Presumptive No. 1 draft pick Jack Hughes played for Team USA at the World Junior Championships in Vancouver (Getty Images).
The NHL playoff race entered the final week of the season on Monday. Not in Buffalo, of course, where the Sabres are out of the hunt for the seventh straight year and will miss the postseason for the eighth season in a row.
The Sabres are at the opposite end of the standings, where their collapse to the finish line could have direct correlation to their success in the NHL Draft Lottery.
There are three games left in the regular season, starting with Tuesday's visit by Nashville to KeyBank Center, and the Sabres have slipped all the way to 28th out of 31 teams in the NHL's overall standings.
They have 72 points, just two ahead of New Jersey after the Devils' 4-2 win Monday over the New York Rangers. Los Angeles (67 points) also could pass the Sabres while only last-place Ottawa (62) can't catch Buffalo.
The Sabres are 1-12-2 in their last 15 games and have not won in regulation in 18 games, since their Feb. 23 upset of defending Stanley Cup champion Washington.
The lottery will be held April 9 in Toronto and the results will be revealed live on NBCSN. As in previous years, all 15 non-playoff clubs will qualify and there will be three drawings: The winner of the first draw will get the No. 1 pick in the NHL Draft on June 21 in Vancouver. The second draw determines No. 2 and the third draw determines No. 3.
The odds are unchanged from last year, when the Sabres finished in 31st place and won the lottery to earn the right to draft Rasmus Dahlin. The team with the fewest points will have the best odds of winning the No. 1 pick at 18.5 percent.
The odds then move to 13.5 percent for the 30th-place team, 11.5 percent for 29th, 9.5 percent for 28th and 8.5 percent for 27th, which appears to be the lowest odds the Sabres will have.
An added wrinkle to the 2019 lottery is that Ottawa appears likely to finish 31st – but the Senators traded their No. 1 pick for this year to Colorado for Matt Duchene. It leaves the Avalanche in the enviable position of potentially making the playoffs and having the best odds to also get the No. 1 pick.
The lottery winner is expected to take 5-foot-10 center Jack Hughes, an Orlando native playing with the U.S. National Development Team. Hughes has 23 goals and 86 points in 41 games this season for the Under-18 club.
The No. 2 pick is likely to be 6-2 Finnish right winger Kaapo Kakko, who outplayed Hughes and scored the gold medal-winning goal for Finland in the World Junior Championships. He's playing for Liiga in the Finnish pro league.
Lottery week figures to be a huge one for Colorado, which has a great chance to get a Top-3 pick and could add the likely Hobey Baker Award winner to its lineup for the playoffs at some point.
The favorite to win college hockey's Heisman is UMass defenseman Cale Makar, who was taken No. 4 overall in 2017. Makar will be leading his team in the Frozen Four at KeyBank Center, ironically in an April 11 semifinal against the University of Denver, and is expected to earn the Hobey in an April 12 ceremony in Harborcenter. If his team loses its semifinal game, he could sign with Colorado that day as well.
Monday was the Sabres' final scheduled off day of the season and the game against the Predators is their second-to-last at home. It's a huge one for the visitors, who are in the midst of a three-way battle with Winnipeg and surging St. Louis for the Central Division title.
The Predators have 94 points, two behind first-place Winnipeg after the Jets' 4-3 overtime win Monday in Chicago. St. Louis pulled even with Nashville thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over Colorado Monday on a game-deciding goal by former Sabres center Ryan O'Reilly. With Nashville idle, the Preds, Jets and Blues all enter Tuesday having played 79 games.
Nashville forward Viktor Arvidsson enters Tuesday's game with 33 goals and his next one will set the franchise single-season record. The Predators, who were born in 1998, have never had a 40-goal scorer. Arvidsson is tied for the franchise mark with Filip Forsberg (2015-16) and Jason Arnott (2008-09).
The Sabres provided big help to two-thirds of the NHL's Stars of the Week announced Monday. The No. 1 Star was Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, who blanked Buffalo here Sunday night, and No. 2 was Detroit forward Tyler Bertuzzi, who scored the overtime winner in the Red Wings' 5-4 victory here on Thursday. The No. 3 star was Arizona goalie Darcy Kuemper.


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Intending to change outdated stereotypes and build new perceptions, Viktória Pikovská set out to build a platform capable of promoting and managing talents who truly deserve respect and spotlight - so she founded Victory Art in 2018.
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The Secret "Kill List" and the President
By Kenneth Anderson on May 29, 2012 11:14 am
My corner of the national security law world is abuzz today reading the outstanding New York Times article by Jo Becker and Scott Shane, "Secret 'Kill List' Proves a Test of Obama's Principles and Will." As Ben Wittes says at Lawfare, it is a richly textured, detailed look at how the administration approaches targeted killing (whether with drones or human teams or in combination), and is the most detailed insider account of how the administration has gradually evolved a process for vetting targets. Opinio Juris' Deborah Pearlstein focuses in on a key passage in the story, one that talks about the essentially casuistical evolution of targeting standards, case by case:
It is the strangest of bureaucratic rituals: Every week or so, more than 100 members of the government's sprawling national security apparatus gather, by secure video teleconference, to pore over terrorist suspects' biographies and recommend to the president who should be the next to die.
This secret "nominations" process is an invention of the Obama administration, a grim debating society that vets the PowerPoint slides bearing the names, aliases and life stories of suspected members of Al Qaeda's branch in Yemen or its allies in Somalia's Shabab militia.
The video conferences are run by the Pentagon, which oversees strikes in those countries, and participants do not hesitate to call out a challenge, pressing for the evidence behind accusations of ties to Al Qaeda.
"What's a Qaeda facilitator?" asked one participant, illustrating the spirit of the exchanges. "If I open a gate and you drive through it, am I a facilitator?" Given the contentious discussions, it can take five or six sessions for a name to be approved, and names go off the list if a suspect no longer appears to pose an imminent threat, the official said. A parallel, more cloistered selection process at the C.I.A. focuses largely on Pakistan, where that agency conducts strikes.
The nominations go to the White House, where by his own insistence and guided by Mr. Brennan, Mr. Obama must approve any name. He signs off on every strike in Yemen and Somalia and also on the more complex and risky strikes in Pakistan — about a third of the total.
The article is important in several ways. First, it seems pretty clear that the administration cooperated in giving information to the reporters, because it wants to make clear that there is a process and a robust one for making targeting decisions. In this regard, this article fits with the series of national security speeches by senior officials and general counsels of national security departments of government – most of them are collected here, at Lawfare, in a list that gets periodically updated. It is quite true that if one believes that targeted killing is simply extrajudicial execution as a matter of substance, or that it has to be approved by a judge, or that the process has to be judicial rather than that of the political branches or the executive acting in an armed conflict and/or national self defense, then none of this will impress you. But if you are most people in the United States, your reaction is much more likely to be, good, I'm glad they are killing the bad guys, and I'm glad they're thinking hard about who they're killing and why before they do it. Clearly the administration wants to get across a message to the public that there is a serious process, even if the circumstances for making targeting decisions are novel.
That signal is aimed, presumably, at broad opinion-setting elites – liberal and conservative, but mostly liberal – whose visceral reactions to how the issue is framed (targeting in unconventional war or just remote execution?) matter over the long run to its institutional legitimacy. As Jack Goldsmith has pointed out in his new book, Power and Constraint, targeted killing and drone warfare are likely to be the next "detention and interrogation" ground of de-legitimation in the broader argument over counterterrorism. The Obama administration is more aware than most administrations just how important it is to hold a certain legitimacy high ground, and that starts with its framing among opinion-elites.
Second, there is also likely a signal here to the judicial branch that this is not unconsidered or purely discretionary; far from it. More exactly, there is a signal that the judiciary would have no ability to do a better job, as an effectiveness question, quite apart from the Constitutional and other domestic legal questions. It is highly unlikely that the judicial branch, taken as a whole, has any appetite for getting involved in these questions – particularly on the front end, of signing off in advance on targeting, effectively death warrants, given the Constitutional and other domestic legal issues raised. Even in an indirect, informal way, this kind of article helps set the picture of a process with serious mechanisms for discussion and review; it helps establish the legitimacy of the process – and so also helps establish the legitimacy of the judiciary staying out of it.
Third, the administration wants to send a clear signal that the President considers and signs off on these personally, and that this is far from a perfunctory or unconsidered sign-off. I applaud the President for this level of personal review; I think it is right. This signal carries a certain ambiguity, however – one that I believe the administration needs to consider closely. The ambiguity lies in whether the President's personal, considered attention to each decision is understood and conveyed to the public as a matter of the burden of the institutional presidency – something that would be no less true of a President Romney than a President Obama. In that case the implication is that President Obama is stepping up to the plate to establish a process not just for himself, but for his successors and for the institution of the presidency. And he does so in a way that both sets a precedent (in the sense of a certain burden) for the proper level of involvement of the president in targeted killing decisions. But, while setting a presidential burden, this also gives future presidents important institutional legitimacy, through the weight of precedent established by the acts of a prior president, and institutional stability – to targeted killing, specifically, but also by implication to the emerging paradigm of covert and small-scale self-defense actions against non-state terrorist actors which, in the future, may or may not have anything to do with Al Qaeda and might be addressed to wholly new threats.
The alternative is that President Obama is sending a signal that these actions are legitimate only because he is personally trusted to do the right thing on these decisions, just because he is Barack Obama. His constituencies trust him with this power in a way that they would not entrust to any other president, including those who come after. In other words, there is a question implicit in the New York Times description as to whether the President is conferring a purely personal legitimacy that disappears with this presidency, or whether he and his administration are creating a long term process, and conferring the weight of institutional legitimacy on it.
It is obvious from how I've framed the ambiguity that I believe that the administration has an obligation to create lasting institutional structures, processes, institutional settlement around these policies. It owes it to future presidencies; every current president is a fiduciary for later presidents. It also owes it to the ordinary officials and officers, civilian and military, who are deeply involved in carrying out killing and death under the administration's claims of law – it needs to do everything it can to ensure that things these people do in reliance on claims of lawfulness will be treated as such into the future. And in fact I believe this is what the senior leaders and lawyers who have issued speeches for the administration are seeking. But I think there is still room for the players involved to say clearly that these processes are legitimate for the executive, this president and future presidents.
Finally, we might add, the article says that the decision to target Anwar Al-Aulaqi was, in the President's mind, an "easy one."
Well, that's a relief
Jeff Rosen Responds to Critics


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Q: Neo4J CYPHER Query to make relation I have 2 Types of nodes
Type 1- Country with country Code
Type 2- Language with country code

I need to make language spoken in country Relationship
[language]-[:SPOKEN_IN]->[Country]
I am a beginner for Cypher
I Tried
CREATE (a:language)-[:TALK_IN]->(b:country) WHERE a.CountryCode = b.Code

But It didn't worked
How to achieve this relation?

A: Try the following query:
MATCH (c:COUNTRY), (l:LANGUAGE) WHERE c.code = l.countryCode CREATE (l)-[:TALK_IN]->(c)

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*MATCH finds all nodes labeled with COUNTRY and LANGUAGE

*WHERE makes sure their country codes match

*CREATE creates the TALK_IN relationship

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Another weekend is upon and the month of March seems to be zooming by with a quickness. This past weekend the wife, my mom and I moved into a beautiful ranch duplex in Woodstock, IL. What a beauty it is!
Although I'm still exciting about the move and a little in awe of our new dwelling, I am also worn out from unpacking. Its been almost a week and I still have quite a few boxes left to unpack and store away. But, I must admit I am looking forward to decorating, so much so that I've been dividing my time with unpacking, storing and a little decorating.
Now that we are in a bigger place, with lots of room I am looking forward to the warmer weather and going out and about looking for great fines at garage sales, antique shops, and furniture stores. Most importantly, my wife and I look forward to entertaining again, and catching up with friends and family members.
Well its time for me to get my day started. Here's wishing you all a great day and a fantastic weekend.


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Makeups accumulate and may be redeemed while the student is enrolled; any makeups remaining once enrollment ends will be forfeited.
Class absences must be reported AT LEAST 48 HOURS prior to the start of class. The purpose of a makeup is to offer flexibility; however, other students need to have the option of using the vacant spot which is only possible with advance notice. Of course, we understand if you have an emergency; however, serial absences with no notification may result in makeups not being granted.
Once a makeup is scheduled, whether or not your student attends, the makeup will be considered redeemed--whether for a makeup class, or camp, open gym or event.
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Bar Matter No. 1922. – Re: Recommendation of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) Board to Indicate in All Pleadings Filed with the Courts the Counsel's MCLE Certificate of Compliance or Certificate of Exemption. – The Court Resolved to NOTE the Letter, dated May 2, 2008, of Associate Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura, Chairperson, Committee on Legal Education and Bar Matters, informing the Court of the diminishing interest of the members of the Bar in the MCLE requirement program.
The Court further Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Education and Bar Matters, to REQUIRE practicing members of the bar to INDICATE in all pleadings filed before the courts or quasi-judicial bodies, the number and date of issue of their MCLE Certificate of Compliance or Certificate of Exemption, as may be applicable, for the immediately preceding compliance period. Failure to disclose the required information would cause the dismissal of the case and the expunction of the pleadings from the records.
The New Rule shall take effect sixty (60) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
I just took oath last april 29, 2010. Now I was informed by my IBP chapter that I am required to take the MCLE, they showed me a circular from the SC (i still have to get a copy of the circular). As far as I know, I am still exempt from compliance thereof for 36 months. Please enlighten me. thanks!
may i know if there is a decided case or latest jurisprudence from the supreme court decision or lower court re:bar matter 1922?
there is a lawyer who is contemplating of filing a case against a quasi-judicial body dismissing his case for failure to comply with bar matter 1922. we need to cite a latest jurisprudence on this issue. thanks and more power.


Rotating thumb creates a horizontal cutting action which in turn relieves wrist fatigue.
Experience a natural cutting position. The rotating thumb creates a horizontal cutting action which in turn relieves wrist fatigue.
The rotating thumb creates a horizonal cutting action which in turn relieves wrist fatigue. Great for carpal tunnel issues.
A three hole swivel shear is designed for the stylist that has problems with wrist or thumb fatigue.
This three hole swivel shear is designed for the stylist that has problems with wrist or thumb fatigue.
The rotating thumb that creates a horizontal cutting action which in turn relieves wrist fatigue.


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By far the most challenging Crown Royal squats I thought you said shots shirt but the end result was worth it. Get ready Y'all, our new limited edition whiskey is coming to town! It has a smoky, sweet taste that'll have you savoring every sip. Always faithful. Never forgotten. Crown Royal celebrated the generous life of a fallen hero and treated his family to a royal experience at the Indy 500. We honor those who've served. We remember those we've lost. Crown Royal and the Indy 500 have teamed up to thank those heroes for their generosity. Tell us who you would like to honor in the comments. My infusion options are Patron, Hennessy, and Apple Crown Royal. If you're interested in placing an order just send me a personal message for pricing and payment options.


Engineering. Curve Fitting. Real world. STEM - physical world. Quadratic functions. Maths Supporting SET. Biology. Chemistry. Physics. Mathematical modelling.
A simple method of defining the coefficients in the equations of chemical reactions with the help of a system of linear algebraic equations.
Scheduling games is a little more challenging than one might desire. Here are some tournament formats that sport schedulers use.


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Reading to Learn
Strategies to build a love of learning through content-rich nonfiction
By: Carey Swanson
When my daughter was in pre-K in New York City, she would come home each day fueled by the new and exciting things she was learning. She'd build a rocket ship out of a cereal box as she had been shown by her teacher, talking to me about how rockets work, and sing the planets song as she plotted her imaginary path through space. As the subject matter changed throughout the year, it was evident to me that her teacher was filling her mind and satisfying her innate curiosity with interesting and engaging content through the lessons she taught each day.
We moved that year, and she made the adjustment to a new school and classroom with a kind and organized new teacher. At home, she showed me daily worksheets and talked about her classmates, but something was missing. At one point, I asked her, "But what are you learning about now?" She paused, thought a moment, and said, "We don't really do that in this class."
Teachers of reading are asked to juggle an extraordinary number of linked, but often competing, priorities: determining grade-level proficiency, ensuring a volume of reading is maintained through on-task and productive independent reading, assessing mastery of standards that are established by grade level but vary in complexity based on the text in hand, not to mention the critical importance of explicitly teaching foundational skills. Add to this list the other responsibilities of teaching, plus the other subjects that are on the plates of elementary teachers in particular, and you have the consummate juggling act. And while all of these tasks are critical, not all are equally engaging for a child. It is hard to picture a second grader running home to talk to his family at the dinner table about how he identified the main topic of a multi-paragraph text that day. But boy-oh-boy, he might want to talk your ear off about the moon.
Video resource suggested with text set "All Eyes on The Moon." YouTube video: "All About the Moon: Astronomy and Space for Kids" – FreeSchool www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM21GBJecx0
Enter text sets. Grounded in the research behind Shift 3 for college- and career-ready standards — building knowledge through content-rich nonfiction — text sets create a meaningful way for students to interact with content, grow their vocabulary, increase their knowledge, and read! And they do this in a way that can fit neatly into a variety of the many balls teachers already have in the air.
What Are Text Sets?
In a nutshell, text sets are intentionally grouped sets of topically connected texts and resources designed to help all learners build background knowledge and vocabulary through a volume of reading on science, social studies, and other high-interest topics. Achieve the Core features complete text set lessons, as well as resources that explain how to build text sets and incorporate reading on a variety of topics. While text sets are not (yet) a component found across all literacy programs, they are becoming more and more common (see a recent review of text set resources by the Fordham Institute for more information).
Text sets can be used for teacher-directed instruction, but they don't have to be! Research has shown again and again the benefits of a volume of independent reading; using a text set can simply hook a reader into exploring content on his or her own. The ideas behind text sets are not new; they scream "disciplinary literacy!" Using text sets places a value on content knowledge, however, that is simply not common across all literacy classrooms.
How Can You Use Text Sets in the Classroom?
There are endless ways to use text sets for instruction. Here are few examples:
While text sets can vary, a higher degree of impact is going to come from strategic use. For example, if the purpose of a text set is to support students so that they can independently gain access to complex texts, it is important that the texts are sequenced so that the complexity increases over time. If the purpose is to build background knowledge, the text complexity should not compete with that priority – students should be able to read and comprehend the texts without difficulty. Strategically created text sets are the best kind of scaffold: they level the playing fields of knowledge demands and academic vocabulary to gradually allow for access into more complex texts.
Once you begin using text sets in your classroom, you'll undoubtedly find a myriad of uses that range from a light teacher lift to one that requires in-depth planning. Note that in using even the lightest approach, you'll be supporting your students as they build the background knowledge and academic vocabulary necessary for them to engage meaningfully with texts in the future. And, more immediate evidence of their success might just be in their dinner conversation, answering the question "So, what did you learn about today?"
Reading Foundational Skills
About the Author: Carey Swanson is a member of the Literacy and English Language Arts team at Student Achievement Partners. Most recently, Carey worked as an educational consultant, supporting leader and teacher coaching, professional development, and curricular implementation. Prior to this work, Carey was a school leader at a charter school network in Brooklyn. She has experience teaching upper elementary and middle school. Carey holds a bachelor's degree in film from Northwestern University, a master's degree in teaching from Pace University, and a master's of education degree in School Building Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University.
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Standards-Alignment Information, Tools and Resources
Which text set approach is right for you?
Compare the features of popular text set sources
11/02/16, Shannon Garrison
Classroom Strategies, Research and Reflections
Designing Classroom Libraries that Build Knowledge, Vocabulary, and Engagement
The benefits of topic-based independent reading on student motivation
01/05/17, Carey Swanson
Classroom Strategies, Materials Adaptation, Tools and Resources
Supplementing Your Curriculum with Knowledge-Building Text Sets
Discover why text sets work and how to use them to build student knowledge
09/30/16, Student Achievement Partners


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Daniel Tregeagle, Ph.D.
My dissertation, The Dynamics of Perennial Crop Production and Processing, focused on the economics of perennial crop production, with applications to Brazilian sugarcane and the expansion of the Brazilian biofuel industry.
Willingness-to-Pay for Produce: A Meta-Regression Analysis Comparing the Stated Preferences of Producers and Consumers
(with Alice Kilduff)
Abstract: Willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimates help agribusinesses estimate whether a new product is likely to be profitable. For produce, new products, such as new fruit varieties, need to be adopted by producers before they can be sold to consumers. The study of ex ante fruit and vegetable producer preferences is relatively new. This study uses meta-regression analysis to compare the estimated WTP premium between U.S. producers and consumers to determine whether they differ. After controlling for differences in study methods, product attributes, and potential publication bias, the producer WTP was between 14.16 and 27.73 percentage points higher. Subject to several caveats and limitations, this suggests that consumer WTP can be a sufficient metric for the profitability of new produce products.
Balancing bees and pest management: Projected costs of proposed bee-protective neonicotinoid regulation in California
(with Kevi Mace, Jessica Rudder, Rachael Goodhue, Tor Tolhurst, Hanlin Wei, Elizabeth Grafton-Cardwell, Ian Grettnberger, Houston Wilson, Robert Van Steenwyk, Frank Zalom, and John Steggall)
Abstract: Neonicotinoid insecticides are widely used in agriculture, including in many California specialty crops. With mounting evidence that these insecticides are harmful to bees, state and national governments have increasingly regulated their use. The European Union, Canada, and United States have imposed use restrictions on several neonicotinoids, such as on the timing of applications. In 2020, California proposed a draft regulation to mitigate harm to managed pollinators from four nitroguanidine-substituted neonicotinoids (NGNs): clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, and thiamethoxam. We use data on California pesticide use from 2015 to 2017 to analyze the economic and pest management implications of the 2020 draft proposed regulation for seven crops: almond, cherry, citrus, cotton, grape, strawberry, and tomato. From 2015 to 2017, these crops accounted for approximately 85% of total hectares treated with NGNs and 87% of NGN use by kilograms of active ingredient applied in treatments that would have been affected by the proposed regulation. These insecticides often primarily target Hemipteran insect pests. In most cases there are alternatives; however, these are often more expensive per hectare and do not have the same residual effectiveness as the NGNs, which are systemic insecticides. Overall, we estimate that pest management costs for these crops would have increased an estimated $13.6 million in 2015, $12.8 million in 2016, and $11.1 million in 2017 if the 2020 draft proposed regulation had been in effect, representing a 61% to 72% increase in the cost of managing the target pests.
Optimal Management of Orchards
(with Leo Simon)
Abstract: A fundamental issue in perennial crop economics is finding the optimal time to replace trees in an orchard. Orchards have two key characteristics: they consist of trees of multiple vintages, and the trees have a non-monotonic yield curve. We present the first analysis of optimal tree replacement in an orchard that has both characteristics. Our results show that cyclical production is optimal in the long-run, and that optimally managed orchards converge uniformly to the long-run cycle. Our results have implications for orchard valuation, orchard planting, and orchard conversion. We are also the first to provide comparative statics on the long-run cycle radius.
Minimizing the costs of biorefinery processing by managing perennial crop age: An example from Brazilian sugarcane ethanol
(with David Zilberman)
Abstract: We develop and analyze an unexplored mechanism to reduce biorefinery supply chain costs when the feedstock is a perennial crop: adjusting the age-structure, and hence yield, of the perennial feedstock. The non-monotonicity of the age-yield function introduces a non-convexity to the cost-minimization problem. We show that, despite this, the problem has a solution and present analytic and numeric comparative statics, finding that smaller refineries are most likely to benefit from optimizing age-structure. The model is calibrated to the sugarcane ethanol industry in the South-Central region of Brazil and shows that the cost-reductions from optimizing age, compared to maximum sustainable yield, are on the order of one percent. Generally, the magnitude of the cost reduction will depend on the life-cycle of the crop, the costs of growing and transporting the feedstock, and the size of the biorefinery.
Demand and supply of specialty crop supply elasticities: Insights from a profession-wide survey (with Zoë Plakias, link to AAEA poster)
Updating demand and supply elasticities for citrus and related crops (with Gregory Astill, Zoë Plakias and Jonathon Siegle)
Measuring grower and market intermediary willingness-to-pay for improvements in cucurbit disease resistance (with Alice Kilduff)
Exploring the impact of water technology choices on native plant sales in US nurseries (with Melinda Knuth)
Improving impact measurement for specialty crop extension programs
Strengthening and expanding muscadine markets (with Chris Gunter, Mark Hoffmann, Lynette Johnson, Penelope Perkins-Veazie and Craig Mauney)
Updating the Southeastern Strawberry Production Guide (PD: Mark Hoffmann)


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Freedom Centers Constitutional and Political Freedom Punch and Judy Foreign Policy ...
Punch and Judy Foreign Policy
by Major Garrett
For President Obama, caution in the defense of liberty is no vice, and militarism in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
Obama didn't come to Asia to paraphrase Barry Goldwater's acceptance speech at the 1964 Republican National Convention. But he did after growing frustrated with recent editorial criticism portraying his foreign policy as weak and naive.
It started in Seoul, where Obama faced a second day of questions from reporters in Japan and South Korea about his commitment to defend these allies in the face of Chinese and North Korean military muscle-flexing.
"We seem to have gotten in the habit of thinking that when there are hard foreign policy problems that there may actually be a definitive answer; typically, those who offer that definitive answer come up with the use of force as the definitive answer," Obama said. "You would think, given that we've just gone through a decade of war, that that assumption would be subject to some questioning."
Obama then said as a student of history and as commander in chief he understood the limits of military power. "Very rarely have I seen the exercise of military power providing a definitive answer."
If military power isn't the answer, what is? Risk avoidance.
"If there are occasions where targeted, clear actions can be taken that would make a difference, then we should take them," Obama said here during a press conference with Philippine President Benigno Aquino. "We don't do them because somebody sitting in an office in Washington or New York think it would look strong. That's not how we make foreign policy. It may not always be sexy. But it avoids errors. You hit singles, you hit doubles; every once in a while we may be able to hit a home run."
That's Punch and Judy foreign policy, the elevation of small, incremental success over swinging for the fences, embracing grand visions or—most important—making big mistakes. In Syria, Ukraine, and here in Asia, Obama's first priority is to avoid a foreign policy face-plant.
He won't fight a war to topple Bashar al-Assad.
He won't send troops to defend a transitional government in Kiev only mildly less disorganized and corrupt than its predecessor.
He has no stomach (neither does South Korea, by the way) for a conventional war with North Korea and has been startled by the unpredictable thuggery of young dictator Kim Jong-un, making him all the more dependent on the good offices of Beijing.
For this reason, Obama doesn't want to overpromise in Japan's territorial dispute with China over the Senkaku Islands or the dispute with China over the Second Thomas Shoal and the marooned U.S. rust bucket Sierra Madre.
All of this makes sense if risk avoidance is your top priority. I would argue this is among the most important legacies of Benghazi, a lethal foreign policy disaster that grew out of Obama's decision, one that evolved slowly, to back what he thought would be low-risk, multinational military action in Libya. Toppling Muammar el-Qaddafi and preventing a feared civilian slaughter proved to be just that. But the aftermath blew up in Obama's face when presumably allied local militia became terrorist collaborators and U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were murdered.
Ever since, the inherent risks of dealing with unknown actors—rebels in Syria or the hollowed-out military in Ukraine—have led Obama to prioritize caution over armed confrontation. The military stakes with China are even bigger; hence, Obama's studious avoidance here of any language that could be regarded as critical or confrontational in relation to the long-simmering but suddenly hot island disputes with Japan and the Philippines.
"Our goal is not to counter China. Our goal is not to contain China," Obama said. "Our goal is to make sure that international rules and norms are respected, and that includes in the area of maritime disputes. And we don't even take a specific position on the disputes between nations."
As if to put the hands-off policy on a billboard visible from Manila to Beijing, Obama added this: "I suspect that there are some islands and rocks in and around Canada and the United States where there are probably still some arguments dating back to the 1800s." Obama isn't going to send the Seventh Fleet to defend "some islands and rocks" in the South China or East Philippine Sea.
Obama, in other words, knows precisely what he doesn't want to do. No errors. No big, embarrassing strikeouts. Singles and doubles. In baseball, that's called a Punch and Judy, station-to-station offense. Move the runners along gradually; keep momentum going.
But if your global rivals know you best by your self-imposed limits, how capably can you project power? Is it canny to concede more than necessary? This is the central question for Obama's foreign policy. He argued forcefully here that the greater danger is picking reckless fights or pretending a war-exhausted American public will support war in Syria, Ukraine, or anywhere in Asia.
The problem for Obama is the perception here and elsewhere that the most forceful thing he's done on this trip or since Benghazi has been to explain what he can't do—not what he can.
Major Garrett is National Journal correspondent-at-large and chief White House correspondent for CBS News.
Tags: China, Foreign Policy, Libya, North Korea, Obama


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From playing bass for the Eurovision song contest to touring and recording with numerous European acts, Bora Bekiroğlu has demonstrated his sought after bass playing credentials many times over.
Cutting his teeth in Istanbul, Bora performed for 6 years in various function and cover bands.
Having gained the necessary performing experience, he went on to produce his own material, releasing several records with Avam Grade Trio - an ethnic/electronic fusion band, Odylle - a dutch singer songwriter (playing a fretless upright bass), Siyah (Black) - an alternative rock band and Mikado - a progressive pop-rock-jazz band.
He joined Turkish pop star Can Bonomo's crew from his debut in 2010 until 2015, playing on his Eurovision song contest entry which reached seventh position on the night.
Bora is also a professional photographer, mixing engineer, and filmaker. With 16 years as one of Istanbul's top session multi-genre bass players, as well as his his other talents, Bora realised that there is nothing much left to be done in Turkey, particularly with the upcoming economic crisis there. Deciding it was better to pursue his dreams in the English speaking world music capital, he moved to London in May, 2018 and joined Denzeity, a band that shares his talent and ambitions.
He has also joined Simon as the bass player in the Glen Campbell tribute stage show in which Simon is playing Glen Campbell.
Bora Bekiroğlu playing with alternative rock band Siyah.


The sanitary sewer treatment plant, owned by the Town of Burns Harbor, is located at ArcelorMittal on U.S. Highway 12, the world's leading steel company. This facility is operated and maintained by ArcelorMittal and services users within the corporate boundaries of the Town of Burns Harbor.
The collection system was integrated in 2001 and includes 6 lift stations.
The Sanitary Board oversees the system and department, and meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at the Town Hall.
The sanitary sewer fee is a flat rate per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) and is currently $40.75 per month. Class I users, or residential users are assessed at one ERU per unit, and Class II users, or non-residential users, are billed at the number of ERU's set by a town official based on an examination of the user's facilities to determine the estimated average monthly flow into the sewage works.
The sanitary sewer bill is due on the 1st day of each month. A payment coupon book is provided each year in November for the following year.
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Q: How to check for at least one regex I can verify a string if respects this format "XXw XXd XXh XXm" by using the following Regex :
(\d{1}|\d{2})w (\d{1}|\d{2})d (\d{1}|\d{2})h (\d{1}|\d{2})m
XX : are integers
I want to be able to check if at least one of XXw, XXd, XXh, XXm is present in the string, any way to do it via Regex ?

A: (?=.*?\d{1,2}[wdhm])

You can add a simple lookahead to check that.


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The State of Brexit Ahead of the Trump-May Meeting
We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked but not combined. We are interested and associated but not absorbed. If Britain must choose between Europe and the open sea, she must always choose the open sea .—Winston Churchill, 1953
On January 17, Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain gave a much-awaited and demanded speech laying out her government's strategy to exit the European Union. The "plan to leave the EU" was promised to members of Parliament in December to allow Her Majesty's Government to proceed with the trigger of Article 50 by the end of March. The speech confirmed previous statements that the United Kingdom would not allow unfettered freedom of movement or continue to be under the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice, which led to her unequivocal statement that the United Kingdom will leave the single market and that Parliament will get a final vote on the exit deal.
Prime Minister May was less equivocal on the United Kingdom remaining in the customs union, however, suggesting that the government may seek partial or "associate" membership. But this outcome would contradict the World Trade Organization's General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. Other notable sound bites from her speech included that "no deal for Britain is better than a bad deal," which affirmed that the government is not only willing to embrace a total economic break from Europe, despite the potential economic hardships, but, if this were to be the case, would equally embrace an economically competitive model to the European Union such as dramatically reducing UK corporate tax rates. Although toughness was messaged throughout, negotiating flexibility was also on offer with a desire for a "flexible" transitional deal in which different aspects of the agreement would last for specific, different periods of time. May also made clear that a strong European Union is in the United Kingdom's interest and that she would work to avoid further unraveling after her country leaves the Union. The desire for an early deal to guarantee the rights of EU citizens in the United Kingdom and Britons in the European Union was suggested as well, but it is clear that it will remain an element of the overall negotiation and hence a bargaining chip.
The pound reacted very positively to the clarity of the speech, making its biggest one-day gain against the dollar since 1998. Britain's evolving economic position—as well as the European Union's—will be a participant in the UK-EU divorce proceedings as well. At this moment, the economy is stronger than was feared pre-referendum, with growth reaching 0.6 percent in the third quarter of 2016 and forecast at 2.1 percent for all of 2016. Unemployment is at 4.8 percent, with real wages slowly recovering from the financial crisis, and inflation is hovering around 1.6 percent. Should the United Kingdom be able economically to weather the early stages of the divorce, London will be more emboldened to pursue a tougher negotiating line with the Brussels. Should unemployment and inflation increase, however, London will need to become more flexible in its approach, which in turn will harden the EU negotiating positions. Beyond economic conditions, should Europe continue to be impacted by migration and migration-related terrorist attacks, British officials will receive a political boost for their hard-line approach on freedom of movement.
Anxiously awaited in the United Kingdom, the address was also avidly followed on the continent. Theresa May's speech was received with cautious optimism by some European leaders who welcomed some clarity after months of "Brexit means Brexit." Donald Tusk, president of the European Council, deemed this a "more realistic announcement" and reaffirmed that the other 27 EU members are ready to negotiate once Article 50 is triggered. Germany's foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, also welcomed May's positive approach to the negotiations and her willingness to create a new partnership, but insisted Berlin's priority remains European cohesion over economic interests . Others were less optimistic: Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's Brexit negotiator, saw May's threat of turning the United Kingdom into a tax haven as a counterproductive negotiating tactic and lamented her lack of clarity on UK and EU citizens' rights, a lack that "is disrupting many lives." The Czech Europe minister, Thomas Prouza, summarized May's ambitious demands by asking: "where is the give for all the take?" Closer to home, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's first minister, suggested that May's speech and decision to leave the single market at any cost made Scotland's choice to seek a second independence referendum more likely although politically difficult.
Despite difficulties with her European counterparts, it appears that Prime Minister May has a strong ally and proponent of successful Brexit in the incoming U.S. administration and President Donald Trump, with whom she will meet this week in Washington, D.C. In his interview with the Times of London, then-President-elect Trump reiterated that Brexit was a "great thing" since countries need strong borders and that his administration would work hard to forge a U.S.-UK trade deal as quickly as possible:
Interviewer: So do you think we will be able to get a trade deal between the US and the UK quite quickly?
Donald Trump: Absolutely, very quickly. I'm a big fan of the UK, uh, we're gonna work very hard to get it done quickly and done properly—good for both sides. I will be meeting with [Theresa May]…. She's requesting a meeting and we'll have a meeting right after I get into the White House and it'll be, I think we're gonna get something done very quickly.
The desire for a quick trade deal was also confirmed by one of President Trump's advisers at Davos, Anthony Scaramucci, who expressed confidence in the United Kingdom's ability to remain a major financial player given that "London was the financial capital of Europe 500 years before the European Union," and it will be "500 years from now." Scaramucci also noted that a trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom could be signed quickly—within 6 to 12 months—although this would not be possible until the United Kingdom formally departs the European Union (no earlier than April 1, 2019). Regardless, it appears likely that there will be early bilateral "scoping" discussions on the outlines of a trade deal that will be ready shortly after the United Kingdom formally exits the Union. Prime Minister May will then have to manage the U.S.-UK trade negotiations carefully on the one hand, while managing discussions with the Europeans on the other—both requiring skillful navigation. The open sea is looking better and better.
Heather A. Conley is senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic and director of the Europe Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.
Commentary is produced by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a private, tax-exempt institution focusing on international public policy issues. Its research is nonpartisan and nonproprietary. CSIS does not take specific policy positions. Accordingly, all views, positions, and conclusions expressed in this publication should be understood to be solely those of the author(s).
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Dominica prime minister says Nigerians can access three times as many countries with Dominican passports during The Guardian webinar
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Dominica's National Epidemiologist Dr Shlauddin Ahmed
LONDON, Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/– According to the Commonwealth of Dominica's National Epidemiologist Dr Shlauddin Ahmed, Dominica has one of the lowest COVID-19 positivity rates in the Caribbean. Last week, in a press conference, he confirmed that the three new cases were from travellers who were already under quarantine. Furthermore, the national epidemiologist stated that no local coronavirus cases had been detected in the country for three months.
As the rest of the world battles with the second and third wave, individuals fed up with their government's inefficiency in dealing with the pandemic have resorted to a plan B in Dominica. In a webinar held on January 15, Prime Minister Dr the Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit said that Dominica was a safe destination for those looking for safety amidst the crisis. He also said a "dramatic" increase in applications to the country's Citizenship by Investment Programme since the start of the pandemic.
"The important aspect of the Citizenship by Investment Programme is that it is very robust and resilient. […] As a matter of fact, we have seen an increase in applications because [people] need to move and need to create a better place of safety. [Applications] from so many families and business people have been dramatically increased as a result of COVID-19," the Prime Minister said.
The Prime Minister was joined by His Excellency Emmanuel Nanthan, the Head of Dominica's Citizenship by Investment Unit, in the webinar. "We live in a COVID-19 pandemic. The concept of having that physical safety is quite clear. Dominica is this beautiful, rich, green, healthy spot in the world with a small population and a lot to offer," said His Excellency.
Established in 1993, Dominica's economic citizenship programme legally offers individuals and families worldwide second citizenship and passport in only three to four months with no visit to the country required. The Caribbean nation has an excellent international reputation, and consequently, its passport provides visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to over 75 percent of the world.
Dominica's Citizenship by Investment Programme is legally entrenched in law. Since local law does not contain any restrictions on holding dual nationality, obtaining second citizenship in the country is a confidential process that does not require a person to renounce their existing citizenship.


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22 August, 2013 ▪ Oleksiy Sokyrko
From Private Property to Feudalism
State monopoly, limited competition and the excessive exploitation of resources was always the basis for the economic model that the Kremlin tried to force upon Ukraine
The long evolution of economic models in Russia was nothing more than the reincarnation of the very system that was based on the domination of the state, monopolies, limited competition and stifled private initiative, which posed a potential threat to the government, extensive agriculture, non-economic incentives, lack of respect for private property rights and the unlimited exploitation of the workforce and natural resources. The implementation of this model in Ukraine ruined its European economic institutions and triggered gradual socio-economic degradation, causing Ukraine to remain far behind civilized countries.
IMPERIAL MERCANTILISM
Before the start of the 18th century, the Russian economic model had little contact with external influences. This changed with Peter the Great's Westernisation reforms that were expected to lead the country to the big European political arena. Economist and historian, Alexander Gerschenkron, made a valid point, stating that the Grand Duchy of Muscovy, which later became the Russian Empire, wanted to bring in innovative technologies and organization practices from the West to free its economic potential, while using its traditional methods, most of them based on the domination of the state, centralised administration and distribution of assets, the marginalization of private initiative etc.
READ ALSO: Why Is Ukraine a Cage for Entrepreneurs?
For Ukraine whose lands were drawn into Russia's orbit piece by piece throughout the 17-18th centuries, this entailed the crushing and transformation of the economic and social structures established in the late Middle Ages and built on completely different principles. The Ukrainian state and its institutions, whether under the Polish-Lithuanian rule or during the Cossack Hetmanate, had never had total influence and control over the economy, allowing it to develop freely, guided by external markets and domestic demand.
Just as in other European states, commercial life in Ukraine was centred around two key spheres. The main one was agriculture, followed by urban craftsmanship and trade. These served as the basis for property rights and economic self-organization expressed in land ownership, initially by the nobility, then the Cossacks, and craft workshops with Magdeburg self-governance which Muscovy had never practiced. Open and relatively unpopulated until the 18th century, Ukraine's steppe regions offered plenty of opportunities for commercial colonisation. This led to the development of a special social type of land owner – entrepreneurial daredevils who constantly competed with nature and nomads, relying only on themselves.
Ukraine's foreign trade developed westward to Europe through Austrian and Polish markets, and south-eastward where the Ottoman Empire and Crimea were its major trade partners. The westward trade corridor through which cattle, grain, horilka and other agricultural products was shipped to European countries dates back to the 16th century. It connected Ukrainian merchants from Volyn, Poltava and Starodubsk with Gdansk, Breslau, Stettin, Marburg, Riga and other trade centres of Early Modern Europe.
The situation changed when Russia began to pursue its political and economic interests in the early 18th century. Thanks to the victory in the Great Northern War (1700-1721), it could redistribute political influence in Central-Eastern Europe and instill its rules of international business on its neighbours that were less shrewd. By 1714, St. Petersburg had monopolised trading in strategic goods including Ukrainian potassium, flax, goat fat, timber for shipbuilding and so on. Ukrainian merchants were ordered to transport their goods to northern ports in Riga and Arkhangelsk instead of the common routes to Krakow, Gdansk and Breslau.
READ ALSO: Ukraine as a Resource Colony
Peter's mercantilism did not really have faith in private initiative, preferring state-controlled financial and industrial groups known as kumpanstvo (these were initially voluntary communities to fulfill shipbuilding obligations – Ed.) organized by officials and merchants under the protectorate of the tsar's circle. Foreign traders could then buy export goods, i.e. cod, salmon, caviar, flax and skins, but only from the companies which held a monopoly on the industries producing and trading these goods. These merchants, such as Gavrilo Raguzinski, the nephew of Peter the Great's well-known diplomat Sava Raguzinski, were also granted favourable trade concessions in Ukraine.
The village community was another element of this agriculture-based economic system. It guaranteed that skilled peasants – in partial or total serfdom – worked duly for their landlords or the state. American historian Steven Hoch described the village community primarily as a mechanism of mutual social control within rural Russian society. It was based on the leveling principle and developed a specific labour ethic whereby everyone was equal (unless they belonged to the privileged class of elders or estate managers), obedient and working as much as was necessary to meet needs. Russian community peasants were not poorer or richer than their counterparts in Western Europe. However, their attitude to work was entirely different, dominated by stifled initiative, fear of punishment, envy and hostility towards their neighbours.
MODERNISATION À LA RUSSE
The "great reforms" of 1856-1874 in Russia were somewhat similar to a reanimation therapy for the empire: it had to restructure its internal order and economic model to preserve its influence on the world arena. The Emancipation Reform of 1861 cancelled the dependence of peasants, who were the key producers in export-oriented segments. It freed millions of workers for industry, triggering its sustainable growth for several decades, but never became the foundation for the development of simple commodity production in rural areas. This was restrained by the peasant community institution that was in control of passport registration, tax collection, as well as the re-allotment of the compulsory work that peasants had to do for the state, arable lands and assets.
READ ALSO: A Sweet Lure
The reform introduced this institution – with an obvious policing function – as a useful tool of social control even in regions that had previously had none, including Left-Bank and Right-Bank Ukraine, southern Ukrainian provinces and the Crimea. This artificially stifled the agricultural initiatives of Ukrainian peasants, and hampered simple commodity production that accounted for barely 10% of gross output in the early 20th century. Latifundia owners immediately took advantage by monopolising the production of export-oriented sugar and alcohol by the end of the 1890s, bringing the scope of farming in entire provinces down to monosegments that had nothing to do with domestic demand.
On the cusp of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Russian Empire saw a rapid concentration of capital and production, the rise of major industrial enterprises as a result of the 1860-1890s government industrialisation programme, which were the foundation for monopolistic conglomerates. The latter could now coordinate actions on an imperial scale through syndicated unions that helped them entrench monopolies and squeeze out the competition from the markets. As well as its accelerated modernisation and industrialisation, Russia's top priority was to maintain the status of a world power and that of a bastion of Slavs and Orthodoxy in Europe and the East. Thus, its economic policy was largely aimed at keeping up with the West, a trend that continued under Soviet rule.
The key obstacles to industrialisation as a strategic priority in this chase included weak private entrepreneurship, the lack of extensive financial resources and no effective system to accumulate and exchange capital between industries (through banks and stock exchanges) – something the empire urgently needed. As its economy grew, the state had to develop railroads and heavy industry. This determined the state's decisive role in the process as it collected cash through the tax system and re-distributed it, searched for currency resources to import equipment and technologies, and created a favourable environment for foreign investment. Meanwhile, the entire burden of this policy was laid on peasants who made up the majority of taxpayers (up to 80% as of the beginning of the early 20th century) and provided the key resources for exports (grain, meat etc). High taxes significantly limited its capacity to purchase industrial goods, while the state's re-distribution function made the industry relatively independent of the demand of the majority of the population.
READ ALSO: Compromise or Capitulation?
Meanwhile, this policy essentially cemented the empire's technological backwardness. The import of rails, steam engines, engines, and industrial semi-finished goods doubled, leading to a stable trade deficit. The state's dominance in the economic policy of the Russian Empire, caused by stifled private initiative, had devastating consequences and was the wrong track for development, even taking military-political goals into account. Such policy had already proved ineffective during: the Franco-British maritime rivalry in the mid-19th century, when Great Britain with its mixed system of state- and privately owned shipbuilding facilities turned out to be much more effective and flexible than France with its hyper-centralised and bureaucratic state-owned shipbuilding industry.
The economic boom of the Russian Empire gave Ukraine two results, neither of which was particularly successful. Firstly, the structure and regional centralisation of the economy had not been shaped from the bottom up to reflect the needs of the market, but from the top down to fit the empire's strategic interests. Secondly, a specific category of entrepreneurs emerged, largely big ones, whose business ethics and priorities were dictated by their close ties with the political elite and the resources it could distribute, rather than the ambition to build a self-reliant and independent business.
THE SOVIET ECONOMY: BACK TO FEUDALISM
Partly a reincarnation of the collapsed Russian Empire, the Soviet Union also inherited its industrial facilities and resources. Despite the Bolshevik regime's promises to give factories to the workers and land to the peasants, the state remained their monopolist owner. Former serfdom and taxes were replaced by appropriation – not only the confiscation of the surplus, but the entire harvest as well. As a result, there was absolutely no point in farming, leading to the 1921-1923 famine.
At the same time, the industry was in decline, affected by post-war turmoil and unprofessional management. The effect of the New Economic Policy introduced by the Bolshevik government to save the country's economy in 1921-1928 was temporary. Once the situation was stabilised, Communist Party leaders headed by Stalin embarked on building a totalitarian model that was incompatible with any market elements or relevant social classes. Ideologically, Stalin's economic programme was largely based on the legacy of Lev Trotsky, the architect of "war communism". One of the foundations of this economic philosophy was to return to the non-economic compulsory collection of whatever resources the state needed. "Is it true that compulsory labour is always unproductive?" Trotsky said at the 3rd All-Russian Trade Union Assembly in April 1920. "My answer is that this is the most pathetic and vulgar prejudice of liberalism."
READ ALSO: "I serve the Soviet Union"
In the 1930s, these concepts were already implemented in new labour armies that did compulsory work. They were made up of collectivised peasants in farming and GULAG prisoners, as well as peasants fleeing to cities to escape hunger – in industry. Collectivisation made short work of both the middle class, which was redundant in the Bolshevik system, but also the "politically and ideologically hostile element" of society – the Ukrainian peasants. Peasants and workers in the Soviet Union were free by law but in reality, dependent on the state, after the government introduced the passport system and monopolised employment and salary payment over 1930-1932.
Agriculture remained the weak spot of the imperial and Soviet economies that even Khrushchev's ambitious reforms failed to cure. In 1959-1964, the average annual output of meat and grain barely met early 20th century levels. With the continuation of the kolkhoz system, which determined pricing, relations and plans in agriculture, the Kremlin was forced to raise retail prices on resources and foodstuffs, occasionally resorting to imports.
A decisive aspect of the soviet remake of the Russian Empire's economy was to get control of energy resources – a strategic asset at the time that kept it relatively stable through the end of the century. However, the downside of this economic model was its extensive nature, poor productivity and overexploitation of natural resources, while internal skews and overwhelming bureaucracy seemed to be absurd paradoxes.
READ ALSO: Archetypes From the Past
The socialist economy had no fully-fledged uniform domestic market even in the most sustainable Brezhnev times. The harvest seasons of the 1980s brought police borders between oblasts, counties and union republics, which prevented the produce grown or legitimately purchased from being taken out. The economic decline in 1970–1985 in both industry (from 8.4% in the late 1960s to 3.5% in 1981–1985) and agriculture (from 4.4% to 1.4%) was irreversible. Productivity shrank from 6.3% to 3% and investment plummeted from 7.5% to 1.8%.
Political reforms launched in the USSR in the late 1980s accelerated the economic collapse but did not exhaust the model's ability to reincarnate. Slightly altered, it is now re-emerging in Russia and the Yanukovych-ruled Ukraine. But do we need this?
The Rise and Fall of Russian Wannbes
Ukrainian State and Elites in the Early Modern Era
Derussification
collectivization, private property, Russian Empire


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Round Rock's Cypress Semiconductor Campus Acquired by World Class Capital Group
By Anca Gagiuc, Associate Editor The long abandoned Cypress Semiconductor campus in Round Rock has found its new owner. Austin-based World Class Capital Group LLC announced the acquisition from Cypress Semiconductor Corporation who closed the facility in 2009.
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Long Island City Tower 1st Big Winner of Amazon Move
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Downtown Orlando Hotel Scores $18M Refi
The 118-key hotel is an adaptive reuse project completed in 2013. Owner GDC Properties intends to use loan proceeds to retire existent debt and fuel reinvestments.


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Gebrselassie Wins in the UK
Weekly racing recap for Oct. 24
A light week of racing felt like the calm before the storm that will come in the form of several major fall marathons in Frankfurt, New York and other cities around the world in the next few weeks. However, several marathoners took advantage of smaller races to post course-record times, and Haile Gebrselassie showed he may yet be in the hunt to contend in the Olympic marathon in 2012 after a flame out in Berlin earlier this fall. We recap the best races from the week in distance running here.
Venice Marathon – Italy
Heading into the Venice Marathon, 35-year-old Helena Kiprop of Kenya had two numbers in mind: 2:24:54 and 2:27:02. The first represented her personal best from Dubai last year. The second was the course record, held by compatriot Lenah Cheruiyot that had stood since 2008. Using a fast first half of the course to establish a quick early pace and a challenging second half to pull away from a small lead group of women, Kiprop bested both goals — the course record and her personal best — by winning in 2:23:37. Harum Haji of Ethiopia remained with the victorious Kenyan until the course's late hills undid her, but still managed to hang on for a 2:27:37 finish, good for second place. Jimma Eticha, also of Ethiopia, was third in 2:30:25.
Meanwhile, the men's race saw no such impressive finish-line figures, but Tadese Aredo of Ethiopia again demonstrated that Italy is his preferred race location. After wins in marathons in Florence in 2010 and Padua in 2011, the slight Aredo out-dueled Kenya's Simon Mukun, who remained in the two-way fight for the win until the final kilometer of the race. Aredo crossed the finish line in 2:09:13, Mukun in 2:09:18, and Debebe Wolde of Ethiopia rounded out the podium places with his 2:09:56.
Results: Venice Marathon
Chuncheon International Marathon — South Korea
At the historic Chuncheon International Marathon, which celebrated its 65th running in 2011, Kenyan Stanley Biwott struggled through cool temperatures to get a win in a course-record 2:07:03. A year ago, Kenyan Benjamin Kiptoo ran 2:07:54 here, a quick time, but one even second-place finisher Yared Asmeron of Eritrea bettered when he clocked 2:07:27 on a day that saw Biwott take control from the start. Though a large lead group remained until 30K, Biwott was always at or near the front, and with a little over 10K remaining, put in a surge only Asmeron could match. The two men battled toward the finish but with 2K remaining the Kenyan had opened up a sizable lead and won comfortably, with third place going to Nelson Rotich of Kenya in 2:10:46.
The women's race was an all-Korean affair, with Jung Hee Oh controlling the race from roughly halfway onward. She won in 2:41:23.
Results: Chuncheon International Marathon
Great Birmingham Run Half Marathon – England
Haile Gebrselassie once won one of the closest 10K races in Olympic history in Sydney in 2000, beating Kenyan rival Paul Tergat by a mere .09 seconds. At that stage in his career, the legendary Gebrselassie seemed capable of winning both close races and fast time trial-style competitions, such was his dominance. As he has aged, however, the man many consider the greatest distance of all time seems to prefer to race sans serious competition; he has dropped out of numerous lead packs in major marathons, but shows glimpses of his old self when he is able to run from the front without challengers. Such was the case in Birmingham when, mere weeks after dropping out of the Berlin Marathon (where Patrick Makau broke his world record), Gebrselassie threw down a dominant 1:01:29 win, beating second-place Essa Rashed of Qatar by nearly a minute (Rashed ran 1:02:28). Gebrselassie is gearing up for February's Tokyo Marathon, where he hopes to qualify for what may be his final Olympic games in London.
In the women's competition, Great Britain's Gemma Steel produced an equally dominant performance in winning in 1:12:21. Steel, who joins names like Hannah England, Lisa Dobriskey, and others who are part of a resurgence in English women's distance running, beat countrywoman Louise Damen handily, as Damen could only manage 1:13:51.
Results: Great Birmingham Run Half Marathon
Pan American Games — Guadalajara, Mexico
The weeklong Pan-American Games, which will conclude next Sunday with the men's marathon, kicked off with the women's long distance race, which was won by Brazil's Adriana Da Silva in 2:36:37. The time was a new competition record, bettering the mark set by Chile's Erika Olivera in 1999 of 2:37:41. Though most elite marathoners skipped the competition in favor of appearance fees at major-city races, Madai Perez of Mexico took advantage of the opportunity to represent her country, finishing second in 2:38:03.
Results: Pan American Games
Rock 'n' Roll New York 10K — Brooklyn, New York
In this event's first year, top honors went, appropriately, to New Yorkers. Ketema Nigusse grabbed the win in the men's race, breaking away from his pursuers at four miles and never looking back, crossing the finish line in 29:02. Bekelech Bedada won the women's race by employing simple front-running tactics, getting the winner's check by clocking 34:08.
Results: Rock 'n' Roll New York 10K
Mayor's Cup Cross Country Races — Boston
Mathew Centrowitz became a big name in the track and field world with his bronze medal in the 1500m at this past summer's world championships, but it was his sister, 25-year-old Lauren, who did the family name proud in Boston over the weekend. The elder Centro got the win in the annual Boston cross country race in 17:10 for the 5K distance, beating club teammate Erin Kock by 17 seconds. David Nightingale got the win in the men's 8K race in 23:46.
Results: Mayor's Cup Cross Country Races
In England, Gebrselassie Returns to His Winning Ways
The Dominator: Haile Gebrselassie
The Haile Gebrselassie Show
Is Olympic Dream Over for Gebrselassie?
Haile Gebrselassie to Enter Ethiopian Politics
Haile Gebrselassie Retires From Racing


The past 2009 was born the European Society of Robotic Gynaecological Surgery (SERGS) and with it the first of our meetings in Milan.
Many years after, Barcelona has been the chosen venue to host our meeting, just midway between innovation and maturity of robotic surgery. Beyond describing the technique and main indications, we are able to show objective results and even compare with the standard laparoscopic way.
To do this, we have scheduled a lot of live surgery, laparoscopic vs. robotic simultaneously. We have incorporated a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach, ranging from auxiliary devices (vessel sealers, uterine manipulators, trocars and insufflators) to the development of training programs, costs and efficiency, complications or new technologic developments.
We intend to involve all our active members, directly in official presentations from the most relevant contributions and facilitating the exchange of techniques and opinions in comprehensive round tables and video surgery debates.
Barcelona is a warm, modern, cosmopolitan and beautiful city. Definitely you will be in the best framework to share a few days of innovation, science and friendship.


Wow these kiddos have done you proud!!! lovely work from each and everyone of them!!
oh this is fun! Thanks for this challenge!
@ Lorraine, thank you for my delete links. I had read your post incorrectly. My card does not match the challenge.
Oh bless the kiddies, what super cards!
thanks for the heads up on my post going to the wrong challenge.
I was wondering why there were so few cards entered this week!
LOL, I really am easily amused.
Hi I made a mistake when I was linking up. Would you please delete #10 - that is not the correct post of what my daughter made. Post #11 is the correct one. SOrry about that.
What a wonderful challenge & such inspriration from the 'designers'. I love this challenge!
what a fun challenge for the kids!! thank you so much!
My DD Morgan is sooo excited to play along. Thanks for offereing this great kids challenge!
My kids are loving this challenge and are thrilled to receive comments too! thank you so much!
Thanks for this wonderful challenge for the kids, my daughter really enjoyed it!
By mistake I double linked her card, the right link is #30 and the wrong one is #29, could you please help me?
i am Noa, i forgot my age!
I added my grandson Tristan's sunny day picture. He's hoping for our cold, rainy spring to end!
a card by my youngest child. Thanks again for this fun challenge!
Hi Lorraine A, thanks for your comment !
This card was made by my 14-year-old daughter.
Thanks for the challenge for the little one, he had so much fun making the card!
Thank you for hosting this challenge! Fun!
Alex had a ball making his card! Thanks for the kids' challenge!
Jezreel Anne is 10 y/o, she i one of my student in card making summer class.
Lots of giggles out of Matthew while making his card. Thanks for the challenge!
just linked up my middle one's second card. thank you!
just entered my daughter's card. thanks for the inspiration and fun challenge!
Sorry wrong area. Please delete my link. Thanks.
Love getting the kids involved...especially on these rainy days!


The Prince of Wales visited the Almshouses on the 10th July 1934 and planted an oak tree which still thrives. He used the spade (left) which is signed "Edward" on the handle. The spade (right) was used by the Duke of Gloucester during his visit in 1988. On that occasion he was presented with the first of 500 prints of the Almshouses, commissioned that year to raise money to restore the Pumphouse.
On the same day the Prince of Wales had luncheon at Arbury, visited the Hall and Phillips hat factory in Nuneaton, and declared the new Swinnerton School in Avenue Road, Nuneaton, open.
The Duke of Kent paid a surprise visit to the Almshouses on May 4th 2016. He was accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire Tim Cox and he met Governors, Residents and Almshouses Manager Mrs. Ann Haywood. It was a happy and relaxed visit with the Duke later writing to express his appreciation. This was the third occasion on which a member of the Royal family had visited the Elizabethan-style building constructed in 1840. Rotarian Ken Whitehead was on hand to record the event for which the Trust is most grateful.


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For the health of all of our boarding animals, all animals must be current on required vaccinations or brought up to date when dropped off.
If you are a visiting client, please bring current proof of vaccinations from your Veterinarian for your animal(s).


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Published by ljridley on June 24, 2009 in Poverty & Inequality.
Ups and Downs: Does the American Economy Still Promote Upward Mobility?
As Americans face rising unemployment rates and greater uncertainty about the future in this current economic downturn, this report investigates the extent to which the American economy promotes upward economic mobility (in the form of income growth) and prevents downward economic mobility (in the form of income declines), and whether it does so to the same degree as in the past. There is widespread consensus that the current recession is likely to affect more families than any since the Great Depression. But more fundamental than the impact of any one recession is whether the United States has entered an era in which families must permanently lower their expectations for income growth and brace themselves for more and bigger income losses.


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Ein Schwingrasen (engl. floating mat) ist eine über freiem Wasser schwimmende Pflanzendecke aus Moosen und anderen, besonders ausläuferbildenden Pflanzen, die vom Ufer aus auf der Wasseroberfläche in ein Gewässer hinauswächst. Der Lebensraumtyp ist in der EU nach der Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie mit der Bezeichnung "LRT Nr. 7140 Übergangs- und Schwingrasenmoore" geschützt.

Schwingrasen sind nicht immer tragfähig. Beim Betreten kann die Gefahr des Ertrinkens bestehen.

Entstehung

Die Schwingrasenbildung ist ein Prozess der Verlandung von Gewässern. In Moorgewässern bilden sich Torfmoos-Schwingrasen bei Wasserspiegelsenkungen und Nährstoffanreicherung. In eutrophierten Gewässern ist durch das Aufschwimmen von Unterwassertorfen und Besiedlung mit Pflanzen eine Schwingrasenbildung möglich. Die Pflanzendecken werden durch deren Wurzelfilz zusammengehalten. Am Ufer wachsendes Schilf oder Binsen können diese Pflanzendecke abtrennen, so dass sich eine schwimmende Insel bildet. Ist der Schwingrasen stabil und groß genug, können sich darauf sogar Bäume ansiedeln wie beispielsweise im Kleinen Arbersee. Unterhalb der Schwingrasen wird Torf gebildet, der langsam nach unten sinkt und nach und nach das Gewässer auffüllt.

Flora und Fauna

In nährstoffarmen bis mäßig nährstoffreichen, sauren Gewässern werden Schwingrasen aus Torfmoosen (Spieß-Torfmoos (Sphagnum cuspidatum), Art(en) des Komplexes Sphagnum recurvum s. l.) oder Skorpionsmoosen (Scorpidium scorpioides) gebildet. Ferner siedeln in Schwingrasen Charakterarten der Kleinseggenriede wie die Schlamm-Segge (Carex limosa), Schnabel-Segge (Carex rostrata), Weißes (Rhynchospora alba) und  Braunes Schnabelried (Rhynchospora fusca), Blasenbinse (Scheuchzeria palustris) und Sumpfblutauge (Potentilla palustris). Am Rand von nährstoffreichen Gewässern siedeln Schilf (Phragmites australis), Rohrkolben (Typha spp.), Scheinzypergras-Segge (Carex pseudocyperus) und Wasserschierling (Circuta virosa). Schwingrasen sind Lebensraum für beschalte Amöben wie beispielsweise Amphitrema spp. und Zuckmückenlarven.

Gefährdungen

 Entwässerung
 Torfstich bzw. Abtorfung
 Nutzung, v. a. durch Forst- und Landwirtschaft, aber auch Freizeitnutzung
 Nährstoffeintrag, Düngung, Eutrophierung

Siehe auch

 Schwimmende Insel
 Regenmoor
 Stillgewässer
 Moorauge

Literatur
 Claus-Peter Hutter (Hrsg.), Alois Kapfer und Peter Poschlod: Sümpfe und Moore – Biotope erkennen, bestimmen, schützen. Weitbrecht Verlag, Stuttgart, Wien, Bern 1997. ISBN 3-522-72060-1.

Weblinks

Moor
Hydrokultur

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Lovro Radonić, hrvatski vaterpolist, dvostruki osvajač srebrne medalje na Olimpijskim igrama u Helsinkiju 1984. i u Melbourneu 1988. godine.

U kategoriji veterana izabran je 2019. godine u Kuću slave splitskog športa.

Izvori

 Hrvatski vaterpolisti
Vaterpolisti VK Mornar Split


I need to get "in progress" issues and export it to cvs file (background service).
How can i do it programmatically?
Or, you could take the easier route and don't re-invent the wheel. Go to the navigator, get the results you want and click "export to excel". This gives you a generic spreadsheet which all spreadsheet programs can easily "save as CSV".
If you need to automate it, you can actually save the filter you want to use and hit the url (with curl or something) for the download whenever you need it.
I can do the same in Cloud? you know? Cause I've problems to do in cloud automatically.
What do u mean by writing a report or issue view. Can you please elaborate.
At that time, the answer meant what it said. If you want additional export routes, you need to write reports or views to provide them. I'm not sure how else to explain it.
You can use getIssueList from JIRA Command Line Interface (CLI) to generate a CSV file from a JQL query.


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Hi Diddle Diddle is a 1943 American comedy film made in directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Dennis O'Keefe, June Havoc, Billie Burke, and Pola Negri.  The title is a play on the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle Diddle" and the use of diddle as a word for confidence trick. The film features animated portions from Leon Schlesinger's studio with the fast moving screenplay frequently breaking the fourth wall.

This film is in the public domain. It's also known as Diamonds and Crime (American reissue title).

Leslie Halliwell in the seventh edition, (page 463), of 'Halliwell's Film Guide' says it was "AKA 'Try and Find It' ".

Plot summary
Young Janie Prescott is about to be married to her sailor sweetheart, Sonny Phyffe, but the wedding is delayed because the ship hasn't arrived to its dock. The wedding ceremony has to be pushed forward, and is combined with a christening ceremony that is to be performed by the same pastor. Sonny's ship eventually docks and when he meets his father, small-time swindler Hector, before the wedding, he is given a corsage to pass on to Janie. Hector has actually stolen the corsage from his wife (Sonny's stepmother), opera singer Genya Smetana. Hector isn't aware of that the corsage has real diamonds in it, and it is a gift from the opera where Genya works. Unfortunately the wedding is yet again delayed when it is discovered that Peter Carrington III, Janie's previous suitor, has managed to lose all of Mrs. Prescott's money on bad investments and a roulette table at the 59 Club. The family is now broke. Sonny then tells Janie he doesn't care about her money and the wedding proceeds as planned, after Sonny agrees to let his father help Mrs. Prescott get her money back.

With the help of some friends Hector manages to fix the roulette tables at the 59 Club, and after the wedding he drags Sonny to the club before he goes off on his honeymoon.  Sonny wins repeatedly, and Peter who watches, decides to make another attempt at sabotaging the relation between Janie and Sonny. He takes Janie, Mrs. Prescott and a Senator Simpson to 59 Club. Confusion and suspicion arises as Hector is seen with his friend, night club singer Leslie, in a compromising position, and then Janie sees Sonny in a similar way. Genya is oblivious about her step-son Sonny, whom she does not know even exists, and Janie who he is about to marry, so she thinks Hector has married Janie and given her the stolen corsage.

Janie is then called to service as an air raid warden before she has time to go away on her honeymoon, while Sonny spends the night alone. To venge all the trouble that has arisen, Hector sets up to trick Peter into a bad business deal, buying worthless stock to a high price. Sonny owns such stock and when Peter is scammed, Sonny makes a fine profit. It turns out though that the banker in charge of the transaction bought the stock himself to make a good deal, and that Peter and Mrs. Prescott staged the loss of their property to test Sonny's intentions with Janie. Genya learns that Hector has a son from another relation, who is married to Janie. Sonny and Janie finally reunite at his father's apartment, and they spend the rest of their two-day honeymoon at her apartment. When a new order is given that Sonny has to travel immediately with his ship, the maid covers for the couple and lies, saying they already left town. Thus they get to be undisturbed for the weekend, and everyone else meet at Hector's apartment, singing Wagner opera songs together.

Cast

Soundtrack
June Havoc - "I Loved You too Little, too Late" (Written by Phil Boutelje and Foster Carling)
Pola Negri - "Evening Star" (from "Tannhäuser" written by Richard Wagner)
June Havoc - "The Man with the Big Sombrero" (Written by Phil Boutelje and Foster Carling)
Pola Negri, Billie Burke, Paul Porcasi, Lorraine Miller and others - "The Pilgrim's Chorus" (from "Tannhäuser" written by Richard Wagner)

Quotes

Senator Simpson [Looking at hat check girl]: You know, I've seen that girl somewhere before.
Liza Prescott: She's a very particular friend of the director who's making this picture. He sticks her in every scene he can.
Janie Prescott: Mother, shh! Somebody might hear you.
Col. Hector Phyffe: [seeing his wife appear unexpectedly as he is kissing another woman] My wife! Stand by to render first aid!
Leslie Quayle: Hi, sailor. Your father working today for a change?
Sonny Phyffe: Yes. You want him?
Leslie Quayle: No thanks, honey. I just want to see him.

References

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1943 films
1943 comedy films
American comedy films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Andrew L. Stone
United Artists films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films