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<p>After two days alone in the wilderness, Mick Ohman had almost given up hope. He had recorded a farewell video message to his family having spent the past two days fighting dehydration by drinking beer and even his own urine.</p>
<p>“If you find this phone and I didn’t do so well, please tell my sisters how much I love them,” he said in the video, as cited by <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/man-stranded-arizona-desert-days-tells-story-survival/story?id=49055549" type="external">ABC</a>.</p>
<p>“Tell my niece and nephew how much I love them. I’ve been praying all night. I’m terrified. I’m terrified. I love you guys.”</p>
<p>Ohman, 55, had taken a road trip to Crown King, a mining ghost town in the Bradshaw mountains in rural Arizona, for a picnic in the great outdoors.</p>
<p>On his way back, on July 27, the rocky and uneven terrain destroyed the transmission in his car. He was stuck, with no cell phone coverage and no one knew where he was.</p>
<p>His survival provisions consisted of a water bottle, a few beers, crackers, potato chips, and a sandwich, but he had no idea how long he would need to make them stretch. &#160;&#160;</p>
<p>On the first day, he hiked for hours desperately trying to find cell phone signal but to no avail. &#160;</p>
<p>He built the letter “H” out of nearby rocks to signify “help,” he shot his gun in Morse code <a href="http://www.abc15.com/news/state/man-survives-for-multiple-days-in-arizona-desert-with-months-but-crackers-and-beer?page=2" type="external">ABC</a> reports. No cars, bikes, or aircraft passed.</p>
<p>Out of ideas, he resigned himself to a restless night of sleep, his throat closing up with dehydration. The next day, his situation became even more desperate.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/sport/382960-british-endurance-cyclist-killed-australia/" type="external" /></p>
<p>“I’ve really never felt that thirsty before. When I tried to swallow I couldn’t. My throat stuck together. I had to urinate and I did… and I was surprised it wasn’t as obnoxious as I thought it would be. The temperature was what got me, as warm as it was,” Ohman said of his first time drinking his own urine. &#160;</p>
<p>To add insult to injury, the sandwich he had been saving had spoiled. He found a nearby stream in a creek which allowed him to keep exhaustion and heat stroke at bay.</p>
<p>He filled his water bottle, left notes on his SUV with his cell phone number, home address and the direction in which he had set out as he went in search of elusive cell phone signal. No luck.</p>
<p>When he returned later in the evening, the baking heat of the desert sun had erased his only lifeline. He settled in for his second night alone in the wilderness. On the third day, Ohman’s luck took a dramatic turn as monsoon-like rain thundered down across the desert plains.</p>
<p>“I stood there, soaking it up and oh, now I had water again,” he said.</p>
<p>It was at that moment that he spotted a dirt biker on the horizon and sprinted to flag the man down. He was saved.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/news/329298-aussie-outback-dentist-teeth-pliers/" type="external">READ MORE:&#160;Flamin’ hell! Outback ‘dentist’ pulls teeth old-fashioned way</a></p>
<p>Troy Haverland, 52, brought Ohman on the back of his bike for the hour-long drive to Lake Pleasant where Ohman was checked out by medical staff.</p>
<p>“I’m screaming in his ear the whole way, ‘You know, today you can say you saved a life’…It turned out Troy was my guardian angel,” Ohman said.</p>
<p>“It didn’t take long to assess. I could see he was heat exhausted, emotionally broke down. As I was rolling up to him, you see his hands waving, they went into a prayer,” Troy Haverland, 52, told <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2017/08/04/z-phoenix-man-stranded-high-desert-three-days/531479001/" type="external">Arizona Central</a>.</p> | Man survives on urine, beer & crackers for 2 days in Arizona desert (PHOTOS) | false | https://newsline.com/man-survives-on-urine-beer-crackers-for-2-days-in-arizona-desert-photos/ | 2017-08-07 | 1 |
<p>Understanding The Prophecy Of Daniel's 70 Weeks Daniel Is The Key That Unlocks The Timeline Of Revelation</p>
<p>The prophecy of the seventy weeks given to Daniel about the End Times "At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make [it] desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. " <a href="javascript:;" type="external">Daniel 9: 23-27</a> The key that unlocks the book of Revelation So much of what is talked about in the book of the Revelation has it's roots in the Old Testament. And of the Old Testament prophets, there is one that stands out from among the rest. The prophet Daniel was given many direct visions and revelations by God through the angel Gabriel that pertain to the End Times. In fact, he was given so much information that Jesus Himself recommends that we study and understand what Daniel had to say. "When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)" <a href="javascript:;" type="external">Matthew 24: 15</a>It's quite telling to note that in all of Matthew 24, the only Old Testament prophet that Jesus quotes in is Daniel. So perhaps there are more nuggets of truth pertaining to the End Times in Daniel's book.</p>
<p><a href="javascript:;" type="external" /> Click image to see the chart of Daniel's 70 weeks full size</p>
<p>The above-mentioned chart of Daniel's 70 weeks is very useful because it lays it all out in sequence to make it easier to understand. Drawn by Clarence Larkin, a devout man of God and bible scholar from the 19th century, we can glean much insight from the 'fruits of his labors'. Clicking on the chart will expand it to twice it's size for easy reading. So open up the chart and let's begin to unravel Daniel's end times prophecy. Jeremiah gets Daniel rolling with an important prophecy The explosive 9th chapter of Daniel starts with Daniel doing what we are doing - studying the bible, looking for clues. And that sets up another very important building block of understanding prophecy. We are all 'looking for answers', and where does God say the answers are? In His Word, the bible. Because that's where he put them. It was true for Daniel and it's just as true for us today. So Daniel was studying the book of the prophet Jeremiah when he see this clue - "In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem." <a href="javascript:;" type="external">Daniel 9:2</a> By reading, believing and then understanding the prophecy of Jeremiah, Daniel was rightly able to determine that he was living in the time that Jeremiah foresaw. (An interesting side note here is as many 'dreams and visions' that Daniel was given by God, he still needed to read and study the bible.) Daniel, upon reading and realizing that he was living out Jeremiah's prophecy, "sets his face unto the Lord my God" in deep and reverent prayer. The very first thing that he does in prayer is to repent, which is always the biblical model for getting right with God, and he passionately pouts out his heart to God for not only himslef, but for all his fellow Jews who are being held captive in Babylon at the time. His prayer is both personal and national for Israel. And then right in the middle of his prayer, the angel Gabriel shows up and blows him away - "Yea, whiles I [was] speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. And he informed [me], and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision." <a href="javascript:;" type="external">Daniel 9</a> Understanding what period of time is covered by the 70 weeks. The angel Gabriel tells him that he has a special message for him, one that will show him the immediate future of Israel, as well as the future of Israel in the end times. Gabriel continues - "Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, [that] from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince [shall be] seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof [shall be] with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. " <a href="javascript:;" type="external">Daniel 9</a> Before we continue, we must clarify the meaning of the term '70 weeks'. It was not 70 calendar weeks, but rather it was 70 'weeks of years', figuring each day of the 70 weeks as one year. We know this for a variety of reasons. First, the word that was translated as 'weeks' is the word 'heptad', which means a 'group of sevens'. By the context that was given, we come to see that indeed it was meant as years and not days, as we shall soon see. Also note that Gabriel divides up the 70 weeks into 7 weeks, 62 weeks, and one week. If you miss that distinction, then you have missed the boat entirely. This is how the 70 weeks break down:</p>
<p>Adding the 7 weeks, or 49 years, to the 62 weeks, or 434 years, brings us to a total of exactly 483 from the time that the commandment went forth to rebuild the walls unto the very day, April 2, 30 AD, that Jesus was paraded through the streets of Jerusalem just prior to going to the cross. Note: due to the differences in the calendars, you cannot do the math on the years without first taking into account the different calendars that were used in the past 2,500 years. For an exhaustive breakdown of the 70 weeks, please refer to the left sidebar entitled, The 70 Weeks Explained. Bible scholar Clarence Larkin, who by trade was a mechanical engineer, gives you all the facts and figures you could ever ask for. The last week, 7 years, is paused and deferred to a point in the future Amazingly, everything happened precisely as Gabriel had told Daniel that it world. The streets and the walls of Jerusalem were rebuilt in exactly 49 years. And from that day to the day that "Messiah was cut off", a reference to Jesus rejection by His own people and then execution on the cross, was exactly 434 years. Then, after 483 years of exacting bible prophecy come true, God stops the clock and began the time of 'the great pause'. All through the bible we read where, because of the rejection of Jesus as Messiah, God turned to the gentiles. In the Old Testament this was a great mystery, but in the New Testament that mystery is revealed as the Church. The bible then goes on to say that this is called the 'times of the gentiles' which will end with the Rapture of the Church. At which point, with the Church taken out of the way, God again turns His attention to the Jews and Israel, and restarts the clock to begin the final week of Daniel's prophecy. Before we continue, allow me to show bible verses which demonstrates the points I just made -</p>
<p>Shortly after Jesus went to the cross, and before the New Testament was finished, the event known as the Great Dispersion happened in Israel, when the Romans set fire to Jerusalem and drove the Jews out to live in the "four corners of the earth." This occured in the year 70 AD. And all during this time, the period known as the 'time of the gentiles' is taking place, with the Jews in exile. But Jesus, when asked by His disciples in Matthew 24 about the time of the end days, gave an amazing prophecy of a time in the future when Israel would be restored as a nation, and the true End Times would begin - "Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is] nigh: So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, [even] at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled." <a href="javascript:;" type="external">Matthew 24: 32-34</a> Jesus was saying that when you would see Israel regathered, an event prophesied in dozens of places in the Bible, then you would know that that generation would not pass off the scene until all the things He talked about in Matthew 24 were fufilled. The end times could not of started before May 14, 1948, the day that Israel officially became a nation. <a href="../the_fig_tree_prophecy.htm" type="external">Click here</a> to read more on the amazing Fig Tree Prophecy. Are the Jews still God's chosen people? Lately, many well-meaning (at least I think they were) Christians have told me that the Jews are no longer God's chosen people because Paul said that we are 'one in Christ'. After making that error in interpretation, they quickly proceed to their next point, namely that since the Jews rejected Jesus, then the Church has become the 'Israel of God', and inherits all the promises made to the Jews and national Israel. This heresy is known as Replacement Theology, the idea that believing Christians 'replace" the Jews in God's sight. This is more than error, it is heresey and very anti-semetic. <a href="../israel/is-replacement-theology-true.htm" type="external">Click here</a> to read more on the evils and errors of Replacement Theology. The last week of Daniel's prophecy will happen soon To recap: So far we have gotten a good handle on the 70 weeks of Daniel's prophecy. Events that it predicted have unfolded and occured with uncanny accuracy, as what you would expect with God-given bible prophecy. We know that Daniel's last week, when it happens will, as Paul says, open the eyes of the Jews and they will finally see, as a nation and not just as a remnant, that Jesus - Yeshua Ha'Maschaich - is indeed the promised Messiah of the Old Testament. And we also know through Scripture that the "times of the Gentiles" must end before the last paused week of Daniel's prophecy can start. There are things that God has promised to the Jews and Israel - namely an eternal homeland in Israel - and there are things that God has promised to the Church - namely an Heavenly eternal existence. If you don't see that the two are seperate, that God has two different plans to work out, then the timing of when the Rapture happens - Pre, Mid or Post Tribulation - will remain a mystery to you, or worse, you will wind up placing it in the wrong time slot. I cannot stress more strongly that a careful study of Romans 9-12 will go a long way towards getting your mind set to see that the "times of the Gentiles", the Church, must end before the last week of Daniel's prophecy can begin. When you understand that the Church has to be taken out of the way before God can start the last week of Daniel's prophecy, everything starts to make sense. Else, how could the Antichrist rise to power and fool everyone if the world is filled with bible- believing Jesus followers? It couldn't happen. But if you imagine the utter devastation that would be caused by removing all bible-believers at the same time, you can clearly see that in the ensuing chaos it would create the perfect time and space for a great deceiver to rise and fool the people as to the true nature of what happened, and explain away the Rapture. Remember that from the moment that God raptures out the church, there will not be one bible believer left on the face of the earth. Not a single one. It's at this point that God starts the timeclock again, raises up 144,000 Jews in Israel to take the Gospel around the world one more time, and in perfect poetic harmony the bible ends where it began - with the Jews in Israel. The Pre-Tribulation Rapture is the only one of the three positions that allows for this to happen. In a Mid-Trib situation, the church is still on the earth, and therefore the Antichrist cannot rise, and if he did he wouldn't fool anyone. The Left Behind book series sold nearly 70,000,000 copies, and at a minimum that is far too many people left on the earth for the Antichrist to fool. Besides, the prophecies call for a 7 year Tribulation, not a 3.5 year Tribulation. The Church needs to be gone for the entire 7 years. You see the Rapture occur in Revelation 4 - "After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne." <a href="javascript:;" type="external">Revelation 4: 1,2</a> In a Post-Trib scenario, there is no real Rapture because at the end of the Tribulation Jesus returns to the earth. Any time for people to have been raptured out would have passed. So people who hold to the Post-Trib position really do not allow for a Rapture to occur at all. So what we are left with is the end of the Church age, and the start of Daniel's last week, which is meant for the Jews and not the Church. When you understand that, then when you read Jesus' prophecy of the end times in Matthew 24, you see clearly that He is talking primarily about the Jews in the Tribulation, and not the Church.</p> The prophecy of the seventy weeks given to Daniel about the End Times The key that unlocks the book of Revelation Jeremiah gets Daniel rolling with an important prophecy Understanding what period of time is covered by the 70 weeks. The 7 weeks The 62 weeks The last week Note: The last week, 7 years, is paused and deferred to a point in the future Jesus rejected by His own people God turns to the Gentiles God turns His attention back to the Jews Click here Are the Jews still God's chosen people? Click here The last week of Daniel's prophecy will happen soon Click here | Understanding The Prophecy Of Daniel's 70 Weeks | true | http://nowtheendbegins.com/pages/rapture/daniels-70th-week-explained.htm | 0 |
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<p>Jan 18 (Reuters) - CVS Group Plc:</p>
<p>* IN H1 2018, GROUP’S LIKE-FOR-LIKE SALES GREW BY 5.6% COMPARED TO SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR​</p>
<p>* ‍STRONG GROWTH IN SALES OF ANIMED DIRECT HAS CONTINUED IN H1​ Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: ([email protected])</p> Our Standards:
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. equity index futures rose on Sunday as financial market trading resumed for the first time since the United States, Britain and France hit Syria with missile strikes in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack.</p> FILE PHOTO - A specialist trader works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 22, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
<p>The move suggested Wall Street was set to shrug off the attack and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warning on Sunday that further Western attacks on Syria would bring chaos to world affairs.</p>
<p>In the first few minutes of trading on Sunday evening, S&amp;P 500 e-mini futures ESv1 were up by about 0.6 percent. Futures tracking the Nasdaq Composite Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average were up by comparable amounts.</p>
<p>Futures tracking safe-haven U.S. Treasury securities were slightly lower.</p>
<p>U.S. stocks fell on Friday as results from big banks failed to enthuse and worries over the Syria situation, but major market benchmarks gained ground on the week.</p>
<p>Reporting by Dan Burns; Editing by Peter Cooney</p> Our Standards:
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<p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc bought Clarity Money, a personal finance startup, to bolster its Marcus online lending business, it said Sunday.</p> A Goldman Sachs sign is displayed inside the company's post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
<p>Buying Clarity Money, a free app that helps consumers manage their personal finances, is expected to add over 1 million customers to the financial service firm’s Marcus business. Marcus offers tools to help customers save and borrow. Clarity Money will be re-branded as Marcus by Goldman Sachs over time, the company said.</p>
<p>Terms were not disclosed.</p>
<p>Goldman launched Marcus in October 2016 as a way to court Main Street borrowers saddled with credit card debt. It offers loans from $3,500 to $40,000 and targets credit card borrowers who can benefit from consolidating debt into a single loan with a lower interest rate.</p>
<p>GS Bank, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, is making the acquisition. Clarity Money CEO Adam Dell will join Goldman Sachs as a partner.</p>
<p>(This version of the story corrects in paragraph 4 to say that Marcus offers loans up to $40,000, not $30,000)</p>
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<p>LONDON (Reuters) - Martin Sorrell, who built WPP into the world’s biggest advertising agency through 33 years of dealmaking, quit on Saturday after an allegation of personal misconduct.</p>
<p>The departure of the CEO who built a two-man outfit into one of Britain’s biggest companies with 200,000 staff in 112 countries leaves WPP without a boss at a pivotal time for the industry and when the group is under great strain.</p>
<p>WPP stunned the market last week when it said it had appointed lawyers to investigate alleged misconduct by Sorrell. He denied the allegations but in a letter to WPP staff published late on Saturday he said the “current disruption” was “putting too much unnecessary pressure on the business”.</p>
<p>He said he had decided that “in your interest, in the interest of our clients, in the interest of all shareowners, both big and small, and in the interest of all our other stakeholders, it is best for me to step aside”.</p>
<p>Chairman Roberto Quarta will become executive chairman until a new chief executive is found, while Mark Read, a WPP digital executive, and Andrew Scott, chief operating officer, Europe, have been appointed as joint chief operating officers.</p>
<p>Read, who previously sat on WPP’s main board, is well regarded in the industry while Scott was involved in its acquisition strategy and was not involved with clients.</p>
<p>The company will consider internal and external candidates for the top job in a process that could take several months.</p>
<p>“Obviously I am sad to leave WPP after 33 years,” Sorrell said in a statement. “It has been a passion, focus and source of energy for so long. However, I believe it is in the best interests of the business if I step down now.”</p>
<p>WPP said the investigation, which regarded financial impropriety, had concluded. It made no further comment but repeated a previous statement that the allegation did not involve amounts that were material to the company.</p>
<p>A source close to Sorrell said he had been unhappy with how the investigation was handled, leaving him uncertain whether he could work with the board again.</p>
<p>Analysts have speculated that the sprawling group, which was being restructured after a year of lower spending from some clients, could now sell off some assets if led by different management.</p> PASSION AND FOCUS
<p>The longest-serving CEO on the FTSE 100 blue chip index, Sorrell built WPP into one of Britain’s biggest companies by three decades of relentless dealmaking. He is one of the most high profile, and best paid, executives in the country.</p>
<p>In his time the group expanded to own top creative agencies including J. Walter Thompson and Young &amp; Rubicam, as well as media planners and buyers, market-research firms and public relations groups such as Finsbury.</p>
<p>Present in 112 countries, WPP serves clients including Ford, Unilever, P&amp;G and a string of major corporations around the world.</p>
<p>It largely outperformed its peers Omnicom, Publicis and IPG in the years that followed the financial crisis as the group pitched aggressively for new work. But it has been hit in the last 18 months by a downturn in spending from consumer goods groups Unilever and P&amp;G, and the loss of some big accounts.</p> FILE PHOTO: Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive Officer of WPP, attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
<p>The migration of advertising online and the encroachment into market research of consultancies such as Accenture have compounded the pressures. Its shares are down around 30 percent this year.</p>
<p>The company said Sorrell would be available to assist with the transition, and the man synonymous with the British marketing group told the staff they would come through this difficult time.</p>
<p>“As a founder, I can say that WPP is not just a matter of life or death, it was, is and will be more important than that,” Sorrell said. “Good fortune and Godspeed to all of you. Now back to the future.”</p>
<p>Reporting by Kate Holton; Editing by Kevin Liffey, Alistair Bell and Daniel Wallis</p> Our Standards:
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<p>FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=DBKGn.DE" type="external">DBKGn.DE</a>) has been asked by European Central Bank supervisors to calculate the potential costs of winding down its investment banking operations, a source told Reuters on Sunday.</p> FILE PHOTO: A statue is pictured next to the logo of Germany's Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany September 30, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
<p>Germany’s biggest lender has been calculating the financial effects of a potential move to quit investment banking for some time, and the move is not related to the switch in Deutsche Bank’s top management position last Sunday when retail banking expert Christian Sewing was appointed to replace chief executive John Cryan.</p>
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<p>The point of the exercise is to estimate how the value of Deutsche Bank’s capital market and derivatives business would develop if the bank was to exit abruptly from new business, the source said on condition he not be named because the matter is confidential.</p>
<p>Deutsche Bank said it “routinely” calculates the consequences of an orderly winding-down of positions in trading books for regulators. The ECB declined comment.</p>
<p>Germany’s daily newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung was first to report on Deutsche Bank’s explorations induced by the ECB, saying other lenders are to face similar requests at a later stage.</p>
<p>Deutsche Bank is already in the middle of a global review of the investment bank, known internally as Project Colombo, to determine the way forward as revenues shrink and clients and staff leave.</p>
<p>Reporting by Hans Seidenstuecker, additional reporting by Frank Siebelt. Writing by Andreas Cremer, editing by Kathrin Jones and David Evans</p> Our Standards:
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<p>Those little New York Times articles (hit pieces) about Senator Marco Rubio and his main squeeze, Jeanette Rubio, receiving 17 traffic infractions, as well as living a lavish, Miami Vice/ Tony Montana-ish lifestyle&#160;in West Miami, Florida, continue to be clowned my other members of the media.</p>
<p>The Rubio’s are far from wealthy, this I know because Rubio still owes me $2 for a valet tip I loaned him in 2010. With interest and late fees I have accessed, Rubio’s total debt to me hovers around $10 million. Dale!</p>
<p>I’m not sure people will believe&#160;that the&#160;Rubio’s are living in some exclusive and pretentious neighborhood, where the children ride around it gold-plated bicycles, when just two blocks from this supposed “Mar-A-Lago” home of theirs, you will find discount retails store, &#160;Spanish-language billboards promoting &#160;a local mom and pop bodega, as well vendors trying to sell you fruit they just picked off a tree from some other person’s yard.</p>
<p>The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart piled on Hillary Clinton’s press shop, better known as the New York Times, mocking them for trying to cast a bad light on Rubio’s for paying off student loans, owning a offshore fishing boat (not a cigarette speed boat), and getting those annoying traffic tickets.</p>
<p>&#160;That reminds me, I have to drive up to Delray Beach to pay two speeding tickets that I “unjustly” received.</p>
<p>Here is what Stewart said:</p>
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<p>&#160;“You bastard! Paying off law school loans? How dare you. At long last, senator, have you no sense of insolvency?” Stewart deadpanned.</p>
<p>&#160;“Oh sh—! Marco Rubio got … 4 tickets! In … 17 years! I assume The New York Times obtained this damning information from Marco Rubio’s plaque in the ‘Hall of Best Miami Drivers Ever’”</p>
<p>&#160;“Oh, what’s the matter, senator? The normal amount of light isn’t good enough for you?” Stewart joked. “I’m Senator Marco Rubio. I like to roll around in giant patches of sunlight! Like I’m a big ol’ kitty cat. Meow.”</p>
<p>Stewart was referencing &#160;the “Times’ reporting of the Rubios’ purchase in 2005 of a larger home for $550,000 in 2005 that included, according to the paper, “an in-ground pool, a handsome brick driveway, meticulously manicured shrubs and oversize windows,” per the POLITICO.</p> | Marco Rubio Fails To Pay Loan, NY Times Hot On The Case | true | http://shark-tank.com/2015/06/12/marco-rubio-fails-to-pay-loan-ny-times-hot-on-the-case/ | 0 |
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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — When the government reports Friday on job growth during April, it could help clarify an increasingly nagging question:</p>
<p>Just how strong is the U.S. economy?</p>
<p>The picture has grown hazier of late. Employers added only 126,000 jobs in March, ending a yearlong streak of monthly gains above 200,000. For April, economists predict a rebound to 222,500 added jobs.</p>
<p>Yet weaknesses have emerged in reports showing falling worker productivity, a slowdown in exports, modest consumer spending and sluggish overall economic expansion.</p>
<p>Over the past few years, the United States has served as a powerful engine for the world's economy. But on Thursday, the International Monetary Fund predicted that Asian economies would lead global growth in 2015, in part thanks to recoveries in India and Japan.</p>
<p>Since the year began, the U.S. economy has sent signals of both potential strength and potentially debilitating weakness. Lower oil prices have forced cutbacks at energy companies and the manufacturers supplying them. The stronger dollar has squashed export growth and held down corporate profits. Worker pay, a chronic drag on U.S. growth, has yet to rise significantly for many.</p>
<p>Still, there are optimistic signs: Employers are shedding fewer and fewer workers, the government reported Thursday. Home sales surged in March.</p>
<p>Most economists have attributed the barely-there U.S. growth during the January-March quarter mainly to temporary factors: Nasty winter weather, the impacts of cheaper oil and a since-resolved West Coast ports dispute. That theory will be tested by Friday's jobs report. It could either cast the recent slowdown as merely a blip or confirm that a powerful undertow has been depressing growth.</p>
<p>"If we do see that disappointing pace in April, that 100 percent negates the 'It was weather argument,'" said Lindsey Piegza, chief economist at Sterne Agee.</p>
<p>Recent economic indicators have drawn a muddy picture:</p>
<p>— The four-week average of the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to 279,500 last week, the lowest level in 15 years, according to the Labor Department. This figure tends to anticipate stronger hiring, though it's possible that companies facing uncertainty are refraining from layoffs while delaying hiring until they get a better sense of the economy. That argument was bolstered by a private survey released Wednesday by payroll processor ADP. It said businesses added just 169,000 jobs in April, down from 175,000 in March.</p>
<p>— Worker productivity slipped in the first quarter while labor costs surged, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The report marked only the third time in 25 years that productivity has suffered back-to-back quarterly declines. Lower productivity is usually a negative for the economy because it suggests that workers are becoming less efficient.</p>
<p>— The trade deficit widened in March, creating a drag on the nation's gross domestic product. Imports climbed after the West Coast ports dispute was settled. U.S. exports, which have become pricier for foreign buyers because of a stronger dollar, barely nudged up. The trade gap shot up 43 percent from February, the government said.</p>
<p>— The government's first estimate of U.S. growth during the first quarter was that the economy expanded at a 0.2 percent annual rate. But because trade deficits subtract from growth, this week's news of a much wider trade gap triggered estimates from many analysts that the economy actually shrank during the January-March quarter. The U.S. economy also shrank during last year's first quarter during a brutal winter. But many employers expected 2015 to produce additional strength because of strong hiring in much of 2014. Instead, growth has fallen well below its 3.6 percent annual rate in the second half of last year. Lackluster consumer spending helps explain the deceleration.</p>
<p>— But home sales staged a big comeback in March, a possible sign that more Americans are eager to make expensive purchases. People bought existing homes at an annual pace of 5.19 million, the National Association of Realtors said. Those gains are expected to extend into April based on figures on signed contracts released by the Realtors. This could help spur additional growth in the construction sector as builders seek to meet demand.</p>
<p>The housing gains come as pay raises are starting to benefit some, especially at the lower-paid levels of the workforce. Wal-Mart, the nation's largest employer, last month raised pay for 500,000 workers to $9 an hour. Even as the GDP numbers have stirred pessimism, other economists foresee an economy gaining speed. They see the 5.5 percent unemployment rate as beginning to force more employers to start boosting wages, helping to bolster consumer spending and growth.</p>
<p>"The economy is not in bad shape," said Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisers. "We're finally switching to the point where its labor instead of management that have growing power in the job market."</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — When the government reports Friday on job growth during April, it could help clarify an increasingly nagging question:</p>
<p>Just how strong is the U.S. economy?</p>
<p>The picture has grown hazier of late. Employers added only 126,000 jobs in March, ending a yearlong streak of monthly gains above 200,000. For April, economists predict a rebound to 222,500 added jobs.</p>
<p>Yet weaknesses have emerged in reports showing falling worker productivity, a slowdown in exports, modest consumer spending and sluggish overall economic expansion.</p>
<p>Over the past few years, the United States has served as a powerful engine for the world's economy. But on Thursday, the International Monetary Fund predicted that Asian economies would lead global growth in 2015, in part thanks to recoveries in India and Japan.</p>
<p>Since the year began, the U.S. economy has sent signals of both potential strength and potentially debilitating weakness. Lower oil prices have forced cutbacks at energy companies and the manufacturers supplying them. The stronger dollar has squashed export growth and held down corporate profits. Worker pay, a chronic drag on U.S. growth, has yet to rise significantly for many.</p>
<p>Still, there are optimistic signs: Employers are shedding fewer and fewer workers, the government reported Thursday. Home sales surged in March.</p>
<p>Most economists have attributed the barely-there U.S. growth during the January-March quarter mainly to temporary factors: Nasty winter weather, the impacts of cheaper oil and a since-resolved West Coast ports dispute. That theory will be tested by Friday's jobs report. It could either cast the recent slowdown as merely a blip or confirm that a powerful undertow has been depressing growth.</p>
<p>"If we do see that disappointing pace in April, that 100 percent negates the 'It was weather argument,'" said Lindsey Piegza, chief economist at Sterne Agee.</p>
<p>Recent economic indicators have drawn a muddy picture:</p>
<p>— The four-week average of the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to 279,500 last week, the lowest level in 15 years, according to the Labor Department. This figure tends to anticipate stronger hiring, though it's possible that companies facing uncertainty are refraining from layoffs while delaying hiring until they get a better sense of the economy. That argument was bolstered by a private survey released Wednesday by payroll processor ADP. It said businesses added just 169,000 jobs in April, down from 175,000 in March.</p>
<p>— Worker productivity slipped in the first quarter while labor costs surged, the Labor Department said Wednesday. The report marked only the third time in 25 years that productivity has suffered back-to-back quarterly declines. Lower productivity is usually a negative for the economy because it suggests that workers are becoming less efficient.</p>
<p>— The trade deficit widened in March, creating a drag on the nation's gross domestic product. Imports climbed after the West Coast ports dispute was settled. U.S. exports, which have become pricier for foreign buyers because of a stronger dollar, barely nudged up. The trade gap shot up 43 percent from February, the government said.</p>
<p>— The government's first estimate of U.S. growth during the first quarter was that the economy expanded at a 0.2 percent annual rate. But because trade deficits subtract from growth, this week's news of a much wider trade gap triggered estimates from many analysts that the economy actually shrank during the January-March quarter. The U.S. economy also shrank during last year's first quarter during a brutal winter. But many employers expected 2015 to produce additional strength because of strong hiring in much of 2014. Instead, growth has fallen well below its 3.6 percent annual rate in the second half of last year. Lackluster consumer spending helps explain the deceleration.</p>
<p>— But home sales staged a big comeback in March, a possible sign that more Americans are eager to make expensive purchases. People bought existing homes at an annual pace of 5.19 million, the National Association of Realtors said. Those gains are expected to extend into April based on figures on signed contracts released by the Realtors. This could help spur additional growth in the construction sector as builders seek to meet demand.</p>
<p>The housing gains come as pay raises are starting to benefit some, especially at the lower-paid levels of the workforce. Wal-Mart, the nation's largest employer, last month raised pay for 500,000 workers to $9 an hour. Even as the GDP numbers have stirred pessimism, other economists foresee an economy gaining speed. They see the 5.5 percent unemployment rate as beginning to force more employers to start boosting wages, helping to bolster consumer spending and growth.</p>
<p>"The economy is not in bad shape," said Joel Naroff, president of Naroff Economic Advisers. "We're finally switching to the point where its labor instead of management that have growing power in the job market."</p> | A hazy view of US economy emerges ahead of April jobs report | false | https://apnews.com/amp/fc52de76fb4349c096569a3f9b1fe6ae | 2015-05-07 | 2 |
<p>New York Magazine "His was a necessary voice of conscience amid an industrywide impulse to cut back on international news," Dan Rather writes in his tribute to Peter Jennings. "Now it is up to all of us in the journalistic craft to preserve one of the most important parts of his legacy: a commitment to open American eyes to the world, to keep them open, and to share what we have seen." Rather says new anchor voices will come along, "but Peter’s is one that is not likely to be replaced." &gt; <a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0508/14/rs.01.html" type="external">Cochran thinks of Jennings the way he thinks of Bear Bryant (CNN)</a></p> | Jennings' urge to look beyond US borders was prescient, wise | false | https://poynter.org/news/jennings-urge-look-beyond-us-borders-was-prescient-wise | 2005-08-15 | 2 |
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<p>Rock &amp; Brews — a restaurant brand founded in part by KISS’ Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley — will open the doors at its new Duke City location Monday. Its celebrity co-founders will come to town the following week for a grand opening celebration and fundraiser to benefit the New Mexico VA Health Care System’s recreation programs.</p>
<p>Albuquerque’s Rock &amp; Brews marks just the eighth location of the budding chain. Billed as a “family-friendly dining and entertainment concept,” the brand originated in Southern California in 2012 and has four sites in California and one each in Hawaii, Kansas and San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.</p>
<p>Perry Mann and Brett Anz, principal owners of the franchise group bringing Rock &amp; Brews to New Mexico, say Albuquerque felt like a natural fit for expansion. Mann used to live in Albuquerque, where he was a commercial real-estate broker and real-estate developer.</p>
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<p>Having worked on deals that brought several national chains to Albuquerque — including Applebee’s, Outback and P.F. Chang’s — he said he’s familiar with the market and the city’s appetite for eating out.</p>
<p>“I think Albuquerque is a good market for this concept,” he said, adding that it represents a new kind of dining experience. “It’s going to be very unique. There’s nothing else you can say it’s like.”</p>
<p>The group spent about $3 million building the Albuquerque Rock &amp; Brews, which took over the lot formerly used by Coronado Crossing.</p>
<p>Including an expansive patio, the restaurant can seat 276. Picnic-style tables make up most of the seating, a design element Southwest region President Matt McMahon said showcases the family-friendly nature of the concept.</p>
<p>While rock ‘n’ roll embeds nearly every aspect — from the famous album covers used as wall art to the music videos that will play on the restaurant’s 26 TVs — Rock &amp; Brews welcomes diners of all ages. There’s even a children’s play area outside.</p>
<p>“We’re about families coming in and enjoying the atmosphere,” McMahon said.</p>
<p>Sandwiches, salads, burgers and pizzas rule the menu, while craft beer figures prominently among the 56 taps.</p>
<p>The restaurant, located at 4800 Montgomery NE, will be open 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.</p>
<p>Tickets for the Sept. 16 Rock &amp; Brews fundraiser cost $150 and go on sale at noon Friday at <a href="http://rockandbrewsabq.eventbrite.com" type="external">rockandbrewsabq.eventbrite.com</a>.</p>
<p>Hosted by Simmons and Stanley, the evening includes a red-carpet arrival, music from a local band, two adult beverages per person and a sample of the restaurant’s food.</p>
<p>A portion of the proceeds – at least $30,000 – will benefit the New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System recreation programs, such as the adaptive sports program and recreational outings for veterans.</p> | Rock & Brews ABQ opens next Monday | false | https://abqjournal.com/455694/rock-amp-brew-abq-opens-monday-next.html | 2 |
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<p>The trademark infringement lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Denver this week against TinctureBelle LLC and TinctureBelle Marijuanka LLC.</p>
<p>It alleges TinctureBelle’s Ganja Joy, Hasheath, Hashees and Dabby Patty mimic Hershey’s Almond Joy, Heath, Reese’s peanut butter cups and York peppermint patty candies, respectively.</p>
<p>TinctureBelle did not immediately return messages seeking comment.</p>
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<p>The company’s website says its products, which include lotions and balms, are “diabetic safe and delicious” and helpful with a variety of issues, including pain, headaches and insomnia.</p>
<p>The edibles are sold in Colorado’s legal pot shops and medical marijuana dispensaries.</p>
<p>Hershey says TinctureBelle products are packaged in a way that will confuse consumers, including children. Hershey’s suit says TinctureBelle “creates a genuine safety risk with regard to consumers” who may inadvertently eat them thinking they are ordinary chocolate candy.</p>
<p>The lawsuit was filed as Colorado lawmakers look to tighten safety regulations for largely unmonitored marijuana snacks that can be indistinguishable from regular candies and baked goods.</p>
<p>Parents and doctors have said some children are eating the highly potent gummy bears, cookies, brownies and other items by mistake, sending them to hospitals in increasing numbers.</p>
<p>Hershey wants a judge to order TinctureBelle to stop selling the items. It is also seeking damages.</p>
<p>“Individuals and families the world over trust Hershey and its various brands as signifying safe and delicious treats for people of all ages,” the lawsuit says.</p>
<p>More than two dozen people had reported poisonings from marijuana edibles to the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center as of April, citing dizziness, nausea and hallucinations. At least six were children who swallowed innocent-looking edibles, the poison center said.</p>
<p>Pot critics’ concerns about the marijuana-laced products were stoked by the March death of a college student who authorities said ate more than the recommended dose of a marijuana-laced cookie and jumped to his death from a hotel balcony. In April, a woman told a 911 dispatcher that her husband was hallucinating and talking about the end of the world after he had eaten a marijuana-infused candy and taken pain pills shortly before allegedly shooting her.</p>
<p>Supporters of the new marijuana law and some experts say alcohol causes far more problems among users, and the issues with pot can be largely addressed through better regulations.</p> | Hershey sues Colorado edible pot company | false | https://abqjournal.com/412929/hershey-sues-colorado-edible-pot-company.html | 2 |
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<p>A prisoner found dead over the weekend at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was identified as Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, 32, of Yemen.</p>
<p><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2012/09/11/justice/guantanamo-detainee-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_t3" type="external">According to CNN</a>, US Southern Command released his named Tuesday after notifying his family. Latif, who had been detained in Guantanamo since January 2002, was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday afternoon during a routine check. He later died at the hospital.</p>
<p>An autopsy was conducted, CNN also noted, but it will be some time before results are released. The cause of death is under investigation, but Southern Command Sgt. Shanda De Anda said suicide has not been ruled out.</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost: <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/cuba/120910/guantanamo-detainee-found-dead-causes-unknown" type="external">Guantanamo detainee found dead</a></p>
<p>During his decade at Guantanamo, Latif repeatedly went on hunger strike and once slashed his wrist and threw blood at his lawyer, <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jnKwSZm36bavaGjFB59Xf54Zi-HA?docId=92536fcecb2c457d88a0eeb9d7577755" type="external">reported the Associated Press</a>. He received mental health treatment at the detainee hospital, according to his lawyers and court documents.</p>
<p>The AP also noted that the government had accused Latif of training with the Taliban in Afghanistan, but he had never been charged. The military said there were no plans to prosecute him.</p>
<p>According to Latif's lawyer David Remes, he had attempted suicide several times.</p>
<p>"He was so fragile, he was so tormented that it would not surprise me if he had committed suicide," Remes <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/11/us-usa-guantanamo-death-idUSBRE88A17920120911" type="external">told Reuters</a>. "However you look at it, it was Guantanamo that killed him."</p> | Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif: Dead Guantanamo Bay prisoner identified | false | https://pri.org/stories/2012-09-12/adnan-farhan-abdul-latif-dead-guantanamo-bay-prisoner-identified | 2012-09-12 | 3 |
<p>Researchers are still waiting for chemical analysis before they can say, for sure, what caused ‘milky rain’ to fall in Oregon and Washington this Saturday but some extremely plausible explanations are beginning to emerge.</p>
<p>When the rain began to fall, emergency officials were caught off guard as much as anyone.</p>
<p>“We have received reports of ‘white stuff’ on vehicles. The ash is more than likely from the Volcano Shiveluch,” Washington state’s Walla Walla County Emergency officials said in <a href="//www.facebook.com/WallaWallaEM”" type="external">statement</a>.</p>
<p>The volcano theory is still a possibility. According to <a href="http://earth.rice.edu/mtpe/geo/geosphere/hot/volcanoes/volcanoes_d.html" type="external">Rice</a> university, trace amounts of ash from the 1980 Mount St. Helens fell as far away as Oklahoma, Significant amounts of ash fell as far south as Colorado.</p>
<p>According to the <a href="http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/how-high-can-explosive-eruptions-go-and-how-far-can-debris-and-ash-be-spread" type="external">University of Oregon</a>, ash from the 1883 Krakatau eruption fell on Singapore 840 km to the north and on ships as far as 6076 km west-northwest of the volcano. Three months after the eruption ash and aerosol in the atmosphere caused vivid red sunsets in New York and New Haven, Connecticut. It was such a vivid red that fire engines were called out. Sporadic red sunsets continued for three years after the eruption.</p>
<p>The Shiveluch volcano, mentioned by emergency officials, is just one possible source of volcanic ash. That volcano, in northeast Russia created a 20,000 foot ash plume in during an eruption in late January. That eruption is known to have deposited ash in Oregon and Washington. The Shilveluch volcano experienced another violent eruption on Thursday, just a day before the mysterious rain began to fall.</p>
<p>Japan’s Sakurajima volcano has also been extremely active of late, experience up to three eruptions per day. In recent days it has become even more active.</p>
<p>“During the past few days, about 6-8 vulcanian explosions have occurred each day, often with ash plumes exceeding 10,000 ft (3 km) altitude. Milder, but near constant ash emissions occur during most of the intervals between the explosions,” according to <a href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/sakurajima/news/50108/Sakurajima-volcano-Japan-elevated-activity.html" type="external">Volcano Discovery</a>.</p>
<p>Another very active volcano in Colima, Mexico is another possible source of the ash.</p>
<p>“The strong southerly flow from the jet stream could have brought it from an active volcano in southwest Colima, Mexico,” said <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/07/us/northwest-mystery-ash/" type="external">CNN</a> meteorologist Derek Van Dam on Saturday.</p>
<p>That volcano is 2,000 miles away which is half the distance to the Russian volcano. The Colima volcano has been particularly active recently, sending clouds of ash <a href="http://www.volcanodiscovery.com/colima/news.html" type="external">up to a mile</a> into the atmosphere.</p>
<p>It is also possible, however, that it was not a volcano at all. A large dust storm was reported in Northwest Nevada on Thursday night and into Friday. The storm was driven by strong winds of up to 60 miles per hour, causing traffic accidents and poor visibility in the Reno area. A prolonged and powerful southerly wind could <a href="http://inlandnorthwestweather.blogspot.ca/2015/02/the-february-6th-milky-rain-possible.html" type="external">have pushed</a> the dust into Oregon and Washington.</p>
<p>While none of these has been confirmed as the source of the ‘milky rain’ all of them are possible culprits. If it is from any of the three active volcanos, it is entirely possible that there could be more of the dirty rain. If it is from Nevada, it’s entirely possible that dirty rain could become a more regular event.</p>
<p>Nevada, like the rest of the US Southwest is in a multi-year drought. The longer the area remains dry, the easier it will be for weather systems to pick up dirt and dust.</p>
<p /> | Volcanic ash and dust storms most likely causes of ‘milky’ rain | false | http://natmonitor.com/2015/02/08/volcanic-ash-and-dust-storms-most-likely-causes-of-milky-rain/ | 2015-02-08 | 3 |
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<p>Chris Hedges, whose column is published Mondays on Truthdig, spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years. He has written nine books, including "Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle" (2009), "I Don't Believe in Atheists" (2008) and the best-selling "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America" (2008). His book "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" (2003) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction.</p>
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<p /> PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I'm Paul Jay in Baltimore.
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<p />In May, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges was supposed to be speaking at an event for PEN. Instead, he told them he would not be speaking there and actually resigned from the organization.
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<p />Now joining us to talk about why he took these steps is Chris Hedges. As I said, he's a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. He's a senior fellow at The Nation. He was, previously to that, bureau chief of The New York Times in the Middle East. He's also author of a New York Times bestseller, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.
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<p />Thanks very much for joining us, Chris.
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<p />CHRIS HEDGES, JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR: Thank you, Paul.
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<p />JAY: So what happened?
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<p />HEDGES: Well, it was over the appointment of a former State Department official named Suzanne Nossel, who had been one of the most fervent cheerleaders for the Iraq War, indeed had written in support of the war in Foreign Affairs, had embraced the administration's policy, whether that's drone attacks, the assassination of U.S. citizens, the curtailment of civil liberties, had not spoken out against torture. She had left the State Department. She had worked for Hillary Clinton and then gone on to Amnesty International, where she used the resources of Amnesty International to mount a campaign in support of NATO's continued occupation of Afghanistan. She held a kind of a shadow summit when NATO met in Chicago, and invited Madeleine Albright with a bunch of other former officials to speak, and locked out antiwar dissidents like Colonel Ann Wright, Coleen Rowley, and others.
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<p />And then she moves on to PEN. And PEN is a global organization like Amnesty International that purports to speak on behalf of dissidents. PEN has refused to raise their voice against the draconian incarceration methods used against Bradley Manning. Indeed, they don't even mention Bradley Manning.
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<p />And that was just, for me, too much. I couldn't be part of this festival in May, nor finally could I continue as a member of PEN if they were going to appoint somebody who in my mind has amply demonstrated utter disdain for all the core values that a group like PEN says it defends.
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<p />JAY: And was there a fight in PEN about her appointment?
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<p />HEDGES: I'm not in the, you know, upper echelon of PEN to be able to answer that. One would hope there was. This was a long track record of and embrace of preemptive war, which of course under international law is illegal, and utter failure to speak out on behalf of the oppressed, including on the Palestinians. She's been nothing but a cheerleader for the right-wing Israeli onslaught against the Palestinians. But I don't know. I don't know. Maybe the board is that checked out that there wasn't a fight.
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<p />JAY: Talk a little bit about what this ideology is. And what I mean by that, and some people call it humanitarian imperialism, but this whole outlook that it's almost like any means is okay if you get to some theoretical end, which is supposedly democracy, although I'm not sure where they would point to where such means ever led to that end. But they seem to believe it.
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<p />HEDGES: Well, it's the white man's burden. You know, it comes with a healthy or a hefty dose of racism, a belief that we can impose our values, which are of course deemed to be superior to the values of all other cultures, by using the 101st Airborne to cement those values in place. I mean, I speak as somebody who spent 20&#160;years as a war correspondent. And the whole idea that you can begin to even use the word human rights when you are employing the kinds of weapons systems--and I think if you haven't been around these weapons systems, it's very hard to convey the utterly destructive power. I mean, Hellfire missiles not only throw out fragments that kill, you know, everyone in a radius upwards of half a mile, but they suck the oxygen out of the air. I mean, oftentimes people are just--there's no actual marks on their body. They've suffocated to death. And cruise missiles, 90&#160;millimeter tank rounds, I mean, these are massive ordinances. And at that point, you know, you can't use industrial military power to impose human rights. And Afghanistan and Iraq are perfect examples of that.
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<p />But this kind of beknighted imperialism, that's not particularly new. King Leopold did it in the Congo. You know, we have done it around the globe in the name of democracy and freedom and liberty, all these abstract terms that when you're actually on the ground in places like El Salvador, Nicaragua--I covered both of those wars--it's absurd if not finally obscene.
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<p />And she's part of this long tradition, believes that we have a right to use our overwhelming military force to occupy, control, invade other countries in the name of our values. And as someone, of course, who's spent many years, two decades, on the outer regions of empire, you know, Conrad got it in Heart of Darkness: it's the horror, the horror. These people do not want to be occupied. This--you know, Muslims in the Middle East do not want to be occupied, and they are resisting that occupation. And the methods by which that occupation is cemented into place and that resistance is crushed are extremely brutal and violent and cruel and unjust. And she offers a kind of moral veneer for, in my mind, you know, a deeply immoral project. And the idea--I mean, she has no right or no business running any human rights organization. [crosstalk] into these organizations is just a sign of how corrosive this neoliberal ideology has become.
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<p />JAY: What reaction have you had from PEN?
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<p />HEDGES: They haven't reacted. I don't think they'll lose too much sleep over my resignation.
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<p />JAY: They seem to have someone who agrees more or less with this outlook sitting as president of the United States right now. He seems to have made several appointments of people who share this kind of outlook, Susan Rice and others. Do you see any distinction between what this new PEN leader thinks with the leader of America?
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<p />HEDGES: No. She's completely in lockstep with this entire project. And that's why she was working for the administration. And again it's this kind of odd revolving door. I mean, we see it in the military and the quote-unquote defense industry. But now we're seeing it from government officials, who push through these policies and refuse to stand up against or to protect the most basic of human rights, including right to trial, freedom from torture, moving into human rights organizations, the hijacking of human rights organizations to promote imperial projects. And, again, that's not new. The misuse of humanitarian agencies is not new. But what's disturbing is that these people are now--are running them.
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<p />JAY: Alright. Thanks for joining us, Chris.
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<p />HEDGES: Thank you.
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<p />JAY: And thank you for joining us on The Real News Network.
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<p />DISCLAIMER: Please note that transcripts for The Real News Network are typed from a recording of the program. TRNN cannot guarantee their complete accuracy. | Chris Hedges: Why I Resigned from PEN | true | http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26task%3Dview%26id%3D31%26Itemid%3D74%26jumival%3D10019 | 2013-04-04 | 4 |
<p>If you thought Watters World was a documentary about Donald Trump’s adventures with hookers in a Moscow hotel, you’re mistaken, but understandably so. In fact, it’s a program on Fox News featuring Jesse Watters, who is also a co-host of the daily afternoon program The Five. Watters is best known for being a smug, smartass who did ambush interviews for Bill O’Reilly and allegedly humorous segments that were overtly racist.</p>
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<p>Now the New York Daily News is <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/fox-news-host-jesse-watters-divorce-affair-employee-article-1.3867486" type="external">reporting</a> that Watters’ wife has filed for divorce due to his ongoing adulterous affair with a twenty-five year old co-worker, Emma DiGiovine. Watters has admitted his infidelity which he only reported to Fox News human resources after the divorce papers were filed. He and his now-estranged wife have twin six year old daughters.</p>
<p>Most companies have strict prohibitions against employees engaging in romantic relationships with subordinates on their staff. Generally it mandates termination of the superior employee who is in a position to abuse their power. Presumably, Fox News has the same policy. However, the response by Fox upon discovery of the relationship was to transfer DiGiovine to another program and let Watters off the hook entirely. Now he can continue leading classy discussions wherein he describes single women as “Beyoncé voters” who “depend on government because they’re not depending on their husbands. They need things like contraception, health care and they love to talk about equal pay.”</p>
<p>This is just the latest sex scandal at Fox News. Previously their founder and CEO, the late Roger Ailes was fired after multiple allegations of sexual harassment and abuse. Then their star host, Bill O’Reilly, got the ax when it became publicly known that he had paid millions of dollars in settlements to silence his accusers. Gee, Doanld Trump only paid $130,000 (that we know of). Fox and Friends anchor Ed Henry was suspended for several weeks for having an adulterous affair. Fox business host Charles Payne was also the subject of harassment charges. And Watters got his seat on The Five by replacing Eric Bolling, who was fired for sending explicit photos to women colleagues at Fox.</p>
<p>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QSSMOES/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=newscorpsecom-20&amp;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS" type="external">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.</a> Available now at Amazon.</p>
<p>This obviously isn’t a case of a few bad apples. Fox News is a breeding ground for perverts. It’s a haven for men who exploit their power to demean and control women. Or as former Fox News host and victim Andrea Tantaros <a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/andrea-tantaros-sues-fox-news-retaliation-sexual-harassment" type="external">said in her lawsuit</a>, “it operates like a sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult, steeped in intimidation, indecency, and misogyny.” And now Jesse Watters has become the latest face of the reprehensible pattern of misogynistic behavior that is nurtured by Fox and its management. But he certainly won’t be the last.</p> | Another Fox News Sleazeball Has Been Caught in a Sex Scandal with a 25 Year Old Co-Worker | true | http://newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p%3D34768 | 4 |
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<p>Muslim protesters kneel down to pray at an event challenging the NYPD's surveillance program.&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/samgracelewis/6814465813/in/photostream"&gt;Sam Lewis&lt;/a&gt;/Flickr</p>
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<p>Sayed Farhaj Hassan began basic training in the US Army the day before 9/11. Two years later, he deployed to Iraq. Then a few months ago, he learned that the New Jersey mosque he had attended for 16 years, Astaana-e-Zehra, had turned up in a New York Police Department document assessing the threat of Iran-sponsored terrorism to New York City.</p>
<p>“I felt violated,” says Hassan, who is still an Army reservist. “Everything I signed up to defend in the Army was being thrown away by the New York City Police Department.”</p>
<p>Hassan is a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleging that the NYPD violated the constitutional rights of New Jersey’s Muslim community through a massive CIA-assisted surveillance program, which was <a href="http://www.ap.org/Index/AP-In-The-News/NYPD" type="external">first revealed by the Associated Press</a>. Documents released by the AP show that beginning in 2002 the NYPD covertly monitored Muslim neighborhoods, mosques, and businesses. The case is the first to challenge the NYPD’s sweeping surveillance program.</p>
<p>The case was brought by California-based Muslim Advocates, a group led by Farhana Khera, a former aide to Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.). The suit represents a growing conflict over the legality of post-9/11 security tactics that critics allege amount to racial profiling of Muslim Americans. And the NYPD’s sweeping program provides an appropriate test case of law enforcement authority in this arena. While New York City officials like Mayor Michael Bloomberg have said the program was legal and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/04/new-york-times-mayor-michael-bloomberg-nypd-muslim-spying_n_1319414.html" type="external">that the NYPD was “following leads</a>” and not profiling on the basis of religion, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/09/nypd-docs-focus-scrutiny-on-muslim-americans/#ixzz1x1ZtvOL" type="external">the AP notes</a> that there is “no indication that criminal leads prompted any of the [NYPD surveillance] reports.” The documents themselves contain maps showing the locations of mosques and dossiers on Muslim-owned businesses.</p>
<p>“For a number of years, there was a certainly a feeling that people were being singled out and targeted for scrutiny by law enforcement,” Khera says. “It created a lot of fear and concern in the community, but also a lot of tremendous anger and frustration. Americans who are simply going about their daily lives, attending school, running their businesses, attending their places of worship, and haven’t engaged in wrongdoing—and yet they’re being subjected to surveillance by the largest police department in the country.”</p>
<p>Shortly after the AP story broke, Muslim Advocates began reaching out to individuals in New Jersey whose businesses, mosques, or organizations had been named in the NYPD records. Aide from Hassan, the plaintiffs include two imams, a college student, and two business owners.</p>
<p>The NYPD documents show that&#160; <a href="http://www.ap.org/Content/AP-In-The-News/2012/NYPD-monitored-Muslim-students-all-over-Northeast%22scrutinized" type="external">the department scrutinized Muslim student organizations</a>&#160;all over the region, including at local universities. “It was shocking to everyone, especially on the Rutgers campus,” says Moiz Mohammed, a Rutgers student who is a plaintiff in the suit. “After that point onwards, I was more conscious of my religious practices, I made sure no one was around when I was praying.”</p>
<p>The NYPD monitoring effort has sparked fears among New Jersey Muslims that they could be targeted in sting operations, which have become a staple of <a href="" type="internal">post-9/11 terrorism cases involving the FBI</a>. “Now we’re concerned about, will someone come into the masjid and intentionally try and incite something? Will there be someone intentionally hired by law enforcement to try and bait someone into doing something they wouldn’t normally do?” says Imam Deen Shareef, another plaintiff, who heads the Council of Imams of New Jersey. Two mosques represented by the council were named in NYPD documents.</p>
<p>The limits on the powers of law enforcement post-9/11 are anything but clear. Technically, the NYPD’s authorities are governed by the so-called Handschu Guidelines, which arose from a 1971 court case involving activists who were spied on by the New York police. The guidelines specify that the NYPD is not allowed to monitor individuals without evidence of criminal wrongdoing.&#160; <a href="http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-02-23/news/31093115_1_new-rules-nypd-handschu-guidelines" type="external">But subsequent legal fights over the rules have been resolved in the NYPD’s favor</a>. Avoiding the murky Handschu rules is at least part of the reason why the lawsuit was filed in New Jersey, instead of New York.</p>
<p>The plaintiffs are hoping for a result that prevents the kind of blanket surveillance engaged in by the NYPD from happening again.</p>
<p>“What’s next? Where does it stop?” Hassan asks. “Where is the right to privacy? It doesn’t exist if you’re a Muslim anymore. This is what this tells us.”</p>
<p /> | “Where Is the Right to Privacy? It Doesn’t Exist If You’re a Muslim” | true | https://motherjones.com/politics/2012/06/muslims-nypd-spying-lawsuit/ | 2012-06-06 | 4 |
<p>To the <a href="" type="internal">general merriment of the interwebs</a>, ESPN made the insane decision on Tuesday to remove college football announcer Robert Lee from covering a game at University of Virginia. ESPN released this statement from Appomattox Courthouse:</p>
<p>We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name. In that moment it felt right to all parties. It's a shame that this is even a topic of conversation and we regret that who calls play-by-play for a football game has become an issue.</p>
<p>An ESPN executive added to New York Magazine’s Yashar Ali:</p>
<p>This is totally bats*** loony, of course — it’s the equivalent of the Oregon school board voting to remove the name “Lynch” from buildings because of lynching throughout American history (Loretta Lynch and Marshawn Lynch must be aggravated).</p>
<p>But more importantly, it’s just another indicator <a href="" type="internal">why ESPN is losing viewers</a>. I’ve been on the ESPN-is-a-Leftist-propaganda-network beat for years. As a onetime avid viewer of the network — as a kid, I’d get up at 6 a.m. to watch the highlights on SportsCenter — I’ve been thoroughly disappointed by the network’s turn toward Leftist politics. <a href="" type="internal">Jim Brady</a>, the public editor for the network, admitted a few months back, “Internally, there’s a feeling among many staffers — both liberal and conservative — that the company’s perceived move leftward has had a stifling effect on discourse inside the company and has affected its public-facing product. Consumers have sensed that same leftward movement, alienating some.”</p>
<p>That’s obviously true. ESPN has spent the last several years touting Caitlyn Jenner, who hasn’t been athletically relevant since before I was born; pushing Black Lives Matter; gushing over Colin Kaepernick and giving airtime to commentators suggesting that the National Anthem be thrown overboard at games; firing Curt Schilling for comparing ISIS to Nazis and Mike Ditka for not supporting Barack Obama. Every program has become MSNBC with footballs.</p>
<p>It’s no surprise that the stupidity of politically programming a sports network has now infused the network to such an extent that they won’t even have an Asian reporter named Lee report a game at University of Virginia. They wouldn’t want to offend the snowflakes who watch their programming, since conservatives aren’t watching anymore. But they’ve ended up demonstrating that they’re a politicized joke. And that will hurt them far more than the ubiquity of online highlight reels from baseball games.</p> | Why The Robert Lee Story May Be The Nail In ESPN’s Coffin | true | https://dailywire.com/news/20109/why-robert-lee-story-may-be-nail-espns-coffin-ben-shapiro | 2017-08-23 | 0 |
<p>To many millions of Americans—most particularly, veterans and their families—it remains a noble enterprise. As indeed it was, that necessary, dirty business of defeating Nazi totalitarianism and Japanese militarism. Nothing is ever simple, including World War II: the United States was tardy in taking the measure of the threat posed by Hitler’s Third Reich; the unsatisfactory endgame of the war consigned east central Europe to the empire of another totalitarian power with which we were in uneasy alliance; the Cold War followed. But when all the “buts” have been considered, the fact remains that World War II had to be fought. And it was a very good thing that the United States and Great Britain won, and that Germany and Japan lost.</p>
<p>Yet historian Paul Johnson did not exaggerate when he described World War II as “one of the greatest man-made disasters in history.” The precise casualty figures will never be known. Sixty million dead, with civilian casualties exceeding military, is one informed estimate: 25 million Russians, 15 million Chinese, 6 million Jews, 6 million Poles, 4 million Germans, over 2 million Japanese. A further ten million people were expelled from their homes during the last phase of the war and in the months immediately thereafter, in what another historian calls “the largest single migration of people in a short period of which we know.” The sheer magnitude of these numbers blunts their impact, just as the ubiquitous photos of bombed-out cities give destruction a terrible sameness: is that the rubble of Rotterdam, or Coventry, or Dresden, or Osaka, or Warsaw, or Berlin, or Stalingrad? Dwight D. Eisenhower said it simply and well: “The loss of lives that might have been creatively lived scars the mind of the modern world.”</p>
<p>George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. and holds EPPC’s William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies.</p> | In Remembrance of Things Past | false | https://eppc.org/publications/in-remembrance-of-things-past/ | 1 |
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<p>New York magazine has an interesting <a href="http://www.nymag.com/news/media/15967/" type="external">cover story</a> about the "haves and have-nots" of the blogging world -- those at the top getting rich, and those part of the "long tail" who earn little or for whom blogging is more hobby than career. What caught my eye was a chart accompanying this sidebar article, " <a href="http://www.newyorkmetro.com/news/media/15972/" type="external">Linkology</a>," which lists the 50 most-popular blogs worldwide based on which get the most links from other websites. A close review of the chart shows just how mainstream blogging is becoming. In the early days, the top blogs were about technology (or blogging itself). But now, politics is the hottest topic, with technology coming in second place. Here's my break-down of the topics covered by the Linkology 50 most-popular blogs (out of the estimated 27 million in the world):</p>
<p>What surprises me most is that there are no sports-related blogs in the top 50. (This list is ranked based on links; perhaps if the ranking of top blogs was based on actual reader traffic, results might be very different.) In terms of the larger picture for blogging, it's encouraging to see that technology is no longer the dominant theme overall. That's an indicator that blogs continue to move quickly toward becoming mainstream. Some of the blogs in the top-50 list have readership levels that rival traditional big media.</p>
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<p>Responding to a U.N. report that found that most of the civilian casualties in Afghanistan are caused by Taliban attacks, the insurgent group released a statement calling for the creation of a joint committee to investigate the deaths of noncombatants. The U.N. and NATO are <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/16/taliban-afghan-civilian-deaths-nato-un" type="external">considering</a> the proposal.</p>
<p>The Taliban statement, which can be read <a href="http://alemarah-iea.com/english/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1181:response-of-zabihullah-mujahid-the-spokesman-of-islamic-emirate-of-afghanistan-about-civilian-casual&amp;catid=4:statements&amp;Itemid=4" type="external">here</a>, refers to the reporting of civilian casualties as a “propaganda tool” and accuses the U.N. report of being “biased and subjective.”</p>
<p>The civilian casualties committee, as proposed by the Taliban, would consist of “special representatives of Islamic Conference, UN’s human rights organizations as well as representatives from ISAF forces [U.S. and NATO] and Islamic of Emirate of Afghanistan [Taliban]” and would be “given a free hand to survey the affected areas as well as people in order to collect the precise information and the facts and figures and disseminate its findings worldwide.” — PZS</p>
<p /> | Taliban Demand Civilian Casualties Committee | true | https://truthdig.com/articles/taliban-demand-civilian-casualties-committee/ | 2010-08-18 | 4 |
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<p>Since launching the freshly approved antipsychotic treatment for the underserved Parkinson's disease population in May, the company has yet to report meaningful revenue figures. The first shipments didn't go out until late May, and by the end of September, ACADIA had recorded just $1.9 million in deferred revenue related to its sales.</p>
<p>There's a worthwhile debate over just how well this antipsychotic can perform both in the Alzheimer's population and in the commercial setting as a whole. Statistically speaking, it significantly reduced patient psychosis (as measured by Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Nursing Home inventory scores), but by a slim margin.</p>
<p>There's reasonable doubt that the results seen in the 180-patient phase 2 study can be repeated in a larger study, which will likely be necessary to support an FDA application for expansion from Parkinson's to Alzheimer's.</p>
<p>On the other hand, there is a dearth of effective antipsychotics with minimal anticognitive side effects; additionally, a first approval tends to smooth out the path for a second. Looking a bit further ahead, clinical trials with Nuplazid in major depressive disorder and schizophrenia could push the stock even higher, regardless of Pfizer's intentions.</p>
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<p>CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, hurting more than a dozen others and ratcheting up tension in a day full of violent confrontations.</p>
<p>Shortly after, a Virginia State Police helicopter that officials said was assisting with the rally crashed outside Charlottesville, killing the pilot and a trooper.</p>
<p>The chaos boiled over at what is believed to be the largest group of white nationalists to come together in a decade. The governor declared a state of emergency, and police dressed in riot gear ordered people out. The group had gathered to protest plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, and others arrived to protest the racism.</p>
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<p>Matt Korbon, a 22-year-old University of Virginia student, said several hundred counter-protesters were marching when “suddenly there was just this tire screeching sound.” A silver Dodge Challenger smashed into another car, then backed up, barreling through “a sea of people.”</p>
<p>The impact hurled people into the air. Those left standing scattered, screaming and running for safety in different directions.</p>
<p>The driver was later identified by police as James Alex Fields Jr. of Ohio. Police say Fields, 20, has been charged with charged with second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding, and one count related to leaving the scene. A bond hearing is scheduled for Monday.</p>
<p>Field’s mother, Samantha Bloom, told The Associated Press on Saturday night that she knew her son was attending a rally in Virginia but didn’t know it was a white supremacist rally.</p>
<p>“I thought it had something to do with Trump. Trump’s not a white supremacist,” Bloom said.</p>
<p>“He had an African-American friend so …,” she said before her voice trailed off. She added that she’d be surprised if her son’s views were that far right.</p>
<p>Bloom, who became visibly upset as she learned of the injuries and deaths at the rally, said she and her son had just moved to the Toledo area from the northern Kentucky city of Florence. She said that’s where Fields grew up. She relocated to Ohio for work.</p>
<p>Late Saturday, the Department of Justice announced the opening of a federal civil rights investigation into the deadly car attack. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said that the FBI’s Richmond field office and Rick Mountcastle, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, will lead the investigation.</p>
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<p>“The violence and deaths in Charlottesville strike at the heart of American law and justice,” Sessions said in a statement. “When such actions arise from racial bigotry and hatred, they betray our core values and cannot be tolerated.”</p>
<p>The turbulence began Friday night, when the white nationalists carried torches though the University of Virginia campus. It quickly spiraled into violence Saturday morning. Hundreds of people threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays. At least three more men have been arrested in connection to the protests</p>
<p>The Virginia State Police announced late Saturday that Troy Dunigan, a 21-year-old from Chattanooga, Tennessee, was charged with disorderly conduct; Jacob L. Smith, a 21-year-old from Louisa, Virginia, was charged with assault and battery; and James M. O’Brien, 44, of Gainesville, Florida, was charged with carrying a concealed handgun.</p>
<p>City officials said treated 35 patients altogether, 19 of whom were injured in the car crash.</p>
<p>State Police said in a statement that the helicopter was “assisting public safety resources with the ongoing situation” when it crashed in a wooded area. The pilot, Lieutenant H. Jay Cullen, 48, of Midlothian, Virginia, and Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates of Quinton, Virginia, died at the scene.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump condemned “in the strongest possible terms” what he called an “egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides” after the clashes. He called for “a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives.”</p>
<p>Trump said he had spoken with the governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, and “we agreed that the hate and the division must stop and must stop right now.”</p>
<p>But some of the white nationalists cited Trump’s victory as validation for their beliefs, and Trump’s critics pointed to the president’s racially tinged rhetoric as exploiting the nation’s festering racial tension.</p>
<p>The Rev. Jesse Jackson noted that Trump for years publicly questioned President Barack Obama’s citizenship.</p>
<p>“We are in a very dangerous place right now,” he said.</p>
<p>Right-wing blogger Jason Kessler had called for what he termed a “pro-white” rally in Charlottesville, sparked by the monument decision. White nationalists and their opponents promoted the event for weeks.</p>
<p>Oren Segal, who directs the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism, said multiple white power groups gathered in Charlottesville, including members of neo-Nazi organizations, racist skinhead groups and Ku Klux Klan factions.</p>
<p>The white nationalist organizations Vanguard America and Identity Evropa; the Southern nationalist League of the South; the National Socialist Movement; the Traditionalist Workers Party; and the Fraternal Order of Alt Knights also were on hand, he said, along with several groups with a smaller presence.</p>
<p>On the other side, anti-fascist demonstrators also gathered in Charlottesville, but they generally aren’t organized like white nationalist factions, said Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center.</p>
<p>Many others were just locals caught in the fray.</p>
<p>Colleen Cook, 26, stood on a curb shouting at the rally attendees to go home.</p>
<p>Cook, a teacher who attended the University of Virginia, said she sent her son, who is black, out of town for the weekend.</p>
<p>“This isn’t how he should have to grow up,” she said.</p>
<p>Cliff Erickson leaned against a fence and took in the scene. He said he thinks removing the statue amounts to erasing history and said the “counter-protesters are crazier than the alt-right.”</p>
<p>“Both sides are hoping for a confrontation,” he said.</p>
<p>It’s the latest hostility in Charlottesville since the city about 100 miles outside of Washington, D.C., voted earlier this year to remove a statue of Lee.</p>
<p>In May, a torch-wielding group that included prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer gathered around the statue for a nighttime protest, and in July, about 50 members of a North Carolina-based KKK group traveled there for a rally, where they were met by hundreds of counter-protesters.</p>
<p>Kessler said this week that the rally is partly about the removal of Confederate symbols but also about free speech and “advocating for white people.”</p>
<p>“This is about an anti-white climate within the Western world and the need for white people to have advocacy like other groups do,” he said in an interview.</p>
<p>Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer said he was disgusted that the white nationalists had come to his town and blamed Trump for inflaming racial prejudices.</p>
<p>“I’m not going to make any bones about it. I place the blame for a lot of what you’re seeing in American today right at the doorstep of the White House and the people around the president,” he said.</p>
<p>Charlottesville, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is a liberal-leaning city that’s home to the flagship UVA and Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson.</p>
<p>The statue’s removal is part of a broader city effort to change the way Charlottesville’s history of race is told in public spaces. The city has also renamed Lee Park, where the statue stands, and Jackson Park, named for Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. They’re now called Emancipation Park and Justice Park, respectively.</p>
<p>For now, the Lee statue remains. A group called the Monument Fund filed a lawsuit arguing that removing the statue would violate a state law governing war memorials. A judge has agreed to temporarily block the city from removing the statue for six months.</p>
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<p>Associated Press writers Alan Suderman in Richmond, Virginia, Heidi Brown in Charlottesville, Claire Galofaro in Louisville, Kentucky, and John Seewer in Maumee, Ohio, contributed to this report.</p> | Officials: White nationalist rally linked to 3 deaths | false | https://abqjournal.com/1047061/hundreds-face-off-ahead-of-white-nationalist-rally.html | 2017-08-12 | 2 |
<p>Republican homebuilder Carlos Beruff is the last man standing against Senator Marco Rubio in Florida’s Republican senatorial primary race.</p>
<p>Since Rubio first announced that he was going to run for re-election to the U.S. Senate, Lt. Governor Carlos&#160; Lopez-Cantera, Rep. Ron DeSantis (R) and ex-CIA officer Todd Wilcox, all dropped out of the contested primary race and endorsed him.</p>
<p>But not Carlos Beruff, who has vowed to challenge Rubio in the GOP senate primary.</p>
<p>Both Rubio and Beruff are of Cuban-descent and claim to be conservative at heart, and both support keeping the&#160;embargo&#160;in place.&#160;</p>
<p>Beruff claims to be pro-life like Rubio, but a recent Weekly Standard <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/rubio-challenger-supported-pro-choice-democrat-for-congress/article/2003025#.V22KGv-aCSI.twitter" type="external">story</a>pointed to the fact that back in 2006, Beruff &#160;donated $4200 to uber pro-abortion Congresswoman Christine Jennings (D).</p>
<p>The Weekly Standard questions Beruff’s position on “life.”</p>
<p>Beruff’s website doesn’t mention abortion explicitly, but it offers his views on the issue of “Life.”</p>
<p>There is nothing more foundational to my worldview than my belief in the sanctity of every human life. As a father of two with a third on the way, this is not a political issue, it’s a personal one. Unfortunately, for the last seven years, we’ve had a President that’s shown complete disregard for the sanctity of life and a Congress that’s been too afraid to stand up to him. We need leaders in Washington who aren’t afraid to stand up for their principles and no principle is as important as the sanctity of life.</p>
<p>&#160;After the story posted, Team Beruff sent the follow rebuttal statement:</p>
<p>&#160;“Carlos is pro-life and any attempt to claim otherwise is a blatant lie. He made a donation to a personal friend more than a decade ago.”-Chris Hartline, Communications director.</p>
<p>But Jennings isn’t the only Democrat Beruff has donated to.&#160;</p>
<p>Now a Democrat, but not before becoming a Independent, and certainly not before first leaving the Republican Party, Charlie Crist received several donations from Beruff. So, to be clear, Beruff gave to Republican Charlie, not Democrat Charlie, but get what I mean.</p>
<p>Beruff has been taking shots at Rubio and even compared him to his old nemesis Crist.</p>
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<p>But after six years of not doing his job in Washington, it appears that Marco Rubio has become what he once campaigned against – a moderate Republican insider, controlled by the establishment, who has lost touch with Florida values. &#160; But just like in 2010, Washington Republicans don’t get to decide who the people of Florida get to vote for. And it’s not just us saying it…</p>
<p><a href="http://carlosberuff.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=dae1f8c8c641d90d78b2d6823&amp;id=51edcaf1e1&amp;e=e2abd96eb8" type="external">Marco Rubio</a>: “The Republican Party hasn’t endorsed Charlie Crist. Some Republican leaders have endorsed Charlie Crist. But the Party doesn’t belong to them. They don’t win the elections. You [the voters] win the elections.”-Beruff email release</p>
<p>Again, back in 2009 Beruff endorsed then-moderate Republican Charlie Crist, and even cut him a check or two.&#160;</p>
<p>And according to the <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20100422/article/4221083?p=2&amp;tc=pg" type="external">Sarasota Herald-Tribune</a>, Beruff stuck by Crist even as &#160;he was crossing over to being an Independent.</p>
<p>Rubio and affiliated PAC’s will surely attempt to make the distinction that Beruff is no different than the ultimate political chameleon Charlie Crist, and is really the one seeing Crist in the mirror, and not Rubio.</p>
<p>As for Crist, he will have his hands full against Rep. David Jolly. Jolly is running for re-election to his congressional seat and Crist stands in his way. Expect the entire weight of the GOP to come down on Crist.</p> | Carlos Beruff’s Charlie Crist Problem | true | http://shark-tank.com/2016/06/24/carlos-beruffs-charlie-crist-problem/ | 0 |
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<p>JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Israeli official on Wednesday said he led a secret investigation into 16-year-old Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi and her family, in part because their appearance — including “blond-haired, freckled” children in “Western clothes” — made them seem less like “real” Palestinians.</p>
<p>The stunning comments by Michael Oren, a deputy minister and former ambassador to the United States, promptly drew accusations of racism from the family — the latest twist in a case that has turned into a public relations headache for Israel.</p>
<p>The case revolves around Israel’s handling of Ahed Tamimi, who was arrested on Dec. 19 for slapping two Israeli soldiers outside her West Bank home four days earlier.</p>
<p>Video of the scuffle quickly spread, giving Ahed worldwide attention. The girl, noticeable for her long blond curls, and her mother are now being held in jail. Ahed faces charges that carry up to 14 years in prison.</p>
<p>Oren told The Associated Press that he had led a classified parliamentary investigation into the Tamimis two years ago in which Israeli security agencies and diplomats participated.</p>
<p>The family has a long history of leading protests against Israeli policies in the West Bank that often turn into clashes with soldiers in their village of Nabi Saleh and Ahed has been involved in highly publicized scuffles with soldiers in the past.</p>
<p>Oren said his investigation looked into whether the protests were genuine or whether the family members were provocateurs, paid to send children to clash with soldiers.</p>
<p>Derisively calling the skirmishes caught on tape “Pallywood,” Oren claimed that “someone” was funding the unrest to harm Israel’s image, without providing evidence.</p>
<p>“The Tamimi family and those claiming to be part of the Tamimi family have been provoking Israeli soldiers for many, many years now,” he said. “The children were chosen on the basis of their external look, to look Western, freckled, and blond-haired.”</p>
<p>“They were dressed as Westerners,” he added. “They don’t dress the way children dress in the West Bank, for a very specific purpose: to get soldiers to react violently to them, to take pictures of this violence and to spread it around the world in order to delegitimize, discredit the state of Israel.”</p>
<p>He called it a “very sophisticated operation” that has succeeded in manipulating the Western press.</p>
<p>In an interview with Israeli Channel 10 TV, Oren claimed one boy appeared in different videos with a cast on one arm at one protest, and on his other arm at another protest, before disappearing from demonstrations altogether.</p>
<p>In a statement from his office, Oren said: “In discussions held in the committee, the issue of the family’s credibility was raised and if it really is a real family.”</p>
<p>Ahed’s father, Bassem Tamimi, called Oren’s investigation “silly and stupid” and said the investigation was racist.</p>
<p>“We, the Tamimi family, were here in Palestine before the creation of Israel, and we will stay,” he said. “Denying that Palestinians could be blond reflects racism in the Israeli society.”</p>
<p>Ahed has been celebrated by Palestinians as a national hero, and Israel’s treatment of her has drawn the attention of international activists, human rights groups and U.N. officials.</p>
<p>In the Dec. 15 video, she is seen approaching two soldiers standing outside her home. She yells at them, tells them to leave, then kicks and slaps them as they stand silently.</p>
<p>The family says the girl was upset because a young cousin had been shot in the head and seriously wounded with a rubber bullet fired by Israeli troops. But the altercation drew outrage in Israel over what some had seen as a humiliation of the military.</p>
<p>In a reflection of the tensions, Israel’s defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, ordered the popular Army Radio station to ban any songs composed by Yehonatan Geffen, a leading journalist and songwriter, because of a poem he published that praised Ahed. Israel’s attorney general ruled that Lieberman has no authority over the station’s programming.</p>
<p>Opposition lawmaker Nachman Shai, a former chief military spokesman who is often critical of the government, acknowledged that the incident has become part of the war for the “hearts and minds” of people around the world.</p>
<p>But he said Israel had no choice in how to handle the case.</p>
<p>“She does not deserve to return home as if nothing happened,” he said. “You cannot ignore it, because that will cause other Palestinians to follow her.”</p>
<p>Tamimi was arrested in an overnight raid on Dec. 19, and her mother was arrested when she visited her daughter at a police station.</p>
<p>An Israeli military court has ordered they both be held for the duration of their trial — a process that is expected to take months. Ahed has been charged with 12 counts of attacking soldiers in five incidents going back to April 2016, while her mother has been charged with incitement. A cousin arrested with Ahed has been released on bail.</p>
<p>The family lawyer, Gaby Lasky, said the trial is scheduled to begin on Jan. 31, Ahed’s 17th birthday. She said she was hopeful the prosecutors would not seek the maximum 14-year sentence for the girl and would agree to a reduced sentence of several months.</p>
<p>Ahed is currently being held in a special prison wing for minors, where her conditions have improved, Lasky said. For the first week while she was interrogated, she said Ahed was not provided with a change of clothes or a coat, and threatened with the arrests of other family members if she didn’t talk.</p>
<p>Asked about Oren’s investigation, she said she was “ashamed” to hear a parliamentary committee was dealing with “wild conspiracy theories.”</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Associated Press writers Moshe Edri in Jerusalem and Mohammed Daraghmeh in Ramallah, West Bank, contributed to this report.</p>
<p>JERUSALEM (AP) — A senior Israeli official on Wednesday said he led a secret investigation into 16-year-old Palestinian protest icon Ahed Tamimi and her family, in part because their appearance — including “blond-haired, freckled” children in “Western clothes” — made them seem less like “real” Palestinians.</p>
<p>The stunning comments by Michael Oren, a deputy minister and former ambassador to the United States, promptly drew accusations of racism from the family — the latest twist in a case that has turned into a public relations headache for Israel.</p>
<p>The case revolves around Israel’s handling of Ahed Tamimi, who was arrested on Dec. 19 for slapping two Israeli soldiers outside her West Bank home four days earlier.</p>
<p>Video of the scuffle quickly spread, giving Ahed worldwide attention. The girl, noticeable for her long blond curls, and her mother are now being held in jail. Ahed faces charges that carry up to 14 years in prison.</p>
<p>Oren told The Associated Press that he had led a classified parliamentary investigation into the Tamimis two years ago in which Israeli security agencies and diplomats participated.</p>
<p>The family has a long history of leading protests against Israeli policies in the West Bank that often turn into clashes with soldiers in their village of Nabi Saleh and Ahed has been involved in highly publicized scuffles with soldiers in the past.</p>
<p>Oren said his investigation looked into whether the protests were genuine or whether the family members were provocateurs, paid to send children to clash with soldiers.</p>
<p>Derisively calling the skirmishes caught on tape “Pallywood,” Oren claimed that “someone” was funding the unrest to harm Israel’s image, without providing evidence.</p>
<p>“The Tamimi family and those claiming to be part of the Tamimi family have been provoking Israeli soldiers for many, many years now,” he said. “The children were chosen on the basis of their external look, to look Western, freckled, and blond-haired.”</p>
<p>“They were dressed as Westerners,” he added. “They don’t dress the way children dress in the West Bank, for a very specific purpose: to get soldiers to react violently to them, to take pictures of this violence and to spread it around the world in order to delegitimize, discredit the state of Israel.”</p>
<p>He called it a “very sophisticated operation” that has succeeded in manipulating the Western press.</p>
<p>In an interview with Israeli Channel 10 TV, Oren claimed one boy appeared in different videos with a cast on one arm at one protest, and on his other arm at another protest, before disappearing from demonstrations altogether.</p>
<p>In a statement from his office, Oren said: “In discussions held in the committee, the issue of the family’s credibility was raised and if it really is a real family.”</p>
<p>Ahed’s father, Bassem Tamimi, called Oren’s investigation “silly and stupid” and said the investigation was racist.</p>
<p>“We, the Tamimi family, were here in Palestine before the creation of Israel, and we will stay,” he said. “Denying that Palestinians could be blond reflects racism in the Israeli society.”</p>
<p>Ahed has been celebrated by Palestinians as a national hero, and Israel’s treatment of her has drawn the attention of international activists, human rights groups and U.N. officials.</p>
<p>In the Dec. 15 video, she is seen approaching two soldiers standing outside her home. She yells at them, tells them to leave, then kicks and slaps them as they stand silently.</p>
<p>The family says the girl was upset because a young cousin had been shot in the head and seriously wounded with a rubber bullet fired by Israeli troops. But the altercation drew outrage in Israel over what some had seen as a humiliation of the military.</p>
<p>In a reflection of the tensions, Israel’s defense minister, Avigdor Lieberman, ordered the popular Army Radio station to ban any songs composed by Yehonatan Geffen, a leading journalist and songwriter, because of a poem he published that praised Ahed. Israel’s attorney general ruled that Lieberman has no authority over the station’s programming.</p>
<p>Opposition lawmaker Nachman Shai, a former chief military spokesman who is often critical of the government, acknowledged that the incident has become part of the war for the “hearts and minds” of people around the world.</p>
<p>But he said Israel had no choice in how to handle the case.</p>
<p>“She does not deserve to return home as if nothing happened,” he said. “You cannot ignore it, because that will cause other Palestinians to follow her.”</p>
<p>Tamimi was arrested in an overnight raid on Dec. 19, and her mother was arrested when she visited her daughter at a police station.</p>
<p>An Israeli military court has ordered they both be held for the duration of their trial — a process that is expected to take months. Ahed has been charged with 12 counts of attacking soldiers in five incidents going back to April 2016, while her mother has been charged with incitement. A cousin arrested with Ahed has been released on bail.</p>
<p>The family lawyer, Gaby Lasky, said the trial is scheduled to begin on Jan. 31, Ahed’s 17th birthday. She said she was hopeful the prosecutors would not seek the maximum 14-year sentence for the girl and would agree to a reduced sentence of several months.</p>
<p>Ahed is currently being held in a special prison wing for minors, where her conditions have improved, Lasky said. For the first week while she was interrogated, she said Ahed was not provided with a change of clothes or a coat, and threatened with the arrests of other family members if she didn’t talk.</p>
<p>Asked about Oren’s investigation, she said she was “ashamed” to hear a parliamentary committee was dealing with “wild conspiracy theories.”</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Associated Press writers Moshe Edri in Jerusalem and Mohammed Daraghmeh in Ramallah, West Bank, contributed to this report.</p> | Israel official doubted Palestinian protest icon, her family | false | https://apnews.com/a3facfefb2af42908446c2252327e391 | 2018-01-24 | 2 |
<p>A Roseville, Michigan man was fined for heating his car up in his own driveway before heading out for the day.</p>
<p>Taylor Trupiano started up his vehicle and then wen back inside his home for a few minutes while the car was warming up. When he returned, there was a $128 dollar ticket.</p>
<p>"I thought it was some kind of joke at first, and then I was thrown back by it," he told WXYZ. "I was really surprised."</p>
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<p>Trupiano's ticket was for leaving the keys in the ignition with the motor running and with no one around. He said he was only doing what countless others do to fight the cold winter temps.</p>
<p>"I was in and out in probably about 7-8 minutes," he added. "So in that amount of time he ran up here, gave me a ticket and by the time I got out he was nowhere to be seen."</p>
<p>After Trupiano posted the ticket to Facebook the story went viral.</p>
<p>Roseville Police Chief James Berlin commented that he encourages his officers to enforce the ordinance adding that, "We have five to ten cars stolen this way every winter. It's dangerous, and of course it drives everyone's insurance rates up. It drives our crime rates up."</p>
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<p>WXYZ noted that though there is no state law against leaving your car turned on and unattended, dozens of cities across Michigan have local ordinances.</p>
<p>Local news footage below, including an interview with the police chief:</p> | This Guy Got A Ticket For Leaving His Car Running In His Own Driveway | true | https://dailywire.com/news/12342/guy-got-ticket-leaving-his-car-running-his-own-chase-stephens | 2017-01-11 | 0 |
<p>The Stormy Daniels affair is turning into one of the most persistent scandals of Donald Trump’s presidency. And given the sheer volume of scandals, that’s really saying something. It doesn’t help that this incident involves Trump’s own personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who arranged the $130,000 in hush money to keep Trump’s infidelity out of the news. Cohen is a long-time Trump toady who can always be relied on to prop up his pal, no matter how repulsive his behavior.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NewsCorpse/posts/2068659326482185" type="external" /></p>
<p>Having made himself the subject of the Stormy affair by asserting that he paid her from his own funds, Cohen is now as much an accomplice as he is an attorney. And his story that he ponied up the cash out of the kindness of his heart is <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michael-cohen-used-trump-org-email-stormy-daniels-arrangements-n855021" type="external">falling apart</a>. Consequently, he is adopting the tactics of his boss in order to deflect attention from his own potential criminal liability. On Saturday morning he tweeted this:</p>
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<p>Cohen has somehow gotten the impression that the media is obsessed with his email account. In fact, they are just being responsible journalists by reporting that his contacts with Stormy were made using his Trump Organization email address. That’s relevant due to his prior insistence that the arrangements he made with Stormy had nothing to do with Trump and Trump knew nothing about them. By the way, that would be a violation of the New York Bar Association’s standards of conduct. An attorney may not take actions on behalf of a client without full disclosure and permission.</p>
<p>Having no other defense, Cohen is resorting to attacking the media on a completely different topic. And, much like Trump, his attack is rooted in deliberate falsification of reality. Cohen saying that he didn’t see reporting about the jobs numbers anywhere except for Fox News is really just a confession that he doesn’t watch anything but Fox News. Every other major news organization reported these numbers, as they do every time they are released. Just a few obvious examples:</p>
<p>So Cohen didn’t see or hear any of this? Is he blind and deaf? Or is he just a lying, propaganda sewer who parrots the anti-media bullshit of Donald Trump? If nothing else, he’s exposing his fear about the legal walls that are closing in around him. This painfully desperate tweet is evidence of his knowledge that he and his favorite client are going down fast. And there’s nothing he an do about it.</p>
<p>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QSSMOES/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=newscorpsecom-20&amp;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS" type="external">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.</a> Available now at Amazon.</p> | Trump’s Lawyer Tries to Deflect Crimes with Desperate and Obviously False Attacks on the Media | true | http://newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p%3D34652 | 4 |
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<p>&#160; <a href="http://www.bluevoice.org/news_perudolphins.php" type="external" /></p>
<p>Hardy Jones (kneeling) and Dr. Carlos Yaipen Llanos (right) with a dead dolphin on Peru’s northern coast Courtesy BlueVoice.org</p>
<p>Something awful is happening in the waters off Peru’s northern coast, where some 3,000 dolphins have died and washed ashore since January. This rates as one of the worst, if not the worst, <a href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/health/mmume/" type="external">Unusual Mortality Event</a> (UME) ever recorded.&#160;</p>
<p>(I’ve been writing about the UME with marine mammals in the Gulf of Mexico since BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster <a href="" type="internal">here</a> and <a href="" type="internal">here</a>&#160;and <a href="" type="internal">here</a>.)</p>
<p>In recent weeks more than 1,200 dead seabirds, mostly pelicans, have washed up along the same Peruvian beaches. And Saturday&#160;the government declared a health alert along Peru’s northern coastline, urging residents and tourists to stay away from the beach while it investigates the unexplained deaths. It also warned&#160;local officials to wear protective gear when handling dead birds and animals.</p>
<p>So what’s going on?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/12755404@N04/1340047054/" type="external" />Credit: monkey sidekick via Flickr</p>
<p>My friend Hardy Jones of <a href="http://www.bluevoice.org/news_perudolphins.php" type="external">Bluevoice.org</a> visited Peru in late March, where he joined a crew mustered by veterinarian Dr. Carlos Yaipen Llanos, the Lima-based director of the marine mammal rescue organization <a href="http://www.orca.org.pe/" type="external">ORCA Peru</a>. In one day they&#160;counted&#160;615 dolphin&#160;carcasses&#160;scattered over 84 miles of coast before the high tide swept them off the beach.</p>
<p>Two species were hit: common dolphins (both genders, all ages) and Burmeister’s porpoises (only females and calves). As Jones wrote at his blog, <a href="http://bluevoiceviews.blogspot.com/" type="external">BlueVoice Views</a>:</p>
<p>At 11am we packed into a four wheel drive Toyota pickup with a back seat cab and drove through San Jose to the beach, cranked a right turn and headed north at low tide on a beach that was mostly firm…Within a few hundred yards we began to see dead dolphins. In ones and twos, then Carlos saw a Burmeister’s Porpoise. Some were highly decomposed while others were in the surfline freshly stranded. All were dead.</p>
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<p>Yaipen Llanos performed beach necropsies and summarized <a href="http://www.bluevoice.org/news_perudolphins.php" type="external">his findings</a>:&#160;</p>
<p>Macroscopic findings include: hemorrhagic lesions in the middle including the acoustic chamber, fractures in the periotic bones, bubbles in blood filling liver and kidneys (animals were diving, so the main organs were congested), lesion in the lungs compatible with pulmonary emphysema, sponge-like liver. So far we have 12 periotic samples from different animals, all with different degree of fractures and 80% of them with fracture in the right periotic bones, compatible with acoustic impact and decompression syndrome…</p>
<p>At this point, the evidence points towards acoustic impact and decompression syndrome. However, the large aggregation of dolphins is leading towards a potential epidemic outbreak of morbillivirus, brucella or both. We have recorded morbillivirus in South American sea-lions and the Peruvian population of common dolphins is a migratory part of that at Costa Rica, so chances are high. Also, evidence of previous mass stranding of this magnitude was associated to morbillivirus outbreak in Europe during the 90’s also in common dolphins and porpoises.</p>
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<p><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diagram_of_a_marine_seismic_survey.png" type="external" />Schematic of a marine seismic survey Credit: Nwhit via Wikimedia Commons</p>
<p>The worry about acoustic impact injuries and accompanying decompression syndrome is that offshore seismic testing by the oil and gas industry may be killing dolphins. <a href="http://www.bpzenergy.com/" type="external">Houston’s BPZ Energy</a>&#160;has&#160;exclusive license contracts over 2.2 million acres in four blocks in northwest Peru, including offshore. They issued <a href="http://ir.bpzenergy.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=663445" type="external">this statement</a> on April 11, in which they don’t actually say much:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/ctr?d=251806&amp;l=1&amp;a=BPZ%20Energy&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bpzenergy.com%2F" type="external">BPZ Energ</a>y,&#160;an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, today issued clarifying comments as a result of recent inquiries received regarding its offshore seismic activity and its possible relation to reported dolphin deaths in Peru. The Company also reaffirmed its commitment to good corporate citizenship in all matters, including social, community and environmental affairs.&#160;BPZ Energy operations in Tumbes are located 500 km north of Lambayeque where dolphin deaths have been reported.&#160;</p>
<p>It’s possible the dolphins and pelicans have been killed by different problems. Take your pick: In the case of dolphins, acoustic impact or disease outbreak (though <a href="http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-2071-Peru-dolphin-virus-not-official-finding-says-sea-institute/" type="external">officials have recently denied morbillivirus</a>); in the case of the pelicans, some suggest starvation.&#160;</p>
<p>That’s because a&#160;massive pelican&#160;die-off occurred in the same area in 1997, due to a strong El&#160;Niño&#160;event in the Pacific, when anchovies migrated away from the coast and birds starved. Except there’s no El&#160;Niño underway just now, only the end of a La&#160;Niña&#160;event and a return to neutral ocean conditions, according to the <a href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=77828" type="external">Climate Prediction Center</a>.</p>
<p>As with so many mass die-offs in the ocean, we may never know.</p> | WTF Is Going on With Peru’s Dolphins and Pelicans? | true | https://motherjones.com/politics/2012/05/wtf-going-perus-dolphins-and-pelicans/ | 2012-05-07 | 4 |
<p>Hillary Clinton has a reputation as being much more hawkish than President Obama – and – for that matter – most Democrats. She’s an enthusiastic supporter of overseas intervention – been endorsed by neocons like Robert Kagan – and if elected president – the thinking goes – would push for a more aggressive foreign policy out of Washington. Ironically – this might not be the case if her Republican opponent Donald Trump is elected. He’s given lip-service to ideas that some would describe as dovish – and has said that America needs to rethink its penchant for “regime-change.” So what are we to make of all this? Is Trump really the non-intervenionist he pretends to be or is just pandering to a voting base that is sick and tired of wars? And is Clinton’s hawkishness a sign that the Democratic party is now the home party the neocons?</p>
<p>Dr. Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research (C.E.P.R.), joins Thom Hartmann to discuss this.</p>
<p /> | Why Are Democrats Welcoming In the Neocons? – The Big Picture | true | http://trofire.com/2016/08/01/democrats-welcoming-neocons-big-picture/ | 2016-08-01 | 4 |
<p>The first round of the NBA playoffs seems too easy for LeBron James.</p>
<p>He's never lost a first-round series. His teams are 39-7 in first-round games. And when Cleveland visits Boston in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference matchup today, James and the Cavaliers will be taking the court with a 3-0 lead.</p>
<p>If that wasn't enough, consider what James did Saturday in a video posted by his longtime personal trainer Mike Mancias — a clip that was all over the web within minutes. From one corner of the TD Garden court, James flung a ball quarterback-style toward the basket at the other end.</p>
<p>Swish.</p>
<p>That's probably not a good sign for the Celtics.</p>
<p>"You know the type of pressure that the opposing team is under. It's win or go home for them," James said Saturday. "And they're going to bring everything in the toolbox that they have to try to get this victory and compete. For us, we have to stay calm, play our game, do what we've been doing and treat Game 4 like a Game 1."</p>
<p>Sunday could be Sweepsday not just for Cleveland, but for Houston and Washington as well. Washington looks to finish off a four-game ousting of Toronto, and the Rockets have Dallas in a 3-0 hole in their first-round matchup.</p>
<p>Also, defending NBA champion San Antonio looks to take a 3-1 lead over the Los Angeles Clippers.</p>
<p>The Wizards haven't swept anyone since 1982, and that was in a best-of-three. Houston could be headed to the second round for just the second time since 1997, and could win a 4-0 series for the first time since the 1995 NBA Finals — the most recent instance of the Rockets winning the title.</p>
<p>"Our mindset is get greedy," Rockets guard James Harden said. "Get greedy, don't let up and just stay focused."</p>
<p>Maybe it was just coincidence, but not long after James' fullcourt shot in Boston set Twitter aflame, the Rockets' Dwight Howard connected on a similar heave.</p>
<p>Still, Dallas probably would enjoy seeing Howard do that in games, since they had no answer for his 26-rebound performance in Game 3.</p>
<p>The Mavs also thought Howard and the Rockets are getting help. Dallas coach Rick Carlisle got fined $25,000 for complaining about officiating after Friday's 130-128 loss.</p>
<p>"I accept the fine," Carlisle said. "I have strong feelings about how I feel about my team and I'm going to fight for my team."</p>
<p>The Spurs-Clippers matchup resumes after San Antonio rolled to a 27-point win on Friday night. On Saturday, Tim Duncan celebrated his 39th birthday, and another home win for the Spurs would make it about as perfect a weekend as the defending champs could have wanted.</p>
<p>A look at the games, all times EDT:</p>
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<p>Cavaliers at Celtics, Cleveland leads 3-0, 1 p.m., ABC</p>
<p>For the fifth straight year, LeBron James has a 3-0 lead in a first-round series. And no NBA team has ever blown such a lead in the playoffs.</p>
<p>So the Celtics will try just about anything now, with good reason.</p>
<p>Forward Jae Crowder indicated that he's going into Sunday's starting lineup for Boston, which has had chances at times in each of the first three games.</p>
<p>"Nobody wants to be in the situation where you're down 3-0," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. "Everybody wants to be with the '3' and nobody with the '0.'"</p>
<p>Getting Kevin Love going in Game 3 was a great sign for Cleveland, and it made Kyrie Irving's struggles in that game — 3 for 11 shooting — basically unnoticed.</p>
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<p>Clippers at Spurs, San Antonio leads 2-1, 3:30 p.m., ABC</p>
<p>In Game 3, the Spurs' Tim Duncan tied a playoff career-low with four points, and Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker — the other members of San Antonio's "Big 3" — were non-factors as well.</p>
<p>And the Spurs still won by 27, thanks in large part to defensive player of the year Kawhi Leonard turning in the offensive game of his NBA career, a 32-point gem.</p>
<p>The defending champs are looking like champions again, and have gone on to win 19 of their last 21 series when holding a 2-1 lead or better. No Clipper team has ever won a series in which it trailed after three games.</p>
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<p>Raptors at Wizards, Washington leads 3-0, 6:30 p.m., TNT</p>
<p>They really, really don't like Paul Pierce now in Toronto.</p>
<p>Pierce told his teammates that he didn't want to have to endure any more stops at the U.S.-Canadian border in this series for check-ins with Customs officials, and he's one more win from making that happen. His 11 fourth-quarter points not only helped seal Game 3, but it was his biggest scoring total in a final period of any game this season.</p>
<p>"We just can't get it all together right now," Raptors guard Kyle Lowry said. "Bad time to not all be on the same wavelength."</p>
<p>Amir Johnson and Patrick Patterson are shooting a combined 72 percent in the series for Toronto. The rest of the Raptors: 35 percent.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Washington guard John Wall — even while shooting 37 percent — has 40 assists in three games.</p>
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<p>Rockets at Mavericks, Houston leads 3-0, 9 p.m., TNT</p>
<p>Dallas coach Rick Carlisle knows what history says, that teams are 0-for-forever when down 3-0 in an NBA playoff series.</p>
<p>"Everybody talks about history and how it's never been done," Carlisle said. "Someday, somebody's going to do it."</p>
<p>The Rockets have gotten 108 free throws in the first three games — part of the reason why Houston has averaged 119.7 points — but the big factor from Game 3 was Houston's 17 offensive rebounds.</p>
<p>Dallas is just 3-11 in playoff games since winning the NBA title, and needs a win Sunday to stave off a second sweep in its last three first-round appearances.</p>
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<p>AP Sports Writer Schuyler Dixon in Dallas and AP freelance writers Ken Powtak in Boston and Ben Standig in Washington contributed to this report.</p>
<p>The first round of the NBA playoffs seems too easy for LeBron James.</p>
<p>He's never lost a first-round series. His teams are 39-7 in first-round games. And when Cleveland visits Boston in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference matchup today, James and the Cavaliers will be taking the court with a 3-0 lead.</p>
<p>If that wasn't enough, consider what James did Saturday in a video posted by his longtime personal trainer Mike Mancias — a clip that was all over the web within minutes. From one corner of the TD Garden court, James flung a ball quarterback-style toward the basket at the other end.</p>
<p>Swish.</p>
<p>That's probably not a good sign for the Celtics.</p>
<p>"You know the type of pressure that the opposing team is under. It's win or go home for them," James said Saturday. "And they're going to bring everything in the toolbox that they have to try to get this victory and compete. For us, we have to stay calm, play our game, do what we've been doing and treat Game 4 like a Game 1."</p>
<p>Sunday could be Sweepsday not just for Cleveland, but for Houston and Washington as well. Washington looks to finish off a four-game ousting of Toronto, and the Rockets have Dallas in a 3-0 hole in their first-round matchup.</p>
<p>Also, defending NBA champion San Antonio looks to take a 3-1 lead over the Los Angeles Clippers.</p>
<p>The Wizards haven't swept anyone since 1982, and that was in a best-of-three. Houston could be headed to the second round for just the second time since 1997, and could win a 4-0 series for the first time since the 1995 NBA Finals — the most recent instance of the Rockets winning the title.</p>
<p>"Our mindset is get greedy," Rockets guard James Harden said. "Get greedy, don't let up and just stay focused."</p>
<p>Maybe it was just coincidence, but not long after James' fullcourt shot in Boston set Twitter aflame, the Rockets' Dwight Howard connected on a similar heave.</p>
<p>Still, Dallas probably would enjoy seeing Howard do that in games, since they had no answer for his 26-rebound performance in Game 3.</p>
<p>The Mavs also thought Howard and the Rockets are getting help. Dallas coach Rick Carlisle got fined $25,000 for complaining about officiating after Friday's 130-128 loss.</p>
<p>"I accept the fine," Carlisle said. "I have strong feelings about how I feel about my team and I'm going to fight for my team."</p>
<p>The Spurs-Clippers matchup resumes after San Antonio rolled to a 27-point win on Friday night. On Saturday, Tim Duncan celebrated his 39th birthday, and another home win for the Spurs would make it about as perfect a weekend as the defending champs could have wanted.</p>
<p>A look at the games, all times EDT:</p>
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<p>Cavaliers at Celtics, Cleveland leads 3-0, 1 p.m., ABC</p>
<p>For the fifth straight year, LeBron James has a 3-0 lead in a first-round series. And no NBA team has ever blown such a lead in the playoffs.</p>
<p>So the Celtics will try just about anything now, with good reason.</p>
<p>Forward Jae Crowder indicated that he's going into Sunday's starting lineup for Boston, which has had chances at times in each of the first three games.</p>
<p>"Nobody wants to be in the situation where you're down 3-0," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. "Everybody wants to be with the '3' and nobody with the '0.'"</p>
<p>Getting Kevin Love going in Game 3 was a great sign for Cleveland, and it made Kyrie Irving's struggles in that game — 3 for 11 shooting — basically unnoticed.</p>
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<p>Clippers at Spurs, San Antonio leads 2-1, 3:30 p.m., ABC</p>
<p>In Game 3, the Spurs' Tim Duncan tied a playoff career-low with four points, and Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker — the other members of San Antonio's "Big 3" — were non-factors as well.</p>
<p>And the Spurs still won by 27, thanks in large part to defensive player of the year Kawhi Leonard turning in the offensive game of his NBA career, a 32-point gem.</p>
<p>The defending champs are looking like champions again, and have gone on to win 19 of their last 21 series when holding a 2-1 lead or better. No Clipper team has ever won a series in which it trailed after three games.</p>
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<p>Raptors at Wizards, Washington leads 3-0, 6:30 p.m., TNT</p>
<p>They really, really don't like Paul Pierce now in Toronto.</p>
<p>Pierce told his teammates that he didn't want to have to endure any more stops at the U.S.-Canadian border in this series for check-ins with Customs officials, and he's one more win from making that happen. His 11 fourth-quarter points not only helped seal Game 3, but it was his biggest scoring total in a final period of any game this season.</p>
<p>"We just can't get it all together right now," Raptors guard Kyle Lowry said. "Bad time to not all be on the same wavelength."</p>
<p>Amir Johnson and Patrick Patterson are shooting a combined 72 percent in the series for Toronto. The rest of the Raptors: 35 percent.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Washington guard John Wall — even while shooting 37 percent — has 40 assists in three games.</p>
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<p>Rockets at Mavericks, Houston leads 3-0, 9 p.m., TNT</p>
<p>Dallas coach Rick Carlisle knows what history says, that teams are 0-for-forever when down 3-0 in an NBA playoff series.</p>
<p>"Everybody talks about history and how it's never been done," Carlisle said. "Someday, somebody's going to do it."</p>
<p>The Rockets have gotten 108 free throws in the first three games — part of the reason why Houston has averaged 119.7 points — but the big factor from Game 3 was Houston's 17 offensive rebounds.</p>
<p>Dallas is just 3-11 in playoff games since winning the NBA title, and needs a win Sunday to stave off a second sweep in its last three first-round appearances.</p>
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<p>AP Sports Writer Schuyler Dixon in Dallas and AP freelance writers Ken Powtak in Boston and Ben Standig in Washington contributed to this report.</p> | The 1st round of NBA playoffs seems way too easy for LeBron | false | https://apnews.com/amp/6cf204f4651644128a1c49f405c08fef | 2015-04-26 | 2 |
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<p>ShopperTrak, which tracks data at 40,000 stores in the U.S., said that sales for the November and December months combined rose 2.7 percent to $265.9 billion. That was better than the data service’s 2.4 percent forecast for the season, but below the 3.0 percent gain in 2012.</p>
<p>The number of customers in stores dropped 14.6 percent from last year for November and December combined.</p>
<p>After a decent performance in November, sales at stores had been weak for most of December as shoppers held back for the best deals in a still challenging economy. Stores were also challenged by a season that was six days shorter than a year ago.</p>
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<p>That put more pressure on stores for the last few days before Christmas. Merchants had been aggressive with discounting as early as late October but many stepped up price-cutting more than planned in the final days before Christmas.</p>
<p>“It was a lackluster season, but not devastating,” said Bill Martin, co-founder of ShopperTrak. “Stores had to go into deep discounting after the softness they saw.”</p>
<p>In fact, the week ended Dec. 28 accounted for 15.5 percent of sales and 16 percent of all traffic for the holiday season. That compares with 10.9 percent of last year’s holiday season sales and 11.5 percent of last year’s traffic.</p>
<p>The numbers do not include online sales, which have been a bright spot for merchants but also faced some challenges.</p>
<p>Holiday shopping online rose 10 percent to $46.5 billion in November and December, the research firm comScore announced Monday. That was lower than the 14 percent growth expected as shoppers showed reluctance to spend freely and faced a shorter holiday season this year.</p>
<p>The results include sales from desktops and laptops but not mobile devices.</p>
<p>Online shopping has been a bright spot for retail sales, growing at a faster clip than overall spending. But the results were hurt primarily because of the six fewer shopper days, according to comScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni.</p>
<p>“Consumers did not have the same opportunity to buy that they would have in a more typical holiday season,” said Fulgoni. “They made up for it to some extent by spending significantly more online on the weekends, but so many fewer workdays provided a headwind for the season that ultimately proved very challenging to overcome.”</p>
<p>The National Retail Federation, the nation’s largest retail trade group, is expected to release final holiday sales figures Tuesday. The group expects a 3.9 percent sales gain to $602.1 billion for November and December. That would be higher than the 3.5 percent increase seen in 2012. The figures include online sales.</p> | ShopperTrak: Holiday sales up 2.7 pct | false | https://abqjournal.com/332930/shoppertrak-holiday-sales-up-2-7-pct.html | 2 |
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<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — California on Monday becomes the nation's largest state to offer legal recreational marijuana sales. Here's a snapshot of how the market will work and how the state will regulate a pot economy estimated to be worth $7 billion:</p>
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<p>THE BASICS</p>
<p>California voted to legalize in 2016. The goal is to tighten regulation of the state's long-running medical pot sales while encouraging operators in the vast black market to enter the legal system.</p>
<p>In general, California will treat cannabis like alcohol, allowing people 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of pot and grow six marijuana plants at home. The state in December began licensing businesses for the new economy, including retailers who will sell it and distributors who will move it from fields to storefronts.</p>
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<p>WHERE CAN I BUY LEGAL POT?</p>
<p>The availability of legal weed will come down to this: location. What's emerged so far is a patchwork of local rules under which some cities will have legal cannabis on Jan. 1, but others will not.</p>
<p>Los Angeles has delayed accepting applications for legal sales until Jan. 3, and it will be weeks before any shops open. Kern County is among the places that have banned all commercial cannabis activity. Other cities have postponed taking action, waiting to see how the new market rolls out. Santa Cruz, San Diego, Shasta Lake, San Jose and West Hollywood have authorized businesses for recreational sales.</p>
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<p>LOOK BEFORE YOU LIGHT UP</p>
<p>Legal weed comes with a lot of restrictions, including where it can be smoked. First, there is no smoking in public, and state law has specific rules forbidding anyone from lighting up within 1,000 feet (300 meters) of a school or a daycare center when kids are around, or from smoking while driving. Another general rule: Don't smoke anywhere where tobacco is prohibited. Local governments are free to set rules for smoking at sales shops, what some call cannabis cafes or lounges, but that will vary city to city.</p>
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<p>THE TAXMAN COMETH</p>
<p>The state will impose a 15 percent excise tax on retail purchases of all cannabis and cannabis products, including medicinal cannabis. Cultivators will pay taxes on buds and leaves they sell, which is expected to be passed on to consumers at retail counters, too. Local governments can slap on additional taxes.</p>
<p>In Los Angeles, for example, new taxes and fees could push up the retail cost for a small bag of marijuana by as much as 70 percent. Operators fear that hefty new taxes will drive consumers into the black market. The state expects to bring in $684 million in pot taxes next year, with that number increasing to $1 billion in several years. Los Angeles has predicted that it could pull in $50 million next year.</p>
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<p>WHY LEGAL, WHY NOW?</p>
<p>Californians have gradually taken a more permissive attitude toward pot. Back in 1913, the state banned "loco-weed," according to a history by a major pro-legalization group, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. In the 1970s, felony possession of less than an ounce was downgraded to a misdemeanor, then state voters approved marijuana for medicinal purposes in 1996.</p>
<p>The reason the state is moving into legal cannabis is voters wanted it, overwhelmingly. Proposition 64, which legalized the sale and cultivation of recreational pot for adults, passed in November 2016 with 57 percent of the vote. There are other states with legal weed, including Washington and Colorado, but California will be the biggest by far. It is home to 1 in 8 Americans.</p>
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<p>LEGAL AND ILLEGAL AT THE SAME TIME?</p>
<p>Pot will be legal in California in January, but it remains illegal at the federal level.</p>
<p>While Washington has kept its distance from medicinal pot in states where it is legal, Congress has yet to renew a little-noticed rule that shields state medical marijuana programs from federal intervention. And Attorney General Jeff Sessions, an outspoken opponent of cannabis, has hinted at a possible crackdown. The state's black market is vast: An estimated 15,000 illegal cultivation sites exist in Humboldt County alone, a prized growing area in Northern California's so-called Emerald Triangle.</p>
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<p>GOODBYE MEDICAL CANNABIS?</p>
<p>Not really. Medicinal sales are expected to shrink, but not go away. In Los Angeles, medicinal buyers will pay a lower city tax rate, which could be an inducement to stay in that market. Others are likely to stick with medicinal products they know, such as for sleep problems or pain. One age group caught in a gap between medical and recreational marijuana are those 18 to 20 years old. You have to be at least 21 to buy recreational pot, but medicinal is legal for anyone 18 and older. Some in that age range are likely to continue seeking medicinal purchases.</p>
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<p>Follow AP's complete coverage of marijuana legalization in California here: https://apnews.com/tag/CaliforniaMarijuana</p>
<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) — California on Monday becomes the nation's largest state to offer legal recreational marijuana sales. Here's a snapshot of how the market will work and how the state will regulate a pot economy estimated to be worth $7 billion:</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>THE BASICS</p>
<p>California voted to legalize in 2016. The goal is to tighten regulation of the state's long-running medical pot sales while encouraging operators in the vast black market to enter the legal system.</p>
<p>In general, California will treat cannabis like alcohol, allowing people 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of pot and grow six marijuana plants at home. The state in December began licensing businesses for the new economy, including retailers who will sell it and distributors who will move it from fields to storefronts.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>WHERE CAN I BUY LEGAL POT?</p>
<p>The availability of legal weed will come down to this: location. What's emerged so far is a patchwork of local rules under which some cities will have legal cannabis on Jan. 1, but others will not.</p>
<p>Los Angeles has delayed accepting applications for legal sales until Jan. 3, and it will be weeks before any shops open. Kern County is among the places that have banned all commercial cannabis activity. Other cities have postponed taking action, waiting to see how the new market rolls out. Santa Cruz, San Diego, Shasta Lake, San Jose and West Hollywood have authorized businesses for recreational sales.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>LOOK BEFORE YOU LIGHT UP</p>
<p>Legal weed comes with a lot of restrictions, including where it can be smoked. First, there is no smoking in public, and state law has specific rules forbidding anyone from lighting up within 1,000 feet (300 meters) of a school or a daycare center when kids are around, or from smoking while driving. Another general rule: Don't smoke anywhere where tobacco is prohibited. Local governments are free to set rules for smoking at sales shops, what some call cannabis cafes or lounges, but that will vary city to city.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>THE TAXMAN COMETH</p>
<p>The state will impose a 15 percent excise tax on retail purchases of all cannabis and cannabis products, including medicinal cannabis. Cultivators will pay taxes on buds and leaves they sell, which is expected to be passed on to consumers at retail counters, too. Local governments can slap on additional taxes.</p>
<p>In Los Angeles, for example, new taxes and fees could push up the retail cost for a small bag of marijuana by as much as 70 percent. Operators fear that hefty new taxes will drive consumers into the black market. The state expects to bring in $684 million in pot taxes next year, with that number increasing to $1 billion in several years. Los Angeles has predicted that it could pull in $50 million next year.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>WHY LEGAL, WHY NOW?</p>
<p>Californians have gradually taken a more permissive attitude toward pot. Back in 1913, the state banned "loco-weed," according to a history by a major pro-legalization group, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. In the 1970s, felony possession of less than an ounce was downgraded to a misdemeanor, then state voters approved marijuana for medicinal purposes in 1996.</p>
<p>The reason the state is moving into legal cannabis is voters wanted it, overwhelmingly. Proposition 64, which legalized the sale and cultivation of recreational pot for adults, passed in November 2016 with 57 percent of the vote. There are other states with legal weed, including Washington and Colorado, but California will be the biggest by far. It is home to 1 in 8 Americans.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>LEGAL AND ILLEGAL AT THE SAME TIME?</p>
<p>Pot will be legal in California in January, but it remains illegal at the federal level.</p>
<p>While Washington has kept its distance from medicinal pot in states where it is legal, Congress has yet to renew a little-noticed rule that shields state medical marijuana programs from federal intervention. And Attorney General Jeff Sessions, an outspoken opponent of cannabis, has hinted at a possible crackdown. The state's black market is vast: An estimated 15,000 illegal cultivation sites exist in Humboldt County alone, a prized growing area in Northern California's so-called Emerald Triangle.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>GOODBYE MEDICAL CANNABIS?</p>
<p>Not really. Medicinal sales are expected to shrink, but not go away. In Los Angeles, medicinal buyers will pay a lower city tax rate, which could be an inducement to stay in that market. Others are likely to stick with medicinal products they know, such as for sleep problems or pain. One age group caught in a gap between medical and recreational marijuana are those 18 to 20 years old. You have to be at least 21 to buy recreational pot, but medicinal is legal for anyone 18 and older. Some in that age range are likely to continue seeking medicinal purchases.</p>
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<p>Follow AP's complete coverage of marijuana legalization in California here: https://apnews.com/tag/CaliforniaMarijuana</p> | Legal recreational pot in California: What you need to know | false | https://apnews.com/amp/70df8a255c23430da7a48f625f3e76de | 2017-12-31 | 2 |
<p>U.S. diplomacy in Finland has never been stronger.</p>
<p>Quite literally - at least if the bulging biceps of the U.S. Ambassador to Finland are anything to go by.</p>
<p>Bruce Oreck, former attorney and former fundraiser for President Barack Obama, took up his post in 2009. That last name might be familiar; he's the son of David Oreck, the vacuum cleaner manufacturer.</p>
<p>As a diplomat, Bruce Oreck's focused heavily on environmental issues. And, for Christmas, the nearly 60-year-old Oreck posted this on YouTube - seated alongside his wife, Cody.</p>
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<p>Friends like to say that Oreck's big personality is matched only by his arms.</p>
<p>You see, he's also a former professional body-builder. ProBody Magazine, a Finnish body-building monthly, got Oreck to pose for its latest issue.</p>
<p>Talk about gun-boat diplomacy?</p>
<p>A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Helsinki assured The Washington Post that no photo-shopping was involved with the image.</p>
<p>The ambassador, the spokesman told the Post, "places tremendous emphasis on staying in shape."</p>
<p>Not prone to shyness, the Ambassador also used one of the muscle-shots in a gag holiday card sent to close friends.</p>
<p>To be sure, this isn't the first time Oreck's flexed his muscles for the Finnish media.</p>
<p>A while back he <a href="http://spiritofplace-design.blogspot.co.uk/2010/07/meeting-mr-amerikka.html" type="external">posed completely shirtless</a> for another Finnish magazine.</p>
<p>The title of that photo shoot?</p>
<p>Mr. Amerikka.</p>
<p>As Frederick the Great, the former King of Prussia, once quipped, "Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments."</p>
<p>If that's the case, it's fair to say that Bruce Oreck is nothing less than a symphony.</p> | U.S. Ambassador to Finland makes waves with his 'gun show' | false | https://pri.org/stories/2013-01-03/us-ambassador-finland-makes-waves-his-gun-show | 2013-01-03 | 3 |
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<p>This week I noticed something odd on Jawbone's website. The company's online storefront, which used to sell multiple versions of its Up fitness trackers, was nowhere to be found. A few of Jawbone's webpages still display a link to the company's store, but they all redirect to the main Up information page.</p>
<p>It's a rather peculiar time for the company's online store to be down, considering we're in throes of the holiday shopping season right now, so I reached out the company for a comment. Jawbone's international public relations manager,Patrick Sebastian Henkel, wrote in an email:"We manage our inventory positions according to internal business processes, and strategic product lifecycle objectives. Our products continueto sell well and they are still available in channel."</p>
<p>Henkel's reference to "in channel" means consumers can still buy Jawbone devices from retail stores and online retailers.</p>
<p>Jawbone's own online store disappearance comes just two months after the company's website said that all of <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/09/30/jawbone-is-still-in-business-but-most-of-its-produ.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">its devices were sold out Opens a New Window.</a>and -- more importantly -- as rumors have swelled thatJawbone is having problems paying some of its partners and is losing its litigation battles against Fitbit (NYSE: FIT).</p>
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<p>After reports of Jawbone's possible financial troubles surfaced in an article published byThe Information, Jawbone CEO Hosain Rahma <a href="https://jawbone.com/blog/still-committed/" type="external">wrote on the company's blog Opens a New Window.</a> that it was not exiting the wearable tech business and called the reports that Jawbone may be going out of business "unequivocally false."</p>
<p>Whether Jawbone is truly in financial trouble or not, the company <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/09/21/jawbones-legal-troubles-arent-going-away.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">suffered a legal blow Opens a New Window.</a> in September when the U.S. International Trade Commission found that a trade court's previous ruling that invalidated some of Fitbit's patents was wrong. This essentially means thatFitbit could use patent laws to stop Jawbone from importing devices from Asia (where most of its devices are made).</p>
<p>It's clear from all of this that Jawbone is facing some rough times. Dropping device sales from its website isn't the end of the world, but it certainly isn't a reassuring indicator that the company is doing well. Perhaps channel sales are still strong and Jawbone simply doesn't want the hassle of selling directly to customers.</p>
<p>I've mentioned in previous articles that Jawbone's wearable device sales don't make it on the top five wearable tech vendor list, and right now I can't imagine anything turning around the company's position. There were rumors earlier in the summer that Jawbone would release a new, <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/08/24/could-a-clinical-wearable-device-save-jawbone.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">clinical-grade device Opens a New Window.</a> but nothing has surfaced so far. With the holiday season well under way and apparently no new products coming from the company, it appears consumers will be left buying up what's already available from Jawbone. Just don't look for the devices on the company's website.</p>
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<p>Boston Children's Hospital used to serve stereotypically bad hospital food — prepackaged stuff with plenty of preservatives.</p>
<p>But if a hospital wants to be on the cutting edge of healthcare, says hospital manager Paul O'Connor, it also has to focus on the most nutritious food possible — local food.</p>
<p>"If you’re going to be called No. 1 in the world from a pediatric perspective, you better be doing it from a food perspective too,” O’Connor says.</p>
<p>So five years ago, the hospital decided to go as local as possible. The problem, O’Connor says, was the hospital couldn’t just switch. Children’s gets its food from big distribution companies, which in turn rely on national contractors who can deliver a lot of food at once.</p>
<p>Now the hospital is, pardon the pun, turning the tables. Children’s is working with other hospitals to force food distributors to buy in new ways. For the last five years the hospitals have coordinated to demand more local food products. The change is good news for local farmers and fishermen who have been locked out the market for big local companies and institutions that buy vast amounts of food in bulk.</p>
<p>Stacia Clinton, New England regional director for the group Health Care Without Harm, who helps the hospitals collaborate, says half of all New England hospitals are participating in the effort.</p>
<p>“Hospitals are anchor institutions,” she says. “They own real estate, they provide jobs in the community, so they have a great impact in many different ways. And so by using their programs and purchasing and messaging, they have the ability to motivate change, not only inside their facility but beyond in the community and then more broadly in the marketplace and policy.”</p>
<p>In a clear sign that the <a href="http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/10/28/hospitals-local-food" type="external">local food movement</a> <a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/sites/default/files/media/MD%200671.pdf" type="external">is</a> <a href="http://civileats.com/2015/03/12/hospitals-supporting-healthy-local-food-thanks-obama/" type="external">growing</a>, some national food distributors are responding to demand by building local networks. One distributor, Sodexo, stopped relying so much on national contractors, and in fiscal 2014 bought $10 million in local produce, says Richard Garcia, a former Boston chef who directs buying for Sodexo.</p>
<p>"Prior to really going on this local kick, our vendors would be sourcing tomatoes from California, for example," he said. "We weren’t really paying attention to where it was coming from. There’s definitely a lot more work involved in going local."</p>
<p>Small farmers with guaranteed demand from hospitals can plan for steady growth and invest more in their businesses. That’s allowed local producers to break through barriers that have held them back — like Jared Auerbach of Red’s Best, a Boston fish distributor, who says he battles the perception that local seafood is high-end stuff, only suitable for top chefs or for shipping to far away restaurants. But fishermen pull plenty of nutritious fish out of the ocean that isn’t expensive.</p>
<p>“The reality of oceans is you never really know what’s going to come in,” Auerbach says. “The biggest challenge is really just getting consumers to be flexible in their demand.”</p>
<p>The hospitals are willing to be flexible, so Auerbach says big food distributors have tapped him — and now he buys from about a thousand local, independent fishermen to meet the demand.</p>
<p>“I give the big guys all the credit in the world,” he says. “But it all comes down to consumer demand. Businesses respond to their consumers' needs, and that’s what we’re seeing. This is because of the people asking for it that this is happening.”</p>
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<p>Having local food available gives hospitals more options, but they also have to be willing to do more work. This summer, children’s unveiled a sleek new food court billed as local and fresh. O’Connor pointed to a beet salad and said every single beet had to be cut up in the hospital's kitchens.</p>
<p>“Now that is extremely time consuming,” he says. “I go back there every day and just shake my head at the poor people back there who have to do it.”</p>
<p>That extra work can be a barrier to buying local for hospitals, Clinton says.</p>
<p>“Hospitals say, 'Great, I’ll purchase it,' and they bring in all this fresh produce, and then they find 'Oh my gosh, I don’t have the time, the labor or even sometimes the skills,’” she says.</p>
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<p>The extra work does mean cooking local is more expensive. Children's has&#160;made up for that by making portion sizes smaller — or as they call it, "right-sizing." The hospital has also changed its pricing in an unexpected, yet common-sense way — its unhealthy food is more expensive, while the healthy stuff is cheaper.</p>
<p>"You’re not going to find the price is outrageously different,” O’Connor says. “[But] if there was an option of something that might be perceived as unhealthy than you might see the price a little higher there.”</p>
<p>In the fresh-food court, milk is free for kids and apples are free for everybody. But the healthier choices aren’t being forced upon patients and visitors. There is regularly-priced pizza one counter, and another dozen options a half-block away. But O’Connor says the hospital is committed to steadily converting more items in children’s food court to locally-sourced.</p>
<p>“We’ll never get to that point, 100 percent," he says. "Because unfortunately, the winter months that New England has, you’re not always going to get everything right from here. But we can certainly do everything we can to get to that point.”</p>
<p>O’Connor says healthcare and healthy food are linked — and that means if anyone should be encouraging people to eat more locally grown food, it’s hospitals like Children’s — especially since they have the buying power to do it.</p>
<p>A version of&#160; <a href="http://wgbhnews.org/post/childrens-hospital-leads-push-serve-patients-locally-grown-food" type="external">this story</a>&#160;first appeared on&#160; <a href="http://wgbhnews.org/" type="external">WGBHNews.org</a>. This story is part of a partnership between WGBH News and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences exploring the issues around our food. You can find the entire series <a href="http://projects.wgbhnews.org/food-fights/" type="external">here</a>.</p> | Hospitals are finding the right medicine in locally grown foods | false | https://pri.org/stories/2015-10-07/hospitals-are-finding-right-medicine-locally-grown-foods | 2015-10-07 | 3 |
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<p>The unemployment rate might have dropped to 8.6% last month, but recent college grads are still having a hard time landing full-time employment.</p>
<p>Whether they graduated this past summer or in the past few years, grads need to develop a strategy to get their foot in the door in the recovering job market.</p>
<p>According a recent survey from the <a href="http://careeradvisoryboard.com/public/uploads/2011/11/CAB-Job-Preparedness-Indicator-Press-Release-FINAL-10.28.11.pdf" type="external">Career Advisory Board Opens a New Window.</a>, 56 % of job seekers are confident they know what qualifications are required for employment. But over the past three years, only 14% of hiring managers reported that “most” or “nearly all” job candidates have had the skills their company looks for in a potential employee.</p>
<p>Preparation for the job-searching process is key to finding gainful employment, but navigating the market can be difficult for new grads—especially one as anemic as this one. Here are eight quick tips from experts on taking the necessary steps to land a position.</p>
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<p>The experts recommend that candidates target seven to 10 companies they’re interested in and once they’ve researched them thoroughly (company history, recent projects, job descriptions, etc.), they should be on the job hunt on a daily basis.</p>
<p>“Dedicate at least an hour or two each day to your job search and set goals for yourself, such as researching two new companies, applying for one job and have a friend or parent run a mock interview with you,” says Christine Gaiser, career services director at <a href="http://www.bryantstratton.edu/online" type="external">Bryant &amp; Stratton College Online Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
<p>Tap into online job tools</p>
<p>Fresh-out-of-college job seekers should cast a wide net by customizing their search with specific positions and criteria using algorithmic job search sites like <a href="http://www.simplyhired.com/" type="external">SimplyHired.com Opens a New Window.</a> and <a href="http://www.indeed.com/" type="external">Indeed.com Opens a New Window.</a> that send a daily email with the latest postings, says <a href="http://www.cynthiashapiro.com/" type="external">Cynthia Shapiro, Opens a New Window.</a> career strategist and author of&#160;What Does Somebody Have To Do To Get A Job Around Here?</p>
<p>“If you really set up a good search for yourself, you can spend an hour on a Saturday morning and catch everything that comes up that week,” she says.</p>
<p>The professional side of social media</p>
<p>While Twitter might not be thought of as a tool to help in a job search, many employers are now using job-hunting apps and social media outlets to seek out candidates.</p>
<p><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-time-jobs/id333211258?mt=8" type="external">"WorkDigital's Real-Time Jobs app Opens a New Window.</a> lets you search the 50 million tweets per day for current job openings, whether you're sitting at your laptop or working from your <a href="" type="internal">iPhone</a>,” says Jeff Livingston, senior vice president of <a href="http://ccr.mcgraw-hill.com/" type="external">McGraw-Hill Education's College and Career Center Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
<p>Candidates should clean up their profiles across the social media market to make sure they don’t get passed over by hiring managers for something they posted.</p>
<p>Don’t get stuck in the online routine</p>
<p>Too many grads are hiding behind computer screens and need to bring the face-to-face connection back into their search by attending industry conferences, events and informal gatherings of people in their interested field.</p>
<p>“Although much of the job search now takes place online, new graduates need to remember that 80% of their efforts should be offline,” says <a href="http://heatherhuhman.com/" type="external">Heather Huhman Opens a New Window.</a>, founder and president of <a href="http://comerecommended.com/" type="external">Come Recommended Opens a New Window.</a>. “Direct contact is often the only way to get noticed when employers are inundated with resumes.”</p>
<p>Big misconception: holiday hiring slumps</p>
<p>Shapiro says that job seekers of all ages, not just grads, believe that companies aren’t hiring this time of year—but she warns that if student wait until January to start their search, a large percentage of the jobs could be gone.</p>
<p>“The holiday season is the second largest hiring season of the year because companies get their budgets for 2012 in mid-November—they already know what they’re going to hire,” she says.</p>
<p>Landing the interview: 3 top things</p>
<p>Getting through the application process and securing an interview with a potential employer is only half the battle.</p>
<p>To show confidence and their qualifications for a position, recent grads should ask the interviewer for the top three things he or she is looking for in a candidate &#160;during the&#160;interview, suggests <a href="http://www.networldingblog.com/" type="external">Melissa Wilson Opens a New Window.</a>, ( <a href="http://www.networldingblog.com/" type="external">http://www.networldingblog.com/</a> ) social media coach and author of Graduate To <a href="" type="internal">LinkedIn</a>: Jumpstart Your Career Network NOW.</p>
<p>“If you ask that at the beginning of the interview, you’ll be able to tailor your comments when they say what experiences have you had before in this area--you’ll be able to speak to those filters.”</p>
<p>Be aware of your talking to listening ratio</p>
<p>It’s easy for recent grads to get excited during the interview trying to prove their qualifications, but experts warn they be aware of how much they’re talking. Interviewees shouldn’t let nerves prevent them from listening and answering questions directly.</p>
<p>“Listen to where the interview can go, because it doesn’t have to be a standard process,” says Wade Jones, co-founder of <a href="http://www.truyuu.com/" type="external">TruuYuu Opens a New Window.</a>. “If you’re listening to what they’re saying, you’ll ask better questions as well in addition to giving them the information that they desire.”</p>
<p>Follow up</p>
<p>It’s no secret that follow up is a must do after an interview, but timing is everything.</p>
<p>“If you send it in within 24 or 48 hours, they already remember you. If they’ve been interviewing a bunch of candidates and you send it five days later, they’ll remember their interview when you may have gotten lost in the crowd,” says Shapiro.</p> | Job-Hunting Tips for Unemployed Grads | true | http://foxbusiness.com/features/2011/12/07/job-hunting-tips-for-unemployed-grads.html | 2017-02-08 | 0 |
<p>Aug. 18 (UPI) — Spanish police have arrested four people believed to be part of a covert, radical Islamic terrorist cell, but were still engaged in an intense manhunt Friday for the driver connected to a deadly van attack in the heart of Barcelona’s tourist district.</p>
<p>Police are seeking <a href="https://www.thelocal.es/20170818/barcelona-attacks-latest" type="external">the driver</a>, identified as Moussa Oukabur Soprano. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/18/spanish-police-hunt-moussa-oukabir-details-emerge-barcelona/" type="external">Four other suspects</a> have been arrested. Five more suspected members of the terrorist cell were killed in shootouts with police and a sixth is believed to have been killed when homemade bombs inside the house where they plotted the attacks exploded Wednesday morning.</p>
<p>The deadliest part of the attack happened in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas tourist district, where police say the <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/08/18/Death-roll-rises-to-14-in-Spain-terror-attacks/9281502985155/?utm_source=sec&amp;utm_campaign=sl&amp;utm_medium=4" type="external">van drove over a curb</a> into a large crowd, killing 14 and injuring 120 more.</p>
<p>The U.S. State Department confirmed Friday that <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/van-hits-pedestrians-barcelona-n793506" type="external">an American</a> was among the dead.</p>
<p>The search for suspects has become Spain’s biggest manhunt in years.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Islamic-State/" type="external">Islamic State</a> quickly <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/18/spanish-police-hunt-moussa-oukabir-details-emerge-barcelona/" type="external">claimed responsibility</a>. The location and targeting of the attack deviates from typical Islamic State terrorism attempts, which focus on punishing countries directly involved in anti-IS military operations in Syria and Iraq. The Islamic State also generally takes responsibility after all suspects are dead or in custody, to prevent information about its operations from being spread.</p>
<p>As the dust settled Friday, it became clear the country had been targeted by a group of terrorists operating across a wide area of the Spanish coast.</p>
<p>The first hint something was amiss came Wednesday, when a house in Alcanar, a coastal town 125 miles south of Barcelona, exploded, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/18/asia/barcelona-cambrils-terror-attacks/index.html" type="external">killing a Spanish national inside</a> and injuring six others, including another member of the cell who has since been arrested. At the time, police did not suspect terrorism as the cause of the explosion.</p>
<p>Police now believe the accidental detonation of homemade butane bombs forced the perpetrators to alter the plans and timing for their attack. Without the bombs, police said they rented multiple vehicles and planned to use them to mow down pedestrians. A string of similar attacks have happened across Europe in recent months.</p>
<p>One van was used in Las Ramblas, killing 14. A second van was identified and seized in Vic. A third vehicle was used early Friday in an attack on Cambrils, another coastal town 70 miles south of Barcelona, where one pedestrian was killed and the five suspected perpetrators <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2017/08/18/Death-roll-rises-to-14-in-Spain-terror-attacks/9281502985155/?utm_source=fp&amp;utm_campaign=ls&amp;utm_medium=1" type="external">were also killed</a> in a shootout with police. The suspects were also wearing fake suicide vests.</p>
<p>Catalan Police Chief Jose Lluis Trapero said police “are working on the hypothesis that these attacks were being prepared in that house.” In using a van instead of explosives, it made the Barcelona attack “more rudimentary than they originally planned,” he said.</p>
<p>Spanish Prime Minister <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Mariano_Rajoy/" type="external">Mariano Rajoy</a> said the events were the result of “jihadi terrorism.” Other world leaders condemned the attacks Friday and pledged vigilance against terrorist threats.</p>
<p>U.S. President <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Donald_Trump/" type="external">Donald Trump</a> said on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/898522732672933890" type="external">Friday</a> that “Homeland Security and law enforcement are on alert &amp; closely watching for any sign of trouble.” Trump added that U.S. “borders are far tougher than ever before!”</p>
<p>He <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/898531481185689600" type="external">later tweeted</a>, “Radical Islamic Terrorism must be stopped by whatever means necessary! The courts must give us back our protective rights. Have to be tough!”</p>
<p>The International Red Cross set up <a href="https://media.ifrc.org/ifrc/2017/08/18/red-cross-teams-provide-health-care-emergency-support-barcelona-following-deadly-attack/" type="external">medical posts</a> at the Barcelona site immediately after the attack. It reported that food and water were distributed to those left stranded and helped to transport people back to homes and hotels. People from 34 countries are among the injured in the Barcelona attack, the Catalan government reported. The area where it occurred, Catalunya Square, is a popular tourist site.</p> | Police arrest 4 in Spain terror attacks, hunt for van driver | false | https://newsline.com/police-arrest-4-in-spain-terror-attacks-hunt-for-van-driver/ | 2017-08-18 | 1 |
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<p>Welcome to&#160;Benefits on the Fringe,&#160;a new column from Recruiter.com writer Jason McDowell. Every month, McDowell will cover the most unique benefits that today's employers are using to woo talent, as well as&#160;advances and innovations in the employee benefits realm.</p>
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<p>Among the myriad of fringe <a href="https://www.recruiter.com/benefits.html" type="external">benefits Opens a New Window.</a> businesses can offer their employees, holding frequent company-sponsored events is often considered one of the more frivolous ones. Many executives would rather see their employees with their noses to the proverbial grindstone than buy them pizza or send them to a fitness class, but the truth is that company-sponsored&#160;events help build strong teams, which lead to increased&#160;productivity in the workplace.</p>
<p>Some companies, like San Francisco-based architectural firm <a href="http://www.mbharch.com/" type="external">MBH Architects Opens a New Window.</a>, make it a point to go the extra mile for their employees. MBH holds as many as 16 official events every year, ranging from a mason jar terrarium contest and a waffle-making competition to an art studio glass workshop, a recipe exchange, and a sandcastle competition and fundraiser.</p>
<p>Outside of the bigger events, the company frequently offers its employees yoga classes, chair massages, birthday parties, and staff lunches.</p>
<p>"Most of our events involve food," says Renee Charland, director of human resources for MBH. "It's a great way to entice staff to join in, but I like it when we have an activity that allows them to have fun and interact with folks they don't work with on a day-to-day basis. It's hard to pick a favorite, but I think our annual art show, which includes food and wine, lets staff show off their talents you wouldn't otherwise know about."</p>
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<p>Many executives will look at MBH's laundry list of goings-on and consider it all a colossal waste of time, but when you put your employees in social situations, they get to know each other. Friendships in the office make for happier employees, and as studies have shown again and again, happier workers are more productive. In addition, an employee who has friends in the office is less likely to quit. It's harder to leave a friend behind than it is to leave a job, so hosting events that promote office friendships can be a bonus for retention efforts as well.</p>
<p>"It's all about getting to know one another," Charland says. "When you build social bonds, you know your coworker as a whole person and care about them. Once you care about them, you're willing to help them, and you start to trust them, which is the foundation of any successful team. Teams can always accomplish more than a solo effort [can]."</p>
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<p>When one talks about corporate careers, images come to mind of cubicle farms filled with bored workers counting down the minutes until 5&#160;p.m. – but it doesn't have to be that way. Companies that&#160;limit themselves to one humdrum holiday party each year may find themselves suffering from a low level of employee satisfaction, but a little more effort can go a long way.</p>
<p>A few thoughtful, well-planned events can mean the difference between an employee who loves coming to work and one who dreads it.</p>
<p>"Sure, it's still work, but why not make it a place you enjoy coming to everyday?" Charland says. "Companies have a choice, and the more they invest in their employees, the more the employees will invest in the company."</p> | Benefits on the Fringe: Employee Events | true | http://foxbusiness.com/features/2016/12/19/benefits-on-fringe-employee-events.html | 2016-12-23 | 0 |
<p>While the "Northern Ireland model" is increasingly cited as applicable to other conflicts, perhaps especially in the Middle East, the truth about the ending of the Northern Ireland Troubles is misunderstood, not least because a myth has been established by Sinn Fein - "the polite fiction," as Henry McDonald puts it, "that the final outcome had been some sort of honourable draw."</p>
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<p>DENVER — A former radio disc jockey accused of groping Taylor Swift before a concert testified Tuesday that he may have touched the pop superstar’s ribs with a closed hand as he tried to jump into a photo with her but insisted he did not touch her backside as she claims.</p>
<p>David Mueller told jurors at the civil trial on dueling lawsuits filed by Mueller and Swift that he and the singer-songwriter were trying to reach around one another and “our hands touched and our arms touched” during a photo opportunity he estimated lasted no more than 40 seconds.</p>
<p>Under questioning by his attorney, Mueller said he may have touched Swift’s “rib cage, or rib, or ribs.”</p>
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<p>The 2013 photo of Swift, Mueller and Mueller’s girlfriend taken at the pre-concert event in Denver is a key piece of evidence in Mueller’s suit claiming he was fired after being falsely accused by Swift. He is seeking at least $3 million.</p>
<p>The photo shows Mueller with his hand behind Swift, just below her waist. Both are smiling.</p>
<p>Her lawyers have called the photo “damning” proof that Mueller groped her.</p>
<p>Mueller’s lawyer, Gabriel McFarland, showed jurors the photograph during his opening remarks. Two jurors stared at the photo on their computer monitors while a few others kept glancing at it as McFarland spoke.</p>
<p>“If you look at that photograph, his hand is not underneath Miss Swift’s skirt, and her skirt is not rumpled in any fashion,” McFarland said, noting that no one on Swift’s concert team saw anything amiss.</p>
<p>Mueller also testified that one of his station bosses, Hershel Coomer, told him that he had met Swift earlier before the show and that “he told me that he had his hands on her butt.”</p>
<p>Mueller said, “I thought he was just telling me one of his stories.”</p>
<p>Under cross-examination, Mueller couldn’t explain why he didn’t tell a boss investigating the incident about the exchange with Coomer.</p>
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<p>Swift has said she is positive it was Mueller who groped her.</p>
<p>Swift has countersued Mueller, claiming sexual assault. She is seeking a symbolic $1, saying she wants to serve as an example to other women who have been assaulted.</p>
<p>Proceedings ended for the day Tuesday and were set to resume Wednesday.</p>
<p>In his opening statement, Douglas Baldridge, an attorney for Swift, told jurors that his superstar client is “absolutely certain” she was sexually assaulted and will prove it in court.</p>
<p>Baldridge also asked what possible reason Swift would have to make up an allegation.</p>
<p>“That’s the one and only story we have to tell you — that Mr. Mueller grabbed her rear end,” he said.</p>
<p>Mueller’s attorney told jurors that inappropriate touching is wrong, but falsely accusing someone of the offense is equally unacceptable.</p>
<p>Mueller, wearing a smoke gray jacket and a white shirt, sat in court with his back to Swift and her mother, Andrea Swift.</p>
<p>Taylor Swift had her hair in a bun and wore a conservative black dress with tights. She is expected to testify later in the trial.</p>
<p>Mueller testified that he wants to clear his name and recover earnings he lost after being fired. He said he hasn’t been able to get a job in radio since the incident.</p>
<p>“It’s a humiliating experience to be accused of something that despicable,” he testified.</p>
<p>Baldridge repeatedly interrupted Mueller during an aggressive cross-examination and noted that Mueller has said he lost an audio recording of a meeting he had with his bosses before they fired him.</p>
<p>“We’ll never know what’s on it, will we?” Baldridge asked.</p>
<p>“No, we won’t,” Mueller responded. “They’re gone.”</p>
<p>Baldridge repeatedly asked Mueller if he could grasp “any reason, incentive or motive for Miss Swift” to make up the allegation or be involved in 2 years of litigation.</p>
<p>“I cannot,” Mueller replied.</p>
<p>Baldridge did get Mueller to concede that various supervisors with KYGO and its parent firm had discussed the possibility of letting him go even before the encounter with Swift.</p>
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<p>Associated Press writer P. Solomon Banda contributed to this report.</p> | DJ in groping case says he may have touched Swift’s ribs | false | https://abqjournal.com/1044954/lawyer-says-taylor-swift-had-no-reason-to-lie-about-groping.html | 2017-08-08 | 2 |
<p>This week, readers sent us compliments and comments about our fact-check of Washington's fiscal mess.</p>
<p>In the FactCheck Mailbag, we feature some of the e-mail we receive. Readers can send comments to <a href="" type="internal">[email protected]</a>. Letters may be edited for length.</p>
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<p>Deficit Debate</p>
<p>My compliments to you on a very informative and generally balanced article regarding our current budget problems [" <a href="" type="internal">Fiscal FactCheck</a>," July 15]. However, I do take exception to your statement that the health care reform legislation is a significant contributor to the problem, particularly since the CBO estimate indicates otherwise and you cited no source which contradicts the CBO estimate. Additionally, the major expenditures associated with this legislation — premium and cost-sharing subsidies — don't even begin until 2014, so these certainly cannot be contributing to our current deficit. Rather than singling out health care reform, the article should have included an explanation of the real causes for the rapid growth in medical spending.</p>
<p>Jane Louie Torrance, Calif.</p>
<p>FactCheck.org responds: The health care law, which was cited as one of several examples of increased spending, is <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/121xx/doc12119/03-30-HealthCareLegislation.pdf" type="external">projected to increase federal outlays by over $1.1 trillion</a>through 2021. It's true that CBO has estimated that the law will reduce the deficit by $210 billion over the 2012-2021 period. It's also true that Medicare officials have expressed doubts about whether some savings measures — such as reducing the growth of future Medicare payments to hospitals and other providers — can be sustained. But either way, outlays are increased substantially to expand Medicaid and provide subsidies for lower-income workers to buy coverage.</p>
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<p>Although I did not read all of the article presented by FactCheck.org, there seems to be one significant fact that was overlooked. That is that Social Security benefits are currently self-sustaining. As I'm sure you are aware, everybody receiving a paycheck has the two line-item deductions from their gross pay — FICA and Medicare. Additionally, the employers pay matching funds. I believe that to include Social Security in the current budget debate is a fallacy. There is no doubt that Social Security faces some problems due to aging of the population. This will have to be addressed, but in my opinion, it is an entity all of its own and should be separate from any discussion of tax and budget policies.</p>
<p>(My opinion: Social Security has provided a safety net for hardworking people after retirement in this country since it was implemented by FDR. It provides subsistence living for a relatively large portion of U.S. citizens that would be destitute without it.)</p>
<p>As an organization that has the resources to investigate and generally provides unbiased information, I think that perhaps in the referenced article despite all the graphs and references, you missed a fundamental issue with Social Security.</p>
<p>Thank you for your patience and your bias-free reporting of the facts.</p>
<p>Neil Jacobson Wantagh, N.Y.</p>
<p>As one who depends on my Social Security Check and Medicare for survival, I think that it would have been nice if you had added one more bullet point to the "Fiscal FactCheck" article of July 15:</p>
<p>Lumping Medicare, Social Security and other essential social safety net programs in with the (completely) wasteful war business, corporate welfare and other boondoggles benefiting only the lucky few does us all a deadly disservice.</p>
<p>Chet Gardiner Tucson, Ariz.</p>
<p>FactCheck.org responds: Actually, Social Security payroll taxes no longer cover the full amount of benefit payments, as we have noted in earlier articles. See " <a href="" type="internal">Democrats Deny Social Security’s Red Ink</a>," Feb. 25. Updated figures are found in " <a href="" type="internal">Twists and Turns on the Debt</a>," July 12. As we noted in the latter article, the Social Security trustees <a href="http://www.ssa.gov/oact/TRSUM/index.html" type="external">report</a> that "Social Security expenditures exceeded the program's non-interest income in 2010 for the first time since 1983." And as we reported: "Last year's cash deficit, when payroll taxes were less than benefits paid, was $49 billion. For calendar year 2011, the trustees project a $46 billion deficit."</p>
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<p>Thanks for the excellent overview "Fiscal FactCheck." It was clear, concise, and the graphics were informative and unbiased (amazing how often graphics are just the opposite).</p>
<p>Steve Phelan Holmes, N.Y.</p>
<p>Best article I have seen on this subject. Thanks for putting the facts out in an easily understandable way.</p>
<p>We are big, huge, enormous fans. Keep up the good work,</p>
<p>Ron and Michelle Bein Springville, Ala.</p>
<p>Thank you for "Does Washington have a spending problem or an income problem? We offer some key facts."</p>
<p>I constantly refer to FactCheck in my conversations these days. I so appreciate your thorough and detailed explanations. I am constantly suggesting your website to folks. It helps to diffuse arguments! Keep up the good work, and expand if you can — more articles from your researchers will be needed greatly as we move closer to the 2012 elections!</p>
<p>Barbara Fay Wiese Waupaca, Wis.</p>
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<p>Kudos to FactCheck.org</p>
<p>I very much appreciate what FactCheck accomplishes today. With the viral nature of today's misleading emails, it is a breath of fresh air (and a great resource) to find organizations that focus on just the truth! Keep up the good work!!</p>
<p>Bill Stevens Palm Desert, Calif. &#160;</p> | FactCheck Mailbag, Week of July 12-18 | false | https://factcheck.org/2011/07/factcheck-mailbag-week-of-july-12-18/ | 2011-07-19 | 2 |
<p>The neighborhood of Westlake near downtown Los Angeles has been under lockdown as protests continue after the LAPD killing of a Guatemalan day laborer Sunday. Officers claim the man was brandishing a knife, but one witness has come forward to say he was unarmed.</p>
<p>The witness, Ana, fears giving her last name, or even showing her face, out of fear of police retribution.</p>
<p>Although it may not be out of the ordinary for the LAPD to use excessive force, the surge of resistance against officers in this largely immigrant neighborhood demonstrates a breaking point in long-standing tensions between the community and the police. –JCL</p>
<p>The Los Angeles Times:</p>
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<p>A Westlake resident who said she witnessed the fatal shooting of a Guatemalan day laborer by a Los Angeles police officer said Thursday that she saw no knife in the man’s hands, contradicting the Police Department’s account.</p>
<p>“He had nothing in his hands,” said Ana, who did not give her last name and asked that her face be obscured in photos and on television because she feared being harassed by the police. “At the moment when the police were shooting, he had nothing.”</p>
<p>Ana said she was across the street Sunday afternoon when bicycle officers with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Rampart Division approached 37-year-old Manuel Jamines, who police said was wielding a knife and threatening people in the crowded shopping district.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lapd-shooting-20100910,0,5430287.story" type="external">Read more</a></p> | Witness Says Slain Day Laborer Was Unarmed | true | https://truthdig.com/articles/witness-says-slain-day-laborer-was-unarmed/ | 2010-09-10 | 4 |
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<p>Forbes takes a look at the negotiating techniques of self-made millionaires. And if you’re considering an ecommerce boutique in addition to your brick-and-mortar store, Entrepreneur.com has some points to consider.</p>
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<p>Make it big: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/russalanprince/2013/06/17/i-win-you-whatever-how-self-made-millionaires-really-negotiate-business-deals/" type="external">Forbes explores Opens a New Window.</a> how self-made millionaires negotiate business deals.</p>
<p>On the road? &#160; <a href="http://yfsentrepreneur.com/2013/06/15/10-small-business-travel-packing-tips-for-entrepreneurs/" type="external">YFSEntrepreneur.com has Opens a New Window.</a> smart packing tips for entrepreneurs on the go.</p>
<p>Use social media to get ahead: <a href="http://www.inc.com/kevin-daum/get-a-great-mentor-through-linkedin-5-steps.html" type="external">Inc.com on how Opens a New Window.</a> to attract a helpful mentor through career networking site LinkedIn.</p>
<p>Ecommerce on the horizon? <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227034" type="external">Entrepreneur.com has 10 questions Opens a New Window.</a>business owners should ask when creating an ecommerce store.</p> | Secrets Behind Self-Made Millionaires | true | http://foxbusiness.com/features/2013/06/17/secrets-behind-self-made-millionaires.html | 2016-03-22 | 0 |
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<p>&#160; &#160; British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. (Alastair Grant / AP)</p>
<p>Attention after the Brexit vote has somehow shifted from the Tory-designed fiasco to the <a href="" type="internal">resignations of members</a> of British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow Cabinet in an attempt to force the socialist politician to do the same. Take a look at the clips and photos Truthdig Assistant Editor Natasha Hakimi Zapata collected as she joined Corbyn’s grass-roots followers at a rally outside Parliament starting at 10:30 a.m. PST (6:30 p.m. GMT) Monday.</p>
<p>— Posted by <a href="" type="internal">Natasha Hakimi Zapata</a></p>
<p /> | Rally Outside U.K. Parliament Boosts Embattled Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn (Multimedia) | true | https://truthdig.com/articles/rally-outside-u-k-parliament-boosts-embattled-labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-multimedia/ | 2016-06-27 | 4 |
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<p>There’s something wrong with the system when a doctor with a disciplinary history in two other states not only can work in New Mexico but also isn’t subject to state Medical Board oversight.</p>
<p>Under federal law, Dr. Frank Allen Zimba, who was hired at the Albuquerque VA Hospital last August while disciplinary proceedings were pending against him in Oklahoma, is not required to be licensed in New Mexico.</p>
<p>After he was hired, Zimba worked at the Albuquerque hospital during the six months his Oklahoma license was suspended for operating on the wrong part of a patient’s spine in February 2010. Previously, he was disciplined after performing surgery on the wrong side of two patients’ spines at a hospital in New York.</p>
<p>Unlike most physicians who practice in New Mexico, Zimba needs only to be licensed in one state in the country. He has been practicing medicine for 31 years and is board certified in neurological surgery with licenses in Oklahoma, New York, Michigan and Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>Under the current system, New Mexico patients can’t file a complaint against Zimba (and potentially other doctors who work at the Albuquerque hospital) with the state medical board because he doesn’t have a New Mexico license. That means no independent oversight. It’s unlikely the states where he is licensed are going to investigate actions that occur in a different state.</p>
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<p>The VA won’t say if Zimba has had any problems here so far, claiming it would be a personnel matter.</p>
<p>This arrangement does not serve our veterans well. The Veterans Administration should require doctors who work in its hospitals to be licensed in the state where they work. Then problem docs are subject to some degree of independent oversight.</p>
<p>Otherwise patients are left to trust that the VA is policing its own doctors adequately. And no federal agency should have that kind of blind trust.</p>
<p>This editorial first appeared in the Albuquerque Journal. It was written by members of the editorial board and is unsigned as it represents the opinion of the newspaper rather than the writers.</p> | Editorial: Require VA Docs To Get Licenses in State | false | https://abqjournal.com/115393/require-va-docs-to-get-licenses-in-state.html | 2012-06-28 | 2 |
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<p>Okay, I was all set to rip Hillary Clinton’s choice of campaign song, but I can’t anymore. She’s really impressed me.</p>
<p>You probably know the story: supporters were allowed to suggest songs on the Clinton website and Clinton’s top folks picked the one they liked best. Just today, they chose “You and I” by Celine Dion, which is great if you like shrieking Canadians and awful if you have taste. (You can hear the song at <a href="http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/song/?splash=1" type="external">Clinton’s campaign site</a>.)</p>
<p>But boy, have they headed off criticism big time. The <a href="http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/song/video/?sc=1216" type="external">video</a> introducing the pick is genius. Pure genius. I’ve watched it twice and smiled more the second time. It even has Bill Clinton saying, “My money’s on Smashmouth!” Check it out <a href="http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/song/video/?sc=1216" type="external">here</a>.</p>
<p>Note: After you’ve watched the video, come back and <a href="http://deadspin.com/sports/don.t-stop-believin./the-pirates-mascot-loves-the-onion-rings-270127.php" type="external">watch this one</a> — tell us which is better.</p>
<p /> | Hillary Clinton Makes Phenomenal New Campaign Vid — To Introduce Crappy Song | true | https://motherjones.com/politics/2007/06/hillary-clinton-makes-phenomenal-new-campaign-vid-introduce-crappy-song/ | 2007-06-19 | 4 |
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<p>Alabama remained No. 1 on Sunday with a season-high 60 first-place votes. The Buckeyes stayed No. 2 after an overtime victory against Wisconsin, which fell two spots to 10th. The Wolverines moved up in an off week with Clemson slipping to fourth. The Tigers had their own overtime escape at home against North Carolina State.</p>
<p>Michigan has its best ranking since it was No. 3 after losing to Ohio State in ’06.</p>
<p>No. 5 Washington, No. 6 Texas A&amp;M and No. 7 Louisville held their spots.</p>
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<p>POLL POINTS</p>
<p>Ohio State and Michigan are marching toward a regular-season finale on Nov. 26 that could rank among the biggest games in the history of the storied rivalry.</p>
<p>Nine times the Buckeyes and Wolverines have played The Game with both ranked in the top five. The 2006 game was the only time both were ranked in the top three when they played. The only currently ranked team left for either to play is No. 8 Nebraska, which is at Ohio State on Nov. 5.</p>
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<p>— No. 12 West Virginia moved up eight spots. The unbeaten Mountaineers have their best ranking since starting the 2008 season at No. 8. It is their best ranking this late in the season since finishing at No. 6 in 2007.</p>
<p>— No. 17 Arkansas moved up five spots after beating Mississippi.</p>
<p>— No. 20 Western Michigan jumped four after shutting out Akron.</p>
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<p>— No. 8 Nebraska moved up two spots and has its highest ranking since Sept. 25, 2011.</p>
<p>DOWN</p>
<p>— Tennessee dropped nine spots to No. 18 after getting pounded by Alabama for its second straight loss.</p>
<p>— Ole Miss fell 11 spots to No. 23, but the Rebels are the first team with a 3-3 record to be ranked since Oct. 18, 2009, when Oklahoma was No. 25 after splitting its first six games.</p>
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<p>— North Carolina continues to yo-yo in and out of the Top 25. The 22nd-ranked Tar Heels have re-entered for the second time this season.</p>
<p>— LSU is back at No. 25 after falling out three weeks ago.</p>
<p>OUT</p>
<p>— Miami dropped out after its second straight loss.</p>
<p>— Virginia Tech is out after being upset by Syracuse.</p>
<p>CONFERENCE CALL</p>
<p>SEC — 8</p>
<p>Big Ten — 4</p>
<p>ACC — 4</p>
<p>Big 12 — 3</p>
<p>Pac-12 — 2</p>
<p>American — 2</p>
<p>MAC — 1</p>
<p>Mountain West — 1</p>
<p>RANKED vs. RANKED</p>
<p>No. 6 Texas A&amp;M at No. 1 Alabama. Second straight top-10 matchup for the Crimson Tide.</p>
<p>No. 23 Mississippi at No. 25 LSU. This will be the fifth game in which the Rebels are facing a ranked team. They are 1-3 so far and the only victory is against Georgia, which is no longer ranked.</p>
<p>No. 17 Arkansas at No. 21 Auburn. The Razorbacks won last year’s game 54-46 in overtime.</p>
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<p>More college football coverage at <a href="http://www.collegefootball.ap.org" type="external">www.collegefootball.ap.org</a></p> | AP Top 25: Michigan up to No. 3 as Ohio State holds at No. 2 | false | https://abqjournal.com/868335/ap-top-25-michigan-up-to-no-3-as-ohio-state-holds-at-no-2.html | 2016-10-16 | 2 |
<p>Wall Street is concerned enough about war breaking out in Ukraine that investment firms have sharply increased the insurance they buy to protect their assets in the region.</p>
<p>Last month, the percentage of hedge funds that purchased "deep downside" protection—a financial bet that would gain if there is a significant drop in global stocks—hit a two-year low of less than 13 percent. That spiked to more than 17 percent as of Monday, according to Credit Suisse data.</p>
<p>"There's been an uptick in hedging activity—we've definitely seen funds add to ... hedges in case the conflict escalates," said Jon Kinderlerer, head of risk and portfolio advisory for the bank's prime brokerage division.</p>
<p>Hedge fund clients of Credit Suisse had less than 0.5 percent of their portfolios exposed to Russia and Ukraine as of Monday. The real risk is from the likely global economic ripples in the event of more serious Russian military moves in Ukraine.</p>
<p>"Ukraine is a non-issue for hedge funds, but if conflict breaks out, the region becomes a wider risk for them. There would likely be a flight to quality out of emerging market stocks. Treasurys and gold would also rally," Kinderlerer said.</p>
<p>Charlemagne Capital, a $2.7 billion asset manager that focuses on emerging markets, especially in Russia and Eastern Europe, recently told clients its exposure to Ukraine was minimal, but there was still cause for concern.</p>
<p>The one exception, Russian telecommunications group Mobile TeleSystems, has less than 10 percent of its sales in Ukraine. But the firm is switching the holding into another stock, according to the client note.</p> | Wall Street Hedging on War in Ukraine; Buying More Insurance | false | http://nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/wall-street-hedging-war-ukraine-buying-more-insurance-n45986 | 2014-03-06 | 3 |
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<p>For memory-chip manufacturer Micron Technology , a turnaround remains elusive. The company reported its fiscal third-quarter results on June 30, and despite a <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/06/28/micron-earnings-preview-is-the-worst-finally-over.aspx?source=eptfxblnk0000004" type="external">flurry of analyst upgrades</a> in recent weeks pointing to improved conditions in the DRAM market, the downturn that has plunged Micron into the red appears far from over.</p>
<p>Micron reported revenue of $2.9 billion, down 25% year over year, and $60 million below the average analyst estimate. Non-GAAP EPS was a loss of $0.08, slightly better than the loss analysts expectated. There were some signs of improvement: Both the client-computing and mobile segments reported sequential revenue growth, and total DRAM bit sales jumped 22%. But falling prices for both DRAM and NAND continued to knock down Micron's numbers.</p>
<p>DRAM average per-bit selling price fell 11% compared to the second quarter, while NAND prices slumped 6%. Micron managed to cut per-bit costs for both types of memory, driven by the company's shift to 20nm DRAM and 3D NAND production. In both cases, selling prices dropped faster than Micron could cut costs. Through the first six months of 2016, DRAM per-bit selling prices have declined by 33% compared to the first half of 2015.</p>
<p>The client-computing segment, which includes chips that go into PCs, servers, and graphics cards, became more unprofitable during the third quarter compared to the second quarter despite slightly higher revenue. Demand from data center, cloud, and graphics customers was strong, but a flailing PC market overwhelmed these positives. Micron stated that channel prices for PC DRAM and NAND have recently improved, but that didn't help its third-quarter results.</p>
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<p>The mobile segment was also unprofitable, posting an operating loss of $17 million on $561 million of revenue. Micron pointed to delays in product qualifications as one reason for its mobile weakness, but slowing demand for smartphones is likely also a factor.</p>
<p>While a rough third quarter was expected, Micron's guidance for the fourth quarter was far below expectations. The company expects revenue between $2.9 billion and $3.2 billion, which would represent growth compared to the third quarter. But a non-GAAP loss between $0.16 per share and $0.24 per share means that Micron's losses will double or triple sequentially. Analysts were expecting Micron to guide for a $0.03 per-share profit.</p>
<p>Along with its earnings report, Micron announced that it was initiating a cost-cutting program aimed at removing $80 million in costs quarterly. The company will reportedly eliminate about 2,400 jobs, or roughly 7.5% of its workforce.</p>
<p>The optimism that drove Micron stock up prior to the company's earnings report appears to have been unwarranted. Instead of the fourth quarter marking a return to profitability, as analysts had expected, it will mark a further deterioration of Micron's performance.</p>
<p>DRAM spot prices have started to improve recently, but Micron CEO Mark Durcan pointed out in the company's conference call that this has yet to affect Micron's results:</p>
<p>Eventually, the oversupply situation in the DRAM market will end, and Micron will be in a position where it can cut per-bit costs faster than per-bit prices are falling. The timing is uncertain, though, and Micron could be in for a few more quarters of pain. With a slumping PC market and slowing demand for smartphones, there's no reason to believe that prices can't remain depressed for quite some time.</p>
<p>Micron's third quarter was about as bad as expected, but its guidance for the fourth quarter portends more pain for investors. The company's losses are moving in the wrong direction, and a repeat of the last major downturn could be in the cards. In fiscal 2012, Micron posted a net loss of over $1 billion.</p>
<p>Things aren't quite that bad for Micron yet, but investors should certainly be concerned.</p>
<p>The article <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/07/02/micron-earnings-no-turnaround-in-sight.aspx" type="external">Micron Earnings: No Turnaround in Sight</a> originally appeared on Fool.com.</p>
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<p>As they leave us, they take with them their personal stories and recollections of their time in uniform.</p>
<p>World War II veteran Jaime Baca in his office at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Rio Rancho, where he serves as a deacon. (Courtesy of Tom Baker)</p>
<p>Jaime Baca’s story will not be one of those lost to time. His recollections have been preserved thanks to a documentary produced earlier this year by Tom Baker, a retired aerial photographer, author and history buff from Albuquerque.</p>
<p>According to the New Mexico Department of Veteran’s Services 2016 Annual Report, as of 2015, there were 5,117 World War II veterans living in New Mexico, a decline of 1,025 from 2014.</p>
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<p>Born in 1923, Baca, a native New Mexican, attended St. Mary’s High School in Albuquerque.</p>
<p>“I had a religious inclination and thought about the priesthood,” he told the Journal this week during a conversation at his Rio Rancho home. “With the war, that was put on hold and I went to California to work in an aircraft factory that made B-25 twin engine bomber planes.”</p>
<p>The following year, 1942, Baca was drafted into the Army Air Corps and, after more than a year of training, wound up in the Pacific theater serving as a waist gunner aboard a four-engine B-24 “Liberator.”</p>
<p>Jaimie Baca flew in this B-24 and others as part of the Jolly Rogers, identified by the skull and cross bombs insignia.</p>
<p>“By that time, it was clear that Germany and Japan wanted to conquer the world, and at the beginning of the war they were doing quite a job of it, until the U.S. came in and they became more defensive,” said Baca, 93, a retired teacher currently serving as a deacon at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Rio Rancho. “We had no question in our mind what we were fighting for.”</p>
<p>Baca was stationed at various airfields on the northern coast of New Guinea and islands off the coast, where he was assigned to the 320th Squadron of the 90th Bomb Group, the “Jolly Rogers,” as they were known from their skull and cross bombs insignia.</p>
<p>“For me, I was relieved to go to the Pacific because, over in Europe, they were bombing whole cities without any compunction and killing civilians,” he said. “In the Pacific, I knew we would be bombing strictly military targets. Maybe it was my religious convictions, but the bombing of whole cities bothered me; I suspect other guys felt that way, too, but we never talked about it. We kept those things to ourselves.”</p>
<p>Jaime Baca, bottom row far right, poses with the 10 members of his squadron. Two other surviving members are pilot James Horner, standing far left, and navigator Tom Theobald, standing third from left. (Courtesy of Tom Baker)</p>
<p>To be sure, the Pacific theater was far from easy duty.</p>
<p>“It was hot and humid, and rained all the time,” Baca said. “We lived in tents, worked in mud, clothing and shoes rotted, and the food was atrocious. Everything was either canned or dehydrated. There was no fresh anything.”</p>
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<p>The airmen were also subjected to tropical illnesses including cholera, beriberi, typhus, dysentery, tropical ulcers and blackwater fever. “I had malaria practically the whole time I was over there and took medication every day,” he said.</p>
<p>If none of those things were fatal, there were plenty of other ways to die.</p>
<p>“On some of those islands, the airstrip ran from one end of the island to the other and the bombers were so overloaded that sometimes they couldn’t get up and would crash into the sea in a fireball,” he said. “The Japanese bombed the air bases all the time. On one island, we were bombed 30 nights in a row.”</p>
<p>New Guinea had its own dangers because of indigenous cannibalistic tribes. During Baca’s time there, the military confirmed that at least three airmen who survived a crash in the interior of the country were captured, killed and consumed, he said.</p>
<p>Baca remembers one particularly harrowing bombing run in a brand new B-24. The 10-person aircraft, along with others, was to fly a 3,000-mile round trip from New Guinea to the Philippines, overloaded with extra fuel tanks and bombs. One engine early on malfunctioned. With three engines, the plane barely made it though a violent storm, survived Japanese fighter plane attacks and anti-aircraft shelling over the target site. Unable to return all the way, the crew landed their damaged aircraft at a U.S. airfield in Indonesia and were picked up by another plane flying with their group. Finally arriving at their home airbase, they realized that, of 18 B-24s with 180 men that departed on the mission, only five aircraft and 60 men returned.</p>
<p>After 48 missions, Baca qualified to return stateside in April 1945. Germany fell later that month, and subsequently the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced the Japanese to surrender. The war ended and Baca was discharged. He attended school on the G.I. Bill, receiving a degree in history and later a master’s degree in counseling. He taught junior high and high school in Bernalillo for 30 years.</p>
<p>His career as a teacher was only briefly interrupted when he finally attended seminary school to become a priest, “but that didn’t work out,” he said. “I was already 36 years old and the adjustment was very difficult. After retiring from teaching in 1981, Baca become a church deacon.</p>
<p>Reflecting on the significance of Veterans Day, he momentarily became silent. “You appreciate life a lot more when you are surrounded by death,” he said. “There’s a certain amount of survivor’s guilt. Why did I survive over there for a year while other guys got shot down and killed after a week?”</p>
<p>That, he said, is a bigger question for a higher power.</p>
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<p>This year's theme park expo in Orlando, Florida, features the latest products, technology and trends in rides and the next big food items, all of which could be coming to an amusement park near you as early as the summer of 2018.</p>
<p>A record 37,000 attendees are getting a chance to look at what 1,000 vendors representing more than 100 countries have to offer for the upcoming year. The expo is sponsored by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA).</p>
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<p>Here are some of the exciting things to look forward to in 2018 and beyond:</p>
<p>BACK TO THE FUTURE: If you are into dizzying thrills, then the Time Traveler ride, which is debuting next summer at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri, is for you. Time Traveler drops you at a 90-degree vertical angle right out of the gate and it only becomes more intense from there with three inversions at speeds up to around 50 mph (81 kph), all while spinning. It's being billed as the fastest, steepest and tallest spinning roller coaster.</p>
<p>WARP SPEED: A ride manufacturer called Skyline Attractions has been shopping its compact double-car roller coaster, Skywarp, for the past two years and the company finally has a buyer. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California, will debut Skywarp in the summer of 2018. The 30-foot (9-meter) tall, 290-feet (88-meter) long coaster features two cars speeding around each other on double loops.</p>
<p>A NEW SPIN: The first-generation of rafting rides spun riders around while taking them over rapid waters. Well Infinity Falls, set to debut at SeaWorld in Orlando next summer, has that and then some. The twisting raft ride by Intamin begins with an elevator lift that launches eight passengers in a river and eventually sends them to a 40-feet (12-meter) drop. And from there a wild and rough adventure begins.</p>
<p>UNDERWATER: Perhaps the most innovative ride on display at the expo this week is still in the concept phase but once it hits the market it will be a must ride. It's called Aquaticar, which will be the first underwater driving experience. Passengers will be able to steer their way through a marine life experience while being submerged underwater with an oxygen-filled canopy covering their heads. The two-passenger car, designed by Sub Sea Systems, moves at a rate of 130 feet (40 meters) per minute, or about the speed of a casual walk.</p>
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<p>PIZZA CONE: There are plenty of new food items on the horizon but the one that may draw the most interest is an all-time favorite with a twist. A New Jersey-based company is shopping a pizza in a cone concept that will definitely be a winner with kids. Pizza sauce, cheese and choice of toppings are stuffed into a cone-shaped crust and then baked.</p> | Theme park expo offers preview of what's new for 2018 | true | http://foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/11/15/theme-park-expo-offers-preview-whats-new-for-2018.html | 2017-11-15 | 0 |
<p>Lending to eurozone firms increased at a faster pace in September than in August, data from the European Central Bank showed Thursday. The numbers come just hours before the central bank is expected to announce a reduction in its bond-purchase program, which economists say has helped revive the eurozone outlook and increase inflation.</p>
<p>The data showed that lending to firms grew by 2.5% on year up from 2.4% in August, while lending to households increased by 2.7%, matching the previous month.</p>
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<p>The numbers combined with a survey published earlier in the week suggest steady growth momentum in the 19-country eurozone following years of crisis and recession earlier in the decade.</p>
<p>Growth in the central bank's key money-supply indicator, M3, came in at 5.1% in September compared with 5.0% in August. Forecasters surveyed by The Wall Street Journal last week forecast 5.0% growth.</p>
<p>Write to Todd Buell at [email protected]</p>
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<p>A little over a year ago, Sonali Kohli with&#160; <a href="//www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/12/us-schools-saying-goodbye-to-foreign-languages/383691/" type="external">The&#160;Atlantic</a> reported a disturbing change in American schools. She focused on one particular educational group called <a href="//successacademies.org/about/" type="external">Success Academy Charter Schools</a>. They are self-proclaimed as being “the largest and highest-performing free, public charter school network in New York City,” and they are responsible for approximately 11,000 students in 34 schools.&#160;</p>
<p>The academy’s&#160; <a href="//dianeravitch.net/category/harlem-success-academy/" type="external">not-so-popular</a>CEO and founder&#160;Eva Moskowitz&#160;spoke at a&#160;forum&#160;with right-wing conservative think tank&#160; <a href="//www.rightwingwatch.org/content/american-enterprise-institute" type="external">American Enterprise Institute&#160;</a>back&#160;in December of 2014. During an interview, Moskowitz discussed how hard it had been to maneuver her school’s curriculum. ”Something had to go,” Moskowitz said. Turns out that “something” was foreign language classes.</p>
<p>”We can’t do everything...&#160;And by the way, Americans don’t tend to do foreign languages very well.”​&#160;(Here's a&#160; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71eCJx3kweE" type="external">video</a>&#160;of the interview, in full.)</p>
<p>So, we don’t do languages very well? Could that be, perhaps, because some schools have opted to delete foreign language classes and offer chess? Such is the case with Moskowitz and her Success Academy network. Don’t get me wrong. Chess is a fine game. And no school can do everything, but I’d bet even chess players would agree that knowledge of the game on a résumé is not going to land them their next big job. On the other hand, many employers see a foreign language background as a plus. Given the Hispanic/Latino growth in America today, high school and college graduates who can speak Spanish as a second language have a substantial advantage over others jumping into the job market. Dan Woog with the online job resource company, <a href="//career-advice.monster.com/in-the-office/workplace-issues/value-of-spanish-in-workplace/article.aspx" type="external">Monster.com</a>, writes:</p>
<p>Bilingual skills help job seekers land work. They can lead to key assignments and pay raises. In some cases, they may even be a job requirement.</p>
<p>Yet our nation’s&#160;foreign language studies&#160; <a href="//www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/" type="external">lag far behind other countries</a>. Sonali Kohli added,&#160;“Just relying on everyone else to speak English&#160; <a href="//www2.ed.gov/news/speeches/2010/05/05262010.html" type="external">could be detrimental</a>&#160;to American business growth — while potentially sacrificing the&#160; <a href="//qz.com/296200/bilinguals-have-stronger-faster-brains-than-the-rest-of-us/" type="external">benefits of bilingualism</a>&#160;and of&#160; <a href="//www.ncssfl.org/papers/BenefitsSecondLanguageStudyNEA.pdf" type="external">foreign language study</a>.”&#160;</p>
<p><a href="//money.cnn.com/2013/10/30/news/economy/job-skills-foreign-language/" type="external">Money.com&#160;</a>claims the hottest job skill today is fluency in a foreign language.&#160;</p>
<p>The Army, NYPD and State Department can't get enough workers with this job skill. Neither can Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, local courts and schools.</p>
<p>It would behoove Eva Moskowitz, as well as anyone else in charge of a school’s curriculum, to rethink their attitudes about foreign language studies and incorporate the subject back into their programs. Not only can it lead to more job opportunities, it can also lead to a greater knowledge of the world in which we live, and thus a more enhanced life.&#160;</p>
<p>&#160;</p> | Charter School of 11,000 Students Drops Foreign Language — What They Offer Instead May Stun Many | true | http://alternet.org/education/charter-school-11000-students-drops-foreign-language-what-they-offer-instead-may-stun-many | 2016-02-16 | 4 |
<p>The president has spent the past week on his first overseas trip as leader of the United States – a long and embarrassing trip – and is currently attending the NATO summit of leaders of 28 allied countries. Despite having the opportunity to learn and better understand the function and purpose of our long-standing alliance, Trump continues to tweet about it and prove that he doesn’t really understand how NATO works at all.</p>
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<p>It isn’t the first time Trump has shown that he’s clueless about how this alliance works. Calling NATO “obsolete” and endlessly insisting that other countries aren’t paying their fair share led the&#160; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/18/us/politics/donald-trump-angela-merkel-germany.html?_r=1&amp;mtrref=www.msnbc.com" type="external">New York Time</a>s to explain once already that he’s obviously not fully aware of the NATO policies.</p>
<p>‘No nation actually ‘owes’ money to NATO; its direct funding is calculated through a formula and paid by each of the 28 nations that are members.</p>
<p>‘Mr. Trump may have been referring to the fact that Germany, like most NATO countries, falls short of the alliance’s guideline that each member should allocate 2 percent of its <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/u/united_states_economy/gross_domestic_product/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" type="external">gross domestic product</a> to military spending, but that money is not intended to be paid to NATO or to the United States.’</p>
<p>If Trump doesn’t even understand NATO, why would its leaders listen to Trump on terrorism or any other important subject?</p>
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<p>If you fudged the facts when you applied for car insurance, you are not alone.</p>
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<p>Thirty-four percent of drivers have omitted information or supplied false information to their car insurance providers, a new survey from CarInsurance.com finds.</p>
<p>Men were more likely to lie than women, 42% vs. 27%.&#160; Drivers under age 30, who pay the most for car insurance, were three times more likely to submit incorrect information than drivers over 50.</p>
<p>Among the drivers reporting a lie - and many reported more than one -- the most common were:</p>
<p>The online-panel survey of 2,000 licensed drivers took place in October 2013, with respondents divided evenly by sex, age groups 18 to 65 and by geographic regions.</p>
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<p>Leaks in the risk pool</p>
<p>You might call them little white lies. The official car insurance industry term is “premium leakage.”</p>
<p>Where you live, who else can grab the keys and the grades your kid got might seem like harmless enough fibs. After all, your own driving record is great, and you've never had an accident.</p>
<p>Those little bytes of misinformation add up. In all, insurance companies lose about 10% of their potential premiums to bad information, according to analytics-gatherer Quality Planning Corp. in San Francisco. Each factor represents two sides of the same coin: Savings for you, uncovered risk for your car insurance company.</p>
<p>For example, the address where a car is parked at night greatly influences the car insurance rates you are quoted. A good driver in a 2012 Honda Accord with a clean record and no claims would pay about $1,472 a year for full coverage in Barrington, R.I. The same driver would pay about $2,175 in Providence, only 10 miles away. &#160;(See “ <a href="http://www.carinsurance.com/state-car-insurance-rates.aspx?WT.qs_osrc=fxb-182724610" type="external">Car insurance rates by state and ZIP code</a>” to see how rates differ in your neighborhood.)</p>
<p>Gaps in insurance coverage are another big rate-changer.</p>
<p>Other fibs are meant to help the driver qualify for <a href="http://www.carinsurance.com/discounts/?WT.qs_osrc=fxb-182724610" type="external">car insurance discounts</a>. Good grades can mean a discount for families with students of 10% or more. &#160;Marriage discounts can be just as big.</p>
<p>Will you get caught in a lie?</p>
<p>Those surveyed gave three reasons behind their decisions to submit bad information:</p>
<p>More than 40% of those who lied said their insurance company eventually discovered the bad information. Of those who were caught:</p>
<p>Much of the information that drivers supply is verified as a matter of course during the underwriting process. An insurance company will pull a report from your state DMV, for example, to look for violations. Claims databases will show previous accidents and damage reports.</p>
<p>Details corrected as the policy is issued shouldn't affect your relationship with the insurance company, says CarInsurance.com analyst Penny Gusner. “It's charging you the correct premium,” she says. “But if a lie squeaks through and is later detected, you've got an issue to deal with.”</p>
<p>The era of Big Data makes such discoveries easier. Companies that routinely sift public databases can tell your insurance company if there is an “undisclosed driver” at your address, if you have a newly licensed teen, whether you're using your car for business and even how many miles you're driving. (See “ <a href="http://www.carinsurance.com/Articles/big-data-privacy-car-insurance.aspx?WT.qs_osrc=fxb-182724610" type="external">12 things your insurer knows about you</a>.”)</p>
<p>Let's say a friend borrows your car and wrecks it. An “undisclosed driver report” turns up evidence that he lived at your address. &#160;At that point, Gusner says, the company could deny your claim altogether, pay the claim but charge you back premiums as if the driver had been included all along, or cancel your policy because of misrepresentation.</p>
<p>“Honesty really is the best policy here,” Gusner says. “Otherwise the money you're paying to protect your car and assets might just go to waste.”</p>
<p>The original article can be found at CarInsurance.com: <a href="http://www.carinsurance.com/Articles/top-insurance-lies.aspx?WT.qs_osrc=fxb-182724610" type="external">Survey: 1 in 3 lie for cheaper rates</a></p> | Survey: 1 in 3 Lie for Cheaper Rates | true | http://foxbusiness.com/features/2014/03/10/survey-1-in-3-lie-for-cheaper-rates.html | 2016-03-05 | 0 |
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<p>And if anyone knows New Mexico's roads are littered with DWIs, it's the folks at Bernalillo County's Metropolitan Court.</p>
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<p>So the Courts to Schools program routinely takes some of its cases to school campuses, most recently the cafeteria at South Valley Academy charter school. There, Judge Sandra Engel heard cases and sentenced drunken drivers in front of 110 juniors and seniors, who likely thought getting busted for DWI was something that happened to "other people" in "other places."</p>
<p>Hearing firsthand from defendants about the financial costs of fines and ignition interlocks as well as the emotional costs of having "to look your family in the eyes, which is difficult" before seeing them led away in handcuffs likely hit home more than a lecture from parents, relatives or teachers.</p>
<p>Taking the complex judicial system on the road - with everyone from a judge to defense attorneys, prosecutors and State Police officers - is not an easy undertaking. But Engel says she and a handful of other Metro Court judges have tried to hit a school every other month since 2010 because it's important "to convey (to students) the dangers of drinking and driving, and that they need to make better choices."</p>
<p>That's a proactive and community-minded approach that goes far beyond the judiciary's required scope of presiding over cases and handing down sentences. Metro Court and the schools that have participated deserve credit for trying to arrest the state's future DWI problems before they start.</p>
<p>This editorial first appeared in the Albuquerque Journal. It was written by members of the editorial board and is unsigned as it represents the opinion of the newspaper rather than the writers.</p>
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<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Elected to Congress six years ago with the help of an unpopular president in a swing district, Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr is hoping to avoid a backlash of his own in 2018 as Democrats target him in a race that could help determine control of the House.</p>
<p>Barr launched his campaign Thursday, filing paperwork to run for re-election and speaking with reporters at the state Republican Party headquarters in Frankfort.</p>
<p>Since ousting Democratic incumbent Ben Chandler in 2012, Barr has advocated for repealing most of Barack Obama's legacy, including the financial restrictions put in place after the Great Recession and the health care law that added half a million people to Kentucky's insurance rolls while increasing costs for taxpayers.</p>
<p>But things have changed since then. Republican Donald Trump was elected president, and hundreds of people started packing Barr's town hall meetings asking him to vote against repealing the health care law and other Trump policy items. But Barr voted for them anyway, saying it's what his district has consistently elected him to do.</p>
<p>Now, he is facing at least five Democratic challengers, including Jim Gray, the popular two-term mayor of Kentucky's second-largest city, and Amy McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot who has raised more than $800,000.</p>
<p>"Let's face it, a lot of energy and enthusiasm on the left is reminiscent to the enthusiasm on the right in 2009 and 2010," Barr said. "It has more to do with the left's interest in the president and less about me. ... The agenda I'm working on is the agenda that the people of the 6th District voted for repeatedly over last several cycles, and we're in the business of keeping our promises and that's what we're going to do."</p>
<p>Barr emphasized his role in crafting the recently approved tax bill, which includes temporary tax cuts for most Americans that expire in 2025. Barr said he plans to introduce legislation that will make those tax cuts permanent, like the cuts for businesses and wealthy Americans. And he noted the law includes tax breaks for the state's horse and bourbon industries, both cultural and economic powerhouses in Kentucky.</p>
<p>"Make no mistake, anyone who opposes this tax cut bill opposes supporting the signature industries of the 6th Congressional District," Barr said.</p>
<p>Gray, who opposes the tax law, called it an "absolute giveaway to the rich and corporations while exploding our national debt and raising taxes on the middle class over time."</p>
<p>One entity hurt by the tax bill was Berea College, a small private school that does not charge tuition because it only accepts students who can't afford to pay. The bill would place a 1.4 percent tax on the school's endowment, which officials say will force them to accept fewer students.</p>
<p>Barr blamed the tax on Senate Democrats, who refused to suspend the Senate's procedural rules so the bill could include an exemption for Berea College. Barr said Congress will restore the exemption soon. But he said it wasn't enough for him to vote against the bill when it came back to the House for final passage.</p>
<p>"This was a giant step forward that certainly warranted a 'yes' vote at the time," Barr said. "We will come back and clean up some other things, and particularly my priority is to make sure Berea College is held harmless."</p>
<p>Kentucky's 6th Congressional District had traditionally been a Democratic seat, but since 1979 it has flipped five times among the two major political parties. That's why Democrats are confident they can win the seat again in November.</p>
<p>"With Barr, it's always party before country and his wealthy donors get to feast on legislation, leaving the rest of us to fight over the scraps they leave behind," said Mark Nickolas, McGrath's campaign manager. "It's long past time for a new generation of leaders who have experience at putting the country first and making sure our government stands for people from every walk of life, no matter where they live or how much they make."</p>
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<p>This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Mark Nickolas' name.</p>
<p>FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Elected to Congress six years ago with the help of an unpopular president in a swing district, Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Barr is hoping to avoid a backlash of his own in 2018 as Democrats target him in a race that could help determine control of the House.</p>
<p>Barr launched his campaign Thursday, filing paperwork to run for re-election and speaking with reporters at the state Republican Party headquarters in Frankfort.</p>
<p>Since ousting Democratic incumbent Ben Chandler in 2012, Barr has advocated for repealing most of Barack Obama's legacy, including the financial restrictions put in place after the Great Recession and the health care law that added half a million people to Kentucky's insurance rolls while increasing costs for taxpayers.</p>
<p>But things have changed since then. Republican Donald Trump was elected president, and hundreds of people started packing Barr's town hall meetings asking him to vote against repealing the health care law and other Trump policy items. But Barr voted for them anyway, saying it's what his district has consistently elected him to do.</p>
<p>Now, he is facing at least five Democratic challengers, including Jim Gray, the popular two-term mayor of Kentucky's second-largest city, and Amy McGrath, a former Marine fighter pilot who has raised more than $800,000.</p>
<p>"Let's face it, a lot of energy and enthusiasm on the left is reminiscent to the enthusiasm on the right in 2009 and 2010," Barr said. "It has more to do with the left's interest in the president and less about me. ... The agenda I'm working on is the agenda that the people of the 6th District voted for repeatedly over last several cycles, and we're in the business of keeping our promises and that's what we're going to do."</p>
<p>Barr emphasized his role in crafting the recently approved tax bill, which includes temporary tax cuts for most Americans that expire in 2025. Barr said he plans to introduce legislation that will make those tax cuts permanent, like the cuts for businesses and wealthy Americans. And he noted the law includes tax breaks for the state's horse and bourbon industries, both cultural and economic powerhouses in Kentucky.</p>
<p>"Make no mistake, anyone who opposes this tax cut bill opposes supporting the signature industries of the 6th Congressional District," Barr said.</p>
<p>Gray, who opposes the tax law, called it an "absolute giveaway to the rich and corporations while exploding our national debt and raising taxes on the middle class over time."</p>
<p>One entity hurt by the tax bill was Berea College, a small private school that does not charge tuition because it only accepts students who can't afford to pay. The bill would place a 1.4 percent tax on the school's endowment, which officials say will force them to accept fewer students.</p>
<p>Barr blamed the tax on Senate Democrats, who refused to suspend the Senate's procedural rules so the bill could include an exemption for Berea College. Barr said Congress will restore the exemption soon. But he said it wasn't enough for him to vote against the bill when it came back to the House for final passage.</p>
<p>"This was a giant step forward that certainly warranted a 'yes' vote at the time," Barr said. "We will come back and clean up some other things, and particularly my priority is to make sure Berea College is held harmless."</p>
<p>Kentucky's 6th Congressional District had traditionally been a Democratic seat, but since 1979 it has flipped five times among the two major political parties. That's why Democrats are confident they can win the seat again in November.</p>
<p>"With Barr, it's always party before country and his wealthy donors get to feast on legislation, leaving the rest of us to fight over the scraps they leave behind," said Mark Nickolas, McGrath's campaign manager. "It's long past time for a new generation of leaders who have experience at putting the country first and making sure our government stands for people from every walk of life, no matter where they live or how much they make."</p>
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<p>This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Mark Nickolas' name.</p> | Tables turn for Barr, who seeks to avoid Trump backlash | false | https://apnews.com/amp/b9d51b45378c46a280509e43be0f94ce | 2018-01-04 | 2 |
<p>WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Officials in Warwick and Cranston say it could be months before damage is fully repaired at town-owned buildings that were flooded by water pipe breaks during frigid temperatures earlier this month.</p>
<p>The Providence Journal <a href="http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180120/havoc-continues-at-warwick-cranston-public-buildings-flooded-by-burst-pipes" type="external">reports</a> that building directors, inspectors and construction workers will need that time to assess and fix the damage at the Warwick City Hall Annex and Cranston’s Edgewood Highlands School. Students at the school and workers at the annex have been moved to temporary quarters in other buildings.</p>
<p>Crews have been working at the two buildings since Jan. 8 removing carpets, tearing down Sheetrock and clearing out items damaged by water.</p>
<p>Officials say the buildings will have to be inspected after they’re cleared out to make sure there’s no structural damage.</p>
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<p>WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — Officials in Warwick and Cranston say it could be months before damage is fully repaired at town-owned buildings that were flooded by water pipe breaks during frigid temperatures earlier this month.</p>
<p>The Providence Journal <a href="http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180120/havoc-continues-at-warwick-cranston-public-buildings-flooded-by-burst-pipes" type="external">reports</a> that building directors, inspectors and construction workers will need that time to assess and fix the damage at the Warwick City Hall Annex and Cranston’s Edgewood Highlands School. Students at the school and workers at the annex have been moved to temporary quarters in other buildings.</p>
<p>Crews have been working at the two buildings since Jan. 8 removing carpets, tearing down Sheetrock and clearing out items damaged by water.</p>
<p>Officials say the buildings will have to be inspected after they’re cleared out to make sure there’s no structural damage.</p>
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<p>Information from: The Providence Journal, <a href="http://www.providencejournal.com" type="external" /> <a href="http://www.providencejournal.com" type="external">http://www.providencejournal.com</a></p> | Repairs at water-damaged RI buildings may take months | false | https://apnews.com/f5f140c4556042e0a32be6b37f7a6bbd | 2018-01-21 | 2 |
<p><a href="" type="internal" />This is how the state government handles a department that has continually received sub-par evaluations: add employees, boost wages 17 percent and total spending on salaries by 36 percent.</p>
<p>And as for retirement benefits, increase those by 79 percent total, or 53 percent per individual employee.</p>
<p>These are figures for the California Department of Technology, which again finds itself the butt of a fault-finding <a href="https://www.auditor.ca.gov/pdfs/reports/2015-611.pdf" type="external">audit</a>.</p>
<p>The report is one big bad report card. It notes that 73 of 77 state departments have not met standard safeguards for their information, for which the department is supposed to be the guardian.</p>
<p>The newly discovered trouble involves the security of state-held information, including the news that the state’s data centers are subject to thousands of hacker attempts every month.</p>
<p>“The California Department of Technology does not provide adequate oversight or guidance to state entities under the direct authority of the governor (reporting entities) for which it has purview,” the audit finds.</p>
<p>Auditors were so troubled by lapses in information security at the state’s Department of Corrections that they issued a separate memo to that agency outlining the problems — the details of which were “too sensitive to release publicly.”</p>
<p><a href="" type="internal" />State agencies possess reams of information, from the bank account numbers on income tax forms to the birth dates of victims of crime and the Social Security numbers of people applying for food stamps.</p>
<p>The Department of Motor Vehicles alone holds more than <a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_259_cfa_20150817_104440_sen_comm.html" type="external">27 million records</a>.</p>
<p>There are committees (“the Select Committee on Cybersecurity” in the statehouse) and task forces (the “California Cybersecurity Task Force”) in place to help protect data and info from intruders. But it’s the tech department&#160;that has responsibility for ensuring departments’ info is secured. To do so, it requires three annual reports. Last year it even offered a one-day seminar to teach info management people what’s up with data safeguarding.</p>
<p>In one regard, it’s not all on the department; the report found that 90 percent of select departments queried said that they had met the mandates for security when they really hadn’t.</p>
<p>Still, when four in 10 departments reported they had not achieved full compliance, “we expected that the technology department would have followed up. … However, when we reviewed the 2014 correspondence between the technology department and a selection of eight noncompliant reporting entities, we found that the technology department did not conduct any follow‑up.”</p>
<p>In addition, there are no policies on how to enforce the security requirements.</p>
<p>One more interesting element of the audit: Twenty agencies declined to be monitored or assessed and were therefore not measured for cybersecurity compliance. Among them were the Office of the Inspector General, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery and the Public Employees’ Retirement System.</p>
<p>The auditing team recommends that state lawmakers require the tech department to do an independent, comprehensive security assessment of each reporting entity at least every other year.</p>
<p>Auditors also ask legislators to allow the department to ask for money upon any finding of security flaws. The technology department should follow up on any troubled agency and how that agency intends to make its information more secure, the report says.</p>
<p>Then a final scold from the auditors: “As a result of the outstanding weaknesses in reporting entities’ information system controls and the technology department’s failure to provide effective oversight and assist noncompliant entities in meeting the security standards, we determined that some of the state’s information, and its critical information systems, are potentially vulnerable and continue to pose an area of significant risk to the state.”</p>
<p>The Department of Technology didn’t answer questions, but gave the <a href="http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20150825/business/308259843/" type="external">Associated Press a written statement</a>, saying that it is committed to improving oversight and to “improving the state’s overall information security posture.”</p>
<p>The report is the second <a href="" type="internal">in the last six months</a> to beat down the department. The last one upbraided tech department officials for wasting tens of millions of dollars due to computer troubles and aborted projects that cost taxpayers up to $1 billion.</p>
<p>Some lawmakers are trying to throw more money at the agency.</p>
<p>One measure would allow the technology department&#160;to size up contractors with an evaluation scorecard that would cost &#160;$350,000.</p>
<p>“There is no guarantee that they will implement the evaluation system in a long term capacity,” Assemblywoman Autumn Burke, D-Los Angeles, told a Senate committee earlier this month. “In fact, a simple change of leadership with CalTech could put the evaluation system in jeopardy.”</p>
<p>Also noted in the conversation was something as scary as a data breach: “Currently the state has 44 IT projects under development that are reported to cost more than $4 billion,” Burke told her colleagues.</p> | California state agencies easy targets for hackers | false | https://calwatchdog.com/2015/09/02/memo-hackers-easy-targets-calif-state-agencies/ | 2018-09-20 | 3 |
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<p>The Obama campaign has released Barack Obama’s plan to reform Washington — a plan they say he will enact on his first day in office. Some of it goes a good bit further than the measures Democrats in Congress have enacted, some of it is short on details. Regardless, he definitely has his heart in the right place. Highlights from a fact sheet sent out by the campaign:</p>
<p>– Closing the <a href="/news/feature/2004/05/medicare.html" type="external">revolving door</a>: No political appointee in an Obama Administration would be able to lobby the executive branch during the remainder of the Administration. Huge change from the current way of doing things.</p>
<p>– Ending the abuse of no-bid contracts: Admirable, but no details given.</p>
<p>– Stopping the influence of lobbyists: President Obama would issue an executive order banning lobbyists from giving gifts in any form to executive branch employees.</p>
<p>– Ending politicization of the federal government: Tougher enforcement measures in the <a href="/mojoblog/archives/2007/04/4296_violation_of_ha.html" type="external">Hatch Act</a>.</p>
<p>– Cute/nutty stuff: Obama would not sign any bill without giving the public an opportunity to comment on the White House website for five days. Cabinet officials would be required to host national broadband town halls. And there’s this sort of Big-Brother-for-federal-employees thing: “Obama will require his appointees… to conduct the significant business of the agency in public, so that any citizen can see in person or watch on the Internet as the agencies debate and deliberate the issues that affect American society. Videos of meetings will be archived on the web, and the transcript will be available to the public.” American citizens can watch in person as bureaucrats do their jobs?? How incredibly boring and ripe for trouble.</p>
<p>– Disclosure on earmarks and tax breaks: President Obama would ensure that tax breaks to special interests and all congressional earmarks are posted on the Office of Management and Budget’s website.</p>
<p>– No more <a href="/mojoblog/archives/2007/06/4677_unqualified_employees_state_dept_repeating_pentagons_mistakes_in_iraq.html" type="external">political operatives with sweet jobs</a>: “Obama will issue an Executive Order requiring that political appointees possess relevant professional qualifications and experience related to the core mission of the agency for which they are nominated.”</p>
<p>You can read more about Obama’s plans for corruption, oversight, etc. at <a href="http://www.barackobama.com/issues/corruption/" type="external">this campaign web page</a>.</p>
<p /> | Sheriff Obama To Clean Up Town — On the First Day | true | https://motherjones.com/politics/2007/06/sheriff-obama-clean-town-first-day/ | 2007-06-22 | 4 |
<p>Former house speaker Nancy Pelosi recently sat down for an interview with Bill Maher in which they discussed the upcoming mid-term elections. Based on Pelosi’s choice of words, it sounds like the Democratic Party is expecting big losses.</p>
<p><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2014/09/12/nancy-pelosi-civilization-in-jeopardy-if-gop-takes-senate-video/" type="external">Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller</a> has the details:</p>
<p>Nancy Pelosi: Civilization ‘In Jeopardy’ If GOP Takes Senate</p>
<p>On the one hand, California U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi claims that Democrats are not “fear-mongers;” on the other hand, she believes civilization is doomed if Republicans take control of the Senate from Democrats in November.</p>
<p>The former speaker of the House made those dramatic, incongruous statements on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” which aired live from Washington, D.C. Friday.</p>
<p>Maher asked Pelosi about recent polling which shows that the GOP is likely to take over the upper chamber and asked, given gridlock in Washingon, why it matters that Democrats keep control.</p>
<p>“It would be very important for the Democrats to retain control of the Senate,” Pelosi told Maher. “Civilization as we know it today would be in jeopardy if the Republicans win the Senate.”</p>
<p>Here’s the video:</p>
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<p><a href="http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/09/13/nancy-pelosi-just-might-be-insane/" type="external">Bryan Preston of the PJ Tatler</a> thinks Pelosi might be insane:</p>
<p>Pelosi says this at a time when the Islamic State really does threaten civilization, Putin really does threaten Europe, and let’s not forget Iran and its nuclear ambitions. And the president she supports isn’t doing anything effective against any of it.</p>
<p>Those things really do threaten civilization. Republicans taking the Senate…nah. It’s happened before, and the republic still stands.</p> | Pelosi: The End (of Harry Reid’s Control) Is Near! | true | http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/09/pelosi-the-end-of-harry-reids-control-is-near/ | 2014-09-13 | 0 |
<p>JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - The owner of an exotic game reserve in South Africa is taking a drastic step to prevent <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/south-africa/100714/south-african-rhinos-under-fire" type="external">rhino poaching</a>: he has injected his rhinos' horns with poison.</p>
<p>Damian Vergnaud, owner of&#160;Inverdoorn reserve near Cape Town, said he approached scientists and a vet to work towards finding a substance that would deter poachers.</p>
<p>A record number of rhinos have been killed for their horns this year in South Africa, which has more rhinos than any other country thanks to conservation efforts.&#160;</p>
<p>The poaching is fueled by demand for <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/china/111115/hong-kong-rhino-horns-ivory-seizure-south-africa-rhino-poaching" type="external">rhino horns in Vietnam</a>&#160;and other Asian countries, where they are used in traditional medicine despite the fact that experts say they have no medicinal value.</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost: <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/south-africa/111103/south-africa-rhino-poaching-wwf-report-rhino-horns" type="external">South Africa: rhino poaching at record high</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2011/12/23/rhino-horns-poisoned-to-put-off-poachers" type="external">Vergnaud told the South African Press Association</a> that he decided not to dehorn his rhinos, like some game reserves have done, because it is "very painful" and "traumatizing" for the animals.</p>
<p>"I really wanted to create a different defense system," <a href="http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2011/12/23/rhino-horns-poisoned-to-put-off-poachers" type="external">he told SAPA</a>.</p>
<p>In tests,&#160;Vergnaud injected his rhinos' horns with &#160;a combination of three non-lethal substances: one with a terrible taste, one to make a horn visible on an X-ray machine, and one that is a dye, the same dye used to foil cash-in-transit robbers.&#160;</p>
<p>"We hope that it will inform poachers, it [poaching at the reserve] is going to be a waste of time," Vergnaud said.</p>
<p>Vergnaud has offered to share his home-brewed poacher repellent with other game reserve owners looking to protect this endangered animal.</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost:&#160; <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/weird-wide-web/flying-rhino-video-black-rhino-relocation-south-africa" type="external">"Flying rhino" video shows dramatic black rhino relocation in South Africa</a></p> | South Africa: Rhino horns poisoned to thwart poachers | false | https://pri.org/stories/2011-12-23/south-africa-rhino-horns-poisoned-thwart-poachers | 2011-12-23 | 3 |
<p>Minneapolis Star Tribune Minnesota News Council executive director Gary Gilson says the <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/07/20050711-3.html" type="external">transcript</a> of Monday's White House press briefing "reveals a level of reporter vigor, skepticism and impatience that has been sorely absent for several years." He adds: "Even though local news organizations across America continue to produce important stories in the public interest, America's national journalism has been failing the public when it comes to holding the administration accountable."</p> | News council director praises "fresh lust" of DC press corps | false | https://poynter.org/news/news-council-director-praises-fresh-lust-dc-press-corps | 2005-07-14 | 2 |
<p>Laila El-Haddad spent the last three weeks in a dismal apartment she was forced to rent in El Arish, Egypt, together with her son Yusuf, who is two years and nine months old. Every few days the two tried to travel to the Rafah border crossing, about 50 kilometers away, attempting to return to their home in Gaza. These were distressful efforts: Together with another 5,000 or so residents of Gaza, who have also been waiting in recent weeks to return to their homes, she was crammed with her toddler for hours in an endless line at the crossing. “Elbow to elbow, like cattle,” is how she describes this in her blog, until being pushed back in shame once again.</p>
<p>El-Haddad, a young journalist who splits her time between Gaza and the U.S., can afford to pay $9 per night. But most of the unfortunate people around her, including cancer patients, infants, the elderly and students, the injured and disabled, cannot allow themselves such luxuries. Some of them rent a tent for 1.5 Egyptian pounds per night. The rest simply sleep out in the open, in the chill of night, or crowd together in local mosques.</p>
<p>These people want to return home. Israel does not even allow them this. They are human beings with families, plans and commitments, longings and dignity, but who cares. In recent weeks, even the Palestinian Minister of the Environment, Yusuf Abu Safiya, was stuck there. El-Haddad tells of how the minister could be seen one evening collecting twigs on the beach of El Arish to light a bonfire. During the summer, at least seven people died of heat and dehydration while waiting at the border. For many of those who are ill, the wait is a nightmare that threatens their lives. For students, it means losing an academic year. There is almost no mention of this cruel abuse in the newspapers: After all, the occupation in Gaza has ended.</p>
<p>Without anyone paying attention, the Gaza Strip has become the most closed-off strip of land in the world–after North Korea. But while North Korea is globally known to be a closed and isolated country, how many people know that the same description applies to a place just an hour away from hedonist Tel Aviv?</p>
<p>The Erez border crossing is desolate–Palestinians are not allowed to cross there, foreigners are rarely allowed to cross and Israeli journalists have also been prohibited from crossing during the past two weeks. Only wheelchairs are occasionally pushed through the long “sleeves” of the security check, leading a deadly ill person or someone seriously injured by the IDF to or from treatment in Israel. The large terminal Israel built, a concrete and glass monster that looks like a splendid shopping mall, juts up like a particularly tasteless joke, a mockery. At the Karni crossing, the only supply channel for 1.5 million people, only 12 trucks per day have passed since January. According to the “crossings accord” signed a year ago, Israel committed to allowing 400 trucks a day to pass through. The excuse: security, as usual.</p>
<p>But there has not been any security incident at Karni since April. The ramifications: Not only severe poverty, but also $30 million in damage to Gaza’s agriculture, which is almost the only remaining source of livelihood in the Strip. According to the UN report published last week, Israel has violated all of the articles of the agreement. There is no passage to Israel, no passage to the West Bank and even none to Egypt, the last outlet.</p>
<p>The Rafah crossing has been almost continually closed since June. During 86 percent of these days, the “passage” was impassable. Last month, it was open for only 36 hours, spread over four days. The desperate masses of people waiting surged toward the fences. The scenes were heart-breaking. And then it was closed again. The last time this happened was when the Palestinian foreign minister crossed with $20 million in his luggage. The collective punishment: Closure for weeks. It should be noted that crossing is only permitted for residents of Gaza who bear identity cards issued by Israel. No weapons pass through, Israel admits. And Israel also admits that the closure is solely intended to exert pressure on the residents.</p>
<p>Rafah is jammed with a crowd of people waiting on both sides, including many who are setting out on a pilgrimage to Mecca. A rumor was circulating last Tuesday that the crossing would open the following day. Israel only announces the opening of the crossing at 11 P.M. the night before–this is also a form of abuse. “There’s only one thing that is certain, and that’s that nobody knows when it will open,” El-Haddad wrote in her blog. She quickly set out the next morning and finally succeeded in crossing this time, but thousands remained behind.</p>
<p>The previous day, she described bits of conversation with her toddler in her blog:</p>
<p>“Why are we still here, in Arish?”</p>
<p>“Because we are waiting to enter Gaza, dear.”</p>
<p>“But then why don’t we go to Gaza?”</p>
<p>“Because the ma’bar [crossing] is closed, my love.”</p>
<p>“Well, who’s closing it mommy?”</p>
<p>“What do I tell him? ‘Some bad people.'”</p>
<p>“You mean like in the stories, like Shere Khan in the Jungle Book?”</p>
<p>“Yes, sure, like Shere Khan.”</p>
<p>“‘But who are they? Who are these bad people? Is it the yahood [the Jews]?’ He asks, mimicking what he’s heard on the border.”</p>
<p>“What do I say? I hesitate. ‘Look, there are some people; some are good, some are bad. And the bad ones are closing the border.'”</p>
<p>“But why? What did we do?”</p>
<p>“I wish I knew, my dear. I wish I had all the answers, my love, so I could answer all your questions. I wish I didn’t have to answer such questions to start with.”</p>
<p>El-Haddad then writes an open letter to Defense Minister Amir Peretz: “- what can I tell a 2-year-old–of borders and occupation and oppression and collective punishment? What would YOU tell him?” And, indeed, what would we say to 2-year-old Yusuf? What could Peretz say in response? “Israel’s security”? What memories will the toddler harbor from the three weeks of waiting in a crowded line with his mother on the border, humiliated and sad on the way home, to incarcerated Gaza, withering in its poverty? And who will be brought to account for this in the end?</p>
<p>GIDEON LEVY writes for Ha’aretz.</p>
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<p>&#160;</p> | The Cruel Line into Gaza | true | https://counterpunch.org/2006/12/11/the-cruel-line-into-gaza/ | 2006-12-11 | 4 |
<p>Shares of Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG) fell as much as 14.4% in trading Wednesday after the hydrogen fuel cell company released a third-quarter report that showed strong growth, but a massive net loss. At 12:32 p.m. EDT shares were still down 9.6% on the day, and a recovery doesn't seem to be imminent.</p>
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<p>Gross revenue more than tripled to $61.4 million, but net revenue only doubled to $35.4 million after accounting for stock warrant provisions. However, Plug Power's net loss more than tripled to $41.0 million, or $0.18 per share.</p>
<p>Management also said that higher costs to meet customer demand will lead to much lower margins than expected for the year. Adjusted gross margin is expected to be 5% to 6%, well below the previous guidance range of 8% to 12%. What's even worse is that estimated cash burn for the year was increased from a range of $25 million to $35 million to a range of $40 million to $45 million. That's money the company doesn't have: There's only $8 million in unrestricted cash on its balance sheet.</p>
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<p>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ These New Jersey lotteries were drawn Tuesday:</p>
<p>5 Card Cash</p>
<p>QC-3C-8C-10D-10S</p>
<p>(QC, 3C, 8C, 10D, 10S)</p>
<p>Powerball</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $62 million</p>
<p>Pick 3</p>
<p>5-5-9, Fireball: 4</p>
<p>(five, five, nine; Fireball: four)</p>
<p>Pick 4</p>
<p>2-3-8-8, Fireball: 4</p>
<p>(two, three, eight, eight; Fireball: four)</p>
<p>Cash 5</p>
<p>01-12-16-17-37, Xtra: 3</p>
<p>(one, twelve, sixteen, seventeen, thirty-seven; Xtra: three)</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $240,000</p>
<p>Midday Pick 3</p>
<p>3-5-5, Fireball: 1</p>
<p>(three, five, five; Fireball: one)</p>
<p>Midday Pick 4</p>
<p>6-6-6-0, Fireball: 1</p>
<p>(six, six, six, zero; Fireball: one)</p>
<p>Mega Millions</p>
<p>03-11-23-29-59, Mega Ball: 18, Megaplier: 3</p>
<p>(three, eleven, twenty-three, twenty-nine, fifty-nine; Mega Ball: eighteen; Megaplier: three)</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $50 million</p>
<p>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) _ These New Jersey lotteries were drawn Tuesday:</p>
<p>5 Card Cash</p>
<p>QC-3C-8C-10D-10S</p>
<p>(QC, 3C, 8C, 10D, 10S)</p>
<p>Powerball</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $62 million</p>
<p>Pick 3</p>
<p>5-5-9, Fireball: 4</p>
<p>(five, five, nine; Fireball: four)</p>
<p>Pick 4</p>
<p>2-3-8-8, Fireball: 4</p>
<p>(two, three, eight, eight; Fireball: four)</p>
<p>Cash 5</p>
<p>01-12-16-17-37, Xtra: 3</p>
<p>(one, twelve, sixteen, seventeen, thirty-seven; Xtra: three)</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $240,000</p>
<p>Midday Pick 3</p>
<p>3-5-5, Fireball: 1</p>
<p>(three, five, five; Fireball: one)</p>
<p>Midday Pick 4</p>
<p>6-6-6-0, Fireball: 1</p>
<p>(six, six, six, zero; Fireball: one)</p>
<p>Mega Millions</p>
<p>03-11-23-29-59, Mega Ball: 18, Megaplier: 3</p>
<p>(three, eleven, twenty-three, twenty-nine, fifty-nine; Mega Ball: eighteen; Megaplier: three)</p>
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<p>Danica Roem is a transgender journalist who is challenging Virginia state Del. Bob Marshall (R-Prince William County) (Photo courtesy of Danica Roem)</p>
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<p>Danica Roem on Tuesday announced her campaign against the anti-LGBT Republican who has represented the 13th District in the Virginia House of Delegates since 1992.</p>
<p>Roem, a Manassas resident who attended local schools, was a reporter for the Gainesville Times from 2006-2015. She also worked for the Prince William Times, which is an offshoot of the Gainesville Times, from 2011-2015.</p>
<p>She covered Virginia for the National Journal from 2009-2013.</p>
<p>Roem was the Montgomery County (Md.) Sentinel’s news editor from August 2015 through last month. She said she plans to continue writing for the newspaper, but “in a diminished capacity.”</p>
<p>Roem, 32, told the Washington Blade on Wednesday during a telephone interview that transportation, economic development and education are her top campaign issues.</p>
<p>She stressed the need to “fix” Route 28 in order to reduce traffic congestion. Roem also told the Blade she supports the extension of the Virginia Railway Express commuter trains to Innovation Technology Park as a way to bolster the area’s high-tech industry.</p>
<p>“If we have mass transit that actually connects to transportation, we can market that area a whole lot more effectively,” she said. “We lose jobs to Tysons Corner. We lose jobs to the Research Triangle of North Carolina because we haven’t maximized our potential with innovation.”</p>
<p>Roem last September testified in support of a proposal that would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the Prince William County School District’s nondiscrimination policy.</p>
<p>“We need nondiscrimination policies that include us,” she said.</p>
<p>Roem said she would work to reduce school overcrowding in the district. She also told the Blade she supports an increase of teacher salaries in Manassas and Manassas Park, which she described as the lowest in northern Virginia.</p>
<p>“That’s sad at best and we’ve got to do better,” said Roem.</p>
<p>Roem announced her candidacy on the same day that Marshall <a href="" type="internal">introduced a bill</a> that would prohibit people from entering “a restroom or other facility designated for use by members of the opposite sex.”</p>
<p>House Bill 1612, which is also known as the Physical Privacy Act, would also require public school principals to notify a parent or guardian within 24 hours if their child “requests to be recognized or treated as the opposite sex, to use a name or pronoun inconsistent with the child’s sex, or to use a restroom or other facility designated for the opposite sex.”</p>
<p>“Del. Marshall once again has taken his eye off the ball by focusing on legislation that cost North Carolina hundreds of millions of dollars, hundreds of jobs, the election of their Republican governor and would stigmatize his own constituents in the 13th district,” Roem told the Blade.</p>
<p>A measure that sought to prevent Virginia municipalities from banning discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity are among the 41 bills that Marshall introduced during the 2016 legislative session. Roem pointed out to the Blade that only one of them passed.</p>
<p>“He’s as effective as a rookie member of the minority party,” she said.</p>
<p>Roem will face off against Mansimran Kahlon, chair of the Brentsville Magisterial District Democratic Committee, in the Democratic primary that will take place on June 13.</p>
<p>“I respect him a lot,” said Roem, noting she and Kahlon met after Thanksgiving. “I will not say a negative word for him.”</p>
<p>“We’re all in this together,” added Roem. “We would like to flip the House of Delegates so that we can get a Democratic majority.”</p>
<p><a href="" type="internal">Bob Marshall</a> <a href="" type="internal">Danica Roem</a> <a href="" type="internal">House Bill 1612</a> <a href="" type="internal">transgender</a> <a href="" type="internal">Virginia House of Delegates</a></p> | Transgender journalist challenges Bob Marshall in Va. House | false | http://washingtonblade.com/2017/01/06/transgender-journalist-challenges-bob-marshall-va-house/ | 3 |
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<p>Despite endless speculation on the future of the coveted Ford (NYSE:F) chief executive Alan Mulally, a member of Ford’s board of directors said Thursday Mulally is not going anywhere for a while.</p>
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<p>Edsel Ford II, at an event in Dearborn, Mich., to introduce a new version of the car maker’s iconic Mustang, said Mulally is staying at least through the end of next year.</p>
<p>“Alan is staying through the end of 2014 and that’s all I know,” said Ford, a great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford, according to a Bloomberg News report.</p>
<p>The charismatic Mulally is widely viewed as top candidate to replace Steve Ballmer as CEO at Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). His name has also been tossed around as a candidate for a top government position.</p>
<p>Ford said Mulally has notified the board of his future plans and that the board has not asked Mulally to make those plans public.</p>
<p>“Frankly, he has told us that his plan is to stay with Ford through the end of 2014,” Ford said.</p>
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<p>Mulally, 68, led Ford through the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent recession after arriving at the car maker from Boeing (NYSE: BA) in 2006. Ford was the only Big Three U.S. car maker not forced to file for bankruptcy or accept government bailout money. Both General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Chrysler went bankrupt in 2009 and survived on bailouts.</p>
<p>A Ford spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p> | Mulally Staying At Ford Thru 2014: Report | true | http://foxbusiness.com/features/2013/12/05/mulally-staying-at-ford-thru-2014-report.html | 2016-03-04 | 0 |
<p>Pete Seeger singing at the Lincoln Memorial (cc photo: Scarlatti2004)</p>
<p>From an April 2001 interview with Pete Seeger conducted by David Guistina of Albany public radio station WAMC (listen <a href="http://www.prx.org/pieces/110063-pete-seeger-a-life-part-1" type="external">here</a>, registration required):</p>
<p>Q: Does the media do its job?</p>
<p>A: Of course not. It’s hard for me to talk about the media without getting angry. Because if the United States or the world goes down in disaster, I would blame the media first of all, because the people running it are intelligent people. They know very well how evil they are. And when they say, “Oh, I’m just giving the people what they want.” Sure–so do the drug pushers.</p>
<p>In the second installment of the interview, Seeger talked about an appearance on the Today show that turned out to be his last:</p>
<p>I haven’t been asked on TV that much in recent years. I did get on the Today show once. And I knew that they wouldn’t want me to sing a certain song. So I was prepared. I arrived at 6:00, and over the intercom, the director said, “Pete, what you got for us?” And I said: “Well, I got a little banjo tune, and I got something a little more serious. It’s a funny song but it’s got a serious point.” “Well, let’s hear ’em.” So I sang the banjo tune. “Fine.” So I sang the other, called “ <a href="http://youtu.be/0ZesRAo5PBg" type="external">Garbage</a>,” which has the whole crowd going, “Garbage, garbage, garbage.”</p>
<p>In Mister Thompson’s factory, they’re making plastic Christmas trees Complete with silver tinsel and a geodesic stand The plastic’s mixed in giant vats from some conglomeration That’s been piped from deep within the earth or strip-mined from the land And if you question anything, they say, “Why, don’t you see? It’s absolutely needed for the economy”</p>
<p>Oh, Garbage! Garbage! Garbage! Garbage! Their stocks and their bonds — all garbage! Garbage! Garbage! Garbage! Garbage! What will they do when their system goes to smash There’s no value to their cash There’s no money to be made But there’s a world to be repaid Their kids will read in history books About financiers and other crooks And feudalism, and slavery And nukes and all their knavery To history’s dustbin they’re consigned Along with many other kinds of garbage Garbage! Garbage! Garbage! Garbage!</p>
<p>Well, he said: “Pete, you got something a little more cheerful? This is early in the morning.”</p>
<p>So I sang, “Walking down death row/ I sang for three men destined for the chair….”</p>
<p>“Pete, do you have something else?”</p>
<p>“‘If the revolution comes to my country, let me remember….'”</p>
<p>“Well, Pete, I guess we’ll stick with ‘Garbage.'”</p>
<p>Well, I got to do it on the air, but I wasn’t asked back. I haven’t been on the Today show since.</p>
<p>Pete Seeger at Clearwater’s Great Hudson River Revival, 2013 (cc photo: Gus Phillippas/WFUV)</p> | Pete Seeger: ‘It’s Hard for Me to Talk About the Media Without Getting Angry’ | true | http://fair.org/blog/2014/01/29/pete-seeger-its-hard-for-me-to-talk-about-the-media-without-getting-angry/ | 2014-01-29 | 4 |
<p>Mappsville Baptist Church in Mappsville led churches affiliated with the Baptist General Association of Virginia last year in per capita contributions to total Cooperative Missions. Rounding out the top 10 churches in total per capita CM gifts were Beulah Baptist Church in Aylett, Trinity Baptist Church in Arlington, First Baptist Church in Gretna, Mount Vernon Baptist Church in Vernon Hill, Warrenton Baptist Church in Warrenton, First Baptist Church in Altavista, First Baptist Church in Alexandria, Rodgers Chapel Baptist Church in Clover and Little River Baptist Church in Aldie.</p>
<p>Below is the total list of top 100 churches with rank, city and dollar amount. All figures were reported by the BGAV’s treasurer’s office for the fiscal year which ended Dec. 31, 2008.</p>
<p>1. Mappsville Baptist Church, Mappsville, $442.69 2. Beulah Baptist Church, Aylett, $346.74 3. Trinity Baptist Church, Arlington, $250.00 4. First Baptist Church, Gretna, $224.88 5. Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Vernon Hill, $200.00 6. Warrenton Baptist Church, Warrenton, $188.32 7. First Baptist Church, Altavista, $185.19 8. First Baptist Church, Alexandria, $183.91 9. Rodgers Chapel Baptist Church, Clover, $183.62 10. Little River Baptist Church, Aldie, $173.64 11. Plymouth Haven Baptist Church, Alexandria, $170.07 12. Franklin Heights Baptist Church, Rocky Mount, $169.57 13. Great Bridge Baptist Church, Chesapeake, $169.45 14. Calvary Hill Baptist Church, Fairfax, $166.29 15. Black Creek Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, $159.63 16. Journey Church, Roanoke, $159.55 17. Mount View Baptist Church, Charlottesville, $155.76 18. Bon Air Baptist Church, Richmond, $155.20 19. Fil-Am Community Church, Chesterfield, $154.19 20. Salem Baptist Church, Salem, $147.70 21. Clintwood Baptist Church, Clintwood, $146.73 22. Bethlehem Baptist Church, Midlothian, $142.56 23. Sterling Park Baptist Church, Sterling, $142.40 24. Clifton Baptist Church, Clifton, $141.66 25. Mountain Pass Baptist Church, Salem, $139.41 26. Chancellor Baptist Church, Fredericksburg, $137.95 27. Chatham Baptist Church, Chatham, $135.14 28. Goldmine Baptist Church, Louisa, $134.66 29. Ashburn Living Water Church, $133.33 30. Farnham Baptist Church, Farnham, $132.62 31. Oakland Baptist Church, King George, $131.82 32. Parkwood Baptist Church, Annandale, $127.38 33. New Bethesda Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, $127.02 34.&#160; Concord Baptist Church, Ruther Glen, $126.50 35. Servants of Christ Baptist Church, Louisa, $125.93 36. Summit Point Baptist Church, Summit Point, $125.69 37. Bethel Baptist Church, Palmyra, $125.14 38. Mount Hermon Baptist Church, Danville, $123.30 39. Emmanuel Baptist Church, Alexandria, $122.38 40. Concord Baptist Church, Charlotte Courthouse, $122.23 41. Cambridge Baptist Church, Richmond, $119.64 42. Cape Charles Baptist Church, Cape Charles, $119.39 43. North Fork Baptist Church, Purcellville, $119.37 44. Sunny Hills Baptist Church, Wytheville, $119.05 45. Walnut Hills Baptist Church, Williamsburg, $117.76 46. First Baptist Church, Collinsville, $116.14 47. Salem Baptist Church, Sparta, $113.61 48.&#160; Calvary Baptist Church, Newport News, $113.35 49. Chestnut Grove Baptist Church, Earlysville, $113.33 50. Azalea Baptist Church, Norfolk, $112.82 51. White Marsh Baptist Church, White Marsh, $112.69 52. Oakland River Baptist Church, Disputanta, $112.00 53. Sharon Baptist Church, King William, $111.95 54. Temple Baptist Church, Covington, $111.59 55. Potomac Baptist Church, King George, $111.42 56. Holy Light Baptist Church, Richmond, $110.00 57. First Baptist Church, Charlottesville, $109.84 58. Orcutt Baptist Church, Newport News, $109.00 59. Haymarket Baptist Church, Haymarket, $108.09 60. Morattico Baptist Church, Kilmarnock, $106.72 61. Friendship Baptist Church, Glade Spring, $106.50 62. Dover Baptist Church, Manakin-Sabot, $106.49 63. Rocks Baptist Church, Pamplin, $104.83 64. First Baptist Church, Ashland, $104.47 65. Enon Baptist Church, Supply, $103.97 66. Zoar Baptist Church, Deltaville, $103.89 67. Chesterfield Community Church, Moseley, $103.65 68. Abingdon Baptist Church, Abingdon, $103.63 69. Drakes Branch Baptist Church, Drakes Branch, $103.17 70. First Baptist Church, Springfield, $102.59 71. Spurgeon Memorial Baptist Church, Norfolk, $102.49 72. Broadus Memorial Baptist Church, Charlottesville, $102.34 73. Glen Allen Baptist Church, Glen Allen, $101.52 74. Highland Baptist Church, Monterey, $101.33 75. Beale Memorial Baptist Church, Tappahannock, $100.17 76. Ironbridge Baptist Church, Chesterfield, $100.11 77. Jones Chapel, Dillwyn, $100.02 78. Warsaw Baptist Church, Warsaw, $100.00 79. New Prospect Baptist Church, Hurt, $99.71 80. Heritage Baptist Church, Farmville, $99.18 81. Zion Baptist Church, Parksley, $99.10 82. Spring Hill Baptist Church, Ruckersville, $99.03 83. Bethany Baptist Church, Callao, $98.77 84. Mount Olivet Baptist Church, Beaverdam, $98.35 85. Antioch Baptist Church, Fairfax Station, $97.37 86. Sandford Memorial Baptist Church, Broadnax, $96.64 87. New Beginnings Community Fellowship, Richmond, $96.59 88. Parkview Baptist Church, Bluefield, $96.40 89. Ebenezer Baptist Church, South Hill, $96.15 90. Memorial Baptist Church, Bluefield, $95.53 91. Temple Baptist Church, Norfolk, $95.48 92. Melville Avenue Baptist Church, Danville, $95.17 93. First Baptist Church, Richmond, $94.41 94. Iglesia Gracia y Verdad, Rocky Mount, $94.31 95. Stockton Memorial Baptist Church, Richmond, $94.30 96. First Baptist Church, Bristol, $94.07 97. Sharon Baptist Church, Clifton Forge, $93.77 98. Bruington Baptist Church, Bruington, $93.56 99. Goochland Baptist Church, Manakin-Sabot, $92.74 100. Middleburg Baptist Church, Middleburg, $92.60</p> | Top 100 Virginia Baptist churches in 2008 per capita gifts listed | false | https://baptistnews.com/article/top100virginiabaptistchurchesin2008percapitagiftslisted-2/ | 3 |
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<p>Aug. 31 (UPI) — Saab has extended its partnerships with Indonesian institutions to continue joint efforts to develop technology and make educational advancements, the company announced.</p>
<p>Saab agreed to terms with Indonesia’s National Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology, or BPPT, and the Indonesian Defense University, or UNHAN, earlier this week during a seminar on advanced underwater systems for national defense.</p>
<p>Since 2015, Saab said, it has built a program to develop defense technology with the agency and create academic collaborations with the university, to ensure understanding in Indonesia of high-tech defense capabilities such as aeronautics, geo-mapping, missile systems and underwater systems.</p>
<p>“Our continuing partnership with BPPT and UNHAN is a great example of how Saab applies the ‘Triple Helix’ model where Industry, academia and national institutions work together to achieve something more than we could each do on our own,” Saab Indonesia head Anders Dahl <a href="http://saabgroup.com/Media/news-press/news/2017-08/saab-renews-strategic-partnerships-with-indonesias-bppt-and-unhan/" type="external">said in a company news release</a> Wednesday. “This has clearly been a success in Indonesia where we are very proud to have such exceptional and strategic partners. Saab is proud to follow the very highest standards of industry ‘best practice.’</p>
<p>“To see that applied in Indonesia, through the Triple Helix approach with BPPT and UNHAN, shows what can be achieved here. Saab is aiming to grow our footprint in Indonesia and partner with more institutions for many more of these positive engagements.”</p> | Saab extends cooperation with Indonesian institutions | false | https://newsline.com/saab-extends-cooperation-with-indonesian-institutions/ | 2017-08-31 | 1 |
<p>Hunger Games star Elizabeth Banks opened night two of the Democratic National Convention by lampooning The Donald's smoke-filled, rocked-out, pro-wrestling inspired RNC introduction.</p>
<p>In the video (below), Banks recreates the full-effect including the backlit silhouetting and blaring Queen's "We Are The Champions."</p>
<p>"You know I don't usually say this about Donald Trump, but that was over the top," Banks tells the crowd. "I confirmed it, just now. The Trump campaign is so hard-up for money that I just bought their fog machine on Ebay for 30 bucks."</p>
<p>In her speech, the actress goes on to compare The Donald to her character from the popular tween movie series that made her famous.</p>
<p>"Some of you know me from the Hunger Games in which I play Effie Trinket, a cruel, out of touch reality TV star who wears insane wigs while delivering long winded speeches to a violent dystopia. So when I tuned into Cleveland last week I was like, 'Hey, that's my act.'"</p>
<p>Banks told the crowd of her first date with her husband: a 1992 Bill Clinton rally where she first gazed upon "Shrillary."</p>
<p>"It was there that I learned something really important about show business," Banks recalled. "The headliner should always watch out for someone stealing the show. Hillary Clinton rocked my world. A smart, committed, successful woman, and not for her own benefit, but a fighter for women and children, cops and first responders, health care and girls around the world."</p>
<p>"The Trump campaign is so hard-up for money that I just bought their fog machine on Ebay for 30 bucks."</p>
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<p>Banks ended by proudly telling the arena, "Did you know that when Hillary Clinton graduated law school, she didn't just sell-out and go work for some fancy law firm. She went to work advocating for children and families. It was one of her first fights and since then she has never let up."</p>
<p>If only somebody in the control room at the end of her speech would've put up on the Jumbotron the clip of Hillary back in her young lawyer days laughing about the time she got her child rapist client off on a technicality:</p> | Video: Actress Elizabeth Banks Mocks Trump With 'We Are the Champions' Entrance At DNC | true | https://dailywire.com/news/7842/video-actress-elizabeth-banks-mocks-trump-we-are-chase-stephens | 2016-07-27 | 0 |
<p>The Karnes County (Texas) ICE detention center, as imagined by Rep. Lamar Smith.GekaSkr/&lt;a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?lang=en&amp;search_source=search_form&amp;version=llv1&amp;anyorall=all&amp;safesearch=&amp;searchterm=fancy+hotel&amp;search_group=#id=96357944&amp;src=9d5d8bd1171e62184fb2815b82a92841-1-18"&gt;Shutterstock&lt;/a&gt;</p>
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<p>On Wednesday, as most of official Washington was fixing its gaze <a href="" type="internal">squarely on the Supreme Court</a>, the House Committee on the Judiciary convened a hearing on another issue:&#160;the supposedly posh conditions at the Department of Homeland Security’s immigrant detention centers. The hearing, dubbed “Holiday on&#160;ICE” by chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), focused on the idea that Obama administration rules intended to prevent sexual abuse and inhumane conditions at Immigrations and Customs Enforcement facilities made detention too fancy. “War on Women,” meet “War on Immigrant Women.”</p>
<p>In 2008, the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/nation/specials/immigration/index.html" type="external">Washington Post published</a> an in-depth investigation of inhumane conditions at ICE&#160;detention centers. As Bob Libal at Texas Prison&#160;Bid’ness <a href="http://www.texasprisonbidness.org/moneyfinancial-interests/sexual-assault-charges-contract-changes-hit-mtcs-tent-city" type="external">points out</a>, ICE was forced to cancel its contract with a detention center in Texas’ Willacy County after it was “rocked by allegations of sexual assaults, immigrant smuggling, spoiled food, and protests.” Those conditions, detailed in a 2011 <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/race-multicultural/lost-in-detention/how-much-sexual-abuse-gets-lost-in-detention/" type="external">Frontline report</a>, were exacerbated by Obama administration policies exempting immigration detention centers from the Prison Rape Elimination&#160;Act. As far as accommodations go, Willacy was more <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450278/" type="external">Hostel</a> than&#160;Holiday Inn.</p>
<p>The new standards, unveiled in February, were meant to ensure a basic threshold of human rights at an agency marred by serial abuse, sexual and otherwise. As the Los Angeles Times <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/18/opinion/la-ed-detention-immigration-reform-20120318" type="external">explained</a>,&#160;“Among other things, the new rules improve access to mental health care and legal assistance, and establish additional safeguards for reporting mistreatment.” New rules set up a hotline for immigrants to report abuse, and require strip searches—a common source of sexual assault charges—to be conducted by guards of the same gender.</p>
<p>If you think that sounds like a badly needed (if incomplete) fix, you’re probably not a member of the House Republican caucus, though. “It’s outrageous that immigration detention facilities have morphed into college campuses,” said Rep. Elton Gallegy (R-Calif.). “Under this administration, detention looks more like recess,” Smith proclaimed. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) attempted to turn the immigrant rights advocates’ figures against them, arguing that, comparatively speaking, the number of detainees who have died while awaiting deportation is actually quite small: “110 deaths is not alarming to me,” he explained, suggesting that immigrants were actually safer in an ICE detention center than they were “in the broader society.” But as one witness, ICE assistant director Kevin&#160;Landy, pointed out, King was comparing apples and oranges. The detention population does not mirror the broader population: Immigrants in their mid-30s generally don’t die of old age.</p>
<p>As befitting the hearing’s name, both Gallegy and Smith played up the notion that the new standards had turned the immigration detention centers into the kind of place you’d like to bring your kids for some R&amp;R. Gallegy cited a San Antonio newspaper report comparing the state’s newest ICE facility to a private college campus.&#160;Of course, the article in question, <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/A-new-kind-of-detention-center-for-immigrants-3404501.php" type="external">from the Express–News</a>, doesn’t actually say that; it simply notes that the new facilities—reserved solely for the detention of immigrants without criminal records—use names like “dorms” and “suites” to describe the living arrangements, affixed to quotes from human rights watchdogs panning the new digs as prison by another name. One man’s pit of despair is another man’s castle. Or something.</p>
<p>What’s more, the Karnes facility at the heart of Gallegy’s ire isn’t actually subject to the regulations he’s upset about. As the Times noted, “[T]he Karnes facility, which opened after the new standards were announced, is not required to comply with them because federal officials didn’t bother to write it into the operating contract.” Oops.</p>
<p>So it was up to Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, to put the proceedings in their proper context: “This hearing demonstrates the Republican Party’s war on immigrants, and here we see where this war meets the war on women,” she suggested in her opening remarks. Lofgren, who noted that Gallegy had personally called her up to apologize for the name of the hearing, cited the case of Francisco Castaneda, a Salvadoran immigrant who, while detained in&#160;San Diego, complained frequently to ICE officials about a growing lesion on his penis. ICE&#160;denied access to a doctor, and he eventually died of penile cancer. In 2008, a federal judge ruled that ICE’s treatment of Castaneda went “ <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2008/mar/13/local/me-cruel13" type="external">beyond cruel and unusual</a>.”</p>
<p>Then, after briefly attempting to defend Obama’s new policies mandating that strip searches of detainees be conducted by members of the same gender so as to prevent sexual assault, Lofgren shot back at her Republican colleagues. “I&#160;don’t think that it’s a ‘hospitality’ guideline to prevent rape of detainees,” she said.</p>
<p>In another Congress, at another time, she might have been right.</p>
<p /> | House GOP: Rape Prevention Measures an Unreasonable Luxury | true | https://motherjones.com/politics/2012/03/gop-preventing-immigrant-rape-ice-holiday/ | 2012-03-29 | 4 |
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<p>NENANA, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's favorite spring guessing contest has concluded.</p>
<p>Nenana Ice Classic manager Cherrie Forness (SHAYR-ee for-NESS) says ice on the Tanana (TA-nah-nah) River went out at 1 p.m. Monday.</p>
<p>For contest purposes, that means the official correct guess for winning the annual contest is 12 p.m. Alaska Standard Time.</p>
<p>The jackpot is $267,444. Forness says the number of winning tickets should be known by the end of the week.</p>
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<p>The annual guessing contest started in 1916 when surveyors for the Alaska Railroad bet when the ice would go out.</p>
<p>Thousands of people now pay $2.50 per guess. Organizers split proceeds between payouts and Nenana charitable organizations.</p>
<p>The winning time is determined when a cable attached to a tripod on the river ice trips a clock on shore.</p>
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<p>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space station astronauts got a special Easter treat: a cargo ship full of supplies.</p>
<p>The shipment arrived Sunday morning via a Dragon instead of a bunny.</p>
<p>"Gentlemen, the Easter Dragon is knocking at the door," NASA's Mission Control said as the capsule was bolted into place.</p>
<p>The commercial SpaceX cargo ship, which is called the Dragon, spent two days chasing the International Space Station following its launch from Cape Canaveral. Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata snared the capsule with the station's robotic arm 260 miles above Egypt. Then the Dragon was pulled in and secured to one of the station's docking ports.</p>
<p>More than 2 tons of food, spacewalking gear and experiments fill the Dragon, including mating fruit flies, a little veggie hothouse and legs for the station's resident robot. NASA also packed family care packages for the six spacemen.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, the stakes will be even higher when the two Americans on board conduct a spacewalk to replace a dead computer. NASA wants a reliable backup in place as soon as possible, even though the primary computer is working fine. The backup failed April 11.</p>
<p>The Dragon capsule will remain attached until mid-May. It will be filled with science samples — including the flies — for return to Earth.</p>
<p>In the wake of the space shuttle fleet's 2011 retirement, NASA is paying California-based SpaceX and Virginia-based Orbital Sciences Corp. a total of $3.5 billion to resupply the orbiting lab. This was the fourth station delivery for SpaceX. Russian, Japanese and European spacecraft also make deliveries.</p>
<p>— The Associated Press</p> | SpaceX Cargo Ship Delivers Easter Goodies to Space Station | false | http://nbcnews.com/science/space/spacex-cargo-ship-delivers-easter-goodies-space-station-n85126 | 2014-04-20 | 3 |
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<p>The United States men’s national soccer team will be the fan favorite at this month’s Copa America “Centenario” tournament, but they’re only the third-most expensive attraction. That’s according to data compiled by online ticket aggregator <a href="https://seatgeek.com/events/copa-america-centenario/tickets" type="external">SeatGeek Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
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<p>This year’s Copa America will take place throughout 10 American cities, including New York, Chicago and Seattle, marking the first time in history that the tournament has taken place outside South America. The event features an expanded field of 16 teams, rather than the usual 12, including all 10 members of South America’s soccer confederation (CONMEBOL) and six countries from CONCACAF, soccer’s governing body in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.</p>
<p>Tickets to see Argentina’s national team, led by global superstar Lionel Messi, had an average resale price of $193 on the secondary market as of Friday afternoon, according to SeatGeek. Tickets to Chile’s matches are selling for an average of $155, while seats at Team USA’s contests are selling for an average $148. Colombia ($147) and Mexico ($141) round out the list of the 2016 Copa America’s most expensive tickets.</p>
<p>At present, Argentina’s highly-anticipated June 6 match against Chile ranks as the tournament’s most expensive ticket. It costs an average of $192 for a seat at that contest, which will take place at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The United States’ tournament opener against Colombia on Friday, June 3 ranks second, with an average price of $172. That match will also take place at Levi’s Stadium.</p>
<p>Some of the tournament’s less exciting matches are far more affordable. As of Friday, the “get-in” price for the cheapest ticket to the Uruguay-Jamaica match on June 7 cost just $7 on SeatGeek. Jamaica-Venezuela, scheduled to take place on June 5 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois, has a get-in price of $12.</p>
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<p>The Copa America’s arrival is a big moment for soccer in the United States, where the sport is starting to <a href="" type="internal">enter the mainstream</a>. A total of 26 Major League Soccer players will be featured on Copa America rosters, including 11 on Team USA and six on Jamaica’s national team.</p>
<p>The tournament runs from June 3 through June 26, with matches scheduled to air on Univision and the FOX family of sports networks.</p> | Copa America 2016: Most Expensive Ticket Isn't Team USA | true | http://foxbusiness.com/features/2016/06/03/copa-america-2016-most-expensive-ticket-isnt-team-usa.html | 2016-06-03 | 0 |
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<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Albuquerque Public Schools board has chosen Luis Valentino to be the district's next superintendent.</p>
<p>Board members emerged from a closed meeting shortly before 1 p.m. today to announce their decision to offer a superintendent contract to Valentino, who is currently an associate superintendent and chief academic officer for San Francisco Unified School District.</p>
<p>"APS deserves a world-class educational superintendent. We believe wholeheartedly that we have found that person," board President Don Duran said during a press conference.</p>
<p>Duran said the board has offered Valentino a contract, which he and the board hope to &#160;finalize next week.</p>
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<p>CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline jumped 4 cents nationally over the past two weeks to $2.58.</p>
<p>Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the increase is due to higher crude oil costs.</p>
<p>The current gas price is 22 cents above where it was a year ago.</p>
<p>Gas in San Francisco was the highest in the contiguous United States at an average of $3.26 a gallon. The lowest was in Tucson, Arizona, at $2.16 a gallon.</p>
<p>The U.S. average diesel price is $2.99, up 5 cents from two weeks ago.</p>
<p>CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline jumped 4 cents nationally over the past two weeks to $2.58.</p>
<p>Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the increase is due to higher crude oil costs.</p>
<p>The current gas price is 22 cents above where it was a year ago.</p>
<p>Gas in San Francisco was the highest in the contiguous United States at an average of $3.26 a gallon. The lowest was in Tucson, Arizona, at $2.16 a gallon.</p>
<p>The U.S. average diesel price is $2.99, up 5 cents from two weeks ago.</p> | Average US gas price jumps 4 cents to $2.58 for regular | false | https://apnews.com/amp/ad179d5ed55441cdb1409b005e3aee60 | 2018-01-21 | 2 |
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<p>What:Shares ofDSW Inc. were getting kicked in the shins today after the footwear retailer missed estimates in its first-quarter earnings report and lowered its guidance. By 1:30 p.m. EDT, the stock was down 11.1%.</p>
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<p>So what:Tracking with troubles across much of the apparel industry, DSW turned in a weak quarter. Its per-share profit of $0.40 was short of expectations of $0.46, and same-store sales, a key metric in the industry, fell 1.6%. Overall revenue grew just 3.9% to $681.3 million, missing the analyst consensus at $697.7. million.</p>
<p>CEO Roger Rawlins echoed the refrain of his peers, noting a "challenging retail environment." He elaborated, saying, "Over the past three years, we have invested heavily in technology, stores, marketing and support services. These investments have driven sales, but we haven't grown our bottom line. We have begun an assessment of our cost structure to improve earnings and reinforce our competitive position in a rapidly changing environment."</p>
<p>Now what:With a statement like that, layoffs or store closures could be on the way. The company also scaled back its guidance for the year, projecting earnings per share of $1.32 to $1.42 all the way down from $1.54 to $1.64. It also sees comparable sales sliding 1% to 2%, a reverse from its original forecast of 1% to 2% growth.</p>
<p>DSW's unique self-serve model delivered strong growth after the recession, but the stock has faltered recently, and declining comparable sales is never a good sign.</p>
<p>Expect management to clarify its cost-cutting plans over the coming months, a move that could help get profits moving in the right direction again.</p>
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<p>"We recognize we all share the same ocean and face the same challenges of understanding, managing, and conserving critical marine resources for future generations," said Kathryn Sullivan, chief of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</p>
<p>The memorandum signed by U.S. and Cuban officials in Havana directs scientists with the Florida Keys and the Texas Flower Garden Banks national sanctuaries to collaborate with researchers at two similarly fragile and protected reserves: Guanahacabibes National Park and the Banco de San Antonio, located on the island's westernmost region.</p>
<p>Ocean currents carry many of the same fish and organisms off the coast of Cuba into the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, making collaboration on topics like preservation and sustainability an area of mutual interest for scientists in both countries.</p>
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<p>"Fish, marine mammals, sea turtles, birds and other marine life exist in ecosystems that rarely fall within maps drawn by man," said Jonathan Jarvis, director of the U.S. National Park Service, which also signed the accord and will participate in the new exchange.</p>
<p>Washington and Havana announced last December that they would resume diplomatic ties, and formally did so in July.</p>
<p>Environmental cooperation has been one of the most visible areas of progress in the relationship as the United States and Cuba negotiate and discuss a number of issues. They include much thornier matters on which the two countries remain far apart, such as the U.S. embargo and the naval base at Guantanamo, as well as Cuba's record on rights and democracy.</p>
<p>U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced in October that the countries were working on a marine-preservation accord. That same month, Cuba and the U.S.-based Environmental Defense Fund unveiled an initiative designed to protect shark populations, record fishing vessel catches and develop a long-term conservation plan. And in April, NOAA and Cuban scientists circled the island on a research cruise to study the larvae of bluefin tuna, a highly threatened and commercially valuable species.</p>
<p>Cuba's marine ecosystem is considered one of the best preserved in the region, with large reserves of relatively untouched coral and large populations of fish, sharks and sea turtles. But such ecosystems could come under new threats as Cuba continues to search for offshore oil and tourism booms.</p>
<p>Billy Causey, a regional director with NOAA who helped broker the accord, said the pairings were determined in part by the challenges that the sanctuaries share.</p>
<p>Guanahacabibes National Park is one of Cuba's largest and most isolated reserves. It is home to a large population of sea turtles, spiny lobsters and contains what is considered one of Cuba's most robust coral reefs. It is still out of reach for many tourists, though more travelers and boats are beginning to arrive.</p>
<p>Scientists there will be paired with researchers at the Florida Keys sanctuary, an area that receives more than 3 million visitors each year.</p>
<p>Researchers at Banco de San Antonio and Flower Garden Banks will study their similar deep-water ecosystems and share lessons on a range of issues including protection against oil and gas development. The Banco de San Antonio has an abundant coral reef at the juncture where waters from the Caribbean stream into the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists with NOAA said the reef has a significant influence on the condition of other coral habitats in the Gulf of Mexico and South Florida.</p>
<p>Scientists from the U.S. and across the world are gathering this week in Havana for the 10th Ocean Sciences Conference to discuss climate change and conservation.</p>
<p>"This opens the door to collaborating on many, many fronts so the so-called invisible lines of the Gulf (of Mexico) disappear," said Daniel Whittle, the EDF's senior director for Cuba. "In my mind, this was long overdue."</p>
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<p>Follow Christine Armario on Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/cearmario" type="external">http://www.twitter.com/cearmario</a></p> | US, Cuba sign first environmental accord since thaw | false | https://abqjournal.com/678015/us-cuba-sign-first-environmental-accord-since-thaw.html | 2 |
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<p>Gold prices ticked higher Thursday after the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge remained below its annual target.</p>
<p>Gold for December delivery was recently up 0.6% at $1,321.40 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. A group of buys pushed the precious metal higher at about 10:15 a.m. EDT from up roughly 0.2% to up 0.6%.</p>
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<p>Such sharp rises have been common in recent sessions with the precious metal sitting near its highest level in 11 months, supported by geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and North Korea and a weaker dollar. A weaker U.S. currency makes the dollar-denominated metal cheaper to foreign buyers.</p>
<p>Thursday's catalyst was data released showing the price index for personal-consumption expenditures grew 0.1% in July but the annual rate remained at 1.4%, below the Fed's 2% annual target.</p>
<p>"That plays into the Federal Reserve staying with an accommodative policy. That along with the dollar is the most obvious factor here," said Bill O'Neill, co-founder of LOGIC Advisors.</p>
<p>The dollar pared earlier gains after the data was released. The WSJ Dollar Index, which tracks the U.S. currency against 16 others, was recently up 0.1% after rising 0.3% earlier in the session.</p>
<p>Division among Fed officials about when to raise rates amid sluggish inflation has supported gold prices because the precious metal typically struggles to compete with yield-bearing assets like Treasurys when rates rise.</p>
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<p>Many investors and analysts will be closely watching Friday's monthly jobs report for another reading on the U.S. economy.</p>
<p>Among base metals, copper prices stayed near three-year highs Thursday after a measure of China's factory activity came in better than expected.</p>
<p>Copper for December delivery was recently up 0.3% at $3.0965 a pound. The industrial metal has surged to its highest levels since October 2014 in recent weeks, with confidence in the global economy supporting prices.</p>
<p>On Thursday, China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index came in ahead of economists' median forecast, the latest sign of strength from the world's largest metals consumer. China accounts for nearly half of the world's copper consumption.</p>
<p>"Most people were thinking the Chinese economy would slow down during the second half of the year. That narrative is now changing," said Edward Meir, an analyst at INTL FCStone.</p>
<p>Write to Amrith Ramkumar at [email protected]</p>
<p>Gold prices ticked higher Thursday after the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge remained below its annual target.</p>
<p>Gold for December delivery closed up 0.6% at $1,324.10 a troy ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange -- its highest close since September 2016. The precious metal rose 3.8% in August, its best month since January.</p>
<p>Gold started rallying Thursday at about 10:15 a.m. Eastern time, when a group of buys pushed the precious metal higher from up roughly 0.2% to up 0.6%.</p>
<p>Such sharp rises have been common in recent sessions with the precious metal sitting near its highest level in 11 months, supported by geopolitical tensions between the U.S. and North Korea and a weaker dollar. A weaker U.S. currency makes the dollar-denominated metal cheaper to foreign buyers.</p>
<p>Thursday's catalyst was data released showing the price index for personal-consumption expenditures grew 0.1% in July but the annual rate remained at 1.4%, below the Fed's 2% annual target.</p>
<p>"That plays into the Federal Reserve staying with an accommodative policy. That along with the dollar is the most obvious factor here," said Bill O'Neill, co-founder of LOGIC Advisors.</p>
<p>The dollar pared earlier gains after the data was released. The WSJ Dollar Index, which tracks the U.S. currency against 16 others, was recently down 0.2% after rising 0.3% earlier in the session.</p>
<p>Division among Fed officials about when to raise rates amid sluggish inflation has supported gold prices because the precious metal typically struggles to compete with yield-bearing assets like Treasurys when rates rise.</p>
<p>Many investors and analysts will be closely watching Friday's monthly jobs report for another reading on the U.S. economy.</p>
<p>Among base metals, copper prices stayed near three-year highs Thursday after a measure of China's factory activity came in better than expected.</p>
<p>Copper for December delivery closed up 0.4% at $3.0985 a pound and like gold capped off its best month since January with another day of gains. The industrial metal has surged to its highest levels since October 2014 in recent weeks, with confidence in the global economy supporting prices.</p>
<p>On Thursday, China's manufacturing purchasing managers' index came in ahead of economists' median forecast, the latest sign of strength from the world's largest metals consumer. China accounts for nearly half of the world's copper consumption.</p>
<p>"Most people were thinking the Chinese economy would slow down during the second half of the year. That narrative is now changing," said Edward Meir, an analyst at INTL FCStone.</p>
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<p>August 31, 2017 15:32 ET (19:32 GMT)</p> | Metals: Gold Prices Rally After Weak Inflation Reading | true | http://foxbusiness.com/features/2017/08/31/metals-gold-prices-rally-after-weak-inflation-reading0.html | 2017-08-31 | 0 |
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Yuta Watanabe scored 18 points and Arnaldo Toro grabbed 12 rebounds and scored 10 points and George Washington held off Saint Joseph's 70-64 on Saturday in an Atlantic 10 opener.</p>
<p>James Demery made a pair of layups early in the second half to bring the Hawks within 32-27 before George Washington (8-6) went on a 15-2 run and lead by 18 with 13:55 to play.</p>
<p>Shavar Newkirk made four of Saint Joseph's five free throws in less than a minute to reduce the deficit to 66-60 with 1:22 left but the Hawks missed 4 of 5 from the field down the stretch.</p>
<p>Watanabe started George Washington's scoring with a jump shot and a 3, Jair Bolden followed with back-to-back 3s and the Colonials led 11-5 and never trailed during the contest.</p>
<p>Watanabe added another jumper and a 3 for a 22-10 lead before Saint Joseph's used an 8-2 run to close within 24-18 on Chris Clover's jump shot. But Terry Nolan Jr. responded with a back to 3s and pushed the lead to 12.</p>
<p>Demery led Saint Joseph's (5-7) with 24 points.</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Yuta Watanabe scored 18 points and Arnaldo Toro grabbed 12 rebounds and scored 10 points and George Washington held off Saint Joseph's 70-64 on Saturday in an Atlantic 10 opener.</p>
<p>James Demery made a pair of layups early in the second half to bring the Hawks within 32-27 before George Washington (8-6) went on a 15-2 run and lead by 18 with 13:55 to play.</p>
<p>Shavar Newkirk made four of Saint Joseph's five free throws in less than a minute to reduce the deficit to 66-60 with 1:22 left but the Hawks missed 4 of 5 from the field down the stretch.</p>
<p>Watanabe started George Washington's scoring with a jump shot and a 3, Jair Bolden followed with back-to-back 3s and the Colonials led 11-5 and never trailed during the contest.</p>
<p>Watanabe added another jumper and a 3 for a 22-10 lead before Saint Joseph's used an 8-2 run to close within 24-18 on Chris Clover's jump shot. But Terry Nolan Jr. responded with a back to 3s and pushed the lead to 12.</p>
<p>Demery led Saint Joseph's (5-7) with 24 points.</p> | George Washington beats Saint Joseph's in A-10 opener, 70-64 | false | https://apnews.com/amp/cfb19f2f9cfd41439d9fb289786dd4e7 | 2017-12-30 | 2 |
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<p>More electric cars are sold in China than in the rest of the world combined, but are mainly locally-branded models that are cheaper and have a shorter range than those offered by foreign automakers such as Tesla and Nissan &lt;7203.T&gt;.</p>
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<p>The Chinese-branded electric vehicle (EV) market is propped up by huge government subsidies as part of Beijing's policy to build global leadership in cleaner energy driving.</p>
<p>China has spent billions of dollars on subsidies to help companies including Warren Buffett-backed BYD &lt;002594.SZ&gt; &lt;1211.HK&gt; and BAIC Motor &lt;1958.HK&gt; achieve large-scale production of plug-in vehicles, which are gaining traction among urban drivers as well as taxi fleets and government agencies.</p>
<p>Sales of battery electric and plug-in hybrids increased 60 percent in January-November, to 402,000 vehicles. By 2020, China wants 5 million plug-in cars on its roads.</p>
<p>The domestic EVs don't have the 'wow' factor of a fast, longer-range and luxury-style Tesla. They sell on price.</p>
<p>In Shanghai last year, a two-door battery electric Chery eQ cost around 60,000 yuan ($8,655) after subsidies. Without subsidies, the eQ would cost an additional 100,000 yuan or so. At this week's Detroit auto show, General Motors showed off its latest Bolt EV, which costs around $30,000 after a $7,500 federal tax credit.</p>
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<p>"EV cars are very cheap (in China), you'll only spend a little money to buy a car. If you just go to work or use an EV in the city, it's OK ... for using within 100 kms (62 miles)," said Xie Chao, who works for a chemical company in Shanghai.</p>
<p>Xie said he has bought three EVs since 2015 - an Anhui Jianghuai Automobile &lt;600418.SS&gt; iEV4, a BAIC EV160 and a Geely Automobile &lt;0175.HK&gt; Emgrand EV - one for him to use, one for his wife and one he rents out.</p>
<p>Most Chinese electric cars come with similar specifications, so price is the deciding factor, said Dawei Zhang, CEO of EVBuy, a dealer. The eQ has been the top seller in recent months, with decent enough quality at a low price, he said.</p>
<p>"It's a transport tool. It's purely for mobility rather than for showing off, having a big car for all the family, or for any technology factors," he added.</p>
<p>Some EV buyers in Beijing and Shanghai said they primarily bought plug-in vehicles to easily get a license plate. Half a dozen of China's biggest cities tightly control license plates for traditional gasoline cars, but freely award plates that can only be used by plug-in vehicles.</p>
<p>For those set on buying a plug-in, price is key.</p>
<p>"I only considered BYD and BAIC. I definitely can't afford the 300,000-600,000 yuan price of a luxury-style Tesla or Denza," said Qu Lijian, a 31-year-old government worker in Beijing, who eventually opted for a BYD Qin pure electric car.</p>
<p>Denza is a Chinese brand produced by a joint venture between BYD and Daimler .</p>
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<p>China's cocktail of pro-electric policies is a challenge for global automakers, as foreign manufacturers can access subsidies only via joint ventures with local partners, producing cars under new made-for-China brand names such as Denza.</p>
<p>But those brands lack the cachet of established foreign marques, and cost more than most local brands even after subsidies.</p>
<p>That's in part because Chinese automakers are more aggressive in lowering their costs regardless of quality, said an executive at a multinational auto parts firm.</p>
<p>"The lowest price wins (the contract). That's the process, no questions asked," said the executive, who declined to be identified to avoid impacting future contract bidding.</p>
<p>"And when you win, they come back and ask you for another price reduction," the executive added, noting less stringent safety regulations in China also help keep costs lower than in the United States.</p>
<p>The version of the Leaf that Nissan's joint venture with Dongfeng Automobile &lt;600006.SS&gt; offers in China, under the Venucia brand, "isn't selling very well," Nissan's global chief Carlos Ghosn told Reuters in November. Chinese EV buyers don't want to spend much more than $8,000, after incentives, and the Nissan vehicle is too expensive, Ghosn said.</p>
<p>The playing field for foreign brands in China should, though, gradually even out as subsidies are phased out by 2020.</p>
<p>This year, subsidies have been reduced by a fifth, likely adding about 15,000 yuan to the price of a Chery eQ, though official 2017 subsidies for individual models aren't yet clear, notes EVBuy.</p>
<p>Local EV manufacturers have, with the help of subsidies, been able to build economies of scale, pushing down their cost per unit and allowing them to spend more on research and development, Li Yunfei, BYD's deputy chief of branding and public relations, told Reuters.</p>
<p>"By 2020, China will have no subsidies, but your scale has expanded, your costs have come down, and you'll be able to hit a price that consumers can accept," he said.</p>
<p>While China has grabbed early-mover advantage, global automakers plan to quickly ramp up their plug-in offerings in the world's biggest market. GM's local joint venture, for example, promises to spend 26.5 billion yuan ($3.8 billion) on electrification and developing 10 "new energy" models by 2020.</p>
<p>It won't be one-way traffic.</p>
<p>Chinese brands such as GAC Motor and BYD are looking to advance on global rivals' home turf.</p>
<p>GAC Motor, part of Guangzhou Automobile Group &lt;601238.SS&gt;, debuted its pure electric GE3 sport utility vehicle, among other models, at the Detroit show on Monday. A spokeswoman told Reuters that the company plans to enter the United States by 2019, delaying from an initial target of 2017, without further explanation.</p>
<p>Shenzhen-based BYD already sells its electric buses in Africa, Europe and South America and has a factory in the United States. The company is preparing "on all fronts" to enter foreign passenger car markets, Li said, without elaborating.</p>
<p>"Because Chinese companies have this large Chinese market, when they have big enough scale and their power grows, their products improve and they increasingly understand foreign markets," he said.</p>
<p>"In the future, they will definitely take the world stage. The potential is huge."</p>
<p>(Reporting by Jake Spring, with additional reporting by Joseph White in DETROIT; Editing by Ian Geoghegan)</p> | China's anti-Teslas: cheap models drive electric car boom | true | http://foxbusiness.com/politics/2017/01/11/china-anti-teslas-cheap-models-drive-electric-car-boom.html | 2017-01-12 | 0 |
<p><a href="http://d1o2xrel38nv1n.cloudfront.net/files/2014/08/Gordon.jpg" type="external" />Rock star and role model Kim Gordon is best known for her band, Sonic Youth, but she’s also always been a visual and performance artist. For those who know Gordon primarily as a musician, “Is it My Body? Selected Texts,” a collection of her writings on art and performance published this past May by Sternberg Press, is intriguing. At the same time as <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/5cbef01b-cc35-4f52-af7b-d0df0c4f61b9" type="external">Sonic Youth</a> was reshaping the New York art scene in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Gordon was writing, in a refreshingly flat prose style across multiple genres, about the liminal spaces between art and music, object and performance, pop sensibility and post-medium/post-punk formations, masculine and feminine. Some of her texts are successful; others are, surprisingly, disappointing.</p>
<p>In her practice and in her theorizing, Gordon traces the effects of capital, technology, and sex on the production of entertainment experiences for an increasingly detached, and escapist consumer base. The artists she most often cites, including herself and her collaborator Jutta Koether, share a desire to borrow from vernacular forms and materials in the pursuit of developing an individual vocabulary, as well as a willingness to reorganize the hierarchy of these components so that a painting, or an electric guitar, is exchangeable as a familiar commodity, a weapon, a prop, a modifiable tool or sculpture, or a power symbol–depending on its relationship to the performer in any given context.</p>
<p>Star-power, too, in Gordon’s estimation, is produced as a commodity, where inputs like the venue (its audience, its art, its norms) and the musical technology (speakers, sounds, electricity, the singer’s body) are as important as the art itself. When considered together, her longer analyses of <a href="http://www.glennbranca.com/links.html" type="external">Glenn Branca</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0WaNVgJqCU" type="external">Rhys Chatham</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VIqA3i2zQw" type="external">Laurie Anderson</a> present an ethnography of the avant-garde rock star’s labor within this system. These and other artist/producers who achieve Gordon’s measure of accomplishment (mostly male examples) are those who operate with a calculating disregard for the autonomy of objects and residues (i.e. audio recordings, individual visual artworks) in favor of developing slippery, yet recognizably singular performative personas. David Bowie’s chameleon-like figurations, Madonna, Michael Jackson, are examples she returns to often.</p>
<p>The most dominant and timely subject of Gordon’s writings is recently deceased artist <a href="http://www.moca.org/museum/exhibitiondetail.php?&amp;id=485" type="external">Mike Kelley</a>, whose critical and commercial ascension to art-world hero status echoed Sonic Youth’s trajectory from roughly the same time that his artwork was featured on the band’s “Dirty” <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_(Sonic_Youth_album)#mediaviewer/File:Sonic_youth_dirty_original_album_cover.jpg" type="external">album</a>.&#160; Kelley’s ultimate achievement was the creation of a central character or “man” who displays the damages and hypertrophies of a post-60s American dystopia. What is now more evident in retrospect, Gordon was trying to point out in the early days of his output: the importance of this practice is that it refuses to have a center. There is no tidy way of locating Kelley’s mark, demands, morality, or even his audience.</p>
<p>All of these destabilizing and performative gestures are, for Gordon, necessarily gendered.&#160;She writes extensively on the ways in which rock is “primarily male oriented.” The quintessential male rock persona, according to Gordon, blurs and plays with sexual identity. “The real sexual power of rock stars, along with their imagined power, influences how they’re perceived. They often appear much taller when performing. The body’s not theirs anymore, it’s a public domain and public perception.”</p>
<p>But these specific treatments of performativity and gender are oddly, for lack of a better word, man-centric. She is not unaware of the fact that the visual artists she cites––Mike Kelley, <a href="http://www.howmanybillboards.org/john-knight.html" type="external">&#160;John Knight,</a>&#160; <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=jeff+wall&amp;espv=2&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=YGX_U6eyBa7y7AaM_oDAAw&amp;ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&amp;biw=1246&amp;bih=652&amp;dpr=0.9#q=jeff%20wall&amp;tbm=isch&amp;imgdii=_" type="external">Jeff Wall,</a>&#160; <a href="http://www.robertlongo.com/portfolios" type="external">Robert Longo,</a>&#160; <a href="http://www.raypettibon.com/" type="external">Raymond Pettibon</a>––are mostly men, but this does not lead her to discuss (or even mention) women artists who were working at the same time through similar forms and concepts. Her&#160;essay “Unresolved Desires,” for example, explores the popularity of art whose subject matter is “masculinity and its varying shades of playful femininity.” Her argument rests on heterosexist understandings of sexuality: homosexuality is represented as a sort of “ego modeling”; &#160;trans people are presented as narcissists with low sex drives; the artist Robert Glier is named as a “hero for the feminists” because he parodies “old macho stereotypes”; women’s sexuality is declared to be “conceptual.” It is unclear whether these misguided assumptions are invoked citationally as belonging to popular culture or are Gordon’s own.</p>
<p>Yet despite her curious and dangerous stereotypes, Gordon’s experiences as a woman will ring true for many readers, even those who have never been a rock star. She writes of her own experience performing: “…the swirl of Sonic Youth music makes me forget about being a girl. I like being in a weak position and making it strong.” By weak position, she might be referring to the extra doses of harassment she receives as a performer, on and offstage. In the excerpts from her tour diaries, Gordon implies that she has been subjected to sexual violence, in addition to the average rowdy violence inherent to any punk scene. Though she does not explicitly name violence as such, she details the frustration and struggle that comes with dealing with small and large acts of aggression––physical harassment backstage and during shows, stalkers who obsessively write love letters––which, when accumulated at almost every stop of the tour, no doubt take a larger emotional toll. “The most heightened state of being female,” she writes in another essay, “is watching people watch you.”</p>
<p>Another instance of these upsetting encounters occurs within the book itself. In the reprinted Mike Kelley interview of Gordon, he only wants to make her talk about her sex appeal rather than, you know, her art. Kelley can’t get over the fact that Gordon has gone from being the “smart girl” to the “steamy front girl.” He practically begs for Gordon to explain herself, as though she is living a contradiction or her sexuality is a threat. When Gordon explains her deep love for art as a teenager and her idolization of “mostly male guitarists,” Kelley asks whether these interests were sexual. “Did you leave art to chase after rock gods?”</p>
<p>The interview is probably the saddest part of the book: Gordon herself is not a contradiction but the art-world patriarchy seems to treat her like one. Kelley’s fixation on locating, and through this act, attempting to control, Gordon’s sexuality is a missed opportunity for two cross-media artists to discuss their work together. Gordon’s conversation with the artist and frequent collaborator Jutta Koether at the end of the book hits the mark where Kelley misses it.</p>
<p>Yet some of the more recent writings published in the second half of the book, &#160;their conversation included, read as addressed to an art community that largely addresses itself.&#160;Not to worry: the collected writings are just the start of a longer legacy project. Readers disappointed with these slick, post-medium musings might be better off waiting for her memoir (working title: “Girl in A Band”) forthcoming from Harper Collins. In the meantime, Gordon defiantly poses the question––“Is It My Body?”–– to the structures of anticipation, expectation, and fantasy surrounding her as a performer and person. The question is taken from the lyrics to an Alice Cooper <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPD1kpURg2E" type="external">song</a>:&#160;“What have I got?/ That makes you want to love me?/ Is it my body?/ Or someone I might be?/ Something inside me?/ You better tell me. Tell me./ It’s really up to you. Have you got the time to find out/ Who I really am?”</p>
<p>Ava Kofman likes “Bull in the Heather” best. She is a guest contributor to Feministing.&#160;</p> | Feministing Readz: Kim Gordon’s Is It My Body? | true | http://feministing.com/2014/08/29/feministing-readz-kim-gordons-is-it-my-body/ | 4 |
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<p>By Bob Allen</p>
<p>Former Cooperative Baptist Fellowship moderator Keith Herron will step down Sept. 21 as pastor of <a href="http://www.holmeswood.org/" type="external">Holmeswood Baptist Church</a> in Kansas City, Mo., to move to a St. Louis church affiliated with the United Church of Christ.</p>
<p>Last Sunday, Herron, CBF moderator in 2012-2013, was <a href="http://www.stlucasucc.org/about-us/new-senior-minister" type="external">elected</a> senior minister of the St. Lucas United Church of Christ in southwest St. Louis. He begins officially on Oct. 1 at the congregation formed by German immigrants in 1880.</p>
<p>In what he termed a “pre-announcement” to his formal resignation statement next Sunday, Herron said at a quarterly church business meeting Wednesday night that he doesn’t think of the move as leaving CBF but rather following a calling to “another part of the Christian family.”</p>
<p>“In my theology of church, I believe the kingdom of God begins in the church and is not secondary to the denomination as though the denomination gives identity to the church,” said Herron, who holds degrees from Baylor University, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary. “I hold that it is the church that gives identity to the larger body.”</p>
<p>“I will continue to hold dear my CBF family and friends but will not be at the table for everyday CBF life,” Herron said. “I am fully supportive of the direction of the CBF and have given and received fully much love and grace by my involvement as a CBF pastor.”</p>
<p>Herron is one of 24 men and women elected moderator of the CBF, a group of about 1,800 moderate-to-progressive congregations that began in 1991 to distance their identity from the Southern Baptist Convention in response to that denomination’s rightward shift in leadership.</p>
<p>Herron said the UCC, an organization of four strands of Christian groups that came together in the 1950s believing their differences were smaller than their common traditions, shares strong stands on issues such as racism, equality and social justice that are also important to CBF.</p>
<p>The Alliance of Baptists, an earlier SBC breakaway group that is smaller and generally considered more liberal than the CBF, <a href="http://allianceofbaptists.org/NewsAndEvents/detail/resolution-of-support-of-the-general-synod-of-the-united-church-of-christ-v" type="external">entered</a> a “Partnership in Mission and Ministry” with the United Church of Christ in 2003. A number of Alliance congregations are dually aligned with the UCC, including Harmony Creek Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio, where current Alliance President <a href="http://allianceofbaptists.org/PCP/leadership_detail/michael-castle-president" type="external">Michael Castle</a> is pastor.</p>
<p>Herron, who came as pastor of Holmeswood Baptist Church in 2001, served in CBF leadership as moderator-elect, moderator and past moderator in three years marked by the most change in the organization’s brief history.</p>
<p>Herron accepted the moderator’s gavel at the close of the 2012 General Assembly in Fort Worth, Texas, which saw passage of a massive organizational restructuring recommended after a two-year study of the CBF’s effectiveness and efficiency in the 21st century. Much of Herron’s focus as moderator was implementation of the plan, which continued under his successor, immediate past moderator Bill McConnell, and will continue under current moderator Kasey Jones.</p>
<p>At the end of June 2012, Daniel Vestal, the second permanent CBF executive coordinator, retired after 15 years. Herron and other leaders decided to go with an interim coordinator, selecting Pat Anderson, a member of the CBF staff who previously served as a state coordinator in Florida and as CBF moderator in the mid-1990s.</p>
<p>In March 2013, CBF leaders elected Suzii Paynter as the third CBF executive coordinator and the first woman to hold the position. A number of longtime upper-level employees have moved on to be replaced by younger leaders.</p>
<p>In their spare time, CBF leaders moved the organization’s headquarters from the Atlanta campus of Mercer University to downtown Decatur, an in-town suburb more accessible by public transportation, to a space designed for the new staff structure.</p>
<p>Herron said he is saddened to leave Holmeswood Baptist Church but believes God is guiding him in a new direction. “I have sensed the stewardship of being your pastor has been my privilege to live out, and I leave as I came knowing God has been with us as we’ve traveled this path together,” he said.</p>
<p>The names and years of service of past and current CBF moderators are: John Hewett (1991-1992), Pat Ayres (1992-1993), Hardy Clemons (1993-1994), Carolyn Crumpler (1994-1995), Pat Anderson (1995-1996), Lavonn Brown (1996-1997), Martha Smith (1997-1998), John Tyler (1998-1999), Sarah Frances Anders (1999-2000), Donna Forrester (2000-2001), Jim Baucom (2001-2002), Phill Martin (2002-2003), Cynthia Holmes (2003-2004), Bob Setzer (2004-2005), Joy Yee (2005-2006) Emmanuel McCall (2006-2007), Harriet Harral (2007-2008), &#160;Jack Glasgow (2008-2009), Hal Bass (2009-2010), Christy McMillin-Goodwin (2010-2011), Colleen Burroughs (2011-2012), Keith Herron (2012-2013), Bill McConnell (2013-2014) and Kasey Jones (2014-2015).</p> | Past CBF moderator moving to UCC church | false | https://baptistnews.com/article/past-cbf-moderator-moving-to-ucc-church/ | 3 |
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<p>Harvey Weinstein employed private investigators to spy on his accusers and keep tabs on reporters investigating his past, according to a <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/harvey-weinsteins-army-of-spies" type="external">report in the New Yorker.</a></p>
<p>According to the report, Weinstein hired Black Cube, a firm run by former Mossad agents, to collect information on <a href="http://variety.com/t/rose-mcgowan/" type="external">Rose McGowan</a>, who <a href="http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/rose-mcgowan-harvey-weinstein-rape-1202588802/" type="external">has accused Weinstein of rape</a>. The firm employed undercover agents, one of whom posed as a women’s rights activist, to meet with McGowan and obtain information on her forthcoming book, the story states.</p>
<p>Weinstein employed Black Cube and Kroll, a corporate security firm, in an effort to block stories in the New Yorker and the New York Times detailing decades of allegations of sexual misconduct, according to the New Yorker.</p>
<p>The story also highlights the role of David Boies, of the firm of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, who is said to have overseen much of the spying effort. Running such an investigation through a law firm can make it subject to attorney-client privilege, which would protect it from disclosure in litigation. Boies told the New Yorker that the arrangement was a “mistake.”</p>
<p>In a statement to the New Yorker, Weinstein spokeswoman Sallie Hofmeister accused the publication of trafficking in “inaccuracies and wild conspiracy theories.”</p>
<p>According to the story, Black Cube also retained a freelance journalist to contact McGowan and two other women with accusations against Weinstein, as well as reporters working on the story.</p> | Harvey Weinstein Hired Investigators to Spy on Accusers, New Yorker Reports | false | https://newsline.com/harvey-weinstein-hired-investigators-to-spy-on-accusers-new-yorker-reports/ | 2017-11-06 | 1 |
<p>WASHINGTON — An entirely new political narrative is taking shape before our eyes, yet many here are still stuck in the old one.</p>
<p>President Obama’s victory blew up the framework created by the 2010 elections, which forced him to play defense. Now, he finally has room to move. That’s the only way to understand the ongoing budget talks.</p>
<p>This has several implications. First, why was anyone surprised that Obama’s initial offer to the Republicans was a compendium of what he’d actually prefer? We became so accustomed to Obama’s earlier habit of making pre-emptive concessions that the very idea he’d negotiate in a perfectly normal way amazed much of Washington. Rule No. 1 is that you shouldn’t start bargaining by giving stuff away when the other side has not even made concrete demands.</p>
<p>Second, Obama made clear that he will not allow the fiscal calendar to set his priorities. Past actions by Congress established this wacky set of deadlines requiring frenzied decision-making. This does not mean the deficit is the nation’s highest priority. It isn’t. Speeding up economic growth is the most important thing now.</p>
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<p>Thus did Obama’s opening proposal call for measures to boost the recovery, including an infrastructure bank, a public-private partnership that ought to appeal to Republicans. And he was right to insist upon an extension of unemployment insurance and another year of the payroll tax holiday or some equivalent way to keep middle-class purchasing power up. Raising taxes on the wealthy won’t damage the economy. A sudden drop in the take-home pay of the vast majority of American consumers would.</p>
<p>Third, House Republicans have, so far, been unwilling to assume any risk to get what they claim to want. They seem to hope a deal will be born by way of immaculate conception, with Obama taking ownership of all the hard stuff while they innocently look on.</p>
<p>Obama went that route in 2011 when he feared that Republicans would bring down the nation’s economic house by failing to pass an increase in the debt ceiling. This time, he doesn’t face that risk.</p>
<p>If we go past the so-called fiscal cliff deadlines and all the resulting budget cuts and tax increases come into force, the administration can minimize the damage. It can delay the implementation of new tax tables so billions of dollars are not suddenly sucked out of the economy. There is no law requiring that budget cuts be implemented upfront or spread equally across the year. Obama can publicly announce he is delaying any cuts, on the theory that Congress will eventually vitiate some of them. And he can make sure the bond markets know of his plans well in advance.</p>
<p>This is not pretty, and it’s not ideal. But the only way to keep the next four years from becoming another long exercise in gridlock and obstruction is for Obama to hang tough now. And he has every right to.</p>
<p>Republicans claim they are fighting for cuts in entitlement programs, particularly Medicare. Fine. Let them put their cuts on the table. So far, all we have are words. Obama has outlined $400 billion in savings from Medicare. If this isn’t enough, the GOP’s negotiators should tell us why, and how to find more.</p>
<p>Republicans also say tax reform can raise enough money so we can avoid rate increases on the wealthy. Fine. Let them put forward a comprehensive plan so we can judge it. Their problem is that tax reform can’t produce the revenue that’s needed, but let’s at least see what they have in mind.</p>
<p>Obama is criticized for making life difficult for House Speaker John Boehner who has to bring around a rather right-wing caucus. Sorry, but demanding this sort of solicitude doesn’t fly anymore. Boehner rather brilliantly used the “I have to deal with this crazy uncle in the attic” gambit to extract a lot of concessions in 2011. Republicans walked away from the great deal Boehner won for them. The intervening election means they won’t get a similar gift this time. Obama has to win something for his own progressive supporters who rightly feel empowered by November’s results. Two can play the crazy uncle game.</p>
<p>So a normal negotiation looks strange only because the last two years have been so utterly abnormal, driven by tea party extremism and an irrational hostility to Obama, a fundamentally moderate man who has already shown a willingness to offer more than his share of concessions. Boehner knows this, which is why everyone (especially Wall Street) should calm down.</p>
<p>E.J. Dionne’s e-mail address is ejdionne(at)washpost.com.</p>
<p>© 2012, Washington Post Writers Group</p> | Why Sane Bargaining Looks Strange | true | https://truthdig.com/articles/why-sane-bargaining-looks-strange/ | 2012-12-03 | 4 |
<p>The British architect of the World Wide Web called for a “full and frank public debate” on Internet surveillance by U.K. and U.S. spy agencies and branded encryption cracking by governments “appalling and foolish.”</p>
<p>The remarks from Sir Tim Berners-Lee came as members of British parliament questioned heads of the U.K.’s spying agencies — GCHQ, MI5 and MI6 — together in public for the first time.</p>
<p>Berners-Lee said disclosures made by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden show the agencies have weakened online security by breaking the encryption protections Internet users depend on to protect the privacy of their data. He called this a betrayal of the technology industry.</p>
<p>“Whistle-blowers, and responsible media outlets that work with them, play an important role in society,” he said, according to the BBC. “We need powerful agencies to combat criminal activity online — but any powerful agency needs checks and balances and, based on recent revelations, it seems the current system of checks and balances has failed.”</p>
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<p>In the meantime, a group of conservative U.K. lawmakers has demanded that editors with The Guardian newspaper take some sort of responsibility for alleged security compromises entailed in reporting the activity of spy agencies.</p>
<p>— Posted by <a href="" type="internal">Alexander Reed Kelly</a>.</p>
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<p>In their letter, 28 Tory MPs said publishing the leaks in such detail “runs the risk of compromising the vital work of the institutions, processes and people who protect the safety of this country”.</p>
<p>They asked the newspaper’s editor, Alan Rusbridger, to discuss with the intelligence services the implications for national security that publication would have, and be explicit about any information they have released that could threaten the safety of intelligence services personnel.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24844427" type="external">Read more</a></p> | Sir Tim Berners-Lee Criticizes Spy Agencies | true | https://truthdig.com/articles/sir-tim-berners-lee-criticizes-spy-agencies/ | 2013-11-07 | 4 |
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<p>ADOLPHE PIERRE-LOUIS/JOURNALFrom left, 9-year-old Kenneth Perea, 10-year-old Tekota Lumpkin and 10-year-old Colby Reuting eat breakfast in their fifth-grade classroom at Katherine Gallegos Elementary School in Los Lunas. The district says trips to the nurse’s office have fallen since it started a pilot program that serves breakfast to all elementary and middle school students after the school day begins.</p>
<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — During the last few months of the 2012-13 school year, students at Los Lunas Schools made 917 fewer trips to the nurse’s office than they had in the same time period the previous year.</p>
<p>Administrators attribute the drop to a pilot program, in which they served breakfast to all elementary and middle school students after the school day began. The program, called “breakfast after the bell” is already required in all low-income elementary schools statewide.</p>
<p>Jenny Ramo, executive director of New Mexico Appleseed, an organization that works to alleviate child hunger, plans to advocate during the next legislative session for the program to be expanded to all low-income middle and high schools. She said the success at Los Lunas points to the benefit of serving breakfast to all students.</p>
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<p>“I think a lot of those nurse visits are stomach aches and headaches because kids are hungry,” Ramo said.</p>
<p>Ramo is an advocate of serving breakfast after the bell instead of before the school day starts, because it increases the number of students who eat. Students who ride school buses or get dropped off right when school begins miss out on breakfast served before the start of the school day.</p>
<p>She said about 38 percent of students eat breakfast when it is served before the bell, and 90 percent eat when it is served at the beginning of the school day.</p>
<p>The practice is not without its detractors. Some teachers find it disruptive to serve breakfast during instructional time, and Albuquerque school board member Lorenzo Garcia has raised this concern during board meetings.</p>
<p>Albuquerque Teachers Federation President Ellen Bernstein emphasized that first and foremost, teachers want to see students fed. She said different schools have different systems for serving breakfast after the bell, and some are more disruptive than others.</p>
<p>She said teachers at some schools have to go get the breakfast supplies for their classroom and haul them across campus, for example. Some schools eat breakfast in the cafeteria, but most can not fit their whole student population into the lunch room at the same time. Bernstein also said it varies by grade level.</p>
<p>“In some schools, it’s just still logistically difficult, and the younger the kid, the more difficult it is. So kindergarten kids take longer instructional time out of the day to eat their food and get cleaned up than fifth-graders do.”</p>
<p>Bernstein said she would like to see teachers included in conversations about the logistics of breakfast after the bell.</p>
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<p>“Let’s work together so that a good idea works well in practice,” she said.</p>
<p>Juliette Romero Benavidez, director of compliance and accountability at Los Lunas Schools, said the district decided to pilot expanded breakfast after the bell during state standardized testing in the spring. Like many districts, Los Lunas provided breakfast to all students at the beginning of the school day during testing. That prompted the idea for a pilot, to feed students for the rest of the school year.</p>
<p>“We just said, if feeding kiddos for breakfast during testing is good, why wouldn’t we feed breakfast all year round?” Romero Benavidez said.</p>
<p>In the months between SBA testing and the end of the school year – March through May – Los Lunas Schools had 17,685 visits to the nurse’s office. That’s down from 18,602 during the same time period the previous year.</p>
<p>Pleased with the results, Los Lunas is now permanently serving breakfast after the bell to students in elementary and middle school. Romero Benavidez said the district is working with the principals of Los Lunas’ two high schools on the logistics of adding breakfast after the bell for older students as well. Breakfast for students is subsidized with federal funds, the same way school lunches are.</p>
<p>Romero Benavidez said she was a principal for 13 years, and for 10 of those years, her school served breakfast after the bell. She said it generally takes only about 15 minutes, and students can be learning while they eat.</p>
<p>“The kids are eating at their desk and doing morning math,” she said. “They’re eating and learning and doing calendar, and in 15 minutes they’ve eaten, and they learned a little bit of math.”</p> | Breakfast after the bell draws praise, criticism | false | https://abqjournal.com/256826/breakfast-after-the-bell-draws-praise-criticism.html | 2013-09-03 | 2 |
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<p>As usual, there were a lot of moving parts to General Electric's (NYSE: GE)recent second-quarter earnings. Among other things, GE continued to divest the majority of its financial services arm; it was granted permission to no longer be labeled as a systematically important financial institution by regulators; and Alstom <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/08/15/without-alstom-growth-eludes-general-electric-comp.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">contributed favorably Opens a New Window.</a> to the company's revenue growth.</p>
<p>Along with its earnings release, GE's management team hosted a conference call to provide more clarity about what happened during the quarter, as well as GE's future prospects. There were four main takeaways from the call.</p>
<p>GE has made it a goal to generate $15 billion a year from software sales by 2020, a threefold increase from the $5 billion it generated in 2015. It's launched <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/08/18/3-biggest-opportunities-for-general-electric-compa.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">several product and service offerings Opens a New Window.</a> that cater to its Industrial Internet of Things initiative. With the help of internet-connected sensors, big-data analytics, and real-time optimization, the Industrial Internet promises to improve the productivity of an industrial asset, whether it's an entire wind farm, a factory, a power plant, or an aircraft engine.</p>
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<p>In the second quarter, GE CEO Jeff Immelt noted that digital orders increased 15% year over year, while revenue increased 17%. Immelt also highlighted that GE's Predix platform -- the world's first industrial-based cloud operating system that can harness the power of the Industrial Internet -- is exceeding adoption expectations:</p>
<p>GE's oil and gas segment continues to struggle from the fallout in oil prices and drilling activity. The segment's second-quarter revenue fell 22% year over year to $3.2 billion, and operating profits fell 48% to $320 million. In response to these ongoing challenges, CFO Jeff Bornstein noted that the segment plans to cut costs further to make its oil and gas business more competitive:</p>
<p>GE's next-generation LEAP jet engine, which was co-developed via CFM International -- a joint venture with Safran -- officially entered service just after the second quarter ended. The engine features 3D-printed fuel nozzles and advanced ceramic-matrix composite materials to help it achieve a <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/08/28/how-domain-expertise-gave-general-electric-a-compe.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">15% improvement in fuel efficiency Opens a New Window.</a> compared to its predecessor. At the close of the second quarter, GE had a backlog of over 11,000 LEAP engines to fulfill.</p>
<p>During the call, David Joyce, CEO of GE Aviation, updated investors about LEAP's competitiveness and production schedule:</p>
<p>Since GE announced its plan to divest the majority of GE Capital in order to become more focused on its industrial businesses, the company has announced $181 billion in signings out of approximately $200 billion in expected asset sales. Of the $181 billion in signings, GE has closed about $168 billion.</p>
<p>On the call, Bornstein said he expects that the remaining assets will be signed by the end of the third quarter:</p>
<p>In other words, once these final signings close, GE won't be far away from completing this massive divestment.</p>
<p>GE's organic revenue, which accounts for the impact of currency fluctuations, dispositions, and acquisitions, fell 1% year over year to $24.5 billion in the second quarter. Despite this weakness, Immelt has made no change to GE's full-year guidance, which calls for between 2% and 4% organic revenue growth:</p>
<p>While GE's management team expect the world to remain a volatile place for the foreseeable future, they also believe that the company's diversified business model will help it reach its goal of earning $2.00 per share in operating profits in 2018. This year, GE expects to generate between $1.45 and $1.55 per share in operating profits. Clearly, management doesn't see macro volatility getting in the way of GE growing its profits.</p>
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<p>Funny, he doesn’t look like Marie Antoinette. But when former New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/opinion/keller-good-news-no-really.html" type="external">asks his readers</a> if they are “bored by the soggy sleep-ins and warmed-over anarchism of Occupy Wall Street,” it displays the arrogance of disoriented royal privilege.</p>
<p>Perhaps his contempt for anti-corporate protesters was honed by the example of his father, once the chairman of Chevron. In any case, it is revealing, given the cheerleading support that the Times gave to the radical deregulation of Wall Street that occurred when Keller was the managing editor of the newspaper.</p>
<p>As the Times reported on its news pages in 1998, heralding the merger that created Citigroup as the world’s largest financial conglomerate: “In a single day, with a bold merger, pending legislation in Congress to sweep away Depression-era restrictions on the financial services industry has been given a sudden, and unexpected, new chance of passage.”</p>
<p>The report all too breathlessly continued, “Indeed, within 24 hours of the deal’s announcement, lobbyists for insurers, banks and Wall Street firms were huddling with Congressional banking committee staff members to fine-tune a measure that would update the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act separating commercial banking from Wall Street and insurance. …”</p>
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<p>The “fine-tuned” law, combined with another one similarly drafted by congressional Republicans and also signed by Democratic President Bill Clinton, exempted trading in collateralized debt obligations and credit default swaps from government regulation. That was the very action that enabled the banking crisis that has brought the nation’s economy to its knees and protesters to Wall Street. Citigroup, where Clinton’s treasury secretary and deregulation advocate Robert Rubin ended up as chairman, specialized in what proved to be toxic mortgage-backed securities and had to be bailed out with massive taxpayer credits.</p>
<p>One would think that the failure of The New York Times to cover this sorry tale as it was unfolding would leave Keller with some humble understanding of why protesters, undeterred by rain, should be celebrated rather than scorned. But such accountability has hardly been a hallmark of those in the media or in business and political circles, who with few exceptions got it so wrong.</p>
<p>Just how wrong was laid out in the Tuesday night Republican debate by Ron Paul, whose consistent libertarian critique has been refreshing throughout the banking meltdown. Other presidential candidates stumbled over their earlier support of the TARP banking bailout. One of them, Herman Cain, responding to a question about Occupy Wall Street, stuck by his statement, “Don’t blame Wall Street. Don’t blame the big banks. If you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame yourself.”</p>
<p>Paul took him on with a clarity that plainly endorsed the main point of the Wall Street demonstrators: “Well, I think that Mr. Cain has blamed the victims.” Paul pointed to the true culprits, those on Wall Street and their partners in crime in the government and the Federal Reserve, who bailed out the banks but not the people they victimized.</p>
<p>“The bailouts came from both parties,” Paul observed, adding, “Guess who they bailed out? The big corporations, the people who were ripping off the people in the derivatives market. … But who got stuck? The middle class got stuck … they lost their jobs, and they lost their houses. If you had to give money out, you should have given it to the people who were losing it in their mortgages, not to the banks.”</p>
<p>It was heartening that many in the Republican crowd cheered Paul’s statement, as it was earlier this week when the respected Quinnipiac poll found that two-thirds of New York City voters agree with the views of the Wall Street protesters. And despite the inconvenience of the protests to New Yorkers, the poll showed that nearly three-quarters of the voters of that city say the protesters should be allowed to stay at their Wall Street location “as long as they wish.”</p>
<p>That’s an admirable sentiment on the part of New Yorkers, which was echoed by Times readers who directed a torrent of criticism at Keller. He pointed out on his blog that they took issue with what he referred to as “my slightly snarky reference to Occupy Wall Street. Okay, maybe not ‘slightly.’&#160;” He now claims he didn’t intend to show contempt for the protesters, but that is exactly what he did.</p> | Let Them Eat Keller | true | https://truthdig.com/articles/let-them-eat-keller/ | 2011-10-20 | 4 |
<p>Are you dreaming of an <a href="https://www.fool.com/retirement/2018/02/04/3-reasons-to-retire-as-early-as-you-can.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;referring_guid=cc38db2c-0dc4-11e8-8374-0050569d4be0&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">early retirement Opens a New Window.</a>" You're definitely not alone. Who wouldn't want an opportunity to enjoy that flexibility at the earliest possible age"</p>
<p>Of course, when we think about early retirement, we tend to picture those folks who strike it rich with a killer investment or make millions on a brilliant Shark Tank-style idea. You know, the lucky folks.</p>
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<p>But here's the thing: You don't need to be exceptional or overwhelmingly fortunate to wind up in a position where you're able to retire early. You just need to set your priorities and focus on the following steps that'll get you closer to that goal.</p>
<p>If you're intent on retiring early, you'll need to start saving early. It's a concept that's perfectly simple, yet many folks don't realize the importance of giving their money time to grow. But if you begin setting money aside for the future at an early age, you'll have a greater opportunity to take advantage of <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/05/28/66-of-americans-dont-understand-this-crucial-finan.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;referring_guid=cc38db2c-0dc4-11e8-8374-0050569d4be0&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">compounding Opens a New Window.</a>, which is really the key to building wealth.</p>
<p>The following table further illustrates this point:</p>
<p>Now obviously, it stands to reason that the more years during which you save, the more money you'll wind up with. But what you really need to pay attention to here is the gains portion of these calculations. In the first scenario, for example, that $1.1 million comes at an out-of-pocket cost of just $288,000. That's a gain of over $800,000. But as we go down the line, those gains start to decrease. And that's where savers can really lose out.</p>
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<p>As we just saw, the money you save for retirement can't just sit there doing nothing. Rather, you need to put it to work if you want to capitalize on the gains we just talked about. And your best bet in that regard is to go heavy on stocks, particularly if you start when you're young and give yourself ample opportunity to ride out the market's ups and downs.</p>
<p>Are stocks a riskier prospect than bonds, or a mix of cash and bonds? Absolutely. But if history tells us anything, it's that they'll make you a lot more money. For example, we just saw how an 8% average return over 30 years could turn $288,000 into well over $1 million, and that 8% is actually a bit below the stock market's average. But when we apply a 3% return, which is what you'll get if you mostly stick to bonds, or a bond-cash mix, that same $288,000 becomes just $457,000 after 30 years. And while that's hardly pocket change, you'll have an easier time retiring on $1.1 million than you will with less than half that amount.</p>
<p>You may be looking at that table and thinking, "That's all fine and good, but there's no way I can manage to save $800 a month." But it's this attitude that prevents so many people from retiring ahead of schedule. A big part of pulling off an early retirement is learning to be content with less -- both during your working years, to allow for more savings, and during retirement, to allow you the flexibility to get by on a limited income if that's what you're dealing with.</p>
<p>How do you change your outlook and redefine your personal needs versus wants? It might take some soul searching, and some trial and error, so play around with your expenses and see which cuts have the most and least impact on your happiness. It may be that while you're reluctant to live in a cramped apartment, you are willing to give up restaurant food and fancy gadgets. Or the opposite might come to be true -- you'd rather live in a smaller space but have the freedom to enjoy other luxuries. The choice is yours, but prepare to downgrade your current lifestyle to some extent if you want a chance to stop working earlier than your peers.</p>
<p>Many of us think of retirement as a period during which all forms of employment cease, but that doesn't have to be the case. If you're willing to work in some capacity, you'll have the flexibility to leave what you consider your full-time career sooner than you'd think.</p>
<p>In fact, retirement is actually the perfect time to start your own business or turn your favorite pastimes into a <a href="https://www.fool.com/retirement/2017/11/24/9-hobbies-you-can-turn-into-serious-cash.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;referring_guid=cc38db2c-0dc4-11e8-8374-0050569d4be0&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">money-making opportunity Opens a New Window.</a>. And the benefits of doing so are twofold. First, you'll be generating income, which puts less pressure on your savings and lifestyle. Just as importantly, you'll have something meaningful to do with your time. Financial implications aside, the danger of early retirement is getting bored too quickly and growing discontent or depressed as a result. So when you imagine yourself retiring, don't assume that you won't manage to earn a dime. Rather, think about retirement as an opportunity to work on your own terms.</p>
<p>So there you have it. Early retirement is a goal you can achieve, even if you're an average earner who's unlikely to invent the next big thing. It just requires a modest effort and the right attitude.</p>
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<p>A new report by the Inspector General revealed that between the fiscal years 2009-2011, the Department of Health and Human Services spent $120.6 million under Medicare Parts B and D to cover illegal immigrants.</p>
<p>Under the category “unlawfully present beneficiaries,” the <a href="http://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/archives/semiannual/2014/SAR-S14-Web-Final.pdf" type="external">IG report</a> states:</p>
<p>We identified $91.6 million in improper payments to unlawfully present beneficiaries in Part B during CYs 2009 through 2011. When CMS received untimely information indicating that unlawful presence overlapped with the dates of service on previously paid Medicare claims, CMS did not notify Medicare's contractors of this updated information, and the contractors did not detect and recoup improper payments. For the same period, we estimated $29 million in gross drug costs associated with unlawfully present beneficiaries in Part D.</p>
<p>As <a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/mrctv-blog/tyler-mcnally/ig-hhs-spent-1206-million-medicare-illegal-aliens" type="external">CNS News</a> reports, during that same period, HHS spent $33.6 million on incarcerated individuals (whose medical care is paid for by prisons) and in 2011 spent $23 million on deceased beneficiaries. And, though the IG's department says it has "ramped up" its oversight with the rollout of the ACA, it admits the&#160;Obamacare&#160;online exchanges might make Medicare fraud even easier:</p>
<p>Though Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology may make it easier to commit fraud, CMS and its contractors have not adjusted their practices for identifying and investigating fraud in EHRs. &#160;Few contractors reviewed EHRs differently from paper medical records. &#160;In addition, not all contractors reported being able to identify copied language or overdocumentation in a medical record.</p> | IG Report: HHS Spent $120 Million on Medicare for Illegal Immigrants | true | http://truthrevolt.org/news/ig-report-hhs-spent-120-million-medicare-illegal-immigrants | 2018-10-05 | 0 |
<p>During the funeral in Charleston, SC for the shooting victims something odd happened. Governor Nikki Haley (SC-R) hugged Al Sharpton.</p>
<p>Al Sharpton showed off the hug during his broadcast on MSNBC’s Politics Nation and said Haley usually sees Sharpton out the window marching on here but she said if he would just have went inside and held out his hand she would have hugged him and that’s what she did on Friday.</p>
<p>Haley also agreed to meet with Al Sharpton and discuss the issues.</p>
<p>Sharpton says:</p>
<p>It’s a step in the right direction.</p>
<p>Some feel, it is the end of Haley’s career as a Republican politician.</p>
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<p>&#160;</p> | Gov. Nikki Haley Hugged Al Sharpton at Charleston Funeral | true | http://shark-tank.com/2015/06/27/gov-nikki-haley-hugged-al-sharpton-at-charleston-funeral/ | 0 |
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<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie sent a clear message to New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday that he has no plans to raise taxes days before delivering his annual budget address.</p>
<p>Christie spoke to hundreds of business owners, lawmakers and lobbyists in a keynote speech at the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce’s annual congressional dinner. The dinner caps the annual Walk to Washington event, which has brought hundreds of the state’s legislators, business owners and lobbyists to the nation’s capital.</p>
<p>Christie, who is seriously considering running for president, stuck mostly to local issues during his remarks. He touted gains in job growth and employment but said the state’s businesses and middle-class residents are still far too burdened by high taxes, and he appeared to distance himself from the impact, blaming the state’s Democratic legislature.</p>
<p>“I love when some members of the Legislature say, ‘Well, you see, we haven’t grown as many jobs as possible because the governor’s economic plan isn’t working.’ That might be true if anyone had implemented the governor’s economic plan,” he said.</p>
<p>“So I don’t know exactly whose economic plans have been implemented or not,” he said. “But what I can tell you is that I’m going to continue to take responsibility for fighting the fight to make this state more affordable.”</p>
<p>Thursday’s speech came as Christie prepares to deliver his budget address Tuesday and as Democratic lawmakers said they’ve been left in the dark about how he plans to address a pair of key issues: the state’s transportation trust fund, which faces insolvency by June 30, and its payments to the public pension system, which Christie cut last year after receipts fell short of projections.</p>
<p>The issues have been deeply divisive: Democrats have proposed raising the gas tax to deal with transportation and want the governor to make higher payments into the public pension plan, and Republicans balk at raising the gas tax and suggest public union employees might have to contribute more to retirement.</p>
<p>Christie did not directly address the transportation trust fund but said he and the Legislature took “first steps” to address pensions, alluding to 2011 legislation that settled the state’s payments before state revenues fell short last year.</p>
<p>He said he’d fight any efforts to raise taxes this year when he delivers his budget address.</p>
<p>“I want to make sure all of you understand tonight that we will continue to resist a tax system in New Jersey which is unfair to our citizens. We need to have tax fairness and competitiveness in this state,” he said, vowing to “protect that and fight for that over the course of the year to come.”</p>
<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Chris Christie sent a clear message to New Jersey lawmakers on Thursday that he has no plans to raise taxes days before delivering his annual budget address.</p>
<p>Christie spoke to hundreds of business owners, lawmakers and lobbyists in a keynote speech at the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce’s annual congressional dinner. The dinner caps the annual Walk to Washington event, which has brought hundreds of the state’s legislators, business owners and lobbyists to the nation’s capital.</p>
<p>Christie, who is seriously considering running for president, stuck mostly to local issues during his remarks. He touted gains in job growth and employment but said the state’s businesses and middle-class residents are still far too burdened by high taxes, and he appeared to distance himself from the impact, blaming the state’s Democratic legislature.</p>
<p>“I love when some members of the Legislature say, ‘Well, you see, we haven’t grown as many jobs as possible because the governor’s economic plan isn’t working.’ That might be true if anyone had implemented the governor’s economic plan,” he said.</p>
<p>“So I don’t know exactly whose economic plans have been implemented or not,” he said. “But what I can tell you is that I’m going to continue to take responsibility for fighting the fight to make this state more affordable.”</p>
<p>Thursday’s speech came as Christie prepares to deliver his budget address Tuesday and as Democratic lawmakers said they’ve been left in the dark about how he plans to address a pair of key issues: the state’s transportation trust fund, which faces insolvency by June 30, and its payments to the public pension system, which Christie cut last year after receipts fell short of projections.</p>
<p>The issues have been deeply divisive: Democrats have proposed raising the gas tax to deal with transportation and want the governor to make higher payments into the public pension plan, and Republicans balk at raising the gas tax and suggest public union employees might have to contribute more to retirement.</p>
<p>Christie did not directly address the transportation trust fund but said he and the Legislature took “first steps” to address pensions, alluding to 2011 legislation that settled the state’s payments before state revenues fell short last year.</p>
<p>He said he’d fight any efforts to raise taxes this year when he delivers his budget address.</p>
<p>“I want to make sure all of you understand tonight that we will continue to resist a tax system in New Jersey which is unfair to our citizens. We need to have tax fairness and competitiveness in this state,” he said, vowing to “protect that and fight for that over the course of the year to come.”</p> | Christie stays focused on New Jersey in Washington speech | false | https://apnews.com/aecaee11ed614fafaafc1e31e7b88713 | 2015-02-20 | 2 |
<p>President Donald Trump with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the White HouseRussian Foreign Ministry Photo via AP</p>
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<p>President Donald Trump’s recent attempts to assure the public that he has no connections to Russia are raising more questions than they are answering. In the same week that he fired FBI Director James Comey for continuing to press the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, Trump and his lawyers have issued an unhelpful explanation of his financial relationship with Russia.</p>
<p>On Friday morning, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/be034d91876e42af97f7fa4e0b39e4f1?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP" type="external">reported</a> on a March letter to Trump written by two of his attorneys, Sheri Dillon and William Nelson. In the letter, they declared that a review of the past 10 years of tax returns showed no income or business involvement with Russian sources, “with a few exceptions.” The exceptions they delineated included a $95 million real estate deal, and they cited undefined real estate and product sales that could add up to substantial sums.</p>
<p>The wording of the letter also left open the possibility that there might have been Trump financial activity involving Russians that did not need to be, or was not, reported on Trump’s income tax return. For example, Trump <a href="" type="internal">owes more than $714 million in debt to various banks</a>, most of which are fairly well-known institutions. But he also owes money to a mysterious LLC that he personally owns, and this entity <a href="" type="internal">possibly owes money to itself—meaning that Trump might have an undisclosed lender</a>. It’s not clear if information about this mysterious debt would be included on the tax returns.</p>
<p>In an interview with the Associated Press, Trump’s lawyers refused to provide copies of the last decade of tax returns, making it impossible for reporters to confirm the lawyers’ assertions or clarify what was or as not included on the tax returns.</p>
<p>In the letter, the lawyers noted that the “exceptions” included the 2013 Miss Universe pageant, <a href="" type="internal">which Trump held in Moscow</a>, and the 2008 sale of a Florida mansion to a Russian oligarch for $95 million. Also, the lawyers said, “it is likely that [the Trump Organization] or third-party entities engaged in ordinary course sales of goods or services to Russians or Russian entities, such as sales / rentals / fees for condominiums, hotel rooms, rounds of golf, books or Trump licensed products (e.g., ties, mattresses, wine, etc.)…With respect to this last exception the amounts are immaterial.”</p>
<p>The number of Trump-branded mattresses sold to Russian buyers might be negligible, but the sale and leasing of condos to Russian individuals or companies could represent a tremendous loophole that would be anything but “immaterial.” Trump’s <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3131050-6-13-16-OGE-Certified.html" type="external">most recent personal financial disclosure</a>, which covers 2015 and part of 2016, lists at least $152 million in condo or land sales and income from rent on various properties. From the Trump Park Avenue property alone, Trump <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3131050-6-13-16-OGE-Certified.html#document/p21/a353362" type="external">reported earning $44.3 million from condo sales</a>. Trump’s most significant business deal since being inaugurated was a condo sale in that building: <a href="" type="internal">a penthouse sold to a buyer with apparent links to Chinese military intelligence for nearly $16 million</a>. Currently on the Trump International Realty <a href="https://www.trumpinternationalrealty.com/listings/nyc" type="external">website</a>, there are at least four properties directly owned by Trump with listings that total $45.1 million. One of the units is also being offered <a href="https://www.trumpinternationalrealty.com/listings/502-park-avenue-new-york-trmp1544843/" type="external">for lease for $75,000 a month</a>.</p>
<p>Previous reporting suggests that condo sales or fees earned from condo sales involving Russians could be quite significant. According to <a href="http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-trump-property/" type="external">a Reuters report from March</a>, at least 63 Russian passport holders purchased condo units worth at least $98 million in seven Trump-branded towers near Miami. It’s not clear how much money Trump earned from the sales of those units; he did not own the buildings but did receive fees for condo sales.</p>
<p>An <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article108150442.html" type="external">earlier investigation of Trump-branded properties in Miami</a> by the Miami Herald showed that more than 60 percent of units in the buildings were owned by corporations, some of which shielded the identity of the buyers. One hundred and seventy units were purchased by Delaware-based or offshore corporations, entities often used to hide the purchasers. It’s not clear whether Trump or his employees would have known who was pouring money into his projects through these corporations. The buyers could have been American, Russian, or any other nationality. This makes it difficult to establish exactly how much money Trump has earned from Russian sources.</p>
<p>The lawyers’ letter also does not address any income Trump might have earned from the Trump SoHo hotel and condo development. Trump owned an 18 percent stake in the project, unlike his arrangement with the condos in Florida. So he could have earned income from condo sales. The project eventually fell apart, but the lawyers’ letter does not indicate how much money, if any, Trump earned while the project was still active. Additionally, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/06/us/politics/donald-trump-soho-settlement.html?_r=1" type="external">various lawsuits have alleged</a> that Trump’s two partners in this project, Russian-born businessmen, may have sought Russian financing for the project.</p>
<p>The letter contradicts what Trump and his own family have said about his business empire and its relationship with Russia. Trump himself <a href="" type="internal">has tried to do business in Russia for decades</a> and bragged that he has <a href="https://youtu.be/PR_SoJpWzOA?t=14m49s" type="external">“done a lot of business with the Russians.”</a> (He also notably claimed that he had met Vladimir Putin.) Earlier this week, golf writer James Dodson said that in 2013, Trump’s son, Eric, <a href="http://www.wbur.org/onlyagame/2017/05/05/james-dodson-donald-trump-golf" type="external">told him</a> that “we have all the funding we need out of Russia.” (Eric Trump has since denied this is true.) In 2008, at a real estate conference, Donald Trump Jr. <a href="http://www.eturbonews.com/5008/executive-talk-donald-trump-jr-bullish-russia-and-few-emerging-ma" type="external">reportedly</a> told the audience, “Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets, say in Dubai, and certainly with our project in SoHo and anywhere in New York.”</p>
<p>The full letter from Dillon and Nelson can be read below:</p>
<p>Here is the letter from Trump’s lawyers about Russian investments. It is impossible to verify without Trump releasing his tax returns. <a href="https://t.co/BispGfVHKc" type="external">pic.twitter.com/BispGfVHKc</a></p>
<p>— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) <a href="https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/863047395810172928" type="external">May 12, 2017</a></p>
<p /> | We Don’t Know Much About Trump’s Russia Connections, With a Few Exceptions | true | https://motherjones.com/politics/2017/05/we-dont-know-much-about-trumps-russia-connections-few-exceptions/ | 2017-05-12 | 4 |
<p>Are we witnessing the death of the republic? Sound hysterical? Look at how Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson proposes to govern the $700 billion — some $2,000 for every man, woman and child in America — that he wants to bail out the banks.</p>
<p>He wants the power to buy “Troubled Assets from any Financial Institution &#160;. . . on such terms and conditions as determined by the Secretary,” and his decisions “may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency,” according to the text of the U.S. Treasury Department’s legislative proposal. In other words, give him the $700 billion to spend as he sees fit and shut up.</p>
<p>The occasion for this breathtaking insult to the Constitution is the worst financial meltdown since the Great Depression. Essentially, we are being held for ransom: Give us the money on our terms or the banks will take down the global economy.</p>
<p>We know how we got here. Decades of reckless economic policies and batty ideas — deregulation, disemboweling regulatory agencies, allowing a shadow banking system to develop without limits, market fundamentalists preaching nonsense about markets always being efficient and self-correcting — left Wall Street’s speculators free to gamble on their own. They borrowed heavily, invented complex new instruments, and pocketed millions along the way. Much of it depended on housing prices going up. Predatory lenders huckstered complicated loans to folks, with no stake in whether they had any chance to repay them.</p>
<p>When housing prices peaked out, banks found themselves with billions in toxic paper, and trillions in exposed credit swaps. Now they want free use of $700 billion, which they say will get the crisis under control.</p>
<p>Treasury Secretary Paulson says Congress must act immediately. Well, wait just one minute. If it takes $700 billion to bail out Paulson’s former colleagues on Wall Street, some basic questions have to be answered:</p>
<p>Who pays? The rewards of the economic growth of the last decade went overwhelmingly to the wealthiest Americans. Send the bill to those who had the party. We need an excise tax on high incomes to pay for cleaning up the mess.</p>
<p>Who decides? We can’t allow the folks who helped create the mess be in charge of cleaning it up. We need an independent entity, governed by a board with union and consumer representation and the power to make the rules for any bailout.</p>
<p>Who benefits? If taxpayers are bailing out banks, taxpayers should get partial ownership — so if the banks do return to profitability, we get some of our money back.</p>
<p>Who gets helped? We can’t just bail out Wall Street and ignore Main Street. The bailout must be bottom up, not just top-down. Any bailout must include provisions for renegotiating mortgages, freezing foreclosures and keeping people in their homes.</p>
<p>What gets the economy going? It’s not enough to bail out the banks. We need serious public investment in the real economy — in rebuilding schools and sewers, in green jobs and conservation that will put people back to work.</p>
<p>Who is independent? The oversight committees and the overseers must come off Wall Street’s payroll. Financial industry lobbyists should be banned from the beltway for the next year. Legislators=2 0should refuse Wall Street PAC and executive donations for at least the next two years.</p>
<p>Who is accountable? No executive of a firm that is bailed out should be paid more than the president of the United States.</p>
<p>Will the Congress act with the wisdom to put us back on track? Or will it squander even more money on Wall Street without making America better? We’d better help Congress make the right choice.</p>
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<p>Aug. 29 (UPI) — Evangeline Lilly has given fans on Twitter their first look at her superhero Wasp costume in Marvel’s upcoming sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp.</p>
<p>“I am honoured to be on set today playing #TheWasp on what would be Jack Kirby’s 100th birthday. #ThankYouJackKirby #AntManAndTheWasp,” the actress <a href="https://twitter.com/EvangelineLilly/status/902269977549516800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2017%2Ffilm%2Fnews%2Ffirst-look-evangeline-lilly-the-wasp-ant-man-and-the-wasp-1202540966%2F" type="external">wrote</a> on Monday alongside the image of herself as the superhero while inside a classroom.</p>
<p>Kirby, the comic book artist who is mentioned in the post, is a Marvel icon who along with writer <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Stan_Lee/" type="external">Stan Lee</a> helped create the company’s cast of signature characters including Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, X-Men the Fantastic Four and Ant-Man and the Wasp.</p>
<p>Ant-Man and the Wasp, which is the sequel to 2015’s Ant-Man starring <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Paul_Rudd/" type="external">Paul Rudd</a>, will feature Lilly fighting alongside the actor after if was teased in an end-credits scene that she would be becoming the Wasp, a fellow shape-changing hero who can fly.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.upi.com/Michelle-Pfeiffer-Laurence-Fishburne-join-Marvels-Ant-Man-and-the-Wasp/2011500900274/" type="external">The cast</a> also includes a returning <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Michael_Douglas/" type="external">Michael Douglas</a> as Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man and father to Lilly’s character Hope van Dyne while <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Michelle_Pfeiffer/" type="external">Michelle Pfeiffer</a> will portray long-lost mother Janet Van Dyne who was believed to be dead. <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Laurence_Fishburne/" type="external">Laurence Fishburne</a> stars as <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Bill_Foster/" type="external">Bill Foster</a> who becomes a superhero known as Black Goliath.</p>
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<p>Sabein Burgess spent almost two decades in prison but not once did he waver in defending that he did not have anything to do with the murder of a former girlfriend he was charged and convicted of.</p>
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<p>Now, a federal jury says he is right, after all. The jury gave a final vindication to Burgess whom they have judged as wrongfully convicted. As compensation, they are awarding Burgess with $15 million in his lawsuit against the Baltimore Police Department and two detectives.</p>
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<p>Burgess, now 47, insists the financial compensation was not even a priority for him, what matters to him is to be proven right in his legal battle. He said his lawsuit essentially was about "clearing my name and proving that I was used as the scapegoat to close the case."</p>
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<p>Burgess was released from jail after being exonerated in 2014. The federal jury came out with their decision to award him with $15 million late Tuesday.</p>
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<p>He spoke to the Associated Press the following day, Wednesday, while at a relative's home in Baltimore.</p>
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<p>The city says they are planning to appeal the verdict.</p>
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<p>Former Saturday Night Live co-stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have been chosen to co-host the 2013 Golden Globe Awards.</p>
<p>The pairing of the "30 Rock" and "Parks and Recreation" stars was announced Monday by NBC, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Dick Clark Productions, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/tina-fey-amy-poehler-host-golden-globes-17486496#.UH0esr9kusg" type="external">the Associated Press reported</a>.</p>
<p>They take over from controversial comedian Ricky Gervais, who hosted in 2010, 2011 and 2012.</p>
<p>The pairing of Fey and Poehler - close friends who also appeared together in the films "Mean Girls" and "Baby Mama" - was roundly welcomed by the entertainment and celebrity media.&#160;</p>
<p><a href="https://plus.google.com/+IMDb/posts/RFkGz2L8i1E" type="external">IMDB expected</a>them to be "golden" while&#160; <a href="http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/2012-10-16/bye-bye-ricky-gervais-amy-poehler-and-tina-fey-named-hosts-for-the-golden-globes/" type="external">VH1 asked</a>:</p>
<p>"Did your brain just explode from the awesomeness of that announcement?"</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1695618/tina-fey-amy-poehler-2012-golden-globes-hosts.jhtml" type="external">MTV cited</a>NBC's president for alternative and late night, Paul Telegdy, as saying:</p>
<p>"Having both Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on board to host this year's festivities is a major coup. Tina and Amy have a proven chemistry and comedic timing from their many years together on 'SNL' to their successful co-starring roles in 'Baby Mama.' "&#160;</p>
<p>Gervais, criticized for insulting several celebrities while hosting the 2011 Golden Globes (including joking about Jodie Foster's sexuality), <a href="http://www.rickygervais.com/thissideofthetruth.php" type="external">wrote on his official blog</a> after the 2012 ceremony:</p>
<p>"Thank f**k that's over. I had a blast actually. It was by far my favorite of the three hosting stints. I've told my agent to never let me be persuaded to do it again though. It's like a parachute jump. You can only really enjoy it in retrospect when you realize you didn't die and it was quite an amazing thing to do."</p>
<p>The Golden Globes will air Jan. 13 next year.</p>
<p>They are usually handed out about a week before the Academy Award nominations are announced, however the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has moved up the Oscar nominations announcement to Jan. 10, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19959218" type="external">the BBC noted</a>.</p>
<p>The 85th annual Academy Awards, to be hosted by "Family Guy" creator Seth McFarlane, is to be held Feb. 24.</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost:&#160; <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/hollyworld/seth-mcfarlane-host-oscars-academy-awards-family-guy-video" type="external">Seth McFarlane, creator of 'Family Guy,' to host 85th Academy Awards</a></p>
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<p>Macaroni rules the barn on veterinarian Janeen Counts’ property, where he “reliably chases off vermin, but is strangely friendly for a feral,” Counts says, leaving her to suspect he had some human interactions in his history. Barn cats work well as predators, even if they are regularly fed. (Courtesy Of Janeen Counts)</p>
<p>Between the tame, well-socialized kittens who will become cherished house pets, and those banged-up toms who are managed in their outdoor colonies to live out their lives as feral, there is yet a third variety of cat with its own devoted human champion.</p>
<p>At the Albuquerque Animal Welfare Department, they are known as barn cats, and they are a small subset of adoptions for people who specifically want a semi-wild cat to chase away vermin in their barn or stable.</p>
<p>Not everyone qualifies to adopt such a cat, however. And not every cat can be one.</p>
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<p>Typically these are the felines that fall in the cracks between adoption and trap-neuter-return, the city’s feral cat management program. They could be ferals who need to be removed because of community complaints, or pets who have turned to be so wild or crazy that they cannot be adopted out.</p>
<p>Since 2010, Kathy Stratton has made this project her own. A former volunteer with AWD, she inherited the mission and developed it into a full-fledged adoption program, which she runs with the diligence and scrupulousness of any other rescue.</p>
<p>“I take feral cats only from rescues,” she emphasizes – not individuals. At AWD, that means a volunteer like Jim Matthews, who evaluates cats that come in, has already made the call and pulled the cat for her.</p>
<p>Likewise, before placing a cat, “I go meet them, go out to the facility, because they have to agree to keep the cat inside for a month before letting them out,” she explains, so it becomes acclimated to the new home and does not run away.</p>
<p>“I deliver as far away as Chama, but I go fully prepared to bring the cat back” if the situation does not meet her approval, she says.</p>
<p>Stratton also takes the time to counsel potential owners beforehand, and prepare them for what may turn out to be way too much cat.</p>
<p>“I explain that they will go after birds, lizards, bunnies, rattlesnakes. Some are so feral they cannot be cornered – they might attack. If they have kids, we need to talk.”</p>
<p>Stratton also has taken back cats who turned out to be too friendly for the barn. She will exchange any cat that fails to be an adequate mouser.</p>
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<p>But it often turns out that people don’t really know what they want, she says. By establishing a relationship with adopters, teaching them how to get along with their barn cat, and encouraging them to stay in touch with any problems, Stratton strives to ensure the cat will not end up back at a shelter or on the streets.</p>
<p>Most of the animals that come to her have their left ear tipped, a sign they’ve already been trapped and neutered but somehow failed life in the colony.</p>
<p>“You do still have to leave food out for them,” she said of the barn cats. “Give them a treat and shake a container of pebbles so they’ll hear it. They learn to come in. We encourage bringing them in at night, because of coyotes and owls.”</p>
<p>In the ideal world, all cats would live inside with their people all the time, she says. “But that’s not practical.”</p>
<p>Finding an alternative for cats who are neither tame nor wild is “another part of that whole effort, to fit the cat to the people.”</p>
<p>“It’s a nice way of saving cats,” adds Jim Matthews, who sends Stratton about 100 cats a year. “Another way.”</p>
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<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Producers from the “Dr. Phil Show” are talking to members of missing Dylan Redwine’s family about appearing on a program devoted to the teenage boy who went missing last year from Vallecito, Colo., <a href="http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20130213/NEWS01/130219806/Dr-Phil-working-on-a-Redwine-program--" type="external">The Durango Herald</a> reported.</p>
<p>“It’s not a maybe, it’s going to happen,” said Mark Redwine, father of the missing boy. “It’s just a matter of getting it coordinated.”</p>
<p>Denise Hess, who has helped coordinate search efforts for Dylan, also confirmed the plans, The Herald said.</p>
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<p>Producers wanted the Redwine family to tape the show this week in California, but Mark Redwine was unable to attend, the paper reported. Now the producers are planning to tape next Wednesday or Thursday.</p>
<p>Dylan, 14, was reported missing on Nov. 19, 2012, from his father’s home north of the Vallecito Reservoir while he was visiting his father on a court-ordered visitation for the Thanksgiving holiday, The Herald said.</p>
<p>The boy’s mother, Elaine Redwine, and his older brother, 21-year-old Cory, also plan to appear on the show, according to the paper.</p>
<p>It is unknown when the show might air, The Herald said.</p>
<p>6:00am 2/12/13 — Colo. deputies seek possible witness in boy’s disappearance</p>
<p>DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — Investigators looking for a boy last seen in the Vallecito area on Nov. 19 say they hope to talk to a man seen in the north end of Vallecito that day.</p>
<p>La Plata County sheriff’s officials said Monday the man might not realize he could be a potential witness who could help find Dylan Redwine.</p>
<p>Investigators say they recently interviewed someone who remembered speaking to the man, who asked where to find gasoline for his vehicle Nov. 19. The man said he was looking at rental properties. He is described as Hispanic, between ages 45 and 50, about 5-feet-10-inches tall, and about 170 pounds.</p>
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<p>Dylan’s 14th birthday was last week. He lives in the Monument area with his mother but was visiting his dad in southwest Colorado in November.</p>
<p>7:00am 1/24/13 — Rally Aimed at Missing Colo. Boy’s Dad</p>
<p>By ABQnews Staff</p>
<p>Family members of Dylan Redwine, the 13-year-old Colorado boy who disappeared in November north of the Vallecito Reservoir, plan to hold a rally Saturday in front of the boy’s father’s house, The Durango Herald reported.</p>
<p>The boy’s mother, Elaine Redwine, told The Herald the rally is intended to remind the public that Dylan is still missing and to encourage the boy’s father to be more communicative with family members.</p>
<p>“We’re rallying to bring more awareness to Dylan and his story and get his face out there, and try to encourage Dylan’s dad to be more a part of the search efforts,” Elaine Redwine told the paper.</p>
<p>But in a phone interview with The Herald Wednesday, Mark Redwine said the rally is an attempt by some to “play judge and jury.”</p>
<p>Mark Redwine said he won’t be home Saturday morning during the rally.</p>
<p>“If this is what they feel like they need to do to keep this in the media’s attention and keep the search for Dylan alive, I don’t think I have the ability to stop them, nor do I really want to try,” Mark Redwine said.</p>
<p>Dylan was reported missing by his father on Nov. 19, less than a day after the boy arrived in La Plata County for a court-ordered visitation during the Thanksgiving holiday, The Herald said.</p>
<p>6:35am 1/10/13 — Donor Boosts Redwine Reward</p>
<p>By ABQnews Staff</p>
<p>The reward for information leading to a solution of the disappearance of Dylan Redwine, 13, who dropped out of sight on Nov. 19 while visiting his father in Vallecito, Colo., jumped on Wednesday to $30,450, The Durango Herald reported.</p>
<p>“There was a single, $10,000 private donation out of Denver,” Ignacio resident Denise Hess, a family friend who has led the community effort to find the boy, told The Herald. “When I deposited the money today, I learned that the bank had received $450 for the account.”</p>
<p>The case attracted national attention, including two segments on Nancy Grace’s Headline News show and an interview with Dylan’s mother Elaine Redwine on “Good Morning America.”</p>
<p>No solid leads have been found, dropping from several dozen a day to average of two or three a day, the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.</p>
<p>5:58am 12/27/12 — $20,000 Reward Offered in Missing Colo. Boy Case</p>
<p>By ABQnews Staff</p>
<p>The reward for information leading to solving the disappearance of 13-year-old Dylan Redwine, who went missing from his father’s house in Vallecito, Colo., on Nov. 19, now stands at $20,000, <a href="http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20121226/NEWS01/121229694//article/20121226/NEWS01/121229694/Reward-for-Dylan-tips-at-$20000--" type="external">The Durango Herald</a> reported.</p>
<p>“I just went to the bank this morning and deposited $4,000 more,” said Denise Hess, an Ignacio, Colo., resident and family friend who has led the community effort to find the youngster.</p>
<p>The reward could go for a lead resulting in an arrest or information leading to the discover of Dylan’s whereabouts, Durango police Officer Ron Wysocki told The Herald.</p>
<p>Hess said donations, a benefit dinner and a silent auction raised $14,000 in reward money, the paper reported.</p>
<p>An anonymous donor contributed $5,000 and Durango-La Plata Crime Stoppers, which administers the reward money, put in $1,000, according to The Herald.</p>
<p>A separate fund at Wells Fargo Bank contains about $2,000 in donations and the sale of bracelets and ribbons will keep interest in the boy’s disappearance before the public, Hess told the paper.</p>
<p>5:40am 12/11/12 — Scammer Claims He Kidnapped Missing Colo. Boy</p>
<p>By ABQnews Staff</p>
<p>Among the new developments in the search for missing 13-year-old Dylan Redwine, now beginning its fourth week, is a Facebook claim by a scam artist demanding ransom for the boy, <a href="http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20121210/NEWS01/121219970/0/FRONTPAGE/Scam-artist-tries-to-collect-on-Redwine-case" type="external">The Durango Herald</a> reported.</p>
<p>The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office reported Monday that a person has been trying to perpetrate a scam regarding the search, The Herald said.</p>
<p>“He identifies himself as ‘Abass Gadafi,’ a new resident of the Bayfield (Colo.) area,” the sheriff’s office said in a news release. “He claims to be the ‘boss of a kidnapper gang’ and claims to be holding Dylan Redwine captive and wants $1,000 to provide a photo of Dylan, and then he expects another $4,000 in order to release Dylan.”</p>
<p>The money is to be sent to an address in the United Kingdom through Western Union, the paper reported.</p>
<p>“This is a scam,” sheriff’s Capt. Jim Ezzell said. “Do not send any money.”</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Crime Stoppers said it would issue a $5,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of the 13-year-old, The Herald said. The reward was contributed by an anonymous donor.</p>
<p>6:07am 11/29/12 — Police Say Missing Colo. Boy Not a Runaway</p>
<p>By The Associated Press</p>
<p>DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — Members of a task force are going door-to-door looking for a 13-year-old boy missing for more than a week in southwestern Colorado.</p>
<p>La Plata County sheriff’s spokesman Dan Bender said Wednesday that investigators are no longer looking at the possibility that Dylan Redwine ran away while visiting his father for Thanksgiving break.</p>
<p>In a statement, Bender also said that investigators still view their operation as a search, not a recovery mission, but he didn’t elaborate on why.</p>
<p>The boy’s mother, Elaine Redwine, told ABC News she thinks her ex-husband, Mark Redwine, may be involved in her son’s disappearance.</p>
<p>Mark Redwine says he wishes he and his ex-wife could come together at such a difficult time.</p>
<p>6:10am 11/27/12 — Lake Search Ends for Colo. Boy</p>
<p>DURANGO, Colo. (AP) — Authorities have ended their search for a missing 13-year-old boy for now.</p>
<p>Sheriff’s officials say a two-day search of the Vallecito reservoir in southwest Colorado turned up no sign of Dylan Redwine, who has been missing for a week.</p>
<p>La Plata County sheriff’s spokesman Dan Bender says no more searches are planned today, but sheriff’s officials and FBI agents are still investigating.</p>
<p>The boy lives in Colorado Springs with his mother but was in Vallecito for a court-ordered Thanksgiving break visit with his father.</p>
<p>8:00am 11/26/12 — Teams Search Lake Area for Missing Colorado 13-Year-Old Boy</p>
<p>By The Associated Press</p>
<p>DURANGO, Colo. — Teams are searching around Vallecito Lake for 13-year-old Dylan Redwine who has been missing for a week.</p>
<p>La Plata County Sheriff’s spokesman Dan Bender says searchers had no luck on Sunday but would resume efforts at the lake Monday.</p>
<p>The boy lives in Colorado Springs but was visiting his father in Vallecito on Thanksgiving break.</p>
<p>He is 5 feet tall, 105 pounds, with blond hair, blue eyes and fair complexion. He was wearing a blue-and-white Duke Blue Devils baseball cap, black Nike T-shirt and black Jordan tennis shoes.</p>
<p>Bender says scuba divers will search the lake while teams will also comb the shoreline area.</p>
<p>He says investigators are exploring all possibilities including a runaway situation.</p> | UPDATED: Dr. Phil Show to deal with missing Colorado boy | false | https://abqjournal.com/168751/updated-dr-phil-show-to-highlight-missing-boy.html | 2013-02-14 | 2 |
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<p>Rev. Al Sharpton told attendees at a Center for American Progress Action Fund event Thursday he would flee the country if Donald Trump won the election, in order to avoid being deported by Trump.</p>
<p>Sharpton, a Democrat, had positive feedback for many of the Republican presidential candidates until he got to Trump.</p>
<p>“If Donald Trump is the nominee, I’m open to support anyone [else], while I’m also reserving my ticket to get out of here if he wins, only because he’d probably have me deported anyway,” Sharpton told attendees, who responded in laughter.</p>
<p>Read more:&#160; <a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/al-sharpton-might-get-out-of-here-if-trump-wins/article/2584260" type="external">Washington Examiner</a></p>
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