A8 The BulleTin • Friday, augusT 13, 2021
Hemp
DEAR ABBY
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Dear Abby: My husband
retired a few months ago. I
was a stay-at-home mom for
most of our married life but
have worked part time for
several years. I always took
care of all the household
chores because he supported
us financially.
Now he’s retired, and noth-
ing has changed. I’m still do-
ing all the cooking, cleaning,
laundry, taking care of the
business matters and working
part time. Although I have
always done whatever it takes
to keep the peace, I am be-
coming increasingly resent-
ful. I’ve never had the nerve
to speak up and express anger
or frustration for fear of get-
ting into a fight. Can you give
me any advice to help me get
out of this trap I’ve built for
myself?
— Stuck in California
Dear Stuck: Your husband
isn’t a mind reader. Ending
your silence is the way out of
the “trap.” It is what has given
him license. If necessary,
HAVE that “huge fight.” It
may be the answer to a more
equitable sharing of responsi-
bilities. But if it isn’t, then it’s
time for counseling.
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Apart from background
checks, Summers said the fed-
eral rule stipulates a 30-day
pre-harvest testing window to
ensure the crop does not ex-
ceed 0.3% tetrahydrocannabi-
nol, or THC.
By definition, hemp cannot
legally exceed that 0.3% THC
limit, though industry groups
are lobbying for the USDA to
raise the threshold to 1%.
If that happens, Summers
said the state would be allowed
under HB 3000 to change the
definition of hemp in its own
program without having to re-
turn to the Legislature.
HB 3000 also approved state
agriculture department’s bud-
get request for eight new posi-
tions, Summers said, including
the department’s first full-time
hemp program manager. Pre-
viously, hemp was licensed and
inspected by the state alongside
nurseries and Christmas tree
farms.
Meanwhile, the state agricul-
ture department was granted
broader authority under the
bill to revoke hemp licenses
and require the destruction
of crops that fail to meet stan-
dards.
Specifically, Summers men-
tioned growers who might
apply for a hemp license as
a cover for producing illegal
marijuana.
“The state and the industry
are not going to continue to
support this kind of activity,”
she said.
Growers who violate their
hemp license may be banned
from reapplying for up to two
years, Summers added.
The newly renamed Oregon
Liquor and Cannabis Commis-
sion has also approved tempo-
rary rules under HB 3000, and
will work with the agriculture
department to test hemp fields
Passports
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YOUR HOROSCOPE
By Georgia Nicols
Stars show the kind of day you’ll have
DYNAMIC | POSITIVE | AVERAGE | SO-SO | DIFFICULT
MOON ALERT: Avoid shopping or important decisions from 4:30 p.m. to
8:15 p.m. EDT today (1:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. PDT). After that, the Moon moves
from Libra into Scorpio.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR FRIDAY, AUG. 13, 2021:
Appear confident and independent, almost regal. You are always
warm, but you also have an individualistic edge to you. You are a natural
leader and very intelligent. Partnerships are important to you. Good news!
This is a fabulous year for you where you will get recognition, kudos and pro-
motions. It’s your turn to reap the rewards of your past efforts.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Steer clear of ego battles with someone close to you. It’s not worth it.
Furthermore, because the Moon is opposite your sign, you have to be coop-
erative. Therefore, be easygoing and laid-back. Don’t make a big deal about
anything. Tonight: Things are easier.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
You might want to introduce reforms to where you work today, or you
might want to improve your health. You also might have ideas about how to
improve how you deal with your pet. Whatever the case, ponder these im-
provements, but don’t be pushy about them. Tonight: Peace returns.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
Parents must be patient with their kids today to avoid a clash of egos
or a power struggle. (Naturally, this goes with the territory.) But for the sake
of the happiness and peace of mind of everyone, don’t get sucked into this
dynamic. Stay chill. Tonight: It’s all OK.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
You might have a power struggle with a female family member today,
which is not good. It will upset the other person, and it will upset you. It
might even upset other family members. It’s not worth the aggravation. To-
night: Stay calm and don’t take the bait.
“I’m a firm believer in the
right for people to choose
whether or not they get the
vaccine,” said Tami Mont-
gomery, owner of Dru’s Bar in
Memphis, Tennessee, which
started asking for paper vac-
cine cards along with photo
identification on Thursday.
“But it’s my business and I
have to make decisions based
on what will protect my staff,
business and customers.”
Organizers of the Lollapa-
looza music festival in Chicago
said on its opening day in late
July that more than 90% of
some 100,000 attendees pre-
sented proof of a vaccination,
while most of the rest showed
they’d recently had a negative
COVID-19 test. Hundreds of
others were turned away for
lack of paperwork.
Only in a handful of states
— Texas and Florida are the
biggest — are private busi-
nesses prohibited from requir-
ing proof of vaccination.
How do they work?
In some places, venues are
simply asking you to bring
your vaccination card — the
same piece of paper you get
Matt O’Brien/AP file
A sign recommends attendees of the Newport Jazz Festival wear masks
in a tented area where singer Ledisi performs July 31 in Newport,
Rhode Island.
from health providers and the
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Taking a pic-
ture of that card at home and
then showing the image to the
bouncer at the club can also
work.
New York City offers a
streamlined way of show-
ing a photo through its NYC
COVID Safe App, in which
people can store images of
their vaccine cards and then
display them in the app when
needed.
Other places are encour-
aging people to register their
credentials using a scannable
digital pass like New York’s
statewide Excelsior Pass or
similar systems adopted by
California, Hawaii and Loui-
siana and private companies
like Walmart and the airport
security app Clear. Some of the
state-sponsored digital passes
verify a person’s vaccine cre-
dentials through a state or local
immunization registry.
Such passes are designed for
convenience and to prevent
fraud. But that’s also where
the biggest privacy concerns
emerge, said Adam Schwartz,
senior staff attorney at the Elec-
tronic Frontier Foundation.
across Oregon to determine if
the grows are legitimate or il-
legal.
Courtney Moran, president
of the Oregon Industrial Hemp
Farmers Association, said HB
3000 is, overall, a positive for
Oregon hemp growers and
may serve as a model for other
states going forward.
“It’s not perfect,” Moran said.
“It’s definitely a miraculous im-
provement, I would say, from
where we started this (legisla-
tive) session. I think we were
able to come to a very reason-
able and workable solution that
addressed the main concerns
from all parties.”
What’s wrong with QR codes?
The bar code known as a QR
code was originally designed
to help track products in a fac-
tory. These days, it’s increas-
ingly being used to track peo-
ple’s devices.
“Those systems are a giant
leap towards tracking peo-
ple’s location,” Schwartz said.
“There’s a very real risk of mis-
sion creep once there are scan-
ners at doors and people are
showing their scannable token
to pass through.”
But the coalition that helped
create the Smart Health Card
framework used by New York,
California and the Canadian
province of Quebec say they’ve
already set privacy safeguards
to guard against misuse of
health data.
So long as a venue is us-
ing a VCI-compliant scanner,
there shouldn’t be anything to
worry about, said Dr. Brian
Anderson, chief digital health
physician at MITRE and
co-lead of the Vaccination
Credential Initiative, which
counts Apple, Microsoft and
the Mayo Clinic among its
members.
“That app won’t store an in-
dividual’s data beyond the time
that the QR code is scanned,”
he said.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
You feel you have to clarify something or convince someone about
something because you see a better way of doing things or you know the
truth. Nevertheless, this will create an unpleasant exchange. Is it worth it?
Think about it. Tonight: Relax.
Pears
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
After seven days, the fruit
can become overripe and soft.
Normally, Tamura said har-
vest can go until about 1 to
1:30 p.m. each day before it
gets too hot. Assuming work-
ers start at 5 to 5:30 a.m., that is
still an eight-hour workday.
But with the extreme heat,
Tamura said they are losing
hours. That’s also not ideal for
the workers, who are paid for
each 40-pound tote they fill
with pears.
“When it limits the hours
per day you can pick, it’s diffi-
cult,” Tamura said.
Bartlett pears are the first va-
riety to be harvested each year.
Picking for d’Anjous will begin
later this month.
Despite the sweltering
weather, Ashley Thompson,
extension horticulturist for Or-
egon State University in Hood
River and Wasco counties, said
the pear crop appears to be
in good condition, especially
when compared to apples and
cherries that were damaged by
heat earlier this summer.
Northwest growers esti-
mate they lost about 20% of
the cherry crop and 10% of the
Money quarrels might arise today. Or perhaps a power struggle will
arise related to something that you own. Perhaps someone wants to borrow
something. Whatever the case, try not to make a big deal about this. Don’t
get your belly in a rash. Tonight: Peace returns.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Naturally, with the Moon in your sign, you feel more emotional about
things. This is why you might have a dustup with a parent or a family mem-
ber. Feelings are strong! They might create a power struggle. (You need this
like a fish needs a bicycle.) Tonight: Stay chill.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
You are convincing with intense power and strong self-discipline, even
if you don’t see yourself this way. Today, you might want to get your way or
insist on being heard. Whatever the case, it could create a dispute. It’s not
worth it. Tonight: Easy does it.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
You might go head-to-head with a friend or a member of a group
today, perhaps about a charitable cause or something related to your own
future goals. Whatever the case, it’s not worth creating bad feelings for
someone. Tonight: Try to see the big picture.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today you might make a public stand about introducing improve-
ments or flexing your muscles in some way, because you want to get things
done. In one way, this might be important. But in another way, you might
antagonize bosses or parents. Is it worth it? Tonight: Everything improves.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Avoid controversial subjects like politics, religion and racial issues
today, because you will run into a confrontation with someone. And anyhow,
there are none so deaf as those who are wearing headphones. You cannot
change people’s minds that easily. Tonight: A peaceful evening.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Disputes about shared property, taxes, debt or inheritance matters
might arise today. You might have a nasty encounter with someone. But if
you are patient, you can avoid this. Actually, patience is a virtue. Why not wel-
come this opportunity to practice it? Tonight: You are happier.
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apple crop due to sun dam-
age during a separate multiday
heat wave in late June.
Pears, however, are less
prone to sunburn. Thompson
said she had a few reports of
sun-damaged fruit, but noth-
ing too significant. The bigger
concern, she said, is whether
this summer’s grueling heat
has any impact on the fruit’s
size.
“I’m expecting size might be
impacted slightly,” Thompson
said. “It might be a bit smaller.”
Mike Doke, executive di-
rector of the Columbia Gorge
Fruit Growers, said he expects
the overall crop yield to be
about average. As of Wednes-
day, Pear Bureau Northwest,
the industry’s chief marketing
arm, was still finalizing its crop
estimate for the year.
“Things seem to be going
well,” Doke said. “We are keep-
ing an eye on the weather.”
Devon Wells, who grows
550 acres of tree fruit including
apples, pears and cherries in
the Hood River Valley, said his
pear crop is so far faring well.
Size-wise, Wells said the fruit
looks to have rebounded from
June’s heat wave.
Crystals
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The time crystal concept
was first proposed in 2012 by
Nobel-prize-winning phys-
icist Frank Wilczek, who
questioned if atoms could be
arranged in time similarly to
how they are arranged in or-
dinary crystals.
Essentially, he wondered
whether a closed system
could spin, oscillate or move
in a repetitious manner.
What followed was a healthy
dose of scrutiny from the
broader physicist community,
years of university experi-
ments with and without Wil-
czek, and testing to see if his
vision was possible. The defi-
nition expanded to include ob-
jects that would activate due to
an external influence, such as a
shake, stir or a laser strike.
“The definition is somewhat
fluid. But if you want to call it
a new state of matter, you want
it to be autonomous and not
have stirring,” Wilczek said.
Early experiments pumped
ions with lasers so they would
artificially pulsate. It was
useful but difficult to scale,
Wilczek added.
By 2017, scientists from
Harvard University and the
University of Maryland re-
vealed they created mi-
cro-scale time crystals at a
frigid temperatures lab. Both
passed peer review. More re-
cently, a team from the Delft
University of Technology in
the Netherlands published
findings in July on their ap-
proach to building a time
crystal inside a diamond.
Time crystals are a tough
concept to grasp, but scientists
say you can think of them like
a perpetual motion machine,
adding a caveat to the sec-
ond law of thermodynamics,
which states that any isolated
systems will degenerate into a
more disordered state or en-
tropy. Their existence also un-
dermines Newton’s first law of
motion, detailing how an ob-
ject must react to motion.
Time crystals are the first
objects created that sponta-
neously break “time-transla-
tion symmetry” or the idea
that a stable object, such as
solids, liquids, gases and
plasma, will remain the same
throughout time.
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Terrie Lynn Poore
July 07, 1959 - July 23, 2021
On July 23rd, Terrie Lynn Poore passed away in her
Bend home. She was 62 years old.
Born July 7, 1959, in Portland, OR she made Bend
her home for most of her life. Terrie had two
daughters whom she raised primarily as a single
mother. She met and later married Jeff Poore on
January 7, 2005. She was an avid animal lover who
enjoyed traveling, going to concerts, and watching and att ending Nascar
races. She became a grandmother to her two granddaughters in 2008.
Being a grandmother was her greatest joy. She had a big heart and would
help anyone in need. Her beauti ful smile, her sweet laugh, her warm hugs
and simply her presence will be deeply missed.
Terrie is survived by her husband Jeff ; daughters Amber and Rheanna;
stepchildren Jennifer and Harrison; grandchildren Brooklynn, Isabella and
Julia; parents Patricia and Gary; and siblings Tammie, Scott , Todd, Gary,
Wendie and Bruce.