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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference to discuss the first positive case of novel coronavirus or COVID-19 in New York State on March 2, 2020 in New York City.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed that a family of four and their neighbor have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the number of cases in the state to at least six.
New York officials identified the father as the state's second case, which was confirmed Tuesday. Cuomo said the patient's 20-year-old son and 14-year-old daughter tested positive for COVID-19. The patient's wife, Cuomo added, and a neighbor who drove the father to the hospital have also tested positive.
The patient is at New York Presbyterian Hospital and in critical condition, the NYC Health Department said Tuesday.
"We have an epidemic caused by coronavirus, but we have a pandemic that is caused by fear," Cuomo said at a press conference Wednesday. "There are going to be many, many people who test positive."
The new cases bring the total confirmed in the state to six, including a health-care worker who returned from Iran and was identified as the state's first COVID-19 patient on Sunday.
The family of four lives in Westchester County. The father works at the Manhattan law firm Lewis and Garbuz, P.C., the health department said Tuesday. Both of his children attend school in the city. His son attends Yeshiva University in Manhattan, while his daughter goes to SAR Academy and High School in the Bronx. SAR Academy voluntarily closed Tuesday as a precaution. Yeshiva University canceled classes Wednesday at its Wilf campus in Washington Heights, saying in a statement it was "taking every precaution.
Cuomo said he is meeting later Wednesday with officials in Westchester to make a plan to identify and test people who might have come into contact with the new patients.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said city "disease detectives" were on campus to identify and track close contacts and get them immediately tested. Two people have been transferred to Bellevue hospital for testing, he said.
The virus has now infected 108 people across the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and killed nine, all in the Seattle area. New York officials confirmed Sunday the state's first coronavirus case, a woman who recently traveled to Iran and is currently isolated in her Manhattan home.
"This appears to be an example of community spread," de Blasio said at a news briefing Tuesday, meaning the virus is being spread within the community without any known links to people who were confirmed to have caught it overseas or directly from one of those travelers.
"Go on with your lives," de Blasio said Tuesday. "Go on with your business."
Read CNBC's live updates to see the latest news on the COVID-19 outbreak. | 1,266,600 |
off point for life satisfaction. It's not linear; $10,000 does more for you if you're making $50,000 than if you're making $1 million. But the effect is there, constantly, no matter how much you earn.
Other research finds no tipping point
This idea — that there's no tipping point beyond which money doesn't increase life satisfaction — is backed up by other research, as well. Work by economists Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers comparing happiness across countries, across several different surveys, has found that there's no satiation point. For developing and developed countries alike, being richer is correlated with higher life satisfaction. Here, for example, is the income versus life satisfaction graph using Gallup's ladder question:
Here are some plots using responses to the World Values Survey, which asks, "All things considered, how satisfied are you with your life as a whole these days?"
They get the same result with questions that ask people, directly, if they're happy. This is a quite different from questions like, "Did you experience stress yesterday?" that Deaton and Kahneman used, but it also measures emotional well-being, rather than life satisfaction. Here are results for the World Values Survey question, "Taking all things together, would you say you are very happy, quite happy, not very happy, or not at all happy?" Again, richer countries are happier, and there's no drop-off point:
Stevenson and Wolfers found this was true within the US, as well. They find that responses to the General Social Survey question, "Taken all together, how would you say things are these days — would you say that you are very happy, pretty happy, or not too happy?" improve with income, with no drop-off point:
Same goes for a Gallup poll question asking Americans, "Generally speaking, how happy would you say you are — very happy, fairly happy, or not too happy?" Only 35 percent of people in households making under $10,000 a year reported being very happy. Eighty-three percent of people in households making $250,000 to $500,000 did. And 100 percent of people making more than $500,000 did. There was no point at which more money didn't correlate with more happiness.
"While the idea that there is some critical level of income beyond which income no longer impacts well-being is intuitively appealing, it is at odds with the data," Stevenson and Wolfers conclude. "As we have shown, there is no major well-being dataset that supports this commonly made claim." They note the Deaton-Kahneman study doesn't contradict this finding at all, because it uses very different questions more explicitly focused on people's transient moods.
So don't home in on that one number, in one study. Focus on the huge amount of evidence suggesting that money always makes you happier. | 1,266,601 |
Last updated on.From the section Football
Norwich City striker Gary Hooper took his tally for the season to four with his brace against Millwall
Norwich City's resurgence continued with a comprehensive hammering of struggling Millwall.
The Canaries, who now have 11 goals from their last two home games, capitalised on blunders from Lions' keeper David Forde as Steven Whittaker and Cameron Jerome started the rout.
A Bradley Johnson double and a brace from Gary Hooper confirmed Norwich's third win in four games.
Lacklustre Millwall registered a consolation through Jermaine Easter.
Carrow Road has become a miserable destination for the London side, who have not won any of their last 18 visits to Norfolk. Ian Holloway's men are just three points above the Championship drop zone after one win in nine games.
Lions tamed by Canaries Millwall's last win at Norwich came in November 1968 - 3-0 in the old Division Two
The Canaries had been on a similar run themselves, tumbling from the top of the table with one victory in 10 outings. But a 5-0 home win over Huddersfield, along with a victory at Wigan and last week's draw at Derby, put them back in the promotion picture.
Millwall made this easy for Neil Adams's side, though, who had already made a series of chances before Whittaker's effort went straight through Forde and in.
The Lions keeper eclipsed that howler moments later when he hit a clearance against Jerome, who rolled into an empty net.
Jerome and Hooper had further chances, before Johnson struck twice after the break, drilling in from outside the area and then sweeping in Nathan Redmond's cross.
Wes Hoolahan slipped in Hooper for Norwich's fifth, only for shell-shocked Millwall to grab an unexpected goal of their own, as Easter nodded in the rebound when Shaun Williams's free-kick struck the bar.
The Canaries, who are still in seventh, celebrated their biggest win of the season with a sixth when Hooper netted in stoppage time.
Millwall boss Ian Holloway: "You cannot be a Millwall player if you don't stand up to be counted. I was looking for fight and spirit in the second half but I didn't see it.
"It got to the stage where I was almost afraid to attack as they would then just hit us on the break. It was just horrible to watch. It could have been a lot worse than 6-1."
Norwich manager Neil Adams: "There were goals galore and we should have scored even more. But that's been a little bit picky.
"Earlier in the season we were playing well at home and not getting the results we deserved but that has changed in the last couple of games." | 1,266,602 |
Why I love Sam Cooke, by Har Mar Superstar
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Many Current listeners have probably heard my song “Lady, You Shot Me.” It’s the first song I wrote for my 2013 album Bye Bye 17 and it was born out of my obsession with Sam Cooke. A few years ago I was on tour with GAYNGS, and a bunch of us had gone on a bender of all things Mr. Cooke. Hundreds of listens and a couple of documentaries later I was haunted by the man’s alleged dying words, “Lady, you shot me.” The words equally summed up my audacity at how coldly a woman had treated me, the sadness I was in for, and how cool you could sound just before the lights go out. The song wrote itself in my mind.
Sam Cooke has been a guiding force in my artistic development for my entire life. Even before I knew he was the man behind songs like “Cupid” and “(What A) Wonderful World” I was singing along to every word as a child listening to oldies radio. Throughout my younger years I got more and more obsessed with his ability to write melodically easy-going pop songs that gave way to a less obvious, darker lyrical pain. His songs were onions I wanted to peel.
I respect Cooke both for his amazing, undeniable voice and his firm vision. As one of the first modern black performers to guide the business side of his career as well as the artistic, he inspired so many. He eventually founded his own record label and publishing company, which was a bold move in the 60s. He was very active in the Civil Rights Movement and rightfully harbored a lot of anger towards the white establishment and their history of unfair, horrible treatment of African-Americans. “A Change is Gonna Come” is a perfect example of how he could transform his private incensed pain into beautifully inspired high-road exaltation. I cry every time I hear it.
There has been a lot of speculation as to what actually happened that fateful night on December 11, 1964 at the Hacienda Motel. Whatever the troubled circumstances were, the fact is that Bertha Franklin pierced Sam Cooke’s pained heart with a bullet when the great performer was still at the young age of 33, and the world lost one of the greatest artists it ever produced. I often think of how much more great work Mr. Cooke would have gone on to make had he got the chance to live on, and I know he’d be proud of the strides people of all races have made to make a better world for each other. A change definitely came.
This week, The Current celebrates Sam Cooke in honor of Black History Month. Listen for Cooke’s music throughout the week. | 1,266,603 |
If we were at 50 feet when we hit the bingo mark, and were coming down in a good spot, we could still land. But if we still had 70 to 100 feet to go, it would be too risky to land; we’d come down too hard. Not wanting to say anything that might disrupt Neil’s focus, I pretty much used my body English, as best I could in a spacesuit, as if to say, Neil, get this on the ground!
“Sixty seconds,” Charlie warned. Our ascent engine fuel tanks were filled to capacity, but that fuel did us no good, since the descent engine tanks were completely separate. We had 60 seconds’ worth of fuel left in the descent tanks to either land or abort.
“Sixty feet, down two and a half.” Neil had slowed our descent. “Forty feet … Picking up some dust.”
We were moving over the lunar surface like a helicopter coming in for a landing, but we were now in what we sometimes referred to as the “dead zone.” If we ran out of fuel at this altitude, we would crash onto the moon before our ascent engine could push us back into space.
“Thirty seconds,” Charlie said, the nervousness evident in his voice. Neil slowed the Eagle even more, searching … searching …
Then I saw it—the shadow of one of the three footpads that had touched the surface. Although our engine was still running and the Eagle was hovering, a probe had touched the surface.
“Contact light,” I said.
Neil and I looked at each other with a stolen glance of relief and immense satisfaction. The LM settled gently, and we stopped moving. “Shutdown,” I heard Neil say.
It was 4:17 p.m. (EDT). We had less than 20 seconds’ worth of fuel remaining, but we were on the moon.
“We copy you down, Eagle,” Charlie Duke said.
I had already turned my focus to completing a flight checklist, but I paused now, and for the first time glanced out my window. The moon’s pockmarked terrain, which now for the first time in its existence hosted human beings, stretched out as far as I could see.
At that moment, Neil did something that really surprised me. “Houston,” he said calmly. “Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”
“We made it!” I whispered, almost as if I didn’t want to seem amazed.
Reprinted from Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home From the Moon ©2009 by Buzz Aldrin. Published by Harmony Books, a division of Random House, Inc. | 1,266,604 |
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For a president who frequently has days in which no public events are scheduled, Trump had a fairly busy Christmas holiday, issuing a morning call for unity followed by an attack on Nancy Pelosi in the evening. And on Christmas Eve, from the comfort of Mar-a-Lago, he held a video teleconference with service members from the five branches of the military stationed in Kuwait, the Gulf of Aden, Afghanistan, and bases in Missouri and Alaska.
After the call, the president took questions from reporters, repeating his joke that he might get “a beautiful vase” from Kim Jong-un rather than North Korea’s expected missile test. Riffing on recent themes, he called the FBI “a bunch of dirty cops,” and claimed that Nancy Pelosi “hates the Republican Party.” But one question he did not fully answer surrounded a recent Washington Post report that describes how the president came to believe in the conspiracy that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election. “Putin told me,” Trump said to a former White House adviser, describing how he became attached to the idea. When asked on Christmas about the sourcing of his theory on Ukrainian interference, Trump did not engage:
Q: Sir, what did President Putin say to you that convinced you that the Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election?
Trump: What did he say to me?
Q: Yes.
Trump: About what?
Q: What did President Putin say to you when you met?
Trump: You’re putting words in somebody’s mouth. Who are you referring to? Me? I never said anything about it. I never said a thing about it. All right, any other questions?
He is, in a limited sense, correct: Trump has not publicly said anything confirming the report that the president of Russia convinced him that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 election. But the president has also issued false denials in the past. (To pick one of several examples, recall his claim in April 2018 that he did not know Michael Cohen paid Stormy Daniels $130,000, followed by his admission to the payoff one month later.)
But the Washington Post presents some robust evidence that Trump was influenced by Putin on his approach to Ukraine. “The strong belief in the White House was that Putin told him,” a former official told the Post, which also reported that “Trump repeatedly told one senior official that the Russian president said Ukraine sought to undermine him.” And according to a Post report from October, Trump has been coached on Ukraine by both Putin and Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán. Despite his advisers’ consistent pushback on the influence of these autocrats, “over time you just see a wearing down of the defenses,” a former White House official said. | 1,266,605 |
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continues to garner more support from solution providers than Democratic rival Hillary Clinton has, outpacing the former secretary of sate in the latest monthly CRN survey on the presidential race.
The poll, which was taken by 208 solution providers from Sept. 6-26, revealed that 52 percent of those surveyed believe a Trump presidency would be better for business, a slight decline from the results of a similar poll in August, when 54 percent of participants chose Trump. The latest poll closed before Trump and Clinton faced off Monday night in their first debate of the campaign.
Comparatively, 38 percent of channel companies said a Clinton administration would be better for business, a slight rise from the 36 percent of the August poll participants who felt that way.
[Related: CRN Poll: Trump Surges Back Into The Lead Among Solution Providers]
This month's 14-point gap between the New-York businessman and Clinton falls in line with average poll results reaching back to April. Since then, Trump has held an average lead of 14.3 percent over Clinton every month, which includes a tie between the two candidates in July.
Bob Gold, a sales account executive at El Segundo, Calif-based PCM, No. 28 on CRN's Solution Provider 500 list, believes Trump would be better for business because of the candidate's business background.
"Trump is a more experienced businessman and he understands how business is done better than his opponent," Gold said.
Trump speaks often about helping U.S.-based businesses over those based overseas, which Gold said is another reason he believes a Trump presidency would be better for business.
"But, every other part of him besides that, I feel he is a loose cannon," he added, noting that although he feels that Trump might be better for business, he is leaning toward voting for Clinton.
Meanwhile, a solution provider who requested anonymity said Trump's focus on turning away from international trade is one of the reasons he believes a Clinton presidency will be better for business.
"I think the ideas Trump has would not be helpful for business … his opinions on trade and his bombastic negotiating style makes me feel like Trump is putting up walls, which will make it difficult for small and medium businesses to do business overseas," he said.
Although Clinton has not put forth a specific plan that makes him believe her presidency would benefit business, he said he feels a Trump presidency would be disastrous for his company, which has clients in the U.K. and Germany, and has even worked with companies in China.
"I hate the feeling that I am making a defensive vote, but I really dislike Trump a lot," he said.
In a separate poll conducted by CRN, 64 percent of participants said they believed Clinton won Monday's debate, a number overwhelmingly larger than the 29 percent who believed Trump won and the 7 percent who said there was no winner. | 1,266,606 |
The Perth Mint has unveiled the most valuable collector coin in Australian history — a diamond-encrusted treasure valued at nearly $2.5 million.
Key points: The coin is made up of 99.99 per cent gold and has four Argyle pink diamonds
The coin is made up of 99.99 per cent gold and has four Argyle pink diamonds It is valued at $2.48 million
It is valued at $2.48 million The coin is expected to end up in the hands of a buyer in Asia or the Middle East
The Discovery gold coin is based on the holey dollar, which was introduced by governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1814.
It is made of 99.99 per cent gold and contains four Argyle pink diamonds, with Perth Mint chief executive Richard Hayes saying it represented opulence and exclusivity.
"Gold and diamonds are amongst our most prized possessions," he said.
"Individually, they express an allure and elegance that is simply undeniable, but when combined these two treasures of the past become our legacy for the future.
"Celebrating the destiny and pursuit of fortune embodied in the passion of our early prospectors, Discovery tells the remarkable Australian story of rags to riches."
The coin was inspired by the holey dollar, Australia's first official currency. ( ABC News: David Weber )
The coin depicts a sailing ship, a panning prospector and boab trees to signify the Kimberley region.
The pink diamonds alone are worth about $1.7 million.
Mr Hayes said there was a lot of international interest in such high-end collectables, mainly because of the diamonds.
"In terms of pink diamonds themselves, you can fit the whole year's production literally into the palm of your hand," he said.
"And they would move hundreds and hundreds of tonnes of dirt and earth to produce what literally fits into the palm of your hand, so that really does explain to some degree their intense rarity."
Seven versions of the coin were cast before they arrived at the unique $2.48 million beauty.
Mines Minister Bill Johnston was on hand to get a close look at the prized coin. ( ABC News: David Weber )
WA Mines Minister Bill Johnston said the final product was a tribute to WA craftsmanship.
"It's a testament to the quality of workmanship that the Perth Mint can do that we're able to produce this Discovery coin," he said.
"West Australians might not realise the extensive activity here at Perth Mint. It's an important tourist destination but it also is a major export industry."
The Discovery coin is scheduled to remain on display at the Mint until September 28, unless it is sold before then.
The coin is expected to end up in the hands of a buyer in Asia or the Middle East. | 1,266,607 |
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed that his country "will never be divided" a day after suicide blasts killed at least 41 people and wounded nearly 239 others at Istanbul's main international airport.
"There is an attempt to turn our security forces into guilty parties, but they will not succeed in their efforts because this nation knows full well who is who," Erdogan said on Wednesday. "We will never forget our martyrs."
Turkish officials have said there are indications three suicide bombers from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) carried out the deadly attacks at the Ataturk Airport, although no group has claimed responsibility.
Ongoing efforts
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said efforts to identify the attackers, who arrived at the airport in taxis, were continuing.
The attackers opened fire at airport guards at the terminal entrance and a gunfight erupted before they blew themselves up one by one at around 10pm, authorities said.
Security camera footage circulated on social media appeared to capture two of the blasts. In one clip a huge ball of flame erupts at an entrance to the terminal building, scattering terrified passengers.
Another video shows a black-clad attacker running inside the building before collapsing to the ground - apparently felled by a police bullet - and blowing himself up.
Most of the casualties were Turkish citizens, a senior government official said.
One of the attackers "randomly opened fire" as he walked through the terminal building, shortly before three explosions, a witness told Reuters.
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"We came right to international departures and saw the man randomly shooting. He was just firing at anyone coming in front of him. He was wearing all black. His face was not masked. I was 50 metres away from him," said Paul Roos, 77, a South African tourist on his way back to Cape Town with his wife.
"We ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another. By that time he had stopped shooting," Roos said.
"He turned around and started coming towards us. He was holding his gun inside his jacket. He looked around anxiously to see if anyone was going to stop him and then went down the escalator... We heard some more gunfire and then another explosion, and then it was over."
Ataturk Airport is one of the busiest ports in the world, serving more than 60 million passengers in 2015.
There has been a string of bombings around Turkey over the past year, some of them blamed on ISIL, others claimed by Kurdish groups.
Earlier in June, at least 11 people were killed in central Istanbul following a bombing attack targeting a police vehicle. The armed group Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, also known by its Kurdish-language acronym TAK, claimed responsibility for that attack. | 1,266,608 |
The Winter Olympics are upon us again! I know many people aren’t that into it, but it’s still a fun time to show your patriotism. I prefer the winter events over the summer ones anyway; being from Canada after all. We may not place in the swimming events, but freeze that pool and hand us some skates and we’ll show you what we can do.
Olympic athletes are in the peak of their performance and that comes along with stunning, sculpted figures. This year The Fucket List wanted to look at some of the hottest athletic women the world has to offer. Keep in mind this list is in no particular order. I considered doing a top ten list, but I couldn’t bring myself to rank these extraordinary women. They all get a Gold Medal in my book 😉
Also I notice that being hot seems to be a requirement if you’re going to be a world-class snowboarder.
Lisa Zimmermann (Germany)
Age: 21
Sport: Freestyle Skiing
From: Nuremberg, Germany
Alena Zavarzina (Russia)
Age: 28
Sport: Freestyle Snowboarding
From: Novosibirsk, Russia
Hilary Knight (United States)
Age: 28
Sport: Ice Hockey
From: Palo Alto, California, USA
Silje Norendal (Norway)
Age: 24
Sport: Snowboarding
From: Kongsberg, Norway
Jamie Anderson (United States)
Age: 27
Sport: Snowboarding
From: South Lake Tahoe, California, USA
Gabrielle Daleman (Canada)
Age: 20
Sport: Figure Skating
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Julia Dujmovits (Austria)
Age: 30
Sport: Snowboarding
From: Gussing, Austria
Tessa Virtue (Canada)
Age: 28
Sport: Figure Skating
From: London, Ontario, Canada
Nadja Purtschert (Switzerland)
Age: 28
Sport: Snowboarding
From: Pfaffnau, Switzerland
Rowan Cheshire (Britain)
Age: 22
Sport: Freesyle Skiing
From: Alsager, Cheshire, England
Lindsey Vonn (United States)
Age: 33
Sport: Alpine Skiing
From: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
Spencer O’Brien (Canada)
Age: 30
Sport: Snowboarding
From: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Forth Road Bridge to close for three weekends
MOTORISTS are being warned of “considerable” traffic disruption as one of Scotland’s busiest roads is closed over three weekends as part of work on the Forth Replacement Crossing project.
By ALASTAIR GRANT Monday, 5th October 2015, 6:41 pm
The work is connected to the construction of the Queensferry Crossing. Picture: TSPL
Demolition work will result in two major roads into Edinburgh, the M90 and A90, being shut off to all traffic south of Echline Junction, with motorists urged to avoid the vicinity of the Forth Road Bridge – which will remain open for local access only.
The move will come into force from 8pm on Saturdays 24, 31 October and 14 November – before roads reopen again at 6am on the following Mondays at the latest.
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Motorists have been told to expect “considerable delays” as weekend traffic is diverted along the M9 – or A904-5 for non-motorway traffic – Kincardine Bridge and the A985. Local access between South Queensferry, Kirkliston and Dalmeny will remain available.
Closures will allow for the demolition of the B800 bridge located between South Queensferry and Kirkliston, and mark another milestone in the progress of the new Queensferry Crossing.
The £1.4 billion crossing, which is due to open in 2016, was ordered by ministers because of corrosion of the main suspension cable on the Forth Road Bridge.
Steven Brown, Transport Scotland’s roads and infrastructure manager, said the B800 bridge would be completely demolished over the course of the three weekends – avoiding Remembrance Sunday.
He said: “We will work closely with our contractor to ensure every effort is made to reduce the duration of the closure and to lift the restrictions as early as is possible.
“During the closure the Forth Road Bridge will remain open for local access only. All road users are advised that considerable delays are expected in the vicinity of the Forth during these closures.”
Communities around the Firth of Forth fear the move could lead to “rat running” as drivers attempt to avoid delays by cutting through residential roads.
Terry Airlie, secretary of the Queensferry and District Community Council, said “proper planning” was crucial to avoid backed-up traffic.
He said: “The fear when anything like this happens is always that Queensferry will be affected by rat running. That would be the big concern – but we understand the big picture. This is something that has to be done. | 1,266,610 |
Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Virginia Democrat blasts Trump's 'appalling' remark about COVID-19 deaths in 'blue states' The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally MORE has reportedly met with several Democrats considering presidential bids in 2020 amid private solicitations for her support from aspiring nominees.
CNN and Axios reported Friday that Clinton has had private conversations with prominent Democrats such as Sens. Kamala Harris Kamala HarrisNational postal mail handlers union endorses Biden The Hill's Campaign Report: Biden asks if public can trust vaccine from Trump ahead of Election Day | Oklahoma health officials raised red flags before Trump rally Jim Carrey to play Biden on 'Saturday Night Live' MORE (D-Calif.), Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth WarrenNo new taxes for the ultra rich — fix bad tax policy instead Democrats back away from quick reversal of Trump tax cuts It's time for newspapers to stop endorsing presidential candidates MORE (D-Mass.) and Cory Booker Cory Anthony BookerDemocratic lawmakers call for an investigation into allegations of medical neglect at Georgia ICE facility Black Voters Matter Fund deploying voter outreach caravans in 12 states to drive turnout Philanthropist Susan Sandler investing 0M in social justice organizations MORE (D-N.J.), as well as others including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D) and Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D).
"People are direct in saying they want her support," one source close to Clinton told CNN. "Others are reaching out."
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“Hillary wants Trump gone," another confidant of the former secretary of State and 2016 Democratic nominee told Axios. "She doesn’t know who’s best able to beat him, but she knows about grueling nomination fights."
"The savvy ones know she’s the most valuable endorser in the party not named Obama," that source added.
Nick Merrill, the former secretary's spokesman, told CNN that Clinton wasn't discussing her 2020 plans publicly but added that she was happy to talk to any candidate considering a run for president.
"I won't comment on private discussions she's had except to say that she's more than happy to talk to anyone considering a run about the challenges (as well as the great things) that go with it, and lessons learned on what to watch for in this next cycle (aside from Vladimir)," Merrill said, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Clinton has not yet ruled out the possibility of a 2020 bid for president, saying last year that she would "like to be president," and has refused to discuss her 2020 plans in interviews.
The 2020 Democratic field is expected to attract many candidates, with Warren most recently announcing an exploratory committee for a presidential bid earlier this week in a video message to supporters. | 1,266,611 |
President Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could'scar and damage' economy MORE in an interview published Thursday said he invented the phrase “priming the pump,” a common saying used in economics.
“Have you heard that expression used before? Because I haven’t heard it. I mean, I just … I came up with it a couple of days ago and I thought it was good. It’s what you have to do,” Trump said during an interview with editors for The Economist.
The president also cited the phrase “priming the pump” when answering a question about his tax plan increasing the deficit.
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“Well, it actually did,” Trump answered, disagreeing with the editors, who said the Reagan tax plan did not increase the deficit.
“But, but it’s called priming the pump. You know, if you don’t do that, you’re never going to bring your taxes down. Now, if we get the healthcare [bill through Congress], this is why, you know a lot of people said, ‘Why isn’t he going with taxes first, that’s his wheelhouse?'" Trump said.
“Well, hey look, I convinced many people over the last two weeks, believe me, many congressmen, to go with it. And they’re great people, but one of the great things about getting healthcare is that we will be saving, I mean anywhere from $400 [billion] to $900 [billion],” the president said.
Merriam-Webster later noted that the phrase has been used to refer to government investment expenditures since the early 1930s.
The phrase 'priming the pump' dates to the early 19th century. — Merriam-Webster (@MerriamWebster) May 11, 2017
In the interview with The Economist, Trump also described his approach as “Trumponomics.”
“Well it’s an interesting question,” Trump said when asked how "Trumponomics" is different from historic Republican economics.
“I don’t think it’s ever been asked quite that way. But it really has to do with self-respect as a nation. It has to do with trade deals that have to be fair, and somewhat reciprocal, if not fully reciprocal. And I think that’s a word that you’re going to see a lot of, because we need reciprocality in terms of our trade deals.”
--This report was updated at 8:58 a.m. | 1,266,612 |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The share of U.S. mortgage refinancing activity contracted last week to its smallest in more than 8-1/2 years amid a jump in home borrowing costs this year, Mortgage Bankers Association data released on Wednesday showed.
A woman looks at real estate listings at an office in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S. March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
The refinance share of overall mortgage activity fell to 41.6 percent in the week ended April 7, the lowest level since September 2008. It was 42.6 percent in the previous week.
The average interest rate on 30-year, fixed-rate conforming mortgages, the most widely held type of U.S. home loan, fell to 4.28 percent, up 46 basis points from a year ago. It was 4.34 percent in the prior week.
Conforming loans are those with balances of $424,100 or less and that qualify for guarantees from federal mortgage agencies Fannie Mae FNMA.PK and Freddie Mac FMCC.PK.
MBA’s seasonally adjusted gauge of applications to refinance an existing home loan was little changed, hovering at a six-week low at 1,272.3. It was 40 percent lower than 2,122.0 a year earlier.
“With the rates today, it’s hard to get back to a refinancing boom anytime soon,” said Chris Nard, president of mortgage at Citizens Bank in Boston.
Mortgage rates had jumped in step with U.S. bond yields following Donald Trump’s surprise U.S. presidential win. Traders had bet he and a Republican-controlled U.S. Congress would quickly enact tax cuts and infrastructure spending and loosen regulations, spurring business investments and inflation.
Home loan costs and Treasury yields US10YT=RR have retreated in recent weeks after Trump and leading Republican lawmakers failed to pass healthcare reform, causing traders to pare bets on rising inflation.
Worries about the French presidential election and tension between the United States and Syria as well as North Korea have sent bond yields and mortgage rates even lower.
Meanwhile, the Washington-based industry group said its seasonally adjusted gauge of application activity to buy a home, a proxy for future home sales, rose 2.9 percent at 246.7 in the latest week. It was 241.9 a year ago.
“We are optimistic about home sales this spring and the upcoming summer season,” Citizens Bank’s Nard said.
MBA’s measure on overall mortgage applications rose 1.5 percent to 402.9, its first increase in four weeks. It was 520.2 a year earlier.
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to Ryan Rice) agreed that the contrast with other cities has been notable.
During a visit to the Occupy Wall Street camp at Zuccotti Park a few weeks ago, Rice said, she was struck by the tense relationship between police and protesters.
She found the NYPD to be “hostile, bristling, intimidating, rude and purposely unhelpful, just like the LAPD used to be. People [there] were remarking why can’t NYPD be more like LAPD,” Rice said. “I said, ‘It took a lot of work.’”
There is a split within Occupy L.A. between those who think protesters should work with police and those who call it treason. Some criticized an Occupy leader who has served as liaison with police as being in collusion with authorities and called for the creation of a committee against police brutality.
At the camp Saturday, some said they believed eviction was now a foregone conclusion. The question was how many people would stay behind to resist, and whether they would do so peacefully.
Protester Clark Davis walked through the encampment and reminded people about the city’s deadline to move. He informed them about civil disobedience training taking place later in the day, and told them there would be an early evening screening of a documentary, “A Force More Powerful,” about international nonviolent resistance movements.
“The mood I’m getting is that everyone is pretty much ready for this thing and obviously they’re going to behave in a way they deem appropriate for this situation,” he said. “Most people are aware of what’s going on, and most people seem intent on not caving in and just surrendering and packing their stuff and getting out of here.”
PJ Davenport, another Occupy L.A activist, said she recently asked an LAPD commander why officers hadn’t already cleared the camp. The commander “said very succinctly that it would be a PR nightmare for the LAPD,” she said.
But Davenport said she knows both sides need to behave.
“If a person becomes violent, hopefully they’re quickly removed from the group, and we’ve asked for this all along, to remove any violence.”
Beck said he remained hopeful that the lawn could be cleared without violence.
“This is a police department that is very good with the application of force if we need to be. Nobody questions that,” he added. “But I also want to be known as a department that can avoid the application of major force.”
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With groundbreaking news across sports (even National) news outlets that NFL prospect Michael Sam will certainly be the most noteworthy homosexual player in any major sport, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly thinks that Major League Baseball won’t be far behind, or will at least be very accepting of someone in the same situation. According to Ken Gurnick of MLB.com, Mattingly seemingly almost played it down, like it wouldn’t be that surprising:
“I’m sure we will,” Mattingly said. “I thought it was interesting. It seems like it’s the right time. It seems like everybody’s ready for it.”
Major League Baseball actually had an openly gay professional competitor well before many other sports in Glenn Burke. There was also Billy Bean (not the Billy Beane of “Moneyball” fame) who was also openly gay.
Interestingly, less than 11 months ago, gay advocate NFL linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo anticipated that baseball would have the first openly gay player (according to Erik Brady of USA Today):
Q: How about the chances of it happening in baseball? A: Honestly, I think it will happen in baseball sooner than in football or basketball. The reason I say that is because I think there is less of a connection to religion in baseball. The religious roots are a lot deeper in basketball and football. With that being said, I think baseball players are more open minded. Q: Why do you say that? A: The baseball players I have known from growing up — I’ve known guys like Pat Burrell — just my interaction with the baseball players and them being on the road and stuff, their lives are a lot different. Whereas, the football guys, we have chapel every Sunday, no matter where we are — there are a lot of religious things going on, whether it’s chapel or Mass or whatever religious group you’re a part of, we have something for you.
I personally think (maybe naively) that homosexuality in just about anything is welcome and not as taboo as people seem to allude. Family, friends, celebrities, coworkers, it’s more a fabric of our everyday lives than sometimes we acknowledge. Sports may be a last frontier (at least on the men’s side) because some lingering masculinity questions. But the sooner we accept, the sooner we move on. I think baseball will probably just keep on moving when a player comes out. And hopefully, it won’t even be a big deal.
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Image caption Staff staged a protest outside the GSASA bar on Thursday
The Glasgow School of Art bar and club have closed to the public indefinitely, the student association has announced.
The venues have long been financially unstable, a situation made worse by the two fires which closed large parts of the school in 2014 and 2018.
More than 20 jobs will be affected as the association attempts to fix "structural issues" in the management.
Staff staged a protest outside the venues on Thursday after being told their hours cannot be guaranteed.
The venues are managed by the commercial arm of Glasgow School of Art Student Association (GSASA), a charity funded by a grant from the art school.
Image copyright Glasgow School of Art Student Association Image caption Students working in GSASA rooms, which will remain open to students
The bar and club have been operating at a loss for years. They have also faced unique problems including the fires which destroyed the Mackintosh building in 2014 and 2018.
A GSASA spokesperson said: "There have been two fires. There have been all kinds of interruptions and disruptions on that street. They're not necessarily to blame, but other businesses have not had to deal with that."
In August employees were warned GSASA could not sustain their wages.
The association has now announced the venues will cut back on commercial activity with "very little to no public provision" until at least next year.
Staff have been given a week's wages as a gesture of goodwill.
What happens next?
A student-led working group will be appointed to help decide the future of the student association's commercial arm.
GSASA president Alessandro Marini said he believed it had become too focused on commercial activity.
He said: "We need to be sure that it's the students who are benefiting."
He said he was hopeful the venues could reopen to the public next year but, in the meantime, reducing commercial activity was the "only option" to keep the spaces open to students.
Image caption Anya Bowcott has worked in the bar for three years
Staff who staged a protest outside the venues on Thursday were critical of the way they had been managed.
Vasiliu Claudia, a masters student at the School of Art who has worked in the GSASA bar for six years, said: "This is not the way to change things, by cutting everyone's hours."
Anya Bowcott, who has worked at the bar for three years, said the last few months had been "appalling" for staff and complained about a lack of transparency.
She said: "We need to work together. We care about this venue so much and we want to see it thrive."
Glasgow School of Art said it was supportive of student association's elected officers "in their determination to address their commercial operations". | 1,266,617 |
BANGALORE: The second-biggest bank of the US, JP Morgan Chase, which acquired Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns recently, will increase its outsourcing to India by 25% this year to nearly $400 million. It will also manage the integration of the acquired companies from India to bring down the cost of integrating different information technology (IT) systems.Right now, JP Morgan outsources $250-300 million worth of IT and back-office projects every year to Cognizant, TCS and Accenture, apart from to its own captive centre in Mumbai.���JP Morgan CIO Guy Chiarello said last week that he will increase outsourcing to India, and will drive several integration projects from there,��� a New York-based expert, familiar with JP Morgan���s outsourcing plans, told ET last week, on conditions of anonymity. A spokeswoman for JP Morgan India could not reply to an email query sent by ET on Friday, and the bank���s spokesperson in the US too did not reply.���JP Morgan is one of the first banks in the US to have fleshed out its outsourcing strategy ever since the banking meltdown happened. Many others are still undecided about their IT spend,��� said a senior official at one of the technology firms, who did not wish to be quoted.The bank, which cancelled its $5-billion outsourcing contract with IBM in 2004 ��� following the merger with Bank One ��� had brought back around 4,000 IT staff in-house after the new CIO Austin Adams had proposed a ���do-it-yourself��� strategy for the merged entity.���In this economic environment, Mr Chiarello, the current CIO, wants to ensure that he helps JP Morgan meet cost-reduction goals,��� the expert added. With large global banks like Lloyds TSB and HBOS, and Bank of America & Merrill Lynch merging, India���s top tech firms, including Infosys, TCS and Cognizant, are bidding for at least three $100 million-plus contracts.As these banks merge, they face a huge task of integrating their software applications, consolidating their data centres and other trading platforms into a single entity, so that their customers are able to transact without having to face any merger-related issues. And since offshoring will help them save costs by 30-40%, these merged banking entities are seeking to partner with a vendor having significant offshore presence. ���Apart from looking at cost-saving opportunities, such as offshore outsourcing, these banks also want to partner with their existing vendors because they would know the systems better,��� said a consultant on condition of anonymity.As reported by ET recently, Lloyds TSB ��� which merged with HBOS ��� is seeking partners to help the merged entity integrate its retail and wholesale banking systems through an IT platform. The company has already outsourced its HR functions to Xansa two years ago, in a five-year deal. | 1,266,618 |
, but they reflect another consequence of censorship as proposed in these bills isn’t talked about as often. As reported by thedomains.com:
“Chairman Issa intends to continue to push for Congress to heed the advice of Internet experts on anti-piracy legislation and to push for the consideration and passage of the bipartisan OPEN Act, which provides an alternative means for protecting intellectual property rights without undermining the structure and entrepreneurialism of the Internet. “
Until it lost customers by the 10’s of thousands, godaddy.com supported SOPA and PIPA. That was before reddit started a campaign to boycott godaddy.
There’s something about losing lots of customers that is more persuasive to corporate interests than a civil rights argument.
The opponents list is also extensive, with its most recent member being the President of the United States. As Jason Easley reported in The White House Labels SOPA Censorship And Refuses To Support It
“While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global Internet.”
That is why many websites will be joining the internet protest on Wednesday, January 18th between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. The idea is to protest SOPA and PIPA by giving a real taste of what a SOPA/PIPA regulated internet would look like.
Among the higher profile sites going dark:
Reddit.com
Boing Boing
The Cheezburger network announced it would celebrate its 5th anniversary by joining the protest. Their network of sites include: The Daily What, Know Your Meme, and FAIL Blog.
Mozilla
According to E Hacking News, AOL, Facebook, eBay, LinkedIn, Twitter, Yahoo, and Zynga will also be joining the protest.
A list of additional websites that will be going dark on January 18th can be found here.
If you are on Facebook, you can also go dark to oppose PIPA and a possible reincarnation of SOPA by participating in this event.
My website, nutsandolts.com will also be going dark on Wednesday. If you have a website, I hope you will consider joining the protest.
Even if you don’t have a website, you can still do something. Contact your representatives in Congress and tell them to oppose internet censorship.
Kid you not, if these bills go through, the internet will be a much darker place than it will be on Wednesday, January 18th between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. (e.s.t.)
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Scientists at MIT are using Wi-Fi and AI to determine your emotional state. They’ve created an algorithm that can detect and measure individual heartbeats by bouncing RF signals off of people.
An RF emitter coupled with the algorithm works in the same way as an electrocardiogram (EKG/ECG), without requiring any leads be attached to a person. This is accomplished using the same technology that we currently have in our home routers. The remarkable part is the machine-learning that goes into what the scientists are calling EQ Radio.
The information the AI receives has to be processed differently than a standard EKG. When a person is physically connected to a machine, the size and shape of the wavelengths that the computer expects to recieve can be anticipated. Without that tether, EQ Radio can’t make assumptions about your heartbeat. Your position, the size of the room, and a lot of other factors could, essentially, muffle your heartbeat. The AI gets a sense of what’s going on and then makes determinations about your heartbeat that allow it to provide accurate context to your emotions.
This technology is cool, and a little mind-boggling – it’s also the type of thing that inspires horrid future nightmares. As the scientists point out, this technology can do more than just exploit the human heartbeat to determine emotional state:
We envision that this result paves way for exciting research on understanding the morphology of the heartbeat both in the context of emotion-recognition as well as in the context of non-invasive health monitoring and diagnosis.
The device doesn’t require contact with the person/people it monitors, thus it could prove difficult to detect, which raises ethical concerns. How much could an interested party learn from your heartbeat?
It’s not all Orwellian dystopia – there are practical uses that we should pursue. Imagine not having to scream at Alexa to play Enya music when you rage out. The AI behind EQ Radio could figure out that you’re stressed and cue the music without you even knowing you needed it.
What about the implications for a smart-home that can tell if you’re having a heart attack, just by ‘sensing’ the trouble through your re-purposed router? That might save a significant number of lives. There’s probably a pretty sizable market for parents as well – does your current router provide real-time EKG quality information about your sleeping newborn?
As with all new technology, especially that which has the potential to be used for evil, we should concern ourselves with safety and privacy. Artificially intelligent Wi-Fi routers that can detect a human heartbeat are on the way.
What could go wrong?
Scientists Can Use WiFi To Read Your Emotions on Forbes
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu decries corruption indictment as 'attempted coup' The charges raise further uncertainty over the future of a country likely heading for a third election in less than a year.
Image: Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decried a corruption indictment against him as "an attempted coup".
Charges including bribery, fraud and breach of trust have been filed against Mr Netanyahu, raising further uncertainty over the political future of a country heading towards an unprecedented third election in less than a year.
Mr Netanyahu has denied wrongdoing in three corruption cases and - in Donald Trump style - has previously dismissed the investigations into him as a "witch hunt".
Image: The Israeli PM is the longest-serving leader in Israeli history
The allegations include suspicions that he accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds' worth of champagne and cigars from billionaire friends, offered to trade favours with a newspaper publisher, and used his influence to help a wealthy telecoms magnate in exchange for favourable coverage on a popular news site.
In a televised speech, Mr Netanyahu dismissed them as an "attempted coup against him" and said the corruption investigation was "tainted", adding: "They weren't after the truth, they were after me."
The 70-year-old, who has been prime minister since 2009, is under no obligation to resign after being charged and is due to make a statement later.
He is under pressure to step down, with opposition leader Benny Gantz declaring that he has "no public or moral mandate to make fateful decisions for the state of Israel".
Mr Netanyahu had become more vulnerable to indictment because of his failure to form a government after a trio of public votes, with opposition leader Benny Gantz also unable to secure a coalition.
The current situation is that the Israeli parliament has less than three weeks to nominate any of its 120 lawmakers to try and establish a coalition, otherwise another election will be triggered within 90 days.
Image: Benny Gantz, leader of the Blue and White party, has failed to form a coalition party
Despite his failure in ballots in April and September, Mr Netanyahu remains leader of the Likud party.
He is the longest-serving leader in Israeli history, having first served from June 1996 until July 1999 and started his second tenure back in March 2009.
The prime minister has sought to cast his rival Mr Gantz as a novice not up to the task of running the country, and has failed in repeated bids to have him agree to form a government of national unity.
President Reuven Rivlin had proposed a "rotation" agreement between the pair, in which Mr Netanyahu would take a leave of absence as prime minister should he be indicted.
One potential kingmaker, Avigdor Lieberman, declined to back either of them as the latest deadline neared, likely condemning the country to yet another election. | 1,266,621 |
Ever since Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez injured his right (throwing) shoulder in an Aug. 24 preseason game against the Giants, the Jets and Sanchez have said little about the nature of the injury. Both said the injury was day-to-day, and Sanchez maintained that he was feeling better every day.
But the injury could be more serious than initially thought. Reports had classified it as a bruised joint, as the Jets turned last week to rookie Geno Smith to start Sunday’s opener against Tampa Bay.
Yesterday, before the game, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen reported that doctors believe Sanchez has a partially torn labrum, and that he will seek a second opinion from the renowned sports orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews.
Meanwhile, Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reported Sanchez dislocated his shoulder when defensive tackle Marvin Austin hit him, and doctors popped it back in, but they want to make sure it stays in place before he can play.
Glazer’s report classified the injury as a partially torn labrum, and also noted that Sanchez has a shoulder subluxation, which is similar to a dislocation, except that a subluxation is temporary and partial, though still results in instability in the joint.
Jets general manager John Idzik has said Sanchez isn’t a candidate for injured reserve, but that could certainly change depending on what unfolds in the coming days.
** Five Jets left Sunday’s game with injuries, but all five returned.
Tight end Jeff Cumberland and wide receiver Jeremy Kerley took helmet-to-helmet hits that drew penalties. Receiver Stephen Hill was clocked by several Tampa Bay defenders at once and was helped off. And receiver Clyde Gates limped on the sideline after catching a pass and stepping out of bounds.
The most worrisome injury was to center Nick Mangold, the Jets’ best offensive lineman. He hurt his right elbow and went to the locker room, but returned with it wrapped up. Caleb Schlauderaff stepped in when Mangold was out.
** Probably the most impressive part of the Jets’ defensive performance Sunday, when they allowed just 250 yards, was the job they did against Tampa Bay running back Doug Martin, a second-year player who ran for 90.9 yards per game last season. The Jets limited him to 65 on 24 carries, an average of 2.7.
He had a 5-yard touchdown after Tampa Bay took over at the Jets’ 5 following a strip sack. Martin had a long run of 17 yards, as well. Take away that 17-yard run, and the Jets limited Martin to a 2.1-yard average on his other 23 carries. Jets defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson was happy to see Martin held well below 100 yards.
“That was one of the goals I wanted for myself and for the defense,” he said. | 1,266,622 |
The Spanish Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the caretaker Socialist government can exhume the remains of former dictator Gen. Francisco Franco from the gigantic mausoleum he built on the outskirts of Madrid, seemingly settling a decades-old controversy.
Six judges unanimously rejected an appeal by Franco's relatives against the government's plan to move the body to a cemetery on the capital's outskirts.
Leftist parties and families of many Spanish Civil War victims have wanted Franco, who died in 1975, to be removed from the Valley of the Fallen mausoleum, a major tourist attraction. Others have argued it would open old wounds.
Some 34,000 people from both sides in the 1936-39 civil war are also buried there, most of them never identified.
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Franco's family had hoped to block the exhumation or at least have the body reburied in central Madrid's Almudena Cathedral, an idea vehemently opposed by the government.
The ruling came as Spain's parliament was dissolved and elections officially set for Nov. 10; opposition parties have accused the Socialists of planning to use the exhumation for electoral purposes.
The ruling can't be appealed but lawyer Luis Felipe Utrera said the dictator's relatives intended to take "the legal battle to the end" by going to the country's Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
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"The government is prohibiting a family from burying where they deem convenient," Utrera told Spanish public broadcaster TVE.
Such legal challenges would not immediately stop the Socialist executive's plans.
Caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez celebrated the decision in a tweet: "The determination to make up for the suffering of the victims of Francoism has always guided the government's action," he wrote.
His deputy, Carmen Calvo, said the government intended to proceed with the exhumation "as soon as possible."
Bonifacio Sanchez, spokesman for Spain's Association of Historical Memory, which has long fought for the body's removal, said he welcomed the decision but opposed the government plan to take it to the El Pardo cemetery outside Madrid.
The cemetery is a publicly financed place and the remains should be given to the family for burial in a private location, he said.
He also dismissed the Franco's family's plans to appeal, saying that "the state cannot be dependent on what the family of one that has committed genocide says."
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering how to respond to an Iranian ballistic missile launch that violated U.N. Security Council resolutions, senior U.S. officials said on Thursday, as senators pressed for a strong reaction.
An Iranian Emad rocket is launched as it is tested at an undisclosed location October 11, 2015. REUTERS/farsnews.com/Handout via Reuters
“We are now actively considering the appropriate consequences to that launch in October,” Stephen Mull, the State Department’s lead coordinator for implementing an international nuclear deal with Iran, told a Senate committee hearing.
Almost every Republican U.S. lawmaker, as well as several of President Barack Obama’s fellow Democrats, opposed the nuclear agreement announced in July, in which Iran agreed with major powers to curtail its nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.
Concerns in the United States about the agreement have intensified since Iran’s rocket test on Oct. 10 and other events seen as hostile, including the conviction of Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian, who has been held by Tehran for more than 500 days.
Many lawmakers criticize the Obama administration for what they see as an inadequate response to Tehran.
“One area that we all agree on is the need to be tough on any destabilizing or illegal action by Iran. With that view, I think the agreement is off to a really terrible start,” said Republican Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
As first reported by Reuters, a team of sanctions monitors in a report on Tuesday found that Iran violated a U.N. Security Council resolution by test-firing a missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead.
“We have a very permissive environment,” said Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, who opposes the nuclear deal, as he closely questioned Mull and other administration officials about the response to the missile test.
Senator Chris Coons, another Democrat who backed the Iran deal but with reservations, said that starting next month members of Congress would push for renewal of a U.S. sanctions bill that is in force until the end of 2016.
Mull said the administration is looking forward to working with Congress on the issue.
Asked whether he thought Iran would view renewing the legislation as a U.S. violation of the nuclear deal, Mull said it would be hard to predict.
Separately, two-thirds of the Republicans in the Senate signed a letter sent to Obama on Wednesday urging him not to lift sanctions on Iran under the nuclear deal, saying Tehran’s recent ballistic missile testing showed “blatant disregard for its international obligations.”
On Thursday, 21 Democratic senators led by Ben Cardin, the top Democrat on the foreign relations panel, also wrote to Obama, saying they were deeply concerned about Iran’s ballistic missile testing. | 1,266,624 |
charge of who inside their agencies — or connected to them — ultimately gets investigated and possibly charged?
She then followed up with two very important issues to keep in mind during the investigation.
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Those questions are moving to the forefront as the facts play out in the investigations into our intelligence agencies’ surveillance activities. There are two overarching issues. First, there’s the alleged improper use of politically-funded opposition research to justify secret warrants to spy on U.S. citizens for political purposes. Second, if corruption is ultimately identified at high levels in our intel agencies, it would necessitate a re-examination of every case and issue the officials touched over the past decade — or two — under administrations of both parties. This is why I think the concerns transcend typical party politics. It touches everybody. It’s potentially monumental.
Of course, she pointed out that not only are there people in the Justice Department, as well as Congress, trying to stop the FISA memo from being presented to the public, but even media outlets and reporters are attempting to keep it secret.
She wrote, “Meantime, the Department of Justice has officially warned the House Intelligence Committee not to release its memo. It’s like the possible defendant in a criminal trial threatening prosecutors for having the audacity to reveal alleged evidence to the judge and jury.”
“This is the first time I can recall open government groups and many reporters joining in the argument to keep the information secret,” she added. “They are strangely uncurious about alleged improprieties with implications of the worst kind: Stasi-like tactics used against Americans. ‘Don’t be irresponsible and reveal sources and methods,’ they plead.”
She then followed up with what everyone should agree on simply because we don’t have two Constitutions, but one.
“As for me? I don’t care what political stripes the alleged offenders wear or whose side they’re on,” she wrote. “If their sources and methods are inappropriate, they should be fully exposed and stopped.”
Indeed, and they should be prosecuted. The why is important, but the simple violations of the law are enough that indictments and arrests should be taking place.
Courtesy of Freedom Outpost
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government but set the scene for the parliamentary deadlock that was to come. May gathers her warring cabinet at Chequers in a bid to set out a compromise negotiating position that has a chance of finding favour with the EU. But a perceived move towards a softer Brexit provokes an immediate backlash from the right of the party, prompting the resignations of Davis and Johnson from the cabinet and new plotting from ERG members. With her deal having been voted down by a crushing 230 majority when she first brought it before the Commons in January, May tries again with 19 days left until the original Brexit date. She is again humiliated when the deal is beaten by a majority of 149 votes, as the process becomes mired in parliamentary paralysis. After weeks of fruitless talks with Labour over a Brexit compromise, May launches her 'new' Brexit plan, with 10 commitments designed to address cross-party concerns about her withdrawal agreement bill. Cabinet agrees to the plan, but Andrea Leadsom resigns as the leader of the House of Commons. By the end of the week, May has been forced to announce her departure.
Continental leaders worried that something like this would happen. In a statement announcing the most recent article 50 extension, European Council president Donald Tusk signed off with a plaintive remark addressed directly to Britain: “Please do not waste this time.” We are wasting the time. This is not a normal political deadlock. There is something intrinsic to Brexit that seems to prevent Westminster from processing it normally – something that the body politic finds indigestible. The parliamentary arithmetic and the divisions within parties are proximate reasons why May’s deal has not passed, but they are not sufficient explanation for the atmosphere of intellectual and psychological paralysis.
There is a Commons majority for satisfying the referendum mandate but only in the literal sense of terminating EU membership. That is a distinct category of action from completing Brexit. One can be done overnight. The other is a revolution built on a jumble of social and economic discontent, hope and fear, with no end in sight because it attempts national renewal by a mechanism that reliably diminishes national status. It is pain sold as painkiller.
A more fraudulent sale is hard to imagine. It was possible because, over a generation, “Europe” and “Brussels” had become embedded in national debate as terms only tenuously connected to the true story of UK participation in – and influence over – continental institutions. Through the referendum, Britain blundered into a ferociously technical task under a ruling party that was wilfully illiterate in European affairs. And now the pressure has eased, the deadline has slipped, and the natural tendency to divergence returns. The complex of national demons that British politics conjures when it talks about Brexit drifts ever further away from what the rest of the world means when it talks about the UK leaving the European Union.
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PORT ADELAIDE ruckman Paddy Ryder has responded to an Adelaide member's racist social media post, describing it as "an attack on our culture and on our people".
Adelaide suspended the member for the post, while a Gold Coast fan was also investigated.
The posts were the latest in a spate over the past few months directed towards indigenous AFL players.
Last month saw Richmond suspend a club member for two years following racist taunts of West Coast's Liam Ryan on social media, while Adelaide's Eddie Betts was the subject of another racially motivated attack in February.
The latest incident surfaced after Ryder had 13 disposals, 19 hitouts and a goal to help the Power to an impressive upset victory over the Eagles at Optus Stadium on Friday night.
Ryder said he was going to "keep fighting the fight" against racism.
"It's pretty hurtful, it's really disappointing that another Aboriginal man is standing up here with this happening to us again," Ryder said.
"It's an attack on our culture and on our people.
"We're going to keep fighting the fight, we have got a lot of good people supporting us and the AFL is fully supportive.
"We know it's not something we're going to eradicate overnight, so we've just got to keep on it and keep educating people and hopefully one day we'll get there."
The Crows acted swiftly to ban the member, who has since apologised to Ryder via social media, saying "I will be leaving Facebook and keeping my drunken stupid opinions to myself".
'IT DESTROYS' Message from Tanya Hosch
"The Adelaide Football Club has been made aware a three-game member racially vilified Port Adelaide’s Paddy Ryder via social media on Friday night," the Crows said in a statement on Saturday afternoon.
"This person's membership has been suspended indefinitely and all of their membership rights have been revoked. The club considers racial vilification to be abhorrent and disgusting, and racism has no place in our society.
"Our organisation has zero tolerance to this type of behaviour and will continue to work with industry stakeholders and community leaders to raise awareness and offer appropriate education."
The Suns supporter is not a member of the club.
"Racial vilification has no place in our game, and no place in our society. When comments like these are made they not only offend the player concerned, but also people within our club," the Suns said in a statement.
General Manager Inclusion & Social Policy @TanyaHosch: Another racist incident directed at one of our elite Aboriginal athletes. Thanks to @PAFC for quick call out and support for Paddy Ryder and to the @Adelaide_FC for such a swift response to identify and ban the offender. — AFL House (@AFL_House) April 20, 2019 | 1,266,627 |
The Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP) has governed the rules defining how to prevent crawlers from accessing a website since 1994. Now, Google has submitted a draft to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to make it an Internet Standard. In addition, Google has open sourced its implementation of the protocol.
The proposed REP draft reflects over 20 years of real world experience of relying on robots.txt rules, used both by Googlebot and other major crawlers, as well as about half a billion websites that rely on REP.
Google has left the basic definition of REP unchanged but has defined a number of scenarios that were not considered and extended it for the modern web, Google says. In particular, the new REP is not limited to HTTP and can be used for other protocols, including FTP or Constrained Application Protocol. Another new provision practically limits the maximum size of a robots.txt file by requiring developers to parse at least the first 500 KB of its content. While not out-ruling existing robots.txt files that are larger than that, this requirement aims to reduce load on servers. The new REP also defines how long a robots.txt file is cached, basically formalizing the rule Google has been enforcing for quite some time which sets a maximum cache lifetime of 24 hours when no cache control directive, e.g. HTTP Cache-Control, is specified. This rule has an exception in case a robots.txt file becomes inaccessible due to a server failure, in which case caching can be prolonged to avoid crawling pages that were previously known to be disallowed.
A number of directives that are in use, including crawl-delay, nofollow, and noindex, have not been included in the draft and Google will retire all code that handles such rules by September 1, 2019. This means, in particular, that webmasters that were relying on noindex to prevent a page from entering Google's index, shall look for alternatives. Those include using noindex robots meta tags in HTML, HTTP response headers, or returning a 404 or 410 HTTP status code. Google has also clarified that while the robots.txt Disallow directive does not guarantee a page will not be listed in Google index, they are aiming to make those pages less visible in future if for some reason they get indexed.
As mentioned, Google has also open sourced the C++ library they have been using in their crawler. This library may be considered a reference implementation of the draft protocol and includes a testing tool for robots.txt rules. Google new REP draft includes an updated Backus-Naur description of the syntactical rules a robots.txt file must obey to. Both the C++ library and the Backus-Naur specification go in the direction of making it easier for developers to build robots.txt parsers reliably.
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Being a royal, Princess Beatrice isn’t allowed to do endorsement work for any brand.
Princess Beatrice Favorites
Favorite Disney Film – The Little Mermaid (1989)
– The Little Mermaid (1989) Favorite Color – Pink
– Pink Favorite London Restaurants – The Palomar, Bocca di Lupo
– The Palomar, Bocca di Lupo Favorite Indulgences – Cashew Nuts with Mustard, Diet Coke, Chips
– Cashew Nuts with Mustard, Diet Coke, Chips Favorite TV Series – How to Get Away With Murder, Outlander, The Walking Dead
– How to Get Away With Murder, Outlander, The Walking Dead Favorite Clothing Item – Lace Bomber Jacket from Essentiel Antwerp
– Lace Bomber Jacket from Essentiel Antwerp Favorite Footwear Item – Rag & Bone Ankle Boots
– Rag & Bone Ankle Boots Favorite Beauty Brands – Charlotte Tilbury, Bobbi Brown
Princess Beatrice Net worth
Princess Beatrice has an estimated net worth of $8 million dollars as of 2019.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Princess Beatrice
Beatrice has been associated with the HIV-related charities and organizations. In 2002, she paid a visit to Russia to meet children suffering from HIV.
In April 2010, she created a history by becoming the first British royal family member to complete the London charity. She had participated in a marathon to raise money for “Children in Crisis” charity.
She has been a longtime supporter of the Springboard for Children project, which aims to promote literacy in children, who are battling learning difficulties while studying in primary schools.
As a royal, she is a patron of various organizations such as York Musical Society, The Helen Arkell Dyslexia Center, and the York Theater Royal.
In 2009, with her unaccredited appearance in The Young Victoria, she became the first British Royal family member to work in a non-documentary movie.
When young, she was diagnosed with dyslexia. Reading Harry Potter books helped her overcome her reading difficulties.
She was born with scoliosis and the doctors had to operate on her when she was 12 years old to remedy it. As a result of the operation, they inserted metal rods to keep her back straight.
The hat she wore at the wedding of her cousin Prince William was auctioned on eBay for £81,000, which was split between Children in Crisis and UNICEF.
In November 2016, she was reported to have cut Ed Sheeran’s cheek with a ceremonial sword used during the mock knighting of James Blunt.
In 2014, she accompanied her father Prince Andrew on his official engagement trip to the United Arab Emirates.
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Prime minister backs legalisation of medical marijuana in letter to Alan Jones as NSW and Victoria move to relax laws
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Tony Abbott has backed the use of cannabis for medical purposes, saying “there should be no question of its legality”.
The prime minister expressed his view in an email to the talkback host Alan Jones, who has publicised a petition signed by 196,000 people calling on the New South Wales parliament to allow cannabis use by the terminally ill and chronic pain sufferers.
The support comes as the NSW government moves forward with a clinical trial and guidelines to ensure police can exercise discretion not to charge terminally ill adults who use cannabis.
The Victorian government is also legislating to remove barriers to clinical trials of medical cannabis.
In a letter read by Jones to his listeners on Wednesday, Abbott said: “I have no problem with the medical use of cannabis just as I have no problem with the medical use of opiates.
“I was under the impression that personal use of cannabis was no longer an offence in NSW.
“If a drug is needed for a valid medicinal purpose though and is being administered safely there should be no question of its legality, and if a drug that is proven to be safe abroad is needed here it should be available.
“I agree that the regulation of medicines is a thicket of complexity, bureaucracy and corporate and institutional self-interest. My basic contention is that something that’s been found to be safe in a reliable jurisdiction shouldn’t need to be tested again here.”
Jones said Abbott’s letter was sent on 23 August. The prime minister’s office confirmed the email was genuine.
Lucy Haslam, who is campaigning on behalf of her 24-year-old son Daniel who has a terminal cancer diagnosis, told Jones she was pleased that politicians were “starting to listen”.
“I’m really pleased with [premier] Mike Baird and I do feel he has the best of intentions and I think he will follow through for us and it’s great if we can get Tony Abbott involved at this stage,” Haslam said.
A research paper prepared for NSW parliament reviewed laws in a number of countries.
In the US, medical cannabis is available in 22 states. In Canada, patients can be given access to medical cannabis at the discretion of their physicians.
Medical marijuana is also legal or decriminalised in Israel, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Uruguay and Spain.
There is also a cannabis-derived pharmaceutical product available in a number of countries, known as Sativex. This has been registered with the Therapeutics Goods Administration in Australia for treatment of one condition, muscle spasticity related to multiple sclerosis. | 1,266,630 |
Randa Markos is considering filing an appeal of her narrow UFC Fight Night 114 loss to Alexa Grasso.
Markos (7-5 MMA, 3-4 UFC), who lost a split decision to Grasso (10-1 MMA, 2-1 UFC) in Saturday’s FS1-televised co-headliner at Mexico City Arena in Mexico, believes the scorecards didn’t accurately reflect how the fight unfolded. She hopes the local athletic commission will make it right.
“I felt that I did enough to win,” Markos told MMAjunkie after the loss, whic took place at 119 pounds after Grasso missed weight. “You need to win at least two rounds to get a victory. I thought I won two rounds, and the last was close. So I think I won that fight. … I feel I’m definitely going to try to fight that. Hopefully I get the victory.”
The loss was frustrating for Markos, who seemed to turn a corner in her career when she defeated former UFC champ Carla Esparza at UFC Fight Night 105 in February. However, the win-one lose-one trend of Markos’ past 10 fights continued.
Even with the loss, Markos hoped she’d at least get a $50,000 “Fight of the Night” bonus. That didn’t happen either, and she called the entire situation “discouraging” (via Twitter):
Whether Markos files an appeal remains to be seen. As history has shown, the likelihood of having the result overturned is slim to none.
Although competing at UFC Fight Night 114 was an uphill climb from the beginning, Markos said she has no regrets. She took a fight at extreme elevation in her opponent’s home country on just six weeks’ notice. Grasso, who had the crowd on her side, then came in overweight. Markos didn’t complain through any of it, and while she’s disappointed, the Canadian is already looking ahead to what’s next.
“I love fighting in different countries,” Markos said. “Fighting here was awesome, and I was really honored to be a part of it. Coming off a loss like that, such a close loss and feeling that I won at least two of those rounds, it kind of gets you hesitant. But I’m just looking to the future, and hopefully I get a fight soon and get back in there.”
For complete coverage of UFC Fight Night 114, check out the UFC Events section of the site.
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law, which ignores all democratic principles, proposes to step up the practice of taking refugees who are due for deportation into detention in order to speed up the process. Additionally, it intends to criminalise the activities of those who assist and support refugees. Anyone who publicises deportation appointments or planned deportation flights can be punished with a prison sentence of up to three years.
The SPD is also endorsing this plan. The expansion of the “safe countries of origin” category to include Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia was already contained within the grand coalition agreement, which the SPD signed and is working to implement. This was underscored once again when Justice Minister Katarina Barley (SPD) criticised the Interior Ministry from the right for allegedly not carrying out deportations efficiently enough. According to the SPD minister, the biggest problem with deportations is that the countries of origin continue to refuse to take back rejected asylum seekers. “The Interior Ministry has been obligated to negotiate agreements for some time, but isn’t managing to do so.”
The Greens are also fundamentally in agreement with the basis of the government’s stance. Their opposition to the confirmation of further “safe countries of origin” is entirely unprincipled. Green party co-leader Annalena Baerbock declared on January 18, “The point that repatriations must take place more quickly is fully shared by the Greens. But there are other means of achieving this.” For example, she described deportations to Georgia as “entirely appropriate,” but added that the Interior Ministry has “not done its homework.” In December, Baerbock called for sped-up deportations for asylum seekers convicted of a crime.
The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei vehemently opposes the attacks on refugees and their supporters. In our statement “No to nationalism and war! For the United Socialist States of Europe!” which calls for support for the SGP’s campaign in the European elections, we state:
“To justify and test the ground for the construction of a police state, the ruling elites are intentionally picking on the most vulnerable members of society. Refugees are being herded into camps under inhumane conditions, robbed of elementary democratic rights, and deported to war zones following Gestapo-like raids. This is setting a precedent that will be used to eradicate the democratic rights of all workers.
“We defend the right to asylum, as well as the right of all workers to live and work in the country of their choice. The working class cannot allow itself to be divided. To defend their rights, workers must declare their solidarity with refugees and wage a common struggle against exploitation and war.
“We demand equal rights for everyone who lives here, an end to deportations, and the closure of detention centres.”
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Not all web robots follow robots.txt. People with bad intentions (e.g., e-mail address scrapers) build bots that don't follow this protocol. In fact, some bad actors use robots.txt files to find where you’ve located your private content. Although it might seem logical to block crawlers from private pages such as login and administration pages so that they don’t show up in the index, placing the location of those URLs in a publicly accessible robots.txt file also means that people with malicious intent can more easily find them. It’s better to NoIndex these pages and gate them behind a login form rather than place them in your robots.txt file.
You can read more details about this in the robots.txt portion of our Learning Center.
Defining URL parameters in GSC
Some sites (most common with e-commerce) make the same content available on multiple different URLs by appending certain parameters to URLs. If you’ve ever shopped online, you’ve likely narrowed down your search via filters. For example, you may search for “shoes” on Amazon, and then refine your search by size, color, and style. Each time you refine, the URL changes slightly:
https://www.example.com/products/women/dresses/green.htmhttps://www.example.com/products/women?category=dresses&color=greenhttps://example.com/shopindex.php?product_id=32&highlight=green+dress&cat_id=1&sessionid=123$affid=43
How does Google know which version of the URL to serve to searchers? Google does a pretty good job at figuring out the representative URL on its own, but you can use the URL Parameters feature in Google Search Console to tell Google exactly how you want them to treat your pages. If you use this feature to tell Googlebot “crawl no URLs with ____ parameter,” then you’re essentially asking to hide this content from Googlebot, which could result in the removal of those pages from search results. That’s what you want if those parameters create duplicate pages, but not ideal if you want those pages to be indexed.
Can crawlers find all your important content?
Now that you know some tactics for ensuring search engine crawlers stay away from your unimportant content, let’s learn about the optimizations that can help Googlebot find your important pages.
Sometimes a search engine will be able to find parts of your site by crawling, but other pages or sections might be obscured for one reason or another. It's important to make sure that search engines are able to discover all the content you want indexed, and not just your homepage.
Ask yourself this: Can the bot crawl through your website, and not just to it?
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Senate Republicans have been trying to use a procedural mechanism known as budget reconciliation to pass a repeal-and-replace bill for the Affordable Care Act.
Graham and Cassidy do not have a lot of time to win approval of their bill.
The Graham-Cassidy bill also would try to resolve a major sticking point about Medicaid funding that had led some GOP senators to oppose earlier repeal bills, dooming them to failure this summer.
Among other things, the bill would allocate federal dollars to individual states to craft their own health-care systems as they see fit, instead of being compelled to follow Obamacare rules and regulations for health plans.
A new plan to repeal and replace major parts of Obamacare is set to be unveiled by two Republican senators, who face a looming deadline and a less-enthused President Donald Trump as they try to get that plan passed into law.
That method would allow the bill to be passed by just 51 votes, as opposed to the 60 votes that would normally be required, and which in any case would be impossible to achieve in the face of universal Democratic opposition to repeal.
However, on Sept. 1, the Senate Parliamentarian ruled that the budget reconciliation resolution that Republicans were using to win passage of an Obamacare repeal will expire Sept. 30.
Despite holding a 52-seat majority in the Senate — and a potentially tie-breaking vote from Vice President Mike Pence — the GOP caucus to date has failed to cobble together enough votes to pass a repeal bill.
NBC News noted that the Graham-Cassidy package would seek to achieve parity in federal funding among states that expanded their Medicaid programs under Obamacare, and those that did not.
While that may please several senators from expansion states who opposed earlier bills because they would cut funds granted such states, there is no guarantee they would then be enticed into voting for the Graham-Cassidy bill.
And the bill, because of its component parts, is likely to receive the same kind of analysis from the Congressional Budget Office that prior repeal bills did. Those bills were projected to lead to 22 million more uninsured Americans by 2026. As a result, the bills were broadly unpopular with the public and many interest groups.
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Trump, who had loudly advocated for Obamacare repeal, several days ago appeared to suggest on Twitter that the repeal effort was dead, and that Republicans in Congress should not imperil his proposal for tax reform by spending any more time on repeal.
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The new bill would repeal, retroactively to 2016, the financial penalty on individuals for failing to have some kind of health insurance coverage, and also repeals retroactively to that same year the penalty on large employers for failing to offer affordable health coverage to workers.
It also would allow states to repeal Obamacare rules that, among other things, currently bar insurers from charging people with pre-existing health conditions higher premiums than the rates charged healthy people. | 1,266,634 |
Dave "loves animals" L. says:
Archie G., Clearly you are the type of guy that just can't leave other people alone. Did you ever stop to think that maybe some of those couples are happy together? So who are you going to attack next? Gays. Are you going to attack girl gays or boys or all at once? Not all at once, because that would take some guts and I don't think you have any.
I just can't understand why people like you have to put other people down just because they're different. I can only guess that your tiny ego needs some reinforcement.
As for question about pigs and goats, I don't own any but I've heard they're smart. As for my wife, she was born in Vancouver, B.C. just like me. She's very cute regardless of what you think.
So Archie you and your tiny ego just keep looking for someone to put down and I'm sure you'll run into someone that won't put up with it sooner or later.
I don't want to forget the nickname, A-WOWW, is it. Sounds to me like a name some nerd would have to give himself to appear vicious and bigger than he really is. Animals do it all the time when faced with a threat. So Archie, I'm sorry if you feel threatened by a 60 year old man on Yelp.
I'll finish with you still have a very cute little chipmunk nose. Wiggle Wiggle PS there are no replacement parts in me. Just the 200 lbs of fat, muscle and guts. Two things you don't have - muscle and guts.
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Dave:
I never attacked anyone in this thread, except for you. This entire thread was based on an observation. At no point did I attack white, Asians, or anyone else that is different. So I am pretty sure other ethnic groups and gays will be spared any Mel Gibson like antics.
I am glad you think you're wife is cute. That is subjective and you are entitled to your opinion, as I am entitled to my own as well. And personally, Asian women are not my cup of tea. I am not trying to deny them rights, or state that they are inferior beings. I am just merely stating I have a preference. And that preference is to not to date them based on various factors, the most important one being that I am not attracted to them.
My nickname is a "Jersey Shore" reference. Clearly, you're too old to get it. But you also don't get that this has nothing to do with at tiny ego. It has to do with saying I look like a chipmunk. You insulted me, so I insulted you back. All is fair in love and war and Yelp talk.
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police department: “Like most Kelantanese women, Mak Cik Maryam is a woman who likes to make sure things are done right, and if other people are not doing their job, then she will do her job and their jobs as well.”
She adds, “You know, Police Chief Osman is not a real person. But I’m sure there are younger men like him who is waiting for an older woman, mother figures like Mak Cik Maryam, to tell him what to do.”
Barbara observes that Kelantan has changed a lot over the years. “Kelantan is no longer just its own little world. It’s attached to everything else. Now there are roads open all year and floods no longer cut off Kelantan. It’s easier to reach and there is TV, cable and the Internet.”
She also laments the loss of some old standbys. “The old marketplace is gone. They opened a new market elsewhere. It’s a four-storey, concrete structure. The market is now darker, and not as organic. It’s not the same.”
Perhaps her books will be Barbara’s contribution to a world she loves: the past gets to live on in her stories. As she puts it – “Only the murders are invented, the rest is just reporting.”
Barbara Ismail sitting on the steps of her Kampong Dusun house, having recently arrived in Kelantan in 1977 Of Greek epics and Kelantanese mysteries
There will be at least seven books in the series – each one named after a traditional arts or cultural activity in Kelantan. The next book, Songbird will highlight merbok or dove singing competitions, customarily the domain of men in Kelantan.
Barbara shares that she only started writing these stories three years ago. “After 30 years, I thought about it and decided I was finally ready. I’m a slow thinker,” she laughs.
She adds, “There are things that you think you like to do and you do them now or they are not going to get done. Time is not infinite. I had decided I was going to learn to read Greek because I always wanted to, and to write a book. So it was time to get going as both of those are hard.”
Barbara has since read the epic poem “The Iliad” in its original Greek. She quips, “It’s really fun; I recommend it. And then I wrote my first book. You got to get going.”
This story was first published in Crave in the print edition of The Malay Mail on November 21, 2013. | 1,266,636 |
“They said there was nothing for them in Mosul.”
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Life in parts of Mosul is returning to normal, especially in the east, which was recaptured in January. Shops and markets are open but destruction left some areas looking like a moonscape.
Sporadic fighting still takes place as the last few ISIS fighters hold out in small pockets.
UNICEF delivers water to half a million people a day, including 3.3 million liters in and around East and West Mosul.
The city’s main hospital is a total ruin. The principal hospital serving West Mosul has returned to daily operations.
It deals with fewer war-related injuries but still gets several a day, Dr Abdulmohsen Mohammud said. “Now we are getting a lot of dehydrated kids, children with malnutrition,” he said.
Maternity cases are also a challenge. In the past two weeks they had 50 caeserean and 102 normal births.
UNICEF said that as fighting subsided, vulnerable unaccompanied children arrived at medical facilities and reception areas. Some babies were found in the debris.”Children’s deep physical and mental scars will take time to heal,” it said in a statement. “Some 650,000 boys and girls, who have lived through the nightmare... paid a terrible price.”
The World Food Programme said thousands of families needed emergency food assistance to survive. The government and the international community must begin rebuilding Mosul and restore basic services immediately as tens of thousands of people were likely to return soon, aid organizations said.
“The Mosul victory is definitely the beginning of a new era in Iraq. We hope this new era will be an era of reconciliation and reconstruction,” the European Union ambassador to Iraq, Patrick Simonnet, told Reuters as he visited West Mosul.
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Protection of civilians was a priority, he said, including avoiding collective punishment of suspected IS sympathizers. The government must investigate reports of revenge attacks and re-establish the rule of law, he said.
He said it was important for the EU and other governments and international agencies to remain committed to rebuilding Mosul for the next two to three years. “There’s a cost -– an important cost in our view -– of not doing anything.”
Only national reconciliation and political reform could address the root causes of Islamic State, he said.
In one optimistic sign, many schools have reopened, among them the Kadiz Abdulajad School in West Mosul, near the Old City where fierce fighting took place in the battle’s final stages.
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and introduced Portugal to pariah status in the international community. Six years after his tenure ended, his critics prevailed and a leftist-motivated military coup led to the hasty withdrawal of Portugal from its African territories opening the doors to the ‘liberation movement’ leaders and a smash and grab exercise that has gutted the former colonies.
Ignored by virtually all, Salazar was an extremely honest man, who lived simply and parsimoniously, leading an almost monastic lifestyle, who was beyond reproach in the way he wielded power. Never accused of self-enrichment he devoted his life to what he believed, was the best for Portugal and for the last European empire.
Following Portugal’s departure from the African stage, Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of the former president of Angola, has accumulated wealth making her the richest woman in Africa. The administration led by her father was a gargantuan kleptocracy that acquired notoriety for rampant corruption and brazen misappropriation of public funds. In Mozambique, similarly forsaken by the Portuguese, the new Frelimo administration, initially led by Samora Machel, immediately destroyed the economy they inherited in a matter of months and virtually all the country’s remaining wealth has accrued undeservedly to the ruling elite. This was what Salazar feared would transpire and it goes without saying, it would not have happened on his watch.
The point is, while these white politicians may indeed have been major players in the maintenance of ‘evil regimes’ they appear to have eschewed the opportunity to personally enrich themselves through holding high political office and one wonders if that does not say something about them as people and also as politicians. If they were not in politics for personal gain and they ran ‘evil’ administrations why did they do it? Was it because they were sadistic monsters who thrilled to being cruel to millions or did they actually believe what they were doing was right and in the best interests of the country’s they held sway over?
When one looks at the catastrophe that has unfolded in postcolonial Africa I believe it is fair to say that the primary reason for the untold misery that has been visited upon hundreds of millions of the continental population, is the failure of their leaders to act honestly and honourably in the exercise of their duties. The story of this period is one of untrammelled avarice, dishonesty, brutality and atrocious governance all of which stems from the fact that African politicians, almost without exception, find the notion that they should avoid using power to plunder, absolutely preposterous.
Lamentably, one has to conclude that in the modern political world, certainly in the African context, being an innately honest person is less of a blessing and more of a curse and maybe one of the reasons why we must resign ourselves to governance by criminals.
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BHOPAL: The country’s first eunuch MLA Shabnam Mausi who was elected in a bypoll from Sohagpur seat in Katni in 2000, left the state Congress office on Saturday peeved and pained. “Fifteen years ago, they insulted me the same way. I have always been hungry for a membership of the Congress party but nobody will listen,” she said. “I am an old Congressi. Just because I am an eunuch, they will not let me join and work for the party,” she said, her voice trembling.
The former MLA who contested as an independent candidate 18 years ago, went to the Congress office on Saturday morning to take primary membership of the party. She walked into the conference hall in the state PCC office during an organisational meeting of the Mahila Congress which was headed by both the women’s wing national president Sushmita Dev, state Congress president Kamal Nath and leader of Opposition Ajay Singh.
"I raised my voice and asked them why an eunuch cannot work for the Congress party when men and women can. Congress is not anybody’s father’s political party. Why not respect all those who believe in your ideology and want to work for you? They look down on eunuchs and hurt our feelings, is this the right thing to do?" she asked.
Breaking down before the media, Shabnam Mausi claimed that before the 2003 assembly elections she had approached the Congress for a membership. “The then state Congress president Radhakishan Malviya had humiliated me saying that Congress party has no dearth of men and won’t need eunuchs. Today, they again insulted me hardly realising that when you ill-treat eunuchs, we curse you back. Fifteen years ago, I cursed and said let all destruction fall on you. Now, I am cursing them again for the next 15 years,” she said, then clapped with her flat palms and boarded an autorickshaw.
Asked if she will approach the BJP for membership, she said, “I will not go anywhere now.” In 2003, Shabnam Mausi wanted to contest the assembly elections as a Congress candidate. Not getting favourable response from the Congress party, she contested as an independent again but lost.
Speaking to TOI, state Congress campaign committee chairman Manak Agarwal explained, “She went to attend the Mahila Congress meeting and someone asked her to sit at the rear end of the hall. No one insulted her. On the contrary, she was felicitated with a shawl and coconut in the meeting by Mahila Congress national president Sushmita Dev. Shabnam Mausi got annoyed but we will come back. We will bring her back and give the membership."
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors announced Tuesday that they have charged four people with taking part in a decades-long scheme to evade U.S. taxes that came to light after a massive leak of offshore financial data known as the “Panama Papers.”
FILE PHOTO: Mossack Fonseca law firm sign is pictured in Panama City, April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/File Photo
Three of the four people have already been arrested, prosecutors said, in the first criminal case brought by U.S. authorities in connection with Mossack Fonseca & Co, the Panamanian law firm at the center of the leak.
Harald Joachim von der Goltz, a client of the firm, was arrested in London on Monday; Dirk Brauer, an employee of an asset management company closely tied to the firm, was arrested in Paris on Nov. 15; and Richard Gaffey, a U.S.-based accountant, was arrested in Massachusetts on Tuesday, according to prosecutors.
The fourth defendant, Ramses Owens, was a lawyer at Mossack Fonseca and remains at large, prosecutors said. The law firm shut down earlier this year.
Bill Lovett, a lawyer for Gaffey, could not immediately be reached for comment. Lawyers for the other three defendants could not immediately be identified.
The most serious charges in the case, which include wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy, carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
In an indictment unsealed in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors said that from 2000 to 2017, Owens and Brauer conspired to help clients of Mossack Fonseca conceal assets, investments and income from U.S. tax authorities, using sham foundations and shell companies formed under the law of countries including Panama, Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands. Owens, 50, is a citizen of Panama and Brauer, 54, is German citizen, prosecutors said.
One of those clients was von Der Goltz, an 81-year-old German citizen, according to the indictment. Prosecutors said that Owens and Gaffey helped von Der Goltz avoid taxes by creating shell companies and bank accounts that he falsely claimed were solely owned by his elderly mother, a Guatemalan citizen who did not pay U.S. taxes.
Prosecutors also said that Gaffey, a 74-year-old U.S. citizen, helped another unnamed client of the Mossack Fonseca conceal offshore bank accounts from U.S. authorities.
The “Panama Papers”, which consist of millions of documents from Mossack Fonseca, were leaked to the media in April 2016.
A review of the documents also prompted German authorities to raid the offices of Deutsche Bank AG and its board members as part of a money laundering investigation last week. | 1,266,640 |
200m £10 notes are still in circulation with £1bn likely to miss 1 March deadline, says Bank of England
The cut-off date for using old-style paper £10 notes is fast approaching, with just three shopping days left before the Thursday 1March deadline when they cease to be legal tender.
But figures from the Bank of England suggest there remain about 200m tenners worth £2bn still in circulation.
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Returns of old £10 notes have been running at about £85m a week, so it is likely that despite a last-minute rush, there will still be significantly more than £1bn-worth of tenners that will cease to be legal tender from Thursday.
The Bank says the withdrawal of the paper £10 note featuring Charles Darwin is proceding very similarly to the old £5 note. It said: “We don’t expect all notes to be returned as some will have been destroyed, gone overseas or kept as memorabilia.”
When shops and stores stop taking the old notes, it does not mean that if someone unearths one after 1 March they are obsolete. Holders of the notes should still be able to exchange them at post offices or local banks, although they are not under a legal obligation to do so.
Old notes can also be posted to the Bank of England or individuals can visit the bank in person at Threadneedle Street in the City of London, and it will exchange old notes for new ones. The Bank has an open-ended promise to exchange old notes at face value at any time.
The new plastic £10 note featuring Jane Austen came into circulation in mid-September, replacing the £8bn-worth of notes that carry the image of Charles Darwin.
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The Bank of England said that if the remaining Darwin tenners still in circulation were laid end to end “that’s enough notes to retrace almost half of Darwin’s journey on HMS Beagle. Or, these would weigh the same as nearly 2,000 giant Galápagos tortoises that Darwin saw on his travels.”
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In Scotland, it’s not just the paper £10 note that ceases to be legal tender on 1 March, but also the paper £5 note. In England, the paper £5 note stopped being accepted in shops in May last year.
More people turn up at the Bank of England with old notes than might be expected. The Bank said that since the paper fiver was withdrawn in May, it has exchanged notes for 46,000 customers – of which 27,000 visited Threadneedle Street in person. | 1,266,641 |
defensively, but the game quickly turned out to be a one-team show. Team Liquid completely demolished their NA opponents. The #bleedblue squad had no answer for Miracle’s Sven, which resulted in a 32 min GG call.
Team Liquid went with a very different line-up for the second game in the series. A sort of a “four protect one”, with the "one" being Miracle's signature Anti-Mage. On the other hand, EG’s Phantom Assassin was completely shut down in the laning stage. The EU team outmaneuvered their enemies and secured enough time for AM to get online. Just 25 minutes into the game, Miracle had a jaw-dropping 9k net worth advantage over EG’s most farmed hero. Realizing their situation, EG had no other option but to prepare themselves for the Lower Bracket.
Team Liquid is the first team to secure a spot at the Grand Final. If they manage to bring the same performance tomorrow, the final will be a quick one.
Moogy could not carry his team to victory
The last game of the day was between the only Chinese teams left in the event and the APEX legends players of VP. In game one, both VP and Newbee had unorthodox picks - Tide carry and Night Stalker mid. Neither team was able to take a clear lead over the other, but the Midases on the side of VP made the difference. That’s one of the main problems when you run a Lycan setup; once you miss your timing, things become very, very hard. Seeing no other option, the Chinese were forced to think of a way to save themselves from elimination as VP took the game.
In game two, Newbee definitely wanted the victory more compared to their enemies. The Chinese team had the lead the entire game. However, a very messy fight near VP’s tier two tower nearly completely shifted the balance of power. Luckily, Newbee was able to keep control over their enemies and pushed the series into a third decisive game.
In game three, VP pulled off a good old Spectre for their 19-year-old carry. Having their comfort picks, the CIS powerhouse dictated the pace of the game. Both Ramzess and No[o]ne rushed Midas but instead of being passive, they took part in most of the fights. In the end, the game went in favour of VP. Moogy did all he could to keep up with VP’s cores but it was just not enough.
That's all for our MDL Macau Day 4 Recap. Tomorrow, Virtus.Pro will face EG in the lower bracket finals. The winner will have to deal with Team Liquid. Stay tuned!
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As the U.S. mulls sending warships within 12 miles of the artificial islands built by China in the South China Sea, Beijing has issued a stern warning to Washington. On Tuesday, the U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the U.S. will sail and fly wherever international laws allow, and the South China Sea is no exception.
China will not tolerate U.S. violations
On Thursday, Chinese media slammed the U.S. for its “ceaseless provocations.” The Global Times, a mouthpiece of the Communist Party, said in an editorial that China will not “tolerate rampant U.S. violations” of its territorial waters and skies over the “expanding islands.” Tensions have mounted between the two world powers since China started transforming submerged reefs into artificial islands in the disputed waters.
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The artificial islands are large enough to support military facilities. The U.S. says Chinese activities in the disputed waters threaten freedom of navigation. Brunei, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Taiwan have overlapping claims in the waters over which China claims full sovereignty. U.S. has responded by telling its Asian allies that it doesn’t recognize artificial islands, and will sail warships past disputed islands.
U.S. responsible for militarization of the South China Sea
Global Times said Chinese forces should be ready to “launch countermeasures” based on the level of U.S. provocation. If the U.S. sails within the 12-mile territorial limit, it will be a “breach of China’s bottom line.” Chinese military will stand up and use force to stop it if the U.S. encroaches on China’s core interests. The Community Party mouthpiece’s editorial comes just a day after the Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hua Chunying accused the U.S. of flexing military muscle far away from its shores.
Chunying said the U.S. presence in the region was the “biggest cause of militarization” in the South China Sea. Last week, Beijing confirmed that it had finished work on two lighthouses on the artificial islands and pledged to build more. Last month, when Chinese warships entered the U.S. territorial waters around the Aleutian islands, the Pentagon said it was an “innocent passage.” It would be interesting to see how Beijing reacts when the U.S. warships sail near the disputed islands. | 1,266,643 |
Radar images of asteroid 2014 JO25 were obtained in the early morning hours on Tuesday, with NASA's 70-meter (230-foot) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California. The images reveal a peanut-shaped asteroid that rotates about once every five hours. The images have resolutions as fine as 25 feet (7.5 meters) per pixel.
Asteroid 2014 JO25 was discovered in May 2014 by astronomers at the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona -- a project of NASA's Near-Earth Objects Observations Program in collaboration with the University of Arizona. The asteroid will fly safely past Earth on Wednesday at a distance of about 1.1 million miles (1.8 million kilometers), or about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon. The encounter is the closest the object will have come to Earth in 400 years and will be its closest approach for at least the next 500 years.
"The asteroid has a contact binary structure - two lobes connected by a neck-like region," said Shantanu Naidu, a scientist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who led the Goldstone observations. "The images show flat facets, concavities and angular topography."
The largest of the asteroid's two lobes is estimated to be 2,000 feet (620 meters) across.
Radar observations of the asteroid also have been conducted at the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. Additional radar observations are being conducted at both Goldstone and Arecibo on April 19 20, and 21, and could provide images with even higher resolution.
Radar has been used to observe hundreds of asteroids. When these small, natural remnants of the formation of the solar system pass relatively close to Earth, deep space radar is a powerful technique for studying their sizes, shapes, rotation, surface features, and roughness, and for more precise determination of their orbital path.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, manages and operates NASA's Deep Space Network, including the Goldstone Solar System Radar, and hosts the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies for NASA's Near-Earth Object Observations Program within the agency's Science Mission Directorate.
More information about asteroids and near-Earth objects can be found at:
http://cneos.jpl.nasa.gov
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’ve made no progress.’”
What Britain may now be seeing is a similar alliance between older women, who once believed harassment was simply the price of the job, and millennials using the #metoo hashtag to reveal their experiences.
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Catherine Mayer: endured awkwardness early in her journalistic career. Photograph: Roberto Ricciuti/Getty Images
It hasn’t been painless, with several of those coming forward being heavily trolled on social media. “A lot of strangers opened up with ‘you’re lying’,” says writer Kate Leaver, whose tweets about how the then GQ political correspondent Rupert Myers forcibly kissed her outside a pub led to his dismissal. “I had: ‘You’re trying to promote your book,’ or ‘you shouldn’t be drinking alcohol with a stranger,’ even someone saying: ‘He can’t be held responsible for your decision to meet him.’ A lot of them were so ridiculous it was like water off a duck’s back, but get me in a vulnerable moment …”
But, as a freelancer, Leaver didn’t have a line manager or an HR department to approach; it was just her, sitting on her sofa at home, nervously composing tweets accusing Myers (who is also a barrister) of something over which, for all she knew, he might sue. Would she advise others to follow suit? “It really matters how strong the person feels in terms of dealing with the aftermath. I don’t want to scare people from disclosing, but I’d want someone to know that they were likely to feel frightened, shaken, exposed, vulnerable.” She worried, too, about damaging her career although, fortunately, the editors she writes for are mostly female and sympathetic – unsurprisingly, perhaps, when some may have similar unspoken stories.
Decades ago, when Catherine Mayer was just starting out as a journalist and her boss wrote a letter explaining that he’d only hired her because he fancied her, she didn’t report him. Instead, she says: “I marched in after a weekend of utter turmoil and said: ‘We will never speak of this again,’” and then endured the awkwardness until he left.
Even five years ago, when she was sitting in the reporters’ gallery at the House of Commons and an MP texted a lascivious query about what boots she was wearing, she chose simply to ignore it. But now she worries that, by not speaking up, her generation of women unwittingly allowed such things to continue. “I don’t want to minimise the downside [of speaking out],” she says. “But I don’t believe you ever create change by covering things up.” | 1,266,645 |
, who here contributes a fine piece on Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. Geisel, a German-American lad growing up in Springfield, Massachusetts, was obsessed early on with rhyming. Prominent Boy Scout, he was to be awarded a medal personally by President Theodore Roosevelt who, however, ran out of medals at a crucial moment and cursed the boy, introducing Geisel to permanent stage fright. He was a suspended artist for the sin of drinking in Prohibition-era college, drew for the humor magazine under pseudonyms, later invented the rumor that he created comics with his feet, and made it into the comic strip dailies before being personally fired by William Randolph Hearst (Geisel was a militant anti-fascist and Hearst an admirer of Hitler, for a while anyway). Like several others in this book, Geisel found a calling in kids’ books, through one bigger than anyone else: The Cat in the Hat alone sold eleven million copies, with much, much more to come. Geisel chain-smoked himself to death but never lost his antic, quietly egalitarian and ecological sense of humor.
There are other items here, like Gary Dumm’s delightful treatment from Beauchamp’s script of the life of Hugh Hefner (who fancied himself a cartoonist and tortured Harvey Kurtzman by blue-penciling “Little Annie Fanny” for decades); Dan Zettwoch’s study of Osamu Tezuka (one of three non-Americans in this book, and the only non-white); Arnold Roth’s suitably strange take on Al Hirschfield; and above all, underground comix maven Frank Stack on nineteenth century Swiss artist Rodolphe Töpffer (another non-American).
The pages on Walt Disney by Beauchamp and Larry Day I find unsettling, perhaps because the political complications, everything from Uncle Walt’s personal anti-Semitism and anti-unionism to his major role in the Hollywood Blacklist, feel a little too pressing to me—but there are also plenty of good things to say, and they are said here. For similarly political reasons, I do not take so much to Nora Krug’s tale of French artist (the final non-American) Hergé and his creation Tintin, nor to Mark Alan Stamaty’s Jack Kirby, who suffered war trauma but spent a lifetime glorifying war and inventing, then re-inventing, our current superhero banality.
Never mind. This is a magnificent volume, its individual contents far from needing the reader’s fondness in every case. Reader, look for it, drink it in. Feel lonely with these fellows, and admire them for their accomplishments.
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AAfter learning of his brothers current state, Deckard Shaw travels to a military hospital in London where he visits his brother, fighting his way into the hospital and killing multiple special forces, after making amends with his brother, Deckard vows to take revenge and leaves the demolished hospital.
Deckard travels to Los Angeles where he infiltrates the office of the Diplomatic Security Service to obtain the files on the "team that crippled his brother", after engaging in a fight with Luke Hobbs, which leads to him becoming bed ridden in hospital after jumping out of a window to save the life of Elena Neves, Shaw travels to Tokyo to locate and kill Han Seoul-Oh.
Whilst in Tokyo, Deckard obtained a 1992 Mercedes S-Klasse and observed Han. On the night, Han is forced to flee from his garage with Sean Boswell as they are being chased by Takashi who wants revenge on Han for stealing money from Yakuza.
Unbeknownst to Han, he is being tracked on police scanners by Deckard who travels through streets of Tokyo to find Han. After finally locating him in an intersection near the Shibuya district, Deckard turns down a street and T-Bone's Han's car, making it look as if it was an accident caused by running a red light. Deckard steps out of the car, unaware that Sean and Neela are watching him, and leaves Dominic Toretto's cross necklace behind, before calling Dom right as the car explodes, seemingly killing Han.
At the same time, Shaw triggers a bomb delivered to Dom that blows up his house and barely leaves himself, Mia Toretto, Brian O'Connor and Jack unharmed.
While the attack on Han was believed by all to be successful, Han somehow escaped from the wreck and remained underground, allowing his friends and family to believe he had been killed.
Deckard returns to the United States to take revenge on the rest of the team, Dom first encounters him after they run their cars into each other in a game of chicken. Shaw then infiltrates Dom's mission to rescue Ramsay and then follows him to Abu Dhabi. Eventually they both return to LA where Dom and Shaw fight on the top of a parking garage. Shaw becomes trapped in the rubble after the garage collapses and is taken into custody by Hobbs.
Three years later, Deckard is broken out of prison by Mr. Nobody to help the team stop Dom and Cipher, Deckard eventually makes amends with Dom and the team after saving his son's life and they part ways, with Deckard presumably returning to London.
Whilst in London, Deckard reunites with his sister, Hattie Shaw and Hobbs where they undertake a mission to stop Brixton Lore, Deckard eventually tells his sister that he needs to make amends with the people he has hurt, and make up for the things he has done, including killing Han. | 1,266,647 |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.AMD is a global semiconductor company that could be an interesting play for investors. That is because, not only does the stock have decent short-term momentum, but it is seeing solid activity on the earnings estimate revision front as well.
These positive earnings estimate revisions suggest that analysts are becoming more optimistic on AMD's earnings for the coming quarter and year. In fact, consensus estimates have moved sharply higher for both of these time frames over the past four weeks, suggesting that Advanced Micro Devices could be a solid choice for investors.
Current Quarter Estimates for AMD
In the past 30 days, one estimate has gone higher for Advanced Micro Devices while none have gone lower in the same time period. The trend has been pretty favorable too, with estimates narrowing from a loss of 3 cents a share 30 days ago, to a loss of 2 cents today, a move of 33.3%.
Current Year Estimates for AMD
Meanwhile, Advanced Micro Devices' current year figures are also looking quite promising, with two estimates moving higher in the past month, compared to none lower. The consensus estimate trend has also seen a boost for this time frame, narrowing from a loss of 4 cents per share 30 days ago to a loss of 2 cents per share today, an increase of 50%.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Price and Consensus
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"I still text him even though he's not here. Thank you for everything, the rest is for you. Rest easy my guy."@sabrina_i20 pays tribute to Kobe and Gigi Bryant.pic.twitter.com/kRVaFDt7n7 — FOX Sports (@FOXSports) February 24, 2020
Oregon star guard Sabrina Ionescu delivered a thoughtful exploration of her relationship with Kobe and GiGi Bryant at the pair's memorial service at the Staples Center on Monday morning. Ionescu spoke for nearly 10 minutes before thousands of Bryant family, friends and supporters inside the basketball arena.
The speech provided personal anecdotes, remembrances and insights into how both Kobe and GiGi impacted her and women's basketball.
"Growing up I only knew one way to play the game of basketball, fierce," she started. With obsessive focus. I was unapologetically competitive. I wanted to be the best. I love the work, even when it was shard, especially when it was hard. I knew I was different, that my drive was different.I grew up watching Kobe Bryant, game after game, ring after ring. Living his greatness without apology. I wanted to be just like him.
Ionescu kept her composure for the duration. She spoke about text messages and phone calls they shared over the course of the season, the pressure of living up to his expectations for her and how she continues to send him texts even after his passing.
She didn't shy away from his growing role in women's basketball as a whole, citing how vision Kobe's vision for her was greater than her own for herself and how that helped push her to work. She also discussed what Kobe saw in his middle daughter.
“If I represented the present of the women’s game, GiGi was the future," she said of her.
“I wanted to be apart of the generation that changed basketball for Gigi and her teammates, where being born female didn’t mean being born behind.
‘You have too much to give to stay silent.’...That was his next great act, a #GirlDad.” pic.twitter.com/GUBe3gvSF2 — Kevin Wade (@KwadeSays) February 24, 2020
She said GiGi dreamt of playing for UCONN, and that she would've supported her in playing collegiately wherever she chose. She received strong applause at the conclusion of her memorial speech.
She's now expected to fly north where her and her teammates will take on No. 4 Stanford tonight at 6 PM. ESPN2 will have the call.
The game's play-by-play announcer, Adam Amin, posted an image of Ionescu's teammates huddled around a laptop watching her address the crowd at Maples Pavilion during the team's walk-through today. | 1,266,649 |
Portable Office Computer Setup with Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
Hi, welcome to my blog, in this article I am going to share my small raspberry pi portable PC (office computer) setup which is totally energy saving. I made this setup using a raspberry pi 3model b+ single-board computer, an 11.6-inch portable touchscreen monitor, and a mi 20,000 mAh power bank.
This setup will cost you around $230 / ₹16k, you can go with the cheap non-touch monitors also. But the Portable monitor I am using is FHD 1080p IPS 10 point touch screen monitor specially designed for raspberry pi with built-in stereo speakers. The main advantage of this setup is it’s fully portable you can carry it where you want and 2nd it provides up to 15hrs of backup without any interruptions.
Like a normal office PC you can do all your works here, like Microsoft Office, web browsing, email, and PDF, etc. This setup runs with a raspberry pi operating system (Raspbian) this is a Debian based Linux OS which also allows coding and programming on it.
Pre-installed apps are Libre office, VLC media player, Blue J, Python, Scratch, Minecraft (pi edition), chromium web browser and more you can download from the terminal. Libre office allows you to open and edit Microsoft Office files (.docx.ppt.xlsx) and also it allows you to export it as windows office, also read.pdf files nicely. For entertainment you can listen to music using VLC media player and retro games are also welcome. Check the item list below:
Buy Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ with accessories.
Note: The power adapter is optional if you don’t want to purchase the power bank you can go with the adapter, but it will lose the portability. A micro SD card is needed to install an operating system on Raspberry Pi.
So after buying all the items all you need to do first install the Raspbian operating system in the Micro SD card using any PC or Laptop, learn how to install OS in raspberry pi hare. Plug the SD card to the pi connect it with the monitor using the HDMI cable and the USB Type-C cable (Given with Monitor) then power up those devices with the Dual USB power bank.
Congratulation you build a portable office computer for you, Great job. If you having any trouble in the setup please watch the video tutorial below:
Portable Raspberry Pi Portable PC with 11.6″ Touch Monitor
So you learned How to Make a portable office computer using Raspberry Pi B+. I hope you enjoyed the tutorial, if I missed something in this article give your feedback in a comment. Thanks for reading and watching, Have a Nice Day.
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Organizers of an upcoming Italian-Canadian celebration to mark Canada's 150th birthday say they'll be removing the words "beauty contest" from their posters after receiving criticism — but won't be dropping the competition in question.
The Miss Bella contest — "bella" is the Italian word for beautiful — is scheduled to take place April 7 at Sala San Marco in the city's Little Italy neighbourhood as part of a charity fundraiser.
The poster for the event shows two women, one dressed in the Italian flag and one draped in the Canadian maple leaf, along with the words "beauty contest." It also promises a dinner show featuring an Italian performance troupe.
A poster for the 'Miss Bella' beauty contest at Sala San Marco in Ottawa. (Simon Gardiner/CBC)
The event is being put on by the Calabria Cultural Association, according to the poster.
Holding a beauty pageant in 2017 is in "bad taste" and does nothing to recognize the professional achievements of 21st-century women, said Trina Costantini-Powell, president of the local chapter of the National Congress of Italian-Canadians.
Costantini-Powell said she became aware of the poster at a community meeting earlier this week where it was shared and commented on.
"A lot of people looked at it and said, 'Really? In this day and age?'" Costantini-Powell told CBC News. "It took many of us aback, many of the women around the table."
'It's incredulous'
Costantini-Powell said her concerns over the poster's demeaning message were hers alone and not the opinion of the congress. But she said she would be bringing the issue before the organization's national board when it meets in April.
"It's incredulous, because there are so many opportunities for women these days," she said. "Women shouldn't just be looked upon as beauty contest winners."
Angelo Filoso said that new posters will be printed and that the intent was never to "discriminate against women." (CBC)
Angelo Filoso, one of the organizers, said they are planning to reprint the posters after hearing about the complaints.
The Miss Bella competition is intended to find an "ambassador" from the local Italian-Canadian community, not to "discriminate against women," Filoso said Friday.
"The intent is to raise funds for charity, period," Filoso said.
"There are a lot of pageants in the world. So you know, we didn't know any better. But if it offends the local community here, we're going to change the name of it. Period."
The crowning of Miss Bella will still go ahead, organizers said.
Sala San Marco, the venue where the event is being held, refused to comment. | 1,266,651 |
The soundtrack has been an integral part of the Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater franchise since the game’s inception, since you’ll no doubt hear each song countless times as you memorize level layouts and perfect skating lines.
Activision has released the soundtrack for the upcoming Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 and while there are plenty of punk and hip-hop tracks, fans hoping to revisit some of their favorite songs are going to find themselves disappointed. The soundtrack features 32 songs – the most of any game in the series to date – but they’re all brand new.
The full list, first spotted by GameInformer on Friday, is below.
Anti-Flag – Stars and Stripes
Atmosphere – Southsiders
Black Pistol Fire – Hipster Shakes
Bully – Milkman
Cloud Nothings – I’m Not Part of Me
Cold Cave – A Little Death to Laugh
Connie Price and the Keystones – International Hustler
Crass Mammoth – All 149
Deaf Poets – Degenerate Mind
Death – Keep On Knocking
Death From Above 1979 – Virgins
Deer Mother – When The Wolves Come Out
Doomtree – Mini Brute
Fake P – Rorschach
Family Force 5 – Raised By Wolves
Four Year Strong – Go Down In History
Harlan – Moment To Myself
Hundred Visions – Our Ritual
Hungry Hands – Highline
Icon For Hire – Cynics and Critics
Killer Be Killed – Wings of Feather and Wax
New Politics – Everywhere I Go
Plague Vendor – Black Sap Scriptures
Ratatat – Cream on Chrome
RattBlack – Skate Rock
Royal Blood – Little Monster
State Champs – Secrets
Temples – Shelter Song
The Orwells – Who Needs You
The Schitzophonics – Rat Trap
The Sheds – Bad Things are Bad
Yogi & Skrillex – Burial
Earlier this month a new art style was revealed for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5, adding a cel-shaded look to the game’s characters. Fans who had been disappointed in the trailer for the game released in July didn’t find that the new look did much to change their opinions. While the soundtrack features a mix of well-known and under-the-radar bands, it remains to be seen how longtime fans will react.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One hits store shelves on September 29, and will feature 20-person multiplayer. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 version of the game, which lacks multiplayer, hits on November 10.
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Afreeca Freecs continued their chase for the Playoffs finals with their win against Jin Air Greenwings. Even though they faltered against Jin Air in game 2, Afreeca rose to the challenge and took the 3rd game away with off-meta picks, Anivia and Jinx. OnGameNet interviewed the MVP players, Tusin and Spirit, as well as Coach Ccomet of to ask about the inspiration behind Afreeca Freecs’ off-meta picks.
In Game 2, you surprised us with Nocturne jungle. Could you tell us more about this pick?
Coach Ccomet: I love LCS. Outside of the macro aspect, LCS goes for picks that are good for 1v1 or teamfights. We see these picks and we take them on board. All the coaching staff in Afreeca Freecs are very open-minded about trying off-meta picks; made capable by our players having such large champion pools.
So for the Nocturn pick in Game 2, you believe that even though the results weren’t good for the particular game, it’s a pick we can definitely see again.
Coach Ccomet: Yes.
In Game 3, we saw more surprise picks such as mid Anivia and ADC jinx. Can you tell us more about these picks?
Coach Ccomet: They are picks we’ve always had prepared, a sneak peek of things to come. These picks were also inspired by watching LCS. They have the good stuff.
Tusin, what do you think about your current team’s atmosphere (For encouraging trying new picks out)?
Tusin: It’s true that LCK picks and bans tend to be too formalized. It is as if you are solving equations in a maths book. I believe that our team is dedicated to winning matches by creating exceptions, rather than following these norms.
And yet, there has been praises you guys have an amazing macro. Machine-like, computer-like, clean.
Coach Ccomet: Our head coach’s motto is “Get the basics right”. Everyone tried very hard not to make mistakes. Sometimes individuals might want to carry and pop off, but the focus is more on executing things cleanly, without a slip.
Any last words to fans and the audience?
Tusin: Only 3 matches to go in Spring Split. For us to finish in first place, Kingzone will also have to lose, and…We will keep trying to reach the best possible result.
Spirit: Kingzone hyungs, please lose all remaining matches. Please lose as many matches you can so we can secure the first place. Fighting!
Coach Ccomet: Kingzone, you are so good, I don’t expect you to lose – But I hope you do! | 1,266,653 |
Immediately after AMD and ATI consummated their 2006 merger, their first order of business was to announce plans and a timeframe for the first true offspring of their corporate union: a CPU/GPU fusion product called, aptly enough, "Fusion." This Fusion idea has taken more than one shape in AMD's roadmaps since it was first announced, and I won't summarize that history here, though it is worth recalling that AMD had been planning to use a newly developed processor core, codenamed "Bulldozer," for the CPU half of Fusion.
But in a financial analyst day meeting early this past December, AMD revealed that the company's first Fusion product would "use existing CPU core and GPU core technologies," suggesting that Bulldozer had gotten the boot in favor of a core from AMD's current lineup.
In a recent InfoWorld interview, AMD confirmed that Fusion will be a dual-core design based on the Phenom core in its initial incarnation. There's still no word on the GPU that AMD will pair with Phenom as the second core on the die, but apparently something will be announced relatively soon.
So now that we know that Fusion will combine a Phenom core with an as-yet unannounced GPU core, we can put together the following picture of AMD's mobile "Shrike" platform, due out in the second half of 2009.
AMD's "Shrike" Platform
Shrike is the successor of the Puma mobile platform that I described in an earlier article and that's set to launch sometime this year. At the heart of Shrike is the 45nm "Swift" processor; AMD is calling Swift an Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) because it contains both a CPU and a GPU. This "APU" (I'm not so sure this term is going to catch on) part should start sampling in late 2008 or early 2009.
In a nutshell, the Shrike platform simply moves the integrated graphics processor (IGP) off of the northbridge and onto the CPU die. In other words, the GPU core that AMD will integrate with Phenom will not be on the same level in terms of performance as a discrete GPU. This is more of an IGP with a significantly improved performance per watt ratio, which is why it will show up in laptops first.
Once AMD gets its feet wet with this initial, mobile-oriented design, it will begin to think about how to apply that same CPU/GPU concept in the workstation and high-performance computing (HPC) spaces. But truly leveraging a very tight level of integration between the CPU and GPU to do nongraphics work is more of a software problem than anything else, so the challenge for AMD and its partners lies first in finding an application domain to plug this into and second in adding enough value via acceleration to make Fusion (or its socket-level counterpart, Torrenza) a compelling reason to invest in AMD hardware. | 1,266,654 |
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter has called to "disband" the FBI, arguing that the bureau isn't the same as it was under its first director, J. Edgar Hoover.
Coulter's comment came during an interview on "The Howie Carr Show" earlier this week after the host mentioned controversial FBI counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok's affair with former FBI lawyer Lisa Page.
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Strzok and Page have been the subject of conservative ire after private text messages between the pair surfaced showing critical comments about then-candidate Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE in 2016 that called him "disgusting" and "horrible."
"Wasn’t it more than somewhat discouraged for FBI agents, especially those in counterintelligence, to get themselves into potentially blackmailable situations like, say, having an affair with a co-worker?" Carr asked Coulter.
"It's time to disband the FBI," Coulter responded. "This is not J. Edgar Hoover's FBI, which was so good that liberals are still hysterical over it."
"My father was in the bureau for a few years after law school," she continued. "You not only had to be a lawyer back then in order to be an FBI agent, as I think I've told you on your program.
"It wasn't strictly policy, but J. Edgar Hoover — and of course they were all men — generally preferred Catholics and Mormons on the grounds that they were incorruptible, they were very, very honest and you could trust them. And you didn't really have a lot of trouble under Hoover and we actually had an enemy in Russia then."
Hoover was first appointed as the director of what was called the Bureau of Investigation in 1924 before founding the FBI in 1935.
He served as director until his passing in 1972 at the age of 77.
Strzok returned to the center of media attention last week while testifying before the House Judiciary and House Oversight and Government Reform committees.
GOP members accused him of bias and pointed to texts that included one telling Page "We'll stop him" in regards to Trump when he was running for office.
Strzok argued the tweets were not indicative of bias and insisted that his personal feelings did not affect the way he conducted his investigations.
“The proposition that [bias] is going on and that might occur anywhere in the FBI deeply corrodes what the FBI is in American society, the effectiveness of their mission, and it is deeply destructive,” Strzok said.
Coulter is the author of several books, including "In Trump We Trust," released shortly before the 2016 presidential election. | 1,266,655 |
Have you heard the news? Robert Quinn is back! In fact, left tackles and quarterbacks are shuddering at the sheer right now. As if Aaron Donald wasn’t enough for opposing teams to worry about. After generating only three quarterback sacks in the first 10 games of the season, Quinn has doubled that over his last five games to bring his total to nine. In fact, he is tied with teammate Aaron Donald for the league-lead in quarterback sacks in that time (six). It’s not that Quinn was ever really gone, but injuries and a position change slowed him down. He’s actually only two quarterback sacks away from tying his second most in a season (he had 11 in 2012 and 2014). These numbers alone would make you think the old Robert Quinn is back, but there’s something different about this Quinn.
This is a Robert Quinn that is playing in games where the Rams are leading. Games that mean something and have playoff implications. Since being drafted in 2011, Quinn’s Rams have never finished higher than 21st in the league in points per game. They have, however, had three seasons that rank 29th or lower. Two of which they finished 32nd. For once, the Rams are protecting leads instead of trying to erase them. Forcing opponents to pass more, thus, creating more pass-rushing opportunities. Not to mention, wins. Wins that have been hard to come by his first six seasons. Did you see the passion he played with against All-Pro left tackle Duane Brown in week 15? That’s the play of a guy who is one game away from his first-ever playoff appearance after six consecutive losing seasons. An untapped passion that comes when the division is on the line in December.
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Quinn Outlook
Ever since the Rams drafted Aaron Donald in 2014, fans naturally wondered what he and Quinn would do together. A couple of injuries and seasons later they are starting to see what they’re capable of. That’s 12 combined quarterback sacks over the last four games, five less than the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have all season. These are definitely uncharted waters for Quinn and the entire Rams organization, but his timing couldn’t be more perfect. Quinn has long 34-inch arms and explosive get-off, which led to 12 forced fumbles combined across his 2013 and 2014 seasons.
There’s no denying that seeing your hard work pay-off will bring about a new motivation and confidence unseen in a long time, the type of confidence that will keep opposing quarterbacks uncomfortable and off their game. The Rams are now one game away from a playoff motivated Robert Quinn in January.
– Mike Cahill is a Staff Writer for Full Press Coverage Rams. He covers the Los Angeles Rams. Like and follow on Follow @FB_Cahill Follow @FPC_Rams and Facebook | 1,266,656 |
needed to narrow down or group a list of fonts.
Even though MyFonts doesn't represent every font I might have installed, I maintain most of my groupings there using public tags (universal concepts like ‘serif' or ‘Art Deco'). I also have a collection of private tags and albums that I use to group things that aren't relevant to other users (like fonts I've already licensed or am using for a specific project).
My computer runs fine with all my fonts active, and I don't have to deal with multi-user licensing, so I mostly use desktop font management to install/uninstall fonts and keep technical snag-ups under control. For this kind of stuff, I've found that Font Book works fine.
Jackson Cavanaugh
Finally, we were curious what a type designer would suggest, so we turned to Okay Type’s Jackson Cavanaugh. Okay Type is a small Brooklyn type studio who recently released their first typeface Alright Sans, considered by many as one of the best new typefaces of 2009.
As a type designer, I don't really use fonts. I keep as few fonts activated as possible and drop my test files directly into the System Fonts folder (/System/Library/Fonts). Other designers I know like to use the Adobe Fonts folder (/Applications/Adobe InDesign CS4/Fonts).
Back when I was a graphic designer, all of the font management software I tried were just okay. In reality they're just a tool to help organize your font library. I've found that most designers who struggle with font management aren't familiar with what they have. Taking the time to create useful sub-groups and editing out the garbage is absolutely the most useful way to manage your fonts, regardless of software. I used to group things into generic categories like ‘sans,’ ‘serif,’ ‘slab,’ ‘script,’ etc. But eventually I found it much more helpful to make groups that related more to my design decisions. I used to have groups like ‘classical serifs,’ ‘corporate text,’ ‘modern/clean sans,’ ‘warm/friendly sans,’ ‘editorial headlines,’ ‘formal scripts,’ ‘tech-sans,’ ‘bad (but secretly awesome),’ etc. Ultimately, the most useful groupings I created were by designers and foundries, ‘HFJ,’ ‘Font Bureau,’ ‘Ale Paul,’ ‘Christian Schwartz,’ ‘Adobe,’ etc. When sorting things by their manufacturer you immediately get nice groupings of fonts with similar styles, uses, and quality that make them easy to pick from and pair.
So, how do you manage your fonts? | 1,266,657 |
allows such evil in order that the true Christians would be separated from the unbelievers — many of whom would convert to Islam. Another author, Antonios, testifies that the invaders put several monks to death.
St. Maximos the Confessor describes the Arab Muslims as barbarous people who overran the land as if it was their own. He says, “They have the form of men, but they behave like wild and untamed beasts.”
John of Nikiu talks about invasions of Egypt as being merciless and brutal. Some submitted to the Arabs and paid the tribute called the jizyah, or so-called protection tax. Many Coptic Christians beseeched God for deliverance, regarding the yoke of Islam as a tremendous burden. A number of Greeks and Copts refused to surrender and fought the Arabs. They saw the yoke of Islam as being heavier than the yoke the children of Israel had to bear.
The Arabs were particularly brutal towards towns and forts that had resisted them. Caesarea in Palestine was captured after a seven-year siege, and 7,000 Greeks were subsequently slaughtered. It is recorded that after returning from an invasion of the District of Isauria, the Arabs came back to Damascus with 5,000 slaves.
Over time the persecution of Christians would vary according to which Sultan was in power. The slaughter of Christians, Jews, and others spread as the Muslims conquered more lands.
History shows all too clearly that Islam has not changed, and that ISIS has acted in accordance with the same ideology that their Arab forbears adhered to. The fruit does not fall far from the tree.
Conclusion: Islam is not a “religion of peace”.
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Other related topics:
gatesofvienna.net/2010/06/the-muslim-devastation-of-india/
gatesofvienna.net/2010/09/devshirme-a-muslim-scourge-on-christians/
gatesofvienna.net/2012/04/jihad-the-law-of-war/
gatesofvienna.net/2011/12/islam-is-not-a-pacifist-religion/
Bostom, Andrew The Legacy of Jihad: Greek Christian and other accounts of the Muslim Conquests of the Near East. New York, Prometheus Books, 2005, 390
Legacy of Jihad, related chapters:
Jihad in the cause of God by Sayyid Qutb
The Law of War by Clement Huart
Jihad: An Introduction by Rudolph Peters
For previous essays by Anestos Canelides, see the Anestos Canelides Archives. | 1,266,658 |
be excluded completely as a contributor to the increased pulmonary clearance.
Conflicting conclusions in studies of the recovery of the BGB may depend on the time of measurement; i.e., the disruptions of the BGB can be “closed” within a few minutes of reduction of the capillary transmural pressure (11). Therefore, Edwards et al. (9) did not see any changes ∼38 min after maximal exercise in elite athletes, indicating that the membrane at that time may have already recovered. Furthermore, recovery of the BGB may depend on the magnitude of the stress failure, i.e., the intensity of exercise and, thereby, pulmonary capillary pressure. In the present study, the pulmonary clearance measurement started 9 min after termination of a 6-min all-out exercise in elite rowers able to produce very high pulmonary capillary pressures. We found that the pulmonary clearance was still increased at 10-20 min and normalized after 2 h. This suggests that resolution of the ventilation inhomogeneity begins ∼30 min after exercise, in agreement with the study of Schaffartzik et al. (35). Two subjects still had small defects on the lung scintigrams 2 h after exercise, despite a normalized pulmonary clearance, indicating defects, which require more time to recovery. The problem with leaky lungs in elite athletes could be an additional factor leading to the acute exercise-induced hypoxemia observed during maximal exercise in many highly fit humans (8). However, a long-lasting effect does not seem to take place. Hence, the increased alveolar-arterial O 2 difference causing the exercise-induced hypoxemia was not aggravated 20 min later during a repeated 2-min maximal treadmill run, and arterial Po 2 and arterial O 2 saturation were increased during the subsequent exercise (7).
Likewise, in the study by Hanel et al. (16), V̇o 2 max and work capacity were the same during two all-out rows interspaced by 2 h, with arterial Po 2 and, in turn, arterial O 2 saturation, being slightly higher in the 2nd min of the repeated row. This points to an exercise-induced increased permeability of the BGB that persists for a short time after exercise, in agreement with a fast remodeling of BGB and recovery of the interstitial pulmonary edema in parallel with restoration of the plasma volume (17), without causing any acute physiological consequence for performance in elite athletes.
In conclusion, we have demonstrated that the BGB is more leaky during the early recovery after a 6-min all-out rowing bout in highly trained rowers, causing ventilation defects in some subjects. These observations indicate that the alveolar capillary barrier may be disrupted with development of increased permeability and interstitial edema.
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The Helse Insurance Foundation and Holger and Ruth Hesse Foundation supported this study.
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News-Service.com, one of the leading Usenet providers with many prominent resellers, has terminated its services with immediate effect. The shutdown is the direct and unavoidable outcome of a two-year battle with Dutch anti-piracy outfit BREIN, which was eventually decided against the Usenet provider. News-Service announced that it will appeal the decision "out of principle" as it threatens the entire 30-year-old Usenet community.
Two years ago BREIN, representing the movie and music industries, took News-Service.com (NSE) to court.
Although the name NSE might not ring a bell with many people, it is the largest usenet provider in Europe and has many high-profile resellers such as Usenext.
Through the court BREIN demanded that the NSE delete all infringing content from its servers, and six weeks ago the Court of Amsterdam sided with the copyright holders.
In an attempt to keep their service operational, NSE asked the Court to put the execution of the verdict on hold while the Usenet provider appealed its case, but this week that request was denied. As a result NSE was forced to shut down its services.
“This means that we are forced to cease our operations with immediate effect,” NSE said in a statement.
Despite the setback the Usenet provider will persist with its appeal, not least because the landmark verdict could have disastrous consequences for other Usenet providers.
“For reasons of principle, News-Service.com will not accept the verdict and has lodged an appeal,” NSE announced.
The verdict of the Amsterdam Court is very similar to the one that decimated BitTorrent site Mininova two years ago. It requires NSE to finding a way to identify and delete all copyrighted files from its servers, which is practically impossible.
Aside from threatening many other Usenet providers, a similar judgement would also mean the end of file-hosting sites such as Megaupload, and other cloud storage services including Dropbox. All these services remove copyrighted files when they are asked to, but policing their own servers proactively may prove to be impossible.
BREIN is nevertheless delighted with the verdict of the court. “It is a breakthrough step to further dismantle the availability of illegal content on Usenet,” director Tim Kuik said previously.
It wouldn’t be a surprise if BREIN now waves this verdict in the face of other Usenet providers, in the hope of shutting them down. Using this same tactic BREIN has already managed to pull hundreds of (small) torrent sites offline in the Netherlands.
TorrentFreak contacted NSE to ask what the decision means for their resellers and whether they have plans to “go abroad” in some shape or form. We will update this article when a response comes in. | 1,266,660 |
There’s no question that June is when Kingston really gets kicking with great events.
June through August are the best months for Kingston and what a lineup we have in June 2017.
From the Skeleton Park Arts Festival to #DKSHOPFEST, Pride in Kingston to Movies in the Square – it’s just an amazing month with many, many great excuses to get outside.
Here’s the list of featured events for June 2017 in Kingston:
Noteworthy Events & Festivals:
Napanee Comic Con Napanee
Limestone Genre Expo St. Lawrence College
Running Of The Chihuahuas Kingston
Air Guitar Championships Firehall Theatre
Ukraine Folklore Festival Regiopolis-Notre Dame
Cannonball Crush Fort Henry
K & P Trail Opening Doug Fluhrer Park
YGK Craft Beer Fest Fort Henry
Celebration of Hope Lake Ontario Park
Gemstorm Cataraqui Arena
#DKSHOPFEST 2017 Downtown Kingston
Pride in Kingston 2017 McBurney/Skeleton Park
Skeleton Park Arts Festival McBurney/Skeleton Park
Movies in the Square Springer Market Square
Music in the Park Confederation Park
Storefront Fringe Festival Downtown Kingston
Teddy Bear Picnic Lake Ontario Park
Comedy:
Absolute Comedy Club Absolute Comedy Club
Randy the Magic Man Playtrium
Arts & Theatre:
New Eyes on the Universe Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Steel Magnolias The Grand Theatre
Writing Menopause Book Launch Novel Idea
Doors Open Ontario Kingston
Life Is A Highway The Grand Theatre
Under the Sea The Grand Theatre
Sports:
Kingston Derby Girls Kingston Memorial Centre
Charity Golf Tournament The Landings Golf Course
Beat Beethoven 2017 Confederation Park
Women's Golf Day Glen Lawrence Golf Club
KPMG Beach Volleyball Tournament Kingston Expert Tees
Live Music & Open Mic:
Bob Dylan Leons Centre
Live Music: The Mansion The Mansion
Choral Mosaic II Princess Street United Church
Shout Sister Choir Crossroads United Church
Miss Emily Sings Kingston The Isabel
Gananoque Theatre Gananoque
Live Music: The Toucan The Toucan & Kirkpatrick’s
Live Music: Raxx Raxx Bar and Grill
Live Music: The Merchant The Merchant Tap House
Misc:
Albion Lodge Open House Harrowsmith
Shelter Day Kingston Humane Society
Pet First Aid Course Ongwanada Auditorium
Not Just Numbers Kingston Frontenac Public Library – Isabel Turner Branch
Chef Cooking Demos Springer Market Square
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President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE heralded labor unions and pushed his administration's protectionist trade agenda in an annual Labor Day proclamation released ahead of the holiday weekend.
Trump touted the spirit of the American worker and referred to American workers as the "bulwark of our national prosperity" in the statement released by the White House late Friday.
In the proclamation, Trump argued that his recent tariffs on steel and aluminum and battles with the leaders of Canada, Mexico, China and the European Union (EU) over trade issues would strengthen the country.
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"America's workers pay our taxes, support our values, serve in our military, raise our children, protect our Constitution, and build our communities. They deserve, in return, the unwavering fidelity of their Government," Trump wrote in the proclamation.
"The deal I intend to sign [with Mexico and possibly Canada] will help create more reciprocal trade that grows our economy. It will also support high-paying jobs for American workers and protect the intellectual property of our Nation's businesses and workers," he added.
In a rare message of praise for labor unions from a GOP president, Trump lauded organized labor for "advocating for the interests of the American worker and wage-earner."
"We have kept our promise to always keep the White House door open to members and leaders of our country's labor organizations," he added.
Trump's protectionist trade policies have been roundly criticized by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, who have panned his move to impose steep tariffs on steel and other products from around the globe.
This week, the president also notified Congress of his intention to establish a new trade agreement with the governments of Mexico and possibly Canada. Other discussions with the EU on car tariffs are ongoing.
Labor unions and pro-union Democrats such as Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown Sherrod Campbell BrownSenate Democrats release report alleging Trump admin undermined fair housing policies Bipartisan praise pours in after Ginsburg's death Emboldened Democrats haggle over 2021 agenda MORE (D) have offered the most vocal praise for Trump's trade moves so far, a rare show of bipartisan policy in the Trump administration.
"I intend to enter into a trade agreement with Mexico — and with Canada if it is willing, in a timely manner, to meet the high standards for free, fair, and reciprocal trade contained therein," Trump said in the notice to the House earlier Friday.
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday that the country is making progress on a deal with the U.S., adding "but we are not there yet."
"Once we have a good deal for Canada we'll be done," Freeland said. | 1,266,662 |
stuff.
Crowd: “Please come back!”
-AIW Tag Team Championship: Crazy Pain (c) retained the titles over the Jollyville Fuck-Its.
My buddy Tim commented that they felt like two teams with something to prove.
Crazy Pain is hella over with the crowd. “Gringo Loko” and “Steve Pain” chants filled Mt. Carmel’s Hall during the opening minutes of the match.
This was a great title defense filled with high flying moves and stiff shots. It was a solid exclamation point on their claim to the belts.
The bout ended with both Loko and Pain simultaneously pinning their opponents.
I love this team.
-Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Dominic Garrini.
This was a compelling, technical match up. The two men met each other hold for hold. Garrini is new to professional wrestling but has a legitimate history in Brazillian Jiu-Jitsu and amateur wrestling. Garrini can hold his own with experienced opponents. Not everyone can do that at such an early point in their career.
Sabre pinned Garrini to win the match. He put “The Bone Collector” over on the mic. After, Garrini was jumped by The Duke. The Duke said that Garrini is a loser and always fails. He promised that BJ Whitmer will finish him off at the next show.
-AIW Intense Championship: Alex Daniels (w/ Gregory Iron & Veda Scott) retained the title over Laredo Kid.
Scott was dressed in a turkey suit.
Kid rocked Daniels with a stunning Spanish Fly off the top rope.
Daniels won via pinfall.
-AIW Absolute Championship “Fans Bring the Weapons”: Josh Prohibition (c) retained with a win over Tim Donst.
There were a number of objects brought for the match by fans but nothing that I found to be particularly interesting or clever.
After referee Tom Dunn was inadvertently knocked out by a shot with a stop sign from Prohibition, Donst tapped out. However, the match continued since there was no referee. Jake Clemons ran to the ring to replace Dunn.
Probo secured a pin after a Drunken Driver on top of the stop sign, tacks, and an assortment of other junk.
Who is the next challenger for Prohibition?
-Ted Zep
"Crazy Pain": Gringo Loko & Steve Pain (Photograph courtesy of John Janezic)
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Pipelining
Forum Topic: Pipelining
Talk by Ivan Godard – 2014-07-14 at Facebook
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Slides: pipelining.06 (.pptx)
Software pipelining on the Mill CPU:
Instant pipeline: add loop, no stirring needed
The Mill CPU architecture is very wide, able to issue and execute 30+independent MIMD operations per cycle. Non-looping open code often cannot use this raw compute capacity, but fortunately >80% of cycles are in loops. Loops potentially have unbounded instruction-level parallelism and can absorb all the capacity available – if the loop can be pipelined.
This talk addresses how loops are pipelined on the Mill architecture. On a conventional machine, pipelining requires lengthy prelude and postlude instruction sequences to get the pipeline started and wound down, frequently destroying the benefit of pipelining the main body; conventional pipelining can be of negative benefit on short loops, especially “while” type loops whose length is unknown and data dependent. Not so on a Mill: Mill pipelines have neither prelude nor postlude, and early conditional exit has no added cost.
Pipelines on conventional machines also have problems with loop-carried data, values produced by one iteration but consumed by another. Conventional code must resort to bucket-brigade register copies, or fail to pipeline altogether. Even architectures like the Itanium, which have special hardware for support, provide it only for the innermost loop. In contrast, the Mill needs no copies and can pipeline outer as well as inner loops.
Familiarity with prior talks in this series, especially the Belt and Metadata talks will be helpful but not essential.
Speaker bio
Ivan Godard has designed, implemented or led the teams for 11 compilers for a variety of languages and targets, an operating system, an object-oriented database, and four instruction set architectures. He participated in the revision of Algol68 and is mentioned in its Report, was on the Green team that won the Ada language competition, designed the Mary family of system implementation languages, and was founding editor of the Machine Oriented Languages Bulletin. He is a Member Emeritus of IFIPS Working Group 2.4 (Implementation languages) and was a member of the committee that produced the IEEE and ISO floating-point standard 754-2011.
Ivan is currently CTO at Mill Computing, a startup now emerging from stealth mode. Mill Computing has developed the Mill, a clean-sheet rethink of general-purpose CPU architectures. The Mill is the subject of this talk. | 1,266,664 |
‘Guns and violence are a fact of life,’ Texas Rep. insists
Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul assailed as “nonsensical” the recent attempts at stiffening gun control laws in the aftermath of the shooting rampage in Arizona that killed six and left thirteen injured
In an op-ed for The Hill published Monday, Paul sharply denounced the violence in Tucson last Saturday, but said that “some have attempted to use this tragedy to discredit philosophical adversaries or score political points. This sort of opportunism is simply despicable.”
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Members of both parties, in response to the shootings that left Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) critically wounded, have introduced legislation that would outlaw the selling of high-capacity ammunition magazines, close the “gun show loophole,” and people from carrying firearms within 1,000 feet of lawmakers.
“This always seems to be the knee jerk reaction to any crime committed with a gun,” Paul wrote. “Nonsensical proposals to outlaw guns around federal officials and install bulletproof barriers in the congressional gallery only reinforce the growing perception that politicians view their own lives as far more important than the lives of ordinary citizens.”
Paul called the proposals “troubling,” arguing that “this impulse is at odds with the best American traditions of self-reliance and individualism, and it also leads to bad laws and the loss of liberty.” He added that “a large part of our personal safety depends on our ability to defend ourselves.”
Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) have signaled their opposition to stiffer gun restrictions. And third-ranking member of the Senate’s majority, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) admitted Sunday that “there haven’t been the votes in the Congress for gun control,” calling it a “hard” issue.
Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center To Prevent Gun Violence, told Raw Story that “gun-friendly laws” were a culprit in the Tucson shootings, urging stronger background checks to red-flag people with mental illnesses.
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The gun used in Tucson by 22-year-old Jared Lee Loughner was purchased legally by him in November, police said.
A self-described strict constitutionalist, Paul’s stances on issues like war and civil liberties have won him the affections of liberals, but his fierce opposition to gun-control laws puts him in a camp with the staunchest conservatives, who cherish the Second Amendment.
“Our constitutional right to bear arms does not create a society without risks of violent crime, and neither would the strictest gun control laws,” Paul wrote. “Guns and violence are a fact of life.” | 1,266,665 |
Conor McGregor is heading to the U.S to finish off his fight camp ahead of his blockbuster featherweight title unification bout with Jose Aldo on UFC 194 on December 12th, and as well as being aware of just how big an event it’s shaping up to be financially for the organization, he’s also more than happy to take all the credit for it.
“Leaving Ireland today for the West Coast to unify my belt and spearhead the unprecedented $90-100million dollar UFC 194 event,” McGregor boasted on Instagram. “This event along with UFC 189 putting me at close to $200million dollars in revenue generated for this company. All in less than 6months. I am not a company man. I am the company.”
Leaving Ireland today for the West Coast. To unify my belt and spearhead the unprecedented $90-100million dollar UFC 194 event. This event along with UFC 189 putting me at close to $200million dollars in revenue generated for this company. All in less than 6months. I am not a company man. I am the company. A photo posted by Conor McGregor Official (@thenotoriousmma) on Nov 22, 2015 at 10:08pm PST
With Ronda Rousey mania potentially dying down after her shock loss at UFC 193, McGregor does now have a chance to displace her as the UFC’s biggest star if he can overcome Aldo. On the other side of the coin, it would be another huge blow for the UFC if the Irish star loses, particularly if it’s in as decisive a fashion as ‘Rowdy’s’ defeat to Holly Holm.
So far McGregor has always been able to back up his words with action in the Octagon, but he’s never faced an opponent like Aldo who’s remained unbeaten for almost 10 years.
Still, McGregor’s self-belief is unflappable heading into this momentous occasion, and it seems that others in his camp are just as convinced that he’s going to come out on top in just a few weeks time in the fight capital, Las Vegas.
“I really think Conor is going to embarrass Aldo,” McGregor’s striking coach Owen Roddy told Fightland Vice. “I think Aldo is going to come out very aggressive, Conor will make him miss and then he’s going to punish him for that with his devastating striking.”
That’s a bold statement given that Aldo has overcome everyone from the heavy-handed Chad Mendes to an elusive technician like Frankie Edgar during his UFC title reign so far, but in fairness McGregor himself has taken out the likes of Mendes, Dustin Poirier and Max Holloway, so it’s going to be fascinating to see who comes out on top. | 1,266,666 |
Good question. Coda is everything you need to hand-code a website, in one beautiful app.
While the pitch is simple, building Coda was anything but. How do you elegantly wrap everything together? Well, we did it. And today, Coda has grown to be a critical tool for legions of web developers around the world.
More than anything else, Coda is a text editor. It’s got everything you expect: syntax highlighting for tons of languages. Code folding. Project-wide autocomplete. Fast find and replace. Indentation guides. Automatic tag closing. Fast commenting and shifting of code. The works. But Coda’s editor has features you won’t find anywhere else. For example, the Find and Replace has this revolutionary "Wildcard" token that makes RegEx one-button simple. And as you type, Coda Pops let you quickly create colors, gradients, and more, using easy controls. There are nice touches everywhere.
But an incredible text editor is just a nice typewriter if you can’t easily handle all of your files — from anywhere. Coda has battle-tested, deeply integrated file management. Open local files or edit remotely on FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, or Amazon S3 servers. Use the Files tab and move, rename, copy, transfer from server-to-server... anything. Track local changes for remote publishing. There’s even support for Git and Subversion.
Then you’ll want to see what your code looks like. Use our WebKit Preview, which includes a web inspector, debugger, and profiler. Then, on top of that, we added AirPreview, a revolutionary feature that lets you use your iPad and iPhone with Code Editor to Preview pages as you code on your desktop.
Believe it or not, we’ve just scratched the surface. Open Coda’s Sidebar to discover a rich set of utilities that make you work better. Like Clips, which let you create frequently used bits of text that you can insert into your document with special triggers. And project-wide Find and Replace that’ll work across multiple files. There’s also an HTML Validator, a Code Navigator, and more.
Finally, hiding behind the Plus button in the tab bar is a built-in Terminal and MySQL editor, two amazingly powerful Tab Tools. The Terminal can open a local shell or SSH. MySQL lets you define structure, edit data, and more.
And it’s all wrapped up in our Sites, which get you started quickly. Opening a Site sets your file paths, your root URLs, where your files Publish to, source control settings, and more. And with Panic Sync, our free and secure sync service, your sites follow you on any computer.
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modeled on a previous VFP call for the impeachment of Bush, outlining the case against Obama from his unconstitutional unauthorized war in Libya to the ongoing war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, concluding:
“Therefore Be It Resolved that Veterans For Peace call on the U.S. House of Representatives to immediately begin impeachment proceedings against President Barack H. Obama for failure to uphold his sworn oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America from all enemies foreign and domestic, and for his commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity, obstruction of justice and the violation of numerous national and international laws, treaties and conventions.”
Amazingly, however, even after having been passed by a majority of its membership, the leadership of Veterans For Peace has, according to its own rank-and-file, done its level best to conceal the resolution and downplay the call for impeachment. In an article that has been widely circulated online, Phil Restino, the resolution’s chief proponent and a member of the Central Florida chapter of VFP, outlines how, exactly contrary to the Bush impeachment resolution has failed to promote the resolution or even make copies of it available to the public, and was pestered for over a year to make available a copy of the letter to Congress that they were required to send as a result of the resolution calling for Obama’s impeachment.
Last week, Phil Restino joined me on The Corbett Report to talk about Veterans For Peace and its leadership’s total unwillingness to pursue the impeachment of Obama.
When all of the facts are weighed, there is simply no other conclusion possible: the liberal “anti-war” left during the Bush years was never “anti-war” at all. They were anti-Republican. Unjust wars, after all, can only ever really be waged by Republican presidents, and the bombs and drones and instruments of warfare acquire magical properties under Democratic administrations where they only fall on the deserving and take the lives of the guilty.
The saddest part of all of this, of course, is that the prospect of impeachment and the chance for repudiation of the bloodthirsty American government is even further from the realm of political reality than it was under Bush. But another sad truth to fall out from this whole affair is that the left’s harshest critics were completely correct, after all: the anti-war movement was never about war after all. In the end, it turns out, the left now has the blood of Obama’s wars on their own hands.
The silver lining, if ever there was one, is that as a result of all of this there will be more and more waking up to the complete charade of party politics and realizing that a true, honest anti-war movement will have to be built from scratch, completely outside of the two-party duopoly.
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US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Scott Gottlieb has resigned, according to The Washington Post. The move, which Gottlieb has said is because he wants to have more time with his family, supposedly came as a surprise to senior White House officials. Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Alex Azar confirmed the news.
Gottlieb, who became FDA commissioner in May 2017, had been a top official at the agency during the George W. Bush administration. When his name was first floated to head the FDA, critics spotlighted his connections to the industry and his work for pharmaceutical companies like GlaxoSmithKline — work that netted him over $400,000 in pay between 2013 and 2015. Still, he was confirmed with a 57-42 vote in the Senate after promising to divest from several health care companies.
As head of the FDA, Gottlieb made cracking down on e-cigarettes and vaping a key part of his tenure. Just yesterday, the FDA accused Walgreens of illegally selling tobacco products to kids. Gottlieb retweeted a television appearance where he discussed the Walgreens crackdown earlier today.
The action is part of the FDA’s changing relationship with the e-cigarette industry, which was very different earlier in Gottlieb’s tenure. In July 2017, Gottlieb and the FDA gave e-cigarette companies four extra years to apply for the FDA’s approval to keep their products on the market. That gave the industry more time to sell essentially unregulated e-cigarettes and e-liquids.
After e-cig company Juul’s growing popularity with underage vapers hit headlines, however, the FDA began pushing the industry to curb youth vaping. In April, the FDA asked Juul to turn over documents that might explain the explosive rise of the e-cigarette’s popularity with young people. FDA investigators also seized documents when they conducted a surprise inspection of Juul’s San Francisco headquarters in the fall. In November, the FDA announced it would limit the sale of sweet-flavored e-cigarette products in places without strict age-verification procedures. Tobacco stocks like Altria Group and British American Tobacco jumped by 2 percent at the news of Gottlieb’s resignation.
“I’m fortunate for the opportunity that the President of the United States afforded me to lead this outstanding team, at this time, in this period of wonderful scientific advances,” Gottlieb wrote in his resignation letter. Meanwhile, Azar said in a statement that “the public health of our country is better off” because of Gottlieb’s work. Gottlieb will remain in his position for another month.
The FDA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Update March 5, 2019 5:30PM EST: This story was updated to include statements from Gottlieb and Azar. | 1,266,669 |
Motorists still keen to drive despite autonomous tech, survey shows
Date: | Author: Sean Keywood
Most British drivers still want to be able to drive themselves, even if self-driving cars become common, according to new research.
A survey commissioned by Mazda, and carried out by Ipsos MORI, found that 71% of people asked said they would still want to take the wheel, even with self-driving technology available, while only 29% actively welcomed the arrival of autonomous vehicles.
Mazda claims that the research validates its approach to the issue, with the company saying autonomous tech should act as a co-pilot, available when needed to avoid accidents, but with the driver still in control of the driving process.
Mazda says the research, which polled 11,008 European adults including 1,002 in the UK, also found no more support for self-driving cars among younger age groups across Europe, as 18-24-year-olds (33%) were no more likely to welcome self-driving cars than 25-34 year olds (36%) or 35-44 year olds (34%).
In the UK, the research found that 62% of respondents said they had driven 'just for fun' and 81% of those who enjoyed driving said it was because it 'gives them independence'.
In addition, 55% stated that driving is about much more than just getting from A to B and 39% agreed that driving is in danger of becoming a 'forgotten pleasure'.
Mazda UK managing director Jeremy Thomson said: "It's heartening to see that so many British drivers still love driving - yes, self-driving cars are coming and yes they have a role to play, but for us, there is nothing quite like the physical pleasure of driving; the quickening of the pulse, the racing of the heart, the open road, the special moments to treasure and share.
"If you look at the car industry in general, we believe that many manufacturers are taking a lot of driving pleasure away from drivers. At Mazda we are fighting against this and it's clear from the research that there is still a huge percentage of drivers who just want to be behind the wheel.
"In a world that questions the act of driving, and devalues the role of the car and the role of the driver through technological changes, we will continue to challenge convention for the love of driving.
"Our aim is a motorised society free of traffic accidents, and we will help achieve this by continuing to advance the safety fundamentals - driving position, pedal layout, visibility and our Active Driving Display - and we will also continuously develop, update and make standard our advanced safety features.
"Additionally, we aim to make the Mazda Co-Pilot Concept, which uses autonomous driving technologies to allow drivers to enjoy driving with peace of mind, standard by 2025."
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Trump's campaign spending remains remarkably low to this point
Donald Trump's election campaign doubled its spending last month but still lagged far behind US presidential rival Hillary Clinton, figures show.
The Trump campaign spent $18.5m (£14.1m) in July, compared to his Democratic rival's $38m.
Mr Trump spent more than $420,000 on hats, but only started major TV adverts this month.
Separately, the New York Times said an investigation had revealed Mr Trump's firms were at least $650m in debt.
Mr Trump's campaign spending remains remarkably low at this point compared to previous campaigns, including those of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in 2012.
The Trump campaign's $18.5m in July was up from $7.8m in June, according to a Federal Election Commission report released on Saturday.
In terms of fundraising, the Trump campaign brought in $37m for the month, compared to the $52m raised by Mrs Clinton.
August will see a spike in Trump spending, however, as last week $5m was spent on the first TV adverts. The Clinton campaign began TV advertising two months ago and has spent more than $60m so far.
Her campaign staff is around 700, about 10 times more than those on Mr Trump's payroll.
Image caption Ledgers show a Trump spending of more than $420,000 on hats in July
The latest figures show a large sum of the Trump July spending, about 45% of the total, went to the web design and digital marketing firm Giles-Parscale, while millions also went on air travel.
They also show Mr Trump is still paying the firm of sacked campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. The company received $20,000.
Mr Trump has financed much of his own campaign - putting in about $50m.
Meanwhile, the New York Times said its investigation had shown that the $650m of debt among Trump companies was twice the figure in public filings made as part of his White House bid.
It also said that some of the lenders backing his ventures, such as the Bank of China and Goldman Sachs, were institutions he had criticised during his campaign.
The Times also said its examination "underscored how much of Mr Trump's business remains shrouded in mystery. He has declined to disclose his tax returns or allow an independent valuation of his assets."
Separately, Mr Trump again reached out to African-American voters, one of the groups he is lagging behind in significantly in opinion polls.
He cited Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican president, who issued the proclamation freeing slaves.
"I want our party to be a home of the African-American voter once again," he said.
Mr Trump's audience in Fredericksburg, Virginia, was overwhelmingly white. | 1,266,671 |
The naturally aspirated 2.0-litre 4-cylinder SUBARU BOXER engine with direct and port fuel injection provides up to 205 horsepower that is controlled effortlessly by either the 6-speed close-ratio manual transmission or the optional 6-speed automatic transmission with gated shifter with manual mode and paddle shifters.
For 2018, the BRZ introduces a choice of four trim levels into its lineup. The BRZ entry model comes equipped with six-speed manual transmission; new 7-inch infotainment system that includes GPS navigation as well as Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, STARLINK smartphone integration, Bluetooth mobile phone connectivity with voice activation and Bluetooth streaming audio and SiriusXM Satellite Radio; wiper-activated headlights; welcome lighting and one-touch turn signals. The 2018 BRZ Sport-tech is equipped with six-speed automatic transmission, heated front seats, black leather with black Alcantara and red stitching, dual-zone climate control, LED fog lights and proximity key with push-button start. A new trim for 2018, the BRZ Sport-tech RS with six-speed manual transmission becomes an excellent choice for those wanting performance SACHS dampers, performance Brembo brakes and 17-inch gunmetal grey alloy wheels.
The other exciting addition to the 2018 BRZ lineup is the limited edition 2018 BRZ tS, representing new levels of performance and driving thrills. With only 100 units available Canada-wide, the tS – short for "tuned by STI" – comes with impressive levels of steering responsiveness, power and control, as well as sharp good looks, due in part to an exclusive STI carbon fibre rear spoiler that is manually adjustable to fine-tune rear downforce.
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New Jersey public transit was forced to remove the bugs it had installed on its light rail system after a public outcry, but Baltimore's buses and subways remain resolutely under audio surveillance, while in Oakland, the cops hid mics around bus-shelters near the courthouses to capture audio of defendants and their lawyers discussing their cases.
The argument for these things goes, "No one is listening to them unless a crime is committed, and then they're of forensic value — besides, you're in a public place, where you have no expectation of privacy."
We've seen that warehoused surveillance data is intrinsically leaky (anything you collect will probably leak, anything you retain will definitely leak); we've also seen that making the haystacks bigger doesn't make it easier to find the needles hidden in them.
Then there's the chilling effect of knowing that you're under surveillance: it's the cornerstone of the Chinese internet control model, which holds that the easiest way to manage dissent and prevent the transmission of politically unpopular views is to simply let everyone know that everything they say is on the record.
Finally, there's the race/class dimension of all this: public transit is overwhelmingly the province of poor Americans, who are also overwhelmingly racialized Americans. No one is proposing to fill the first class cabins of airlines with hidden mics (though the 9/11 terrorists flew in that cabin), nor are they proposing to bug timeshare jets, even though these would be much easier to hijack (and are subject to fewer searches) than a commercial airliner.
The belief that we should record all speech in "public" places on the off-chance that the recordings can be used later in a crime investigation terminates with mics in the salt-cellars of every diner table, mics on every urban short-hire bicycle, in every elevator, in every building lobby, in every bar. If you support mics on city buses but not on business jets, you're really supporting continuous surveillance of poor people and the freedom to speak freely for the elites.
Tien said transit officials may argue that posting notice that audio surveillance is in use means that anyone who rides those vehicles has consented. "But I don't think that's honestly consent," he said. There are also political and demographic issues at play. Privacy advocates say conversations involving nothing more threatening than strong opinions on politics, or politicians, could be monitored. "It's not just about privacy, it's about freedom of speech," Herold said, "Declaring open season on conversations just because they take place in public or communal space will have a chilling effect." And Tien noted that the surveillance could disproportionately affect low-income groups, "because of the demographics of public transit ridership, especially on city buses."
Big Brother is listening as well as watching
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Lexie is a dog who suffers from allergies and is not allowed to spend her time on the couch. But here we see a totally opposite picture. She has hugged the couch so stubbornly like it is the last thing she would ever enjoy in her doggy life. Knowing that just like people, dogs are susceptible to allergies, as well and sometimes can even be more sensitive than people, the sight of the dog and her so treasured couch won’t leave us ignorant of the feelings of compassion for this dog.
Being aware that her body can’t enjoy the softness of the couch to the whole, Lexie is satisfied with lying on the bed just halfway, though she yearns to be able to slump into the bed with her full length. As she hangs there all sad, with a pleading look and long face, we know that she listens carefully to what her owner has to say and we are clear that she understands everything.
She is conscious of her plight, but like any other dog, Lexie exhibits perfect acting capabilities. She thinks that if just for a split second she closes her eyes, everything will go away and she will be able to enjoy the couch to the fullest. But her owner is more persistent than Lexie, and though you may have never seen more desperate dog, nobody can help her in her downcast low-spirited attempts to keep the sofa for herself. Wagging her tail, she finally gets off the couch stretching her body as if she had a nice long sleep.
When it comes to obsession with things, dogs are real addicts to certain objects, especially play toys. Their obsessively compulsive urges make them hold onto things losing their heads over them. Just like little children get uncontrollable tantrums and show preoccupation with objects they like, the same is true for dogs. This video is a real indicator for such behavior. Meet Lucy the boxer who loves water fountains, especially if it happens to be her own toy and it is in the backyard where she can play with it all day long. She even gets into the action with so much obvious passion that they need to occasionally snap her out of the trance! When she has learned that every time she pushes the button, water comes out of the toy and that gives her the chance to catch it in the air and drink it like a good and skillful dog. And she manages it at almost every attempt! But who needs to drink such an amount of water? Lucy the boxer, of course!
For those few who did not know, let us tell you a little secret about dog videos. The Internet was first conquered by cats: a lazy cat, an angry cat, a cross-eyed cat, a brave cat (Remember the hero cat who saved the little boy from a dog attack? Of course, we all do!), and it is because of amazing dog videos like this one on the top of the page. Watch! Go, go dogs! | 1,266,674 |
The 2016 Buick Cascada is all-new, midsize convertible. There are still plenty News to top-down of course, but especially precious ( Volkswagen Beetle), pony ( Ford Mustang) premium or ( BMW 4 Series, Audi A5) variety. It’s curious, seeing introduces the 2016 Buick Cascada, a department of the two soft-top convertible large enough to seat four and comfort of passengers. The Savvy car spotters Global’ll like passing 2016 Buick Cascada and the example of Opel is available in Europe and other markets. The 2016 Buick Cascada reportedly will use the same basic chassis bodywork And as Opel, but also to ride seats are tailored to high willingly American.
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Although the 2016 Buick shares STI chassis design model 2016 Buick Cascada and European Opel, in America it will share STI front suspension with the 2016 Buick Regal and 2016 Buick Lacrosse. Hopefully this combine Buick’s signature comfort With The interesting ride, handling responsive we’ve enjoyed in the Regal.
The soft top in seconds allo-correlated 17 (And you can do a maximum speed of 31 mph), and heated seats and a heated steering wheel Should Take the chill off cold-weather driving. The 2016 Buick Cascada gives passengers Real Create a two-seat convertible and not many today can say. Buick has not yet announced the rear seat ratings, but six feet, 3 inch Our editor Praised open space after after sitting on a set of seat an adult driver of average height.
The 2016 Buick Cascada And gives legal trunk space: 13.4 cubic With The top up or Camaro Mustang convertible – and 9.8 With The top stowed away. The split rear seat-backs electronic zululand And long to charge. Other noteworthy features include 20-inch alloy wheels, onboard WiFi 4G LTE connectivity, Siri Eyes Free (hands-free calling and text messaging), navigation system with the latest Buick’s IntelliLink, paid in a rear camera, built parking sensors and Lane warning to leave.
2016 Buick Cascada Engine
The 2016 Buick Cascada 1.6-liter turbocharged use-cylinder rated 200 horsepower 206 engine pound-feet of torque. It pairs with the transmission six-speed automatic power to send the front wheels. The 2016 Buick Cascada humility numbers will not win many drivers working-minded, but it should be enough comfortable those seeking cruiser convertible.
2016 Buick Cascada Price
Buick has not announced pricing for the 2016 Buick Cascada, but Given STI collection of features, size and performance, Its expect it to start in the low $30,000. The 2016 Buick Cascada Should go on sale in early 2016. | 1,266,675 |
A couple in central Alberta have filled their home with Christmas joy, including mistletoe, Santa Claus figurines, holly, nutcrackers — and 90 artificial trees decorated with thousands of ornaments in themes from Halloween to gay pride.
"Every room has trees. Every bathroom has trees," Vince Jackman told the Calgary Eyeopener.
Jackman and his partner, Tom Kereluk, started decorating artificial trees about 13 years ago in their home in Red Deer, Alta. Now they share their display with friends and the public to raise money for charity.
Each year they've added a few more trees to accommodate their growing collection of ornaments, gleaned from their travels around the world.
"That's how it works, a few more each year," Kereluk said.
A tree is decorated with the colours of the rainbow for the LGBT community. (Lisa Robinson/CBC)
The trees reflect those trips. They've got one for each Disney destination, Venice, Ukraine, two for Las Vegas, and a prize tree in the master bedroom for Bali and Indonesia, places they visit each year.
There's also a poinsettia tree, a Star Wars tree, a wilderness tree, one covered in hand-blown glass ornaments and another with figurines dressed in designer labels.
You just have to see people when they come. Their eyes light up. - Tom Kereluk
In their basement, "where Christmas threw up," as Kereluk says, they have a full Christmas village on top of a hot tub.
They use their elaborate festive home to raise money for a local charity. They host an annual party for friends at Christmas, when Kereluk serves sweet and savoury cheesecakes, and hold prearranged tours with members of the public.
The couple raise money for their local animal shelters by throwing a Christmas party each year, using the multitude of trees as a draw. (Lisa Robinson/CBC)
This year they've chosen the Central Alberta Humane Society and have already raised about $5,000.
"We make it bigger and bigger each year. You just have to see people when they come," Kereluk said. "Their eyes light up. There's more and more people that come through the house each year."
When the CBC's Lisa Robinson was visiting on the weekend, they had another tree in the garage waiting to be set up.
"Next year, there will be 100 trees in the house," Jackman told her.
"I think you're going to have to buy another house after that," Kereluk said jokingly.
If you're interested in helping the fundraiser and booking a tour, email [email protected].
With files from Lisa Robinson and the Calgary Eyeopener | 1,266,676 |
A law student has become subject of an investigation by his university after allegedly mocking Islamic State (formerly ISIL/ISIS) on social media and undermining minority students’ safety.
Robbie Travers, a third-year-law student at Edinburgh University, is being investigated after an official who carried out the preliminary investigation claimed he had committed a “hate crime.” No criminal investigation, however, has been opened by the police.
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Travers posted the allegedly-racist material on Facebook in the aftermath of the US Air Force bombing an IS stronghold in Afghanistan back in April.
“Excellent news that the US administration and Trump ordered an accurate strike on an IS network of tunnels in Afghanistan.
“I'm glad we could bring these barbarians a step closer to collecting their 72 virgins,” Travers wrote.
Although he acknowledged that his comments were highly opinionated, Travers denied they were of a racist nature.
“I am deeply worried that I am being investigated for comments which are expressions of opinion in a jovial way... I do not incite the harassment or racist treatment, nor attack anyone with an illegal suggestion or suggest, indeed, that they be deprived of their human rights,” he said, according to the Times.
The investigation was prompted by a complaint filed by second-year history student Esme Allman, who said Travers’ comments amounted to “blatant Islamophobia.”
Allman filed a complaint saying, “Not only do I believe this behaviour to be in breach of the student code of conduct, but his decision to target the BME Liberation Group at the University of Edinburgh, and how he has chosen to do so, puts minority students at risk and in a state of panic and fear while attending the University of Edinburgh.”
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However according to the Times, Travers said the complaint came in retaliation to him highlighting that Allman, who is also the former black and ethnic minority convener of the university’s Students’ Association, had said all black men are “trash.”
Allman identifies herself online as “a self-proclaimed feminist” seeking to create an all-inclusive community.
“I value inclusivity as well as building and preserving safe spaces for us. Creating a truly intersectional campaign is incredibly important to me and my first job will be to work alongside the other liberation groups to ensure EUSA are fully representative of our views.”
A university spokesman confirmed that “complaints alleging misconduct have been received against Mr. Travers and these are being investigated.
“We are committed to providing an environment in which all members of the university community treat each other with dignity and respect and our code of student conduct sets out clear expectations of behaviour,” the Times quoted him as saying. | 1,266,677 |
Over just one month of player, coach, and owner protests of the flag and National Anthem, the National Football League has gone from America's sport to the least liked of top professional and college sports, according to a new poll.
From the end of August to the end of September, the favorable ratings for the NFL have dropped from 57 percent to 44 percent, and it has the highest unfavorable rating – 40 percent – of any big sport, according to the Winston Group survey provided exclusively to Secrets.
Dallas Cowboys took a knee before the playing of the National Anthem. AP Photo
Worse for football, which was already seeing lower TV ratings and empty stadium seats, the month of protests and complaints about them from President Trump drove core fans, men 34-54, away, the most significant indicator that NFL brass aren't in touch with their base.
The Winston Poll from the Washington-based Winston Group found that the attitude of those fans went from an August rating of 73 percent favorable and 19 percent unfavorable to 42 percent favorable and 47 percent unfavorable, a remarkable turn against the sport.
According to the poll analysis, "more critically for the NFL, the fall off in favorables occurred among important audiences. Among males, NFL favorables fell 23 percent, going from 68 percent to 45 percent. In looking at a more specific audience, males 34-54, NFL favorables fell 31 percent, going from 73 percent to 42 percent. Among this group the NFL has a surprising negative image, as it went from +54 percent in August to -5 percent in September."
The Winston Poll was of brand images for the NFL, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and college football and basketball. It was of 1,000 registered voters and taken August 29-30 and then again September 28-29.
In August, baseball had the highest favorables, just a few points above the NFL.
August Winston Poll
MLB/61 percent favorable to 13 percent unfavorable.
NFL/57 percent favorable to 23 percent unfavorable.
College football/53 percent favorable to 16 percent unfavorable.
College basketball/48 percent favorable to 17 percent unfavorable.
NBA/47 percent unfavorable to 23 percent unfavorable.
September Winston Poll
MLB/63 percent favorable to 16 percent unfavorable.
College football/51 percent favorable to 21 percent unfavorable.
NBA/46 percent favorable to 28 percent unfavorable.
College basketball/45 percent favorable to 25 percent unfavorable.
NFL/44 percent favorable to 40 percent unfavorable.
During the month, the college basketball drop was likely influenced by the suspension of Louisville Coach Rick Pitino who is linked to a scandal.
According to the Winston Poll, every category of NFL fan saw a drop in support.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at [email protected] | 1,266,678 |
.a. the Whitelabel Error Page) and a JSON response for RESTful, non-HTML requests:
{ "timestamp": "2019-01-17T16:12:45.977+0000", "status": 500, "error": "Internal Server Error", "message": "Error processing the request!", "path": "/my-endpoint-with-exceptions" }
As usual, Spring Boot allows configuring these features with properties:
server.error.whitelabel.enabled: can be used to disable the Whitelabel Error Page and rely on the servlet container to provide an HTML error message
server.error.include-stacktrace: with an always value; includes the stacktrace in both the HTML and the JSON default response
Apart from these properties, we can provide our own view-resolver mapping for /error, overriding the Whitelabel Page.
We can also customize the attributes that we want to show in the response by including an ErrorAttributes bean in the context. We can extend the DefaultErrorAttributes class provided by Spring Boot to make things easier:
@Component public class MyCustomErrorAttributes extends DefaultErrorAttributes { @Override public Map<String, Object> getErrorAttributes( WebRequest webRequest, boolean includeStackTrace) { Map<String, Object> errorAttributes = super.getErrorAttributes(webRequest, includeStackTrace); errorAttributes.put("locale", webRequest.getLocale().toString()); errorAttributes.remove("error"); //... return errorAttributes; } }
If we want to go further and define (or override) how the application will handle errors for a particular content type, we can register an ErrorController bean.
Again, we can make use of the default BasicErrorController provided by Spring Boot to help us out.
For example, imagine we want to customize how our application handles errors triggered in XML endpoints. All we have to do is define a public method using the @RequestMapping, and stating it produces application/xml media type:
@Component public class MyErrorController extends BasicErrorController { public MyErrorController(ErrorAttributes errorAttributes) { super(errorAttributes, new ErrorProperties()); } @RequestMapping(produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE) public ResponseEntity<Map<String, Object>> xmlError(HttpServletRequest request) { //... } }
8. Conclusion
This article discussed several ways to implement an exception handling mechanism for a REST API in Spring, starting with the older mechanism and continuing with the Spring 3.2 support and into 4.x and 5.x.
As always, the code presented in this article is available over on GitHub.
For the Spring Security-related code, you can check the spring-security-rest module. | 1,266,679 |
Jared Kushner Jared Corey KushnerAbraham Accords: New hope for peace in Middle East Tenants in Kushner building file lawsuit alleging dangerous living conditions Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing MORE, President Trump Donald John TrumpHR McMaster says president's policy to withdraw troops from Afghanistan is 'unwise' Cast of 'Parks and Rec' reunite for virtual town hall to address Wisconsin voters Biden says Trump should step down over coronavirus response MORE's son-in-law and senior adviser, has reportedly come under scrutiny in the FBI's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
The FBI's focus on Kushner does not necessarily mean he is suspected of a crime, nor is he considered a subject of the bureau's wider Russia probe in the same manner as national security adviser Michael Flynn, NBC News reported.
Instead, investigators are looking into meetings that Kushner had with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak and a Russian banking executive late last year during the presidential transition, The Washington Post reported.
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The Post reported last week that the law enforcement investigation into Russian election meddling had identified a current White House official as a person of interest, though the identity of that person was not revealed at the time.
Kushner is among Trump's most influential aides in the White House and has been tasked by the president with a sweeping agenda in his administration.
The revelation that Kushner is being looked at as part of the Russia investigation comes little more than two weeks after Trump abruptly fired FBI Director James Comey James Brien ComeyTrump jabs at FBI director over testimony on Russia, antifa Graham: Comey to testify about FBI's Russia probe, Mueller declined invitation Barr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' MORE, who was charged with overseeing the probe, at the time.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last week appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE as special counsel to oversee the investigation. Separately, at least four congressional committees are conducting their own probes into the matter.
While the FBI, so far, has focused on figures like Flynn and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, Kushner is the first known current White House official to fall under scrutiny.
The Democratic National Committee, which was the target of computer hacking last summer believed to be tied to Russia, called on the White House to suspend Kushner’s security clearance.
“The FBI’s Russia investigation reached Trump’s backyard, and now it’s in his house," DNC deputy communications director Adrienne Watson said in a statement Thursday. "Kushner’s security clearance should be suspended until the FBI’s findings are complete." | 1,266,680 |
The feminist writer and political activist Naomi Wolf, 49, is the author of The Beauty Myth. She recently published Vagina: A New Biography
When Obama was elected I was hopeful and fearful at the same time. I was excited about his inaugural promise to close Guantánamo and I believed that he meant it. The suppression of civil liberties is more critical than any other issue we have right now in America, and I would say globally as well. I was hopeful but I knew that the vested interests that benefit from terror theatre and endless war are so powerful that no single president is powerful enough to completely resist that pressure.
So you know where I'm going here: I'm awfully disappointed. In terms of civil liberties his record has been shockingly, alarmingly disappointing. He has carried on the policies initiated by Bush's justice department of suppressing information under the guise of state secrets. I've been witnessing his personal appeal to pass the National Defence Authorisation Act, an unspeakable legislation that would give him the power to detain any US citizen indefinitely without charge or trial. He's covered up efforts to investigate torture. And Guantánamo still has almost 170 men in it who have never been charged or tried, and there's no hope of getting them out anytime soon.
It's hard to know how much power any American president has at this point in time. We're much more like many Latin-American "democracies" in which there is a nominal head of state who cannot really take on the military-industrial complex. But he could certainly have tried harder than he has.
Has there been anything positive about his presidency? The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America but they're not gone. We drew down some of our presence in Iraq and we're minimally drawing down some of our presence in Afghanistan but at the same time we're enshrining abuses in prison systems there that aren't going away. Has he passed important environmental legislation? I'm not aware of it. Has he bucked up the failing public schools? Not substantially. His big "achievement" is Obamacare, but I'm not at all sure that it isn't actually a gift for the insurance industry.
Has he changed the way Americans are perceived abroad? Yes, but not in a good way. He raised hope throughout the Middle East that he'd have a more international perspective and a more even-handed approach to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but if you go to Egypt now people feel incredibly betrayed. He's perceived as locking up Muslims against process and not punishing people who abuse Muslim prisoners. America used to stand for something in the world – we set a benchmark on human rights. Now we can't even challenge China for locking up Ai Weiwei, because we showed the world how to lock people up without charge or trial. If I could ask Obama one question, I'd ask him this: how do you sleep at night? | 1,266,681 |
Morgan Stanley has done research into online cryptocurrency exchanges.
The research shows that the majority of trading volume flows through exchanges registered in Malta.
The United Kingdom has the highest number of legally registered exchanges but accounts for just 1% of trading volumes.
LONDON — The majority of cryptocurrency exchanges are based in the UK, but the vast amount of volume flows through the small island of Malta, new research shows.
Morgan Stanley analyst Sheena Shah and her team sent a note to clients this week examining cryptocurrency exchanges around the world. Exchanges are the venues on which cryptocurrencies trade and the biggest can see daily trading volumes in the billions.
The investment bank's research shows that the majority of volumes flow, at least nominally, through Malta. This is largely down to Binance, one of the biggest exchanges in the world, recently announcing plans to shift its legal headquarters to the small European island.
"The largest exchange called Binance announced intentions to set up headquarters there, so if we take that company out, Malta would be much further down the list," Shah and her team wrote.
"Binance said that it was moving away from Asia (currently registered in Hong Kong) due to more stringent regulation, especially from Japan. The third-largest exchange, OKEx, also recently announced that it was opening an office in Malta as the government markets itself as "Blockchain Island"."
While Malta dominates when it comes to volumes, the United Kingdom is actually the location of the largest number of exchanges — although the UK accounts for just 1% of global trading volumes, Morgan Stanley notes.
"Most are in the UK, Hong Kong and the US," Shah and her team note. "The three countries have relatively large financial centres and the US has a technology focus in Silicon Valley.
"There are six exchanges located in India but many are likely to have to shut down or relocate as this month the central bank ordered commercial banks to close accounts with exchanges."
Cryptocurrency exchanges have come under increasing scrutiny from regulators worldwide as more and more money as flowed into the sector over the last year. While some countries such as India and the US have sought to crackdown on the activity, countries and territories such as Switzerland, Gibraltar, and Malta have sought to attract the nascent industry to their shores.
"The blockchain and cryptocurrency industry is growing rapidly and can have economic benefits for a particular country through the creation of start-ups (good for jobs), research and development and financial transactions," Shah and team write. "Governments are having to consider their regulatory stance quickly."
"Defined but also attractive regulation makes an exchange decide to choose one country over another – a set of laws for companies to follow when handling digital tokens, customer assets, AML policies, taxes, etc. Regulatory certainty is part of the attractiveness for the companies so they can plan for the future as they know what to expect. Low taxes are a benefit." | 1,266,682 |
Since 2014, Modi government has attacked democracy in insidious ways. This attack has weakened institutional foundations of democracy in India. The government has subverted the bureaucracy, politicised the defence services, changed statistical models to suit itself.
It is a failed government, which has fooled people into believing that India has finally found its place under the sun. Grandiose schemes like the Bullet Train, even while the Railway system creaks and ordinary passengers suffer, smart cities and reckless public expenditure to build a personality cult around Prime Minister Narendra Modi are also aspects that need to be questioned.
This government must also go because of its criminal neglect of major public sector units. ONGC, a cash rich Navaratna company, has been milked by this government to bail out the Prime Minister’s pet company Gujarat Petroleum Development Corporation. Public Sector BSNL has been sacrificed at the altar of private telecom players, especially Reliance. Life Insurance Corporation has been forced to invest in companies in which ruling politicians have a stake. The plight of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and ordnance factories are also fairly well known.
So much so that employees of Air India, BSNL, etc. are finding it difficult to get their salary on time. How many more reasons must one cite to establish that Narendra Modi squandered a golden opportunity when the BJP became in 2014 the first political party in 30 years to secure a full majority in the Lok Sabha on its own?
He squandered his majority and he also squandered the opportunity provided by the sharp decline in price of international fuel prices between 2014 and 2017. This was the period when oil prices in the international market plunged from $140 a barrel to $35 a barrel. But in India, consumers continued to pay high prices for petroleum products.
The following are some of the reasons why voters must vote the Modi government out.
1. The Modi government for the first time has legitimised foreign funding and anonymous corporate donations to political parties in the form of electoral bonds.
2. The Modi regime has undermined institutions, subverted separation of powers and used executive power arbitrarily for sectarian and corrupt purposes.
3. It has diminished the legislative authority of Parliament, hidden information from parliamentary committees, and used Parliament as a platform for political abuse.
4. The use of CBI against political opponents, meddling in its functioning - including subverting its internal structure with the help of hand-picked officials is one of its infamous deeds.
5. It has lied to the judiciary, and interfered in judicial appointments with mala-fide intentions.
6. Governors appointed by it in states ruled by opposition parties have acted shamelessly as its agents.
7. The Cabinet system is in shambles, the principle of collective responsibility thrown to the winds. The PMO and a clutch of favoured officials and non-constitutional authorities such as the NSA have usurped power to take major decisions. | 1,266,683 |
Sondland testifed.
Over the course of this year, US diplomats gradually became aware that Giuliani was now the fulcrum of the action in US-Ukraine relations.
James Baker, the former FBI general counsel, told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that any argument that Giuliani was not acting at the behest of the President would not be credible.
"Applying your common sense to this situation, you would think that of course the President was acting through Giuliani," Baker said.
"If the use of Giuliani was to create some sort of plausible deniability like in Iran-Contra, I don't think it works, because it just doesn't make sense."
Biden claims 'not credible'
The former US envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker, said that he told Giuliani his claims that Biden was acting corruptly in Kiev on behalf of his son Hunter were "simply not credible." There is no evidence to support Trump's claims that the former vice president or his son did anything wrong in Ukraine.
"I've known him a long time, he's a person of integrity," Volker said he told Giuliani and his now indicted associate Lev Parnas at breakfast on July 19 at the Trump hotel in Washington.
Volker's testimony also establishes that Giuliani had a pipeline to Trump in Ukraine matters and was painting a dark picture of new President Volodymyr Zelensky to the US leader.
"He knows all of these things and they have got some bad people around him," Volker paraphrased the President as saying, when testifying about what he called the "Giuliani factor."
Volker also revealed that the Ukrainians knew how to open a direct channel to Trump -- through Giuliani.
Eventually, the President's fixer became a "problem" the special envoy said.
"The negative narrative which Mr Giuliani was furthering was the problem... it was impeding our ability to build the relationship the way we should be doing," he said.
Volker was not the only one frustrated.
Then-National Security Adviser John Bolton saw Giuliani as a "hand grenade" who was "going to blow everybody up," according to a yet-to-be-released deposition by former top White House Russia expert Fiona Hill, sources told CNN last month
Giuliani appears to have been orchestrating the potential quid pro quo that could get Trump impeached.
He insisted that a draft statement that the Ukrainians were preparing to issue at one point about corruption include references to Burisma, the energy giant that employed Hunter Biden, and a 2016 conspiracy theory that Ukrainians and not the Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential election.
"Rudy says: 'Well, if it doesn't say Burisma and if it doesn't say 2016, what does it mean?' Giuliani said, 'You know it's not credible," according to Volker's testimony. | 1,266,684 |
AUSTIN, Texas -- Baylor freshman Trayvon Bromell made a sparkling debut in the 100 meters on Saturday at the Texas Relays.
Bromell set a meet record by winning in 10.01 seconds, a victory that came barely 24 hours after he first smashed the old mark with the top time in qualifying.
Two records in two days at one of the premiere track events of the year in the U.S. is a quite a statement from the 18-year-old who was the 2013 Gatorade national boys track athlete of the year in St. Petersburg, Fla.
"I just wanted to get my name out there and let people know I could run with the big dogs, too," Bromell said. "It's business. I want to make this a career."
Bromell has only been running track full time since his junior year in high school. He had broken both knees in separate injuries in junior high and high school and now he's chasing a potential NCAA championship his first season in college.
He ran the 200 a week ago at a meet at TCU and won in his first outdoors meet. But he saved his much-anticipated debut in the 100 for the Texas Relays in front of a crowd that approached 20,000 at Texas. His qualifying time of 10.02 on Friday broke the meet record of 10.06 set by Texas A&M's Gerald Phiri in 2011 final.
Bromell was in total control of the race Saturday.
Despite a wobbly start, Bromell quickly settled into the lead and cruised to the finish line. His 10.01 was by far the fastest time in the world this year and tied the world junior record. Clemson's Reggie Lewis was second at 10.15.
Bromell also got a bit lucky. On a day when many races were tagged as wind-aided, the northerly breeze died down just in time for Bromell's race to be wind legal.
"To come out and run that fast this early is very, very impressive," Baylor coach Todd Harbour said. "I expected him to run fast down here, because you always see great times at the Texas Relays, but to open up with that kind of effort is huge. Who knows what is to come, but today was a great place to start."
The Texas A&M men won the 800 relay for the third consecutive year, with a world-leading 1:20.78, matching the winning time they ran a year ago. The Aggies' Wayne Davis II also won the men's 110 hurdles in a wind-aided 13:45. The Florida men set a Texas Relays record in the 400 relay, winning in 38.29.
Mississippi's Ricky Robertson won the men's high jump at 7 feet, 6 inches. Robertson pushed for 7-8, but hit the bar on all three attempts. | 1,266,685 |
, Zichermann suggests, whereas they may be excited by the prospect of ranking higher in the corporate hierarchy, or getting privileged access to a motivational event. On the other hand, Larry in the warehouse may not really care about having lunch with the head honcho, but he might really want a new stereo system.
This portability extends beyond internal company economies, and creates the potential for employee incentive programs to bridge with, say, customer loyalty programs from third party companies. If customer loyalty programs began supporting bitcoin, then it could become a means of porting value between the programs.
Why would companies operating points-based customer loyalty programs want this to happen? One of the biggest problems for any points-based program is that they can be hard to sustain economically. They can suffer from inflation, meaning that the number of points needed for a reward goes up over time. There’s an example here, and another here.
“By being more convertible, you’d create more opportunities for deflation to occur,” Zichermann says. “If you could take points and spend them on a wider array of things, it would keep inflation under control.”
Zichermann speaks to many companies in the incentive program space, both for employees and for customers, and says that there is strong interest in using bitcoin as the basis for their loyalty and engagement programs. Patrick Murck, general counsel for the Bitcoin Foundation, came to speak at Gamification Corp.’s GSummit conference in San Francisco this year. The likes of Murck speaking at a gamification and employee incentive conference indicates the potential for a crossover between both internal and external incentive programs, and the cryptocurrency world.
Would companies running their own non-interchangeable points reward programs want to begin accepting bitcoin? Possibly not. After all, by controlling their own points in a closed system, they get to set the value of a room, or airline flight, for points holders. But if bitcoin makes enough inroads into the employee incentive space, and establishes a foothold in the customer loyalty world, they may not have a choice. Increased portability between other loyalty programs would eventually decrease the attraction of a closed loop system, forcing their hand.
We’re already seeing some interesting developments. Perk, a rewards system that offers points and prizes to consumers when they search and shop using its web browser, is now offering bitcoin rewards, for example.
We have a long way to go before you’ll be converting bitcoins earned in one loyalty program into Aeroplan points, but Zichermann believes that over time, the cryptocurrency will eat away at ‘walled garden’ points programs currently dominating both employee and customer incentive and loyalty schemes. Many may argue that this is unrealistic. But then, they probably said that about bitcoin and gift cards, before Gyft’s deal with BitPay made that a reality, too. | 1,266,686 |
His hand gestures were expansive in ways that his policies obviously aren’t. His words were elastic in ways that his mind obviously isn’t.
Without a trace of irony, he insisted he would not shy away from those who threaten the Jewish people. “We must never ignore the vile poison of anti-Semitism, or those who spread its venomous creed,” said the man who described the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville as some very fine people.
The only life in the speech came from the split decision on the faces of the two people seated behind him. Vice-president Mike Pence smiled with all the sincerity that his android builders had hardwired into his circuit boards. House speaker Nancy Pelosi puckered up like she was enduring a full gallon of fresh lemons.
The Trump doctrine, such as it is, found its fullest expression in the carefully crafted – and sometimes rhythmically rhyming – phrases that tripped and slipped from Trump’s lips. Channeling his inner Charlie Sheen, and as much tiger blood as courses through his veins he insisted “America is winning each and every day”.
The madness is pouring out of the White House now, for all to see | Richard Wolffe Read more
But wait. There are clouds on the horizon: strange celestial illuminations that portend no good. They could imperil us all, or perhaps just those among us who go by the name of Trump.
“An economic miracle is taking place in the United States – and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics, or ridiculous partisan investigations,” said the Trump patriarch. “If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation.”
Play Video 1:13 Trump accuses Democrats of ‘ridiculous partisan investigations’ at State of the Union – video
As rhyming slogans go, this is notch below “BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!” But in terms of proto-national emergencies, Mueller’s many-headed investigations and indictments are far more pressing to this president than the one he’s faking at the border.
Which helps explain his curious choice of guest: a schoolboy who shares his last name and has been sadly mistreated by his school friends as a result. The whole schtick about inviting guests to a state of the union is to open the aperture to the world outside. In Trump’s case, the world outside extends to people with the same name suffering from his own reputation.
Let’s face it. The state of the union bores President Trump as much as he bored us while delivering it. All that time wasted talking about the state of the union, when he really wanted to talk about the state of Trump. Perhaps he could rebrand it in time for his final delivery next year. | 1,266,687 |
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– Five Musketeers scored in double figures as Xavier men's basketball topped Northwood, 97-77, in its lone exhibition game in front of over 9,000 fans on Saturday afternoon at Cintas Center.finished with 17 points, including 6-of-7 shooting on free throws, to lead the Musketeers., andeach added 14 whilefinished with 12 after scoring 10 points after halftime to lead all scorers for the second period.Six early points from Abell gave the Musketeers a 9-7 lead just over three minutes into the game. Northwood grabbed the 11-9 lead with 15:47 remaining in the first before the Musketeers put together an 11-0 run to go ahead 20-11 with 12 minutes remaining in the half. Macura's seven points off the bench sparked the Musketeers' run to give Xavier the lead for the rest of the afternoon.The Musketeers led by as many as 16 in the first half, holding the 38-22 advantage with just over six minutes remaining before halftime. Macura's 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting led Xavier in the first 20 minutes. Bluiett added 10 and Sumner added nine points to give the Musketeers the 52-38 lead at the half.Bluiett grabbed a team-high six rebounds in the first half, including three off the offensive glass, as the Musketeers out-rebounded Northwood, 24-15, before the break.A 10-0 run early in the second half pushed the Xavier lead out to 21, 65-44, with 15:05 remaining in the game. The Musketeers pushed the lead out to 23 before the Timberwolves climbed back to within 16 with just over nine minutes remaining, the closest the Timberwolves would get the rest of the way.In the closing minutes of the game Xavier extended its lead out to its largest of the game at 28, leading 93-65 with 4:49 remaining after a 10-0 run. Five of Austin's 10 second-half points fueled the run to put the game firmly in-hand for the Musketeers. Xavier maintained a lead of at least 20 the rest of the way, with a three pointer at the buzzer for Northwood setting the final score at 97-77.dished out a game-high seven assists to go with nine points. Bluiett grabbed nine rebounds, including five offensive boards, while Reynolds and Farr added seven each to help the Musketeers out-rebound the Timberwolves, 46-30.Northwood's Maurice Jones led all scorers with 20 points.Xavier opens its regular season on Friday, November 13 when the Musketeers host the Miami Redhawks. Tip is set for 7:00 p.m. on FOX College Network. Stay tuned to GoXavier.com for more information. | 1,266,688 |
The United Nations accused "elements" of the Congolese army on Tuesday of digging most of the mass graves it has identified in the insurrection-ravaged Kasai region of central Democratic Republic of Congo.
The report by the UN Joint Human Rights Office in Congo (UNJHRO) is the first time the UN has directly suggested that government forces dug the graves.
Congo's human rights minister was not immediately available for comment, but the government has repeatedly denied its troops were responsible for dozens of mass graves discovered since the Kamuina Nsapu group launched an insurrection last August and called for the departure of government forces from the area.
The Atlantic to Kinshasa: A journey on the River Congo
"As of June 30, 2017, UNJHRO had identified a total of 42 mass graves in these three provinces (of Kasai), most of which would have been dug by (Congolese army) elements following clashes with presumed militia members," the report said.
Earlier this month, the UNJHRO said it had identified 38 more probable mass graves in the western part of Kasai, bringing the total number to 80.
More than 3,000 people have been killed and 1.4 million displaced in the violence, part of growing unrest in the country since President Joseph Kabila refused to step down when his mandate expired in December.
The violence has triggered fears of a wider conflict in the large central African country, a tinderbox of ethnic rivalry and competing claims over mineral resources. Millions died in civil wars between 1996 and 2003, mostly from hunger and disease.
The government has blamed the Kamuina Nsapu group for the mass graves and also claimed that some of the sites identified by UN investigators have turned out not to contain bodies.
It also denies UN allegations that its troops have systematically used excessive force, although a court convicted seven soldiers this month for murdering suspected rebel fighters in a massacre that was caught on video.
Last month, the UN Human Rights Council approved an international inquiry into the violence in Kasai. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is expected soon to name a team of experts to lead the probe.
Over 2,800 human rights violations in 2017 so far
Meanwhile, there have been more than 2,800 human rights violations recorded in Congo since the beginning of the year, the UN said on Tuesday.
Most of these violations took place in Kasai province, the UN High Commission for Human Rights said.
More than 170 people have been detained for political activity, the UN said.
The country's armed forces have been responsible for most of the killings in the country, with 491 deaths in the Kasai province alone, including 140 children. Many of these were during clashes with rebel fighters.
The international rights organisation also recorded violations in the capital, Kinshasa, where protests have taken place. | 1,266,689 |
I've learned is that someone trying to give you logic when you're in that state of mind will not have an impact. Your brain will not process it because you can only function at level your headspace is at, and I must say that was pretty shallow."
Shame is Ross' worst hangover these days.
"I've got a lot of of it," he says. "I'm ashamed of treating people the way I did, begging for money, just not being kind to friends. I'm ashamed of my actions and the stress they would have caused my parents."
Ross acknowledges he can't change the past, so says he works hard to make sure his present and future actions outweigh his Rupert period.
He reckons his mum's Rupert-Ross distinction helps him with that – "it's not passing the buck, but it can help you distinguish between normality and the craziness of addiction," he says.
"I know I'm not capable of shoplifting. Ross doesn't steal, he's not a criminal. And Ross didn't drink and drive – I'm lucky I didn't kill someone, or myself. You just don't think of the consequences when you're an addict."
THE SIMPLE LIFE
Ross re-trained and now works in the drug and alcohol rehabilitation sector; he earns less than his pre-homeless salary, but lives more simply – and says he couldn't be happier.
"My life is completely different to what I ever expected," he says.
"I never thought I'd be involved with gang members, for instance. Gang members, people without teeth, sex workers, housewives, straight businessmen, you name it, you never know who'll walk in the door to rehab next."
He's also got two young children, a boy and a girl. Ross had never dreamed he'd experience fatherhood, as a gay man, but met a lesbian couple in rehab who desperately wanted a family. The trio grew close, and the women ended up asking Ross to be their sperm donor – twice. The kids have mum, mama, and dada, and they all get together on Saturdays. While Ross doesn't have day-to-day parental duties, he loves being a dad.
"I sometimes cry because it makes everything all worthwhile," he says.
"The fact that I could give two wonderful people I never would have met otherwise such a gift... If there's a big picture up there that says 'get drunk, knock up a couple of lesbians' – then I'm winning."
WHERE TO GET HELP
Alcohol Drug Helpline (open 24/7) – 0800 787 797. You can also text 8691 for free.
Alcoholics Anonymous New Zealand – 0800 2296757
Higher Ground Drug Rehabilitation Trust – (09) 834 0017 (Auckland only) | 1,266,690 |
A LIVE streaming app used by online gamers to broadcast their game-play has been embroiled in controversy after a user was allegedly recorded sexually assaulting his girlfriend when his computer microphone was accidentally left on.
Twitch allows gaming fans to follow other players during the action but some users were subject to horrifying audio accidentally captured on the platform this week.
No vision of the incident was recorded but the disturbing audio was posted online and quickly began circulating, much to the horror of gamers everywhere. The audio can still be found online but is far too disturbing to be published here.
A very distressed woman can be heard screaming at a man to get off her during the audio recording.
The Twitch account belonged to a user named Joedaddy505 and has since been “closed... due to terms of service violations.”
A number of Twitter users expressed their outrage while at least one social media vigilante released the personal information of the man believed to be responsible for the attack.
Some scum was on twitch beating a girl.No video proof but the audio is horrifying. Joedaddy505 needs to rot in jail for the rest of his life — EchoKittie :3 (@EchoKittie) May 4, 2016
I don't say negative things often, but after hearing that audio of JoeDaddy505 with that chick, I hope he rots in hell. — Doc (@Ebambs) May 4, 2016
joedaddy505 on twitch is a repulsive human being. I don't even think he's a human being. Don't look for the vid/audio. Mute. Block. — literal.trash (@elfhybrid_) May 4, 2016
.@joedaddy505 hey man, just wanted to let you know that you're a worthless human being. Take a swig of bleach. That is all. — Quinn Knight (@qknightz) May 4, 2016
After a number on netizens tracked Joedaddy505’s Twitch account to his other social media profiles, he was inundated with abuse.
However Joedaddy505 claimed it was “all a misunderstanding” and said: “I’m sorry this happened I learned my lesson.”
Despite sounding very intoxicated in the audio, Joedaddy505 claimed he had only had a couple of drinks before the incident took place.
In a statement provided to Ars Technica, Twitch said it only shares the identity of its user with police in the event of a “valid legal process.”
It would not comment on the particular case involving Joedaddy505.
“Twitch reaches out to appropriate law enforcement in cases where there is a credible threat of imminent physical harm or actual harm to others, and provides them with information sufficient to respond to the immediate incident to the extent we have it,” the company said. | 1,266,691 |
Nonprofit tries again for apartments for disabled near downtown Des Plaines
An artist's rendering shows a proposed four-story, 33-unit apartment building in Des Plaines intended for people with physical disabilities. Courtesy of Over the Rainbow
An organization that wants to open an apartment building for people with physical disabilities has presented scaled-down plans in hopes of winning approval from the Des Plaines city council, though neighbors are still unhappy with the proposal.
Zoning variations for a proposed four-story, 33-unit apartment building at 751 Graceland Ave. on the south side of downtown Des Plaines will be considered by aldermen Monday night, after they rejected a larger version of the building in June.
Over the Rainbow Association, the Evanston-based nonprofit behind the project, considered other sites in Des Plaines, but ended up coming back to the Graceland site because of its proximity to the Metra line.
"A transit-oriented site is absolutely perfect for the type of resident that would live there," said Eric Huffman, Over The Rainbow's executive director, adding that many of those who would live in the building wouldn't have cars.
The latest proposal reduces the number of apartment units from 40 to 33, while taking off an entire floor (from 5 to 4 stories). There would be as many as 33 parking spaces -- one per unit -- though it's still half of the 66 required by code.
Over the Rainbow is seeking a variation for parking, as well as permission to build on a lot of 22,044 square feet, instead of 23,100 square feet.
When the council voted 5-3 to reject Over the Rainbow's original plans in June, some aldermen questioned whether the organization had a long-term commitment to the building. If not, they worried, the building could turn over to private hands -- without enough parking.
Huffman said none of the organization's 10 properties have failed.
They are funded through tax credit equity under a 30-year regulatory agreement with Cook County.
"We've never sold a building or lost a building or gone back on a promise," he said.
But residents who live nearby believe the project would make Graceland a busier street and make the neighborhood more congested.
Anita Bortnowski, who lives in a condominium building across the street, has collected 100 petition signatures from neighbors opposed to the project.
"The place is too small, the area is very congested, and we believe there are better options for Over the Rainbow to build their facility... that would be even closer to the train," she said.
One of those locations, the former Sims bowling alley site on Ellinwood Avenue, was examined by Over the Rainbow, but determined not to be feasible, Huffman said.
If approved, the apartment construction could begin next spring and be complete by early 2017. | 1,266,692 |
, so this suggested that these were people whose choices were more constrained. We also found that they were slightly older than the straight population, so we think these are people who 20 to 40 years ago had quite constrained housing choices. This could be because they didn’t excel at school or didn’t do well in the job market. There’s also a very high prevalence of youth homelessness associated with non-heterosexuality as well, so it could be people who had become homeless because they had fallen out with their families.”
These are not the freewheeling, affluent LGBT people that tend to dominate media discussion of sexual minorities. While there may well be an LGBT component to every gentrifying vanguard, an automatic yoking together of the two ignores the realities of the many non-straight lives beyond the focus of media curiosity, and the tenuous hold many LGBT people have on where they live.
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It may be too early to announce the LGBT neighbourhood concept entirely dead. In some cities where discrimination and marginalisation are still strong, they remain something that the LGBT community actively tries to foster. The community organisation LGBT Detroit has been trying to encourage the (unofficial) founding of a gay village in the city, as a way of providing more solidarity and support for a community that’s weaker for being geographically dispersed.
As the organisation’s director Curtis Lipscomb explains: “We had a few areas where LGBT people moved to after the second world war, but they lasted only until the last major white flight, when a large number of white gays and lesbians moved to the northern suburbs. Now we want to create an identifiable space together. We don’t believe we have the authority to tell people where to live, but we want to provide an opportunity.”
But isn’t fostering a gay-friendly neighbourhood likely to create a situation where LGBT people only end up being moved on by gentrification, even in beleaguered Detroit? Lipscomb believes not: “San Francisco and New York are transient cities where a different population arrives and departs all the time, but that is not the case in Detroit.
“There is also a significant bible belt community here. So while you might have some [straight] residents who become interested in a [gay-friendly] neighbourhood once it starts showing visual improvements, you still have people with strong negative feelings about LGBT people. This is still a socially conservative community that still believes that LGBT people should be treated differently.”
Many cities’ gay villages may be fragile entities, stepping stones for urban change that bring gentrification in their wake. In Detroit and cities like it, however, the forces that made them necessary in the first place are apparently still alive and kicking.
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Mountain View teacher suspended for comparing Trump to Hitler
A Mountain View High School history teacher is on paid leave after comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler, in an effort to show students that the 2016 election is a reflection of the past.
Frank Navarro, a Holocaust scholar who has taught at Mountain View High School for 40 years, said the school’s principal and district superintendent asked him to leave Thursday, after a parent complained about the parallels he was drawing in his world studies class.
“This parent said that I had said Donald Trump was Hitler, but I would never say that,” Navarro told The Chronicle on Saturday. “That’s sloppy historical thinking.”
He did, however, point out the connections between Trump’s presidential campaign and Hitler’s rise to power: Both had promised to eject foreigners and make their countries “great again,” Navarro said.
“I think it makes sense,” he said. “It’s factual, it’s evidence-based.” He added: “It reminds students that history is real.”
But Principal Dave Grissom and Superintendent Jeff Harding feared that the lessons may have been inappropriate in the tempestuous aftermath of the election.
“Regardless of their political affiliation, many of our students show signs of emotional stress,” Grissom wrote in a letter to parents Friday. He said he has an obligation to maintain an “emotionally safe environment” for students while protecting teachers and staff against unsubstantiated allegations.
Grissom called the paid leave process a “time-out” for the staff member under investigation. Harding told The Chronicle that Mountain View High School administrators would finish researching facts on Navarro soon.
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The school’s newspaper, the Oracle, published an article Thursday about the investigation, prompting outrage among parents and students.
“Emails started flowing in to the principal late that night,” Navarro said.
Two days later, a Mountain View High School alumnus started a Change.org petition, demanding that Grissom revoke Navarro’s leave and publicly apologize “for attempting to intimidate a respected educator.”
As of Saturday night, it had gathered almost 4,000 signatures.
Rachel Swan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @rachelswan | 1,266,694 |
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Former President Bill Clinton, appearing Saturday in Cincinnati at the Underground Railroad Freedom Center, opened his remarks on behalf of his wife's presidential campaign by making note of violence Friday night at a planned Donald Trump rally in Chicago.
"I was disturbed by all those pictures from Chicago last night," Clinton said at a rally for Democratic Party frontrunner Hillary Clinton, three days before the Ohio Democratic primary election on Tuesday. "This has been building up for a long time."
Bill Clinton then talked about the importance of "making room for everyone" in democracy, a task in an increasingly divided country that he said his wife, Hillary Clinton, is most qualified.
Hillary Clinton leads Vermont senator Bernie Sanders in both Ohio and Florida, which also holds it primary Tuesday. She leads Sanders 63 percent to 33 percent in Ohio, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday.
Bill Clinton contrasted the policy differences between Hillary Clinton and Sanders in the areas of higher education, health care and managing the economy. He took a shot at the Republican race, comparing it to watching a "sixth-grade playground fight."
"We ought to disagree, but there has to be space to come back together," the former president said to a crowd estimated at between 300 and 350 supporters.
He also said the country has serious problems to address, saying Flint, Michigan, is not the only American city in which children are afflicted with elevated levels of lead from drinking water.
"She is a gifted change-maker," Bill Clinton said of his wife, citing her experience in the U.S. Senate and four-year stint as Secretary of State under Barack Obama.
For example, he said, his wife wants to "build on" Obamacare instead of starting from scratch," as he said Sanders wants to do.
The former president referenced conversations he had with the former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, who, as an anti-apartheid leader, was jailed for 27 years before his release and election in 1994. Bill Clinton said he once asked Mandela why he included some of his former adversaries in his cabinet. Mandela, Bill Clinton said, told him, "We can't do it alone."
"The whole purpose of (Hillary Clinton's) campaign is to get someone in (the White House) who will help us all rise together; we can only rise if we rise together," the former president said. "I met her 45 years ago this month. I was in awe of her then. I am in awe of her now.
"Everyone is going to be watching how Ohio votes. The only thing that matters (in a presidency) is are people better off when you end than when you started. She will do that."
Bill Clinton campaigned Feb. 12 at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center as part of a Get Out the Vote event. | 1,266,695 |
Today the USB-IF, the non-profit behind the USB standard's marketing and specifications, revealed the formal launch of its "USB Type-C™ Authentication Program," originally announced back in 2016. The optional program "defines cryptographic-based authentication for USB Type-C chargers and devices." If that sounds like a thinly veiled euphemism for hardware DRM to you, that's because it is.
The new authentication mechanism "empowers" vendors to "protect" us customers against "non-compliant USB chargers." Bad chargers and cables are/were a legitimate problem for the USB Type-C ecosystem (praise be to Benson), but the USB-IF's program allows for vendors to use this means of accessory certification for anything they choose. This isn't just a standard set by the USB-IF for cables and chargers to meet, any OEM can use it to bake-in support for only "approved" devices if they like. Remember when Apple clamped down on third-party hardware with its MFi certification program? Now USB-C-wielding OEMs can get in on some of that licensing action, and better, it's being done in the name of security.
In addition to pushing PD compliance, the nascent standard is being spun as a security enhancement, protecting us consumers from malicious firmware and hardware attached to USB devices. But even the marketing PR can't help but point out how useful it will be for OEMs in other, less consumer-friendly ways: "Using this protocol, host systems can confirm the authenticity of a USB device, USB cable or USB charger, including such product aspects as the capabilities and certification status."
USB-IF President and COO Jeff Ravencraft even included a quote: "USB-IF is excited to launch the USB Type-C Authentication Program, providing OEMs with the flexibility to implement a security framework that best fits their specific product requirements" (emphasis added). Furthermore, "products that use the authentication protocol retain control over the security policies to be implemented and enforced." So while the USB Type-C Authentication Program could be used to enhance security and ensure hardware is tested to meet spec, the standard is more than open enough to allow vendors to use it as they see fit.
DigiCert was selected to manage registration and certificates for the new DRM spec.
The existence of this new program isn't a guarantee that hardware OEMs like Samsung, LG, or even Google will use it to lock consumers into only purchasing/using "supported" accessories, but by providing the means, it opens the door. Mutually incompatible hardware fast-charging standards may have just been the start for USB-C. The day may come when different OEMs are all using the same licensed third-party charging spec, but thanks to hardware DRM, you'll need to buy different chargers for different phones anyway.
That is, assuming we even have a USB-C port to use in the future. | 1,266,696 |
Scientists from the University of Nottingham have discovered that drinking a cup of coffee can stimulate 'brown fat', the body's own fat-fighting defenses, which could be the key to tackling obesity and diabetes.
The pioneering study, published today in the journal Scientific Reports, is one of the first to be carried out in humans to find components which could have a direct effect on 'brown fat' functions, an important part of the human body which plays a key role in how quickly we can burn calories as energy.
Brown adipose tissue (BAT), also known as brown fat, is one of two types of fat found in humans and other mammals. Initially only attributed to babies and hibernating mammals, it was discovered in recent years that adults can have brown fat too. Its main function is to generate body heat by burning calories (opposed to white fat, which is a result of storing excess calories).
People with a lower body mass index (BMI) therefore have a higher amount of brown fat.
Professor Michael Symonds, from the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham who co-directed the study said: "Brown fat works in a different way to other fat in your body and produces heat by burning sugar and fat, often in response to cold. Increasing its activity improves blood sugar control as well as improving blood lipid levels and the extra calories burnt help with weight loss. However, until now, no one has found an acceptable way to stimulate its activity in humans.
"This is the first study in humans to show that something like a cup of coffee can have a direct effect on our brown fat functions. The potential implications of our results are pretty big, as obesity is a major health concern for society and we also have a growing diabetes epidemic and brown fat could potentially be part of the solution in tackling them."
The team started with a series of stem cell studies to see if caffeine would stimulate brown fat. Once they had found the right dose, they then moved on to humans to see if the results were similar.
The team used a thermal imaging technique, which they'd previously pioneered, to trace the body's brown fat reserves. The non-invasive technique helps the team to locate brown fat and assess its capacity to produce heat.
"From our previous work, we knew that brown fat is mainly located in the neck region, so we were able to image someone straight after they had a drink to see if the brown fat got hotter," said Professor Symonds.
"The results were positive and we now need to ascertain that caffeine as one of the ingredients in the coffee is acting as the stimulus or if there's another component helping with the activation of brown fat. We are currently looking at caffeine supplements to test whether the effect is similar.
Once we have confirmed which component is responsible for this, it could potentially be used as part of a weight management regime or as part of glucose regulation programme to help prevent diabetes." | 1,266,697 |
Prosecutors filed first-degree murder charges Wednesday against the mother of a 2-year-old who died from suspected abuse and the woman's boyfriend, the latest case in the Wichita area involving young children who died after the embattled Kansas welfare agency had received earlier reports that they were being abused.
The head Kansas Department of Children and Families acknowledged Tuesday that the agency was not fulfilling its mission and announced more changes at the agency. Secretary Gina Meier-Hummel said in a news release that the agency will be "implementing corrective action plans" in child welfare programs and will be making a number of personnel changes.
Her announcement came after court records showed that relatives of 2-year-old Anthony Bunn reported concerns to the agency before the Wichita toddler was found unresponsive Friday at his home with severe injuries to his head and face. He died Sunday at a local hospital.
His 22-year-old mother, Elizabeth Woolheater and her 25-year-old boyfriend, Lucas Diel, were charged Wednesday after a first court appearance via video feed from jail. They are each being held on $250,000 bond, with their preliminary hearing scheduled for May 23.
Their public defenders have not yet been assigned to their cases.
Zak Woolheater, the boy's maternal grandfather, clutched a stuffed monkey the nurses had given the boy as he lay dying at the hospital as he spoke after the court hearing. The grandparents had reported to authorities that they suspected child abuse in October.
He told reporters that child abuse is something that happens all over the world and is a huge problem.
"We just need to focus on getting justice for that and an end to this epidemic — that is my biggest concern right now," Zak Woolheater said. "I know justice will be served in some way for Tony, but I need everybody to know that you need to talk to everybody you know and get them onboard now. This is something that needs to stop now."
The child welfare agency in Kansas has been under fire since a 3-year-old Wichita boy was found encased in concrete after his relatives repeatedly reported abuse to the state and police. And relatives of 5-year-old who disappeared in February in Wichita also say they called the state to report suspected abuse.
"As I looked at each region, it became evident that there were concerning trends in the Wichita Region we needed to address," Meier-Hummel said.
The welfare agency earlier this week promoted Family Preservation Services Program Administrator Thomas Buell to serve as the Wichita regional director. It also recently fired two staff members and said "several other matters" are pending while it further investigates work performance in Wichita and across the state.
In addition, Meier-Hummel said she has stationed administrative staff at the Wichita Service Center for the past four weeks to help review open child abuse and neglect cases, and to strengthen oversight in the region. | 1,266,698 |
Bitcoin and the underlying blockchain technology are already creating waves in the financial sector with many people considering it as the next big thing since the internet.
The blockchain technology is nothing but a decentralized public ledger that no one person or company owns or controls; users control it directly. This means it allows anyone to follow the movement of a bitcoin, from where it originated to where it currently resides. The technology is not just limited to bitcoin but has much broader applications.
Imogen Heap is the latest admirer of the blockchain technology and believes it could potentially provide a solution to music industry's woes. An article on The Guardian sheds light on the problems faced by artists in the music business and how Heap is trying to fix the problems with blockchain.
Heap is an award-winning songwriter and performer and has released four solo albums that have enjoyed commercial success in the UK and the US. She's also the only female artist to have won a Grammy for engineering.
As digital files can be reproduced and shared infinitely, it results in more consumption and lower average returns; the question arises about how the "creators", such as the writers, artists and musicians will get paid for it.
Some efforts have been made in this regard as Spotify, iTunes and YouTube have come with ways of monetising music and have been paying royalties to artists. Spotify charges premium users a monthly fee to listen to everything on its catalogue. YouTube came up with something called Content ID and the copyright owner gets to decide what happens to the content: whether to remove the material, "monetise" it or leave it and collect data about usage.
Heap started brainstorming ideas on releasing future music, after the release of last year's album, Sparks. It was then that she was introduced to blockchain technology by her musician friend, Zoë Keating.
"I started researching the tech," says Heap, "as I realised that the building blocks for a sustainable, useful ecosystem for music was coming into view. So I decided to release my new song in the way I think things should go, and help build the place I want my music to be a part of."
Mycelia, as she calls it, would completely transform the music industry. Instead of supplying songs to multiple locations, it would enable uploading the single authenticated version of a song or album that everyone could draw from in one place. She is inviting techies and hackers to collectively build Mycelia, or something similar, using Tiny Human, her next song, as the test case.
"One day, I hope a Mycelia-like place will exist: huge, beautiful, rich, colourful, loved, tended for; holding all music-related information ever recorded anywhere; connecting artists and fans and enabling the artist to be the best at their job, with incredible feedback loops, connecting dots that exist in ways we can't even imagine today." | 1,266,699 |
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