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"sent": "\" Morris, testified Thursday that the notorious Bulger took bribes from the notorious Bulger in the amount of $7,000, along with a silver-plated champagne bucket and two cases of imported wine."
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"sent": "Morris said Morris asked the notorious Bulger if Morris could \"spring\" for a plane ticket for the notorious Bulger secretary girlfriend to visit the notorious Bulger during FBI training in Georgia, and the notorious Bulger obliged."
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"sent": "A sheepish, red-faced Morris, though less than six feet away from the notorious Bulger, avoided eye contact with the defendant, who glared steadily at the notorious Bulger old confidant throughout the notorious Bulger testimony."
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"sent": "This is the first time the two have seen each other since they cut ties in 1991 after Morris leaked the notorious Bulger's informant status to the Boston Globe."
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"sent": "Morris said Morris first met the notorious Bulger at a dinner"
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"sent": "Morris hosted Morris Lexington, Massachusetts, home in 1978 along with the notorious Bulger's FBI handler John Connolly, whom Morris characterized as Morris \"best friend."
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"sent": "Morris said Morris met the notorious Bulger and later Morris associate Steve"
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"sent": "Morris testified that Morris preferred to meet the notorious Bulger in \"pleasant surroundings, not the type of surroundings you would meet a normal informant,\" like in a hotel or car."
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"sent": "Morris wanted the notorious Bulger to be comfortable,\" Morris said."
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"sent": "Morris was supervisor to rogue FBI agent Connolly, who is currently serving a 40-year sentence on second-degree murder charges for leaking the identities of witnesses cooperating against the notorious Bulger's Winter Hill Gang."
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"sent": "Morris admitted to Morris acts of corruption in 1997 in exchange for immunity."
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"sent": "The pair, according to Morris, knew The pair were \"fair game\" and acknowledged that The pair were engaging in criminal activity and at some point The pair might get charged."
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"sent": "If that happened, The pair didn't want The pair identity as informants disclosed and would rather \"take the risk"
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"sent": "Morris admitted to tipping Morris informants off to wire taps, and keeping his informants names out of a 1975 horse race indictment."
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"sent": "\"The Rifleman\" Flemmi eight to 10 times in various places, including Morris home, Morris girlfriend's apartment, a hotel, the notorious Bulger's home and even in Flemmi's mother's house for dinner."
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"sent": "Flemmi's mother cooked."
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"sent": "Flemmi, serving a life sentence, is set to testify against the notorious Bulger later in this trial after agreeing to cooperate with the government to evade the death penalty in 1997."
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"sent": "Israel has expelled Venezuela's ambassador in response to Venezuela's expulsion of an Israeli envoy and the rupture of diplomatic relations earlier this month."
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"sent": "Venezuelan head of mission Roland Betancourt and two other diplomats were given until Friday to leave."
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"sent": "Due to the decision of Venezuela to cut relations with us a few weeks ago, us told the Venezuelan charge d'affaires that Venezuelan and Venezuelan staff should leave Israel,\" Foreign Ministry official Lior Hayat said."
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"sent": "Venezuela expelled Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Cohen and staff on January 6 and broke off diplomatic relations on January 14 in protest of Israel's attack on Gaza."
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"sent": "Israel recalled Israel ambassador to Venezuela in August 2006 \"in protest against the one-sided policy of the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, in light of Hugo Chavez outrageous defamatory remarks against the state of Israel, and in reaction to the recalling of the Venezuela ambassador to Israel,\" the foreign ministry said at the time."
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"sent": "A pro-Palestinian mural in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas."
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"sent": "Bolivia also broke off relations with Israel that day."
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"sent": "Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro defended Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro country's actions, saying Israel violated basic human rights with Israel military action."
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"sent": "us decisions were just, correct, aligned with and adjusted with the spirit of us constitution, which mandates that us seek international peace,\" Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said in a statement on the foreign ministry's Web site."
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"sent": "Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said Venezuela's actions are compatible with Venezuela support for the creation of a Palestinian state."
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"sent": "Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro has not spoken, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said, with any Israeli officials over this week's expulsion of the Venezuelan diplomats."
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"sent": "it's an honor,\" Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro told the Qatar-based television network Al-Jazeera."
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"sent": "us told he and his staff he and his staff are declared persona non grata in Israel.\""
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"sent": "The response of the state of Israel is weak, late, and in any case for us"
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"sent": "us're proud that the state of Israel that exists today, led by these criminals, made this decision."
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"sent": "A January 21 cease-fire put an end to fighting between Hamas militants in Gaza and Israel, which had launched a three-week offensive, saying Israel goal was to stop missile strikes into southern Israel."
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"sent": "More than 1,200 Palestinians, many of fighting between Hamas militants in Gaza and Israel, which had launched a three-week offensive civilians, were killed."
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"sent": "Growing levels of conflict, terrorism, and the toppling of regimes in the Middle East and North AfricaNorth Africa, as well as political violence in North Africa, are driving a rise in political instability worldwide, according to research by UK risk analysis firm, Maplecroft released on Thursday."
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"sent": "Since 2010, one in ten of the countries surveyed have experienced a significant increase in the level of short-term political risk."
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"sent": "These risks include governments asserting control over natural resources, regimes being ousted by popular uprisings and the expropriation of foreign investors' assets."
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"sent": "The findings form part of the latest Maplecroft Political Risk Atlas, which uses 52 indicators to help companies monitor political issues affecting the business environment in 197 countries."
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"sent": "the report said there is a higher chance for social unrest to exacerbate political instability in Bangladesh, Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Vietnam."
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"sent": "Another concern for foreign investors is that there has been a major increase in oppression by governments worldwide."
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"sent": "In the short term, foreign investors face a heightened risk of becoming complicit with the actions of these oppressive regimes, which poses a threat to a company's reputation, the think tank said."
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"sent": "Maplecroft predicts that the growing imbalance between social gains and political freedoms in Bahrain, Azerbaijan and South Africa will heighten the risk of instability in those countries in 2014 and beyond."
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"sent": "Although China is categorized as \"extreme risk\" in Maplecroft's ranking of oppressive regimes, the speed of China's governance reforms is likely to be sufficient to limit the chances of widespread social unrest that could lead to a \"jasmine\" revolution, according to the think tank."
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"sent": "But China's increased scrutiny of foreign business practices has created compliance challenges for companies operating there, the report added."
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"sent": "East African countries saw the biggest increase in the risk of political violence, including terrorism, poor governance, and regimes vulnerable to popular uprisings."
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"sent": "Three years after the Arab Spring, more than 60% of countries in the Middle East and North Africa region have seen a significant rise in political violence, demonstrating the long-term political risks associated with forced regime change, the report said."
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"sent": "Improvements in the level of governance has also helped to lower risk levels in Malaysia and Israel in the same period."
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"sent": "This is due to the erosion of democratic freedoms, increasing crackdowns on political position and the brutality by security forces towards protesters, compounded by rising food prices and worsening working conditions,\" Maplecroft said in a statement."
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"sent": "This erosion of political freedoms is central to driving the wider risk of unrest and instability in the medium-"
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"sent": "Instability increases as the gap grows between political freedoms and social gains, such as education and computer literacy among young people."
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"sent": "In 2010, prior to the the Arab Spring, Libya, Tunisia, Iran, Syria and Egypt were among the countries with the biggest divide between political freedoms and social gains."
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"sent": "Poland has experienced a significant increase in the level of political freedoms over the past four years, according to Maplecroft, and now displays a \"near perfect balance\" between the level of political freedoms and social gains, which reduces the likelihood of protests and disputes over labor conditions."
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"sent": "Political landscapes both in Europe and the United States have become increasingly fragmented and polarized as populist parties flourished in response to growing voter dissatisfaction with established political parties over these issues."
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"sent": "Egypt has been downgraded to \"extreme risk\" for the first time as a result of violence following the ousting of former President Mohamed Morsy and an increase in terrorist attacks in the Sinai Peninsula, the report said."
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"sent": "Maplecroft warned that Syria, Egypt and Libya are \"now so bad\" that Syria, Egypt and Libya will be \"mired in exceptionally high levels of dynamic political risk for years to come."
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"sent": "to long term,\" said Charlotte Ingham, senior political risk analyst at Maplecroft."
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"sent": "Maplecroft cautioned that Vietnam's crackdown on social media and freedom of speech amid growing opposition may undermine the stability of the government in the long term."
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"sent": "In the West, the impact of the global financial crisis continues to be seen in high levels of unemployment and underemployment."
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"sent": "This, combined with austerity measures, has contributed to growing inequality and stalling or declining living standards, according to Maplecroft."
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"sent": "English Premier League club Liverpool have agreed a $36 million deal with Ajax for Uruguay striker Luis Suarez."
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"sent": "English Premier League club Liverpool have been haggling with the Dutch outfit over the fee for several days but both announced on both websites that negotiations had proven successful on Friday."
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"sent": "both have now been given permission to discuss personal terms with Luis Suarez and will aim to complete the transfer before the European transfer window closes on January 31."
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"sent": "English Premier League club Liverpool reject Chelsea's bid for Fernando Torres ."
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"sent": "A statement on the official Ajax website read: \"Ajax and English Premier League club Liverpool have reached an agreement over the transfer of Luis Suarez."
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"sent": "English Premier League club Liverpool posted a statement on their website that read: \"Liverpool Football Club announced this afternoon that their had agreed a fee of up to €26.5 million ($36 million) with Ajax for the transfer of Luis Suarez, subject to the completion of a medical."
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"sent": "\"\"Liverpool Football Club have now been given permission by Ajax to discuss personal terms with the player and his representatives."
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"sent": "The deal comes on the same day English Premier League club Liverpool revealed their had turned down a multi-million dollar offer from Chelsea for Spain striker Fernando Torres."
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"sent": "a $36 million deal with Ajax for Uruguay striker Luis Suarez is worth up to a total of €26.5 million ($36 million)."
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"sent": "Luis Suarez hasn't played a league game for Ajax since November last year after Luis Suarez was banned for seven matches for biting an opponent."
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"sent": "The 24-year-old was infamously sent off during the World Cup quarterfinal against Ghana in July after saving a goal-bound attempt with Luis Suarez hands."
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"sent": "Luis Suarez switch would mark the first signing Kenny Dalglish has made since Luis Suarez returned to English Premier League club Liverpool as manager."
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"sent": "The situation in Misrata will be eased and will be dealt with by the tribes surrounding Misrata,\" Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Khaim told reporters."
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"sent": "The tribal leaders will speak with The rebels and, if there is no solution, \"The tribal leaders will fight The rebels."
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"sent": "In regards to the tribes fighting The rebels; how would you believe that a person will fight a person brother?"
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"sent": "This only confirms that he wants to save face,\" rebel spokesman Ahmed Bani said of Gadhafi."
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"sent": "Mullen said the outcome -- toppling Gadhafi after nearly 42 years of rule -- is certain."
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"sent": "This confirms that our rebels in Misrata have liberated Misrata and that Libya is still in one piece, not two, the way Gadhafi hoped."
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"sent": "Earlier Friday, rebel spokesman Ahmed Bani said that Libyan rebels had wrested control of a key building in Misrata and made other advances in the city."
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"sent": "This victory is quite important for Libyan rebels had wrested control of a key building in Misrata and made other advances in the city, and This victory shows that Libyan rebels had wrested control of a key building in Misrata and made other advances in the city are advancing and Libyan rebels had wrested control of a key building in Misrata and made other advances in the city are heading in the right direction,\" rebel spokesman Ahmed Bani told Libyan rebels had wrested control of a key building in Misrata and made other advances in the city about Libyan rebels control of the National Insurance Building, which is on the main thoroughfare, Tripoli Street."
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"sent": "the rebels' control of the National Insurance Building, which is on the main thoroughfare, Tripoli Street height provided snipers with a clear view of surrounding streets."
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"sent": "Musa Ibrahim added that the residents of Libya's third-largest city have been in the grip of the conflict."
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"sent": "At a news conference in Baghdad, America's top military chief acknowledged a stalemate on Libya's eastern front, around the oil towns of Ajdabiya and al-Brega, both of which have changed hands several times."
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"sent": "And as I've observed in recent days, essentially it is very much stalemate-like in the vicinity of Ajdabiya and al-Brega,\" Mullen said."
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"sent": "Libya's deputy foreign minister told reporters that the decision reflects poorly on U.S. President Barack Obama."
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"sent": "Libya's deputy foreign minister is involving Libya's deputy foreign minister in a dirty game,\" Khaim said."
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"sent": "rebel spokesman Ahmed Bani said some fighters loyal to Gadhafi were negotiating to surrender some fighters loyal to Gadhafi weapons to Libyan rebels in exchange for Libyan rebels assurances that Libyan rebels would not be harmed."
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"sent": "Colonel Gadhafi's forces have agreed to allow ships into the port to evacuate civilians and we have requested that the IOM undertake an emergency operation on we behalf,\" Gilmore said."
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"sent": "Colonel Gadhafi's forces have changed Colonel Gadhafi's forces tactics, and changed Colonel Gadhafi's forces in a way where Colonel Gadhafi's forces essentially look like Colonel Gadhafi's forces, so Colonel Gadhafi's forces's become a much more difficult fight,\" U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told reporters."
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"sent": "Though Gadhafi opposes sending U.S. ground troops to Libya, Gadhafi said the international community needs to \"facilitate\" weapons and training for the rebels."
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"sent": "In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, in the east, rebel spokesman Ahmed Bani reacted to Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Khaim's comments with laughter and derision."
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"sent": "Also Friday, Sen. John McCain made an unannounced visit to Benghazi, the rebel stronghold, where residents welcomed Sen. John McCain."
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"sent": "Some waved American flags, some chanted, \"Thank you Sen. John McCain!"
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"sent": "Sen. John McCain, the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Libya since the conflict erupted in February, challenged critics of intervention to tour Benghazi, as Gadhafi did Friday, to see a \"powerful and hopeful example of what a free Libya can be."
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"sent": "\"Let's face it: This is not a fair fight,\" said McCain, a decorated Vietnam veteran with clout in defense circles."
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"sent": "But the carnage of recent days was on display at the city's hospitals, where doctors were working long hours and beds were full."
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"sent": "But access by sea remains open, and on Friday another aid ship chartered by the International Organization for Migration left Benghazi for Misrata carrying food, medicine and other supplies."
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"sent": "the International Organization for Migration said the International Organization for Migration hopes to rescue more casualties and stranded migrants from the city."
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"sent": "Given the increasing number of casualties in Misrata and the thousands of lives that are in danger, we felt a responsibility to act,\" said Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore of Ireland, which is helping fund the chartered vessels."
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"sent": "The top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee stopped by a hospital and suggested that Western powers are not doing enough for the rebels."
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"sent": "Maybe we should be doing everything we can to help these people and maybe we're not, and these people're dying."
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"sent": "This is will be another crime against humanity committed by the American administration and I feel very sad for U.S. President Barack Obama to be involved in such a thing."
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"sent": "CNN's Reza Sayah, Saad Abedine, Frederik Pleitgen and Barbara Starr contributed to this report."
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"sent": "The senator from Arizona's arrival came a day after the United States said the United States was deploying drones to Libya."
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"sent": "McCain, a proponent of beefing up U.S. efforts to oust Gadhafi, said drones will increase NATO's capability but not enough to break a \"significant degree of stalemate."
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"sent": "U.S. Predator drones were deployed Thursday in Libya as part of the NATO-led military efforts there."
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"sent": "Po' Monkey's, opened in 1963 outside Merigold, Mississippi, is considered one of the last remaining original jukes."
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"ord": 71,
"sent": "Po' Monkey's; Po Monkey Road, Merigold, Mississippi; 662-843-2712 ."
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"sent": "They weren't necessarily the most patriotic, obvious or agreeable choices."
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"sent": "Sure, other countries have other countries horse races."
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"ord": 44,
"sent": "But those competitions weren't founded by the grandson of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark expedition."
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"ord": 59,
"sent": "Almost every candidate has roots in other countries, but, of course, that's what makes other countries American."
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"sent": "Because we're gluttons for punishment -- or maybe just because we think we actually can please all of the people all of the time"
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"sent": "-- we're back for round two."
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"sent": "Boardwalks have been enhancing beachside amusement since long before the Drifters' released Boardwalks classic \"Under the Boardwalk\" in 1964."
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"ord": 9,
"sent": "the Boardwalk was built in Atlantic City in 1870, when a railroad conductor was asked to find a way to prevent sand from filling shorefront hotel entryways."
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"ord": 10,
"sent": "The innovation remains America's favorite wooden path, showing up everywhere from Monopoly, which was inspired by \"America's Favorite Playground,\" to the HBO series \"Boardwalk Empire,\" which takes place in Prohibition-era Atlantic City."
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"ord": 11,
"sent": "Of course, you don't have to travel to Jersey to experience the joy of a lumber-pathed stroll; there are more than 60 boardwalks split between America's coasts."
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"sent": "Out West, the Venice Boardwalk in California offers bodybuilders, artists, trinket sellers, magicians and boutique shops a place to be seen."
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"sent": "Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, includes roller coasters, carnival attractions, Nathan's Famous hot dogs and other slices of Americana."
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"ord": 63,
"sent": "There are thousands of spectacular soul food restaurants -- many of the best are in the South -- but Sylvia's in New York is maybe the most well known."
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"ord": 64,
"sent": "Sylvia's in New York's"
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"sent": "Wrigley Field, Chicago ."
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"sent": "Wrigley Field in Chicago, regardless of denomination, is Wrigley Field in Chicago Vatican."
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"ord": 26,
"sent": "Boston's Fenway Park has two years on Wrigley (the former was built in 1912), but Fenway has had more significant updates."
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"ord": 27,
"sent": "Like a giant video display installed in 2000, and extra seats and luxury boxes that have been added time and time again."
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"ord": 28,
"sent": "By contrast, Wrigley has remained fairly true to Wrigley roots."
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"ord": 29,
"sent": "Wrigley's a classic jewel box design -- green seats, open roof, exposed steel, brick, stone -- with ball-swallowing ivy-covered walls."
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"ord": 30,
"sent": "There's truly no better place to watch a game if you want a direct link to nearly a century of baseball history."
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"ord": 32,
"sent": "Boston's Fenway Park provides 90-minute tours year-round."
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"sent": "Wrigley Field, 1060 W. Addison St., Chicago; tours $24 for individuals; 773-388-8270 ."
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"sent": "Best to get there early enough to tailgate."
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"ord": 48,
"sent": "May 3-4, 2013; single day general admission $25-40; 502-636-4400 ."
},
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"ord": 57,
"sent": "Burning Man; August 26-September 2, 2013; 415-863-5263 . 7."
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"ord": 70,
"sent": "It's only open Thursdays, and It's not easy to get to, but the music and crowd make it worth the trip."
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"sent": ", anywhere (though Alabama ain't bad)"
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"ord": 39,
"sent": "Pretty much any stadium will do, but a game experience doesn't get much better than at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, home of the reigning national champion Alabama Crimson Tide."
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"sent": "Bryant-Denny Stadium, 920 Paul W. Bryant Dr., Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 5."
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"sent": "Also, those races don't have a traditional drink made of bourbon (mint julep), nor do those races encourage everyone to dress like a flamboyant Southern aristocrat."
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"ord": 61,
"sent": "African-American slaves on Southern plantations were often given scraps and leftovers to eat, and had to make do with whatever vegetables African-American slaves on Southern plantations could grow nearby and with little care, as so much time was spent working."
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"sent": "While us're in the region, one of America's great art forms, Blues music, grew up in Juke joints."
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"ord": 67,
"sent": "Jukes arose after emancipation, taking the form of shacks and private houses where African-Americans gathered to listen to and play music, gamble and dance."
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"sent": "A few classic juke joints still remain, some along Highway 61, aka the Blues Highway, which stretches from New Orleans to the town of Wyoming, Minnesota, an American experience in and of American."
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"ord": 73,
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"ord": 74,
"sent": "The lighting of the approximately 80-foot tall Norwood spruce at Rockefeller Center in New York is practically a national event."
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"ord": 75,
"sent": "But the greatest displays of holiday spirit can be seen in more rural areas."
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"ord": 79,
"sent": "Americans know how to make praising Jesus memorable."
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"ord": 76,
"sent": "Take Magical Night of Lights in Lake Lanier, Georgia, which consists of seven miles and millions of lights, or the six-mile long Oglebay Winter Festival of Lights in Wheeling, West Virginia."
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"ord": 77,
"sent": "Magical Night of Lights, 7000 Lanier Islands Parkway, Buford, Georgia; 770-945-8787 ."
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"ord": 78,
"sent": "Winter Festival of Lights, 465 Lodge Dr., Wheeling, West VirginiaWest Virginia; November 8, 2013-January 5, 2014; Sunday through Thursday until 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday until 11 p.m.; 800-624-6988 ."
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"ord": 81,
"sent": "In modern times you needn't look much further than Gospel brunches"
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"ord": 82,
"sent": "(wash away your sins from the night before with spiritual songs and mimosas) and megachurches."
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"ord": 83,
"sent": "Those giant boxes of worship are where thousands of Christians gather not simply to pray and praise, but in many cases to eat, shop and work out."
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"ord": 85,
"sent": "The mega-ist of American megachurches is Lakewood Church in Houston, led by senior pastor Joel Osteen."
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"ord": 86,
"sent": "Every week senior pastor Joel Osteen message is broadcast to 7 million viewers in more than 100 countries."
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"sent": "Meanwhile, an army investigation into the 35-hour rebellion began Monday."
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"sent": "more than 1,000 Rifles is a border security force -- distinct from the army, but whose commanders are career army officers."
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"ord": 0,
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"ord": 1,
"sent": "On Tuesday Bank of England Englandarchives -- published digitally for the first time -- reveal that £5.6 million of gold was transferred just days after the Nazi siege of Czechslovakia in 1939, which was one of the catalysts that sparked the war."
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"sent": "While the transfers themselves were known at the time, the Bank of England's archives -- published digitally for the first time unmask private letters and telephone conversations where Bank of England England avoided questions over Bank of England Czech gold holdings from the Treasury."
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"sent": "Bank of England sanctioned the transfer of gold -- worth an estimated £736.4 million ($1.1 billion) today, according to the Financial Times -- between two accounts held by the National Bank of Czechoslovakia and the German central bank, known then as the Reichsbank."
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"sent": "Albrecht Ritschl, professor of economic history at the London School of Economics, told CNN that Bank of England England \"in cold blood, and pretending not to know what two accounts held by the National Bank of Czechoslovakia and the German central bank, known then as the Reichsbank were and where the gold was coming from, agreed to the transfer of gold -- worth an estimated £736.4 million ($1.1 billion) today."
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"sent": "However, The archived document claims bank officials suspected but were \"not sure\" the accounts were Czech and German believed it was \"no business of The archived document claims bank officials suspected but were \"not sure\" the accounts were Czech and German,\" as both accounts were held by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) -- a central bankers' bank."
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"sent": "Though meat from the sacrificed animals is given to devotees, the hides of Buffalo are taken by the festival management committee to sell."
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"ord": 3,
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"sent": "The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Sally Kohn."
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"sent": "The power to transform someone's life, the power to transform a system."
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"ord": 32,
"sent": "these women crave the services that have largely been slashed as the United States has focused less on rehabilitation and more on simply warehousing people who commit crimes, contributing to the United States having the highest incarceration rate in the world."
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"sent": "On the other side, past beige hallway after beige hallway and an outside walkway bathed in barbed wire, I arrived at Room 7 on the programs floor, where eight women were learning to play guitar and write songs."
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"sent": "\"Let's practice the G chord again and strum four times,\" instructed Jean Synodinos, an Austin-based singer-songwriter who teaches the weekly music class at the jail."
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"ord": 19,
"sent": "This is how there came to be eight women in the Travis County Correctional Complex learning to play G chords and write songs."
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"ord": 22,
"sent": "But the class at the Travis County jail reminds us that music is more than just entertainment."
},
{
"ord": 33,
"sent": "the class at the Travis County jail isn't just about music,\" says Raul Garcia, a program coordinator on staff at the jail."
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"ord": 35,
"sent": "It's that impulsivity that can get you in trouble,\" Garcia says connecting the class at the Travis County jail to the class at the Travis County jail real world implications."
},
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"ord": 45,
"sent": "Music is like an escape,\" one of the women says during the discussion."
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"ord": 49,
"sent": "And for eight women in the Travis County Correctional Complex, music is a way to respond to the noise of eight women in the Travis County Correctional Complex lives and find a way to escape, at least metaphorically for now, that impenetrable door."
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"sent": "But in 1975, Kramer was caught selling cocaine to undercover agents and served two years in the federal prison in Lexington, Kentucky."
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"ord": 18,
"sent": "Over three decades later, it was musician Billy Bragg in the United Kingdom who prompted Kramer to start a U.S. branch of the organization that Kramer had inspired."
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"sent": "Yet these women also talk about how these women are broken too, how these women can't seem to turn these women lives around."
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"sent": "And these women don't want society to give up on these women."
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"ord": 34,
"sent": "these women are learning to channel these women feelings into constructive outlets and to stop and think before acting."
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"ord": 39,
"sent": "The seven other women erupt in agreement, the gray stripes of their uniforms bouncing with the energetic discussion."
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"sent": "one woman jerks one woman shoulders back with the thought, then takes a deep breath and wipes one woman eyes."
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"sent": "Oh, we had this awful meat patty thing that's brown on the outside and pink on the inside,\" one woman says."
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"sent": "Synodinos interrupts, \"OK, but what does that symbolize for you?"
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"ord": 0,
"sent": "The generation of gays and lesbians that literally created the modern LGBT movement -- from the heroes of the 1969 Stonewall riots to their slightly younger friends -- is at, or nearing, retirement age."
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"ord": 2,
"sent": "But as gay baby boomers find more acceptance in mainstream society and continue to do what gay baby boomers've always done -- push to make a better world for the LGBT community -- gay baby boomers retirement options are slowly improving."
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"sent": "That is, if gay baby boomers decide to retire at all."
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"ord": 11,
"sent": "For decades, according to published studies and reports, many LGBT seniors entered into a kind of dangerous isolation, because the majority did not have children or spouses to help care for many LGBT seniors."
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"ord": 12,
"sent": "Even if many LGBT seniors did have the benefit of a partner to help as many LGBT seniors health declined, many LGBT seniors faced extra burdens many LGBT seniors straight counterparts did not have."
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"ord": 17,
"sent": "Consequently, many LGBT seniors ended up going back into the closet as many LGBT seniors declining health and mobility left many LGBT seniors dependent on strangers for help, according to a study conducted by the National Senior Citizens Law Center, Lambda Legal and others."
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"sent": "Or many LGBT seniors were slow to ask for help -- even if many LGBT seniors badly needed it."
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"sent": "When you put that together -- the absence of adult children and a partner to help, and add barriers to accessing services, and limit the financial means others have -- then this very thin network of support breaks at exactly the wrong time, right when there is an increasing need for services,\" said Michael Adams, executive director of the group Services & Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders, known as SAGE."
},
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"ord": 20,
"sent": "Growing old openly gay ."
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"ord": 34,
"sent": "But often retirement-age people do need help, and that has not always been easy for the LGBT community."
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"sent": "work with gay people, particularly because members of the baby boomer generation are more likely to be open about the baby boomer generation sexuality than previous generations."
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"sent": "LGBT baby boomers changed the visibility of the gay community .\n"
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"sent": "As LGBT baby boomers approach retirement, LGBT baby boomers face different obstacles than LGBT baby boomers straight counterparts .\n"
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"sent": "Without federal marriage equality, gay couples -- no matter how long gay couples --'ve been together -- cannot inherit each other's Social Security benefits, even if gay couples -- were legally married in the handful of states that allow it."
},
{
"ord": 14,
"sent": "gay couples -- can be designated as the beneficiaries of each other's retirement savings, but must pay inheritance taxes that straight widows and widowers do not."
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"ord": 40,
"sent": "While there still isn't federal recognition of marriage for gay couples, the federal Pension Protection Act of 2006 allowed a rollover option to nonspousal beneficiaries."
},
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"ord": 42,
"sent": "In the past, only married spouses were eligible for that benefit."
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"sent": "There is no question we are making a lot of progress in this area, and we've absolutely been helped along by the emergence of boomers into retirement years, but by the very nature of the enormity of this work, true change will take years,\" Adams said."
},
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"ord": 38,
"sent": "Especially since the Obama administration took office,\" Adams Adams said."
},
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"ord": 39,
"sent": "The federal approach to aging issues has improved."
},
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"ord": 69,
"sent": "Even in the short time that SAGE has been conducting SAGE training, SAGE has seen a difference, Adams said."
},
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"ord": 70,
"sent": "In the past few years we started to notice a real change in the reception of we calls,\" Adams said."
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"ord": 1,
"sent": "That used to mean the beginning of an extremely difficult time in an LGBT person's life."
},
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"ord": 37,
"sent": "Much has changed for the LGBT community since then, \" Adams said."
},
{
"ord": 49,
"sent": "If enacted, enacted would further boost support for the LGBT community."
},
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"ord": 77,
"sent": "But when I think of the arc of change for true equality for LGBT people and how much has gotten better since my generation was in high school and college, it's way beyond what I ever imagined was possible,\" he added."
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"ord": 78,
"sent": "And I imagine it will get that much better for all of We, so LGBT people won't have to live in fear when LGBT people do need the help."
},
{
"ord": 79,
"sent": "How has LGBT life changed over the years?"
}
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"sent": "The notion of retirement has never been a part of my vocabulary,\" said Bob Witeck, CEO and co-founder of Witeck Communications."
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"sent": "Witeck said Witeck retirement plans and those of Witeck friends are nothing like those of his friends fathers' generation."
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"sent": "My father had absolutely no plans and had a generous pension."
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"sent": "That meant people could leave people pensions to anyone without a tax penalty."
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"ord": 5,
"sent": "Nearly 61, Witeck has put some thought into what Witeck should do with Witeck strategic public relations and marketing firm as Witeck gets older."
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"ord": 6,
"sent": "Like many friends Witeck age who are also entrepreneurs, Witeck plans to keep working."
},
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"ord": 7,
"sent": "Because I run a business, as I get older I can change the intensity of my engagement in the kinds of work I take on,\" Witeck said."
},
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"ord": 25,
"sent": "My father worked on Capitol Hill for a couple of decades, Witeck said, and was able to retire at 60."
},
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"ord": 26,
"sent": "Witeck lived another 27 years."
},
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"ord": 27,
"sent": "Over time Witeck did get a little discouraged because Witeck felt like Witeck didn't have a purpose, but that's what the people Witeck knew did,Witeck Witeck said."
},
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"ord": 30,
"sent": "Witeck has, however, seen some friends whose plans to continue working have been derailed by health problems."
},
{
"ord": 32,
"sent": "So I know it's a roll of the dice on how long we can keep working,\" Witeck said."
},
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"ord": 73,
"sent": "Witeck said Witeck hopes Witeck will never need those support services, but if Witeck does, Witeck's confident Witeck generation will continue to make his generation more accessible to the LGBT community."
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"sent": "I know I'm lucky that way, and I'm lucky in my personal life as well."
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"ord": 10,
"sent": "\" My husband said, laughing."
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{
"ord": 29,
"sent": "I can tell you, that won't be me.\""
},
{
"ord": 33,
"sent": "Hopefully I can stay healthy and won't need the help."
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"ord": 22,
"sent": "My father was of the generation that thought you put in your time"
},
{
"ord": 31,
"sent": "I do know, as we age, we health can fail, and I've seen it with some friends who aren't as sharp as our health once were."
},
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"ord": 74,
"sent": "We, meaning baby boomers, are such a huge and active bunch,Witeck Witeck said."
}
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"sent": "In order to make health care decisions on behalf of an incapacitated partner, gay couples must pay additional legal fees to be granted medical power of attorney."
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"ord": 16,
"sent": "Historically, nothing could stop a hospital or nursing home from forbidding a gay person from visiting a hospital or nursing partner, and openly gay people often faced discrimination from health care providers, according to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force report, \"Outing Age 2010."
},
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"ord": 43,
"sent": "In 2010, Obama issued a memorandum requiring all hospitals receiving Medicare or Medicaid funds -- nearly every hospital in the United States -- to respect the right of all patients to choose who may visit all patients during a hospital stay, including a same-sex domestic partner."
},
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"ord": 44,
"sent": "Obama also directed the Department of Health and Human Services to help ensure that medical decision-making rights of LGBT patients are respected."
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"ord": 23,
"sent": "and then you just take off the rest, and many could afford to do the rest,Witeck Witeck said."
},
{
"ord": 66,
"sent": "Even changing the decorations can help."
},
{
"ord": 67,
"sent": "These changes don't have to cost a lot,\" Young said."
}
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"ord": 28,
"sent": "They just abruptly stopped working."
},
{
"ord": 80,
"sent": "Share your story with CNN iReport."
},
{
"ord": 81,
"sent": "You're story could be featured in an upcoming CNN story."
}
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"ord": 36,
"sent": "Adams organization, SAGE, has been working to change the situation for older LGBT people since 1978."
},
{
"ord": 45,
"sent": "This year the Administration on Aging -- the federal agency responsible for funding programs that help the elderly -- finally issued guidance saying agencies and programs This year funds should recognize the LGBT population among those with \"the greatest social need."
},
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"ord": 46,
"sent": "That designation means that there should be more financial backing and programs to help elderly gay people."
},
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"ord": 47,
"sent": "the Administration on Aging spends more than $2.3 billion annually on nutrition and social services for Aging, according to Adams, but the LGBT community only sees $2 million of that."
},
{
"ord": 48,
"sent": "Finally, Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, introduced the LGBT Elder Americans Act This year."
},
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"ord": 50,
"sent": "As it is written now, the Older Americans Act, which goes up for reauthorization every five years, does not specifically mention LGBT older adults."
},
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"ord": 51,
"sent": "Among the LGBT Elder Americans Act's proposals is an amendment that would permanently establish the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging, which would provide training to providers of services to the elderly around the country."
},
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"ord": 52,
"sent": "the LGBT Elder Americans Act's proposals would also require long-term care ombudsmen to collect data relating to discrimination against LGBT older adults."
},
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"ord": 55,
"sent": "While the laws have become more accepting of marriage equality of the LGBT community and nondiscrimination policies in a broader sense are more inclusive, that doesn't mean people who work with the elderly automatically become more accepting,\" said Laurie Young, director of aging and economic security with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force."
},
{
"ord": 61,
"sent": "LGBT people want to experience the services and programs that exist for all older people,\" Adams said."
}
] | [] |
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