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By STEVE PFARRER For years, Greg Oates had thought the slave uprising led by Nat Turner in Virginia in 1831 would make for a moving and riveting film.In fact, he’d thought that ever since, as a teenager, he read “The Fires of Jubilee,” the book his...

David George-Cosh, BNN Bloomberg VIDEO SIGN OUT How pot producers are able to play in Ontarios highly-regulated retail market What do the Edmonton Oilers have in common with Canadas latest multimillion-dollar pot deal? More than you think. Sundial Growers Inc. made waves earlier this week when it announced a deal to buy Inner Spirit Holdings Inc., Canadas biggest pot retail chain with 86 Spiritleaf stores across the country, for about $131 million. The deal puts the Alberta-based...

Welcome to this weeks Insider Cannabis. First off, my interview with Aurora Cannabis CEO Miguel Martin seemed to have struck a chord with readers on social media — many did not appreciate the thought of comparing cannabis to Monsanto, a company that was often a lightning rod for criticism over GMOs and pesticides and their role in our food supply and agricultural economy. Despite that, the point stands: Cannabis is an agricultural commodity. Growing will shift to more cost-effective strategie...

Star Micronics Releases StarXpand™ SDK for Reactive Native Share Article An industry-first, the SDK supports the integration of Star printers for React Native apps As React Native becomes more prominent in the industry, the StarXpand™ SDK will be there to help developers easily create cross-platform POS solutions. SOMERSET, N.J. (PRWEB) April 08, 2021 Star Micronics, a leading manufacturer of mobile, point of sale (POS), and cu...

In a new interview with Dr. Music, Jeff Pilson reflected on the last time DOKKEN's classic lineup — Pilson, singer Don Dokken, guitarist George Lyn...

Elle Fanning is moving from her Golden Globe-nominated performance in Hulus The Great to a movie project about one of the most revered films of all time. The 22-year-old actress has signed on to play Oscar-nominated actress Ali McGraw in Francis and the Godfather, about the making of the 1972 classic The Godfather. Barry Levinson is directing the film, which recounts the behind-the-scenes drama on director Francis Ford Coppolas adaptation of Mario Puzos novel, which is widely considered one of ...

SOM Whitmer Administration Announces Launching of Michigan Small Emerging Manager Program February 25, 2021 Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks today announced the launching of a new program that provides smaller investment fund managers an opportunity to grow by managing state pension fund dollars. The Michigan Small Emerging Manager Program will expand access to capital for emerging small private-market investment managers, focusing on generating returns and increasing t...

R.E.M.s Dokken discussed the LP during a December 19 appearance on "The Classic Metal Show". After co-host Chris Akin named some of the songs which were reimagined by Pilson and Lynch, Don said: "But those are not heavy hitters. No offense, they are good songs, but those are vanilla tunes. [ Sings Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)] Did they rock em up or put some shredding guitar solos [in them]? "They must be really bored," Dokken continued. "But, you know, everyb...

Don Dokken Moves Forward by Looking Back: Interview It’s been close to a decade since Broken Bones, the most recent studio album from Dokken, was released in 2012. The band is now planning to add another chapter with the pending release of a new record in 2021. “I think we [made] a conscious effort to go a bit backwards,” Don Dokken tells UCR about the new songs they’ve been working on. “I’ve done a lot of records in the ‘90s and 2000s that had a lot of Beatles influence, with s...

Have twist today haed this massn scandal to a donald trump scandal? high crimes and misdemeanor, you know that is a bridge too far, the american people are not going to buy this crap. when we come back, i want to talk about china. >> remember you can catch me, on levin tv, blaze tv, get your copy of unfreedom of the press, and secret empires by my friend peter schweizer, well be right back. [ orchestral music playing ]