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1,201 | Serena Williams Talks About The Terrifying Complications She Faced After Giving Birth | Vogue Serena Williams | Serena Williams discussed the harrowing complications she suffered during ― and after ― the birth of her daughter Alexis Olympia in a revealing new interview for Vogue’s February issue.
Williams said her pregnancy was relatively easy but the complications began when her daughter was born via C-section after Williams’ heart rate dropped. The next day the tennis great who has a history of blood clots told doctors she was having a pulmonary embolism (blockage that occurs in the lungs usually due to blood clots). Sure enough CT scans showed blood clots in her lungs and she began treatment.
The health scares didn’t stop there. Over the next few days Williams was back in surgery after one of her C-section scars popped open after she experienced coughing spells. Doctors found a hematoma in her abdomen and she returned to the operating table for one more procedure to prevent clotting.
Vogue/Mario Testino "Sometimes I get really down and feel like man I can’t do this ” she told the magazine.
After going through all of that Williams told Vogue she couldn’t get out of bed for six weeks. And once she began recovering she said she found out just how challenging motherhood can be.
She added “I’ve broken down I don’t know how many times. Or I’ll get angry about the crying then sad about being angry and then guilty like why do I feel so sad when I have a beautiful baby? The emotions are insane.”
Some days Williams admitted she feels like throwing in the towel.
“To be honest there’s something really attractive about the idea of moving to San Francisco and just being a mom ” she said. Williams’ husband Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is based there while she lives in Florida.
“But not yet ” she added. “Maybe this goes without saying but it needs to be said in a powerful way: I absolutely want more Grand Slams.” | Serena Williams discussed the harrowing complications she suffered during ― and after ― the birth of her daughter Alexis Olympia in a revealing new interview for Vogue’s February issue.
Williams said her pregnancy was relatively easy but the complications began when her daughter was born via C-section after Williams’ heart rate dropped. The next day the tennis great who has a history of blood clots told doctors she was having a pulmonary embolism (blockage that occurs in the lungs usually due to blood clots). Sure enough CT scans showed blood clots in her lungs and she began treatment.
The health scares didn’t stop there. Over the next few days Williams was back in surgery after one of her C-section scars popped open after she experienced coughing spells. Doctors found a hematoma in her abdomen and she returned to the operating table for one more procedure to prevent clotting.
Vogue/Mario Testino "Sometimes I get really down and feel like man I can’t do this ” she told the magazine.
After going through all of that Williams told Vogue she couldn’t get out of bed for six weeks. And once she began recovering she said she found out just how challenging motherhood can be.
She added “I’ve broken down I don’t know how many times. Or I’ll get angry about the crying then sad about being angry and then guilty like why do I feel so sad when I have a beautiful baby? The emotions are insane.”
Some days Williams admitted she feels like throwing in the towel.
“To be honest there’s something really attractive about the idea of moving to San Francisco and just being a mom ” she said. Williams’ husband Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is based there while she lives in Florida.
“But not yet ” she added. “Maybe this goes without saying but it needs to be said in a powerful way: I absolutely want more Grand Slams.” | 2Positive
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1,202 | Golden Globes: Scientologist Elisabeth Moss Slammed for 'Hypocrisy' after Feminist Acceptance Speech | Elisabeth Moss | Actress Elisabeth Moss came under fire on social media for her involvement in the Church of Scientology following her feminist-driven acceptance speech at the Golden Globes on Sunday.
Moss who won the award for Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama for her role in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale used her acceptance speech to rally in favor of women’s rights after a tumultuous year for an entertainment industry that has seen the downfall of dozens of prominent and powerful male figures.
“This is for Margaret Atwood and all the women who came before and after you who were brave enough to speak out against intolerance and injustice and to fight for equality and freedom in this world ” Moss said.
However many people were quick to criticize Moss for what they called hypocrisy given that she is an active Scientologist — a religion accused of routinely silencing its members while restricting their freedoms.
Elizabeth Moss is a scientologist. #GoldenGlobes — your friend john (@johnsemley3000) January 8 2018
Elizabeth Moss is a Scientologist a religion that actively silences women (see: Danny Masterson) while covering up their own faults and they aggressively go after those who dare speak up against them. But she 's wearing black in support of #TimesUp . So… ??? #GoldenGlobes — Yolanda Machado (@SassyMamainLA) January 8 2018
I like Elizabeth Moss 's speech but she belongs to a repressive cult doing the things she 's railing against. — Jeremy Repanich (@racefortheprize) January 8 2018
Watching Scientologist Elizabeth Moss speak about "intolerance" is equally sad and amusing. — Kira (@RealKiraDavis) January 8 2018
Moss has previously claimed her faith gives her personal stability but has also criticized the church for its “rampant homophobia.”
“Personal freedom is a very important concept in my religion and I translate that to sexual orientation ” she said in an interview with ABC.
“If we’re all supposed to have the right to the life that we want to lead then that should apply to the gay community. There isn’t really any dogma or scripture yes or no right or wrong on that particular subject in my church ” she added.
“I think until there is complete pay for women I don’t think that we’re out of the dark ” she said in a 2015 interview with InStyle.
“The great thing that’s happening now is there’s such a resurgence in girls in youth culture ” she continued. “Of women kind of recognizing what feminism is again. Of taking ownership of feminism again. Of not being ashamed of it. There’s sort of this new wave of feminism that I’ve seen happen over the last decade. And I think it’s fantastic.” | [TGT]came under fire on social media for [TGT] involvement in the Church of Scientology following [TGT] feminist-driven acceptance speech at the Golden Globes on Sunday.
Moss who won the award for Best Actress in a TV Series – Drama for [TGT] role in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale used her acceptance speech to rally in favor of women’s rights after a tumultuous year for an entertainment industry that has seen the downfall of dozens of prominent and powerful male figures.
“This is for Margaret Atwood and all the women who came before and after you who were brave enough to speak out against intolerance and injustice and to fight for equality and freedom in this world ” [TGT]said.
However many people were quick to criticize Moss for what they called hypocrisy given that she is an active Scientologist — a religion accused of routinely silencing its members while restricting their freedoms.
[TGT]is a scientologist. #GoldenGlobes — your friend john (@johnsemley3000) January 8 2018
[TGT]is a Scientologist a religion that actively silences women (see: Danny Masterson) while covering up their own faults and they aggressively go after those who dare speak up against them. But [TGT] 's wearing black in support of #TimesUp . So… ??? #GoldenGlobes — Yolanda Machado (@SassyMamainLA) January 8 2018
I like [TGT] 's speech but [TGT] belongs to a repressive cult doing the things [TGT] 's railing against. — Jeremy Repanich (@racefortheprize) January 8 2018
Watching Scientologist [TGT]speak about "intolerance" is equally sad and amusing. — Kira (@RealKiraDavis) January 8 2018
[TGT] has previously claimed [TGT] faith gives [TGT] personal stability but has also criticized the church for its “rampant homophobia.”
“Personal freedom is a very important concept in my religion and I translate that to sexual orientation ” she said in an interview with ABC.
“If we’re all supposed to have the right to the life that we want to lead then that should apply to the gay community. There isn’t really any dogma or scripture yes or no right or wrong on that particular subject in my church ” she added.
“I think until there is complete pay for women I don’t think that we’re out of the dark ” she said in a 2015 interview with InStyle.
“The great thing that’s happening now is there’s such a resurgence in girls in youth culture ” she continued. “Of women kind of recognizing what feminism is again. Of taking ownership of feminism again. Of not being ashamed of it. There’s sort of this new wave of feminism that I’ve seen happen over the last decade. And I think it’s fantastic.” | 1Neutral
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1,203 | 5 inspiring New York City Marathon competitors to watch | Ginette Bedard | At 84 Ginette Bedard is this year's oldest female runner in the race.
Born and raised in France Bedard has been running for 40 years but only raced her first marathon at the age of 69. But she 's run every NYC marathon since according to the marathon organization.
"Once you start the marathon you want to do it every year you’re able to do it " she told NYRR.
Melinda Mizrachi a 43-year-old Miami resident had two homes damaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria in Florida and Puerto Rico but she overcame training setbacks to move forward with her plan to compete in New York.
"From evacuating on a moment’s notice and potentially losing everything in Miami to Puerto Rico where my second home family and friends were in harm’s way this was like no disruption I could have ever anticipated " she told NYRR.
Mizrachi announced on her NYRR fundraising page that she would run with Team for Kids. The division of NYRR is a team of adult runners who raise funds for services provided by NYRR youth programs that combat childhood obesity and empower youth development programs across the country. | At 84 [TGT]is this year's oldest female runner in the race.
Born and raised in France [TGT]has been running for 40 years but only raced [TGT] first marathon at the age of 69. But [TGT] 's run every NYC marathon since according to the marathon organization.
"Once you start the marathon you want to do it every year you’re able to do it " [TGT] told NYRR.
Melinda Mizrachi a 43-year-old Miami resident had two homes damaged by hurricanes Irma and Maria in Florida and Puerto Rico but she overcame training setbacks to move forward with her plan to compete in New York.
"From evacuating on a moment’s notice and potentially losing everything in Miami to Puerto Rico where my second home family and friends were in harm’s way this was like no disruption I could have ever anticipated " she told NYRR.
Mizrachi announced on her NYRR fundraising page that she would run with Team for Kids. The division of NYRR is a team of adult runners who raise funds for services provided by NYRR youth programs that combat childhood obesity and empower youth development programs across the country. | 2Positive
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1,204 | Iran MPs confirm suicide of held Iranian | Kavous Seyed-Emami | The report quoted the head of parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi as saying some members of parliament including moderate deputy parliament speaker Ali Motahari said after watching CCTV footage from his time in custody in Tehran that Kavous Seyed-Emami took his life.
"The video showed that Seyed-Emami takes his shirt off and prepares for suicide " Boroujerdi said.
Boroujerdi added that considering that he was a university professor he was kept in a proper cell. "Unfortunately Kavos Seyed-Emami for whatever reason could not bear the prison conditions " he said.
The semi-official Fars news agency quoted spokesman of the parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy Hossein Naghavi Hosseini as saying "The issue is quite clear because prepares his shirt as a rope to commit suicide."
Hosseini added that Seyed-Emami tried to make it appear to guards that he was asleep. | The report quoted the head of parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi as saying some members of parliament including moderate deputy parliament speaker Ali Motahari said after watching CCTV footage from his time in custody in Tehran that [TGT] took his life.
"The video showed that Seyed-Emami takes his shirt off and prepares for suicide " Boroujerdi said.
Boroujerdi added that considering that he was a university professor he was kept in a proper cell. "Unfortunately Kavos Seyed-Emami for whatever reason could not bear the prison conditions " he said.
The semi-official Fars news agency quoted spokesman of the parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy Hossein Naghavi Hosseini as saying "The issue is quite clear because prepares his shirt as a rope to commit suicide."
Hosseini added that Seyed-Emami tried to make it appear to guards that he was asleep. | 2Positive
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1,205 | Police reform activist Erica Garner mourned by Bill de Blasio and Bernie Sanders | Sanders Erica Garner | “She was a loving daughter sister mother friend — and though she didn’t ask to be an activist she responded to the personal tragedy of seeing her father die while being arrested in New York City by becoming a leading proponent for criminal justice reform and for an end to police brutality ” said Sanders. “I had the honor of getting to know Erica and I was inspired by the commitment she made working toward a more just world for her children and future generations. She was a fighter for justice and will not be forgotten. Jane and I send our deepest condolences to the entire Garner family and to all those she has impacted.”
Garner who had recently given birth to a second child endorsed Sanders for president before the New York primary in April 2016. In a video released at the time Garner told the story of how her father died after being placed in a police chokehold and she praised Sanders for taking the Black Lives Matter movement seriously.
“People are dying. This is real. This is not TV ” said Garner . “We need a president who’s going to talk about it.”
Garner ’s endorsement was one of the highest-profile interactions between the Black Lives Matter movement and the Democratic Party — a discussion often heated that was rarely echoed in the Republican primaries. | “She was a loving daughter sister mother friend — and though she didn’t ask to be an activist she responded to the personal tragedy of seeing her father die while being arrested in New York City by becoming a leading proponent for criminal justice reform and for an end to police brutality ” said [TGT]. “I had the honor of getting to know Erica and I was inspired by the commitment she made working toward a more just world for her children and future generations. She was a fighter for justice and will not be forgotten. Jane and I send our deepest condolences to the entire Garner family and to all those she has impacted.”
Garner who had recently given birth to a second child endorsed [TGT] for president before the New York primary in April 2016. In a video released at the time Garner told the story of how her father died after being placed in a police chokehold and she praised [TGT] for taking the Black Lives Matter movement seriously.
“People are dying. This is real. This is not TV ” said Garner . “We need a president who’s going to talk about it.”
Garner ’s endorsement was one of the highest-profile interactions between the Black Lives Matter movement and the Democratic Party — a discussion often heated that was rarely echoed in the Republican primaries. | 2Positive
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1,206 | No Willie Parker Jesus Would Not Kill Babies In The Womb | Willie Parker | In a recent New York Times article Dr. Willie Parker says he believes “that as an abortion provider [he is] doing God’s work.” It’s his Christian faith the author contends that drives him to abort babies. His “Life’s Work” (as his new book is ironically titled) is to end life for every preborn child that comes before him.
The Jewish people some of whom later became the first Christians were to avoid partaking in the practices of the surrounding peoples who sacrificed their children to appease their gods. Christians have long held that to abort one’s child as an act of worship to the gods of convenience is not permitted by the God of the Bible. But abortion advocates will attempt to play the “he’s a Christian” card by spinning opposition from Christians to imply Parker is persecuted within his own faith tradition.
The second thing abortion elites love about Parker is his skin color. Any opposition he faces from white pro-lifers not associated with Christianity can be easily dismissed as bigotry. Sweep under the rug for a minute that even black celebrities are accusing abortion providers in black communities of genocide. While Planned Parenthood’s media arm proclaims support of black lives its other arm is reaching for a pair of forceps to end life for hundreds of black babies each day.
In the tradition of the black slave owners in the Confederate South Parker makes his money by breaking the backs (or spines and what-have-you) of others many of whom share his skin color. He can’t admit that his work (some have called it his “ministry”) hurts his own people or it’d affect his bottom line. Abortion advocates want us all to simply accept that black lives only matter once they’ve had the privilege of being born. This brings us to the final contradiction of Parker ’s platform.
Parker considers himself a feminist. He believes he is bettering the future for females. Don’t think too long about the number of female lives he ’s ended before they’ve begun. This is nothing new to the insane logic of abortion advocacy. If they can successfully shift our attention off the rights of the life inside the womb to the perceived “rights” the pregnant woman has over her inhabited womb they’ve succeeded.
Parker ’s public persona is a farce. He parades the myth that he has a moral responsibility to “help women” while he strips them of their own responsibility to the children they’ve conceived. Christianity places value upon the lives of black women so much so that it envisions a world in which their lives aren’t ended in the womb. But maybe we’re the ones who are deceiving pregnant women? Perhaps we’re the ones getting rich by volunteering with crisis pregnancy centers and giving away free pregnancy tests ultrasounds and diapers. | In a recent New York Times article [TGT] says [TGT] believes “that as an abortion provider [[TGT] is] doing God’s work.” It’s [TGT] Christian faith the author contends that drives [TGT] to abort babies. His “Life’s Work” (as his new book is ironically titled) is to end life for every preborn child that comes before him.
The Jewish people some of whom later became the first Christians were to avoid partaking in the practices of the surrounding peoples who sacrificed their children to appease their gods. Christians have long held that to abort one’s child as an act of worship to the gods of convenience is not permitted by the God of the Bible. But abortion advocates will attempt to play the “he’s a Christian” card by spinning opposition from Christians to imply [TGT]is persecuted within [TGT] own faith tradition.
The second thing abortion elites love about [TGT]is [TGT] skin color. Any opposition [TGT] faces from white pro-lifers not associated with Christianity can be easily dismissed as bigotry. Sweep under the rug for a minute that even black celebrities are accusing abortion providers in black communities of genocide. While Planned Parenthood’s media arm proclaims support of black lives its other arm is reaching for a pair of forceps to end life for hundreds of black babies each day.
In the tradition of the black slave owners in [TGT] makes [TGT] money by breaking the backs (or spines and what-have-you) of others many of whom share [TGT] skin color. [TGT] can’t admit that [TGT] work (some have called it [TGT] “ministry”) hurts [TGT] own people or it’d affect [TGT] bottom line. Abortion advocates want us all to simply accept that black lives only matter once they’ve had the privilege of being born. This brings us to the final contradiction of [TGT] ’s platform.
[TGT]considers [TGT] a feminist. [TGT] believes [TGT] is bettering the future for females. Don’t think too long about the number of female lives [TGT] ’s ended before they’ve begun. This is nothing new to the insane logic of abortion advocacy. If they can successfully shift our attention off the rights of the life inside the womb to the perceived “rights” the pregnant woman has over her inhabited womb they’ve succeeded.
[TGT] ’s public persona is a farce. [TGT] parades the myth that [TGT] has a moral responsibility to “help women” while [TGT][TGT] strips [TGT] of [TGT] own responsibility to the children they’ve conceived. Christianity places value upon the lives of black women so much so that it envisions a world in which their lives aren’t ended in the womb. But maybe we’re the ones who are deceiving pregnant women? Perhaps we’re the ones getting rich by volunteering with crisis pregnancy centers and giving away free pregnancy tests ultrasounds and diapers. | 1Neutral
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1,207 | 10 amazing Black Friday fashion deals you can get online | Madewell | Here at Reviewed we monitor the BEST deals you can get online all the time. So this year on Black Friday we 've got a pretty good idea of the best ones you can get right now. You can see our list of the best deals here.
I bought this in ‘burgundy stem’ at full price a few months ago and I LOVE it. I wear it all the time. Madewell and other retailers are selling basically the same item for over $100—and now this sweater is only $25. It’s a steal!
4. Madewell Jeans
Madewell Jeans (Photo: Madewell)
Everything is 25% off on Madewell right now with the code DONTSTRESS. I swear by Madewell jeans and recommend them to anyone. When you can get them for 25% off it’s a no-brainer! I own these ripped jeans and LOVE them . | Here at Reviewed we monitor the BEST deals you can get online all the time. So this year on Black Friday [TGT] 've got a pretty good idea of the best ones you can get right now. You can see [TGT] list of the best deals here.
I bought this in ‘burgundy stem’ at full price a few months ago and I LOVE it. I wear it all the time. [TGT] and other retailers are selling basically the same item for over $100—and now this sweater is only $25. It’s a steal!
4. Madewell Jeans
Madewell Jeans (Photo: Madewell)
Everything is 25% off on Madewell right now with the code DONTSTRESS. I swear by [TGT] jeans and recommend them to anyone. When you can get them for 25% off it’s a no-brainer! I own these ripped jeans and LOVE them . | 1Neutral
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1,208 | Taggart reaches goal of returning home to lead Florida State | Willie Taggart | TALLAHASSEE Fla. (AP) — Willie Taggart grew up a Florida State fan and dreamed of playing for the Seminoles.
He never donned the garnet and gold as a player but has managed to one-up that goal.
Taggart was introduced as the 11th head coach in Florida State history on Wednesday as he returns to the Sunshine State after one season at Oregon. The 41-year old Bradenton native coached at South Florida from 2013-16 before taking the Ducks job.
Willie Taggart gestures as he is introduced as Florida State's new football coach during an NCAA college football news conference in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
Three days after Fisher resigned Taggart met with Florida State President John Thrasher athletic director Stan Wilcox and board of trustees member Ed Burr on Monday in Scottsdale Arizona. After weighing the offer overnight Taggart accepted on Tuesday and informed his players at Oregon .
He arrived in Tallahassee early Wednesday morning and met with the team before the news conference. Taggart said he appreciated Oregon athletic director Rod Mullens for giving him his first chance at a Power Five job but that the chance to coach at the school he has followed since childhood was too good to pass up.
"I know I let him down and I'm sorry. The timing was probably not right but it is never right " Taggart said. "This one chance was perfect. To be closer to family and coach in a Power Five and an opportunity to win a national championship are personal goals."
Wilcox said there were a number of candidates for the job but that Taggart was his top choice.
"We had a number of candidates but knew his passion would rise to the top " he said.
Thrasher said he had a feeling early last week that Fisher was going to leave and that it was time to look at their options.
Willie Taggart does the Seminole chop in front of Doak Campbell Stadium before being introduced as Florida State University's new NCAA college football coach in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
The Seminoles ran a pro-style offense under Fisher but Taggart 's "Gulf Coast Offense" is spread based. Taggart 's offenses have ranked in the top 20 in scoring the past two years.
Willie Taggart left is greeted by Florida State University president John Thrasher and his wife Jean as he arrives to be introduced as the school's new NCAA college football head coach in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
Taggart 's immediate goals will be completing his staff and trying to salvage a recruiting class — at least six players have de-committed over the past week. This is the first year football has an early-signing period which will take place Dec. 20-22. | TALLAHASSEE Fla. (AP) — [TGT]grew up a Florida State fan and dreamed of playing for the Seminoles.
[TGT] never donned the garnet and gold as a player but has managed to one-up that goal.
[TGT]was introduced as the 11th head coach in Florida State history on Wednesday as [TGT] returns to the Sunshine State after one season at Oregon. The 41-year old Bradenton native coached at South Florida from 2013-16 before taking the Ducks job.
[TGT] gestures as [TGT] is introduced as Florida State's new football coach during an NCAA college football news conference in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
Three days after Fisher resigned [TGT]met with Florida State President John Thrasher athletic director Stan Wilcox and board of trustees member Ed Burr on Monday in Scottsdale Arizona. After weighing the offer overnight [TGT] accepted on Tuesday and informed [TGT] players at Oregon .
[TGT] arrived in Tallahassee early Wednesday morning and met with the team before the news conference. [TGT] said [TGT] appreciated Oregon athletic director Rod Mullens for giving [TGT] [TGT] first chance at a Power Five job but that the chance to coach at the school [TGT] has followed since childhood was too good to pass up.
"I know I let [TGT] down and I'm sorry. The timing was probably not right but it is never right [TGT]said. "This one chance was perfect. To be closer to family and coach in a Power Five and an opportunity to win a national championship are personal goals."
Wilcox said there were a number of candidates for the job but that [TGT]was [TGT] top choice.
"We had a number of candidates but knew his passion would rise to the top " he said.
Thrasher said he had a feeling early last week that Fisher was going to leave and that it was time to look at their options.
[TGT] does the Seminole chop in front of Doak Campbell Stadium before being introduced as Florida State University's new NCAA college football coach in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
The Seminoles ran a pro-style offense under Fisher but [TGT] 's "Gulf Coast Offense" is spread based. [TGT] 's offenses have ranked in the top 20 in scoring the past two years.
[TGT] left is greeted by Florida State University president John Thrasher and [TGT] wife Jean as he arrives to be introduced as the school's new NCAA college football head coach in Tallahassee Fla. Wednesday Dec. 6 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)
[TGT] 's immediate goals will be completing [TGT] staff and trying to salvage a recruiting class — at least six players have de-committed over the past week. This is the first year football has an early-signing period which will take place Dec. 20-22. | 2Positive
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1,209 | 100 ON WHITE HOUSE STAFF LACK CLEARANCE | Dee Dee Myers | White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers is among what she said are about 10 percent of the 1 044 White House staff members who have not completed the FBI clearance process that produces the first level of clearance for access to classified material. Myers said she has routine access to secret material.
Last week House Republicans raised the issue of White House officials failing to complete the clearance process. Myers acknowledged that she had not due to the press of other business and said that only one other senior official fit that category. That is Ricki Seidman who has served as deputy communications director as a counselor to the chief of staff and now as head of the scheduling operation. She did not return phone calls.
Myers said in clarifying the numbers of those lacking clearances that of the 125 most senior jobs at the White House all but 15 have completed the FBI background checks and have security clearances. All National Security Council staff members fit that category she said.
But of the White House staff overall which includes workers from secretaries in the social secretary's office to computer operators a little more than 100 lack the clearances. "Most of them don't have a need to deal with secure documents " Myers said. But she could not estimate how many have access to such documents or could see them if they tried.
Myers said the slowness of the White House to hire its staff the slowness of staff members to submit paperwork that launches the FBI background check and plain "procrastination" are the reasons for most of the clearance problems. "Things got off to a slow start " she said but added that with congressional -- and press -- attention on the issue the White House staff is making a strong effort to comply.
"By next week there will be almost no one left" who has not submitted paperwork to begin the process she said. Officials said White House lawyer William Kennedy and others repeatedly had urged non-complying officials to complete the clearance process but the warning frequently was ignored. Lloyd Cutler the new White House counsel said yesterday he takes the problem seriously. | [TGT]is among what [TGT] said are about 10 percent of the 1 044 White House staff members who have not completed the FBI clearance process that produces the first level of clearance for access to classified material. [TGT]said [TGT] has routine access to secret material.
Last week House Republicans raised the issue of White House officials failing to complete the clearance process. [TGT]acknowledged that [TGT] had not due to the press of other business and said that only one other senior official fit that category. That is Ricki Seidman who has served as deputy communications director as a counselor to the chief of staff and now as head of the scheduling operation. She did not return phone calls.
[TGT]said in clarifying the numbers of those lacking clearances that of the 125 most senior jobs at the White House all but 15 have completed the FBI background checks and have security clearances. All National Security Council staff members fit that category [TGT] said.
But of the White House staff overall which includes workers from secretaries in the social secretary's office to computer operators a little more than 100 lack the clearances. "Most of them don't have a need to deal with secure documents " [TGT]said. But [TGT] could not estimate how many have access to such documents or could see them if they tried.
[TGT]said the slowness of the White House to hire its staff the slowness of staff members to submit paperwork that launches the FBI background check and plain "procrastination" are the reasons for most of the clearance problems. "Things got off to a slow start " she said but added that with congressional -- and press -- attention on the issue the White House staff is making a strong effort to comply.
"By next week there will be almost no one left" who has not submitted paperwork to begin the process she said. Officials said White House lawyer William Kennedy and others repeatedly had urged non-complying officials to complete the clearance process but the warning frequently was ignored. Lloyd Cutler the new White House counsel said yesterday he takes the problem seriously. | 2Positive
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1,210 | George W. Bush just laid a major smackdown on Trumpism | George W. Bush | (CNN) George W. Bush doesn't talk much about politics in public. Which makes the speech he gave Thursday in New York City -- a point-by-point rejection of Trumpism -- all the more important and noteworthy.
The 43rd president of the United States -- and the last Republican to hold the office before Donald Trump -- didn't mention the 45th president by name in his speech at the George W. Bush Institute . But Trump -- and his views -- were ever-present in the former President's address.
Bush condemned "nationalism distorted into nativism."
He derided "discourse degraded by casual cruelty."
He acknowledged that "our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication."
And most importantly Bush said that "bigotry seems emboldened."
The two speeches taken together amount to a verbal lapel-shaking by Bush and McCain of the Republican Party they have led over the past two decades. "Wake up!" Bush and McCain are saying to their party. "What Trump represents is neither Republican nor conservative. It is Trump. Which is fine for Trump but far less fine for the medium-to-long-term health of the Grand Old Party."
There will be some who question Bush 's motives. (Trump via Twitter may be one of them.) After all Trump savaged "low-energy" Jeb Bush during the 2016 campaign. And the Bush family is literally one of the cornerstones of the Republican political establishment. Of course they don't like that someone like Trump is overthrowing them -- and their failed policies and political tactics!
But it's important to remember that the presidency is viewed by those who have held the office as a sort of sacred trust. Yes George W. Bush saw the world differently than Barack Obama did -- and each man pursued divergent policies in office. What they shared however was a fundamental desire to remind Americans of our common humanity to look to the future as a more optimistic more tolerant and yes better place. They believed in the idea that America was forever moving toward a more perfect union and that their job was to help steer the country in that direction as quickly and safely as possible.
It's easy to paint Trumpism as solely a rejection of Obama's presidency. But to do so would be to ignore the degree to which Trump has sought to undo Bush 's focus on on free trade agreements as a way to guard against global protectionism his belief in the need for comprehensive immigration reform as consistent with the founding ideals of the country and his unwillingness to paint Islam with the broad brush of terrorism.
Bush 's speech Thursday was a re-assertion of those views and as such a rejection of Trumpism.
"We become the heirs of Martin Luther King Jr. by recognizing one another not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character " Bush said toward the end of his speech. "This means people of every race ethnicity and religion can be fully and equally American. It means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed. It means the very identity of our nation depends on the passing of civic ideals to the next generation." | (CNN) [TGT]doesn't talk much about politics in public. Which makes the speech [TGT] gave Thursday in New York City -- a point-by-point rejection of Trumpism -- all the more important and noteworthy.
The 43rd president of the United States -- and the last Republican to hold the office before Donald Trump -- didn't mention the 45th president by name in his speech at the George W. Bush Institute . But Trump -- and his views -- were ever-present in the former President's address.
[TGT]condemned "nationalism distorted into nativism."
[TGT] derided "discourse degraded by casual cruelty."
[TGT] acknowledged that "our politics seems more vulnerable to conspiracy theories and outright fabrication."
And most importantly [TGT]said that "bigotry seems emboldened."
The two speeches taken together amount to a verbal lapel-shaking by Bush and McCain of the Republican Party they have led over the past two decades. "Wake up!" Bush and McCain are saying to their party. "What Trump represents is neither Republican nor conservative. It is Trump. Which is fine for Trump but far less fine for the medium-to-long-term health of the Grand Old Party."
There will be some who question [TGT] 's motives. (Trump via Twitter may be one of them.) After all Trump savaged "low-energy" [TGT] during the 2016 campaign. And the [TGT] family is literally one of the cornerstones of the Republican political establishment. Of course they don't like that someone like Trump is overthrowing them -- and their failed policies and political tactics!
But it's important to remember that the presidency is viewed by those who have held the office as a sort of sacred trust. Yes [TGT] saw the world differently than Barack Obama did -- and each man pursued divergent policies in office. What they shared however was a fundamental desire to remind Americans of our common humanity to look to the future as a more optimistic more tolerant and yes better place. They believed in the idea that America was forever moving toward a more perfect union and that their job was to help steer the country in that direction as quickly and safely as possible.
It's easy to paint Trumpism as solely a rejection of Obama's presidency. But to do so would be to ignore the degree to which Trump has sought to undo [TGT] 's focus on on free trade agreements as a way to guard against global protectionism [TGT] belief in the need for comprehensive immigration reform as consistent with the founding ideals of the country and [TGT] unwillingness to paint Islam with the broad brush of terrorism.
[TGT] 's speech Thursday was a re-assertion of those views and as such a rejection of Trumpism.
"We become the heirs of Martin Luther King Jr. by recognizing one another not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character " [TGT]said toward the end of [TGT] speech. "This means people of every race ethnicity and religion can be fully and equally American. It means that bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed. It means the very identity of our nation depends on the passing of civic ideals to the next generation." | 2Positive
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1,211 | Sidney Crosby Should Have Done Better | Sidney Crosby | This report was published just after the Pittsburgh Penguins released a statement confirming their intent to visit the White House and threw into stark relief the comments of superstar Sidney Crosby a native of Cole Harbour Nova Scotia .
His comments came as Donald Trump attacked black athletes protesting police violence as "sons of bitches " declaring they should be fired for "disrespecting the flag." Following his comments players from all 28 NFL teams responded on Sunday by kneeling during the US anthem in mass solidarity. Faced with responding to athletes protesting police brutality and systemic racism the Penguins sided with Trump. Any pretense that their intent to visit the White House was apolitical was rapidly debunked by Trump's gleeful tweet praising them as a "great team."
This wishful thinking disappeared when Crosby was found to have told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette he saw the visit "as an opportunity." But he also said there had been "little to no discussion" in the locker room about the decision to go.
"I'm pretty aware of what's going on " Crosby told the Post-Gazette. "People have that right to not go too. Nobody's saying they have to go. As a group we decided to go. There hasn't really been a whole lot of discussion about it."
Sidney Crosby a 30-year-old man and hometown hero in Nova Scotia has been defended by apologists who suggested that as a Canadian he simply did not understand race issues in America. Canada they argue does not have the same issues with race.
Racism is a problem in the NHL. Sidney Crosby the sport's biggest name had a chance to speak not only in support of his colleagues in football and basketball but for players like Dustin Byfuglien.
This is a league where PK Subban played in front of Montreal fans who went to games in blackface and where he was memorably accused of not playing the "white" way (a telling slip). A league where Evander Kane endured vicious racism in Winnipeg the town famously called Canada's most racist city by Maclean's magazine. Where even Jarome Iginla—the model for many respectable humble black athletes—experienced racism severe enough that his mother spoke out about it. Wayne Simmonds a descendent of African Nova Scotians had a banana thrown at him on the ice.
Racism is a problem in the NHL. Sidney Crosby the sport's biggest name had a chance to speak not only in support of his colleagues in football and basketball but for players like Dustin Byfuglien. Byfuglien was the only black player on the USA roster at the World Cup of Hockey where coach John Tortorella threatened to bench any player who protested during the anthem. That tournament was played in Toronto where Black Lives Matter protesters have taken numerous actions to protest police killings and carding of black people. The children of Toronto's significant population of African and Caribbean immigrants are the hockey players of the future the future roommates of white players who will ride with them on the bus buddy with them and then let them know that when it comes down to it their lives do not matter. | This report was published just after the Pittsburgh Penguins released a statement confirming their intent to visit the White House and threw into stark relief [TGT]Nova Scotia .
[TGT]came as Donald Trump attacked black athletes protesting police violence as "sons of bitches " declaring they should be fired for "disrespecting the flag." Following [TGT] players from all 28 NFL teams responded on Sunday by kneeling during the US anthem in mass solidarity. Faced with responding to athletes protesting police brutality and systemic racism the Penguins sided with Trump. Any pretense that their intent to visit the White House was apolitical was rapidly debunked by Trump's gleeful tweet praising them as a "great team."
This wishful thinking disappeared when [TGT]was found to have told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [TGT] saw the visit "as an opportunity." But [TGT] also said there had been "little to no discussion" in the locker room about the decision to go.
"I'm pretty aware of what's going on " Crosby told the Post-Gazette. "People have that right to not go too. Nobody's saying they have to go. As a group we decided to go. There hasn't really been a whole lot of discussion about it."
Sidney Crosby a 30-year-old man and hometown hero in Nova Scotia has been defended by apologists who suggested that as a Canadian he simply did not understand race issues in America. Canada they argue does not have the same issues with race.
Racism is a problem in the NHL. Sidney Crosby the sport's biggest name had a chance to speak not only in support of his colleagues in football and basketball but for players like Dustin Byfuglien.
This is a league where PK Subban played in front of Montreal fans who went to games in blackface and where he was memorably accused of not playing the "white" way (a telling slip). A league where Evander Kane endured vicious racism in Winnipeg the town famously called Canada's most racist city by Maclean's magazine. Where even Jarome Iginla—the model for many respectable humble black athletes—experienced racism severe enough that his mother spoke out about it. Wayne Simmonds a descendent of African Nova Scotians had a banana thrown at him on the ice.
Racism is a problem in the NHL. [TGT]had a chance to speak not only in support of [TGT] colleagues in football and basketball but for players like Dustin Byfuglien. Byfuglien was the only black player on the USA roster at the World Cup of Hockey where coach John Tortorella threatened to bench any player who protested during the anthem. That tournament was played in Toronto where Black Lives Matter protesters have taken numerous actions to protest police killings and carding of black people. The children of Toronto's significant population of African and Caribbean immigrants are the hockey players of the future the future roommates of white players who will ride with them on the bus buddy with them and then let them know that when it comes down to it their lives do not matter. | 2Positive
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1,212 | Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona who asked staffers if they would bear his child as a surrogate says he will resign | Trent Franks | Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz .) on Dec. 7 said he ’ll resign after he had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) on Dec. 7 said he ’ll resign after he had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)
Rep. Trent Franks an Arizona Republican who is among the most conservative members of the House said he would resign his seat after House officials learned that he had asked two female employees to bear his child as a surrogate.
Franks’s announcement came as the House Ethics Committee said it would create a special subcommittee to investigate Franks for conduct “that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment.”
His resignation which Franks said is effective Jan. 31 will end the ethics investigation.
Franks said in his statement that the investigation concerns his “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates making each feel uncomfortable.”
While Franks ’s statement left the circumstances of the “discussion” murky three Republicans familiar with the allegations said that he had asked the staffers who worked for him at the time but have since left his office if they would serve as a surrogate mother for his child. A spokesman for Franks did not respond to a request for comment on that claim.
In his statement Franks said he never “physically intimidated coerced or had or attempted to have any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff.”
“However I do want to take full and personal responsibility for the ways I have broached a topic that unbeknownst to me until very recently made certain individuals uncomfortable ” Franks said adding “I deeply regret that my discussion of this option and process in the workplace caused distress.”
Franks explained in his statement that he and his wife have long struggled with infertility. After having twins with a surrogate the couple sought additional children he said.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s office said in a statement Thursday that Ryan (R-Wis.) had been briefed on “credible claims of misconduct” by Franks last week after the House general counsel was contacted about the allegations and investigated them.
Franks did not deny the allegations when Ryan confronted him according to the speaker’s statement. Ryan told Franks he should resign and said he would refer the matter to the House Ethics Committee his statement said.
The Franks revelations came on the same day that Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) resigned his seat after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and as the House Ethics Committee opened a separate probe into Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.).
Franks has served in the House since 2003 and is known as a fierce opponent of legal abortion recently sponsoring a bill banning abortions after 20-week gestation that passed the House. He is also an outspoken critic of the Senate’s filibuster rule blaming it for blocking conservative bills.
Franks is also a member of the House Freedom Caucus a hard-right faction that has often clashed with Republican leaders.
He considered a run for Senate in 2012 but dropped out suddenly. He continued as chairman of a House Judiciary subcommittee and as a member of the House Armed Services Committee. | [TGT] on Dec. 7 said [TGT] ’ll resign after [TGT] had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) on Dec. 7 said [TGT] ’ll resign after [TGT] had a “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates.” (Bastien Inzaurralde Melissa Macaya/The Washington Post)
[TGT]said [TGT] would resign [TGT] seat after House officials learned that [TGT] had asked two female employees to bear [TGT] child as a surrogate.
Franks’s announcement came as the House Ethics Committee said it would create a special subcommittee to investigate Franks for conduct “that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment.”
His resignation which Franks said is effective Jan. 31 will end the ethics investigation.
Franks said in his statement that the investigation concerns his “discussion of surrogacy with two previous female subordinates making each feel uncomfortable.”
While Franks ’s statement left the circumstances of the “discussion” murky three Republicans familiar with the allegations said that he had asked the staffers who worked for him at the time but have since left his office if they would serve as a surrogate mother for his child. A spokesman for Franks did not respond to a request for comment on that claim.
In his statement Franks said he never “physically intimidated coerced or had or attempted to have any sexual contact with any member of my congressional staff.”
“However I do want to take full and personal responsibility for the ways I have broached a topic that unbeknownst to me until very recently made certain individuals uncomfortable ” Franks said adding “I deeply regret that my discussion of this option and process in the workplace caused distress.”
Franks explained in his statement that he and his wife have long struggled with infertility. After having twins with a surrogate the couple sought additional children he said.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s office said in a statement Thursday that Ryan (R-Wis.) had been briefed on “credible claims of misconduct” by Franks last week after the House general counsel was contacted about the allegations and investigated them.
Franks did not deny the allegations when Ryan confronted him according to the speaker’s statement. Ryan told Franks he should resign and said he would refer the matter to the House Ethics Committee his statement said.
The Franks revelations came on the same day that Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) resigned his seat after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and as the House Ethics Committee opened a separate probe into Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.).
Franks has served in the House since 2003 and is known as a fierce opponent of legal abortion recently sponsoring a bill banning abortions after 20-week gestation that passed the House. He is also an outspoken critic of the Senate’s filibuster rule blaming it for blocking conservative bills.
Franks is also a member of the House Freedom Caucus a hard-right faction that has often clashed with Republican leaders.
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1,213 | Channing Tatum pulls Weinstein film project | Channing Tatum | Story highlights Channing Tatum announced on social media that he will be pulling a film project that was in the works with The Weinstein Company
Tatum was set to make his directorial debut based on the book "Forgive Me Leonard Peacock " by Matthew Quick
(CNN) Channing Tatum is stepping down from a film project he had in development with The Weinstein Company.
The actor was set to make his directorial debut alongside Reid Carolin in "Forgive Me Leonard Peacock " based on the book by Matthew Quick.
Tatum made the announcement Wednesday on his social media accounts. | Story highlights [TGT]announced on social media that [TGT] will be pulling a film project that was in the works with The Weinstein Company
Tatum was set to make [TGT] directorial debut based on the book "Forgive Me Leonard Peacock " by Matthew Quick
(CNN) [TGT]is stepping down from a film project [TGT] had in development with The Weinstein Company.
[TGT]was set to make [TGT] directorial debut alongside Reid Carolin in "Forgive Me Leonard Peacock " based on the book by Matthew Quick.
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1,214 | Senate votes to block special break for conservative college | Toomey | The tax package would impose a new tax on investment income earned by some private universities and colleges. Sen. Pat Toomey R-Pa. added a provision exempting certain colleges that don't receive federal funds. Democrats said Hillsdale was the only college that would benefit.
Toomey defended Hillsdale as "a wonderful institution" and said other schools might qualify for the tax break too. Toomey said a school that declines federal funds saves taxpayers "a tremendous amount of money."
"I do understand that my colleagues on the far left do not have fond opinion of Hillsdale. But I do. I actually think it's a wonderful institution " Toomey said.
Graduates include Erik Prince who is DeVos' brother and the founder of the government contractor once known as Blackwater and former Rep. Chris Chocola of Indiana. Chocola once headed the conservative Club for Growth an advocacy group that Toomey also once led. | The tax package would impose a new tax on investment income earned by some private universities and colleges. Sen. Pat Toomey R-Pa. added a provision exempting certain colleges that don't receive federal funds. Democrats said Hillsdale was the only college that would benefit.
[TGT]defended Hillsdale as "a wonderful institution" and said other schools might qualify for the tax break too. [TGT]said a school that declines federal funds saves taxpayers "a tremendous amount of money."
"I do understand that my colleagues on the far left do not have fond opinion of Hillsdale. But I do. I actually think it's a wonderful institution " [TGT]said.
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1,215 | It is possible to shed tears for gang members | Mario | Whenever such a chance presents itself I pick homies who've never flown before. (Recently on a trip to Washington D.C. one of them asked “Are we flying Virgin Airlines because it is our first time?”) When I went to Spokane I took Mario and Bobby.
We flew out of Burbank where passengers walk onto the airport tarmac and go up stairs to get into the planes. Of the hundreds of first-timers I've traveled with over the years no one has ever been as terrified as Mario . He was gasping and flushed — and we were still inside the terminal. Out the window I could see flight attendants climbing the stairs each holding two Venti-sized drinks. Mario emerged from his terror tunnel long enough to ask in a panicky whine “When are we gonna board?”
Tall and gangly Mario may be the most tattooed individual ever at Homeboy. He is all “sleeved out ” neck blackened with the name of his gang and his entire face covered in tattoos. I had never been in public with him and I watched as people sidestepped us in the airport. Mothers pulled their kids in tightly. The recoiling was pronounced and widespread. And yet everyone at Homeboy would agree that Mario is the gentlest of men. He calmed himself and we got to Spokane without event.
At Gonzaga the auditorium was full maybe 1 000 people. Mario and Bobby spoke first. Nervous (again) hands and voices shaking they told their stories of violence terror and abuse of all kinds. Honest to God their words were like flames; you had to keep your distance or get scorched.
I asked Bobby and Mario to join me for the question-and-answer period. A woman near the front spoke first.
“You say you're a father ” she said to Mario “and your son and daughter are starting to reach their teenage years. What wisdom do you impart to them ?” She recalibrated. “What advice do you give them ?”
She sat and Mario sifted her words looking for a response. “I just ...”
There wasn't much of a pause before the audience stood and began to clap. All Mario could do was hold his face in his hands. | Whenever such a chance presents itself I pick homies who've never flown before. (Recently on a trip to Washington D.C. one of them asked “Are we flying Virgin Airlines because it is our first time?”) When I went to Spokane I took [TGT]and Bobby.
We flew out of Burbank where passengers walk onto the airport tarmac and go up stairs to get into the planes. Of the hundreds of first-timers I've traveled with over the years no one has ever been as terrified as [TGT] . [TGT] was gasping and flushed — and we were still inside the terminal. Out the window I could see flight attendants climbing the stairs each holding two Venti-sized drinks. [TGT]emerged from [TGT] terror tunnel long enough to ask in a panicky whine “When are we gonna board?”
Tall and gangly [TGT]may be the most tattooed individual ever at Homeboy. [TGT] is all “sleeved out ” neck blackened with the name of [TGT] gang and [TGT] entire face covered in tattoos. I had never been in public with [TGT] and I watched as people sidestepped us in the airport. Mothers pulled their kids in tightly. The recoiling was pronounced and widespread. And yet everyone at Homeboy would agree that [TGT]is the gentlest of men. [TGT] calmed [TGT] and we got to Spokane without event.
At Gonzaga the auditorium was full maybe 1 000 people. [TGT]and Bobby spoke first. Nervous (again) hands and voices shaking [TGT] told [TGT] stories of violence terror and abuse of all kinds. Honest to God [TGT] words were like flames; you had to keep your distance or get scorched.
I asked Bobby and [TGT]to join me for the question-and-answer period. A woman near the front spoke first.
“You say you're a father ” she said to [TGT] your son and daughter are starting to reach their teenage years. What wisdom do you impart to them ?” She recalibrated. “What advice do you give them ?”
She sat and [TGT]sifted her words looking for a response. “I just ...”
There wasn't much of a pause before the audience stood and began to clap. [TGT]could do was hold [TGT] face in [TGT] hands. | 2Positive
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1,216 | Migrant deported by Israel back to Africa recounts ordeal | Yohannes Tesfagabr | Inside the immigration office in Tel Aviv Yohannes Tesfagabr considered his options. He could not return to Eritrea a country he risked his life to flee in 2010. He hoped to avoid the fate of compatriots who languished in a desert jail for illegally staying in Israel.
Two weeks later he was on a flight to Uganda.
Tesfagabr said his group of Eritreans was not taken through the official immigration desk upon arrival in Uganda. They were ushered through the cargo area by a Ugandan official and driven to a hotel in the capital Kampala. Their passports were confiscated. Hours later the undocumented Eritreans were dismissed.
The five other Eritreans declined to talk to The Associated Press because of safety concerns. But Tesfagabr said he wanted to speak out because he felt he had been harshly treated by Israel a country he had grown to love.
"My Hebrew is four times better than my English " he said one recent evening.
Tesfagabr a village boy who felt hopeless after being forcefully conscripted into Eritrea's army arrived in Israel in 2012 the victim of alleged traffickers in Sudan who helped him cross a border point in the Sinai after his family was made to pay a $3 900 ransom. To force his parents to pay his captors beat him and staged mock executions.
When two compatriots were jailed for overstaying their visas Tesfagabr knew his days were numbered. | Inside the immigration office in Tel Aviv [TGT]considered [TGT] options. [TGT] could not return to Eritrea a country [TGT] risked [TGT] life to flee in 2010. [TGT] hoped to avoid the fate of compatriots who languished in a desert jail for illegally staying in Israel.
Two weeks later [TGT] was on a flight to Uganda.
[TGT]said [TGT] group of Eritreans was not taken through the official immigration desk upon arrival in Uganda. They were ushered through the cargo area by a Ugandan official and driven to a hotel in the capital Kampala. Their passports were confiscated. Hours later the undocumented Eritreans were dismissed.
The five other Eritreans declined to talk to The Associated Press because of safety concerns. But [TGT]said he wanted to speak out because he felt he had been harshly treated by Israel a country he had grown to love.
"My Hebrew is four times better than my English " he said one recent evening.
Tesfagabr a village boy who felt hopeless after being forcefully conscripted into Eritrea's army arrived in Israel in 2012 the victim of alleged traffickers in Sudan who helped him cross a border point in the Sinai after his family was made to pay a $3 900 ransom. To force his parents to pay his captors beat him and staged mock executions.
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1,217 | How a minor traffic offense in western Illinois ended in catastrophic brain damage in a Chicago jail | Savannah Tyler Lumar | Family photo Tyler Lumar with his girlfriend Casey Tecate and their daughter Savannah Tyler Lumar with his girlfriend Casey Tecate and their daughter Savannah (Family photo) (Family photo)
Alcorn who visits her son after work said she hopes the lawsuit will not only help the family pay for Lumar ’s medical care but change how Chicago police treat those they arrest. “In Chicago you should be scared for your son ” she said.
Her lawsuit alleges Chicago police wrongfully detained Lumar concealed from Lumar the fact that he could have bonded himself out and were “deliberately indifferent” to his medical needs by failing to check on him every 15 minutes as required. The city is responsible too the lawsuit alleges because it ignored the widespread police practice of falsifying cell inspection records.
Soon after Lumar ’s arrest in Chicago police there contacted Lee County about the warrant and learned it carried a $500 bond the lawsuit says. The way the system works he could have posted 10 percent — $50 — and gone home. Lumar had $130 on him according to the arrest report.
Family photo Recent family photo of Tyler Lumar at Ballard Respiratory and Rehabilitation in Des Plaines Recent family photo of Tyler Lumar at Ballard Respiratory and Rehabilitation in Des Plaines (Family photo) (Family photo)
But security video shows another inmate removing the item from his shoe and tossing it next to Lumar O’Connor says. Police had searched Lumar at least eight times prior without finding drugs according to the lawsuit.
Now facing narcotics charges Lumar was returned to the Harrison District around 11 a.m. as part of a police investigation into the drug case at the jail according to the lawsuit. Nine minutes later he was found hanging from his own shirt inside Cellblock E2.
Later that day as Lumar lay in an intensive care unit at Mount Sinai Hospital Chicago police announced they were releasing him from custody and that no charges would be filed. His family was then on the hook for his medical bills. | Family photo Tyler Lumar with his girlfriend Casey Tecate and their daughter [TGT] with his girlfriend Casey Tecate and their daughter Savannah (Family photo) (Family photo)
Alcorn who visits her son after work said she hopes the lawsuit will not only help the family pay for Lumar ’s medical care but change how Chicago police treat those they arrest. “In Chicago you should be scared for your son ” she said.
Her lawsuit alleges Chicago police wrongfully detained Lumar concealed from Lumar the fact that he could have bonded himself out and were “deliberately indifferent” to his medical needs by failing to check on him every 15 minutes as required. The city is responsible too the lawsuit alleges because it ignored the widespread police practice of falsifying cell inspection records.
Soon after Lumar ’s arrest in Chicago police there contacted Lee County about the warrant and learned it carried a $500 bond the lawsuit says. The way the system works he could have posted 10 percent — $50 — and gone home. Lumar had $130 on him according to the arrest report.
Family photo Recent family photo of Tyler Lumar at Ballard Respiratory and Rehabilitation in Des Plaines Recent family photo of Tyler Lumar at Ballard Respiratory and Rehabilitation in Des Plaines (Family photo) (Family photo)
But security video shows another inmate removing the item from his shoe and tossing it next to Lumar O’Connor says. Police had searched Lumar at least eight times prior without finding drugs according to the lawsuit.
Now facing narcotics charges Lumar was returned to the Harrison District around 11 a.m. as part of a police investigation into the drug case at the jail according to the lawsuit. Nine minutes later he was found hanging from his own shirt inside Cellblock E2.
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1,218 | Sen. Feinstein Will Introduce Legislation to Change Minimum Age Requirements for Gun Purchases | Dianne Feinstein | On Friday Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she will introduce legislation that would raise the minimum age requirements for purchasing a rifle from a gun dealer.
Feinstein 's declaration comes after 17 people were killed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida on Wednesday.
Feinstein 's proposal received a mixed reaction.
I plan to introduce a bill to require ALL firearms purchases from gun dealers be restricted to individuals who are at least 21 years old. If you can’t buy a handgun or a bottle of beer you shouldn’t be able to buy an AR-15. — Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) February 17 2018 | On Friday [TGT] said [TGT] will introduce legislation that would raise the minimum age requirements for purchasing a rifle from a gun dealer.
[TGT] 's declaration comes after 17 people were killed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida on Wednesday.
[TGT] 's proposal received a mixed reaction.
I plan to introduce a bill to require ALL firearms purchases from gun dealers be restricted to individuals who are at least 21 years old. If you can’t buy a handgun or a bottle of beer you shouldn’t be able to buy an AR-15. — Sen Dianne Feinstein (@SenFeinstein) February 17 2018 | 2Positive
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1,219 | Teen details how NYPD cops tried to silence her after rape | Michael David | Martins’ lawyer Mark Bederow said Chambers’ story didn’t add up and that her lawyer Michael David has “repeatedly contradicted” her sworn claims.
David responded that he had learned about the incident only 10 days ago when Chambers’ mother recounted the disturbing details to him .
David reiterated that his client’s story was consistent and that the tactics by the defense were similar to those allegedly deployed by cops in the hospital.
“The defense is making up the contradictions to further bully and intimidate the rape victim ” David said.
Bederow retorted that David has “repeatedly contradicted the sworn claims of his client as he seeks to promote [a] lawsuit.” | Martins’ lawyer Mark Bederow said Chambers’ story didn’t add up and that her lawyer [TGT] has “repeatedly contradicted” her sworn claims.
David responded that he had learned about the incident only 10 days ago when Chambers’ mother recounted the disturbing details to him .
David reiterated that his client’s story was consistent and that the tactics by the defense were similar to those allegedly deployed by cops in the hospital.
“The defense is making up the contradictions to further bully and intimidate the rape victim ” David said.
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1,220 | Fox News host Eric Bolling's son found dead in reported suicide | Eric Bolling | Eric Bolling's son was found dead on Friday just hours after Fox News announced that it was parting ways with the former Fox News host.
Authorities have informed us there is no sign of self harm at this point. Autopsy will be next week. Please respect our grieving period. — Eric Bolling (@ericbolling) September 9 2017
"We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Eric Bolling’s son " the statement said. "Eric Chase was a wonderful young man and our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Bolling family."
So awful. My heart goes out to Eric and his family. Tragedy: Eric Bolling Son Dies Mediaite https://t.co/8DvUNqqi9M — Don Lemon (@donlemon) September 9 2017
The younger Bolling's death came just hours after Fox News announced that it was parting ways with Eric Bolling a month after the Huffington Post first reported that Bolling send unsolicited lewd text messages to colleagues at Fox News and Fox Business Network.
Bolling denied the claims and took legal action against the reporter who broke the story Yashar Ali. | Eric Bolling's son was found dead on Friday just hours after Fox News announced that it was parting ways with the former Fox News host.
Authorities have informed us there is no sign of self harm at this point. Autopsy will be next week. Please respect our grieving period. — Eric Bolling (@ericbolling) September 9 2017
"We are very saddened to hear of the passing of Eric Bolling’s son " the statement said. "Eric Chase was a wonderful young man and our thoughts and prayers are with the entire Bolling family."
So awful. My heart goes out to Eric and his family. Tragedy: [TGT]Son Dies Mediaite https://t.co/8DvUNqqi9M — Don Lemon (@donlemon) September 9 2017
The younger Bolling's death came just hours after Fox News announced that it was parting ways with [TGT]a month after the Huffington Post first reported that [TGT]send unsolicited lewd text messages to colleagues at Fox News and Fox Business Network.
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1,221 | Blackhawks GM not 'itching' to make a trade despite available cap space | Stan Bowman | The Blackhawks spent three days in Las Vegas before Tuesday night's 4-2 loss to the Golden Knights but general manager Stan Bowman said he stayed away from the casinos.
"I have not gambled for one second " Bowman said with a smile Tuesday.
That doesn't match up with who Bowman is as a general manager the type of executive who isn't afraid to put all of his chips in to make a trade deadline acquisition. And with about $2.5 million in cap space to play with after putting winger Marian Hossa on long-term injured reserve to start the season Bowman has room to make a move.
But 10 games into the season Bowman who spoke with reporters Tuesday said he isn't "itching to make a trade" just because he has cap room. He has liked how the Hawks have started the season especially against a schedule that included eight consecutive games against playoff teams from last season.
"We have got a lot of good players who are sitting out every night so I don't know if we're going to be acquiring another player " Bowman said. "Things are going to change. Whether players' play will drop off or players get injured. … If there's something that makes sense down the road whether it's in a month or in three months then we would look into it. But I don't think that's a top priority right now."
Bowman likes that the Hawks have become a more physical team on the bottom line an emphasis of Bowman 's in the offseason with the addition of Lance Bouma and Tommy Wingels and he said some of the Hawks' younger players such as forwards Nick Schmaltz and Alex DeBrincat have exceeded expectations so far.
"I'm a little surprised in a good way that Alex has been as good as he has been " Bowman said. "Over the summer I expected him to play in Chicago. I wasn't sure if it was going to be October or if it was going to be January but he has played really well. That has been a pleasant surprise. Nick missed some time (injured) but obviously he's showing the signs of having a breakout year."
Bowman also singled out defenseman Jan Rutta who the Hawks signed out of the Czech league as another player who has stood out.
His play has helped create a logjam of defensemen for the Hawks. The Hawks have eight capable blue-liners and it has been difficult for coach Joel Quenneville to balance who will play on a nightly basis. The Hawks scratched Cody Franson and Michal Kempny for Tuesday's game. Bowman said this wasn't a bad thing.
"Until someone starts struggling or until we have injuries it's probably going to be that a good player who is playing well is going to be sitting out " Bowman said. "If you want to say it's a good problem to have it's better than the alternative when you have (only) four defensemen you have faith in and you're scrambling to find five and six. We have to stay patient and things change quickly."
Bowman may be a gambler but he doesn't believe now isn't the time to strike. | The Blackhawks spent three days in Las Vegas before Tuesday night's 4-2 loss to the Golden Knights but [TGT]said [TGT] stayed away from the casinos.
"I have not gambled for one second [TGT]said with a smile Tuesday.
That doesn't match up with who [TGT]is as a general manager the type of executive who isn't afraid to put all of [TGT] chips in to make a trade deadline acquisition. And with about $2.5 million in cap space to play with after putting winger Marian Hossa on long-term injured reserve to start the season [TGT]has room to make a move.
But 10 games into the season Bowman who spoke with reporters Tuesday said [TGT] isn't "itching to make a trade" just because [TGT] has cap room. [TGT] has liked how the Hawks have started the season especially against a schedule that included eight consecutive games against playoff teams from last season.
"We have got a lot of good players who are sitting out every night so I don't know if we're going to be acquiring another player " [TGT]said. "Things are going to change. Whether players' play will drop off or players get injured. … If there's something that makes sense down the road whether it's in a month or in three months then we would look into it. But I don't think that's a top priority right now."
Bowman likes that the Hawks have become a more physical team on the bottom line an emphasis of Bowman 's in the offseason with the addition of Lance Bouma and Tommy Wingels and he said some of the Hawks' younger players such as forwards Nick Schmaltz and Alex DeBrincat have exceeded expectations so far.
"I'm a little surprised in a good way that Alex has been as good as he has been " Bowman said. "Over the summer I expected him to play in Chicago. I wasn't sure if it was going to be October or if it was going to be January but he has played really well. That has been a pleasant surprise. Nick missed some time (injured) but obviously he's showing the signs of having a breakout year."
Bowman also singled out defenseman Jan Rutta who the Hawks signed out of the Czech league as another player who has stood out.
His play has helped create a logjam of defensemen for the Hawks. The Hawks have eight capable blue-liners and it has been difficult for coach Joel Quenneville to balance who will play on a nightly basis. The Hawks scratched Cody Franson and Michal Kempny for Tuesday's game. Bowman said this wasn't a bad thing.
"Until someone starts struggling or until we have injuries it's probably going to be that a good player who is playing well is going to be sitting out " Bowman said. "If you want to say it's a good problem to have it's better than the alternative when you have (only) four defensemen you have faith in and you're scrambling to find five and six. We have to stay patient and things change quickly."
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1,222 | Lorde isn't here for unsolicited acne advice | Katie Snooks | Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Katie Snooks posted videos online of her skin's transformation with a new treatment
Lorde said some people simply assume her skin is unclean.
"'Do you wash your face?' It's like yes I wash my face I'm just genetically cursed " she said.
The singer added that she believes it can get better. | Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption [TGT] Snooks posted videos online of [TGT] skin's transformation with a new treatment
Lorde said some people simply assume her skin is unclean.
"'Do you wash your face?' It's like yes I wash my face I'm just genetically cursed " she said.
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1,223 | 81 | Bette Nash | American Airlines flight attendant Bette Nash 81 has entered her seventh decade in the clouds celebrating a remarkable 60th year in the profession The Washington Post chronicled Sunday.
"Everybody in the industry knows about Bette " said Pavel Boress a young American Eagle flight attendant meeting the industry legend for the first time per the Post. "She's an inspiration."
When Nash celebrated her 50th year a decade ago she laughed at the idea she would stick around for another milestone. Pilots are mandated to retired by age 65 but there is no such rule for flight attendants so Nash has just kept on flying and now does so amid requests for autographs and photos.
Nash 's favorite route dubbed the "Nash Dash according to the Post is a shuttle from Washington D.C. to Boston which requires a 2:10 a.m. wakeup call but allows her to be back in time for dinner with her son who lives with her. | American Airlines flight attendant [TGT] 81 has entered her seventh decade in the clouds celebrating a remarkable 60th year in the profession The Washington Post chronicled Sunday.
"Everybody in the industry knows about Bette " said Pavel Boress a young American Eagle flight attendant meeting the industry legend for the first time per the Post. "She's an inspiration."
When Nash celebrated her 50th year a decade ago she laughed at the idea she would stick around for another milestone. Pilots are mandated to retired by age 65 but there is no such rule for flight attendants so Nash has just kept on flying and now does so amid requests for autographs and photos.
Nash 's favorite route dubbed the "Nash Dash according to the Post is a shuttle from Washington D.C. to Boston which requires a 2:10 a.m. wakeup call but allows her to be back in time for dinner with her son who lives with her. | 2Positive
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1,224 | The Finance 202: Trump administration gets real about cost of its tax plan | Donald J. Trump | Trump . (AP /Carolyn Kaster)
So much for the metaphysics of dynamic growth. The Trump team late last year argued the tax package would unleash so much economic activity that the Treasury wouldn’t notice a permanent 40 percent reduction in the corporate rate (the real reduction turned out to be 14 percent). The contention didn't survive the winter.
— Plan shifts burden to state and private money. NYT's Patricia Cohen and Alan Rappeport: " Trump ’s $200 billion plan to rebuild America upends the criteria that have long been used to pick ambitious federal projects putting little emphasis on how much an infrastructure proposal benefits the public and more on finding private investors and other outside sources of money. Unveiled on Monday the infrastructure program that Mr. Trump has championed since the campaign is intended to attract a huge amount of additional money from states localities and private investors. The goal is to generate a total pot of $1.5 trillion to upgrade the country’s highways airports and railroads. Those financial priorities are crystallized in the new guidelines established by the White House. The ability to find sources of funding outside the federal government will be the most important yardstick accounting for 70 percent of the formula for choosing infrastructure projects. How “the project will spur economic and social returns on investment” ranks at the bottom at just 5 percent."
Dems say Trump wants to cuts more than he spends. The Post's John Wagner: "Besides unveiling his infrastructure plan Trump also released his 2019 budget blueprint Monday. Combing through it the office of Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) identified more than $240 billion in proposed cuts over the coming decade to an array of existing infrastructure programs — a higher number than what Trump is proposing in 'new' spending."
Trump weighed in this morning:
Our infrastructure plan has been put forward and has received great reviews by everyone except of course the Democrats. After many years we have taken care of our Military now we have to fix our roads bridges tunnels airports and more. Bipartisan make deal Dems? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 13 2018
(The SEC and CFTC requests earned a rare nod of approval for the Trump administration from the watchdog group Better Markets which called them "an important recognition that the cops on the Wall Street beat don’t have the funding they need to do their jobs protecting the American people.")
— Spending plans. Politico's Sarah Ferris: "Alongside its original budget request the Trump administration Monday also released the details of what it would recommend doing with the extra money for domestic programs included in Congress' spending deal enacted last week. That includes an increase to the State Department which the administration’s original document proposed to slash by 30 percent this coming fiscal year. The extra cash would go into the budget for the United Nations humanitarian aid and global AIDS programs. Each of those efforts would have been cut under Trump ’s original plan."
The Department of Rosy Scenario is doing a lot of work in Trump 's budget. — Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) February 13 2018
— BAT redux. Politico's Doug Palmer: " Trump on Monday said he wants to impose a "reciprocal tax" on imports from countries that have higher tariffs than the U.S. 'We are going to charge countries outside of our country — countries that take advantage of the United States ' Trump said at a White House meeting with state and local government officials about the administration's infrastructure plan... Trump seemed to be complaining about the U.S.' relatively low duty structure when compared with those of some other countries."
It surprised his aides "who warned that no formal plans have been prepared " per WSJ's Michael Bender.
Dollar Stores Hammered by Trump Proposal to Abandon Food Stamps A Trump administration proposal to reduce food-stamp benefits is casting a cloud over U.S. dollar-store chains. Bloomberg
What did Trump propose cutting in his 2019 budget? Check out this great graphic from the Post staff:
President Trump said the decline in U.S. infrastructure and increase in the deficit was caused by "laziness" after World War II: | [TGT] . (AP /Carolyn Kaster)
So much for the metaphysics of dynamic growth. [TGT]late last year argued the tax package would unleash so much economic activity that the Treasury wouldn’t notice a permanent 40 percent reduction in the corporate rate (the real reduction turned out to be 14 percent). The contention didn't survive the winter.
— Plan shifts burden to state and private money. NYT's Patricia Cohen and Alan Rappeport: " [TGT] ’s $200 billion plan to rebuild America upends the criteria that have long been used to pick ambitious federal projects putting little emphasis on how much an infrastructure proposal benefits the public and more on finding private investors and other outside sources of money. Unveiled on Monday the infrastructure program that [TGT]has championed since the campaign is intended to attract a huge amount of additional money from states localities and private investors. The goal is to generate a total pot of $1.5 trillion to upgrade the country’s highways airports and railroads. Those financial priorities are crystallized in the new guidelines established by the White House. The ability to find sources of funding outside the federal government will be the most important yardstick accounting for 70 percent of the formula for choosing infrastructure projects. How “the project will spur economic and social returns on investment” ranks at the bottom at just 5 percent."
Dems say [TGT]wants to cuts more than [TGT] spends. The Post's John Wagner: "Besides unveiling his infrastructure plan [TGT] also released his 2019 budget blueprint Monday. Combing through it the office of Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) identified more than $240 billion in proposed cuts over the coming decade to an array of existing infrastructure programs — a higher number than what [TGT]is proposing in 'new' spending."
[TGT]weighed in this morning:
Our infrastructure plan has been put forward and has received great reviews by everyone except of course the Democrats. After many years we have taken care of our Military now we have to fix our roads bridges tunnels airports and more. Bipartisan make deal Dems? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 13 2018
(The SEC and CFTC requests earned a rare nod of approval for the Trump administration from the watchdog group Better Markets which called them "an important recognition that the cops on the Wall Street beat don’t have the funding they need to do their jobs protecting the American people.")
— Spending plans. Politico's Sarah Ferris: "Alongside its original budget request the Trump administration Monday also released the details of what it would recommend doing with the extra money for domestic programs included in Congress' spending deal enacted last week. That includes an increase to the State Department which the administration’s original document proposed to slash by 30 percent this coming fiscal year. The extra cash would go into the budget for the United Nations humanitarian aid and global AIDS programs. Each of those efforts would have been cut under [TGT] ’s original plan."
The Department of Rosy Scenario is doing a lot of work in Trump 's budget. — Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) February 13 2018
— BAT redux. Politico's Doug Palmer: " [TGT] on Monday said [TGT] wants to impose a "reciprocal tax" on imports from countries that have higher tariffs than the U.S. 'We are going to charge countries outside of our country — countries that take advantage of the United States ' [TGT]said at a White House meeting with state and local government officials about the administration's infrastructure plan... [TGT]seemed to be complaining about the U.S.' relatively low duty structure when compared with those of some other countries."
It surprised [TGT] aides "who warned that no formal plans have been prepared " per WSJ's Michael Bender.
Dollar Stores Hammered by Trump Proposal to Abandon Food Stamps A [TGT] administration proposal to reduce food-stamp benefits is casting a cloud over U.S. dollar-store chains. Bloomberg
What did [TGT] propose cutting in [TGT] 2019 budget? Check out this great graphic from the Post staff:
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1,225 | Former 'Apprentice' star Omarosa puts White House on notice with 'story to tell' | Omarosa Manigault Newman | Accustomed to the spotlight Omarosa Manigault Newman appeared on national television Thursday to push back against reports that she was fired from her job as a Trump assistant and director of communications for a White House office that deals with constituent groups.
She also denied reports that she made a spectacle of herself while being escorted from the White House grounds calling the stories "100 percent false" and questioning why photos or video of her alleged misbehavior had yet to surface.
Better known by just her first name Manigault Newman told ABC's "Good Morning America" that she resigned this week after discussing some of her concerns with White House chief of staff John Kelly. The Secret Service said it had deactivated a pass granting her access to the White House complex though White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Manigault Newman would be on staff through the administration's one-year mark.
Before her resignation Kelly had advised Manigault Newman that changes were forthcoming — including her dismissal according to two White House officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss personnel matters.
Manigault Newman was also expected to be at the White House on Thursday Huckabee Sanders said. She declined to say for what purpose or to explain why the former reality TV contestant will collect a salary through Jan. 20 citing a policy of declining extensive comment on personnel matters.
"The president likes Omarosa thanked her for her service " Sanders told reporters. "And again she 'll be here later this afternoon so she 's resigned from her position but there's really nothing else to add on that front."
Trump himself sang her praises when he was asked at an unrelated White House event about the resignation.
Manigault Newman described her conversation with Kelly as being "very candid." A newlywed she said she had a goal to make it to the administration's one-year mark and then "get back to my life."
Sanders said Thursday was the first time she'd heard such comments from Manigault Newman .
Her resignation — she was Trump's most visible African-American adviser — immediately raised questions about diversity in the senior ranks of the White House. Manigault Newman said in a separate interview with ABC's "Nightline" that it was challenging being the only black woman in the senior staff. | Accustomed to the spotlight [TGT]appeared on national television Thursday to push back against reports that she was fired from her job as a Trump assistant and director of communications for a White House office that deals with constituent groups.
She also denied reports that she made a spectacle of herself while being escorted from the White House grounds calling the stories "100 percent false" and questioning why photos or video of her alleged misbehavior had yet to surface.
Better known by just her first name [TGT] told ABC's "Good Morning America" that [TGT] resigned this week after discussing some of [TGT] concerns with White House chief of staff John Kelly. The Secret Service said it had deactivated a pass granting her access to the White House complex though White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Manigault Newman would be on staff through the administration's one-year mark.
Before her resignation Kelly had advised Manigault Newman that changes were forthcoming — including her dismissal according to two White House officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss personnel matters.
Manigault Newman was also expected to be at the White House on Thursday Huckabee Sanders said. She declined to say for what purpose or to explain why the former reality TV contestant will collect a salary through Jan. 20 citing a policy of declining extensive comment on personnel matters.
"The president likes Omarosa thanked her for her service " Sanders told reporters. "And again she 'll be here later this afternoon so she 's resigned from her position but there's really nothing else to add on that front."
Trump himself sang her praises when he was asked at an unrelated White House event about the resignation.
Manigault Newman described her conversation with Kelly as being "very candid." A newlywed she said she had a goal to make it to the administration's one-year mark and then "get back to my life."
Sanders said Thursday was the first time she'd heard such comments from Manigault Newman .
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1,226 | Dubai starts tests in bid to become first city with flying taxis | Volocopter | The flying taxi developed by German drone firm Volocopter resembles a small two-seater helicopter cabin topped by a wide hoop studded with 18 propellers.
It was unmanned for its maiden test run in a ceremony arranged for Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed.
Volocopter is in a race with more than a dozen well-funded European and U.S. firms each with its own science fiction-inspired vision for creating a new form of urban transport that is a cross between a driverless electric car and a short-haul vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
“Implementation would see you using your smartphone having an app and ordering a Volocopter to the next voloport near you. The volocopter would come and autonomously pick you up and take you to your destination ” CEO Florian Reuter said. | [TGT]resembles a small two-seater helicopter cabin topped by a wide hoop studded with 18 propellers.
[TGT] was unmanned for its maiden test run in a ceremony arranged for Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed.
[TGT]is in a race with more than a dozen well-funded European and U.S. firms each with [TGT] own science fiction-inspired vision for creating a new form of urban transport that is a cross between a driverless electric car and a short-haul vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
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1,227 | Man who impregnated 3 teen sisters sentenced for rape | Arnold Perry | Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Jennifer McLaughlin said before sentencing Thursday in a Youngstown courtroom that 34-year-old Arnold Perry abused the trust of the girls’ family after their mother allowed him to move in when he had nowhere to live according to The Vindicator.
The girls were impregnated in 2015 and 2016. McLaughlin said one of the twins had an abortion while her sisters had babies because their pregnancies were discovered too late to end them. McLaughlin said Perry committed similar crimes as a juvenile.
Perry pleaded guilty in November to two counts of rape and one count of sexual battery. His plea deal called for a 25-year sentence.
Defense attorney Mark Lavelle said in court that Perry ’s was the most heinous case he’d ever handled yet argued his client should be sentenced to between 15 and 16 years in prison. Lavelle said Perry suffered a brain injury as a child that prevents him from having feelings about his actions.
Perry apologized before sentencing.
“I know now what I did was wrong ” he said. “I wish I could take it back.”
The girls’ mother said she is raising two babies and that Perry ’s family isn’t helping her.
Perry must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life after his release from prison. | Assistant Mahoning County Prosecutor Jennifer McLaughlin said before sentencing Thursday in a Youngstown courtroom that [TGT]abused the trust of the girls’ family after their mother allowed [TGT] to move in when [TGT] had nowhere to live according to The Vindicator.
The girls were impregnated in 2015 and 2016. McLaughlin said one of the twins had an abortion while her sisters had babies because their pregnancies were discovered too late to end them. McLaughlin said [TGT]committed similar crimes as a juvenile.
[TGT]pleaded guilty in November to two counts of rape and one count of sexual battery. [TGT] plea deal called for a 25-year sentence.
Defense attorney Mark Lavelle said in court that [TGT] was the most heinous case he’d ever handled yet argued his client should be sentenced to between 15 and 16 years in prison. Lavelle said [TGT]suffered a brain injury as a child that prevents [TGT] from having feelings about [TGT] actions.
[TGT]apologized before sentencing.
“I know now what I did was wrong ” [TGT] said. “I wish I could take it back.”
[TGT] said [TGT] is raising two babies and that Perry ’s family isn’t helping [TGT].
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1,228 | Rohingya refugees 'drained' by trauma says U.N. refugee chief | Filippo Grandi | “I found this was a population that had almost no response. Very passive ” said Filippo Grandi the U.N. high commissioner for refugees describing his visit late in September to camps where the refugees were staying.
“You almost felt there was nothing left and that everything had been drained by this ” he told Reuters in an interview in his first visit to the South Korean capital.
He saw the lassitude as a symptom of trauma he added.
Filippo Grandi High Commissioner for Refugees addresses a news conference next to William Lacy Swing Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) after the morning session of the Pledging Conference for Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh at the United Nations in Geneva Switzerland October 23 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse | “I found this was a population that had almost no response. Very passive ” said [TGT]the U.N. high commissioner for refugees describing his visit late in September to camps where the refugees were staying.
“You almost felt there was nothing left and that everything had been drained by this ” he told Reuters in an interview in his first visit to the South Korean capital.
He saw the lassitude as a symptom of trauma he added.
[TGT]High Commissioner for Refugees addresses a news conference next to William Lacy Swing Director General of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) after the morning session of the Pledging Conference for Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Bangladesh at the United Nations in Geneva Switzerland October 23 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse | 2Positive
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1,229 | USA Figure Skating Team: What To Watch : NPR | Eighteen-year-old Nathan Chen | The sure thing: Nathan Chen
Eighteen-year-old Nathan Chen was excited to be named to his first Olympic team. Really. He was.
Even though Chen dominated the men's competition winning his second straight U.S. title; even though he 's ranked fifth in the world and has been skating better than his rivals ahead of him ; even though his selection for South Korea was considered a sure thing — heck he called it 8 years ago. Even with all those evens when he got the text before he went to bed Saturday telling him he 'd made it Chen was "so so so excited to be part of this team."
At a Sunday press conference Chen also clarified that prediction he 'd made long ago — lest we think he was a 10-year-old a little too full of himself .
"It was more centered around the fact that I would be age-eligible for 2018 " he said "obviously that was my goal. That's what I wanted but I honestly didn't really think it would be attainable. I thought that 2022 would be more in my sights since 2018 was just so close." | "The sure thing: [TGT]
Eighteen-year-old [TGT] was excited to be named to [TGT] first Olympic team. Really. [TGT] was.
Even though [TGT]dominated the men's competition winning [TGT] second straight U.S. title; even though [TGT] 's ranked fifth in the world and has been skating better than [TGT] rivals ahead of him ; even though [TGT] selection for South Korea was considered a sure thing — heck [TGT] called it 8 years ago. Even with all those evens when [TGT] got the text before [TGT] went to bed Saturday telling [TGT] [TGT] 'd made it [TGT]was "so so so excited to be part of this team."
At a Sunday press conference [TGT]also clarified that prediction [TGT] 'd made long ago — lest we think [TGT] was a 10-year-old a little too full of [TGT] .
"It was more centered around the fact that I would be age-eligible for 2018 " he said "obviously that was my goal. That's what I wanted but I honestly didn't really think it would be attainable. I thought that 2022 would be more in my sights since 2018 was just so close."" | 2Positive
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1,230 | Trump considers plan to replace Tillerson with CIA chief: U.S. officials | Rex Tillerson | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is considering a plan to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson whose relationship has been strained by the top U.S. diplomat’s softer line on North Korea and other differences senior administration officials said on Thursday.
Tillerson was reported in October to have privately called Trump a “moron ” something the secretary of state sought to dismiss.
That followed a tweet by Trump that Tillerson should not waste his time by seeking negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear and missile program widely seen as a sign of the secretary of state being marginalized.
Asked whether he wanted Tillerson to remain in his job Trump sidestepped the question telling reporters at the White House: “He’s here. Rex is here.”
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Kelly told Tillerson’s chief of staff on Thursday the reports on Tillerson being replaced were not true. Nauert added that Tillerson “serves at the pleasure of the president.”
Asked about Tillerson White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the secretary of state remained in his post. “When the president loses confidence in someone they will no longer serve here ” she said.
A combination photo of Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo (L) on May 11 2017 and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington U.S. November 28 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Yuri Gripas/File Photos
Tillerson has at times put distance between himself and Trump’s positions.
At a private dinner of foreign policy veterans last month a senior White House official criticized Tillerson for failing to support the president’s agenda according to a person familiar with the matter.
Tillerson joined Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in pressing Trump not to pull the United States out of an agreement with Iran and world powers over Tehran’s nuclear capabilities.
Tillerson has taken a more hawkish view than Trump on Russia and tried to mediate a dispute after four Arab nations launched a boycott of Qatar.
In September in Beijing Tillerson said Washington was probing North Korea to see whether it was interested in dialogue and had multiple direct channels of communication with Pyongyang.
Tensions have also run high between Tillerson and veteran diplomats who oppose his proposed staff and budget cuts. | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is considering a plan to oust Secretary of State [TGT]whose relationship has been strained by the top U.S. diplomat’s softer line on North Korea and other differences senior administration officials said on Thursday.
[TGT]was reported in October to have privately called Trump a “moron ” something the secretary of state sought to dismiss.
That followed a tweet by Trump that Tillerson should not waste [TGT] time by seeking negotiations with North Korea over its nuclear and missile program widely seen as a sign of the secretary of state being marginalized.
Asked whether [TGT] wanted [TGT]to remain in [TGT] job Trump sidestepped the question telling reporters at the White House: “He’s here. Rex is here.”
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Kelly told Tillerson’s chief of staff on Thursday the reports on [TGT]being replaced were not true. Nauert added that Tillerson “serves at the pleasure of the president.”
Asked about Tillerson White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the secretary of state remained in his post. “When the president loses confidence in someone they will no longer serve here ” she said.
A combination photo of Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo (L) on May 11 2017 and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington U.S. November 28 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Yuri Gripas/File Photos
[TGT]has at times put distance between [TGT] and Trump’s positions.
At a private dinner of foreign policy veterans last month a senior White House official criticized [TGT]for failing to support the president’s agenda according to a person familiar with the matter.
[TGT]joined Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in pressing Trump not to pull the United States out of an agreement with Iran and world powers over Tehran’s nuclear capabilities.
[TGT]has taken a more hawkish view than Trump on Russia and tried to mediate a dispute after four Arab nations launched a boycott of Qatar.
In September in Beijing [TGT]said Washington was probing North Korea to see whether it was interested in dialogue and had multiple direct channels of communication with Pyongyang.
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1,231 | Leftist Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock Preempts Claims Admits To Sexual Harassment | Morgan Spurlock | In what appears to be a shrewd attempt to preempt sexual harassment allegations leftist documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has published an essay detailing his own struggle with sexual impropriety — and admitting to everything from sexual harassment to marital infidelity to potentially rape.
In reality the essay may be an attempt to head off a wave of allegations coming Spurlock 's way. In the piece Spurlock admits to settling at least one sexual harassment lawsuit over an incident with a female employee who complained about Spurlock's on-set behavior and to cheating on all of his romantic partners including his two wives.
A segment of the essay is devoted to a rape accusation made against him in college. Spurlock claims he got drunk and then had sex with a girl who despite appearing to give consent decided later that she felt taken advantage of.
Spurlock also lists a host of potential excuses for his behavior from having an absent father to sexual abuse he says he suffered as a child. He also claims to have had something of a drinking problem "since age 13." He says he is "seeking help."
Spurlock is most famous for his series of documentaries like "Supersize Me " exposing destructive American habits. Perhaps unsurprisingly his next project details issues women face in the modern world. | In what appears to be a shrewd attempt to preempt sexual harassment allegations leftist documentary filmmaker [TGT] has published an essay detailing his own struggle with sexual impropriety — and admitting to everything from sexual harassment to marital infidelity to potentially rape.
In reality the essay may be an attempt to head off a wave of allegations coming Spurlock 's way. In the piece Spurlock admits to settling at least one sexual harassment lawsuit over an incident with a female employee who complained about Spurlock's on-set behavior and to cheating on all of his romantic partners including his two wives.
A segment of the essay is devoted to a rape accusation made against him in college. Spurlock claims he got drunk and then had sex with a girl who despite appearing to give consent decided later that she felt taken advantage of.
Spurlock also lists a host of potential excuses for his behavior from having an absent father to sexual abuse he says he suffered as a child. He also claims to have had something of a drinking problem "since age 13." He says he is "seeking help."
Spurlock is most famous for his series of documentaries like "Supersize Me " exposing destructive American habits. Perhaps unsurprisingly his next project details issues women face in the modern world. | 2Positive
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1,232 | John Young astronaut who walked on moon dies at 87 | John Young | Astronaut John Young (Photo: NASA)
Astronaut John Young who walked on the moon and was the first to fly into space six times died Friday night at 87.
In a statement acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot said Young died from complications from pneumonia. He called Young NASA's "most experienced astronaut."
“Today NASA and the world have lost a pioneer " Lightfoot said. " Astronaut John Young 's storied career spanned three generations of spaceflight; we will stand on his shoulders as we look toward the next human frontier."
A former fighter pilot Young started his career with NASA in 1962. His first flight as an astronaut came in March 1965 aboard the Gemini 3 with fellow astronaut Gus Grissom. He went to the moon in May 1969 aboard Apollo 10 and again in April 1972 on Apollo 16.
Young had gone into space as apart of the Gemini Apollo and space shuttle programs the only NASA astronaut to be a part of all three Lightfoot said.
We're saddened by the loss of astronaut John Young who was 87. Young flew twice to the Moon walked on its surface & flew the first Space Shuttle mission. He went to space six times in the Gemini Apollo & Space Shuttle programs. pic.twitter.com/l4nSwUCMIq — NASA (@NASA) January 6 2018
He had also served in the U.S. Navy and retired with a rank of captain. In 2004 he retired from NASA. | " Astronaut [TGT]
Astronaut [TGT] who walked on the moon and was the first to fly into space six times died Friday night at 87.
In a statement acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot said [TGT]died from complications from pneumonia. [TGT] called [TGT]NASA's "most experienced astronaut."
“Today NASA and the world have lost a pioneer " Lightfoot said. " [TGT] 's storied career spanned three generations of spaceflight; we will stand on [TGT] shoulders as we look toward the next human frontier."
A former fighter pilot [TGT]started [TGT] career with NASA in 1962. [TGT] first flight as an astronaut came in March 1965 aboard the Gemini 3 with fellow astronaut Gus Grissom. [TGT] went to the moon in May 1969 aboard Apollo 10 and again in April 1972 on Apollo 16.
[TGT]had gone into space as apart of the Gemini Apollo and space shuttle programs the only NASA astronaut to be a part of all three Lightfoot said.
We're saddened by the loss of astronaut [TGT] who was 87. [TGT]flew twice to the Moon walked on its surface & flew the first Space Shuttle mission. [TGT] went to space six times in the Gemini Apollo & Space Shuttle programs. pic.twitter.com/l4nSwUCMIq — NASA (@NASA) January 6 2018
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1,233 | Review: GMC Terrain Denali SUV impresses | Denali | 2018 GMC Terrain Denali competes with luxury SUVs (Photo: Vanderkaay/GMC)
PITTSBURGH — General Motors truck division GMC stakes out its turf with the 2018 Terrain Denali a compact SUV trimmed and equipped to compete with the likes of the Acura RDX and Audi Q5.
Terrain Denali was fast responsive and quiet in a long day of driving that included
The Denali ’s fuel economy rating of 21 miles per gallon in the city 26 mpg on the highway and 23 mpg combined essentially matches most competitors. The Audi Q5’s 25 mpg combined leads the class and the Lincoln MKC and Acura RDX trail at 22 mpg.
The Denali uses premium gasoline to achieve its rated fuel economy as do all competitors except the MKC.
GMC didn’t become General Motors’ second-largest brand by accident. Born as a provider of delivery trucks early in the 20th Century it has come to embody a compelling mix of ruggedness and sophistication. The 2018 Terrain Denali’s new vision of GMC styling comfort value and features will bolster that reputation.
How much? Terrain starts at $24 995 and the all-wheel-drive Denali is $39 270. Price as tested: $43 475. | 2018 [TGT] competes with luxury SUVs (Photo: Vanderkaay/GMC)
PITTSBURGH — General Motors truck division [TGT] stakes out [TGT] turf with [TGT]a compact SUV trimmed and equipped to compete with the likes of the Acura RDX and Audi Q5.
[TGT] was fast responsive and quiet in a long day of driving that included
The Denali ’s fuel economy rating of 21 miles per gallon in the city 26 mpg on the highway and 23 mpg combined essentially matches most competitors. The Audi Q5’s 25 mpg combined leads the class and the Lincoln MKC and Acura RDX trail at 22 mpg.
[TGT]uses premium gasoline to achieve [TGT] rated fuel economy as do all competitors except the MKC.
[TGT] didn’t become General Motors’ second-largest brand by accident. Born as a provider of delivery trucks early in the 20th Century it has come to embody a compelling mix of ruggedness and sophistication. The 2018 Terrain Denali’s new vision of GMC styling comfort value and features will bolster that reputation.
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1,234 | Oldest known cave paintings yield big surprise: Neanderthals may have been first artists | Alistair Pike | The discovery brings researchers one step closer to understanding how it is that humans developed art and language and religion — the types of symbolic and cultural expressions that have always been thought to elevate humans from other species said archaeologist Alistair Pike of Britain’s University of Southampton who was part of the research team.
“It’s almost the definition of being human ” Pike told The Washington Post. “It’s how we define ourselves as different from other animals and primates having language and cultural expression. There’s been a lot of work trying to understand where in Homo sapiens’s lineage did we first become symbolic individuals?”
Perhaps Pike said it started with Neanderthals.
Still Stringer stressed that there is still not definite proof of Neanderthals’ ability to make figurative art — of animals and people — because the animals the researchers found on the paintings in Spain have uncertain origins. Pike said it was not entirely clear whether humans may have stumbled upon the Neanderthal paintings and simply added to them with the vague animal drawings or if they were a part of the original Neanderthal designs; the researchers have not yet dated them he said.
The discovery that they did not in fact need the help of modern humans puts Neanderthals and humans on a more level playing field Pike said given that tens of thousands of years ago modern humans weren’t all that sophisticated either. The end goal with this research he said is to understand how the brain became wired for symbolic expression — but that’s going to require a lot more cave discoveries.
“If we’re going to try to find out when we started thinking like humans we’re going to have to go back further in time ” Pike said. “What we’re interested in is when the brain became modern and that’s a really difficult thing to get at. You can see how big it was by looking at the size of the skull but it’s really hard to know how it was wired inside. If the use of symbols and symbolic behavior can be used as a proxy for how the brain was wired then we can understand how the brain evolved.”
The Neanderthals went extinct about 5 000 years after humans arrived in Europe. The suspected causes have ranged from climate change that affected available food to competition with modern humans. As research moves forward Pike said it may be useful to keep in mind that perhaps humans and Neanderthals were not as different as we thought.
“There’s always been a sense that all this expression this art arrived with modern humans and Neanderthals might have been copying them in the very late period of their existence ” Pike said. But wouldn’t it be interesting if it was in fact the other way around? Modern humans may have landed on the moon — but they started out in the same place as Neanderthals.” | "The discovery brings researchers one step closer to understanding how it is that humans developed art and language and religion — the types of symbolic and cultural expressions that have always been thought to elevate humans from other species said archaeologist [TGT] of Britain’s University of Southampton who was part of the research team.
“It’s almost the definition of being human ” [TGT]told The Washington Post. “It’s how we define ourselves as different from other animals and primates having language and cultural expression. There’s been a lot of work trying to understand where in Homo sapiens’s lineage did we first become symbolic individuals?”
Perhaps [TGT]said [TGT] started with Neanderthals.
Still Stringer stressed that there is still not definite proof of Neanderthals’ ability to make figurative art — of animals and people — because the animals the researchers found on the paintings in Spain have uncertain origins. [TGT]said [TGT] was not entirely clear whether humans may have stumbled upon the Neanderthal paintings and simply added to them with the vague animal drawings or if they were a part of the original Neanderthal designs; the researchers have not yet dated them he said.
The discovery that they did not in fact need the help of modern humans puts Neanderthals and humans on a more level playing field [TGT]said given that tens of thousands of years ago modern humans weren’t all that sophisticated either. The end goal with this research he said is to understand how the brain became wired for symbolic expression — but that’s going to require a lot more cave discoveries.
“If we’re going to try to find out when we started thinking like humans we’re going to have to go back further in time ” [TGT]said. “What we’re interested in is when the brain became modern and that’s a really difficult thing to get at. You can see how big it was by looking at the size of the skull but it’s really hard to know how it was wired inside. If the use of symbols and symbolic behavior can be used as a proxy for how the brain was wired then we can understand how the brain evolved.”
The Neanderthals went extinct about 5 000 years after humans arrived in Europe. The suspected causes have ranged from climate change that affected available food to competition with modern humans. As research moves forward [TGT] said it may be useful to keep in mind that perhaps humans and Neanderthals were not as different as we thought.
“There’s always been a sense that all this expression this art arrived with modern humans and Neanderthals might have been copying them in the very late period of their existence ” [TGT] said. But wouldn’t it be interesting if it was in fact the other way around? Modern humans may have landed on the moon — but they started out in the same place as Neanderthals.”" | 2Positive
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1,235 | Sputnik moments: Trio of spaceflight events shook US in 1957 | Roger Launius | But Americans' concerns about the technological capabilities of their own nation relative to those of the USSR didn't fully bloom until two months later after the Soviets had launched a dog to space and the United States' first attempt to loft a satellite had failed spectacularly said former NASA Chief Historian Roger Launius . [Sputnik 1! 7 Fun Facts About Humanity's First Satellite]
"The way I tend to phrase it is you get three strikes and you're out " Launius told Space.com.
The launch of the beach-ball-size Sputnik 1 did not come as a shock to American national-security officials who had expected something big was in the works. But it did catch the public off-guard Launius said.
"The media at the time asked him a couple of questions about Sputnik and then they moved on to other things " Launius said. "The big story of the day was the Little Rock crisis — are you going to bring in federal troops to desegregate the Little Rock [Arkansas] school system?"
But the mood shifted noticeably on Nov. 3 1957 when the USSR successfully launched Sputnik 2 to orbit Launius said.
"It certainly salved the open wound; there's no doubt about that " Launius said of Explorer 1 which famously discovered the Van Allen radiation belts surrounding Earth.
But this success didn't erase all memories of the wound. Over time the three-tiered Sputnik moment spurred the U.S. government to ramp up the nation's technological capabilities Launius said. | But Americans' concerns about the technological capabilities of their own nation relative to those of the USSR didn't fully bloom until two months later after the Soviets had launched a dog to space and the United States' first attempt to loft a satellite had failed spectacularly said former NASA Chief Historian [TGT] . [Sputnik 1! 7 Fun Facts About Humanity's First Satellite]
"The way I tend to phrase it is you get three strikes and you're out " Launius told Space.com.
The launch of the beach-ball-size Sputnik 1 did not come as a shock to American national-security officials who had expected something big was in the works. But it did catch the public off-guard Launius said.
"The media at the time asked him a couple of questions about Sputnik and then they moved on to other things " Launius said. "The big story of the day was the Little Rock crisis — are you going to bring in federal troops to desegregate the Little Rock [Arkansas] school system?"
But the mood shifted noticeably on Nov. 3 1957 when the USSR successfully launched Sputnik 2 to orbit Launius said.
"It certainly salved the open wound; there's no doubt about that " Launius said of Explorer 1 which famously discovered the Van Allen radiation belts surrounding Earth.
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1,236 | Deal between Greg Schiano and Tennessee falls apart | Greg Schiano | CLOSE Amid public outcry and protest Tennessee backed out of a deal to hire Greg Schiano as its new football coach. USA TODAY Sports
Ohio state defensive coordinator Greg Schiano runs on to the field before his team's game against Rutgers. (Photo: Mel Evans AP)
In a stunning turn of events Sunday evening Tennessee and Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano backed out of a deal for him to become the Volunteers football coach after unprecedented social media backlash to reports including one from USA TODAY Sports that the hire was imminent.
WOLKEN: Meltdown over potential hiring of Schiano is bad look for Tennessee
Tennessee athletics director John Currie flew to Columbus Ohio on Sunday in hopes of culminating the deal and bringing Schiano back to Knoxville for a news conference. The paperwork was in the process of being finalized when the decision was made to reassess the situation.
Part of the backlash stems from Schiano 's connection to Penn State and Jerry Sandusky. Testimony that was unsealed last year detailed former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary's claim that he heard that Schiano who was an assistant with the Nittany Lions had witnessed Sandusky "doing something" to a boy in the shower. | CLOSE Amid public outcry and protest Tennessee backed out of a deal to hire [TGT]as its new football coach. USA TODAY [TGT]runs on to the field before [TGT] team's game against Rutgers. (Photo: Mel Evans AP)
In a stunning turn of events Sunday evening Tennessee and Ohio State defensive coordinator [TGT]backed out of a deal for [TGT] to become the Volunteers football coach after unprecedented social media backlash to reports including one from USA TODAY Sports that the hire was imminent.
WOLKEN: Meltdown over potential hiring of [TGT]is bad look for Tennessee
Tennessee athletics director John Currie flew to Columbus Ohio on Sunday in hopes of culminating the deal and bringing [TGT]back to Knoxville for a news conference. The paperwork was in the process of being finalized when the decision was made to reassess the situation.
Part of the backlash stems from Schiano 's connection to Penn State and Jerry Sandusky. Testimony that was unsealed last year detailed former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary's claim that he heard that [TGT]who was an assistant with the Nittany Lions had witnessed Sandusky "doing something" to a boy in the shower. | 2Positive
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1,237 | How Ostersunds FK Reached The Europa League By Doing Things Differently | Graham Potter | The architect of the club’s success is its English head coach Graham Potter. English coaches have changed Swedish soccer in the past with Bob Houghton and Roy Hodgson introducing a more direct English style of soccer to the country and winning a host of titles between them Houghton even leading Malmö FF to the final of the European Cup. Their legacy has endured in the way many clubs in Sweden play their soccer but when Graham Potter joined Östersunds he wanted the club to change its soccer philosophy away from the direct style of many Swedish clubs and introduce a more tactically flexible possession-based style of play where players have the chance to develop.
Moving to Sweden was a risk. Before joining Östersunds FK Potter had been coaching with the relatively safe confines of university-level soccer in England. He moved to Sweden for the challenge of coaching in professional soccer and the opportunity to create an identity for the club. Potter was attracted by the chairman’s vision for Östersunds but he joined a side that had just been relegated and was low on morale. The job was made harder by the club’s location in the small town of Östersund in central Sweden a quiet backwater of 50 000 people far to the north of Stockholm Malmö and Gothenburg on Sweden’s southern coast. When Östersunds were outside Sweden’s top two tiers getting players to move up north was a challenge so Potter changed the club’s recruitment strategy even bringing in some young hungry players from England who had fallen through the cracks of the English system.
One of those players was Jamie Hopcutt. He scored in Östersunds’ Europa Cup qualifying match against Galatasaray but before joining the Swedish club he was playing his football for Tadcaster Albion in the ninth tier of English soccer. Hopcutt got an email from LFE a program that helps players who have been released from professional teams offering him a place on a trial day at Östersunds. He told me that Graham Potter had coached him when he was a young boy at York City and as being a professional soccer player was Hopcutt’s ‘ultimate dream’ the then-19-year-old didn’t take much convincing to up sticks and move to Sweden’s ‘winter city’.
Graham Potter has tried to make Östersunds FK a low-pressure environment-- no easy thing in the results-driven soccer business. Supported by club chairman Daniel Kindberg who says soccer ‘is a mental game about decision making and courage’ Potter built confidence and team spirit through some surprising methods such as getting the players to perform ‘Swan Lake’ to fans and locals. His aim is to create players that are brave and can think clearly in a stressful situation.
Rather than focusing solely on results Potter says it ’s more important to create a good environment where players aren’t afraid of losing and have responsibility for their own decisions.
Even without the Europa League Östersunds FK’s journey has been an incredible achievement. When Potter joined the club it was at its lowest ebb with less than a thousand people turning up to cheer on the team. Now around 6 000 fans attend Östersunds FK’s matches and some of its players like midfielder Ken Sema are pushing for a place in Sweden’s World Cup squad. Östersunds’ Europa League journey saw the side knock out Galatasaray and Greek side PAOK and in the group stage Östersunds only missed out on top spot to Athletic Bilbao on goal difference. Whether Östersunds win or lose against Arsenal the last few years have been a fairytale for the small club from central Sweden but it’s a fairytale based on creating the right environment for players to succeed and showing trust and faith in players that other clubs might not have considered. | The architect of the club’s success is its English head coach Graham Potter. English coaches have changed Swedish soccer in the past with Bob Houghton and Roy Hodgson introducing a more direct English style of soccer to the country and winning a host of titles between them Houghton even leading Malmö FF to the final of the European Cup. Their legacy has endured in the way many clubs in Sweden play their soccer but when [TGT]joined Östersunds [TGT] wanted the club to change its soccer philosophy away from the direct style of many Swedish clubs and introduce a more tactically flexible possession-based style of play where players have the chance to develop.
Moving to Sweden was a risk. Before joining Östersunds FK [TGT]had been coaching with the relatively safe confines of university-level soccer in England. [TGT] moved to Sweden for the challenge of coaching in professional soccer and the opportunity to create an identity for the club. [TGT]was attracted by the chairman’s vision for Östersunds but [TGT] joined a side that had just been relegated and was low on morale. The job was made harder by the club’s location in the small town of Östersund in central Sweden a quiet backwater of 50 000 people far to the north of Stockholm Malmö and Gothenburg on Sweden’s southern coast. When Östersunds were outside Sweden’s top two tiers getting players to move up north was a challenge so [TGT] changed the club’s recruitment strategy even bringing in some young hungry players from England who had fallen through the cracks of the English system.
One of those players was Jamie Hopcutt. He scored in Östersunds’ Europa Cup qualifying match against Galatasaray but before joining the Swedish club he was playing his football for Tadcaster Albion in the ninth tier of English soccer. Hopcutt got an email from LFE a program that helps players who have been released from professional teams offering him a place on a trial day at Östersunds. He told me that [TGT]had coached [TGT] when he was a young boy at York City and as being a professional soccer player was Hopcutt’s ‘ultimate dream’ the then-19-year-old didn’t take much convincing to up sticks and move to Sweden’s ‘winter city’.
Graham Potter has tried to make Östersunds FK a low-pressure environment-- no easy thing in the results-driven soccer business. Supported by club chairman Daniel Kindberg who says soccer ‘is a mental game about decision making and courage’ [TGT]built confidence and team spirit through some surprising methods such as getting the players to perform ‘Swan Lake’ to fans and locals. His aim is to create players that are brave and can think clearly in a stressful situation.
Rather than focusing solely on results [TGT]says it ’s more important to create a good environment where players aren’t afraid of losing and have responsibility for their own decisions.
Even without the Europa League Östersunds FK’s journey has been an incredible achievement. When [TGT]joined the club it was at [TGT] lowest ebb with less than a thousand people turning up to cheer on the team. Now around 6 000 fans attend Östersunds FK’s matches and some of its players like midfielder Ken Sema are pushing for a place in Sweden’s World Cup squad. Östersunds’ Europa League journey saw the side knock out Galatasaray and Greek side PAOK and in the group stage Östersunds only missed out on top spot to Athletic Bilbao on goal difference. Whether Östersunds win or lose against Arsenal the last few years have been a fairytale for the small club from central Sweden but it’s a fairytale based on creating the right environment for players to succeed and showing trust and faith in players that other clubs might not have considered. | 2Positive
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1,238 | This $25 'Attack of the Clones' Remake Is Better Than the Prequels | Hoekstra | On Tuesday a guy named Tim Hoekstra released his full-length remake of Attack of the Clones starring his friends. It's over two hours long and recreates just about every scene from the movie sometimes shot for shot using toy lightsabers bad wigs and what appears to be someone's parents' two-car garage.
Sure Hoekstra's version is maybe a little hard to follow if you don't know the original already but Attack of the Clones barely makes sense on its own.
This is the second time Hoekstra and his pals have remade an entire Star Wars movie from scratch following a brilliant Revenge of the Sith remake that reenacted the entire climactic Anakin/Obi-Wan fight scene on a beach at low tide or whatever. This new one doesn't have as many iconic moments as the first but the low-budget remake of Clones drastically improves on that wack-ass battle between Dooku and Yoda and somehow manages to sell those wooden romance lines better than Natalie Portman. The arena scene is also particularly transcendent.
"The entire film was once again shot on a Samsung J5 and our total budget was $25 " Hoekstra wrote about the new remake. "All the props were junk we had lying around... our main motivation was to have some fun and hang out." | On Tuesday [TGT]released [TGT] full-length remake of Attack of the Clones starring [TGT] friends. It's over two hours long and recreates just about every scene from the movie sometimes shot for shot using toy lightsabers bad wigs and what appears to be someone's parents' two-car garage.
Sure Hoekstra's version is maybe a little hard to follow if you don't know the original already but Attack of the Clones barely makes sense on its own.
This is the second time [TGT]and [TGT] pals have remade an entire Star Wars movie from scratch following a brilliant Revenge of the Sith remake that reenacted the entire climactic Anakin/Obi-Wan fight scene on a beach at low tide or whatever. This new one doesn't have as many iconic moments as the first but the low-budget remake of Clones drastically improves on that wack-ass battle between Dooku and Yoda and somehow manages to sell those wooden romance lines better than Natalie Portman. The arena scene is also particularly transcendent.
"The entire film was once again shot on a Samsung J5 and our total budget was $25 " Hoekstra wrote about the new remake. "All the props were junk we had lying around... our main motivation was to have some fun and hang out." | 2Positive
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1,239 | Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Was 2018's 'Designated Survivor' : NPR | Sonny Perdue | Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Was 2018's 'Designated Survivor'
President Trump's first State of the Union address had a prestigious and eclectic audience — Vice President Pence an assortment of Cabinet secretaries Bill Nye the Science Guy Paul Ryan's likely 2018 Democratic opponent and a plethora of military heroes — but one member of Trump's Cabinet was notably missing: Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.
Perdue was this year's "designated survivor " the chosen official who skips the president's speech to ensure the continuity of government in the case of a catastrophe that wipes out the president the vice president and the rest of the nation's leaders who will be in attendance.
The White House announced just before Tuesday's speech that Perdue would skip the State of the Union address in the House chamber at the Capitol and instead spend the evening in a secure and undisclosed location.
The selection of Perdue to lead the hypothetically decimated government is an arguably bipartisan one. The former governor of Georgia was one of Trump's Cabinet selections who didn't cause a stir as he was confirmed by the Senate last April by a vote of 87-11 with dozens of Democrats voting for him.
Perdue grew up on a farm in central Georgia and worked as a veterinarian before serving as the state's governor from 2003 to 2011.
It's unclear where exactly he was Tuesday during Trump's speech. | Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Was 2018's 'Designated Survivor'
President Trump's first State of the Union address had a prestigious and eclectic audience — Vice President Pence an assortment of Cabinet secretaries Bill Nye the Science Guy Paul Ryan's likely 2018 Democratic opponent and a plethora of military heroes — but one member of Trump's Cabinet was notably missing: [TGT][TGT]was this year's "designated survivor " the chosen official who skips the president's speech to ensure the continuity of government in the case of a catastrophe that wipes out the president the vice president and the rest of the nation's leaders who will be in attendance.
The White House announced just before Tuesday's speech that [TGT]would skip the State of the Union address in the House chamber at the Capitol and instead spend the evening in a secure and undisclosed location.
[TGT] is an arguably bipartisan one. The former governor of Georgia was one of Trump's Cabinet selections who didn't cause a stir as he was confirmed by the Senate last April by a vote of 87-11 with dozens of Democrats voting for him.
[TGT]grew up on a farm in central Georgia and worked as a veterinarian before serving as the state's governor from 2003 to 2011.
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1,240 | James Comey has been confirmed as the owner of this secret Twitter account | James Comey | The @FormerBu Twitter account that has been active since March has been confirmed to belong to former FBI Director James Comey.
The account shows Comey in Iowa raising speculation he may be running for president in 2020.
An anonymous Twitter account with 39 000 followers but only 6 tweets was confirmed to be former FBI Director James Comey after the user tweeted a picture of Comey standing on a road in Iowa.
"Ok in light of this latest tweet I will confirm that @FormerBu is in fact James Comey himself " Wittes tweeted on Monday.
Speculation had been circling for months about whether the account was being run by Comey and even before his online identity was confirmed Twitter users had already raised the possibility that the director who was fired by President Donald Trump in May might be running for president. | The @FormerBu Twitter account that has been active since March has been confirmed to belong to [TGT].
The account shows Comey in Iowa raising speculation he may be running for president in 2020.
An anonymous Twitter account with 39 000 followers but only 6 tweets was confirmed to be [TGT] after the user tweeted a picture of [TGT] standing on a road in Iowa.
"Ok in light of this latest tweet I will confirm that @FormerBu is in fact [TGT] " Wittes tweeted on Monday.
Speculation had been circling for months about whether the account was being run by Comey and even before his online identity was confirmed Twitter users had already raised the possibility that the director who was fired by President Donald Trump in May might be running for president. | 2Positive
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1,241 | Egypt opposition figure sees political motive behind assault | Abdel Fattah al-Sisi | CAIRO (Reuters) - To Hisham Genena the assault appeared well-timed. Egypt’s former anti-graft chief was on his way to appeal against the disqualification of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s strongest potential challenger in an upcoming presidential vote.
Sisi ’s office referred questions to the electoral commission.
Sisi faces a single opponent in the election who has said he supports the president.
In a speech announcing his candidacy last month Sisi said: “I promise you that the next presidential elections will be a model for freedom and transparency and that there will be an equal opportunity for all candidates.” | CAIRO (Reuters) - To Hisham Genena the assault appeared well-timed. Egypt’s former anti-graft chief was on his way to appeal against the disqualification of President [TGT]’s strongest potential challenger in an upcoming presidential vote.
Sisi ’s office referred questions to the electoral commission.
Sisi faces a single opponent in the election who has said he supports the president.
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1,242 | Trump lashes out over Russia probe in angry and error | Melania Trump | President Donald Trump lashed out with fresh anger about the intensifying Russia probe over the weekend accusing Democrats of enabling a foreign adversary to interfere in the 2016 election and attacking the FBI as well as his own national security adviser.
In a defiant and error-laden tweetstorm that was remarkable even by his own combative standards Trump stewed aloud about the latest indictments brought by special counsel Robert Mueller against Russians for their elaborate campaign to denigrate the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and push voters toward Trump .
The president seized on Mueller's evidence of the expansive scope of the Russian influence efforts to claim that the indictments exonerated him and proved there was "no collusion." But the special counsel's investigation of possible complicity between Russia and the Trump campaign is continuing as is the examination of whether Trump has sought to obstruct justice.
In a string of 10 Twitter messages — which began after 11 p.m. Saturday and ended around noon Sunday and which included profanity and misspellings — Trump opened a window into his state of mind even as Trump 's representatives at a global security conference in Germany advised jittery allies to generally ignore the president's tweets.
Trump 's latest attacks built on remarks last week in which he misrepresented the evidence revealed by Mueller. He tweeted falsely "I never said Russia did not meddle in the election." He blamed President Barack Obama's administration for doing "nothing" to stop the intrusion. Trump rebuked national security adviser H.R. McMaster for publicly saying the evidence of Russian interference was "incontrovertible."
And he held the FBI responsible for last week's devastating shooting at a Parkland Fla. high school that left 17 dead. Trump tweeted that the bureau was committing so many resources to the Russia probe that it missed "all of the many signals" about the shooter.
One topic Trump avoided in his missives was punishment of Russia. The president did not spell out how his administration might seek to retaliate against the Russians or how it may try to protect the U.S. electoral system from continued attacks which the nation's intelligence chiefs warned last week should be expected.
In fact Trump blamed the various domestic investigations into Russia's intrusions — as opposed to the interference itself — for sowing discord in America.
The president tweeted Sunday "If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord disruption and chaos within the U.S. then with all of the Committee Hearings Investigations and Party hatred they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They are laughing their asses off in Moscow. Get smart America!"
Trump sent the messages from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach Fla. where he was ensconced for two days. He spent much of the time watching cable news venting to friends about the Russia investigation and complaining that it has been driving so much press coverage according to people who have spoken to him . The president also surveyed Mar-a-Lago Club members about whether he ought to champion gun control measures in the wake of last week's school massacre in nearby Parkland telling them that he was closely monitoring the media appearances by some of the surviving students according to people who spoke with him there.
The White House is under siege for its handling of domestic abuse allegations against former staff secretary Rob Porter which in turn has drawn unwelcome attention to its security clearance process and the tenuous status of senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner. Two of Trump 's Cabinet secretaries — David Shulkin at the Department of Veterans Affairs and Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Protection Agency — are under scrutiny over taxpayer reimbursement for their luxury travel.
Meanwhile salacious new accounts of Trump 's alleged extramarital affairs have created headlines. The New Yorker on Friday detailed a former Playboy centerfold's claim of a relationship with Trump and reported that the publisher of the National Enquirer had paid the model $150 000 to buy the rights to her story. Also last week Trump 's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen said that shortly before the 2016 election he had used his personal funds to "facilitate" a $130 000 payment to a porn star who goes by the name Stormy Daniels and had alleged a sexual relationship with Trump .
Rick Wilson a Republican strategist based in Florida and a Trump critic said the president's tweets read to him like "a cry for help."
After visiting victims of the Parkland shooting and first responders at an area hospital on Friday evening Trump did not leave Mar-a-Lago until Sunday evening skipping his usual rounds of golf at his nearby course in what aides described as a decision to show respect for the 17 people killed in the school massacre.
Instead Trump spent his time watching television talking with friends and tweeting aides said breaking up that routine Sunday for a meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan R-Wis. On Saturday night Trump dined with talk show host Geraldo Rivera and the president's two adult sons Donald Jr. and Eric. First lady Melania Trump also in Florida for the weekend did not join her husband in the dining room according to two attendees.
The first blamed the FBI for the shooting. He wrote after 11 p.m. Saturday "Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign - there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!" | President Donald Trump lashed out with fresh anger about the intensifying Russia probe over the weekend accusing Democrats of enabling a foreign adversary to interfere in the 2016 election and attacking the FBI as well as his own national security adviser.
In a defiant and error-laden tweetstorm that was remarkable even by his own combative standards Trump stewed aloud about the latest indictments brought by special counsel Robert Mueller against Russians for their elaborate campaign to denigrate the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and push voters toward Trump .
The president seized on Mueller's evidence of the expansive scope of the Russian influence efforts to claim that the indictments exonerated him and proved there was "no collusion." But the special counsel's investigation of possible complicity between Russia and the Trump campaign is continuing as is the examination of whether Trump has sought to obstruct justice.
In a string of 10 Twitter messages — which began after 11 p.m. Saturday and ended around noon Sunday and which included profanity and misspellings — Trump opened a window into his state of mind even as Trump 's representatives at a global security conference in Germany advised jittery allies to generally ignore the president's tweets.
Trump 's latest attacks built on remarks last week in which he misrepresented the evidence revealed by Mueller. He tweeted falsely "I never said Russia did not meddle in the election." He blamed President Barack Obama's administration for doing "nothing" to stop the intrusion. Trump rebuked national security adviser H.R. McMaster for publicly saying the evidence of Russian interference was "incontrovertible."
And he held the FBI responsible for last week's devastating shooting at a Parkland Fla. high school that left 17 dead. Trump tweeted that the bureau was committing so many resources to the Russia probe that it missed "all of the many signals" about the shooter.
One topic Trump avoided in his missives was punishment of Russia. The president did not spell out how his administration might seek to retaliate against the Russians or how it may try to protect the U.S. electoral system from continued attacks which the nation's intelligence chiefs warned last week should be expected.
In fact Trump blamed the various domestic investigations into Russia's intrusions — as opposed to the interference itself — for sowing discord in America.
The president tweeted Sunday "If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord disruption and chaos within the U.S. then with all of the Committee Hearings Investigations and Party hatred they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They are laughing their asses off in Moscow. Get smart America!"
Trump sent the messages from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach Fla. where he was ensconced for two days. He spent much of the time watching cable news venting to friends about the Russia investigation and complaining that it has been driving so much press coverage according to people who have spoken to him . The president also surveyed Mar-a-Lago Club members about whether he ought to champion gun control measures in the wake of last week's school massacre in nearby Parkland telling them that he was closely monitoring the media appearances by some of the surviving students according to people who spoke with him there.
The White House is under siege for its handling of domestic abuse allegations against former staff secretary Rob Porter which in turn has drawn unwelcome attention to its security clearance process and the tenuous status of senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner. Two of Trump 's Cabinet secretaries — David Shulkin at the Department of Veterans Affairs and Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Protection Agency — are under scrutiny over taxpayer reimbursement for their luxury travel.
Meanwhile salacious new accounts of Trump 's alleged extramarital affairs have created headlines. The New Yorker on Friday detailed a former Playboy centerfold's claim of a relationship with Trump and reported that the publisher of the National Enquirer had paid the model $150 000 to buy the rights to her story. Also last week Trump 's longtime personal lawyer Michael Cohen said that shortly before the 2016 election he had used his personal funds to "facilitate" a $130 000 payment to a porn star who goes by the name Stormy Daniels and had alleged a sexual relationship with Trump .
Rick Wilson a Republican strategist based in Florida and a Trump critic said the president's tweets read to him like "a cry for help."
After visiting victims of the Parkland shooting and first responders at an area hospital on Friday evening Trump did not leave Mar-a-Lago until Sunday evening skipping his usual rounds of golf at his nearby course in what aides described as a decision to show respect for the 17 people killed in the school massacre.
Instead Trump spent his time watching television talking with friends and tweeting aides said breaking up that routine Sunday for a meeting with House Speaker Paul Ryan R-Wis. On Saturday night Trump dined with talk show host Geraldo Rivera and the president's two adult sons Donald Jr. and Eric. [TGT] for the weekend did not join [TGT] husband in the dining room according to two attendees.
The first blamed the FBI for the shooting. He wrote after 11 p.m. Saturday "Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the [TGT] campaign - there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!" | 2Positive
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1,243 | Olympics Day 1: Opening Ceremonies kick off the PyeongChang Games | Bob Costas | NBC will broadcast the Ceremonies again in prime time tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern. This version will have commentary from hosts Katie Couric who was tapped to place Matt Lauer after his firing and Mike Tirico who replaced Bob Costas as NBC’s prime-time host after a nearly three-decade run.
Tirico made his prime-time debut Thursday night. The Washington Post’s Rick Maese caught up with him before the Games to learn more about his new high-profile assignment. “I think trying to be Bob would be stupid. And that was one of his bits of advice: Be yourself ” Tirico said. “So I’m going to try to do that.” For the full Q&A scroll down to the “Olympics Corner” section of this newsletter.
For 11 straight Summer and Winter Games — dating back to 1992 — Bob Costas served as the familiar and reliable face of the Olympics. But Costas is sitting out the PyeongChang Games and has passed the torch to Tirico who will serve as NBC’s prime-time host starting with Friday’s Opening Ceremonies. Tirico joined the network in 2016 after more than two decades at ESPN and was a daytime host of the Rio Games. He recently spoke with The Washington Post’s Rick Maese about his new high-profile assignment.
Q: It’s not like you’re a newcomer to this broadcasting game but did you seek out Costas for any advice?
A: There’s been a longtime friendship there. I don’t think that’s overstating it. And I can’t imagine this job changing hands more smoothly. Bob has been unbelievable in making himself available if I have any questions. I know I can pick up the phone during the Games and if I have a question I know I’ll get an honest answer. Bob ’s the all-time best. Bob set a standard for the amount of times he did this and the way he did it that likely won’t be matched ever again. So I’m not replacing him ; I’m following him . I think trying to be Bob would be stupid. And that was one of his bits of advice: Be yourself. So I’m going to try to do that.
Bob Costas served as NBC’s prime time host for 11 straight Olympics but has passed the torch to Mike Tirico for the PyeongChang Games. (Courtesy photo/NBC Sports)
A: The best piece of advice that I got from Bob and from Al [Michaels] before the Rio Games working daytime: You don’t have to know everything about everyone. It’s impossible. The experts at each sport have that covered. In the host role you just need to have the overriding story lines. I’m trying to get to the top of the surface. It’s like one of those fancy Starbucks drinks — you do want to get some of the coffee but you want to make sure you get all foam. But how has my life changed? I’m sitting in my office right now. Two years ago I certainly would be watching a replay of a Big Ten or an NBA game from the night before. And right now I’m watching the women’s skeleton competition from Germany. And it’s the fourth different Olympic event that I’ve watched since I’ve been up this morning. | NBC will broadcast the Ceremonies again in prime time tonight at 8 p.m. Eastern. This version will have commentary from hosts Katie Couric who was tapped to place Matt Lauer after his firing and Mike Tirico who replaced [TGT]as NBC’s prime-time host after a nearly three-decade run.
Tirico made his prime-time debut Thursday night. The Washington Post’s Rick Maese caught up with him before the Games to learn more about his new high-profile assignment. “I think trying to be Bob would be stupid. And that was one of his bits of advice: Be yourself ” Tirico said. “So I’m going to try to do that.” For the full Q&A scroll down to the “Olympics Corner” section of this newsletter.
For 11 straight Summer and Winter Games — dating back to 1992 — [TGT]served as the familiar and reliable face of the Olympics. But [TGT]is sitting out the PyeongChang Games and has passed the torch to Tirico who will serve as NBC’s prime-time host starting with Friday’s Opening Ceremonies. Tirico joined the network in 2016 after more than two decades at ESPN and was a daytime host of the Rio Games. He recently spoke with The Washington Post’s Rick Maese about his new high-profile assignment.
Q: It’s not like you’re a newcomer to this broadcasting game but did you seek out [TGT]for any advice?
A: There’s been a longtime friendship there. I don’t think that’s overstating it. And I can’t imagine this job changing hands more smoothly. [TGT]has been unbelievable in making [TGT] available if I have any questions. I know I can pick up the phone during the Games and if I have a question I know I’ll get an honest answer. [TGT] ’s the all-time best. [TGT]set a standard for the amount of times [TGT] did this and the way [TGT] did it that likely won’t be matched ever again. So I’m not replacing [TGT] ; I’m following him . I think trying to be [TGT]would be stupid. And that was one of [TGT] bits of advice: Be yourself. So I’m going to try to do that.
Bob Costas served as NBC’s prime time host for 11 straight Olympics but has passed the torch to Mike Tirico for the PyeongChang Games. (Courtesy photo/NBC Sports)
A: The best piece of advice that I got from [TGT]and from Al [Michaels] before the Rio Games working daytime: You don’t have to know everything about everyone. It’s impossible. The experts at each sport have that covered. In the host role you just need to have the overriding story lines. I’m trying to get to the top of the surface. It’s like one of those fancy Starbucks drinks — you do want to get some of the coffee but you want to make sure you get all foam. But how has my life changed? I’m sitting in my office right now. Two years ago I certainly would be watching a replay of a Big Ten or an NBA game from the night before. And right now I’m watching the women’s skeleton competition from Germany. And it’s the fourth different Olympic event that I’ve watched since I’ve been up this morning. | 1Neutral
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1,244 | CNN: Rick Gates Hires Top White | Rick Gates | Former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates has hired a top white-collar attorney to his defense team CNN reported Tuesday.
Gates who pleaded not guilty in October to charges stemming from Russia special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has hired Thomas Green senior counsel with the Sidley Austin law firm in Washington .
Gates is facing eight charges of money laundering — from allegedly transferring more than $3 million from offshore accounts — and of failing to register for foreign lobbying and other business.
Paul Manafort who was President Donald Trump's campaign manager and Gates' longtime business partner pleaded not guilty to nine counts including allegedly laundering over $18 million to buy properties and services in the same case as Gates . | Former Trump campaign aide [TGT] has hired a top white-collar attorney to his defense team CNN reported Tuesday.
Gates who pleaded not guilty in October to charges stemming from Russia special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has hired Thomas Green senior counsel with the Sidley Austin law firm in Washington .
Gates is facing eight charges of money laundering — from allegedly transferring more than $3 million from offshore accounts — and of failing to register for foreign lobbying and other business.
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1,245 | Marco Rubio thinks he 'd be president if he 'd only watched 'Game of Thrones' sooner | Marco Rubio | Marco Rubio sure does.
The idea that Game of Thrones is a deep political allegory (from which maybe a certain kind of politician might learn) has been building for years now but it seems Rubio is just now getting the message.
The show is on its seventh season where the heck have you been? Just last month the senator advised Florida residents preparing for Hurricane Irma to "hunker down" and "catch up on Game of Throne — whatever it's called " so you know his binge began recently.
Wonder how Rubio 's liking it so far. Do you think he's a Podrick Payne or Renly Barratheon perhaps? How long would Rubio survive in Westeros?
Who knows maybe Game of Thrones could have at least given Rubio the skills necessary to win his own state in the primary. | [TGT]sure does.
The idea that Game of Thrones is a deep political allegory (from which maybe a certain kind of politician might learn) has been building for years now but it seems [TGT]is just now getting the message.
The show is on its seventh season where the heck have you been? Just last month the senator advised Florida residents preparing for Hurricane Irma to "hunker down" and "catch up on Game of Throne — whatever it's called " so you know his binge began recently.
Wonder how [TGT] 's liking it so far. Do you think he's a Podrick Payne or Renly Barratheon perhaps? How long would [TGT]survive in Westeros?
Who knows maybe Game of Thrones could have at least given [TGT]the skills necessary to win [TGT] own state in the primary. | 2Positive
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1,246 | Morning Spin: How Rauner signing abortion bill drew attention away from court victory | Topspin Rauner | Gov. Bruce Rauner doesn't plan to hold any public events Friday a day after he angered conservatives by signing a controversial abortion measure into law at an unorthodox afternoon news conference.
Earlier Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case originally brought by Rauner that challenges whether government employee unions should be allowed to collect fees from nonmembers.
Even though the high court hasn't ruled getting a hearing was a victory for the governor on an initiative dating to the early weeks of his term. An energetic Rauner touted it at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon saying a court win would be “transformative for the state of Illinois transformative for America.” Such a win in a case of national interest likely would have been the big Illinois politics story of the day.
Democrats put the bill on his desk Monday so Rauner had about 56 days left to act on it. Still he made courtesy calls Thursday including one to Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and went on to sign the bill.
Rauner 's tone at that afternoon event was more somber than his earlier victorious comments about the Supreme Court. He said he signed the abortion bill because he has has “to be consistent with my values."
* Rauner signs controversial bill that provides for taxpayer funding of abortions.
*Cupich: Rauner broke his promise by signing abortion bill.
*U.S. Supreme Court to take up union fee case first sparked by Rauner . | Gov. Bruce Rauner doesn't plan to hold any public events Friday a day after he angered conservatives by signing a controversial abortion measure into law at an unorthodox afternoon news conference.
Earlier Thursday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case originally brought by Rauner that challenges whether government employee unions should be allowed to collect fees from nonmembers.
Even though the high court hasn't ruled getting a hearing was a victory for the governor on an initiative dating to the early weeks of his term. An energetic Rauner touted it at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon saying a court win would be “transformative for the state of Illinois transformative for America.” Such a win in a case of national interest likely would have been the big Illinois politics story of the day.
Democrats put the bill on his desk Monday so Rauner had about 56 days left to act on it. Still he made courtesy calls Thursday including one to Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich and went on to sign the bill.
Rauner 's tone at that afternoon event was more somber than his earlier victorious comments about the Supreme Court. He said he signed the abortion bill because he has has “to be consistent with my values."
* Rauner signs controversial bill that provides for taxpayer funding of abortions.
*Cupich: Rauner broke his promise by signing abortion bill.
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1,247 | How the Company Behind D&D Magic and Avalon Hill Innovate | Chris Cocks | But company president Chris Cocks tells Glixel that to stay that way they need to shake loose from some of the trepidation that comes with such successes and continue to chase risky ventures push changes despite the reluctance of long-time fans and invest in new ideas. With nearly two years at the company Cocks seems to be already having an impact.
So Cocks went about figuring out a new approach for the company as a whole he landed on something he describes to Glixel as the Castles and Boats approach. “The castles are the big brands with large fan bases high expectations lots of history and lore. We spend a lot of resources on those ” he says. “The boat is more of a test. It’s very fast very flexible. If a boat doesn’t succeed that’s OK; you can launch a new one. D&D and Magic are both castles for us.” And a game like the upcoming Transformers title is a boat. “With the Transformers trading card game we can be nimble ” he says.
The game hasn’t been formally announced yet but Cocks says it’s a title aimed both at young teens and the collector and toy audience. It will come out in September or October. “We think Transformers are cool and the game has interesting unique mechanics ” he says. “All cards are two-sided over-sized and feel bigger weightier in your hand.” Cocks says the game has a relatively light learning curve but a lot of depth. “It should take one or two times to understand how to play ” he says.
While Dungeons & Dragons’ history traces back to the ‘70s Avalon Hill’s history of miniature wargames role-playing and tabletop titles started hitting in the ‘50s. The library of the Baltimore Maryland company includes a dizzying array of titles that touch on everything from Robin Hood and Shakespeare to WWI and WWII to Dune Starship Troopers and Dr. Ruth. After Hasbro purchased the company in 1998 the toy creator added many of its strategy games to the label including Axis and Allies Risk and Stratego. Not surprisingly Cocks sees a lot of value in the company. “I think there is a big place at the table for them ” he says. “Board games sales have been increasing 25 percent a year and are projected to continue to grow at that rate.”
Wizards approach to Avalon Hill is in many ways the most evident sign of how it likes to sort through both a long-lived history and create new properties. In figuring out what to do next from Avalon Hill’s library Cocks says they look for the Zeitgeist. “What are players asking for ” he says. “We watch social media. We survey our players.” That also ties in nicely with the company’s approach to hiring. “The most important if not fundamental thing we do to have a holistic approach is to hire fans of the games ” he says. “We want people who are passionate and feel ownership. What that tends to do is create authentic experiences.”
Along with that comes a bit of tough love when it comes to the company’s and brands biggest fans he adds. “We call it 'kicking in the door of the clubhouse '” he says. “One thing about gamers and the gaming community is that a lot of people want to go in and play and be a part of the community. But they also want to be the last one in because they want to feel special. We think the community feels more special the bigger it gets. You see that in how we address D&D stories and rulesets making them as open-ended as possible. You see that in what we’re doing in Magic with Magic open house that we do in 6 000 stores around the world. And you see that with what we’re doing with games like Arena. There’s a huge developer focus to help people learn the game to feel like the champion.” | But [TGT] tells Glixel that to stay that way they need to shake loose from some of the trepidation that comes with such successes and continue to chase risky ventures push changes despite the reluctance of long-time fans and invest in new ideas. With nearly two years at the company [TGT] seems to be already having an impact.
So [TGT]went about figuring out a new approach for the company as a whole [TGT] landed on something [TGT] describes to Glixel as the Castles and Boats approach. “The castles are the big brands with large fan bases high expectations lots of history and lore. We spend a lot of resources on those ” he says. “The boat is more of a test. It’s very fast very flexible. If a boat doesn’t succeed that’s OK; you can launch a new one. D&D and Magic are both castles for us.” And a game like the upcoming Transformers title is a boat. “With the Transformers trading card game we can be nimble ” he says.
The game hasn’t been formally announced yet but [TGT]says [TGT] a title aimed both at young teens and the collector and toy audience. It will come out in September or October. “We think Transformers are cool and the game has interesting unique mechanics ” he says. “All cards are two-sided over-sized and feel bigger weightier in your hand.” [TGT]says the game has a relatively light learning curve but a lot of depth. “It should take one or two times to understand how to play ” he says.
While Dungeons & Dragons’ history traces back to the ‘70s Avalon Hill’s history of miniature wargames role-playing and tabletop titles started hitting in the ‘50s. The library of the Baltimore Maryland company includes a dizzying array of titles that touch on everything from Robin Hood and Shakespeare to WWI and WWII to Dune Starship Troopers and Dr. Ruth. After Hasbro purchased the company in 1998 the toy creator added many of its strategy games to the label including Axis and Allies Risk and Stratego. Not surprisingly Cocks sees a lot of value in the company. “I think there is a big place at the table for them ” he says. “Board games sales have been increasing 25 percent a year and are projected to continue to grow at that rate.”
Wizards approach to Avalon Hill is in many ways the most evident sign of how it likes to sort through both a long-lived history and create new properties. In figuring out what to do next from Avalon Hill’s library Cocks says they look for the Zeitgeist. “What are players asking for ” he says. “We watch social media. We survey our players.” That also ties in nicely with the company’s approach to hiring. “The most important if not fundamental thing we do to have a holistic approach is to hire fans of the games ” he says. “We want people who are passionate and feel ownership. What that tends to do is create authentic experiences.”
Along with that comes a bit of tough love when it comes to the company’s and brands biggest fans he adds. “We call it 'kicking in the door of the clubhouse '” he says. “One thing about gamers and the gaming community is that a lot of people want to go in and play and be a part of the community. But they also want to be the last one in because they want to feel special. We think the community feels more special the bigger it gets. You see that in how we address D&D stories and rulesets making them as open-ended as possible. You see that in what we’re doing in Magic with Magic open house that we do in 6 000 stores around the world. And you see that with what we’re doing with games like Arena. There’s a huge developer focus to help people learn the game to feel like the champion.” | 2Positive
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1,248 | For Bill Cosby retrial prosecutors seek to put 19 other alleged victims on the stand | Bill Cosby | Bill Cosby seen here at an August court appearance is set for a retrial on sexual assault charges in April after his first trial last spring ended in a hung jury. (Matt Rourke/AP)
The prosecutor in the Bill Cosby case asked a Pennsylvania judge to allow testimony from 19 alleged prior victims of the entertainer whose retrial on sex assault charges is set to begin April 2.
The request is the first public indication of the shape and parameters of the prosecution case and it represents a significant expansion of the government’s effort to portray Cosby as a serial predator. When Cosby was tried in June prosecutors sought to include testimony from just 13 women who said they had been assaulted by the comic legend.
But it remains to be seen how this latest move by prosecutors will play out: Last year’s effort by prosecutors to introduce so-called “prior bad acts” testimony was largely unsuccessful as the judge allowed only one of the 13 to appear at Cosby ’s trial which ended with a hung jury.
[What’s next for the Bill Cosby sex-assault case?]
In their request Thursday prosecutors said that Cosby “has spent a lifetime entertaining audiences in front of the camera. Off camera he has followed and indeed mastered a more nefarious script — a victimizing sexual script. . . . To satiate his desire he has engaged over the course of a lifetime in a pattern of serial sexual abuse.”
[‘I’ve run out of clean socks and underwear’: The wait for a verdict in Bill Cosby’s trial turns into a test of endurance]
Cosby faces felony charges for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand a former Temple University employee at his suburban Philadelphia estate in 2004. Cosby now 80 has denied sexually assaulting women. | [TGT]seen here at an August court appearance is set for a retrial on sexual assault charges in April after [TGT] first trial last spring ended in a hung jury. (Matt Rourke/AP)
The prosecutor in the [TGT]case asked a Pennsylvania judge to allow testimony from 19 alleged prior victims of the entertainer whose retrial on sex assault charges is set to begin April 2.
The request is the first public indication of the shape and parameters of [TGT]and it represents a significant expansion of the government’s effort to portray Cosby as a serial predator. When [TGT]was tried in June prosecutors sought to include testimony from just 13 women who said they had been assaulted by the comic legend.
But it remains to be seen how this latest move by prosecutors will play out: Last year’s effort by prosecutors to introduce so-called “prior bad acts” testimony was largely unsuccessful as the judge allowed only one of the 13 to appear at Cosby ’s trial which ended with a hung jury.
[What’s next for the Bill Cosby sex-assault case?]
In their request Thursday prosecutors said that Cosby “has spent a lifetime entertaining audiences in front of the camera. Off camera he has followed and indeed mastered a more nefarious script — a victimizing sexual script. . . . To satiate his desire he has engaged over the course of a lifetime in a pattern of serial sexual abuse.”
[‘I’ve run out of clean socks and underwear’: The wait for a verdict in Bill Cosby’s trial turns into a test of endurance]
Cosby faces felony charges for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand a former Temple University employee at his suburban Philadelphia estate in 2004. Cosby now 80 has denied sexually assaulting women. | 2Positive
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1,249 | Knicks come out strong in second half to top Grizzlies 99 | Tim Hardaway Jr. | It snapped a two-game losing streak for New York (12-12) representing just its second win over the last seven games. Lee who moved in the lineup from small forward to shooting guard because of the injury to Tim Hardaway Jr. was the catalyst with 24 points including 10 in the third quarter when the Knicks took control.
He made up for Hardaway Jr.’s absence and then some.
“What was Tim shooting like 18 20 shots a game? So I need to warm this arm up and get ready if I’m going to shoot that many times ” Lee said.
“Without Tim in there we need him to go ahead and get 15 16 shots up ” Hornacek said. “And not force them but if you’re open you have to shoot them. And Courtney has done a much better job this year. Last year he was passing up a lot of those. We were on him saying just shoot the ball. And this year he ’s doing it.”
About a week prior to Wednesday Porzingis twisted his foot in such a grotesque way he said his ankle touched the floor. But the diagnosis was positive — a sprain with no severe ligament damage — and he returned with an encouraging albeit inefficient performance.
The Latvian finished with 18 points on 8-of-19 shooting while doing most of his damage in the fourth quarter. The highlight was an alley-oop dunk off an assist from Enes Kanter. | It snapped a two-game losing streak for New York (12-12) representing just its second win over the last seven games. Lee who moved in the lineup from small forward to shooting guard because of the injury to [TGT]was the catalyst with 24 points including 10 in the third quarter when the Knicks took control.
[TGT] made up for Hardaway Jr.’s absence and then some.
“What was Tim shooting like 18 20 shots a game? So I need to warm this arm up and get ready if I’m going to shoot that many times ” Lee said.
“Without Tim in there we need him to go ahead and get 15 16 shots up ” Hornacek said. “And not force them but if you’re open you have to shoot them. And Courtney has done a much better job this year. Last year he was passing up a lot of those. We were on him saying just shoot the ball. And this year he ’s doing it.”
About a week prior to Wednesday Porzingis twisted his foot in such a grotesque way he said his ankle touched the floor. But the diagnosis was positive — a sprain with no severe ligament damage — and he returned with an encouraging albeit inefficient performance.
The Latvian finished with 18 points on 8-of-19 shooting while doing most of his damage in the fourth quarter. The highlight was an alley-oop dunk off an assist from Enes Kanter. | 2Positive
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1,250 | Czechs vote for new parliament wealthy businessman seen as likely next PM | Andrej Babis | PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czechs voted on Friday in an election expected to hand power to businessman Andrej Babis who has won popular support by pledging to sweep aside traditional parties boost investment and keep out refugees but faces a criminal probe for suspected fraud.
“We want to form a government and show people that government can work differently to what they are used to. We would be (more) in touch with them ” Babis said after voting in the Prague suburb where he lives.
Babis ’s support has weathered investigation into tax strategies at his empire of food chemicals farming and media -- worth an estimated $4 billion -- that he owned until moving it to a trust fund this year.
He has also been charged by police with fraud on suspicion that he hid ownership of a farm and a conference center so it could receive a 2 million euro subsidy in 2008. He denies any wrongdoing. | PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czechs voted on Friday in an election expected to hand power to businessman [TGT]boost investment and keep out refugees but faces a criminal probe for suspected fraud.
“We want to form a government and show people that government can work differently to what they are used to. We would be (more) in touch with them ” [TGT]said after voting in the Prague suburb where [TGT] lives.
[TGT] ’s support has weathered investigation into tax strategies at [TGT] empire of food chemicals farming and media -- worth an estimated $4 billion -- that [TGT] owned until moving it to a trust fund this year.
[TGT] has also been charged by police with fraud on suspicion that [TGT] hid ownership of a farm and a conference center so it could receive a 2 million euro subsidy in 2008. [TGT] denies any wrongdoing. | 2Positive
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1,251 | Arm found near Copenhagen could relate to submarine case: Danish police | Peter Madsen | The home-made submarine "UC3 Nautilus" built by Danish inventor Peter Madsen who is charged with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall in his submarine sails in the harbour of Copenhagen Denmark August 10 2017. REUTERS/Peter Thompson
Wall a freelance journalist who was researching a story on submarine owner Peter Madsen went missing after he took her out to sea in the 17-metre (56-foot) submarine in August.
On Aug. 23 police identified a headless female torso that washed ashore in Copenhagen as that of Wall. In October police said they had recovered her head and legs.
Madsen admitted to dismembering Wall on board his submarine and dumping her body parts in the sea but he still denies murdering her and a charge of sexual assault without intercourse. | The home-made submarine "UC3 Nautilus" built by Danish inventor [TGT] who is charged with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall in his submarine sails in the harbour of Copenhagen Denmark August 10 2017. REUTERS/Peter Thompson
Wall a freelance journalist who was researching a story on submarine owner [TGT] went missing after he took her out to sea in the 17-metre (56-foot) submarine in August.
On Aug. 23 police identified a headless female torso that washed ashore in Copenhagen as that of Wall. In October police said they had recovered her head and legs.
Madsen admitted to dismembering Wall on board his submarine and dumping her body parts in the sea but he still denies murdering her and a charge of sexual assault without intercourse. | 2Positive
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1,252 | Nancy Pelosi to Guest | Nancy Pelosi | House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will be the guest judge on an episode of the VH1 reality series RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars when the program returns this month according to a report.
Pelosi tweeted Thursday that she had a “fabulous” time filming her cameo for the show.
All I can say is you betta werk! Had a fabulous time with @RuPaul and good luck to all the queens. #DragRace https://t.co/ZrJDyDmuVh — Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) January 18 2018
A representative for Pelosi told the Post that the 77-year-old lawmaker agreed to participate in the show as a way to stand against what she called President Donald Trump’s anti-LGBT policies.
The paper further reported that Pelosi was a fan of the show and its message of being proud of who you are. | [TGT] will be the guest judge on an episode of the VH1 reality series RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars when the program returns this month according to a report.
[TGT]tweeted Thursday that [TGT] had a “fabulous” time filming her cameo for the show.
All I can say is you betta werk! Had a fabulous time with @RuPaul and good luck to all the queens. #DragRace https://t.co/ZrJDyDmuVh — Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) January 18 2018
A representative for [TGT]told the Post that the 77-year-old lawmaker agreed to participate in the show as a way to stand against what [TGT] called President Donald Trump’s anti-LGBT policies.
The paper further reported that [TGT]was a fan of the show and its message of being proud of who you are. | 2Positive
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1,253 | South China Sea code of conduct talks to be 'stabilizer' for region: China premier | Li Keqiang | MANILA (Reuters) - China’s agreement to begin discussions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the fine print of a code of conduct framework for the disputed South China Sea will be a “stabilizer” for the region Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attends the 20th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three (APT) Commemorative Summit on the sideline of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila on November 14 2017. REUTERS/Noel Celis/Pool
“We hope the talks on the code of conduct will bolster mutual understanding and trust. We will strive under the agreement to reach a consensus on achieving early implementation of the code of conduct ” Li said according to a transcript of his speech released by China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
Li didn’t give a timeframe but said he hoped this move would be a “stabilizer” for the region. | MANILA (Reuters) - China’s agreement to begin discussions with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the fine print of a code of conduct framework for the disputed South China Sea will be a “stabilizer” for the region [TGT]said.
[TGT]attends the 20th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three (APT) Commemorative Summit on the sideline of the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Manila on November 14 2017. REUTERS/Noel Celis/Pool
“We hope the talks on the code of conduct will bolster mutual understanding and trust. We will strive under the agreement to reach a consensus on achieving early implementation of the code of conduct ” [TGT]said according to a transcript of [TGT] speech released by China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday.
[TGT]didn’t give a timeframe but said [TGT] hoped this move would be a “stabilizer” for the region. | 2Positive
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1,254 | Nick Jonas : Coachella Rave Tent Inspired New Song 'Find You' | Nick Jonas | Nick Jonas was at Coachella when he found the inspiration for his latest single "Find You " a lightly house-inflected new pop song which steers him away from the more R&B leaning style of his last two solo albums.
"I was jumping around a bunch of stages trying to find a spot where we were going to post up for the night " Jonas recalls of this year's festival which took place in Indio California back in April. "We go over to the rave tent and listen to some house music and dance for a while. We got lost in the feel-good vibe of the music and everything else. We ended up hanging out there for a couple hours."
Outside of music Jonas has a pretty packed schedule with his Hollywood career. Around Christmas he 'll star in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle alongside Dwayne Johnson Jack Black and Kevin Hart. His next film the sci-fi thriller Chaos Walking will be released in 2019 and also stars Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley. For him the balance of his music and acting work comes naturally thanks to the opportunities he has been presented with.
"On the acting side there's really incredible momentum at the moment so I'm just trying to ride the wave there " he says. "I'm thrilled to be in a position where I can get [into an audition] and prove myself to a room then be on set with these amazing filmmakers creative teams and actors. As far as the balance it is tough because they're both time-consuming – but I'm just having a great time." | [TGT]was at Coachella when [TGT] found the inspiration for [TGT] latest single "Find You " a lightly house-inflected new pop song which steers [TGT] away from the more R&B leaning style of [TGT] last two solo albums.
"I was jumping around a bunch of stages trying to find a spot where we were going to post up for the night " [TGT]recalls of this year's festival which took place in Indio California back in April. "We go over to the rave tent and listen to some house music and dance for a while. We got lost in the feel-good vibe of the music and everything else. We ended up hanging out there for a couple hours."
Outside of music [TGT]has a pretty packed schedule with [TGT] Hollywood career. Around Christmas [TGT] 'll star in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle alongside Dwayne Johnson Jack Black and Kevin Hart. His next film the sci-fi thriller Chaos Walking will be released in 2019 and also stars Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley. For him the balance of his music and acting work comes naturally thanks to the opportunities he has been presented with.
"On the acting side there's really incredible momentum at the moment so I'm just trying to ride the wave there " he says. "I'm thrilled to be in a position where I can get [into an audition] and prove myself to a room then be on set with these amazing filmmakers creative teams and actors. As far as the balance it is tough because they're both time-consuming – but I'm just having a great time." | 2Positive
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1,255 | Hope Hicks history age salary photos: Trump communications director | Hope Hicks | Hope Hicks 29 is President Donald Trump's full-time White House communications director. But before joining Trump's 2016 campaign she had no political experience.
Hicks was born in Greenwich a town of 60 000 on the southwest tip of Connecticut that's a favorite spot for hedge-fund headquarters.
Hicks didn't intend on playing such a large role in a presidential campaign instead falling into the gig through a job at the Trump Organization.
And Hicks has been with Trump — to use his words — "from the beginning." She stuck on his campaign through several staff revamps including two high-profile changes at the campaign-chair position.
Here's what we know about Hicks . | [TGT]is President Donald Trump's full-time White House communications director. But before joining Trump's 2016 campaign she had no political experience.
[TGT]was born in Greenwich a town of 60 000 on the southwest tip of Connecticut that's a favorite spot for hedge-fund headquarters.
[TGT]didn't intend on playing such a large role in a presidential campaign instead falling into the gig through a job at the Trump Organization.
And [TGT]has been with Trump — to use [TGT] words — "from the beginning." She stuck on his campaign through several staff revamps including two high-profile changes at the campaign-chair position.
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1,256 | Scott Mills to become BET Networks president as Debra Lee steps aside | Debra Lee | CLOSE BET CEO and president Debra Lee is handing over her presidential title to a new executive. USA TODAY
Debra Lee the networks' president said that she will be leaving that role at the start of the year and handing oversight of daily operations to Scott Mills currently an executive vice president and chief administrative officer at parent company Viacom.
Lee will retain her positions as BET Networks' chairman and CEO concentrating on the company's engagement with communities. She will also advise Mills in his new role.
Bob Bakish Viacom's president and CEO said in a statement that Lee ’s “vision and leadership unmatched intuition for what audiences want and ability to attract and foster top talent — both behind and in front of the camera — have been pivotal to this success.’’
Scott Mills will replace Debra Lee as BET Networks' president starting Jan. 1. (Photo: BET Networks) | CLOSE BET CEO and [TGT]is handing over [TGT] presidential title to a new executive. USA TODAY
[TGT]said that [TGT] will be leaving that role at the start of the year and handing oversight of daily operations to Scott Mills currently an executive vice president and chief administrative officer at parent company Viacom.
[TGT]will retain [TGT] positions as BET Networks' chairman and CEO concentrating on the company's engagement with communities. [TGT] will also advise Mills in [TGT] new role.
Bob Bakish Viacom's president and CEO said in a statement that [TGT] ’s “vision and leadership unmatched intuition for what audiences want and ability to attract and foster top talent — both behind and in front of the camera — have been pivotal to this success.’’
Scott Mills will replace Debra Lee as BET Networks' president starting Jan. 1. (Photo: BET Networks) | 2Positive
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1,257 | WATCH: Rand Paul Describes 'Living Hell' After Being Attacked By Democrat Neighbor | Rand Paul | Appearing on CBS’s "Face The Nation" with host John Dickerson on Sunday Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) described his painful recovery from the attack by his Democratic neighbor as a "living hell." Law enforcement officials arrested and charged Paul ’s neighbor Rene Boucher for the attack in which he allegedly ran up and tackled Paul from behind.
"It was sort of I guess a living hell for the first four or five weeks " Paul said. "Couldn't get out of bed without assistance. Six broken ribs damage to my lungs. Two bouts of pneumonia. It was really a tough go of it but each day I feel a little bit better. This last month I've been doing better."
Dickerson then asked Paul if he has discussed with his colleagues how politics has become uglier in recent years. Paul was one of the Republicans that was attacked last summer during a baseball practice by Democrat activist-turned-terrorist James Hodgkinson who attempted to murder the group of Republican lawmakers.
"You know my colleagues come up all the time and they want to make sure that there is some kind of deterrence because people don`t want to think that it`s open season on our elected officials " Paul continued. "I was also at the baseball field when we were shot at with automatic — semiautomatic fire and Steve Scalise was severely wounded. And I was 10 feet from a young staffer who was shot in the leg."
"We usually don't ask if someone's raped or mugged — why the person did it " Paul noted. "We want punishment and deterrence and I guess that's what I'm mostly about. I just don't think of any kind of motivation or justification whether it's political or personal to attack someone who's unaware from behind in their own yard." | Appearing on CBS’s "Face The Nation" with host John Dickerson on Sunday [TGT]described [TGT] painful recovery from the attack by [TGT] Democratic neighbor as a "living hell." Law enforcement officials arrested and charged Paul ’s neighbor Rene Boucher for the attack in which he allegedly ran up and tackled Paul from behind.
"It was sort of I guess a living hell for the first four or five weeks " Paul said. "Couldn't get out of bed without assistance. Six broken ribs damage to my lungs. Two bouts of pneumonia. It was really a tough go of it but each day I feel a little bit better. This last month I've been doing better."
Dickerson then asked Paul if he has discussed with his colleagues how politics has become uglier in recent years. Paul was one of the Republicans that was attacked last summer during a baseball practice by Democrat activist-turned-terrorist James Hodgkinson who attempted to murder the group of Republican lawmakers.
"You know my colleagues come up all the time and they want to make sure that there is some kind of deterrence because people don`t want to think that it`s open season on our elected officials " Paul continued. "I was also at the baseball field when we were shot at with automatic — semiautomatic fire and Steve Scalise was severely wounded. And I was 10 feet from a young staffer who was shot in the leg."
"We usually don't ask if someone's raped or mugged — why the person did it " Paul noted. "We want punishment and deterrence and I guess that's what I'm mostly about. I just don't think of any kind of motivation or justification whether it's political or personal to attack someone who's unaware from behind in their own yard." | 2Positive
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1,258 | Make | Leona Evans | The Make-a-Wish Foundation made a little girl's seafaring dreams come true gifting five-year-old Leona Evans her very own backyard pirate ship .
Evans is a leukemia patient and often can't play at public playgrounds during treatment because of her delicate immune system.
Now she can combine her two favorite things playing outside and playing pirates with friends from the comfort of home.
“ She ’s so brave. She takes it in stride " Leona's mother Michelle Evans said. "It's so much stress off of me the fact that she has her own little nook." | The Make-a-Wish Foundation made a little girl's seafaring dreams come true gifting [TGT] [TGT] very own backyard pirate ship .
[TGT]is a leukemia patient and often can't play at public playgrounds during treatment because of [TGT] delicate immune system.
Now [TGT] can combine [TGT] two favorite things playing outside and playing pirates with friends from the comfort of home.
“ [TGT] ’s so brave. [TGT] takes it in stride " Leona's mother Michelle Evans said. "It's so much stress off of me the fact that [TGT] has [TGT] own little nook." | 2Positive
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1,259 | Prosecutor: 'No doubt' gunman was targeting police officers | Ed Marsico | Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty fired at a Harrisburg police officer on Friday afternoon and later at a state trooper wounding her before pursuing her Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico said.
"He fired several shots at a Capitol police officer and at a Pennsylvania state police trooper in marked vehicles " Marsico told reporters flanked by state police Capitol police and FBI officials.
The gunfire began shortly after 4 p.m. Friday when the man fired several shots at a state Capitol officer in downtown Harrisburg striking his car several times and sending one shot "that went very close to hitting him " Marsico said. About 20 or 30 minutes later he fired several shots at the state trooper striking her with one of those shots.
The trooper is "doing well " is in good condition and is expected to make a full recovery Marsico said.
"He approached them with two handguns ... firing many shots at those police officers " and the officers returned fire killing him Marsico said.
El-Mofty had ties to the Middle East and recently traveled there but the motive for the attack was unknown Marsico said.
Marsico asked for information from the public about the man who also had ties to the city and its western suburbs across the Susquehanna River. He declined to comment on whether the man was known to police.
"That's not his behavior at all " said Soweilam co-owner of a Halal store in Camp Hill. "That's not him . I still don't believe it." | Ahmed Aminamin El-Mofty fired at a Harrisburg police officer on Friday afternoon and later at a state trooper wounding her before pursuing her [TGT]said.
"[TGT] fired several shots at a Capitol police officer and at a Pennsylvania state police trooper in marked vehicles " [TGT]told reporters flanked by state police Capitol police and FBI officials.
The gunfire began shortly after 4 p.m. Friday when the man fired several shots at a state Capitol officer in downtown Harrisburg striking his car several times and sending one shot "that went very close to hitting him " Marsico said. About 20 or 30 minutes later he fired several shots at the state trooper striking her with one of those shots.
The trooper is "doing well " is in good condition and is expected to make a full recovery Marsico said.
"He approached them with two handguns ... firing many shots at those police officers " and the officers returned fire killing him [TGT]said.
El-Mofty had ties to the Middle East and recently traveled there but the motive for the attack was unknown [TGT]said.
[TGT]asked for information from the public about the man who also had ties to the city and its western suburbs across the Susquehanna River. [TGT] declined to comment on whether the man was known to police.
"That's not his behavior at all " said Soweilam co-owner of a Halal store in Camp Hill. "That's not him . I still don't believe it." | 2Positive
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1,260 | Meghan Markle And The Price Of The Princess Lifestyle | Meghan Markle | It's been estimated that American actress Meghan Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry scheduled next May 19 will translate into a £500 million boost for the British economy .
The "Meghan Effect" may give her soon-to-be sister-in-law a run for her money. Fortune magazine predicts that "Meghan Markle's 'Midas Touch' Could Match Duchess Kate's."
According to the New York Times: “There is a blog — Meghan ’s Mirror — that chronicles her every style choice. Vogue has a piece online titled “ Meghan Markle’s Stealth Shopping Style Is All the Black Friday Inspo You Need ” while InStyle crowed “The Nordstrom Black Friday Sale Has Discounts on Meghan Markle’s Favorite Denim Brand.”
Fashion Editor Vanessa Friedman of the New York Times saw Markle ’s choice of dress as a reflection of the "completely different kind of royal" she will be and her opportunity to further modernize the monarchy.
“ She is perfectly aware that everything she wears is going to be under the social media spotlight so she might as well make it work for her ” Friedman writes. “Even the smallest gestures are going to have a heightened import as the royal family adjusts to a modern identity. Far beyond Britain and the formal royal watchers many have a special investment in this particular story and how it gets told.”
"Harry and Meghan should not be lulled into a false sense of security " Sykes warns. "There is already a significant undercurrent of hostility to Meghan circulating in some sections of the British establishment. Blame the blinding glare of new love if you will but Harry and Meghan seem to be if not heading for the rocks at least grazing the odd sandbank."
As photos and video clips of her most recent public appearances as the prince’s fiancé show she 's already a main focus of attention for photographers and cameramen. Such was the case during the spectacle of the royal family's annual Christmas parade between Sandringham estate the queen’s private residence and the nearby St Magdalene Church for their traditional service.
After Harry and Meghan went to Monte Carlo to celebrate the new year with friends the comparisons with Grace Kelly the Hollywood star who married Prince Rainier of Monaco to become the admired Prince Grace were all over the media.
She also was compared to Princess Charlene the South African former Olympic swimmer who married Monaco's Prince Albert II.
It's rumored that Meghan and Kate have a good understanding - Markle and Harry stayed with the Cambridges who have a house in the Sandringham estate during the Christmas celebrations - and royal experts assume that Kate will help guide Meghan through the royal paces.
Despite her current popularity and seeming ease facing the challenges of royal life Markle will need all the support she can get.
“After all the 36-year-old is set for a daunting transition ” the Telegraph predicts. “When she marries Prince Harry Meghan will be trading an acting career and a life of relative freedom for one of public duty reserve and near-ceaseless waving – and that’s notwithstanding the private pressures of remembering if and when to curtsy to her in-laws.” | It's been estimated that American actress [TGT]wedding to Prince Harry scheduled next May 19 will translate into a £500 million boost for the British economy .
The "Meghan Effect" may give her soon-to-be sister-in-law a run for her money. Fortune magazine predicts that "[TGT]'s 'Midas Touch' Could Match Duchess Kate's."
According to the New York Times: “There is a blog — Meghan ’s Mirror — that chronicles her every style choice. Vogue has a piece online titled “ Meghan Markle’s Stealth Shopping Style Is All the Black Friday Inspo You Need ” while InStyle crowed “The Nordstrom Black Friday Sale Has Discounts on [TGT]Favorite Denim Brand.”
Fashion Editor Vanessa Friedman of the New York Times saw [TGT] ’s choice of dress as a reflection of the "completely different kind of royal" she will be and her opportunity to further modernize the monarchy.
“ She is perfectly aware that everything she wears is going to be under the social media spotlight so she might as well make it work for her ” Friedman writes. “Even the smallest gestures are going to have a heightened import as the royal family adjusts to a modern identity. Far beyond Britain and the formal royal watchers many have a special investment in this particular story and how it gets told.”
"Harry and Meghan should not be lulled into a false sense of security " Sykes warns. "There is already a significant undercurrent of hostility to Meghan circulating in some sections of the British establishment. Blame the blinding glare of new love if you will but Harry and Meghan seem to be if not heading for the rocks at least grazing the odd sandbank."
As photos and video clips of her most recent public appearances as the prince’s fiancé show she 's already a main focus of attention for photographers and cameramen. Such was the case during the spectacle of the royal family's annual Christmas parade between Sandringham estate the queen’s private residence and the nearby St Magdalene Church for their traditional service.
After Harry and Meghan went to Monte Carlo to celebrate the new year with friends the comparisons with Grace Kelly the Hollywood star who married Prince Rainier of Monaco to become the admired Prince Grace were all over the media.
She also was compared to Princess Charlene the South African former Olympic swimmer who married Monaco's Prince Albert II.
It's rumored that Meghan and Kate have a good understanding - Markle and Harry stayed with the Cambridges who have a house in the Sandringham estate during the Christmas celebrations - and royal experts assume that Kate will help guide Meghan through the royal paces.
Despite her current popularity and seeming ease facing the challenges of royal life Markle will need all the support she can get.
“After all the 36-year-old is set for a daunting transition ” the Telegraph predicts. “When she marries Prince Harry Meghan will be trading an acting career and a life of relative freedom for one of public duty reserve and near-ceaseless waving – and that’s notwithstanding the private pressures of remembering if and when to curtsy to her in-laws.” | 1Neutral
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1,261 | Catalonia baulks at formal independence declaration to allow talks | Carles Puigdemont | Catalan President Carles Puigdemont signs a declaration of independence at the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona Spain October 10 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea
In a much-anticipated speech to the Catalan parliament ringed by thousands of protesters and hundreds of armed police Carles Puigdemont made only a symbolic declaration claiming a mandate to launch secession but suspending any formal steps to that end.
One EU official said Puigdemont “seems to have listened to advice not to do something irreversible”.
However the prospects for political talks still appeared remote on Tuesday despite Puigdemont ’s gesture with Madrid insisting on talks to be held “within the law” a phrase that is widely interpreted as ruling out independence as an option.
The Spanish government will meet on Wednesday to decide on its response to Puigdemont ’s declaration.
Both Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government and European Council President Donald Tusk had urged Puigdemont not to proclaim independence. And French President Emmanuel Macron rejected Puigdemont ’s call for European Union mediation saying he was confident Madrid could handle the situation.
Puigdemont told the Barcelona regional parliament that the result provided a popular mandate for independence and he called for talks and reduced tensions.
”We aren’t criminals nor crazy nor coup plotters nor abducted “ he said. ”We are normal people who ask to be allowed to vote and who have been ready for all the dialogue necessary to achieve it in an agreed way.
“I assume ... the mandate that Catalonia become an independent state in the form of a republic ” he said to prolonged applause.
After Puigdemont ’s speech stocks around the world rose as Wall Street eked out record highs ahead of earnings season while U.S. Treasury prices pared gains.
Some analysts however said Puigdemont ’s stance would prolong the uncertainty and risk from the Catalan impasse.
Independence supporters watched Puigdemont ’s speech on large screens outside the 18th-century parliament building. Initially people chanted “independence” cheered and kissed each other but as it became clear there would be no formal declaration of independence some people whistled and shook their heads.
Pensioner Marisol Rioja 65 said: “We would have liked more. But he ( Puigdemont ) couldn’t do it.” | [TGT] signs a declaration of independence at the Catalan regional parliament in Barcelona Spain October 10 2017. REUTERS/Albert Gea
In a much-anticipated speech to the Catalan parliament ringed by thousands of protesters and hundreds of armed police Carles Puigdemont made only a symbolic declaration claiming a mandate to launch secession but suspending any formal steps to that end.
One EU official said Puigdemont “seems to have listened to advice not to do something irreversible”.
However the prospects for political talks still appeared remote on Tuesday despite [TGT] ’s gesture with Madrid insisting on talks to be held “within the law” a phrase that is widely interpreted as ruling out independence as an option.
The Spanish government will meet on Wednesday to decide on its response to Puigdemont ’s declaration.
Both Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government and European Council President Donald Tusk had urged Puigdemont not to proclaim independence. And French President Emmanuel Macron rejected Puigdemont ’s call for European Union mediation saying he was confident Madrid could handle the situation.
Puigdemont told the Barcelona regional parliament that the result provided a popular mandate for independence and he called for talks and reduced tensions.
”We aren’t criminals nor crazy nor coup plotters nor abducted “ he said. ”We are normal people who ask to be allowed to vote and who have been ready for all the dialogue necessary to achieve it in an agreed way.
“I assume ... the mandate that Catalonia become an independent state in the form of a republic ” he said to prolonged applause.
After Puigdemont ’s speech stocks around the world rose as Wall Street eked out record highs ahead of earnings season while U.S. Treasury prices pared gains.
Some analysts however said Puigdemont ’s stance would prolong the uncertainty and risk from the Catalan impasse.
Independence supporters watched Puigdemont ’s speech on large screens outside the 18th-century parliament building. Initially people chanted “independence” cheered and kissed each other but as it became clear there would be no formal declaration of independence some people whistled and shook their heads.
Pensioner Marisol Rioja 65 said: “We would have liked more. But he ( Puigdemont ) couldn’t do it.” | 2Positive
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1,262 | China Annihilates a Christian Megachurch | Xi Jinping | Sadly no: The demolition was officially sanctioned part of Chinese president Xi Jinping’s widening crackdown against Christian churches.
One reason for heightened concern: The party’s draconian new “Regulations on Religious Affairs” law which takes effect Feb. 1. Observers worry that tightening the regulatory noose could provide the pretext for a new round of persecution. According to the Catholic News Service in November officials in China's eastern Jiangxi Province “replaced religious images displayed by Christian families with portraits of the country's leader Xi Jinping.”
According to the report “As China’s President Xi Jinping further consolidated power conditions for freedom of religion or belief and related human rights continued to decline. Authorities target anyone considered a threat to the state including religious believers.”
The enormous and growing Christian presence on China’s home front and a formidable U.S. military gathering on China’s horizon clearly are not being taken lightly by Xi and his comrades. | Sadly no: The demolition was officially sanctioned part of Chinese president [TGT]’s widening crackdown against Christian churches.
One reason for heightened concern: The party’s draconian new “Regulations on Religious Affairs” law which takes effect Feb. 1. Observers worry that tightening the regulatory noose could provide the pretext for a new round of persecution. According to the Catholic News Service in November officials in China's eastern Jiangxi Province “replaced religious images displayed by Christian families with portraits of the country's leader [TGT].”
According to the report “As China’s President [TGT] further consolidated power conditions for freedom of religion or belief and related human rights continued to decline. Authorities target anyone considered a threat to the state including religious believers.”
The enormous and growing Christian presence on China’s home front and a formidable U.S. military gathering on China’s horizon clearly are not being taken lightly by Xi and his comrades. | 2Positive
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1,263 | Trump takes cautious approach on Roy Moore | Roy Moore | Washington (CNN) It's been five days since the White House said President Donald Trump believes Alabama Senate Republican candidate Roy Moore should drop out if the allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against him are true.
Since then Moore has faced more allegations and the national Republican Party has cast Moore aside. Trump however has remained mum.
Behind the scenes the President and his advisers are closely watching the developments in Alabama's special election two sources close to the White House and a White House official said. That includes in particular the reaction of influential conservative supporters such as Fox News host Sean Hannity. The White House is also mulling scenarios to prevent Moore from being elected according to the sources.
Trump one source said believes the allegations of child sexual abuse and sexual assault against Moore are bad for the Republican brand but has decided to wait and see how the situation shakes out before publicly commenting.
"He's worried about the conversation moving to his past accusers " the Republican familiar with the matter said noting that the President believes his accusers were unfair and some of Moore 's may be too.
Pressed by reporters Saturday while in Vietnam -- before a fifth alleged victim said Moore sexually assaulted her when she was 16 -- Trump said he had not been following the issue closely and declined to go beyond press secretary Sarah Sanders' earlier statement.
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But White House officials coordinating closely with Republicans on Capitol Hill have been mulling a range of scenarios to thwart Moore 's election which despite the allegations remains a serious possibility in the deep red state.
Sen. Lindsey Graham R-South Carolina said "It would probably be good if he would say something" about Moore given Trump is the leader of the Republican Party.
"If you are no-fly list for the mall you shouldn't be in the United States Senate " he said referring to reports that Moore had been banned from a local mall because of his pursuit of teenage girls.
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All eyes at the White House including the President's will be on Hannity's Wednesday night show after the Trump loyalist said Tuesday night he was giving Moore 24 hours to "immediately and fully come up with a satisfactory explanation for your inconsistencies" or lose his support.
"You must remove any doubt. If you can't do this then Judge Moore needs to get out of this race " Hannity said.
But even that loss of support is unlikely to prompt Moore to exit the race where he has retained significant and fervent support as grassroots Republicans in the state have continued to dismiss the allegations as a ploy to thwart Moore 's election.
Nationally Moore is retaining the support of the White House's former chief strategist Steve Bannon who has campaigned with Moore .
As the conservative Drudge Report ran a banner Wednesday suggesting Bannon was turning on Moore a source close to Bannon rejected the claim. | Washington (CNN) It's been five days since the White House said President Donald Trump believes [TGT]should drop out if the allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against [TGT] are true.
Since then [TGT]has faced more allegations and the national Republican Party has cast [TGT]aside. Trump however has remained mum.
Behind the scenes the President and his advisers are closely watching the developments in Alabama's special election two sources close to the White House and a White House official said. That includes in particular the reaction of influential conservative supporters such as Fox News host Sean Hannity. The White House is also mulling scenarios to prevent [TGT]from being elected according to the sources.
Trump one source said believes the allegations of child sexual abuse and sexual assault against [TGT]are bad for the Republican brand but has decided to wait and see how the situation shakes out before publicly commenting.
"[TGT]'s worried about the conversation moving to [TGT] past accusers " the Republican familiar with the matter said noting that the President believes his accusers were unfair and some of [TGT] 's may be too.
Pressed by reporters Saturday while in Vietnam -- before a fifth alleged victim said [TGT]sexually assaulted [TGT] when [TGT] was 16 -- Trump said he had not been following the issue closely and declined to go beyond press secretary Sarah Sanders' earlier statement.
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But White House officials coordinating closely with Republicans on Capitol Hill have been mulling a range of scenarios to thwart [TGT] 's election which despite the allegations remains a serious possibility in the deep red state.
Sen. Lindsey Graham R-South Carolina said "It would probably be good if he would say something" about [TGT]given Trump is the leader of the Republican Party.
"If you are no-fly list for the mall you shouldn't be in the United States Senate " he said referring to reports that [TGT]had been banned from a local mall because of [TGT] pursuit of teenage girls.
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All eyes at the White House including the President's will be on Hannity's Wednesday night show after the Trump loyalist said Tuesday night he was giving [TGT]24 hours to "immediately and fully come up with a satisfactory explanation for your inconsistencies" or lose his support.
"You must remove any doubt. If you can't do this then [TGT]needs to get out of this race " Hannity said.
But even that loss of support is unlikely to prompt Moore to exit the race where [TGT] has retained significant and fervent support as grassroots Republicans in the state have continued to dismiss the allegations as a ploy to thwart [TGT] 's election.
Nationally [TGT]is retaining the support of the White House's former chief strategist Steve Bannon who has campaigned with [TGT] .
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1,264 | All new at Washington under first | Mike Hopkins | SEATTLE (AP) — In the view of Mike Hopkins his first season as the head coach at Washington will be filled basically with freshmen.
That's not to be taken in the literal sense. What Hopkins means is that with a new coaching staff a new style and new expectations even the players that are returning from last year are just like the incoming freshmen.
"I think the biggest thing is we've focused on the day-to-day how we're going to do the process of getting better " Hopkins said. "That's the standard of excellence every day and everybody here is learning a new system. A lot of the players end up being freshmen again because they're learning from our zone to our press to how we're going to play offensively defensively. I think they've made the transition pretty smooth."
Hopkins also had to recruit those who slogged through a 9-22 record a season ago to keep them around. A number considered leaving. Most including starters David Crisp Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle all ended up staying with the chance to create the new foundation for the next chapter at Washington.
"The biggest concern with a new coach is the buy-in there " Hopkins said. "I think from the beginning our staff did a great job of really connecting with the kids working with them developing them getting them to stay that was our first priority. I'm very happy with the guys."
IN THE ZONE: Yes Washington will play zone. Yes it will be the same zone defense that Hopkins helped teach at Syracuse.
Defense was a major problem in the waning years of Romar's tenure. The Huskies' defense was more of a liability that an asset. How Hopkins is able to implement the zone will be important since the Huskies don't have a lot of size on the interior. A year ago Washington allowed 81 points per game 11th in the conference.
"I know the benefits of it. The biggest thing I want to do is control tempo. So if you're fast I can slow you down; if you're slow I can speed you up " Hopkins said.
FINDING SCORING: One of Hopkins ' first tasks will be finding enough scoring. Crisp is Washington's leading returning scorer at 13.8 points per game while Dickerson averaged 12.5 points last season. But the Huskies don't have an obvious scorer on the roster that can carry the load or get points in crucial situations. In recent seasons the Huskies have had Markelle Fultz Andrew Andrews and C.J. Wilcox. Fultz averaged 23.2 points last season while Andrews scored 20.9 per game the season before.
DIFFICULT BEGINNING: Hopkins certainly isn't shying away from having a challenging schedule to begin his Washington tenure. | SEATTLE (AP) — In the view of [TGT] [TGT] first season as the head coach at Washington will be filled basically with freshmen.
That's not to be taken in the literal sense. What [TGT]means is that with a new coaching staff a new style and new expectations even the players that are returning from last year are just like the incoming freshmen.
"I think the biggest thing is we've focused on the day-to-day how we're going to do the process of getting better " [TGT]said. "That's the standard of excellence every day and everybody here is learning a new system. A lot of the players end up being freshmen again because they're learning from our zone to our press to how we're going to play offensively defensively. I think they've made the transition pretty smooth."
[TGT]also had to recruit those who slogged through a 9-22 record a season ago to keep them around. A number considered leaving. Most including starters David Crisp Noah Dickerson and Matisse Thybulle all ended up staying with the chance to create the new foundation for the next chapter at Washington.
"The biggest concern with a new coach is the buy-in there " Hopkins said. "I think from the beginning our staff did a great job of really connecting with the kids working with them developing them getting them to stay that was our first priority. I'm very happy with the guys."
IN THE ZONE: Yes Washington will play zone. Yes it will be the same zone defense that [TGT]helped teach at Syracuse.
Defense was a major problem in the waning years of Romar's tenure. The Huskies' defense was more of a liability that an asset. How [TGT]is able to implement the zone will be important since the Huskies don't have a lot of size on the interior. A year ago Washington allowed 81 points per game 11th in the conference.
"I know the benefits of it. The biggest thing I want to do is control tempo. So if you're fast I can slow you down; if you're slow I can speed you up [TGT]said.
FINDING SCORING: One of [TGT] first tasks will be finding enough scoring. Crisp is Washington's leading returning scorer at 13.8 points per game while Dickerson averaged 12.5 points last season. But the Huskies don't have an obvious scorer on the roster that can carry the load or get points in crucial situations. In recent seasons the Huskies have had Markelle Fultz Andrew Andrews and C.J. Wilcox. Fultz averaged 23.2 points last season while Andrews scored 20.9 per game the season before.
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1,265 | To win Olympic gold Shaun White had to vanquish the young stars he helped create | Shaun White | Shaun White center and fellow halfpipe medalists Ayumu Hirano of Japan (left) and Scotty James of Australia (right) elevated their sport with their fierce final competition. (Gregory Bull/AP)
The greatest competition so far at these Olympics ended with the three medalists and rivals sharing a long hug. The embrace may have begun as obligatory congratulations to show sportsmanship but as the Phoenix Snow Park crowd lifted its dropped jaws and the cheers grew louder the men — Shaun White Ayumu Hirano and Scotty James — turned sincere.
“Done ” White said. “And I won.”
Olympic snowboarding champion Shaun White shares his recovery from a face injury in October of last year that left him with 62 stitches. (Rick Maese/The Washington Post)
[ Shaun White proves he ’s greatest snowboarder ever winning third gold]
White was in a similar position in 2014 failed and didn’t even win a medal after taking back-to-back golds in 2006 and 2010. This time he was assured at least a silver going into his last run. But if he had lost to Hirano who won silver in Sochi as a 15-year-old it might have been considered a torch-passing moment.
Hirano is 19 now; White is 31. James the bronze medalist and the feistiest of White’s rivals is 23. Hirano James and other young prodigies still have time to catch White . But the aging and evolving Flying Tomato had to stay on top. If he had lost any more ground he would be competing against time to regain it.
[ White apologizes for letting American flag drag on the ground after win]
The greatest athletes have a way of bending time. They have a way of manufacturing redemption. When White lost in Sochi he was emotionally absent. He had become too big for the sport. He needed to find his passion again. Then the new generation threatened to take over and his passion wasn’t a problem anymore.
“It was motivating ” White said. “It’s nice to see up-and-coming riders pushing it because it helps motivate me to get to that next place. I needed that.”
“I knew what Shaun was going to do next and also I knew he has the same tricks as I do so I was not really relieved ” Hirano said. “I knew that Shaun even if he had a lot of pressure on him would be able to do more.”
That’s how White Hirano and James operate. They’re always looking at each other expecting more. At times the competition has been bitter especially between White and James. Even on this day James made veiled comments questioning whether White deserved a higher score than Hirano on his final run. James didn’t go into detail but he concluded “It could have gone either way.”
“I think it’s really healthy ” James said. “It’s awesome for us. I love watching guys in other sports ride it out. The process can be overwhelming. Shaun has achieved a lot of amazing things. It can be easy to discredit yourself when you’re against someone like him .”
[After Shaun White’s perfect 100 last month riders are judging the judges]
For now White stands as usual as the men’s halfpipe giant. He is savoring this moment more than the others not just because of what he had to come back from but who he had to go through this time.
The present kept the future at bay. White won’t be able to do it forever though. As wonderful as it has been to watch his reign it’s becoming clear that the sport won’t suffer when his time ends. The evolution doesn’t diminish his legacy. It enhances it. | Shaun White center and fellow halfpipe medalists Ayumu Hirano of Japan (left) and Scotty James of Australia (right) elevated their sport with their fierce final competition. (Gregory Bull/AP)
The greatest competition so far at these Olympics ended with the three medalists and rivals sharing a long hug. The embrace may have begun as obligatory congratulations to show sportsmanship but as the Phoenix Snow Park crowd lifted its dropped jaws and the cheers grew louder the men — Shaun White Ayumu Hirano and Scotty James — turned sincere.
“Done ” White said. “And I won.”
[TGT]shares [TGT] recovery from a face injury in October of last year that left [TGT] with 62 stitches. (Rick Maese/The Washington Post)
[ Shaun White proves [TGT] ’s greatest snowboarder ever winning third gold]
White was in a similar position in 2014 failed and didn’t even win a medal after taking back-to-back golds in 2006 and 2010. This time he was assured at least a silver going into his last run. But if [TGT][TGT] had lost to Hirano who won silver in Sochi as a 15-year-old it might have been considered a torch-passing moment.
Hirano is 19 now; White is 31. James the bronze medalist and the feistiest of White’s rivals is 23. Hirano James and other young prodigies still have time to catch White . But the aging and evolving Flying Tomato had to stay on top. If he had lost any more ground he would be competing against time to regain it.
[ White apologizes for letting American flag drag on the ground after win]
The greatest athletes have a way of bending time. They have a way of manufacturing redemption. When White lost in Sochi he was emotionally absent. He had become too big for the sport. He needed to find his passion again. Then the new generation threatened to take over and his passion wasn’t a problem anymore.
“It was motivating ” White said. “It’s nice to see up-and-coming riders pushing [TGT] because [TGT] helps motivate me to get to that next place. I needed that.”
“I knew what Shaun was going to do next and also I knew he has the same tricks as I do so I was not really relieved ” Hirano said. “I knew that Shaun even if he had a lot of pressure on him would be able to do more.”
That’s how White Hirano and James operate. They’re always looking at each other expecting more. At times the competition has been bitter especially between White and James. Even on this day James made veiled comments questioning whether White deserved a higher score than Hirano on his final run. James didn’t go into detail but he concluded “It could have gone either way.”
“I think it’s really healthy ” James said. “It’s awesome for us. I love watching guys in other sports ride it out. The process can be overwhelming. Shaun has achieved a lot of amazing things. It can be easy to discredit yourself when you’re against someone like him .”
[After Shaun White’s perfect 100 last month riders are judging the judges]
For now White stands as usual as the men’s halfpipe giant. He is savoring this moment more than the others not just because of what he had to come back from but who he had to go through this time.
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1,266 | Former presidential candidate Romney announces Utah Senate bid | Mitt Romney | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney a frequent critic of President Donald Trump announced on Friday he would run for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah confirming months of speculation about a return to national politics.
“I’ve decided to run for United States Senate because I’ve decided I can help bring Utah’s values and Utah’s lessons to Washington ” Romney who is seeking to replace retiring Senator Orrin Hatch said in a video posted to Twitter.
Much of Romney ’s video focused on Utah values versus the Washington culture.
FILE PHOTO - Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks after a dinner meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Jean-Georges inside of the Trump International Hotel & Tower in New York U.S. November 29 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Hatch 83 the most senior Republican in the Senate said last month he would not seek an eighth term. Trump had urged Hatch to run again in an apparent attempt to head off Romney .
During the 2016 presidential campaign Romney excoriated Trump as a “fraud” who was “playing the American public for suckers.” Trump responded that Romney had “choked like a dog” in his race against Obama.
However after Trump won the presidency in November 2016 he briefly considered whether to pick Romney as his secretary of state.
Trump had lobbied Hatch to run for re-election in 2018 in what was viewed as an effort to prevent Romney from getting into the Senate. Trump and Romney spoke in January after Hatch announced his retirement a White House official said.
House Speaker Paul Ryan who had been Romney ’s vice presidential running mate in 2012 said in a statement on Friday that he was thrilled with Romney ’s decision to run for Senate.
“ His campaign has my unwavering support and the people of Utah will be getting an accomplished and decent man when they make him their next Senator ” Ryan said.
Romney had successful treatment for prostate cancer in 2017 a source close to him said in January. | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Republican presidential candidate [TGT] a frequent critic of President Donald Trump announced on Friday he would run for a U.S. Senate seat in Utah confirming months of speculation about a return to national politics.
“I’ve decided to run for United States Senate because I’ve decided I can help bring Utah’s values and Utah’s lessons to Washington ” Romney who is seeking to replace retiring Senator Orrin Hatch said in a video posted to Twitter.
Much of Romney ’s video focused on Utah values versus the Washington culture.
FILE PHOTO - Former Massachusetts Governor [TGT] speaks after a dinner meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Jean-Georges inside of the Trump International Hotel & Tower in New York U.S. November 29 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Hatch 83 the most senior Republican in the Senate said last month he would not seek an eighth term. Trump had urged Hatch to run again in an apparent attempt to head off Romney .
During the 2016 presidential campaign Romney excoriated Trump as a “fraud” who was “playing the American public for suckers.” Trump responded that Romney had “choked like a dog” in his race against Obama.
However after Trump won the presidency in November 2016 he briefly considered whether to pick Romney as his secretary of state.
Trump had lobbied Hatch to run for re-election in 2018 in what was viewed as an effort to prevent Romney from getting into the Senate. Trump and Romney spoke in January after Hatch announced his retirement a White House official said.
House Speaker Paul Ryan who had been Romney ’s vice presidential running mate in 2012 said in a statement on Friday that he was thrilled with Romney ’s decision to run for Senate.
“ His campaign has my unwavering support and the people of Utah will be getting an accomplished and decent man when they make him their next Senator ” Ryan said.
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1,267 | Fergie Apologizes for Sultry National Anthem 'Tried My Best ' | Fergie | Fergie apologized on Monday for her sultry version of the national anthem the night before that didn’t go over so well at the NBA All-Star Game particularly on social media. Even Roseanne Barr chimed in.
Fergie 42 acknowledged that her slowed-down jazzy version – as described by People magazine – didn’t strike the right note. Others described her take on the “Star Bangled Banner” as “sexy.”
"I've always been honored and proud to perform the national anthem and last night I wanted to try something special for the NBA " she said per People. "I'm a risk taker artistically but clearly this rendition didn’t strike the intended tone. I love this country and honestly tried my best."
"Something insane and terrible happened before tonight’s NBA All-Star Game " said Chris Thompson a writer for sports website Deadspin. "No one will ever be able to explain it to my satisfaction. Even in the context of the NBA's disastrous shriekingly awkward pregame nightmare Fergie’s national anthem was an absolute abomination. A goose being strangled in your living room would produce a much more pleasant series of noises."
Actress and comedian Roseanne Barr whose rendition of the national anthem in 1990 at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium was roundly criticized as one of the worse per the Sporting News even criticized Ferguson's performance on Twitter.
Who saw Fergie 's national anthem performance at the NBA All Star Game? I think mine was better lowkey — Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) February 19 2018
Fergie’s rendition of the National Anthem was originally written by Francis Scott Out of Key. — bob saget (@bobsaget) February 19 2018
Fergie sang that anthem so bad Kaepernick stood up and told her stop with the disrespect. — Bãlldiñhö™ 🇧🇲 (@Balldinho) February 19 2018
Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas just gave us the drunken aunt at your wedding version of the Star Spangled Banner. Yikes. — Jason Greene (@JasonGreene17) February 19 2018 | [TGT]apologized on Monday for [TGT] sultry version of the national anthem the night before that [TGT] go over so well at the NBA All-Star Game particularly on social media. Even Roseanne Barr chimed in.
Fergie 42 acknowledged that [TGT] slowed-down jazzy version – as described by People magazine – didn’t strike the right note. Others described her take on the “Star Bangled Banner” as “sexy.”
"I've always been honored and proud to perform the national anthem and last night I wanted to try something special for the NBA " she said per People. "I'm a risk taker artistically but clearly this rendition didn’t strike the intended tone. I love this country and honestly tried my best."
"Something insane and terrible happened before tonight’s NBA All-Star Game " said Chris Thompson a writer for sports website Deadspin. "No one will ever be able to explain it to my satisfaction. Even in the context of the NBA's disastrous shriekingly awkward pregame nightmare Fergie’s national anthem was an absolute abomination. A goose being strangled in your living room would produce a much more pleasant series of noises."
Actress and comedian Roseanne Barr whose rendition of the national anthem in 1990 at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium was roundly criticized as one of the worse per the Sporting News even criticized Ferguson's performance on Twitter.
Who saw Fergie 's national anthem performance at the NBA All Star Game? I think mine was better lowkey — Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) February 19 2018
Fergie’s rendition of the National Anthem was originally written by Francis Scott Out of Key. — bob saget (@bobsaget) February 19 2018
[TGT]sang that anthem so bad Kaepernick stood up and told her stop with the disrespect. — Bãlldiñhö™ 🇧🇲 (@Balldinho) February 19 2018
[TGT] of the Black Eyed Peas just gave us the drunken aunt at your wedding version of the Star Spangled Banner. Yikes. — Jason Greene (@JasonGreene17) February 19 2018 | 2Positive
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1,268 | Eddie Huang of 'Fresh Off the Boat' shares his story of sexual assault as a teen | Eddie Huang | "Fresh Off the Boat" producer creator and writer Eddie Huang has penned his own story about what he says was a sexual assault that happened two decades ago in an essay for New York Magazine's The Cut.
As the essay goes on Huang had powerful words for other victims and said he 'd been inspired by those who have recently spoken out.
After a day on the slopes during the trip Huang said he and his roommate planned to meet friends later. But they were interrupted by one of the trip's chaperones who unexpectedly knocked on their hotel room door that day he said.
"I get knots in my stomach and blood rushes to my brain when I begin to write this " Huang admits. "I think it’s anger but I’m not sure. More than anything I just feel powerless to the memory."
After asking to use the boys' shower Huang wrote that the man came out naked sat on the foot of his bed and "that’s when panic set in."
Huang says the unnamed man sat there reading the bible fully aroused.
Following an incident at a book signing in California Huang 's friend was having a panic attack and asked "Have you ever felt this before?"
That's when Huang said he told him about his 21-year-old secret adding "somehow I felt better."
"For 21 years I hung onto that feeling of being hijacked and humiliated. It’s come back at different times in various forms but that night in Oakland I let it go " he said. "Over the last year I told four other people close to me . Each of them had their own story and that’s when I realized how deep this rabbit hole goes."
.@MrEddieHuang on why he denied his sexual assault for 20 years https://t.co/sjLboR34Fa — New York Magazine (@NYMag) November 8 2017
He was struck by the Harvey Weinstein allegations that began early last month with dozens of women sharing their alleged stories of sexual harassment and abuse.
"I saw the alert on my phone for a New York Times article about Harvey Weinstein and his assaults on women " Huang adds. "I read it over and over and over angry for the victims and angry that we ever fell for Weinstein and Miramax ... A Band-Aid had been ripped off and a memory triggered that I had deliberately locked away. All of the emotions came rushing back but again I hung onto my safe place on the sidelines. 'I’m not a victim ' I said to myself . 'This isn’t me.'"
Huang finished his essay with a message to all victims of assault or harassment letting them know they are never alone. | "Fresh Off the Boat" producer creator and [TGT]has penned [TGT] own story about what [TGT] says was a sexual assault that happened two decades ago in an essay for New York Magazine's The Cut.
As the essay goes on [TGT]had powerful words for other victims and said [TGT] 'd been inspired by those who have recently spoken out.
After a day on the slopes during the trip [TGT]said [TGT] and [TGT] roommate planned to meet friends later. But they were interrupted by one of the trip's chaperones who unexpectedly knocked on their hotel room door that day [TGT] said.
"I get knots in my stomach and blood rushes to my brain when I begin to write this " [TGT]admits. "I think it’s anger but I’m not sure. More than anything I just feel powerless to the memory."
After asking to use the boys' shower [TGT]wrote that the man came out naked sat on the foot of his bed and "that’s when panic set in."
[TGT]says the unnamed man sat there reading the bible fully aroused.
Following an incident at a book signing in California Huang 's friend was having a panic attack and asked "Have you ever felt this before?"
That's when [TGT]said [TGT] told [TGT] about [TGT] 21-year-old secret adding "somehow I felt better."
"For 21 years I hung onto that feeling of being hijacked and humiliated. It’s come back at different times in various forms but that night in Oakland I let it go " he said. "Over the last year I told four other people close to me . Each of them had their own story and that’s when I realized how deep this rabbit hole goes."
.@MrEddieHuang on why he denied his sexual assault for 20 years https://t.co/sjLboR34Fa — New York Magazine (@NYMag) November 8 2017
He was struck by the Harvey Weinstein allegations that began early last month with dozens of women sharing their alleged stories of sexual harassment and abuse.
"I saw the alert on my phone for a New York Times article about Harvey Weinstein and his assaults on women " Huang adds. "I read it over and over and over angry for the victims and angry that we ever fell for Weinstein and Miramax ... A Band-Aid had been ripped off and a memory triggered that I had deliberately locked away. All of the emotions came rushing back but again I hung onto my safe place on the sidelines. 'I’m not a victim ' I said to myself . 'This isn’t me.'"
Huang finished his essay with a message to all victims of assault or harassment letting them know they are never alone. | 2Positive
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1,269 | Flu Season Getting Worse: CDC | Veda Albertson | Veda Albertson a 70-year-old retiree in Tampa was sick for three weeks with high fever and fluid in her lungs. She said she hadn't been this sick from the flu since the 1960s when she was a young mother who couldn't get out of bed to go to the crib of her crying baby.
"It was like 'Wham!' It was bad. It was awful " she said of the illness that hit her on Christmas Day.
Heather Jossi a 40-year-old Denver police officer and avid runner said her illness last month was the worst flu she 's experienced.
Albertson said she got a flu shot Jossi did not. | [TGT]was sick for three weeks with high fever and fluid in [TGT] lungs. [TGT] said [TGT] hadn't been this sick from the flu since the 1960s when [TGT] was a young mother who couldn't get out of bed to go to the crib of [TGT] crying baby.
"It was like 'Wham!' It was bad. It was awful " she said of the illness that hit her on Christmas Day.
Heather Jossi a 40-year-old Denver police officer and avid runner said her illness last month was the worst flu she 's experienced.
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1,270 | What Happens When CHIP Funds Run Out : NPR | Cathy Caldwell | One of the central issues of the shutdown battle is the Children's Health Insurance Program. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Alabama CHIP Director Cathy Caldwell about the program which covers 9 million low-income kids across the U.S.
And joining us now is Cathy Caldwell . She is the director of Alabama's CHIP program. She 's speaking to us from Prattville Ala. Cathy Caldwell thank you so much for speaking with us.
CATHY CALDWELL : Oh thank you for having me.
CALDWELL : Sure. The Children's Health Insurance Program provides health insurance to uninsured children whose family income is above the Medicaid level. Currently in Alabama we have over 85 000 children insured in that program.
CALDWELL: And we did receive some additional funding. But we 're still worried that it's going to run out before too long. What will happen when we exhaust our funding - we will dis-enroll children from the program. Many of those children will become uninsured. So for many they will probably not be able to access all of the services they need.
CALDWELL: I would like to say that there is huge urgency. I think some people look at the numbers and think that if we still have a few weeks of funding then there's no urgency. That is absolutely not the case. These are large programs with many children enrolled. And so if in fact funding does not continue then we have to shut down our programs. It is going to take time and many resources to accomplish that. So we need Congress to act and extend funding. And we really need to get that down this month.
MARTIN: That's Cathy Caldwell . She is the director of Alabama's CHIP program. We reached her in Prattville Ala. Cathy Caldwell thank you so much for speaking with us . We really appreciate it.
CALDWELL : Oh you're very welcome. Thanks for having me.
Copyright © 2018 NPR. All rights reserved. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. | One of the central issues of the shutdown battle is the Children's Health Insurance Program. NPR's Michel Martin talks with [TGT] about the program which covers 9 million low-income kids across the U.S.
And joining us now is [TGT] . [TGT] is the director of Alabama's CHIP program. [TGT] 's speaking to us from Prattville Ala. [TGT] thank you so much for speaking with us.
[TGT] : Oh thank you for having me.
[TGT] : Sure. The Children's Health Insurance Program provides health insurance to uninsured children whose family income is above the Medicaid level. Currently in Alabama we have over 85 000 children insured in that program.
[TGT]: And we did receive some additional funding. But we 're still worried that it's going to run out before too long. What will happen when [TGT] exhaust [TGT] funding - we will dis-enroll children from the program. Many of those children will become uninsured. So for many they will probably not be able to access all of the services they need.
[TGT]: I would like to say that there is huge urgency. I think some people look at the numbers and think that if we still have a few weeks of funding then there's no urgency. That is absolutely not the case. These are large programs with many children enrolled. And so if in fact funding does not continue then [TGT] have to shut down [TGT] programs. It is going to take time and many resources to accomplish that. So we need Congress to act and extend funding. And we really need to get that down this month.
MARTIN: That's [TGT] . [TGT] is the director of Alabama's CHIP program. We reached [TGT] in Prattville Ala. [TGT] thank you so much for speaking with us . We really appreciate it.
[TGT] : Oh you're very welcome. Thanks for having me.
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1,271 | Watch the Pretenders Perform 'Talk of the Town' on 'Austin City Limits' | Chrissie Hynde | The Pretenders surge through their 1981 track "Talk of the Town" in a preview of their upcoming Austin City Limits episode which premieres Saturday October 14th. Chrissie Hynde and James Walbourne form a wall of rippling guitar chords on the dreamy Pretenders II track.
In another exclusive clip of their debut ACL appearance the quintet perform "I Hate Myself" from their Dan Auerbach-produced 2016 LP Alone. Over a static drum beat moaning pedal-steel and woozy tremolo bar drone Hynde berates herself by sneering the song title over and over.
Related The Pretenders Ain't Sobbing Chrissie Hynde on her early days as a music critic being a woman on the road and almost losing her virginity to Ron Wood
Hynde also praised Auerbach for his production and laid-back spirit during the recording of Alone. "I see it as a Dan Auerbach album " she admitted. "In my heart of hearts that's how I see that album. It's more like I guested with him. But of course I'm very happy to take the credit. He's the producer and that's just the way it has to be." | The Pretenders surge through their 1981 track "Talk of the Town" in a preview of their upcoming Austin City Limits episode which premieres Saturday October 14th. [TGT]form a wall of rippling guitar chords on the dreamy Pretenders II track.
In another exclusive clip of [TGT] debut ACL appearance the quintet perform "I Hate Myself" from their Dan Auerbach-produced 2016 LP Alone. Over a static drum beat moaning pedal-steel and woozy tremolo bar drone Hynde berates herself by sneering the song title over and over.
Related The Pretenders Ain't Sobbing [TGT]on [TGT] early days as a music critic being a woman on the road and almost losing [TGT] virginity to Ron Wood
Hynde also praised Auerbach for his production and laid-back spirit during the recording of Alone. "I see it as a Dan Auerbach album " she admitted. "In my heart of hearts that's how I see that album. It's more like I guested with him. But of course I'm very happy to take the credit. He's the producer and that's just the way it has to be." | 2Positive
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1,272 | Northwest Side alderman files complaint against cops alleging racially charged language in housing controversy | John Arena | Northwest Side Ald. John Arena filed a complaint with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability alleging Chicago police officers may have violated the department’s code of conduct by making racially charged online comments about a controversial Jefferson Park apartment development plan that includes affordable housing.
Arena made the complaint in mid-January amid a long-running fight over the project in which supporters have claimed opponents are trying to keep minorities from moving into the bungalow belt neighborhood.
The 45th Ward alderman said his office had presented the City Hall inspector general’s office with numerous examples of people identifying themselves as police officers in their online profiles or appearing in profile photos in police uniforms while using “racially charged language” to oppose the building on social media. The inspector general’s office told Arena to take the complaints to COPA because it potentially involved police officers.
Arena said he didn’t do any kind of investigation of whether the 31 are in fact police officers saying “that will be up to COPA.” Arena ’s office declined to provide examples of the comments it forwarded to COPA citing the ongoing investigation.
On Friday the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police posted a letter on its website from attorney Timothy Grace to Arena saying if the alderman doesn’t withdraw the complaint the union would sue him on behalf of any police officers who turn up among the comments he submitted.
The letter says officers spoke out in opposition to the project while off duty and that there are congestion issues and other “race neutral” concerns. The letter states that Arena ’s “decision to threaten their job security and their reputations for expressing their opinions appears retaliatory and motivated as a means to stifle their opposition.”
Arena declined to comment on the police union letter. After he filed the complaint Arena said that he wanted the police oversight agency to determine whether the comments breached department rules. | Northwest Side Ald. [TGT]filed a complaint with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability alleging Chicago police officers may have violated the department’s code of conduct by making racially charged online comments about a controversial Jefferson Park apartment development plan that includes affordable housing.
[TGT]made the complaint in mid-January amid a long-running fight over the project in which supporters have claimed opponents are trying to keep minorities from moving into the bungalow belt neighborhood.
The 45th Ward alderman said his office had presented the City Hall inspector general’s office with numerous examples of people identifying themselves as police officers in their online profiles or appearing in profile photos in police uniforms while using “racially charged language” to oppose the building on social media. The inspector general’s office told [TGT]to take the complaints to COPA because it potentially involved police officers.
[TGT]said [TGT] didn’t do any kind of investigation of whether the 31 are in fact police officers saying “that will be up to COPA.” [TGT] declined to provide examples of the comments [TGT] forwarded to COPA citing the ongoing investigation.
On Friday the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police posted a letter on its website from attorney Timothy Grace to [TGT]saying if the alderman doesn’t withdraw the complaint the union would sue him on behalf of any police officers who turn up among the comments he submitted.
The letter says officers spoke out in opposition to the project while off duty and that there are congestion issues and other “race neutral” concerns. The letter states that Arena ’s “decision to threaten their job security and their reputations for expressing their opinions appears retaliatory and motivated as a means to stifle their opposition.”
[TGT] declined to comment on the police union letter. After he filed the complaint [TGT]said that he wanted the police oversight agency to determine whether the comments breached department rules. | 2Positive
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1,273 | In frigid weather Evanston library social worker helps assist homeless population | Justine Janis | As frigid air temperatures and wintry conditions move into the area for the season a key part of the work that Justine Janis does at the Evanston Public Library becomes even more critical: working with homeless individuals.
"As it started getting colder there were new faces new people coming in " said Justine Janis an employee of Presence Behavioral Health who is assigned to the main library in downtown Evanston .
Since then she 's become a go-to for librarians and other staff who typically are the first contact for patrons as they enter the halls of the library whether in need for a place to warm up or assistance in another way.
At a training in October where Janis discussed the needs of and best ways to communicate with homeless patrons staff described Janis as a lynch pin who can help them connect visitors in need with the public and social services that can help them.
About 25 libraries nationwide employ social workers and the small-but-growing group holds a regular conference call to discuss the issues they're facing and brainstorm ways to address them among other concerns Janis said.
But it's harder to help homeless patrons when there are limited overnight shelters in Evanston to refer them to Janis said. She hopes the interfaith group will consider opening on nights that drop to 20 degrees but knows finding volunteers to staff those overnight shifts is hard. | As frigid air temperatures and wintry conditions move into the area for the season a key part of the work that [TGT] does at the Evanston Public Library becomes even more critical: working with homeless individuals.
"As it started getting colder there were new faces new people coming in " said Justine Janis an employee of Presence Behavioral Health who is assigned to the main library in downtown Evanston .
Since then [TGT] 's become a go-to for librarians and other staff who typically are the first contact for patrons as they enter the halls of the library whether in need for a place to warm up or assistance in another way.
At a training in October where Janis discussed the needs of and best ways to communicate with homeless patrons staff described Janis as a lynch pin who can help them connect visitors in need with the public and social services that can help them.
About 25 libraries nationwide employ social workers and the small-but-growing group holds a regular conference call to discuss the issues they're facing and brainstorm ways to address them among other concerns Janis said.
But it's harder to help homeless patrons when there are limited overnight shelters in Evanston to refer them to Janis said. She hopes the interfaith group will consider opening on nights that drop to 20 degrees but knows finding volunteers to staff those overnight shifts is hard. | 2Positive
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1,274 | Justin Timberlake Super Bowl performer says son 'will never play football' | Justin Timberlake Justin | CLOSE Listen to Justin Timberlake tell reporters at his news conference that his son would not play football. USA TODAY Sports
MINNEAPOLIS -- Justin Timberlake stood on the dais Thursday in front of two huge NFL logos and answered questions about performing at Sunday's Super Bowl LII halftime show. He was asked about his 2-year-old son Silas going into the entertainment business.
Timberlake said he would support his son “getting into the arts or sports” -- with one exception.
“He will never play football ” Timberlake said. "My main objective is that he becomes a great person."
Timberlake 's words come at a time when the sport is facing questions about the long-term implications of concussions and other head trauma.
MORE: 'Nipplegate' revisited: What really happened between Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake ?
MORE: Super Bowl LII players want Justin Timberlake Janet Jackson to reunite for halftime show | CLOSE Listen to Justin Timberlake tell reporters at his news conference that his son would not play football. USA TODAY Sports
MINNEAPOLIS -- Justin Timberlake stood on the dais Thursday in front of two huge NFL logos and answered questions about performing at Sunday's Super Bowl LII halftime show. He was asked about his 2-year-old son Silas going into the entertainment business.
Timberlake said he would support his son “getting into the arts or sports” -- with one exception.
“He will never play football ” Timberlake said. "My main objective is that he becomes a great person."
Timberlake 's words come at a time when the sport is facing questions about the long-term implications of concussions and other head trauma.
MORE: 'Nipplegate' revisited: What really happened between Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake ?
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1,275 | Volkswagen's Chief Digital Officer Joins Blockchain Non | Johann Jungwirth | Today it has announced that the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of Volkswagen Johann Jungwirth is joining the Foundation’s Supervisory Board. The news follows the recent acquisition of Dr. Hongquan Jiang Partner at Robert Robert Bosch Venture Capital to the Iota Foundation Advisory Board.
Jungwirth has been the CDO at Volkswagen since November 2015 where he has been responsible for driving the digital transformation of Volkswagen Group’s 12 brands that include Porsche Audi Bentley Buggatti Lamborghini and other well-known car brands.
Prior to Volkswagen Jungwirth was Director of Mac Systems Engineering at Apple and before that was President and CEO of Mercedez-Benz Research and Development branch of North America.
The foundation says Jungwirth ’s broad expertise and vision of the future of mobility means the Iota Foundation can work faster to bring the technology to market and enable new business models and applications for IoT and beyond. Further collaborations between Iota and Volkswagen will be announced over the coming weeks. | Today it has announced that the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of Volkswagen [TGT]is joining the Foundation’s Supervisory Board. The news follows the recent acquisition of Dr. Hongquan Jiang Partner at Robert Robert Bosch Venture Capital to the Iota Foundation Advisory Board.
[TGT]has been the CDO at Volkswagen since November 2015 where [TGT] has been responsible for driving the digital transformation of Volkswagen Group’s 12 brands that include Porsche Audi Bentley Buggatti Lamborghini and other well-known car brands.
Prior to Volkswagen [TGT]was Director of Mac Systems Engineering at Apple and before that was President and CEO of Mercedez-Benz Research and Development branch of North America.
The foundation says Jungwirth ’s broad expertise and vision of the future of mobility means the Iota Foundation can work faster to bring the technology to market and enable new business models and applications for IoT and beyond. Further collaborations between Iota and Volkswagen will be announced over the coming weeks. | 2Positive
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1,276 | Icy roads cause hundreds of crashes at least 4 deaths in Chicago area; some schools closed | Michael Pogwizd | Michael Pogwizd said he was fueling up at a Hickory Hills gas station about 6 a.m. when a car pulling into the lot slid uncontrollably into the pump knocking it onto Pogwizd’s Chevy Malibu.
A small fire broke out which Pogwizd captured in a photograph before putting it out with an extinguisher. Two other crashes happened in the lot soon thereafter said Hickory Hills police Lt. Tim Stevens.
“It was like a crazy ice-dancing car show ” Pogwizd said. “The policeman even said he’d never seen anything like this in 15 years.”
Pogwizd said his car was still under the gas pump 3½ hours later because authorities were treating it as a hazmat scene. But he was looking on the bright side: His boss gave him the day off he said “Plus (the gas station) is giving me free food and coffee so it’s not that bad.” | [TGT]said [TGT] was fueling up at a Hickory Hills gas station about 6 a.m. when a car pulling into the lot slid uncontrollably into the pump knocking it onto Pogwizd’s Chevy Malibu.
A small fire broke out which Pogwizd captured in a photograph before putting it out with an extinguisher. Two other crashes happened in the lot soon thereafter said Hickory Hills police Lt. Tim Stevens.
“It was like a crazy ice-dancing car show ” [TGT]said. “The policeman even said he’d never seen anything like this in 15 years.”
[TGT]said [TGT] car was still under the gas pump 3½ hours later because authorities were treating it as a hazmat scene. But [TGT] was looking on the bright side: [TGT] boss gave [TGT] the day off [TGT] said “Plus (the gas station) is giving me free food and coffee so it’s not that bad.” | 2Positive
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1,277 | US belatedly compiles list of off | Vladimir Putin | Anders Fogh Rasmussen the former NATO chief and adviser to Ukraine's leader said Russian President Vladimir Putin "must be laughing right now" at how successfully he 's undermined Western democracy. He said the lack of answers from the Trump administration would be seen as a sign of weakness that Putin would exploit.
" He 's achieved much more than he could have ever dreamed of when it comes to undermining the credibility of Western democratic institutions " Rasmussen said Thursday in an Associated Press interview. "When he 's watching the ongoing discussion here in Washington I think it's unbelievable for him that he could achieve that much for a very modest investment in whatever he might have invested in interference in the election or whatever."
The former prime minister of Denmark Rasmussen joined a growing chorus of Russia critics expressing exasperation that an Oct. 1 deadline came and went without new penalties to punish Russia for interfering in the U.S. election. A law Trump signed in August requires the administration to produce a list of individuals linked to Russia's defense and intelligence agencies. Anyone who does business with those individuals could then be hit themselves with U.S. sanctions.
"So far nothing has happened from the administration side " Rasmussen said. Still he said that just the threat of U.S. weapons potentially flowing to the Ukrainians had affected Putin 's deliberations about Ukraine in a positive way. He said he believed Putin 's recent proposal to send U.N. peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine reflected the Russian leader's "attempt to find a way out of all of this." | Anders Fogh Rasmussen the former NATO chief and adviser to Ukraine's leader said [TGT]"must be laughing right now" at how successfully [TGT] 's undermined Western democracy. [TGT] said the lack of answers from the Trump administration would be seen as a sign of weakness that Putin would exploit.
" [TGT] 's achieved much more than [TGT] could have ever dreamed of when it comes to undermining the credibility of Western democratic institutions " Rasmussen said Thursday in an Associated Press interview. "When [TGT] 's watching the ongoing discussion here in Washington I think it's unbelievable for [TGT] that [TGT] could achieve that much for a very modest investment in whatever [TGT] might have invested in interference in the election or whatever."
The former prime minister of Denmark Rasmussen joined a growing chorus of Russia critics expressing exasperation that an Oct. 1 deadline came and went without new penalties to punish Russia for interfering in the U.S. election. A law Trump signed in August requires the administration to produce a list of individuals linked to Russia's defense and intelligence agencies. Anyone who does business with those individuals could then be hit themselves with U.S. sanctions.
"So far nothing has happened from the administration side " Rasmussen said. Still he said that just the threat of U.S. weapons potentially flowing to the Ukrainians had affected [TGT] 's deliberations about Ukraine in a positive way. He said he believed [TGT] 's recent proposal to send U.N. peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine reflected the Russian leader's "attempt to find a way out of all of this." | 2Positive
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1,278 | 26 killed in church attack in Texas' deadliest mass shooting | Alena Berlanga | Alena Berlanga a Floresville resident who was monitoring the chaos on a police scanner and in Facebook community groups said everyone knows everyone else in the sparsely populated county. Sutherland Springs has only a few hundred residents.
"This is horrific for our tiny little tight-knit town " said Alena Berlanga . "Everybody's going to be affected and everybody knows someone who's affected " she said.
Regina Rodriguez arrived at the church a couple of hours after the shooting and walked up to the police barricade. She hugged a person she was with. She had been at an amusement park with her children when she heard of the shooting.
She said her father 51-year-old Richard Rodriguez attends the church every Sunday and she hadn't been able to reach him. She said she feared the worst. | [TGT] a Floresville resident who was monitoring the chaos on a police scanner and in Facebook community groups said everyone knows everyone else in the sparsely populated county. Sutherland Springs has only a few hundred residents.
"This is horrific for our tiny little tight-knit town " said [TGT] . "Everybody's going to be affected and everybody knows someone who's affected " she said.
Regina Rodriguez arrived at the church a couple of hours after the shooting and walked up to the police barricade. She hugged a person she was with. She had been at an amusement park with her children when she heard of the shooting.
She said her father 51-year-old Richard Rodriguez attends the church every Sunday and she hadn't been able to reach him. She said she feared the worst. | 2Positive
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1,279 | Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan: No Cause of Death Until At Least April | Dolores O'Riordan | Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan's cause of death will not be revealed until at least April a London coroner's office announced Friday.
Related Dolores O'Riordan: Cranberries' Noel Hogan Talks Singer's Life and Legacy "There are only a few artists who get to have maybe one song they are remembered by. Dolores has so many."
The coroner's officer Stephen Earl provided more details about the circumstances of O'Riordan 's death on January 15th at the age of 46.
"The London ambulance service was contacted and verified her death at the scene " Earl told The Guardian; O'Riordan was found unresponsive in her London hotel room Monday. "Subsequently the Met police attended and they determined the death to be non-suspicious." Earl added that a postmortem exam had been carried out and that the coroners' office was waiting on the results.
The BBC reported that O'Riordan would eventually be buried in her native Ireland. "The plan is for her to be buried here at home. When that will be will depend on when her body is released " a parish priest in Limerick told BBC. | [TGT]'s cause of death will not be revealed until at least April a London coroner's office announced Friday.
Related Dolores O'Riordan: Cranberries' Noel Hogan Talks Singer's Life and Legacy "There are only a few artists who get to have maybe one song they are remembered by. [TGT] has so many."
The coroner's officer Stephen Earl provided more details about the circumstances of O'Riordan 's death on January 15th at the age of 46.
"The London ambulance service was contacted and verified her death at the scene " Earl told The Guardian; O'Riordan was found unresponsive in her London hotel room Monday. "Subsequently the Met police attended and they determined the death to be non-suspicious." Earl added that a postmortem exam had been carried out and that the coroners' office was waiting on the results.
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1,280 | 100 Millionth Book Donated Thanks to Dolly Parton Literacy Efforts | Dolly Parton | Dolly Parton's long literacy efforts for children continued Tuesday when the country icon presented her 100 millionth book from her Imagination Library to the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and announced a new partnership.
"I just want to say how honored I am before we pull that little thing off that . . . you have taken this to heart and that you've taken this in and we will now have this book that I can actually have here forever for all the little children all over the world certainly in the United States of America here in D.C. " Parton said as she donated her book "Coat of Many Colors" to the children in attendance.
" Dolly Parton's work through her Imagination Library is awe-inspiring " Hayden said in the Library of Congress statement. "They have counted the number of books given away — 100 million — but there is no way to truly quantify the impact this program has had on developing young readers across America and in other parts of the world.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library started in 1995 as a book-gifting organization that has mailed 100 million books to children in Australia Canada United Kingdom and the United States according to the Library of Congress. | [TGT]'s long literacy efforts for children continued Tuesday when the country icon presented [TGT] 100 millionth book from [TGT] Imagination Library to the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and announced a new partnership.
"I just want to say how honored I am before we pull that little thing off that . . . you have taken this to heart and that you've taken this in and we will now have this book that I can actually have here forever for all the little children all over the world certainly in the United States of America here in D.C. " Parton said as she donated her book "Coat of Many Colors" to the children in attendance.
" [TGT]work through [TGT] Imagination Library is awe-inspiring " Hayden said in the Library of Congress statement. "They have counted the number of books given away — 100 million — but there is no way to truly quantify the impact this program has had on developing young readers across America and in other parts of the world.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library started in 1995 as a book-gifting organization that has mailed 100 million books to children in Australia Canada United Kingdom and the United States according to the Library of Congress. | 2Positive
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1,281 | David Mitchell a Cancer Patient Fighting High Drug Costs | David Mitchell | David Mitchell 66 has multiple myeloma a blood cancer that is incurable but treatable. To stay alive he takes $440 000 worth of drugs a year. Mitchell counts himself as lucky. He has Medicare and can afford to buy Medicare Supplement Plan B so his insurance covers his drugs. But not everyone is so fortunate which is why instead of quietly retiring in his 60s he founded a nonprofit to take on high drug prices. Patients for Affordable Drugs launched earlier this year and it’s already making noise. On August 29 for example just one day before the Food and Drug Administration approved a groundbreaking new cancer therapy called Kymriah from the Swiss pharma company Novartis Mitchell was in a meeting with several Novartis executives to talk about its price. Mitchell did not know then that FDA approval was so imminent but he did know that whenever Kymriah did get to market it would be astronomically expensive. Kymriah is the first in the new class of therapies known as CAR-T in which a patients’ own T cells are genetically engineered to go after cancer. Mitchell implored Novartis to price Kymriah fairly.
The next day with FDA approval in hand Novartis announced the new therapy would cost $475 000 per treatment. I spoke to Mitchell last week about his meeting with Novartis and his reaction to Kymriah’s pricetag. Ben Wakana the executive director of Patients for Affordable Drugs also joined parts of our conversation below. Their campaign while relatively new is an extremely polished one. Before working on Patients for Affordable Drugs Mitchell was a partner at GMBB a communications firm perhaps best known for cutting ads for Democrats and Wakana was spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services. The nonprofit is funded with half a million from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation in addition to $75 000 of Mitchell’s own savings and another $75 000 they have since fundraised. A transcript of our conversation edited and condensed for clarity is below. Butch Ramsey Sarah Zhang: So how is your health these days? David Mitchell: My health status is great. I’m a very lucky man. The drugs I’m using are working and I am tolerating them very well. I am relapsed so I'm into the second line of drugs. Myeloma finds its way around drugs. It mutates and changes so I need new drugs and innovation if I want to live as long as I hope to. You know watch my youngest son graduate from college that'd be cool. Have a grandchild that would be cool.
Ben Wakana: You would have to ask Novartis. I will throw out a hypothesis which is we sent Novartis a letter and said we’re asking you to price this drug fairly. At the same time we started a petition where we said to people “Tell Novartis to price this drug in accordance with the fact that U.S. taxpayers spent $200 million researching CAR therapy.” In within 11 days we got 3 455 people to sign that petition. I would like to think when patients speak up and we're an organization that represents patients that has an impact on people. Now it could just have been [then Novartis CEO] Joseph Jimenez was in a good mood one day and told his folks to meet with us. Zhang: How did the meeting with Novartis go? Mitchell: [laughs] It was a very polite meeting—what do they call it in diplomatic circles? There was a frank exchange. It was about an hour and 15 minutes long. Novartis talked maybe 45 or 50 minutes of that hour and 15 and mainly they explained to us why the drug had to be so expensive and why “financial toxicity” is not their fault; it's the fault of the health-care system it 's insurers it 's pharmacy benefit managers it 's doctors hospitals it's everything else it's not them. They're innovators and the problem is a screwed-up system. And then they spent a lot of time explaining why the drug had to be so expensive. We hoped to actually have a discussion. They just told us why it had to be expensive. They used a word that drug companies often use in conversations that I have had with them. They said “It’s very complex David.”
Zhang: As you know Novartis disputes the $200 million figure because not all of that money went directly to CAR-T for cancer or toward the specific therapy behind Kymriah. Mitchell : We're going to send you a clip from a blog post by Francis Collins the head of the National Institutes of Health in which he explains the long history of NIH in building the foundational science for CAR-T. Here's our position: From 1993 until 2017 NIH invested more than $200 million in the overall science of CAR-T. Even the seminal paper that was published in August of 2011 by Dr. Carl June of the University of Pennsylvania was funded in part by the NIH. All of the makers—Novartis Kite (which will become Gilead) and Juno [other companies pursuing CAR-T cell therapy]—are standing on that foundational science. The taxpayers invested early when the risk was the greatest. Zhang: What do you think is a fair price for Kymriah? Mitchell: Well we have run the numbers a variety of different ways. Now the point is no one knows the real numbers except Novartis so we go back to the statements in a Reuters article in 2015 where Kite’s chief financial officer said they thought the base price was $150 000 for treatment and analysts at that time were saying [costs could be] up to $300 000. When we tried to model we can’t get over $300 000. Zhang: Novartis did take two unusual steps when announcing the price of Kymriah. First they pointed to a British analysis to say they actually thought Kymriah was worth $600 000 to $750 000 but they were going to price it lower at $475 000. And second they said patients who don’t respond after 30 days to the treatment will not have to pay.
Mitchell: Now we don't know if that's the right end point because it turns out over 20 percent of people relapse in six months. So maybe it would more genuine of them to suggest they give a refund to people who relapse at six months or within six months. “It's not about you as one individual company; it's about the emergence of a new class of therapy.” Zhang: Why did you set your sights on Novartis and their therapy Kymriah in the first place? Mitchell: First of all we work on all drugs. We work with people who have all diseases from high blood pressure and cardiac disease to multiple sclerosis and cystic fibrosis. However we decided that it was important to focus on the emergence of a whole new class of therapies. We need to put focus and energy on CAR-T and Novartis got our attention because it's first. And we told them that when we went to visit with them. It's not about you as one individual company; it's about the emergence of a new class of therapy. Zhang: What else does Patients for Affordable Drugs do? Mitchell : This week we're incredibly busy. We're helping support a rally at Eli Lilly to protest the skyrocketing prices of insulin. Insulin prices have increased more than 300 percent in the last decade. It's outrageous and people are suffering because of it. There's a rally at Eli Lilly September 9 and we'll be supporting that. One of our staff is getting on a plane to go to California to help work in support of SB-17 which is a bill in California for transparency and early notification of drug price increases. We are mobilizing our community out there and will in fact have one of our patients at a news conference there. | [TGT]has multiple myeloma a blood cancer that is incurable but treatable. To stay alive [TGT] takes $440 000 worth of drugs a year. [TGT]counts [TGT] as lucky. [TGT] has Medicare and can afford to buy Medicare Supplement Plan B so [TGT] insurance covers [TGT] drugs. But not everyone is so fortunate which is why instead of quietly retiring in his 60s he founded a nonprofit to take on high drug prices. Patients for Affordable Drugs launched earlier this year and it’s already making noise. On August 29 for example just one day before the Food and Drug Administration approved a groundbreaking new cancer therapy called Kymriah from the Swiss pharma company Novartis Mitchell was in a meeting with several Novartis executives to talk about its price. [TGT]did not know then that FDA approval was so imminent but [TGT] did know that whenever Kymriah did get to market it would be astronomically expensive. Kymriah is the first in the new class of therapies known as CAR-T in which a patients’ own T cells are genetically engineered to go after cancer. [TGT]implored Novartis to price Kymriah fairly.
The next day with FDA approval in hand Novartis announced the new therapy would cost $475 000 per treatment. I spoke to Mitchell last week about [TGT] meeting with Novartis and [TGT] reaction to Kymriah’s pricetag. Ben Wakana the executive director of Patients for Affordable Drugs also joined parts of our conversation below. Their campaign while relatively new is an extremely polished one. Before working on Patients for Affordable Drugs [TGT] was a partner at GMBB a communications firm perhaps best known for cutting ads for Democrats and Wakana was spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services. The nonprofit is funded with half a million from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation in addition to $75 000 of Mitchell’s own savings and another $75 000 they have since fundraised. A transcript of our conversation edited and condensed for clarity is below. Butch Ramsey Sarah Zhang: So how is your health these days? [TGT]: My health status is great. I’m a very lucky man. The drugs I’m using are working and I am tolerating them very well. I am relapsed so I'm into the second line of drugs. Myeloma finds its way around drugs. It mutates and changes so I need new drugs and innovation if I want to live as long as I hope to. You know watch my youngest son graduate from college that'd be cool. Have a grandchild that would be cool.
Ben Wakana: You would have to ask Novartis. I will throw out a hypothesis which is we sent Novartis a letter and said we’re asking you to price this drug fairly. At the same time we started a petition where we said to people “Tell Novartis to price this drug in accordance with the fact that U.S. taxpayers spent $200 million researching CAR therapy.” In within 11 days we got 3 455 people to sign that petition. I would like to think when patients speak up and we're an organization that represents patients that has an impact on people. Now it could just have been [then Novartis CEO] Joseph Jimenez was in a good mood one day and told his folks to meet with us. Zhang: How did the meeting with Novartis go? Mitchell: [laughs] It was a very polite meeting—what do they call it in diplomatic circles? There was a frank exchange. It was about an hour and 15 minutes long. Novartis talked maybe 45 or 50 minutes of that hour and 15 and mainly they explained to us why the drug had to be so expensive and why “financial toxicity” is not their fault; it's the fault of the health-care system [TGT] 's insurers [TGT] 's pharmacy benefit managers it 's doctors hospitals it's everything else it's not them. They're innovators and the problem is a screwed-up system. And then they spent a lot of time explaining why the drug had to be so expensive. We hoped to actually have a discussion. They just told us why it had to be expensive. They used a word that drug companies often use in conversations that I have had with them. They said “It’s very complex David.”
Zhang: As you know Novartis disputes the $200 million figure because not all of that money went directly to CAR-T for cancer or toward the specific therapy behind Kymriah. [TGT] : We're going to send you a clip from a blog post by Francis Collins the head of the National Institutes of Health in which he explains the long history of NIH in building the foundational science for CAR-T. Here's our position: From 1993 until 2017 NIH invested more than $200 million in the overall science of CAR-T. Even the seminal paper that was published in August of 2011 by Dr. Carl June of the University of Pennsylvania was funded in part by the NIH. All of the makers—Novartis Kite (which will become Gilead) and Juno [other companies pursuing CAR-T cell therapy]—are standing on that foundational science. The taxpayers invested early when the risk was the greatest. Zhang: What do you think is a fair price for Kymriah? [TGT]: Well we have run the numbers a variety of different ways. Now the point is no one knows the real numbers except Novartis so we go back to the statements in a Reuters article in 2015 where Kite’s chief financial officer said they thought the base price was $150 000 for treatment and analysts at that time were saying [costs could be] up to $300 000. When we tried to model we can’t get over $300 000. Zhang: Novartis did take two unusual steps when announcing the price of Kymriah. First they pointed to a British analysis to say they actually thought Kymriah was worth $600 000 to $750 000 but they were going to price it lower at $475 000. And second they said patients who don’t respond after 30 days to the treatment will not have to pay.
[TGT]: Now we don't know if that's the right end point because [TGT] turns out over 20 percent of people relapse in six months. So maybe [TGT] would more genuine of them to suggest they give a refund to people who relapse at six months or within six months. “It's not about you as one individual company; it's about the emergence of a new class of therapy.” Zhang: Why did you set your sights on Novartis and their therapy Kymriah in the first place? [TGT]: First of all we work on all drugs. We work with people who have all diseases from high blood pressure and cardiac disease to multiple sclerosis and cystic fibrosis. However we decided that it was important to focus on the emergence of a whole new class of therapies. We need to put focus and energy on CAR-T and Novartis got our attention because it's first. And we told them that when we went to visit with them. It's not about you as one individual company; it's about the emergence of a new class of therapy. Zhang: What else does Patients for Affordable Drugs do? [TGT] : This week we're incredibly busy. We're helping support a rally at Eli Lilly to protest the skyrocketing prices of insulin. Insulin prices have increased more than 300 percent in the last decade. It's outrageous and people are suffering because of it. There's a rally at Eli Lilly September 9 and we'll be supporting that. One of our staff is getting on a plane to go to California to help work in support of SB-17 which is a bill in California for transparency and early notification of drug price increases. We are mobilizing our community out there and will in fact have one of our patients at a news conference there. | 2Positive
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1,282 | Trump using campaign RNC funds to pay legal bills from Russia probe: sources | Donald Trump Jr. | The reason Trump is able to tap into his campaign funds for legal expenses is because for the past decade presidential candidates have abandoned public financing for their campaigns. Instead they have built networks that collect millions of dollars from private donors a move that comes with less restrictions on how the money is spent.
Trump also filed for reelection the day he took office in January two years earlier than any previous president ensuring a fund of millions in campaign cash would remain at his disposal.
According to its most recent filing to the Federal Election Commission Donald J. Trump for President Inc had almost $12 million on hand by the end of June an increase of over $4 million since January.
According to a July filing the Trump campaign paid $50 000 to the law firm of Alan Futerfas who is representing Donald Trump Jr. Futerfas did not respond for requests for comment.
A number of other current and former Trump staffers have also recently hired lawyers. | The reason Trump is able to tap into his campaign funds for legal expenses is because for the past decade presidential candidates have abandoned public financing for their campaigns. Instead they have built networks that collect millions of dollars from private donors a move that comes with less restrictions on how the money is spent.
Trump also filed for reelection the day he took office in January two years earlier than any previous president ensuring a fund of millions in campaign cash would remain at his disposal.
According to its most recent filing to the Federal Election Commission Donald J. Trump for President Inc had almost $12 million on hand by the end of June an increase of over $4 million since January.
According to a July filing the Trump campaign paid $50 000 to the law firm of Alan Futerfas who is representing [TGT] Futerfas did not respond for requests for comment.
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1,283 | Yankees please save New York from gut | Giancarlo Stanton | But if Aaron Judge Giancarlo Stanton and company don’t win a World Series as soon as possible sports fans might start confusing the greater New York area with Winnipeg.
Why only 91-71 even after acquiring the reigning National League Most Valuable Player in Stanton ? Because while you might not have loved Starlin Castro or Chase Headley — the Yankees didn’t either — the two gentlemen provided some value. And because both Stanton and Judge the reigning American League Rookie of the Year are forecasted to tail off some.
Stanton and Judge nevertheless upgrade this team from a serious contender to must-see baseball. Barring an epic collapse the Yankees will see their attendance rise in consecutive seasons for the first time in the new Yankee Stadium. If you attended the recent Baseball Writers Association of America New York chapter’s dinner in Manhattan you saw Judge and Stanton interacting publicly for the first time as teammates. It’s an electric optic one that figures to be more so when they’re in uniform.
“Help us Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. You’re our only hope.” | But if Aaron Judge Giancarlo Stanton and company don’t win a World Series as soon as possible sports fans might start confusing the greater New York area with Winnipeg.
Why only 91-71 even after acquiring the reigning National League Most Valuable Player in [TGT] ? Because while you might not have loved Starlin Castro or Chase Headley — the Yankees didn’t either — the two gentlemen provided some value. And because both Stanton and Judge the reigning American League Rookie of the Year are forecasted to tail off some.
[TGT]and Judge nevertheless upgrade this team from a serious contender to must-see baseball. Barring an epic collapse the Yankees will see their attendance rise in consecutive seasons for the first time in the new Yankee Stadium. If you attended the recent Baseball Writers Association of America New York chapter’s dinner in Manhattan you saw Judge and [TGT] interacting publicly for the first time as teammates. It’s an electric optic one that figures to be more so when they’re in uniform.
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1,284 | 4 Killed In Grand Canyon Helicopter Crash | Francis E. Bradley | Police Chief Francis E. Bradley of the Hualapai Nation Police Department said in a statement that the accident occurred around 5:20 p.m. local time near Quartermaster Canyon on the Hualapai Nation a federally recognized Indian reservation in northwestern Arizona.
The survivors of the EC-130 helicopter wreck were all "Level One trauma patients " said Bradley indicating the highest category of injury.
Rescue workers had difficulty accessing the scene said Bradley owing to "high winds the darkness and the extreme rugged terrain."
He added "The only access to the crash site area is by foot on a 20-mile hike or by helicopter." | [TGT] said in a statement that the accident occurred around 5:20 p.m. local time near Quartermaster Canyon on the Hualapai Nation a federally recognized Indian reservation in northwestern Arizona.
The survivors of the EC-130 helicopter wreck were all "Level One trauma patients " said [TGT]indicating the highest category of injury.
Rescue workers had difficulty accessing the scene said Bradley owing to "high winds the darkness and the extreme rugged terrain."
He added "The only access to the crash site area is by foot on a 20-mile hike or by helicopter." | 2Positive
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1,285 | Barnaby Joyce : Australia PM bans ministers from sex with staff | Barnaby Joyce Barnaby | Image copyright EPA Image caption Barnaby Joyce will take one week of leave Malcolm Turnbull says
In a press briefing he condemned Barnaby Joyce for a "shocking error of judgement".
Mr Joyce will take a leave of absence from Monday amid scrutiny over whether he breached ministerial standards.
Both Mr Joyce and Mr Turnbull deny that any rules as defined were broken.
" Barnaby made a shocking error of judgement in having an affair with a young woman working in his office " he said.
"In doing so he has set off a world of woe for those women and appalled all of us. Our hearts go out to them." | Image copyright EPA Image caption Barnaby Joyce will take one week of leave Malcolm Turnbull says
In a press briefing he condemned Barnaby Joyce for a "shocking error of judgement".
Mr Joyce will take a leave of absence from Monday amid scrutiny over whether he breached ministerial standards.
Both Mr Joyce and Mr Turnbull deny that any rules as defined were broken.
" Barnaby made a shocking error of judgement in having an affair with a young woman working in his office " he said.
"In doing so he has set off a world of woe for those women and appalled all of us. Our hearts go out to them." | 2Positive
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1,286 | UN votes 128 | Nikki Haley | The vote came after U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley issued a stern warning United Nations that the United States "will remember" countries that voted for the measure.
Haley hinted that U.S. financial support for the U.N. is not guaranteed and that the U.S. should not be expected to support an organization that condemned it.
"The United States is by far the single largest contributor to the United Nations " she said noting that "our participation in the U.N. produces great good for the world."
Haley said "the United States will remember this day" when it was "singled out for attack."
"America will put our embassy in Jerusalem " Haley said adding that "no vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that. But this vote will make a difference on how Americans look on the U.N." | The vote came after [TGT]issued a stern warning United Nations that the United States "will remember" countries that voted for the measure.
[TGT]hinted that U.S. financial support for the U.N. is not guaranteed and that the U.S. should not be expected to support an organization that condemned it.
"The United States is by far the single largest contributor to the United Nations " she said noting that "our participation in the U.N. produces great good for the world.[TGT]said "the United States will remember this day" when it was "singled out for attack."
"America will put our embassy in Jerusalem [TGT]said adding that "no vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that. But this vote will make a difference on how Americans look on the U.N." | 2Positive
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1,287 | Faces of war: Who are the men in soldier's WWII sketches? | ) Stan Dube | SARATOGA SPRINGS N.Y. (AP) — Before the Army's 27th Infantry Division was decimated in a bloody World War II battle Stan Dube sketched portraits of his fellow soldiers. The 17 drawings were forgotten after the war and stashed in an attic for decades before being found a year ago by his son.
Because the 27th was a former New York National Guard unit Dube believes most or all of the other 15 men also were New Yorkers. He recently donated the original sketches to the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center in hopes its artifacts and records could be used to help identify more of the soldiers. It's not known whether any of the men depicted in the artwork are still alive.
In this Dec. 8 2017 photo World War II veteran Wilfred “Spike” Mailloux looks through a series of sketches of U.S. Army 27th Infantry Division soldiers while visiting the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center in Saratoga Springs N.Y. They were done in Hawaii by Stan Dube in 1943 a year before the 27th Division fought in the Battle of Saipan. Now his son Ira Dube is hoping to identify the men so he has donated his late father’s 15 sketches to the museum. (AP Photo/Chris Carola)
Stan Dube who died in 2009 was drafted into the Army while studying architecture at Syracuse University and he put his drawing skills to use by sketching pencil- and charcoal-on-paper portraits of his fellow soldiers while the 27th Division was stationed in Hawaii in 1943.
The sure-handed sketches mostly show young men looking pensively into the distance though a few crack a smile. Dube drew no backgrounds and barely sketched out his subjects' shoulders but he took care to capture his subjects' eyes and faces.
On all the drawings Dube put the month year and his signature in the lower right corner. Three of the soldiers signed their names next to Dube 's: Kenneth Reid Joseph Joner Kratky and Joe Orbe who added his nickname "Solid Jackson."
Using information he found online Ira Dube was able to track down Kratky and Orbe's relatives in upstate New York. Kratky was killed on Saipan in 1944. Orbe a New York City native survived the war and died in 1974. Dube hasn't definitively identified the soldier in the Reid sketch.
This undated family photo provided by Ira Dube shows architect Stan Dube . Stan Dube sketched members of the U.S. Army's 27th Infantry Division in 1943 a year before the division fought in the Battle of Saipan. Now Ira Dube is hoping to identify the fellow soldiers so he has donated the sketches to the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center. ( Ira Dube via AP) | SARATOGA SPRINGS N.Y. (AP) — Before the Army's 27th Infantry Division was decimated in a bloody World War II battle Stan Dube sketched portraits of his fellow soldiers. The 17 drawings were forgotten after the war and stashed in an attic for decades before being found a year ago by his son.
Because the 27th was a former New York National Guard unit Dube believes most or all of the other 15 men also were New Yorkers. He recently donated the original sketches to the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center in hopes its artifacts and records could be used to help identify more of the soldiers. It's not known whether any of the men depicted in the artwork are still alive.
In this Dec. 8 2017 photo World War II veteran Wilfred “Spike” Mailloux looks through a series of sketches of U.S. Army 27th Infantry Division soldiers while visiting the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center in Saratoga Springs N.Y. They were done in Hawaii by Stan Dube in 1943 a year before the 27th Division fought in the Battle of Saipan. Now his son Ira Dube is hoping to identify the men so he has donated his late father’s 15 sketches to the museum. (AP Photo/Chris Carola)
Stan Dube who died in 2009 was drafted into the Army while studying architecture at Syracuse University and he put his drawing skills to use by sketching pencil- and charcoal-on-paper portraits of his fellow soldiers while the 27th Division was stationed in Hawaii in 1943.
The sure-handed sketches mostly show young men looking pensively into the distance though a few crack a smile. Dube drew no backgrounds and barely sketched out his subjects' shoulders but he took care to capture his subjects' eyes and faces.
On all the drawings Dube put the month year and his signature in the lower right corner. Three of the soldiers signed their names next to Dube 's: Kenneth Reid Joseph Joner Kratky and Joe Orbe who added his nickname "Solid Jackson."
Using information he found online Ira Dube was able to track down Kratky and Orbe's relatives in upstate New York. Kratky was killed on Saipan in 1944. Orbe a New York City native survived the war and died in 1974. Dube hasn't definitively identified the soldier in the Reid sketch.
This undated family photo provided by Ira Dube shows architect Stan Dube . Stan Dube sketched members of the U.S. Army's 27th Infantry Division in 1943 a year before the division fought in the Battle of Saipan. Now Ira Dube is hoping to identify the fellow soldiers so he has donated the sketches to the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center. ( Ira Dube via AP) | 2Positive
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1,288 | Why Glenn Beck Is Sorry About Donald Trump | Glenn Beck | Glenn Beck looks like the dad in a Disney movie. He ’s earnest geeky pink and slightly bulbous. His idea of salty language is bullcrap. The atmosphere at Beck’s Mercury Studios outside Dallas is similarly soothing provided you ignore the references to genocide and civilizational collapse. In October when most commentators considered a Donald Trump presidency a remote possibility I followed audience members onto the set of The Glenn Beck Program which airs on Beck ’s website theblaze.com. On the way we passed through a life-size replica of the Oval Office as it might look if inhabited by a President Beck complete with a portrait of Ronald Reagan and a large Norman Rockwell print of a Boy Scout. On one side of the main stage hung a drawing of an old pickup truck captioned “Edward Janssen Farms.” (Janssen was Beck’s maternal grandfather; Beck’s family sells a line of American-made clothing that bears the Janssen name.) Over the truck in large type was the word honor. On the other side of the stage sat an old-fashioned radio and a comfy blue armchair. The scene was warmly reassuring except for the television offstage which was blaring an advertisement for a year’s worth of “emergency survival food” to be consumed in case society unravels.
Beck asked an audience member to lead a prayer then filming started. Someone asked “How do we get people to come together?” Beck responded by citing a book called Pendulum which argues that as the result of generational change history shifts in 40-year cycles between “me” eras and “we” eras. In 2003 he explained America entered a “we” era a time when individual identity weakens and group identity strengthens. “ ‘We’ generations ” Beck declared produce “genocidal monsters”: The past three “we” generations coincided with the French and American revolutions Karl Marx and the Civil War and the Holocaust. Americans can survive the coming “onslaught ” he reassured his viewers but to do so will require great character. He mentioned Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was hanged for resisting the Nazis. He invoked Gandhi who fasted in an effort to prevent India’s Hindus and Muslims from murdering each other. Then Beck stopped for a commercial break during which he chatted amiably with his audience about the impending collapse of America’s banks. Later in the show a questioner suggested that Americans were turning away from God. Beck said he ’d been thinking a lot about the prophet Jeremiah who vainly warned the Israelite kings that catastrophe was near. Finally when the Babylonians were about to sack Jerusalem Jeremiah urged the Israelites to accept national enslavement because it was God’s will. Beck saw a contemporary lesson: “Sometimes you have to pay the price for what you’ve done.” Then he started talking about Donald Trump’s assault on the Bill of Rights.
Amidst the misery of the 2016 presidential campaign Beck showed unusual courage. Many conservative pundits opposed Trump. But they mostly worked for mainstream media institutions like The New York Times The Washington Post MSNBC and CNN. They didn’t rely on Trump supporters to pay their salary. Conservative talk-show hosts who stoke right-wing populism for a living reacted very differently. Sean Hannity appeared in one of Trump’s campaign videos. Laura Ingraham spoke at the Republican National Convention. Rush Limbaugh declared in March that “with the case of Trump there’s a much bigger upside than downside.” In July Hugh Hewitt wrote “Of course I am voting for Donald Trump.” Even the most moralistic conservative talkers—including William Bennett and Dennis Prager who have made careers of arguing that private character is key to political leadership—endorsed Trump. Mark Levin who hosts a popular show on the Westwood One radio network vowed not to. “Count me as Never Trump ” he declared in April. But in September he announced “I’m voting for Trump.” Among big-time national conservative talk-show hosts Beck—who is tied with Levin for the third-largest listenership after Limbaugh and Hannity—was a rare exception. He didn’t just oppose Trump. He compared him to Hitler. He warned that Trump was a possible “extinction-level event” for American democracy and capitalism. In an attempt to defeat Trump Beck campaigned during the primaries for Ted Cruz. Then when Cruz endorsed Trump Beck apologized for having supported him.
One longtime sponsor of Beck ’s radio show reportedly tried to pull its ads in protest. In May SiriusXM briefly suspended Beck for implying that if Congress wouldn’t stop a President Trump Americans might have to do so by force. Nonetheless Beck held firm in his opposition. He considered voting for Hillary Clinton but ultimately went for the independent candidate Evan McMullin. Why? The answer lies in the very catastrophizing that makes Beck sound like a kook. In the mid-1990s Beck was by his own account a “despicable human being ” a divorced alcoholic drug-addicted shock jock for a Connecticut radio station. He once put on a banana suit and leaped into a pool of Styrofoam. He repeatedly considered suicide. Eventually Beck got sober and fell in love with the woman who would become his second wife. But she refused to marry him until they found a religion. So the couple embarked on a “church tour” and were baptized as Mormons in 1999. Many Americans revere the Constitution. Mormons like Beck consider it sacred. For a time Beck remained apolitical. “I didn’t pay attention to anything until September 11 nothing nothing ” he explained to me after the taping as we sat in his office. “I couldn’t have told you the Bill of Rights in any great detail.” He describes 9/11 as “a turning point for me.” He was by then hosting a show in New York and remembers walking from Ground Zero to his studio and reading on air a 19th-century hymn written by a Mormon pioneer fleeing Missouri on his way to Utah. Beck says he felt a special calling at that moment. “If you have a position on the gate and you don’t warn the people of what you see ” he remembers thinking “you’re to blame.”
Ever since Beck has imagined himself as a sentry perched on the national ramparts warning of looming disaster. Usually that disaster manifests itself as a threat to the Constitution. Which given Mormon history makes perfect sense. Many Americans revere the Constitution. Mormons however consider it sacred. In Doctrine and Covenants a book of Mormon scripture God says “I have established the Constitution of this land by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose.” According to polling by David Campbell a Notre Dame political scientist 94 percent of American Mormons believe that the “Constitution and the Bill of Rights are divinely inspired.” That’s only two points lower than the percentage who believe that the Book of Mormon is. But Mormons don’t just consider the Constitution sacred. They believe that its violation has allowed their persecution. Why did the governor of Missouri in 1838 call for Mormons to “be exterminated or driven from the State”? Why were Mormons forced to travel halfway across the continent—leaving the borders of what was then the United States—in order to find sanctuary in Utah? Because America’s leaders disregarded the country’s sacred texts. Today many Mormons see defending the Constitution the way many Jews see opposing genocide: as a way of honoring their ancestors and affirming their identity. In recounting his own religious conversion Beck told me about a parade that he claimed Mormon settlers held upon reaching Utah after having been expelled from the United States. “The women carried the Declaration of Independence and the men carried the Constitution ” he said. “And the whole point was that people may let you down people will violate the principles but the principles are true.” Such a parade likely never happened. Two scholars of Mormonism told me they had never heard of it. But the story nonetheless illustrates the Constitution’s centrality to Beck ’s identity and to the identity of many Mormons. According to legend the Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesied in 1843 that the Constitution would one day “hang by a thread” and be saved by “the elders of Zion ” by which he meant Mormon men. Church authorities say the quote is apocryphal. Campbell’s polling however finds that a majority of Mormons believe it’s true. And yet Campbell argues Mormons tend not to accentuate these views publicly. Mormon culture he told me emphasizes a “moderate way of speaking.” Think Mitt Romney or Orrin Hatch. Campbell who is Mormon himself says that’s in part because many Mormons are desperate to be accepted by a mainstream that has long rejected them. They’re fearful of looking like fanatics or nuts.
Beck is not. Perhaps because he converted to Mormonism as an adult he never imbibed his co-religionists’ anxiety. He has publicly invoked Smith’s alleged prophecy at least five times most recently in March. Warning Utah voters of the threat Trump posed Beck reminded them that “the body of the priesthood is known to stand up when the Constitution hangs by a thread.” More problematically for liberals Beck invoked the prophecy three times in late 2008 and early 2009 to describe Barack Obama. This is the irony underlying Beck ’s current stance: The same doomsday sensibility that helps him appreciate the menace posed by Trump led him to massively exaggerate the menace posed by Obama—and thus to breed the hateful paranoia on which Trump now feeds. Beck in fact pioneered some of Trump’s most disturbing themes. At the beginning of Obama’s first term Beck repeatedly called the president antiwhite. In 2010 he wondered why Obama “needlessly throws his hat into the ring to defend the Ground Zero mosque. He hosts Ramadan dinners which a president can do. But then you just add all of this stuff up— his wife goes against the advice of the advisers jets to Spain for vacation. What does she do there? She hits up the Alhambra palace mosque. Fine it’s a tourist attraction. But is there anything more to this? Are they sending messages?” Trump opponents may appreciate Beck ’s Hitler analogies now that they’re directed at The Donald. But during the first 14 months of the Obama administration according to Dana Milbank’s book Tears of a Clown: Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America Beck and guests on his Fox News show invoked “fascism ” “Nazis ” “Hitler ” “the Holocaust” and “Joseph Goebbels” 487 times. For good measure Beck in 2007 said that Hillary Clinton sounds like “the stereotypical bitch.” | [TGT]looks like the dad in a Disney movie. [TGT] ’s earnest geeky pink and slightly bulbous. [TGT] idea of salty language is bullcrap. The atmosphere at Beck’s Mercury Studios outside Dallas is similarly soothing provided you ignore the references to genocide and civilizational collapse. In October when most commentators considered a Donald Trump presidency a remote possibility I followed audience members onto the set of The Glenn Beck Program which airs on Beck ’s website theblaze.com. On the way we passed through a life-size replica of the Oval Office as it might look if inhabited by a President Beck complete with a portrait of Ronald Reagan and a large Norman Rockwell print of a Boy Scout. On one side of the main stage hung a drawing of an old pickup truck captioned “Edward Janssen Farms.” (Janssen was Beck’s maternal grandfather; Beck’s family sells a line of American-made clothing that bears the Janssen name.) Over the truck in large type was the word honor. On the other side of the stage sat an old-fashioned radio and a comfy blue armchair. The scene was warmly reassuring except for the television offstage which was blaring an advertisement for a year’s worth of “emergency survival food” to be consumed in case society unravels.
Beck asked an audience member to lead a prayer then filming started. Someone asked “How do we get people to come together?” Beck responded by citing a book called Pendulum which argues that as the result of generational change history shifts in 40-year cycles between “me” eras and “we” eras. In 2003 he explained America entered a “we” era a time when individual identity weakens and group identity strengthens. “ ‘We’ generations ” Beck declared produce “genocidal monsters”: The past three “we” generations coincided with the French and American revolutions Karl Marx and the Civil War and the Holocaust. Americans can survive the coming “onslaught ” he reassured his viewers but to do so will require great character. He mentioned Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was hanged for resisting the Nazis. He invoked Gandhi who fasted in an effort to prevent India’s Hindus and Muslims from murdering each other. Then Beck stopped for a commercial break during which he chatted amiably with his audience about the impending collapse of America’s banks. Later in the show a questioner suggested that Americans were turning away from God. Beck said he ’d been thinking a lot about the prophet Jeremiah who vainly warned the Israelite kings that catastrophe was near. Finally when the Babylonians were about to sack Jerusalem Jeremiah urged the Israelites to accept national enslavement because it was God’s will. Beck saw a contemporary lesson: “Sometimes you have to pay the price for what you’ve done.” Then he started talking about Donald Trump’s assault on the Bill of Rights.
Amidst the misery of the 2016 presidential campaign Beck showed unusual courage. Many conservative pundits opposed Trump. But they mostly worked for mainstream media institutions like The New York Times The Washington Post MSNBC and CNN. They didn’t rely on Trump supporters to pay their salary. Conservative talk-show hosts who stoke right-wing populism for a living reacted very differently. Sean Hannity appeared in one of Trump’s campaign videos. Laura Ingraham spoke at the Republican National Convention. Rush Limbaugh declared in March that “with the case of Trump there’s a much bigger upside than downside.” In July Hugh Hewitt wrote “Of course I am voting for Donald Trump.” Even the most moralistic conservative talkers—including William Bennett and Dennis Prager who have made careers of arguing that private character is key to political leadership—endorsed Trump. Mark Levin who hosts a popular show on the Westwood One radio network vowed not to. “Count me as Never Trump ” he declared in April. But in September he announced “I’m voting for Trump.” Among big-time national conservative talk-show hosts Beck—who is tied with Levin for the third-largest listenership after Limbaugh and Hannity—was a rare exception. He didn’t just oppose Trump. He compared him to Hitler. He warned that Trump was a possible “extinction-level event” for American democracy and capitalism. In an attempt to defeat Trump Beck campaigned during the primaries for Ted Cruz. Then when Cruz endorsed Trump Beck apologized for having supported him.
One longtime sponsor of Beck ’s radio show reportedly tried to pull its ads in protest. In May SiriusXM briefly suspended Beck for implying that if Congress wouldn’t stop a President Trump Americans might have to do so by force. Nonetheless Beck held firm in his opposition. He considered voting for Hillary Clinton but ultimately went for the independent candidate Evan McMullin. Why? The answer lies in the very catastrophizing that makes Beck sound like a kook. In the mid-1990s Beck was by his own account a “despicable human being ” a divorced alcoholic drug-addicted shock jock for a Connecticut radio station. He once put on a banana suit and leaped into a pool of Styrofoam. He repeatedly considered suicide. Eventually Beck got sober and fell in love with the woman who would become his second wife. But she refused to marry him until they found a religion. So the couple embarked on a “church tour” and were baptized as Mormons in 1999. Many Americans revere the Constitution. Mormons like Beck consider it sacred. For a time Beck remained apolitical. “I didn’t pay attention to anything until September 11 nothing nothing ” he explained to me after the taping as we sat in his office. “I couldn’t have told you the Bill of Rights in any great detail.” He describes 9/11 as “a turning point for me.” He was by then hosting a show in New York and remembers walking from Ground Zero to his studio and reading on air a 19th-century hymn written by a Mormon pioneer fleeing Missouri on his way to Utah. Beck says he felt a special calling at that moment. “If you have a position on the gate and you don’t warn the people of what you see ” he remembers thinking “you’re to blame.”
Ever since Beck has imagined himself as a sentry perched on the national ramparts warning of looming disaster. Usually that disaster manifests itself as a threat to the Constitution. Which given Mormon history makes perfect sense. Many Americans revere the Constitution. Mormons however consider it sacred. In Doctrine and Covenants a book of Mormon scripture God says “I have established the Constitution of this land by the hands of wise men whom I raised up unto this very purpose.” According to polling by David Campbell a Notre Dame political scientist 94 percent of American Mormons believe that the “Constitution and the Bill of Rights are divinely inspired.” That’s only two points lower than the percentage who believe that the Book of Mormon is. But Mormons don’t just consider the Constitution sacred. They believe that its violation has allowed their persecution. Why did the governor of Missouri in 1838 call for Mormons to “be exterminated or driven from the State”? Why were Mormons forced to travel halfway across the continent—leaving the borders of what was then the United States—in order to find sanctuary in Utah? Because America’s leaders disregarded the country’s sacred texts. Today many Mormons see defending the Constitution the way many Jews see opposing genocide: as a way of honoring their ancestors and affirming their identity. In recounting his own religious conversion Beck told me about a parade that he claimed Mormon settlers held upon reaching Utah after having been expelled from the United States. “The women carried the Declaration of Independence and the men carried the Constitution ” he said. “And the whole point was that people may let you down people will violate the principles but the principles are true.” Such a parade likely never happened. Two scholars of Mormonism told me they had never heard of it. But the story nonetheless illustrates the Constitution’s centrality to Beck ’s identity and to the identity of many Mormons. According to legend the Mormon leader Joseph Smith prophesied in 1843 that the Constitution would one day “hang by a thread” and be saved by “the elders of Zion ” by which he meant Mormon men. Church authorities say the quote is apocryphal. Campbell’s polling however finds that a majority of Mormons believe it’s true. And yet Campbell argues Mormons tend not to accentuate these views publicly. Mormon culture he told me emphasizes a “moderate way of speaking.” Think Mitt Romney or Orrin Hatch. Campbell who is Mormon himself says that’s in part because many Mormons are desperate to be accepted by a mainstream that has long rejected them. They’re fearful of looking like fanatics or nuts.
Beck is not. Perhaps because he converted to Mormonism as an adult he never imbibed his co-religionists’ anxiety. He has publicly invoked Smith’s alleged prophecy at least five times most recently in March. Warning Utah voters of the threat Trump posed Beck reminded them that “the body of the priesthood is known to stand up when the Constitution hangs by a thread.” More problematically for liberals Beck invoked the prophecy three times in late 2008 and early 2009 to describe Barack Obama. This is the irony underlying Beck ’s current stance: The same doomsday sensibility that helps him appreciate the menace posed by Trump led him to massively exaggerate the menace posed by Obama—and thus to breed the hateful paranoia on which Trump now feeds. Beck in fact pioneered some of Trump’s most disturbing themes. At the beginning of Obama’s first term Beck repeatedly called the president antiwhite. In 2010 he wondered why Obama “needlessly throws his hat into the ring to defend the Ground Zero mosque. He hosts Ramadan dinners which a president can do. But then you just add all of this stuff up— his wife goes against the advice of the advisers jets to Spain for vacation. What does she do there? She hits up the Alhambra palace mosque. Fine it’s a tourist attraction. But is there anything more to this? Are they sending messages?” Trump opponents may appreciate Beck ’s Hitler analogies now that they’re directed at The Donald. But during the first 14 months of the Obama administration according to Dana Milbank’s book Tears of a Clown: Glenn Beck and the Tea Bagging of America Beck and guests on his Fox News show invoked “fascism ” “Nazis ” “Hitler ” “the Holocaust” and “Joseph Goebbels” 487 times. For good measure Beck in 2007 said that Hillary Clinton sounds like “the stereotypical bitch.” | 2Positive
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1,289 | This 94 | Harry Leslie Smith | Harry Leslie Smith is a World War II RAF veteran who will turn 95 in February 2018.
He is also an activist who's written several books on the Great Depression which he experienced in Britain the war and the rise of Neo-liberalism in the West. Recently Smith has been vocal in advocating for refugee rights visiting the Calais "jungle" and tweeting his passionate political opinions (he's a Labour supporter).
But there's still a challenge Smith wants to complete: travelling to refugee camps across the world. For this reason he's launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to help him fund his tour.
I'm almost a 100 so I know my time left on earth is short that's why I'm making it count for something. https://t.co/hG7dqP8Jss … #Labour — Harry Leslie Smith (@Harryslaststand) October 19 2017
As he notes his Twitter feed has over 123 000 followers and people of all ages are inspired by his voice. | "[TGT] is a World War II RAF veteran who will turn 95 in February 2018.
[TGT] is also an activist who's written several books on the Great Depression which [TGT] experienced in Britain the war and the rise of Neo-liberalism in the West. Recently [TGT]has been vocal in advocating for refugee rights visiting the Calais "jungle" and tweeting [TGT] passionate political opinions ([TGT]'s a Labour supporter).
But there's still a challenge [TGT] wants to complete: travelling to refugee camps across the world. For this reason [TGT]'s launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to help [TGT] fund [TGT] tour.
I'm almost a 100 so I know my time left on earth is short that's why I'm making it count for something. https://t.co/hG7dqP8Jss … [TGT]
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1,290 | Jesus Was Born in a Police State | Jesus Was Born | The Roman Empire a police state in its own right had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife Mary traveled to the little town of Bethlehem so that they could be counted. There being no room for the couple at any of the inns they stayed in a stable where Mary gave birth to a baby boy Jesus .
Unfortunately Jesus was born into a police state not unlike the growing menace of the American police state. And when he grew up Jesus did not shy away from speaking truth to power. Indeed his teachings undermined the political and religious establishment of his day. He was eventually crucified as a warning to others not to challenge the powers-that-be.
Yet what if instead of being born into the Roman police state Jesus had been born and raised in the American police state?
Instead of being born in a manger Jesus might have been born at home. Rather than wise men and shepherds bringing gifts however the baby’s parents might have been forced to ward off visits from state social workers intent on prosecuting them for the home birth. One couple in Washington had all three of their children removed after social services objected to the two youngest being birthed in an unassisted home delivery.
From the time he was old enough to attend school Jesus would have been drilled in lessons of compliance and obedience to government authorities while learning little about his own rights. Had he dared to step out of line while in school he might have found himself tasered or beaten by a school resource officer or at the very least suspended under a school zero tolerance policy that punishes minor infractions as harshly as more serious offenses.
Had Jesus disappeared for a few hours let alone days as a 12-year-old his parents would have been handcuffed arrested and jailed for parental negligence.
From the moment Jesus made contact with an “extremist” such as John the Baptist he would have been flagged for surveillance because of his association with a prominent activist peaceful or otherwise. Since 9/11 the FBI has actively carried out surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations on a broad range of activist groups.
Jesus’ anti-government views would certainly have resulted in him being labeled a domestic extremist. Law enforcement agencies are being trained to recognize signs of anti-government extremism during interactions with potential extremists who share a “belief in the approaching collapse of government and the economy.”
While traveling from community to community Jesus might have been reported to government officials as “suspicious” under the Department of Homeland Security’s “See Something Say Something” programs.
Rather than being permitted to live as an itinerant preacher Jesus might have found himself threatened with arrest for daring to live off the grid or sleeping outside. In fact the number of cities that have resorted to criminalizing homelessness by enacting bans on camping sleeping in vehicles loitering and begging in public has doubled.
Viewed by the government as a dissident and potential threat to its power Jesus might have had government spies planted among his followers to monitor his activities report on his movements and entrap him into breaking the law. Such Judases today — called informants — often receive hefty paychecks from the government for their treachery.
Had Jesus used the internet to spread his radical message of peace and love he might have found his blog posts infiltrated by government spies attempting to undermine his integrity discredit him or plant incriminating information online about him . At the very least he would have had his website hacked and his email monitored.
Had Jesus attempted to feed large crowds of people he would have been threatened with arrest for violating various ordinances prohibiting the distribution of food without a permit. Florida officials arrested a 90-year-old man for feeding the homeless on a public beach.
Had Jesus spoken publicly about his 40 days in the desert and his conversations with the devil he might have been labeled mentally ill and detained in a psych ward with no access to family or friends.
Without a doubt had Jesus attempted to overturn tables in a Jewish temple and rage against the materialism of religious institutions he would have been charged with a hate crime. Currently 45 states and the federal government have hate crime laws on the books.
Rather than having armed guards capture Jesus in a public place government officials would have ordered that a SWAT team carry out a raid on Jesus and his followers complete with flash-bang grenades and military equipment. There are upwards of 80 000 such SWAT team raids carried out every year. | The Roman Empire a police state in its own right had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife Mary traveled to the little town of Bethlehem so that they could be counted. There being no room for the couple at any of the inns they stayed in a stable where Mary gave birth to a baby boy Jesus .
Unfortunately Jesus was born into a police state not unlike the growing menace of the American police state. And when he grew up Jesus did not shy away from speaking truth to power. Indeed his teachings undermined the political and religious establishment of his day. He was eventually crucified as a warning to others not to challenge the powers-that-be.
Yet what if instead of being born into the Roman police state Jesus had been born and raised in the American police state?
Instead of being born in a manger Jesus might have been born at home. Rather than wise men and shepherds bringing gifts however the baby’s parents might have been forced to ward off visits from state social workers intent on prosecuting them for the home birth. One couple in Washington had all three of their children removed after social services objected to the two youngest being birthed in an unassisted home delivery.
From the time he was old enough to attend school Jesus would have been drilled in lessons of compliance and obedience to government authorities while learning little about his own rights. Had he dared to step out of line while in school he might have found himself tasered or beaten by a school resource officer or at the very least suspended under a school zero tolerance policy that punishes minor infractions as harshly as more serious offenses.
Had Jesus disappeared for a few hours let alone days as a 12-year-old his parents would have been handcuffed arrested and jailed for parental negligence.
From the moment Jesus made contact with an “extremist” such as John the Baptist he would have been flagged for surveillance because of his association with a prominent activist peaceful or otherwise. Since 9/11 the FBI has actively carried out surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations on a broad range of activist groups.
Jesus’ anti-government views would certainly have resulted in him being labeled a domestic extremist. Law enforcement agencies are being trained to recognize signs of anti-government extremism during interactions with potential extremists who share a “belief in the approaching collapse of government and the economy.”
While traveling from community to community Jesus might have been reported to government officials as “suspicious” under the Department of Homeland Security’s “See Something Say Something” programs.
Rather than being permitted to live as an itinerant preacher Jesus might have found himself threatened with arrest for daring to live off the grid or sleeping outside. In fact the number of cities that have resorted to criminalizing homelessness by enacting bans on camping sleeping in vehicles loitering and begging in public has doubled.
Viewed by the government as a dissident and potential threat to its power Jesus might have had government spies planted among his followers to monitor his activities report on his movements and entrap him into breaking the law. Such Judases today — called informants — often receive hefty paychecks from the government for their treachery.
Had Jesus used the internet to spread his radical message of peace and love he might have found his blog posts infiltrated by government spies attempting to undermine his integrity discredit him or plant incriminating information online about him . At the very least he would have had his website hacked and his email monitored.
Had Jesus attempted to feed large crowds of people he would have been threatened with arrest for violating various ordinances prohibiting the distribution of food without a permit. Florida officials arrested a 90-year-old man for feeding the homeless on a public beach.
Had Jesus spoken publicly about his 40 days in the desert and his conversations with the devil he might have been labeled mentally ill and detained in a psych ward with no access to family or friends.
Without a doubt had Jesus attempted to overturn tables in a Jewish temple and rage against the materialism of religious institutions he would have been charged with a hate crime. Currently 45 states and the federal government have hate crime laws on the books.
Rather than having armed guards capture Jesus in a public place government officials would have ordered that a SWAT team carry out a raid on Jesus and his followers complete with flash-bang grenades and military equipment. There are upwards of 80 000 such SWAT team raids carried out every year. | 1Neutral
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1,291 | The tests facing Canada's PM Justin Trudeau in 2018 | Justin Trudeau | Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau departs a press availability at the Canadian Embassy in Washington
Trudeau 's January tweet "isn't necessarily the sentiment being held by a lot of Canadians".
Mr Trudeau ended 2017 in an ethics quagmire partly of his own making.
A mid-December poll by the Angus Reid Institute indicated that for the first time since his election Trudeau 's approval ratings had dropped below 50%.
Trudeau 's ratings are still strong for a politician but Kurl says there is "perhaps a little bit less adoration and a little bit more exasperation with the prime minister".
As the two rival leaders find their feet - and if Trudeau and his ministers keep handing them easy ammunition - 2018 could also prove a rough ride. | Image copyright Getty Images Image caption [TGT] departs a press availability at the Canadian Embassy in Washington
[TGT] 's January tweet "isn't necessarily the sentiment being held by a lot of Canadians".
[TGT]ended 2017 in an ethics quagmire partly of [TGT] own making.
A mid-December poll by the Angus Reid Institute indicated that for the first time since [TGT] election [TGT] 's approval ratings had dropped below 50%.
[TGT] 's ratings are still strong for a politician but Kurl says there is "perhaps a little bit less adoration and a little bit more exasperation with the prime minister".
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1,292 | Why Roy Moore supporters are standing by him in their own words | Roy Moore | (CNN) A number of Roy Moore 's supporters in his US Senate race in Alabama have variously dismissed or downplayed the reporting in The Washington Post that Moore pursued sexual relationships with teenage girls when he was in his early 30s.
In a series of tweets Moore denied the allegations and said he would "NEVER GIVE UP the fight" for Senate.
"The Obama-Clinton Machine's liberal media lapdogs just launched the most vicious and nasty round of attacks against me I've EVER faced!" he wrote. "We are in the midst of a spiritual battle with those who want to silence our message."
"The forces of evil will lie cheat steal -- even inflict physical harm -- if they believe it will silence and shut up Christian conservatives like you and me " he added.
CNN spoke to about a dozen Alabamians about the allegations against Moore . Here's how they said they are dealing with the bombshell accusations.
Mike Allison pastor of Madison Baptist Church said he knows Moore as "a man of integrity " he told CNN.
Former Alabama Chief Justice and US Senate candidate Roy Moore speaks at a rally in Fairhope Alabama.
If the allegations are true "I think that would just be between him and his good Lord " she added. "Even if they prove to be true I still would support Roy Moore because I feel as if that happened in the past."
"Judge Roy Moore is winning with a double-digit lead. So it is no surprise with just over four weeks remaining in a race for the US Senate with national implications that the Democratic Party and the country's most liberal newspaper would come up with a fabrication of this kind.
CNN correspondent Martin Savidge spoke to Moore 's brother Jerry Moore over the phone. Savidge said that the brother felt Moore was "being persecuted in his own words like Jesus Christ was."
"I don't think he's done nothing like that " said Alphonso Bradford who said he plans to vote for Moore . "Why didn't it come up seven to eight months ago when he was running? All of a sudden two weeks from now all this stuff comes up. I believe it's a lot of BS. I really do."
Pastor Bruce Jenkins of Young's Chapel said he's known Moore to be a fair man.
Jerry Pow the Bibb County Republican chairman also told The Toronto Star that he would still vote for Moore over his Democratic opponent Doug Jones
"I would vote for Judge Moore because I wouldn't want to vote for Doug. I'm not saying I support what he did " Pow said.
Christopher Word an attorney in Gadsden said his opinion on Moore 's candidacy hasn't changed -- but that was "more so to do with Doug Jones than Judge Moore himself ." | (CNN) A number of Roy Moore 's supporters in his US Senate race in Alabama have variously dismissed or downplayed the reporting in The Washington Post that Moore pursued sexual relationships with teenage girls when he was in his early 30s.
In a series of tweets Moore denied the allegations and said he would "NEVER GIVE UP the fight" for Senate.
"The Obama-Clinton Machine's liberal media lapdogs just launched the most vicious and nasty round of attacks against me I've EVER faced!" he wrote. "We are in the midst of a spiritual battle with those who want to silence our message."
"The forces of evil will lie cheat steal -- even inflict physical harm -- if they believe it will silence and shut up Christian conservatives like you and me " he added.
CNN spoke to about a dozen Alabamians about the allegations against Moore . Here's how they said they are dealing with the bombshell accusations.
Mike Allison pastor of Madison Baptist Church said he knows Moore as "a man of integrity " he told CNN.
[TGT] speaks at a rally in Fairhope Alabama.
If the allegations are true "I think that would just be between [TGT] and [TGT] good Lord " [TGT] added. "Even if they prove to be true I still would support [TGT] because I feel as if that happened in the past."
[TGT] is winning with a double-digit lead. So it is no surprise with just over four weeks remaining in a race for the US Senate with national implications that the Democratic Party and the country's most liberal newspaper would come up with a fabrication of this kind.
CNN correspondent Martin Savidge spoke to Moore 's brother Jerry Moore over the phone. Savidge said that the brother felt [TGT]was "being persecuted in [TGT] own words like Jesus Christ was."
"I don't think [TGT]'s done nothing like that " said Alphonso Bradford who said [TGT] plans to vote for [TGT] . "Why didn't it come up seven to eight months ago when [TGT] was running? All of a sudden two weeks from now all this stuff comes up. I believe it's a lot of BS. I really do."
Pastor Bruce Jenkins of Young's Chapel said he's known Moore to be a fair man.
Jerry Pow the Bibb County Republican chairman also told The Toronto Star that he would still vote for Moore over his Democratic opponent Doug Jones
"I would vote for [TGT]because I wouldn't want to vote for Doug. I'm not saying I support what he did " Pow said.
Christopher Word an attorney in Gadsden said his opinion on [TGT] 's candidacy hasn't changed -- but that was "more so to do with Doug Jones than Judge Moore himself ." | 2Positive
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1,293 | Trump says U.S. Senate candidate Moore should leave race if allegations true | Roy Moore | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump finds the sexual misconduct allegations against U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore “troubling” and thinks he should leave the race if they are true the White House said on Thursday as party leaders in Alabama stood by their nominee.
Judge Roy Moore speaks as he participates in the Mid-Alabama Republican Club's Veterans Day Program in Vestavia Hills Alabama U.S. November 11 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry
Trump’s position did not go as far as other Republican leaders in Washington who have said they believe the women accusing the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice and have demanded Moore withdraw from the race before the Dec. 12 vote.
“The president said in his statement earlier this week that if the allegations are true then Roy Moore should step aside. He still firmly believes that ” she said.
Asked if the president’s endorsement of Moore still stands Sanders said Trump thinks Alabama voters should decide the winner of the race.
In the past week multiple women have accused Moore of sexual improprieties or unwanted romantic advances they said occurred decades ago. Some of the women were teenagers at the time and he was in his 30s.
Before the allegations surfaced Moore was heavily favored to defeat Democrat Doug Jones in the special election next month.
Moore scored a decisive Republican primary victory in September over Luther Strange who was appointed to fill the vacant seat after Jeff Sessions became U.S. attorney general earlier this year.
Trump backed Strange in the primary but threw his support to Moore after Strange’s defeat. | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump finds the sexual misconduct allegations against [TGT] “troubling” and thinks he should leave the race if they are true the White House said on Thursday as party leaders in Alabama stood by their nominee.
[TGT]speaks as [TGT] participates in the Mid-Alabama Republican Club's Veterans Day Program in Vestavia Hills Alabama U.S. November 11 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry
Trump’s position did not go as far as other Republican leaders in Washington who have said they believe the women accusing the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice and have demanded [TGT]withdraw from the race before the Dec. 12 vote.
“The president said in his statement earlier this week that if the allegations are true then [TGT]should step aside. He still firmly believes that ” she said.
Asked if the president’s endorsement of [TGT]still stands Sanders said Trump thinks Alabama voters should decide the winner of the race.
In the past week multiple women have accused Moore of sexual improprieties or unwanted romantic advances they said occurred decades ago. Some of the women were teenagers at the time and he was in his 30s.
Before the allegations surfaced [TGT]was heavily favored to defeat Democrat Doug Jones in the special election next month.
[TGT]scored a decisive Republican primary victory in September over Luther Strange who was appointed to fill the vacant seat after Jeff Sessions became U.S. attorney general earlier this year.
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1,294 | Quadriplegic Runs Final Marathon at 62 | Alan Robinson | Alan Robinson 62 started his final marathon Sunday morning.
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The marathon started at 7:30 a.m. in Chicago and Robinson was at the 18-mile mark around 10:45 p.m. when a friend finally convinced him to stop.
Per WGNTV Robinson recently survived prostate cancer and lives with a serious heart condition.
It is not certain yet if Robinson will finish the 26.2-mile race on Monday. | [TGT]started [TGT] final marathon Sunday morning.
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The marathon started at 7:30 a.m. in Chicago and [TGT]was at the 18-mile mark around 10:45 p.m. when a friend finally convinced [TGT] to stop.
Per WGNTV [TGT]recently survived prostate cancer and lives with a serious heart condition.
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1,295 | Sensei Johnny says 'Pain does not exist in this dojo' in 'Cobra Kai' clip | Sensei Johnny | March 2 (UPI) — The latest trailer for YouTube Red’s upcoming Cobra Kai series shows William Zabka’s Johnny as a ruthless sensei.
“I’m going to teach you the style of karate that was taught to me. Fear does not exist in this dojo does it?” Sensei Johnny asks a student calling back to the Cobra Kai mantra he obeyed as a competitive teen in the 1984 film The Karate Kid.
“No sensei!” his follower barks back.
“Pain does not exist in this dojo does it?” Johnny challenges another group of students.
“ Johnny Lawrence is still fighting his old nemesis Daniel LaRusso. Rivalries never die even 30 years later ” said a message accompanying the 30-second preview which does not show Ralph Macchio reprising his role of the balance-seeking good guy Daniel. | March 2 (UPI) — The latest trailer for YouTube Red’s upcoming Cobra Kai series shows William Zabka’s Johnny as a ruthless sensei.
“I’m going to teach you the style of karate that was taught to me. Fear does not exist in this dojo does it?” [TGT] asks a student calling back to the Cobra Kai mantra he obeyed as a competitive teen in the 1984 film The Karate Kid.
“No sensei!” his follower barks back.
“Pain does not exist in this dojo does it?” Johnny challenges another group of students.
“ Johnny Lawrence is still fighting his old nemesis Daniel LaRusso. Rivalries never die even 30 years later ” said a message accompanying the 30-second preview which does not show Ralph Macchio reprising his role of the balance-seeking good guy Daniel. | 2Positive
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1,296 | 'Only morons pay the estate tax ' says White House's Gary Cohn | Roberton Williams | "If you want you can certainly reduce your taxable estate down to zero " said Roberton Williams of the Tax Policy Center .
Williams said that the estate tax designed to prevent the growth of large dynasties in the U.S. and to reduce inequality does serve a broader purpose. And many wealthy families continue to pay because "it's reasonable to pay it " he said.
But he said the amount of avoidance bolsters the argument by those who want to eliminate the tax.
"If you say that people don't pay it anyway and you're going through all these machinations and tricks and lawyers to get out of it then you're imposing unnecessary costs on society " he said. "The money is going to lawyers and accountants and not the government. So it could be viewed as wasteful spending." | "If you want you can certainly reduce your taxable estate down to zero " said [TGT] .
[TGT]said that the estate tax designed to prevent the growth of large dynasties in the U.S. and to reduce inequality does serve a broader purpose. And many wealthy families continue to pay because "it's reasonable to pay it " [TGT] said.
But [TGT] said the amount of avoidance bolsters the argument by those who want to eliminate the tax.
"If you say that people don't pay it anyway and you're going through all these machinations and tricks and lawyers to get out of it then you're imposing unnecessary costs on society " he said. "The money is going to lawyers and accountants and not the government. So it could be viewed as wasteful spending." | 2Positive
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1,297 | Liam Gallagher rediscovers an oasis in music with solo debut | Liam Gallagher | "I don’t need to get any more famous " says Liam Gallagher now 45. "God no. I didn’t miss it terribly. I just wanted the universe to plow me some songs which it did. If you’re good to rock ‘n’ roll it’ll be good to you. And I’ve been good to rock ‘n’ roll.” (Photo: Rankin/Warner Bros.)
There’s a village in England that Liam Gallagher calls home. Like everyone else there who isn’t a one-time lead singer for Oasis and/or recipient of Q Magazine’s benediction as the Greatest Rock Band Frontman of All Time he occasionally putters around town on errands now and then bumping into one particular neighbor with whom he has a lot in common.
Like Gallagher Ray Davies is a massive figure in pop music history. They draw from a similar stream each conjuring the sound of mid-1960s English rock ‘n’ roll though only Davies was actually there at the time. Each has a brother with whom he has famously feuded Noel Gallagher and Dave Davies respectively to the point of brawling onstage as fans watched in horror and delight.
Nothing more needs to be said especially now that Gallagher 45 has stepped out with his debut solo album As You Were out now. The Lennonesque edginess in Wall Of Glass the guitar chords and rhythms in Bold that recall Across The Universe the tambourine beat and waltz time of You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away resurrected for When I’m In Need even the title of the track You Better Run and the lyric that quotes “happiness is a warm gun” — all of these elements a debt to The Beatles that Gallagher freely acknowledges.
Looking back at the antics of his younger days Gallagher says “I was drinking too much." (Photo: Bebeto Matthews Associated Press)
As You Were also confirms that he ’s back at full strength after a long hiatus. “A lot of personal stuff was going on ” he says. “I was drinking too much. Then I thought “You know what? I’m gonna go live in Spain get me head together and get some sun on me bones.’”
Somehow that didn’t happen. But he did pick up his guitar and to his surprise out came a new song ‘Bold.’ “Obviously I didn’t write it in a day — I wrote it in half a day ” he remembers.
Others followed quickly. “I didn’t go ‘I just write a song because I’m not famous anymore and I must get back to the top of the charts ’” he explains. “There’s none of that nonsense. I don’t need to get any more famous. God no. I didn’t miss it terribly. I just wanted the universe to plow me some songs which it did. If you’re good to rock ‘n’ roll it’ll be good to you. And I’ve been good to rock ‘n’ roll.”
His voice showed no rust either. “I should have taken better care of it ” he admits. “But I’m a snarly rock ‘n’ roll singer. You don’t want to start watering it down because you’ll end up sounding like Noel Gallagher. And we don’t want that.”
Maybe not. But neither does Liam feel apologetic for sinking his sound even deeper into the bedrock of the 1960s with As You Were. “Yeah maybe I wish I’d been around back then ” he concedes. “These days there’s a lot of genres which I guess is a good thing but it can also get in the way. I’d have liked the times when it was just The Stones The Kinks The Who The Small Faces The Beatles and all that stuff. I reckon they were more my people.” | "I don’t need to get any more famous " says Liam Gallagher now 45. "God no. I didn’t miss it terribly. I just wanted the universe to plow me some songs which it did. If you’re good to rock ‘n’ roll it’ll be good to you. And I’ve been good to rock ‘n’ roll.” (Photo: Rankin/Warner Bros.)
There’s a village in England that Liam Gallagher calls home. Like everyone else there who isn’t a one-time lead singer for Oasis and/or recipient of Q Magazine’s benediction as the Greatest Rock Band Frontman of All Time he occasionally putters around town on errands now and then bumping into one particular neighbor with whom he has a lot in common.
Like Gallagher Ray Davies is a massive figure in pop music history. They draw from a similar stream each conjuring the sound of mid-1960s English rock ‘n’ roll though only Davies was actually there at the time. Each has a brother with whom he has famously feuded Noel Gallagher and Dave Davies respectively to the point of brawling onstage as fans watched in horror and delight.
Nothing more needs to be said especially now that Gallagher 45 has stepped out with his debut solo album As You Were out now. The Lennonesque edginess in Wall Of Glass the guitar chords and rhythms in Bold that recall Across The Universe the tambourine beat and waltz time of You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away resurrected for When I’m In Need even the title of the track You Better Run and the lyric that quotes “happiness is a warm gun” — all of these elements a debt to The Beatles that Gallagher freely acknowledges.
Looking back at the antics of his younger days Gallagher says “I was drinking too much." (Photo: Bebeto Matthews Associated Press)
As You Were also confirms that [TGT] ’s back at full strength after a long hiatus. “A lot of personal stuff was going on ” [TGT] says. “I was drinking too much. Then I thought “You know what? I’m gonna go live in Spain get me head together and get some sun on me bones.’”
Somehow that didn’t happen. But [TGT] did pick up [TGT] guitar and to [TGT] surprise out came a new song ‘Bold.’ “Obviously I didn’t write it in a day — I wrote it in half a day ” he remembers.
Others followed quickly. “I didn’t go ‘I just write a song because I’m not famous anymore and I must get back to the top of the charts ’” he explains. “There’s none of that nonsense. I don’t need to get any more famous. God no. I didn’t miss it terribly. I just wanted the universe to plow me some songs which it did. If you’re good to rock ‘n’ roll it’ll be good to you. And I’ve been good to rock ‘n’ roll.”
His voice showed no rust either. “I should have taken better care of it ” he admits. “But I’m a snarly rock ‘n’ roll singer. You don’t want to start watering it down because you’ll end up sounding like Noel Gallagher. And we don’t want that.”
Maybe not. But neither does Liam feel apologetic for sinking his sound even deeper into the bedrock of the 1960s with As You Were. “Yeah maybe I wish I’d been around back then ” he concedes. “These days there’s a lot of genres which I guess is a good thing but it can also get in the way. I’d have liked the times when it was just The Stones The Kinks The Who The Small Faces The Beatles and all that stuff. I reckon they were more my people.” | 1Neutral
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1,298 | Guardian HuffPost Contributor Karen Geier : 'Hopefully' Kim Jong Un 'Can Drop a Bomb on CPAC' | Karen Geier | Guardian and HuffPost contributor Karen Geier expressed hope on Twitter that North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong Un would “drop a bomb on CPAC” this week.
“My thoughts and prayers are with Kim Jong Un today. Hopefully he can drop a bomb on CPAC ” declared Geier on Twitter Thursday. “Before you report this tweet: Thoughts n prayers don’t do shit… I’m probably going to get put on the naughty stool for this tweet but I am blocked by most of the conservative diarrhoea train accounts.”
Shortly after making the post Geier set her Twitter account to private.
Geier has previously contributed to the Guardian HuffPost Global News and is known for making controversial posts on Twitter.
“I am sorry that people had to tolerate Roger Ailes in life ” Geier posted just one day after Ailes’ death in May 2017 while in a January 2017 post she declared “PUNCH NAZIS… SAVE LIVES.”
Twitter has taken no action against Geier ’s account yet which remains verified. This is in stark contrast to the action it took against the popular right-winger Clarkhat last week who had his account permabanned after making a similar poor-taste joke about mass murder.
He joked that it would be “nuclear-grade comedy” if there were a terrorist attack at an anti-gun violence rally with the caveat that he doesn’t “wish ill on anyone.” This is slightly tamer than Geier ’s tweet which included no such caveat.
Both Geier and Clarkhat may have been joking but only one is banned from Twitter. | Guardian and HuffPost contributor [TGT]expressed hope on Twitter that North Korean communist dictator Kim Jong Un would “drop a bomb on CPAC” this week.
“My thoughts and prayers are with Kim Jong Un today. Hopefully he can drop a bomb on CPAC ” declared [TGT]. “Before you report this tweet: Thoughts n prayers don’t do shit… I’m probably going to get put on the naughty stool for this tweet but I am blocked by most of the conservative diarrhoea train accounts.”
Shortly after making the post Geier set her Twitter account to private.
[TGT]has previously contributed to the Guardian HuffPost Global News and is known for making controversial posts on Twitter.
“I am sorry that people had to tolerate Roger Ailes in life ” [TGT]posted just one day after Ailes’ death in May 2017 while in a January 2017 post [TGT] declared “PUNCH NAZIS… SAVE LIVES.”
Twitter has taken no action against [TGT] ’s account yet which remains verified. This is in stark contrast to the action it took against the popular right-winger Clarkhat last week who had his account permabanned after making a similar poor-taste joke about mass murder.
He joked that it would be “nuclear-grade comedy” if there were a terrorist attack at an anti-gun violence rally with the caveat that he doesn’t “wish ill on anyone.” This is slightly tamer than [TGT] ’s tweet which included no such caveat.
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1,299 | Aurora man heading to Las Vegas with truck full of crosses continuing anti | Greg Zanis | Greg Zanis first heard the news about the Las Vegas shooting when an employee from ArchAngels Biorecovery showed up at his door around 7:30 Monday morning with a check from the Aurora clean-up company for $1 200.
The donation was gas money for Zanis so he could take a pick-up truck filled with crosses to Las Vegas where at least 59 people have been killed and more than 500 wounded after a gunman opened fire at an outdoor Jason Aldean concert on Sunday evening.
"At first when he told me what happened I didn't believe him " said Zanis of his early-morning visitor. "And then I just cried."
It wasn't long before the phone calls started coming in to his home on Church Road. From the media of course. And more importantly from the mayor's office in Las Vegas asking Zanis to bring his unique anti-violence crusade to the desert city that has become the latest — and sadly the largest — mass murder site in this country.
Zanis is hoping that by Wednesday morning — after he 's received the identities and photos of the victims and attached them to the crosses — he will be ready to head to Vegas where the crosses will be planted on Sunday. Zanis says he 's already made a trip to the local pantry to get the food he will need for the trip. Money is tight as always but having made more than 20 000 crosses since this crusade began 20 years ago — all of them chronicled in more than 77 notebooks Haas noted — the retired carpenter always finds a way to create the white crosses and get them to their destinations. | [TGT] first heard the news about the Las Vegas shooting when an employee from ArchAngels Biorecovery showed up at his door around 7:30 Monday morning with a check from the Aurora clean-up company for $1 200.
The donation was gas money for Zanis so he could take a pick-up truck filled with crosses to Las Vegas where at least 59 people have been killed and more than 500 wounded after a gunman opened fire at an outdoor Jason Aldean concert on Sunday evening.
"At first when he told me what happened I didn't believe him " said Zanis of his early-morning visitor. "And then I just cried."
It wasn't long before the phone calls started coming in to his home on Church Road. From the media of course. And more importantly from the mayor's office in Las Vegas asking Zanis to bring his unique anti-violence crusade to the desert city that has become the latest — and sadly the largest — mass murder site in this country.
Zanis is hoping that by Wednesday morning — after he 's received the identities and photos of the victims and attached them to the crosses — he will be ready to head to Vegas where the crosses will be planted on Sunday. Zanis says he 's already made a trip to the local pantry to get the food he will need for the trip. Money is tight as always but having made more than 20 000 crosses since this crusade began 20 years ago — all of them chronicled in more than 77 notebooks Haas noted — the retired carpenter always finds a way to create the white crosses and get them to their destinations. | 2Positive
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1,300 | Internet Archive Amasses All TV News Since 2009 | Kahle | “Absolutely ” Mr. Kahle said. “We think of it as news.”
The Internet Archive has been quietly recording the news material from all these outlets which means Mr. Kahle said capturing not only every edition of “60 Minutes” on CBS but also every minute of every day on CNN.
All of this will be available free to those willing to dive into the archive starting Tuesday. Mr. Kahle said the method for the search for information would be the closed-captioned words that have accompanied the news programs. The user simply plugs in the words of the search along with some kind of time frame and matches of news clips will appear.
Mr. Kahle predicted there would often be hundreds of matches but he said the system had an interface that would make it easy to browse quickly through 30-second clips in search of the right one. If a researcher wants a copy of the entire program a DVD will be sent on loan.
The inspiration of the Library of Alexandria the archive of the knowledge in ancient world in Egypt was not frivolous. Mr. Kahle said that early effort to assemble the collected works of civilization was in his mind when he conceived the idea to use the almost infinite capacity of the Web to pursue the modern equivalent.
“You could turn all the books in the Library of Congress into a stack of disks that would fit in one shopping cart in Best Buy ” Mr. Kahle said. He estimates that the Internet Archive now contains about 9 000 terabytes of data; by contrast the digital collection of the Library of Congress is a little more than 300 terabytes according to an estimate earlier this year.
Mr. Kahle calls himself a technologist and says he moved to the archive project after previously founding and selling off two data-mining companies one to AOL the other to Amazon.
The television news project like his other archive projects is financed mainly through outside grants though Mr. Kahle did put up some of his own money to start. He said grants from the National Archives the Library of Congress and other government agencies and foundations made up the bulk of the financing for the project. He set the annual budget at $12 million and said about 150 people were working on the project.
The archive has no intention of replacing or competing with the Web outlets owned by the news organizations. Mr. Kahle said new material would not be added until 24 hours after it was first broadcast. “We don’t expect this to replace CNN.com ” he said.
As enormous as the news collection is it is only the beginning Mr. Kahle said. The plan is to “go back” year by year and slowly add news video going back to the start of television. That will require some new and perhaps more challenging methodology because the common use of closed-captioning only started around 2002.
Mr. Kahle said some new technique perhaps involving word recognition would be necessary. “We need some interface that is good enough and doesn’t interrupt commerce enough that they get upset with us.”
“Yes we want eventually to be able to make coverage of say the 1956 political conventions available ” Mr. Kahle said. | “Absolutely ” Mr. Kahle said. “We think of it as news.”
The Internet Archive has been quietly recording the news material from all these outlets which means [TGT]said capturing not only every edition of “60 Minutes” on CBS but also every minute of every day on CNN.
All of this will be available free to those willing to dive into the archive starting Tuesday. [TGT]said the method for the search for information would be the closed-captioned words that have accompanied the news programs. The user simply plugs in the words of the search along with some kind of time frame and matches of news clips will appear.
[TGT]predicted there would often be hundreds of matches but [TGT] said the system had an interface that would make it easy to browse quickly through 30-second clips in search of the right one. If a researcher wants a copy of the entire program a DVD will be sent on loan.
The inspiration of the Library of Alexandria the archive of the knowledge in ancient world in Egypt was not frivolous. [TGT]said that early effort to assemble the collected works of civilization was in [TGT] mind when [TGT] conceived the idea to use the almost infinite capacity of the Web to pursue the modern equivalent.
“You could turn all the books in the Library of Congress into a stack of disks that would fit in one shopping cart in Best Buy ” [TGT]said. [TGT] estimates that the Internet Archive now contains about 9 000 terabytes of data; by contrast the digital collection of the Library of Congress is a little more than 300 terabytes according to an estimate earlier this year.
[TGT]calls [TGT] a technologist and says [TGT] moved to the archive project after previously founding and selling off two data-mining companies one to AOL the other to Amazon.
The television news project like [TGT] other archive projects is financed mainly through outside grants though [TGT]did put up some of [TGT] own money to start. [TGT] said grants from the National Archives the Library of Congress and other government agencies and foundations made up the bulk of the financing for the project. [TGT] set the annual budget at $12 million and said about 150 people were working on the project.
The archive has no intention of replacing or competing with the Web outlets owned by the news organizations. [TGT]said new material would not be added until 24 hours after it was first broadcast. “We don’t expect this to replace CNN.com ” [TGT] said.
As enormous as the news collection is it is only the beginning Mr. Kahle said. The plan is to “go back” year by year and slowly add news video going back to the start of television. That will require some new and perhaps more challenging methodology because the common use of closed-captioning only started around 2002.
[TGT]said some new technique perhaps involving word recognition would be necessary. “We need some interface that is good enough and doesn’t interrupt commerce enough that they get upset with us.”
“Yes we want eventually to be able to make coverage of say the 1956 political conventions available ” [TGT] said. | 2Positive
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