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# Operation Green Merchant

vteOperations in the War on Drugs :
1969–1999
Intercept
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Jackpot
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Green Merchant
Nift Package
2000–2009
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Pipe Dreams
TKO
Web Tryp
Xcellator
Sudden Fall
True Test
Solare
2010–present
Lowrider
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Anvil
Kruz Control
Narcosobrinos affair
Rio Grande
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Operation Green Merchant was a nationwide investigation and operation targeting businesses advertising specialized horticultural equipment that was supposedly used to grow cannabis in the 1990s.

## Background

The DEA had decided to investigate the advertising inside the High Times and Sinsemilla Tips with the goal of shutting down the blooming indoor marijuana industry using United Parcel Service records to trace deliveries of indoor growing equipment and seeds.
The three key targets of Green Merchant were the High Times magazine, Sinsemilla Tips magazine and the Holland's Seed Bank owned by Nevil Schoenmakers.
On October 26, 1989, the DEA along with other local, state and federal agents, raided hydroponics and garden stores and business in 46 states, seizing assets and more than 100 arrests. Operation Green Merchant, which lasted from 1988 to 1992, resulted in 1,698 arrests, 3,794 indoor growing operations seized, and $35 million in drug assets seized.
# Philipp Meitner

Philipp Meitner (24 August 1839, Vienna – 9 December 1910, Vienna) was an Austrian lawyer and chess master. His most famous game was the "Immortal Draw" (Carl Hamppe vs Philipp Meitner, Vienna 1872). He won at Vienna 1875, and won a match against Adolf Schwarz (6½–3½) at Vienna 1878.
Meitner played in two strong international tournaments in Vienna in 1873 and Vienna in 1882. He tied for 7–8th in the first tournament (Wilhelm Steinitz and Joseph Henry Blackburne won), and took 14th in the second one (Wilhelm Steinitz and Szymon Winawer won). He also tied for 8–9th at Vienna 1882 (Vincenz Hruby won), took 8th at Vienna 1895 (Georg Marco won), took 4th at Vienna 1908 (Richard Réti won), and tied for 6–7th at Vienna 1909/1910 (Trebitsch Memorial, Réti won).
Meitner studied at the Vienna Polytechnic, and William Steinitz was a fellow student.
Philipp Meitner was the father of Dr. Lise Meitner.
# Second Street Cable Railway

The Second Street Cable Railway was the first cable car system to open in Los Angeles. Opened in 1885, it ran from Second and Spring Streets to First Street and Belmont Avenue. The completed railway was 6,940 feet long, just over a mile and a quarter, with a power house constructed in the middle, at Boylston Street. It was a single track system, with sidings where a down-hill car could coast past an up-hill car. The route included the steepest gradient on any street railway in North America, a 27.7 degree hill along Second Street between Bunker Hill Avenue and Hope Street on Bunker Hill. The line opened to Texas Street on Oct 8, 1885.
The railway was created to encourage sales of property west of downtown Los Angeles, property in the area known as Crown Hill. Henry Witmer, E.A. Hall, and Jesse Yarnell, owners of the property, organized the Los Angeles Improvement Company to subdivide the property into 1400 lots and build the cable railway to connect it to downtown. Other backers included downtown businessmen such as Isaac W. Lord and John Hollenbeck, who owned property near the terminus of the line at Second and Spring Streets.
A beer garden resort, called City Park, was developed at the northeast corner of First and Lakeshore in order to draw more passengers to the line.
In January, 1888, James McLaughlin paid $130,000 for the line and the beer garden, something which turned out to be a most unfortunate decision.
By the spring of 1888 demand for lots had fallen off, but by then the Improvement Company had sold all but 52 of its lots. In addition, Hollenbeck had expanded his Hollenbeck Hotel at Second and Spring, Witmer and some associates had built the California Bank at the corner of Second and Fort Street (Broadway), and the city had built a new City Hall on Fort Street just south of Second Street.
The system was chronically plagued with damage to its cables and pulleys due to flooding. It had to be closed down for several days in the winter of 1888 because a replacement for a broken cable could not be delivered to the cable house through the muddy streets.
In March, 1889, an agreement was made with McLaughlin's Cahuenga Valley Railroad (built in conjunction with Ivar Weid), which served the new Colegrove area, located just south of Hollywood. The cable railway would exchange transfers at First and Belmont so that its patrons could travel from downtown all the way to Colegrove.
But in late summer, 1889, the Cahuenga Valley Railroad was prevented from operating within the Los Angeles city limits. On October 13, McLaughlin suspended cable operations ”indefinitely”. He applied for a permit to extend the road to Alvarado, but the council denied the permit. On December 24 of that year another flood caused further damage to the line, and it was abandoned in 1890. With its demise, the Second Street Cable Railway had the distinction of being the first cable railway in the United States to go out of business.
# Ekaterina Salimova

Yekaterina Ralifovna Salimova (Екатерина Ралифовна Салимова, born 2 April 1982) is a Russian former water polo player. She was a member of the Russia women's national water polo team, playing as a centre back.
She was a member of the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and 2003 World Aquatics Championships.
On club level she played for Uralochka Zlatoust in Russia.
# Saar Tzur

Aluf Saar Tzur (born 1973) is a senior officer and major general in the Israel Defense Forces, Commander of the Northern Corps and Head of Maneuver Array since November 2021. Sa’ar Tzur officially becomes commander of the Israel Defense Forces Northern Formation Commander on Nov. 22, 2021. He previously commanded the 162nd Division, the Sinai Division, head of the planning and organization department in the Israeli Ground Forces and commander of the 401st brigade.

## Biography

Tzur enlisted in 1991 and began his service in the 188th Armored Brigade. After passing the Officers course he went serving in the 401st Brigade. He had an instruction post in the Armored Corps and later as aid to Head of Northern Command. In 2002 he was made battalion commander in the rank of Lieutenant colonel and later served a number of command posts in the Judea and Samaria Division. By 2008 he commanded an armored brigade by the rank of colonel. He commander three brigades, including the 401st during Operation Protective Edge in the summer of 2014.
Tzur headed the planning and organization department in the Israeli Ground Forces between 2014 and 2016, later promoted to Brigadier general as commander of the Sinai Division. He served as commander of the National Center for Ground Training and by 2019 was appointed commander of the 162nd Division. He commanded the division in May 2021 during Operation Guardian of the Walls. In November 2021 Tzur was made Major general and appointed Commander of the Northern Corps and Head of Maneuver Array.
# The Laurel

The Laurel is a luxury residential skyscraper in the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that cost $350 million to build and is 604 feet (184 meters) tall. The building contains condominiums, luxury apartments, and retail space. The residential tower was developed by Southern Land Company, a national real estate development company based in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Laurel includes 66 condominiums and 187 luxury apartments spanning 48 floors. The building also features 43,000 square feet of retail space that wraps around Walnut, Sansom and 20th streets. The retail space is on the building's first two floors. The building includes onsite and offsite parking with partnerships with nearby parking garages. Condominiums start in the low $2 million and go as high as $25 million for the penthouses. The Laurel includes multiple amenity areas for all residents, with condominium owners having access to the 26th-floor featuring a spa, meeting areas, and fitness amenities.
The Laurel is Philadelphia's tallest residential skyscraper and the city's 10th-tallest overall skyscraper.
# Terror-free investing

Terror-free investing describes an investment strategy which seeks to maximize financial return while assuring investors that the financial instruments in the portfolio are "terror-free".
The Center for Security Policy, a Washington-based neoconservative think tank, is a major force behind the movement. "Terror-free investment is a train that we believe is picking up steam," according to Frank Gaffney, Jr., a Reagan-era Defense Department official, and president of the Center for Security Policy. Gaffney claims that one fifth of the portfolios of the largest American pension funds are in companies doing business in countries listed by the US as state sponsors of terrorism: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.
The Global Security Risk Monitor of the Conflict Securities Advisory Group is a research group established to attract clients interested in "Terror-Free Investing," by assuring them that none of their investments will aid groups or states that are considered by the US as sponsors of terrorism.
Eighteen American states have passed laws requiring the divestment of state pension funds from firms doing business with Iran, due in part to accusations that Iran supports terrorist organizations, and partially due to its controversial nuclear program.
# Asili, American Samoa

Asili is a village on the southwest coast of Tutuila Island, American Samoa. It is located between Leone and 'Amanave. It is located in Lealataua County.
Both the Malagateine Stream and Asili Stream flow through Asili before discharging into the sea. A former World War II bunker is located near the shoreline. Several species of Gobie fish, as well as Mountain bass and Freshwater eel, have been recorded in Asili Stream. The Asili Stream originates at 1,190 feet (360 m) above sea level. It discharges near the center of the embayment that fronts the village. The main branch of the Malagateine Stream starts around the 520 feet (160 m) contour along the east side of the Malagatiga Ridge.

## Etymology

The name of the village, Asili, is derived from the Samoan language and translates into English as “The highest".

## History

In 1921, after Samuel S. Ripley faced deportation for the second time due to his role in the Mau movement, his brother Ned Ripley, a chief in Leone, convened a confidential gathering of chiefs in Asili in July. The purpose of this meeting was to address the shift in position among the high chiefs, who had begun opposing the Mau movement.

## Demographics

| Year | Population |
| 2020 | 157 |
| 2010 | 224 |
| 2000 | 250 |
| 1990 | 203 |
| 1980 | 145 |
| 1970 | 197 |
| 1960 | 104 |
| 1950 | 62 |
| 1940 | 79 |
| 1930 | 64 |

## Notable people

* Fuga Tolani Teleso, constructed the Veterans Memorial Stadium and the golf course in ʻIliʻili.
# Megablast

Megablast (メガブラスト) is a horizontally scrolling shooter released internationally in arcades in 1989 by Taito. One or two players control space fighters assigned to deal with an alien invasion using incredible firepower through eight stages. Many of the minibosses resemble previous Taito game characters.
The game was re-released for the PlayStation 2 as part of Taito Memories II Gekan in 2007.

## Plot

In the future, Earth has achieved a state of global peace, but one problem has arisen: a wholesale disappearance of young women. A top-secret planetary protection organization investigates the strange disappearances and discovers that the women are being abducted by aliens. The aliens hail from the planet Zancs, where a rampant disease has sterilized the entire female population. Unable to mate with their own kind, the people of Zancs have found the perfect reproductive substitutes in the women of Earth, abducting them to keep the planetary population steady.
Two fighter pilots - Downson and Bogey - are ordered to rescue the women of Earth, including one of the pilot's significant others, by flying to Zancs and eliminating any threats the inhabitants pose.

## Gameplay

The ship was already equipped with four Options, each one set to fire in vertical and horizontal positions. The player collected orbs to empower the Option's firing strength and durability; Each Option had to be empowered by collecting the orbs depending on the Option's direction. The player's Extend was set at every 100,000 points.
The music during the demo of the game includes Fantaisie-Impromptu by Frédéric Chopin, and the ending theme contains the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9.

## Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Megablast on their December 15, 1989 issue as being the twenty-first most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
# Stewart Walters

Stewart John Walters (born 25 June 1983 in Mornington, Victoria) is an Australian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm leg break bowler.

## Cricket career
### Early career

Walters played his early cricket for Midland-Guildford in the Western Australian Grade Cricket competition. He played under-age and second XI cricket for Western Australia before concentrating on county cricket in England. He also played seven games of Australian rules football for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League.

### Surrey

Walters played in the 2006 Twenty20 Cup competition for his team, Surrey, though he averaged just 7 runs through the competition. He also played three games in the 2006 County Championship, debuting with a sturdy innings of 41, comprising ten boundaries and one single, from third in the batting order.
Since the opening of the 2007 season, Walters has played several non-Championship matches for the Surrey team, including various Second XI fixtures.
He played in the County Championship game against Essex in July 2009, making his highest first-class score of 111*. Walters is a middle-order batsman and occasional bowler. When Mark Butcher had to miss games because of his knee injury, and then announced his retirement with immediate effect in August 2009, Walters took over the captaincy on a short-term basis.

### Glamorgan

In February 2011, Walters left Surrey to seek pastures new and joined Glamorgan signing a two-year contract. He signed a one-year extension to his contract in September 2012 after scoring Glamorgan's highest individual score of the 2012 season in the County Championship with 159 against Essex at Colchester and was their leading fielder with 13 catches. He was not re-engaged following the 2014 season.

## Career best performances

as of 11 November 2014
| | Batting | Batting | Batting | Batting | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling | Bowling |
| | Score | Fixture | Venue | Season | Score | Fixture | Venue | Season |
| FC | 188 | Surrey v Leicestershire | The Oval | 2009 | 1–4 | Surrey v Durham | Chester-le-Street | 2007 |
| LA | 91 | Surrey Brown Caps v Northamptonshire Steelbacks | The Oval | 2008 | 1–12 | Surrey Brown Caps v Yorkshire Phoenix | Scarborough | 2007 |
| T20 | 53* | Surrey Lions v Glamorgan Dragons | Cardiff | 2010 | 1–9 | Surrey Brown Caps v Sussex Sharks | Hove | 2009 |
# Shola von Reinhold

Shola von Reinhold is a Scottish writer. Her debut novel, LOTE (2020), was published by Jacaranda Books during the publisher's #Twentyin2020 campaign, an initiative to "publish 20 titles by 20 Black British writers in one year". LOTE won the Republic of Consciousness Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

## Life and education

Shola von Reinhold was born in Glasgow. She completed a Creative Writing MLitt at Glasgow, where she held a Jessica Yorke Writing Scholarship. She also studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins.
Shola von Reinhold describes herself as Black, working-class and queer. Interviews and author biographies have used both "they" and "she" pronouns for von Reinhold, who has discussed the advantages of "indefiniteness" when assigning pronouns in her fiction. Her date of birth is sometimes given as 1892. She has said that she gives "lots of different ages" for herself and that such fictional and shifting autobiographies provide a "protective veil". She has also discussed how Black artists have been creative with their biographies as a means "of pleasure and survival".

## LOTE

LOTE's protagonist Mathilda Adamarola is a researcher in a London archive who sets out to recover "forgotten artistic and literary figures of the past", especially "Black, queer, trans, and/or femme figures". She calls these figures "Transfixions”. These "Transfixions" include both fictional and real figures. The real names include "1920s aesthete and socialite Stephen Tennant and the Bright Young Things", and Roberte Horth, an early 20th century writer from French Guiana who lived in Paris.
While sifting through an uncatalogued collection of photographs in the National Portrait Gallery archive, Mathilda encounters Hermia Druitt, a forgotten Black Scottish poet (invented by von Reinhold). This leads her to join an artist residency in the small European town of Dun, where she joins forces with other residents to "deep-dive" into Druitt and the associated cult of "the Luxuries". Mathilda's approach to understanding Druitt's life and work relates to processes of "literary recovery" practiced by "feminist scholars in the 1970s and 1980s who sought to correct the male biases of the British literary canon."
In the novel, decadence, glamour or luxury are forms of "resistance [...] an opposition to the Whiteness that has always told Black people that they are too ornamented", with the protagonists identifying how "this prejudice has its roots in colonialist contempt for African culture".

## Other work

In 2021, von Reinhard contributed an essay, 'The Scintillations Of Black Carnelian Grotto (the Individual) And Theire Journey To Black Carnelian Grotto (the Place)', to Peggy Ahwesh Vision Machines, a study of US artist and filmmaker Peggy Ahwesh.
In 2023, she contributed 'Collaboration x Commission' to Pippa Garner ACT Like You Know Me, a study of US artist Pippa Garner.

## Awards and honours

* 2021: Republic of Consciousness Prize
* 2021: James Tait Black Memorial Prize

## Selected bibliography

* LOTE, 2020
# Trygve Utheim

Trygve Utheim (16 September 1884 – 15 June 1952) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for the Liberal Party. He was the Norwegian Minister of Social Affairs from 1933 to 1935.
Utheim became Candidate of Law in 1907. In 1920, he became head of an office (byråsjef) in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. He was county governor of Møre og Romsdal from 1928 to 1952, but on leave 1933-35 when he served as minister and again from 1945 when he became a member of the Parlimanent for the Liberal Party. He died in 1952.
# Preban

Preban is a civil parish and townland in County Wicklow, Ireland.
# Asoka Jayawardena

Major General Deshamanya Asoka Kanthilal Jayawardena, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, was a Sri Lankan army general and politician. He was the former Provincial Governor of the Governor of North Eastern Province and Secretary to the Minister of Defence.

## Military career

Jayawardena was Overall Operational Commander (OOC) of the Sri Lanka Army. In 1997 he was succeeded by Lt. Gen. Srilal Weerasooriya. Jayawardena also served as Security Forces Commander in Jaffna.

## Political career

Retiring from the Sri Lanka Army in 1998, Jayawardena was appointed Governor of North Eastern Province. His predecessor Gamini Fonseka resigned from the office due to a difference of opinion with the President at the time. He is known to be a close confidant of the President Chandrika Kumaratunga, and he is believed to be one of her principal military advisors.
Jayawardena was the first governor of the province to visit the Jaffna peninsula after the establishment of the North Eastern Provincial Council.

## Awards

His awards and decorations include the Medals; Rana Wickrama Padakkama (RWP), Rana Sura Padakkama (RSP), Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya (VSV) and Uttama Seva Padakkama (USP).
In 2005 he was awarded the National title, Deshamanya.

### Sri Lankan awards

In Order of Precedence
* Rana Wickrama Padakkama
* Rana Sura Padakkama
* Vishista Seva Vibhushanaya
* Uttama Seva Padakkama
# Yutaka, Hiroshima

Yutaka (豊町, Yutaka-machi) was a town located in Toyota District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The town covered the majority of the island of Ōsakishimojima and outlying small islands of the Seto Inland Sea.
As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 2,706 and a density of 192.19 persons per km$^2$. The total area was 14.08 km$^2$.
On March 20, 2005, Yutaka, along with the towns of Ondo, Kurahashi and Kamagari (all from Aki District), and the towns of Yasuura and Toyohama (all from Toyota District), was merged into the expanded city of Kure and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
# Min River (Fujian)

The Min River (Chinese: Mǐn Jiāng) is a 505-kilometre-long (314 mi) river in Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It is the largest river in Fujian, and an important water transport channel. Most of northern and central Fujian is within its drainage area.
The provincial capital, Fuzhou, sits on the lower Min River, with its historic center being on the northern side of the river. Fuzhou's suburb Changle is on the other side of the river, even closer to its fall into the Taiwan Strait; the location historically made it an important port.

## Alternate sources

The traditional source of the Min River is in the far northwest of the basin, hence in China the highest reach is called the Beixi Brook. The total length of the river using this source is 505 km. But in fact, the Beixi is neither the geographic or hydrological source of the river. The Shuiqian is the furthest geographic source, and the Shuiqian-Shaxi-Min is 580 km long. A different river, the Jinxi, is larger than the Beixi-Futun at the point where the two meet, and consequently is connected to the hydrological source.
# Linda Monsen Merkesdal

Linda Monsen Merkesdal (born 12 April 1973) is a Norwegian politician.
She was elected representative to the Storting from the constituency of Hordaland for the period 2021–2025, for the Labour Party. She was deputy representative to the Storting 2017–2021.