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1,501 | Chicago police say Facebook did not cooperate in drug and gun | Anthony Riccio | The department's narcotics division began the investigation when a source told them about the group officials said. The buys were conducted by undercover officers who infiltrated the group according to Anthony Riccio chief of the department's organized crime division.
Riccio said there are “dozens and dozens of these secret groups a lot of them used for illegal things including trafficking the guns and firearms. It's dozens of them out there.”
He said many of the guns had defaced serial numbers making them difficult to trace. “These are guns that are winding up in the South Side West Side of the city being used in gang shootings ” Riccio said.
He said the Facebook group selling guns and drugs would not be found by searching and that someone had to vouch for anyone who wanted to join them.
“I absolutely think Facebook has a responsibility to monitor this and for this very reason ” Riccio said. “There’s other illegal activities — I want to point out this is phase one — there's other illegal activities going on on Facebook. We're looking at potentially human trafficking things of that nature as well. There's a lot of tentacles going out here. | The department's narcotics division began the investigation when a source told them about the group officials said. The buys were conducted by undercover officers who infiltrated the group according to [TGT]chief of the department's organized crime division.
[TGT]said there are “dozens and dozens of these secret groups a lot of them used for illegal things including trafficking the guns and firearms. It's dozens of them out there.”
He said many of the guns had defaced serial numbers making them difficult to trace. “These are guns that are winding up in the South Side West Side of the city being used in gang shootings ” [TGT]said.
[TGT] said the Facebook group selling guns and drugs would not be found by searching and that someone had to vouch for anyone who wanted to join them.
“I absolutely think Facebook has a responsibility to monitor this and for this very reason ” [TGT]said. “There’s other illegal activities — I want to point out this is phase one — there's other illegal activities going on on Facebook. We're looking at potentially human trafficking things of that nature as well. There's a lot of tentacles going out here. | 2Positive
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1,502 | John Sculley: CEO of Pepsi and Apple talks Steve Job and his career | Steve Jobs | John Sculley is the former CEO of Pepsi and Apple. He was brought on by Steve Jobs to be the then-young founder's "adult supervision. "
Sculley started his career at Pepsi driving its trucks and eventually became its CEO.
He stayed at Apple for 10 years and had a tense relationship with Jobs that led to Jobs' temporary departure from the company.
After Apple Sculley became a tech investor and he 's now a founding member of a healthcare startup that he thinks could one day generate even more revenue than Apple.
John Sculley remembers the first time he met Steve Jobs . He was CEO of Pepsi at the time and he flew to California to meet with the then-26-year-old cofounder of Apple about a potential CEO role there.
Jobs had met about 20 other candidates and been unimpressed. But after 5 months of getting to know Sculley he was sold and offered him the job. Sculley initially turned it down. Then Jobs dropped a now-famous line on him that made Sculley change his mind:
"Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life? Or do you want to come with me and change the world?"
Sculley spent a decade at Apple and it was a roller coaster ride. So was his relationship with Jobs . During one particularly tense moment Jobs planned a coup to unseat Sculley . When Sculley learned about Jobs' plan he held a board meeting that resulted in Jobs running from the room crying and taking a long sabbatical. It's a moment Sculley now regrets.
"In hindsight now that I have decades of perspective I didn't appreciate how important founders are " Sculley said in an interview for Business Insider's podcast "Success! How I Did It."
"This was not a power struggle; this was two different points of view of how do you make the company sustainable. I can't change it that's history but it's actually beautiful that Steve did eventually come back to Apple and of course he ended up becoming a very successful CEO. Steve Jobs 2.0 had matured tremendously from Steve Jobs 1.0."
After Sculley left Apple he became a tech investor. He 's now the cofounder of a healthcare startup that he thinks could become even bigger than Apple someday RXAdvance. He says 5% of the US population â the chronically ill â accounts for $1.5 trillion in spending. And he thinks he 's figured out a way to solve it.
"It turns out that the avoidable drug impacted medical costs âthis is out of that $3 trillion of health spending âadds up to about $840 billion. That's many times bigger than most industries certainly in high tech and of that $840 billion it's estimated that $350 billion is avoidable expense " Sculley explained.
Sculley discussed his career his friendship and eventual falling out with Steve Jobs and his new healthcare initiative on the podcast which you can listen to below.
John Sculley : Thank you.
Sculley : Oh I wish you wouldn't bring that up! I was in Hawaii because we would introduce market by market and fortunately those days we didn't have cable television so that you could see something that happened in Hawaii all the way back on the mainland. But I was being interviewed live in Honolulu and the lady interviewing me as people were taking the Pepsi Challenge taste test said âWell why don't you take the challenge test?â And I sort of hesitated but there wasn't much I could say so unfortunately I picked Coca-Cola.
Meeting Steve Jobs | John Sculley is the former CEO of Pepsi and Apple. He was brought on by Steve Jobs to be the then-young founder's "adult supervision. "
Sculley started his career at Pepsi driving its trucks and eventually became its CEO.
He stayed at Apple for 10 years and had a tense relationship with Jobs that led to Jobs' temporary departure from the company.
After Apple Sculley became a tech investor and he 's now a founding member of a healthcare startup that he thinks could one day generate even more revenue than Apple.
John Sculley remembers the first time he met [TGT] . He was CEO of Pepsi at the time and he flew to California to meet with the then-26-year-old cofounder of Apple about a potential CEO role there.
[TGT] had met about 20 other candidates and been unimpressed. But after 5 months of getting to know Sculley he was sold and offered him the job. Sculley initially turned it down. Then [TGT] dropped a now-famous line on him that made Sculley change his mind:
"Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life? Or do you want to come with me and change the world?"
Sculley spent a decade at Apple and it was a roller coaster ride. So was his relationship with Jobs . During one particularly tense moment [TGT] planned a coup to unseat Sculley . When Sculley learned about Jobs' plan he held a board meeting that resulted in Jobs running from the room crying and taking a long sabbatical. It's a moment Sculley now regrets.
"In hindsight now that I have decades of perspective I didn't appreciate how important founders are " Sculley said in an interview for Business Insider's podcast "Success! How I Did It."
"This was not a power struggle; this was two different points of view of how do you make the company sustainable. I can't change it that's history but it's actually beautiful that Steve did eventually come back to Apple and of course he ended up becoming a very successful CEO. [TGT] had matured tremendously from [TGT] ."
After Sculley left Apple he became a tech investor. He 's now the cofounder of a healthcare startup that he thinks could become even bigger than Apple someday RXAdvance. He says 5% of the US population â the chronically ill â accounts for $1.5 trillion in spending. And he thinks he 's figured out a way to solve it.
"It turns out that the avoidable drug impacted medical costs âthis is out of that $3 trillion of health spending âadds up to about $840 billion. That's many times bigger than most industries certainly in high tech and of that $840 billion it's estimated that $350 billion is avoidable expense " Sculley explained.
Sculley discussed his career his friendship and eventual falling out with [TGT] and [TGT] new healthcare initiative on the podcast which you can listen to below.
John Sculley : Thank you.
Sculley : Oh I wish you wouldn't bring that up! I was in Hawaii because we would introduce market by market and fortunately those days we didn't have cable television so that you could see something that happened in Hawaii all the way back on the mainland. But I was being interviewed live in Honolulu and the lady interviewing me as people were taking the Pepsi Challenge taste test said âWell why don't you take the challenge test?â And I sort of hesitated but there wasn't much I could say so unfortunately I picked Coca-Cola.
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1,503 | Lotte chief and ex | Choi Soon-sil | Choi Soon-sil a confidante of Park was convicted of receiving bribes from South Korean conglomerates including Samsung the worldâs biggest maker of smartphones and semiconductors and the Lotte Group.
Prosecutors had sought a four-year jail term for Shin accusing Lotte of giving a foundation backed by Park and Choi 7 billion won ($6.46 million) for favours such as a duty free store license.
Kim the judge said Park âabandoned constitutionally-given responsibility and gave position and power to othersâ and that Choi used her position âto monopolize state business and seek personal gainâ.
Prosecutors had demanded a 25-year jail term for Choi on charges including coercion bribery influence-peddling and abuse of authority.
Lee had been charged with giving some of the bribes that Choi was accused of receiving. However last weekâs ruling said Leeâs bribe-giving was a âpassive compliance to political power â appearing to put the weight of the blame on Park and Choi . | [TGT] a confidante of Park was convicted of receiving bribes from South Korean conglomerates including Samsung the worldâs biggest maker of smartphones and semiconductors and the Lotte Group.
Prosecutors had sought a four-year jail term for Shin accusing Lotte of giving a foundation backed by Park and Choi 7 billion won ($6.46 million) for favours such as a duty free store license.
Kim the judge said Park âabandoned constitutionally-given responsibility and gave position and power to othersâ and that Choi used her position âto monopolize state business and seek personal gainâ.
Prosecutors had demanded a 25-year jail term for Choi on charges including coercion bribery influence-peddling and abuse of authority.
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1,504 | First There Was The Memo. Then #ReleaseTheMemo. Now We Need #ReleaseTheMemoMemo. | Adam Schiff | On Jan. 23 Californians Adam Schiff and Dianne Feinstein respectively the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee sent a letter to Twitter demanding an explanation for the surge on the site of tweets bearing the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo a reference to a controversial Republican memo that alleges Justice Department impropriety in the FBI's Trump-Russia probe.
Twitter sent Schiff and Feinstein its response late Friday evening. Representatives for the two legislators declined Monday and Tuesday to share the letter and it's unclear if it will ever be released. Twitter declined to release the letter on its own.
Schiff and Feinsteinâs concern had compared the role of Russian botnets in the #ReleaseTheMemo campaign to the malign role of Russian trolls in spreading false news during the 2016 election.
"If these reports are accurate we are witnessing an ongoing attack by the Russian government through Kremlin-linked social media actors directly acting to intervene and influence our democratic process â Schiff and Feinstein said in their letter to Twitter. âThis latest example of Russian interference is in keeping with Moscow's concerted covert and continuing campaign to manipulate American public opinion and erode trust in our law enforcement and intelligence institutions.â | On Jan. 23 Californians [TGT] and Dianne Feinstein respectively the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee sent a letter to Twitter demanding an explanation for the surge on the site of tweets bearing the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo a reference to a controversial Republican memo that alleges Justice Department impropriety in the FBI's Trump-Russia probe.
Twitter sent Schiff and Feinstein its response late Friday evening. Representatives for the two legislators declined Monday and Tuesday to share the letter and it's unclear if it will ever be released. Twitter declined to release the letter on its own.
Schiff and Feinsteinâs concern had compared the role of Russian botnets in the #ReleaseTheMemo campaign to the malign role of Russian trolls in spreading false news during the 2016 election.
"If these reports are accurate we are witnessing an ongoing attack by the Russian government through Kremlin-linked social media actors directly acting to intervene and influence our democratic process â Schiff and Feinstein said in their letter to Twitter. âThis latest example of Russian interference is in keeping with Moscow's concerted covert and continuing campaign to manipulate American public opinion and erode trust in our law enforcement and intelligence institutions.â | 1Neutral
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1,505 | What more evidence of Trump | Donald Trump Jr. | We know President Donald Trump during the campaign publicly encouraged the Russians to hack and release Hillary Clinton's emails. We know he referenced the WikiLeaks email dump 145 times in the closing days of the campaign. We also know that Donald Trump Jr. Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort met with Russians in June 2016 with the promise of "dirt" on Hillary Clinton and we have learned that campaign adviser George Papadopoulos had extensive contacts with Russian officials that included discussion of "dirt" on Clinton. To say that there is no evidence of collusion then would be one more big lie in a series of big lies the administration has deployed to defend itself in the Russia investigation that threatens to sink this presidency.
"Trump's eldest son exchanged private messages with WikiLeaks during the presidential campaign at the same time the website was publishing hacked emails from Democratic officials according to correspondence made public Monday. Donald Trump Jr. did not respond to many of the notes which were sent using the direct message feature on Twitter. But he alerted senior advisers on his father's campaign including his brother-in-law Jared Kushner according to two people familiar with the exchanges.
Even more directly Donald Trump Jr. was urged to have his father tweet a link to the leaked email:
However at bottom this is also a political question namely whether Trump's conduct violated his oath of office and whether he abused the powers of the presidency to protect himself from embarrassment. Republican tribalists likely will never reach that conclusion but a member of Congress viewing in good faith all this evidence in context (plus Trump 's attacks on the courts and press his compulsive lying and his refusal to protect the country against further Russian interference) could â and I would suggest should â reach a different result. Surely if Hillary Clinton were president the Republicans would have already commenced impeachment proceedings.
Donald Trump 's biggest flaw: He 's not that bright | We know President Donald Trump during the campaign publicly encouraged the Russians to hack and release Hillary Clinton's emails. We know he referenced the WikiLeaks email dump 145 times in the closing days of the campaign. We also know that Donald Trump Jr. Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort met with Russians in June 2016 with the promise of "dirt" on Hillary Clinton and we have learned that campaign adviser George Papadopoulos had extensive contacts with Russian officials that included discussion of "dirt" on Clinton. To say that there is no evidence of collusion then would be one more big lie in a series of big lies the administration has deployed to defend itself in the Russia investigation that threatens to sink this presidency.
" [TGT] exchanged private messages with WikiLeaks during the presidential campaign at the same time the website was publishing hacked emails from Democratic officials according to correspondence made public Monday. [TGT] did not respond to many of the notes which were sent using the direct message feature on Twitter. But [TGT] alerted senior advisers on [TGT] father's campaign including [TGT] brother-in-law Jared Kushner according to two people familiar with the exchanges.
Even more directly [TGT] was urged to have [TGT] father tweet a link to the leaked email:
However at bottom this is also a political question namely whether Trump's conduct violated his oath of office and whether he abused the powers of the presidency to protect himself from embarrassment. Republican tribalists likely will never reach that conclusion but a member of Congress viewing in good faith all this evidence in context (plus Trump 's attacks on the courts and press his compulsive lying and his refusal to protect the country against further Russian interference) could â and I would suggest should â reach a different result. Surely if Hillary Clinton were president the Republicans would have already commenced impeachment proceedings.
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1,506 | Scaramucci calls former White House colleague 'Sith Lord' | Anthony Scaramucci | Anthony Scaramucci has nicknames for his former White House colleagues including "Sith Lord" Reince Priebus and "creature from the Black Lagoon" Steve Bannon.
Scaramucci also opened up about the interview with Ryan Lizza the New Yorker writer who has since been fired amid sexual misconduct claims.
Scaramucci also compared Reince Priebus to Star Wars villain Darth Sidious. (Lucasfilm Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
"Of course I used the f-bomb a few times. I'm prone to do that . . . And I'm making some jokes and I'm playing for laughs because that's my personality " Scaramucci told Vanity Fair.
Scaramucci told Vanity Fair that his whirlwind experience in the limelight was "very painful " though he reiterated his support for Trump. (Alisa Molotova/Getty Images)
The firing came shortly after reports that his wife was leaving him over her hatred of Trump though the pair are now back together.
Scaramucci told Vanity Fair that his whirlwind experience in the limelight was "very painful " though reiterated his support for Trump.
He told the Star that he had stayed off of the airwaves after his firing because he didn't want to be a distraction but has recently reemerged in the wake of allegations of internal White House chaos such as those in Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury."
"I got wind from the president and his family that this was a good opportunity for me to go back on television to advocate for the president like I was doing during the campaign and transition and obviously the short time I was in the White House " he said. | [TGT] has nicknames for [TGT] former White House colleagues including "Sith Lord" Reince Priebus and "creature from the Black Lagoon" Steve Bannon.
[TGT] also opened up about the interview with Ryan Lizza the New Yorker writer who has since been fired amid sexual misconduct claims.
[TGT] also compared Reince Priebus to Star Wars villain Darth Sidious. (Lucasfilm Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
"Of course I used the f-bomb a few times. I'm prone to do that . . . And I'm making some jokes and I'm playing for laughs because that's my personality [TGT] told Vanity Fair.
[TGT] told Vanity Fair that [TGT] whirlwind experience in the limelight was "very painful " though [TGT] reiterated [TGT] support for Trump. (Alisa Molotova/Getty Images)
The firing came shortly after reports that his wife was leaving him over her hatred of Trump though the pair are now back together.
[TGT] told Vanity Fair that [TGT] whirlwind experience in the limelight was "very painful " though reiterated [TGT] support for Trump.
[TGT] told the Star that [TGT] had stayed off of the airwaves after [TGT] firing because [TGT] didn't want to be a distraction but has recently reemerged in the wake of allegations of internal White House chaos such as those in Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury."
"I got wind from the president and his family that this was a good opportunity for me to go back on television to advocate for the president like I was doing during the campaign and transition and obviously the short time I was in the White House " he said. | 1Neutral
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1,507 | America's Cup could move to Italy if Auckland not ready | Grant Dalton | FILE PHOTO: Emirates Team New Zealand's Managing Director Grant Dalton speaks to journalists during the America's Cup World Series regatta in Naples April 11 2012. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi
TNZ boss Grant Dalton released the protocol or rules for the 36th Americaâs Cup at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron on Friday. They had been written in consultation with the official Challengers Italian syndicate Luna Rosa.
Dalton said the date was yet to be confirmed and they had not signed a host city agreement as Auckland still had no infrastructure for the Americaâs Cup base and they needed to start construction by the middle of 2018 for a 2021 regatta.
âThe intention is to hold the Cup in 2021 â Dalton told a news conference. âAt this stage no infrastructure exists to hold it by that date.
Dalton added that if Auckland was unable to complete preparations in time the regatta would be moved to Italy but it was not a warning shot to the government.
âWe need to give certainties to teams â he said. | FILE PHOTO: Emirates Team New Zealand's Managing Director Grant Dalton speaks to journalists during the America's Cup World Series regatta in Naples April 11 2012. REUTERS/ [TGT]
released the protocol or rules for the 36th Americaâs Cup at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron on Friday. They had been written in consultation with the official Challengers Italian syndicate Luna Rosa.
[TGT] said the date was yet to be confirmed and they had not signed a host city agreement as Auckland still had no infrastructure for the Americaâs Cup base and they needed to start construction by the middle of 2018 for a 2021 regatta.
âThe intention is to hold the Cup in 2021 [TGT] told a news conference. âAt this stage no infrastructure exists to hold it by that date.
[TGT] added that if Auckland was unable to complete preparations in time the regatta would be moved to Italy but it was not a warning shot to the government.
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1,508 | Knicks should wait for LeBron to make move before roster shakeup | Steve Mills | Knicks GM Scott Perry (left) and team president Steve Mills (center) have plenty of decisions to make. (Steve Freeman/NBAE/Getty Images)
Knicks president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry are in no rush to shake up the roster with the trade deadline looming next week. And honestly there isn't a lot the Knicks can do. They'd love to move Joakim Noah but unless they attach a first-round pick to any Noah deal â which they won't â a trade involving the veteran center is unlikely.
Once Mills replaced Jackson and subsequently hired Perry everything that happens with the Knicks is now on them. Understandably they don't want to give off the impression that they don't have control of the situation and of the players.
Mills knows Knicks history and Dolan as well as anyone. Thus he proceeds with caution.
Even though Mills isn't at fault here it 's important for him to give off the impression that the front office has this Noah situation under control. Again smart move.
If you go back to last summer Mills didn't rush into trading Carmelo Anthony and in fact vetoed the deal Jackson had made with the Houston Rockets. Instead Mills and Perry waited until the 11th hour to make a trade with Oklahoma City. Their patience was rewarded. Carmelo and OKC have certainly found their form but Enes Kanter has been a solid addition to the Knicks. | Knicks GM Scott Perry (left) and [TGT] have plenty of decisions to make. (Steve Freeman/NBAE/Getty Images)
Knicks president Steve Mills and general manager Scott Perry are in no rush to shake up the roster with the trade deadline looming next week. And honestly there isn't a lot the Knicks can do. They'd love to move Joakim Noah but unless they attach a first-round pick to any Noah deal â which they won't â a trade involving the veteran center is unlikely.
Once [TGT] replaced Jackson and subsequently hired Perry everything that happens with the Knicks is now on them. Understandably they don't want to give off the impression that they don't have control of the situation and of the players.
[TGT] knows Knicks history and Dolan as well as anyone. Thus he proceeds with caution.
Even though [TGT] isn't at fault here it 's important for him to give off the impression that the front office has this Noah situation under control. Again smart move.
If you go back to [TGT] didn't rush into trading Carmelo Anthony and in fact vetoed the deal Jackson had made with the Houston Rockets. Instead Mills and Perry waited until the 11th hour to make a trade with Oklahoma City. Their patience was rewarded. Carmelo and OKC have certainly found their form but Enes Kanter has been a solid addition to the Knicks. | 2Positive
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1,509 | Tom Misch Floats Under A Frozen Lake In 'Water Baby' Video : All Songs Considered : NPR | Tom Misch | Tom Misch Floats Under A Frozen Lake In 'Water Baby' Video Watch a video premiere from the London-based producer and singer.
Tom Misch is a U.K.-based beatmaker well known among fans for his prowess behind the boards. But in 2018 the 22-year-old stalwart doing his best to show off the many facets of his artistry. That includes pushing his sound booking U.S. tour dates and releasing an adventurous music video in which he does his own aquatic stunts.
For "Water Baby " Misch rapper Loyle Carner and a few double-jointed dancers show off the beauty and hostility of nature in the wintry wild. At one point in the Georgia Hudson-directed clip Misch floats just under the ice sheets of a frozen lake. The image is concerning but beautiful; there is a serenity in Misch 's body language as he sings.
"I'm a keen swimmer and love surfing so that kind of inspired the song " Misch tells NPR. "Me and Loyle chatted about ideas for the video and he mentioned he had been talking to Georgia who had directed some of his previous videos about a concept they had in mind involving a lake and a dancer. The three of us got on a call to talk through the idea and it all came together. It was a tough one to shoot but was all worthwhile." | Tom Misch Floats Under A Frozen Lake In 'Water Baby' Video Watch a video premiere from the London-based producer and singer.
[TGT] is a U.K.-based beatmaker well known among fans for [TGT] prowess behind the boards. But in 2018 the 22-year-old stalwart doing [TGT] best to show off the many facets of [TGT] artistry. That includes pushing [TGT] sound booking U.S. tour dates and releasing an adventurous music video in which [TGT] does [TGT] own aquatic stunts.
For "Water Baby " Misch rapper Loyle Carner and a few double-jointed dancers show off the beauty and hostility of nature in the wintry wild. At one point in the Georgia Hudson-directed clip [TGT] floats just under the ice sheets of a frozen lake. The image is concerning but beautiful; there is a serenity in Misch 's body language as he sings.
"I'm a keen swimmer and love surfing so that kind of inspired the song " [TGT] tells NPR. "Me and Loyle chatted about ideas for the video and he mentioned he had been talking to Georgia who had directed some of his previous videos about a concept they had in mind involving a lake and a dancer. The three of us got on a call to talk through the idea and it all came together. It was a tough one to shoot but was all worthwhile." | 2Positive
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1,510 | Does One of Mueller's Prosecutors Have a Personal Animus Against Paul Manafort? | Andrew Weissmann | Iâve made no secret of my belief that Robert Mueller has created more of a hit squad than an investigatory team. Iâve never had it explained to my satisfaction why in a nation awash in lawyers that Mueller has assembled a team which consists in its majority Democrat donors and partisans. Primary among those is Muellerâs deputy a guy named Andrew Weissman . Weissman is a civil service employee in the upper ranks of Department of Justice. He was at Hillary Clintonâs âvictoryâ party on the night of November 8 2016. He praised Sally Yates for refusing to do her duty under the Constitution and defend President Trumpâs travel executive order in court.
Weissman also has a history of being willing to prosecute people on scant evidence and bullsh** legal theories letting them rot in jail as their appeals run their course then seeing the freed but ruined professionally and financially.
A senior Justice Department prosecutor in Robert Muellerâs Special Counsel office held a meeting with Associated Press journalists last spring to discuss an investigation into Paul Manafortâs financial record a day before the wire service published a major expose disclosing alleged money laundering made by the former and now embattled Trump campaign chairman. Federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann now a senior attorney in the special counselâs office met with AP journalists on April 11 after reporters informed him of their own investigation into Manafortâs dealings with Ukrainian officials. The reporters had reached out to Weissman on a different story earlier in the year and it was during that conversation that the AP team told Weissmann of their investigation into Manafort stated the sources. The AP published the explosive expose on April 12 a day after their meeting with Weissmann . According to sources familiar with the meeting the reporters had promised to share documents and other information gleaned from the own investigation with the Justice Department.
Most of this is utter bullsh** as Mueller wasnât appointed until May 17. BUT AP reporters donât meet with the head of Justiceâs Criminal Fraud Section for funsies. And a senior official doesnât take a meeting on the day before a major story runs for sh**s and grins. It doesnât work that way. AP obviously had information they wanted corroborated by Justice. Weissman didnât have to meet with them but he did. Now you have to ask yourself why? According to the stories there was no open investigation into Manafort. So what could he possibly contribute that a press officer couldnât. Perhaps the AP animated by civic spirit decided to just give Weissman all their source material. Perhaps they flew there on broomsticks too. Iâd rate both options just as likely.
Then you have to ask why Weissman made the jump to Muellerâs team? Did him having APâs source material represent his buy-in to get on a high profile investigation that could offer him the satisfaction of a bit of payback after sitting in the âvictory celebration â shell-shocked and dumbfounded as the election was called for Donald Trump?
And you saw Weissman try to get Manafortâs bond revoked for editing an op-ed.
Weissmanâs history of legalized thuggery his obvious and egregious partisanship his collaboration with AP on their investigative work on Paul Manafort and the abusive way Weissman has gone after Manafort all reeks of a personal animus. One hopes that eventually there will be enough heat on Rosenstein that heâll remember who the boss is and impose some type of discipline on Mueller posse. But Iâm not counting on it. | Iâve made no secret of my belief that Robert Mueller has created more of a hit squad than an investigatory team. Iâve never had it explained to my satisfaction why in a nation awash in lawyers that Mueller has assembled a team which consists in its majority Democrat donors and partisans. Primary among those is Muellerâs deputy a guy named Andrew Weissman . Weissman is a civil service employee in the upper ranks of Department of Justice. He was at Hillary Clintonâs âvictoryâ party on the night of November 8 2016. He praised Sally Yates for refusing to do her duty under the Constitution and defend President Trumpâs travel executive order in court.
Weissman also has a history of being willing to prosecute people on scant evidence and bullsh** legal theories letting them rot in jail as their appeals run their course then seeing the freed but ruined professionally and financially.
A senior Justice Department prosecutor in Robert Muellerâs Special Counsel office held a meeting with Associated Press journalists last spring to discuss an investigation into Paul Manafortâs financial record a day before the wire service published a major expose disclosing alleged money laundering made by the former and now embattled Trump campaign chairman. [TGT] met with AP journalists on April 11 after reporters informed [TGT] of their own investigation into Manafortâs dealings with Ukrainian officials. The reporters had reached out to Weissman on a different story earlier in the year and it was during that conversation that the AP team told Weissmann of their investigation into Manafort stated the sources. The AP published the explosive expose on April 12 a day after their meeting with Weissmann . According to sources familiar with the meeting the reporters had promised to share documents and other information gleaned from the own investigation with the Justice Department.
Most of this is utter bullsh** as Mueller wasnât appointed until May 17. BUT AP reporters donât meet with the head of Justiceâs Criminal Fraud Section for funsies. And a senior official doesnât take a meeting on the day before a major story runs for sh**s and grins. It doesnât work that way. AP obviously had information they wanted corroborated by Justice. Weissman didnât have to meet with them but he did. Now you have to ask yourself why? According to the stories there was no open investigation into Manafort. So what could he possibly contribute that a press officer couldnât. Perhaps the AP animated by civic spirit decided to just give Weissman all their source material. Perhaps they flew there on broomsticks too. Iâd rate both options just as likely.
Then you have to ask why Weissman made the jump to Muellerâs team? Did him having APâs source material represent his buy-in to get on a high profile investigation that could offer him the satisfaction of a bit of payback after sitting in the âvictory celebration â shell-shocked and dumbfounded as the election was called for Donald Trump?
And you saw Weissman try to get Manafortâs bond revoked for editing an op-ed.
Weissmanâs history of legalized thuggery his obvious and egregious partisanship his collaboration with AP on their investigative work on Paul Manafort and the abusive way Weissman has gone after Manafort all reeks of a personal animus. One hopes that eventually there will be enough heat on Rosenstein that heâll remember who the boss is and impose some type of discipline on Mueller posse. But Iâm not counting on it. | 0Negative
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1,511 | Transgender man gives birth to baby boy. âLove is possible â he says. So is âbeing a loving family.â | Trystan Reese | Trystan Reese a transgender man gave birth to a healthy boy on July 14 in Portland Ore. (Amber Ferguson/The Washington Post)
Trystan Reese and his partner Biff Chaplow were already seasoned parents when they decided last year that they wanted another child.
Years earlier they had adopted Chaplowâs niece and nephew after his sister was no longer able to take care of them. They raised the two children as their own bringing them up in Los Angeles where Reese and Chaplow worked in nonprofits then moving the family to Portland Ore. where they live now.
Adoption was a taxing process Reese said and learning how to care for two toddlers ushered in a suite of new challenges and lifestyle changes as it does for any parent. But it was also eye-opening.
âAfter the dust settled I just realized how much I loved our kids â Reese told The Washington Post âand how much room there was in our life for our family to grow.â
After trying for several months Reese a transgender man got pregnant. And just weeks ago he gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
Reese and Chaplow documented the pregnancy in blog posts and on social media hoping to demystify what it means for a transgender man to give birth and to create a new sense of normalcy for people in similar situations.
Reese and Chaplow perhaps more than anything else want to make one thing clear: They are not the first. Far from it.
âPeople get the idea that this was some experiment that we embarked on â Reese said adding that he watched friends go through the same process after transitioning. âThis is tested ground. This is something that has been done in a very safe and healthy way. Weâre loath to be put in that pioneer category.â | [TGT] gave birth to a healthy boy on July 14 in Portland Ore. (Amber Ferguson/The Washington Post)
Trystan Reese and his partner Biff Chaplow were already seasoned parents when they decided last year that they wanted another child.
Years earlier they had adopted Chaplowâs niece and nephew after his sister was no longer able to take care of them. They raised the two children as their own bringing them up in Los Angeles where Reese and Chaplow worked in nonprofits then moving the family to Portland Ore. where they live now.
Adoption was a taxing process [TGT] said and learning how to care for two toddlers ushered in a suite of new challenges and lifestyle changes as it does for any parent. But it was also eye-opening.
âAfter the dust settled I just realized how much I loved our kids â [TGT] told The Washington Post âand how much room there was in our life for our family to grow.â
After trying for several months Reese a transgender man got pregnant. And just weeks ago he gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
[TGT] and Chaplow documented the pregnancy in blog posts and on social media hoping to demystify what it means for a transgender man to give birth and to create a new sense of normalcy for people in similar situations.
[TGT] and Chaplow perhaps more than anything else want to make one thing clear: They are not the first. Far from it.
âPeople get the idea that this was some experiment that we embarked on â [TGT] said adding that [TGT] watched friends go through the same process after transitioning. âThis is tested ground. This is something that has been done in a very safe and healthy way. Weâre loath to be put in that pioneer category.â | 2Positive
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1,512 | Powell 's inflation outlook to be top question | Jerome Powell | At this week's confirmation hearing of Jerome Powell for Federal Reserve chairman his views on inflation may now be question No. 1.
Powell is scheduled to testify on Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee and the inflation issue has now become more important after comments last week by current Fed Chair Janet Yellen. She expressed increasing doubts about the inflation outlook saying she expects it "to move back up over the next year or two" toward the Fed's 2 percent goal.
That raises the question of what Powell now believes. A Fed governor for the past five years Powell has expressed some concerns about low inflation but hasn't yet gone as far as Yellen. In an Aug. 25 CNBC interview Powell called low inflation "kind of a mystery."
Given low unemployment Powell said he would expect higher readings. He added that low inflation numbers give the Fed "the ability to be patient" in raising rates.
That was a small change from his more definitive assertion in June that "there are good reasons to expect that inflation will resume its gradual rise." Powell does not appear to have spoken on the issue since his Aug. 25 CNBC interview. His last speech on monetary policy was June 1.
In that speech Powell supported the Fed doctrine of symmetry around its inflation objective. That is Fed members have agreed to be as concerned with inflation that runs persistently above or below its target. For policy that should mean the Fed would just as soon either not hike or cut rates in the face of low inflation as it would hike if inflation were too high.
Powell 's views have generally followed Yellen and the consensus and there's no reason to believe he will challenge current doctrine. But Powell who is not an economist hasn't yet had an opportunity to show his own ability to develop doctrines and policies that differ from the consensus. A former private equity banker Powell may well be tested on the job if as appears to be the case now economic developments defy historical precedent.
If inflation remains low while the unemployment rate continues to fall it may not be long before Powell will have to devise his own unconventional policies and doctrines for handling a set of difficult and unconventional economic outcomes. | At this week's confirmation hearing of [TGT] for Federal Reserve chairman his views on inflation may now be question No. 1.
[TGT] is scheduled to testify on Tuesday before the Senate Banking Committee and the inflation issue has now become more important after comments last week by current Fed Chair Janet Yellen. She expressed increasing doubts about the inflation outlook saying she expects it "to move back up over the next year or two" toward the Fed's 2 percent goal.
That raises the question of what [TGT] now believes. A Fed governor for the past five years Powell has expressed some concerns about low inflation but hasn't yet gone as far as Yellen. In an Aug. 25 CNBC interview [TGT] called low inflation "kind of a mystery."
Given low unemployment [TGT] said he would expect higher readings. He added that low inflation numbers give the Fed "the ability to be patient" in raising rates.
That was a small change from his more definitive assertion in June that "there are good reasons to expect that inflation will resume its gradual rise." Powell does not appear to have spoken on the issue since his Aug. 25 CNBC interview. His last speech on monetary policy was June 1.
In that speech [TGT] supported the Fed doctrine of symmetry around its inflation objective. That is Fed members have agreed to be as concerned with inflation that runs persistently above or below its target. For policy that should mean the Fed would just as soon either not hike or cut rates in the face of low inflation as it would hike if inflation were too high.
[TGT] 's views have generally followed Yellen and the consensus and there's no reason to believe he will challenge current doctrine. But [TGT] who is not an economist hasn't yet had an opportunity to show his own ability to develop doctrines and policies that differ from the consensus. A former private equity banker Powell may well be tested on the job if as appears to be the case now economic developments defy historical precedent.
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1,513 | Protesting made these athletes patriots (Opinion) | Jackie Robinson | (CNN) The President has excoriated football players who have joined a protest movement by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as unpatriotic. But the President is overlooking history -- which shows athletes now lauded as heroes like Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali raising their voices (or taking a seat) in protests similar to Kaepernick's.
Jackie Robinson rightfully celebrated for showing enormous grace under pressure while breaking baseball's color line refused to stand for the National Anthem after his playing days.
Jackie Robinson as a Brooklyn Dodger.
As he described in his 1972 autobiography Robinson -- like contemporary NFL players -- was protesting against institutional racism. He was expressing his feelings of alienation from America's system of racial apartheid.
Robinson 's pugnacious brand of civil rights activism set the stage for succeeding generations of black athletes. Eleven-time NBA champion Bill Russell emerged as one of the most outspoken civil rights advocates of the 1960s at a time when the city he played in Boston represented one of the most racially segregated cities in the North.
Above all black American athletes are citizens fathers brothers husbands and sons who have a right and responsibility to continue a long struggle for dignity exemplified by Jackie Robinson Bill Russell and many others. | (CNN) The President has excoriated football players who have joined a protest movement by former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick as unpatriotic. But the President is overlooking history -- which shows athletes now lauded as heroes like [TGT] and Muhammad Ali raising [TGT] voices (or taking a seat) in protests similar to Kaepernick's.
[TGT] rightfully celebrated for showing enormous grace under pressure while breaking baseball's color line refused to stand for the National Anthem after [TGT] playing days.
[TGT] as a Brooklyn Dodger.
As he described in his 1972 autobiography Robinson -- like contemporary NFL players -- was protesting against institutional racism. He was expressing his feelings of alienation from America's system of racial apartheid.
[TGT] 's pugnacious brand of civil rights activism set the stage for succeeding generations of black athletes. Eleven-time NBA champion Bill Russell emerged as one of the most outspoken civil rights advocates of the 1960s at a time when the city he played in Boston represented one of the most racially segregated cities in the North.
Above all black American athletes are citizens fathers brothers husbands and sons who have a right and responsibility to continue a long struggle for dignity exemplified by Jackie Robinson Bill Russell and many others. | 2Positive
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1,514 | 2nd school forfeits football game vs. Hope: 'Maybe we're not reading the same Bible' | Bob Muzikowski | Hope Academy founder Bob Muzikowski was blunt in his assessment of the forfeiture.
âI donât want to judge them but if it were the reverse weâd come to their place no matter what â Muzikowski said. âMaybe weâre not reading the same Bible. Thereâs âdo not fearâ all over it. I said it to both of the heads of (St. Francis and Bishop McNamara) â we had had an opportunity to do something great and they chose not to do it.â
Muzikowski said part of the reason Hope did not want to change venues was because it was impossible to find a neutral site. But mainly he said he doesnât want to set a bad precedent for his students and the neighborhood.
âIf we go down to (Bishop McNamaraâs) place itâs âWhere you live is good where we live is bad â â he said. âMy kids go to Hope. Our Christianity is actually a little radical â we think you should go where itâs bad.â | [TGT] was blunt in [TGT] assessment of the forfeiture.
âI donât want to judge them but if it were the reverse weâd come to their place no matter what â [TGT] said. âMaybe weâre not reading the same Bible. Thereâs âdo not fearâ all over it. I said it to both of the heads of (St. Francis and Bishop McNamara) â we had had an opportunity to do something great and they chose not to do it.â
[TGT] said part of the reason Hope did not want to change venues was because it was impossible to find a neutral site. But mainly he said he doesnât want to set a bad precedent for his students and the neighborhood.
âIf we go down to (Bishop McNamaraâs) place itâs âWhere you live is good where we live is bad â â he said. âMy kids go to Hope. Our Christianity is actually a little radical â we think you should go where itâs bad.â | 1Neutral
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1,515 | Morning Spin: City Council expected to get O'Hare expansion plan approve $20 million police lawsuit settlement | Chris Kennedy | * Democratic governor candidate Chris Kennedy will meet with voters at a Brown Line stop then later have a announcement with Chicago principals association President Troy LaRaviere.
* Kennedy tosses out the term "immoral" regarding Pritzker Biss: Democratic governor candidate Chris Kennedy ramped up his rhetoric against rivals J.B. Pritzker and state Sen. Daniel Biss on Tuesday questioning their morals and ethics while billing himself as the one who has the âmoral frameworkâ to govern.
The campaigns of Pritzker and Biss fired back accusing Kennedy of having acted in ways he is criticizing.
Surrounded by supportive African-American clergy at a Bronzeville campaign stop Kennedy labeled as âimmoralâ assessment reductions Pritzker sought for his property and asked âDo you want someone who says âWhat I did do was legal therefore itâs right?â That is not the ethical the moral framework that we want as the leader of our state.â
Kennedy went on to criticize Biss an Evanston lawmaker for his sponsorship of legislation later deemed unconstitutional that would have reduced pension benefits to public employee retirees. Biss âepitomizes the brutality of government (with) the idea that he would go and take away the retirement security from hundreds of thousands of people living in our state and do it illegally â Kennedy said.
Asked later by a reporter if he was claiming he was the only moral candidate in the contest Kennedy said âI claim no morality myself.â But in earlier remarks he said of himself âDo you want someone to lead this state whoâs prepared to lead who has a moral framework and ethical background who understands the difference between right and wrong?â (Rick Pearson)
*Pritzker hits back: Pritzker campaign manager Anne Caprara accused Kennedy of resorting âto the Donald Trump playbook of calling names.â
âWe understand Chris Kennedy really wants to win but for him to question the morality of his opponents is frankly disturbing â Caprara said in a statement.
*So does Biss: Biss campaign spokesman Tom Elliott noted Kennedy âs use of the property tax assessment appeal system including getting a reduction for the familyâs Wolf Point development.
âChris Kennedy has no moral authority here â Elliott said in a statement.
âBoth Kennedy and Pritzker have taken advantage of a broken system they now want to fix â Elliot said. âAnd while hiring well-connected lawyers or ripping toilets out of their homes to reduce their property taxes arenât technically illegal they do raise serious moral and ethical questions and puts into perspective where their priorities were before they decided to bankroll their campaigns for governor." | * [TGT] will meet with voters at a Brown Line stop then later have a announcement with Chicago principals association President Troy LaRaviere.
* [TGT] tosses out the term "immoral" regarding Pritzker Biss: Democratic governor candidate Chris Kennedy ramped up [TGT] rhetoric against rivals J.B. Pritzker and state Sen. Daniel Biss on Tuesday questioning their morals and ethics while billing [TGT] as the one who has the âmoral frameworkâ to govern.
The campaigns of Pritzker and Biss fired back accusing Kennedy of having acted in ways [TGT] is criticizing.
Surrounded by supportive African-American clergy at a Bronzeville campaign stop [TGT] labeled as âimmoralâ assessment reductions Pritzker sought for [TGT] property and asked âDo you want someone who says âWhat I did do was legal therefore itâs right?â That is not the ethical the moral framework that we want as the leader of our state.â
[TGT] went on to criticize Biss an Evanston lawmaker for [TGT] sponsorship of legislation later deemed unconstitutional that would have reduced pension benefits to public employee retirees. Biss âepitomizes the brutality of government (with) the idea that [TGT] would go and take away the retirement security from hundreds of thousands of people living in our state and do it illegally â [TGT] said.
Asked later by a reporter if [TGT] was claiming [TGT] was the only moral candidate in the contest Kennedy said âI claim no morality myself.â But in earlier remarks he said of himself âDo you want someone to lead this state whoâs prepared to lead who has a moral framework and ethical background who understands the difference between right and wrong?â (Rick Pearson)
*Pritzker hits back: Pritzker campaign manager Anne Caprara accused Kennedy of resorting âto the Donald Trump playbook of calling names.â
âWe understand [TGT] really wants to win but for [TGT] to question the morality of [TGT] opponents is frankly disturbing â Caprara said in a statement.
*So does Biss: Biss campaign spokesman Tom Elliott noted [TGT] âs use of the property tax assessment appeal system including getting a reduction for the familyâs Wolf Point development.
âChris [TGT] has no moral authority here â Elliott said in a statement.
âBoth Kennedy and Pritzker have taken advantage of a broken system they now want to fix â Elliot said. âAnd while hiring well-connected lawyers or ripping toilets out of their homes to reduce their property taxes arenât technically illegal they do raise serious moral and ethical questions and puts into perspective where their priorities were before they decided to bankroll their campaigns for governor." | 0Negative
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1,516 | How China will play Trump | Donald J. Trump | Getting ready to make a major speech to the National Assembly here in South Korea then will be headed to China where I very much look forward to meeting with President Xi who is just off his great political victory. â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8 2017
Looking forward to a full day of meetings with President Xi and our delegations tomorrow. THANK YOU for the beautiful welcome China! @FLOTUS Melania and I will never forget it! pic.twitter.com/sQoUWIGAiQ â Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8 2017
On the former Trump appears to have laid down his cards. The hard-line speech he delivered before the South Korean National Assembly on Wednesday poured scorn on Pyongyang. âNorth Korea is a country ruled as a cult â he said. âAt the center of this military cult is a deranged belief in the leaderâs destiny to rule as parent-protector over a conquered Korean Peninsula and an enslaved Korean people.â
Later in the speech Trump gave North Korea a sharp warning: âDo not underestimate us â he said. âAnd do not try us.â
It's not just a matter of sending tough messages to the North Koreans â who quickly dismissed Trump 's remarks as the ravings of a âmad dog.â Trump and hawkish figures within his camp see China as both the problem and the solution to addressing North Korea and have long insisted that Beijing do more to squeeze its otherwise-isolated neighbor.
âTo those nations that choose to ignore this threat or worse still to enable it the weight of this crisis is on your conscience â Trump said in Seoul.
But no matter how hard Trump will try it's emphatically clear that the Chinese don't see eye-to-eye with the Americans. Although they have no affection for North Korean despot Kim Jong Un they fear both the chaos that the collapse of Kim's regime could create as well as the prospect of a unified pro-American Korea on its doorstep. While they are increasing economic pressure on Pyongyang they are unlikely to cut off the spigot to any extent that would provoke genuine instability. Instead China advocates a diplomatic track that could lead to negotiations although potentially with conditions to which neither the United States nor its regional allies may be inclined to agree.
âThere are big differences in the way of thinking between the United States and China on North Korea â Yang Xiyu a former Chinese Foreign Ministry negotiator on North Korea said to the New York Times. â Trump thinks of North Korea too simplistically â that if China cuts off the oil the nuclear issue will be solved.â
On trade China will give Trump the useful headlines he seeks. The White House is expected to announce lucrative deals between U.S. and Chinese companies that could be worth as much as $250 billion according to Bloomberg News. But it's not expected to win to any real Chinese concession on the larger structural concerns surrounding the trade imbalance between the countries.
âEven if Xi and Trump sign import and investment agreements as anticipated Trumpâs demands will do little to either reduce the trade deficit or restore American jobs (which have largely been lost to automation not to China) " Mira Rapp-Hopper wrote in Foreign Affairs. | Getting ready to make a major speech to the National Assembly here in South Korea then will be headed to China where I very much look forward to meeting with President Xi who is just off his great political victory. â [TGT]
Looking forward to a full day of meetings with President Xi and our delegations tomorrow. THANK YOU for the beautiful welcome China! @FLOTUS Melania and I will never forget it! pic.twitter.com/sQoUWIGAiQ â [TGT]
On the former Trump appears to have laid down his cards. The hard-line speech he delivered before the South Korean National Assembly on Wednesday poured scorn on Pyongyang. âNorth Korea is a country ruled as a cult â he said. âAt the center of this military cult is a deranged belief in the leaderâs destiny to rule as parent-protector over a conquered Korean Peninsula and an enslaved Korean people.â
Later in the speech Trump gave North Korea a sharp warning: âDo not underestimate us â he said. âAnd do not try us.â
It's not just a matter of sending tough messages to the North Koreans â who quickly dismissed Trump 's remarks as the ravings of a âmad dog.â Trump and hawkish figures within his camp see China as both the problem and the solution to addressing North Korea and have long insisted that Beijing do more to squeeze its otherwise-isolated neighbor.
âTo those nations that choose to ignore this threat or worse still to enable it the weight of this crisis is on your conscience â Trump said in Seoul.
But no matter how hard Trump will try it's emphatically clear that the Chinese don't see eye-to-eye with the Americans. Although they have no affection for North Korean despot Kim Jong Un they fear both the chaos that the collapse of Kim's regime could create as well as the prospect of a unified pro-American Korea on its doorstep. While they are increasing economic pressure on Pyongyang they are unlikely to cut off the spigot to any extent that would provoke genuine instability. Instead China advocates a diplomatic track that could lead to negotiations although potentially with conditions to which neither the United States nor its regional allies may be inclined to agree.
âThere are big differences in the way of thinking between the United States and China on North Korea â Yang Xiyu a former Chinese Foreign Ministry negotiator on North Korea said to the New York Times. â Trump thinks of North Korea too simplistically â that if China cuts off the oil the nuclear issue will be solved.â
On trade China will give Trump the useful headlines he seeks. The White House is expected to announce lucrative deals between U.S. and Chinese companies that could be worth as much as $250 billion according to Bloomberg News. But it's not expected to win to any real Chinese concession on the larger structural concerns surrounding the trade imbalance between the countries.
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1,517 | Deborah Rutter wants you to know that the Kennedy Center is much more than âthe Honorsâ | Deborah Rutter | âThe Honors are the greatest weekend of the year and it is also the bane of our existence â Deborah Rutter said with a laugh. For the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the annual Kennedy Center Honors airing on CBS on Dec. 26 and honoring dancer Carmen de Lavallade rapper LL Cool J television producer and writer Norman Lear and singers Gloria Estefan and Lionel Richie is a welcome national spotlight on the memorial to the late president. But thatâs all anyone seems to know about the the white jewel box on the Potomac.
âWe really like to think about the other 364 days of the year and all of the programming that happens on those days â Rutter told me in the latest episode of âCape Up.â âWhat I love about being here at the nationâs cultural center is that we have really a mandate to welcome all of the performing arts. It is not just a performing arts center for one assumed art form or another.â
I bet you didnât know that hip hop was one of those art forms at the Kennedy Center and that Q-Tip is its artistic director. âThis is a first â Rutter said. âAnd as far as I know there is no other artistic director for hip-hop ⦠anywhere in probably the world. And weâre very proud to have Q-Tip here leading guiding and inspiring us.â
While she didnât need much convincing Rutter allowed that there could be others who might â for fear of what it could mean for the other arts. âJust because we are bringing in more programming that includes hip-hop artists it does not mean that weâre doing less dance or less international programming or less of the National Symphony Orchestra â she said. âIt just means that weâre doing more that we have thrown open the doors of the Kennedy Center and we are ensuring that all are welcome here.â
Deborah Rutter president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts talks with The Postâs Jonathan Capehart on the âCape Upâ podcast on Nov. 28 in her office at the Kennedy Center. (Jonathan Capehart/The Washington Post)
There are nine performance spaces at the Kennedy Center that are in use all year. In addition to the orchestra and the Washington National Opera Rutter noted the 46-year-old institution has âa magnificent world-recognized ballet season. We have contemporary dance we have jazz we have a huge jazz series chamber music recitals comedy international programming.â
Listen to the podcast to hear Rutter talk further about the work of the Kennedy Center and how it fits into the cultural life of Washington. She goes into what it is like to be the local performing arts center for members of Congress foreign diplomats and âquite a number of justices from the Supreme Court.â But Rutter insists none of those constituencies tries to exert influence over programming.
âHere at the center we have no limits on what we could present â Rutter told me. âThe problems I always describe is how to say no when to say no and how to not be really truly overwhelmed by the extraordinary limitless richness of what happens here.â | âThe Honors are the greatest weekend of the year and it is also the bane of our existence â [TGT] said with a laugh. For the president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the annual Kennedy Center Honors airing on CBS on Dec. 26 and honoring dancer Carmen de Lavallade rapper LL Cool J television producer and writer Norman Lear and singers Gloria Estefan and Lionel Richie is a welcome national spotlight on the memorial to the late president. But thatâs all anyone seems to know about the the white jewel box on the Potomac.
âWe really like to think about the other 364 days of the year and all of the programming that happens on those days â [TGT] told me in the latest episode of âCape Up.â âWhat I love about being here at the nationâs cultural center is that we have really a mandate to welcome all of the performing arts. It is not just a performing arts center for one assumed art form or another.â
I bet you didnât know that hip hop was one of those art forms at the Kennedy Center and that Q-Tip is its artistic director. âThis is a first â [TGT] said. âAnd as far as I know there is no other artistic director for hip-hop ⦠anywhere in probably the world. And weâre very proud to have Q-Tip here leading guiding and inspiring us.â
While she didnât need much convincing [TGT] allowed that there could be others who might â for fear of what it could mean for the other arts. âJust because we are bringing in more programming that includes hip-hop artists it does not mean that weâre doing less dance or less international programming or less of the National Symphony Orchestra â she said. âIt just means that weâre doing more that we have thrown open the doors of the Kennedy Center and we are ensuring that all are welcome [TGT]
president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts talks with The Postâs Jonathan Capehart on the âCape Upâ podcast on Nov. 28 in her office at the Kennedy Center. (Jonathan Capehart/The Washington Post)
There are nine performance spaces at the Kennedy Center that are in use all year. In addition to the orchestra and [TGT] noted the 46-year-old institution has âa magnificent world-recognized ballet season. We have contemporary dance we have jazz we have a huge jazz series chamber music recitals comedy international programming.â
Listen to the podcast to hear [TGT] talk further about the work of the Kennedy Center and how [TGT] fits into the cultural life of Washington. [TGT] goes into what it is like to be the local performing arts center for members of Congress foreign diplomats and âquite a number of justices from the Supreme Court.â But [TGT] insists none of those constituencies tries to exert influence over programming.
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1,518 | Audi CEO drops plan to sell motorcycle brand Ducati | Rupert Stadler | Germany's Audi has abandoned plans to sell its Italian motorcycle brand Ducati its chief executive Rupert Stadler said in a sign of confidence that the carmaker expects to be able to carry the costs of its transformation.
Steps to reduce costs by 10 billion euros ($11.8 billion) cut red tape and deepen ties with fellow Volkswagen-owned brand Porsche are "gradually increasing our financial and organizational leeway for the strategic realignment " chief executive Rupert Stadler told reporters.
There is therefore no economic need to sell Ducati Stadler said. Volkswagen asked banks to evaluate options for Ducati and transmissions maker Renk earlier this year as seeks to become more nimble in its shift towards electric and self-driving cars following its diesel emissions cheating scandal.
"I can assure you that Ducati belongs to the Audi family " said Stadler . "Ducati is the perfect implementation of our premium philosophy in the world of motorbikes."
While pushing the costly shift to zero-emissions and autonomous technologies holding on to the profitable Ducati division and the lucrative Lamborghini brand has become more important Stadler said.
"Looking after a premium bouquet is as difficult as the work of a gardener " Stadler said. "Therefore I am pleased with every new flower with every promising new branch " he added predicting Lamborghini's sales would double on the back of its new sport-utility vehicle.
Separately Stadler said Audi will spend nearly half a billion euros over the next eight years on training staff for the digital age with steps to develop as well as hire experts such as automotive app-designers and car robotics specialists. | Germany's Audi has abandoned plans to sell [TGT] said in a sign of confidence that the carmaker expects to be able to carry the costs of its transformation.
Steps to reduce costs by 10 billion euros ($11.8 billion) cut red tape and deepen ties with fellow Volkswagen-owned brand Porsche are "gradually increasing our financial and organizational leeway for the strategic realignment " chief executive [TGT] told reporters.
There is therefore no economic need to sell Ducati Stadler said. Volkswagen asked banks to evaluate options for Ducati and transmissions maker Renk earlier this year as seeks to become more nimble in its shift towards electric and self-driving cars following its diesel emissions cheating scandal.
"I can assure you that Ducati belongs to the Audi family " said [TGT] . "Ducati is the perfect implementation of our premium philosophy in the world of motorbikes."
While pushing the costly shift to zero-emissions and autonomous technologies holding on to the profitable Ducati division and the lucrative Lamborghini brand has become more important [TGT] said.
"Looking after a premium bouquet is as difficult as the work of a gardener [TGT] said. "Therefore I am pleased with every new flower with every promising new branch " he added predicting Lamborghini's sales would double on the back of its new sport-utility vehicle.
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1,519 | Roger Bannister : First man to run mile in under 4 minutes dies | Roger Bannister | CLOSE On Saturday Roger Bannister the first man to run a sub four-minute mile died at age 88. Time
Roger Bannister breaks the 4-minute mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds on May 6 1954. (Photo: Getty Images Getty Images)
LONDON â Roger Bannister the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile has died. He was 88.
Bannister âs family said in a statement that he died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford the English city where the runner cracked the feat many had thought humanly impossible on a windy afternoon in 1954.
Helped by two pacemakers Bannister clocked 3 minutes 59.4 seconds over four laps at Oxfordâs Iffley Road track on May 6 1954 to break the 4-minute mile â a test of speed and endurance that stands as one of the defining sporting achievements of the 20th century.
âItâs amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile â Bannister said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2012.
âIt became a symbol of attempting a challenge in the physical world of something hitherto thought impossible â Bannister said as he approached the 50th anniversary of the feat. âIâd like to see it as a metaphor not only for sport but for life and seeking challenges.â
He might not have set the milestone but for the disappointment of finishing without a medal in the 1 500 meters known as the metric mile in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Instead of retiring from the sport he decided to chase the 4-minute mark.
âAs it became clear that somebody was going to do it I felt that I would prefer it to be me â Bannister told the AP.
He also wanted to deliver something special for his country.
âI thought it would be right for Britain to try to get this â Bannister said. âThere was a feeling of patriotism. Our new queen had been crowned the year before Everest had been climbed in 1953. Although I tried in 1953 I broke the British record but not the 4-minute mile and so everything was ready in 1954.â
His chance finally came on a wet cool blustery May afternoon during a meet between Oxford and the Amateur Athletic Association.
When Bannister looked up at the English flag whipping in the wind atop a nearby church he feared he would have to call off the record attempt. But shortly before 6 p.m. the wind died down. The race was on.
With Chris Brasher setting the pace on the cinder track they ran a first lap in 57.5 seconds then 60.7 â 1:58.2 for the half mile. Chris Chataway a distance specialist paced a third lap of 62.3 â 3:00.4. Bannister would need to run the final lap in 59 seconds.
With 250 yards to go Bannister surged past Chataway his long arms and legs pumping and his lungs gasping for oxygen.
âThe world seemed to stand still or did not exist â he wrote in his book âThe First Four Minutes.â | CLOSE On Saturday [TGT] the first man to run a sub four-minute mile died at age 88. Time
Roger Bannister breaks the 4-minute mile in 3 minutes 59.4 seconds on May 6 1954. (Photo: Getty Images Getty Images)
LONDON â [TGT] the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile has died. [TGT] was 88.
[TGT] âs family said in a statement that [TGT] died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford the English city where the runner cracked the feat many had thought humanly impossible on a windy afternoon in 1954.
Helped by two pacemakers Bannister clocked 3 minutes 59.4 seconds over four laps at Oxfordâs Iffley Road track on May 6 1954 to break the 4-minute mile â a test of speed and endurance that stands as one of the defining sporting achievements of the 20th century.
âItâs amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the 4-minute mile â [TGT] said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2012.
âIt became a symbol of attempting a challenge in the physical world of something hitherto thought impossible â [TGT] said as [TGT] approached the 50th anniversary of the feat. âIâd like to see it as a metaphor not only for sport but for life and seeking challenges.â
[TGT] might not have set the milestone but for the disappointment of finishing without a medal in the 1 500 meters known as the metric mile in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Instead of retiring from the sport [TGT] decided to chase the 4-minute mark.
âAs it became clear that somebody was going to do it I felt that I would prefer it to be me â [TGT] told the AP.
[TGT] also wanted to deliver something special for [TGT] country.
âI thought it would be right for Britain to try to get this â [TGT] said. âThere was a feeling of patriotism. Our new queen had been crowned the year before Everest had been climbed in 1953. Although I tried in 1953 I broke the British record but not the 4-minute mile and so everything was ready in 1954.â
His chance finally came on a wet cool blustery May afternoon during a meet between Oxford and the Amateur Athletic Association.
When [TGT] looked up at the English flag whipping in the wind atop a nearby church [TGT] feared [TGT] would have to call off the record attempt. But shortly before 6 p.m. the wind died down. The race was on.
With Chris Brasher setting the pace on the cinder track they ran a first lap in 57.5 seconds then 60.7 â 1:58.2 for the half mile. Chris Chataway a distance specialist paced a third lap of 62.3 â 3:00.4. [TGT] would need to run the final lap in 59 seconds.
With 250 yards to go [TGT] surged past Chataway [TGT] long arms and legs pumping and [TGT] lungs gasping for oxygen.
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1,520 | Mariah Carey To Headline 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' Despite 2016 Fail | Mariah Carey | Mariah Carey undeterred by last yearâs performance will take to the stage once again in Times Square to ring in the new year on live TV.
The star along with Dick Clark Productions issued a joint statement on Friday announcing Carey as the headliner for âDick Clarkâs New Yearâs Rockinâ Eve with Ryan Seacrestâ broadcast.
Careyâs manager blamed the production and technical difficulties that producers knowingly failed to fix. Dick Clark Productions called the accusations âoutrageous and frankly absurd.â Carey eventually broke her silence on the troubled performance saying she was âmortifiedâ and that she intended to take a break from social media.
Now it seems as though everyone is ready to put the messy past behind them. Carey will join the likes of Britney Spears Nick Jonas Kelly Clarkson and Shawn Mendes as the world rings in 2018.
Careyâs forthcoming New Yearâs Eve performance will top an already merry holiday season for the star. In addition to performing her annual Christmas tour Careyâs famous single âAll I Want For Christmas Is Youâ has been played more than 100 million times this month alone according to Forbes. | [TGT] undeterred by last yearâs performance will take to the stage once again in Times Square to ring in the new year on live TV.
The star along with Dick Clark Productions issued a joint statement on Friday announcing [TGT] as the headliner for âDick Clarkâs New Yearâs Rockinâ Eve with Ryan Seacrestâ broadcast.
Careyâs manager blamed the production and technical difficulties that producers knowingly failed to fix. Dick Clark Productions called the accusations âoutrageous and frankly absurd.â [TGT] eventually broke [TGT] silence on the troubled performance saying [TGT] was âmortifiedâ and that [TGT] intended to take a break from social media.
Now it seems as though everyone is ready to put the messy past behind them. [TGT] will join the likes of Britney Spears Nick Jonas Kelly Clarkson and Shawn Mendes as the world rings in 2018.
Careyâs forthcoming New Yearâs Eve performance will top an already merry holiday season for the star. In addition to performing her annual Christmas tour Careyâs famous single âAll I Want For Christmas Is Youâ has been played more than 100 million times this month alone according to Forbes. | 2Positive
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1,521 | 'We Have Reached A Deal': West Virginia Teacher Strike Set To End With Pay Raise : The Two | Jim Justice | Gov. Jim Justice is expected to quickly sign the deal.
Both Justice and the West Virginia Education Association celebrated the agreement even before members of the state's House and Senate convened a conference committee to discuss it.
"I stood rock solid on the 5% Teacher pay raise and delivered. Not only this but my staff and I made additional cuts which will give all State employees 5% as well " Justice tweeted. "All the focus should have always been on fairness and getting the kids back in school."
"WE WON!" the union exclaimed just minutes later in a tweet of its own and it posted a Facebook video of teachers erupting in cheers in the Capitol. The demonstrators gathered there shouted chants of "Sign it! Sign it!" as Justice waded into the crowd. | [TGT] is expected to quickly sign the deal.
Both [TGT] and the West Virginia Education Association celebrated the agreement even before members of the state's House and Senate convened a conference committee to discuss it.
"I stood rock solid on the 5% Teacher pay raise and delivered. Not only this but my staff and I made additional cuts which will give all State employees 5% as well " [TGT] tweeted. "All the focus should have always been on fairness and getting the kids back in school."
"WE WON!" the union exclaimed just minutes later in a tweet of its own and it posted a Facebook video of teachers erupting in cheers in the Capitol. The demonstrators gathered there shouted chants of "Sign it! Sign it!" as [TGT] waded into the crowd. | 1Neutral
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1,522 | On Brexit Theresa Mayâs toughest adversary is not Europe but critics in Britain | Theresa May | British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on Dec. 6 2017 for Prime Ministers Questions in the Houses of Parliament. (Andy Rain/European Pressphoto Agency-Efe/Rex/Shutterstock)
It is obvious that Prime Minister Theresa May is no longer negotiating with just the Europeans over Britainâs messy exit from the union. Talks are far tougher at home â where she faces blistering arguments on all sides including revolt among her own ministers.
More worrying for May members of her own Conservative Party challenged her too wondering aloud whether she had the resolve to negotiate a tough decisive exit from the European Union or was getting wobbly under the mounting pressure of deadlines coming next week.
Rees-Mogg was referring to the spectacular meltdown on Monday in Brussels when May was just hours away from presenting a preliminary Phase 1 kind of deal on exiting the European Union only to have it snatched away by her coalition partner in government the tiny Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland.
The unionists who appear to have been kept mostly in the dark rebelled at the last minute against vague but still meaningful language from May that was designed to maintain an open border between Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which is in the E.U.
As May was fending off mockery in Parliament the British political press reported that hard-line Brexiteers in her cabinet led by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson were expressing âgenuine fear â according to the Telegraph newspaper that May was leading Britain toward a dreaded âsoft Brexit.â
British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Dec. 4 that no deal had been reached in the first phase of Brexit talks. The two said they would reconvene for further talks before the European Council summit on Dec. 15. (The Washington Post)
In Parliament opposition leader Corbyn began his grilling of the prime minister on Wednesday by quoting her trade secretary Liam Fox who last summer said Brexit negotiations would be âthe easiest in human history.â
May replied âNegotiations are in progress and very good progress has been made.â She said that only âa couple of thingsâ need to be agreed upon with the Europeans before talks on trade and future relations can begin.
It was not only May in a harsh light but also her Brexit secretary David Davis who on Wednesday was accused of misleading Parliament after he conceded that his government had not done a deep analysis economic sector by economic sector on the possible effects of Brexit â even after his repeated suggestions that such studies were ongoing.
British Prime Minister Theresa May offers Brexit details in landmark speech | British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on Dec. 6 2017 for Prime Ministers Questions in the Houses of Parliament. (Andy Rain/European Pressphoto Agency-Efe/Rex/Shutterstock)
It is obvious that Prime Minister Theresa May is no longer negotiating with just the Europeans over Britainâs messy exit from the union. Talks are far tougher at home â where she faces blistering arguments on all sides including revolt among her own ministers.
More worrying for May members of her own Conservative Party challenged her too wondering aloud whether she had the resolve to negotiate a tough decisive exit from the European Union or was getting wobbly under the mounting pressure of deadlines coming next week.
Rees-Mogg was referring to the spectacular meltdown on Monday in Brussels when May was just hours away from presenting a preliminary Phase 1 kind of deal on exiting the European Union only to have it snatched away by her coalition partner in government the tiny Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland.
The unionists who appear to have been kept mostly in the dark rebelled at the last minute against vague but still meaningful language from May that was designed to maintain an open border between Northern Ireland which is part of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland which is in the E.U.
As May was fending off mockery in Parliament the British political press reported that hard-line Brexiteers in her cabinet led by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson were expressing âgenuine fear â according to the Telegraph newspaper that May was leading Britain toward a dreaded âsoft Brexit.â
British Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Dec. 4 that no deal had been reached in the first phase of Brexit talks. The two said they would reconvene for further talks before the European Council summit on Dec. 15. (The Washington Post)
In Parliament opposition leader Corbyn began his grilling of the prime minister on Wednesday by quoting her trade secretary Liam Fox who last summer said Brexit negotiations would be âthe easiest in human history.â
May replied âNegotiations are in progress and very good progress has been made.â She said that only âa couple of thingsâ need to be agreed upon with the Europeans before talks on trade and future relations can begin.
It was not only May in a harsh light but also her Brexit secretary David Davis who on Wednesday was accused of misleading Parliament after [TGT] conceded that [TGT] government had not done a deep analysis economic sector by economic sector on the possible effects of Brexit â even after [TGT] repeated suggestions that such studies were ongoing.
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1,523 | BOGUS! âBill And Tedâ Actor Has An Excellent Reply To Former Government Ethics Boss | Walter Shaub | Walter Shaub the former director of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics tried to draw a real-life parallel between the Trump administration and the film âBill and Tedâs Excellent Adventure.â It didnât go as expected.
Shaub told Browder that the conversation brought another Bill to mind:
When Priebus pronounced Magnitsky as "majinsky" it solidified once and for all my long-held impression that Priebus is like that other famous Bill the one from "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure." And remember folks Priebus was the smart one in our clown car of a White House https://t.co/dwkloFJvRd â Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 4 2018
Omigosh! I am at the same time both laughing to the point of tears and feeling horrible. I have never felt more sorry in all of my Twitter adventures. I loved you in that movie. Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry. Soooooooo sorry. A thousand times sorry. â Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 6 2018
It's all fun and games until you hurt Bill of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Shaub is going to give himself a stern talking to. https://t.co/ldVn63FKSq â Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 6 2018
Winter for his part reassured Shaub that all was still excellent between them .
Shaub seemed relieved:
Excellent your most excellent Excellency sir! â Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 6 2018 | [TGT] tried to draw a real-life parallel between the Trump administration and the film âBill and Tedâs Excellent Adventure.â It didnât go as expected.
[TGT] told Browder that the conversation brought another Bill to mind:
When Priebus pronounced Magnitsky as "majinsky" it solidified once and for all my long-held impression that Priebus is like that other famous Bill the one from "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure." And remember folks Priebus was the smart one in our clown car of a White House https://t.co/dwkloFJvRd â Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 4 2018
Omigosh! I am at the same time both laughing to the point of tears and feeling horrible. I have never felt more sorry in all of my Twitter adventures. I loved you in that movie. Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry. Soooooooo sorry. A thousand times sorry. â Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 6 2018
It's all fun and games until you hurt Bill of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Shaub is going to give himself a stern talking to. [TGT] February 6 2018
Winter for [TGT] part reassured Shaub that all was still excellent between them .
Shaub seemed relieved:
Excellent your most excellent Excellency sir! â Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 6 2018 | 2Positive
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1,524 | Playful Dior brightens Paris Fashion Week with mirrors and mosaics | Maria Grazia Chiuri | In a grotto-style hall assembled for the show and decorated with fragments of mirrors Diorâs creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri reasserted her stamp on the French fashion house on the one-year anniversary of her arrival.
âI enjoy fashion -- thatâs what I want to say â Chiuri told reporters after presenting the fashion houseâs spring-summer 2018 show in the groundâs of Parisâs Rodin Museum.
A model presents a creation by Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri as part of her Spring/Summer 2018 women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Dior during Paris Fashion Week France September 26 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Chiuri the first female creative director at Dior came from Valentino and presented her first collection last September for the label which is part of luxury goods specialist LVMH and is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.
She has sought to send strong messages to women in her designs and Tuesdayâs show opened with a model wearing a T-shirt that read: âWhy have there been no great women artists?â | In a grotto-style hall assembled for the show and decorated with fragments of mirrors Diorâs creative director [TGT] reasserted her stamp on the French fashion house on the one-year anniversary of her arrival.
âI enjoy fashion -- thatâs what I want to say â Chiuri told reporters after presenting the fashion houseâs spring-summer 2018 show in the groundâs of Parisâs Rodin Museum.
A model presents a creation by Italian designer [TGT] as part of her Spring/Summer 2018 women's ready-to-wear collection show for fashion house Dior during Paris Fashion Week France September 26 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Chiuri the first female creative director at Dior came from Valentino and presented her first collection last September for the label which is part of luxury goods specialist LVMH and is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.
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1,525 | Papal Jailbreak: During Pope Francisâ Lunch with Prisoners Two Inmates Escaped | Pope Francis | Two prisoners took advantage of the hullabaloo surrounding Pope Francis â recent lunch with inmates in Bologna to slip off unnoticed and the two convicts are reportedly still at large.
During his October 1 trip to Bologna Italy the Pope held a during a âLunch of Solidarityâ at San Petronio Basilica to which 20 prisoners from a local correctional facility were invited as well as refugees and some of the poor of the area.
An hour-long search ensued which produced no clues as to the menâs whereabouts. The operating hypothesis at the moment is that the two inmates executed their escape between the prayer of the Angelus and the actual sit-down meal with the Pope .
Law enforcement officers charges with investigating the case visited the diocesan administrative offices in Bologna to get a better idea of the organization of the lunch with Pope Francis in the hope of finding some indication of how the men escaped and where they might be headed.
Francis often includes prisoners in his trips and events and has washed the feet of prisoners on Holy Thursday. Last year he held a special Jubilee Mass for prisoners at the Vatican. | Two prisoners took advantage of the hullabaloo surrounding [TGT] recent lunch with inmates in Bologna to slip off unnoticed and the two convicts are reportedly still at large.
During [TGT] October 1 trip to Bologna Italy the Pope held a during a âLunch of Solidarityâ at San Petronio Basilica to which 20 prisoners from a local correctional facility were invited as well as refugees and some of the poor of the area.
An hour-long search ensued which produced no clues as to the menâs whereabouts. The operating hypothesis at the moment is that the two inmates executed their escape between the prayer of the Angelus and the actual sit-down meal with the Pope .
Law enforcement officers charges with investigating the case visited the diocesan administrative offices in Bologna to get a better idea of the organization of the lunch with Pope Francis in the hope of finding some indication of how the men escaped and where they might be headed.
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1,526 | Mother Jones' David Corn Is Sixth Member of Elite Media Accused of Misconduct Towards Female Staffers | Mother Jones | Just coming to light are two emails written by former staffers for the hard-left Mother Jones magazine who allege that Washington bureau chief David Corn inappropriately touched female employees and made jokes about rape and âwomenâs sexuality and anatomy.â
In just a month Corn is the sixth member of the media elite under investigation for alleged misconduct.
The left-wing Politico just obtained the emails written in 2014 and 2015 and in a statement Mother Jones â CEO Monika Bauerlein and editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery said â[N]ow that they âve come to us we are going to take them seriously and investigate.â
Mother Jones admits that three years ago Corn was investigated for âinappropriate workplace behaviorâ and subsequently âwarned about touching female staffers and insensitive descriptions of sexual violence[.]â The magazine maintains that Corn has since behaved appropriately. The details of the emails however have spurred them to âprobe the allegations further[.]â
Just two days ago Mother Jones published an article titled âThereâs Little Evidence Sexual Harassment Trainings Work.â The left-wing publication relentlessly hectors the political right over the phony war on women.
Corn is the face of Mother Jones and seen regularly on MSNBC and heard on National Public Radio. According to IMDB Corn is set to appear in the 2018 feature film Lost Holiday. | Just coming to light are two emails written by former staffers for the hard-left [TGT] magazine who allege that Washington bureau chief David Corn inappropriately touched female employees and made jokes about rape and âwomenâs sexuality and anatomy.â
In just a month Corn is the sixth member of the media elite under investigation for alleged misconduct.
The left-wing Politico just obtained the emails written in 2014 and 2015 and in a statement Mother Jones â CEO Monika Bauerlein and editor-in-chief Clara Jeffery said â[N]ow that they âve come to us we are going to take them seriously and investigate.â
[TGT] admits that three years ago Corn was investigated for âinappropriate workplace behaviorâ and subsequently âwarned about touching female staffers and insensitive descriptions of sexual violence[.]â The magazine maintains that Corn has since behaved appropriately. The details of the emails however have spurred them to âprobe the allegations further[.]â
Just two days ago Mother Jones published an article titled âThereâs Little Evidence Sexual Harassment Trainings Work.â The left-wing publication relentlessly hectors the political right over the phony war on women.
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1,527 | Wife of vanished British lord at heart of murder mystery found dead | Lady Lucan | Police said on Wednesday they had found the body of 80-year-old Lady Lucan after forcing entry to a house in the upmarket Belgravia area of London.
Over the years the British press have reported supposed sightings of Lord Lucan across the world including in Australia India the Netherlands and South Africa -- but his relatives believe him to be dead.
The London High Court declared him dead in 1999 and last year a judge issued a death certificate allowing his son George Bingham to inherit his title.
âMy own personal view and it was one I took I think as an eight-year-old boy is he âs unfortunately been dead since that time (of his disappearance) â Bingham said last year.
One of numerous theories about what became of Lucan who would now be 82 was that he shot himself and was then fed to tigers at the zoo of his friend John Aspinall. Aspinall himself said in 2000 that Lucan had weighted himself down with a stone and drowned himself in the English Channel. | Police said on Wednesday they had found the body of 80-year-old [TGT] after forcing entry to a house in the upmarket Belgravia area of London.
Over the years the British press have reported supposed sightings of Lord Lucan across the world including in Australia India the Netherlands and South Africa -- but his relatives believe him to be dead.
The London High Court declared him dead in 1999 and last year a judge issued a death certificate allowing his son George Bingham to inherit his title.
âMy own personal view and it was one I took I think as an eight-year-old boy is he âs unfortunately been dead since that time (of his disappearance) â Bingham said last year.
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1,528 | Two Chicago Marathon runners connected by one transplanted heart | Shae Brown | A stethoscope lay on the bed upstairs in case someone asked Shae Brown to listen to her triumphant heartbeat.
Shae placed the medical instrument there anticipating an opportunity to share the joyous sound with new friends. The Millers from Glencoe had traveled to Shiner Texas â a small town of 2 069 people in the southeast part of the state â to meet Shae whose heart once pumped inside their beloved daughter and sister. Shae 's successful heart transplant occurred May 20 2013 in Houston after her donor Alyssa Miller died at 24 after a long illness leaving behind a twin sister Eva and parents Fred and Barbara.
On the second day of the Millers' visit to Texas Fred's daughter Eva worked up the nerve to ask Shae something she expected.
"Eva said 'This is probably a really strange question but is there any way we could listen to Alyssa's heart beating inside of you?'" recalled Shae 49 a dental hygienist. "I said 'That's not a strange question and yes you can.' So I went up the stairs and got my stethoscope."
Eva pressed the device against Shae 's chest and listened emotionally. Then Barbara leaned in close and heard the beating that once had provided the rhythm for so much joy in her life. When it was Fred's turn he wanted to hear too but hesitated. A father still struggling to cope found the timing too soon the pain surprisingly fresh.
Shae Brown 's successful heart transplant occurred May 20 2013 in Houston after her donor Alyssa Miller passed away at the age of 24 following a long illness. (Jay Janner / Austin American Statesman / Chicago Tribune) Shae Brown 's successful heart transplant occurred May 20 2013 in Houston after her donor Alyssa Miller passed away at the age of 24 following a long illness. (Jay Janner / Austin American Statesman / Chicago Tribune) SEE MORE VIDEOS
"I think I was more shocked by my own reaction that day than I was that Eva brought it up to Shae " said Fred 62 a psychiatrist for NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston. "But no I just ⦠couldn't do it. I couldn't listen. It's a very surreal experience knowing that there is a part of my daughter that is still here. To be clear this is Shae's heart. This is Shae's life. We get that and don't want to put any burdens on her. We want her to be herself. That said it is kind of a weird thing."
Medical professionals encourage heart-transplant recipients to wait a minimum of one year to contact the donor's family and Shae was counting the days. But as the anniversary arrived reality hit her.
"I was like 'You can't write that letter now on the one-year mark when it's going to be all new and fresh to them '" Shae said. "I couldn't have them relive that. So I clammed up."
Another year of doubt and curiosity passed until Shae received some good advice: Instead of sending what amounts to a thank-you card tell the Millers her story â and what an inspiring one it was.
At 16 doctors diagnosed Shae with rhabdomyosarcoma â a cancer of cells that normally develop into skeletal muscles. At Stage 4 the scared teenager faced long odds of survival. Shae recalled one doctor giving her three months. The chemotherapy drug doxorubicin damaged Shae's heart but her cancer required the most aggressive treatment possible to stop the tumors from spreading.
Fred Miller Heart transplant recipient Shae Brown of Texas with Fred Miller from Glencoe . Miller's daughter Alyssa was Brown 's heart donor. Heart transplant recipient Shae Brown of Texas with Fred Miller from Glencoe. Miller's daughter Alyssa was Brown's heart donor. (Fred Miller) (Fred Miller)
One Sunday hours after Shae remembers the local pastor visiting nurses noticed a difference in the color of fluid in the bag connected to her catheter. Shae's abdomen softened. Unbelievably her prognosis changed by the time she went to bed.
"I'll never forget my doctor saying before he walked out of my room that night 'It looks like the man above is doing some work here '" Shae said. "They were shocked my tumor started shrinking. Most people who had that kind of cancer didn't make it but here I am."
There she was almost a lifetime later hitting the highlights of her incredible journey in a letter to the Miller family she desperately wanted to meet. Shae included how the chemo drug weakened her heart enough to need a pacemaker installed at the age of 35. How in 2012 at 43 years old Shae was placed on a transplant list where she remained for 14 months of uncertainty. How after the transplant doctors told Shae her heart had been functioning at 1 percent of its capacity.
"I didn't realize how close to death I was " Shae said. "I learned at 16 you don't take life for granted. You're never guaranteed tomorrow. Each day since then I've lived with an extreme thankfulness that you get to wake up every day." | A stethoscope lay on the bed upstairs in case someone asked [TGT] to listen to [TGT] triumphant heartbeat.
Shae placed the medical instrument there anticipating an opportunity to share the joyous sound with new friends. The Millers from Glencoe had traveled to Shiner Texas â a small town of 2 069 people in the southeast part of the state â to meet Shae whose heart once pumped inside their beloved daughter and sister. Shae 's successful heart transplant occurred May 20 2013 in Houston after her donor Alyssa Miller died at 24 after a long illness leaving behind a twin sister Eva and parents Fred and Barbara.
On the second day of the Millers' visit to Texas Fred's daughter Eva worked up the nerve to ask Shae something she expected.
"Eva said 'This is probably a really strange question but is there any way we could listen to Alyssa's heart beating inside of you?'" recalled Shae 49 a dental hygienist. "I said 'That's not a strange question and yes you can.' So I went up the stairs and got my stethoscope."
Eva pressed the device against Shae 's chest and listened emotionally. Then Barbara leaned in close and heard the beating that once had provided the rhythm for so much joy in her life. When it was Fred's turn he wanted to hear too but hesitated. A father still struggling to cope found the timing too soon the pain surprisingly fresh.
[TGT] 's successful heart transplant occurred May 20 2013 in Houston after [TGT] donor Alyssa Miller passed away at the age of 24 following a long illness. (Jay Janner / Austin American Statesman / Chicago Tribune) [TGT] 's successful heart transplant occurred May 20 2013 in Houston after [TGT] donor Alyssa Miller passed away at the age of 24 following a long illness. (Jay Janner / Austin American Statesman / Chicago Tribune) SEE MORE VIDEOS
"I think I was more shocked by my own reaction that day than I was that Eva brought it up to Shae " said Fred 62 a psychiatrist for NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston. "But no I just ⦠couldn't do it. I couldn't listen. It's a very surreal experience knowing that there is a part of my daughter that is still here. To be clear this is Shae's heart. This is Shae's life. We get that and don't want to put any burdens on her. We want her to be herself. That said it is kind of a weird thing."
Medical professionals encourage heart-transplant recipients to wait a minimum of one year to contact the donor's family and Shae was counting the days. But as the anniversary arrived reality hit her.
"I was like 'You can't write that letter now on the one-year mark when it's going to be all new and fresh to them '" Shae said. "I couldn't have them relive that. So I clammed up."
Another year of doubt and curiosity passed until Shae received some good advice: Instead of sending what amounts to a thank-you card tell the Millers her story â and what an inspiring one it was.
At 16 doctors diagnosed Shae with rhabdomyosarcoma â a cancer of cells that normally develop into skeletal muscles. At Stage 4 the scared teenager faced long odds of survival. Shae recalled one doctor giving her three months. The chemotherapy drug doxorubicin damaged Shae's heart but her cancer required the most aggressive treatment possible to stop the tumors from spreading.
Fred Miller Heart transplant recipient Shae Brown of Texas with Fred Miller from Glencoe . Miller's daughter Alyssa was Brown 's heart donor. Heart transplant recipient Shae Brown of Texas with Fred Miller from Glencoe. Miller's daughter Alyssa was Brown's heart donor. (Fred Miller) (Fred Miller)
One Sunday hours after Shae remembers the local pastor visiting nurses noticed a difference in the color of fluid in the bag connected to her catheter. Shae's abdomen softened. Unbelievably her prognosis changed by the time she went to bed.
"I'll never forget my doctor saying before he walked out of my room that night 'It looks like the man above is doing some work here '" Shae said. "They were shocked my tumor started shrinking. Most people who had that kind of cancer didn't make it but here I am."
There she was almost a lifetime later hitting the highlights of her incredible journey in a letter to the Miller family she desperately wanted to meet. Shae included how the chemo drug weakened her heart enough to need a pacemaker installed at the age of 35. How in 2012 at 43 years old Shae was placed on a transplant list where she remained for 14 months of uncertainty. How after the transplant doctors told Shae her heart had been functioning at 1 percent of its capacity.
"I didn't realize how close to death I was " Shae said. "I learned at 16 you don't take life for granted. You're never guaranteed tomorrow. Each day since then I've lived with an extreme thankfulness that you get to wake up every day." | 2Positive
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1,529 | Militants attack Egypt police dozens killed: sources | Abdel Fattah al-Sisi | Security has been a key point for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi a former military commander who presents himself as a bulwark against terrorism after leading the ouster of president Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 . Sisi was elected on a landslide a year later.
Though he has yet to declare his intentions Sisi is widely expected to run for re-election in April next year with little opposition. But critics say his popularity has been dimmed because of security and economic austerity policies.
That group has in the past only carried out mostly small operations since it emerged last year. Egyptian authorities say it is the armed militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood an Islamist group it outlawed in 2013. Most of its leadership has been jailed in a crackdown under Sisi .
Since Sisi came to power hundreds of troops and police have been killed in often sophisticated attacks by militants in the northern Sinai region where Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 2014. | Security has been a key point for [TGT] [TGT] was elected on a landslide a year later.
Though [TGT] has yet to declare [TGT] intentions [TGT] is widely expected to run for re-election in April next year with little opposition. But critics say [TGT] popularity has been dimmed because of security and economic austerity policies.
That group has in the past only carried out mostly small operations since it emerged last year. Egyptian authorities say it is the armed militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood an Islamist group it outlawed in 2013. Most of its leadership has been jailed in a crackdown under Sisi .
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1,530 | Richard Thaler is "nervous" about stock market | Richard Thaler | The winner of this year's Nobel Prize in economics says he 's "nervous" about stocks.
"We seem to be living in the riskiest moment of our lives and yet the stock market seems to be napping " Richard Thaler who won the prize for his contributions to behavioral economics told Bloomberg TV on Tuesday. "I admit to not understanding it."
"I donât know about you but Iâm nervous and it seems like when investors are nervous theyâre prone to being spooked " he said adding that "nothing seems to spook the market."
Thaler was awarded the 2017 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel on Monday. | The winner of this year's Nobel Prize in economics says he 's "nervous" about stocks.
"We seem to be living in the riskiest moment of our lives and yet the stock market seems to be napping " [TGT] who won the prize for [TGT] contributions to behavioral economics told Bloomberg TV on Tuesday. "I admit to not understanding it."
"I donât know about you but Iâm nervous and it seems like when investors are nervous theyâre prone to being spooked " [TGT] said adding that "nothing seems to spook the market."
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1,531 | Jackie Robinson statue unveiled at Rose Bowl with Vin Scully as emcee | Jackie Robinson | A statue of Jackie Robinson shown here in 1947 was dedicated outside the Rose Bowl on Wednesday. The catch? It's the first of Robinson in a football uniform. (Photo: John Rooney AP)
A statue of Jackie Robinson in a football uniform was unveiled Wednesday just outside of the Rose Bowl.
Before breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 Robinson was an accomplished football player. He played for Pasadena City College in 1937 and '38 then continued his career with UCLA.
The unveiling of the Jackie Robinson Statue outside the @RoseBowlStadium! pic.twitter.com/UuW7xI1uSU â Rose Bowl Game (@rosebowlgame) November 29 2017
Today we honored the great Jackie Robinson with the first commemorative statue at the #RoseBowl and the only in the world of him in a football uniform! ðTo top it all off Vin Scully celebrated his birthday today as the MC!ð¹ #JackieRobinson#HappyBirthday#Vinpic.twitter.com/wAKFUCWIoM â Rose Bowl Stadium (@RoseBowlStadium) November 30 2017
Scully told stories about Robinson 's athleticism at UCLA where he lettered in four sports. Robinson Scully said lettered in basketball baseball football and track and was good in all of those except for baseball.
"In baseball Jackie Robinson played one year at UCLA " Scully said in his address. "This great player who is in the Hall of Fame who is looked upon as one of the great baseball players of all time ... his one year playing at UCLA he batted .097. No wonder he went on to other sports." | A statue of [TGT] shown here in 1947 was dedicated outside the Rose Bowl on Wednesday. The catch? It's the first of Robinson in a football uniform. (Photo: John Rooney AP)
A statue of [TGT] in a football uniform was unveiled Wednesday just outside of the Rose Bowl.
Before breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 Robinson was an accomplished football player. He played for Pasadena City College in 1937 and '38 then continued his career with UCLA.
The unveiling of the Jackie Robinson Statue outside the @RoseBowlStadium! pic.twitter.com/UuW7xI1uSU â Rose Bowl Game (@rosebowlgame) November 29 2017
Today we honored the great Jackie Robinson with the first commemorative statue at the #RoseBowl and the only in the world of him in a football uniform! ðTo top it all off Vin Scully celebrated his birthday today as the MC!ð¹ #JackieRobinson#HappyBirthday#Vinpic.twitter.com/wAKFUCWIoM â Rose Bowl Stadium (@RoseBowlStadium) November 30 2017
Scully told stories about Robinson 's athleticism at UCLA where he lettered in four sports. Robinson Scully said lettered in basketball baseball football and track and was good in all of those except for baseball.
"In baseball Jackie Robinson played one year at UCLA " Scully said in his address. "This great player who is in the Hall of Fame who is looked upon as one of the great baseball players of all time ... his one year playing at UCLA he batted .097. No wonder he went on to other sports." | 2Positive
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1,532 | Muslim millennial and single: A generation struggles to find love | Osman Aslam | Osman Aslam has tried the apps.
On Minder he wrote he enjoys hiking going on long drives and spending time with his family. On Muzmatch another option for Muslim singles he described his ideal partner as well-educated ambitious and funny.
So on a recent winter day armed with a pale purple dress shirt and purple tie he flew 300 miles south from his home in Stockton Calif. rented a car and booked a hotel room.
Osman Aslam at his workplace in Stockton Calif. (Brian Flaherty/For The Washington Post)
Because practicing Muslims typically shun dating or sex before marriage the banquets offer a possible if imperfect solution to what young Muslims in America say is an irksome problem: âItâs really hard to meet someone in this culture â Osman said.
Osman Aslam at his workplace in Stockton Calif. (Brian Flaherty/For The Washington Post)
âI keep telling her to get marriedâ
In Osman âs view his parents are an example of the kind of couple that âjust grew to love each other.â
But even though they have lasted â raising three boys in northern California and climbing from the bottom rungs of the economic ladder into middle class prosperity â theirs is not the marriage Osman wants.
Osman wants to fall in love. He wants to marry his best friend. He wants that person to be a Muslim and a Pakistani American â but not a Pakistani. He wants someone like him who was born and raised in the United States to immigrant parents someone who is âon the same page.â
Three-quarters of American Muslims are immigrants or the children of immigrants and in many ways Osman is emblematic of an American minority at a generational crossroads.
Osman considers himself âfairly religious.â He does not drink or smoke; he does not date â he âwouldnât know where to begin â he says; and he sees Islam as central to his life and identity. He has never really known his parentsâ Pakistan but he values his heritage and shares their desire to carry it on.
Osman âs parents think he is too picky and they have been laying on the pressure since his older brothers got married.
He felt optimistic about this matrimonial banquet.
âWow â he thought surveying the room. âIâm going to meet a lot of people.â
The other singles had come from all over: California Maryland Texas and Canada. Each pairing had three minutes to talk â barely enough time to accomplish anything Osman soon realized â but many had come carrying the same frustrations about the search. | [TGT] has tried the apps.
On Minder [TGT] wrote [TGT] enjoys hiking going on long drives and spending time with [TGT] family. On Muzmatch another option for Muslim singles he described his ideal partner as well-educated ambitious and funny.
So on a recent winter day armed with a pale purple dress shirt and purple tie he flew 300 miles south from his home in Stockton Calif. rented a car and booked a hotel room.
[TGT] at [TGT] workplace in Stockton Calif. (Brian Flaherty/For The Washington Post)
Because practicing Muslims typically shun dating or sex before marriage the banquets offer a possible if imperfect solution to what young Muslims in America say is an irksome problem: âItâs really hard to meet someone in this culture â [TGT] said.
[TGT] Calif. (Brian Flaherty/For The Washington Post)
âI keep telling [TGT] to get marriedâ
In [TGT] âs view [TGT] parents are an example of the kind of couple that âjust grew to love each other.â
But even though they have lasted â raising three boys in northern California and climbing from the bottom rungs of the economic ladder into middle class prosperity â theirs is not the marriage [TGT] wants.
[TGT] wants to fall in love. [TGT] wants to marry [TGT] best friend. [TGT] wants that person to be a Muslim and a Pakistani American â but not a Pakistani. [TGT] wants someone like him who was born and raised in the United States to immigrant parents someone who is âon the same page.â
Three-quarters of American Muslims are immigrants or the children of immigrants and in many ways [TGT] is emblematic of an American minority at a generational crossroads.
[TGT] considers [TGT] âfairly religious.â [TGT] does not drink or smoke; [TGT] does not date â [TGT] âwouldnât know where to begin â [TGT] says; and [TGT] sees Islam as central to his life and identity. He has never really known his parentsâ Pakistan but he values his heritage and shares their desire to carry it on.
[TGT] âs parents think [TGT] is too picky and they have been laying on the pressure since [TGT] older brothers got married.
[TGT] felt optimistic about this matrimonial banquet.
âWow â [TGT] thought surveying the room. âIâm going to meet a lot of people.â
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1,533 | George Blankenship interview: former Tesla and Apple executive | Steve Jobs | Now an independent consultant Blankenship was previously a vice president at Tesla Motors from 2010 to 2013 and a vice president of real estate at Apple working closely alongside Steve Jobs to launch the first 165 Apple Stores worldwide before that.
Blankenship recently sat down with Business Insider deputy executive editor Matt Turner to discuss the visionary leadership of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk and how they set their companies up for success from the beginning.
At Apple we looked around at what was going on in the world at the time and the technologies that were available that weren't in phones of the time. If you went back 10 years ago and you looked at a Motorola flip phone â one of the hottest phones â or the Palm Nokia et cetera they worked but there was so much more potential. Steve just saw so much more opportunity for what this device could be.
Steve just saw so much more opportunity for what this device could be.
They had a phone which then enabled the real disruptive part of that technology which was the app store. Think about it for two three four years Apple never advertised the phone; it was "there's an app for that." If you step back what would Uber be today without a smartphone? What would Facebook be? What Steve saw were opportunities with existing things that other people just didn't see.
With Elon it's very very interesting talking to him because everything really does have a bigger picture to it. You think about Tesla. Well when I first met with him six or seven years ago he had this vision and the vision was to move the planet away from fossil fuels and into renewable resources. Tesla is a part of that but it's not the whole picture. It's moving people to electric vehicles but what else could you do? Well if you're building an electric car you have to have a lot of batteries so you go to a battery factory. Well if you've got these batteries what else could you do with them? You could do a battery wall a battery pack that hangs on the wall â you charge it up and run your house and car off of it. And then what's missing is solar so a year ago they merged with Solar City.
Now you can take this energy from this great big fusion reactor in the sky put it in batteries and run your car and your house. It's a bigger picture than what other people are doing. You might ask well why don't other car dealers do this? Or why don't other manufacturers do this? It's because they just don't see things the way a Steve Jobs and an Elon Musk do â and they have the conviction to make it happen.
Turner: How alike are those two people Steve Jobs and Elon Musk? They 're almost iconic now. What similarities do they share and what was it like to work with them ?
Blankenship: They share a lot of the same qualities. They have a conviction and a belief that the direction they 're going is right. Regardless of what anybody else says the direction is right.
Turner: How much of those companies are tied up in the individual? Clearly Apple exists after Steve Jobs but how much of the culture that's there was really the Steve Jobs culture ? How does it survive on after he 's no longer there? What would you make of Apple today?
Blankenship: When you put together the group of people I just described those people have a can-do mind-set that nothing's impossible: "We're doing something bigger than making an electronic device; there's a bigger purpose here." Look at what the results have been of Apple. Yes Steve passed away in 2011 but look at the way the company has continued to evolve as a service company: How many millions of iPhone X's do you think they're going to take on order for over the next couple of weeks? It's going to be massive. The company today isn't going through the product innovations on an every three-year basis that it was in the 10 years between 2000 and 2010 but I think it's finding ways that the device has become more personal and more embedded in what you do and how you do it which aligns you to the platform in an incredible way. Tim [Cook] has done a really good job of doing that.
Turner: What you've described at both Apple and Tesla with Steve Jobs and Elon Musk is a mission at the heart of the company and its strategy. Are there any other companies or people you see out there that when you look at them you say that's the same thing?
Blankenship: I think there are different types of missions. Yes Elon and Steve had their missions. If you look at Amazon Amazon's mission without a doubt is the customer: What can we do for the customer? What can we do to make the experience better for the customer? How do we have the best customer experience on the planet? That's a mission. | Now an independent consultant Blankenship was previously a vice president at Tesla Motors from 2010 to 2013 and a vice president of real estate at Apple working closely alongside Steve Jobs to launch the first 165 Apple Stores worldwide before that.
Blankenship recently sat down with Business Insider deputy executive editor Matt Turner to discuss the visionary leadership of [TGT] and how [TGT] set [TGT] companies up for success from the beginning.
At Apple we looked around at what was going on in the world at the time and the technologies that were available that weren't in phones of the time. If you went back 10 years ago and you looked at a Motorola flip phone â one of the hottest phones â or the Palm Nokia et cetera they worked but there was so much more potential. Steve just saw so much more opportunity for what this device could be.
Steve just saw so much more opportunity for what this device could be.
They had a phone which then enabled the real disruptive part of that technology which was the app store. Think about it for two three four years Apple never advertised the phone; it was "there's an app for that." If you step back what would Uber be today without a smartphone? What would Facebook be? What Steve saw were opportunities with existing things that other people just didn't see.
With Elon it's very very interesting talking to him because everything really does have a bigger picture to it. You think about Tesla. Well when I first met with him six or seven years ago he had this vision and the vision was to move the planet away from fossil fuels and into renewable resources. Tesla is a part of that but it's not the whole picture. It's moving people to electric vehicles but what else could you do? Well if you're building an electric car you have to have a lot of batteries so you go to a battery factory. Well if you've got these batteries what else could you do with them? You could do a battery wall a battery pack that hangs on the wall â you charge it up and run your house and car off of it. And then what's missing is solar so a year ago they merged with Solar City.
Now you can take this energy from this great big fusion reactor in the sky put it in batteries and run your car and your house. It's a bigger picture than what other people are doing. You might ask well why don't other car dealers do this? Or why don't other manufacturers do this? It's because they just don't see things the way a Steve Jobs and an Elon Musk do â and they have the conviction to make it happen.
Turner: How alike are [TGT] ? [TGT] 're almost iconic now. What similarities do [TGT] share and what was it like to work with [TGT] ?
Blankenship: [TGT] share a lot of the same qualities. [TGT] have a conviction and a belief that the direction [TGT] 're going is right. Regardless of what anybody else says the direction is right.
Turner: How much of those companies are tied up in the individual? Clearly Apple exists after Steve Jobs but how much of the culture that's there was really the Steve Jobs culture ? How does it survive on after he 's no longer there? What would you make of Apple today?
Blankenship: When you put together the group of people I just described those people have a can-do mind-set that nothing's impossible: "We're doing something bigger than making an electronic device; there's a bigger purpose here." Look at what the results have been of Apple. Yes Steve passed away in 2011 but look at the way the company has continued to evolve as a service company: How many millions of iPhone X's do you think they're going to take on order for over the next couple of weeks? It's going to be massive. The company today isn't going through the product innovations on an every three-year basis that it was in the 10 years between 2000 and 2010 but I think it's finding ways that the device has become more personal and more embedded in what you do and how you do it which aligns you to the platform in an incredible way. Tim [Cook] has done a really good job of doing that.
Turner: What you've described at both Apple and Tesla with Steve Jobs and Elon Musk is a mission at the heart of the company and its strategy. Are there any other companies or people you see out there that when you look at them you say that's the same thing?
Blankenship: I think there are different types of missions. Yes Elon and Steve had their missions. If you look at Amazon Amazon's mission without a doubt is the customer: What can we do for the customer? What can we do to make the experience better for the customer? How do we have the best customer experience on the planet? That's a mission. | 2Positive
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1,534 | Taylor Swift's lawyers work to dismiss 'Shake It Off' copyright lawsuit | Taylor Swift | Taylor Swiftâs lawyers are trying to shake off claims that the âShake It Offâ singer stole lyrics with a new court motion.
Swift was sued in September by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler who created the song âPlayas Gonâ Playâ for the girl group 3LW in 2001. The duo claimed that Swift stole their lyrics and used them in her famous hit single âShake It Off.â
On Wednesday the singerâs lawyers asked the federal judge to dismiss the copyright lawsuit against Swift and argued that the concepts of players playing and haters hating are common music phrases and âpublic domain clichésâ that canât be claimed as copyright according to Variety.
Swift used the familiar phrase in the chorus of her song which says âPlayers gonna play play play play play and haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate.â
âThere can be no copyright protection in âplayas they gonna play and haters they gonna hate â because it would impermissibly monopolize the idea that players will play and haters will hate â Swift âs lawyers said. âPlaintiffsâ claim to being the only ones in the world who can refer to players playing and haters hating is frivolous⦠Providing a copyright monopoly in the phrase would prevent others from sharing the idea that players play and haters hate.â
To further prove their argument Swift âs legal team went on to cite other examples of famous songs that use the âplayerâ and âhaterâ phrase such as âDreamsâ by Fleetwood Mac in which the song says âPlayers only love you when theyâre playing â and âPlaya Hater â by the Notorious B.I.G. where the phrase âplaya playa haterâ is used as the part of the songâs chorus. | [TGT] are trying to shake off claims that the âShake [TGT] Offâ singer stole lyrics with a new court motion.
[TGT] was sued in September by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler who created the song âPlayas Gonâ Playâ for the girl group 3LW in 2001. The duo claimed that [TGT] stole their lyrics and used them in her famous hit single âShake It Off.â
On Wednesday [TGT] asked the federal judge to dismiss the copyright lawsuit against Swift and argued that the concepts of players playing and haters hating are common music phrases and âpublic domain clichésâ that canât be claimed as copyright according to Variety.
[TGT] used the familiar phrase in the chorus of her song which says âPlayers gonna play play play play play and haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate.â
âThere can be no copyright protection in âplayas they gonna play and haters they gonna hate â because it would impermissibly monopolize the idea that players will play and haters will hate â Swift âs lawyers said. âPlaintiffsâ claim to being the only ones in the world who can refer to players playing and haters hating is frivolous⦠Providing a copyright monopoly in the phrase would prevent others from sharing the idea that players play and haters hate.â
To further prove their argument [TGT] âs legal team went on to cite other examples of famous songs that use the âplayerâ and âhaterâ phrase such as âDreamsâ by Fleetwood Mac in which the song says âPlayers only love you when theyâre playing â and âPlaya Hater â by the Notorious B.I.G. where the phrase âplaya playa haterâ is used as the part of the songâs chorus. | 2Positive
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1,535 | Venezuelan leader blasts Rajoy mocks Trump | Nicolas Maduro | Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) speaks during an event related to the Sowing Plan "North Summer 2017" in Araure Venezuela September 27 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela âs President Nicolas Maduro railed at two of his main international critics on Wednesday chiding Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for âmeddlingâ and mocking U.S. President Donald Trump for geographical ignorance.
The United States has recently imposed sanctions on Venezuelan officials and Spain is pressing for the European Union to follow suit as international pressure grows on Maduro over his record on human rights and democracy.
âWhy is the global right wing so obsessed with our homeland?â leftist Maduro responded in an address on state TV.
Lampooning âlittle Marianoâ for mispronouncing his name âMaderoâ Maduro said the conservative leader should focus instead on Spainâs internal problems Cataloniaâs independence push and Europeâs problematic relations with Washington.
âForget talking about Venezuela which is a homeland of dignity â Maduro said. âI reject and repudiate Mariano Rajoyâs meddling rude absurd comments against Venezuela.â
Maduro faces global criticism that he has turned Venezuela into a dictatorship with the creation of an all-powerful Constituent Assembly jailing of political opponents and quashing of protests this year in which 125 people died.
Having in recent days labeled Trump a âHitlerâ and âimperial emperorâ supporting violent coup-plotters in Venezuela Maduro took aim this time at the Republicanâs intellect.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) speaks during an event related to the Sowing Plan "North Summer 2017" in Araure Venezuela September 27 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY
Maduro repeatedly calls opposition leaders pawns of the United States intent on toppling him by force. He says the Constituent Assembly elected in August in a vote boycotted by the opposition and condemned by various foreign powers has brought peace to the nation of 30 million. | [TGT] speaks during an event related to the Sowing Plan "North Summer 2017" in Araure Venezuela September 27 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela âs [TGT] railed at two of [TGT] main international critics on Wednesday chiding Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for âmeddlingâ and mocking U.S. President Donald Trump for geographical ignorance.
The United States has recently imposed sanctions on Venezuelan officials and Spain is pressing for the European Union to follow suit as international pressure grows on Maduro over [TGT] record on human rights and democracy.
âWhy is the global right wing so obsessed with our homeland?â leftist [TGT] responded in an address on state TV.
Lampooning âlittle Marianoâ for mispronouncing his name âMaderoâ Maduro said the conservative leader should focus instead on Spainâs internal problems Cataloniaâs independence push and Europeâs problematic relations with Washington.
âForget talking about Venezuela which is a homeland of dignity â [TGT] said. âI reject and repudiate Mariano Rajoyâs meddling rude absurd comments against Venezuela.â
Maduro faces global criticism that he has turned Venezuela into a dictatorship with the creation of an all-powerful Constituent Assembly jailing of political opponents and quashing of protests this year in which 125 people died.
Having in recent days labeled Trump a âHitlerâ and âimperial emperorâ supporting violent coup-plotters in Venezuela [TGT] took aim this time at the Republicanâs intellect.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (C) speaks during an event related to the Sowing Plan "North Summer 2017" in Araure Venezuela September 27 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY
[TGT] repeatedly calls opposition leaders pawns of the United States intent on toppling [TGT] by force. [TGT] says the Constituent Assembly elected in August in a vote boycotted by the opposition and condemned by various foreign powers has brought peace to the nation of 30 million. | 1Neutral
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1,536 | Fergie 's NBA All | FergieFergie | Fergie tried something different with her national anthem at the NBA All-Star Game and not everybody was cheering.
A low chuckle rumbled through the sold-out arena after Fergie finished the first line of the song with a throaty growl on "the dawn's early light."
Fans throughout the star-studded crowd reacted with varying levels of bemusement and enthusiasm while her languid 2 ½-minute version of the song continued. Although Fergie was on pitch her tempo musical accompaniment and sexy delivery were not exactly typical for a sporting event or a patriotic song.
After a forceful finish Fergie finally got big cheers when she shouted "Let's play some basketball!"
Famed basketball commentator Charles Barkley joked that he "needed a cigarette" after Fergie 's performance during the TNT halftime show.
Former Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal leaped to Fergie 's defense saying: "Fergie I love you. It was different. It was sexy. I liked it. Leave her alone."
Instead Fergie is more likely to join the long list of curious versions of the anthem even though she showed far more impressive vocal chops than the likes of Roseanne Barr or Carl Lewis. | Fergie tried something different with her national anthem at the NBA All-Star Game and not everybody was cheering.
A low chuckle rumbled through the sold-out arena after Fergie finished the first line of the song with a throaty growl on "the dawn's early light."
Fans throughout the star-studded crowd reacted with varying levels of bemusement and enthusiasm while her languid 2 ½-minute version of the song continued. Although Fergie was on pitch her tempo musical accompaniment and sexy delivery were not exactly typical for a sporting event or a patriotic song.
After a forceful finish Fergie finally got big cheers when she shouted "Let's play some basketball!"
Famed basketball commentator Charles Barkley joked that he "needed a cigarette" after Fergie 's performance during the TNT halftime show.
Former Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal leaped to Fergie 's defense saying: "Fergie I love you. It was different. It was sexy. I liked it. Leave her alone."
Instead Fergie is more likely to join the long list of curious versions of the anthem even though she showed far more impressive vocal chops than the likes of Roseanne Barr or Carl Lewis. | 0Negative
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1,537 | Fit to be tied: Canada Germany share 2 | Justin Kripps | PYEONGCHANG South Korea (AP) â Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz were thoroughly confused when they crossed the finish line. They knew they had just won an Olympic gold medal for Canada and were puzzled why the rival Germans were running their way to celebrate.
The closest Olympic sliding race in history had two sets of winners Monday. Canada and Germany will share gold from the two-man bobsled event at the Pyeongchang Olympics after Kripps and Kopacz finished their four runs in the exact same time as the German duo of Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis.
"I managed to see the clock that said No. 1 on it " Kripps said as the German team sat to his right after the race. "At first I thought that we won outright and then these guys jumped over and they were super-excited. And I was like 'These guys are really happy for us.'"
"It's really special that we managed to come out on top and tie with such a good team " Kripps said. "We pushed hard from the first heat to the last and in general I thought we executed better as we went ... and we needed every bit of it too."
Kripps finished no lower than fourth in every two-man race all year and was the World Cup overall champion. Friedrich was first or second in each of his last five races. Lochner ended the regular season by winning consecutive medals. Walther was one of only two pilots with multiple two-man victories this season. The surprise was Melbardis who medaled in only two of his most recent 17 World Cup two-man events. | [TGT] were thoroughly confused when [TGT] crossed the finish line. [TGT] knew [TGT] had just won an Olympic gold medal for Canada and were puzzled why the rival Germans were running their way to celebrate.
The closest Olympic sliding race in history had two sets of winners Monday. Canada and Germany will share gold from the two-man bobsled event at the Pyeongchang Olympics after Kripps and Kopacz finished their four runs in the exact same time as the German duo of Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis.
"I managed to see the clock that said No. 1 on it " Kripps said as the German team sat to his right after the race. "At first I thought that we won outright and then these guys jumped over and they were super-excited. And I was like 'These guys are really happy for us.'"
"It's really special that we managed to come out on top and tie with such a good team " Kripps said. "We pushed hard from the first heat to the last and in general I thought we executed better as we went ... and we needed every bit of it too."
Kripps finished no lower than fourth in every two-man race all year and was the World Cup overall champion. Friedrich was first or second in each of his last five races. Lochner ended the regular season by winning consecutive medals. Walther was one of only two pilots with multiple two-man victories this season. The surprise was Melbardis who medaled in only two of his most recent 17 World Cup two-man events. | 1Neutral
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1,538 | Secret to Reinhard Bonnke's Success: Fire of the Holy Spirit | Reinhard Bonnke | In November 2017 Reinhard shared his farewell messages with 1 700 000 people over 5 days in Lagos Nigeria. They documented 845 875 people who made salvation decisions. The new converts were ushered into 8 000 participating churches to be followed up and discipled into the kingdom of God. Hundreds of pastors reported that on the first Sunday after the crusade they were flooded with thousands of new church members! Many churches near the former crusade site began meeting together on the vacant field. People started streaming to these informal meetings and have been reporting healings and miracles that are still taking place!
Once when Reinhard was preaching at a meeting some of the people did not believe in the power of the Holy Spirit. Suddenly in the middle of his service Reinhard says the spirit of the Lord fell and people began rejoicing as they were filled with the Holy Spirit. As he looked around Reinhard says 3 or 4 people were standing and looking around instead of participating in the supernatural event. He says âThese people must be asbestos Christians. They were fireproof even when the fire of the Holy Spirit fell.â Reinhard says we need to be people who want to burn with the fire of the Holy Spirit. He reminds us that the book of Acts reads better than any modern-day novel. Reinhard points to the book of Mark 16:8 where the disciples before Jesus ascended to heaven did not believe. That unbelief is also shared in verse 13 â they did not believe. Then in verse 15 says Jesus said to them Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. In verse 20 the disciples went out and preached everywhere the Lord working with them and confirming the Word through accompanying signs. Something happened between verse 14 and 20. Reinhard says the disciples walked out of weakness and arrived with the power to do what Jesus commissioned them to do. âPower is the essence of the Christian witness. Christianity is either supernatural or nothing at all.â
Reinhard says when he preaches the Gospel it becomes an event. He says being baptized in the Spirit changes our very nature and surroundings. He likens the power of the Holy Spirit to an electric cable. It looks tame until it is touched. âBeing filled with the Spirit is shown to have had a dynamic and energizing effect or power in the New Testament and in the lives of millions of people since then â he says.
Reinhard Bonnke has been an evangelist to Africa since 1967 and is one of the worldâs most successful promoters of the Christian message. Today the Bonnke name is known around the globe and is synonymous with gigantic meetings in Africa where millions of people have been won to Christ â in a single meeting. Over 77 million people (and counting) in the last decade have committed their lives to Christ through his ministry. Men and women have been saved delivered and literally rescued from certain death. Reinhard âs life story and mission to spread the Gospel is captivating including one story of his team escaping by a breath with only their lives intact from the Muslim city of Kano in Nigeria. The âfireâ in Reinhardâs life refers to the continual partnership with and reliance on the Holy Spirit throughout his life and ministry.
When Reinhard tells of God calling him to a life of evangelism it seemed God laid out what would be expected of him. Reinhard told God that he would obey and follow what God was asking of him and before this extended conversation ended God told Reinhard âYou werenât my first choice.â Reinhard listened. âYou werenât my second choice either.â Later there was a time when Reinhard hesitated to schedule a specific crusade. He says as he wavered âGod said âYou drop the vision and I drop you.ââ The evangelist attributes the tremendous responses he has seen in ministry to simple obedience to what God requires.
Reinhard says the crusades in Africa are always the same and thatâs a very good thing. They are always the same in that the Holy Spirit woos the large crowds and then large numbers of people respond to the gospel message of salvation and finally signs and wonders of all sorts follow the salvations. Blind eyes see deaf ears hear the lame give up crutches and wheel chairs and get up from sick beds. Those with incurable diseases are made whole and those with demonic oppressions and possessions are set totally free. Reinhard just obediently does what the Lord has called him to do. He preaches the truth of Godâs Word and invites those in need to come.
Reinhard is the youngest son of a German pastor. He gave his life to the Lord at the age of nine and heard the call to the African mission fields before he was a teenager. After attending Bible college in Wales and pastoring in Germany for seven years he began his missionary work in Africa. Reinhard began holding tent meetings that accommodated 800 people. As attendance steadily increased larger tents had to be purchased. In 1984 he commissioned the construction of the worldâs largest mobile structure -- a tent capable of seating 34 000. This tent was destroyed in a windstorm just before a major crusade. There was a question as to how to proceed. The team decided to hold the crusade âopen air.â Instead of the expected 34 000 attendees the event saw over 100 000 people significantly more than the tent would have allowed. Crowds have been exceeding âtentâ size ever since.
Reinhard founded Christ for all Nations with office locations in Johannesburg South Africa; Frankfurt Germany; Birmingham United Kingdom; Ontario London and Orlando Florida. Reinhard passed the baton of ministry to his successor Daniel Kolenda who is now CEO and President of CfaN. | In November 2017 Reinhard shared his farewell messages with 1 700 000 people over 5 days in Lagos Nigeria. They documented 845 875 people who made salvation decisions. The new converts were ushered into 8 000 participating churches to be followed up and discipled into the kingdom of God. Hundreds of pastors reported that on the first Sunday after the crusade they were flooded with thousands of new church members! Many churches near the former crusade site began meeting together on the vacant field. People started streaming to these informal meetings and have been reporting healings and miracles that are still taking place!
Once when Reinhard was preaching at a meeting some of the people did not believe in the power of the Holy Spirit. Suddenly in the middle of his service Reinhard says the spirit of the Lord fell and people began rejoicing as they were filled with the Holy Spirit. As he looked around Reinhard says 3 or 4 people were standing and looking around instead of participating in the supernatural event. He says âThese people must be asbestos Christians. They were fireproof even when the fire of the Holy Spirit fell.â Reinhard says we need to be people who want to burn with the fire of the Holy Spirit. He reminds us that the book of Acts reads better than any modern-day novel. Reinhard points to the book of Mark 16:8 where the disciples before Jesus ascended to heaven did not believe. That unbelief is also shared in verse 13 â they did not believe. Then in verse 15 says Jesus said to them Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. In verse 20 the disciples went out and preached everywhere the Lord working with them and confirming the Word through accompanying signs. Something happened between verse 14 and 20. Reinhard says the disciples walked out of weakness and arrived with the power to do what Jesus commissioned them to do. âPower is the essence of the Christian witness. Christianity is either supernatural or nothing at all.â
Reinhard says when he preaches the Gospel it becomes an event. He says being baptized in the Spirit changes our very nature and surroundings. He likens the power of the Holy Spirit to an electric cable. It looks tame until it is touched. âBeing filled with the Spirit is shown to have had a dynamic and energizing effect or power in the New Testament and in the lives of millions of people since then â he says.
[TGT] has been an evangelist to Africa since 1967 and is one of the worldâs most successful promoters of the Christian message. Today the Bonnke name is known around the globe and is synonymous with gigantic meetings in Africa where millions of people have been won to Christ â in a single meeting. Over 77 million people (and counting) in the last decade have committed their lives to Christ through his ministry. Men and women have been saved delivered and literally rescued from certain death. Reinhard âs life story and mission to spread the Gospel is captivating including one story of his team escaping by a breath with only their lives intact from the Muslim city of Kano in Nigeria. The âfireâ in Reinhardâs life refers to the continual partnership with and reliance on the Holy Spirit throughout his life and ministry.
When Reinhard tells of God calling him to a life of evangelism it seemed God laid out what would be expected of him. Reinhard told God that he would obey and follow what God was asking of him and before this extended conversation ended God told Reinhard âYou werenât my first choice.â Reinhard listened. âYou werenât my second choice either.â Later there was a time when Reinhard hesitated to schedule a specific crusade. He says as he wavered âGod said âYou drop the vision and I drop you.ââ The evangelist attributes the tremendous responses he has seen in ministry to simple obedience to what God requires.
Reinhard says the crusades in Africa are always the same and thatâs a very good thing. They are always the same in that the Holy Spirit woos the large crowds and then large numbers of people respond to the gospel message of salvation and finally signs and wonders of all sorts follow the salvations. Blind eyes see deaf ears hear the lame give up crutches and wheel chairs and get up from sick beds. Those with incurable diseases are made whole and those with demonic oppressions and possessions are set totally free. Reinhard just obediently does what the Lord has called him to do. He preaches the truth of Godâs Word and invites those in need to come.
Reinhard is the youngest son of a German pastor. He gave his life to the Lord at the age of nine and heard the call to the African mission fields before he was a teenager. After attending Bible college in Wales and pastoring in Germany for seven years he began his missionary work in Africa. Reinhard began holding tent meetings that accommodated 800 people. As attendance steadily increased larger tents had to be purchased. In 1984 he commissioned the construction of the worldâs largest mobile structure -- a tent capable of seating 34 000. This tent was destroyed in a windstorm just before a major crusade. There was a question as to how to proceed. The team decided to hold the crusade âopen air.â Instead of the expected 34 000 attendees the event saw over 100 000 people significantly more than the tent would have allowed. Crowds have been exceeding âtentâ size ever since.
Reinhard founded Christ for all Nations with office locations in Johannesburg South Africa; Frankfurt Germany; Birmingham United Kingdom; Ontario London and Orlando Florida. Reinhard passed the baton of ministry to his successor Daniel Kolenda who is now CEO and President of CfaN. | 2Positive
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1,539 | Opioid Use Reduced By Half In An ER That Has Found Good Alternatives : Shots | Jonathan Milton | It was a muscle spasm and a deep bruise from a subsequent fall that brought Jonathan Milton a 43-year-old forklift driver from Jersey City N.J. hobbling into St. Joseph's ER one morning in January.
A couple nights earlier Milton was at home lying on the floor and watching TV. He accidentally fell asleep on his left side. When he woke up the next morning he could barely get up. From his left hip down to his leg he says the spasm left him feeling "like somebody just came into that room just kicked me and kept moving." Later at work when he tried to get up into the forklift he fell.
"I was so much in pain â tears were coming out my eyes " he said as he waited in a hospital chair for more instructions from his doctors.
Milton has come into this ER in pain before.
"I did see from your visit you were here for that shoulder sprain " said LaPietra after checking the hospital's records about Milton 's 2011 visit. "You did get opioids. You got Percocet." | It was a muscle spasm and a deep bruise from a subsequent fall that brought [TGT] a 43-year-old forklift driver from Jersey City N.J. hobbling into St. Joseph's ER one morning in January.
A couple nights earlier Milton was at home lying on the floor and watching TV. He accidentally fell asleep on his left side. When he woke up the next morning he could barely get up. From his left hip down to his leg he says the spasm left him feeling "like somebody just came into that room just kicked me and kept moving." Later at work when he tried to get up into the forklift he fell.
"I was so much in pain â tears were coming out my eyes " he said as he waited in a hospital chair for more instructions from his doctors.
Milton has come into this ER in pain before.
"I did see from your visit you were here for that shoulder sprain " said LaPietra after checking the hospital's records about Milton 's 2011 visit. "You did get opioids. You got Percocet." | 1Neutral
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1,540 | This company lets you book small events with NFL Hall of Famers Oscar | Thuzio | Thuzio is a company that will give you (and your guests) access to intimate events with legends from the entertainment and business world.
Coupling client events with Thuzio creates "unique must-do (and often once-in-a-lifetime) experiences that help build stronger client relationships and ultimately generate business."
Well now you actually can (and for a lower price than what you would think). Thanks to Thuzio you can buy tickets to intimate events centered around legends of the entertainment and business world.
As some members have reported Thuzio has given them a noticeable edge when it comes to client development.
During the Thuzio Game Watch event my clientâs friend asked me to manage his investments. Undoubtedly the event provided me an opportunity to impress my client and his guests and now I have new business. Thuzio Executive Club is a very different way of interacting and entertaining clients and I am so impressed. â Robert O'Hara CFP Merrill Lynch
Thuzio has taken my client development efforts to another level. Coupling my client events with Thuzioâs A-level talent creates unique must-do (and often once-in-a-lifetime) experiences that help build stronger client relationships and ultimately generate business. â Mike Rupe Partner King & Spalding
You can treat prospective clients to something actually memorable that they might not be able to get elsewhere. And from a logistical standpoint it allows you not only ample inspirational topics to speak with them about but also takes the pressure of performing off of you at least for a good amount of the time. You orchestrate a wonderful experience for guests but the legwork falls on Thuzio .
Thuzio is also a pretty valuable tool for smaller companies that are looking to wow on a scale that matches larger players. While you might not be able to find it in your budget to lock your startup into a membership with them for the year individual tickets might be more attainable at about $200 a head and certainly more "bang for your buck" than other options. While big names like J.P. Morgan UBS Wall Street Journal Fidelity and BlackRock have memberships with Thuzio single-purchase tickets open the door for smaller companies to play on a larger field.
If you're looking for a way to separate yourself from the pack or want to deliver something more unforgettable than the typical dinner meeting Thuzio is here to help. And it's certainly cheaper than paying Lawrence Taylor to come to your home for a game of pick-up.
Here's how Thuzio events work and how you can get tickets to them : | [TGT] is a company that will give you (and your guests) access to intimate events with legends from the entertainment and business world.
Coupling client events with [TGT] creates "unique must-do (and often once-in-a-lifetime) experiences that help build stronger client relationships and ultimately generate business."
Well now you actually can (and for a lower price than what you would think). Thanks to Thuzio you can buy tickets to intimate events centered around legends of the entertainment and business world.
As some members have reported [TGT] has given them a noticeable edge when it comes to client development.
During the Thuzio Game Watch event my clientâs friend asked me to manage his investments. Undoubtedly the event provided me an opportunity to impress my client and his guests and now I have new business. Thuzio Executive Club is a very different way of interacting and entertaining clients and I am so impressed. â Robert O'Hara CFP Merrill Lynch
[TGT] has taken my client development efforts to another level. Coupling my client events with Thuzioâs A-level talent creates unique must-do (and often once-in-a-lifetime) experiences that help build stronger client relationships and ultimately generate business. â Mike Rupe Partner King & Spalding
You can treat prospective clients to something actually memorable that they might not be able to get elsewhere. And from a logistical standpoint it allows you not only ample inspirational topics to speak with them about but also takes the pressure of performing off of you at least for a good amount of the time. You orchestrate a wonderful experience for guests but the legwork falls on Thuzio .
[TGT] is also a pretty valuable tool for smaller companies that are looking to wow on a scale that matches larger players. While you might not be able to find it in your budget to lock your startup into a membership with them for the year individual tickets might be more attainable at about $200 a head and certainly more "bang for your buck" than other options. While big names like J.P. Morgan UBS Wall Street Journal Fidelity and BlackRock have memberships with Thuzio single-purchase tickets open the door for smaller companies to play on a larger field.
If you're looking for a way to separate yourself from the pack or want to deliver something more unforgettable than the typical dinner meeting [TGT] is here to help. And it's certainly cheaper than paying Lawrence Taylor to come to your home for a game of pick-up.
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1,541 | Putting video games on gallery walls | Brian Schrank | Brian Schrank co-curator of the exhibit "Hey! Play! Games in Modern Culture " describes its purpose at the Chicago Design Museum Block 37 108 North State St. on Oct. 31 2017 in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) Brian Schrank co-curator of the exhibit "Hey! Play! Games in Modern Culture " describes its purpose at the Chicago Design Museum Block 37 108 North State St. on Oct. 31 2017 in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) SEE MORE VIDEOS
A common link between these two locals is Brian Schrank an associate professor in game development theory design at DePaul University. In addition to being on the VGA Gallery board Schrank co-curated âHey! Play!â calling on his connections in the indie gaming world to show âa very inclusive approach to games where it isnât just one niche celebrating itself â he said.
Typically Schrank said there has been a division between people who approach games as art â and have managed to get some attention from the academy and museums â and those who make games for people to play.
âThereâs often some animosity from the games people toward the art people who sort of dabble in games and get all the publicity â Schrank said explaining a common sentiment.
Thereâs a VR game that visualizes the noises the headset wearer makes into a microphone. âItâs done very much in earnest â Schrank said. âThe artists wanted to make a game that would fit in at Burning Man.â | [TGT] co-curator of the exhibit "Hey! Play! Games in Modern Culture " describes its purpose at the Chicago Design Museum Block 37 108 North State St. on Oct. 31 2017 in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) [TGT] co-curator of the exhibit "Hey! Play! Games in Modern Culture " describes its purpose at the Chicago Design Museum Block 37 108 North State St. on Oct. 31 2017 in Chicago. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune) SEE MORE VIDEOS
A common link between these two locals is Brian Schrank an associate professor in game development theory design at DePaul University. In addition to being on the VGA Gallery board Schrank co-curated âHey! Play!â calling on his connections in the indie gaming world to show âa very inclusive approach to games where it isnât just one niche celebrating itself â he said.
Typically Schrank said there has been a division between people who approach games as art â and have managed to get some attention from the academy and museums â and those who make games for people to play.
âThereâs often some animosity from the games people toward the art people who sort of dabble in games and get all the publicity â Schrank said explaining a common sentiment.
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1,542 | #TBT: 1st Hispanic California governor lassos grizzly bear | Romualdo Pacheco | Story highlights Romualdo Pacheco was the first Hispanic governor of California
Pacheco also served in the US House and as a diplomat
He reportedly lassoed a grizzly bear as one does
(CNN) Romualdo Pacheco was not only the first Hispanic governor of California the 19th century politician was also the state's only Hispanic governor to date. Not to be outdone by himself Pacheco was also the first Hispanic member of the House with full voting rights.
Pacheco was born in Santa Barbara California when the land was still held by Mexico . He was born to a prominent family and -- living his best life from a very young age -- was sent to Hawaii for school and had to re-learn Spanish upon his return home.
He grew up to be the fierce gentleman you see in the Instagram photo above. You will not be surprised to hear that man worked as a sailor a miner and a rancher. Multiple sources credit him -- in an oddly specific way -- as being the only California governor known to have lassoed a grizzly bear. That implies that other California governors have run around roping grizzlies and not told everyone they've ever met. Regardless that's pretty hardcore.
Pacheco became an American citizen in 1848 and got to work as a public servant . He began as a judge for San Luis Obispo Superior Court before serving as a state senator beginning in 1857. He did time in three parties starting as a Democrat then becoming a member of the Union Party before settling down as a Republican in 1863.
He continued checking off important state-level positions serving as the state treasurer and lieutenant governor. When Gov. Newton Booth left to serve in the US Senate Pacheco took over serving as governor from February-December 1875. | Story highlights [TGT] was the first Hispanic governor of California
Pacheco also served in the US House and as a diplomat
[TGT] reportedly lassoed a grizzly bear as one does
(CNN) [TGT] was not only the first Hispanic governor of California the 19th century politician was also the state's only Hispanic governor to date. Not to be outdone by himself [TGT] was also the first Hispanic member of the House with full voting rights.
[TGT] was born in Santa Barbara California when the land was still held by Mexico . [TGT] was born to a prominent family and -- living [TGT] best life from a very young age -- was sent to Hawaii for school and had to re-learn Spanish upon [TGT] return home.
[TGT] grew up to be the fierce gentleman you see in the Instagram photo above. You will not be surprised to hear that man worked as a sailor a miner and a rancher. Multiple sources credit him -- in an oddly specific way -- as being the only California governor known to have lassoed a grizzly bear. That implies that other California governors have run around roping grizzlies and not told everyone they've ever met. Regardless that's pretty hardcore.
[TGT] became an American citizen in 1848 and got to work as a public servant . [TGT] began as a judge for San Luis Obispo Superior Court before serving as a state senator beginning in 1857. [TGT] did time in three parties starting as a Democrat then becoming a member of the Union Party before settling down as a Republican in 1863.
[TGT] continued checking off important state-level positions serving as the state treasurer and lieutenant governor. When Gov. Newton Booth left to serve in [TGT] took over serving as governor from February-December 1875. | 2Positive
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1,543 | Stephen Colbert skewers Trump in Showtime cartoon series | Stephen Colbert | Stephen Colbert discusses 'Our Cartoon President ' Showtime's new animated series at the Television Critics Association. The late-night host is an executive producer. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert â who can thank Trump for vaulting him to the top-rated late-night host â is behind Our Cartoon President an animated series due on Showtime Jan. 28. The half-hour series will open by anticipating Trump's first State of the Union address two days later. The show will then settle into its regular time slot Feb. 11 when Homeland also returns.
More: Stephen Colbert to produce 'truish' cartoon series about Trump White House
Stephen Colbert is behind Showtime's animated series 'Our Cartoon President' (Photo: Showtime)
"The show is the interpersonal relationships of people you don't see; the relationships you imagine they have " Colbert told the Television Critics Association Saturday. "What we're trying to capture with this show is how stable his genius is." | [TGT] discusses 'Our Cartoon President ' Showtime's new animated series at the Television Critics Association. The late-night host is an executive producer. (Photo: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert â who can thank Trump for vaulting him to the top-rated late-night host â is behind Our Cartoon President an animated series due on Showtime Jan. 28. The half-hour series will open by anticipating Trump's first State of the Union address two days later. The show will then settle into its regular time slot Feb. 11 when Homeland also returns.
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is behind Showtime's animated series 'Our Cartoon President' (Photo: Showtime)
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1,544 | Wizards' John Wall praises Lakers' Lonzo Ball has thoughts on LaVar | John Wall | Wizards guard John Wall moves the ball defended by Lakers guard Lonzo Ball during the first quarter at Staples Center. (Photo: Kelvin Kuo USA TODAY Sports)
Following his teamâs 102-99 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers an outcome that followed waves of pre-game trash talk Washington Wizards point guard John Wall praised Lonzo Ball and suggested the rookieâs outspoken father wonât significantly deter his prowess this season â pointing out that heâs more conditioned to the LaVar Ball spectacle than the rest of the NBA.
Before the game Wall said LaVarâs antics could be a âgift and a curse " but was more toned down and optimistic with his assessment of Lonzo after the game.
âHeâs a quiet kid who doesnât say too much â Wall told ESPN. âHeâs been dealing with (LaVarâs outlandish comments) his whole life. It doesnât bother him. Itâs just new to everybody else.
Ball struggled shooting from the floor for the third time in four games this season going 2-for-11 and missing all five attempts from beyond the arc. But his 10 assists and eight rebounds â including a board and length-of-the-court assist with 20 seconds left to help force overtime â proved to be a major difference-maker. Ball struggled in spurts against Wall defensively but collaboratively the Lakers were able to contain the All-Star point guard.
Wall who finished with 18 points and nine assists said he was motivated by LaVarâs taunts earlier this week to the Wizards to âbeware.â To that Wizards big man Marcin Gortat tweeted that Wall would âtortureâ Ball while Wall himself said he planned to show âno mercy.â | Wizards guard [TGT] moves the ball defended by Lakers guard Lonzo Ball during the first quarter at Staples Center. (Photo: Kelvin Kuo USA TODAY Sports)
Following his teamâs 102-99 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers an outcome that followed waves of pre-game trash talk [TGT] praised Lonzo Ball and suggested the rookieâs outspoken father wonât significantly deter his prowess this season â pointing out that heâs more conditioned to the LaVar Ball spectacle than the rest of the NBA.
Before [TGT] said LaVarâs antics could be a âgift and a curse " but was more toned down and optimistic with his assessment of Lonzo after the game.
âHeâs a quiet kid who doesnât say too much â [TGT] told ESPN. âHeâs been dealing with (LaVarâs outlandish comments) his whole life. It doesnât bother him. Itâs just new to everybody else.
Ball struggled shooting from the floor for the third time in four games this season going 2-for-11 and missing all five attempts from beyond the arc. But his 10 assists and eight rebounds â including a board and length-of-the-court assist with 20 seconds left to help force overtime â proved to be a major difference-maker. Ball struggled in spurts against [TGT] but collaboratively the Lakers were able to contain the All-Star point guard.
Wall who finished with 18 points and nine assists said he was motivated by LaVarâs taunts earlier this week to the Wizards to âbeware.â To that Wizards big man Marcin Gortat tweeted that [TGT] would âtortureâ Ball while Wall himself said he planned to show âno mercy.â | 1Neutral
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1,545 | Elijah Cummings investigating Jared Kushner's use of private email | Jared Kushner | A top Democrat launched an investigation Monday into White House senior adviser Jared Kushner's use of private email while serving in the Trump administration.
Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Kushner following Politico's report on Sunday detailing the adviser's use of private email while serving in the White House.
Kushner President Donald Trump's son-in-law set up a private email account in December and has used it since to discuss official government business with fellow administration officials Politico reported.
Though Kushner 's lawyer said the adviser "uses his White House email address to conduct White House business " he admitted that Kushner had utilized a personal email account to discuss government business.
"Fewer than 100 emails from January through August were either sent to or returned by Mr. Kushner to colleagues in the White House from his personal email account " the lawyer said. "These usually forwarded news articles or political commentary and most often occurred when someone initiated the exchange by sending an email to his personal rather than his White House address."
" Kushner has adhered to government record-keeping requirements by forwarding all the emails to his account " the lawyer added.
Cummings additionally asked Kushner to provide the addresses for all private email accounts he used to conduct any government business a list of all the emails he either sent or received at those addresses that involved official government business and information about the security of the domain he used. | A top Democrat launched an investigation Monday into [TGT] 's use of private email while serving in the Trump administration.
Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to [TGT] following Politico's report on Sunday detailing the adviser's use of private email while serving in the White House.
[TGT] President Donald Trump's son-in-law set up a private email account in December and has used it since to discuss official government business with fellow administration officials Politico reported.
Though Kushner 's lawyer said the adviser "uses his White House email address to conduct White House business " he admitted that [TGT] had utilized a personal email account to discuss government business.
"Fewer than 100 emails from January through August were either sent to or returned by [TGT] " the lawyer said. "These usually forwarded news articles or political commentary and most often occurred when someone initiated the exchange by sending an email to his personal rather than his White House address."
" [TGT] has adhered to government record-keeping requirements by forwarding all the emails to [TGT] account " the lawyer added.
Cummings additionally asked [TGT] to provide the addresses for all private email accounts [TGT] used to conduct any government business a list of all the emails [TGT] either sent or received at those addresses that involved official government business and information about the security of the domain [TGT] used. | 0Negative
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1,546 | Lloyd Blankfein says he 's 'still thinking about bitcoin' | Lloyd Blankfein | Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has bitcoin on his mind a day after reports broke that his firm was considering setting up a bitcoin trading operation.
The billionaire banker tweeted on Tuesday that he wasn't completely sure about his stance on the red-hot cryptocurrency.
Blankfein said he 's "still thinking about bitcoin" and that he was not flat out endorsing or denouncing the digital currency. Here's the full tweet:
Still thinking about #Bitcoin. No conclusion - not endorsing/rejecting. Know that folks also were skeptical when paper money displaced gold. â Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein) October 3 2017 | [TGT] has bitcoin on [TGT] mind a day after reports broke that [TGT] firm was considering setting up a bitcoin trading operation.
The billionaire banker tweeted on Tuesday that [TGT] wasn't completely sure about [TGT] stance on the red-hot cryptocurrency.
[TGT] said [TGT] 's "still thinking about bitcoin" and that [TGT] was not flat out endorsing or denouncing the digital currency. Here's the full tweet:
Still thinking about #Bitcoin. No conclusion - not endorsing/rejecting. Know that folks also were skeptical when paper money displaced gold. â Lloyd Blankfein (@lloydblankfein) October 3 2017 | 2Positive
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1,547 | Team USA figure skater Adam Rippon turns down NBC correspondent gig | Adam Rippon | Feb. 19 (UPI) â Figure skater Adam Rippon decided to turn down an offer from NBC to serve as an Olympic correspondent because he wants to stay with Team USA in the Olympic Village.
Rippon made the decision on Monday morning Pyeongchang time.
âI am flattered that NBC wanted me to work as a correspondent for them here in Pyeongchang â Rippon tweeted Monday. âDoing this would require me to leave Team USA and move out of the Olympic Village. I donât want to do that so I had to declined the opportunity.â
An NBC spokesman told USA Today on Sunday that Rippon was hired by the network to serve as a correspondent during the remainder of the Olympics working on television digital and social media platforms.
USA Today later reported that Rippon decided not to take the NBC offer when he realized he would have to move out of Team USA housing and couldnât march in the closing ceremony.
The 28-year-old Pennsylvania native was part of Team USAâs bronze medal winning mixed team figure skating squad. Rippon placed 10th in the menâs singles final on Friday. He is finished competing at the 2018 Winter Games. | Feb. 19 (UPI) â [TGT] decided to turn down an offer from NBC to serve as an Olympic correspondent because [TGT] wants to stay with Team USA in the Olympic Village.
[TGT] made the decision on Monday morning Pyeongchang time.
âI am flattered that NBC wanted me to work as a correspondent for them here in Pyeongchang â [TGT] tweeted Monday. âDoing this would require me to leave Team USA and move out of the Olympic Village. I donât want to do that so I had to declined the opportunity.â
An NBC spokesman told USA Today on Sunday that [TGT] was hired by the network to serve as a correspondent during the remainder of the Olympics working on television digital and social media platforms.
USA Today later reported that [TGT] decided not to take the NBC offer when [TGT] realized [TGT] would have to move out of Team USA housing and couldnât march in the closing ceremony.
The 28-year-old Pennsylvania native was part of Team USAâs bronze medal winning mixed team figure skating squad. [TGT] placed 10th in the menâs singles final on Friday. [TGT] is finished competing at the 2018 Winter Games. | 1Neutral
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1,548 | Maryland transportation chief expects Purple Line to open in 2022 despite âsome delaysâ | Pete K. Rahn | The Purple Line will begin carrying passengers in the Maryland suburbs later than expected because of a court fight over the project but state officials believe it can still open in 2022 state Transportation Secretary Pete K. Rahn said Thursday night.
The line had been scheduled to open to riders in March 2022. Rahn said the state and its contractor are still redoing the construction schedule but he believes it can open âsometimeâ later that year.
âWe know there are going to be some delays â Rahn told the audience at a Silver Spring forum sponsored by the Purple Line Now advocacy group.
He said state officials should have a better sense of the timing â and any additional costs to the projectâs $2.4 billion construction costs â in a couple of months. He said he expects that project officials can make up some of the time lost during the one-year legal fight over the lineâs environmental impacts. A second lawsuit filed against the project is still pending in federal court but judges have allowed construction to continue.
Early construction work has focused on cutting trees particularly along the Georgetown Branch recreational trail between downtown Silver Spring and downtown Bethesda and beginning to move utility lines. He said 75 percent of the design work is complete and the state has acquired 88 percent of the right of way needed along the alignment.
The stateâs contractor a team of companies called Purple Line Transit Partners has about 375 people working on the project and will ramp up to about 1 500 people this year he said.
Rahn told the crowd the state has spent $200 million of the $325 million in federal aid that Congress has appropriated to the Purple Line. The state expects the rest of the total $900 million in federal grants to be doled out in annual appropriations of about $100 million to $125 million he said.
âWe are spending money quickly â Rahn said.
The state still expects the line to attract about 59 000 trips per day when it opens he said. That number is expected to grow to 74 000 daily trips by 2040.
âIf the service is as good as we think itâs going to be â he said âIâm very confident in those numbers.â | The Purple Line will begin carrying passengers in the Maryland suburbs later than expected because of a court fight over the project but state officials believe it can still open in 2022 [TGT] said Thursday night.
The line had been scheduled to open to riders in March 2022. [TGT] said the state and [TGT] contractor are still redoing the construction schedule but [TGT] believes it can open âsometimeâ later that year.
âWe know there are going to be some delays â [TGT] told the audience at a Silver Spring forum sponsored by the Purple Line Now advocacy group.
[TGT] said state officials should have a better sense of the timing â and any additional costs to the projectâs $2.4 billion construction costs â in a couple of months. [TGT] said [TGT] expects that project officials can make up some of the time lost during the one-year legal fight over the lineâs environmental impacts. A second lawsuit filed against the project is still pending in federal court but judges have allowed construction to continue.
Early construction work has focused on cutting trees particularly along the Georgetown Branch recreational trail between downtown Silver Spring and downtown Bethesda and beginning to move utility lines. He said 75 percent of the design work is complete and the state has acquired 88 percent of the right of way needed along the alignment.
The stateâs contractor a team of companies called Purple Line Transit Partners has about 375 people working on the project and will ramp up to about 1 500 people this year he said.
Rahn told the crowd the state has spent $200 million of the $325 million in federal aid that Congress has appropriated to the Purple Line. The state expects the rest of the total $900 million in federal grants to be doled out in annual appropriations of about $100 million to $125 million he said.
âWe are spending money quickly â Rahn said.
The state still expects the line to attract about 59 000 trips per day when it opens he said. That number is expected to grow to 74 000 daily trips by 2040.
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1,549 | Paul Ryan reportedly makes a major decision after much âsoul searchingâ â TheBlaze | Paul Ryan | A report says that House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) is considering leaving Congress after much soul-searching in talks with his close friends.
According to sources close to Ryan who spoke with CNN about the matter they believe he could step down after the 2018 midterm elections. But that is based on the condition that he is able to pass the Republican plan to reform the tax system.
The report says he might even retire sooner than that.
The CNN report said that exhaustion with President Trump was one of the reasons cited for Ryan mulling over his retirement from Congress.
A Politico report said that Ryan âwould like to serve through Election Day 2018 and retire ahead of the next Congress.â
What did Ryan say about the report?
Ryan denied the report publicly saying to reporters that he âs in Congress to stay.
Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong explained further in a statement saying âThis is pure speculation. As the speaker himself said today heâs not going anywhere any time soon.â | A report says that [TGT] is considering leaving Congress after much soul-searching in talks with [TGT] close friends.
According to sources close to [TGT] who spoke with CNN about the matter they believe he could step down after the 2018 midterm elections. But that is based on the condition that he is able to pass the Republican plan to reform the tax system.
The report says he might even retire sooner than that.
The CNN report said that exhaustion with President Trump was one of the reasons cited for [TGT] mulling over [TGT] retirement from Congress.
A Politico report said that [TGT] âwould like to serve through Election Day 2018 and retire ahead of the next Congress.â
What did [TGT] say about the report?
[TGT] denied the report publicly saying to reporters that [TGT] âs in Congress to stay.
[TGT] spokeswoman AshLee Strong explained further in a statement saying âThis is pure speculation. As the speaker himself said today heâs not going anywhere any time soon.â | 1Neutral
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1,550 | Rob Sheffield Remembers the Fall's Mark E. Smith | Mark E. Smith | Admit it: You thought Mark E. Smith would be the last to go. And in a way he was the last to go â when the punk legend died on Wednesday after 40 years leading the U.K. band the Fall he took most of the world's bile with him . "There are 12 people in the world â the rest are paste " Smith snarled in his 1981 anthem "The Classical " and nobody's sure if Smith ever met the other 11. Somehow he was only 60 but he 'd never seemed young. The "Hip Priest" had the most evil sneer in rock & roll punctuating his rants with a sarcastic "aaaah" to give every word a serpentine hiss. He hired and fired dozens of bandmates notoriously terrorizing anyone foolish enough to join his band yet no matter who was in the Fall you could always recognize them instantly â he stuck with his signature jagged guitar groove for life. Every time Mark E. Smith spat on the ground another 10 bands rose up and he hated every one of them.
Related The Fall: 10 Essential Songs Hear highlights from late great post-punk malcontent Mark E. Smith's sprawling four-decade discography
Mark E. Smith was legendary as the most cantankerous bastard in town â and his town was Manchester. In his dozens of Fall records he created his own wonderful and frightening (but especially frightening) world. He stayed mean right up to the end. "People still cross the road from me; I've still got that " he said in his final interview. "I can clear a pub when I want to. It's a talent." If there's a punk heaven Mark E. Smith is already on his third drummer.
If his huge and sprawling catalog seems too daunting to explore it's easy â start with "The Classical " a song that sums him up perfectly from the 1981 masterwork Hex Enduction Hour a monster groove with two drummers and crazy bass. "Hey there fuckface-aaaah! Hey there fuckface â aaaah!" Smith announces at the outset; it's his way of welcoming you in. He harangues away with insults ("This is the home of the vain! There is no culture!") complaints about how it all sounds too pretty ("too much romantic here") bad jokes ("I just left the Hotel Amnesia ... where it is I can't remember") advice ("Kill it ! Kill it !") and cultural commentary: "You won't find anything more ridiculous than this new profile razor unit made with the highest British attention to the wrong detail." At the end the song explodes into the sarcastic chant "I never felt better in my liiiiife" â he makes it terrifyingly true.
Smith was a working-class lad who left school at 16 to become a Salford dockworker who read voraciously by night. Then he heard the Sex Pistols decided he could do better and began one of punk's longest strangest careers a hard-drinking left-wing literary autodidact and self-proclaimed "Prole Art Threat." "The difference between you and us is that we have brains " he told the crowd on an early live album. He set the tone for his whole career with early anthems like "Totally Wired" ("I drank a jar full of coffee and then I took some of these") and "Repetition." He was notoriously fond of lager whiskey speed â like Motörhead's Lemmy who he resembles in so many ways he thrived at a chemical pace that would have turned anyone else to slush.
When a rock star dies other musicians line up to share affectionate memories of their warmth and compassion. This will not happen to Mark E. Smith . He famously fired a soundman for ordering a salad. (In his defense Smith said "the salad was the last straw" dismissing his ex-bandmates as "dickheads who couldn't hold their beer and needed to get home to Cheshire.")
He scared away so many musicians the journalist Dave Simpson wrote a 2008 book called The Fallen compiling their horror stories â one of them quit by escaping from the van on the freeway during a snowstorm. He liked to dismantle his bandmates' equipment onstage just to keep them from getting too slick. He fined his drummer five pounds every time he hit the tom-tom. On his disastrous 1998 visit to New York the band disintegrated into an onstage fistfight that ended with Smith in jail for a couple of days.
But no matter how legendary his offstage personality it was his music where Mark E. Smith truly became the stuff of nightmares. You can spend years exploring his catalog without coming close to figuring this guy out. The Fall hit their stride with the perfect 1980 EP Slates in blurts like "Leave the Capitol" and "Fit and Working Again!!" At one point on Slates he orders the band "Don't start improvising for God's sake." (When Pavement made Slanted and Enchanted their future label boss Gerard Cosloy praised them in in his zine Conflict as "a Slates tribute band" â the ultimate compliment.) "The only thing real is waking and rubbing your eyes " he announced in "How I Wrote Elastic Man."
His music took a totally unexpected turn in the early Eighties when he arrived home with a young American bride on his arm. Brix Smith was a blonde California art girl who was glam tuneful flashy and a few dozen other things that Mark E. Smith wasn't. They were perfect for each other as her eccentric pop flair fit his caustic two-chord minimalism. They meshed beautifully in the 1983 Perverted by Language â especially in "Hotel Bloedel " where her doomy crooning meets his slang-king snarl over droning violin for a profoundly creepy sound.
Smith kept churning out music right to the end. He made 30 albums or 31 or 32 or something like that â part of the fun in being a Fall fan was knowing that even Smith wasn't keeping score. Despite his rigorous ethic they varied widely in quality especially in the Nineties after Brix left and things got dark. The Infotainment Scam was mind-blowingly bad in that "influenced by acid house in 1990" kind of way while 1994's Middle Class Revolt was a hearty blast with "You're Not Up to Much." He remained a legendary crank â check out his infamous 2007 interview on the U.K. chat show Transmission where the poor host tries a harmless question about why he 's so tough on his bandmates. "People seem to go a bit crackers when they're around me " he says with a straight face. "I'm a nice fellow as you can see."
When the jazzman Chet Baker died in 1988 art critic Dave Hickey paid tribute by pointing out that Baker "died with gigs left to play thus deserving the freelancer's ultimate epitaph: 'If This Dude Wasn't Dead He Could Still Get Work.'" Mark E. Smith went that one better: He died with gigs still getting cancelled on him . The Fall had an oft-delayed oft-rescheduled string of NYC shows booked for February at Brooklyn's Baby's All Right; they sold out instantly even though literally nobody thought these shows would ever happen. Here's to Mark E. Smith a lesson for us all in how to remain magnificently yourself and unshakably tough. A man made with the highest British attention to the wrong detail. Rest in rancor Mr. Smith . | Admit it: You thought [TGT] would be the last to go. And in a way [TGT] was the last to go â when the punk legend died on Wednesday after 40 years leading the U.K. band the Fall [TGT] took most of the world's bile with [TGT] . "There are 12 people in the world â the rest are paste [TGT] snarled in [TGT] 1981 anthem "The Classical " and nobody's sure if [TGT] ever met the other 11. Somehow [TGT] was only 60 but [TGT] 'd never seemed young. The "Hip Priest" had the most evil sneer in rock & roll punctuating [TGT] rants with a sarcastic "aaaah" to give every word a serpentine hiss. [TGT] hired and fired dozens of bandmates notoriously terrorizing anyone foolish enough to join [TGT] band yet no matter who was in the Fall you could always recognize them instantly â [TGT] stuck with [TGT] signature jagged guitar groove for life. Every time [TGT] spat on the ground another 10 bands rose up and [TGT] hated every one of them.
Related The Fall: 10 Essential Songs Hear highlights from late great post-punk malcontent [TGT] sprawling four-decade discography
Mark E. Smith was legendary as the most cantankerous bastard in town â and [TGT] town was Manchester. In his dozens of Fall records he created his own wonderful and frightening (but especially frightening) world. He stayed mean right up to the end. "People still cross the road from me; I've still got that " he said in his final interview. "I can clear a pub when I want to. It's a talent." If [TGT] is already on [TGT] third drummer.
If [TGT] [TGT] huge and sprawling catalog seems too daunting to explore it's easy â start with "The Classical " a song that sums him up perfectly from the 1981 masterwork Hex Enduction Hour a monster groove with two drummers and crazy bass. "Hey there fuckface-aaaah! Hey there fuckface â aaaah!" [TGT] announces at the outset; it's [TGT] way of welcoming you in. [TGT] harangues away with insults ("This is the home of the vain! There is no culture!") complaints about how it all sounds too pretty ("too much romantic here") bad jokes ("I just left the Hotel Amnesia ... where it is I can't remember") advice ("Kill it ! Kill it !") and cultural commentary: "You won't find anything more ridiculous than this new profile razor unit made with the highest British attention to the wrong detail." At the end the song explodes into the sarcastic chant "I never felt better in my liiiiife" â he makes it terrifyingly true.
[TGT] was a working-class lad who left school at 16 to become a Salford dockworker who read voraciously by night. Then [TGT] heard the Sex Pistols decided [TGT] could do better and began one of punk's longest strangest careers a hard-drinking left-wing literary autodidact and self-proclaimed "Prole Art Threat." "The difference between you and us is that we have brains " he told the crowd on an early live album. He set the tone for his whole career with early anthems like "Totally Wired" ("I drank a jar full of coffee and then I took some of these") and "Repetition." He was notoriously fond of lager whiskey speed â like Motörhead's Lemmy who he resembles in so many ways he thrived at a chemical pace that would have turned anyone else to slush.
When a rock star dies other musicians line up to share affectionate memories of their warmth and compassion. This will not happen to [TGT] . [TGT] famously fired a soundman for ordering a salad. (In his defense [TGT] said "the salad was the last straw" dismissing [TGT] ex-bandmates as "dickheads who couldn't hold their beer and needed to get home to Cheshire.")
[TGT] scared away so many musicians the journalist Dave Simpson wrote a 2008 book called The Fallen compiling their horror stories â one of them quit by escaping from the van on the freeway during a snowstorm. [TGT] liked to dismantle [TGT] bandmates' equipment onstage just to keep them from getting too slick. [TGT] fined [TGT] drummer five pounds every time [TGT] hit the tom-tom. On [TGT] disastrous 1998 visit to New York the band disintegrated into an onstage fistfight that ended with Smith in jail for a couple of days.
But no matter how legendary his offstage personality it was his music where [TGT] truly became the stuff of nightmares. You can spend years exploring [TGT] catalog without coming close to figuring this guy out. The Fall hit their stride with the perfect 1980 EP Slates in blurts like "Leave the Capitol" and "Fit and Working Again!!" At one point on Slates he orders the band "Don't start improvising for God's sake." (When Pavement made Slanted and Enchanted their future label boss Gerard Cosloy praised them in in his zine Conflict as "a Slates tribute band" â the ultimate compliment.) "The only thing real is waking and rubbing your eyes " he announced in "How I Wrote Elastic Man."
His music took a totally unexpected turn in the early Eighties when he arrived home with a young American bride on his arm. Brix Smith was a blonde California art girl who was glam tuneful flashy and a few dozen other things that Mark E. Smith wasn't. They were perfect for each other as her eccentric pop flair fit his caustic two-chord minimalism. They meshed beautifully in the 1983 Perverted by Language â especially in "Hotel Bloedel " where her doomy crooning meets his slang-king snarl over droning violin for a profoundly creepy sound.
Smith kept churning out music right to the end. He made 30 albums or 31 or 32 or something like that â part of the fun in being a Fall fan was knowing that even Smith wasn't keeping score. Despite his rigorous ethic they varied widely in quality especially in the Nineties after Brix left and things got dark. The Infotainment Scam was mind-blowingly bad in that "influenced by acid house in 1990" kind of way while 1994's Middle Class Revolt was a hearty blast with "You're Not Up to Much." He remained a legendary crank â check out his infamous 2007 interview on the U.K. chat show Transmission where the poor host tries a harmless question about why he 's so tough on his bandmates. "People seem to go a bit crackers when they're around me " he says with a straight face. "I'm a nice fellow as you can see."
When the jazzman Chet Baker died in 1988 art critic Dave Hickey paid tribute by pointing out that Baker "died with gigs left to play thus deserving the freelancer's ultimate epitaph: 'If This Dude Wasn't Dead He Could Still Get Work.'" [TGT] went that one better: [TGT] died with gigs still getting cancelled on [TGT] . The Fall had an oft-delayed oft-rescheduled string of NYC shows booked for February at Brooklyn's Baby's All Right; they sold out instantly even though literally nobody thought these shows would ever happen. Here's to Mark E. Smith a lesson for us all in how to remain magnificently yourself and unshakably tough. A man made with the highest British attention to the wrong detail. Rest in rancor Mr. Smith . | 2Positive
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1,551 | White House snub of South Carolina basketball 'a slap in the face' | Dawn Staley | "Our coaches in our league stand up for whatâs right " South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said. "The fact that they can speak out on it itâs a great thing. Itâs what America is all about being able to exercise your First Amendment right."
Staley said her team which won the NCAA title in April still has not been invited to the White House.
"What I am most looking forward to is getting an invitation to the NCAA tournament in 2018 " Staley said. "That's more important."
âFrom someone who has had that experience and understanding what that experience means and for Dawn and their team itâs kind of (a) slap in the face " White said.
"We enjoyed the White House " Warlick said. "I hope that if Dawn wants to go and take her team I hope she gets that opportunity. It's a special time."
More: Dawn Staley done discussing possible White House invite
When Fargas went as a Tennessee player in 1991 the men's and women's national champion teams visited the White House together. So she was there to see President George H. W. Bush with the Duke team that featured Christian Laettner and Grant Hill. | "Our coaches in our league stand up for whatâs right [TGT] said. "The fact that they can speak out on it itâs a great thing. Itâs what America is all about being able to exercise your First Amendment right. [TGT]
said [TGT] team which won the NCAA title in April still has not been invited to the White House.
"What I am most looking forward to is getting an invitation to the NCAA tournament in 2018 " [TGT] said. "That's more important."
âFrom someone who has had that experience and understanding what that experience means and for Dawn and their team itâs kind of (a) slap in the face " White said.
"We enjoyed the White House " Warlick said. "I hope that if Dawn wants to go and take her team I hope she gets that opportunity. It's a special time."
More: [TGT] done discussing possible White House invite
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1,552 | Much as we loathe Iran's Amadinejad the mullahs abhor him even more... | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | As Iran spins into chaos former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reportedly arrested for inciting unrest in Shiraz home of the wine of the same name after he made a speeech in Bushehr home of Iran's nuclear reactor.
According to al-Quds al-Arabi Ahmadinejad said:
"Some of the current officials live away from the problems of the people and concerns and do not know anything about the reality of society " adding that "what it suffers Iran today is mismanagement and not lack of economic resources. " "The government of Hassan Rowhani believes that they own the land and that the people are a ignorant society that does not know " Ahmadinejad said. "The people are angry at this government because of its monopoly on public wealth."
What's likely to cheese the mullahs off is that Ahmadinejad has always been considered a "working class" Iranian. He 's lined his pockets like the rest of them but his austere lifestyle dating from his time as mayor of Tehran and his Member's Only jacket as well as his sloppy back-slapping friendship with the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez during his 2005-2013 presidency has endeared him to the Iranian "street." The protests are working class in character and motivated by bread and butter issues. Obviously Ahmadinejad saw his opportunity.
Because Ahmadinejad has been on the outs with the mullahs for at least a year now. Earlier this year in April he was banned from running for president by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei but did so anyway. After that he was brought up on corruption charges stemming from misuse of public funds and at last report faced sentencing something he apparently managed to get out of by the time of the protests.
What the whole thing tells us is that the mullahs fear Ahmadinejad in all his working-class glory and what that tells us is that yes the ongoing Iranian revolt really is working class in character it's not just anedcotal. | As Iran spins into chaos [TGT] was reportedly arrested for inciting unrest in Shiraz home of the wine of the same name after [TGT] made a speeech in Bushehr home of Iran's nuclear reactor.
According to al-Quds al-Arabi Ahmadinejad said:
"Some of the current officials live away from the problems of the people and concerns and do not know anything about the reality of society " adding that "what it suffers Iran today is mismanagement and not lack of economic resources. " "The government of Hassan Rowhani believes that they own the land and that the people are a ignorant society that does not know " Ahmadinejad said. "The people are angry at this government because of its monopoly on public wealth."
What's likely to cheese the mullahs off is that Ahmadinejad has always been considered a "working class" Iranian. He 's lined his pockets like the rest of them but his austere lifestyle dating from his time as mayor of Tehran and his Member's Only jacket as well as his sloppy back-slapping friendship with the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez during his 2005-2013 presidency has endeared him to the Iranian "street." The protests are working class in character and motivated by bread and butter issues. Obviously Ahmadinejad saw his opportunity.
Because Ahmadinejad has been on the outs with the mullahs for at least a year now. Earlier this year in April he was banned from running for president by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei but did so anyway. After that he was brought up on corruption charges stemming from misuse of public funds and at last report faced sentencing something he apparently managed to get out of by the time of the protests.
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1,553 | Manhunt after leading Kosovo Serb politician gunned down | Oliver Ivanovic | Assailants opened fire on Oliver Ivanovic 64 close to the offices of his political party in the Serb-controlled northern city of Mitrovica. He was taken to a hospital but doctors were unable to save him.
The doctors said Ivanovic had received at least five gunshot wounds to his upper torso. The assailants escaped in a car that was later found burned out. Kosovo police sealed off the area of the shooting and began a manhunt for the attackers.
Ivanovic was one of the key politicians in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo a former Serbian province where tensions still remain high a decade after it declared independence in 2008. Serbia does not recognize that independence.
Ivanovic was considered a moderate who maintained relations with NATO and EU officials even after Serbia lost the control of its former province following NATO's 1999 bombing to stop a deadly Serb crackdown against ethnic Albanian separatists.
Ivanovic who was married with three children had enemies both among Kosovo Albanians and nationalist Serbs because of his moderate policies.
A Kosovo court had convicted Ivanovic of war crimes during the 1998-99 war. That verdict was overturned and a retrial was underway.
FILE - In this Oct. 23 2004 file photo Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic casts his ballot during general elections in the Serb-dominated part of Mitrovica Kosovo. 64-year old Ivanovic has died from wounds after being shot by unknown assailants Tuesday Jan. 16 2018 according to a statement from his lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic File)
Police officers secure the scene where unknown assailants opened fire and killed Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic in front of his office in the northern Serb-dominated part of Mitrovica Kosovo Tuesday Jan. 16 2018. The Kosovo government has strongly denounced the slaying of a leading Serb politician in northern Mitrovica and says it considers it to be a challenge to "the rule of law". (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic) | Assailants opened fire on [TGT] . [TGT] was taken to a hospital but doctors were unable to save [TGT] .
The doctors said [TGT] had received at least five gunshot wounds to [TGT] upper torso. The assailants escaped in a car that was later found burned out. Kosovo police sealed off the area of the shooting and began a manhunt for the attackers.
[TGT] was one of the key politicians in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo a former Serbian province where tensions still remain high a decade after it declared independence in 2008. Serbia does not recognize that independence.
[TGT] was considered a moderate who maintained relations with NATO and EU officials even after Serbia lost the control of its former province following NATO's 1999 bombing to stop a deadly Serb crackdown against ethnic Albanian separatists.
Ivanovic who was married with three children had enemies both among Kosovo Albanians and nationalist Serbs because of his moderate policies.
A Kosovo court had convicted Ivanovic of war crimes during the 1998-99 war. That verdict was overturned and a retrial was underway.
FILE - In this Oct. 23 2004 file photo Kosovo Serb politician [TGT] casts [TGT] ballot during general elections in the Serb-dominated part of Mitrovica Kosovo. [TGT] has died from wounds after being shot by unknown assailants Tuesday Jan. 16 2018 according to a statement from his lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic File)
Police officers secure the scene where unknown assailants opened fire and killed [TGT] in front of [TGT] office in the northern Serb-dominated part of Mitrovica Kosovo Tuesday Jan. 16 2018. The Kosovo government has strongly denounced the slaying of a leading Serb politician in northern Mitrovica and says it considers it to be a challenge to "the rule of law". (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic) | 1Neutral
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1,554 | Mormon leader reaffirms faith's opposition to gay marriage | Thomas S. Monson | The twice-yearly conference is preceding without church President Thomas S. Monson 90 who is dealing with ailing health. It's the first time in more than a half century that Monson hasn't spoken at the conferences. Before becoming church president in 2008 he served on the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles starting in 1963.
Monson has scaled back conference participation in recent years and in May church officials said that he was no longer going regularly to meetings at church offices because of limitations related to his age.
Monson is the first church president since 1994 not to attend and make at least one speech but prior to that it was fairly common for presidents to miss conference toward the end of their lives.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf one of Monson 's top two counselors said Monson was watching from his home. " President Monson we love you very much " Uchtdorf said. | The twice-yearly conference is preceding without [TGT] . It's the first time in more than a half century that [TGT] hasn't spoken at the conferences. Before becoming church president in 2008 he served on the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles starting in 1963.
[TGT] has scaled back conference participation in recent years and in May church officials said that [TGT] was no longer going regularly to meetings at church offices because of limitations related to [TGT] age.
[TGT] is the first church president since 1994 not to attend and make at least one speech but prior to that it was fairly common for presidents to miss conference toward the end of their lives.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf one of [TGT] 's top two counselors said [TGT] was watching from [TGT] home. " [TGT] we love you very much " Uchtdorf said. | 0Negative
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1,555 | Evidence in Harlem man's shooting by cops surfaces after 4 years | Mohamed Bah | The city had long claimed that clothing worn by Mohamed Bah â who was shot by cops in his Harlem apartment on Sept. 25 2012 â wasn't in its custody.
2 accounts of Mohamed Bah man shot by NYPD cops told at trial
They had asked Manhattan Federal Court Judge Kevin Castel to sanction the city for its handling of evidence but he denied their request in June.
Several days into the civil rights trial over Bah's death city officials on Nov. 3 told Randolph McLaughlin and Debra Cohen who represent the Bah family the mortuary release form "mistakenly stated that his clothing was released with his remains" - and was in NYPD custody according to recently filed court docs. | The city had long claimed that clothing worn by [TGT] [TGT] Harlem apartment on Sept. 25 2012 â wasn't in its custody.
[TGT] told at trial
[TGT] had asked Manhattan Federal Court Judge Kevin Castel to sanction the city for its handling of evidence but [TGT] denied [TGT] request in June.
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1,556 | Karl Rove | Robert Pittenger | Karl Rove-backed Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC) told North Carolina high school students that President Donald Trumpâs promise to build a southern border wall was just a âeuphemismâ â Trump was just talking about border security.
At the high school Pittenger said âThe wall clearly expresses the intent we must secure the southern border. I think he was conveying that to the American people and letting them know in the simplest clearest terms.â
Rep. Pittenger then explained that Trumpâs most fundamental campaign promise simply serves as a metaphor to increased border security and that some areas of Americaâs southern border simply cannot have a wall.
âWhen you get into it it would be impossible because of the topography â Pittenger said.
Pittenger also revealed that rather than have a wall America would be better secured by various technologies such as satellite tracking and drones. Pittenger added that this was always Trumpâs intent to improve border security rather than build an actual physical wall.
Karl Rove who backed Rep. Pittenger took to The Wall Street Journal to attack former White House chief strategist and Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon and Bannonâs war against establishment Republicans.
Republican insiders said that having Rove back Pittenger serves as a political risk in an age where many Republicans try to brand themselves as âTrump Republicans.â The GOP insider said âHe makes it hard for Pittenger to say âIâm a Trump Republicanâ because Rove has been so critical of President Trump.â
Dr. Mark Harris a pastor and conservative will run against Rep. Pittenger in the 2018 mid-term election. Harris only lost to Pittenger in a special election by 134 votes. In an exclusive radio interview Harris spoke with Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 with Matthew Boyle Washington political editor for Breitbart News about standing up against the Republican establishment including Karl Rove-backed members.
Boyle asked âWhy would Pittenger want to associate himself with Rove â as Trump told Breitbart News before he was elected that Rove was a âdishonorable guy.â
âI think it probably as much as anything demonstrates what we have really been trying to proclaim across this district and that is that they have just lost touch â Harris said. â Robert Pittenger lost touch.â
â He sold out his district â Harris told Breitbart News Daily Saturday. â He âs joined the club. He âs not standing on the truest conservative principles. He âs not been effective and he âs not a leader in the U.S. House.â Harris said there are lines being drawn in Washington between true conservatives and the establishment wing of the GOP. | Karl Rove-backed Rep. [TGT] (R-NC) told North Carolina high school students that President Donald Trumpâs promise to build a southern border wall was just a âeuphemismâ â Trump was just talking about border security.
At the high school Pittenger said âThe wall clearly expresses the intent we must secure the southern border. I think he was conveying that to the American people and letting them know in the simplest clearest terms.â
Rep. Pittenger then explained that Trumpâs most fundamental campaign promise simply serves as a metaphor to increased border security and that some areas of Americaâs southern border simply cannot have a wall.
âWhen you get into it it would be impossible because of the topography â Pittenger said.
Pittenger also revealed that rather than have a wall America would be better secured by various technologies such as satellite tracking and drones. Pittenger added that this was always Trumpâs intent to improve border security rather than build an actual physical wall.
Karl Rove who backed Rep. Pittenger took to The Wall Street Journal to attack former White House chief strategist and Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon and Bannonâs war against establishment Republicans.
Republican insiders said that having Rove back Pittenger serves as a political risk in an age where many Republicans try to brand themselves as âTrump Republicans.â The GOP insider said âHe makes it hard for Pittenger to say âIâm a Trump Republicanâ because Rove has been so critical of President Trump.â
Dr. Mark Harris a pastor and conservative will run against Rep. Pittenger in the 2018 mid-term election. Harris only lost to Pittenger in a special election by 134 votes. In an exclusive radio interview Harris spoke with Breitbart News Saturday on SiriusXM Patriot Channel 125 with Matthew Boyle Washington political editor for Breitbart News about standing up against the Republican establishment including Karl Rove-backed members.
Boyle asked âWhy would Pittenger want to associate himself with Rove â as Trump told Breitbart News before he was elected that Rove was a âdishonorable guy.â
âI think it probably as much as anything demonstrates what we have really been trying to proclaim across this district and that is that they have just lost touch â Harris said. â [TGT] lost touch.â
â He sold out his district â Harris told Breitbart News Daily Saturday. â He âs joined the club. He âs not standing on the truest conservative principles. He âs not been effective and he âs not a leader in the U.S. House.â Harris said there are lines being drawn in Washington between true conservatives and the establishment wing of the GOP. | 1Neutral
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1,557 | YouTube star Logan Paul wants "second chance" after " suicide forest" video | Logan Paul | YouTube star Logan Paul says he 's going to grow from his mistakes after last month's incident in which he received news-making backlash after posting images of what appeared to be a suicide victim online. Paul says he 's a "good guy who made a bad decision " and says some of the "tough" comments he has received have even included people calling on him to kill himself .
"It's been tough 'cause ironically I'm being told to commit suicide myself " he said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday. "Millions of people literally telling me they hate me to go die in a fire. Like the most horrible horrific things."
Paul says that he realizes the impact of his actions and accepts the criticism he has received as fair. At the same time he also said that parents should monitor what their children watch.
He added that he does not think of his target audience as children.
"Sometimes I cuss. Sometimes I make inappropriate jokes " he said. "I want to make jokes that kids my age are going to like ... Now I will say I'm much more aware of the impact that my actions have on myself and others."
Last month Paul posted video of him in a forest near Mount Fuji in Japan near what seemed to be a body hanging from a tree. YouTube says the images violated its policies and suspended him .
Paul called the posting a "horrible lack of judgment." He says he 'll "think twice ... maybe three times" about what he posts.
Last week Paul returned to the video sharing platform with a suicide prevention video. He told "Good Morning America" he 's hopeful for his future.
"I think I'm going to earn a second chance " he said. "I don't think everyone should get a second chance." | [TGT] says [TGT] 's going to grow from [TGT] mistakes after last month's incident in which [TGT] received news-making backlash after posting images of what appeared to be a suicide victim online. [TGT] says [TGT] 's a "good guy who made a bad decision " and says some of the "tough" comments [TGT] has received have even included people calling on [TGT] to kill [TGT] .
"It's been tough 'cause ironically I'm being told to commit suicide myself " he said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday. "Millions of people literally telling me they hate me to go die in a fire. Like the most horrible horrific things."
[TGT] says that [TGT] realizes the impact of [TGT] actions and accepts the criticism [TGT] has received as fair. At the same time [TGT] also said that parents should monitor what their children watch.
[TGT] added that [TGT] does not think of [TGT] target audience as children.
"Sometimes I cuss. Sometimes I make inappropriate jokes " [TGT] said. "I want to make jokes that kids my age are going to like ... Now I will say I'm much more aware of the impact that my actions have on myself and others."
Last month [TGT] posted video of [TGT] in a forest near Mount Fuji in Japan near what seemed to be a body hanging from a tree. YouTube says the images violated its policies and suspended [TGT] .
[TGT] called the posting a "horrible lack of judgment." [TGT] says [TGT] 'll "think twice ... maybe three times" about what [TGT] posts.
Last week [TGT] returned to the video sharing platform with a suicide prevention video. [TGT] told "Good Morning America" he 's hopeful for his future.
"I think I'm going to earn a second chance " he said. "I don't think everyone should get a second chance." | 2Positive
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1,558 | State Department Expels 15 Cuban Diplomats from D.C. Embassy | Rex Tillerson | In a statement Tuesday Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed that the United States has expelled 15 Cuban officials from the communist nationâs embassy in Washington D.C. in response to attacks on nearly two dozen Americans working in Havana.
âOn October 3 the Department of State informed the Government of Cuba that it was ordering the departure of 15 of its officials from its embassy in Washington D.C. â Tillerson said in his statement. âThe decision was made due to Cubaâs failure to take appropriate steps to protect our diplomats in accordance with its obligations under the Vienna Convention. This order will ensure equity in our respective diplomatic operations.â
The statement explained that the move followed the mass withdrawal of American personnel from Cuba and warnings to all U.S. citizens to avoid the communist dictatorship to which Americans can only travel under certain categories of visits. âUntil the Government of Cuba can ensure the safety of our diplomats in Cuba our embassy will be reduced to emergency personnel to minimize the number of diplomats at risk of exposure to harm â Tillerson said.
Tillerson went on to assure that the United States will âcontinue to maintain diplomatic relations with Cuba and will continue to cooperate with Cuba as we pursue the investigation into these attacks.â
Late last week Tillerson announced in a similar statement that the State Department would withdraw all ânon-essentialâ staff from the Havana embassy and urge all Americans to avoid Cuba as the attacks appear to have taken place in areas âfrequented by U.S. citizensâ not affiliated with the government. It was the first prominent use of the word âattacksâ to describe the events in question as spokeswoman Heather Nauert had insisted on referring to them as âincidentsâ in prior press conferences. | In a statement Tuesday Secretary of [TGT] confirmed that the United States has expelled 15 Cuban officials from the communist nationâs embassy in Washington D.C. in response to attacks on nearly two dozen Americans working in Havana.
âOn October 3 the Department of State informed the Government of Cuba that it was ordering the departure of 15 of its officials from its embassy in Washington D.C. â [TGT] said in [TGT] statement. âThe decision was made due to Cubaâs failure to take appropriate steps to protect our diplomats in accordance with its obligations under the Vienna Convention. This order will ensure equity in our respective diplomatic operations.â
The statement explained that the move followed the mass withdrawal of American personnel from Cuba and warnings to all U.S. citizens to avoid the communist dictatorship to which Americans can only travel under certain categories of visits. âUntil the Government of Cuba can ensure the safety of our diplomats in Cuba our embassy will be reduced to emergency personnel to minimize the number of diplomats at risk of exposure to harm â [TGT] said.
[TGT] went on to assure that the United States will âcontinue to maintain diplomatic relations with Cuba and will continue to cooperate with Cuba as we pursue the investigation into these attacks.â
Late last week [TGT] announced in a similar statement that the State Department would withdraw all ânon-essentialâ staff from the Havana embassy and urge all Americans to avoid Cuba as the attacks appear to have taken place in areas âfrequented by U.S. citizensâ not affiliated with the government. It was the first prominent use of the word âattacksâ to describe the events in question as spokeswoman Heather Nauert had insisted on referring to them as âincidentsâ in prior press conferences. | 2Positive
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1,559 | Spanish court suspends Catalan parliament session throwing independence call in doubt | Carles Puigdemont | Spanish Prime Mariano Rajoy called on Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont to drop independence plans or risk âgreater evilsâ.
Puigdemont said in response to a question from the German Bild daily he was not afraid of being arrested.
Neither the Spanish government nor the judiciary has threatened to arrest Puigdemont though Madrid accuses him of breaking the law by ignoring a Constitutional Court ruling forbidding the referendum.
On Wednesday in a televised address Puigdemont renewed his call for mediation in the dispute but said the results of the referendum would have to be applied.
âWe will go as far as people want it. But without the use of force â Puigdemont told Bild. âI am sure that Spain will not be able to ignore the will of so many people.â | Spanish Prime Mariano Rajoy called on [TGT] to drop independence plans or risk âgreater evilsâ.
[TGT] said in response to a question from the German Bild daily he was not afraid of being arrested.
Neither the Spanish government nor the judiciary has threatened to arrest Puigdemont though Madrid accuses him of breaking the law by ignoring a Constitutional Court ruling forbidding the referendum.
On Wednesday in a televised address Puigdemont renewed his call for mediation in the dispute but said the results of the referendum would have to be applied.
âWe will go as far as people want it. But without the use of force â [TGT] told Bild. âI am sure that Spain will not be able to ignore the will of so many people.â | 2Positive
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1,560 | David Einhorn beginning to question his investment strategy | David Einhorn | David Einhorn has a problem.
After his Greenlight Capital has gotten walloped by the S&P 500 for years the hedgie told his investors that he may have been investing via an outdated set of principles.
âWhat if equity value has nothing to do with current or future profits and instead is derived from a companyâs ability to be disruptive to provide social change or to advance new beneficial technologies even when doing so results in current and future economic loss?â Einhorn wrote in a letter to his investors â a copy of which was obtained by The Post.
Misreading market factors led Einhorn recently to short Tesla â one of the strongest performing stocks in recent years. | [TGT] has a problem.
After [TGT] Greenlight Capital has gotten walloped by the S&P 500 for years the hedgie told [TGT] investors that [TGT] may have been investing via an outdated set of principles.
âWhat if equity value has nothing to do with current or future profits and instead is derived from a companyâs ability to be disruptive to provide social change or to advance new beneficial technologies even when doing so results in current and future economic loss?â [TGT] wrote in a letter to [TGT] investors â a copy of which was obtained by The Post.
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1,561 | Hawaii judge orders man to write 144 compliments about his ex | Daren Young | On Oct. 27 Maui 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo ordered Daren Young to write 144 compliments to his ex-girlfriend in response to the 144 ânastyâ text messages and calls that he allegedly sent her in a three-hour span the AP reports.
Just two months later Young sent the woman the 100-plus text messages and calls in a span of about three hours.
According to the Maui News Young received time served for spending 157 days in jail. He was also sentenced to two years of probation $2 400 in fines and 200 hours of community service in addition to the unique writing assignment.
"I don't know whether I should cut off your fingers or take away your phone to get you to stop texting " Loo told Young . "You probably shouldn't get a phone period. I hope she changed her number."
Moving forward Young told the judge he will not reach out to his ex-girlfriend again and will carry on with his life. | On Oct. 27 Maui 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo ordered [TGT] to write 144 compliments to [TGT] ex-girlfriend in response to the 144 ânastyâ text messages and calls that [TGT] allegedly sent her in a three-hour span the AP reports.
Just two months later [TGT] sent the woman the 100-plus text messages and calls in a span of about three hours.
According to the Maui News [TGT] received time served for spending 157 days in jail. [TGT] was also sentenced to two years of probation $2 400 in fines and 200 hours of community service in addition to the unique writing assignment.
"I don't know whether I should cut off your fingers or take away your phone to get you to stop texting " Loo told [TGT] . "You probably shouldn't get a phone period. I hope she changed her number."
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1,562 | Christian singer faces leftist author in Costa Rica presidential runoff | Fabricio Alvarado Munoz | SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Christian singer Fabricio Alvarado Munoz will face a center-left fiction writer in Costa Ricaâs presidential election runoff seeking to thwart the advance of gay rights with a victory for evangelical conservatives in the Central American nation.
The rise of Alvarado Munoz on a ticket fiercely opposing gay marriage was helped by the decline of a centrist two-party system that stretched back decades in a country long considered one of the most stable in Latin America.
âThereâs nothing more progressive than defending life and family â Alvarado Munoz said on Sunday. He added on Monday that no members of his cabinet would support gay marriage or abortion.
The telegenic writer of Christian songs such as âYour Love is Everything â won 24.9 percent of Sundayâs vote. He was elected to the national assembly in 2014 as the only federal deputy representing the Christian-backed National Restoration Party (PRN).
A well-known television news anchor before he turned to religion Alvarado Munoz shot to political prominence during the campaign by denouncing a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights calling on Costa Rica to give civil marriage rights to same-sex couples.
âAll the vestiges of gender ideology will be eliminated from public policy in Costa Rica â he said in his government plan. | SAN JOSE (Reuters) - [TGT] will face a center-left fiction writer in Costa Ricaâs presidential election runoff seeking to thwart the advance of gay rights with a victory for evangelical conservatives in the Central American nation.
The rise of [TGT] on a ticket fiercely opposing gay marriage was helped by the decline of a centrist two-party system that stretched back decades in a country long considered one of the most stable in Latin America.
âThereâs nothing more progressive than defending life and family â [TGT] said on Sunday. [TGT] added on Monday that no members of [TGT] cabinet would support gay marriage or abortion.
The telegenic writer of Christian songs such as âYour Love is Everything â won 24.9 percent of Sundayâs vote. He was elected to the national assembly in 2014 as the only federal deputy representing the Christian-backed National Restoration Party (PRN).
A well-known television news anchor before he turned to religion Alvarado Munoz shot to political prominence during the campaign by denouncing a ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights calling on Costa Rica to give civil marriage rights to same-sex couples.
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1,563 | rose mcgowan citizen rose reality show activist life | Rose McGowan | Rose McGowan at the Women's Convention in Detroit on Oct. 27 2017. (Photo: Junfu Han/ Detroit Free Press-US)
Soon you'll be able to keep up with actress/artist Rose McGowan â pugnacious punk activist commandant of #RoseArmy and #MeToo rager against the Hollywood machine â as she navigates the tumult of her current life in an E! reality TV series.
The pop-culture network that brought you Keeping Up with the Kardashians announced Tuesday that it has picked up Citizen Rose a two-hour documentary special on McGowan 's activist lifestyle airing Jan. 30 (8 ET/PT) with four more episodes due this spring.
"You are formally invited into my mind and world " McGowan said in a press release from E! "I am thrilled to partner with E! to amplify my message of bravery art joy and survival."
Rose McGowan makes the list: These 10 people made the biggest impact in entertainment this year
McGowan accused Weinstein of raping her then reached a private settlement with him in 1997 a fact The New York Times disclosed in a bombshell investigation of Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct reaching back decades. ( He denies all allegations of non-consensual sex.)
Instantly McGowan catapulted to prominence as the loudest and angriest leader of the #MeToo movement to shame predators and claim solidarity among accusers. Soon she was directing an online army â #RoseArmy â of women seeking revenge justice and a reckoning for abusers.
Rose McGowan on Oct. 27 2017 in Detroit at the inaugural Women's Convention. (Photo: Paul Sancya AP)
In the span of 10 days McGowan was arraigned (on drug charges) met with former President Barack Obama and became one of Time magazine's silence-breaking "People of the Year" for her role in calling out Hollywood predators.
"By going up against the Hollywood machine McGowan has shown true courage in the face of adversity and this documentary will take you behind the scenes of her tumultuous and fascinating life " E! gushed in its announcement. "She will process in almost real time the massive social change she has helped usher in as well as fight back against those who have hurt so many including her."
McGowan and E! describe Citizen Rose ( McGowan will be an executive producer) as a glimpse into her world â her art her army her music her activism and the book she is preparing to publish Brave.
"I realized I wanted to show how we can heal through art even when being hounded by evil " McGowan said in her statement. "I want to have a conversation with everyone and most especially you about looking at things differently and seeing beauty everywhere. E!âs tremendous reach and impressive platform allow me to globally communicate the importance of living a BRAVE life."
Amy Introcaso-Davis E!'s executive vice president for development and production said McGowan 's courage ignited a conversation and inspired other women to speak out against their abusers. | Rose McGowan at the Women's Convention in Detroit on Oct. 27 2017. (Photo: Junfu Han/ Detroit Free Press-US)
Soon you'll be able to keep up with [TGT] â pugnacious punk activist commandant of #RoseArmy and #MeToo rager against the Hollywood machine â as she navigates the tumult of her current life in an E! reality TV series.
The pop-culture network that brought you Keeping Up with the Kardashians announced Tuesday that it has picked up Citizen Rose a two-hour documentary special on [TGT] activist lifestyle airing Jan. 30 (8 ET/PT) with four more episodes due this spring.
"You are formally invited into my mind and world " [TGT] said in a press release from E! "I am thrilled to partner with E! to amplify my message of bravery art joy and survival."
[TGT] makes the list: These 10 people made the biggest impact in entertainment this year
[TGT] accused Weinstein of raping [TGT] then reached a private settlement with him in 1997 a fact The New York Times disclosed in a bombshell investigation of Weinstein's alleged sexual misconduct reaching back decades. ( He denies all allegations of non-consensual sex.)
Instantly McGowan catapulted to prominence as the loudest and angriest leader of the #MeToo movement to shame predators and claim solidarity among accusers. Soon she was directing an online army â #RoseArmy â of women seeking revenge justice and a reckoning for abusers.
[TGT] on Oct. 27 2017 in Detroit at the inaugural Women's Convention. (Photo: Paul Sancya AP)
In the span of 10 days McGowan was arraigned (on drug charges) met with former President Barack Obama and became one of Time magazine's silence-breaking "People of the Year" for her role in calling out Hollywood predators.
"By going up against the Hollywood machine McGowan has shown true courage in the face of adversity and this documentary will take you behind the scenes of her tumultuous and fascinating life " E! gushed in its announcement. "She will process in almost real time the massive social change she has helped usher in as well as fight back against those who have hurt so many including her."
McGowan and E! describe Citizen Rose ( McGowan will be an executive producer) as a glimpse into her world â her art her army her music her activism and the book she is preparing to publish Brave.
"I realized I wanted to show how we can heal through art even when being hounded by evil " McGowan said in her statement. "I want to have a conversation with everyone and most especially you about looking at things differently and seeing beauty everywhere. E!âs tremendous reach and impressive platform allow me to globally communicate the importance of living a BRAVE life."
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1,564 | Chef Mario Batali allegedly told special events director 'I want to see you naked' | Holly Gunderson | Holly Gunderson the restaurantâs special events director was tasked with ensuring that the night went well. However as she said in a Washington Post article the job proved tougher than anticipated after a drunken slurring Batali arrived late.
Gunderson alleged that the chef turned to her as she was escorting him to the rest of the guests and said âI want to see you naked in my hot tub back in the hotel.â She said a few people âlooked at me like âOh my God I canât believe he said that about you ââ the newspaper reported.
Gunderson uncomfortable brushed off the comment and tried to keep her distance from the chef and restaurateur for the rest of the night. At one point however he found her while she was leaning over a table and she alleges groped her.
"And then he moved his hand backward. So you know under my butt. And then continued walking." - Holly Gunderson | [TGT] was tasked with ensuring that the night went well. However as [TGT] said in a Washington Post article the job proved tougher than anticipated after a drunken slurring Batali arrived late.
[TGT] alleged that the chef turned to [TGT] as [TGT] was escorting [TGT] to the rest of the guests and said âI want to see you naked in my hot tub back in the hotel.â [TGT] said a few people âlooked at [TGT] like âOh my God I canât believe he said that about you ââ the newspaper reported.
[TGT] uncomfortable brushed off the comment and tried to keep [TGT] distance from the chef and restaurateur for the rest of the night. At one point however he found [TGT] while [TGT] was leaning over a table and [TGT] alleges groped [TGT] .
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1,565 | Meet the contractors analyzing your private data | Booz Allen Hamilton | But once the data is downloaded it has to be analyzed. And thatâs where Booz and the other contractors that surround the NSA come in.
Booz Allen Hamilton is one of the NSAâs most important and trusted contractors. Itâs involved in virtually every aspect of intelligence and surveillance from advising top officials on how to integrate the 16 U.S. spy agencies to detailed analysis of signals intelligence imagery and other critical collections technologies. I first introduced Boozâs intelligence business in a 2007 profile in Salon when President Bush appointed Michael McConnell a Booz veteran and former NSA director to be director of national intelligence ( he âs now back at Booz ).
Among other secret projects Booz was deeply involved in âTotal Information Awareness â the controversial data-mining project run for the Bush administration by former National Security Adviser John Poindexter that was outlawed by Congress in 2003.
Another major presence at NSAâs Business Park is SAIC. Like Booz it stands like a private colossus across the whole intelligence industry. Of its 42 000 employees more than 20 000 hold U.S. government security clearances making it one of the largest private intelligence services in the world. âSAIC provides a full suite of intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and cybersecurity solutions across a broad spectrum of national security programs â it claims on its website. | But once the data is downloaded it has to be analyzed. And thatâs where Booz and the other contractors that surround the NSA come in.
[TGT] is one of the NSAâs most important and trusted contractors. [TGT] involved in virtually every aspect of intelligence and surveillance from advising top officials on how to integrate the 16 U.S. spy agencies to detailed analysis of signals intelligence imagery and other critical collections technologies. I first introduced Boozâs intelligence business in a 2007 profile in Salon when President Bush appointed Michael McConnell a Booz veteran and former NSA director to be director of national intelligence ( he âs now back at Booz ).
Among other secret projects Booz was deeply involved in âTotal Information Awareness â the controversial data-mining project run for the Bush administration by former National Security Adviser John Poindexter that was outlawed by Congress in 2003.
Another major presence at NSAâs Business Park is SAIC. Like Booz it stands like a private colossus across the whole intelligence industry. Of its 42 000 employees more than 20 000 hold U.S. government security clearances making it one of the largest private intelligence services in the world. âSAIC provides a full suite of intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and cybersecurity solutions across a broad spectrum of national security programs â it claims on its website. | 2Positive
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1,566 | Mick Mulvaney on impact of the shutdown efforts to reopen | CHRIS WALLACE | CHRIS WALLACE " FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST: I'm Chris Wallace .
WALLACE : Partisan finger-pointing and uncertainty after a standoff in the Senate over immigration. We'll discuss the fallout for Americans and who will get the blame with White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney and Democratic Senator Chris Coons part of a bipartisan group trying to work out a compromise.
WALLACE : We'll ask our Sunday panel about the Trump presidency one year after his inauguration.
WALLACE : All right now on "Fox News Sunday."
WALLACE : Not good if they are arguing over posters.
WALLACE : Describe the extent of the shutdown both in terms of personnel and programs.
WALLACE : You are calling this -- we heard it saw it in the open the Schumer shutdown. But the fact is you only have 46 Republicans willing to vote for this congressional this continuing resolution. So even if there hadn't been a Democratic filibuster you didn't have the majority needed to pass the C.R. All the more reason isn't this on Republicans and the White House and control of the House and the Senate?
WALLACE : It's not just because of Democrats.
WALLACE : The point is you do not have your own house in order. You only have 46 Republicans supporting this.
WALLACE : But you only had 46 Republicans.
WALLACE : Well you don't have 46 Republicans either. I mean you don't have 51 Republicans either.
WALLACE : Back in 2013 when Republicans insisted on shutting down the government because they wanted to remove all funding of ObamaCare and they did it for 16 days private citizen Trump placed the responsibility squarely. Here he is.
WALLACE : But why doesn't he -- I mean he didn't have a meeting a bipartisan meeting with congressional meetings yesterday. Does he have one on the schedule for today?
WALLACE : You blame Democrats for holding the government hostage now but back in 2013 you supported holding the government hostage on this question of ObamaCare. Take a look.
CHRIS WALLACE FOX NEWS HOST: Why was that legitimate then the right reason to have a fight but it's not legitimate now?
WALLACE : I wasn't saying a word. | [TGT] FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST: I'm [TGT] .
[TGT] : Partisan finger-pointing and uncertainty after a standoff in the Senate over immigration. We'll discuss the fallout for Americans and who will get the blame with White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney and Democratic Senator Chris Coons part of a bipartisan group trying to work out a compromise.
[TGT] : We'll ask our Sunday panel about the Trump presidency one year after his inauguration.
[TGT] : All right now on "Fox News Sunday."
WALLACE : Not good if they are arguing over posters.
[TGT] : Describe the extent of the shutdown both in terms of personnel and programs.
[TGT] : You are calling this -- we heard it saw it in the open the Schumer shutdown. But the fact is you only have 46 Republicans willing to vote for this congressional this continuing resolution. So even if there hadn't been a Democratic filibuster you didn't have the majority needed to pass the C.R. All the more reason isn't this on Republicans and the White House and control of the House and the Senate?
[TGT] : It's not just because of Democrats.
[TGT] : The point is you do not have your own house in order. You only have 46 Republicans supporting this.
[TGT] : But you only had 46 Republicans.
[TGT] : Well you don't have 46 Republicans either. I mean you don't have 51 Republicans either.
[TGT] : Back in 2013 when Republicans insisted on shutting down the government because they wanted to remove all funding of ObamaCare and they did it for 16 days private citizen Trump placed the responsibility squarely. Here he is.
[TGT] : But why doesn't he -- I mean he didn't have a meeting a bipartisan meeting with congressional meetings yesterday. Does he have one on the schedule for today?
[TGT] : You blame Democrats for holding the government hostage now but back in 2013 you supported holding the government hostage on this question of ObamaCare. Take a look.
CHRIS WALLACE FOX NEWS HOST: Why was that legitimate then the right reason to have a fight but it's not legitimate now?
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1,567 | Flu shot: why you should get the vaccine | Schaffner | Dr. William Schaffner medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Disease a nonprofit organization told Business Insider that it's hard for experts for sure just how intense this flu season will be.
"Amongst ourselves we say if you've seen one flu season you've seen one flu season " Schaffner said.
Even so there are a number of reasons why getting a flu shot is an especially good idea this year Schaffner said. Here's his five reasons for everyone who still hasn't gotten the vaccine this fall.
Australia which heads into summer as the northern hemisphere goes into winter got hit hard the flu this year. That's especially because of the H3N2 strain of the flu virus. While that still doesn't mean it will definitely be a bad flu season this year the good news is that the particular strain is a good match to be protected against with this year's vaccine Schaffner said.
"I'm afraid we still hear that. No you cannot get flu from the flu vaccine " Schaffner said. According to the CDC flu shots are either made using an inactive virus that aren't infectious or a vaccine that doesn't contain the virus at all.
"We can do an awful lot of good with this pretty good vaccine because it's the one we have to use today " Schaffner said.
There are plenty of ways to get vaccinated for free. Most insurers cover it as a preventive treatment and Medicare covers the shot entirely. "It's easy it's quick it's covered by insurance " Schaffner said. Plus most drugstore clinics including Walgreens and CVS have the vaccines available so you don't even have to go to a doctor's office. | [TGT] told Business Insider that it's hard for experts for sure just how intense this flu season will be.
"Amongst ourselves we say if you've seen one flu season you've seen one flu season " [TGT] said.
Even so there are a number of reasons why getting a flu shot is an especially good idea this year [TGT] said. Here's [TGT] five reasons for everyone who still hasn't gotten the vaccine this fall.
Australia which heads into summer as the northern hemisphere goes into winter got hit hard the flu this year. That's especially because of the H3N2 strain of the flu virus. While that still doesn't mean it will definitely be a bad flu season this year the good news is that the particular strain is a good match to be protected against with this year's vaccine [TGT] said.
"I'm afraid we still hear that. No you cannot get flu from the flu vaccine [TGT] said. According to the CDC flu shots are either made using an inactive virus that aren't infectious or a vaccine that doesn't contain the virus at all.
"We can do an awful lot of good with this pretty good vaccine because it's the one we have to use today " [TGT] said.
There are plenty of ways to get vaccinated for free. Most insurers cover it as a preventive treatment and Medicare covers the shot entirely. "It's easy it's quick it's covered by insurance [TGT] said. Plus most drugstore clinics including Walgreens and CVS have the vaccines available so you don't even have to go to a doctor's office. | 2Positive
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1,568 | The disappeared: Accounts from inside China's secret prisons | Wang Yu | But on July 9 of that year prominent Beijing rights lawyer Wang Yu disappeared along with her husband also a lawyer and their teenage son.
The following day police raided Wang 's law firm and detained seven of her colleagues. Seven other rights lawyers were also detained or reported missing according to the Hong-Kong based China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group which has meticulously documented the cases. It became known as the "709 crackdown" -- a reference to the date the first arrests occurred.
Sui was among them. He 'd earlier in the day spoken to two foreign media outlets to raise concern about Wang 's disappearance.
That night a security guard called up to Sui's apartment and said his car had been scratched in an accident and when he stepped outside a group of police quickly whisked him away said Sui . He wasn't seen again for nearly five months.
Two days later on July 12 the same thing happened to Chen . He said police asked him to come down from his apartment to answer a few questions. "I intentionally left my cell phone upstairs in my apartment because I thought I'd be back in a few minutes." He didn't return for six weeks.
Dahlin says he was accused of masterminding a plan to smuggle the son of Wang Yu the first lawyer to be detained in the swoop into Myanmar in an effort to evade authorities in October 2015.
After a month Chen said he was told to collect his belongings. He thought he was going home -- but instead was driven to what appeared to be an abandoned hotel and held for another 10 days.
Earlier this year CNN visited the nondescript building where Chen said he was held in Guilin a southern city famed for its stunning landscape of karst mountains. Signs posted around the area in Chinese and English marked it as military property but it otherwise appeared open and accessible.
Sui says he admitted to charges of inciting subversion. Chen told CNN he confessed to charges of picking quarrels and provoking troubles inciting subversion and embezzlement.
"You have to confess " Chen said. "Otherwise they won't let you go."
"Early on it was quite extreme. Every little noise at night would wake me up. I'd sleep with a knife next to my bed ready to stab the first Chinese person who comes into my gate " he said.
Wang Yu poses during an interview in Hong Kong on March 20 2014.
Wang Yu the first lawyer detained in the 709 crackdown was charged with subversion while her husband was charged with inciting subversion. They were both released on bail after more than a year in custody after Wang 's taped confession was aired on CCTV.
In it Wang renounced her legal work and blamed "foreign forces" for using her law firm to undermine and discredit the government. Their son who was detained along with them was released soon afterward but his movements have been heavily restricted.
Authorities never aired Chen 's statement. He was released a day after recording it and the charges against him were dropped.
"I have no criminal record but they can still use the video to discredit me " he said. | But on July 9 of that year [TGT] disappeared along with [TGT] husband also a lawyer and their teenage son.
The following day police raided Wang 's law firm and detained seven of [TGT] colleagues. Seven other rights lawyers were also detained or reported missing according to the Hong-Kong based China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group which has meticulously documented the cases. It became known as the "709 crackdown" -- a reference to the date the first arrests occurred.
Sui was among them. He 'd earlier in the day spoken to two foreign media outlets to raise concern about Wang 's disappearance.
That night a security guard called up to Sui's apartment and said his car had been scratched in an accident and when he stepped outside a group of police quickly whisked him away said Sui . He wasn't seen again for nearly five months.
Two days later on July 12 the same thing happened to Chen . He said police asked him to come down from his apartment to answer a few questions. "I intentionally left my cell phone upstairs in my apartment because I thought I'd be back in a few minutes." He didn't return for six weeks.
Dahlin says he was accused of masterminding a plan to smuggle the son of Wang Yu the first lawyer to be detained in the swoop into Myanmar in an effort to evade authorities in October 2015.
After a month Chen said he was told to collect his belongings. He thought he was going home -- but instead was driven to what appeared to be an abandoned hotel and held for another 10 days.
Earlier this year CNN visited the nondescript building where Chen said he was held in Guilin a southern city famed for its stunning landscape of karst mountains. Signs posted around the area in Chinese and English marked it as military property but it otherwise appeared open and accessible.
Sui says he admitted to charges of inciting subversion. Chen told CNN he confessed to charges of picking quarrels and provoking troubles inciting subversion and embezzlement.
"You have to confess " Chen said. "Otherwise they won't let you go."
"Early on it was quite extreme. Every little noise at night would wake me up. I'd sleep with a knife next to my bed ready to stab the first Chinese person who comes into my gate " he said.
[TGT] poses during an interview in Hong Kong on March 20 2014.
[TGT] the first lawyer detained in the 709 crackdown was charged with subversion while [TGT] husband was charged with inciting subversion. They were both released on bail after more than a year in custody after Wang 's taped confession was aired on CCTV.
In it Wang renounced her legal work and blamed "foreign forces" for using her law firm to undermine and discredit the government. Their son who was detained along with them was released soon afterward but his movements have been heavily restricted.
Authorities never aired Chen 's statement. He was released a day after recording it and the charges against him were dropped.
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1,569 | First 52 refugees to resettle in US leave Pacific camps | Ian Rintoul | The first 25 refugees from a male-only camp on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island had flown out of the national capital Port Moresby on Tuesday for the United States via the Philippines and Qatar Refugee Action Coalition spokesman Ian Rintoul said.
Another 27 refugees flew to Port Moresby on Wednesday from a camp in Nauru he said.
Their journey would end in Los Angeles via the Philippines Qatar and Chicago Rintoul said.
The first 25 who left Port Moresby on Tuesday would settle in U.S. population centers including Atlanta Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported. Rintoul said he did not know the specific locations where they were headed.
Rintoul said there was no indication how many of the more than 2 000 asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea and Nauru would be left behind.
"People (in the camps) are happy that these people have gone but the big question is what happens to the rest " Rintoul said. | The first 25 refugees from a male-only camp on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island had flown out of the national capital Port Moresby on Tuesday for the United States via the Philippines and Qatar Refugee Action Coalition spokesman [TGT] said.
Another 27 refugees flew to Port Moresby on Wednesday from a camp in Nauru he said.
Their journey would end in Los Angeles via the Philippines Qatar and Chicago Rintoul said.
The first 25 who left Port Moresby on Tuesday would settle in U.S. population centers including Atlanta Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported. Rintoul said he did not know the specific locations where they were headed.
Rintoul said there was no indication how many of the more than 2 000 asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea and Nauru would be left behind.
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1,570 | John Kelly backtracks after saying he runs the country | John Kelly | White House chief of staff John Kelly made a rare appearance at Thursday's White House press briefing during which he insisted that he was not quitting or getting fired from his job.
He also said that running the US is "really really hard work " before quickly asserting that he does not run the country.
"This is really really hard work running the United States of America " Kelly said quickly adding "I don't run it."
"I'm working for someone who is dedicated to serving the country in a way he 's talked about over the years " he then said of President Donald Trump.
Kelly criticized the press for some of its reporting on him Trump and the administration as a whole. He began his comments by insisting that he was "not quitting today" and said "I just talked to the president and I don't believe I'm being fired today and I am not so frustrated in this job that I'm thinking of leaving."
Kelly the former secretary of Homeland Security called his current job the "hardest" and "most important" he 's "ever had." | White House chief of staff [TGT] made a rare appearance at Thursday's White House press briefing during which [TGT] insisted that [TGT] was not quitting or getting fired from [TGT] job.
[TGT] also said that running the US is "really really hard work " before quickly asserting that [TGT] does not run the country.
"This is really really hard work running the United States of America " [TGT] said quickly adding "I don't run it."
"I'm working for someone who is dedicated to serving the country in a way he 's talked about over the years " he then said of President Donald Trump.
[TGT] criticized the press for some of [TGT] reporting on [TGT] Trump and the administration as a whole. [TGT] began [TGT] comments by insisting that [TGT] was "not quitting today" and said "I just talked to the president and I don't believe I'm being fired today and I am not so frustrated in this job that I'm thinking of leaving."
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1,571 | To Curb Illegal Immigration DHS Separating Families At The Border | John Burnett | We have some news now on how the Trump administration is pushing back against illegal immigration. The administration has for months talked about separating immigrant families at the border as a way of discouraging them from coming in the first place. A federal lawsuit filed on Monday says federal agents are increasingly doing that and the idea has outraged activists. The plaintiff is an undocumented Congolese woman who's being detained in San Diego while her 7-year-old daughter is being held 2 000 miles away at a shelter in Chicago. NPR's John Burnett has the story.
JOHN BURNETT BYLINE: In recent years the Department of Homeland Security has attempted to discourage asylum-seekers from coming to the U.S. Under Obama they detained some unauthorized families in camps in South Texas rather than release them in the U.S. while their cases are heard. The Trump administration has gone even further. It has arrested immigrant parents in the U.S. who paid smugglers to bring their children across the border and it wants to expand detention space. Now comes the most extreme measure yet family separation.
BURNETT : That's Lee Gelernt deputy director of the ACLU's National Immigrant Rights Project. He's representing a 39-year-old mother who traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Mexico with her 7-year-old daughter. They surrendered to immigration agents near San Diego in December. They said they were fleeing violence in Congo and asked for asylum. She's being held apart from her daughter. They're only able to speak by phone.
BURNETT : A spokeswoman for Homeland Security declined to give a reason why the child was taken from her mother saying only the agency does not comment on cases under litigation. The practice of separating undocumented families to discourage them from coming is not a formal stated policy of the administration but immigrant activists say it's been quietly growing in frequency along the Southern border. Katharina Obser is with the Women's Refugee Commission.
BURNETT : Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services has documented 53 incidents of family separation in the last nine months mostly Central Americans. They say they're fleeing rampant gang violence. But the administration believes most of them are gaming the system and it wants to stop the flow first because the trek is dangerous for young children. And second Matt Al Bent's an official with ICE removal operations told NPR...
BURNETT : Immigration lawyers say the strategy could work. Mothers may drop their cases and go home to be reunited with their children. But is that a reasonable way to curtail illegal immigration? Dr. Lisa Fortuna director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Boston Medical Center is an expert on the impact of trauma on immigrant families. She's submitting an amicus brief in the ACLU lawsuit.
BURNETT : The lawsuit claims that immigration agents violated the Congolese woman's constitutional right to due process. It asks the government if it's going to detain a mother and child during the asylum process at least allow them to be together. John Burnett NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR Copyright NPR. | We have some news now on how the Trump administration is pushing back against illegal immigration. The administration has for months talked about separating immigrant families at the border as a way of discouraging them from coming in the first place. A federal lawsuit filed on Monday says federal agents are increasingly doing that and the idea has outraged activists. The plaintiff is an undocumented Congolese woman who's being detained in San Diego while her 7-year-old daughter is being held 2 000 miles away at a shelter in Chicago. [TGT] has the story.
[TGT] BYLINE: In recent years the Department of Homeland Security has attempted to discourage asylum-seekers from coming to the U.S. Under Obama they detained some unauthorized families in camps in South Texas rather than release them in the U.S. while their cases are heard. The Trump administration has gone even further. It has arrested immigrant parents in the U.S. who paid smugglers to bring their children across the border and it wants to expand detention space. Now comes the most extreme measure yet family separation.
[TGT] : That's Lee Gelernt deputy director of the ACLU's National Immigrant Rights Project. He's representing a 39-year-old mother who traveled from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Mexico with her 7-year-old daughter. They surrendered to immigration agents near San Diego in December. They said they were fleeing violence in Congo and asked for asylum. She's being held apart from her daughter. They're only able to speak by phone.
[TGT] : A spokeswoman for Homeland Security declined to give a reason why the child was taken from her mother saying only the agency does not comment on cases under litigation. The practice of separating undocumented families to discourage them from coming is not a formal stated policy of the administration but immigrant activists say it's been quietly growing in frequency along the Southern border. Katharina Obser is with the Women's Refugee Commission.
[TGT] : Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services has documented 53 incidents of family separation in the last nine months mostly Central Americans. They say they're fleeing rampant gang violence. But the administration believes most of them are gaming the system and it wants to stop the flow first because the trek is dangerous for young children. And second Matt Al Bent's an official with ICE removal operations told NPR...
[TGT] : Immigration lawyers say the strategy could work. Mothers may drop their cases and go home to be reunited with their children. But is that a reasonable way to curtail illegal immigration? Dr. Lisa Fortuna director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Boston Medical Center is an expert on the impact of trauma on immigrant families. She's submitting an amicus brief in the ACLU lawsuit.
[TGT] : The lawsuit claims that immigration agents violated the Congolese woman's constitutional right to due process. It asks the government if it's going to detain a mother and child during the asylum process at least allow them to be together. [TGT] NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR Copyright NPR. | 1Neutral
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1,572 | Recruiting Tool: A Way to Motivate the Upset | April Moore | The piece by my wife April Moore told about how â by an âemotional alchemyâ â the pain she felt about whatâs happening in the world could be turned into joy by joining with other people to take action to advance their shared purpose.
In her case the pain is about the destructive process of climate change. And the action she was writing about â the occasion for âjoyâ â was a âPolar Bear Plungeâ into the Potomac organized by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network to raise funds to campaign for responsible policies to combat climate change.
She wrote:
These are indeed difficult times when so much on which our climate and also our democracy depend is getting battered and may even be up for grabs. So I encourage anyone who is feeling that kind of pain to use it to become a force for good. Joining with others in effective action will not only move the world in a good direction but it will also lift your spirits.âApril Moore | The piece by [TGT] told about how â by an âemotional alchemyâ â the pain [TGT] felt about whatâs happening in the world could be turned into joy by joining with other people to take action to advance their shared purpose.
In [TGT] case the pain is about the destructive process of climate change. And the action she was writing about â the occasion for âjoyâ â was a âPolar Bear Plungeâ into the Potomac organized by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network to raise funds to campaign for responsible policies to combat climate change.
She wrote:
These are indeed difficult times when so much on which our climate and also our democracy depend is getting battered and may even be up for grabs. So I encourage anyone who is feeling that kind of pain to use it to become a force for good. Joining with others in effective action will not only move the world in a good direction but it will also lift your spirits.âApril Moore | 2Positive
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1,573 | Porn Star Agents: Inside Their Risky Business | Mark Spiegler | On a late-summer afternoon in a dingy San Fernando Valley apartment talent agent Mark Spiegler is having it out with a producer. Pacing the length of the living room that for the past nine years has doubled as his office Spiegler portly with thinning brown hair and a graying 5 o'clock shadow sets out his demands: If his client a top actress is going to agree to a project certain accommodations must be made. "You want her ready at 8 you should do the makeup " Spiegler barks as he stomps past a bookcase filled with framed photos of himself with various women. "If you want her later she'll do her own makeup."
Spiegler 's spat over the call time might seem familiar to agents at the CAAs and WMEs of Hollywood who often find themselves protecting their star clients from producer demands. But Spiegler has a particular reason for being concerned about the 8 a.m. shoot: It would require his client to get up around 4:30 a.m. to receive an enema. Because the scene calls for the woman to perform anal sex.
Yes Spiegler 54 represents porn stars -- and he 's one of the biggest agents in Los Angeles' $1 billion adult entertainment industry. As the Ari Emanuel or Kevin Huvane of hardcore he handles such top performers as Skin Diamond Chanel Preston and Asa Akira the client for whom Spiegler is arguing.
Ultimately the production company New Sensations will agree to delay the shoot for Akira 27 who will do her own makeup and be paid about $2 000 for the scene. "That's the whole reason for us being here " says Spiegler whose boutique firm Spiegler Girls represents a small group of elite women and is known as one of the adult industry's top agencies. "We are the buffer -- so the girl doesn't look bad. We take the heat."
At the same time shrinking porn profits and a talent supply-and-demand imbalance have caused performers' salaries to decline. Whatever the moral qualms Americans have (40 million to 50 million people in the U.S. regularly watch pornography on the Internet according to studies) about the proliferation of movies with such titles as Orgasmic Oralists Damn She's a Lesbian and Dong of the Dead the tough U.S. economy has led to an explosion in the number of people hoping to find work in porn -- some perhaps emboldened by the dream they too could become crossover stars like Sasha Grey (Entourage) and James Deen ( the forthcoming Lindsay Lohan starrer The Canyons) . While a decade ago the average female performer would make about $100 000 a year Spiegler says she now might make as little as $50 000 -- all while juggling responsibilities such as social-media outreach and personal appearances.
And where there were only two or three reputable adult agencies 10 years ago now 14 agencies are licensed and bonded though top shops L.A. Direct Models 101 Modeling and Spiegler Girls dominate the upper echelon of performers. None would discuss how much money they make but observers say that top agents can pull down $250 000 a year from their 10 to 15 percent takes. "It's very competitive and the well-known agencies do control most of the talent " says Dan Miller executive managing editor of industry trade magazine XBIZ. "It's just like Hollywood in that regard."
But there is an actual skill and finesse to the real porn agents even if negotiating deals is relatively straightforward. Unlike in Hollywood most adult performers charge set rates so the conversation often centers on the availability of an actor. Still agents also help clients set up personal websites arrange for transportation and even make sure performers are staying on top of their mandatory drug-testing regimens. As if to illustrate this point during an interview Spiegler interrupts the conversation to answer his phone and discuss the scheduling of a blood test at Cutting Edge Testing in Sherman Oaks a facility popular with adult entertainers.
According to Spiegler there is a relatively straightforward scale for performances: An in-demand actress is paid about $800 for a girl-girl scene $1 000 for a guy-girl scene $1 200 or more for anal sex and $4 000 or more for double penetration (guy-on-guy pornography has a separate pay scale; most agents in the mainstream straight porn world including Spiegler do not represent gay men). Spiegler takes 10 to 15 percent receiving the larger percentage if he handles transportation for the client. In an effort to ferret out rogue agents and discourage actors from working with them several agencies led by L.A. Direct banded together to form Licensed Adult Talent Agency Trade Association (LATATA) in 2009. All member agencies -- there are seven including Spiegler Girls -- meet once a month are licensed by the state and adhere to standard practices.
Meanwhile San Dimas appeared in the 2011 Ryan Gosling crime drama Drive after Spiegler secured her an audition. And there always will be bit parts in shows like Entourage roles as strippers and prostitutes in R-rated movies or other offers like the one Akira recently got to appear in a G-Unit music video.
The business is lucrative for Akira though she declines to say how much money she makes. Spiegler helped her land a deal with Interactive Life Forms the makers of the Fleshlight sex toy. The company has sold tens of thousands of $67.96 interactive rubber devices that simulate Akira's vagina mouth and anus. "I definitely love getting my Fleshlight check " she says. "These are the deals you work toward."
For porn agents deciding which clients to take on is a task akin to a traditional film agent scouring Sundance or Cannes in search of a breakout star. Spiegler for example receives at least 500 solicitations a year often several a day. And because most agents refuse to work with women who use drugs or are believed to be unstable there are prying questions. The queries don't just center on the aspiring stars' mental states -- agents want to know about performers' sexual boundaries. "I have to ask these girls 'Do you do anal?' " says Spiegler . On an ordinary weeknight in November 2011 a young woman's mother called Spiegler from West Virginia to ask whether he would represent her daughter once she turned 18. "The mom wanted to get off to a head start " he recalls. Spiegler asked his standard questions about sex prompting the mother to shout: "Tiffany do you do anal? Do you have sex with girls?" Spiegler told the mother to ring him again when Tiffany turned 18. He never heard back from her.
Spiegler 's frank homespun style has made him a popular figure in L.A.'s adult entertainment community. But not every agent is like him. At the other end of the spectrum is Derek Hay founder and owner of L.A. Direct Models one of the industry's top agencies.
The World Modeling hegemony was broken by a spate of new agencies that formed in the early 2000s in an effort to capitalize on the rise of the Internet. (South did not respond to a request for comment.) Both Hay and Spiegler launched their firms in this era. However the two agents considered by many in the business to be tops in terms of clout client rosters and success couldn't be more different.
That both Spiegler and Hay are succeeding as porn agents says a lot about the business' roots and where it is headed.
Spiegler grew up in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High before going to Cal State Northridge. After graduating with a degree in economics he had a lucrative run trading stocks. He first got a whiff of adult entertainment in the 1980s when he worked as a production assistant on a few films. In the '90s he was approached by an acquaintance who asked to borrow money to finance porn movies. The films were poorly made but Spiegler intrigued by the possibilities pursued more production work and ultimately wound up producing 96 films in the mid-'90s. He stopped in 1999 -- around the time digital production saturated the market with amateur pornographers -- and transitioned to the representation business. That year Spiegler teamed up with a porn actor associate to start Topp Models but grew dissatisfied with his partner when he learned that this person also was performing in films. "I don't think agents should be doing scenes working with the talent on or off camera " he says. "It's just not good business."
In 2003 Spiegler broke away to form his current firm. Spiegler Girls is known for representing just 25 women; performers such as Akira (Girls Kissing Girls 9) San Dimas (Katwoman XXX) and Rose (Caught From Behind) are part of the current roster. In 2006 he signed Grey the brunette star known for her ultra-hardcore performances and later for appearing on Entourage and in Steven Soderbergh's 2009 experimental drama The Girlfriend Experience. | On a late-summer afternoon in a dingy San Fernando Valley apartment talent agent [TGT] is having [TGT] out with a producer. Pacing the length of the living room that for the past nine years has doubled as his office Spiegler portly with thinning brown hair and a graying 5 o'clock shadow sets out his demands: If his client a top actress is going to agree to a project certain accommodations must be made. "You want her ready at 8 you should do the makeup " Spiegler barks as he stomps past a bookcase filled with framed photos of himself with various women. "If you want her later she'll do her own makeup."
Spiegler 's spat over the call time might seem familiar to agents at the CAAs and WMEs of Hollywood who often find themselves protecting their star clients from producer demands. But [TGT] has a particular reason for being concerned about the 8 a.m. shoot: [TGT] would require his client to get up around 4:30 a.m. to receive an enema. Because the scene calls for the woman to perform anal sex.
Yes Spiegler 54 represents porn stars -- and he 's one of the biggest agents in Los Angeles' $1 billion adult entertainment industry. As the Ari Emanuel or Kevin Huvane of hardcore he handles such top performers as Skin Diamond Chanel Preston and Asa Akira the client for whom [TGT] is arguing.
Ultimately the production company New Sensations will agree to delay the shoot for Akira 27 who will do her own makeup and be paid about $2 000 for the scene. "That's the whole reason for us being here " says Spiegler whose boutique firm Spiegler Girls represents a small group of elite women and is known as one of the adult industry's top agencies. "We are the buffer -- so the girl doesn't look bad. We take the heat."
At the same time shrinking porn profits and a talent supply-and-demand imbalance have caused performers' salaries to decline. Whatever the moral qualms Americans have (40 million to 50 million people in the U.S. regularly watch pornography on the Internet according to studies) about the proliferation of movies with such titles as Orgasmic Oralists Damn She's a Lesbian and Dong of the Dead the tough U.S. economy has led to an explosion in the number of people hoping to find work in porn -- some perhaps emboldened by the dream they too could become crossover stars like Sasha Grey (Entourage) and James Deen ( the forthcoming Lindsay Lohan starrer The Canyons) . While a decade ago the average female performer would make about $100 000 a year Spiegler says she now might make as little as $50 000 -- all while juggling responsibilities such as social-media outreach and personal appearances.
And where there were only two or three reputable adult agencies 10 years ago now 14 agencies are licensed and bonded though top shops L.A. Direct Models 101 Modeling and Spiegler Girls dominate the upper echelon of performers. None would discuss how much money they make but observers say that top agents can pull down $250 000 a year from their 10 to 15 percent takes. "It's very competitive and the well-known agencies do control most of the talent " says Dan Miller executive managing editor of industry trade magazine XBIZ. "It's just like Hollywood in that regard."
But there is an actual skill and finesse to the real porn agents even if negotiating deals is relatively straightforward. Unlike in Hollywood most adult performers charge set rates so the conversation often centers on the availability of an actor. Still agents also help clients set up personal websites arrange for transportation and even make sure performers are staying on top of their mandatory drug-testing regimens. As if to illustrate this point during an interview Spiegler interrupts the conversation to answer his phone and discuss the scheduling of a blood test at Cutting Edge Testing in Sherman Oaks a facility popular with adult entertainers.
According to Spiegler there is a relatively straightforward scale for performances: An in-demand actress is paid about $800 for a girl-girl scene $1 000 for a guy-girl scene $1 200 or more for anal sex and $4 000 or more for double penetration (guy-on-guy pornography has a separate pay scale; most agents in the mainstream straight porn world including Spiegler do not represent gay men). Spiegler takes 10 to 15 percent receiving the larger percentage if he handles transportation for the client. In an effort to ferret out rogue agents and discourage actors from working with them several agencies led by L.A. Direct banded together to form Licensed Adult Talent Agency Trade Association (LATATA) in 2009. All member agencies -- there are seven including Spiegler Girls -- meet once a month are licensed by the state and adhere to standard practices.
Meanwhile San Dimas appeared in the 2011 Ryan Gosling crime drama Drive after Spiegler secured her an audition. And there always will be bit parts in shows like Entourage roles as strippers and prostitutes in R-rated movies or other offers like the one Akira recently got to appear in a G-Unit music video.
The business is lucrative for Akira though she declines to say how much money she makes. Spiegler helped her land a deal with Interactive Life Forms the makers of the Fleshlight sex toy. The company has sold tens of thousands of $67.96 interactive rubber devices that simulate Akira's vagina mouth and anus. "I definitely love getting my Fleshlight check " she says. "These are the deals you work toward."
For porn agents deciding which clients to take on is a task akin to a traditional film agent scouring Sundance or Cannes in search of a breakout star. Spiegler for example receives at least 500 solicitations a year often several a day. And because most agents refuse to work with women who use drugs or are believed to be unstable there are prying questions. The queries don't just center on the aspiring stars' mental states -- agents want to know about performers' sexual boundaries. "I have to ask these girls 'Do you do anal?' " says Spiegler . On an ordinary weeknight in November 2011 a young woman's mother called Spiegler from West Virginia to ask whether he would represent her daughter once she turned 18. "The mom wanted to get off to a head start " he recalls. Spiegler asked his standard questions about sex prompting the mother to shout: "Tiffany do you do anal? Do you have sex with girls?" Spiegler told the mother to ring him again when Tiffany turned 18. He never heard back from her.
Spiegler 's frank homespun style has made him a popular figure in L.A.'s adult entertainment community. But not every agent is like him. At the other end of the spectrum is Derek Hay founder and owner of L.A. Direct Models one of the industry's top agencies.
The World Modeling hegemony was broken by a spate of new agencies that formed in the early 2000s in an effort to capitalize on the rise of the Internet. (South did not respond to a request for comment.) Both Hay and Spiegler launched their firms in this era. However the two agents considered by many in the business to be tops in terms of clout client rosters and success couldn't be more different.
That both Spiegler and Hay are succeeding as porn agents says a lot about the business' roots and where it is headed.
Spiegler grew up in Los Angeles and attended Hollywood High before going to Cal State Northridge. After graduating with a degree in economics he had a lucrative run trading stocks. He first got a whiff of adult entertainment in the 1980s when he worked as a production assistant on a few films. In the '90s he was approached by an acquaintance who asked to borrow money to finance porn movies. The films were poorly made but Spiegler intrigued by the possibilities pursued more production work and ultimately wound up producing 96 films in the mid-'90s. He stopped in 1999 -- around the time digital production saturated the market with amateur pornographers -- and transitioned to the representation business. That year Spiegler teamed up with a porn actor associate to start Topp Models but grew dissatisfied with his partner when he learned that this person also was performing in films. "I don't think agents should be doing scenes working with the talent on or off camera " he says. "It's just not good business."
In 2003 Spiegler broke away to form his current firm. Spiegler Girls is known for representing just 25 women; performers such as Akira (Girls Kissing Girls 9) San Dimas (Katwoman XXX) and Rose (Caught From Behind) are part of the current roster. In 2006 he signed Grey the brunette star known for her ultra-hardcore performances and later for appearing on Entourage and in Steven Soderbergh's 2009 experimental drama The Girlfriend Experience. | 2Positive
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1,574 | Gayle King : Oprah 'Intrigued' by 2020 Race Not 'Actively Considering' It | Gayle King | "CBS This Morning" co-host Gayle King said Tuesday she thinks her best friend Oprah Winfrey is "intrigued by the idea" of challenging President Donald Trump for the White House in 2020 but she 's not "actively considering" a campaign.
"I absolutely don't think that her position has changed " King said during the early morning program. "I don't. You know I was up talking to her very late last night. I do think this though guys. I do think she 's intrigued by the idea."
King continued that she also knows after years of watching Winfrey's television show "you always have a right to change your mind."
"I don't think at this point she is actually considering it " said King . "Listen there are people who have said they want to be her campaign manager who want to quit their jobs and campaign for her . She loves this country and would like to be of service in some way but I don't think that she 's actively considering it."
Speculation started growing about Winfrey's political ambitions after her speech at Sunday night's Golden Globe awards and was spurred more when her longtime companion Stedman Graham told the Los Angeles Times that she would "absolutely" run but the decision was "up to the people."
"Stedman says that he thought the reporter said to him 'Would she make a good president?' And he said 'absolutely she would '" said King . "Stedman would never so cavalierly say absolutely she would do it it's up to the people. He would never do that."
Meanwhile King said the Golden Globes producers had wanted Winfrey to cut her speech to about three minutes long. She insisted in keeping it at six minutes and after applause was factored in it timed out at nine minutes.
"I think the producers thought that was worth going late for " King said. "She wanted that moment to be more than women wearing black dresses of solidarity. She really did want to speak to young girls around the country." | " [TGT] said Tuesday [TGT] thinks [TGT] best friend Oprah Winfrey is "intrigued by the idea" of challenging President Donald Trump for the White House in 2020 but she 's not "actively considering" a campaign.
"I absolutely don't think that her position has changed " King said during the early morning program. "I don't. You know I was up talking to her very late last night. I do think this though guys. I do think she 's intrigued by the idea."
King continued that she also knows after years of watching Winfrey's television show "you always have a right to change your mind."
"I don't think at this point she is actually considering it " said King . "Listen there are people who have said they want to be her campaign manager who want to quit their jobs and campaign for her . She loves this country and would like to be of service in some way but I don't think that she 's actively considering it."
Speculation started growing about Winfrey's political ambitions after her speech at Sunday night's Golden Globe awards and was spurred more when her longtime companion Stedman Graham told the Los Angeles Times that she would "absolutely" run but the decision was "up to the people."
"Stedman says that he thought the reporter said to him 'Would she make a good president?' And he said 'absolutely she would '" said King . "Stedman would never so cavalierly say absolutely she would do it it's up to the people. He would never do that."
Meanwhile King said the Golden Globes producers had wanted Winfrey to cut her speech to about three minutes long. She insisted in keeping it at six minutes and after applause was factored in it timed out at nine minutes.
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1,575 | Snow emergency in US city Erie after huge storm | Erie | A record-breaking snowfall of more than 60 inches (150 cm) has hit the Pennsylvanian city of Erie over the Christmas period with even more said to be on the way.
The city has declared a citywide emergency as a result of the storm which began on Sunday.
"We're used to snow don't get me wrong " Erie's mayor Joe Sinnott told the New York Times. "But this amount trying to deal with this is very atypical."
Skip Twitter post by @NWSCLE With an additional 3.5" of snow at the Erie PA airport as of 5PM this brings the two day (12/25-26) total up to 58" and the storm total (From 7PM Christmas Eve thru 5PM 12/26) up to 60.0". Heavy snow continues to fall. Here is a look at some of the records. #pawx pic.twitter.com/BN5txOpByZ â NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) December 26 2017 Report
The National Weather Center said that Christmas Day in Erie brought a new all-time high for any single day (34in) beating the previous record set in 1956 (22in).
Some flights to and from Erie International airport were cancelled. The airport has seen 63.8in of snow since Christmas Eve according to the National Weather Center. | A record-breaking snowfall of more than 60 inches (150 cm) has hit [TGT] over the Christmas period with even more said to be on the way.
[TGT] has declared a citywide emergency as a result of the storm which began on Sunday.
"We're used to snow don't get me wrong " Erie's mayor Joe Sinnott told the New York Times. "But this amount trying to deal with this is very atypical."
Skip Twitter post by @NWSCLE With an additional 3.5" of snow at the Erie PA airport as of 5PM this brings the two day (12/25-26) total up to 58" and the storm total (From 7PM Christmas Eve thru 5PM 12/26) up to 60.0". Heavy snow continues to fall. Here is a look at some of the records. #pawx pic.twitter.com/BN5txOpByZ â NWS Cleveland (@NWSCLE) December 26 2017 Report
The National Weather Center said that Christmas Day in [TGT] brought a new all-time high for any single day (34in) beating the previous record set in 1956 (22in).
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1,576 | Japan PM's ruling bloc seen nearing 2/3 majority in Oct. 22 lower house poll: Nikkei | Shinzo Abe | Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader attends an election campaign rally in Fukushima Japan October 10 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abeâs ruling bloc could come close to keeping its two-thirds âsuperâ majority in an Oct. 22 lower house election defying some predictions of substantial losses and solidifying his grip on power a survey published by the Nikkei business daily on Wednesday showed.
Abeâs conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its more dovish junior partner the Komeito are likely to secure more than 290 seats in the 465-seat chamber the Nikkei said.
The Nikkei forecast was broadly in line with a Kyodo news agency forecast released on Thursday that saw Abe âs coalition winning more than 300 seats.
A strong showing by Abeâs coalition would boost his chances of winning a third term as LDP leader from next September putting him on track to become Japanâs longest-serving premier.
Abe called the snap election amid confusion in the opposition camp and after an uptick in his ratings which had been hurt earlier this year by suspected cronyism scandals in hopes of gaining a fresh mandate after nearly five years in power. | [TGT] attends an election campaign rally in Fukushima Japan October 10 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abeâs ruling bloc could come close to keeping its two-thirds âsuperâ majority in an Oct. 22 lower house election defying some predictions of substantial losses and solidifying [TGT] grip on power a survey published by the Nikkei business daily on Wednesday showed.
Abeâs conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its more dovish junior partner the Komeito are likely to secure more than 290 seats in the 465-seat chamber the Nikkei said.
The Nikkei forecast was broadly in line with a Kyodo news agency forecast released on Thursday that saw Abe âs coalition winning more than 300 seats.
A strong showing by Abeâs coalition would boost his chances of winning a third term as LDP leader from next September putting him on track to become Japanâs longest-serving premier.
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1,577 | The healthy breakfast a Harvard doctor recommends to avoid empty carbs | Monique Tello | When Harvard physician Monique Tello looks at the typical American breakfast she said it makes her "want to cry."
"A bowl of cereal or a bagel or a piece of toast or a muffin are all no different than a dessert " Tello wrote in a recent Harvard Health blog post.
"Eating like this may be okay once in a while but if you do so often I guarantee these foods will make you sick one way or another " Tello said.
Here's what Tello eats: a combination of berries Icelandic-style (high protein) yogurt and a mix of nuts seeds and rolled oats.
"Iâm a working mom. I take the train into work. I need something quick easy and transportable. Plus it needs to be budget-friendly and must hold me over for a number of hours " Tello said.
So her breakfast is based around three simple ingredients:
Berries: Tello buys a mix of frozen raspberries blueberries and strawberries in bulk since "fruit is frozen at the peak of freshness so the quality and vitamin content can be better than whatâs in the produce aisle." Plus she said frozen fruit is cheaper than fresh and lasts longer. Berries are also high in fiber and pack key vitamins like A C and K. Tello fills a plastic container with the frozen fruit and either lets it defrost overnight or sticks it in a microwave.
Tello buys a mix of frozen raspberries blueberries and strawberries in bulk since "fruit is frozen at the peak of freshness so the quality and vitamin content can be better than whatâs in the produce aisle." Plus she said frozen fruit is cheaper than fresh and lasts longer. Berries are also high in fiber and pack key vitamins like A C and K. fills a plastic container with the frozen fruit and either lets it defrost overnight or sticks it in a microwave. Nuts seeds and/or whole grains: Tello advises using the ingredients you prefer here but she goes with unsalted nuts toasted pepita seeds and whole rolled oats all of which are high in fiber and have some protein too.
Tello advises using the ingredients you prefer here but she goes with unsalted nuts toasted pepita seeds and whole rolled oats all of which are high in fiber and have some protein too. Yogurt: Tello eats plain Siggi's a brand of high-protein low-sugar yogurt from Iceland. Other types of Greek plain yogurt have a similar nutritional profile.
To make her meal she pours the nuts and seeds over the defrosted berries and stirs the yogurt into the mixture.
"Donât forget your spoon!" she said.
If you're not a fan of yogurt and berries the nutritional profile of Tello 's breakfast can be replicated in dozens of other forms. A couple of hard-boiled eggs and a piece of whole grain toast would work too; as would some turkey bacon and a whole wheat English muffin or a couple of tablespoons of no-sugar added peanut butter with sliced apples. | When [TGT] looks at the typical American breakfast [TGT] said it makes [TGT] "want to cry."
"A bowl of cereal or a bagel or a piece of toast or a muffin are all no different than a dessert [TGT] wrote in a recent Harvard Health blog post.
"Eating like this may be okay once in a while but if you do so often I guarantee these foods will make you sick one way or another " [TGT] said.
Here's what [TGT] eats: a combination of berries Icelandic-style (high protein) yogurt and a mix of nuts seeds and rolled oats.
"Iâm a working mom. I take the train into work. I need something quick easy and transportable. Plus it needs to be budget-friendly and must hold me over for a number of hours [TGT] said.
So [TGT] breakfast is based around three simple ingredients:
Berries: [TGT] buys a mix of frozen raspberries blueberries and strawberries in bulk since "fruit is frozen at the peak of freshness so the quality and vitamin content can be better than whatâs in the produce aisle." Plus she said frozen fruit is cheaper than fresh and lasts longer. Berries are also high in fiber and pack key vitamins like A C and K. Tello fills a plastic container with the frozen fruit and either lets it defrost overnight or sticks it in a microwave.
[TGT] buys a mix of frozen raspberries blueberries and strawberries in bulk since "fruit is frozen at the peak of freshness so the quality and vitamin content can be better than whatâs in the produce aisle." Plus she said frozen fruit is cheaper than fresh and lasts longer. Berries are also high in fiber and pack key vitamins like A C and K. fills a plastic container with the frozen fruit and either lets it defrost overnight or sticks it in a microwave. Nuts seeds and/or whole grains: [TGT] advises using the ingredients you prefer here but [TGT] goes with unsalted nuts toasted pepita seeds and whole rolled oats all of which are high in fiber and have some protein too.
[TGT] advises using the ingredients you prefer here but [TGT] goes with unsalted nuts toasted pepita seeds and whole rolled oats all of which are high in fiber and have some protein too. Yogurt: [TGT] eats plain Siggi's a brand of high-protein low-sugar yogurt from Iceland. Other types of Greek plain yogurt have a similar nutritional profile.
To make her meal she pours the nuts and seeds over the defrosted berries and stirs the yogurt into the mixture.
"Donât forget your spoon!" she said.
If you're not a fan of yogurt and berries the nutritional profile of Tello 's breakfast can be replicated in dozens of other forms. A couple of hard-boiled eggs and a piece of whole grain toast would work too; as would some turkey bacon and a whole wheat English muffin or a couple of tablespoons of no-sugar added peanut butter with sliced apples. | 2Positive
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1,578 | How The Lo Moon Song 'Loveless' Brought The Band Together : NPR | Matt Lowell | Long before Slingshot artists Lo Moon signed to Columbia Records lead singer Matt Lowell was writing songs in his basement.
"I had moved back from Boston to New York " Lowell says. "I was living at my sister's place I was working at this studio in Brooklyn that I helped build."
He hadn't yet met bass player and keyboardist Crisanta Baker but he knew he wanted to start a band and he had a demo of a song called "Loveless" to share.
Guitarist Sam Stewart heard that Lowell and Baker were looking for another band member. They got together to jam by converting Lowell 's backyard shed into a band living room and rehearsal space.
"I think in there that's where we learned how to feed off each other " Lowell says. " We would get in there at 11 a.m. and not say a word to each other until 5 p.m."
Lowell thinks a lot about what kind of feeling Lo Moon's music creates. Practicing in his shed helped them hone in on their sound and style. By the time they went to the studio to record their debut album due out early this year they knew what they were looking for.
"The beautiful thing about that was when we were making the record we hadn't put anything out " Lowell says. "We had blinders on and we just trusted each other. ... We didn't really have another basis to go by besides 'this sounds like us.' "
Lowell says he 'll never forget hearing the final produced version of "Loveless" for the first time.
"It came through the speaker and I was like 'This song is probably three and a half four years old and I've just never heard it like this.' " he says. "I cried. I was just like 'This is unbelievable I can't believe we made this.' " | Long before Slingshot artists Lo Moon signed to Columbia Records lead singer [TGT] was writing songs in his basement.
"I had moved back from Boston to New York " Lowell says. "I was living at my sister's place I was working at this studio in Brooklyn that I helped build."
He hadn't yet met bass player and keyboardist Crisanta Baker but he knew he wanted to start a band and he had a demo of a song called "Loveless" to share.
Guitarist Sam Stewart heard that Lowell and Baker were looking for another band member. They got together to jam by converting Lowell 's backyard shed into a band living room and rehearsal space.
"I think in there that's where we learned how to feed off each other " Lowell says. " We would get in there at 11 a.m. and not say a word to each other until 5 p.m."
Lowell thinks a lot about what kind of feeling Lo Moon's music creates. Practicing in his shed helped them hone in on their sound and style. By the time they went to the studio to record their debut album due out early this year they knew what they were looking for.
"The beautiful thing about that was when we were making the record we hadn't put anything out " Lowell says. "We had blinders on and we just trusted each other. ... We didn't really have another basis to go by besides 'this sounds like us.' "
Lowell says he 'll never forget hearing the final produced version of "Loveless" for the first time.
"It came through the speaker and I was like 'This song is probably three and a half four years old and I've just never heard it like this.' " he says. "I cried. I was just like 'This is unbelievable I can't believe we made this.' " | 2Positive
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1,579 | Bulls fall to Pacers but Michael Reinsdorf says rebuild off to good start | Bobby Portis | However resolution to the Nikola Mirotic-Bobby Portis situation remains elusive.
Mirotic met with Reinsdorf and executive vice president John Paxson this week sources said and continued to rebuff the team's attempts to assimilate him with Bobby Portis on whatever terms Mirotic chooses.
The Bulls must balance being supportive of and sympathetic to the plight of Mirotic who suffered two facial fractures and a concussion from Portis' punch with the fact he's a player under contract being paid $12.5 million to be part of the team.
Mirotic who has made clear he doesn't want to play with Portis can't be traded until January 15.
Portis elicited little to no response when he checked in during the first quarter for his home debut. His eight-game suspension for punching Mirotic ended Tuesday in Toronto.
By night's end Portis was one of the few bright spots worth cheering. He finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds for his second straight 20-10 game. That's the first time the third-year forward has scored 18 or more points in consecutive games.
"Just trying to be more consistent " Portis said.
For the second straight game Portis played fourth-quarter minutes alongside Markkanen who missed Wednesday's practice with a minor bout of quadriceps tendinitis and shot just 5-for-14 but posted his third career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. | However resolution to the Nikola Mirotic- [TGT] situation remains elusive.
Mirotic met with Reinsdorf and executive vice president John Paxson this week sources said and continued to rebuff the team's attempts to assimilate him with [TGT] on whatever terms Mirotic chooses.
The Bulls must balance being supportive of and sympathetic to the plight of Mirotic who suffered two facial fractures and a concussion from Portis' punch with the fact he's a player under contract being paid $12.5 million to be part of the team.
Mirotic who has made clear he doesn't want to play with Portis can't be traded until January 15.
Portis elicited little to no response when he checked in during the first quarter for his home debut. His eight-game suspension for punching Mirotic ended Tuesday in Toronto.
By night's end Portis was one of the few bright spots worth cheering. He finished with 20 points and 11 rebounds for his second straight 20-10 game. That's the first time the third-year forward has scored 18 or more points in consecutive games.
"Just trying to be more consistent " Portis said.
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1,580 | Winter Olympics 2018: U.S. women win first | Jessica Diggins | PYEONGCHANG South Korea -- As she headed up the steepest most grueling hill of her life in third place Jessica Diggins thought to herself just winning an Olympic medal was no longer good enough. She wanted more. She wanted gold.
Diggins dug deep remembering all the years of training she had put in and of all her teammates waiting for her at the finish line to bring home the United States' first medal ever in women's cross-country skiing - and then she let loose.
Diggins reached the peak of the hill in third place but sped past Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla on the last big winding downhill. She rounded the final corner and took dead aim at Sweden's Stina Nilsson on the final 100-meter homestretch.
The crowd in the grandstand was on its feet sensing history and at that moment Diggins said she felt "unstoppable."
"Around that final corner I felt like I was uncoiling a spring and letting it go " Diggins said. "Giving it everything I had digging as deep as I could and putting it all out there. When your team is counting on you you don't give up ever."
Diggins certainly didn't give up.
She blew by Nilsson in a blur to capture gold in the team sprint bringing the United States its first gold medal ever in cross-country skiing.
As she crossed the line she collapsed in exhaustion as teammate Kikkan Randall tackled her in the snow. Randall lay on top of a crying Diggins shaking her ski jacket in pure excitement and utter joy.
"That feeling of being able to cross the line and have Kikkan tackle me was the coolest thing ever " Diggins said.
Diggins and Randall ended that 42-year drought and surely gave a huge boost to all of the young cross-country skiers back home in the United States.
Diggins' father Clay said he had a feeling this was the day the drought would end. Diggins had three top-six finishes at the Olympics and Randall was skiing well too. And he said the entire American women's cross-country team came out to practice on Tuesday morning with Diggins and Randall.
"There were only two of them skiing today but the entire team came out to support them - practicing tags and everything " Clay Diggins said. "That to me is pretty cool. They wanted to be there for them for the team. And I think Kikkan and Jess felt that (support) on the course."
Diggins screamed as she crossed the finish line setting off a huge celebration for the red white and blue. Her American teammates were jumping and hugging each other along the fence line that guarded the track.
"Our whole team had that belief we could win and everyone was there screaming " Diggins said of the final sprint. "I don't know if you have that many teams where everyone is out there on the fence yelling their faces off. I just think we had a lot of support behind of us." | PYEONGCHANG South Korea -- As she headed up the steepest most grueling hill of her life in third place [TGT] thought to herself just winning an Olympic medal was no longer good enough. [TGT] wanted more. [TGT] wanted gold.
Diggins dug deep remembering all the years of training [TGT] had put in and of all [TGT] teammates waiting for [TGT] at the finish line to bring home the United States' first medal ever in women's cross-country skiing - and then she let loose.
Diggins reached the peak of the hill in third place but sped past Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla on the last big winding downhill. She rounded the final corner and took dead aim at Sweden's Stina Nilsson on the final 100-meter homestretch.
The crowd in the grandstand was on its feet sensing history and at that moment Diggins said she felt "unstoppable."
"Around that final corner I felt like I was uncoiling a spring and letting it go " Diggins said. "Giving it everything I had digging as deep as I could and putting it all out there. When your team is counting on you you don't give up ever."
Diggins certainly didn't give up.
She blew by Nilsson in a blur to capture gold in the team sprint bringing the United States its first gold medal ever in cross-country skiing.
As she crossed the line she collapsed in exhaustion as teammate Kikkan Randall tackled her in the snow. Randall lay on top of a crying Diggins shaking her ski jacket in pure excitement and utter joy.
"That feeling of being able to cross the line and have Kikkan tackle me was the coolest thing ever " Diggins said.
Diggins and Randall ended that 42-year drought and surely gave a huge boost to all of the young cross-country skiers back home in the United States.
Diggins' father Clay said he had a feeling this was the day the drought would end. Diggins had three top-six finishes at the Olympics and Randall was skiing well too. And he said the entire American women's cross-country team came out to practice on Tuesday morning with Diggins and Randall.
"There were only two of them skiing today but the entire team came out to support them - practicing tags and everything " Clay Diggins said. "That to me is pretty cool. They wanted to be there for them for the team. And I think Kikkan and Jess felt that (support) on the course."
Diggins screamed as she crossed the finish line setting off a huge celebration for the red white and blue. Her American teammates were jumping and hugging each other along the fence line that guarded the track.
"Our whole team had that belief we could win and everyone was there screaming " Diggins said of the final sprint. "I don't know if you have that many teams where everyone is out there on the fence yelling their faces off. I just think we had a lot of support behind of us." | 2Positive
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1,581 | Golden State Warriors Fight With Trump on Twitter but Stand for National Anthem | LeBron James | That in turn led to attacks from fellow NBA star LeBron James against the commander-in-chief.
That policy did not stop LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliersfrom making it abundantly clear that they are unwilling to hear the president out tweeting last week that the commander-in-chief is a âbumâ and noting that Curry told him that he did not intend to visit the White House anyway.
James also said âGoing to the White House was a great honor until you showed up!â referring to his meeting with former President Barack Obama.
U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up! â LeBron James (@KingJames) September 23 2017
James voted for Hillary Clinton.
Obama invited James and then-President-elect Trump to the White House on the same day November 10 2016. | That in turn led to attacks from fellow NBA star LeBron James against the commander-in-chief.
That policy did not stop [TGT] making it abundantly clear that [TGT] are unwilling to hear the president out tweeting last week that the commander-in-chief is a âbumâ and noting that Curry told him that he did not intend to visit the White House anyway.
[TGT] also said âGoing to the White House was a great honor until you showed up!â referring to [TGT] meeting with former President Barack Obama.
U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up! â LeBron James (@KingJames) September 23 2017
[TGT] voted for Hillary Clinton.
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1,582 | No Shutdown: Congress Passes Two | Nancy Pelosi | Before Ryan spoke Nancy Pelosi again called on him to commit to a vote on immigration saying he acts more as a Speaker of the White House than a Speaker of the House. The early vote took place because of Sen. Rand Paul who blocked action in the Senate for must of Thursday with a demand on an amendment leaving previous ceilings on federal spending in place.
âI ran for office because I was very critical of President Obamaâs trillion-dollar deficits â said the Kentucky senator . âNow we have Republicans hand in hand with Democrats offering us trillion-dollar deficits. I canât in all honesty look the other way.â
âI have been offering all day to vote. I would like nothing more than to vote. But itâs the other side. Itâs the leadership that has refused to allow any amendments â he said.
Nancy Pelosi even shared a strange anecdote during an eight hour Wednesday floor speech about a Guatamalan boy with âbeautiful tan skinâ and âbeautiful brown eyesâ that her grandson wished he looked like.
Listen to Nancy Pelosi talk about her grandson wanting to have âbeautiful tan skinâ and âbeautiful brown eyesâ. like his friend Antonio â a Guatemalan. White guilt is disgusting. Itâs even worse when you brainwash a child to hate his own skin and eye color. pic.twitter.com/nLXp5OIfDD â Based Monitored ðºð¸ð®ðª (@BasedMonitored) February 8 2018
Representative Nancy Pelosi of California the Democratic leader told a closed-door meeting of House Democrats that she would oppose the deal and said that Democrats would have leverage if they held together to demand a debate on immigration legislation. But she suggested that she would not stand in the way of lawmakers who wanted to vote their conscience. Pressing the issue further Ms. Pelosi and the next two highest-ranking House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin noting their desire for the government to remain open and imploring him to make a public statement about the scheduling of a vote on legislation to protect young immigrants brought illegally to the country as children who are now shielded by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA. âNYT | Before Ryan spoke [TGT] again called on him to commit to a vote on immigration saying he acts more as a Speaker of the White House than a Speaker of the House. The early vote took place because of Sen. Rand Paul who blocked action in the Senate for must of Thursday with a demand on an amendment leaving previous ceilings on federal spending in place.
âI ran for office because I was very critical of President Obamaâs trillion-dollar deficits â said [TGT] . âNow we have Republicans hand in hand with Democrats offering us trillion-dollar deficits. I canât in all honesty look the other way.â
âI have been offering all day to vote. I would like nothing more than to vote. But itâs the other side. Itâs the leadership that has refused to allow any amendments â he said.
[TGT] even shared a strange anecdote during an eight hour Wednesday floor speech about a Guatamalan boy with âbeautiful tan skinâ and âbeautiful brown eyesâ that [TGT] grandson wished he looked like.
Listen to [TGT] talk about [TGT] grandson wanting to have âbeautiful tan skinâ and âbeautiful brown eyesâ. like his friend Antonio â a Guatemalan. White guilt is disgusting. Itâs even worse when you brainwash a child to hate his own skin and eye color. pic.twitter.com/nLXp5OIfDD â Based Monitored ðºð¸ð®ðª (@BasedMonitored) February 8 2018
Representative Nancy Pelosi of California the Democratic leader told a closed-door meeting of House Democrats that she would oppose the deal and said that Democrats would have leverage if they held together to demand a debate on immigration legislation. But she suggested that she would not stand in the way of lawmakers who wanted to vote their conscience. Pressing the issue further Ms. Pelosi and the next two highest-ranking House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin noting their desire for the government to remain open and imploring him to make a public statement about the scheduling of a vote on legislation to protect young immigrants brought illegally to the country as children who are now shielded by the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program or DACA. âNYT | 2Positive
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1,583 | Watch Chris Cuomo nail Kellyanne Conway for trying to blame lack of gun control on Hillary Clinton | Kellyanne Conway | CNN's Chris Cuomo and White House adviser Kellyanne Conway have a history of heated exchanges . Thursday's interview following President Trump's visit to Las Vegas was perhaps the most contentious.
Cuomo asked Conway why now was not the appropriate time to have a gun control debate. Conway said the victims of the shooting have been the president's focus before she started railing against Democrats for politicizing the issue.
âThis conversation wasnât being had until tragedies like this strike by those who try to be the loudest voices â Conway said. âYou see Hillary Clinton talking about herself not talking about this. You see her rushing to judgement the other day on Twitter while people are still looking through the rubble searching the hospital for their missing loved ones trying to politicize it.â
Conway again insisted that the president was too busy caring for the survivors to bring up control. | CNN's Chris Cuomo and White House adviser [TGT] have a history of heated exchanges . Thursday's interview following President Trump's visit to Las Vegas was perhaps the most contentious.
Cuomo asked [TGT] why now was not the appropriate time to have a gun control debate. [TGT] said the victims of the shooting have been the president's focus before [TGT] started railing against Democrats for politicizing the issue.
âThis conversation wasnât being had until tragedies like this strike by those who try to be the loudest voices â [TGT] said. [TGT] see Hillary Clinton talking about herself not talking about this. You see her rushing to judgement the other day on Twitter while people are still looking through the rubble searching the hospital for their missing loved ones trying to politicize it.â
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1,584 | Undocumented Immigrant Acquitted In Kate Steinle Shooting Gets 3 Years On Gun Charge | Ines Garcia Zarate | A San Francisco Superior Court jury on Nov. 30 found Jose Ines Garcia Zarate 45 not guilty of murder and manslaughter charges in connection with the July 1 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle. Jurors found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
A San Francisco judge on Friday sentenced Garcia Zarate to three years in prison on the firearms charge said San Francisco District Attorneyâs Office spokesman Alex Bastian.
Garcia Zarate a Mexican national has been behind bars since his 2015 arrest so his sentence has been completed after factoring in credits Bastian said.
Garcia Zarate had found the gun that killed Steinle. It accidentally discharged with the bullet ricocheting off the ground at a crowded pier before striking the 32-year-old woman his defense attorneys have said.
Prosecutors claimed Garcia Zarate intentionally fired the gun but they said they accepted the juryâs verdict.
On Dec. 5 just days after he was acquitted in San Francisco Garcia Zarate was indicted on federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and being an undocumented immigrant in possession of a firearm.
He remains in the custody of the San Francisco Sheriffâs Department and will be handed over to U.S. Marshals on warrants stemming from the federal charges said sheriffâs department spokeswoman Nancy Crowley.
The latest criminal counts against Zarate would not violate the constitutional protection against so-called double jeopardy which prohibits a person from being tried twice on the same charges because they differed legally from the state court charges a U.S. Department of Justice spokesman said last month.
Garcia Zarate faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison on each charge if convicted. | A San Francisco Superior Court jury on Nov. 30 found Jose Ines Garcia Zarate 45 not guilty of murder and manslaughter charges in connection with the July 1 2015 shooting death of Kate Steinle. Jurors found him guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
A San Francisco judge on Friday sentenced [TGT] to three years in prison on the firearms charge said San Francisco District Attorneyâs Office spokesman Alex Bastian.
[TGT] a Mexican national has been behind bars since his 2015 arrest so his sentence has been completed after factoring in credits Bastian said.
Garcia Zarate had found the gun that killed Steinle. It accidentally discharged with the bullet ricocheting off the ground at a crowded pier before striking the 32-year-old woman his defense attorneys have said.
Prosecutors claimed Garcia Zarate intentionally fired the gun but they said they accepted the juryâs verdict.
On Dec. 5 just days after he was acquitted in San Francisco Garcia Zarate was indicted on federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and being an undocumented immigrant in possession of a firearm.
He remains in the custody of the San Francisco Sheriffâs Department and will be handed over to U.S. Marshals on warrants stemming from the federal charges said sheriffâs department spokeswoman Nancy Crowley.
The latest criminal counts against Zarate would not violate the constitutional protection against so-called double jeopardy which prohibits a person from being tried twice on the same charges because they differed legally from the state court charges a U.S. Department of Justice spokesman said last month.
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1,585 | Florida man left young kids in car while in strip club police say | Christopher Mays | Christopher Mays told the station Jordan was inside âenjoying himself â for at least 30 minutes before police showed up.
â[There was] a 3-month-old boy whoâs not strapped in the car seat upside down [his] head is where itâs butt should be feet up in the air â Mays said. âGod only knows how much longer an upside down infant has in a car seat.â
Meanwhile the strip club staff and the concerned customer helped the 3-year-old unlock the car from the inside freeing the kids Mays said.
âItâs devastatingâ¦itâs devastating that people can do that to childrenâ¦it really opens your eyes to what goes on in this world how nasty things can be â Mays told WINK News. | [TGT] told the station Jordan was inside âenjoying [TGT] â for at least 30 minutes before police showed up.
â[There was] a 3-month-old boy whoâs not strapped in the car seat upside down [his] head is where itâs butt should be feet up in the air â [TGT] said. âGod only knows how much longer an upside down infant has in a car seat.â
Meanwhile the strip club staff and the concerned customer helped the 3-year-old unlock the car from the inside freeing the kids [TGT] said.
âItâs devastatingâ¦itâs devastating that people can do that to childrenâ¦it really opens your eyes to what goes on in this world how nasty things can be â [TGT] told WINK News. | 1Neutral
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1,586 | South and North Korea Hold Talks; US War Hawks Alarmed at Prospect of Peace | Kim | The impetus for the talks came in Kim âs annual New Yearâs speech on January 1 when he proposed direct discussions with Seoul âover the issue of improving inter-Korean relations by our nation itself â with the goal to âdefuse the current military tension.â Kim also welcomed the upcoming Winter Olympics as a âgood occasion for demonstrating our nationâs prestige â and said he wanted to send a delegation.
But while the bilateral talks were widely praised in South Koreaâs media the US media seemed like a deer caught in the headlights from the first announcement of the breakthrough. Unclear how to respond to a possible outbreak of peace the press immediately zeroed in on the section of Kimâs New Yearâs speech where he declared that his ânuclear forces are capable of thwarting and counteringâ anything from the United States. Kim also reminded Washington that the ânuclear buttonâ is on his office desk âall the time.â
Although the Supreme Leader left out some of the harsh anti-US language heâs used in previous declarations the implied threat became the story for nearly every US media outlet covering his New Yearâs speech. At CNN for example reporter Brian Todd went on the air to warn Wolf Blitzer that the prospect of talks was dangerous because it could mask a North Korean military attack during the Olympics. In some broadcasts Kimâs offer to talk and Moonâs quick endorsement were barely mentioned.
Kim âs reference to his nuclear arsenal also drew a typical response from President Trump. He took to Twitter to declare that he too had a âbutton â but it was âmuch bigger & more powerfulâ than Kimâs. His childish taunt quickly led to speculation about his state of mind and fitness to be president a topic that dominated the White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sandersâs first media briefing of the year.
Asked at a press briefing at Camp David about the potential for negotiations with Kim he replied: âSure I always believe in talking.⦠absolutely I would do that.â Trump âappeared to be strongly indicating that he would join talks with North Korea after the high-level inter-Korean talks if the conditions are right â South Koreaâs liberal Hankyoreh concluded.
In the lead-up to the talks in Seoul the mood was close to jubilant. âHopes are high that inter-Korean relations will improve â Hankyoreh reported on January 4. âSince Kim delivered his New Yearâs address on Jan. 1 North Koreaâs actions have been completely aligned with the Southâs response.â
The pace was set early on by The New York Times in a front-page story on January 1 posted literally hours after Kimâs New Yearâs speech . It instantly became the leitmotif for media coverage throughout the week.
Behind Kimâs New Yearâs declaration âlies a canny new strategy to initiate direct talks with South Korea in the hope of driving a wedge into its seven-decade alliance with the United States â reported Choe Sang-Hun and David Sanger the latter a recipient of dozens of US intelligence leaks about North Korea over the years.
In the Choe-Sanger article the Times cited Robert Litwakâa senior vice president at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars who is well-known in Japan and Korea for his hard-right views on security issuesâto back its claim that Kim is seeking to âtake the side of the South Koreans against President Trump.â He was then given a large block of space on the Timesâs January 3 op-ed page to spell out his grave concerns for the wayward South Koreans.
âWashington and Seoul should not take Mr. Kimâs bait â Litwak argued. âInstead the North Korean offer should be put to the diplomatic test through a united Washington-Seoul front.â
Yet despite the clear signals of disapproval from US hard-liners the Moon and Kim governments pressed on saying they would soon embark on âworking-levelâ talks to discuss the details of the Northâs participation in the Olympics the family visits and âsolve bilateral issues among themselves without relying on outsideâ forces according to the Joongang Daily. | The impetus for the talks came in [TGT] âs annual New Yearâs speech on January 1 when [TGT] proposed direct discussions with Seoul âover the issue of improving inter-Korean relations by our nation itself â with the goal to âdefuse the current military tension.â [TGT] also welcomed the upcoming Winter Olympics as a âgood occasion for demonstrating our nationâs prestige â and said [TGT] wanted to send a delegation.
But while the bilateral talks were widely praised in South Koreaâs media the US media seemed like a deer caught in the headlights from the first announcement of the breakthrough. Unclear how to respond to a possible outbreak of peace the press immediately zeroed in on the section of Kimâs New Yearâs speech where [TGT] declared that [TGT] ânuclear forces are capable of thwarting and counteringâ anything from the United States. [TGT] also reminded Washington that the ânuclear buttonâ is on [TGT] office desk âall the time.â
Although the Supreme Leader left out some of the harsh anti-US language heâs used in previous declarations the implied threat became the story for nearly every US media outlet covering [TGT] New Yearâs speech. At CNN for example reporter Brian Todd went on the air to warn Wolf Blitzer that the prospect of talks was dangerous because it could mask a North Korean military attack during the Olympics. In some broadcasts Kimâs offer to talk and Moonâs quick endorsement were barely mentioned.
[TGT] âs reference to [TGT] nuclear arsenal also drew a typical response from President Trump. [TGT] took to Twitter to declare that [TGT] too had a âbutton â but it was âmuch bigger & more powerfulâ than Kimâs. [TGT] childish taunt quickly led to speculation about [TGT] state of mind and fitness to be president a topic that dominated the White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sandersâs first media briefing of the year.
Asked at a press briefing at Camp David about the potential for negotiations with [TGT] [TGT] replied: âSure I always believe in talking.⦠absolutely I would do that.â Trump âappeared to be strongly indicating that he would join talks with North Korea after the high-level inter-Korean talks if the conditions are right â South Koreaâs liberal Hankyoreh concluded.
In the lead-up to the talks in Seoul the mood was close to jubilant. âHopes are high that inter-Korean relations will improve â Hankyoreh reported on January 4. âSince [TGT] delivered [TGT] New Yearâs address on Jan. 1 North Koreaâs actions have been completely aligned with the Southâs response.â
The pace was set early on by The New York Times in a front-page story on January 1 posted literally hours after Kimâs New Yearâs speech . It instantly became the leitmotif for media coverage throughout the week.
Behind Kimâs New Yearâs declaration âlies a canny new strategy to initiate direct talks with South Korea in the hope of driving a wedge into its seven-decade alliance with the United States â reported Choe Sang-Hun and David Sanger the latter a recipient of dozens of US intelligence leaks about North Korea over the years.
In the Choe-Sanger article the Times cited Robert Litwakâa senior vice president at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars who is well-known in Japan and Korea for his hard-right views on security issuesâto back its claim that [TGT] is seeking to âtake the side of the South Koreans against President Trump.â He was then given a large block of space on the Timesâs January 3 op-ed page to spell out his grave concerns for the wayward South Koreans.
âWashington and Seoul should not take Mr. Kimâs bait â Litwak argued. âInstead the North Korean offer should be put to the diplomatic test through a united Washington-Seoul front.â
Yet despite the clear signals of disapproval from US hard-liners [TGT] pressed on saying [TGT] would soon embark on âworking-levelâ talks to discuss the details of the Northâs participation in the Olympics the family visits and âsolve bilateral issues among themselves without relying on outsideâ forces according to the Joongang Daily. | 2Positive
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1,587 | Flu season hitting earlier with dozens more outbreaks â and more severe symptoms | Robert Citronberg | The most common strain of influenza this year is H3N2 (A) which was covered by this yearâs flu vaccine. While strains can still mutate in individual cases and render the vaccine ineffective for some people the flu vaccine can also help lessen the severity of illness in some of these cases said Dr. Robert Citronberg infectious disease physician with Advocate Health Care .
At Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge Citronberg has seen a steady influx of patients with the flu which presents itself with symptoms including high fever chills muscle aches and fatigue he said.
âPeople who have genuinely true influenza say that they feel like they got run over by a truck â Citronberg said.
An anti-viral prescription medication known as Tamiflu is available to both children adults suffering from the flu. Doctors recommend plenty of rest drinking fluids and staying away from other people since people with the flu are typically contagious for about seven days Citronberg said. | The most common strain of influenza this year is H3N2 (A) which was covered by this yearâs flu vaccine. While strains can still mutate in individual cases and render the vaccine ineffective for some people the flu vaccine can also help lessen the severity of illness in some of these cases said Dr. [TGT] infectious disease physician with Advocate Health Care .
At Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge Citronberg has seen a steady influx of patients with the flu which presents itself with symptoms including high fever chills muscle aches and fatigue he said.
âPeople who have genuinely true influenza say that they feel like they got run over by a truck â Citronberg said.
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1,588 | Women In The Hospitality Industry Reveal The Routine Sexual Harassment They Face | Scott Michael Wisher | âWhen you work at an agency you're working with different people every time. I felt like I didn't know anyone enough to do it â she said. âYou're supposed to be nice the customer is always right â that's what you're measured on â she added saying many agency workers fear they won't be asked back if they complain. âYou have to ignore people commenting on your appearance or asking you out but often you don't feel like you can escape. You feel like you can't get away. It's about realising what a widespread problem it is: to be in fear in your workplace for women to be unsafe.â A 20-year-old woman who recently worked serving beer and food at football events through the hospitality agency Michael Wisher said she has been made to feel uncomfortable by men who were âcheeky and flirtyâ towards her. âI think that they feel as if it is their right to flirt as in they are buying something and it's part of the service â the woman who asked to remain anonymous told BuzzFeed News.
She said that while men appeared to think their behaviour was âa jokeâ she felt it went beyond that especially when they were drunk. âGenerally the more drunk they get the more they try to flirt with the workers and the rowdier they get â she added. She said managers employed by Michael Wisher tended to intervene when event staff â who were mostly women â felt harassed.
Another woman who asked BuzzFeed News to protect her identity shared similar experiences of harassment when working at events for Michael Wisher as a student over 10 years ago.
âI did work at events at uni like at the Ryder Cup cricket venues and large Indian weddings â she said. âThankfully there were no major incidents that I can vividly remember but no doubt you got men being a bit overly flirty with you and cheeky and thinking they could get away with saying things to you â normally when they had had a few too many drinks and think they could get away with it.â Michael Wisher who founded the agency said he had employed more than 100 000 staff and had never had a sexual harassment complaint.
He told BuzzFeed News he takes the issue incredibly seriously but said the onus is on employees to report inappropriate behaviour. Wisher said his staff work with several different clients at locations across the country and that any incidents of harassment could be taken up with both the company and the individual customer.
âThere always are people that can do that â it's about shouting up and saying that's happened â he said. âStaff can be moved around customers can be spoken to and if necessary removed. If you've got a customer who is behaving inappropriately in any form you go and talk to them point out how they need to conduct themselves â we don't have a problem with doing that. | âWhen you work at an agency you're working with different people every time. I felt like I didn't know anyone enough to do it â [TGT] said. âYou're supposed to be nice the customer is always right â that's what you're measured on â [TGT] added saying many agency workers fear they won't be asked back if they complain. âYou have to ignore people commenting on your appearance or asking you out but often you don't feel like you can escape. You feel like you can't get away. It's about realising what a widespread problem it is: to be in fear in your workplace for women to be unsafe.â A 20-year-old woman who recently worked serving beer and food at football events through the hospitality agency Michael Wisher said she has been made to feel uncomfortable by men who were âcheeky and flirtyâ towards her. âI think that they feel as if it is their right to flirt as in they are buying something and it's part of the service â the woman who asked to remain anonymous told BuzzFeed News.
She said that while men appeared to think their behaviour was âa jokeâ she felt it went beyond that especially when they were drunk. âGenerally the more drunk they get the more they try to flirt with the workers and the rowdier they get â she added. She said managers employed by Michael Wisher tended to intervene when event staff â who were mostly women â felt harassed.
Another woman who asked BuzzFeed News to protect her identity shared similar experiences of harassment when working at events for Michael Wisher as a student over 10 years ago.
âI did work at events at uni like at the Ryder Cup cricket venues and large Indian weddings â she said. âThankfully there were no major incidents that I can vividly remember but no doubt you got men being a bit overly flirty with you and cheeky and thinking they could get away with saying things to you â normally when they had had a few too many drinks and think they could get away with it.â Michael Wisher who founded the agency said he had employed more than 100 000 staff and had never had a sexual harassment complaint.
He told BuzzFeed News he takes the issue incredibly seriously but said the onus is on employees to report inappropriate behaviour. Wisher said his staff work with several different clients at locations across the country and that any incidents of harassment could be taken up with both the company and the individual customer.
âThere always are people that can do that â it's about shouting up and saying that's happened â he said. âStaff can be moved around customers can be spoken to and if necessary removed. If you've got a customer who is behaving inappropriately in any form you go and talk to them point out how they need to conduct themselves â we don't have a problem with doing that. | 1Neutral
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1,589 | Levi Sanders Bernie Sanders' Son Runs for Office | Levi Sanders | Bernie Sandersâ son is following in his fatherâs footstepsâheâs announcing his plans to run for Congress in New Hampshire. Levi Sanders is joining seven other Democrats and three Republicans in this year's race for the seat now held by Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter who is stepping down after her term ends.
The 48-year-old Levi currently works as a legal services analyst and has lived in New Hampshire for 15 years. Heâs running to represent New Hampshireâs 1st Congressional District though he actually lives in the stateâs other district (thatâs legal under the Constitution). Sen. Sanders meanwhile is running for reelection in Vermont this year and is considered a potential candidate for president in 2020.
Hereâs what you need to know about the Son of Sanders .
The bunny ears had to come out after he defeated me in chess. pic.twitter.com/T98bTyXBD5 â Levi Sanders (@Celentra) September 11 2017
His language even mimics his fatherâs in his statement announcing his candidacy. âFor over 17 years I have represented the working class who have been beaten up by the system â his statement reads. âIt is time to demand that we have a system which represents the 99% and not the 1% who have never had it so good.â His father beat Hillary Clinton by 22 points in the New Hampshire Democratic primary Vice News notes. âThe basic difference [between us] is that Iâm a vegetarian and heâs not â Levi told the site.
The New York Times points out how Levi has always been by his fatherâs side during his political campaigns. He also picked up his fatherâs penchant for activism writing in a local newspaper about progressive issues and animal rights. Currently he works as an advocate for people who are looking for Social Security benefits in Massachusetts. He has never held public office though he once ran for city council in Claremont New Hampshire and he worked as a strategist for his fatherâs presidential run.
Levi Sanders center with his father and Sen. Paul Wellstone in 1995. Getty Images
Heâs not the first Sanders relative to run.
Levi Sanders' stepsister Carina Driscoll is running for mayor of Burlington Vermont a post held by Bernie Sanders four decades ago. Fox News adds that Driscollâs campaign has attracted some controversy over payments her business once received from a college her mother Jane OâMeara Sanders used to run.
Levi âs wife Raine Riggs is a neuropsychologist who studies psychiatric conditions connected to cancer diagnoses according to the New York Times. They have three children they adopted from China: Sunnee Ryleigh and Grayson ABC News reports.
Tweet threads from users Dean Barker and Aphra Behn have gone viral since Sandersâ candidacy was announced. The threads both post old tweets purportedly from Leviâs account that seemingly trash political dynasties support the NRA and oppose a law to remove the Confederate flag from Virginia license plates among other controversial topics. Levi has not yet commented about his past tweets. | Bernie Sandersâ son is following in his fatherâs footstepsâheâs announcing his plans to run for Congress in New Hampshire. [TGT] is joining seven other Democrats and three Republicans in this year's race for the seat now held by Democratic Rep. Carol Shea-Porter who is stepping down after [TGT] term ends.
[TGT] currently works as a legal services analyst and has lived in New Hampshire for 15 years. [TGT] running to represent New Hampshireâs 1st Congressional District though [TGT] actually lives in the stateâs other district (thatâs legal under the Constitution). [TGT] meanwhile is running for reelection in Vermont this year and is considered a potential candidate for president in 2020.
Hereâs what you need to know about the Son of [TGT] .
The bunny ears had to come out after he defeated me in chess. pic.twitter.com/T98bTyXBD5 â [TGT]
[TGT] language even mimics [TGT] fatherâs in [TGT] statement announcing [TGT] candidacy. âFor over 17 years I have represented the working class who have been beaten up by the system â [TGT] statement reads. âIt is time to demand that we have a system which represents the 99% and not the 1% who have never had it so good.â [TGT] father beat Hillary Clinton by 22 points in the New Hampshire Democratic primary Vice News notes. âThe basic difference [between us] is that Iâm a vegetarian and heâs not â Levi told the site.
The New York Times points out how Levi has always been by his fatherâs side during his political campaigns. He also picked up his fatherâs penchant for activism writing in a local newspaper about progressive issues and animal rights. Currently he works as an advocate for people who are looking for Social Security benefits in Massachusetts. He has never held public office though he once ran for city council in Claremont New Hampshire and he worked as a strategist for his fatherâs presidential run.
[TGT] center with [TGT] father and Sen. Paul Wellstone in 1995. Getty Images
Heâs not the first [TGT] relative to run.
Levi Sanders' stepsister Carina Driscoll is running for mayor of Burlington Vermont a post held by [TGT] four decades ago. Fox News adds that Driscollâs campaign has attracted some controversy over payments her business once received from a college her mother Jane OâMeara Sanders used to run.
Levi âs wife Raine Riggs is a neuropsychologist who studies psychiatric conditions connected to cancer diagnoses according to the New York Times. They have three children they adopted from China: Sunnee Ryleigh and Grayson ABC News reports.
Tweet threads from users Dean Barker and Aphra Behn have gone viral since Sandersâ candidacy was announced. The threads both post old tweets purportedly from Leviâs account that seemingly trash political dynasties support the NRA and oppose a law to remove the Confederate flag from Virginia license plates among other controversial topics. Levi has not yet commented about his past tweets. | 2Positive
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1,590 | The Bryce Harper Tax Relief Act of 2017 | Bryce Harper | If superstar Bryce Harper were to sign a 10-year contract with the Nationals as many in Washington hope he does he 'd be hugely wealthy -- and would benefit greatly from the Republicans' proposed tax cut bill. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
To fully appreciate how skewed the impact of the Republican tax bill would be consider what it could mean for baseball superstar Bryce Harper if he were to sign a 10-contract with the Washington Nationals as many of us in Washington are hoping.
The Nats known for making creative deals with players might agree to pay the right-fielder an annual salary of $30 million which sounds like a lot but actually isnât for a franchise player with the star power of Harper . So to reflect that star power letâs assume the team would pay Harper another $20 annually for use of what tax practitioners would call his âintellectual propertyâ â his name his face his reputation â in the form of royalties that the team would earn from its TV contracts and sales of paraphernalia to fans. Add to that $10 million in royalties a year that Harper could probably earn independently from product and other endorsements.
So you add it all up and Harper would have an annual income of $60 million split evenly between salary and royalties. Figure his $30 million salary would be taxed as ordinary income at 48 percent combining both federal and Virginia state tax. That would leave him with an after-tax salary income of $15.6 million. Now letâs figure he sets aside $2.5 million to live like a young sports star might live and invests the balance roughly $13 million in an S&P stock index fund.
In other words he sells the stream of royalties from his intellectual property to a partnership in which he himself then becomes a partner. The partnership in turn allocates to Harper each year his pro rata share of its profit which for tax purposes flows through to his personal income. Under the Republican bill this partnership income would be taxed at an effective rate of 31 percent for federal and Virginia.
Assuming historical rate of return on the salary income invested in the stock index fund and a somewhat higher rate of return on his investment partnership under the bill passed by the House of Representatives Harper would wind up at the end of the 10-year contract with combined individual and partnership assets worth about $560 million. | If superstar Bryce Harper were to sign a 10-year contract with the Nationals as many in Washington hope he does he 'd be hugely wealthy -- and would benefit greatly from the Republicans' proposed tax cut bill. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
To fully appreciate how skewed the impact of the Republican tax bill would be consider what it could mean for [TGT] if [TGT] [TGT] were to sign a 10-contract with the Washington Nationals as many of us in Washington are hoping.
The Nats known for making creative deals with players might agree to pay the right-fielder an annual salary of $30 million which sounds like a lot but actually isnât for a franchise player with the star power of [TGT] . So to reflect that star power letâs assume the team would pay [TGT] another $20 annually for use of what tax practitioners would call [TGT] âintellectual propertyâ â [TGT] name [TGT] face [TGT] reputation â in the form of royalties that the team would earn from its TV contracts and sales of paraphernalia to fans. Add to that $10 million in royalties a year that [TGT] could probably earn independently from product and other endorsements.
So you add it all up and [TGT] would have an annual income of $60 million split evenly between salary and royalties. Figure [TGT] $30 million salary would be taxed as ordinary income at 48 percent combining both federal and Virginia state tax. That would leave [TGT] with an after-tax salary income of $15.6 million. Now letâs figure he sets aside $2.5 million to live like a young sports star might live and invests the balance roughly $13 million in an S&P stock index fund.
In other words he sells the stream of royalties from his intellectual property to a partnership in which he himself then becomes a partner. The partnership in turn allocates to Harper each year his pro rata share of its profit which for tax purposes flows through to his personal income. Under the Republican bill this partnership income would be taxed at an effective rate of 31 percent for federal and Virginia.
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1,591 | Community rallies to bring music back to South Side school after theft | Timothy King | Music teacher Timothy King is getting the band back together.
A day after the Tribune reported the theft of 30 instruments from his elementary classroom in the Back of the Yards neighborhood King not only will have his classroomâs instruments fully replaced but will be able to build up Fulton Elementaryâs music program better than before.
âThe kids were excited â King said. âThey were in just as much disbelief as I was at how quickly the amount was raised and that was just the morning classes.â
âItâs just good to know people are concerned about the arts despite the lack of funds and not just in this community â King said.
Wednesday was a whirlwind for the Fulton music teacher. His full day of teaching classes was made busier by endless phone calls with people offering money or replacement instruments from across the city and even the suburbs. The story picked up steam on social media and attracted the attention of musicians Josh Groban and Jeff Tweedy both of whom tweeted about the loss. Both are in contact with King to donate instruments or money to the classroom King said.
Patrick Monaghan former owner of Carrot Top Records in Chicago on Tuesday solicited instrument donations for the school on Twitter. On Wednesday afternoon he delivered a couple of guitars amplifiers and ukuleles to the school that King was able to share with the students the same day.
âIt was going around the school that it was in the news but no one expected to actually receive instruments today â King said.
The money raised wonât have to be used to replace the stolen instruments but will instead help King strengthen and expand the schoolâs music program. Little Kids Rock the organization that provided Fulton Elementary with many of the original instruments in 2016 is providing Kingâs classroom with an entirely new set to fully replace what was stolen.
âIâm just telling people anything you want to donate whether itâs a physical instrument or itâs monetary weâll accept it â King said. âBecause itâs not just about replacing the instruments that were stolen; I want to add on to the program.â
Crucial to expanding the music program at Fulton will be storage lockers King said to prevent another theft from happening. He also wants to buy insurance for the new equipment. A quick glance at prices online showed him instrument cabinets will be expensive but King insists they are âworth the investment.â
The outpouring of generosity and support was a lot to absorb for King who barely had time to check the GoFundMe page during the day. When he finally did he found support from strangers and loved ones alike.
âYes your goal has been met. For that I am extremely grateful â wrote Kimberly Branch-King Timothy Kingâs wife. âBut as your wife friend and fellow educator I am compelled to also donate because ⦠I know the energy love and time that goes into your lesson planning.â
King also received an offer for a different kind of support. Arturs Weible a music teacher at Chopin Elementary School in Humboldt Park has had help from the community funding his own music program. Heâs now offering to have his orchestra students come perform at Fulton for Kingâs classes. | Music teacher [TGT] is getting the band back together.
A day after the Tribune reported the theft of 30 instruments from his elementary classroom in the Back of the Yards neighborhood King not only will have his classroomâs instruments fully replaced but will be able to build up Fulton Elementaryâs music program better than before.
âThe kids were excited â King said. âThey were in just as much disbelief as I was at how quickly the amount was raised and that was just the morning classes.â
âItâs just good to know people are concerned about the arts despite the lack of funds and not just in this community â King said.
Wednesday was a whirlwind for the Fulton music teacher. His full day of teaching classes was made busier by endless phone calls with people offering money or replacement instruments from across the city and even the suburbs. The story picked up steam on social media and attracted the attention of musicians Josh Groban and Jeff Tweedy both of whom tweeted about the loss. Both are in contact with King to donate instruments or money to the classroom King said.
Patrick Monaghan former owner of Carrot Top Records in Chicago on Tuesday solicited instrument donations for the school on Twitter. On Wednesday afternoon he delivered a couple of guitars amplifiers and ukuleles to the school that King was able to share with the students the same day.
âIt was going around the school that it was in the news but no one expected to actually receive instruments today â King said.
The money raised wonât have to be used to replace the stolen instruments but will instead help King strengthen and expand the schoolâs music program. Little Kids Rock the organization that provided Fulton Elementary with many of the original instruments in 2016 is providing Kingâs classroom with an entirely new set to fully replace what was stolen.
âIâm just telling people anything you want to donate whether itâs a physical instrument or itâs monetary weâll accept it â King said. âBecause itâs not just about replacing the instruments that were stolen; I want to add on to the program.â
Crucial to expanding the music program at Fulton will be storage lockers King said to prevent another theft from happening. He also wants to buy insurance for the new equipment. A quick glance at prices online showed him instrument cabinets will be expensive but King insists they are âworth the investment.â
The outpouring of generosity and support was a lot to absorb for King who barely had time to check the GoFundMe page during the day. When he finally did he found support from strangers and loved ones alike.
âYes your goal has been met. For that I am extremely grateful â wrote Kimberly Branch-King [TGT] âs wife. âBut as your wife friend and fellow educator I am compelled to also donate because ⦠I know the energy love and time that goes into your lesson planning.â
King also received an offer for a different kind of support. Arturs Weible a music teacher at Chopin Elementary School in Humboldt Park has had help from the community funding his own music program. Heâs now offering to have his orchestra students come perform at Fulton for Kingâs classes. | 2Positive
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1,592 | Comic super villain Peter Thiel reportedly submitted a bid for Gawker | Peter Thiel | Peter Thiel has reportedly made an offer to buy Gawker.
SEE ALSO: Y Combinator cuts ties with Peter Thiel
This isn't a total surprise. He filed a motion in November claiming he was being unfairly prevented from bidding on the site.
A representative for Thiel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Thiel is competing with other bidders to acquire Gawker domain names and nearly 200 000 archived articles according to Reuters. Don't worry other Gawker assets like Deadspin and Jezebel were already sold to Univision Holdings Inc. back in 2016.
Thiel hasn't said what he 'll do with the assets. Maybe he 'll take them off the internet or scowl at them in his vampire lair while wearing Ayn Rand pajamas.
It should be noted that Thiel is currently on the board of Facebook a company with an absurd amount of influence over what media the world consumes. So overall not a great day for the press.
We should all donate money so someone can revive Valleywag and only write about Peter Thiel . â Julia ð Alexander (@loudmouthjulia) January 11 2018
I think it's time to explore the idea that Peter Thiel is actually a stupid person with bad ideas and also is highly reflective of Silicon Valley culture. Having money doesn't make you smart. The ability to make money doesn't either. â Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) January 11 2018
There's no guarantee he'll win the bid or be able to clear the legal challenges involved so there's still hope that Thiel goes home empty-handed. | [TGT] has reportedly made an offer to buy Gawker.
SEE ALSO: Y Combinator cuts ties with [TGT]
This isn't a total surprise. [TGT] filed a motion in November claiming [TGT] was being unfairly prevented from bidding on the site.
A representative for [TGT] did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
[TGT] is competing with other bidders to acquire Gawker domain names and nearly 200 000 archived articles according to Reuters. Don't worry other Gawker assets like Deadspin and Jezebel were already sold to Univision Holdings Inc. back in 2016.
[TGT] hasn't said what [TGT] 'll do with the assets. Maybe [TGT] 'll take them off the internet or scowl at them in [TGT] vampire lair while wearing Ayn Rand pajamas.
It should be noted that [TGT] is currently on the board of Facebook a company with an absurd amount of influence over what media the world consumes. So overall not a great day for the press.
We should all donate money so someone can revive Valleywag and only write about [TGT] . â Julia ð Alexander (@loudmouthjulia) January 11 2018
I think it's time to explore the idea that [TGT] is actually a stupid person with bad ideas and also is highly reflective of Silicon Valley culture. Having money doesn't make you smart. The ability to make money doesn't either. â Joshua Topolsky (@joshuatopolsky) January 11 2018
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1,593 | PA Democratic Candidate Opposes New Gun Laws Advocates Focus on Mental Health | Lamb | Connor Lamb the Democratic nominee against GOP candidate Rick Saccone in Pennsylvaniaâs 18th Congressional district special election advocated for more focus on mental health and enforcing existing laws at a campaign stop yesterday.
âNo parent should ever drop their child off at school and be afraid they wonât be alive at the end of the day â Mr. Lamb said. âMy heart breaks for those families in Florida and in Congress I will work to make sure that people with serious mental illnesses do not have access to guns.â
According to Tribune Live Lamb said âI believe we have a pretty good law on the books and it says on paper that there are a lot of people who should never get guns in their hands." Adding âAnd we know that the background check system is not achieving that result. What I think it's going to take is people in Congress who are willing to do more than just talk who are willing to actually work together and stay late if it requires that and do some things that would really produce change.â
Lamb again emphasized the need for a focus on mental health saying âI think that the emotions that a lot of us are feeling right now are very raw because we know that there's not one thing we can do with the stroke of a pen or one thing you can ban â he said. âWe need a comprehensive answer on mental health.â | [TGT] advocated for more focus on mental health and enforcing existing laws at a campaign stop yesterday.
âNo parent should ever drop their child off at school and be afraid they wonât be alive at the end of the day â [TGT] said. âMy heart breaks for those families in Florida and in Congress I will work to make sure that people with serious mental illnesses do not have access to guns.â
According to Tribune Live [TGT] said âI believe we have a pretty good law on the books and it says on paper that there are a lot of people who should never get guns in their hands." Adding âAnd we know that the background check system is not achieving that result. What I think it's going to take is people in Congress who are willing to do more than just talk who are willing to actually work together and stay late if it requires that and do some things that would really produce change.â
[TGT] again emphasized the need for a focus on mental health saying âI think that the emotions that a lot of us are feeling right now are very raw because we know that there's not one thing we can do with the stroke of a pen or one thing you can ban â [TGT] said. âWe need a comprehensive answer on mental health.â | 2Positive
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1,594 | Fired FBI director Comey slams GOP memo: 'That's it?' | Comey | WASHINGTON (AP) â Former FBI Director James Comey scorned the memo that was released by House Republicans after being declassified Friday by President Donald Trump saying it doesn't add up to much. "That's it?" Comey said on Twitter.
"Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee destroyed trust with Intelligence Community damaged relationship with FISA court and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what?" Comey wrote adding: "DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs."
The tweet was the latest in a series from Comey this week as Trump clashed with the FBI over the release of the GOP-written memo. On Thursday Comey stood up for the bureau's position against the document's disclosure and took aim at unnamed people he calls "weasels and liars."
"All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would " Comey tweeted Thursday night amid news that the FBI had lobbied the White House to block the release of a partisan memo on the Russia investigation.
On Friday morning the president continued his verbal attacks against the FBI writing on Twitter "The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans â something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!"
On Twitter Comey urged his former colleagues to "take heart: American history shows that in the long run weasels and liars never hold the field so long as good people stand up."
He concluded "Not a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy" â a reference to the senator who in the 1950s conducted hearings aimed at rooting out Communists in the U.S. government.
Since his firing last May Comey has made his personal feelings about Trump known testifying in detail about personal interactions he says troubled him .
He also authorized a close friend to share with reporters details from a memo he produced documenting one such encounter â a February conversation in the Oval Office in which he said Trump encouraged him to drop an FBI investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. That revelation prompted the Justice Department's appointment of a special counsel to run the Russia investigation.
Comey has also used language about "weasels" before most notably in a September 2016 congressional hearing when he defended the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
"You can call us wrong but don't call us weasels " Comey said. "We are not weasels. We are honest people and we did this in that way." | WASHINGTON (AP) â [TGT] scorned the memo that was released by House Republicans after being declassified Friday by President Donald Trump saying it doesn't add up to much. "That's it?" [TGT] said on Twitter.
"Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee destroyed trust with Intelligence Community damaged relationship with FISA court and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen. For what? [TGT] wrote adding: "DOJ & FBI must keep doing their jobs."
The tweet was the latest in a series from [TGT] this week as Trump clashed with the FBI over the release of the GOP-written memo. On Thursday [TGT] stood up for the bureau's position against the document's disclosure and took aim at unnamed people [TGT] calls "weasels and liars."
"All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would [TGT] tweeted Thursday night amid news that the FBI had lobbied the White House to block the release of a partisan memo on the Russia investigation.
On Friday morning the president continued his verbal attacks against the FBI writing on Twitter "The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans â something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. Rank & File are great people!"
On Twitter [TGT] urged [TGT] former colleagues to "take heart: American history shows that in the long run weasels and liars never hold the field so long as good people stand up."
He concluded "Not a lot of schools or streets named for Joe McCarthy" â a reference to the senator who in the 1950s conducted hearings aimed at rooting out Communists in the U.S. government.
Since his firing last May [TGT] has made [TGT] personal feelings about Trump known testifying in detail about personal interactions [TGT] says troubled [TGT] .
[TGT] also authorized a close friend to share with reporters details from a memo [TGT] produced documenting one such encounter â a February conversation in the Oval Office in which [TGT] said Trump encouraged [TGT] to drop an FBI investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. That revelation prompted the Justice Department's appointment of a special counsel to run the Russia investigation.
[TGT] has also used language about "weasels" before most notably in a September 2016 congressional hearing when [TGT] defended the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation.
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1,595 | Penn State six years after Jerry Sandusky scandal remains divided | Joe Paterno | As school leaders try to move on Joe Paterno loyalists including many university trustees continue to fight over the coachâs role in his assistantâs crimes.
In July Penn Stateâs board of trustees met to discuss the most important issues facing a school system with 99 000 students and a $5.7 billion budget. It took about three hours before someone brought up Jerry Sandusky and Joe Paterno .
Supporters of Joe Paterno right question the evidence used to conclude he ignored or covered up the assaults committed by Jerry Sandusky left. (1999 photo by Paul Vathis/Associated Press)
Law enforcement officials victimsâ lawyers and private investigators â including Louis Freeh the former FBI director who authored a damning 2012 report that asserted Paterno âs involvement in a coverup â say the dispute results from stubborn âPaterno-deniers â âJoebotsâ and âtruthers â for whom no evidence will be strong enough to condemn the beloved former football coach.
âThe tragedy of all of this is that it is self-perpetuated and self-inflicted â said Tom Kline an attorney for one victim. âThey have settled on an endless assault on anyone who dares suggest that there was something that happened that was wrong and that the fault lies at the doorstep of either Paterno or the football program.â
But alumni trustees and supporters insist Paterno and the school were victims of a rush to judgment that spared other more culpable organizations â most notably the Second Mile Sanduskyâs charity for at-risk children â from public scorn. They point to conflicting accounts of the assault at the core of the coverup case evidence the NCAA may have influenced Freehâs report and doubts about claims Paterno ignored assaults as far back as the 1970s.
According to Freeh in 2001 Paterno and three university administrators â president Graham Spanier athletic director Tim Curley and senior vice president Gary Schultz â decided to conceal a report of Sandusky assaulting a boy to avoid bad publicity for the university and its football team. The men displayed a âcallous and shocking disregard for child victims â Freeh said as they âempowered Sanduskyâ to abuse boys for another decade.
Freehâs verdict capped an unimaginable downfall for Paterno who just eight months before seemed poised to retire as the winningest most respected coach in the history of college football. In 46 years as head coach heâd piled up 409 wins and two national championships while professing selflessness and education fielding teams that wore simple jerseys with no names on the back his players graduating at rates that outpaced competitors. In the venal world of college football Paterno built a reputation as a coach who valued integrity over winning â âSuccess with Honorâ was his motto â and now he stood accused of covering up for a pedophile to protect his public image.
In including Paterno Freeh had gone further than prosecutors who would charge the administrators with crimes but said they did not believe Paterno participated. In defending his conclusion Freeh cited âthe most important evidence in the caseâ: a chain of emails between the three administrators from 2001.
A newspaper with the headline rewritten was left near a statue of Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on Jan. 23 2012 the day after he died. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) Freeh conceded his reportâs condemnation of Paterno was made without knowledge of what was said in Paterno âs meeting with Curley. (Matt Rourke/Associated Press)
The emails showed the men planned to report Sandusky to child welfare authorities but changed course after Curley met with Paterno . Instead they banned Sandusky from bringing children to Penn State and informed the Second Mile of the incident. Sandusky was convicted of assaulting four boys after this incident.
In an email one trustee urged then-Penn State president Rod Erickson to tear down the statue of Paterno outside the stadium if it would pacify the NCAA.
Eleven days after Freehâs news conference the NCAA announced that Penn State had entered into a âconsent decree â accepting a $60 million fine and the erasing of all of Paternoâs wins after 1998 the year Sandusky was investigated â but cleared â by Penn State police and a state child welfare agency. Freeh had concluded Paterno should have suspected then his assistant was a pedophile.
Penn State students protested the schoolâs handling of the Sandusky scandal. (2011 photo by Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) Students also honored the memory of Paterno after his death at age 85. (2012 photo by Gary Cameron/Reuters)
The lawsuit also produced communications between NCAA staffers and Freehâs team that prompted some alumni to theorize Freeh catered his report â which by including Paterno put the case squarely in the NCAAâs crosshairs â to appeal to a desired client.
The NCAA is only a part of why some alumni feel the school and Paterno took a disproportionate share of the blame Schmidt said before explaining theories involving a former governor and the Second Mile. | As school leaders try to move on [TGT] loyalists including many university trustees continue to fight over the coachâs role in his assistantâs crimes.
In July Penn Stateâs board of trustees met to discuss the most important issues facing a school system with 99 000 students and a $5.7 billion budget. It took about three hours before someone brought up Jerry Sandusky and [TGT] .
Supporters of [TGT] right question the evidence used to conclude [TGT] ignored or covered up the assaults committed by Jerry Sandusky left. (1999 photo by Paul Vathis/Associated Press)
Law enforcement officials victimsâ lawyers and private investigators â including Louis Freeh the former FBI director who authored a damning 2012 report that asserted Paterno âs involvement in a coverup â say the dispute results from stubborn âPaterno-deniers â âJoebotsâ and âtruthers â for whom no evidence will be strong enough to condemn the beloved former football coach.
âThe tragedy of all of this is that it is self-perpetuated and self-inflicted â said Tom Kline an attorney for one victim. âThey have settled on an endless assault on anyone who dares suggest that there was something that happened that was wrong and that the fault lies at the doorstep of either Paterno or the football program.â
But alumni trustees and supporters insist Paterno and the school were victims of a rush to judgment that spared other more culpable organizations â most notably the Second Mile Sanduskyâs charity for at-risk children â from public scorn. They point to conflicting accounts of the assault at the core of the coverup case evidence the NCAA may have influenced Freehâs report and doubts about claims Paterno ignored assaults as far back as the 1970s.
According to Freeh in 2001 Paterno and three university administrators â president Graham Spanier athletic director Tim Curley and senior vice president Gary Schultz â decided to conceal a report of Sandusky assaulting a boy to avoid bad publicity for the university and its football team. The men displayed a âcallous and shocking disregard for child victims â Freeh said as they âempowered Sanduskyâ to abuse boys for another decade.
Freehâs verdict capped an unimaginable downfall for Paterno who just eight months before seemed poised to retire as the winningest most respected coach in the history of college football. In 46 years as head coach heâd piled up 409 wins and two national championships while professing selflessness and education fielding teams that wore simple jerseys with no names on the back his players graduating at rates that outpaced competitors. In the venal world of college football Paterno built a reputation as a coach who valued integrity over winning â âSuccess with Honorâ was his motto â and now he stood accused of covering up for a pedophile to protect his public image.
In including Paterno Freeh had gone further than prosecutors who would charge the administrators with crimes but said they did not believe Paterno participated. In defending his conclusion Freeh cited âthe most important evidence in the caseâ: a chain of emails between the three administrators from 2001.
A newspaper with the headline rewritten was left near a statue of Paterno outside Beaver Stadium on Jan. 23 2012 the day after he died. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press) Freeh conceded his reportâs condemnation of Paterno was made without knowledge of what was said in Paterno âs meeting with Curley. (Matt Rourke/Associated Press)
The emails showed the men planned to report Sandusky to child welfare authorities but changed course after Curley met with Paterno . Instead they banned Sandusky from bringing children to Penn State and informed the Second Mile of the incident. Sandusky was convicted of assaulting four boys after this incident.
In an email one trustee urged then-Penn State president Rod Erickson to tear down the statue of Paterno outside the stadium if it would pacify the NCAA.
Eleven days after Freehâs news conference the NCAA announced that Penn State had entered into a âconsent decree â accepting a $60 million fine and the erasing of all of Paternoâs wins after 1998 the year Sandusky was investigated â but cleared â by Penn State police and a state child welfare agency. Freeh had concluded Paterno should have suspected then his assistant was a pedophile.
Penn State students protested the schoolâs handling of the Sandusky scandal. (2011 photo by Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) Students also honored the memory of Paterno after his death at age 85. (2012 photo by Gary Cameron/Reuters)
The lawsuit also produced communications between NCAA staffers and Freehâs team that prompted some alumni to theorize Freeh catered his report â which by including Paterno put the case squarely in the NCAAâs crosshairs â to appeal to a desired client.
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1,596 | This Woman Created The #SaggyBoobsMatter Movement And People Are Here For It | Chidera Eggerue | Chidera Eggerue 23 used to resent her drooping breasts and dreamed of the day she could get a boob job. Now she is encouraging women to love their bosom buddies â no matter the size or sag.
Chidera Eggerue has learned to love her body â saggy boobs and all â and now she wants to help others to do the same. The 23-year-old award-winning British blogger better known as the Slumflower is the driving force behind Saggy Boobs Matter an online movement that challenges unrealistic expectations of what breasts should look like. âA lack of representation of saggy-looking boobs when I used to go bra shopping in M&S [as a young teenager] made me realise that something is wrong with the way the world views womenâs bodies â Eggerue told BuzzFeed News.
âThe packaging would always have a picture of a white woman with perky boobs yet when Iâd try on the same bra in my correct size my boobs just wouldnât look like the model pictured.â Pretty soon she had developed a complex and started to resent her boobs. âIt was so bad that at that age I had already decided that Iâd get a boob job once I got my first job at 18 â Eggerue said. âI reached 18 and didnât get a job let alone a boob job so I continued self-loathing until I reached 19 and became tired of feeling like a stranger in my own body. I decided Iâd had enough and made the choice to stop wearing a bra.â
Though Eggerue feels confident in her own skin she wanted to share her journey towards self-acceptance to contribute to the wider conversation about body positivity. Since July 2017 she has been sharing pictures of herself without a bra with captions that are defiant and inspirational. âFast-forward to 23: Iâve now reached a position of feeling comfortable in my body but I wanted other women to feel like this so I had to start the conversation by using my own body as an example â she said.
âThrough creating #SaggyBoobsMatter I have been able to help women articulate their own body image hangups â especially slim women who donât really know where they stand in the body positivity movement.â Eggerue sees the shaming of saggy boobs as a vicious cycle: âSaggy boobs are underrepresented. Being underrepresented makes you feel alien to society. This fosters insecurities in people who donât have the mental strength to see value in themselves beyond other peopleâs standards.â Her passion however does come with a price. As her tweets and Instagram started to go viral she came under immense scrutiny not only from those who thought Saggy Boobs Matter was a bit of a joke but also from some who made disparaging remarks about her natural assets and ordered her to put a bra on. âOverall I think the movement has been received with a lot of sarcasm and insults from men and a few confused women which doesnât surprise me â Eggerue said. âThis concerns me a lot because other women who look like me are seeing some of the horrible responses to this movement and are now probably feeling more insecure about their bodies when they see the vitriol I receive for showing up boldly and proudly. âMost of the responses have been horrible and disappointing but Iâve learnt to not take them so personally. Men are socialised to see women as vaginas that think sometimes. Because of this womenâs bodies are picked apart as if we only exist to satisfy.
The meme was shared by Nigerian music producer Don Jazzy one of the biggest names in Afrobeats to his 3 million followers. âIt was quite hurtful to see that a stranger had gone to my page stolen a photo of me that I took on my birthday and thought it would be a good idea to turn it into a meme comparing women to phone battery life â she said. âMy photo was compared to a dying phone battery meaning that I was seen as unattractive. What was more hurtful was seeing the meme shared by a famous Nigerian musician with a very large audience so the comments were full of strangers laughing at my body.â When she expressed her disappointment about the meme the abuse started. Eggerue was called an attention-seeker and told to get over it â that it wasn't a big deal. âNo matter how much you love yourself randomly seeing strangers laugh at your body is not a nice feeling at all â Eggerue said. âCyberbullying does not stop being cyberbullying just because a person is popular/famous.â Don Jazzy later apologised and deleted his post but it made Eggerue more determined to spread her message. She wants women to know that âyou were made with intention and your body is not a mistakeâ.
âBy force we will all have to learn that the only way to normalise something is to see it repeatedly. So if you have an issue with saggy boobs you have to ask yourself why a personâs body offends you â she added. âFor the women who look like me: Your saggy boobs matter. And from now until you die whatâs going to matter ultimately is your character. Sometimes people are scared of what they havenât been taught to accept. We still have to exist loudly though.â Eggerue said that she 's been receiving messages from women from around the world telling her that her campaign has helped them.
Eggerue said it has been âan overwhelming experience receiving so many lovely and deeply personal messages from women who have found comfort in this movementâ. | [TGT] used to resent [TGT] drooping breasts and dreamed of the day [TGT] could get a boob job. Now [TGT] is encouraging women to love their bosom buddies â no matter the size or sag.
[TGT] has learned to love [TGT] body â saggy boobs and all â and now [TGT] wants to help others to do the same. The 23-year-old award-winning British blogger better known as the Slumflower is the driving force behind Saggy Boobs Matter an online movement that challenges unrealistic expectations of what breasts should look like. âA lack of representation of saggy-looking boobs when I used to go bra shopping in M&S [as a young teenager] made me realise that something is wrong with the way the world views womenâs bodies â [TGT] told BuzzFeed News.
âThe packaging would always have a picture of a white woman with perky boobs yet when Iâd try on the same bra in my correct size my boobs just wouldnât look like the model pictured.â Pretty soon she had developed a complex and started to resent her boobs. âIt was so bad that at that age I had already decided that Iâd get a boob job once I got my first job at 18 â [TGT] said. âI reached 18 and didnât get a job let alone a boob job so I continued self-loathing until I reached 19 and became tired of feeling like a stranger in my own body. I decided Iâd had enough and made the choice to stop wearing a bra.â
Though [TGT] feels confident in [TGT] own skin [TGT] wanted to share [TGT] journey towards self-acceptance to contribute to the wider conversation about body positivity. Since July 2017 [TGT] has been sharing pictures of [TGT] without a bra with captions that are defiant and inspirational. âFast-forward to 23: Iâve now reached a position of feeling comfortable in my body but I wanted other women to feel like this so I had to start the conversation by using my own body as an example â she said.
âThrough creating #SaggyBoobsMatter I have been able to help women articulate their own body image hangups â especially slim women who donât really know where they stand in the body positivity movement.â [TGT] sees the shaming of saggy boobs as a vicious cycle: âSaggy boobs are underrepresented. Being underrepresented makes you feel alien to society. This fosters insecurities in people who donât have the mental strength to see value in themselves beyond other peopleâs standards.â Her passion however does come with a price. As her tweets and Instagram started to go viral she came under immense scrutiny not only from those who thought Saggy Boobs Matter was a bit of a joke but also from some who made disparaging remarks about her natural assets and ordered her to put a bra on. âOverall I think the movement has been received with a lot of sarcasm and insults from men and a few confused women which doesnât surprise me â [TGT] said. âThis concerns me a lot because other women who look like [TGT] are seeing some of the horrible responses to this movement and are now probably feeling more insecure about their bodies when they see the vitriol I receive for showing up boldly and proudly. âMost of the responses have been horrible and disappointing but Iâve learnt to not take them so personally. Men are socialised to see women as vaginas that think sometimes. Because of this womenâs bodies are picked apart as if we only exist to satisfy.
The meme was shared by Nigerian music producer Don Jazzy one of the biggest names in Afrobeats to his 3 million followers. âIt was quite hurtful to see that a stranger had gone to my page stolen a photo of me that I took on my birthday and thought it would be a good idea to turn it into a meme comparing women to phone battery life â she said. âMy photo was compared to a dying phone battery meaning that I was seen as unattractive. What was more hurtful was seeing the meme shared by a famous Nigerian musician with a very large audience so the comments were full of strangers laughing at my body.â When she expressed her disappointment about the meme the abuse started. Eggerue was called an attention-seeker and told to get over it â that it wasn't a big deal. âNo matter how much you love yourself randomly seeing strangers laugh at your body is not a nice feeling at all â Eggerue said. âCyberbullying does not stop being cyberbullying just because a person is popular/famous.â Don Jazzy later apologised and deleted his post but it made Eggerue more determined to spread her message. She wants women to know that âyou were made with intention and your body is not a mistakeâ.
âBy force we will all have to learn that the only way to normalise something is to see it repeatedly. So if you have an issue with saggy boobs you have to ask yourself why a personâs body offends you â she added. âFor the women who look like me: Your saggy boobs matter. And from now until you die whatâs going to matter ultimately is your character. Sometimes people are scared of what they havenât been taught to accept. We still have to exist loudly though.â Eggerue said that she 's been receiving messages from women from around the world telling her that her campaign has helped them.
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1,597 | Explain the Rob Porter story . Any of it . | Rob Porter | Images of Colbie Holderness after an alleged incident with her then-husband Rob Porter in the early 2000s. (Courtesy of Colbie Holderness)
The picture if you havenât seen it shows Colbie Holderness one of two ex-wives who have accused senior White House aide Rob Porter of physically abusing them . Porter in the statement announcing his resignation Wednesday declared that âthese outrageous allegations are simply false. I took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described.â
Following a tepid response by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly after news broke of a Rob Porter's history of domestic abuse Post opinion writer Christine Emba says it's time to reconsider the general's "adult in the room" status. (The Washington Post)
Explain how White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly who reportedly knew of the FBI reports could assert in a statement circulated before and after the abuse photos emerged â Rob Porter is a man of true integrity and honor and I canât say enough good things about him . He is a friend a confidante and a trusted professional.â
Rob Porter's ex-wife Jennie Willoughby told The Post in an interview that the White House aide was abusive during their marriage. Porter resigned Wednesday after the allegations became public. (Dalton Bennett/The Washington Post)
Consider Porter the seeming golden boy. Harvard University. Rhodes scholar. Republican bona fides (his father Roger Porter worked for President George H.W. Bush; Rob Porter served as chief of staff to Utah Sen. Orrin G. Hatch) to match what the Deseret News called his âstrong Latter-day Saint pedigree.â A man like that wouldnât abuse his wife would he? | Images of Colbie Holderness after an alleged incident with her then-husband [TGT] in the early 2000s. (Courtesy of Colbie Holderness)
The picture if you havenât seen it shows Colbie Holderness one of two ex-wives who have accused senior White House aide [TGT] of physically abusing them . Porter in the statement announcing his resignation Wednesday declared that âthese outrageous allegations are simply false. I took the photos given to the media nearly 15 years ago and the reality behind them is nowhere close to what is being described.â
Following a tepid response by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly after news broke of a Rob Porter's history of domestic abuse Post opinion writer Christine Emba says it's time to reconsider the general's "adult in the room" status. (The Washington Post)
Explain how White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly who reportedly knew of the FBI reports could assert in a statement circulated before and after the abuse photos emerged [TGT] is a man of true integrity and honor and I canât say enough good things about [TGT] . [TGT] is a friend a confidante and a trusted professional.â
Rob Porter's ex-wife Jennie Willoughby told The Post in an interview that the White House aide was abusive during their marriage. [TGT] resigned Wednesday after the allegations became public. (Dalton Bennett/The Washington Post)
Consider Porter the seeming golden boy. Harvard University. Rhodes scholar. Republican bona fides (his father Roger Porter worked for President George H.W. Bush; [TGT] served as chief of staff to Utah Sen. Orrin G. Hatch) to match what the Deseret News called his âstrong Latter-day Saint pedigree.â A man like that wouldnât abuse his wife would he? | 1Neutral
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1,598 | Tiffany Haddish honors Eritrean heritage at the Oscars with stunning zuria gown | Tiffany Haddish | Story highlights Tiffany Haddish dresses in traditional Eritrean clothes in honor of her Eritrean Father at the Oscars.
She wore a zuria a dress worn by women in Eritrea and Ethiopia topped with a kaba.
At the 90th Academy Award ceremony the actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish wore a traditional Eritrean dress called a zuria. It 's a dress worn by women in Eritrea and Ethiopia topped with a cape called a kaba worn mostly by Habesha brides and grooms at wedding ceremonies.
Tiffany Haddish 's #Oscars dress is a tribute to Eritrea where her father lived until he passed away last year pic.twitter.com/ebJj1ryPMm â Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) March 5 2018
Haddish is a comedian and actor known for her role in "Girls Trip" (2017) "Keanu" (2016) and "Meet the Spartans" (2008). | Story highlights [TGT] dresses in traditional Eritrean clothes in honor of her Eritrean Father at the Oscars.
She wore a zuria a dress worn by women in Eritrea and Ethiopia topped with a kaba.
At the 90th Academy Award ceremony the actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish wore a traditional Eritrean dress called a zuria. It 's a dress worn by women in Eritrea and Ethiopia topped with a cape called a kaba worn mostly by Habesha brides and grooms at wedding ceremonies.
[TGT] #Oscars dress is a tribute to Eritrea where her father lived until he passed away last year pic.twitter.com/ebJj1ryPMm â Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) March 5 2018
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1,599 | Jihadism and far | Scott Atran | IS IT correct to find parallels between violent white supremacism and neo-Nazism on one hand and the nihilist fury of ultra-militant Islam on the other? A Franco-American scholar Scott Atran is convinced that these deadly phenomena are two sides of the same coin. Unless people grasp that point he thinks our ability to cope with either scourge may be limited.
Of course there are superficial resemblances which anyone can see. In August when a fanatic drove his car into a group of liberal anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville Virginia he was copying a tactic that had already been used by self-styled warriors for Islam in at least four European countries.
But Mr Atran who holds academic posts in Britain France and America sees deeper resemblances. He makes the point in an essay for Aeon a forum for elaborate intellectual arguments drawing on a series of his own academic investigations.
In his view both kinds of fanaticism reflect both the failure of the liberal democratic order to inspire anyone to defend it and the insidious attractiveness of ideologies which challenge that order. What makes these ideologies appealing is not their content but the strong collective identity they offer. They create peer groups that promise their own members such admiration that it can seem like sufficient reason to lay down oneâs life. By contrast surveys suggest that very few people these days feel inclined to give up their lives for democracy. | IS IT correct to find parallels between violent white supremacism and neo-Nazism on one hand and the nihilist fury of ultra-militant Islam on the other? [TGT] is convinced that these deadly phenomena are two sides of the same coin. Unless people grasp that point [TGT] thinks our ability to cope with either scourge may be limited.
Of course there are superficial resemblances which anyone can see. In August when a fanatic drove his car into a group of liberal anti-racist protesters in Charlottesville Virginia [TGT] was copying a tactic that had already been used by self-styled warriors for Islam in at least four European countries.
But Mr Atran who holds academic posts in Britain France and America sees deeper resemblances. He makes the point in an essay for Aeon a forum for elaborate intellectual arguments drawing on a series of his own academic investigations.
In his view both kinds of fanaticism reflect both the failure of the liberal democratic order to inspire anyone to defend it and the insidious attractiveness of ideologies which challenge that order. What makes these ideologies appealing is not their content but the strong collective identity they offer. They create peer groups that promise their own members such admiration that it can seem like sufficient reason to lay down oneâs life. By contrast surveys suggest that very few people these days feel inclined to give up their lives for democracy. | 1Neutral
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1,600 | âWeâll look at every optionâ: Luther Strange wonât guarantee support for Mitch McConnell | Luther Strange | Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.) introduced President Trump at a campaign rally in Huntsville Ala. on Friday night. (Marvin Gentry/Reuters)
The Republican primary in Alabama's Senate race is a proxy battle between political outsiders who largely support challenger Roy Moore and the GOP establishment which backs incumbent Sen. Luther Strange . But Strange on Saturday declined to give a vote of confidence to the face of his establishment base Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
Appearing on Fox News the morning after a campaign rally headlined by President Trump Strange was asked whether he will support McConnell's continuation as majority leader if the party's latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act fails.
Strange seemed uncomfortable and stumbled through a noncommittal answer.
Strange 's equivocation underscores his difficult position in the race. Despite having Trump in his corner he has effectively been cast by Moore as an establishment figure who will perpetuate Washington dysfunction. Moore has seized the outsider's mantle for himself by highlighting the rebellious streak he displayed as Alabama's chief justice a position from which he was removed â twice â for defying judicial orders.
To claw back some credibility as a politician who will âdrain the swamp â Strange cannot appear too closely connected to GOP leadership.
And yet Strange is relying on McConnell for financial support. The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported Thursday that as of early September the Senate Leadership Fund super PAC which is affiliated with McConnell had spent $733 000 to promote Strange and another $2.5 million to air negative ads against Moore.
Since Sept. 11 the Senate Leadership Fund has spent more than $720 000 on postage and printing to advance Strange 's cause and oppose Moore according to the Center for Responsive Politics. | [TGT] introduced President Trump at a campaign rally in Huntsville Ala. on Friday night. (Marvin Gentry/Reuters)
The Republican primary in Alabama's Senate race is a proxy battle between political outsiders who largely support challenger Roy Moore and the GOP establishment which backs incumbent Sen. Luther Strange . But Strange on Saturday declined to give a vote of confidence to the face of his establishment base Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
Appearing on Fox News the morning after a campaign rally headlined by [TGT] was asked whether [TGT] will support McConnell's continuation as majority leader if the party's latest effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act fails.
Strange seemed uncomfortable and stumbled through a noncommittal answer.
[TGT] 's equivocation underscores his difficult position in the race. Despite having Trump in his corner he has effectively been cast by Moore as an establishment figure who will perpetuate Washington dysfunction. Moore has seized the outsider's mantle for himself by highlighting the rebellious streak he displayed as Alabama's chief justice a position from which he was removed â twice â for defying judicial orders.
To claw back some credibility as a politician who will âdrain the swamp â Strange cannot appear too closely connected to GOP leadership.
And yet Strange is relying on McConnell for financial support. The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics reported Thursday that as of early September the Senate Leadership Fund super PAC which is affiliated with McConnell had spent $733 000 to promote Strange and another $2.5 million to air negative ads against Moore.
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