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Forget pick-your-own apples. Colorado farm allows locals to harvest hemp this weekend

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:07 GMT

In Colorado, local farms allow you to pick your own apples, peaches and pumpkins. And one on the Western Slope even permits you to pick your own hemp plant.From Sept. 15 to 17, Typhoon Farma will open the gates at its 186-acre hemp farm in Montrose to the general public for its third annual pick-your-own weekend. The event, which serves as a kickoff to the fall harvest season, enables visitors to stroll through the rows of mature plants and choose one to take home, much like they would a Christmas tree.Ryan Eakes, chief operating officer, began hosting these open house-style events in 2021 as a way to educate locals about hemp and demystify the plant, which he said struggles from a perception problem.Ryan Eakes, chief operating officer at Typhoon Farma, shows off one of the hemp plants available for sale to the general public. (Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post)Hemp looks identical to marijuana, its not-so-distant-cousin, and often people believe it produces the same high. But the pl...

World community does not recognise "elections" held by Karabakh separatists

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:07 GMT

With a UN mandate, the OSCE Minsk Group has engaged in negotiations with Armenia and Azerbaijan for 30 years with the aim of settling the conflict while considering the Armenian community in Karabakh - writes Mazahir Afandiyev, Member of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of AzerbaijanIn order to implement the four well-known resolutions that the UN Security Council had adopted as a result of negotiations held in the Minsk Group format regarding the liberation of our lands that had been occupied by Armenia for 30 years, Azerbaijan unilaterally withdrew the illegal armed groups that had occupied our lands on September 27, 2020. On November 10, after the 44-day Second Karabakh-Patriotic War, through the mediation of the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a cease-fire as well as the act of capitulation of Armenia.The implementation of the Nine Point Statement is planned until 2025, and in the post-war period, practical measures were taken to implement these points. As a re...

Temecula school board approves controversial flag policy

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:07 GMT

A new controversial flag policy for the Temecula Valley Unified School District was passed with a 3-2 vote during Tuesday night's meeting.School officials discussed whether certain flags should be limited for display, which some critics believe will be used to censor LGBTQ+ support. Following the policy's approval, only state and U.S. flags can be displayed at schools. All other flags would require the superintendent’s approval.The school board president placed the policy on Tuesday night’s agenda. A large showing of parents, teachers, students and community members gathered at the meeting as tensions flared at times."This rainbow flag is infiltrating every corner of education and we need to talk about that," a supporter of the policy said.No text in the policy specifically mentions Pride flags on school campuses, however, members of the LGBTQ+ community believe the ban is being aimed at preventing Pride flags from being flown.“Taking down a Pride flag is telling people they're...

San Jose tech titan Adobe seeks “creativity for all” with AI launch

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:07 GMT

SAN JOSE — Adobe aims to usher in what it calls “creativity for all” through a new set of artificial intelligence technologies that the company made available to consumers starting Wednesday.The tech titan on Wednesday made available to consumers its Generative AI, which enables people to generate content by using an array of inputs, including text, images, sounds, animation, and 3D models.Images that show a left panel with a snowboarder performing a trick and a right-side panel displaying the addition of snow-covered trees and mountains. (Courtesy of Adobe)Do you want to generate an image of a dragon emerging from clouds and breathing fire? Adobe executives believe the company has crafted straightforward and elegant solutions for this and countless other creative endeavors.A demonstration that Adobe provided this news organization in recent days indicated that such a dragon image can be generated in moments through cloud-linked AI technologies.The demonstrati...

A magnitude 5 earthquake rattled a rural area of Northern California

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:07 GMT

CASSEL  — A magnitude 5 earthquake struck a rural area of Northern California’s Shasta County on Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage in the lightly populated region.The quake hit at 10:24 a.m. and was centered about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of the city of Redding, near the tiny community of Cassel, the U.S. Geological Survey said.The quake occurred at a depth of about 9 miles (14.8 kilometers).Related ArticlesCalifornia News | Earthquake robbed Moroccan villagers of almost everything — loved ones, homes and possessions California News | Moroccans sleep in the streets for 3rd night following an earthquake that took more than 2,100 lives California News | Powerful quake in Morocco kills more than 2,000 people and damages historic buildings in Marrakech California News | Strong quake shakes Morocco, sending people into streets California News | Map: 5.0 earthquake in Northern Californi...

Judge halts California school district policy requiring parents be told if kids change pronouns

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:07 GMT

By AMY TAXIN | Associated PressSANTA ANA, — A judge on Wednesday halted a Southern California school district from requiring parents to be notified if their children change their gender identification or pronouns at school.San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Thomas S. Garza ruled after California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued the Chino Valley Unified School District for adopting a policy requiring schools to tell parents when their children change their pronouns or use a bathroom of a gender other than the one listed on their official paperwork.“Today’s decision by the San Bernardino Superior Court rightfully upholds the state rights of our LGBTQ+ students and protects kids from harm by immediately halting the board’s forced outing policy,” Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a statement.Garza’s order halts the district’s policy while Bonta’s lawsuit continues. During a court hearing Wednesday, Garza raised questions about why the policy came up in the first place and how it...

Escaped Pennsylvania inmate Danelo Cavalcante is in custody, source says

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:07 GMT

By Nouran Salahieh | CNNEscaped Pennsylvania inmate Danelo Cavalcante is in custody, a law enforcement official close to the investigation said.Additional details were not immediately clear.Pennsylvania State Police are planning to hold a news conference at 9:30 a.m.His capture ends a two-week manhunt for the escaped killer, which yesterday shifted to South Coventry Township in Chester County as police announced Cavalcante, 34, was now armed.Schools were closed and residents were put on alert as police searched for the fugitive in the area about 20 miles north of the prison he broke out of two weeks ago.Live updates: Escaped killer is in custodyCavalcante, had turned up shirtless at a homeowner’s garage Monday night, ran in and grabbed a .22-caliber rifle, Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said in a Tuesday news conference.The homeowner fired his pistol at Cavalcante as he fled, but there is no reason to believe the fugitive was injured, Bivens said.“We consider him d...

Opinion: Can America emerge from the straitjacket of minority rule?

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:07 GMT

One of the most influential books of the Trump years was “How Democracies Die” by Harvard University government professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. Published in 2018, it served as a guide to our unfolding ordeal. “Over the past two years, we have watched politicians say and do things that are unprecedented in the United States — but that we recognize as having been the precursors of democratic crisis in other places,” they wrote.Because that volume was prescient about how Donald Trump would try to rule, I was surprised to learn, in Levitsky and Ziblatt’s new book, “Tyranny of the Minority,” that they were shocked by Jan. 6. Though they’ve studied violent insurrections all over the world, they write in this new book, “we never imagined we’d see them here. Nor did we ever imagine that one of America’s two major parties would turn away from democracy in the 21st century.”What astonished them the most, Levitsky told me in an interview last week, “was the speed and the degree ...

Opinion: Student debt crisis calls for interest-free loan solution

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:07 GMT

After more than three years of payment and interest pauses initially brought on by the COVID pandemic and following an intense political battle escalating all the way up to theSupreme Court, anyone with a student loan is now on the hook to start paying interest on these loans with payments resuming on Oct. 1.With the resumption of student loan interest, it is time that we seriously consider interest-free student loans as a viable solution to make education affordable and accessible to everyone. The cost of going to college has more than tripled over the last half a century and with interest rates as high as 7.5% on student loans, the price tag to get a college degree can easily double over the lifetime of a loan after compounding interest. Over time, paying off these loans can saddle an individual’s ability to buy a home, save for a child’s college education, plan for retirement, and other ways to generate wealth. This is especially true for historically marginalized and first-gener...

Warriors’ Draymond Green addresses Jordan Poole trade, adding Chris Paul and aiming for six titles: report

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:57:07 GMT

Draymond Green isn’t just setting his sights on a fifth NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors.He’s thinking bigger for himself, Steph Curry and Klay Thompson.“I don’t like to necessarily put a number on things,” Green told ESPN in a recent profile. “But I don’t see why we can’t get two more championships. Why not?”Green touched on several topics while back at Michigan State, where he starred for legendary coach Tom Izzo for four years.Golden State’s busy offseason had two major moves: bringing Green back on a four-year, $100 million deal; and trading Jordan Poole for longtime Warriors foe Chris Paul.Green admitted that, on a scale of 1-10, his hatred of Paul was an 11, which Green views as a sign of respect, and he needed time to warm up to the deal. But now?“I look at this as one of the most important years of my career,” Green said. “… It’s not to redeem anything about Draymond. My goal is that we can help...