The rocker made the admission during a radio interview, explaining that he’d love to reunite the band again for a star turn on the famous Pyramid stage.
Rod and Ronnie performing in September
He told Radio London: “I just wish someone would phone us up from Glastonbury and ask us to do that.
"They have never done it. We would be up for it. There are only three of us standing now."
Rod recently reunited with his bandmates Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones for a special, one-off event.
Tickets for next year’s Glastonbury sold out in record time last weekend, when all 180,000 tickets were snapped up in a matter of minutes, despite the fact no artists have been confirmed for the festival.
Rod isn’t the first star to reveal that he’d like to perform at Glastonbury, as earlier this week, Leo Sayer told the ‘Loose Women’ panel that he’d love to make his way to the farm next June.
“I want do to it. Why not?” he said. “There's that nice little slot where they put people like Al Green, you know, the legendary artists... yeah I could do that hands down…
“I’m sorry, I’m not being flash, but I mean… easy peasy, bring it on! I love playing those big gigs as well, it’s great.”


Right before Thanksgiving, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo blocking his executive order that would have limited worship services to ten people in “red zones” and 25 people in “orange zones.”
Their ruling provides a stinging rebuke of Gov. Cuomo’s measures and offers a temporary injunction until the Second Circuit Court of Appeals can rule in December on the issue.
Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Clarence Thomas were in the majority. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Stephen Beyer, Elana Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. The Supreme Court reversed itself in previous similar cases that denied injunctions on COVID-19 restrictions impacting churches in California and Nevada by a five to four vote.
Justice Barrett’s addition to the court replacing the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg tipped the scales in the opposite direction.
The unsigned majority opinion made several points as to why they provided injunctive relief for the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, Agudath Israel of America, and other houses of worship that find themselves under similar circumstances.
The regulations are not neutral.
“(T)he regulations cannot be viewed as neutral because they single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment,” they wrote.
Churches, mosques, synagogues, and temples are limited to ten people during worship services or other religious activities if they are located in a “red zone.” However, “essential” businesses can admit as many people as they wish.
Likewise, in “orange zones,” worship services are limited to 25 people, while even “non-essential” businesses can allow as many people as they wish.
These are restrictions that are far more strict than those applied in California and Nevada.
“These categorizations lead to troubling results. At the hearing in the District Court, a health department official testified about a large store in Brooklyn that could ‘literally have hundreds of people shopping there on any given day.’ Yet a nearby church or synagogue would be prohibited from al- lowing more than 10 or 25 people inside for a worship service.” they noted.
“Because the challenged restrictions are not ‘neutral’ and of ‘general applicability,’ they must satisfy ‘strict scrutiny,’ and this means that they must be ‘narrowly tailored’ to serve a ‘compelling’ state interest,” the majority added.
While preventing the spread of COVID-19 is a compelling state interest, the majority noted that Gov. Cuomo’s order is not “narrowly tailored.”
“Not only is there no evidence that the applicants have contributed to the spread of COVID–19 but there are many other less restrictive rules that could be adopted to minimize the risk to those attending religious services,” they added.
Gov. Cuomo’s restrictions cause irreparable harm.
“There can be no question that the challenged restrictions, if enforced, will cause irreparable harm,” the majority opinion reads.
They noted that limiting attendance to ten or 25 will keep most of the church or synagogue membership from attending in person. Catholics cannot partake in communion while watching Mass at home. The essential traditions of the Orthodox Jewish faith also require personal attendance.
“The loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time, unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury,” the majority wrote, quoting the Supreme Court’s plurality opinion in Elrod v. Burns in 1976.
Justice Gorsuch, in a concurring opinion, pointed out the harm it causes in the Orthodox Jewish community.
“In the Orthodox Jewish community that limit might operate to exclude all women, considering 10 men are necessary to establish a minyan, or a quorum,” he wrote.
“In ‘orange zones,’ it’s not much different. Churches and synagogues are limited to a maximum of 25 people. These restrictions apply even to the largest cathedrals and synagogues, which ordinarily hold hundreds. And the restrictions apply no matter the precautions taken, including social distancing, wearing masks, leaving doors and windows open, forgoing singing, and disinfecting spaces between services,” Justice Gorsuch added.
There is no public interest.
The majority noted that the state of New York failed to demonstrate that Diocese churches or Orthodox Jewish synagogues contributed to the spread of COVID-19.
The state also did not demonstrate that public health would be harmed if less restrictive measures were required.
“Members of this Court are not public health experts, and we should respect the judgment of those with special expertise and responsibility in this area. But even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten. The restrictions at issue here, by effectively barring many from attending religious services, strike at the very heart of the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty,” the majority wrote.
Justice Gorsuch added in his concurring opinion, “The only explanation for treating religious places differently seems to be a judgment that what happens there just isn’t as ‘essential’ as what happens in secular spaces. Indeed, the Governor is remarkably frank about this: In his judgment laundry and liquor, travel and tools, are all ‘essential’ while traditional religious exercises are not. That is exactly the kind of discrimination the First Amendment forbids.”
He added this problem is not limited to New York, pointing back to the previous Supreme Court cases.
Justice Gorsuch noted the Supreme Court had tolerated California and Nevada’s executive actions because of the “newness” of the disease.
“At that time, COVID had been with us, in earnest, for just three months. Now, as we round out 2020 and face the prospect of entering a second calendar year living in the pandemic’s shadow, that rationale has expired according to its own terms. Even if the Constitution has taken a holiday during this pandemic, it cannot become a sabbatical,” he wrote.
Looking at Chief Justice Roberts’ rationale in supporting California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order, Justice Gorsuch pointed to “a particular judicial impulse to stay out of the way in times of crisis.”
“But if that impulse may be understandable or even admirable in other circumstances, we may not shelter in place when the Constitution is under attack. Things never go well when we do,” he added.
“It is time—past time—to make plain that, while the pandemic poses many grave challenges, there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores and bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues, and mosques,” Gorsuch concluded.


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Transracial (or interracial) adoption is when a family adopts a child who has a different racial background. Once somewhat rare, adoptions such as these are now quite common. In fact, some studies suggest that are growing in frequency.
For instance, take the following facts into consideration:
It’s clear that transracial adoptions are now fairly common, but being commonplace does not mean they are without their own special concerns and considerations.
If you are considering adopting and may create an interracial family as a result – not an unexpected outcome if you’re adopting internationally – the following suggestions should be taken into consideration:
Understand the Differences: It may be nice to think that you can have a “colorblind” life, but the fact is that your child may experience things you will not based on their ethnicity. Understand that and be prepared for it.
Talk to Other Transracial Families: There is often no greater teacher than experience, so use the experience of others to help you better prepare for life as an interracial or transracial family.
Talk About Cultural Customs Before Adoption: You and your partner, along with any close family members who are a regular part of your life, should have a frank discussion about your child’s cultural identity and what customs you’ll want to embrace and what customs you won’t before you move ahead with adoption. These things can have a big impact on your life.
Let Your Child Decide: You may have decided to fully embrace your child’s birth heritage, only to discover when they get older that they just aren’t that interested in it. Or you may go light on highlighting such cultural touchstones, only to find that your child craves them and wants to fully embrace their birth culture. Don’t force either on your child. Allow them to guide you when it comes to what they desire and are comfortable with.
Let Them Be Represented: If you have adopted interracially, be cognizant of the fact that your child is likely to want to see themselves represented in the world around them, something that is often too easy to ignore. Pay attention to the movies, books, games and TV they experience, and allow them the joy of seeing themselves in their entertainment. This can have a positive impact on their self-esteem.
Be Prepared For People Who Disappoint You: The sad truth is, not everyone is going to be okay with your interracial family – and some of the people who end up on the wrong side of embracing your new family may surprise you. Hope for the best, but steel yourself for such disappointments. You never know what is truly in someone’s heart until you have to confront it.
Finally, remember this simple fact: your transracial family is just that, a FAMILY. Grow together with love, respect, and kindness, and you’ll share a wonderful life together.
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text: BRUSSELS: Pakistan Ambassador to European Union Naghmana Hashmi has said that India has unleashed unprecedented scale of torture and human rights violations in Indian-held Kashmir and that’s why it is denying any independent evaluation of the situation because it has got much to hide from the world. She was addressing an event organised by the Embassy of Pakistan at Brussels Press Club to mark Kashmir Day in solidarity with the citizens of Indian occupied Kashmir. A number of dignitaries and rights activists, including Brussels Parliament Vice President Emin Ozkara, members Brussels Parliament Prof Hasan Koyunchu and Dr Manzoor Zahoor, Senator Bertin Mampaka, Councilor Shazia Manzoor, Kashmir Council Chairman Ali Raza Syed and Professor Dr Alexdre Thys participated in the event. Hashmi said that India wanted to suppress the voice of Kashmiris through horrible methods such as use of pellet guns and persecution of Kashmiri leaders. “Unprecedented use of pellet guns has blinded more than 200 people, including women and young children, depriving them of any chance of leading a fulfilling life. The Hurriyat leaders are being harassed on trumped up charges,” she stated. She added that India had got a lot to hide from the international community and that’s why they did not allow visits from any independent bodies in the occupied valley. “India refused to allow the visit of the team of the office of higher commissioner for human rights and the Independent Permanent Commission of Human Rights of OIC to Held Kashmir; thus denying the international community an opportunity to evaluate the situation on ground,” she asserted. Member of European Parliament and EU’s Delegation for Relations with the countries of South Asia Jean Lambert said that the world was already aware of heavy militarisation and human rights issues in Indian-held Kashmir but damage done to a range of people, including students and children was leading even the Indian security personnel to raise serious questions. She said that pellet gun injuries were doing severe damage to the people, especially with the risk of losing their eye-sight, and this is the message given by the authorities to the people that they can face such atrocities if they come out to protest against the government policies. “We are joining with Amnesty International to urge a rethink on the use of pellet guns. And we want to join the campaign to urge the chief minister of the area to actually get these items removed from law enforcement in Kashmir,” MEP Lambert added. She said that under the UN principles on how to deal with firearms, the issue is to minimize harm. She added that there are other ways of policing in which the authorities can avoid harm and injury to protesters, which is certainly not this randomized way of using pellet guns. Prof Hasan Koyunchu added that use of pellet guns against protestors was in clear violation of international law and international treaties. He added that law enforcers use rubber bullets if they must against the protestors but here they are using iron bullets and that also without any trajectory, which means they could hurt people indiscriminately, which sometimes results into the injuries of their policemen present in the range of pellet guns. Meanwhile, Kashmir Council Europe organized a candlelight vigil in Brussels to show solidarity with Kashmiris new the Belgium Prime Minister House. A number of citizens mostly of Paksitani and Kashmiri origin joined the vigil to condemn the unprecedented use of violence by Indian forces in the occupied Kashmir. The vigil was led by the Kashmir Council chairman Ali Raza Syed who accused Indian forces of committing genocide of Kashmiris while paying rich tribute to the brave people of the valley who were continuing their freedom struggle under such inhumane conditions. He said that the world should stand by the Kashmiris who are peacefully continuing their struggle for self-determination, as promised by the international community. Published in Daily Times, February 6th 2018.

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LESLIE JONES SIGNS OFF: Saturday Night Live star Leslie Jones is done for a little while after a crazy week during which she lashed out at Jessica Alba and her Honest Company. The 50-year-old tweeted that she was going to "disappear" for a while. "This week has been f—ed up and emotional angering and just plain exhausting," she wrote. Alba apologized to Jones for the mix-up over a diaper-cake order, but Jones has yet to publicly acknowledge it.
DIANE VON FURSTENBERG THINGS VIAGRA IS THE ‘WORST’ FOR WOMEN: Not a fan! Diane von Furstenberg rues the day Viagra was invented. "The worst thing that has happened to women in the last 15 years is Viagra," DVF told The Times. "For men, it used to be all about getting it up. ‘Did I?’ ‘Can I?’ There was a certain fairness. A woman couldn’t have a child after 40, right? Though even that doesn’t exist anymore."
STEPHEN COLBERT ENJOYS RECORD AUDIENCE: Stephen Colbert’s politics-heavy Late Show had its largest-ever Spring audience this year, coming closer to upending Jimmy Fallon and The Tonight Show from its top slot in the all-important under-50 demo. The Late Show has been tops in overall audience since President Donald Trump took office 18 months ago.
GISELE BUNDCHEN SHARES IMAGE OF BOOK: With three months to go before Lessons: My Path to a Meaningful Life hits bookshelves, the supermodel is giving fans a look at the cover on Instagram. On it, Gisele Bundchen is wearing her signature waves, minimal makeup and a simple green jacket. The 37-year-old captioned the shot, saying the process of writing has been "transformative and intense."
TINSLEY MORTIMER ‘IN SHOCK’ OVER LUANN DE LESSEPS’ RELAPSE: Appearing on Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Wednesday, Real Housewives of New York City star Tinsley Mortimer says she was "totally in shock" when she learned of her relapse and subsequent return to rehab. "The cabaret show is so amazing, and I was just so proud of her," Mortimer said. "It’s just sad. I wish her the best, and I hope that she can work everything out."
BEN STILLER URGES SOLIDARITY WITH REFUGEES: Ben Stiller, a newly named UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, has written a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter in which he urges people to stand in solidarity with refugees. Stiller just returned from a trip to Guatemala City. He wrote: "We need to do more to stand in solidarity with refugees like those I met. …I hope my fellow members of the entertainment community, those who have such storytelling power and the ability to reach millions, will join me in supporting this critical work and stand in solidarity with the forcibly displaced; the marginalized; the moms, dads and children who find themselves alone, vulnerable and in need of help."


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Alphabet, the successor to and new parent company of Google, reported Google's pre-reorganization third-quarter earnings and revenue results on Thursday.
The company beat on both the top and bottom lines with earnings of $7.35 per share on revenue of $18.68 billion. Analysts had expected Alphabet to report earnings of about $7.21 per share on $18.53 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.
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Alphabet also announced that its board had authorized a repurchase of up to $5,099,019,513.59 in Class C capital stock (5.099019514 is the square root of 26 — the number of letters in the alphabet). Those shares, trading under the ticker GOOG, rose more than 11 percent in after-hours trade.
Class A shares in the company, meanwhile, jumped more than 9 percent in after-hours trading after the results were announced. With a current all-time high of $713.33, Alphabet shares above $740 would easily beat that record.
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"Our Q3 results show the strength of Google's business, particularly in mobile search. With six products now having more than 1 billion users globally, we're excited about the opportunities ahead of Google, and across Alphabet," Ruth Porat, CFO of Alphabet and Google, said in the company's results announcement.
The company said it saw aggregate paid clicks grow 23 percent year-over-year — analysts had only expected 18.6 percent growth, according to StreetAccount. Aggregate cost-per-click, meanwhile, fell 11 percent year-over-year while Wall Street had estimated an 8 percent decrease.
Celebrating the growth of his unit's businesses, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that those technologies are "just beginning to scratch the surface."
He offered a vision for the future wherein Google remains a "place of incredible creativity and innovation that uses our unique technical expertise to tackle big problems and create that future."
One such future plan includes Google's cloud strategy, which Pichai said is a "growing area where we see great opportunity." He said the company is seeing "tremendous" momentum in new customer adoption for that business.
But even in the present, Google is already topping expectations.
"We turned in a strong performance in the third quarter, not withstanding continue meaningful currency headwinds," Porat said during the company's earnings call. "The key highlight this quarter was the substantial growth of our mobile search revenue, complimented by ongoing strong contributions from YouTube and our programmatic business."
In fact, search traffic on mobile phones has already surpassed desktop traffic worldwide, Pichai said.
When asked about ad-blockers affecting Google's advertising revenues, Pichai said that those programs are "not a new phenomenon" but users are largely "okay with the contract" of seeing ads — as long as the experience works well.
Those currency "headwinds" from a strong U.S. dollar, she said, amounted to a $1.6 billion negative impact on revenues — $1.3 billion after the benefit of the company's hedging program. In fact, on a constant-currency basis, total revenue for the quarter grew 21 percent year-over-year (instead of the 13 percent reported).
The company's traffic acquisition costs (TAC) came in at $3.57 billion, topping average analyst estimates of $3.47 billion, according to StreetAccount.
Headcount for the company came in at 59,976 — a 16 percent increase from the same time last year. Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities, meanwhile, grew to nearly $73 billion from about $62 billion during the comparable year-ago period.
Google announced in August that it would institute a new corporate operating structure in which a new company called Alphabet would count the core Google businesses as a subsidiary. Shares trading under the tickers GOOGL and GOOG were converted to (different classes of) Alphabet stock.
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The structure of the new company separates businesses like YouTube and search from units that oversaw self-driving cars and health products.
While the core Google unit continues to represent the primary component of the company's value, the other segments focusing on future businesses point to Alphabet's long-term potential.
The company was not expected to reveal the financial details of its non-core segments in its third-quarter report, but some analysts have worked to determine the magnitude of costs associated with these businesses.
Porat said on the earnings call that the company will break out Google and "other bets" in the fourth quarter. She said Alphabet will break out revenue, profitability and capital expenditures for both divisions.
"By doing this we expect that you will be better able to understand how we manage the businesses, including the pace and allocation of our investments," she said.


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The replacement of the bridge was part of the wider aim to improve access to Dundee Port primarily for HGV traffic.
Stannergate Bridge's capacity was restricted to 33T. This restriction has been removed and this along with the junction improvements at the Greendykes Road/Broughty Ferry Road junction allows for easier access to the trunk road network. This project was funded by TACTRAN.
The road between the Stannergate bridge and the Port has also been improved with support from Scottish Enterprise Tayside.
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Jennifer thinks that her life is a living a hell but she realize the real hell when she indeed faces it..... Her faith drowns away
she had a kind of crush on her best friend and she does not realize when did her love grew so much that a time came when she was ready to sacrifice her heartbeats for him
She was accused for attempt of killing her class fellow and she was ready to defend herself but then something happens and her hope dies and she was ready to face the consequences for her never committed crime and when she feels that her world has stopped turning and she would let it fall that is when she sees a glimpse od hope.
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If you’ve ever had a hankering to develop your own wheat variety, the University of Manitoba and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have a deal for you.
Researchers have created a participatory wheat-breeding program that allows farmers to take early crosses and then make the genetic selections on their farms, based on their management practices and local environmental conditions.
And they are looking for more farmers to participate.
While not restricted to organic systems, the program is seen as an opportunity to select genetics that perform well under that type of management, said Gary Martens, a University of Manitoba agronomy instructor who is helping co-ordinate the program. Most of the plant breeding that takes place today is focused on conventional farming systems.
The objectives of the project are to select varieties for high-stress, heterogeneous environments, to increase genetic diversity, and to develop varieties that are specifically suited to farmers’ preferences.
Participating farmers will receive approximately 10,000 seeds from second-generation crosses selected by AAFC plant breeder Stephen Fox to be sown in a 10-metre by 10-metre plot on their farm. Then they treat it like they would their other crops and pull out the plants that aren’t doing well, or which don’t have the characteristics that are important to them, such as straw height or strength or its resilience to local pests or stresses.
It’s the same techniques farmers in ancient cultures used to select landraces suited to their conditions. “We’re going back 10,000 years,” Martens said. “Farmers are going to choose what they like.”
ORIGIN OF SELKIRK
But you don’t have to delve very far into Manitoba’s history to find farmers whose keen observational skills changed the course of wheat breeding. In 1930, Strathclair-area farmer Moseph McMurachy found two heads of wheat that were resistant to the dominant rust strain of the day. He sowed the seeds of these plants, and by 1935, he had developed six acres.
While all the fields around were hit with a major outbreak of rust that year, McMurachy’s six acres survived. He supplied seed from his rust-free wheat to the federal government’s Brandon Experimental Farm, where it was crossed with other varieties to produce Selkirk, a variety credited with freeing eastern Prairie farmers from the scourge of rust.
McMurachy, who died in 1960, was later inducted into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Martens has his name on a batch of seed that he plans to plant into Osborne clay on his Kleefield-area farm, but on a spot that includes a low, frequently waterlogged spot. “I’m going to try to select wheat that tolerates lots of water,” he said.
The wheat is to be harvested and reseeded the following year on the farm, and once again farmers remove unthrifty or unwanted plants from the wheat population. The process is repeated through several growing seasons. “The goal is to have a final population that is well adapted to the local area, homogeneous, and stable,” Martens said.
At that point, the genetic lines will go back to Fox at AAFC and will potentially be placed into the three-year co-op trials to assess their suitability for registration for production in Western Canada.
The experiment allows indigenous knowledge to be incorporated into the breeding system, Martens said. Plant breeders make their selections based on important criteria, such as end-use quality, disease resistance and agronomic traits, but in the end, they aren’t farmers.
Martens said bringing outside perspectives of farmers into the plant breeding system could result in better genetics based on the “wisdom of crowds” theory, which holds a large group of people collectively make better decisions than individuals, even if those individuals are experts.
Interest in the project is high. “I expect that we’ll run out of seed before we run out of farmers,” Martens said, noting he’s received calls from across the Prairies since the notice has gone out.
Farmers who want into the program have until April 10 to contact coordinators. Those interested in learning more can call: Marion (204) 474 6236 or Gary at (204) 474 6097 or email: [email protected] or [email protected] [email protected]

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Within the Project “Further Implementation of EU Regulation on Volatile Organic Compounds – eVOC Serbia”, a workshop entitled “VOC management and obligations of the operators – Vegetable oil and animal fat extraction and vegetable oil refining (Activity 19)” was held. The workshop, intended for the identified representatives of industry in this sector, as well as for the representatives of environment inspection at all levels, was held on Thursday, November 25, 2021, via Zoom platform in a form of a webinar. This is the first sector-specific workshop in a series, intended to present the regulatory framework for the control of volatile organic compounds emissions and their reduction schemes.
Ms. Ljubica Bolović, representative of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia, greeted the participants on behalf of the Air and Ozone Layer Protection Unit and shared a brief summary of the Ministry’s activities in this field. eVOC Serbia expert, Ms. Elena Janković, then spoke about the legislation and presented in detail the Regulation that pertains to the obligations of VOC operators from this sector in the Republic of Serbia.
International expert of the eVOC Serbia Project, Dr Richard Schlachta, spoke about the relevant sources of VOC emissions from this sector, as well as on the calculation of solvent mass balances for the activity of vegetable oil and animal fat extraction and vegetable oil refining, i.e., on determination of solvent consumption and checking compliance with emission limit values. After this, the best available techniques for reducing emissions of volatile organic compounds, like solvent recovery and optimization of its use, were presented in detail. Dr Schlachta’s lecture was very useful for operators from this sector, but also for the inspectors, as he had turned the many years of his experience into concrete examples and experiences from the field.
The invitation of the eVOC Serbia Project was accepted by the representatives of inspections at all levels, from the national and province inspectors to local inspectors, as well as representatives of producers working in this field.


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To start with, you need to understand what makes the ideal climate for tea plants.
It must be between 70 and 90% relative humidity.
The higher the relative humidity, the more favorable it’s for the growth of young leaves and buds, while low humidity hinders the growth of the shoots.
High humidity and ample precipitation are crucial for tea growers, who also depend on dry periods for plucking.
Climate is largely a function of geography.
Tea is grown best in regions with acidic soil and high rainfall, although it can thrive in many climates.
Tea requires a warm climate with at least four and a half months of rain a year. In addition, it requires a high amount of water, and irrigation can help plants get the water they need.
In addition, late spring and early fall can be very dry, and the plants may suffer from stress before they are established.
The climate where tea plants grow greatly influences the quality of the finished product.
During the growing and processing process, plants undergo chemical changes that determine the quality of the finished product.
For example, the length of days and distance from the sun change with latitude. Whether or not a region has distinct seasons also affects the growing conditions of tea.
Tea production is most concentrated in China, India, and Sri Lanka, with very small amounts in continental U.S.
To cultivate tea, the soil where they are planted is crucial. Tea plants prefer well-drained soil. Bogs are often very damp throughout the year.
If this is the case, it is unlikely that you will grow tea. However, heavy clay soils are great for growing tea.
Tea plants require efficient movement of water from the subsoil layer, which is at least 6 feet below the surface. To make sure that your soil is able to handle this amount of water, you will need to break up the clay with a subsoiler.
While tea plants can grow in almost any climate, they flourish in climates with at least 100 cm of rainfall each year. They also grow well in deep, light soil that is acidic and well-drained.
Tea is also known to grow at high elevations, from sea level to about 2,100 metres.
These conditions make tea a versatile crop. As tea plants are grown around the world, the soil where they grow is crucial to the quality of the tea.
Climate change has a significant impact on the tea industry, affecting tea quality and yield.
Increased precipitation and drought can reduce quality, and farmers may lose income if tea crops do not produce as much as expected.
This study validates farmer perceptions that climate change will negatively impact tea quality and yield, and supports higher prices for spring tea.
However, climate deviations can also benefit early-season tea plants. Keep in mind that this research has limitations and is not a cure-all for climate change impacts.
The harvesting process begins with plucking the top two or three leaves from each growing tip. Picking the leaves at this stage of development is best accomplished when the leaves are soft and unfurling.
After that, the leaves are dried and stored in airtight containers. The leaves are usually processed and packaged in different ways, depending on the type of tea they are.
For example, green tea is minimally processed, while white tea and black tea undergo a more elaborate process to make it richer and smoky.
Types & Varieties of Tea Plants
The study of tea plant genetics has revealed that there are several distinct types of the plant.
Genetic analysis of tea plants shows that these plants contain at least three chromosomes, which is more than those of coffee and cocoa.
Moreover, tea plants exhibit both intraspecific and interspecific variation, which may be due to hybridization or polyploidization. Hence, tea varieties are considered unique and important to the tea industry.
The study of tea genetics also shows that the existence of a single species has the ability to influence the genetic diversity of a population.
The tea industry has suffered from monocultures because these plants are susceptible to disease and weakening over time.
To prevent such threats, new varieties of tea are developed by selecting the best individuals from seed-grown populations. Unfortunately, most tea farms worldwide are planted with genetically identical monocultures.
Since tea plants are perennial woody plants with long growth cycles, traditional cross-breeding is difficult and time-consuming.
Many existing tea varieties are derived from natural populations. Modern transgenic breeding technology has given tea farmers a new solution for the problem of molecular design of breeding strategies.
However, tea plant genetics remain poorly understood, preventing them from fully exploiting their potential in modern molecular breeding.
Harvesting by hand
Harvesting tea by hand is a traditional way to harvest this tea. It involves carefully plucking the young top leaves, as well as a portion of the stem and the so-called bud, or unexpanded leaf at the end of a shoot.
The process is called tea flushing and the leaves can range from two to five in number. After a tea plant has been harvested, it needs to be pruned again to promote new shoots and maximize production.
Although hand plucking may seem like a labor-intensive task, it has several advantages. While machine harvesting is more efficient, hand plucking is still necessary for quality tea.
Hand picking also prevents the leaves from being damaged prior to processing.
Several cultivars of the Camellia sinensis plant are commonly grown for green tea, while the assamica variety is considered more suitable for black tea.
High-elevation teas require a particular growing and manufacturing process to achieve their desired characteristics. Lower-elevation teas may be more easily available but are often underpriced.
This is because tea plants that are grown at lower elevations have more space to grow along the base of a hill.
The plants are treated with special care to ensure they are as close to the perfection of the tea as possible.
Soil conditions vary greatly. At sea level, soil is more fertile than that at high elevations.
Farmers do not want to lug around giant bags of fertilizer up the giant slope. However, the high-elevation soils that are ideal for growing tea plants are not as well-balanced as soils at lower elevations.
This may be due to human intervention and the presence of other elements in the area.
Climate conditions are also affected by the elevation where tea plants grow. Plants at higher altitudes receive cooler temperatures and more precipitation.
At higher altitudes, the amount of rainfall and temperature variation is greater, while the amount of oxygen is smaller.
Higher-elevation tea grows in less oxygen-rich conditions. This results in higher-quality tea with richer, more complex flavors. Moreover, higher-elevation teas have lower levels of caffeine and higher chlorophyll content.
Camellia sinensis var. assamica
All true tea is made with leaves harvested from a single plant species called Camellia sinensis. Colloquially, the word “tea” is often used to refer to many herbs and botanicals that are brewed with hot water, although these plants are not technically tea.
The best place to plant Camellia sinensis var assamica is in a warm climate, such as the tropics.
Although it will tolerate colder temperatures if grown in containers, it must be brought indoors during harsh weather and hard frosts. In the winter, the plant will require pruning to shape and size. If left unpruned, the plant will grow to a full height.
This ancient plant has been consumed for hundreds of years. In fact, archeological studies show that tea was drunk more than two thousand years ago.
Originally from northeast India and southwest China, the camellia sinensis tree now grows in many countries around the world.
It’s primarily grown in Asia, but you can also grow tea in Australia, the Caribbean, and the United States.
The most common tea plant species is Camellia sinensis, which grows wild in Asia and is native to Asia and the Pacific Rim. It is a small tree or shrub but is typically trimmed to about two meters to harvest its leaves.
Tea can be made in different ways, from steamed green tea to oxidized black tea. Regardless of the method, you’re sure to enjoy the taste of fresh, homegrown tea.
Assamica var. assamica
Camellia Sinensis var. Assamica is a native of Asia but was once thought to be endemic to the Assam region of northeastern India.
This plant grows up to 20 feet tall and is hardy and tolerant of high altitudes. Unlike its sinensis cousin, Assamica produces larger, richer leaves than its cousin.
The composition of free AAs in nine cultivars varied significantly. The highest yield was found in ‘Large Leaf’, followed by ‘Dave’s Fave’ and ‘Black Sea’.
In contrast, the lowest yield was found in ‘Christine’s Choice’, which had the lowest average fresh leaf weight, and ‘Assamica var. assamica’.


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Jaden Smith was recently spotted locking lips with his lady friend in SoHo. The 17-year-old was showing off his older bae all over New York City this past week.
Smith, who’s reportedly dating 19-year-old (although some sources reveal she’s actually 21) social media fashionista, Sarah Snyder, was not shy about showcasing his girlfriend of three months.
But Smith has been receiving some heat from his friends about dating the Instagram model. Snyder is reportedly not as sweet and innocent as she appears to her 121k Insta followers. The 19-year-old reportedly had some trouble with the law earlier this summer.
In June 2015, Sarah was arrested for stealing a $16,000 Hermes Birkin handbag. The theft occurred on February 19th from an unnamed local store, and Snyder was arrested Monday, June 15th, in Manhattan at the home of a friend.
After a four month investigation, Bedford police arrested her and charged her with felony Grand Larceny. It has not been confirmed whether she was found guilty on these charges.
Friends of Jaden have also reported that Snyder has been extra friendly with a few of his buddies. Ian Connor, known as the “King of the Youth” took to Twitter, “Shouts Outs Jaden Smith For Wifing A B***h I Used To F**k On Hotel Roofs. That’s Dedication.” Woah.
But, Jaden appears to be quite proud of his new girlfriend. The pair shared some hot and heavy moments during New York Fashion Week.
According to IMDB, Snyder is also an aspiring actress and has starred in a few films including Skeleton Key 2, Dead Woman’s Hallow, Scarlet Rain and Greencastle .
We wonder what Will and Jada think about the pair dating? We already know that they’re pretty liberal parents. What do you think about Jaden and Sarah’s relationship? It is genuine or is she just looking for fame?
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A Review on Rasadhyaya It’s Importance In Alchemy
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The Headless Horseman rides tonight through stark and starless skies, shattering the silence with his otherworldly cries. He races through the darkness on his alabaster steed, the Headless Horseman rides tonight wherever the fates would lead.
With Halloween right around the corner I thought I would try to dig up just exactly where this legend comes from and if I could find any truth behind this hauntingly beloved story.
The story takes place in the late 1700s in a city called Sleepy Hollow which is near Tarrytown, New York. A school teacher by the name of Ichabod Crane comes to town from Connecticut and finds himself at odds with a local by the name of Abraham “Brom Bones” Van Brunt over a woman named Katrina. Meanwhile, the ghost of a soldier who lost his head to a cannonball during the American Revolution haunts the area every night in search for his missing head.
In American folklore the Headless Horseman was originally known as the "Headless Hessian of the Hollow." His story begins in New York during the Battle of White Plains, just one of the many battles that took place in America's fight for independence from the British. The Horseman was a Hessian trooper who took part in the battle. A Hessian trooper was a German soldier who fought for the British. During the battle, this particular Hessian trooper was unlucky enough to be decapitated by a cannonball. His comrades would carry away his body but they left his head which had been shattered into pieces scattered around the battlefield. They then buried his remains in the old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow.
Legend has it he would rise as a vengeful ghost in search of his lost head. The reason they often associated this tale with Halloween and why the Horseman's head is sometimes depicted as a pumpkin is because the battle took place on the 28th of October only a few days before the holiday. Should anyone interrupt the Headless Horseman on his quest to find his head, they are killed.
One night, as he was leaving a party at Katrina’s home, Ichabod found himself face-to-face (so to speak) with the Horseman, never to be heard from again.
In reality, the late 1700, near the end of the Revolutionary War, the Hudson River Valley area was equivalent to the wild west – an area of lawbreakers and law-makers, full of rivalries and fighting between British loyalists and American raiders. Also, the area was known for its abundance of Hessian Jagers – German mercenaries who were contracted
by the British Empire to serve during the American Revolutionary War. These Hessians, in addition to being known for their ruthlessness, were also known for their sharpshooting and horsemanship skills.
The area residents, who, as I mentioned, were predominately Dutch settlers, cared little for these German mercenaries and told the tales of the ruthless German horsemen who killed without discretion. At one point, a headless corpse of a Hessian soldier was found in the area and later buried by a local family in an unmarked grave in the Old Dutch Burying Ground.
But what about Ichabod Crane? There was an actual Ichabod Crane who was a military man, a Marine and an Army officer, who served in the War of 1812. Washington Irving met the real Crane at Fort Pike in Sackett’s Harbor, New York in 1814 and was immediately inspired by his name and character. Although, the soldier was nothing like his namesake school teacher.
It’s in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where Washington Irving is buried along with other famous names like Andrew Carnegie, Walter P. Chrysler, Brooke Astor and Elizabeth Arden.
The idea of the horsemen being decapitated in battle is quite common and it's one we see in Scottish, Welsh and English folklore. In both English and Welsh folklore we have the 14th century or Arthurian poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. This story centers on one of the Knights of Arthur's round table who is challenged to a duel by a mysterious Green Knight. However, this isn't really a duel as the Green Knight tells Gawain that he will allow him to strike him once and then he will return the same blow a year and a day later Gawain accepts this challenge and with one swing of the axe he decapitates the Green Knight, but the knight then simply picks up his head, reminds Gawain that he will return in one year's time and then goes on his way. When he eventually finds this mysterious Green Knight, Gawain accepts his fate and in an attempt to keep his honor he leans over expecting the knight to return the blow and strike him down. After, several fake swings of his axe and a brief exchange the Green Knight explains to Gawain that Arthur's sister Morgan La Fey actually transformed him. Theis whole challenge and adventure was merely just a ploy to expose Arthur's knights and to show how chivalrous they really were.
In Scotland the Headless Horseman was said to be a man named Ewan who fought for leadership of his clan. During a battle on the Isle of Mul both Ewan and his horse were decapitated, and this act ended his hopes of ever being the chieftain. But the legend states that both man and horse still haunt the surrounding area even to this day.
This next legend takes us all the way to Northern India and the state of Rajasthan. This variation of the Headless Horseman was seen as a more heroic figure who was said to protect the innocent. These type of stories usually describe the Horseman as being born from a violent death. The most common story is about a prince who was decapitated while defending his village from thieves. Once he was beheaded he continued to defend his people. Although in this version the Horseman was said to fight without a horse so maybe he wasn't truly a Horseman. There is part of the story of a guard about a guard who died defending the Prince in battle. Despite his death the guard continued to defend the Prince, and he enters the battle mounted on a horse without a head.
This next story takes place in Germany where the Brothers Grimm wrote several stories about the Headless Horseman. The first story is set in the town of Dresden and follows a woman who is gathering acorns in a part of the forest named the lost waters. The woman then hears the sound of a hunting horn and when she turns, she sees a man riding a gray horse, which isn't to out of the ordinary so she continues collecting acorns and goes home. She later returns to the forest when she hears a voice from behind her, when she turns around she sees a man dressed in all gray. However, this time he is carrying his head under his arm. He tells the woman that his name is Hans Jagenteufel and during his life he never once listened to the warnings of his father. He told him to be courteous and merciful to all those below him. Yet he did not listen, he often drank to excess and indulged himself far too much without a care for those around him and now in death he was cursed to roam the earth as an evil spirit.
Now remember the story of the wild Huntsman of Brunswick that I told you about earlier? Well the Huntsman went by the name of Hackelberg and on his death bed he begged God to allow him to stay on earth and in exchange he would sacrifice his place in heaven. His request would be granted, but he would remain on earth as a Headless Horseman. Hackelberg was said to blow his horn to warn other hunters that the next day would not be safe for hunting. In some stories he would even seek out and punish those who had wronged others. Accompanied by his pack of black hounds with tongues of fire.
In the end, the headless horseman, as a supernatural entity, represents a past that never dies, but always haunts the living. The headless horseman supposedly seeks revenge and a head which he thinks was unfairly taken from him. This injustice demands that he continually search for a substitute. The horseman, like the past, still seeks answers, still seeks retribution, and can't rest. We are haunted by the past which stalks us so that we never forget it. It also inspires people because it reminds them that there are still some American mysteries, some half-truths that may never be fully known and that's the whole point. The Legend lends itself to any interpretation, and it continues to fascinate and terrify us in the best possible way.


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A 23–year–old gentleman presented with a 2–week history of cough, epistaxis, hemoptysis and shortness of breath on exertion, loss of appetite, fatigue, nausea and dysgeusia. He denied rash or arthralgias and reported normal urinary output. He was a migrant worker from Mexico without formal access to healthcare, and denied use of illicit drugs. Physical examination revealed mild respiratory distress with tachypnea, tachycardia, mild hypoxemia and hypertension. He had marked pallor, with a hyperdynamic precordium and coarse rales bilaterally. There was no jugular venous distension, pericardial friction rub, stupor, asterixis or peripheral edema. At presentation, his serum creatinine and BUN levels were markedly elevated (41.5 and 218 mg/dl) with hemoglobin of 4.6 g/dl. His urinalysis showed no casts, a 4+ proteinuria, mild hematuria and a urine protein/creatinine ratio of 11.4. Chest X–ray showed symmetric bilateral air space opacities involving the lower lung, and a non–contrast chest CT showed diffuse and somewhat symmetric airspace opacities consistent with a hemorrhagic picture. Ultrasound showed atrophic bilateral kidneys with medical renal disease, and an echocardiogram that was normal. All cultures were negative, and a renal biopsy was consistent with end stage renal disease and a primarily immunologically mediated glomerulonephritis, producing a mesangioproliferative and focally crescentic injury.
The patient received packed red blood cell transfusions and was promptly dialyzed. The Initial working diagnosis was pulmonary renal syndrome (Lupus, Goodpasture’s syndrome, ANCA associated vasculitis, cryoglobulinemia). However, a comprehensive autoimmune work up was inconclusive. The patient’s pulmonary symptoms and alveolar infiltrates completely resolved with repeated dialysis, consistent with the clinical picture of uremic pneumonitis (UP). Described in 1955 by Hopps and Wissler, UP is characterized by uremia–induced increased permeability of pulmonary alveolo–capillary interfaces, leading to interstitial and intra–alveolar edema, alveolar hemorrhage and pulmonary hyaline membrane formation. These changes are further compounded by bleeding diatheses secondary to platelet dysfunction in advanced renal disease. Pulmonary symptoms and radiographic findings in UP are unique in that they are completely reversible with hemodialysis.
While common in the pre–dialysis era, UP is now rare where there is improved access to healthcare, recognition and care of kidney disease and access to dialysis. This patient had no access to formal healthcare and presented with a now rare and “forgotten” clinical entity. Clinicians need to be alert to this and other severe complications from uremia as they are likely to be encountered more frequently with an increase in the number of uninsured patients, and reduced access to care and dialysis.
Figure 1Bilateral hemorrhagic infiltrates


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The Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin is set to screen David Bowie's much loved film Labyrinth in aid of the Irish Cancer Society in the wake of the star's tragic death from the disease.
The eclectic Smithfield cinema will show the Jim Henson directed flick twice this weekend in memory of the Let's Dance hitmaker.
Revealing they 'really wanted to give this cloud some kind of silver lining', the cinema took to Twitter to share the news that they will be showing his turn as Jareth the Goblin King in the 1986 classic in the days after his death.
They wrote: "In memory of David Bowie, all profits from these screenings will be donated to the Irish Cancer Society."
The first screening of the cult classic will be on Friday night (January 15) at 11.30pm and Labyrinth will also be shown on Sunday (January 17) at 12.30pm.
You can grab tickets to the screenings here.
Irish stars have been paying tribute to the music legend whose success spanned the decades ever since the news broke this morning.
Lord Henry Mount Charles revealed he was amazed how ordinary the icon was to talk to when he played Slane back in 1987 and how could immediately transform himself into a superstar.
He said: "I felt extraordinarily privileged to have an artist like him perform at Slane. He was one of the coolest people I've ever met."


text: If you are like me, you love live music. One of my favorite music festivals is a relatively new one called BUKU. It started in 2012 with only a small fan base and a goal to get lovers of electronic music together. After only four years, they have managed to have two years of sold out tickets and even have gotten performers like Kid Cudi, Flaming Lips, Bassnectar, and many more. Out of the all the music festivals I have seen, BUKU does the best with branding. Some of their biggest partners are Monster Energy and Bud Light. But the most impressive thing BUKU does is how they market themselves. They have stepped away from just being a music festival and now highlight the idea of BUKU being a “lifestyle”. They call this #TOOBUKU. This hashtag is used for referring to your experience at the festival, to the art, and to even the food you eat there. They even use their own ticket as a way for music lovers to stay in contact. Before the festival begins, everyone must register their wristband online. Then, it connects you to the festival by linking your social media accounts through an API. By doing this every time, you go to a new stage or set. They ask that you scan your wristband in. So, that later you can see where you were during BUKU and even get photos sent to your email. You can even allow it to send out tweets automatically using their BUKUapp. For example, if I was seeing Kid Cudi, all I would do is tell the app and it would tell my followers that I was seeing Cudi. To me this idea is amazing and has really shaped what BUKU is all about. However, with that said the only thing I would change would be how they interact with their consumers. I have seen other festivals take an interest in feedback, especially concerning who people want to see at the festival next. I think within the next few years BUKU will get better about this and start to take it into account.


Barker - Unfixed EP
Sam Barker returns with his first solo EP since 2020's BARKER002, this time on Oslo's Smalltown Supersound. While Barker's previous releases (2018's Debiasing EP, 2019's Utility LP) explored the possibilities of kickless dancefloor tracks, Unfixed sees him inverting the musical equation and exploring both the variability and sonic possibilities of a kick-drum – though the final result is not a concept EP. The four tracks emerged from a session that started out as both a technical study in bass drum design and cognition, specifically problem of "functional fixedness", which describes a mental block that restricts the use of an object to its traditional application. Exploring the so-called "generic parts technique", whereby an object is broken down into its component parts to help reveal novel solutions, the typical bass drum elements of waveform, transient, and noise were re-combined through modular synthesis to become fluid, expressive and dynamic. However, what began as a rule-based experiment was overtaken by a more organic music making process without specific conceptual constraints, which allowed the music to live and breathe. Tracks were started and then left unfinished, only to be approached again and again over lengthy intervals. Stylistically the result a mix of raw, stuttering, psychedelic growl, kosmische techno, and infinite iterations and of a single groove. In this regard, Unfixed sees Barker not only deeply invested in musical experimentation but also exploring his own biases in both composition and sound design. The result is, once again, a sound and musical framework all of his own.


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GTA V, the open-world action-adventure title created by Rockstar Studios, is undoubtedly one of the most popular videogames ever made. It also won the 2013 Game of the Year award, so naturally, every gamer must give it a try, even if they have never played any of the previous GTA games.
The game has stunning visuals, flawless gameplay, and a captivating storyline, but unfortunately, it does not allow the players to adjust the game’s difficulty settings.
GTA V does not have an easy mode or any traditional difficulty settings. Initially, casual gamers may find the difficulty of a few missions frustrating.
Luckily, GTA V does not have complicated questlines and hard-to-master gameplay mechanics, so players can quickly adapt to it and easily cruise through the entire storyline. Though, If you still feel the game is too hard, then go ahead and activate the cheats!
1. How to make GTA V easier?
GTA V story mode can be made fun and easier by activating the cheats in the game. To activate the cheats:
- Take out your phone in the game. To do so, press up on the d-pad on the consoles or the backspace/T key on the keyboard.
- Go to the Contacts list (middle icon).
- Open up the Dial-pad. To do so, press X on the Xbox, Square on the PS, or the Spacebar on PC.
- Enter the desired number/cheat code.
- Press the same button you used to open the dial-pad to call the number and activate the cheat.
Note: The first four numbers for every cheat are 1-9-9-9.
2. All the Cell Phone Cheat Codes in GTA V
Here are all the cell phone cheat codes in GTA V:
|4.||Max Health and Armour||1-999-887-853|
|7.||Recharge Special Ability||1-999-769-3787|
|8.||Slow Motion Aim||1-999-332-3393|
|10.||Fall from Sky||1-999-759-3255|
|11.||Increase Wanted Level||1-999-384-48483|
|12.||Decrease Wanted Level||1-999-529-93787|
|13.||Get Weapons and Ammo||1-999-866-587|
|14.||Ammo that Explodes||1-999-444-439|
|15.||Ammo that Catches Fire||1-999-4623-634279|
|19.||Spawn Caddy Vehicle||1-999-4653-461|
|20.||Spawn Comet Vehicle||1-999-266-38|
|21.||Spawn Rapid GT Car||1-999-727-4348|
|22.||Spawn Garbage Truck||1-999-872-7433|
|23.||Spawn BMX Bike||1-999-226-348|
|24.||Spawn Buzzard Helicopter||1-999-289-9633|
3. Is GTA V a hard game?
GTA V is the easiest game in the entire GTA series because of its enhanced shooting and cover mechanics. Moreover, it even allows the players to skip parts of the mission.
All of the previous GTA titles have janky aiming and shooting mechanics, making it difficult to survive in a gunfight, but that’s not the case with GTA V. Also, the open-world aspect of the game allows players to have fun with the surroundings by driving around or visiting places without actually doing any missions.
However, if you want to follow the storyline and do missions, but they are too difficult for you, then the game even allows you to skip them!
4. How to skip the missions in GTA V?
Die 3 times while playing a mission to skip it in GTA 5. Skipping the mission will not completely end the mission but will move you to the next checkpoint.
Once you die three times in the game, the death menu will flash a screen asking whether you want to skip the mission. Just choose ‘yes’ and move on to the next checkpoint.
Note that you don’t need to die while attempting the objectives of the mission in order to skip it. Just kill your character by throwing him off a cliff, into the lake, or in an explosion.
5. What is the hardest mission in GTA V?
“The Big Score” is the hardest mission in GTA V because it requires a lot of skilled shooting and driving. It is also the final mission in the game.
The mission involves the biggest heist ever pulled off by the protagonists. Once the players get the gold, they earn a 5-star wanted level. After that, the entire Merryweather and LSPD crew starts chasing them down, making it really hard to escape.
6. How many missions are there in GTA V?
There are 79 main storyline missions available in GTA V, but due to the branching nature of a few of them, only 69 missions are playable in a single run.
The main storyline missions aside, there are also 4 optional “Lester’s Assassinations” missions that must be completed to achieve 100% completion of the game.
7. How long it takes to beat GTA V?
It takes 81 hours to complete 100% of GTA V, according to the website HowLongToBeat.
However, if you are only interested in the game’s story, it will take you around 32 hours to complete the entire main storyline. Additionally, finishing every side quest in the game will cost you extra 17 hours.
8. About Grand Theft Auto V
Grand Theft Auto V or GTA V is developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. Initially released on 1 October 2013 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and on 18 November 2014 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and in the next year on 14 April 2015 for Microsoft Windows. A late 2021 release is scheduled for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

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NDOT announces Lincoln Beltway South lane closures on Highway 2
Weather permitting, beginning March 1, the outside lanes on N-2 between 98th and 134th Streets will be closed as part of the Lincoln South Beltway, according to the Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT).
This closure is anticipated to be in place through March 2021. Access to properties will be maintained during this closure.
The NDOT also encourages the public to follow the latest project updates at: www.facebook.com/NebraskaDOT/ and www.twitter.com/LNKSouthBeltway.
Motorists are reminded to drive cautiously in and near construction zones, to expect delays and buckle up.


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Attachments from a Mac will not open in my Windows Live Mail
Original Title: "Live mail problem"
An attachment sent with an email from a friend who has a Mac will not open in my Windows 7, Live Mail. However, the same email and attachment goes to my laptop which has Vista and Windows mail and it opens.
Why won't the attachment open in Live mail?
Keys to the Problem Attachments from a Mac will not open in my Windows Live Mail
What is the extension? Maybe you do not have a program associated with that file type.
There could be something in Windows Live Mail blocking the attachment which needs to
be set differently.
Windows LiveMail has its own Forums so you should ALSO ask your questions there.
Windows Live Mail - Forums
Windows Live Solution Center - Mail Solutions - Mail Forums
Windows Live Mail - Mail Solutions
Hope this helps.
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Societe Generale SA (EPA:GLE) has been given a €49.00 ($57.65) target price by research analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc in a research note issued to investors on Monday, November 6th. The firm presently has a “neutral” rating on the financial services provider’s stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s target price suggests a potential upside of 12.62% from the stock’s previous close.
Other analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Credit Suisse Group set a €48.00 ($56.47) price target on Societe Generale and gave the company a “sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 3rd. J P Morgan Chase & Co set a €55.00 ($64.71) price target on Societe Generale and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, September 25th. Jefferies Group LLC set a €62.40 ($73.41) target price on Societe Generale and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, August 9th. Kepler Capital Markets set a €53.38 ($62.80) target price on Societe Generale and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, August 7th. Finally, set a €55.00 ($64.71) target price on Societe Generale and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 11th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. Societe Generale currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of €49.38 ($58.09).
Societe Generale (EPA:GLE) traded up €0.65 ($0.76) during trading hours on Monday, reaching €43.51 ($51.19). The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,700,000 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,920,000. Societe Generale has a 52 week low of €38.73 ($45.56) and a 52 week high of €52.26 ($61.48).
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Arbor Garden is locally owned and operated, serving the Front Range area of Colorado since 1994. Arbor Garden specializes in tree pruning, removal, stump removal, planting and pest management.
The company is locally well known and is regularly recommended and retained for services by satisfied customers. Clients include Denver Country Club, various city and county governments, many homeowner associations, and private homeowners. We look forward to having you join our long list of satisfied and repeat customers.
Arbor Garden is made up of a team of long-time staff under the direction of owner David Clarke. And, of course, Arbor Garden is fully insured with workers compensation and liability insurance.
Matt Smith is our Plant Healthcare Manager, who is in charge of the Plant Healthcare Department and responsible for integrated pest management. He is an ISA Certified Arborist #RM74-74A and Qualified Supervisor #29667 with the Colorado Department of Agriculture for pesticide and insecticide applications. He has been with Arbor Garden for 14 years.
Rob Springer is in charge of our Trim Department and hails from New Jersey, but we won't hold that against him. We figure if he can climb Mount Everest and K2, he can climb a 60 ft American Elm! He has been in the tree business for six years and a welcome addition to Arbor Garden for the past 2 years.
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A letter signed by more than 100 congressman to the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms opposing a proposal to outlaw popular ammunition, other than for official government use, is a "good first step" but is not enough, according to Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America.
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It "doesn't cut the money off from anything that the president is doing, including his intention to move to an ammo ban," he said. "They're afraid to cut the money off because the president threatens that he will 'shut the government down' when no such thing will happen. At most it will be a slowdown, perhaps, of the Department of Homeland Security until they gave that card away.
"The fact is they're not serious in the Congress about stopping the president. The way to stop him is to shut his money off. They won't do it and so I don't believe anything they're saying until they come up with a resolution that says none of these funds may be used for the pursuit of executive order and then fill in the number."
The ATF is proposing a ban on the armor-piercing M855 AR-15 green tip ammo. The AR-15 is a popular sporting rifle.
Fox News reported
last month that House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Bob Goodlatte characterized the proposed ban as a back-door way for President Barack Obama to ban the AR-15 rifle, something he has tried and failed to do in the past.
Now, Obama is "taking his pen and his cellphone and, through the ATF, is trying to ban the second most popular ammunition that is used in that rifle," said Goodlatte.
The ATF argues that the ammo falls into a category of weaponry that can be used on law enforcement, according to Fox News, something Pratt said is "made up out of whole cloth."
"They need to be asked, so, who are the officers who have laid to rest as a result of the use of this ammunition in a handgun, let alone in a rifle, which is what it was primarily designed for?" he said. "I don't think they're going to come up with even one case and certainly not any officer dying when protected by standard body armor because these bullets out of a rifle will go through standard body armor no matter what, whether it's the particular AR-15 ammo they're trying to ban or other AR-15 ammo or any other rifle ammo other than .22?
"It can all go through standard body armor. That's a simple fact. What they're looking for, obviously, is an excuse to ban something of the Second Amendment and when you want to do something bad enough, any excuse is a good excuse no matter how. It's crazy."
The administration's attempts to make the ammo illegal have sent sales of it through the roof, according to Pratt.
"Pictures of the president are going up in gun stores with the caption underneath, 'salesman of the year,' " he said. "So he's at least good for one industry but I wouldn't say that's the way I'd like to see the industry prosper."
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (HPD) — Iran’s ambassador has been excluded from this year’s Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm due to “the serious and worrying situation” in the country, the private foundation that manages the awards announced Friday. prestigious awards.
Earlier in the week, envoys from Russia and Belarus were banned from the lavish event due to the war in Ukraine.
“We believe that, given the grave and worrying situation, the Iranian ambassador should not be invited to the Nobel Prize award ceremony,” the Nobel Foundation said in a statement. Ambassadors stationed in Sweden are normally invited to the annual event on December 10.
Under the slogan #WomanLifeFreedom (#MujerVidaLibertad), at first the mobilizations focused on the rights of women and the state obligation that women cover their heads with the hijab, or Islamic veil. But they quickly evolved into calls to topple Shiite clerics who have ruled the country since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The protests have also attracted university students, unions, prisoners and ethnic minorities, such as the Kurds who live on the border with Iraq. Since the start of the marches, security forces have used live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters, with more than 200 dead, according to rights groups.
The foundation also said this week that it will comply with the tradition of inviting all political leaders represented in the Swedish parliament, with the exception of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats. Following the general election on September 11, the party is the second largest in the chamber and a close partner of the new centre-right government. In addition, he has tried to distance himself from his far-right roots.
The Nobel Prizes are awarded on December 10, the anniversary of the death of its founder, Alfred Nobel, in 1896.


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Much frustration surrounds growing plants in containers outdoors, probably due to exaggerated expectations. If you want safety where container planting is concerned, confine your choices to cacti and succulents. You will not need to change the soil except on an occasional basis and some of these plants may remain in the same pot in the same soil for many years. On the other end of the spectrum, growing fruit trees in containers presents challenges like no other, and woody perennials of any kind for that matter, including most roses, are not the most suitable candidates for container growing.
“Containers in the Garden” (Cool Springs Press, 2022), by Claus Dalby, provides recognition, I venture to say, that the most rewarding plants for container growing are annuals and herbaceous perennials. The latter consist of plants that grow from bulbs and their allies, namely rhizomes, tubers, and corms. Dahlias receive special attention in this volume and it may be impossible to put this book down without picking up some dahlia tubers at your local nursery. At Armstrong’s Nursery, you can find a package of two giant dahlias for $9.99 and at Ace Hardware (on Sepulveda Boulevard in Van Nuys), you can procure ten small dahlias for $11.99 and, as long as you’re there, check out their sale of 50 gladiolus corms for $10.19. Or place an order for dahlias and gladiolus from an online source (tulipworld.com, dutchbulbs.com, or hollandbulbfarms.com). Planted in the spring, dahlias will display their large, silky inflorescences – whether pom-poms, dinner plates, or something in between – in summer and fall. Gladiolus, named for its terminal flower buds that come to a point (gladius means sword in Latin), will bloom in the summer.
“Containers in the Garden” is replete with lavish photographs of the author’s potted creations, all of them bulging with blooms. His containers are strictly “light terracotta clay.” Dark terracotta, although less expensive, is brittle and after a year or two, based on my experience, generally crumbles. Also, light terracotta “takes patina (the green film that forms on the surface of bronze, copper, and clay) well.” It is true that plants in terra cotta pots must be watered more frequently than those in ceramic or plastic pots, the reason being that clay is porous and water escapes through the sides of the pots. The benefit of clay is that it allows the roots, which need oxygen as much as you or I, to breathe due to the air exchange that clay affords. In clay pots, plants simply grow more quickly and in better health than in other container types.
“With soil, quality costs, so don’t go for the cheapest product,” the author advises. “Check the soil: pick up a handful of potting soil and close your hand tightly around it. Then open your hand again. If the soil is compressed, it will not be suitable, but it should also not be so loose that it falls apart. An intermediate consistency is appropriate. When doing this little test, it is important that the bag has not been opened so long that the soil has become dry. It should be slightly damp.” The exceptions here would be cacti, succulents, California natives, and citrus trees which, when container-grown, are best planted in a cactus mix. Otherwise, you mix should contain vermiculite or perlite – “small particles of expanded volcanic rock that help to hold water and fertilizer.” Finally, it should contain compost “or another long-acting fertilizer – enough for a whole season” which means six months. If such a fertilizer is not included in the potting soil you select, you can mix a slow-release fertilizer that lasts six months into the soil after removing it from the bag.
In terms of the particulars of planting bulbs, the author recommends this protocol: “Put 2-4 inches of pebbles in the pot, and then fill it about halfway with potting soil. The amount of potting soil is adjusted so that the bulbs can be placed at a depth three times their height.” After placing the bulbs, “Fill up with potting soil. Finally, water well.” I should mention that the pots recommended here are large, 12-24 inches in diameter with comparable depth. In large containers, make sure to leave up to two inches between the top of the soil and the rim of the pot so you can water adequately without worrying about overflow. When it comes to watering, “a hose with a watering wand makes the job relatively simple.”
Based on my experience, the bigger the pot the better since roots have room to grow and the frequency of watering is reduced compared to smaller containers. An added bonus, of course, is the dazzling effect created when large containers are brimming with blooms, making an unforgettable impression when each container is filled with a single type of bulb displaying a single flower color that is repeated. For example, if orange was your color, you could have a mass of orange dahlias in one pot next to a mass of orange gladioli in another next to a mass of orange tuberous begonias in another, interspersed with orange canna lilies.
A small number of woody plants are singled out by the author for container growing: Japanese maples (Acer palmatum), angel trumpets (Brugmansia), miniature roses, and kumquat trees. Hydrangeas are also featured, although they are more semi-woody than woody.
Have you had success growing plants in containers outdoors? If so, please send along details of your success, with photos horizontally oriented if you have them, so I can share your experience with readers of this column.
I have found a superb site for plant identification. There is no registration or other mumbo jumbo to interfere with submission of your images, which may be uploaded without ceremony. You are given several identity options for the plant you submit, ranked by the likelihood of your plant matching each option. Access the site at identify.plantnet.org.
I asked in a previous column if anyone had found a solution to preventing birds from preying on their figs and received the following response from Nancy Swan, who gardens in Newport Coast: “Birds and crows wake up a lot earlier than we do and go after the figs, stealing or sampling them even before they are ripe. But that is not all that makes the ripe fruit unusable to us. We also have to fight ants, bees, critters and insects. Bees have been the biggest problem because they enter the fruit from the hole at the bottom before they are ripe enough for people to eat. They eat figs from the inside out, often invisibly. They leave behind little shriveled punching bags sucked dry hanging from the branches. Even if they only enter briefly, they secrete something that starts to break down the fig at the sweetest bottom part, turning it sour and inedible. Inexpensive organza fabric gift bags, readily available on Amazon and eBay, have done the trick. 6″ x 8″ size is ideal, but 5″ x 7″ is also acceptable. It takes only a little time, and is easy to do. The fruit ripens in the bag, and is pristine when we pick it. No bird droppings, no pecks, and no bees. We have even washed good bags and used them a second year. This also works for our dwarf apple, pear and mandarin orange trees.”
In response to a column on purple flowers, Shelly Verlinder, who gardens in Upland, sent me a photo of a breathtaking wisteria in full bloom. It has been trained into a standard (single-trunk) tree that is “on a slope with full sun.”
Please send questions, comments, and photos to firstname.lastname@example.org. Find him on Instagram at thesmartergardener1.