdts's games are special. But even by the high standards he set with Antike, among others, he has outdone himself with Concordia.
Collecting gems to buy cards that are worth gems, making it easier to buy more cards. When thus summarized, Spiel des Jahres nominee Splendor doesn't sound like much. But once you start playing, you will realize that games don't have to sound complicated to draw you in, make you play again and again, try new approaches to outsmart your opponents. Because playing Splendor is not a difficult, but getting what you want with your opponents interfering is.
Eight-Minute Empire
Even the most insane, megalomanic despot will usually plan for a few months of war to conquer the whole world. Eight minutes is optimistic, to say the least. But that's exactly what you're going to do in Eight-Minute Empire: carve your name into the world, in mile high letter, in eight to twenty minutes. That's shorter than your court-appointed painter will take to paint your regal countenance.


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Where is Into the Badlands season 3 alongside Fear the Walking Dead?
Fear the Walking Dead, Into the Badlands	 August 13, 2018
Given that Fear the Walking Dead is returning to AMC tonight with new episodes, it only makes sense to ask one other question to go along with it: Where is Into the Badlands? For most of the summer, the martial-arts drama aired alongside Fear with new episodes.
Yet, tonight Fear the Walking Dead is being paired up with Preacher, and with that, there's not going to be any Into the Badlands coming on the air in the near future. It's not on tonight and, to go along with it, it's not going to be coming on next week, either. There's no real room in the schedule for it at the moment and by the time that the series returns, it may be January. That's especially a bummer given that the episodes are filmed and we're mostly just stuck sitting around and waiting for them.
Perhaps the biggest indicator of all that we're not getting any Into the Badlands season 3 episodes in the near future is that AMC has not made any announcement about a return date yet, and they tend to do that at least several weeks before a show comes back onto the air.
Moving forward into the second half of Into the Badlands season 3, it should be pretty darn clear the sort of drama that is going to be coming up. Sunny just made an enormous decision involving Pilgrim that could end up having world-altering consequences.
If the return date for Into the Badlands is at some point in 2019, we imagine that a return-date announcement is going to be at some point a little bit later in the fall. Let's hope that the cast has a chance to go to New York Comic-Con in order to promote it further.
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