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Keller Administration Launches Targeted New Initiative to Support Small Businesses
Keller Administration Launches Targeted New Initiative to Support Small Businesses Also: Working with Local Tech Company Lavu for Restaurant-Specific Support Program http://www.cabq.gov/economicdevelopment/news/keller-administration-launches-targeted-new-initiative-to-support-small-businesses http://www.cabq.gov/economicdevelopment/news/keller-administration-launches-targeted-new-initiative-to-support-small-businesses/@@download/image/image001.jpg
Also: Working with Local Tech Company Lavu for Restaurant-Specific Support Program
On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, Mayor Tim Keller and the Economic Development Department joined City leaders, small business owners and small business ecosystem partners to launch the Albuquerque Small Business Office. Located in Downtown Albuquerque at 117 Gold St. SW, the new space is a resource for helping small business owners and entrepreneurs succeed.
"Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and a major job creator," said Mayor Tim Keller. "Historically, the City has focused on courting out-of-state businesses, and while this is still a key part of our work, but we also need to address gaps for the homegrown small businesses that are vital to economic growth. The Small Business Office will connect our local entrepreneurs, especially people of color, immigrants and women, with the opportunities that will enable them to launch and grow small businesses that boost our entire community."
Albuquerque's 42,000 small businesses fuel the City's economy and provide 300,000 jobs. The Small Business Office will serve as a resource for small business owners and entrepreneurs ready to open or expand their businesses. In addition, the City is focused on empowering minority and women-owned businesses. In Albuquerque, an estimated 16,000 small businesses are owned by entrepreneurs of color and 16,000 of small businesses are women-owned.
"Our economic development plan places a focus on small business and aims to make the small business economy thrive," said Synthia R. Jaramillo Economic Development Director for the City of Albuquerque. "To accomplish these goals, the plan proposes policies and programs to foster an efficient support system for all small businesses. The Small Business Office will serve as the front door for small businesses, providing navigation help for permitting and licensing, and technical assistance for local, women, minority and veteran owned businesses."
In partnership with more than a dozen leading business service organizations, the City of Albuquerque's Small Business Office will proactively provide training, networking and one-on-one assistance. The small business office will work closely with other City Departments, including Fire, Planning and Finance to streamline processes and make sure that local businesses have access to the same programs and incentives as out-of-state businesses.
To learn more visit: https://www.cabq.gov/economicdevelopment/small-business/smallbusinessoffice.
In conjunction with the launch of the Small Business Office, Lavu, an industry leader in mobile point-of-sale and payment systems, today announced the launch of Lavu Loves Local, a new pilot program to give back to the business community. The Lavu Loves Local campaign was created to assist Albuquerque restaurants with their overall operations by providing a mobile POS and the hardware associated, at no upfront cost, a savings upwards of $2,000. Restaurants headquartered in the Albuquerque metro area are encouraged to apply.
"Lavu Loves Local is our way of showing our love for the city of Albuquerque," said Lavu CEO, Saleem S. Khatri. "We are supporting local businesses by providing restaurants with technology that will efficiently manage all their operations and improve the experience for their customers."
Through the Small Business Office, the City of Albuquerque will support Lavu's program by connecting local restaurants and owners to the program.
Those interested in the program can learn more at lavu.com/lavu-loves-local/.
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What is the most dangerous day to drive?
On behalf of The Heck Law Offices, Ltd. | Wednesday Nov 30, 2016 | Car Accidents
Accidents happen most often during rush hour, when people are heading home after work between 5 and 7 p.m. It makes sense, as there are more cars on the road, people are eager to get home and congestion just leads to crashes. When considering what days you should spend driving, then, you may think that avoiding rush hour through the week is the best thing you can do to keep yourself safe. Aren't those the most dangerous days? They're not. For one thing, the increase in traffic skews the numbers. There are actually a higher percentage of accidents at night. There are just fewer overall...
17,000 people suffer spinal cord injuries annually
On behalf of The Heck Law Offices, Ltd. | Wednesday Nov 23, 2016 | Catastrophic Injuries
Spinal cord injuries are potentially some of the most devastating that can be suffered by people of all ages, sometimes leading to permanent disabilities. In the most tragic cases, they can lead directly to death. Considering the severity of these injuries, it's important to recognize just how common they are. There are around 17,000 new spinal cord injuries in the United States every year. That means that for every 1,000,000 people, 54 are going to be injured. The United States has a population that is around 314 million. It is important to note that these numbers from the National Spinal...
Why doctors don't treat serious issues
On behalf of The Heck Law Offices, Ltd. | Thursday Nov 17, 2016 | Failure To Diagnose / Misdiagnosis
Most people rely on doctors and medical professionals for help with serious medical conditions because they simply lack the knowledge base to make these decisions on their own. This can be problematic, though, when a doctor fails to treat an issue, dismissing it as nothing, when a patient feels that something is wrong. The patient may not want to second-guess the doctor or may trust him or her entirely, and the lack of treatment can then lead to a worsening of symptoms. In some cases, the results can be dire. For instance, certain types of cancer can be cured when they're treated early, but...
Texting and driving: Illegal and dangerous common practice
On behalf of The Heck Law Offices, Ltd. | Thursday Nov 10, 2016 | Distracted Driving
The rise of mobile phone technology has had many unexpected impacts on our economy, culture and society. While cellphones provide safety and security via the ability to connect with emergency services and pinpoint locations of those in distress, they have also created new problems. One of them, texting while operating a motor vehicle, can prove to be fatal for the text sender and those who share the road with them. Texting and driving is illegal There are reasons why distracted driving is illegal in Ohio; it substantially increases the risk of a car accident. National statistics indicate...
Kids distract drivers worse than cellphones do
Cellphones are the first thing on everyone's mind when talking about distracted driving. People texting and talking behind the wheel does lead to a lot of accidents every year, but it's not the only distraction out there. In fact, you may be surprised to find out that parents riding with their offspring could be an even larger risk on the roads. According to some studies, having children in the car while driving provides a dozen times as much distraction as using a cellphone does. To find out, cameras were put in cars with parents. These were left in the vehicles for three weeks. Even though...
1 killed in electrical accident in Preble County
On behalf of The Heck Law Offices, Ltd. | Tuesday Nov 1, 2016 | Wrongful Death
A single mistake on the job can cost lives, a fact proven by this case. The wife of an electrocuted worker has filed a wrongful death lawsuit following the death of her husband in Preble County. The man died on Oct. 16, 2014, when he was electrocuted as he helped replace a metal roof on an electrical transformer substation. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration did cite the company the man was working for because of safety violations that played a role in the man's death. The company, Metal Shredders, had to pay a negotiated amount of $63,250 as a result of nine violations. The...

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Farmers Across North Carolina Flocking to Hemp Pilot Program
By Anthony Hennen on April 30, 2019 / 0 Comments
Via NC State.
After recent changes in federal law, hemp has become a popular experimental crop for traditional and novice farmers alike. In North Carolina, the state has seen an explosive interest in the plant, but those involved in the state's pilot program urge hemp growers and processors to be cautious.
North Carolina, along with 40 other states, recently legalized hemp cultivation after revisions to the 2014 and 2018 farm bills. The state's Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services created a pilot program in 2017 to test the possibilities of a hemp market.
Hemp is the cannabis plant, just like marijuana, except it has lower levels of THC and cannot be smoked to get high. Hemp has many uses, but so far, one has dominated the pilot program.
North Carolina State University Associate Professor and Extension Specialist Jeanine Davis said. "When the pilot program started, we thought that there would be a lot of interest in growing for grain and fiber, and that's turned out to not be the case," North Carolina State University Associate Professor and Extension Specialist Jeanine Davis said. The majority of the interest right now is in producing CBD."
CBD is cannabidiol, a compound found in the floral parts of the plant, is extracted from the flowers and can be used for therapeutic purposes. It's often sold as oil or gummies and is used to relieve stress, anxiety, pain, and seizures, though the Food and Drug Administration is drafting rules about the health claims CBD sellers can make.
"The CBD market is absolutely exploding in the state," said John Ivey, a research specialist at North Carolina A&T University.
NC State and NC A&T have research programs to learn more about hemp: How to grow it in peak conditions in North Carolina, its possible uses, and how to keep it below the legal THC limit. If any grower's plants are tested and found to exceed the 0.3 percent THC limit, they must be destroyed and the grower is not compensated for the loss. Often, growers won't know exactly how much THC their cannabis contains until it's tested, and about 10 percent of the tested crops are "hot" and destroyed, Davis said.
Yet, despite the financial risks, the pilot program is popular. Very popular. North Carolina's Industrial Hemp Commission noted that, as of April 2, the state had 765 licensed growers and 474 registered processors. A year ago, the pilot program only had 192 licensed growers. Those numbers would be higher, but it takes about four to six weeks for each application to be processed and approved.
In western North Carolina, hemp's presence is spreading, with growers or processors popping up in Asheville, Franklin, Silva, Waynesville, Hendersonville, Hickory, and Marion, among other towns and cities.
Hemp growers come from "all across the board," Davis said. Traditional farmers, smaller niche and organic farmers, and novice farmers have flocked to the plant. Some see a profit opportunity, some want to grow different crops, and some want to gain experience with hemp in case North Carolina legalizes medicinal or recreational marijuana.
"There's people that are always willing to try something new. Folks just are looking for ways to diversify their farms so they're not so dependent on the particular crops they are. There's so much change taking place in agriculture right now on a national and being impacted on an international level," Davis said.
North Carolina isn't alone in exploring the possibilities of hemp. Unsurprisingly, Colorado and Oregon have the largest and third-largest industrial hemp crop with 9,700 acres and 3,469 acres, respectively, as of 2017, but Kentucky (3,100 acres) has the second-largest, according to a 2018 report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Kentucky developed a hemp pilot program early and has been a source of knowledge for North Carolina's program. As of April, North Carolina has overtaken Colorado's 2017 figure, with 9,121 licensed acres.
With the number of growers and acreage increasing, CBD may not stay dominant. As more data is collected on the best growing conditions in North Carolina, the CBD market could become less profitable and other uses more so. Or the number of growers could outpace the number of buyers for hemp products. Ivey raised the possibility of too many states greenlighting industrial hemp and causing a supply glut that lowers prices—and profits. The hemp boom could quickly become a bust.
Those hypotheticals are hard to test because the size of the market remains unknown. "No official estimates are available of the value of U.S. sales of hemp-based products," Renée Johnson wrote in the CRS hemp report.
Hemp oil, flour, and seeds. Via NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
The market is growing, however. Hemp imports went from $5.7 million in 2005 to $67.3 million in 2017, driven by hemp seeds and fibers, Johnson wrote, and the Hemp Industries Association, a trade group that promotes hemp, estimated retail sales at about $700 million in 2016. Whether those numbers are predictive of the future, or even accurate, falls on individual researchers and farmers to decide.
This lack of trustworthy knowledge plagues the hemp industry, from growing it to processing it to selling it. The uncertainty is so great that researchers are reluctant to even offer a guess about the size or profitability of a hemp market for fear of misleading the public.
"It's a fledgling industry, it's a new industry, and we all have a lot to learn with this crop. And so there are a lot of expectations, and very high expectations, around what hemp can be and what hemp can do," said Sandy Stewart, the vice chair of the Industrial Hemp Commission and the assistant commissioner of agriculture for the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. "A lot of those expectations may become a reality, but we all need to remember that it's still a very young industry."
The researchers involved in university hemp programs caution growers not to invest any money they can't afford to lose.
"It is a crop like any other crop. It does need to be managed. If you're gonna grow it to make money off of, we're gonna have to figure out the best varieties to grow, how to fertilize it, space it," Davis said. "We're gonna have to work through all these steps to do it well."
"Don't believe all the myths," Ivey said. "You're not gonna make $1 million or $500,000 off an acre. It can be a profitable crop if it's grown correctly, if it's grown clean and managed intensively."
The Industrial Hemp Commission is still operating under the 2014 Farm Bill's guidelines and is in a state of transition, Stewart said, as it adjusts to the 2018 guidelines and waits for the federal Department of Agriculture to provide updated guidelines by the end of summer.
Some legal and regulatory hurdles need to be fixed, too. The FDA needs to provide guidelines on processing hemp, and startups can struggle to get a bank loan for hemp-related activities due to federal law classifying all cannabis plants as a schedule 1 drug.
Despite the unpredictability of the hemp pilot program, though, optimism about the future is still in the minds of those involved.
"We're considered the craft beer capital of North America. Our goal at A&T is also to become the craft bud capital of North America," Ivey said.
Anthony Hennen is a co-founder of expatalachians and editor/writer at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal in Raleigh, North Carolina.


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Cara Delevingne Tackles NFTs Like Gwyneth Paltrow Did Candles
by Meagan Fredette
Photo by Dominique Charriau/WireImage
NFTs have become the newest — and most lucrative — way to cash in on the burgeoning digital art movement. And now that celebrities like Grimes and Paris Hilton are publicly adopting the psuedo-crypto art collection disruption, NFTs are joining the mainstream vagina discourse, thanks to Cara Delevingne. It was only a matter of time.
Delevingne is selling an NFT video of herself talking about her vagina, reports Page Six. Not to be outdone by the taboo subject matter, she is also nude during the film, but this is not a work of explicit erotica. Delevingne worked with the anonymous artist Chemical X to create the video as a celebration of one's anatomy and sexuality. "My first word was 'mine,'" she says to the camera as she is flanked by an idyllic beach. "To me, that means something that is most min: my vagina. I choose what I do with it. And no one can take that away from me."
In a release, she elaborated on the themes she hoped to convey in the piece. "I want this to remind people of how incredibly powerful they are, what a beautiful thing their bodies are and to take pride in that," said Delevingne.
As a queer person, she also recognizes that she is a visible figure in the LGBTQ+ community. The sale of the video will benefit her own Cara Delevingne Foundation, which supports a variety of charities, including Elton John's AIDS Foundation and Girl Up. Those interested in purchasing the NFT, which will arrive as the original digital master video file, can participate in a virtual auction on Thursday, March 13.


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Join us for our NaNo Prep '15 event on Saturday, Oct. 31; doors open at 1p and don't close until 2a on Nov. 1. We'll keep things quiet at first — show up before 7p and we'll have snacks and Wi-Fi, but also a quiet atmosphere to get your plans ready for launch. From 7p until midnight, we'll lose the shushing librarian and encourage open collaboration and the consumption of food and snacks while you prepare.
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To celebrate our successes as a community, we have a family night planned at LaserQuest! Are you joining us tomorrow night?
We have the opportunity to try a new HOT LUNCH provider for the remainder of the school year – beginning April 29th. The Lunch Lady has a TON of choices for students at a reasonable cost and is used by many other schools in the area with lots of success. A package is coming home with your child today with instructions on how to set up an account and a copy of the menu. We hope that for the month of May and June that you will give them a try and provide school council with your feedback so that we can determine how to best help with hot lunches in the Fall. We understand that many of our families have been requesting a change from Kids Kitchen and hope that the transition is easy.
A few reminders about tomorrow…..
Tomorrow is International Day of Pink. We have already had a PINK day, but love that there is a second opportunity to support inclusion and diversity. Please join us to celebrate diversity and support our kindness initiative. Please feel free to wear pink clothing. Be Kind. Be Proud. Be Bakersfield.
Tomorrow is also WALKING WEDNESDAY. Please consider walking/biking to school. We have some fun things planned for our keen walkers – Look out for some positive messages to start your day on our tarmac and school sidewalks.


A black and white negative of the back lawn at Stonehaven taken in July of 1939. In the background are a stable and an outbuilding. A tennis court is on the right side of the photograph.
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Four days of walking the floor. After three, I was done - at least emotionally - but then I get to cruising and realize I am so not done. With 348,000 net square feet and 800-plus brands exhibiting in 3,479 booths, you can't possibly see everything and talk with everyone. SIA.09 is over and I feel like Cinderella at midnight. I even have the missing shoe to prove it. I had to grab a spare pair from the bags I stashed in the press room after my Velcro strap disintegrated.
I added my signature to the hundreds dotting the 100-foot-long "Memory Wall" - a tapestry of news clippings, vintage photos, and mementos from the past 38 show years that will be hauled to Denver. I gazed around before taking my final spin at Vegas SIA. It was bit slower in the morning after three late nights. Reps seemed bleary-eyed and eager for home - a reminder that Denver, with its dearth of all-night entertainment, might not be such a bad thing after all. The night that did the most damage left attendees pouring into cabs between 2 and 3 a.m.
Snoop Dogg, though brief, took to the stage at Rain in the Palms followed by some stellar DJ action. The club was filled but not to capacity despite the three-hour line to get in. Snoop was there to help promote Skullcandy and their limited edition Skullcrusher headphones. Though company's like Red and Bula have their own proprietary sound systems, Skullcandy still owns the action sports industry when it comes to headphones.
Spyder showcased its partnership with Skullcandy by displaying their new Diode Switch System jackets and pants. They come wired with an external control pad for an extra $30 so you can leave your iPod or Zune in your pocket and dial up your tunes and volume. You'll also find this kind of technology in Kombi's iRip gloves. The soft shell glove also has a handy pocket for your cell or player.
Most helmet companies now have at least one lid with Bluetooth compatible technology for wireless use of cells and mp3s. On the heels of Outdoor Research's recall of their heated glove (they burned people's hands), Therm-ic is introducing their own version and it feels pretty solid. The company split the battery so that you have one on top of and one under the wrist rather than one big block sitting on top of your hand. They go into production this fall and will retail for around $400.
Wondering if your gadgets will even last all day to take advantage of the new systems? Mountain Hardwear is coming out with a line of heated, high performance jackets run on a rechargeable battery that comes with an USB port to recharge your "tools." One of my favorite innovations that doesn't include electronics, 180s has a new glove that has dual zippers on the back of the hand that you can unzip and tuck the flap back for venting. The waterproof liner keeps your hands dry. No more sweaty hands in gloves.
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Guess we should talk snowboard gear although I truly believe these guys deserve their own show - or at least room. It's a whole other world when you enter their zone. I would often get turned around, and find myself smack in the middle of booths like Ride and Spy and feel my body literally tense up. Litter everywhere, music so loud you can't hear your thoughts and skinny dudes with dirty hair and chicks with skimpy skirts and face piercings haplessly bump into you with every step. Boards are fatter and come with more rocker. You'll also spot more split boards on the hill like those from Venture.
As I mentioned yesterday, rocker/reverse camber skis are hot. The terms, by the way are used interchangeably but do have different meanings: Rockered skis and boards are designed to flatten out when you step on them. The rocker part for 2009-10 usually will be found just in the tip. Reverse cambered boards should not flatten out when you pressure them. Picture a banana if you will. Product designers will be recommending rockered for most skiers as you can still maintain edge contact and grip throughout most of the ski when you're turning while the tip floats for easy exit/entry into the new turn. K2 has even built a rocker for beginners - the Apache Force.
I looked at my watch and panicked. All of a sudden it was 5:45 p.m. With a 7:15 p.m. flight to catch and that horrendous security line you might encounter at Las Vegas McCarran Airport, I scooped up my bags and raced for the taxi line at the Mandalay Bay. I didn't even have time to wistfully wave goodbye before I was escorted into a cab with two other gentlemen, also heading to the airport.


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The First Day of Issue ceremony for this pair of stamps took place at National Street Rod Association's "Street Rod Nationals East Plus." The stamps picture different views of a 1932 Ford Deuce roadster.
In many respects, hot rods and the people who pioneered them were the beginning of rebellious youth culture. Soldiers returning from World War II, feeling no fear after the horrors they had witnessed, took fast, inexpensive cars and made them even faster. Then they raced the hot rods through deserts, abandoned airstrips, and crowded Los Angeles streets. It was dangerous and illegal – and absolutely thrilling.
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India has achieved its voluntary target of reducing emissions intensity of its GDP by 21 per cent over 2005 levels, by 2020 and is poised to achieve 35 per cent reduction well before the target year of 2030, the Minister added.
India and Finland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for developing cooperation between two countries in the field of environment protection and biodiversity conservation.
The MoU was signed virtually by Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change from the Indian side and Krista Mikkonen, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Government of Finland from the Finnish side.
The MoU is a platform to further advance Indian and Finnish partnership and support, exchange best practices in areas like prevention of air and water pollution, waste management, promotion of circular economy, low-carbon solutions and sustainable management of natural resources including forests, climate change, conservation of marine and coastal resources etc.
Speaking at the event Javadekar said that the MoU also provides the possibility to have joint projects in areas of mutual interest. "This MOU will definitely commits us to work together more closely towards on the fulfilment of commitments made under Paris Agreement," said the Environment Minister.
As part of its Nationally Determined Contributions submitted under the Paris Agreement, India has taken three quantitative climate change goals viz. reduction in the emissions intensity of Gross Domestic Product by 33 to 35 percent by 2030 from 2005 level, achieving about 40 percent cumulative electric power installed capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030 and creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent through additional forest and tree cover by 2030.
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.... but, I have heard (both on forums and in real life) of a number of folk moving from a 30 to a Raven AC but never the other direction.
Has anyone heard one preferably with a Graham or rewired V ? And I mean a 30, not interestd in opinions on the 20 or 10 personally. Did you also find it dull, antiseptic, so neutral and colourless that its actually devoid of character ..... or is that complete tosh ?


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The failure of the three laws of logic.
The law of the excluded middle fails to take into account that it mediates the Law of Identity and the Law of Non-Contradiction by providing P and –P as having an "either/or" nature. This is important considering this "either/or" nature of P and –P provides a boundary of alternation where P is defined between its seperation as not –P.
This alternation of P and –P observes this act of division as a form of mediation. This mediation occurs as a boundary in itself through "either/or" in which the divisory nature of "either/or" acts simultaneously as unifier of opposites (in this case P and –P) where P exists through –P and –P exists through P. "Either/or" as a connector takes on the dual role of "both/and" by provided a division as a source of structure to both P and –P.
The Law of Excluded Middle, in these respects, contradicts itself by becoming the middle state of P and –P while at the macro level being the mediator between the Law of Identity and the Law of Non-Contradiction.
This inversely contradicts the Law of Identity and the Law of Non-Contradiction considering both are subject to the Law of the Excluded Middle in themselves.
The law of Identity observes "P is P" is triadic, not the intended dualistic terms of the Law of excluded middle, where "is" acts as divisor that unifies P through itself by observing its inherently ability to replicate as "P" and "P" in "P is P" under a form of relativistic definition where P individuates itself under a form of self-relation. This individuation observes a unity through frequency as replication where the Law of Non-Contradiction and the Law of Excluded Middle replicate "P" as a premise that is triadic in nature due to its necessity in defining the Three Laws.
The Law of Non-Contradiction observes the separate of P and –P which provides the boundaries of P by what –P. P is not-P but is defined by its separation from its own negation as its own form as a form of negation of negation. This –P, as an observation of deficiency in P, observed –P merely being a relation of some variable relative to P considering –P cannot be observed on its own terms except as a deficiency. This boundary of division of nothingness, resulting in P, observed a medial boundary of "is not" as negation from which P and –P arises. This negation which forms the boundaries of P is observed in the Law of Identity through replication as individuation through separation and the law of excluded middle where this Non-Contradiction is the middle point from which P originates through –P and –P originates through P.
The law of excluded middle states that there is no third possibility. It is totally in line with the law of non-contradiction and the law of identity.
Thus, there is no contradiction.
The Three Laws of Logic do not make a triadic nature they are all merely manifestations of the same single principle but due to language and in order to better comprehend the principle, it is split up into three cathegories, which are all essentially the same.
For example: P is P (law of identity) and P is not non-P (which is essentially the same as saying P is P). Then comes a second nature of it, which makes a possibility of either P or non-P. At worst-case scenario, we have a dualistic nature, not a triadic, even by your own reasoning.
1) It is the third law which defines the Law of Identity and the Law of no-contradiction. The Law of identity must follow both itself and the Law of No-contradiction if it is to exists. The Law of No-Contradiction must follow in similar form and function respectively. The Law of Exclude middle becomes a law of relation where P and -P exist if and only if they relate, with "either/or" being the means of relation.
2) The Law of Excluded middle takes on a Neutral third Role as "either/or". Negatively speaking this is reduced to "neither/nor" or Positively speaking "Both/and". In these respects the Law of Excluded middle takes on the role as a medial conceptual boundary between "P and -P" from which "P and -P" extend.
3) As a Neutral third role "either/or" cannot be observed without "P and -P" with the exception that "either" and "or" can be observed as "either and not-either" and "or and not-or". If either/or can be viewed as "either/or and not-either/or" then by default it follows the same form and function of the Law of Indentity and the Law of Non-contradiction and the Laws can either be observed to leading into a regressive contradiction or transcendence in to further laws of logic by acknowledging these limits.
can be viewed as a deficiency in structure and nothing more or less.
If all are essentially the same and they must be broken down into a triad, due to the inherently symbolic nature of language necessitating this, then by default they are triadic.
Yes and "is" follows by extension, in similarity, to the Law of Excluded middle where "either/or" observes an inherent "is". In these respects the Law of Excluded middle necessitates a neutral median from which P and -P begin, manifest through, and end. "Is" and "Not is", for the first two laws, observes the Law of Excluded Middle but this law is what gives form to the first two laws in which case they cannot exist without the third.
The three laws observe: Form, Form, and Function with Function being the origin of both forms. These forms in turn cycle back to the function becoming a form in itself, under the Law of Excluded Middle.
The Law of Excluded Middle is excluding a third possibility - not a third rule. Either/Or - binary. But binaries can have more than a 00 or 01 or 11 - it can have 01011 (11) - it doesn't mean it has 11 possibilities, but 11 bits of whatever. That's entirely a different thing.
I googled the contradictions to see if anyone else have seen any contradictions to the three laws of logic, but I could not find anything about it.
If you have a link to a second opinion on this contradiction, I'd like to read some more.
I had smoked some weed last night while I was looking through your argument in this thread, and It wasn't making a whole lot of sense to me so I came to the conclusion that I was too high. Now I'm sober, and what you're saying makes even less sense to me.
The way that you write is extraordinarily confusing to anyone but yourself. You don't strike me as someone who knows a lot of philosophical terminology, so it seems like you just google search a bunch of words and put them together in an alphabet soup. As per usual, I was only able to pick up bits and pieces of what you're trying to say.
There is a common criticism to the 'Law of Excluded Middle.' I'm not able to find a source right now, but it goes something along the line of "Either penguins can fly, or they can't - but what if only some penguins could fly?" And the reason why that doesn't hold water as an argument against the Law of Excluded Middle, is because the law only applies to bivalent logic - when it's applied to a true dichotomy, like "Nothing can both be and not be." It does not apply to propositions that literally do give way to a middle answer.
The Law of excluded middle is a third rule and as a third rule, acts as the middle means from which the law of identity and the law of no-contradiction proceed form.
It manifests as the neutral median of "/" under "either/or".
The law of Identity is triadic with "P = P" being mediated by the middle term of "=". Equality implies seperation as what is equal is seperate.
It cannot be "equal" to myself unless comparing one me to another me across time/space. "=" would have to exist as "="="=" if it is to maintain any accurate definition under its own rule or "P = P" would have to be observed strictly as "P"...not even (P,P) as this observes an inherent seperation also.
A "possibility" becomes a rule in itself considering the "possibility" is the negative boundary (what is not) of an actual limit. This negation, as a limit of limit so to speak, makes it a medial third point as a negative.
A dualism, or binary set of units, extends from a unity in itself that is inherently neutral. 1,0 exist if and only if their is possible 1,0 from which 1,0 extend from and/or moves towards.
The law of exclude middle contradicts itself in the respect it necessitates a medial third point from which the dualisms either extend from or move towards (such as "=", "is", "is not") which in themselves must exist under the law of identity ("=" is "=", "is" = "is", "is not" = "is not", etc.).
The law of exclude middle must follow its own law of identity and law of non-contradiction in these respects as it either exists or does not exist. In these respects the law of excluded middle exists as an observation of a neutral medial element that exists as negative neutral (either/or) which exists if and only if there is a positive neutral (both/and) considering a negative cannot exist on its own terms without negating a positive.
In these respects it is dependent upon the first two laws, with the first to laws extending from the law of excluded middle making the law of exclude middle an observation of a third medium in one respect (hence a contradiction) and necessitating the law of excluded middle observes an inherent element of neutrality (not contradictory to its definition).
Sometimes the law is just removed.
And what terms would be best to use if the law of excluded middle only uses a limited number of terms?
Aside from being weaker than classical logic, the very notion "Intuition" strikes me as something that says: Stay the hell out of there!
You can't trust intuition. Never. Intuition is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) for the brain to work with, but as with other software, if you really want to understand stuff, you go behind the GUI and read the source code itself.
If you cannot trust intuition then you cannot trust logic or reason, considering the logic and reason from which an argument extends from is in itself dependent upon its axiom.
"In the philosophy of mathematics, constructivism asserts that it is necessary to find (or "construct") a mathematical object to prove that it exists. When one assumes that an object does not exist and derives a contradiction from that assumption, one still has not found the object and therefore not proved its existence, according to constructivism."
P exists through an act of constructing relations in the foundations of three rules, and "P" exists through relations alone. The laws are constructed.
Yes and the aztecs had some of the most advanced astronomical advancements without the telescope...and without gloves a boxer would kill a man with his fists. The logic of the statement, observed though the metaphor, is that mathematics hinders man's rational faculties. Before man could do much more on his own, after wards he is dependent upon tools.
Despite the serious challenges presented by the inability to utilize the valuable rules of excluded middle and double negation elimination, intuitionistic logic has practical use. One reason for this is that its restrictions produce proofs that have the existence property, making it also suitable for other forms of mathematical constructivism. Informally, this means that if there is a constructive proof that an object exists, that constructive proof may be used as an algorithm for generating an example of that object, a principle known as the Curry–Howard correspondence between proofs and algorithms. One reason that this particular aspect of intuitionistic logic is so valuable is that it enables practitioners to utilize a wide range of computerized tools, known as proof assistants. These tools assist their users in the verification (and generation) of large-scale proofs, whose size usually precludes the usual human-based checking that goes into publishing and reviewing a mathematical proof. As such, the use of proof assistants (such as Agda or Coq) is enabling modern mathematicians and logicians to develop and prove extremely complex systems, beyond those which are feasible to create and check solely by hand. One example of a proof which was impossible to formally verify before the advent of these tools is the famous proof of the four color theorem. This theorem stumped mathematicians for more than a hundred years, until a proof was developed which ruled out large classes of possible counterexamples, yet still left open enough possibilities that a computer program was needed to finish the proof. That proof was controversial for some time, but it was finally verified using Coq.
I truly have no idea what you are talking about and for all I know you might be on to something but personaly I think it some kind of Hegalianism applied to Logic but could be wrong. As such I'll just address what I can.
What are you talking about? What failure Propositional Logic? Also this is not how the 'Laws' are built.
P - there is something. "The cat sat on the mat."
¬P - there isn't that something. "The cat is not sitting on the mat"
P=P(is) - if there is something then it is that something. "If there is a cat sitting on the mat then there is a cat sitting on the mat."
¬(P ^ ¬P) - something can't be and not be at the same time. "The cat cannot be sitting on the mat and not sitting on the mat at the same time."
(P v ¬P) - there is something or there isn't. "There is a cat sitting on the mat or there isn't."
Where is the problem with this build?
No they don't, monadic, dyadic and triadic do not apply to Propositional Logic.
No they wouldn't, they'd more than likely break their hands. It's more likely they will kill someone with gloves on as it allows repeated blows to the head thereby shaking the brain repeatedly.
"P" exists if and only if there is a law of identity. The law of identity is a set of relations observed as "P=P" where this in itself is set of relations.
The law of identity is based upon a positive form (ie, "is". The Law of contradiction observes a negative form (ie "is not"). The law of Exclude middle, as either/or being a neutral foundation from which P and -P extend is the third medial law which reflects back to "is" and "is not" existing as a set of relations in themselves.
The Laws cycle through eachother...as argued above.
"P" multiplies into "P,P" through "is", hence observes a replication through linear logic. "is" is the third medial term that binds P and P and from which P replicates. In these respects "P,P" and hence "P" originates from "is" as a medial term. The law of Identity observes an inherent element of 3 dimension as (P,P) and "is", without anyone of the three none could exist.
Seriously...it is a metaphor...and yes a man can kill a man with a single punch...it is for protecting the man's hands and the boxer's head.


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Ms Ramage claims there were eight ambulances backed up for six hours while she was there.
"A week (before) I was one of those patients sitting on an ambulance stretcher for over six hours," she said.
"I go to the hospital a lot because I'm so sick. They're saying there's been an influx of patients. Patients were piled up everywhere."
West Moreton Health said it could not comment on individual patient cases.
Ipswich Hospital executive director Michael Lewczuk said during peak periods, patients who don't require urgent treatment may wait longer.
"At all times we provide safe, appropriate care," he said.
"We always prioritise urgently categorised patients immediately and we work collaboratively with the Queensland Ambulance Service to minimise waiting times during periods of high demand."
West Moreton Health is on track to deliver the first stage of the Ipswich Hospital master plan, which includes a new MRI suite opened in November and construction of a new mental health unit to be finished by 2022.
The next stage of the master plan for the expansion is in the "planning stage", according to Mr Lewczuk.
LNP Shadow Health Minister Ros Bates said the planned redevelopment of the hospital did not include enough beds.
"Labor's upgrade will see a lot more car parks but hardly any additional beds," she said.
"If hospitals are struggling to cope with patient numbers, it's clear resources need to be increased and upgrades fast-tracked.
"The LNP will also work with the private sector to ease the pressure on Queensland Health and also reintroduce targets to improve patient outcomes.
"There are 2518 Ipswich locals waiting on Labor's surgery waiting list."
Gailes resident Christine Springall, 58, was given a letter by her GP to go to the hospital for an MRI scan on February 25 for a possible minor stroke.
Her carer Norma Ellison said Mrs Springall was seen after three hours for a blood test and for a shunt to be put in her arm but she was sent out to wait again without having a scan done.
"Christine is in a wheelchair," Ms Ellison said.
"We were standing in the hallway because there was nowhere to sit.
"It was a possible (transient ischaemic attack). You can't muck around with stuff like that. It's classed as a small stroke.
"I was so disappointed how we were treated."
They left without getting the scan done and Mrs Springall's husband Edward said they felt disrespected.
"They said they had no beds," he said.
"They said they had no beds so they had to send people to Logan (Hospital). They didn't know when a bed was going to become available."
They have since gotten a scan done elsewhere.
West Moreton Health said it cannot comment on individual patient cases.
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So I'm not losing it?! Yay.
By the way, 628, the old Goggin had a certain charm that many of us miss, unless you needed to go to the bathroom. ;) It definitely was a home ice advantage, but I'm not complaining about the new building (other than it is too small).
Oh I don't doubt it. Many of the best places to watch games are not the most aesthetically pleasing or even architecturally sound.
You just had to be there to kind of get what he is saying. The new place is wonderfull but you can never replace certain aspects of the old goggin.
I do know for one thing you could tell where the Redline was at the old place and where the circle was as well lol.
I looked at old pictures and video. Against western in 2006 there were two small Hawks on either side of the red line. No "M", just a smaller version of what they had at the new building.
Oh yea, I do remember those Hawks at the old Goggin. So that settles it, just as I suspected, I have lost it.
No offense to the hawk, but I definitely like the M. I will like it even more in person during a game.
That little crevice was about the only place that you could even see the M with the glare so be nice!
I agree with you, now you can actually see where the center red line is and where the face off dot is....that was an issue. Not sure I like which direction it is facing. Think it should be facing the student section in ricoville and where Miami shoots twice, JMO.
frankly I am dissapointed you didn't make your way into the arena, :D that would of been a better shot. However I like how you included the bricks which is what makes Miami, Miami.
They were actually putting the ice down and there were some unfriendly looking maintenance people by the door, scared me off. I should slyly snap one when I take a tour group in there.


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until we are two octaves too high.
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Eastern Daily Press > Things to do
Hop, hop, hooray!
David Wakefield
Published: 8:00 AM October 22, 2004
DAVID WAKEFIELD It's the week when taxis traditionally do rather well, and when the step of those emerging from St Andrew's and Blackfriars Halls tends to be on the unsteady side.
It's the week when taxis traditionally do rather well, and when the step of those emerging from St Andrew's and Blackfriars Halls tends to be on the unsteady side. Yes, it's time for the Norwich Beer Festival, the 27th, which takes place at those twin venues starting on Monday. This annual festival of hops and bonhomie, organised, as ever, by the Norwich branch of Camra (Campaign for Real Ale) is a big favourite in the city and county calendar, not only among the real-ale "buffs" but for those who like a good night out in a cheery atmosphere.
More than 200 cask ales from Britain's independent breweries, including a generous helping from the 14 outlets operating in Norfolk, will again be racked up and ready to go on Monday evening (there is no lunchtime session on the opening day). And while many of the names will be familiar - Adnams, Greene King, Woodfordes, etc - the majority will not ... and therein lies the fascination of events such as these, discovering the delights of beers from sources outside the big brewing battalions.
Festival organisers have decided on an animal theme this year, said organiser Martin Webb - and there is plenty to go at (and that's not even counting the Wolf brewery at Attleborough and the Fox brewery at Heacham!).
How about, for instance, a pint of Bazens' Flying Zebra, brewed in a unit in Salford, Greater Manchester, Or some Phoenix Struggling Monkey, from Heywood, also in Greater Manchester, Or (and allow time to say your order) some Pressed Rat and Warthog from the Triple FFF brewery, from Alton in Hampshire. Rock music fans will recognise the name, by the way; it's the title of a composition by Ginger Baker, and featured by the legendary 1960s' band Cream, which also included Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce.
And there are plenty more where they came from. There's Grain-store Rutland Panther, from Oakham; Oldershaw's Ermine, from Grantham, Lincolnshire; Exmoor Wildcat, from Exmoor Ales in the West Country; and Woods Holy Cow, from Shropshire; plus a beer called Ptarmigan, from the Harviestoun Brewery in Clackmannanshire, Scotland - home of a former Camra Beer of the Year, Bitter and Twisted, a firm favourite at city real-ale pubs like the Fat Cat.
European beers - particularly the strong ales of Belgium - are always popular at the festival, and, says press officer Alan Edwards, a Norwich Camra party has recently returned from Belgium having tried some of the more obscure brews with a view to featuring them at the festival. And the organisers are also hoping for the first appearance in Norwich of a Spanish cask ale - something unlikely to have been experienced by British visitors to Spain, where the usual offering is either bottled or keg beers like San Miguel.
Mr Edwards' particular interest is cider, and the Cider and Perry Exhibition, the sixth to be held in Norwich, is an integral part of the beer festival.
He is particularly excited about the appearance this year of a single-variety cider - called a dabinett - from Whin Hill Cider, near Wells. A dabinett is viewed in much the same way as a single malt whisky.
The bottled beer section - in a marquee at the rear of the main hall - has become increasingly popular, and will have a considerable presence this year.
Interest in the festival is already considerable, said Mr Edwards, and, many of the visitors are expected to travel from some distance. There is always a lot of interest in the Norwich festival from the London area, and there are some "regulars" who take a week's holiday to be here.
t FESTIVAL GUIDE
Opening times: Monday, 5.30-11pm; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 11.30am-2.30pm; 5.30-11pm; Saturday, 11.30am-3pm; 5.30-11pm.
Prices: Lunchtimes, £1; Monday and Tuesday evenings, £3; Wednesday and Thursday evenings, £4; Friday and Saturday evenings, £5; £1 reduction before 6pm on evening sessions. Over-18s only; no children or babies allowed. CAMRA members get in free at all sessions, but must join the queue.
Drinks are exchanged for vouchers, available inside the hall. No money changes hands at the beer racks. Souvenir pint and half-pint glasses are available, as are glasses from previous festivals.
Entertainment: Monday evening, Night Train.
Tuesday lunchtime, Mike Capocci Quartet with
Gina Brown; evening, Dynamite.
Wednesday lunchtime, Mike Capocci Trio;
evening, Cawston Band, Harvs.
Thursday lunchtime, Mike Capocci Trio;
evening, Von Krapp Family; Pavilion Band.
Friday, lunchtime, Gallery String Quartet;
evening, Mooncoin, Emma Hall Band.
Saturday, lunchtime, Cromer Smugglers; evening, Groove Train, Gary Freeman and the New Contours.
t More information: www.norwichcamra.freeserve.co.uk/festival


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Red Bull Powertrains confirms Ben Hodgkinson as technical director
By Lawrence Butcher 23rd April 2021 No Comments
Photo: Mark Thompson/Getty Images
Red Bull Powertrains has confirmed the appointment of Ben Hodgkinson as technical director. His main focus will be developing Red Bull's inaugural in-house power unit, to comply with the new Formula 1 regulations currently planned for 2025.
In the early stages of his career, Hodgkinson spent several years developing race engines for the World Rally Championship and designing turbo charged Le Mans engines before joining Ilmor Racing, now known as Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP). After two decades with the business, Ben will leave his role as head of engineering once the terms of his current contract with HPP are fulfilled.
Based in the team's new, purpose-built power unit facility which is currently under construction at the Red Bull Technology Campus in Milton Keynes, Hodgkinson will lead the powertrain group with full integration into the chassis team to deliver future power units that Red Bull hopes will enable it to compete for world championships.
Red Bull Racing team principal and CEO Christian Horner said, "We are delighted to welcome Ben to Red Bull Powertrains as technical director. He comes to this hugely exciting project as a proven race winner and as an innovator capable of leading a like-minded team of highly skilled engineers.
"When Red Bull announced the creation of Red Bull Powertrains it was also announcing a new phase of the company's ambition in Formula 1 – to bring every aspect of car design in-house and to put our destiny in our own hands. The ultimate expression of that is the development of a Red Bull power unit to meet the next generation of Formula 1 engine regulations. Ben's appointment signals our long-term intent and we will support him and his team with every available resource required in order to succeed."
Hodgkinson added, "I'm extremely excited to be joining Red Bull Powertrains as technical director. It was not easy to make the decision to leave HPP after almost 20 years but the opportunity to take on such a far-reaching and important project is a great honour. Red Bull is a serious player in Formula 1 and have been our biggest rival in the hybrid era, so I'm looking forward to seeing what we can achieve together in this new phase of the company's journey."
Lawrence Butcher
Lawrence has been covering engineering subjects – with a focus on motorsport technology – since 2007 and has edited and contributed to a variety of international titles. Currently, he is responsible for content across UKI Media & Events' portfolio of websites while also writing for the company's print titles.
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By Jamey Dunn
Less than two years after the state's first caps on campaign contributions went into effect, Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill today that would eliminate those limits if outside groups funnel cash into campaigns.
Senate Bill 3722 would allow candidates in Illinois to ignore contribution limits when outside groups, called political action committees (PACs), spend money in a race. The bill is a response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows PACs to take in unlimited contributions as long as their efforts are not coordinated with candidates' campaigns. Before the ruling, PACs could accept up to $10,000 from individual donors and $20,000 from unions and corporations.
Under SB 3722, is such a PAC spends more than $100,000 campaigning for a single candidate in a municipal race or a bid for the state legislature, then candidates in that race would not have to stick to limits on how much money they can accept from donors. In a statewide race, the threshold would be $250,000 spent by an outside group.
Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie, a sponsor of the bill, said the new law is intended to keep outside groups from deciding elections by opening potentially bottomless wallets. "I think what's important about this bill is that no legislator is going to have to run in an election — in which somebody comes into the election with big bucks — with one hand tied behind her back," she said.
Reform groups say the law creates a loophole that will allow candidates to circumvent the state's contribution limits. David Morrison, deputy director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, said nothing in the law stops candidates from having their own PACs that operate separately from their campaigns, much like both presidential candidates are doing in their current campaigns. If such a PAC spends over the limits in the law, then the candidate would be able to skirt contribution limits, even though the PAC and the campaign did not technically work together. "This bill lays out a road map for evading limits," he said. "The only definition of independence in this thing is that you don't actively coordinate expenditures. You can share vendors. You can share staff ... you can spend all of your money on one single candidate, which is again what we see at the federal level."
Morrison acknowledged that the political landscape has changed in the wake of recent court rulings — including the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission, which allows so called super PACs to raise and spend unlimited cash as long as they are not working with candidates. However, he said SB 3722 goes too far. "No other state in the country that's dealing with this problem has responded by saying, 'Oh, then we'll just take limits off.'"
"I think they would prefer a political landscape that is not our political landscape, and I have to say, so do I," Currie, a Chicago Democrat, said of reform groups opposed to the bill. However, she said that the rulings allow big money into the system, and something must be done to keep PACs from hijacking elections. She said the triggers in the law are modeled after a provision in the original campaign finance reform law that removes contribution caps if a self-funded candidate spends over certain thresholds. "We're not setting a low trigger. We're setting a high trigger."
Kent Redfield, director of the Sunshine Project, a nonprofit campaign contribution database connected to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, called both provisions "a security blanket that doesn't mean much" in state legislative races. He said it is unlikely that an outside group or a self-funded candidate would spend enough to toss out limits in a state race because most of the campaign money flows through the political committees of the four legislative leaders. "The case where you're going to have super PACs that are going to trigger this law is going to be in statewide elections; it's not going to happen legislative elections because the leaders can spend unlimited amounts in any way," he said. "The super PACs are the legislative leaders."
Redfield said the law would come into play for statewide races. "National groups are interested in the governor's race, and they're interested in the attorney general's race."
Quinn, who helped lead the push for campaign finance reform after his predecessor, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, was impeached and removed from office, said the new law is a temporary fix. "Bottom line: The rules changed, and this is a short-term solution that will help ensure fairness. This law is necessary to keep the playing field as level as possible," said Annie Thompson, a spokesperson for Quinn. Thompson said the governor is waiting for recommendation from a campaign finance reform task force. The group is scheduled to submit its report in February 2013. "This isn't by any means the final step. There's still more work to be done," Thompson said.
Morrison said that during an especially busy legislative session, lawmakers pushed aside more nuanced suggestions that would not have involved tossing out contribution caps. "They were too busy with the budget, too busy with pensions." He said supporters of SB 3722 agreed to revisit the issue after the task force makes recommendations. "We're going to have to hold them to their word," he said.
SB 3722 goes into effect immediately.
Posted by Illinois Issues Statehouse bureau at Friday, July 06, 2012