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Nowadays, our jobs mostly revolve around the usage of a computer. Many of us need to stare at computer screens for hours at a stretch. This strains our eyes to a great extent. The eye and vision-related problems caused by the prolonged computer use are known as computer vision syndrome (CVS) or Digital Eye Strain. CVS does not only affect a large number of working adults, but it also affects kids who stare at tablets or use computers for a long durations on a regular basis at school. This is generally due to inadequate lighting and wrong posture while using computers.
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It is important for you to remember the mantra: "20-20-20". After every 20 minutes, you should look at something that is 20 feet away for 20 seconds at a stretch.
3. Use the Right Light
Lights play a big role in keeping our eyes healthy. Bright light should always be kept overhead at a minimum, while the desk light should be shining on the desk and not fall upon you. Window light should fall from the side and not on the front or behind. Place the computer screen in such a way that the reflection from windows and overhead lights are reduced to a minimum.
4. Monitor and Its Right Distance
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I hate nights when I have to work for someone else. The day never drags as long as when I know I've got stay even longer than I normally would. On a Friday, especially, I don't want to be there half the time and to stay at first-job until close and then shooing out those who don't seem to want to go home on a Friday evening is most soul-sucking aspect of my week. That said, Season Eight of Frasier has arrived today, so I know I'll perk up in just a bit.
Speaking of Netflix, as much as I adore them, they've got an angry call coming their way. I order my Netflix queue so that I receive a season of a show and a movie, five discs total, each time I get something in the mail. For the past four of five rounds, they've been skipping that last disc in the series and sending me the next movie in the queue. Then I later get an apologetic e-mail stating that my intended disc wasn't available and would arrive a few days later. It's great that they have the courtesy to send me an extra disc while I'm waiting for the one I wanted, but it's absolutely irritating when it comes to a show that likes to end the series on a cliffhanger. I knew what was coming at the end of Frasier seventh season, so I didn't even open the envelopes until the last disc arrived because I knew I'd be pulling out my own hair in frustration that I couldn't watch the last three or four episodes of the season for another day or two.
Speaking of companies I both love and loathe, Harmonix have got quite the racket going and I've managed to get sucked into the act of checking the Rock Band site daily and growing wild with anticipation at the thought of new DLC for Rock Band. I only want three of the next six songs coming and they're not even my favorite music, but I can't think of anything else I want more in life at the moment. How did this happen?? Two months ago, I would have scoffed loudly at the idea of paying 2 dollars for songs I already owned, but now I'm fervently awaiting the moment when I can readily hand my funds to Micro$oft and Harmonix. It's a good thing I fear getting kicked off Xbox Live too much to research pirating RB songs because honestly…
I went into another tangent while writing tonight, though I think this one may make the cut. In a story that supposed to take place between end of August 2007 and end of May 2008, I'm up to end of November 07 and I'm a good 100K words into it already. I've also got some rather lengthy side stories to lead in and then uncover between now and the end which means this thing will be close to Flight length before all is said and done. How I'll ever wrangle my wordiness I'll never know, but tonight's deviation is a good piece of foreshadowing for a character who life I keep ending and bring back with each edit.
I'm not sure what I'm trying to say about Amber, but she, like Brian and Zach and Andy, has been a part of the story since close to its inception and, while I'm not entirely sure she does much more than add some melodrama to the story, I still enjoy writing her. Amber's personality is like the antithesis of myself; lacking any sense of self-esteem and obsessed with what she'll never be. Damen mentions when he first sees her that she'd be almost pretty if she didn't work so hard to look like Jessie, but since she does, to the point of bleached hair and blue contacts, it manages to make her very ugly, which is why it's important to paint her as not so much a mean or horrible person like Jessie, but just a sad and confused young girl.
Learning from my mistakes with Jonathan Halloway in Flight, if I want my audience to feel a certain way about a character, I've got to manipulate it early so that when they do some daft things, said actions will be the result of the stress I've put on the character rather than just the same old thing. It's a bit of a side-track at this juncture in the novel, but I think I've given her just enough depth to make my reader really consider her.
I wrote exactly 300 words (to Aunt Jackie watching the others play football) tonight <> and I'm in the mood to write more, but I've got new hobbies and TV calling. I will say this, however. Even though it was less than 5 minutes total, I did play the piano for a bit earlier this morning. It wasn't enough for a full practice, but enough to get my mind working the right way again.

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One way to enable OIDC with ServiceStack is through IdentityServer, see example in new IdentityServer4 template:
ServiceStack also added support for using ASP.NET Identity Auth, see:
An error occurred while saving the commentTobias Zürcher commented
Demis, it's indeed a brilliant writeup. Anyway it's so crucial to have this "External JWT Provider" because Identity Server is getting the defacto standard in the .NET world. So we need something like the JsonWebTokenAuthProvider which takes the url to "...../.well-known/openid-configuration" and just validates the token and does the SS things needed. It's hard to argue with some code snipped from a blog post, doesn't matter how good it is ;).
Auth stuff is also very sensitive so nobody really wants to own/self-write it. Shouldn't be too hard for you since all the pieces are already in SS (token parsing, algorithms...)
I hope you'll find some time for this sooner than later :)
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An error occurred while saving the commentTobias Zürcher commented
i also like this idea. i've posted a suggestion to support metrics.net (https://servicestack.uservoice.com/forums/176786-feature-requests/suggestions/9668508-add-metrics-net-adapter). in this case, ss doesn't need to take care about the UI. but obviously, it's more a "read-only" dashboard for performance than a "admin dashboard"
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On Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding's Tmall shopping portal, a search for D&G in both English and Chinese returned no results, while a check of JD.com's site also produced no D&G items. Alibaba and JD.com didn't immediately respond to requests for comment, while Dolce & Gabbana didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the pulled items. The closely held brand has sales of almost €1bn ($1.1bn), according to Bloomberg data.
"Our dream was to bring to Shanghai a tribute event dedicated to China which tells our history and vision," Gabbana and co-founder Domenico Dolce said in an emailed statement earlier.
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D&G has been deserted by a growing list of celebrities in the fallout. Its ambassadors for the Asia Pacific region, including singer Karry Wang. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Zhang Ziyi said that she would also boycott the brand.
Estelle Chen, a Chinese model who walked in this month's Victoria's Secret runway show, posted an Instagram message that supported the scrapping of D&G's show.
"China is rich in its values, its culture and its people and they won't spend a penny on a brand that does not respect that," Chen wrote.
The videos were originally posted on Weibo, a Chinese microblogging service, and were deleted after a widespread uproar on social media. The clips could still be viewed on the company's Instagram account.
The backlash intensified after screenshots of messages sent from co-founder Stefano Gabbana's Instagram account leaked on the platform, including a message exchange that said the videos were posted "by my will."
Another message complained of a "China Ignorant Dirty Smelling Mafia," according to a widely shared screenshot. The brand said in social media posts that its account and that of Gabbana had been hacked.
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I am trying to get better with portraits. This was just an ad we got in the mail so I tried to draw the man on it.
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I am so excited! I just can't believe it! My workshop in Italy is sold out. I never thought it would be. We are all so excited about our October adventure. I plan on posting(I hope i can) so you can go along with us!
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This was a messed up page in my sketchbook, so i coated it with a layer of Casein, then when dry, I drew this scene from New Mexico with a pencil, and painted it with Casein. My first Casein painting and it is hard to manipulate! Plus I don't like the smell.
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I am getting ready to teach a workshop in Las Cruces NM, and they wanted to do old vehicles and rust! So here are a few new things in preparation.
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I was asked to do a horse for a fb friend. It is her neice on her horse. I was a little skeptical but tried it, and she seemed pleased with it.
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New York, NY: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. announced "Zeal for Unity," a peace initiative to bridge the gap between India and Pakistan through cultural experiences Mar. 15. The initiative took off at the Wagah Border with six Indian and six Pakistani filmmakers coming together and showing their support in a token gesture. We use the word "token," because they have already supported the initiative and the 12 films are ready.
The channel feels that this is a momentous step toward changing the way people across India and Pakistan see, feel and think about each other. Though the Border Security Force is said to have denied the media permission to be there at the Wagah Border at the last moment (this had been announced in the itinerary and was the unique selling point of this trip for the media contingent), the photographers were taken for a photo-op showing the filmmakers meeting and greeting each other — on the Indian side but not AT the border. Like a photographer told this reporter, "Good you guys did not come! It was a complete anti-climax!"
At the main press conference held at the Sarhad Restaurant a kilometer away from Wagah, the filmmakers mentioned how the concept, along with the freedom to choose what films they would like to make, fired their enthusiasm, and they agreed instantly to ZEEL's proposal that came via phone calls from Shailaja Kejriwal, chief creative of special projects, ZEEL. Punit Goenka, managing director of ZEEL, and Sunil Buch, chief business officer of ZEEL, were also present.
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Kejriwal, while thanking her bosses as well as her team, added, "The 12 films, especially created to celebrate this historic initiative, will be simultaneously showcased in both the countries. As we progress, we aim to continue this cultural dialogue between people from both sides of the border through varied forms of art."
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If you lived North West of Fairview in the 1930's, chances are you attended the one-room Scotswood School. Built in 1932-33, it seated approximately 20-32 students, for grades 1-8. During the colder month's heat was generated by a very large wood burning stove located in the middle of the room. And, it was everyone's responsibility to bring in wood to feed the large stove to keep the room nice and warm. One of those students was Shirley Pratt, (who later became Mrs. Shmyr) resident of the Harvest Lodge, attended the school from grades 6-8. Shirley spoke of the long 3 mile walk to the school and how she would stop in at a neighbour's to warm up on those colder, winter days. She also explained how with so many grades in the one large room, older students would help the younger ones with their assignments, which also assisted the teacher.
Shirley reminisced about some of the games the children played outdoors. "Steal the Boot", which was very similar to tag; "Fox and Geese", was perfect when there was lots and lots of fresh snow on the ground. Students had to create a very large pie-shaped pattern in the snow and the player chosen to be the "fox" had to tag one of the "geese" running within the pattern to stay away from the one that was it. And, "Anti-I-Over" where the object of the game was to throw a ball over the roof of the school house, yelling "Anti-I-Over!" If the catcher dropped the ball, he had to join the opposing team. The team who captured all of the players won the game!
Soon after Shirley finished school at grade 8, she married John Swicheniuk and became a "domestic engineer". They had nine children and today the family has grown substantially with 26 grandchildren, 56 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great grandchildren!
The old school house is one of several buildings on display at the Pioneer Museum, complete with the desks, books, writing instruments, and other school items the children used during this period. The old drinking jug and ladle are also there, as there were no water bottles in the 1930's and if students were thirsty, they had to take turns drinking from the ladle and water bucket.
Photos align a few of the walls and there is one of Shirley Pratt, lined up with her fellow classmates for their Christmas concert with their Christmas wreaths, in 1945.


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PAEI Typology, by Neil LaChapelle
Greetings all Adizes Blog readers.
Ichak has asked me to let you all know a little bit about my ongoing research into the PAEI typology. My research project is unfinished, so perhaps some of you will be able to help finalize it. In this 'Part I' blog entry I will describe the background of the project. In a subsequent 'Part II' blog entry I will describe my findings, and offer my best guess about how the future of this project must proceed.
I first became aware of the Adizes Methodology in 1999, as an online course developer. I wrote several online courses based on different aspects of Adizes conceptual foundations, and I became pretty familiar with those foundational concepts. I became particularly interested in PAEI, because I felt that in my readings I was constantly encountering other models that were essentially the same as PAEI. Some of these models are in fields that are close to management studies, like psychology, decision theory, learning styles theories and so on. However, some of them are in much more remote disciplines, like geography, neuroanatomy, behavioural ecology and the fine arts.
I kept on finding more models! These PAEI-like models are everywhere, and it is not a just a case of people all copying some root idea. Some of these models are based on others, it is true. In psychology, many PAEI-like models can be traced back to Jungian psychology, for example. However, a very significant number of them are independent discoveries. Ichak himself has described in his earlier works how he induced these categories from his research in organizations, and was only later appraised of the similarity of his model to other models – from traditional native models to modern psychological ones. Ichak is not alone. Investigators in many fields regularly rediscover and re-express PAEI-like dynamics.
I find this urgently fascinating. If people are regularly and independently rediscovering the PAEI pattern, that strongly validates the assertion that these concepts apply to something real – to an objective and pervasive fact about reality. Perhaps this reality is outside of us, like the elephant for the three blind sages, and we are all calling it by different names.
We must also logically allow for possibility that the widespread use of PAEI-like models tells us something about how human brains process and categorize information. A third possibility is that these categories have deep cultural roots of some kind. No matter which of these possibilities is true, it would be extremely interesting! Perhaps a blend of all three is the truth – the "whole elephant". However, because I have found these models in natural sciences and across cultures, I think that PAEI has some kind of physical reality outside the human realm, much in the way that the concept of "feedback" applies outside that realm, as a general systems principle. The fact that Ichak could use these categories to describe both types (human) and roles (systemic/functional) also attests to it being a general systems principle.
To indulge in a casual analogy here, just like Einstein had a "Special" and a "General" theory of relativity, we can take Ichak's use of PAEI to understand human organizations as the "Special" theory of (whatever this is…). Now how do we generalize this to account for non-human systems (like forest ecosystems, say…)?
The general theory would have to:
– cover all the cases it applies to (e.g. human, geographic, ecological, mathematical),
– in terms that allow us to productively connect it to other general organizational principles.
I have both "E" and "I" reasons for being very excited about the prospect of figuring out how to do this. From an "E" perspective, one of the greatest and most beautiful accomplishments in science is when you are able to accurately characterize a general pattern or principle – one that unifies thousands of particular observations within a new coherent framework, setting the direction for future studies for generations to come… So I recognize a strategic opportunity with potentially huge payoff. From an "I" perspective, if people from many different fields are struggling to rediscover and re-articulate PAEI over and over again, they might be helped by prior knowledge of the PAEI pattern. If they already knew about it, perhaps instead of having to induce it anew all the time, they could approach their data sets with PAEI as a ready hypothesis, and test for it. They could even anticipate it in systems of certain kinds. This would save them time and aid them in their discovery processes. So I recognize a service calling to work towards a successful account of the PAEI phenomenon.
Animated by this excitement, I took some time off and spent about three years full-time working on this problem. This was not under the auspices of any particular institution. I did a staggering amount of research, scanning approximately 30,000 books/papers in those three years, bringing home a subset of about 1700 library books and downloading 4000 papers. I found about 130 PAEI-like models in about 10 to 15 different disciplines (depending on how you drawn disciplinary lines). This includes models from:
1. Business Management
2. Knowledge Management
3. Organizational Studies
4. Sociology
5. Psychology
6. Education
7. Philosophy
8. Language Arts and Drama
9. Fine Arts
10. Religious and Historical Sources
11. Decision Theory
12. Cognitive Science
13. Computer Science and Engineering
14. Evolutionary Theory
15. Ecological Theory
This broad review was very illuminating; however I did not succeed in producing a definitive account of PAEI. I think I know where this definitive account can be built, but it is beyond my capacity to construct. Perhaps some of the readers of this blog could do it better than I.
I think the most general account of the reality underlying PAEI can be given in terms of evolutionary ecology. As a corollary, I think that the emergence of PAEI-like dynamics could be modeled using evolutionary computer programming. My research has brought me to this point, but I cannot go any further alone. I would need to collaborate from this point forward.
So that describes the background of my research project. The next time I write I will share the key concepts from ecology and evolutionary theory that I think will be relevant to the ultimate explanation of PAEI.


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It has'nt been to bad today at least we've had a rest, and we watched the Superbowl final which was played this afternoon The New York Giants against The New England Patriots The patriots started favourites as they had'nt lost a game all season well The Giants won, just like the FA cup it's hard to go in favourites.
We always say at home one bit of snow and everything stops while other countries cope with it, don't believe it stops here just the same, 500 flights cancelled over the past 18hrs, roads closed and car crashes it seems the storm is over so we should get on the mountain tomorrow we have decided to stay at Park City because of the roads.
Glad to hear your back without injury John and Sally and the ski's worked well. ( modern technology eh).


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Lunch and Learn Webinar – Helping Instructors Manage Their Online Reputations
The Educational Technology Committee is again offering a Virtual Lunch & Learn series this winter. Grab your lunch and log on to start learning!
Feb 26 @ 12:00pm: Foothold, Not Just Footprints – Helping Instructors Manage Their Online Reputations
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Getting to know professors people can be hard and intimidating for most of our learners. The trend of students being interested in learning more about us through social media and various forms is steeply increasing. You will be presented with strategies and tools for managing digital footprints and for preparing you to be thoughtful keepers of your online presences. This webinar will also assist you in making the right choices when using social media, that will considerably affect you reputation and sense of identity, in positive ways.
Workshop Learning Outcomes
- Implementing water tight Privacy Settings
- Effectively showcase Subject Matter Expertise through social media
- Advice for teachers on avoiding unwanted online attention
- Effective ways of setting up and writing Blogs and/or personal websites
- Facebook, LinkedIn Tips and Tricks for Teachers
Future Lunch and Learn Webinars:
- Mar 5 @ 12:00pm: Sway This Way – INcorporating Student Experience into Flexible Professional Learning
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20 Funny But Unrelated Tweets To Make Your Monday A Little Less Miserable
Oh god no…it's Monday again.
We're not idiots – mostly. We know how days work. But does Monday really need to show up every fucking week? An ugly reminder that your iPhone, iPad, spare iPhone and air conditioning don't just come for free…you need to pay for them.
And even if you don't your father and mother do. The least you can do for them is go to your office and pretend to do important stuff for 8 hours. And we understand that all work your boss thinks you're doing takes a toll on you, we understand how much it sucks to have to be responsible and accountable for the space you occupy in this world.
We feel for you which is why we've done the one thing we hope will help you slowly crawl your way through the week till you get to Friday once again. We've collected the best of Twitter so you can look busy while doing absolutely nothing.
Retweeting your own tweet be like. pic.twitter.com/wp6V0cqK3b
— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) October 26, 2017
When you show your pressure cooker to her. pic.twitter.com/KEWI6Y5XJi
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) October 26, 2017
He never bragged but he was rich and he used to go for work everyday. Even in his speech he once mentioned "can you smell what i am cooking" pic.twitter.com/DJIGoGG3hS
— THAT RANDOM Guy (@Soundhumor) October 27, 2017
Guests: "Arey iski kya zarurat thi"
Five seconds later… pic.twitter.com/UVV5Y9qG4Y
— Bhayanak Puppy (@BhayanakPuppy) October 27, 2017
[First day as car salesman]
Customer : cargo space?
Me : No sir car can not fly
*fired *
— searching (@paid_thinker) October 22, 2017
Pressure Kukkad. pic.twitter.com/tpOYX3qm8E
— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) October 26, 2017
jst wntd to tell u guys that i am rich enough pic.twitter.com/BOxhkDBp2l
— Arun LoL (@dhaikilokatweet) October 26, 2017
Husband : I bought a saree for you
Wife : so tacky
Husband : pehen ke to dekho
Wife : tum hi pehno isey
Husband : pic.twitter.com/4H4WXYOo0Z
— Pakchikpak Raja Babu (@HaramiParindey) October 26, 2017
Wait is over friends!!
New set of Flip-Flops are available in market.. pic.twitter.com/ZwKzjK5hAN
— Shash (@pokershash) October 25, 2017
When you are riding horse but someone plays national anthem. pic.twitter.com/oBybir1TlO
— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) April 17, 2017
Why do people mention same thing twice? pic.twitter.com/XoxcgvuAh9
— SaiKrishna (@SaiKasticGuy) June 2, 2017
Roommate with Beard: Bhai tera trimmer dena
*Guy gives*
Roommate uses trimmer but comes with the same beard : Yeh le thanks
Guy: Rakhle
— Godman Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) October 24, 2017
[Catching wife in the bedroom with my best friend]
Wife: PUT ME DOWN YOU IDIOTS
— Marf (@MarfSalvador) September 21, 2017
still remember the day I proudly stood for 7 hours coz I was streaming the national anthem on 2G
— 🐿 (@prtxt) October 25, 2017
Me carrying myself to work on a Monday. pic.twitter.com/rSDN7DdP57
— Bhayanak Puppy (@BhayanakPuppy) October 23, 2017
1: when bae is absent in class
2: and you suddenly hear her voice "may I come in Sir" pic.twitter.com/MZFp4mHNCt
— Dj (@friendlii_ghost) October 20, 2017
Now I know why! pic.twitter.com/Z2aYFU3iZb
— Nikhil Wad (@nikhilswad) October 22, 2017
*comes frm gym*
*drinks green tea*
me: u know bro, ise peene ke bahut fayde hai
frnd: jaise?
m: zindagi ke baaki dukh chote lgne lgte hai
— mohit ghune (@Ghunegaar) October 21, 2017
When you are ready for "kaala chasma" and DJ plays "mere rashke qamar". pic.twitter.com/THuTCTlHcL
— डी.के. (@itsdhruvism) October 21, 2017
Bappi Lahri was not born. His parents bought him on Dhanteras.
— Bhayanak Puppy (@BhayanakPuppy) October 28, 2016
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Bostik Premier: Keith Rowland's Wingate & Finchley all set for busy period after derby draw with Hendon
PUBLISHED: 12:00 05 April 2018
The Maurice Rebak Stadium club are set to visit Burgess Hill tonight, host Kingstonian on Saturday and travel to Dorking on Tuesday
Wingate & Finchley have a very busy period coming up after the wet weather caused them issues over the Easter weekend.
Keith Rowland's team are getting ready to play three times over the next five days with the first this evening (Thursday) at Burgess Hill Town.
The Blues were meant to visit Hill on Good Friday, but the wet weather saw the clash postponed and rearranged for tonight.
After travelling to West Sussex later, Wingate will entertain Kingstonian on Saturday before visiting Dorking Wanderers next Tuesday (April 10).
The Maurice Rebak Stadium club will at least go into the busy spell with confidence after a hard-fought 2-2 draw with local rivals Hendon on Easter Monday.
It was the visitors who took the lead with 37 on the clock when Niko Muir fired home from the penalty spot.
Hendon held onto their lead at half time, but Irnti Rapi, fresh from his goal against Billericay Town, levelled for Wingate with 50 minutes played.
A second goal followed for the hosts just two minutes later as Marc Charles-Smith made it 2-1.
The Greens equalised in the 59th minute though, after they won another penalty and Muir again beat Shane Gore from 12-yards.
Both sides pushed for a winner after, but it ended 2-2 to ensure Wingate extended their unbeaten run against Hendon to four games for this season.
Once again the Blues had a home attendance of over 200 with 204 spectators watching the game and it comes after recent praise from fans' favourite Rob Laney.
Laney noted last month how more new faces are coming to the Maurice Rebak Stadium with Wingate's game with Billericay attracting a crowd of 240 despite it being a Monday night.
Laney told WingateTV: "I've connected well with the fans during my four years.
"When I'm not playing well they'll let me know and when I'm playing well they also let me know, so the fans are fantastic at Wingate even though there is not many of them.
"I'm starting to see a lot of new faces which is good news for the club and when we get them all together the fans are fantastic and we have some kids with the drums, so I think there is a good all-round persona at the club and you can see we are going somewhere a bit more and it is fantastic to be a part of it."
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This Is Why I Drink Bottled/Filtered WaterApril 15th, 2008 by Potato
I know I should just drink water right from the tap for both environmental and frugal reasons, but then once or twice a year this happens, and I go right back to the bottle or Brita…
2 Responses to "This Is Why I Drink Bottled/Filtered Water"
Ben Says:
April 16th, 2008 at 10:08 am
How long did that last? Any idea what caused it?
Potato Says:
April 16th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
It came out like mud at first (I was too slow to get my camera) and then yellow/brownish for the next 10 hours or so. I don't know exactly what caused it, but it was probably due to construction or a hole in the water main that was letting mud get into the water supply.


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Rock Valley, Iowa — Iowa Medicaid is not reimbursing disability providers at an appropriate rate, and that's causing an employment issue. That's the opinion of Hope Haven CEO Matt Buley.
Buley tells us he recently went to Des Moines to talk with legislators about the issue.
He tells us why that's a difficult situation.
According to Buley, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds put a line item in her budget to address this issue, and that's more than has been done before. But he says the amount proposed is an order of magnitude too small. The governor suggested $3.3 million. He says it should be more like $30 million. He says 75 percent of any increase would go directly to direct support professional wages.
Buley says he knows that the low unemployment rate, while it is a positive, effects every employer. But he says the situation is much worse in this case.
He tells us that in the last three years, awareness of the issue at the statehouse has improved, and legislators seem like they want to make this a priority this year.
Photo caption: From left: Rep. Skyler Wheeler (Orange City), Matt Buley, and Rep. John Wills (Spirit Lake)
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A recent accident at a Holland, MI construction company site proved fatal for one worker.
When a crane tipped over at Holland Equipment Services/A and B Farms on Tuesday, November 1st, the man operating the crane was killed. Allegan County Sheriff's Captain Chris Kuhn reported to local media outlets that there were no direct witnesses to the incident. Though they know that the victim was operating the crane at the time, how the crane tipped over is a mystery.
In 2013, there were an estimated 4,405 fatal work injuries. Conditions on construction sites can be particularly hazardous due to the nature of the work. Because cranes are typically the largest piece of equipment on industrial work sites, they cause the majority of construction injuries. Although crane accidents can be caused by poor weather and falling debris, most are attributed to human error. They can easily be prevented by following safety regulations like enforcing the proper operational capacity, choosing the right crane for a given job, or simply setting it up correctly.
Although the most recent statistics for crane-related fatalities are from 2006, this type of accident has been fairly prevalent in the news within the past few years. As of 10 years ago, a total of 72 fatal crane-related injuries occurred in one year. Of those 72 fatal accidents, 30 were caused by being struck by falling objects, while only nine were a result of being struck by a crane. The remaining fatalities occurred when an object being carried by the crane fell onto workers below.
In the decade between 1997 and 2006, over 800 workplace fatalities could be attributed to crane accidents. Construction workers tend to be the most prone to these types of accidents, but electricians and welders also have an increased risk.
That's why it's so important for employers to follow OSHA standards. Not only will they keep their workers safe and on the job, but it can also save them a lot of money. Reducing the number of accidents even by 10% can result in nearly $60,000 in annual savings. That can make a big difference for small, privately owned construction companies.
The victim has not been identified in this case, and the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be conducting a separate investigation regarding the incident.


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I've just finished writing an article about artificial intelligence in the 3d industry.
What do you think about it?
Write your feelings on this topic.
Best Regards.
I've just finished writing an article about artificial intelligence in the 3d industry.
What do you think about it?
Write your feelings on this topic.
Best Regards.
Andrew Price did an interesting talk giving his thoughts. I wouldn't describe AI as an end or a beginning, but more a turning curve. It might make some of the bigger studios sweat, but allow the little guy to do more. William Vaughan once wrote that there is no magic "do my job" button to click, and I think that will remain the case.
IMO, it'd be better if we called it IA rather than AI: "Intelligent Assist" rather than "Artificial Intelligence". Having access to a so-called "intelligent" tool to assist in de-noising, pixel interpolation, even to identify opportunities for focusing the collision detection granularity (one of my pet peeves!), etc. are fine and could be extrordinarily valuable.
"Art" has a "deep soul" or "deep history" which differentiates it from just producing or creating stuff. When I'm discussing art with a friend or friends at dinner, I like to wad up my napkin, throw it on the table, and claim it's art. And, in some form, it *is* art because it has intention behind the creation, but on the otherhand it's *not* art because it's purely algorithmic (wad up the napkin, throw it on the table: repeat). If I program a computer to randomly dip a paintbrush in various colors and create random patterns on a canvas, is that "art". Why do we use tools like LW (or a typewriter, or a paintbrush, or a camera) in the first place?
So, as I said, I think some of the stigma associated with "articial intelligence" may be alleviated in favor of human creativity by calling them "intelligent assists".
As always, just my opinion!
I can see it being used as MonroePoteet indicates; as an intelligent "macro" to do something that would otherwise be easy, but time consuming. For example, being able to "feed in" a dozen pictures of a particular landscape (overgrown forest, or maybe rolling plains, or edges of a lake/pond, etc), and then tell the "AI" to "Generate Appropriate Ground Cover" by using assets in designated folders. The AI could take a "look" at all the pictures and think "Aaahhh...ok, here are a bunch of common things I'm seeing..." and then choose appropriate objects and populate the scene/designated-area.
I can see AI being useful for that. For an artist to tell it "I need some textures that look sort of 'creepy'. Here are some of what I mean...[plug in a folder of images]. Build me a texture for an old inside building wall"...and then have it look, evaluate, and create or choose. Because when I get to the point of trying to find some particular texture, or filing up a 'blank area in the composition' with greebles, nurnies and doodads...THAT takes far too much time.
But an AI "creating a model, scene, textures, composition and then animating something with feeling and emotion"? We are a LONG way off from that. And if/when that day comes, I think we'll have more serious things to worry about rather than if we have a job or not...
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I build the best spaceships, the biggest spaceships, they're great, you'll love them.
But really, we still only got a few goo geo creation tools, getting in to algorithms covering what type of soil and vegetaion and how the tree species should be..a massive undertaking to code, not even
vue with it´s eco system is anywhere close.
It depends what is meant with AI. Nowadays a lot of of technology is titled as AI, smart phone cameras, video / render denoisers, simple chat bots, puppets like Sophia etc. That's marketing BS to me.
Sophia - a big scam by the dubious Hanson Robotics - is a good example how people are tricked with fake AI, Sophia is just a mechatronic puppet running a chat bot using predefined scripts but the creators claim that it's alive, has emotions, is learning and able to think.
However real AI made great progress (neuronal networks / simulating animal brains or machine / deep learning) in the last couple of years. About a lot of stuff (if not the majority) we have probably never heard of because its confidential research or military application.
This video is from 04/17 but still interesting about what I consider to be AI:
In the next couple of years, a lot of lower end jobs will disappear certainly.
For 'AI' the 3D industry, the following presentation of Andrew Price is quite informative:
Edit: Sorry, just noticed the Andrew Price aka Blender Guru AI video link was already posted.
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"Intelligence doesn't make you a better artist. It just makes you think you are."
Drugs work for some people (e.g. caffeine, alcohol, sugar, etc. if not "recreational drugs") and they don't for others. A "one size fits all" approach to Art is pretty debilitating.
Yet again, just my opinion!
i'll copy him on this. i've done some in the past, legally that is, because of ADHD/ADD. and another by mistake."Drugs don't make you a better artist. They just make you think you are."
no question about an effect, but certainly is totally hyped as far as art goes.
dreams give you way more impressive illusions. there are also programs/techniques that let you control your dreams.
And for boasting..
When I was around 13-15 years old, comparing myself to many others in our classes..which often smoked pot, I didn´t and still don´t, they really had half of the imagination to that of what I had..or at least
they couldn´t portray it in a good way into their art in our class.
Ivé always been a daydreamer, and reality could..still can simple dissolve and all that is my daydream, and I also become more imaginary creative closer to being tired, so being up late may help get that connection.
This has advantages sometimes, but can also impose problems where I don´t seem to listen in certain social events, Im kind of in my own bubble.
I did actuall try a joint at the age of 30, that´s pretty stupid, why risc falling in to a dangerous habit at that age?..I took two inhales or something, didn´t do much for me..I became relaxed a bit more..but nothing that did anything else for me, and I thought that wasn´t something for me.
And Dali?
I don´t drink beer at all, hardly any wine, don´t like champagne on new years eve either, every third or fourth month in summer..I may sip on a nice cider with 4,5 % alcohol..but it is rare.
Coffe may be the only real intake drug I get, but that is only in the morning..and when working 3 times a day.
Otherwise...3D is kind of a drug, to investigate what you can do with it etc.
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Interrupted sleep. i've done similar things by accident, certainly can create fascinating effects. one should be careful doing that too much though. reason being >
in a science program where students were continuously woken up once they fell asleep, all of them went bananas, some way or another, until they were allowed to sleep.
Dali didn't do this though, afaik, he only did it once or so every day, so quite safe.
- Damien Hirst
"I started taking cocaine and drink… I turned into a babbling ******* wreck."
this can also happen with lots of caffeine and alcohol. been there, and certainly taught me not to do that again.
the Dali method using Dreams is by far the best method, and also certainly the safest method.
people just don't know about the Dali method.
when a digital machine is built based on the same principles as humans, it certainly can. however, sure, won't happen in the first 30 years.I stand by my statement, machines can't do drugs. They can't even enjoy a Pepsi.
would that be a good thing though, once you get a machine that is 900% smarter than you? ... i would think not. it involves high risk.
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Halloween (2018)
"Do you know how I've prayed everyday that he would escape," says Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) of her once and current pursuer Michael Myers, "so I can kill him?"
"Well," replies the policeman she's speaking to, "that was a dumb thing to pray for."
This moment, which inspired a ripple of hearty laughter at my screening, gets at what works so well about the new "Halloween." The script, cowritten by director David Gordon Green ("Pineapple Express," "Joe," "George Washington") and Danny McBride, is sharp and funny about occasionally calling out its own horror tropes without going too far into "Scream" territory and breaking the fourth wall. Instead, the characters' moments of self-awareness and humor — for which the child being babysat (Jibrail Nantambu) is the undoubted MVP — serve to make them and the danger they face feel that much more authentic, and "Halloween" has always worked best when it's close to home.
The 11th entry in its franchise, this "Halloween" ignores the events of every other one but the 1978 original (the only one I've seen, conveniently enough) in order to function as a direct sequel. That conceit, plus the return of John Carpenter as executive producer and Curtis in the lead role, gives the film rare license for a horror sequel to focus on finishinga story rather than prolonging it, building to a fundamentally satisfying showdown between masked slasher Michael Myers and the one victim that got away.
We're reintroduced to Myers through a pair of investigative podcast hosts (with British accents, for maximum pretentiousness) visiting his facility just days before he's scheduled to be transferred elsewhere and locked in solitary for good. After unveiling his old mask and shouting at him in vain to "SAY SOMETHING!" they go visit a less-than-hospitable — in fact, straight-up agoraphobic — Laurie Strode to convince her to face her almost-killer, saying there's a "great deal to learn" from the horror she experienced.
This belief, also expressed by psychiatrist Dr. Sartain (Haluk Bilginer, "the new Loomis," as Laurie calls him), becomes a running theme that hits on Green's throwback approach to the material — people (or Hollywood producers) keep wanting to understand more about Michael Myers, but Laurie (and the filmmakers) know that's a fundamental misunderstanding of his evil. He doesn't exist to be understood or talked to or reasoned with; he exists to kill or be killed.
This time around, after Michael inevitably escapes his captors while in transit, he has three generations of Strodes to contend with, between the survivalist, trauma-driven Laurie, her estranged daughter Karen (Judy Greer), and empathetic granddaughter Allyson (Andi Matichak). This is one of those horror movies where viewers are enthralled not just by the impending threat, but by the protagonists' craftiness in evading and combatting it, too.
But man, how about that threat, though? Some of the film's best scenes are those more or less unrelated to the plot, simply following Michael stalking amidst trick-or-treaters and through suburban homes, the camera gliding smoothly between inside and outside to show how easily he does the same. As in the original, viewers are encouraged to search the frame for his presence at all times as the tension builds methodically and unbearably through familiar details rendered newly ominous — a kitchen knife drying on the dish rack, a clothesline blowing in the dark, the sound of someone breathing just off-camera. The kills themselves are also memorably brutal and effectively button-pushing, both in their suddenness and manner of execution.
This is everything Michael Myers should be — a threat simultaneously close to home and unknowable, terrifying for the casualness and curiosity with which he kills and upgrades weapons like a first-person shooter video game character. Green's success is in understanding what's so timelessly scary about this cinematic boogeyman, and infusing that with a few well-observed modern elements before getting to the confrontations and clever role reversals that finally resolve the original's cliffhanger ending.
In the opening credits, we see a rotted jack-o-lantern regaining its shape in a reverse time lapse, and by the end, this implication of a franchise reborn actually feels earned. As for whether or not it will remain the franchise's final conclusion as Green and McBride seemed to intend, count me in the same camp with Carpenter and Laurie Strode herself —there aren't new insights or discoveries to be made from Michael Myers at this point, just box office receipts. Unfortunately, for Hollywood, that'll probably be enough to warrant another 10 sequels.


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Shivamogga , Nov 19 : After multiple efforts by his colleagues to keep monkeys, wild pigs, deer and other animals from entering the fields and destroying the crops failed, a Soraba farmer found a unique solution to stop them.
Chidananda Gowda, a farmer who owns a small tract of land in the Soraba taluk of Shivamogga, recorded his own voice along with that of barking dogs and saved it on a microchip.
He then used local loudspeakers to play the recordings on loop, which surprisingly had the desired effects.
"In our region, bison, deer, monkeys used to destroy our crops, at least 30 per cent of my crops used to get destroyed by the wild animals every year. I then brought a chip reader and recorded my own loud voice and that of barking dogs, it was then connected to speakers placed around the farm," Gowda told ANI here.
The low-cost method has other benefits too, according to Gowda as the animals have not only stopped entering his farmland but he also does not have to have encounters with the wild animals which usually result in harm to the latter.
"Many farmers resort to shooting the monkeys, it is not fair, my method saves the lives of wild animals too," he added.
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Enrollment at charter, magnet schools on the rise in New Haven
Education officials in the city have long agreed that school choice — which allows families to select from schools in their neighborhoods, magnet schools with specialized curricular themes and charter schools, often through a lottery process — is an advantage of the district.
According to data provided by district officials, city enrollment in local charter schools has grown to be nearly equal to suburban enrollment in the district's magnet schools.
From October 2014 to October 2017, city enrollment in charter schools grew from 1,957 students to 2,682.
In that same time period, suburban enrollment has fluctuated between a low of 2,812 students and a high — in 2014 — of 2,912 students.
"We are one of the few districts in the state that is growing," said New Haven Public Schools Chief Operating Officer Will Clark in an emailed statement.
"Post Oct. 1 count (which was up) another 170+ have been added from hurricane areas, primarily Puerto Rico."
Enrollment is important for public school districts, as it is tied to state and federal funding, which keeps them operational. Additionally, keeping classrooms full helps to keep after-school programs running and creates a need for more jobs within the district.
Although charter advocates argue they are underfunded, having been flat-funded by the state at $11,000 per student for years, public school districts are financially responsible for ancillary costs like transportation.
Magnet schools were conceived in part as school integration tools, competitive schools that feature attractive curricular options for suburban families, creating schools that are more racially and economically diverse than traditional "neighborhood" schools.
The state funds magnet schools on a per-pupil basis.
This funding tends to create an additional financial incentive for cities like New Haven.
Clark said he believes the growth in charter enrollment has to do with the creation of more charter schools.
One such school is Booker T. Washington Academy, which opened its doors in 2014 and has added a grade every year since.
Sherri Davis-Googe, district director of choice and enrollment, reported to members of the school board in April that about 2,000 suburban families applied to a new magnet school for the 2017-18 school year.
"As an organization, we are certainly encouraged and pleased to see so many parents are choosing this option for our kids," said Kerisha Harris, spokeswoman for the Northeast Charter Schools Network. "Our strong belief is charter growth in general should be fueled by demand."
Harris reported that "preliminary data" for the 2017-18 school year is that names on the wait list for New Haven-area charter schools "exceeded 2,100," a number reportedly similar to that of suburban families seeking to enter New Haven magnet schools.
Harris said much of the growth can likely be attributed to the addition of grade levels in some of New Haven's charter schools in recent years, but other charter schools, such as Common Ground High School, stand to grow more.
"They have a beautiful, brand new building, a working farm and top honors.
"They would love to open up and have more students and offer this educational option to more kids,
"Bbut they can't grow past the current amount of students they have. They have the space for it and the room," Harris said.
Charter advocates have argued that the "flat-funding" of $11,000 per-pupil means expanding is not a possibility. Officials at Common Ground say the overhead for the building Harris mentioned is $7.5 million.
Teachers at Common Ground work for 85 percent of the pay scale of teachers in the traditional schools.
Clark said that although the situation of students enrolling in charter schools represents funding going away from the district, officials can pursue multiple avenues.
"The dilution of major funding streams from the state and federal government is a challenge for all schools districts and any diminution of our funding or other re-purposing toward Charters would only heighten those concerns." Clark said. "We continue to be aggressive in seeking out grants and revenue in order to have diverse streams of funding to support and sustain our programming and growth."
In the last four years of data, preschool-enrolled charter students rose from four to 87, but district schools still teach more suburban preschool students: 243 in 2017. There was a drop, however, to 153 suburban kindergarten students in New Haven magnet schools that year.
"What I always find interesting in the magnet numbers is the perception of a big bump at pre-K and K and then a drop off. While that is certainly true of Pre-K, that largely is a creature of lack of pre-K in and around New Haven more than anything else," Clark said.
According to NHPS data, suburban magnet enrollment in the district does fall after preschool, but there is an observable bump around sixth or seventh grade, from 187 sixth-graders to 240 seventh-graders in 2017 — as families prepare to send their students to magnet high schools.


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I find myself drawn to desolate landscapes. While walking in a clear-cut area or parking lot at dusk, a kind of peace intertwined with melancholy exists. Simultaneous feeling of damage and anxiety are accompanied by a beautiful melody. The melody prevails but not without the price of the Garden lost The landscape left behinds holds symbols of the experience. I recognize these symbols intuitively-the process that alters this outer landscape also changes the inner one. The surrounding desolation becomes alive with new growth from nature and human condition. Destruction cannot escape creation. The delicate properties of watercolor, gouache/ paper compliment my feelings of wistfulness about nature. While the media/ patterns make up the skin of my construction, the shapes generate specific meaning and provide a formal platform giving the images/ symbols clarity, dimension and solidity. By making paintings constructions, I take part in the restoration process in a physical and spiritual sense.
2018 George Billis NYC, Summer Group Show, NYC. 2018 Out On A Limb, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI. 2018 Birds Of A Feather, Douglas, MI. 2017 George Billis Gallery NYC Cityscape Show, NYC. 2017 George Billis Gallery L.A. Cityscape Show VII, L.A.2017 Continuity, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI. 2016 Small Works, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA. 2016 Scrabble: A Play On Words, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI. 2015 Works on Paper, Turman Larison Gallery, Helena, MT.2015 Symphonic,Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI. 2014 Between the Boroughs, George Billis Gallery, NYC Industrial Beauty, George Billis Gallery, NYC 2013 Unpremeditated Natures: Russ Havard and David McLain. Gallery 1724 Houston, TX. 2013 Susan Jane Belton, Russ Havard and David Leonard, ArtEssex Gallery, Essex, CT.2013 Cityscape Show III, George Billis Gallery L.A., Los Angeles2013 Are We There Yet?, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI. 2012 Unseen: Glave Kocen Gallery. Richmond, VA. 2012 Still Life: The Painted Image, Washington County Museum, Hagerstown, MD. 2012 City Streets 2, George Billis Gallery, NYC. 2012 Conversations In Color,Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI. 2011 RESONANCE, Meditation Drawings, Olin Gallery, Salem VA 2010 Something to Put Something On, Box 13, Artspace, Houston TX 2010 NEW YORK MOMENTS George Billis Gallery NYC 2010 Gallery Artist: Selected Works:George Billis Gallery LA. 2010 Installation: Red Dot Art Fair, George Bills Gallery LA Miami FL.2010 Installation, ARTChicago. George Bills Gallery NYC/Chicago IL.
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MIRPURKHAS, Dec 28: An assistant professor of Mohammadi Medical College has been accused of torturing his estranged wife.
A resident of Satellite town, Syed Mohammad Jahangir Mati, lodged a case with the Satellite town police station on Friday night, stating that his sister Farhana got married three years back with the assistant professor of Mohammad Medical College Mirpurkhas, Dr Abdul Qadir, but their relations remained disturbed as she was tortured by her husband and his brothers as a result of which she decided to leave her husband and started living with the complainant along with her child.
He alleged that a few days ago Dr Abdul Qadir divorced his sister and issued threats of dire consequences in order to obtain the custody of the child.
He further alleged that Dr Abdul Qadir, Nasir Hassan Khan, employee of education department, Jawad and one unknown person barged into his house and beat his sister Dr Farhana and mother Saeeda Kulsoom when they offered resistance for saving her child as the accused were forcibly trying to take the child away.
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On January 6 2009 an Arizona Department of Public Safety Canine Officer stopped a 2009 Buick Sedan on interstate 40 for a traffic violation. After viewing the drivers' behavior the officer deployed his canine which then alerted to the trunk of the car. After searching the trunk the officer found a box that contained $133,420 dollars. Damon John Louis, 31 years of age, was detained and later released after questioning.


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The Path To Riches Leads North
Stunning new marijuana legislation is just around the corner.
It doesn't matter how the U.S. Government feels about pot —They can't stop this trend on the global level.
And the most exciting news in pot is coming from our neighbor to the north, Canada.
The great "white cannabis" movement is nearly upon us, and now is the perfect time for you to get in early for huge gains.
Ray Blanco, our resident marijuana investing expert, has the full story below.
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How "White Marijuana" Could Make You a Retirement Millionaire
By: Ray Blanco
American investors are going crazy for marijuana stocks… buying up shares of any company that's moving to capture a part of the cannabis market.
What's even more amazing is that these stocks are taking off even though recreational pot is legal in only eight U.S. states.
So how do you think the markets will react when legalization goes nationwide?
We're about to get a sneak preview, thanks to some pending legislation. The law will make it legal for anyone in the country over 18 years old to possess small amounts of marijuana. It will also give companies permission to market and sell marijuana products.
Politicians seem in favor of passing the law… and it could go into effect as early as July 1, 2018.
The twist is that it's not American companies that will profit… and I'm not talking about proposed legislation in the United States.
Instead, this legislation is happening in Canada. The companies that are poised to benefit the most are in the Great White North.
Pot in the Great White North
As you may know, marijuana was criminalized across the United States in October 1937. Nearly 80 years later, the federal government still considers it a dangerous controlled substance. Even as more and more states allow people to use pot medicinally or recreationally, Congress has yet to budge on the issue.
North of our border, however, is a completely different story. Canada has been far ahead of us on the legalization curve.
The first nationwide victory for Canada's legalization activists came in 2001, when Health Canada — their version of the Food and Drug Administration — allowed doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients.
The only problem was that it was still illegal to sell marijuana… which meant patients had to grow it themselves or find a drug dealer.
So in 2014, Health Canada revised its rules, allowing companies to apply for licenses to supply medical marijuana. The race to provide "white marijuana" — my term for cannabis grown in the Great White North — was on!
So I'm very excited by Canada's next big move toward legalization.
Goodbye Restrictions, Hello Profits
In 2012, Canada's Liberal Party decided to make marijuana legalization a key part of their platform leading up to the country's elections in 2015.
The party's charismatic leader, Justin Trudeau, made the promise a central part of his campaign. And when the votes were cast in late 2015, Trudeau easily swept into power.
Then early in 2017, Trudeau announced plans to move forward with his marijuana promises. On April 13, 2017, he revealed his proposed law.
The bill will make it legal for adults over the age of 18 to possess up to an ounce of marijuana. They also will be able to legally grow it at home or buy it from commercially licensed growers.
Assuming the legislation passes — and with the Liberal Party in charge, there's no reason to think it won't — the floodgates for recreational marijuana will open on July 1, 2018.
Obviously, this is great news to every white marijuana company that trades on the Canadian stock exchange.
Consider this — in 2016, marijuana sales in Colorado topped $1 billion — or $186 per capita. Assuming that same metric could be applied to Canada's population, their entire recreational market could be worth $6.56 billion… or 6.56 times more than Colorado's market. Overall, Canada's legal marijuana market could grow to $22.6 billion.
Of course, not all of Canada's white marijuana companies will capture a meaningful share of the market. Some may go out of business altogether.
Right now it's still too early to tell which white marijuana companies will have any real staying power once Canada's final prohibitions are lifted. Many are simply caught in a bubble — enjoying a ride up thanks to investors who don't know any better.
That's why I'm recommending a different approach. I've used my proprietary charting system to pinpoint the strongest white marijuana companies out there.
I don't mean ones with the strongest business models, management or even customer base. Instead, I'm talking about the Canadian cannabis stocks in the strongest uptrends.
The plan is to jump on these stocks now and ride them as far as they go. If they follow the patterns that we expect, we could see huge gains, and you could too!
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John Stenderup began his career at C.H. Robinson in 2008 in sales and account management before transitioning to his current role as manager of C.H. Robinson's Western Growers Transportation Program based out of Monterey, California. He oversees C.H. Robinson's partnership with the Western Growers Association, as well as seven additional grower/shipper associations throughout North America. He also plays an integral role in educating the produce industry on transportation industry trends, forecasts, challenges and potential solutions.
Stenderup recently climbed Mt. Everest and Lhotse, two of the tallest peaks in the world.
Robinson Fresh on June 29 published a post from Stenderup on its "Freshspective" blog called "From Arvin to Everest: What I Learned About Produce Growers While on Top of the World" (below).
In addition, his story is told in a video that can be found on the home page at theshelbyreport.com.
What do produce growers and mountaineers have in common? A lot, actually.
I recently returned from the experience of a lifetime: summiting Mount Everest. Turns out, you spend a lot of time with your own thoughts as you're trekking over 29,000 feet into the sky. One of the things that kept running through my mind were the parallels between farming and climbing.
As a kid who was raised on a family farm—where carrots, potatoes, and tomatoes were grown—I saw every day just how crucial teamwork, planning, and commitment were to a successful growing season. Climbing Mount Everest on the other side of the world, it became clear just how those values I grew up with are core to everything I do today. Here, I explore some of those beliefs.
Success starts with strong relationships.
If you're part of a team that you trust 100%, you can accomplish really amazing things. On the farm, I saw my dad and grandfather dedicate a lot of time cultivating relationships and building strong, cohesive teams that worked hard—and worked together—to reach a common goal. Likewise, a climbing team needs trust-based relationships in place, because you can't make it to the top of a mountain without the support of every person you're with.
The only guarantee is that nothing will go exactly according to plan.
It takes a person with a special type of grit to be a produce grower or a climber—a person with that competitive edge who really enjoys the unexpected. In both scenarios, you're going to spend a lot of time planning and preparing, all while knowing that you will likely need a plan B. Growers need to consider factors like weather impact or pests and be ready to problem solve if and when needed. Mountaineers need to consider the possibility of high winds, avalanches, severe weather, altitude sickness, and a host of other factors can disrupt even the most methodical plans.
Exceptional people do exceptional work.
Growers put in a lot of effort to provide food that feeds us all. And the way I see it, every shipment of produce that leaves the field should be considered a significant achievement. We all have the opportunity to realize any goal we set our minds to, whether that goal is set in the field or halfway across the world on top of a mountain. Whatever your peak is, go after it. Maybe you don't achieve it exactly the way you envisioned, or maybe you don't hit the summit, but you're going to be a better person for it because you grow and learn in the process.
Watch this video to learn more about how my upbringing on the farm helped prepare me for the journey up Everest.
To learn about the logistics of moving freight on Mount Everest—one of the world's most hostile environments—read my post on Transportfolio.