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Justia Forms Business Contracts Alfi, Inc. Bridge Loan Agreement dated December 30, 2020
Bridge Loan Agreement dated December 30, 2020
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EX-10.10 2 tm2036950d2_ex10-10.htm EXHIBIT 10.10
Exhibit 10.10
BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS BRIDGE LOAN AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made effective December 30, 2020, by and among the individual Lenders as specified on the signature page below (collectively, "Lender"), and ALFI INC., a Delaware corporation, having a business address of 429 Lenox Avenue, Suite 547, Miami Beach, Florida 33139 USA ("Borrower").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, Borrower, desires to borrow from Lender to meet its immediate working capital needs; and
WHEREAS, Borrower desires to borrow an aggregate of up to $2,000,000 (the "Loan") from the Lender in order to meet the immediate working capital needs of the Borrower to operate its business; and
WHEREAS, Borrower intends to repay the Loan out of the proceeds expected to be realized by Borrower from a debt or equity offering; and
WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender desire to outline the business arrangement between them as it relates to the funding of such Loan.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals, premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, and other good consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1. LOAN
1.1 Incorporation of Recitals. It is expressly agreed that the recitals to this Agreement are incorporated herein and made an operative part of this Agreement.
1.2 Loan. Lender hereby agrees to lend funds to Borrower and Borrower hereby accepts the Loan from Lender and agrees to repay the same plus applicable interest and costs and expenses upon terms and conditions as further set forth in this Agreement and its exhibit (collectively, the "Loan Documentation"). The Lender shall fund to the Borrower the amounts reasonably requested by the Borrower from time to time (each an "Installment Amount" and, collectively, the "Installment Amounts"); provided, however, that the aggregate sum of the Installment Amounts shall be no less than $1,000,000 (the "Floor"), and no more than $2,000,000 (the "Ceiling"); and provided, further, that once the aggregate sum of the Installment Amounts reach the Floor, the Lender shall have the right (at its sole discretion), but not the obligation, to fund any Installment Amounts to the Borrower up to the Ceiling.
1.3 Promissory Note. As evidence of the Loan, Borrower shall execute and deliver one or more promissory notes (a "Note") payable to Lender in substantially the same form as "Exhibit "A" ("Exhibit A") which is hereby incorporated by reference.
1.4 Interest. Borrower shall pay interest to Lender on the Loan from the Funding Date at the rate of Eighteen Percent (18.0%) per annum (computed on the basis of actual calendar days elapsed and a year of three hundred sixty-five (365) days), or, if less, at the highest rate of interest then permitted under applicable law, until the earlier to occur of (i) the Maturity Date or (ii) the earlier repayment of the Note.
1.5 Principal. Lender shall make the Loan available to Borrower on or before December 31, 2020 (the "Funding Date") in lawful money of the United States of America. The Loan plus interest and any and all unpaid costs and/or expenses shall be repaid by Borrower to Lender on or before the sooner of: (i) a debt or equity financing transaction of $7,000,000 or more, or (ii) June 30, 2021 (the "Maturity Date"). Borrower shall not be entitled to re-borrow any prepaid Loan, interest or other costs or charges.
1.6 Unsecured Loan. The Loan shall be unsecured.
1.7 Additional Financings. Borrower agrees that this Note is now and shall remain senior to any other subsequent debt of Borrower. Where Borrower seeks to enter into any debt or equity financing arrangement during the Term of this Note, then this Note and all related sums due shall immediately become due and payable in their entirety, provided however, at Lender's sole option, Borrower may be permitted alternate repayment terms. Lender shall not unreasonably withhold its consent from any subordination requests reasonably made by Borrower.
1.8 Compliance. The parties intend that the Loan be undertaken in full compliance with state and federal laws and at non-usurious rates. In the event the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall found to be unlawful, this Agreement shall be voluntarily conformed/modified by the parties or by a court of competent jurisdiction, to come into compliance therewith.
ARTICLE 2. RELATED LOAN PROVISIONS
2.1 Use of Proceeds. Borrower will use the proceeds solely for lawful business purposes, including, but not limited to, working capital for the expansion of the Borrower's business and other related business activities.
2.2 Voting Common Stock Kicker. In connection with the Note, Borrower shall issue to Lender an amount of Voting Common Voting Stock in Borrower (the "Lender Shares"), with such Lender Shares equal to one (1) share of Voting Common Stock for every $2 advanced under the Note (for example, if the full $2,000,000 is advanced under the Note, a total of 1,000,000 Shares of Voting Common Stock would be issued to Lender).
2.3 Terms of Lender Shares. The Lender Shares shall be subject to the following features:
(a) Such Lender Shares shall be subject to a 12-month, post Initial Public Offering ("IPO") re-sale "Lock-up" restriction.
(b) Following the term of the "Lock-up", the Lender Shares can be sold by Lender upon the following terms:
a. Lender shall have the right following "Lock-Up," to a one-time sale of up to 25% of the Lender Shares.
b. The remaining Lender Shares, which are not otherwise sold in such one-time sale (e.g., 75% of the Lender Shares if 25% of the Equity Shares are sold in the one-time sale), may only be sold if (i) the selling price per share is at least 110% of the IPO price per share, and (ii) if such sale combined with all other sales by such Lender during a thirty (30) day period, represents no more than 10% of the most recent 25-day average trading volume related to Borrower's shares purchased and sold on the market.
(c) For a period of 36 months from the Funding Date, Borrower shall have the option, with Lender's consent, to buy-back any Lender Shares still held by Lender, at a purchase price of $4 per share.
(d) Further, in all cases where Borrower is not in default of this Agreement, the Lender Shares shall under no circumstances be voted by Lender such that the Lender Shares when combined with Lender's currently owned shares, shall exceed fifty percent (50%) of the then voting shares of Borrower (to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis), nor shall the Lender Shares be used to support any Written Consent pursuant to 8 Del. C. §141(f) of the Delaware General Corporation Law. For the sake of clarification, the Lender Shares may be voted in all cases where the vote, inclusive of non-Lender shares is unanimous, and where such approval is required to proceed with any IPO.
2.4 Costs and Expenses. Borrower shall be responsible for all documented out-of-pocket costs and reasonable and documented legal expenses incurred by Lender in connection with this Loan of up to $10,000, including processing fees, attorney fees, UCC searches, Florida Documentary Stamps, and filing fees.
ARTICLE 3. CLOSING
3.1 Closing. The Closing of the Loan shall take place on the Funding Date simultaneously with the execution of this Agreement and the Note at such time and place as mutually agreed to between the parties (the "Closing").
3.2 Lender's Closing Deliverables. At the Closing, Lender shall deliver (i) this Agreement duly executed by Lender; and (ii) the initial draw of the Loan Amount to Borrower via bank check or wire transfer or such other manner as shall be mutually agreed upon between Borrower and Lender.
3.3 Borrower's Closing Deliverables. At the Closing, Borrower shall deliver: (i) this Agreement duly executed by Borrower; and (ii) the Note duly executed by Borrower.
3.4 Application of Payments. Unless a payment is made by Borrower and received at a time when no Default or Event of Default exists and is earmarked for a specific purpose (e.g., a periodic interest payment), the general rule for application of payments to the obligations shall call for application: (i) first, to accrued expense or indemnity obligations then due under this Agreement or the Note; (ii) second, to accrued interest under the Note; and (iii) third, to any amount of principal outstanding under the Note.
ARTICLE 4. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS OF BORROWER
4.1 Authority. Borrower is a Delaware corporation in good standing and has the full power and legal authority to conduct its business and to make, deliver and perform this Agreement. Borrower has taken all necessary actions to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the borrowing on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other similar act by or in respect of, any governmental authority or any other person (including persons who are beneficiaries of obligations of Borrower) is required to be obtained or made by or on behalf of Borrower in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement. This Agreement has been submitted to, ratified and approved by the Borrower in the manner required by law.
4.2 Effectiveness. This Agreement and the Note shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
4.3 No Legal or Contractual Bar. This borrowing and the use of proceeds: (a) do not and will not violate any requirement of law or obligation of Borrower or permit the acceleration of any obligation of Borrower pursuant to any such obligation; and (b) do not and will not result in, or require, the creation of imposition of any lien on any of Borrower's properties or revenues pursuant to any such requirement of law or obligation other than the security interest granted to the Lender in the Collateral as set forth in the security provisions of the Note.
4.4 Waiver. Borrower has waived any potential conflict of interest that could otherwise ever be asserted against Lender arising out of matters relating to this Agreement or the Loan.
4.5 Information. To the best of its knowledge, Borrower confirms that: (a) all information and written materials which Borrower has provided or will provide to Lender in connection with the Loan are accurate in all material respects; and (b) Borrower has all the necessary authority to disclose, provide copies and authorize the use of such information and written materials to Lender. Lender is hereby authorized by Borrower to use such information and written materials for its evaluation of the Loan by its officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives for internal assessment purposes and for the purpose of inclusion of information and materials to nominees selected by Lender for purposes of syndicating the proposed Loan.
ARTICLE 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LENDER
5.1 Authority. Lender has the power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform this Agreement and to lend funds to Borrower, and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other similar act by or in respect of, any governmental authority or any other person (including persons who are beneficiaries of obligations of Borrower) is required to be obtained or made by or on behalf of Lender in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement.
5.2 Effectiveness. Upon execution, this Agreement and its exhibit shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of Lender, enforceable against Lender in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and except as enforceability may be subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
ARTICLE 6. CONDITIONS OF LENDING
6.1 Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by each party to the other pursuant to this Agreement (or in any amendment, modification or supplement hereto or thereto) shall, except to the extent that they relate to a particular date, be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date.
6.2 Financial Condition of Borrower. Borrower has provided or will provide all material information regarding the financial condition of Borrower as of the latest practicable date. During the term of the Loan, Borrower shall provide quarterly financial reports and make interim financial updates for material events to Lender. Additionally, should a default occur, Borrower shall be obligated to provide information on a weekly basis to Lender as the business develops such information and shall provide immediate access to all financial reporting, statements, books and records upon Lender's request. This provision for disclosure shall be considered a material consideration for the provision of this Loan, and Borrower shall be deemed in default of this Agreement should accurate, timely and complete disclosures not occur.
6.3 Approval. This Agreement has been submitted to, ratified and approved by the Borrower and by Lender in the manner required by the law of Lender's jurisdiction of residence.
6.4 Compliance. Borrower will maintain and operate the business in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, industry and insurance requirements, in each case, in all material respects. Borrower shall obtain and maintain such authorizations, licenses, permits and other governmental or regulatory agency approvals as are required for the performance of this Agreement.
6.5 Insurance. Borrower shall obtain and maintain liability and property and casualty insurance in such amounts, with insurers and under policies in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.
6.6 No Default. Borrower shall have complied with each and every covenant and agreement applicable to it contained in this Agreement and the Note and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the Loan.
ARTICLE 7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
7.1 Event of Default. An "Event of Default" shall mean any of the events specified herein; provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied. The following are Events of Default under this Agreement, the Loan and the Note:
(a) Borrower shall fail to pay: (i) any amount of principal payable under the Note when due in accordance with the terms hereof of or (ii) any interest or fees payable under the Note, in either case within then (10) business days of the date when due in accordance with the terms hereof, in both cases after a two (2) business day email by Lender to the then CFO of Borrower; or
(b) Borrower shall default in the observance or performance of any other covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and such default continues for thirty (30) days after the date that Lender has given written notice to Borrower specifying such default and requiring that it be remedied; or
(c) Borrower shall (i) commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or Borrower shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (C) cease doing business in the ordinary course; or (ii) there shall be commenced against Borrower any case, proceeding or other action or a nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged, unstayed or unbonded for a period of sixty (60) days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against Borrower any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of an order for such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within sixty (60) days from the entry thereof; or (iv) Borrower shall take any corporate action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) Borrower shall fail to comply with all applicable federal or state securities laws, rules or regulations, or exchange rules, or generally be unable to, or shall admit in writing its general inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or
(d) Any representation or warranty made by Borrower under this Agreement shall be false or incorrect in any material respect on the date such representation or warranty was made;
(e) The determination by Lender, in its sole reasonable discretion, that a debt or equity financing transaction of Borrower as currently contemplated, will not take place, or
(f) This Agreement or any Note shall, for any reason, fail or cease to be enforceable in any material respect; then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of subsection (c) above, with respect to Borrower, automatically the Loan hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement or any Note shall immediately become due and payable, (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, Lender may, by written notice to Borrower, declare the Loan hereunder (with accrued but unpaid interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement or any Note to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable, (C) Lender may exercise all rights and remedies available to it in equity, at law, or pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or otherwise, and (D) Lender may exercise its privilege to collect on the entire amount of any outstanding principal and interest and any and all costs associated with collection (including attorney fees at any level).
7.2 Remedies Not Exclusive. The remedies conferred upon or reserved to Lender are intended to be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other remedy or remedies available to Lender.
ARTICLE 8. MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Amendments. This Agreement and any terms hereof may not be amended, supplemented or modified except pursuant to a writing signed by both Lender and Borrower.
8.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto be effective shall be in writing (including by fax and/or e-mail) and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered: (i) by hand, upon receipt or (ii) three (3) days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or (ii) in the case of facsimile transmission notice, when received (with confirmation of receipt), or (iii) in the case of delivery by a nationally recognized overnight courier, when received, in each case addressed to such addresses or fax number as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto.
8.3 Successors and Assigns. Borrower may not assign its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any Note without the consent of Lender. Lender may assign its interests in this Agreement or any Nate issued hereunder. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Borrower and Lender and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
8.4 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable shall not invalidate or render enforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.5 Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to any conflicts of law provisions.
8.6 Dispute Resolution. In the event of a dispute the following actions shall be taken:
(a) If a claim or controversy between the parties is not resolved for any reason, Lender and Borrower shall meet within twenty (20) days of written notice of one party to the other to attempt, in good faith, to settle or resolve the matter. Such process shall not stay any termination permitted under this Agreement. Compliance with the provisions of this paragraph shall be a condition precedent to any claim in any arbitration, judicial, or other dispute resolution process.
(b) Excluding claims for injunctive relief, all controversies or disputes arising out of or relating to this Agreement that cannot be resolved by the parties' authorized representatives shall be resolved by binding arbitration in accordance with the then current Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. The parties shall endeavor to select a mutually acceptable arbitrator knowledgeable about issues relating to the subject matter of this Agreement. In the event the parties are unable to agree to such a selection, each party will select an arbitrator and the two arbitrators shall in turn select a third arbitrator. The arbitration shall take place in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
(c) All documents, materials, and information in the possession of each party that are in any way relevant to the claims or disputes shall be made available to the other party for review, inspection and copying no later than sixty (60) days after the notice of arbitration is served.
(d) The arbitrators shall not have the authority, power, or right to alter, change, amend, modify, add, or subtract from any provision of this Agreement. The arbitrators shall have the power to issue mandatory orders, restraining orders, and injunctions in connection with the arbitration. The award entered by the arbitrators shall be final and binding upon the parties, and judgment may be entered thereon in any court of competent jurisdiction.
8.7 Continuing Assurances. Borrower and Lender shall, whenever and as often as reasonably requested to do so by the other party, execute, acknowledge and deliver or cause to be executed, acknowledged or delivered, any and all agreements and instruments as may be necessary, expedient or proper to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement, providing that the requesting party shall bear the cost and expense of such further agreements or documents (except that the parties shall bear their respective attorneys' fees and costs).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Bridge Loan Agreement and its exhibit to be duly executed and delivered on their behalf as of the date first above written.
ALFI, INC.
Lender Lender
Lee Aerospace, Inc. Paul Antonio Pereira
By: By:
Title: CEO Amount: $250,000.00
Amount: $1,700,000.00
Dennis McIntosh
Title: CFO
Amount: $50,000.00
[Attached]
$2,000,000 Miami, Florida
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned borrower (the "Borrower") promises to pay to pay the individual Lenders as specified on the signature page below, and on a pro rata basis (collectively, "Lender"), at its principal office the aggregate principal sum of up to Two Million ($2,000,000.00) (the "Maximum Principal Amount"), as updated and set forth on the attached Schedule 1, together with interest on the outstanding principal of each Installment Amount (as defined below) at the rate of Eighteen Percent (18.0%) per annum (computed on the basis of actual calendar days elapsed and a year of three hundred sixty-five (365) days), or, if less, at the highest rate of interest then permitted under applicable law. Interest shall commence respectively on the date when each Installment Amount is received by the Borrower and shall continue to accrue on the corresponding outstanding principal until paid in accordance with the provisions hereof. If any interest is determined to be in excess of the then legal maximum rate, then that portion of each interest payment representing an amount in excess of the then legal maximum rate shall be deemed a payment of the applicable principal of the corresponding Installment Amount and applied against the principal of the obligations evidenced by this Promissory Note (this "Note").
1. Maturity. Unless sooner paid in accordance with the terms hereof, the entire unpaid principal amount as then set forth on Schedule 1 and all unpaid accrued interest of this Note shall become fully due and payable on the earlier of (i) a debt or equity financing transaction of Borrower of $7,000,000 or more, (ii) June 30, 2021 (the "Maturity Date"), or (iii) the acceleration of the maturity of this Note pursuant to Section 3.
2. Installment Amounts. The Lender shall fund to the Borrower the amounts reasonably requested by the Borrower from time to time for its operating and/or capital expense purposes (each an "Installment Amount" and, collectively, the "Installment Amounts") and the Borrower shall update Schedule 1 accordingly; provided, however, that the aggregate sum of the Installment Amounts set forth on Schedule 1 shall not exceed the Maximum Principal Amount; and provided, further, that the Lender shall have the right (at its sole discretion), but not the obligation to fund any Installment Amounts to the Borrower, up to the Maximum Principal Amount.
3. Events of Acceleration. The entire unpaid principal amount of this Note and all then accrued and unpaid interest of this Note shall become fully due and payable upon the earliest of:
(i) the filing of a petition by or against the Borrower under any provision of the Bankruptcy Reform Act (Title 11 of the United States Code), as amended or recodified from time to time, or under any other law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other relief for debtors;
(ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or liquidator of or for any part of these assets or property of the Borrower;
(iii) immediately prior to the closing of an acquisition of the Borrower, whether by merger or the purchase of all of its outstanding stock or all (or substantially all) of its assets, by an unrelated third party;
(iv) the execution by the Borrower of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(v) The determination by Lender, in its reasonable discretion, that a debt or equity financing transaction of Borrower as currently contemplated, will not take place.
4. Form of Payment; Prepayment. All payments of principal and interest on this Note shall be made without offset or deduction in lawful tender of the United States to the Lender. All payments on this Note shall be applied first to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, and thereafter to the payment of principal. Prepayment of the principal balance of this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid interest, may be made in whole or in part at any time without penalty.
5. Unsecured Loan. The Borrower's obligations under this Note shall be unsecured.
6. Default. For purposes of this Note, the failure of the Borrower to pay when due the principal balance and accrued interest under this Note shall constitute an "Event of Default." If an Event of Default occurs, all indebtedness under this Note shall become immediately due and payable without any action on the part of the Lender, and the Borrower shall immediately pay to the Lender all such amounts.
7. Collection and Attorneys' Fees. If any action is instituted to collect any indebtedness under this Note, then the Borrower promises to pay all reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the Lender in connection with such action.
8. Assignment. The terms and conditions of this Note shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Lender nor the Borrower may assign, pledge or otherwise transfer this Note without the prior written consent of the other party.
9. Governing Law. This Note and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Florida, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law thereof.
10. Conflicting Agreements. In the event of any inconsistencies between the terms of this Note and the terms of any other document related to the loan evidenced by this Note, the terms of this Note shall prevail.
11. Amendment. Any term of this Note may be amended and the observance of any term of this Note may be waived only with the written consent of the Lender and the Borrower; provided, however, that the Borrower may update Schedule 1 attached hereto without such written consent in order to reflect additional Installment Amounts received by the Borrower from time to time.
[Signature page follows.]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
AFLI INC.
Name: Paul Antonio Pereira
Acknowledged and Agreed:
LEE AEROSPACE, INC.
Name: James Lee
Paul Antonio Pereira
Title: CEO
In accordance with Section 2 of this Note, the Lender has loaned to the Borrower the following Installment Amounts on the respective dates received by the Borrower, as set forth below:
Date Received by Borrower Installment Amounts Lender and Loan Amount
December 30, 2020 $267,647.47* Lee Aerospace, Inc
January 8, 2021 $732,352.53* Lee Aerospace, Inc.
January 8, 2021 $250,000.00 Paul Antonio Pereira
January 8, 2021 $50,000.00 Dennis McIntosh
February 4, 2021 $700,000.00** Lee Aerospace, Inc.
Total $2,000,000.00
*combined total equals $1,000,000.00 (floor)
**In accordance with Article 1.2


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"The Island" Transformed
On the weekend of 14th & 15th March 2020, a group of five volunteers from the Friends' group re-kerbed what has become known as "The Island" in Ladywell Cemetery. This originally was an ornamental oval which had become overgrown. With the agreement of Bereavement Services, the Friends volunteers have worked on this site for three or so years cutting back, digging over the soil, weeding and now re-kerbing the edge, using the edging slabs already there. The project was conceived by Mick Martin, who has been assisted on occasions by other members of the Friends' group. The next stage is to introduce some more shrubs and other planting.
Finished work
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Island last autumn

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Let's exhaust alternatives to jail for young people
Pam Simmons Guardian
With news reports of youth gangs and Operation Mandrake you could be forgiven for thinking that youth crime is on the increase. It is not. The trend is downwards. Over a ten year period to 2005 the fall in police apprehensions was 39 per cent. You could be forgiven for believing that young people who commit offences will do so again. Most do not.The implications are clear. Instead of addressing the problems some groups of young people face we would be adding to them by bringing them into the youth justice system for first and minor offences.
Most young people in South Australia are never in trouble with the police. In 2005, only 0.5 per cent of young people aged 10 to 17 years were apprehended by police. More than half of these did not warrant a court appearance.
For the most part, we have long accepted that we would treat young people as a special category when it comes to criminal justice in recognition of their underdeveloped moral reasoning.
Indeed it was South Australia that led the way in this country with the Children's Act aged 10 to 13 are presumed to not be fully capable of understanding their actions unless a court can prove otherwise.
There is growing evidence that delays in moral reasoning will continue in to your early 20s and some jurisdictions have extended the principle of different treatment accordingly.
In SA there is a separate Court. The steadily falling youth crime rate is testament to a mostly good youth justice system.
That is why the recent proposals to change legislation so that young offenders are treated more harshly, including defining the offences when juveniles will face the adult court system, are so worrying. They are abrupt reactions to problems that have been with us for a long time and which, largely, we have handled sensibly.
We do well at steering first time offenders away from their second or third offence with crime prevention strategies, and cautions or family conferences following police apprehension. What we don't want to do now is to counteract this success by widening the channel into the criminal justice system. Introducing anti-social behaviour orders, public shaming and mandatory sentencing could do just that.
Give someone a label, especially a young person, and they will live up to it. Becoming known in the neighbourhood as an "offender" or a "hoon" sticks hard and fast.
In the UK having an "Asbo" or anti-social behaviour order has become something of a badge of honour. Almost half the Asbos in the UK are breached at least once. A highly disproportionate number are imposed on black or Asian young people and the BritishInstitute for Brain Injured Children reported that 35 per cent of the orders were imposed on young people with a disability such as Tourette syndrome, autism or Aspergers syndrome.
The more vexing problem is how to stop that small minority, around 8 per cent, who persist in offending. Out of anger, it is tempting to punish and punish again. If your goal is to stop further crime however then brutalising young offenders, or any offenders, will defeat this.
Most repeat offenders are familiar with brutal environments and have experienced rejection, isolation, failure and cruelty most of their lives. Imprisonment can be a badge of honour, too, among some groups.
As many as 60 per cent of incarcerated young people are reported to be at risk of significant mental health problems.
There is little sympathy for young people who commit crime but it is not sympathy they need. We could instead offer, as other states and countries do, medium or low security facilities that focus on re-integration to the community rather than punishment.
We could ensure that our programs in detention centres deal with substance use, mental illness, post-abuse trauma and learning difficulties. We could introduce sentencing conferences that bring the young person's family and community into the decisions about consequences and addressing causes of re-offending.
There are many effective alternatives to ongoing imprisonment. If we had tried these first, the call for longer imprisonment may be acceptable.
We have not and it is not.
Pam Simmons
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Molecular data reveal that the allotetraploid Tragopogon kashmirianus Singh, a narrow endemic of Kashmir, is distinct from the North American T. mirus.
TRAGOPOGON kashmirianus (Asteraceae) was described in 1976 based on collections from a small geographic area of Kashmir. Cytological data indicated that the newly described species is tetraploid with 2n = 24. The tetraploid is morphologically similar to T. mirus from North America, an allotetraploid named in 1950 that has formed multiple times in western North America in the last 80 years from the introduced diploids T. dubius and T. porrifolius (salsify). Tragopogon dubius occurs in Kashmir, and T. porrifolius has probably been introduced to the region. Singh (1976) therefore suggested that T. kashmirianus may have formed from the same diploid parental combination as T. mirus. To determine if T. kashmirianus is an additional, independent formation of T. mirus, we investigated ITS, ETS, and plastid sequence data (five regions) of T. kashmirianus, as well other species (T. afganicus, T. badachschanicus, T. porrifolius, T. pratensis, T. orientalis, T. subalpinus, T. trachycarpus, T. gracilis, and T. dubius) reported from Kashmir, northern India, and neighboring countries from Central Asia. Molecular data indicate that the parents of T. kashmirianus are not the European T. porrifolius and T. dubius, the two parents of T. mirus. Our data also indicate that "T. dubius" from Kashmir is distinct from collections of T. dubius from Europe and likely represents a previously unrecognized species. Morphological data also indicate that "T. dubius" from India is distinct from European T. dubius (life history, branching pattern, and achene morphology). The exact parentage of T. kashmirianus is still unclear, but the likely parents are species from Kashmir/India. Species from this region form a distinct clade in broad analyses of Tragopogon. Molecular data suggest several possible parents from among this clade (e.g., T. badachschanicus, T. subalpinus, T. gracilis, and "T. dubius" from India). Additional study is needed to pinpoint the exact parentage of T. kashmirianus.
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Software Used to Make "Life-Altering" Decisions Is No Better Than Random People at Predicting Recidivism
And neither is very good, a new Dartmouth study confirms.
Rowan Walrath
Researchers at Dartmouth College have found that a computer program widely used by courts to predict an offenders' risk of reoffending is no more fair or accurate than a bunch of random non-experts who were given the same data and asked to make predictions.
The program, Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative Sanctions, is used in several states to inform pretrial, parole, and sentencing decisions. And while it may sound sophisticated—COMPAS has 137 variables and a proprietary algorithm—the software performs no better than a simple linear predictor using just two variables.
"Claims that secretive and seemingly sophisticated data tools are more accurate and fair than humans are simply not supported by our research findings," said co-author Julia Dressel, an undergraduate who performed the research with Dartmouth computer scientist Hany Farid.
Human participants accurately predicted recidivism in 67 percent of the cases; COMPAS was accurate in just over 65 percent.
For their peer-reviewed study, published Wednesday in Science Advances (Science magazine's open-access "offspring"), Dressel and Farid commissioned human participants through Amazon's Mechanical Turk program. In the first round, people were given a short description of a defendant that included seven features, excluding race. With that information, they were tasked with predicting whether a person would reoffend within two years of their most recent crime.
Those results were compared with COMPAS's assessments of the same set of 1,000 defendants. The researchers found no significant difference: The human participants accurately predicted recidivism in 67 percent of cases; COMPAS was accurate in just over 65 percent.
"It is troubling that untrained internet workers can perform as well as a computer program used to make life-altering decisions about criminal defendants," Farid said in a statement. "The use of such software may be doing nothing to help people who could be denied a second chance by black-box algorithms."
The new study comes on the heels of a 2016 investigation by ProPublica, whose reporters found that COMPAS was not only remarkably unreliable—just 61 percent of the people predicted to reoffend did so—it also showed racial disparities. COMPAS incorrectly flagged black defendants for recidivism nearly twice as often as it incorrectly flagged white ones.
Participants in the Dartmouth study also turned up false positives for black defendants more frequently, even when they weren't shown the person's race. They did so in 37 percent of cases, compared with a bit over 40 percent for COMPAS. For white defendants, participants turned up false positives in about 27 percent of cases, versus COMPAS's 25 percent.
The researchers recruited a second set of participants to repeat their study, only this time race was included as a factor. The overall accuracy rate was nearly identical to that of the first round, but the disparity between false positives for black defendants versus white went up: 40 percent versus 26 percent.
"The entire use of recidivism prediction instruments in courtrooms should be called into question."
The overall results prompted Dressel and Farid to question the sophistication of COMPAS's predictive algorithm. For the study's third portion, they set up their own tool: a simple linear predictor algorithm that used the same seven features as the human participants were given. It yielded similar results. Then the researchers tried building a more powerful program, which, using the same data, again showed nearly identical results.
COMPAS wasn't the only software examined. The researchers reviewed a total of nine different algorithmic approaches to predicting recidivism, and even the best one had "only moderate levels of predictive accuracy," they wrote. With the tools currently available, the authors note, the data COMPAS uses may not be "separable." This means it may not be possible for any program—COMPAS or otherwise—to use it to accurately assess recidivism risk.
In yet another test, a linear predictor algorithm provided with just two features—the person's age and number of previous convictions—did as well as COMPAS, which is to say, not great. "The entire use of recidivism prediction instruments in courtrooms should be called into question," Dressel said. "Along with previous work on the fairness of criminal justice algorithms, these combined results cast significant doubt on the entire effort of predicting recidivism."
"When considering using software such as COMPAS in making decisions that will significantly affect the lives and well-being of criminal defendants, it is valuable to ask whether we would put these decisions in the hands of random people who respond to an online survey," they wrote. Because "the results from these two approaches appear to be indistinguishable."
The Legal System Uses an Algorithm to Predict If People Might Be Future Criminals. It's Biased Against Blacks.
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Square reaffirms open source commitment with latest release
"There are real arguments to be made for a company to open source everything," suggests the co-founder of a startup bought by Square last year.
Written by Rachel King, Contributor on May 5, 2014
Open source has become one of the most buzzed-about topics in tech this year -- a theme that some companies have embedded into to their company cultures and business strategies while others are jumping on the bandwagon to craft an image.
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Square has actually been onboard with open source for a few years now, having opening up more than a quarter of a million lines of code for more than 60 projects at a rate of every 2.5 weeks on average.
Now the payments platform is gearing up to push out another 250,000 lines of code from one unit alone.
The beefed-up release stems from Square's acquisition of photo sharing app Viewfinder in December.
Square reps affirmed that the purchase was primarily focused on talent, picking up a team of just under a dozen engineers. Speaking to ZDNet exclusively last Thursday, Square chief technology officer Bob Lee stressed the talent and brainpower the New York City-based team possesses, noting his previous collaboration with Viewfinder's co-founders when they were all previously colleagues at Google.
Lee, who has been at Square for roughly four and a half years now, emphasized Square's commitment to open source while also touting Viewfinder's technology assets.
"We didn't want to let the code languish," said Lee, "This is two years of work from some of the best engineers in the world. It would be a shame to keep it to ourselves."
Peter Mattis, co-founder of Viewfinder and now a software engineer at Square, acknowledged that while the product itself didn't succeed, there were many good ideas within the source code.
Much of Viewfinder's code being open sourced this week revolves around general purpose infrastructure. Other gems in there include client libraries for syncing data across mobile devices as well as frameworks for building back-end data storage on top of Amazon cloud data products.
Despite the bevy (if not overload) of photo sharing apps available these days, Lee noted that there is a "lot of complexity" that goes into building a photo sharing app, remarking that this heavy load of code is "really like art to us."
At Square, some of the Viewfinder bits already being implemented include data storage code being worked into Square's iOS payments app.
"Open source is a really great way to pull resources with other great companies like ourselves," Lee remarked, explaining it frees everyone up to focus more time on building features that differentiate products rather than "wasting time on multiple build tools when we can all use the same build tool."
Lee also stressed the value of open source in attracting and retaining top engineering talent, possibly reflecting a larger skills gap and competitive scene playing out in Silicon Valley and beyond right now.
Lee went so far as to peg the quality of the engineering team and designers as the secret to Square's success. He also suggested that open source also provides the opportunity of showing rather than telling during the recruitment process.
Mattis concurred, adding that "there are real arguments to be made for a company to open source everything," citing the benefit of offering prospective hires with a glimpse into the technology already being deployed.
To open source skeptics, Mattis argued that the downsides to open sourcing hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of lines of code are minor at best.
"A lot of people approach open source with 'How do we give away a piece of the castle?" Lee speculated, "Actually, I think it's the opposite. There's a pretty low risk that you're going to give something away that's important."
Mattis concurred, adding that "there are real arguments to be made for a company to open source everything."
Lee lamented that the hardest part about open sourcing projects is simply squirreling away enough time to do it. Mattis admitted that Viewfinder's code should have been published publicly "a few months ago," reflecting on the inevitable time-consuming changes that came with the merger.
"There are only so many hours in the day," Mattis quipped.
Square doesn't break down the number of employees it has on payroll by department, but rather simply offering a workforce count at approximately 800 and counting. Square has engineering staff on hand at each of its offices, some of which are dedicated to sole projects while others have multiple assignments.
The Kitchener-Waterloo location in Canada, for example is dedicated to the Square Cash project, the Pay-by-Gmail challenger unveiled in February. The Atlanta team is primarily concerned with maintaining the digital payments infrastructure, while engineers at the San Francisco headquarters are all over the map.
The same goes for the rapidly expanding team in New York City as Square prepares to move into a new space just one mile north of Wall Street this summer.
Interested developers and engineers can look for Viewfinder's code on Github this week.
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Successful Career Search Takes Time and Thought
By: Josh Killey
Watching college seniors plunge into the job market always reminds me of John Wooden's insightful phrase: too many of them "mistake activity for achievement."
I see students every year who don't focus on their post-graduation plans until the calendar turns to spring, then launch a frenetic campaign of résumés, job board searches, and career fair visits.
As a career services professional, I've helped thousands of students find jobs, and hundreds of employers recruit future leaders. A successful search takes time and planning; I suggest a few straightforward — but often neglected — pieces of advice to guide the process:
First, get to know yourself;
Take the time to find the company and career that's right for you;
Sell yourself by remembering that it's not about you.
Get to know yourself:
This sounds like a self-help book, but it's practical career advice. We encourage students to thoughtfully assess themselves, with a helpful acronym: VIPS – Values, Interests, Personality, Skills.
First, your values: What's important to you? Spending time with your family, starting a family of your own? Rapid advancement up the corporate ladder? Contributing to a particular cause, or fighting for issues that you care about? Deeply-held religious beliefs or ethical standards?
Then, inventory your interests: What classes made studying feel like an adventure rather than a chore? What passions and hobbies consume most of your free time?
Personality: Are you an extrovert or introvert? Are you most engaged by a variety of projects, or do you need single-minded focus to be productive? Do you like structure and routine, or the freedom to freelance?
And finally, your skills: What technical competencies have you earned over your college career? Have they been tested by real-world experience — i.e. internships, class projects? What transferable skills could apply to your new opportunity — for example, a leadership position in a student organization that shows initiative and teamwork, or honing written communication skills as a correspondent for the college newspaper?
Find the right fit:
An honest VIPS self-assessment will help you target the kinds of companies and positions that give you the best opportunity to succeed. For example, a finance graduate who places a high priority on work/life balance may screen out investment banking positions, with their routine 80 hour-a-week demands on new associates. An accounting major with a passion for fitness and travel might take on a position managing the finances of a small sporting goods chain, even though a spot on the internal audit team of a larger corporation might be more lucrative.
Beyond narrowing down industries and job types, some additional research can yield clues about the philosophy and work culture of specific employers. Explore the company website for the basics, and connect via LinkedIn for more up-to-date news and details on career opportunities. Following key executives on Twitter can also give you insights on their management style and personal vision.
Sites like Glassdoor go even further, offering anonymous feedback from rank-and-file employees about daily office routines, pressures, and expectations. Synthesizing all this information will allow you to identify openings that align best with your aspirations, strengths and work style.
It's not about you:
Once you've analyzed yourself, and narrowed your focus according to your assessment, it's time to stop asking "What will this job do for me?," and start crafting a compelling answer to "What can I do for the company in this job?"
Again, this sounds basic, but I hear constantly about young candidates answering the most fundamental question — "Why should I hire you?" — with a treatise about how the position will advance their budding careers, instead of focusing on how their skills will contribute to the company's success.
Try to understand your potential employer's goals as well as you understand your own, and be able to articulate a personal value proposition that clearly states how you'll help reach them. Remember that you're asking a company to invest in you — be specific and persuasive about how you'll make that investment pay off.
As the old saying goes, you don't get a second chance to make a first impression. Wearing professional attire, a firm handshake and good eye contact are all important details. But the real work is done before the interview, going through the process of reflection and preparation I've outlined here. But remember: You don't get a second chance to land your first job, either. Launching your professional life with confidence and enthusiasm is worth the time and effort.


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Фёдор Васильевич Клеймёнов (15 февраля 1906 — 7 апреля 1976) — передовик советского сельского хозяйства, директор совхоза "Ряжский", Рязанская область, кавалер двух орденов Ленина.

Биография
Родился в крестьянской семье в селе Кривозерье, Терновского района, Пензенской области.

С 1922 по 1930 годы трудился рабочим Кривозерьевского плодопитомника, затем стал бригадиром (1930—1933), позже назначен управляющем отделением совхоза имени Сталина Пензенской области. Член ВКП(б) с 1932 года.

В 1939 году окончил курсы по подготовке директоров плодово-ягодных совхозов при Мичуринском плодоовощном институте им. Мичурина. С 1939 по 1943 годы работал в должности директора совхоза имени Кагановича в Рязанской области.

В 1945 году назначен на должность директора совхоза «Ряжский». Проработал до 1969 года.

Избирался депутатом Ряжского районного Совета депутатов трудящихся, был членом Ряжского Райкома КПСС (1955-1969), Рязанского Обкома КПСС (1964 год).

За большие успехи в производстве и продаже мяса государству и других сельскохозяйственных продуктов, Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 8 января 1960 года награждён орденом Ленина (№ 279759).

За достигнутые успехи в развитии животноводства, увеличении производства и заготовок мяса, молока, яиц, шерсти и другой продукции Указом Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 22 марта  1966 года награждён вторым орденом Ленина (№ 363726).

Умер 7 апреля 1976 года в городе Ряжске Рязанской области.

Семья
Его дочь Егорова (ур. Клеймёнова) Полина Фёдоровна — герой Социалистического труда, кавалер ордена Ленина и золотой медали «Серп и Молот».

Литература
 Клейменов Федор Васильевич // Фонды Ряжского краеведческого музея.
 Указ Президиума ВС СССР от 08.01.1960 //Колхозник. — Ряжск, 1960 г. январь.
 Указ Президиума ВС СССР от 22.03.1966// Авангард — Ряжск, 1996 г. 31 марта.
 Клеймёнов Фёдор Васильевич.//Сост. кол. автор. Ряжская энциклопедия. Именной и географический указатели. Рец. к.и.н., дец. О. П. Мартынов. д.и.н. А. С. Соколов / Материалы и исследования по рязанскому краеведению. Рязань. 2008 г. — 100 стр.

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Brokerages Set Tesla Inc (TSLA) Price Target at $334.25
Emanuel Hubbard
The Atlanta Capital Group holds 1,580 shares with $539,000 value, down from 2,652 last quarter.
The stock has a market cap of $56,750.00, a price-to-earnings ratio of -39.44 and a beta of 0.94.
TSLA is now overvalued by 10.1% relative to the average 1-year price target of $314.17 taken from a group of Wall Street Analysts. Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) average trading volume of 5,724,730 during the past month is 13.14% below its average volume over the past year, indicating that investors have been less active than usual in the stock in recent times.
Shares of Tesla (TSLA) traded down $8.25 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $337.64. It has outperformed by 27.73% the S&P500. Capital Research Global Investors acquired 898,866 shares as Autodesk Inc (ADSK)'s stock rose 27.21%. Neuberger Berman Grp Inc Ltd Liability owns 3.40 million shares for 0.39% of their portfolio. (D) has a market cap of $48.56 billion and over the last 12 months, Dominion Energy, Inc. About 867,903 shares traded. Tesaro, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSRO) has risen 254.28% since January 25, 2017 and is uptrending.
Among 34 analysts covering Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), 11 have Buy rating, 10 Sell and 13 Hold. Therefore 73% are positive.
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As Trade Talks Continue, Iowa Soybean Leader Expresses Optimism Over China Market
Source: By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor • Posted: Friday, March 29, 2019
OMAHA (DTN) — Among the frustrations right now in selling commodities such as soybeans to China is that officials in the country are only allowing government-owned businesses to buy commodities, which is one of the main ways Chinese officials keep close restrictions on the market.
Lindsay Greiner, president of the Iowa Soybean Association, spoke to DTN on Thursday from Guangzhou, China, about some of the details about soybean buys that he and a team from the group have learned this week touring the country.
Chinese officials have agreed to buy close to 20 million metric tons (mmt) of U.S. soybeans this year, but Greiner said there's a catch, because private buyers in China are still not allowed to buy U.S. soybeans. Only government-owned entities in China are allowed to make buys.
"It's frustrating to some of the privately held companies, because they are being left out of the market," Greiner said. "So there is a little bit of controversy going on over here because of interest in buying our beans."
Private Chinese companies are still buying from Brazil, but the Chinese government has made it clear those buyers can't turn to U.S. beans even if they were willing to pay the 25% import tariff, Greiner said.
According to USDA export sales data, China has imported nearly 4.7 mmt of U.S. soybeans and has another 6.5 mmt in outstanding sales for the marketing year. At this time last year, China had imported 25.8 mmt. In the 2017 marketing year, the U.S. shipped more than 31 mmt of soybeans to China.
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The Iowa soybean delegation is touring parts of China as U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin start talks Thursday in Beijing with top Chinese officials looking to reach a trade deal that would end tariffs from both countries that began just under a year ago.
A visit with U.S. officials last week in D.C. gave Greiner some optimism that a deal would get done. He said he hasn't sensed that same optimism, though, in visits with Chinese businesspeople.
"Chinese buyers aren't quite as optimistic as we are when it comes to thinking about a resolution to this trade dispute," Greiner said. "Some of them don't know if a deal will get done anytime soon. So there you go — it's about 50-50."
Greiner said he's optimistic, but acknowledged some of the major topics outside of agriculture are complicated and could end the talks without a quick resolution.
"But you know they (the U.S. and China) are both pretty astute negotiators, so nobody is laying their cards out on the table to see what's going on," he said. "And my personal opinion is there are some demands being made that could be lowered a little bit to get a deal made so everybody can walk away as a winner."
Private Chinese soybean users, however, are looking for a resolution, because they are anxious to get back into buying U.S. beans, Greiner said. "To me, that's the most optimistic thing I've heard."
Greiner visited Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou with fellow ISA board member and president-elect Tim Bardole; Grant Kimberley, ISA's market development director; and Aaron Putze, director of communications for the group.
China has been trying to curb overall soybean demand in the country and use other oilseed options. Greiner also noted the severity of African swine fever in China is expected to reduce soybean imports as well.
"We're hearing varying reports that 20% to 30% reduction in the number of hogs, so that is going to have an impact on soybeans too," Greiner said.
Greiner added that Chinese officials and the pork industry don't quite know how to deal with the African swine fever problem, but it will likely reduce the number of smaller hog farmers.
"What we're hearing is a lot of smaller producers are being hit with this disease, and they are probably going to liquidate and go out of business and never get back in," Greiner said. "So it's going to take a toll on a lot of smaller producers over here, and in my opinion, it's going to take time to build their hog herd back up, and when they do, it's going to be in larger farms and fewer hands."
Chris Clayton can be reached at Chris.Clayton@dtn.com


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Humans Evolved in Partially Isolated Populations Scattered Across Africa
The textbook narrative of human evolution casts Homo sapiens as evolving from a single ancestral population in one region of Africa around 300,000 years ago. However, in a commentary published July 11 in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution, an interdisciplinary group of researchers concludes that early humans comprised a subdivided, shifting, pan-African meta-population with physical and cultural diversity. This framework better explains existing genetic, fossil, and cultural patterns and clarifies our shared ancestry.
"In the fossil record, we see a mosaic-like, continental-wide trend toward the modern human form, and the fact that these features appear at different places at different times tells us that these populations were not well connected," says Eleanor Scerri, a British Academy postdoctoral fellow in archaeology at the University of Oxford and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. "This fits with a subdivided population model in which genetic exchanges are neither random nor frequent. This allows us to start detailing the processes that shaped our evolutionary history."
Taken at the David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum
Credit: Ryan Somma / Wikimedia Commons
Explaining this poor connectivity was a series of shifting rivers, deserts, forests, and other physical barriers separating these subpopulations, as highlighted in the ecological record. "These barriers created migration and contact opportunities for groups that may previously have been separated, and later fluctuation might have meant populations that mixed for a short while became isolated again," says Scerri.
The theory that there was mingling and isolation of subpopulations from the southern tip to the northern coasts of Africa is a much better fit with the fossil and genetic data than is a single population model. Examination of H. sapiens fossils paired with inferences made from contemporary DNA samples suggested levels of early human diversity that supported the researchers' shifting subdivided population model.
"For the first time, we've examined all the relevant archaeological, fossil, genetic, and environmental data together to eliminate field-specific biases and assumptions and confirm that a mosaic, pan-African origin view is a much better fit with the data that we have," says Scerri. "To understand our genetic and cultural diversity or where being human comes from - our behavioral flexibility and biological plasticity - we have to look at an ancient history of population subdivision and diverse ecologies across Africa."
Moving forward, this research will allow our models of human evolutionary history to reject the simple linear progression from what might be termed "archaic morphology" toward a recognizably human form in favor of a more accurate account of the complexity and irregularity involved in our evolution and an acknowledgment of a pan-African origin of our species.
"In bringing together people from such diverse fields, we've arrived at a place where we can begin to address some key questions about our shared ancestry and even emerge with new questions we haven't known to ask before," Scerri says. "We are an evolving lineage with deep African roots, so to understand this history, we must re-examine evidence from diverse sources without a priori conceptions."
This research was primarily funded by the British Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences and the Wellcome Trust.
Christina Monnen
Citation: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Scerri, et al.: "Did our species evolve in subdivided populations across Africa, and why does it matter?" https://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/fulltext/S0169-5347(18)30117-4
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Jodee Stanley is the editor of Ninth Letter, the award-winning literary/arts journal published by UIUC's MFA in Creative Writing Program in collaboration with the School of Art and Design. She has worked in literary publishing for twenty years, and has been a speaker and panelist at various conferences and festivals, including Bread Loaf, AWP, MLA, and the Kenyon Review Literary Festival. In 2009, she was awarded an Academic Professional Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UIUC, and she received a 2007 Faculty Fellowship from the University of Illinois Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership.
Her writing has appeared in journals including Queen Mob's Teahouse, Crab Orchard Review, Hobart, 580 Split, Cincinnati Review, Future Fire, BkMk Quarterly, The Smoking Poet, Sycamore Review, Sou'wester, and Electric Velocipede. Her essay on literary publishing, which originally appeared in the Mississippi Review, was reprinted in the anthology Paper Dreams: Writers and Editors on the American Literary Magazine (Atticus Books, 2013), and her fiction has received special mention in the Pushcart Prize and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthologies and named to the Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Stories.


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Derek Jarman (1942-1994)
Artist, Film Director and Queer Activist. 60 Liverpool, N1.
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Amelia Edwards
Egyptologist and Writer. 19, Wharton Street, WC1X.
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Joe Meek (1929-1967)
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First Gay Rights Demonstration (27 Nov 1970)
Historic Site. Highbury Crescent, N7.
An OutRage! plaque.
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
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Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)
Writer, teacher and feminist who opened a school for girls at Newington Green in 1784. Newington Green Primary School, Newington…
A London Borough of Islington plaque, unveiled in March 2011.
Kenneth Williams (1926-1988)
Comedy Actor and Writer. 13/15 Bingfield Street, N1.
A London Borough of Islington plaque, unveiled in June 2010.
Joe Orton (1933-1967)
Playwright. 25 Noel Road, N1.
A London Borough of Islington Plaque.
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Artist, illustrator and writer. Bowman's Mews, Seven Sisters Road, N1.
Alexander McQueen (1969-2010)
Fashion Designer. 11 Aberdeen Road, N5.
An Islington heritage plaque, unveiled in March 2014, to commemorate McQueen's contribution to the British fashion industry.


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