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Industrial facilitates currently account for around 40% of all greenhouse gas emissions across the U.S. This latest addendum to the host of green 2020 initiatives is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 4% below 1990 levels.
Residential properties benefits by this new initiative as it encourages the Department of Interior to approve enough renewable energy projects on public lands to power 6,000,000 homes by 2020. The Initiative also offers $8 billion in loan guarantees for energy efficiency and advanced fossil fuel projects.
“This is the change Americans have been waiting for on climate,” praises Sierra Club president Michael Brune. “President Obama is finally putting action behind his words.”
Already President Obama has been praised for his first term green triumph > steering automakers to double gas mileage standards for daily driver vehicles. Now, the President is requiring stricter standards for heavy duty truck models introduced in 2018 and after…and he can do it all without congressional approval.
In 2007, U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency-part of the executive branch under the White House-can regulate carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act – just like it does with soot, lead and other types of air pollution. Thus, Obama’s new plan does not need Congressional approval, but expect congressional input in determining just how the emissions cuts are implemented.
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When you're ready to play, simply draw an oval of the appropriate size around the string of points where you want your ship to be. When your opponent scores a "hit", place an X on the point within the oval where the "hit" occurred.
To begin with, your children will fire in a somewhat random fashion, naming points as the mood strikes them. But as they mature, you can help them develop a more systematic approach. Teach them to cover the board with a coarse "net" of shots. Then, if the small ships still escape undetected, gradually refine the "net" by subdividing the open sections.
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I've also allowed a certain number of sonar "pings" per player. When a using a sonar "ping", you specify a square region on the board, and your opponent has to notify you of the presence of any ships within such a square. They don't have to give you the coordinates of the ships. They just have to say "Yes, I have a ship somewhere in there", or "Nope, keep searching". And if they have multiple ships in the square, they have to tell you how many ships there are.
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Q: Can you introduce yourself and tell us more about Floki?
B: I'm B (da Viking), a Floki core team member and Head of Operations. Floki is the people's cryptocurrency and the utility token of the Floki Ecosystem.
The Floki Ecosystem consists of four main utility products, namely:
- A PlayToEarn metaverse blockchain game named Valhalla.
- An innovative crypto locker protocol named FlokiFi Locker.
- A crypto education platform named the University of Floki.
- An NFT and merchandise store named FlokiPlaces.
Floki currently has 430,000+ holders and a strong community all over the world. The Floki brand is also recognized by billions of people worldwide due to strong, strategic marketing partnerships with some of the biggest sports brands in the world. Floki aims to be the world's most known and most used cryptocurrency!
Q: Floki recently released its 2023 roadmap, and it looks packed. Can you tell us more about this roadmap and what you have planned for this year?
B: Our 2023 roadmap is an exciting one and shows there is a lot to look forward to. As stated in our roadmap, we will launch several new products this year, including Project TL, which we will launch under FlokiFi, which is Floki's DeFi brand. In addition to the above, we will release our flagship utility product, PlayToEarn metaverse game Valhalla, on the mainnet this year. We'll also launch a Chinese version of our metaverse game this year!
There is a lot more exciting stuff on the roadmap, and you can read the full roadmap here.
Q: Floki is focusing heavily on China this year. Why the strong focus on China?
B: We've looked very carefully at the numbers, which show that China will lead world economic growth and the next wave of massive crypto growth this year, and Floki is well-positioned to capitalize on this.
According to JP Morgan, the world's largest bank by market capitalization, China's economy will grow 20 times more than the Euro Area, four times more than the US, and 2.5 times more than the average global economy this year. That's some serious numbers worth paying attention to!
I also want to clarify that Floki announced its "China Plan" before the idea of "Chinese crypto coins" became a trend. So we're strategically positioned to benefit from Chinese economic and crypto growth this year compared to most other cryptocurrencies.
For example, Floki has locked down a strategic marketing partnership with China's biggest crypto social media platform. As a result, Floki also has one of the biggest Chinese crypto communities in the world, with over 120,000 holders and rapidly growing. Furthermore, Floki is one of the few cryptocurrencies that consistently trend in the top 10 of finance-related topics and in the top 3 of crypto-related topics on popular Chinese social media platforms.
So not only do the numbers show that China will be massive for crypto this year, but the numbers also show that Floki is better positioned to capitalize on this growth than most other cryptocurrencies, strategically speaking.
Q: Floki aims to be the world's most known and most used cryptocurrency. Isn't that too ambitious and difficult of a goal?
B: It could be a more ambitious goal. However, those who have followed Floki from the beginning have strong reasons to believe that achieving this goal is inevitable.
To give you a clear idea of the state of things, Floki originally started as an Elon Musk-inspired project abandoned by its original dev. The community pushed a takeover and invited a second dev who abandoned the project. Not giving up, the community ensured that the project got revived no matter what.
Despite these challenges, Floki has been able to achieve the following in a little over a year and a half. We've built a massive community of 430,000+ holders and one of the strongest crypto armies in the world. We've built several strong, innovative utility products, including what I believe to be the most disruptive blockchain gaming metaverse in this space (Valhalla) and the most innovative crypto locker protocol in the space (FlokiFi Locker). We've built FOUR schools in four world nations, including Nigeria, Laos, Guatemala, and Ghana. We've formed strong marketing partnerships that have exposed the Floki brand to an audience of over 3 billion people. This includes marketing partnerships with 8 of the biggest international football clubs, a partnership with a top Formula 1 team, and aggressive marketing campaigns on billboards, buses, and TV stations in over a dozen nations worldwide.
Being able to achieve the above in a little over a year and a half is no mean feat, and Floki is currently one of the most popular cryptocurrencies in the world. However, based on our roadmap and our moves, it's also very clear that we have the potential to be much bigger.
Q: Why is Floki called the people's cryptocurrency?
B: Floki is called the people's cryptocurrency for two main reasons:
Firstly, Floki had a unique early start where it was abandoned by its original dev and then another dev that was invited to save it. Yet the Floki community remained adamant in ensuring it survived.
Secondly, Floki is more pro-people-focused than any other cryptocurrency worldwide. For example, Floki is the only cryptocurrency directly built FOUR schools in four different world nations. In addition, Floki is the only cryptocurrency contributing millions of dollars to fight food insecurity. And these are only a few of Floki's charitable initiatives.
Our last DAO vote shows how much of an influence the Floki community (the people!) has on the project's trajectory: the Floki DAO voted to disable the Floki bridge and burn the tokens in that bridge. At the time of the burn, the tokens were worth over $120 million. They're now worth over $250 million. The people spoke, and their decision was executed. It's that simple!
Q: How is Floki different from the Dogecoin and Shiba Inu cryptocurrencies?
B: Floki is different from Dogecoin and Shiba Inu in a lot of ways:
Firstly, Floki has a stronger utility focus than both: we're currently building the most disruptive metaverse game in the industry and the most innovative crypto locker protocol. Data shows clear adoption for both of these products.
Secondly, Floki is doing real, impactful stuff towards helping make lives easier for the people: we've built four schools and contributed tremendously towards fighting food insecurity.
Thirdly, Floki has clearly outlined goals and has shown we're willing to work ruthlessly and aggressively toward achieving these goals. For example, Floki aims to be the most known and most used cryptocurrencies in the world, and as explained above, we have done a lot, and continue to do a lot, towards achieving this goal.
Free-Ask from KuCoin Community
Q: Do you know that audit is important for both trust and security? Have you done any audits of your project?
B: Security should be an important consideration for anyone trying to choose a crypto project to get into, and we realize this at Floki. This is why Floki is partnered with CertiK, the industry leader in blockchain security, to help with our audit needs.
CertiK has audited our smart token contracts and crypto locker protocol FlokiFi Locker.
You can see the CertiK audits here:
Q: Will there be a burn mechanism for your tokens?
B: Floki doesn't believe in using burns as a gimmick like most projects. Instead, we believe in providing true value and utility that drives strong demand for the Floki token!
For example, our utility product FlokiFi Locker automatically buys and burns FLOKI tokens with every successful transaction. The protocol has gained much traction lately and recently hit a Total Value Locked (TVL) ATH of $31.5 million.
We also have another project on our roadmap to buy and burn FLOKI tokens and further make Floki deflationary. It is codenamed "Project TL" and is due to launch this year.
That said, Floki recently had one of the biggest token burns in crypto history based on the decision of the Floki DAO. We burnt 5.1 trillion FLOKI tokens worth $120 million+ at the time of the burn and around $250 million now.
Q: Do you have a video tutorial so we can learn more about your FLOKI project? Do you have a YouTube channel or something? Can you share it with everyone?
B: This is a good question! We indeed do have a video that gives an overview of what Floki is and what the Floki Ecosystem is all about in this link.
Q: Do the token holders have the right to participate in project governance? For example, what decisions can they vote on about the project?
B: Floki is a DAO, and FLOKI holders have repeatedly voted on key issues affecting the project's future. We've had users vote on issues that range from whether to renounce the Floki contract to whether to burn FLOKI tokens. In one of our most recent DAO votes, the Floki DAO was able to vote on whether or not to reduce the Floki transaction tax by 90% and burn the bridge tokens worth $120 million+ at the time of the burn. Every major crypto publication wrote about this, including The Block, and Coindesk.
Q: You plan on having staking built. Where will the staking reward money come from? Is it from when lending-borrowing DeFi was live? (So the staking is like term deposit interest in banks.
B: I can't reveal much about staking rewards for now, but we will have a DAO vote about this in the future. We have options ready to present to the DAO, so it will ultimately be a decision of the Floki DAO.
Our native staking program differs from our lending/borrowing integration which strong, respected partners in the space will facilitate!
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These books can be used alone or one after another for a series of conversations about imaginary friends. You can read the book(s) and then ask what the children are wondering about, using their questions as a starting place. You can also think together about some of the questions on the Discussion Questions tab in this lesson plan.
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The count down for the fourth phase of polling for 42 Assembly constituencies for Bihar election has started. Top leaders of various political parties are making whirlwind tour of the constituencies to convince the voters in favour of their respective candidates.
Addressing a number of public meetings in this phase, the BJP National President Nitin Gadkari claimed that in the past five years during NDA rule, the growth rate in the state has risen to 11 per cent whereas it was just five per cent during Lalu-Rabri’s 15 year rule. JDU leader and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressing an election meeting in Banka promised to provide electricity connections to every house in the state by setting-up power plants.
On the other hand, RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad accused the Nitish government for failing to set-up even a single industry in the state in its five year rule. He also claimed that Nitish government will not come to power after this election. Meanwhile, Banka parliamentary constituency will also go to poll along with in this phase for which polling will be held on November 1st.
Meanwhile, notification for the sixth and final phase of Assembly elections in Bihar has been issued and filings of nominations are in progress. All arrangements have been completed for tomorrow’s third phase of theAssembly elections. 48 constituencies spread over six districts are going to poll in this phase. Three constituencies of Patepur, Balmikinagar and RamnagarAssembly constituencies are Naxal infested.

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The critical habitat rule to be published Tuesday restores areas cut by the Bush administration and adds a little more as a precaution against rising sea levels forecast with global warming.
The expanded area totals 24,500 acres in California, Oregon and Washington.
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The Obama administration agreed to develop a new critical habitat designation after being sued by the Center for Biological Diversity.
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The news that venture capitalist Peter Thiel is the man behind the Hulk Hogan lawsuit that may bankrupt the media company is the latest twist not only on this particular story, but on the saga that is Gawker itself. Thiel is apparently still mad about the time he was outed in 2007 by Valleywag, a now-shuttered Gawker site that he has called “the Silicon Valley equivalent of Al Qaeda.” Titled “Peter Thiel is totally gay, people,” the post uncomfortably straddles two different worlds: Gawker’s roots as a site that treats personal gossip as news and a growing awareness that it is ethically dubious to out someone who doesn’t want to be outed. The post ends up arguing that outing Thiel is actually good for Thiel and other gays trying to succeed in Silicon Valley, since it would make the tech industry more tolerant.
So the Hogan controversy now resembles the one that engulfed Gawker in 2015, when it published an article that outed the chief financial officer at Conde Nast. At the time, Gawker editor-in-chief Max Read, voicing the old ethos, said that “given the chance Gawker will always report on married c-suite executives of major media companies fucking around on their wives.” Nick Denton, promising a “20 percent nicer” Gawker, disagreed: He pulled the post and Read resigned in protest. But Denton is still having trouble escaping the past. As he noted in a comment in the 2007 Valleywag post, Thiel “was so paranoid that, when I was looking into the story, a year ago, I got a series of messages relaying the destruction that would rain down on me, and various innocent civilians caught in the crossfire, if a story ever ran.” And here we are.


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Marazion, the ancient charter town situated on the shore of Mount's Bay in the far west of Cornwall, is one of the most popular holiday destinations in the United Kingdom. As well as being a holiday destination in its own right, Marazion is the "gateway" to the world famous St Michael's Mount.
Marazion has an interesting history. It was once a flourishing town, owing its prosperity to the many pilgrims who came to visit St Michael's Mount. Over the years, it has been plundered by the French and by Cornish rebels and attacked by Spaniards. The rise and progress of the neighbouring borough of Penzance in the 17th century marginalised Marazion and today Marazion is largely reliant on the tourist industry.
St Michael's Mount is one of Cornwall's most famous landmarks. A steep granite island situated a few hundred metres offshore, topped by a spectacular castle. St Michael's Mount is accessible on foot from Marazion across the causeway at low tide, or by short ferry crossing at high tide.
St Michael's Mount castle and gardens are open to the public during the summer holiday season and occasionally at other times. St Michael's Mount is frequently described as "the jewel in Cornwall's crown". If you are on holiday in Marazion, Penzance or elsewhere in west Cornwall, you must visit St Michael's Mount.
Whether your Marazion accommodation needs are a luxury hotel, a guest house, a bed and breakfast (B&B), a self catering cottage or a campsite, there will be something available for you.
Whether you are on holiday or live locally, food and drink are very important. Marazion and other local towns, such as Penzance and St Ives, have excellent restaurants, cafes and pubs, many specialising in fresh local seafood. Marazion Guide includes a few real gems of restaurants, cafes and pubs that you might not find on your own.
Of course, many people come on holiday to Marazion and Cornwall for the beaches. Marazion has a mile long beautiful sandy beach that never really gets that busy. Marazion beach is an ideal family beach with safe, clean water, ample parking and a good children's playground located on the "Folly Field" green behind. And you have the striking view over to St Michael's Mount, situated just offshore.
Marazion has something for lovers of sport too. Rugby is taken very seriously locally. If football is your game that is available too. For the more energetic, Marazion and Mount's Bay are known worldwide for sailing, windsurfing and kite surfing; there are also great surfing beaches locally.
Make Marazion Guide your guide to Marazion and St Michael's Mount.
Chef Gordon Ramsay fined £500 for speeding in Cornwall
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is fined £500 for driving at 70mph in a 40mph zone.
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Girl swept into sea at Newquay dies days after father
A two-year-old girl whose father was killed when a family were swept off rocks and into the sea by a large wave also dies.
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New badger culling trials given go ahead across England
Badger culls are to be carried out in five new areas of England in a bid to control bovine TB, the BBC learns.
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'Tougher' phone laws needed, says coach crash victim's son
The son of a coach crash victim has called for tougher penalties for people who use mobile phones while driving.
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£80m of cocaine found on fishing trawler near Falmouth
More than a tonne of cocaine with a street value of £80m is recovered from a vessel off the English coast.
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*** AGENDA FOR RALSTON CITY COUNCIL MEETING ***
Ralston City Hall, 5500 South 77th Street
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by Carole McKellar
This month - a review of one of the most talked-about books in the country by first-time novelist M.O. Walsh
"My Sunshine Away" - a novel by M.O. Walsh
M.O. Walsh took the title of his book from the lyrics of the song, “You Are My Sunshine,” written by the former governor of Louisiana, Jimmie Davis.
This atmospheric Louisiana novel is set in Baton Rouge, the state capital. The story begins in 1989 with a crime, the rape of a fifteen year old girl. Central to the story is a 14-year-old boy who fantasized about the girl, Lindy Simpson, and watched her movements through their neighborhood. He admits early in the telling that he was a suspect in the crime. The rape took place in the dark, and Lindy could not identify her assailant, leaving the neighborhood with its speculations. This book is more than merely a crime drama, however. It is a story of memory and the narrative we create of our childhood.
The narrator of this story is unnamed, but he is the grown man recalling this life-defining event. The style is informal and conversational. His description of the life of a privileged boy growing up in the south feels authentic. One pivotal event in the story centered around the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle. The reactions of the students and teachers watching television in class brought back vivid memories of that tragedy. Neighborhood street games, mosquito control trucks, and backyard barbecues evoke the sound and smell of a Southern childhood.
Our storyteller’s youth included trauma not centered on the rape, since his family life is far from perfect. The upscale neighborhood of his youth was not as idyllic as it seemed on the surface either. At times the guilt expressed by the narrator seemed puzzling. He described himself as a suspect, his infatuation with Lindy caused him to do some suspicious things, but he never seemed capable of committing the crime. While he became something of a peeping Tom, this appeared to be the indiscretions of a foolish teenage boy.
The novel is suspenseful and maintained my interest from the beginning. One chapter diverged into an explanation of the differences between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. That chapter seemed ancillary to the story, but highly entertaining as an essay. The conclusion demonstrated that a fulfilling life is possible in spite of traumatic experiences.
I had the pleasure of reading an advance copy of this novel, which won’t be published until some time in mid-February. The author, M.O. Walsh, is a graduate of the MFA program at the University of Mississippi and is currently the director of the Creative Writing Workshop at The University of New Orleans. He grew up in Baton Rouge, but currently lives in New Orleans with his family. His stories and essays have appeared in several periodicals, but this is his first novel.
About M.O. Walsh
M.O. Walsh was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His stories and essays have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, The Southern Review, American Short Fiction, Epoch, and Greensboro Review. His short stories have also been anthologized in Best New American Voices, Bar Stories, Best of the Net and Louisiana in Words.

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From Pennsylvania to New Hampshire
2014-10-02 18:57:00.000 – Caleb Meute, Summit Intern
I spent the last couple of weeks in southeastern Pennsylvania where the leaves have not yet turned to the color of fall. My drive north was spectacular, as I was able to see a vivid color change amongst all of the trees. Unfortunately, I was “that guy” taking pictures with one hand on the phone and the other on the wheel. Don’t worry, 60 percent of the time, my eyes were on the road the whole time. Driving up the mountain was also quite enjoyable during Wednesday’s shift change as the trees were colorful under an overcast cloud layer. This drive was unique, as we eventually got into the cloud layer and then emerged above it, revealing an ocean of gray all around. The only land that was visible were the peaks of Mount Jefferson and Mount Adams. Arriving at the summit warranted a view of total undercast, which I have been waiting to see since the beginning of my internship in May.I only took enough pictures to drain my phone’s battery by a mere 70 percent.
I’m not a morning person, so I am pretty ecstatic that the sunrise is now at 6:37. This morning, I made my way outside just in time to see the sun poke through the layer of undercast, which immediately ignited colors all over the sky. This allowed me to take my first sunrise picture and, by no means, did it let me down.
While I love the undercast type setting, I was also eager to have a view of the valley in the midst of the fall foliage. With high pressure building into New England this afternoon, the clouds dissipated just enough for the sea of red and orange to become visible. I have been fascinated by every view that I have seen since arriving on this mountain, but what you see right now is truly special. If you take a look at the higher summits forecast, you will see that tomorrow looks to be fog-free, which should make for wonderful views of the foliage below. I highly recommend coming for a visit of the summit tomorrow. I also recommend you get a tour from Mike Carmon or Caleb Meute. Critics have referred to them as “The best of the modern era” “Literally incredible” and even, “A tour that everyone needs to experience at least twice in their lifetime”. You simply cannot argue with the critics!
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Bass virtuoso Dean Demerritt Hosts CD Release Concert at the OK Jazz Hall of Fame!
Dean Demerritt presents Red Dirt Improvisations: The CD Release Concert! at the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame on Sunday July 9th at 5:00 pm. Treat yourself to a wonderful evening of music as we celebrate the success of Dean’s latest CD!
An absolute musician, Dean’s roots are in jazz, blues, classical, rock, and country and western. Growing up as the son of a jazz pianist in Tulsa, he learned the roots of jazz from performing in his father’s band in high school. Dean’s teen years were spent learning jazz standards from an older generation of venerated artists. Dean went on to study classical and jazz bass at the University of Tulsa, graduating with a degree in music.
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Lil' Wayne Teases New Collaboration With Drake 'Believe Me'
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'Carter V' is coming.
Lil' Wayne has hooked up with his Young Money label mate Drake for new single 'Believe Me.'
The 'Senile' rapper released a teaser of what will be the first single off his upcoming album as a part of his #WeezyWednesdays series. In the short clip, Lil' Wayne and Drizzy are seen working in the studio together, with the track's melodic beat playing on.
In February Drake tweeted saying 'Carter V May 5th', leading everyone to believe that would be the date Wayne's album dropped. But since then his manager has confirmed the rumours aren't true.
In light of the preview dropping this week, maybe Drake was referring to his Cartver V assisted-single dropping in full on 5th May?
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Proponents of legalizing marijuana have long pointed to a prospective windfall they say state and local governments could enjoy by taxing products that now circulate on the black market.
But the sponsors of a bill to legalize marijuana in New Mexico have an unlikely goal.
They don’t want to tax it too much. And there’s a reason why.
“Our goal was to stay under 20 percent,” said Rep. Javier Martinez, a Democrat from Albuquerque who is co-sponsoring House Bill 356, known as the Cannabis Regulation Act.
The law would set a relatively moderate excise tax of 9 percent on marijuana. Local governments could add up to 3 percent. State as well as local gross receipts taxes would apply, too.
While other states have charged more, the idea is to ensure that marijuana sold on the legal market can compete with the black market.
Colorado has a 15 percent excise tax as well as a 15 percent sales tax, according to data compiled by the Tax Foundation. Nevada has a 15 percent excise tax, too, as well as a 10 percent sales tax. Oregon’s sales tax on marijuana is 17 percent. Washington charges 37 percent.
Too high a rate can put a damper on the legal market, the Tax Foundation has said. When rates are higher, legal products may not be competitive enough with products on the black market, keeping illicit trade alive.
Proponents of New Mexico’s law have tried to avoid promising too much when it comes to the funds that legalizing marijuana could raise, in part because of that balance.
Instead, they have focused on the idea’s popularity, the issue of equity and righting the wrongs of the war on drugs, as well as the economic opportunities that could come with launching a new industry.
A newly published analysis by the state Taxation and Revenue Department gave a glimpse of what the state could expect from passing House Bill 356, though. It projected annual revenue ranging from $19 million in 2021 as the program is starting up to $34 million within a couple of years of implementation, around 2023.
County and municipal governments could raise another $22 million a year by 2023, the analysis found.
Under House Bill 356, most of the money raised by the state would go to the general fund.
But 20 percent would go to a proposed Department of Health fund that would provide job placement, mental health treatment and substance use disorder treatment in communities disproportionately affected by state and federal drug policies.
Another 14 percent would go to research of medical and recreational cannabis as well as substance use disorder, and to help run public education campaigns to discourage driving under the influence and use by youths. Some of that money would also go to a DWI program.
Lawmakers raised questions about how best to split up the money for law enforcement and traffic safety on Saturday as the bill got its first committee hearing of the legislative session.
Ultimately, the House Health and Human Services Committee voted 5-2 along party lines to advance the measure without changes. It goes next to the House Judiciary Committee.
The bill’s sponsors signaled they are open to some suggestions for changes, though.
While the bill drew a long line of supporters who implored lawmakers to embrace what several described as an idea whose time had come, the debate also hinted at the myriad technical issues that lay ahead and make the whole act something of a long shot this year.
HB 356 would legalize the use of marijuana among people over the age of 21 starting in 2020. It also would set up a system to regulate the cultivation and sale of marijuana while also allowing local communities to opt out of allowing the sale of cannabis.
The bill would erase records of past marijuana-related arrests, charges and convictions.
Patients in the state’s Medical Cannabis Program have raised concerns that legalizing marijuana for recreational use will upend their market.
“We want to make sure there are still establishments that cater directly to cannabis patients,” said Emily Kaltenbach of the Drug Policy Alliance, which has worked on the bill.
Kaltenbach said the law would require recreational cannabis dispensaries to also serve patients in the medical program. And licenses for running a medical dispensary would remain cheaper. Moreover, the law would exempt medical cannabis from the state’s gross receipts tax.
Business groups, including the Association of Commerce and Industry, have raised concerns about employer liability provisions.
Lawmakers are bound to raise more concerns about policing impaired driving.
One lawmaker proposed amending the bill during Saturday’s hearing to significantly limit the sale of edible products, such as cookies or candy.
Rep. Bill Pratt, D-Albuquerque, proposed banning the sale of recreational-use cannabis edibles that contain salt, sugar or other sweeteners. The retired physician said he was worried that children might try to consume edibles if the products seemed appetizing.
Pratt had only intended to ban such edibles for recreational use, not from the medical program. But his amendment was worded differently, and he withdraw the suggestion.
Proponents noted the bill already restricts advertising of marijuana by, for example, prohibiting marketing such products with cartoon characters. Products could not be designed to appeal to children, either.
Still, banning edibles with sugar or salt raised the question: How would that taste?
“The omission of sweeteners or salt from edible products would not only make them unattractive to children but unattractive to adults,” said state Rep. Karen Bash, D-Albuquerque.


It was Too Much to bear when we thought we’d said Goodbye to the Spice Girls when they split back in the early noughties (sorry), so imagine how excited we were to hear that the group are reforming.
Well, three of them that is.
Yep, Geri, Emma and Mel B are making a comeback on the pop scene under the new name GEM – and now it turns out they could be getting their own TV show.
According to The Mirror, the three popstars are in discussion with the BBC about launching their own talent show to rival the likes of The Voice and The X Factor.
Yep, that’s right, they’ll be looking for the next bunch of wannabes!
We really hope this show comes off, because if anything can revive the slightly tired talent show TV format, it’s these three ladies.
We’re preparing to have our lives spiced up all over again…
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This small building is located about 3 mi. south of the site of Ephesus up on a hill that overlooks the site. It was identified as the House of Mary (mother of Jesus) in 1891 by Father Jung, a local priest from Smyrna. He searched for the house based upon the visions of a German mystic named Catherine Emmereich between 1818–1824. Popes Paul VI, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI have visited the House.
There is no early evidence that John brought Mary from Jerusalem to Ephesus. The earliest evidence about Mary is from Epiphanius (bishop of Salamis, Cyprus, d. 403) who places Mary's life and death in Jerusalem—compare the traditions associated with the Dormition Abby in Jerusalem.

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The US military's newest sidearm is now available for the first time in an operational airsoft format developed for the training professional.
In January 2017, the SIG SAUER P320-based M17 was awarded the United States Military's Modular Handgun System contract. Now you can own and train with a piece of history, as SIG SAUER introduces the SIG AIR ProForce M17 airsoft training pistol with the same unparalleled look and feel as the U.S. military's M17. The M17 airsoft training pistol comes in the same coyote tan as selected by the U.S. military.
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Travel and explore South Africa!
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And big trouble it is, not just for his friend, but for Billy Bob himself- in the form of Wyatt Dixon, a recent prison parolee sworn to kill Billy Bob as revenge for both his imprisonment and his sister's death, both of which he blames on the former Texas lawman. As the mysteries multiply and the body count mounts, the listener is drawn deeper and deeper into the tortured mind of Billy Bob Holland, an incredibly complex hero, tormented by the mistakes of his past and driven to make things - all things - right. What makes him especially fascinating is that beneath the guise of justice for the weak and downtrodden lies a tendency for violence that at times becomes more terrifying than the danger he is trying to eradicate.
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"Those who relish Burke's patented mix of supercharged violence and overheated passions are in for a treat." (Publishers Weekly)
"[He]... does a wonderful job of contrasting that harmonious and peaceful setting with the jarring dissonance of failed human relations." (Booklist)
James Lee Burke is one of my favorite authors. He doesn't write anything that's bad. Will Patton is SOOOOO good it is no wonder he had narrated most of Burke's Books. Great Listen
Storyline, somewhat interesting. However the reader mispronounced many names and other words. Glaring error is Raton Pass.
This performance is head and shoulders above Cimarron Rose with it's irritating and intrusive dobro interludes. No interludes here, but Burke started phoning it in about 10 years ago. His books have become as formulaic as Dean Koontz. There is always the creepy, sexually deviant psychopath, the rich family that is involved in some dirty dealings, the cardboard cut-out mob guys who are somehow involved, and the hero who gets sexually involved with every female character, normally to his detriment. That said, even the worst Burke is better than 90% of what is out there. Will Patton, as usual, does an astonishing job of bringing Burke's characters to life.
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Netflix is debuting an epic spy movie starring Gal Gadot later in 2023. The film, Heart Of Stonewas announced back in December 2020 and is planned to be the start of a spy thriller franchise similar to Mission: Impossible and Jason Bourne, but with a female lead star. Gal, 37, gets to show off her action moves that she learned from Wonder Woman to play a CIA Agent in Heart of Stone.
Excited for Heart of Stone? Keep reading to learn more about the spy thriller, including the release date, the cast and crew, and more.
Where and When To Watch
Heart of Stone will be released August 11, 2023 on Netflix. There are no plans for a theatrical release at this time.
The official trailer for Heart of Stone has not been released yet. The First Look video was released at TUDUM and featured Gal talking about the film while epic action scenes from the movie played. “Heart of Stone is going to be extremely epic,” Gal said. “It’s a super grounded, raw action thriller.”
Her co-star Alia Bhatt said, “It has these characters that you really connect with and feel for.” Star Jamie Dornan said, “There’s so much going on and it’s so big scale.” Gal explained that they wanted to keep the film “realistic, so people can feel the pain.” She also said that her character, Rachel Stone, “lives off the adrenaline. She’s addicted to it.”
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Gal Gadot stars as CIA Agent Rachel Stone. She signed onto the film in December 2020. Bollywood icon Alia Bhatt, 29, plays Keya Dhawan and Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan, 40, plays Parker. They both joined the film in early 2022. Heart of Stone is Alia’s first Hollywood project. Sophie Okonedo, Matthias Schweighöfer, Jing Lusi, and Paul Ready also star.
Tom Harper43, directed Heart of Stone. The screenwriters are Greg Rucka and Allison Schroederwho received an Academy Award nomination for co-writing Hidden Figures. The producing team on Heart of Stone includes Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldbergand Don Grangerand Mockingbird’s Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn. Gal also produced the film with her company Pilot Wave.
The official synopsis for Heart of Stonecourtesy of Netflix, reads, “Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot) is an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peace-keeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset.”
Netflix executive Ori Marble told Variety how Heart of Stone will compare to other epic spy movie franchises. “One of the things that got us really excited was the idea of doing a film in a genre that’s often dominated by men. It’s Mission: Impossible. It’s Bourne. Those movies always have men at the center of them,” she said. “This has two strong women in Gal Gadot and Alia Bhatt who are in the middle of things. Along with Jamie Dornan they form a central trio.”
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Nabokov’s Lolita: Externalization of Contemporary Mind in the Configuration of Hedonistic Aesthetics
Ethics and aesthetics have invariably remained the two closely integrated artistic appurtenances for the production of any work of art. These artistic devices configure themselves into a complex synthesis in our contemporary literature. The labyrinthine integration of ethics and aesthetics, operating in the lives of human characters, to the extent of transcending all limits has resulted in an artistic puzzle for the readers.
Art, no doubt, is an extrinsic expression of the intrinsic life of man. The use of aesthetics in literature pertaining to human existence; aesthetic solipsism, has resulted in the artistic objectification of these characters. The practice of the like aestheticism deprives the characters of their souls, rendering them as mere objects of aesthetic gaze at the hands of their artists-creators. Artists orchestrate their lives founding it on a plot which deviates from normal social and ethical standards. Their perverse attitude can be seen in dealing with characters, their feelings and the incidents of their lives. Morality is made to appear not as religious construct but as an individual’s private affair. Furthermore the idea of beauty incarnated, in other words hedonistic aesthetic does not placate a true aesthete.
Ethics and aesthetic are the two most recurring motifs of our contemporary literature, especially of Nabokov’s world. The purpose of my study is to peruse these aforementioned motifs in Nabokov’s most enigmatic novel Lolita, a story of pedophilia, which is in fact reflective of our complex individual psychic and societal patterns. The narrative subverts all the traditional and hitherto known notions of aesthetics and ethics.
When applied to literature, aesthetic does not simply mean ‘beautiful’ in the text. It refers to an intricate relationship between feelings and perception and also incorporates within its range wide ranging emotional reactions to text. The term aesthetics in literature is connected with the readers whose critical responses to the text determine the merit of any work to be really a piece of art. Aestheticism is the child of ethics. Morality sets the grounds for the production of any work and the idea of aesthetics gives it transcendence.
Keywords: Ethics, Aesthetics, Aesthetic Hedonism, Nymphet Syndrome, Pedophilia.


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Now it’s the EPA!. The Environmental Protection Agency has joined the IRS is claiming they cannot produce incriminating information from their computers because of a 2010 computer crash. Hey, it’s working for the IRS. Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) threatens to hold the EPA in contempt of Congress if it fails to turn over subpoenaed communications with the White House— subpoenaed in November.
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy confirmed to the House Oversight Committee Wednesday that her staff is unable to provide lawmakers all of the documents they have requested on the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, because of a 2010 computer crash.
“We’re having trouble getting the data off of it and we’re trying other sources to actually supplement that,” McCarthy said. “We’re challenged in figuring out where those small failures might have occurred and what caused them occur, but we’ve produced a lot of information.”
The revelation came less than two weeks after IRS officials told Congress that Lois Lerner, the official at the center of the controversy over the targeting of conservative tax-exempt groups, also suffered from a hard drive crash that makes it difficult to comply with records requests.
The House Oversight Committee has reason to suspect that Philip North, who worked for the EPA in Alaska decided in 2009 that the proposed Pebble Mine near Bristol Bay should not be allowed, before the agency even began to investigate if there were any negative effects on the environment. Committee staffers have been trying to interview North for over a year, but he has been in New Zealand and refuses to cooperate.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) said the Federal Records Act requires agencies to maintain all records, which includes emails. Administrator McCarthy admitted “we may have some emails that we cannot produce that we should have kept.”
Lamar Smith, Chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology has questioned EPA Administrator McCarthy’s assertion that the debate on how much the climate is changing, the role of humans if any, is over, and no one should question her agency’s actions, or the “confidentail research” it uses to justify multimillion and billion dollar clean air rules. If you question that you are
racist, a denier at war with science.
This should alarm every citizen. The EPA funds the scientific research it uses to support the regulations it issues. The EPA has issued 2,827 new final regulations since Obama took office on January 20 , 2009. The EPA picks the usually agency-funded, but supposedly independent scientists who review the regulations. When the regulations are challenged, the courts defer to the agency on the science. But the agency refuses to make public the scientific research it uses.
The House Science Committee has passed The Secret Science Reform Act which requires that EPA regulation should be based on legitimate science and data that are open to the public.
Gina McCarthy sees this as a threat. Speaking to the National Academy of Sciences in April, she defended her agency’s need to “protect data from those who are not qualified to analyze it. So the EPA decides who get to look at the “scientific research they use, research paid for with public funds, appropriated by Congerss on behalf of American taxpayers. Unbelievable.
In the announcement of the EPA’s 645 page Clean Power Plan, Ms. McCarthy claimed “The science is clear. The risks are clear. And the high costs of climate inaction keep piling up.”
The Institute for Energy Research says “The EPA’s Power Plant Rule: All Economic Costs; No Climate Benefits.”
On June 2, 2014, at President Obama’s direction, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its proposed rule mandating carbon dioxide emission cuts for existing power plants. This rule is designed to comply with the president’s plan to make electricity rates “necessarily skyrocket” by reducing the use of coal-fired electricity generation from existing power plants—one of the cheapest sources of electricity generation. While the rule will result in increasing electricity rates, the rule will not have any material climate benefit despite the fact that the climate is the justification for the rule.
Just one more crooked government agency, abusing the public trust, recklessly issuing regulations to accrue power to itself.
Being enpowered by Congress to keep the navigable waters of the United States clean, they have attempted to control any discharge of water in the drainage ditches beside the road, in the flow of rainwater as part of the “navigable waters” because that water would eventually flow into something navigable since all wates eventually flow to the sea.
President Obama’s misguided effort to shut down coal-fired power plants will not only “skyrocket” electricity rates, but will make every product made in the United States cost more. These efforts will garner him Tom Steyer’s promised 100 million, but cost the American economy another lost 200,000 jobs. And what happens when winters get colder and people can’t afford to heat their homes?
It is all about politics, and only about politics. Obama has brought Chicago politics to the federal government. Crony capitalism. Give your donors what they want, spend the money to stay in control and reward your donors and repeat endlessly, as it all slips gradually into totalitarianism and one party rule.