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<p>"The system is rigged against ['working people'],” said Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) in a Sunday-aired interview with news media ally George Stephanopoulos for ABC’s <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-23-17-jay-sekulow-sarah-huckabee/story?id=48791003" type="external">This Week</a>.</p>
<p>Schumer pushed for increasing centralized state-driven economic planning: increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, a federal government takeover of “child care,” and promises to “go after drug companies.”</p>
<p>Invited to push for a communist health care system by Stephanopoulos with the euphemism “single-payer health care,” Schumer refused to offer a direct answer.</p>
<p>Schumer attempted to co-opt President Donald Trump’s platform, alleging that Trump’s presidential campaign was of a Democrat flavor:</p>
<p>Donald Trump campaigned sort of on this message. He was a populist. He campaigned against the establishment. As soon as he got into office, he embraced the Koch brother hard right and abandoned his plans to clean up Wall Street, to drain the swamp, to be tough on trade. We are going fill that gap in a way that's really going to resonate with the American people.</p>
<p>Democrats were insufficiently left-wing, said Schumer, promising to move further left over time:</p>
<p>Week after week, month after month, we're going to roll out specific pieces here, that are quite different than the Democratic Party you heard in the past. We were too cautious. We were too namby-pamby.</p>
<p>The left-right political paradigm was now obsolete, said Schumer, framing it as an archaic social fault line:</p>
<p>[The Democrats' agenda] is not going to be left or right. It is going to be totally focused on working people who realize, believe correctly, that the system is rigged against them, and not helping them with all the changes. Rapid changes, economic and social. And people ask, well, are you going appeal to the Obama coalition? You know, young people, LGBT, people of color? Or the Trump people — Democrats who voted for Trump, blue collar voters? This will appeal to both.</p>
<p>At no point did Schumer propose any reductions in state power.</p>
<p>Stephanopoulos did not ask Schumer to provide any specifics or details regarding his nebulous left-wing economic proposals.</p>
<p>Stephanopoulos presents himself as an objective and non-partisan news media personality. ABC similarly presents itself as an objective and non-partisan news media outlet.</p>
<p>Follow Robert Kraychik on <a href="https://twitter.com/kr3ch3k" type="external">Twitter</a>.</p>
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<p>"The system is rigged against ['working people'],” said Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) in a Sunday-aired interview with news media ally George Stephanopoulos for ABC’s <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-23-17-jay-sekulow-sarah-huckabee/story?id=48791003" type="external">This Week</a>.</p>
<p>Schumer pushed for increasing centralized state-driven economic planning: increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, a federal government takeover of “child care,” and promises to “go after drug companies.”</p>
<p>Invited to push for a communist health care system by Stephanopoulos with the euphemism “single-payer health care,” Schumer refused to offer a direct answer.</p>
<p>Schumer attempted to co-opt President Donald Trump’s platform, alleging that Trump’s presidential campaign was of a Democrat flavor:</p>
<p>Donald Trump campaigned sort of on this message. He was a populist. He campaigned against the establishment. As soon as he got into office, he embraced the Koch brother hard right and abandoned his plans to clean up Wall Street, to drain the swamp, to be tough on trade. We are going fill that gap in a way that's really going to resonate with the American people.</p>
<p>Democrats were insufficiently left-wing, said Schumer, promising to move further left over time:</p>
<p>Week after week, month after month, we're going to roll out specific pieces here, that are quite different than the Democratic Party you heard in the past. We were too cautious. We were too namby-pamby.</p>
<p>The left-right political paradigm was now obsolete, said Schumer, framing it as an archaic social fault line:</p>
<p>[The Democrats' agenda] is not going to be left or right. It is going to be totally focused on working people who realize, believe correctly, that the system is rigged against them, and not helping them with all the changes. Rapid changes, economic and social. And people ask, well, are you going appeal to the Obama coalition? You know, young people, LGBT, people of color? Or the Trump people — Democrats who voted for Trump, blue collar voters? This will appeal to both.</p>
<p>At no point did Schumer propose any reductions in state power.</p>
<p>Stephanopoulos did not ask Schumer to provide any specifics or details regarding his nebulous left-wing economic proposals.</p>
<p>Stephanopoulos presents himself as an objective and non-partisan news media personality. ABC similarly presents itself as an objective and non-partisan news media outlet.</p>
<p>Follow Robert Kraychik on <a href="https://twitter.com/kr3ch3k" type="external">Twitter</a>.</p>
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<p>Los Angeles <a href="http://variety.com/tag/restaurants/" type="external">restaurants</a> are coming together Oct. 7-14 to raise money for Puerto Rico hurricane relief, with help from several celebrities.</p>
<p>Among the entertainment figures supporting the <a href="https://www.lalovespr.com/food-drink/" type="external">LA Loves Puerto Rico</a> fundraiser are “Arrow” star <a href="http://variety.com/tag/stephen-amell/" type="external">Stephen Amell</a>, Lance Bass and Disney star Kayla Maisonet.</p>
<p>Each participating business will create a dish or cocktail inspired by Puerto Rico, with the sales of the specials to be donated directly to Unidos Por Puerto Rico, an initiative from the territory’s First Lady Beatriz Rossello.</p>
<p>Restaurants participating in the effort include Chi Spacca, Craft, Akasha, AOC, Felix, Jar, <a href="http://variety.com/tag/lucques/" type="external">Lucques</a>, Michael’s, Osteria and Pizzeria Mozza, and Tavern. Special cocktails can be found at bars including&#160; Cliff’s Edge, Three Clubs, Big Bar at Alcove, Filifera at Proper Hollywood, and Cana Rum Bar.</p>
<p>In Palm Springs, Birba and Chi Chi at Avalon Palm Springs will join the fundraiser.</p>
<p>Amell’s winery Nocking Point has already dedicated the proceeds from more than 2,000 bottles of wine to the effort. See Amell’s appeal below.</p>
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<p>Los Angeles <a href="http://variety.com/tag/restaurants/" type="external">restaurants</a> are coming together Oct. 7-14 to raise money for Puerto Rico hurricane relief, with help from several celebrities.</p>
<p>Among the entertainment figures supporting the <a href="https://www.lalovespr.com/food-drink/" type="external">LA Loves Puerto Rico</a> fundraiser are “Arrow” star <a href="http://variety.com/tag/stephen-amell/" type="external">Stephen Amell</a>, Lance Bass and Disney star Kayla Maisonet.</p>
<p>Each participating business will create a dish or cocktail inspired by Puerto Rico, with the sales of the specials to be donated directly to Unidos Por Puerto Rico, an initiative from the territory’s First Lady Beatriz Rossello.</p>
<p>Restaurants participating in the effort include Chi Spacca, Craft, Akasha, AOC, Felix, Jar, <a href="http://variety.com/tag/lucques/" type="external">Lucques</a>, Michael’s, Osteria and Pizzeria Mozza, and Tavern. Special cocktails can be found at bars including&#160; Cliff’s Edge, Three Clubs, Big Bar at Alcove, Filifera at Proper Hollywood, and Cana Rum Bar.</p>
<p>In Palm Springs, Birba and Chi Chi at Avalon Palm Springs will join the fundraiser.</p>
<p>Amell’s winery Nocking Point has already dedicated the proceeds from more than 2,000 bottles of wine to the effort. See Amell’s appeal below.</p>
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<p>PHOENIX (AP) — The Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook is adding 4,265 acres thanks to contributions from The Conservation Fund and the National Parks Conservation Association.</p>
<p>National Park Service officials say the land, which includes rare dinosaur fossils, was purchased by The Conservation Fund along with money from NPCA in January 2013.</p>
<p>The service says it used the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund to acquire the property.</p>
<p>Formerly known as the McCauley Ranch, the land sits east of the historic remains of Puerco Pueblo and connects parcels already protected within the park.</p>
<p>Officials say the additional land also contains numerous fossil-producing sites where this past summer researchers unearthed a well-preserved dinosaur skull.</p>
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<p>PHOENIX (AP) — The Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook is adding 4,265 acres thanks to contributions from The Conservation Fund and the National Parks Conservation Association.</p>
<p>National Park Service officials say the land, which includes rare dinosaur fossils, was purchased by The Conservation Fund along with money from NPCA in January 2013.</p>
<p>The service says it used the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund to acquire the property.</p>
<p>Formerly known as the McCauley Ranch, the land sits east of the historic remains of Puerco Pueblo and connects parcels already protected within the park.</p>
<p>Officials say the additional land also contains numerous fossil-producing sites where this past summer researchers unearthed a well-preserved dinosaur skull.</p>
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<p>CHICAGO (AP) — Tony Snell has no idea when he might play these days, so he prepares as if he’s still a part of the Chicago Bulls’ rotation.</p>
<p>Snell and Pau Gasol each had 22 points, Derrick Rose added 20 and the Bulls pulled away late for a 104-97 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.</p>
<p>“I’m staying ready every day,” Snell said. “I make sure I’m staying ready at all times.”</p>
<p>Snell, who was back in the rotation because Doug McDermott was a late scratch with a sore right knee, had 19 points in the final 17½ minutes — including 16 in the fourth quarter — to spark the Bulls.</p>
<p>If not for McDermott’s injury, Snell, who has started 21 games this season, might not have played at all — just like in two of the previous three games.</p>
<p>“I didn’t know he wasn’t going to play; I had no idea,” Snell said of McDermott. “I just make sure to stay ready at all times.”</p>
<p>Aaron Brooks had 17 points and rookie Bobby Portis added 12 as the Chicago reserves outscored their counterparts 51-27.</p>
<p>Kyle Lowry had 28 points and DeMar DeRozan added 19 for Toronto.</p>
<p>Jonas Valanciunas had nine points in 20 minutes off the bench after missing 17 games with a broken left hand.</p>
<p>“He’s getting his sea legs back, getting the rust off,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “He’s going to be OK. Jonas is the least of our worries, getting him back in.”</p>
<p>Toronto actually got off to a fast start and held the lead for much of the first three quarters.</p>
<p>Luis Scola, who finished with 13 points, had 12 points on 6 of 6 shooting to lead Toronto to a 32-23 lead at the end of the first quarter.</p>
<p>The Bulls rallied in the second behind Brooks and Portis. The two reserves combined to score Chicago’s first 19 points of the quarter as the Bulls took a 42-40 lead.</p>
<p>They led by 49-46 before the Raptors scored the last six points of the first half for a 52-49 advantage.</p>
<p>Toronto maintained the lead for most of the third before the Bulls scored the final eight points of the quarter for a 78-73 lead.</p>
<p>“We’ve got to have some support from our second unit,” Casey said.</p>
<p>The Bulls then continued the surge, opening the final quarter with a 13-5 run for a 91-78 lead with just under six minutes to play. Snell had seven points during the run, while Portis added four.</p>
<p>“I’m really happy for Tony,” Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said. “I’m really proud of Tony for staying in there. He’s one of those kids that’s easy to coach.”</p>
<p>TIP INS</p>
<p>Raptors: Valanciunas had been sidelined since the second half of a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Nov. 20. He still leads the team with five double-doubles . They entered the game leading the NBA with a plus-88 scoring differential in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>Bulls: C Joakim Noah (left shoulder sprain) did some on court work before the game, but still isn’t close to being ready to return. “He’s feeling better,” Hoiberg said. “He’ll get reevaluated, I think, a week from today. He still has soreness and, obviously, he’s not doing any contact right now. We’ll know more next week.”</p>
<p>BEAT THE BEST</p>
<p>The win over Toronto (19-13) continues the Bulls’ trend of being at their best against the NBA’s best. They’ve also beaten Cleveland, Oklahoma City (twice), Indiana, and San Antonio, while losing to Brooklyn, New York and Phoenix.</p>
<p>“It’s all about effort and energy,” Rose said. “We have that when we play the best teams and sometimes we don’t against the lesser teams.”</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Raptors: host the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Bulls: host the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.</p>
<p>CHICAGO (AP) — Tony Snell has no idea when he might play these days, so he prepares as if he’s still a part of the Chicago Bulls’ rotation.</p>
<p>Snell and Pau Gasol each had 22 points, Derrick Rose added 20 and the Bulls pulled away late for a 104-97 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.</p>
<p>“I’m staying ready every day,” Snell said. “I make sure I’m staying ready at all times.”</p>
<p>Snell, who was back in the rotation because Doug McDermott was a late scratch with a sore right knee, had 19 points in the final 17½ minutes — including 16 in the fourth quarter — to spark the Bulls.</p>
<p>If not for McDermott’s injury, Snell, who has started 21 games this season, might not have played at all — just like in two of the previous three games.</p>
<p>“I didn’t know he wasn’t going to play; I had no idea,” Snell said of McDermott. “I just make sure to stay ready at all times.”</p>
<p>Aaron Brooks had 17 points and rookie Bobby Portis added 12 as the Chicago reserves outscored their counterparts 51-27.</p>
<p>Kyle Lowry had 28 points and DeMar DeRozan added 19 for Toronto.</p>
<p>Jonas Valanciunas had nine points in 20 minutes off the bench after missing 17 games with a broken left hand.</p>
<p>“He’s getting his sea legs back, getting the rust off,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “He’s going to be OK. Jonas is the least of our worries, getting him back in.”</p>
<p>Toronto actually got off to a fast start and held the lead for much of the first three quarters.</p>
<p>Luis Scola, who finished with 13 points, had 12 points on 6 of 6 shooting to lead Toronto to a 32-23 lead at the end of the first quarter.</p>
<p>The Bulls rallied in the second behind Brooks and Portis. The two reserves combined to score Chicago’s first 19 points of the quarter as the Bulls took a 42-40 lead.</p>
<p>They led by 49-46 before the Raptors scored the last six points of the first half for a 52-49 advantage.</p>
<p>Toronto maintained the lead for most of the third before the Bulls scored the final eight points of the quarter for a 78-73 lead.</p>
<p>“We’ve got to have some support from our second unit,” Casey said.</p>
<p>The Bulls then continued the surge, opening the final quarter with a 13-5 run for a 91-78 lead with just under six minutes to play. Snell had seven points during the run, while Portis added four.</p>
<p>“I’m really happy for Tony,” Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said. “I’m really proud of Tony for staying in there. He’s one of those kids that’s easy to coach.”</p>
<p>TIP INS</p>
<p>Raptors: Valanciunas had been sidelined since the second half of a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Nov. 20. He still leads the team with five double-doubles . They entered the game leading the NBA with a plus-88 scoring differential in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>Bulls: C Joakim Noah (left shoulder sprain) did some on court work before the game, but still isn’t close to being ready to return. “He’s feeling better,” Hoiberg said. “He’ll get reevaluated, I think, a week from today. He still has soreness and, obviously, he’s not doing any contact right now. We’ll know more next week.”</p>
<p>BEAT THE BEST</p>
<p>The win over Toronto (19-13) continues the Bulls’ trend of being at their best against the NBA’s best. They’ve also beaten Cleveland, Oklahoma City (twice), Indiana, and San Antonio, while losing to Brooklyn, New York and Phoenix.</p>
<p>“It’s all about effort and energy,” Rose said. “We have that when we play the best teams and sometimes we don’t against the lesser teams.”</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Raptors: host the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Bulls: host the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.</p>
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<p>CHICAGO (AP) — Tony Snell has no idea when he might play these days, so he prepares as if he’s still a part of the Chicago Bulls’ rotation.</p>
<p>Snell and Pau Gasol each had 22 points, Derrick Rose added 20 and the Bulls pulled away late for a 104-97 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.</p>
<p>“I’m staying ready every day,” Snell said. “I make sure I’m staying ready at all times.”</p>
<p>Snell, who was back in the rotation because Doug McDermott was a late scratch with a sore right knee, had 19 points in the final 17½ minutes — including 16 in the fourth quarter — to spark the Bulls.</p>
<p>If not for McDermott’s injury, Snell, who has started 21 games this season, might not have played at all — just like in two of the previous three games.</p>
<p>“I didn’t know he wasn’t going to play; I had no idea,” Snell said of McDermott. “I just make sure to stay ready at all times.”</p>
<p>Aaron Brooks had 17 points and rookie Bobby Portis added 12 as the Chicago reserves outscored their counterparts 51-27.</p>
<p>Kyle Lowry had 28 points and DeMar DeRozan added 19 for Toronto.</p>
<p>Jonas Valanciunas had nine points in 20 minutes off the bench after missing 17 games with a broken left hand.</p>
<p>“He’s getting his sea legs back, getting the rust off,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “He’s going to be OK. Jonas is the least of our worries, getting him back in.”</p>
<p>Toronto actually got off to a fast start and held the lead for much of the first three quarters.</p>
<p>Luis Scola, who finished with 13 points, had 12 points on 6 of 6 shooting to lead Toronto to a 32-23 lead at the end of the first quarter.</p>
<p>The Bulls rallied in the second behind Brooks and Portis. The two reserves combined to score Chicago’s first 19 points of the quarter as the Bulls took a 42-40 lead.</p>
<p>They led by 49-46 before the Raptors scored the last six points of the first half for a 52-49 advantage.</p>
<p>Toronto maintained the lead for most of the third before the Bulls scored the final eight points of the quarter for a 78-73 lead.</p>
<p>“We’ve got to have some support from our second unit,” Casey said.</p>
<p>The Bulls then continued the surge, opening the final quarter with a 13-5 run for a 91-78 lead with just under six minutes to play. Snell had seven points during the run, while Portis added four.</p>
<p>“I’m really happy for Tony,” Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said. “I’m really proud of Tony for staying in there. He’s one of those kids that’s easy to coach.”</p>
<p>TIP INS</p>
<p>Raptors: Valanciunas had been sidelined since the second half of a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Nov. 20. He still leads the team with five double-doubles . They entered the game leading the NBA with a plus-88 scoring differential in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>Bulls: C Joakim Noah (left shoulder sprain) did some on court work before the game, but still isn’t close to being ready to return. “He’s feeling better,” Hoiberg said. “He’ll get reevaluated, I think, a week from today. He still has soreness and, obviously, he’s not doing any contact right now. We’ll know more next week.”</p>
<p>BEAT THE BEST</p>
<p>The win over Toronto (19-13) continues the Bulls’ trend of being at their best against the NBA’s best. They’ve also beaten Cleveland, Oklahoma City (twice), Indiana, and San Antonio, while losing to Brooklyn, New York and Phoenix.</p>
<p>“It’s all about effort and energy,” Rose said. “We have that when we play the best teams and sometimes we don’t against the lesser teams.”</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Raptors: host the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Bulls: host the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.</p>
<p>CHICAGO (AP) — Tony Snell has no idea when he might play these days, so he prepares as if he’s still a part of the Chicago Bulls’ rotation.</p>
<p>Snell and Pau Gasol each had 22 points, Derrick Rose added 20 and the Bulls pulled away late for a 104-97 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.</p>
<p>“I’m staying ready every day,” Snell said. “I make sure I’m staying ready at all times.”</p>
<p>Snell, who was back in the rotation because Doug McDermott was a late scratch with a sore right knee, had 19 points in the final 17½ minutes — including 16 in the fourth quarter — to spark the Bulls.</p>
<p>If not for McDermott’s injury, Snell, who has started 21 games this season, might not have played at all — just like in two of the previous three games.</p>
<p>“I didn’t know he wasn’t going to play; I had no idea,” Snell said of McDermott. “I just make sure to stay ready at all times.”</p>
<p>Aaron Brooks had 17 points and rookie Bobby Portis added 12 as the Chicago reserves outscored their counterparts 51-27.</p>
<p>Kyle Lowry had 28 points and DeMar DeRozan added 19 for Toronto.</p>
<p>Jonas Valanciunas had nine points in 20 minutes off the bench after missing 17 games with a broken left hand.</p>
<p>“He’s getting his sea legs back, getting the rust off,” Raptors coach Dwane Casey said. “He’s going to be OK. Jonas is the least of our worries, getting him back in.”</p>
<p>Toronto actually got off to a fast start and held the lead for much of the first three quarters.</p>
<p>Luis Scola, who finished with 13 points, had 12 points on 6 of 6 shooting to lead Toronto to a 32-23 lead at the end of the first quarter.</p>
<p>The Bulls rallied in the second behind Brooks and Portis. The two reserves combined to score Chicago’s first 19 points of the quarter as the Bulls took a 42-40 lead.</p>
<p>They led by 49-46 before the Raptors scored the last six points of the first half for a 52-49 advantage.</p>
<p>Toronto maintained the lead for most of the third before the Bulls scored the final eight points of the quarter for a 78-73 lead.</p>
<p>“We’ve got to have some support from our second unit,” Casey said.</p>
<p>The Bulls then continued the surge, opening the final quarter with a 13-5 run for a 91-78 lead with just under six minutes to play. Snell had seven points during the run, while Portis added four.</p>
<p>“I’m really happy for Tony,” Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said. “I’m really proud of Tony for staying in there. He’s one of those kids that’s easy to coach.”</p>
<p>TIP INS</p>
<p>Raptors: Valanciunas had been sidelined since the second half of a game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Nov. 20. He still leads the team with five double-doubles . They entered the game leading the NBA with a plus-88 scoring differential in the fourth quarter.</p>
<p>Bulls: C Joakim Noah (left shoulder sprain) did some on court work before the game, but still isn’t close to being ready to return. “He’s feeling better,” Hoiberg said. “He’ll get reevaluated, I think, a week from today. He still has soreness and, obviously, he’s not doing any contact right now. We’ll know more next week.”</p>
<p>BEAT THE BEST</p>
<p>The win over Toronto (19-13) continues the Bulls’ trend of being at their best against the NBA’s best. They’ve also beaten Cleveland, Oklahoma City (twice), Indiana, and San Antonio, while losing to Brooklyn, New York and Phoenix.</p>
<p>“It’s all about effort and energy,” Rose said. “We have that when we play the best teams and sometimes we don’t against the lesser teams.”</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Raptors: host the Washington Wizards on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Bulls: host the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday.</p>
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<p>The reigning women’s basketball champions from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have declined an invitation to President Trump’s White House.</p>
<p>University of South Carolina (USC) coach Dawn Staley on Thursday said that the team’s decision is due to a scheduling conflict rather than politics.</p>
<p>“We did hear from the White House about attending (Friday’s event), but we will not be able to attend,” she said in a statement, according to <a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/sports/south-carolina-women-s-basketball-team-will-not-travel-to/article_c1e09c24-cb42-11e7-95d1-83672a47a61f.html" type="external">The Post and Courier</a>.</p>
<p>“As I’ve been saying since our practices for this season started, all of our focus is on the season ahead,” she added. “The only invitation we are thinking about is to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.”</p>
<p>The Post and Courier on Thursday reported that the White House is holding NCAA Champions Day on Friday.</p>
<p>The event is an opportunity for Trump to celebrate several collegiate teams from across America who won titles in their respective sports.</p>
<p>Trump has already hosted similar White House events earlier this year for football and men’s basketball, which receive their own individual days.</p>
<p>Staley said after USC’s game Thursday evening that the Gamecocks would have practice the following day.</p>
<p>“I’ve got practice tomorrow,” she said after her team’s 66-36 win over the Clemson University Tigers. “Practice tomorrow. Work on the discipline.”</p>
<p>USC is also scheduled for a 3 p.m. local time game this Sunday against the Wofford College Terriers at the former school’s campus in Columbia, South Carolina.</p>
<p>The Gamecocks won the 2017 national championship for NCAA women’s basketball last April, besting the Mississippi State University Bulldogs.</p>
<p>Staley said after USC’s triumph at the time that “we’ll go to the White House,” adding “it’s what national champions do.”</p>
<p>The basketball coach said last month, however, that she was “over” waiting for the White House to extend her team an invite.</p>
<p>“As far as I’m concerned, I’m over the White House thing,” she said. “The only invitation I would like is an invitation to get into the NCAA tournament in March.”</p>
<p>The Washington Post on Thursday reported that the White House invited USC earlier this month to Friday’s event there.</p>
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<p>The reigning women’s basketball champions from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have declined an invitation to President Trump’s White House.</p>
<p>University of South Carolina (USC) coach Dawn Staley on Thursday said that the team’s decision is due to a scheduling conflict rather than politics.</p>
<p>“We did hear from the White House about attending (Friday’s event), but we will not be able to attend,” she said in a statement, according to <a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/sports/south-carolina-women-s-basketball-team-will-not-travel-to/article_c1e09c24-cb42-11e7-95d1-83672a47a61f.html" type="external">The Post and Courier</a>.</p>
<p>“As I’ve been saying since our practices for this season started, all of our focus is on the season ahead,” she added. “The only invitation we are thinking about is to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.”</p>
<p>The Post and Courier on Thursday reported that the White House is holding NCAA Champions Day on Friday.</p>
<p>The event is an opportunity for Trump to celebrate several collegiate teams from across America who won titles in their respective sports.</p>
<p>Trump has already hosted similar White House events earlier this year for football and men’s basketball, which receive their own individual days.</p>
<p>Staley said after USC’s game Thursday evening that the Gamecocks would have practice the following day.</p>
<p>“I’ve got practice tomorrow,” she said after her team’s 66-36 win over the Clemson University Tigers. “Practice tomorrow. Work on the discipline.”</p>
<p>USC is also scheduled for a 3 p.m. local time game this Sunday against the Wofford College Terriers at the former school’s campus in Columbia, South Carolina.</p>
<p>The Gamecocks won the 2017 national championship for NCAA women’s basketball last April, besting the Mississippi State University Bulldogs.</p>
<p>Staley said after USC’s triumph at the time that “we’ll go to the White House,” adding “it’s what national champions do.”</p>
<p>The basketball coach said last month, however, that she was “over” waiting for the White House to extend her team an invite.</p>
<p>“As far as I’m concerned, I’m over the White House thing,” she said. “The only invitation I would like is an invitation to get into the NCAA tournament in March.”</p>
<p>The Washington Post on Thursday reported that the White House invited USC earlier this month to Friday’s event there.</p>
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<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ These Florida lotteries were drawn Friday:</p>
<p>Fantasy 5</p>
<p>19-20-23-24-32</p>
<p>(nineteen, twenty, twenty-three, twenty-four, thirty-two)</p>
<p>Lucky Money</p>
<p>10-11-30-33, Lucky Ball: 1</p>
<p>(ten, eleven, thirty, thirty-three; Lucky Ball: one)</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $550,000</p>
<p>Mega Millions</p>
<p>03-17-23-49-66, Mega Ball: 23, Megaplier: 3</p>
<p>(three, seventeen, twenty-three, forty-nine, sixty-six; Mega Ball: twenty-three; Megaplier: three)</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $55 million</p>
<p>Pick 2 Evening</p>
<p>1-2</p>
<p>(one, two)</p>
<p>Pick 2 Midday</p>
<p>1-7</p>
<p>(one, seven)</p>
<p>Pick 3 Evening</p>
<p>3-2-0</p>
<p>(three, two, zero)</p>
<p>Pick 3 Midday</p>
<p>1-3-6</p>
<p>(one, three, six)</p>
<p>Pick 4 Evening</p>
<p>1-7-6-9</p>
<p>(one, seven, six, nine)</p>
<p>Pick 4 Midday</p>
<p>4-4-2-8</p>
<p>(four, four, two, eight)</p>
<p>Pick 5 Evening</p>
<p>6-8-0-5-2</p>
<p>(six, eight, zero, five, two)</p>
<p>Pick 5 Midday</p>
<p>3-5-0-6-9</p>
<p>(three, five, zero, six, nine)</p>
<p>Powerball</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $78 million</p>
<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ These Florida lotteries were drawn Friday:</p>
<p>Fantasy 5</p>
<p>19-20-23-24-32</p>
<p>(nineteen, twenty, twenty-three, twenty-four, thirty-two)</p>
<p>Lucky Money</p>
<p>10-11-30-33, Lucky Ball: 1</p>
<p>(ten, eleven, thirty, thirty-three; Lucky Ball: one)</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $550,000</p>
<p>Mega Millions</p>
<p>03-17-23-49-66, Mega Ball: 23, Megaplier: 3</p>
<p>(three, seventeen, twenty-three, forty-nine, sixty-six; Mega Ball: twenty-three; Megaplier: three)</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $55 million</p>
<p>Pick 2 Evening</p>
<p>1-2</p>
<p>(one, two)</p>
<p>Pick 2 Midday</p>
<p>1-7</p>
<p>(one, seven)</p>
<p>Pick 3 Evening</p>
<p>3-2-0</p>
<p>(three, two, zero)</p>
<p>Pick 3 Midday</p>
<p>1-3-6</p>
<p>(one, three, six)</p>
<p>Pick 4 Evening</p>
<p>1-7-6-9</p>
<p>(one, seven, six, nine)</p>
<p>Pick 4 Midday</p>
<p>4-4-2-8</p>
<p>(four, four, two, eight)</p>
<p>Pick 5 Evening</p>
<p>6-8-0-5-2</p>
<p>(six, eight, zero, five, two)</p>
<p>Pick 5 Midday</p>
<p>3-5-0-6-9</p>
<p>(three, five, zero, six, nine)</p>
<p>Powerball</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $78 million</p>
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<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ These Florida lotteries were drawn Friday:</p>
<p>Fantasy 5</p>
<p>19-20-23-24-32</p>
<p>(nineteen, twenty, twenty-three, twenty-four, thirty-two)</p>
<p>Lucky Money</p>
<p>10-11-30-33, Lucky Ball: 1</p>
<p>(ten, eleven, thirty, thirty-three; Lucky Ball: one)</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $550,000</p>
<p>Mega Millions</p>
<p>03-17-23-49-66, Mega Ball: 23, Megaplier: 3</p>
<p>(three, seventeen, twenty-three, forty-nine, sixty-six; Mega Ball: twenty-three; Megaplier: three)</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $55 million</p>
<p>Pick 2 Evening</p>
<p>1-2</p>
<p>(one, two)</p>
<p>Pick 2 Midday</p>
<p>1-7</p>
<p>(one, seven)</p>
<p>Pick 3 Evening</p>
<p>3-2-0</p>
<p>(three, two, zero)</p>
<p>Pick 3 Midday</p>
<p>1-3-6</p>
<p>(one, three, six)</p>
<p>Pick 4 Evening</p>
<p>1-7-6-9</p>
<p>(one, seven, six, nine)</p>
<p>Pick 4 Midday</p>
<p>4-4-2-8</p>
<p>(four, four, two, eight)</p>
<p>Pick 5 Evening</p>
<p>6-8-0-5-2</p>
<p>(six, eight, zero, five, two)</p>
<p>Pick 5 Midday</p>
<p>3-5-0-6-9</p>
<p>(three, five, zero, six, nine)</p>
<p>Powerball</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $78 million</p>
<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ These Florida lotteries were drawn Friday:</p>
<p>Fantasy 5</p>
<p>19-20-23-24-32</p>
<p>(nineteen, twenty, twenty-three, twenty-four, thirty-two)</p>
<p>Lucky Money</p>
<p>10-11-30-33, Lucky Ball: 1</p>
<p>(ten, eleven, thirty, thirty-three; Lucky Ball: one)</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $550,000</p>
<p>Mega Millions</p>
<p>03-17-23-49-66, Mega Ball: 23, Megaplier: 3</p>
<p>(three, seventeen, twenty-three, forty-nine, sixty-six; Mega Ball: twenty-three; Megaplier: three)</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $55 million</p>
<p>Pick 2 Evening</p>
<p>1-2</p>
<p>(one, two)</p>
<p>Pick 2 Midday</p>
<p>1-7</p>
<p>(one, seven)</p>
<p>Pick 3 Evening</p>
<p>3-2-0</p>
<p>(three, two, zero)</p>
<p>Pick 3 Midday</p>
<p>1-3-6</p>
<p>(one, three, six)</p>
<p>Pick 4 Evening</p>
<p>1-7-6-9</p>
<p>(one, seven, six, nine)</p>
<p>Pick 4 Midday</p>
<p>4-4-2-8</p>
<p>(four, four, two, eight)</p>
<p>Pick 5 Evening</p>
<p>6-8-0-5-2</p>
<p>(six, eight, zero, five, two)</p>
<p>Pick 5 Midday</p>
<p>3-5-0-6-9</p>
<p>(three, five, zero, six, nine)</p>
<p>Powerball</p>
<p>Estimated jackpot: $78 million</p>
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<p>More than $50 million in missing Bernard Madoff funds has been found in the Gibraltar branch of the International Safra Bank and is likely to become the subject of acrimonious litigation there. The bank, seeing Madoff’s name on transfer documents, froze the money and notified police.</p>
<p>The investors filed suit on Friday to have the funds released, while the New York-based trustees of Madoff's estate are planning, with equal determination, to claim the money for victims’ compensation. "Its going to be a real pissing match," said a source close to the bank. "A showdown that will get very ugly. And this is going to repeat itself all over the world."</p>
<p>Millions of dollars linked to Madoff have been tagged and frozen in offshore banking havens in Europe and the Caribbean.</p>
<p>According to a source close to the investigation, the Gibraltar case is just one of many instances in which banks in Europe and the Caribbean have identified and stopped any monies with a link to Madoff’s investment funds since December, when he confessed to running a massive Ponzi scheme.</p>
<p>The Gibraltar funds were deposited at Safra just a few weeks before Madoff was exposed, according to a source close to the Gibraltar police. This money may have been placed with Madoff through a feeder fund operated by Safra, which asked Madoff to redeem a portion, but not all, of its investment—somewhere between $50 million and $75 million. The returned funds were still being held in the Safra branch when the scandal broke. (The Financial Times last week identified a $300-million fund called Zeus Partners Limited as operating out of a custodial account at Safra's Gibralter bank, although the bank denies having institutional relationship to the fund, and it's not known whether it was the source of the redemption requests.)</p>
<p>After the bank put a stop on the funds, local police informed authorities in the US and are now cooperating with the New York investigation. Gibraltar has a history of shady banking practices, but like many offshore havens, it has made a better effort in recent years to police illegal activity. And in general the behavior of the international banking community in the Madoff case demonstrates an unprecedented level of cooperation with American prosecutors—far more, certainly, than investigators received in earlier cases such as the BCCI scandal.</p>
<p>There was a possibility, of course, that any overseas transfers in this time frame could be part of a scheme by Madoff to hide assets. But the Gibraltar transfers could also reflect legitimate withdrawals from his investment funds, made without any connection to the Ponzi scheme. Those investors,who apparently thought they had gotten out just in the nick of time, "have been screaming to get back their money," according to a Gibraltar intelligence agent. But the bank won't budge.</p>
<p>Even investors who cashed out of Madoff’s scheme before it collapsed may not be entirely protected from losses. In a legal procedure known as a “clawback,” trustees overseeing fraud cases can force investors to return funds they withdrew earlier from the phony operation in order to distribute it evenly among those affected. Unlike in, say, a stock crash, clawbacks mean that there is no such thing as "getting out at the right time."</p>
<p>On Friday, Security Trustee Irving Picard held a press conference at the Federal Bankruptcy Court in New York in which he outlined the steps for filing claims to receive reimbursements according to the Securities Investor Protection Act. He also confirmed that Madoff’s funds made no actual stock trades over the last 13 years that have been investigated so far.</p>
<p>Ironically, Bernard Madoff's mother, Sylvia Madoff, who came from a modest background in Laurelton, Queens, owned spurious investment funds that she called Gibraltar Securities and Second Gibraltar Securities. Their mailing address was the family home in Laurelton, where Bernard grew up, and the funds do not appear to have done any business with the offshore haven. Mrs. Madoff may have thought the name conveyed solidity and a smattering of glamour.</p>
<p>There is speculation that her husband, Ralph, actually ran the funds and listed them in his wife’s name because he was burdened with tax troubles. Friends and neighbors do not recall Sylvia operating as a stockbroker, which would have been an unusual endeavor for a Queens housewife in those days. In any case, she was forced to pack up the funds in 1964 after the SEC discovered she had failed to file any reports.</p>
<p>That corruption has been a Madoff family affair is further suggested by the fact that Bernard's brother Peter was compliance officer for the Madoff fund where the Ponzi scheme took place, and Bernard’s wife, Ruth Madoff, withdrew $15 million from a brokerage firm believed to be a Madoff front shortly before his arrest.</p>
<p>Start and finish your day with the top stories from The Daily Beast.</p>
<p>A speedy, smart summary of all the news you need to know (and nothing you don't).</p>
<p>Lucinda Franks is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who was on the staff of the New York Times and has written for several publications including the New Yorker and the New York Times Book Review and Magazine. Her latest book is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/140130933X/thedaibea-20/" type="external">My Father's Secret War</a>, about her father, who was a spy for the OSS during World War II.</p>
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<p>More than $50 million in missing Bernard Madoff funds has been found in the Gibraltar branch of the International Safra Bank and is likely to become the subject of acrimonious litigation there. The bank, seeing Madoff’s name on transfer documents, froze the money and notified police.</p>
<p>The investors filed suit on Friday to have the funds released, while the New York-based trustees of Madoff's estate are planning, with equal determination, to claim the money for victims’ compensation. "Its going to be a real pissing match," said a source close to the bank. "A showdown that will get very ugly. And this is going to repeat itself all over the world."</p>
<p>Millions of dollars linked to Madoff have been tagged and frozen in offshore banking havens in Europe and the Caribbean.</p>
<p>According to a source close to the investigation, the Gibraltar case is just one of many instances in which banks in Europe and the Caribbean have identified and stopped any monies with a link to Madoff’s investment funds since December, when he confessed to running a massive Ponzi scheme.</p>
<p>The Gibraltar funds were deposited at Safra just a few weeks before Madoff was exposed, according to a source close to the Gibraltar police. This money may have been placed with Madoff through a feeder fund operated by Safra, which asked Madoff to redeem a portion, but not all, of its investment—somewhere between $50 million and $75 million. The returned funds were still being held in the Safra branch when the scandal broke. (The Financial Times last week identified a $300-million fund called Zeus Partners Limited as operating out of a custodial account at Safra's Gibralter bank, although the bank denies having institutional relationship to the fund, and it's not known whether it was the source of the redemption requests.)</p>
<p>After the bank put a stop on the funds, local police informed authorities in the US and are now cooperating with the New York investigation. Gibraltar has a history of shady banking practices, but like many offshore havens, it has made a better effort in recent years to police illegal activity. And in general the behavior of the international banking community in the Madoff case demonstrates an unprecedented level of cooperation with American prosecutors—far more, certainly, than investigators received in earlier cases such as the BCCI scandal.</p>
<p>There was a possibility, of course, that any overseas transfers in this time frame could be part of a scheme by Madoff to hide assets. But the Gibraltar transfers could also reflect legitimate withdrawals from his investment funds, made without any connection to the Ponzi scheme. Those investors,who apparently thought they had gotten out just in the nick of time, "have been screaming to get back their money," according to a Gibraltar intelligence agent. But the bank won't budge.</p>
<p>Even investors who cashed out of Madoff’s scheme before it collapsed may not be entirely protected from losses. In a legal procedure known as a “clawback,” trustees overseeing fraud cases can force investors to return funds they withdrew earlier from the phony operation in order to distribute it evenly among those affected. Unlike in, say, a stock crash, clawbacks mean that there is no such thing as "getting out at the right time."</p>
<p>On Friday, Security Trustee Irving Picard held a press conference at the Federal Bankruptcy Court in New York in which he outlined the steps for filing claims to receive reimbursements according to the Securities Investor Protection Act. He also confirmed that Madoff’s funds made no actual stock trades over the last 13 years that have been investigated so far.</p>
<p>Ironically, Bernard Madoff's mother, Sylvia Madoff, who came from a modest background in Laurelton, Queens, owned spurious investment funds that she called Gibraltar Securities and Second Gibraltar Securities. Their mailing address was the family home in Laurelton, where Bernard grew up, and the funds do not appear to have done any business with the offshore haven. Mrs. Madoff may have thought the name conveyed solidity and a smattering of glamour.</p>
<p>There is speculation that her husband, Ralph, actually ran the funds and listed them in his wife’s name because he was burdened with tax troubles. Friends and neighbors do not recall Sylvia operating as a stockbroker, which would have been an unusual endeavor for a Queens housewife in those days. In any case, she was forced to pack up the funds in 1964 after the SEC discovered she had failed to file any reports.</p>
<p>That corruption has been a Madoff family affair is further suggested by the fact that Bernard's brother Peter was compliance officer for the Madoff fund where the Ponzi scheme took place, and Bernard’s wife, Ruth Madoff, withdrew $15 million from a brokerage firm believed to be a Madoff front shortly before his arrest.</p>
<p>Start and finish your day with the top stories from The Daily Beast.</p>
<p>A speedy, smart summary of all the news you need to know (and nothing you don't).</p>
<p>Lucinda Franks is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author who was on the staff of the New York Times and has written for several publications including the New Yorker and the New York Times Book Review and Magazine. Her latest book is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/140130933X/thedaibea-20/" type="external">My Father's Secret War</a>, about her father, who was a spy for the OSS during World War II.</p>
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<p>The new charges were filed in Farmington Magistrate Court on April 20 against five suspects in a nearly six-month investigation by the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and Farmington Police Department.</p>
<p>The first wave of nearly 180 charges was filed in late February in Aztec Magistrate Court and involved 14 suspects who were accused of stealing ATMs, firearms, vehicles and $160,000 worth of taxidermy mounts across San Juan County, according to court records.</p>
<p>A second wave of 46 charges was filed in Aztec Magistrate Court earlier this month with most of the allegations tied to burglaries of several U.S. Post Office locations.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>The latest round of charges brings the total number to nearly 250 counts.</p>
<p>Charges against some of the suspects were dismissed recently.</p>
<p>Half of the new counts were filed against Travis “Shine” Brewton, who now faces 97 burglary and theft-related counts.</p>
<p>Marc Curnutt, Brewton’s attorney, did not respond to requests for comment.</p>
<p>The latest charges accuse Brewton of stealing a Dodge Ram pickup truck from Consolidated Contractors at 1370 Bisti Highway on Oct. 29 and stealing about $15,600 in equipment.</p>
<p>Brewton is accused of stealing an ATM at the Giant gas station at 727 W. Broadway Blvd. on Aug. 5 and the 7/11 gas station at 900 Schofield Ln. on Nov. 14.</p>
<p>Earlier counts accused him of stealing four ATMs total and attempting to steal two more, according to court documents.</p>
<p>Marcos Herrera is also facing five new felony charges in connection with the ATM theft at 7/11 gas station.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Aaron Brown is charged with four new felonies in connection with the Giant gas station ATM theft, according to court documents.</p>
<p>Herrera has no legal representation, according to court records. Scott Curtis, Brown’s attorney, did not respond to requests for comment.</p>
<p>One of the stolen ATMs contained $14,400, and the other had $14,100.</p>
<p>Brewton, Brown and Jerry Sharski are also facing four new felony counts each stemming from the Nov. 4 break-in at the Radio Shack store at 2010 E. Main St., which has since closed, according to court documents.</p>
<p>About $3,500 in merchandise was stolen including drones, Beats headphones and three police scanners.</p>
<p>Pilar Murray, Sharski’s attorney, declined comment.</p>
<p>Herrera and Brewton are also accused of breaking into a home in the 4200 block of Rancho De Animas Drive Oct. 2.</p>
<p>They allegedly stole a Toyota Tundra pickup truck, two revolvers, a set of dueling pistols, antique silverware and about $1,000 in cash, according to court documents.</p>
<p>Charges against Sharski, Estella Tarango and Joshua Alcon were dismissed by the San Juan County District Attorney’s Office.</p>
<p>Alcon had 13 counts dismissed, Sharski had eight counts and Tarango had four charges dropped, according to court records.</p>
<p>San Juan County Chief Deputy District Attorney Dustin O’Brien said it was a very complicated investigation and the evidence is stronger in some cases.</p>
<p>He added the DA’s office decided to pursue the better cases with the most evidence.</p>
<p>Joshua Kellogg covers crime, courts and social issues for The Daily Times. He can be reached at 505-564-4627.</p>
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<p>©2017 The Daily Times (Farmington, N.M.)</p>
<p>Visit The Daily Times (Farmington, N.M.) at <a href="http://www.daily-times.com" type="external">www.daily-times.com</a></p>
<p>Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.</p>
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<p>The new charges were filed in Farmington Magistrate Court on April 20 against five suspects in a nearly six-month investigation by the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and Farmington Police Department.</p>
<p>The first wave of nearly 180 charges was filed in late February in Aztec Magistrate Court and involved 14 suspects who were accused of stealing ATMs, firearms, vehicles and $160,000 worth of taxidermy mounts across San Juan County, according to court records.</p>
<p>A second wave of 46 charges was filed in Aztec Magistrate Court earlier this month with most of the allegations tied to burglaries of several U.S. Post Office locations.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>The latest round of charges brings the total number to nearly 250 counts.</p>
<p>Charges against some of the suspects were dismissed recently.</p>
<p>Half of the new counts were filed against Travis “Shine” Brewton, who now faces 97 burglary and theft-related counts.</p>
<p>Marc Curnutt, Brewton’s attorney, did not respond to requests for comment.</p>
<p>The latest charges accuse Brewton of stealing a Dodge Ram pickup truck from Consolidated Contractors at 1370 Bisti Highway on Oct. 29 and stealing about $15,600 in equipment.</p>
<p>Brewton is accused of stealing an ATM at the Giant gas station at 727 W. Broadway Blvd. on Aug. 5 and the 7/11 gas station at 900 Schofield Ln. on Nov. 14.</p>
<p>Earlier counts accused him of stealing four ATMs total and attempting to steal two more, according to court documents.</p>
<p>Marcos Herrera is also facing five new felony charges in connection with the ATM theft at 7/11 gas station.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Aaron Brown is charged with four new felonies in connection with the Giant gas station ATM theft, according to court documents.</p>
<p>Herrera has no legal representation, according to court records. Scott Curtis, Brown’s attorney, did not respond to requests for comment.</p>
<p>One of the stolen ATMs contained $14,400, and the other had $14,100.</p>
<p>Brewton, Brown and Jerry Sharski are also facing four new felony counts each stemming from the Nov. 4 break-in at the Radio Shack store at 2010 E. Main St., which has since closed, according to court documents.</p>
<p>About $3,500 in merchandise was stolen including drones, Beats headphones and three police scanners.</p>
<p>Pilar Murray, Sharski’s attorney, declined comment.</p>
<p>Herrera and Brewton are also accused of breaking into a home in the 4200 block of Rancho De Animas Drive Oct. 2.</p>
<p>They allegedly stole a Toyota Tundra pickup truck, two revolvers, a set of dueling pistols, antique silverware and about $1,000 in cash, according to court documents.</p>
<p>Charges against Sharski, Estella Tarango and Joshua Alcon were dismissed by the San Juan County District Attorney’s Office.</p>
<p>Alcon had 13 counts dismissed, Sharski had eight counts and Tarango had four charges dropped, according to court records.</p>
<p>San Juan County Chief Deputy District Attorney Dustin O’Brien said it was a very complicated investigation and the evidence is stronger in some cases.</p>
<p>He added the DA’s office decided to pursue the better cases with the most evidence.</p>
<p>Joshua Kellogg covers crime, courts and social issues for The Daily Times. He can be reached at 505-564-4627.</p>
<p>——</p>
<p>©2017 The Daily Times (Farmington, N.M.)</p>
<p>Visit The Daily Times (Farmington, N.M.) at <a href="http://www.daily-times.com" type="external">www.daily-times.com</a></p>
<p>Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.</p>
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<p>CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s security forces killed 10 suspected militants on Sunday in a shootout during a raid on two apartments in central Cairo, two security sources said.</p>
<p>Three policemen were injured after one suspected militant detonated an explosive device to block their entry into the building and two other policemen were injured during the exchange of fire that followed.</p>
<p>One source said authorities received a tip off about the hideouts of the individuals, who they suspect of being members of Hasm, a group which has claimed several attacks around the Egyptian capital targeting judges and policemen since last year.</p>
<p>Egypt accuses Hasm of being a militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group it outlawed in 2013. The Muslim Brotherhood denies this.</p>
<p>An Islamist insurgency in the rugged Sinai peninsula strengthened after the Egyptian military overthrew President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in mid-2013 following mass protests against his rule.</p>
<p>The militant group staging the insurgency pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 2014. It is blamed for the killing of hundreds of soldiers and policemen, and has started to target other areas, including Egypt’s Christian Copts.</p>
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Egyptian security forces kill 10 suspected militants in Cairo
<p>CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s security forces killed 10 suspected militants on Sunday in a shootout during a raid on two apartments in central Cairo, two security sources said.</p>
<p>Three policemen were injured after one suspected militant detonated an explosive device to block their entry into the building and two other policemen were injured during the exchange of fire that followed.</p>
<p>One source said authorities received a tip off about the hideouts of the individuals, who they suspect of being members of Hasm, a group which has claimed several attacks around the Egyptian capital targeting judges and policemen since last year.</p>
<p>Egypt accuses Hasm of being a militant wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group it outlawed in 2013. The Muslim Brotherhood denies this.</p>
<p>An Islamist insurgency in the rugged Sinai peninsula strengthened after the Egyptian military overthrew President Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in mid-2013 following mass protests against his rule.</p>
<p>The militant group staging the insurgency pledged allegiance to Islamic State in 2014. It is blamed for the killing of hundreds of soldiers and policemen, and has started to target other areas, including Egypt’s Christian Copts.</p>
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<p>Yesterday was&#160; <a href="" type="internal">Equal Pay Day</a>, which marked how far into the year the average American woman must work to earn what her male counterpart earned last year. The gender&#160;gap&#160;stands at <a href="" type="internal">78 cents</a> to the dollar and hasn’t narrowed in the last decade. As Maya <a href="http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/hidden-sexism-behind-pay-gap-equal-pay-day" type="external">highlighted</a>, at this rate we won’t achieve pay equality until 2058.&#160;</p>
<p>But the dizzying numbers only get worse, as&#160;the wage gap&#160;doesn’t end at the workplace. For too many women, the pay&#160;gap impacts&#160;quality of life&#160;well into retirement, where far more older women find themselves living below the poverty line.</p>
<p>Almost <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/14/investing/equal-pay-day-women-retirement/" type="external">twice as many</a>, to be exact.</p>
<p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/13/retirement/retirement-women/?iid=EL" type="external">An analysis</a> of Census data shared by CNN last year showed that 11 percent of women ages 65 years and older live in poverty (nearly twice the 6.6 percent male poverty rate), relying on a median income of around $16,000 a year — roughly $11,000 less than men of the same age. Retirement security is, unsurprisingly, even more elusive for <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/09/women-are-poorer-than-men-in-every-state.html" type="external">single women and women of color</a>. Well over a third of women separated from their partners live below the poverty line. So do&#160;one-fifth of Black and Latina women — that number is 2.5 times their white counterparts. CNNMoney explains that the leading factors for this retirement income gap are the wage gap and&#160;the fact that women are&#160;two thirds of part-time employees and are more likely to take time off as caretakers.</p>
<p>If this isn’t a damning indictment of women’s economic security in this country, I’m not sure what is.</p>
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<p>Yesterday was&#160; <a href="" type="internal">Equal Pay Day</a>, which marked how far into the year the average American woman must work to earn what her male counterpart earned last year. The gender&#160;gap&#160;stands at <a href="" type="internal">78 cents</a> to the dollar and hasn’t narrowed in the last decade. As Maya <a href="http://www.psmag.com/business-economics/hidden-sexism-behind-pay-gap-equal-pay-day" type="external">highlighted</a>, at this rate we won’t achieve pay equality until 2058.&#160;</p>
<p>But the dizzying numbers only get worse, as&#160;the wage gap&#160;doesn’t end at the workplace. For too many women, the pay&#160;gap impacts&#160;quality of life&#160;well into retirement, where far more older women find themselves living below the poverty line.</p>
<p>Almost <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/14/investing/equal-pay-day-women-retirement/" type="external">twice as many</a>, to be exact.</p>
<p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/13/retirement/retirement-women/?iid=EL" type="external">An analysis</a> of Census data shared by CNN last year showed that 11 percent of women ages 65 years and older live in poverty (nearly twice the 6.6 percent male poverty rate), relying on a median income of around $16,000 a year — roughly $11,000 less than men of the same age. Retirement security is, unsurprisingly, even more elusive for <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/09/women-are-poorer-than-men-in-every-state.html" type="external">single women and women of color</a>. Well over a third of women separated from their partners live below the poverty line. So do&#160;one-fifth of Black and Latina women — that number is 2.5 times their white counterparts. CNNMoney explains that the leading factors for this retirement income gap are the wage gap and&#160;the fact that women are&#160;two thirds of part-time employees and are more likely to take time off as caretakers.</p>
<p>If this isn’t a damning indictment of women’s economic security in this country, I’m not sure what is.</p>
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<p>Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right &amp; Center” panelists discuss the Supreme Court’s effective approval of gay marriage in numerous states, Bill Maher’s debate over whether Islam is a violent religion, and Leon Panetta’s hastily published memoir.</p>
<p>Scheer is joined by Matt Miller moderating from the center, Rich Lowry of the National Review on the right, and Emily Bazelon of The New York Times Magazine as a special guest.</p>
<p>Listen <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/left-right-center/gay-marriage-islam-panetta-and-malala-yousafza" type="external">here</a>.</p>
<p>— Adapted from KCRW by <a href="" type="internal">Alexander Reed Kelly</a></p>
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<p>Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right &amp; Center” panelists discuss the Supreme Court’s effective approval of gay marriage in numerous states, Bill Maher’s debate over whether Islam is a violent religion, and Leon Panetta’s hastily published memoir.</p>
<p>Scheer is joined by Matt Miller moderating from the center, Rich Lowry of the National Review on the right, and Emily Bazelon of The New York Times Magazine as a special guest.</p>
<p>Listen <a href="http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/left-right-center/gay-marriage-islam-panetta-and-malala-yousafza" type="external">here</a>.</p>
<p>— Adapted from KCRW by <a href="" type="internal">Alexander Reed Kelly</a></p>
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<p>As Steve Allen said: Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth. &#160;Round 1: The <a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=geoengineering-how-to-cool-earth" type="external">G-word</a>punched through the media membrane this week. <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-2.1/huyghe.htm" type="external">Geoengineering</a>. Big word for the headlines. Uttered by none other than John Holdren, Obama’s chief scientific adviser. He was referring to the possibility that we might be well advised to <a href="" type="internal">at least talk about</a> some potential solutions to climate change that involve mitigating the shitstorm coming our way. You’d think he’d just come out in favor of pedophilia. Pour that man a drink. He’s going to need one to deal with the hysteria of a <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/04/holdren-clarifies-the-white-ho.html" type="external">misunderstanding media</a>.</p>
<p>Round 2: An unusually uplifting paper at the online journal <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0005014" type="external">Plos One</a>by topnotch researcher Stuart Pimm and colleagues concludes that rainforest reserves in the <a href="" type="internal">Amazon</a> really are working. Fewer fires are being lit to clear trees inside then outside. They’ve been watching fires on what might as well be called SatellitEarthTV (can I trademark that?)—the ultimate reality show: namely, the European Space Agency’s <a href="http://dup.esrin.esa.it/ionia/wfa/index.asp" type="external">Ionia World Fire Atlas</a>, mapping fires globally and monthly since 1996. Fewer fires are not always a result of fewer roads in the reserves, since there aren’t, at least not always. The reason is partly because of a new generation of politicians in Amazona who foresee that avoiding deforestation will make money in future markets for carbon credits. I’ll drink to that.</p>
<p>Round 3: Adding fuel to the fire is an <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0005102" type="external">analysis out of UC Berkeley</a> of 10 years of satellite data on global <a href="" type="internal">fire activity</a>, combined with a climate-projection model assuming little curtailment of current greenhouse gas emissions. The result: More than a quarter of the terrestrial world is likely to see relatively sharp changes in fire patterns in the next 30 years. That means more fires in some places (Scandinavia, western US, Tibetan Plateau). Less in others (southern US, central Africa, most of Canada). However less fire is not always good since all kinds of green growing plants that help mitigate CO2 need fire to germinate their seeds. Pour me another.</p>
<p>Round 4: It seems the cannabinoids in <a href="" type="internal">marijuana</a> (THC) have anticancer effects on human brain cancer cells. This according to a new <a href="http://www.jci.org/articles/view/37948" type="external">Spanish study</a>. Tumors from two patients with the badassest form of brain cancer receiving intracranial THC administration showed signs of tumor death. Light one for the stoners.</p>
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<p>As Steve Allen said: Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth. &#160;Round 1: The <a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=geoengineering-how-to-cool-earth" type="external">G-word</a>punched through the media membrane this week. <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-2.1/huyghe.htm" type="external">Geoengineering</a>. Big word for the headlines. Uttered by none other than John Holdren, Obama’s chief scientific adviser. He was referring to the possibility that we might be well advised to <a href="" type="internal">at least talk about</a> some potential solutions to climate change that involve mitigating the shitstorm coming our way. You’d think he’d just come out in favor of pedophilia. Pour that man a drink. He’s going to need one to deal with the hysteria of a <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/04/holdren-clarifies-the-white-ho.html" type="external">misunderstanding media</a>.</p>
<p>Round 2: An unusually uplifting paper at the online journal <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0005014" type="external">Plos One</a>by topnotch researcher Stuart Pimm and colleagues concludes that rainforest reserves in the <a href="" type="internal">Amazon</a> really are working. Fewer fires are being lit to clear trees inside then outside. They’ve been watching fires on what might as well be called SatellitEarthTV (can I trademark that?)—the ultimate reality show: namely, the European Space Agency’s <a href="http://dup.esrin.esa.it/ionia/wfa/index.asp" type="external">Ionia World Fire Atlas</a>, mapping fires globally and monthly since 1996. Fewer fires are not always a result of fewer roads in the reserves, since there aren’t, at least not always. The reason is partly because of a new generation of politicians in Amazona who foresee that avoiding deforestation will make money in future markets for carbon credits. I’ll drink to that.</p>
<p>Round 3: Adding fuel to the fire is an <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0005102" type="external">analysis out of UC Berkeley</a> of 10 years of satellite data on global <a href="" type="internal">fire activity</a>, combined with a climate-projection model assuming little curtailment of current greenhouse gas emissions. The result: More than a quarter of the terrestrial world is likely to see relatively sharp changes in fire patterns in the next 30 years. That means more fires in some places (Scandinavia, western US, Tibetan Plateau). Less in others (southern US, central Africa, most of Canada). However less fire is not always good since all kinds of green growing plants that help mitigate CO2 need fire to germinate their seeds. Pour me another.</p>
<p>Round 4: It seems the cannabinoids in <a href="" type="internal">marijuana</a> (THC) have anticancer effects on human brain cancer cells. This according to a new <a href="http://www.jci.org/articles/view/37948" type="external">Spanish study</a>. Tumors from two patients with the badassest form of brain cancer receiving intracranial THC administration showed signs of tumor death. Light one for the stoners.</p>
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<p>FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Atlanta-Falcons/" type="external">Atlanta Falcons</a>‘ first-team offense has scored touchdowns on both of their exhibition season possessions.</p>
<p>In the two series, quarterback <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Matt_Ryan/" type="external">Matt Ryan</a> has gone 7 of 9 for 88 yards and one touchdown, and a 123.9 passer rating. He’s been without wide receiver <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Julio-Jones/" type="external">Julio Jones</a> for both games and running back <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Devonta-Freeman/" type="external">Devonta Freeman</a> for the last game.</p>
<p>Ryan has clearly adjusted well to new offensive coordinator <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Steve-Sarkisian/" type="external">Steve Sarkisian</a>. The issue moving forward will be the health of his two major weapons. Jones is recovering from offseason foot surgery and Freeman is in the league’s concussion protocol.</p>
<p>In addition to those two issues, the Falcons must settle on a right guard. Falcons coach <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Dan_Quinn/" type="external">Dan Quinn</a>, with the important third exhibition game looming, is not ready to declare a winner in the battle for the starting position.</p>
<p>Quinn clearly is concerned about pass protection from that spot, which became vacant when Chris Chester elected to retire over the offseason. Ben Garland and Wes Schweitzer have been rotating at the position throughout the offseason and exhibition season.</p>
<p>Garland started the first game against Miami and Schweitzer started against Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>“I’d rather go through a couple of days here and see how their weeks goes,” Quinn said on Monday. “It’s kind of that close to say who’s battling for it.”</p>
<p>Garland played some guard and center against the Steelers. That might be a tip-off because the backup has to able to play both positions, as most teams only carry seven linemen on their game-day 45-man roster.</p>
<p>“Both of them have really good run game stuff where they can get onto the second level and get guys,” Quinn said. “Wes is a little bigger and has a little more bulk. Ben has almost the same size, but when he latches on he can really latch onto a guy down the field with his quickness. They are a little different that way. … We really have two players who are playing at a high level.”</p>
<p>Whether Sarkisian ends up upstairs or on the field calling plays, the Falcons are holding back some fireworks for the season.</p>
<p>“We have plenty of things that we are working on to try to improve,” Quinn said. “We are not showing everything that will be used in the regular season. Right now, it’s about timing and the urgency that we play with without tons of the game plan portions going in.</p>
<p>“In terms of Sark’s role with the offense, he’s off to a great start. You can tell the leadership that he has with staff and the players. He’s off to a really good start here.”</p>
<p>Ryan believes the offense is ready to fly. He was proud of the 10-play, 91-yard touchdown drive against the Steelers.</p>
<p>“It’s always good to have those situations come up this time of year,” Ryan said. “(It was) unfortunate with the penalty we had on special teams, but you have to respond. I was proud of the way we converted some third downs on that first drive to keep it going and it’s always good when you get in the end zone.”</p>
<p>Ryan is fine with Schweizter or Garland at guard.</p>
<p>“Wes has done a good job for us,” Ryan said. “Both he and Ben have been competing for that spot and doing a great job all camp. It’s hard for me to tell when I’m playing out there, but when we look at the tape, I’m sure that both of those guys will show that they are competing and playing hard.”</p>
<p>Things are starting to settle into to place for Ryan, who is set to enter his 10th year in the league.</p>
<p>“I think we were more detailed than we were in Week 1,” Ryan said. “There is a calmness in that huddle, especially getting into a longer drive. You kind of see where guys are at with conditioning and that kind of stuff. I thought the guys looked good.”</p>
<p>NOTES: FS Damontae Kazee, who’s having a strong exhibition season, sustained an ankle injury in the 17-13 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday. “He had an ankle injury,” coach Dan Quinn said on Monday. “I’ll have an update on him for (Tuesday). We are hopeful that he’s in good shape. We really don’t have an update.” … WR Reggie Davis caught three passes for 74 yards against the Steelers. … TE Levine Toilolo missed the game against the Steelers for personal reasons. “It was a personal issue and he’ll be back with the team (on Monday),” Quinn said. “He was excused over the weekend due to a personal matter. Everything is fine with him and he’ll back at practice.” … LB Kemal Ishmael is making a nice transition from strong safety to linebacker. “He really had a deliberate mindset for the <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/John_Walker/" type="external">football</a>,” Quinn said. “He was somebody who had real intent about him all the way through.” … G Sean Harlow is coming on. “I thought Sean Harlow had an improved his game from an intense and physicality (standpoint),” Quinn said. … WR Deante Burton missed a tackle on a punt return that went for a touchdown against the Steelers and has dropped two passes. … WR Marvin Hall dropped a potential touchdown pass on a nice throw from backup quarterback Matt Simms. Hall was targeted eight times and caught only two passes.</p>
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<p>FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Atlanta-Falcons/" type="external">Atlanta Falcons</a>‘ first-team offense has scored touchdowns on both of their exhibition season possessions.</p>
<p>In the two series, quarterback <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Matt_Ryan/" type="external">Matt Ryan</a> has gone 7 of 9 for 88 yards and one touchdown, and a 123.9 passer rating. He’s been without wide receiver <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Julio-Jones/" type="external">Julio Jones</a> for both games and running back <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Devonta-Freeman/" type="external">Devonta Freeman</a> for the last game.</p>
<p>Ryan has clearly adjusted well to new offensive coordinator <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Steve-Sarkisian/" type="external">Steve Sarkisian</a>. The issue moving forward will be the health of his two major weapons. Jones is recovering from offseason foot surgery and Freeman is in the league’s concussion protocol.</p>
<p>In addition to those two issues, the Falcons must settle on a right guard. Falcons coach <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/Dan_Quinn/" type="external">Dan Quinn</a>, with the important third exhibition game looming, is not ready to declare a winner in the battle for the starting position.</p>
<p>Quinn clearly is concerned about pass protection from that spot, which became vacant when Chris Chester elected to retire over the offseason. Ben Garland and Wes Schweitzer have been rotating at the position throughout the offseason and exhibition season.</p>
<p>Garland started the first game against Miami and Schweitzer started against Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>“I’d rather go through a couple of days here and see how their weeks goes,” Quinn said on Monday. “It’s kind of that close to say who’s battling for it.”</p>
<p>Garland played some guard and center against the Steelers. That might be a tip-off because the backup has to able to play both positions, as most teams only carry seven linemen on their game-day 45-man roster.</p>
<p>“Both of them have really good run game stuff where they can get onto the second level and get guys,” Quinn said. “Wes is a little bigger and has a little more bulk. Ben has almost the same size, but when he latches on he can really latch onto a guy down the field with his quickness. They are a little different that way. … We really have two players who are playing at a high level.”</p>
<p>Whether Sarkisian ends up upstairs or on the field calling plays, the Falcons are holding back some fireworks for the season.</p>
<p>“We have plenty of things that we are working on to try to improve,” Quinn said. “We are not showing everything that will be used in the regular season. Right now, it’s about timing and the urgency that we play with without tons of the game plan portions going in.</p>
<p>“In terms of Sark’s role with the offense, he’s off to a great start. You can tell the leadership that he has with staff and the players. He’s off to a really good start here.”</p>
<p>Ryan believes the offense is ready to fly. He was proud of the 10-play, 91-yard touchdown drive against the Steelers.</p>
<p>“It’s always good to have those situations come up this time of year,” Ryan said. “(It was) unfortunate with the penalty we had on special teams, but you have to respond. I was proud of the way we converted some third downs on that first drive to keep it going and it’s always good when you get in the end zone.”</p>
<p>Ryan is fine with Schweizter or Garland at guard.</p>
<p>“Wes has done a good job for us,” Ryan said. “Both he and Ben have been competing for that spot and doing a great job all camp. It’s hard for me to tell when I’m playing out there, but when we look at the tape, I’m sure that both of those guys will show that they are competing and playing hard.”</p>
<p>Things are starting to settle into to place for Ryan, who is set to enter his 10th year in the league.</p>
<p>“I think we were more detailed than we were in Week 1,” Ryan said. “There is a calmness in that huddle, especially getting into a longer drive. You kind of see where guys are at with conditioning and that kind of stuff. I thought the guys looked good.”</p>
<p>NOTES: FS Damontae Kazee, who’s having a strong exhibition season, sustained an ankle injury in the 17-13 loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday. “He had an ankle injury,” coach Dan Quinn said on Monday. “I’ll have an update on him for (Tuesday). We are hopeful that he’s in good shape. We really don’t have an update.” … WR Reggie Davis caught three passes for 74 yards against the Steelers. … TE Levine Toilolo missed the game against the Steelers for personal reasons. “It was a personal issue and he’ll be back with the team (on Monday),” Quinn said. “He was excused over the weekend due to a personal matter. Everything is fine with him and he’ll back at practice.” … LB Kemal Ishmael is making a nice transition from strong safety to linebacker. “He really had a deliberate mindset for the <a href="https://www.upi.com/topic/John_Walker/" type="external">football</a>,” Quinn said. “He was somebody who had real intent about him all the way through.” … G Sean Harlow is coming on. “I thought Sean Harlow had an improved his game from an intense and physicality (standpoint),” Quinn said. … WR Deante Burton missed a tackle on a punt return that went for a touchdown against the Steelers and has dropped two passes. … WR Marvin Hall dropped a potential touchdown pass on a nice throw from backup quarterback Matt Simms. Hall was targeted eight times and caught only two passes.</p>
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<p>SAN MARCOS, Texas - Police in Central Texas say a 17-year-old has died after being placed in a chokehold while wrestling with another teen at a sleepover.</p>
<p>San Marcos police say Elijah Hernandez died early Sunday morning. Police say he and six other friends were at a home for a sleepover when he and another 17-year-old started wrestling, with the teen putting Hernandez in a chokehold neck restraint and telling him to indicate when he was giving up. When the teen passed out, the other teen released his hold.</p>
<p>Police say the father at the house started CPR and 911 was called.</p>
<p>Hernandez was pronounced dead at the hospital. His cause of death is pending an autopsy.</p>
<p>Police spokeswoman Kristi Wyatt says police have determined the death was accidental and don't plan charges.</p>
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<p>SAN MARCOS, Texas - Police in Central Texas say a 17-year-old has died after being placed in a chokehold while wrestling with another teen at a sleepover.</p>
<p>San Marcos police say Elijah Hernandez died early Sunday morning. Police say he and six other friends were at a home for a sleepover when he and another 17-year-old started wrestling, with the teen putting Hernandez in a chokehold neck restraint and telling him to indicate when he was giving up. When the teen passed out, the other teen released his hold.</p>
<p>Police say the father at the house started CPR and 911 was called.</p>
<p>Hernandez was pronounced dead at the hospital. His cause of death is pending an autopsy.</p>
<p>Police spokeswoman Kristi Wyatt says police have determined the death was accidental and don't plan charges.</p>
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<p>Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Shumrani, former recruiter for Al-Queda and suspected bodyguard of Osama bin Ladin, is considered a violent and high-risk terrorist to the United States—which makes releasing him just one more of the countless horrible decisions the Obama Administration has made in the last 7 years.</p>
<p>Texas Congressman <a href="http://gohmert.house.gov/" type="external">Louis Ghomert</a> (R) in the video above gives his reaction on the House floor, including reading from a New York Times article quoting the freed jihadist as saying, “When I get out of here, I will go to Iraq and Afghanistan and kill as many Americans as I can. Then I will come here and kill more Americans.”</p>
<p>According to Al-Shrumrani's classified Department of Defense detainee <a href="https://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/obama-releases-gitmo-prisoner-who-promised-to-kill-americans" type="external">assessment document</a>, written while he was a guest at Guantanamo Bay, he's ready to do harm and continue the fight the minute he gets out.</p>
<p>"Since transfer to [Gitmo], detainee has threatened the guard staff, has preached extremist ideology to other detainees, and has indicated his intent to kill Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan if released," reads the assessment.</p>
<p>"If released without rehabilitation, close supervision, and means to successfully reintegrate into his society as a law-abiding citizen, it is assessed detainee would immediately seek out prior associates and reengage in hostilities and extremist support activities at home and abroad," the file concludes.</p>
<p>Al-Shumari was flown to Saudi Arabia which promises to "rehabilitate" the terrorist.</p>
<p>Just a reminder, this is the fourth GITMO detainee released this year already with many more expected to follow, all for the sake of Obama's apparent goal to free all 102 prisoners left in the war on terror.</p>
<p>Exit thought...</p>
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<p>It took <a href="http://thefederalistpapers.integratedmarket.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/540x380x635629512808542163-soldiers.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.cot68tfGAjjvdn8V6Yv1.jpg" type="external">6 soldier's lives</a> and freeing 5 top terrorists to get back one cowardly, enemy-sympathizing, deserter.</p>
<p><a href="http://time.com/2809352/bowe-bergdahl-deserter-army-taliban/" type="external">#Bergdahl</a></p>
<p>(h/t <a href="https://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/obama-releases-gitmo-prisoner-who-promised-to-kill-americans" type="external">TheFederalistPapers</a>)</p>
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Meet The Delightful Gitmo Detainee Obama Released Monday
<p>Muhammad Abd al-Rahman al-Shumrani, former recruiter for Al-Queda and suspected bodyguard of Osama bin Ladin, is considered a violent and high-risk terrorist to the United States—which makes releasing him just one more of the countless horrible decisions the Obama Administration has made in the last 7 years.</p>
<p>Texas Congressman <a href="http://gohmert.house.gov/" type="external">Louis Ghomert</a> (R) in the video above gives his reaction on the House floor, including reading from a New York Times article quoting the freed jihadist as saying, “When I get out of here, I will go to Iraq and Afghanistan and kill as many Americans as I can. Then I will come here and kill more Americans.”</p>
<p>According to Al-Shrumrani's classified Department of Defense detainee <a href="https://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/obama-releases-gitmo-prisoner-who-promised-to-kill-americans" type="external">assessment document</a>, written while he was a guest at Guantanamo Bay, he's ready to do harm and continue the fight the minute he gets out.</p>
<p>"Since transfer to [Gitmo], detainee has threatened the guard staff, has preached extremist ideology to other detainees, and has indicated his intent to kill Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan if released," reads the assessment.</p>
<p>"If released without rehabilitation, close supervision, and means to successfully reintegrate into his society as a law-abiding citizen, it is assessed detainee would immediately seek out prior associates and reengage in hostilities and extremist support activities at home and abroad," the file concludes.</p>
<p>Al-Shumari was flown to Saudi Arabia which promises to "rehabilitate" the terrorist.</p>
<p>Just a reminder, this is the fourth GITMO detainee released this year already with many more expected to follow, all for the sake of Obama's apparent goal to free all 102 prisoners left in the war on terror.</p>
<p>Exit thought...</p>
<p />
<p>It took <a href="http://thefederalistpapers.integratedmarket.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/540x380x635629512808542163-soldiers.jpg.pagespeed.ic_.cot68tfGAjjvdn8V6Yv1.jpg" type="external">6 soldier's lives</a> and freeing 5 top terrorists to get back one cowardly, enemy-sympathizing, deserter.</p>
<p><a href="http://time.com/2809352/bowe-bergdahl-deserter-army-taliban/" type="external">#Bergdahl</a></p>
<p>(h/t <a href="https://www.thefederalistpapers.org/us/obama-releases-gitmo-prisoner-who-promised-to-kill-americans" type="external">TheFederalistPapers</a>)</p>
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<p>A statement released Tuesday by the Ohio Pork Council, a non-profit resource organization, has people's stomachs grumble, in despair.</p>
<p>It turns out that the demand for frozen pork belly, frequently made into delicious bacon, has surpassed supply.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/marketplace/2017/01/31/countrys-bacon-inventory-hits-50-year-low/97306494/" type="external">USA Today</a>:</p>
<p>"Today’s pig farmers are setting historic records by producing more pigs than ever,” said Rich Deaton, president of the organization. “Yet our reserves are still depleting.”</p>
<p>There are literally not enough little piggies going to market.</p>
<p>In December, frozen pork belly inventory totaled 17.8 million pounds, the lowest level since 1957, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</p>
<p>As a result, prices are on the rise. The council reports pork belly prices have increased 20 percent in January. Officials said increased foreign demand might account for the decline in inventory. Hog farmers export approximately 26 percent of total productions, the council said.</p>
<p>Deaton assured bacon lovers that fears of a coming Porkmageddon are unlikely, adding, “While bacon may become more expensive for consumers, rest assured pork industry will not run out of supply."</p>
<p>Exit thought from special correspondent Curtis who is quite relieved:</p>
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Oh No: U.S. Bacon Reserves Hit Lowest Levels In Fifty Years
<p>A statement released Tuesday by the Ohio Pork Council, a non-profit resource organization, has people's stomachs grumble, in despair.</p>
<p>It turns out that the demand for frozen pork belly, frequently made into delicious bacon, has surpassed supply.</p>
<p>According to <a href="http://www.cincinnati.com/story/marketplace/2017/01/31/countrys-bacon-inventory-hits-50-year-low/97306494/" type="external">USA Today</a>:</p>
<p>"Today’s pig farmers are setting historic records by producing more pigs than ever,” said Rich Deaton, president of the organization. “Yet our reserves are still depleting.”</p>
<p>There are literally not enough little piggies going to market.</p>
<p>In December, frozen pork belly inventory totaled 17.8 million pounds, the lowest level since 1957, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</p>
<p>As a result, prices are on the rise. The council reports pork belly prices have increased 20 percent in January. Officials said increased foreign demand might account for the decline in inventory. Hog farmers export approximately 26 percent of total productions, the council said.</p>
<p>Deaton assured bacon lovers that fears of a coming Porkmageddon are unlikely, adding, “While bacon may become more expensive for consumers, rest assured pork industry will not run out of supply."</p>
<p>Exit thought from special correspondent Curtis who is quite relieved:</p>
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<p>The phrase “equal pay for equal work” is in play again, with an intended meaning we all know. The idea is that government should force (really force, this time) private employers to boost the pay of women to match the rate of men in the same positions.</p>
<p>Almost every state had laws that specifically limited when women could work.It’s a bad idea; more than that, the policy actually betrays the original meaning of the phrase, circa 1920; more about this in a bit.</p>
<p>Such a law, heavily enforced (after all, equal pay <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Pay_Act_of_1963" type="external">has been the law</a> for half a century), would actually handicap women in the marketplace, taking away their ability to price compete. It would require an army of bureaucrats to enforce by overriding business control over wages and salaries. And because you can comply by either raising wages or by lowering the professional status of women, it would install a new glass ceiling for women, outpricing their labor in the market for professional advancement. &#160;</p>
<p>There is a mighty social cost too. It would do very cruel things to the reputation of all women of accomplishment. It would signal to the world that they only achieved through government power, the use of which is much like putting a gun to people’s heads. Anyone can do that. Nothing to brag about, nothing to feel proud about, nothing for which to take credit.</p>
<p>The market is <a href="https://fee.org/articles/good-news-elizabeth-warren-women-already-have-equal-pay/" type="external">achieving the goal</a> in any case.</p>
<p>Misogyny and the Law</p>
<p>Maybe you detect a patronizing hint to the demand. It’s as if women can’t really cut it in the professional workforce. They can’t manage their own careers or make their own deals. They can’t cut it. They need the help of the state.</p>
<p>There’s more than a hint of misogyny here. And indeed, if you look at the history of labor legislation as it pertains to women, that is exactly what you find.</p>
<p>Feminists in those days were savvy: they saw exactly what was going on.In the early part of the 20th century, restrictions on women’s work and the regulatory imposition of lower wages were <a href="https://fee.org/articles/government-s-war-on-women-1900-1920/" type="external">put in place for eugenic reasons</a>. The life goal of women is not to make money but to further the race. Their place is not in the factory but in the home bearing and raising children. Hence, regulations should punish their commercial ambitions.</p>
<p>Feminists in those days were savvy: they saw exactly what was going on. They used the phrase “equal pay for equal work” to call for an end to these regulatory restrictions on women’s work. It was a clarion call not for government but to allow the market to work! It was: let the market be permitted to pay women equal to man, because the law wouldn’t allow it.</p>
<p>What kinds of laws? Almost every state had laws that specifically limited when women could work: not before 6am and not after 10pm. And there were maximum working hours too: not more than 50. (That might sound like more than a full-time job, but 100 years ago, this workload was seen as less than serious.)</p>
<p>Such laws were typical. Also, states and even the federal government offered payments to mothers not to work. It was the earliest form of what we call the welfare state, and the motivation was, again, certainly eugenic. How can the best women breed the best offspring if they are hanging around the factories instead of using their reproductive talents to lift the quality of the human population?</p>
<p>At the time, the women’s movement was dedicated to repealing this law. As the New York Times <a href="http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/01/18/112645652.html?pageNumber=94" type="external">reported on January 18, 1920</a>,&#160;women “have begun a determined fight to prevent the passage by the New York State Legislature of three new labor measures and for the repeal of two laws limiting hours of employment.”</p>
<p>Jeffrey Tucker is Director of Content for the&#160; <a href="http://fee.org/" type="external">Foundation for Economic Education</a>&#160;and CLO of the startup&#160; <a href="http://liberty.me/" type="external">Liberty.me</a>.&#160; His latest book is&#160; <a href="http://amzn.to/1ABe9p1" type="external">Bit by Bit: How P2P Is Freeing the World</a>. &#160; <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffreyatucker" type="external">Follow</a>&#160;on Twitter and&#160; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jeffreytucker.official" type="external">Like</a>&#160;on Facebook. <a href="mailto:[email protected]" type="external">Email</a>.&#160; <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffreyatucker" type="external">Tweets by @jeffreyatucker</a></p>
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What Real Feminists Meant by “Equal Pay for Equal Work”
<p>The phrase “equal pay for equal work” is in play again, with an intended meaning we all know. The idea is that government should force (really force, this time) private employers to boost the pay of women to match the rate of men in the same positions.</p>
<p>Almost every state had laws that specifically limited when women could work.It’s a bad idea; more than that, the policy actually betrays the original meaning of the phrase, circa 1920; more about this in a bit.</p>
<p>Such a law, heavily enforced (after all, equal pay <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Pay_Act_of_1963" type="external">has been the law</a> for half a century), would actually handicap women in the marketplace, taking away their ability to price compete. It would require an army of bureaucrats to enforce by overriding business control over wages and salaries. And because you can comply by either raising wages or by lowering the professional status of women, it would install a new glass ceiling for women, outpricing their labor in the market for professional advancement. &#160;</p>
<p>There is a mighty social cost too. It would do very cruel things to the reputation of all women of accomplishment. It would signal to the world that they only achieved through government power, the use of which is much like putting a gun to people’s heads. Anyone can do that. Nothing to brag about, nothing to feel proud about, nothing for which to take credit.</p>
<p>The market is <a href="https://fee.org/articles/good-news-elizabeth-warren-women-already-have-equal-pay/" type="external">achieving the goal</a> in any case.</p>
<p>Misogyny and the Law</p>
<p>Maybe you detect a patronizing hint to the demand. It’s as if women can’t really cut it in the professional workforce. They can’t manage their own careers or make their own deals. They can’t cut it. They need the help of the state.</p>
<p>There’s more than a hint of misogyny here. And indeed, if you look at the history of labor legislation as it pertains to women, that is exactly what you find.</p>
<p>Feminists in those days were savvy: they saw exactly what was going on.In the early part of the 20th century, restrictions on women’s work and the regulatory imposition of lower wages were <a href="https://fee.org/articles/government-s-war-on-women-1900-1920/" type="external">put in place for eugenic reasons</a>. The life goal of women is not to make money but to further the race. Their place is not in the factory but in the home bearing and raising children. Hence, regulations should punish their commercial ambitions.</p>
<p>Feminists in those days were savvy: they saw exactly what was going on. They used the phrase “equal pay for equal work” to call for an end to these regulatory restrictions on women’s work. It was a clarion call not for government but to allow the market to work! It was: let the market be permitted to pay women equal to man, because the law wouldn’t allow it.</p>
<p>What kinds of laws? Almost every state had laws that specifically limited when women could work: not before 6am and not after 10pm. And there were maximum working hours too: not more than 50. (That might sound like more than a full-time job, but 100 years ago, this workload was seen as less than serious.)</p>
<p>Such laws were typical. Also, states and even the federal government offered payments to mothers not to work. It was the earliest form of what we call the welfare state, and the motivation was, again, certainly eugenic. How can the best women breed the best offspring if they are hanging around the factories instead of using their reproductive talents to lift the quality of the human population?</p>
<p>At the time, the women’s movement was dedicated to repealing this law. As the New York Times <a href="http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/01/18/112645652.html?pageNumber=94" type="external">reported on January 18, 1920</a>,&#160;women “have begun a determined fight to prevent the passage by the New York State Legislature of three new labor measures and for the repeal of two laws limiting hours of employment.”</p>
<p>Jeffrey Tucker is Director of Content for the&#160; <a href="http://fee.org/" type="external">Foundation for Economic Education</a>&#160;and CLO of the startup&#160; <a href="http://liberty.me/" type="external">Liberty.me</a>.&#160; His latest book is&#160; <a href="http://amzn.to/1ABe9p1" type="external">Bit by Bit: How P2P Is Freeing the World</a>. &#160; <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffreyatucker" type="external">Follow</a>&#160;on Twitter and&#160; <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jeffreytucker.official" type="external">Like</a>&#160;on Facebook. <a href="mailto:[email protected]" type="external">Email</a>.&#160; <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffreyatucker" type="external">Tweets by @jeffreyatucker</a></p>
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<p>BANGKOK, Thailand —&#160;Asia’s favorite high — meth — is cheap, dirty and more popular than ever.</p>
<p>New data from the United Nations reveals that authorities seized more than 270 million pills of meth by authorities last year. That’s a whopping 10-fold increase in just seven years.&#160;Even pot can’t compete.</p>
<p>The more meth cranked out by underground chemists in far-flung labs, the cheaper meth tends to get. Even Asia’s most destitute peasants can now afford meth if they’re willing to forego food for a day — which isn’t hard once the meth vaporizes your appetite.&#160;</p>
<p>Here are a few staggering facts about Asia’s meth habit gleaned from the&#160; <a href="http://www.unodc.org/southeastasiaandpacific/en/2015/05/regional-ats-nps-launch/story.html" type="external">UN’s Office of Drugs and Crime</a>&#160;as well as GlobalPost’s own field reporting.</p>
<p>Meth in Asia is often cheaper than a Whopper value meal at Burger King</p>
<p>This is a price-per-pill meth breakdown for countries across Asia. As a point of comparison, consider that a Whopper value meal at Burger King consistently sells in the region for about $5.</p>
<p>Meth tends to be cheapest&#160;in unruly zones where meth is actually produced. And&#160;Myanmar’s Shan State, which once churned out much of New York’s heroin, is Asia’s top meth production zone.&#160;</p>
<p>These unruly hills are home to a patchwork of militias. Some are aligned with the government. Some have battled the government for years. But all types of militias can exploit the area’s general lawlessness to oversee underground labs that churn out the bulk of Asia's meth.</p>
<p>Many living close to this meth-producing heartland can buy pills for prices below the UN’s lowest cited figure of $2. A senior officer with an anti-government "liberation army" based close to the Myanmar-China border told GlobalPost that meth pills in his region are now selling for 50 cents. The price per pill, he says, goes up to $1 or $2 in Mandalay, the nearest major city.</p>
<p>Asia’s annual meth seizures could get all of California high for a week straight</p>
<p>Determining the amount of meth produced in Asia is impossible. But analysts can at least track how much meth is seized by cops — which is presumed to be a mere fraction of the volume successfully hitting the streets.</p>
<p>Last year, the amount of meth confiscated in Asia amounted to 270 million pills.&#160;(Asia in this context means China to New Zealand and all points in between. Russia and India aren't included.)</p>
<p>That’s enough meth to keep every man, woman and child in California high for a week straight.&#160;An even more frightening fact:&#160;it’s enough to keep all of Florida high for two weeks straight. (In this inadvisable nightmare scenario, every inhabitant gets one pill per day.)</p>
<p>Most meth, meanwhile, never gets seized. One senior UN official offers a “conservative estimate” that, in mainland Southeast Asia, an astonishing <a href="https://twitter.com/jdouglasSEA/status/603503001982996481" type="external">2&#160;billion pills</a> are produced each year. If true, that's nearly enough to keep everyone in the US high for a week.</p>
<p>None of these estimates include crystal meth — the high purity breed of the drug made popular by Breaking Bad — though this is also popular across Asia.</p>
<p>These figures only refer to meth pills, which typically resemble pastel-colored aspirin tablets. On the street, it’s called “ya ba” (which is Thai for “madness medicine”). Pills can be swallowed or crushed up and smoked. Anyone who takes “ya ba” can forget about sleeping for the next 24 hours.</p>
<p>The meth sold is Asia can be potent or pathetically weak</p>
<p>Crystal meth contains far more of the substances, synthesized from ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, that bring on speedy euphoria.</p>
<p>Crystal meth with 90 percent purity (or higher) is mass-produced in Mexico and available on American streets. The same is true of crystal meth produced in Myanmar and sold in neighboring countries such as Thailand, where tests reveal crystal meth has purity levels ranging from 40 to 90 percent, according to the United Nations.</p>
<p>But crystal meth is just too expensive for the typical working-class Asian. It's common to pay $100 per gram and, in China, the price-per-gram ranges between $50 and $450.</p>
<p>So the masses typically resort to cheaper "ya ba" meth pills with a typical purity of 10 to 20 percent. In Singapore, a tiny island nation with notoriously unforgiving drug laws, the purity per meth pill can sink as low as 2.5 percent.</p>
<p>But even so-called “meth” pills with scant amounts of methamphetamine will likely keep users awake until dawn. The rest of the tablet is usually padded out with the world’s dominant alertness aid: plain-old caffeine.</p>
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Meth is now cheaper than a meal at Burger King in much of Asia
<p>BANGKOK, Thailand —&#160;Asia’s favorite high — meth — is cheap, dirty and more popular than ever.</p>
<p>New data from the United Nations reveals that authorities seized more than 270 million pills of meth by authorities last year. That’s a whopping 10-fold increase in just seven years.&#160;Even pot can’t compete.</p>
<p>The more meth cranked out by underground chemists in far-flung labs, the cheaper meth tends to get. Even Asia’s most destitute peasants can now afford meth if they’re willing to forego food for a day — which isn’t hard once the meth vaporizes your appetite.&#160;</p>
<p>Here are a few staggering facts about Asia’s meth habit gleaned from the&#160; <a href="http://www.unodc.org/southeastasiaandpacific/en/2015/05/regional-ats-nps-launch/story.html" type="external">UN’s Office of Drugs and Crime</a>&#160;as well as GlobalPost’s own field reporting.</p>
<p>Meth in Asia is often cheaper than a Whopper value meal at Burger King</p>
<p>This is a price-per-pill meth breakdown for countries across Asia. As a point of comparison, consider that a Whopper value meal at Burger King consistently sells in the region for about $5.</p>
<p>Meth tends to be cheapest&#160;in unruly zones where meth is actually produced. And&#160;Myanmar’s Shan State, which once churned out much of New York’s heroin, is Asia’s top meth production zone.&#160;</p>
<p>These unruly hills are home to a patchwork of militias. Some are aligned with the government. Some have battled the government for years. But all types of militias can exploit the area’s general lawlessness to oversee underground labs that churn out the bulk of Asia's meth.</p>
<p>Many living close to this meth-producing heartland can buy pills for prices below the UN’s lowest cited figure of $2. A senior officer with an anti-government "liberation army" based close to the Myanmar-China border told GlobalPost that meth pills in his region are now selling for 50 cents. The price per pill, he says, goes up to $1 or $2 in Mandalay, the nearest major city.</p>
<p>Asia’s annual meth seizures could get all of California high for a week straight</p>
<p>Determining the amount of meth produced in Asia is impossible. But analysts can at least track how much meth is seized by cops — which is presumed to be a mere fraction of the volume successfully hitting the streets.</p>
<p>Last year, the amount of meth confiscated in Asia amounted to 270 million pills.&#160;(Asia in this context means China to New Zealand and all points in between. Russia and India aren't included.)</p>
<p>That’s enough meth to keep every man, woman and child in California high for a week straight.&#160;An even more frightening fact:&#160;it’s enough to keep all of Florida high for two weeks straight. (In this inadvisable nightmare scenario, every inhabitant gets one pill per day.)</p>
<p>Most meth, meanwhile, never gets seized. One senior UN official offers a “conservative estimate” that, in mainland Southeast Asia, an astonishing <a href="https://twitter.com/jdouglasSEA/status/603503001982996481" type="external">2&#160;billion pills</a> are produced each year. If true, that's nearly enough to keep everyone in the US high for a week.</p>
<p>None of these estimates include crystal meth — the high purity breed of the drug made popular by Breaking Bad — though this is also popular across Asia.</p>
<p>These figures only refer to meth pills, which typically resemble pastel-colored aspirin tablets. On the street, it’s called “ya ba” (which is Thai for “madness medicine”). Pills can be swallowed or crushed up and smoked. Anyone who takes “ya ba” can forget about sleeping for the next 24 hours.</p>
<p>The meth sold is Asia can be potent or pathetically weak</p>
<p>Crystal meth contains far more of the substances, synthesized from ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, that bring on speedy euphoria.</p>
<p>Crystal meth with 90 percent purity (or higher) is mass-produced in Mexico and available on American streets. The same is true of crystal meth produced in Myanmar and sold in neighboring countries such as Thailand, where tests reveal crystal meth has purity levels ranging from 40 to 90 percent, according to the United Nations.</p>
<p>But crystal meth is just too expensive for the typical working-class Asian. It's common to pay $100 per gram and, in China, the price-per-gram ranges between $50 and $450.</p>
<p>So the masses typically resort to cheaper "ya ba" meth pills with a typical purity of 10 to 20 percent. In Singapore, a tiny island nation with notoriously unforgiving drug laws, the purity per meth pill can sink as low as 2.5 percent.</p>
<p>But even so-called “meth” pills with scant amounts of methamphetamine will likely keep users awake until dawn. The rest of the tablet is usually padded out with the world’s dominant alertness aid: plain-old caffeine.</p>
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<p>Microprocessor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) reported strong results after market close on July 27. Excluding the company's Intel Security results (since the company divested of this business), the company says that its revenue was up 14% year over year in the most recent quarter.</p>
<p>Earnings per share, on a GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) basis, were $0.58; the company says they were "up 22 percent year-over-year driven by strong topline growth and gross margin improvement."</p>
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<p>The company had some more good news to share with investors: It is raising its full-year revenue guidance to $61.3 billion (up from $60 billion previously) and its GAAP earnings-per-share guidance by $0.10, to $2.66.</p>
<p>There's no other way to put it: Intel did extremely well this quarter, and 2017 is shaping up to be quite a good year for the company.</p>
<p>Let's take a closer look at the details driving these results.</p>
<p>Intel's client computing group performed surprisingly well this quarter, with revenue growing from $7.34 billion a year ago to $8.21 billion in the most recent quarter; that works out to 12% growth.</p>
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<p>Intel attributes that year-over-year revenue growth to two factors. The first is "higher notebook ASP [average selling prices] and volume," and the second is a ramp-up in the company's shipments of LTE chips (presumably in <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/05/02/intel-corporation-hints-at-next-gen-apple-inc-ipho.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;uuid=f0934b72-730c-11e7-bb3b-0050569d4be0&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">support of the next iPhone</a>).</p>
<p>Operating profit in this segment surged, growing from just $1.91 billion in the prior-year period to $3.03 billion in the most recent quarter (up 58% year over year). This segment is now, by far, Intel's largest in terms of both revenue and raw operating-profit contribution.</p>
<p>The company says that the operating profit growth was due to "improving 14nm costs" (manufacturing yield improvements), a "richer product mix" (selling more of its higher-end parts), and "lower spending" (cuts in operating expenses).</p>
<p>Intel's data center group (DCG) <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/07/26/1-thing-this-intel-corporation-analyst-is-worried.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;uuid=f0934b72-730c-11e7-bb3b-0050569d4be0&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">seems to be the focus</a> among investors and analysts these days, since it is large, highly profitable, and widely viewed as the company's primary long-term growth engine. It seems to have done well this quarter, too.</p>
<p>Revenue in this segment was up 9% year over year, broken into platform revenue up 8% year over year and non-platform revenue (in other words, non-CPU/chipset technologies) up 12% year over year.</p>
<p>Unit volumes in this segment were up 7%, while average selling prices were up just 1%.</p>
<p>Intel says that its cloud and [communications] service provider segments "combined to make up nearly 60% of total DCG revenue." This is important because Intel wants to diversify DCG from the traditional enterprise-server business, which has been lucrative for the company, but is now on the decline.</p>
<p>To illustrate just why Intel wants such diversification, the company says that its revenue growth in the cloud service provider segment was 35% year over year and its communications service provider revenue was up 17% year over year.</p>
<p>Intel's "enterprise and government" business, on the other hand, plunged 11% year over year.</p>
<p>In terms of profitability, Intel saw operating profit in DCG drop from $1.77 billion in the year-ago quarter to $1.66 billion in the most recent quarter. The company attributed this to "higher unit costs" due to the transition to 14nm, along with "technology development costs and investments in AI, Adjacencies."</p>
<p>Investors may recall that Intel recently <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/12/intel-corporation-plans-seismic-change-to-data-cen.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;uuid=f0934b72-730c-11e7-bb3b-0050569d4be0&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">shifted its product development methodology</a> to build data-center products first on new manufacturing technologies, so DCG bears a larger portion of the total manufacturing-technology development costs now than it did a year ago.</p>
<p>Intel reported strong growth in its Internet of Things (IoT) business, with revenue growth year over year of 26%, and operating profit surging 56%. The company attributed the results to "strength in Industrial, Video and Automotive."</p>
<p>In its non-volatile memory solutions group (NSG), it enjoyed revenue growth of 58% and a 51% operating profit improvement. This segment lost $110 million this quarter, but the company says that its core NAND flash business was profitable in the quarter, meaning that the losses here are related to the company's nascent 3D XPoint memory business.</p>
<p>And, finally, Intel's programmable solutions group (PSG), the new name for the Altera business that Intel acquired in late 2015, saw revenue decline 5% "driven by data center and wireless which more than offset growth in Industrial, Military and Embedded." Operating profit here was down a modest 2%.</p>
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<p>Microprocessor giant Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) reported strong results after market close on July 27. Excluding the company's Intel Security results (since the company divested of this business), the company says that its revenue was up 14% year over year in the most recent quarter.</p>
<p>Earnings per share, on a GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) basis, were $0.58; the company says they were "up 22 percent year-over-year driven by strong topline growth and gross margin improvement."</p>
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<p>The company had some more good news to share with investors: It is raising its full-year revenue guidance to $61.3 billion (up from $60 billion previously) and its GAAP earnings-per-share guidance by $0.10, to $2.66.</p>
<p>There's no other way to put it: Intel did extremely well this quarter, and 2017 is shaping up to be quite a good year for the company.</p>
<p>Let's take a closer look at the details driving these results.</p>
<p>Intel's client computing group performed surprisingly well this quarter, with revenue growing from $7.34 billion a year ago to $8.21 billion in the most recent quarter; that works out to 12% growth.</p>
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<p>Intel attributes that year-over-year revenue growth to two factors. The first is "higher notebook ASP [average selling prices] and volume," and the second is a ramp-up in the company's shipments of LTE chips (presumably in <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/05/02/intel-corporation-hints-at-next-gen-apple-inc-ipho.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;uuid=f0934b72-730c-11e7-bb3b-0050569d4be0&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">support of the next iPhone</a>).</p>
<p>Operating profit in this segment surged, growing from just $1.91 billion in the prior-year period to $3.03 billion in the most recent quarter (up 58% year over year). This segment is now, by far, Intel's largest in terms of both revenue and raw operating-profit contribution.</p>
<p>The company says that the operating profit growth was due to "improving 14nm costs" (manufacturing yield improvements), a "richer product mix" (selling more of its higher-end parts), and "lower spending" (cuts in operating expenses).</p>
<p>Intel's data center group (DCG) <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/07/26/1-thing-this-intel-corporation-analyst-is-worried.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;uuid=f0934b72-730c-11e7-bb3b-0050569d4be0&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">seems to be the focus</a> among investors and analysts these days, since it is large, highly profitable, and widely viewed as the company's primary long-term growth engine. It seems to have done well this quarter, too.</p>
<p>Revenue in this segment was up 9% year over year, broken into platform revenue up 8% year over year and non-platform revenue (in other words, non-CPU/chipset technologies) up 12% year over year.</p>
<p>Unit volumes in this segment were up 7%, while average selling prices were up just 1%.</p>
<p>Intel says that its cloud and [communications] service provider segments "combined to make up nearly 60% of total DCG revenue." This is important because Intel wants to diversify DCG from the traditional enterprise-server business, which has been lucrative for the company, but is now on the decline.</p>
<p>To illustrate just why Intel wants such diversification, the company says that its revenue growth in the cloud service provider segment was 35% year over year and its communications service provider revenue was up 17% year over year.</p>
<p>Intel's "enterprise and government" business, on the other hand, plunged 11% year over year.</p>
<p>In terms of profitability, Intel saw operating profit in DCG drop from $1.77 billion in the year-ago quarter to $1.66 billion in the most recent quarter. The company attributed this to "higher unit costs" due to the transition to 14nm, along with "technology development costs and investments in AI, Adjacencies."</p>
<p>Investors may recall that Intel recently <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/12/intel-corporation-plans-seismic-change-to-data-cen.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;uuid=f0934b72-730c-11e7-bb3b-0050569d4be0&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">shifted its product development methodology</a> to build data-center products first on new manufacturing technologies, so DCG bears a larger portion of the total manufacturing-technology development costs now than it did a year ago.</p>
<p>Intel reported strong growth in its Internet of Things (IoT) business, with revenue growth year over year of 26%, and operating profit surging 56%. The company attributed the results to "strength in Industrial, Video and Automotive."</p>
<p>In its non-volatile memory solutions group (NSG), it enjoyed revenue growth of 58% and a 51% operating profit improvement. This segment lost $110 million this quarter, but the company says that its core NAND flash business was profitable in the quarter, meaning that the losses here are related to the company's nascent 3D XPoint memory business.</p>
<p>And, finally, Intel's programmable solutions group (PSG), the new name for the Altera business that Intel acquired in late 2015, saw revenue decline 5% "driven by data center and wireless which more than offset growth in Industrial, Military and Embedded." Operating profit here was down a modest 2%.</p>
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<p>WACO, Texas—Becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ means being willing to say “yes” unconditionally to God, knowing he likely will lead his followers into uncomfortable places, Kay Warren told a group at Baptist-affiliated Baylor University.</p>
<p>For Warren, it meant becoming a global advocate for people with HIV/AIDS, for orphans and for other marginalized and vulnerable groups.</p>
<p>Her husband, Rick, is pastor of <a href="http://www.saddleback.com/" type="external">Saddleback Church</a> in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of The Purpose Driven Life.</p>
<p>Accepting Christ’s invitation to deny self, take up a cross and follow him means being “dangerously surrendered, seriously disturbed and gloriously ruined,” she told The Next Big Idea conference, an event sponsored by <a href="http://www.baylor.edu/Social_Work/" type="external">Baylor’s School of Social Work</a>, <a href="http://www.baylor.edu/truett/" type="external">Truett Theological Seminary</a> and the <a href="http://www.leadnet.org/" type="external">Leadership Network</a>.</p>
<p>Warren told participants both at a conference plenary session and workshop how she became “seriously disturbed” a few years ago by reading an article about AIDS in Africa.</p>
<p>“The article said there were 12 million children in Africa orphaned by AIDS. And I couldn’t name a single one of them. There were 33 million people with AIDS. And I couldn’t name a single person who was HIV-positive,” she said.</p>
<p>“It rocked my world. It was a pivotal moment when I said ‘yes’ to God, and he broke my heart. It turned my life upside-down.”</p>
<p>That kind of “signpost moment” happens when a Christian becomes “so broken by brokenness, so disturbed, that you feel like you can’t live with it another second,” Warren explained.</p>
<p>Discipleship also means allowing Christ to “gloriously ruin” one of his followers for the normal life he or she knew before, she added. Warren explained for her, it meant transformation from “a suburban mom with a minivan” to an outspoken advocate for HIV-positive people worldwide.</p>
<p>“The pursuit of the American dream in and of itself will ruin you. Pursuit of health, wealth and happiness will ruin you. And so will following Christ. If you’re going to be ruined, why not be ruined for something that matters—something that lasts?” she asked.</p>
<p>Being “gloriously ruined” means following the example of Christ to “take on pain that isn’t our own,” she said. In Warren’s case, one of the first and most memorable examples involved an encounter with an HIV-positive woman who was living—and dying—under a tree because she had been expelled from her village.</p>
<p>“Nothing in my faith had prepared me to talk to a dying, homeless woman living under a tree,” she said. “Nobody should have to die alone.”</p>
<p>Being a disciple of Christ means doing what Jesus did—“making the invisible God visible” and caring for “the least, the last and the lost,” Warren said.</p>
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<p>WACO, Texas—Becoming a disciple of Jesus Christ means being willing to say “yes” unconditionally to God, knowing he likely will lead his followers into uncomfortable places, Kay Warren told a group at Baptist-affiliated Baylor University.</p>
<p>For Warren, it meant becoming a global advocate for people with HIV/AIDS, for orphans and for other marginalized and vulnerable groups.</p>
<p>Her husband, Rick, is pastor of <a href="http://www.saddleback.com/" type="external">Saddleback Church</a> in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of The Purpose Driven Life.</p>
<p>Accepting Christ’s invitation to deny self, take up a cross and follow him means being “dangerously surrendered, seriously disturbed and gloriously ruined,” she told The Next Big Idea conference, an event sponsored by <a href="http://www.baylor.edu/Social_Work/" type="external">Baylor’s School of Social Work</a>, <a href="http://www.baylor.edu/truett/" type="external">Truett Theological Seminary</a> and the <a href="http://www.leadnet.org/" type="external">Leadership Network</a>.</p>
<p>Warren told participants both at a conference plenary session and workshop how she became “seriously disturbed” a few years ago by reading an article about AIDS in Africa.</p>
<p>“The article said there were 12 million children in Africa orphaned by AIDS. And I couldn’t name a single one of them. There were 33 million people with AIDS. And I couldn’t name a single person who was HIV-positive,” she said.</p>
<p>“It rocked my world. It was a pivotal moment when I said ‘yes’ to God, and he broke my heart. It turned my life upside-down.”</p>
<p>That kind of “signpost moment” happens when a Christian becomes “so broken by brokenness, so disturbed, that you feel like you can’t live with it another second,” Warren explained.</p>
<p>Discipleship also means allowing Christ to “gloriously ruin” one of his followers for the normal life he or she knew before, she added. Warren explained for her, it meant transformation from “a suburban mom with a minivan” to an outspoken advocate for HIV-positive people worldwide.</p>
<p>“The pursuit of the American dream in and of itself will ruin you. Pursuit of health, wealth and happiness will ruin you. And so will following Christ. If you’re going to be ruined, why not be ruined for something that matters—something that lasts?” she asked.</p>
<p>Being “gloriously ruined” means following the example of Christ to “take on pain that isn’t our own,” she said. In Warren’s case, one of the first and most memorable examples involved an encounter with an HIV-positive woman who was living—and dying—under a tree because she had been expelled from her village.</p>
<p>“Nothing in my faith had prepared me to talk to a dying, homeless woman living under a tree,” she said. “Nobody should have to die alone.”</p>
<p>Being a disciple of Christ means doing what Jesus did—“making the invisible God visible” and caring for “the least, the last and the lost,” Warren said.</p>
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<p>EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Their minds still racing with childlike exuberance over the stunning last-snap victory that sent them to the NFC championship game, many of the Minnesota Vikings remained awake several hours past midnight.</p>
<p>Cornerback Xavier Rhodes replayed the video clip of the winning touchdown "about a thousand times" at home, searing the image of <a href="http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Minneapolis-Miracle-Keenum-To-Diggs-For-The-Win/899f7d74-51b0-43f8-a5ea-695e884af19d" type="external">Stefon Diggs leaping to catch the pass from Case Keenum and sprinting for the end zone</a> into his memory forever so the details of the sequence that beat New Orleans were no longer foggy.</p>
<p>Ten seconds left.</p>
<p>Trailing by one point.</p>
<p>Sixty-one yards to go.</p>
<p><a href="https://pro32.ap.org/article/stunner-keenum-diggs-td-sends-vikings-past-saints-29-24" type="external">The outcome that produced the 29-24 victory was so improbable</a> that the Vikings were predictably continuing to process their status as the first team in NFL history to score a winning touchdown on the final play of regulation in a postseason game.</p>
<p>"The Minneapolis Miracle", as it was dubbed in trending on social media, was as unfathomable as the name sounds.</p>
<p>"We still can't believe it in the locker room," wide receiver Adam Thielen said. "I woke up this morning and made sure it wasn't a dream."</p>
<p>The Vikings were about a field-goal favorite on the early betting lines to beat the Eagles on Sunday and become the first team to play a Super Bowl on home turf.</p>
<p>"I believe anything is possible at any moment, as you can see what happened yesterday," Rhodes said.</p>
<p>Such an emotional ending carries the potential to distract from preparation for and focus on the next game at Philadelphia, when the winner's high will be worn off and the Vikings will be in an unfriendly stadium without the advantages and comforts of their own place.</p>
<p>They wouldn't have advanced this far without an unassuming attitude, though, so they were quick on Monday to dismiss the danger of savoring the moment too long.</p>
<p>"I think it took a little bit longer yesterday to probably get over it, but, no, today I think guys are ready," Thielen said. "We know how tough this game's going to be for us, and we know that we still have a long ways to go."</p>
<p>For those anxiously and impatiently long-waiting fans of one of the NFL's most agonized franchises, the victory on Sunday was evidence that whatever curse existed in their minds might no longer be relevant.</p>
<p>Sure, most of these players endured the missed 27-yard field-goal try by Blair Walsh in the closing seconds of the wild-card round defeat two years ago against Seattle.</p>
<p>Defensive end Brian Robison, at least, was on the 2009 team that lost in overtime at New Orleans in the NFC championship game.</p>
<p>Except for Thielen and the handful of Minnesota natives on the roster, though, those crushing losses of the past that helped shape Vikings lore have not been a part of this team's experience, let alone the lives of most of the players.</p>
<p>"We're not playing to make up for anything," Thielen said. "We're just playing to win football games."</p>
<p>To beat the Eagles, the Vikings have some more work to do. They won't have the crowd noise or the fast surface, for one.</p>
<p>They'll have to face a defense just as strong if not stronger than the Saints. That's why coach Mike Zimmer, who let his guard down during <a href="http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Zimmer-I-Dont-Know-What-To-Say/a23672a8-582c-415c-8c4a-4c094e25dcf8" type="external">an uncharacteristically playful postgame news conference</a> , was all business at the podium inside the team's practice facility on Monday.</p>
<p>"We can't make these mistakes in playoff games or we'll be going home," Zimmer said. "There's always good and always bad in some of the games, but we made some critical errors in that game that could have gotten us beat."</p>
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<p>EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Their minds still racing with childlike exuberance over the stunning last-snap victory that sent them to the NFC championship game, many of the Minnesota Vikings remained awake several hours past midnight.</p>
<p>Cornerback Xavier Rhodes replayed the video clip of the winning touchdown "about a thousand times" at home, searing the image of <a href="http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Minneapolis-Miracle-Keenum-To-Diggs-For-The-Win/899f7d74-51b0-43f8-a5ea-695e884af19d" type="external">Stefon Diggs leaping to catch the pass from Case Keenum and sprinting for the end zone</a> into his memory forever so the details of the sequence that beat New Orleans were no longer foggy.</p>
<p>Ten seconds left.</p>
<p>Trailing by one point.</p>
<p>Sixty-one yards to go.</p>
<p><a href="https://pro32.ap.org/article/stunner-keenum-diggs-td-sends-vikings-past-saints-29-24" type="external">The outcome that produced the 29-24 victory was so improbable</a> that the Vikings were predictably continuing to process their status as the first team in NFL history to score a winning touchdown on the final play of regulation in a postseason game.</p>
<p>"The Minneapolis Miracle", as it was dubbed in trending on social media, was as unfathomable as the name sounds.</p>
<p>"We still can't believe it in the locker room," wide receiver Adam Thielen said. "I woke up this morning and made sure it wasn't a dream."</p>
<p>The Vikings were about a field-goal favorite on the early betting lines to beat the Eagles on Sunday and become the first team to play a Super Bowl on home turf.</p>
<p>"I believe anything is possible at any moment, as you can see what happened yesterday," Rhodes said.</p>
<p>Such an emotional ending carries the potential to distract from preparation for and focus on the next game at Philadelphia, when the winner's high will be worn off and the Vikings will be in an unfriendly stadium without the advantages and comforts of their own place.</p>
<p>They wouldn't have advanced this far without an unassuming attitude, though, so they were quick on Monday to dismiss the danger of savoring the moment too long.</p>
<p>"I think it took a little bit longer yesterday to probably get over it, but, no, today I think guys are ready," Thielen said. "We know how tough this game's going to be for us, and we know that we still have a long ways to go."</p>
<p>For those anxiously and impatiently long-waiting fans of one of the NFL's most agonized franchises, the victory on Sunday was evidence that whatever curse existed in their minds might no longer be relevant.</p>
<p>Sure, most of these players endured the missed 27-yard field-goal try by Blair Walsh in the closing seconds of the wild-card round defeat two years ago against Seattle.</p>
<p>Defensive end Brian Robison, at least, was on the 2009 team that lost in overtime at New Orleans in the NFC championship game.</p>
<p>Except for Thielen and the handful of Minnesota natives on the roster, though, those crushing losses of the past that helped shape Vikings lore have not been a part of this team's experience, let alone the lives of most of the players.</p>
<p>"We're not playing to make up for anything," Thielen said. "We're just playing to win football games."</p>
<p>To beat the Eagles, the Vikings have some more work to do. They won't have the crowd noise or the fast surface, for one.</p>
<p>They'll have to face a defense just as strong if not stronger than the Saints. That's why coach Mike Zimmer, who let his guard down during <a href="http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Zimmer-I-Dont-Know-What-To-Say/a23672a8-582c-415c-8c4a-4c094e25dcf8" type="external">an uncharacteristically playful postgame news conference</a> , was all business at the podium inside the team's practice facility on Monday.</p>
<p>"We can't make these mistakes in playoff games or we'll be going home," Zimmer said. "There's always good and always bad in some of the games, but we made some critical errors in that game that could have gotten us beat."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>For more NFL coverage: <a href="http://www.pro32.ap.org" type="external">http://www.pro32.ap.org</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL" type="external">http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL</a></p>
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Vikings pivot to Eagles, after big break to beat Saints
<p>EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Their minds still racing with childlike exuberance over the stunning last-snap victory that sent them to the NFC championship game, many of the Minnesota Vikings remained awake several hours past midnight.</p>
<p>Cornerback Xavier Rhodes replayed the video clip of the winning touchdown "about a thousand times" at home, searing the image of <a href="http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Minneapolis-Miracle-Keenum-To-Diggs-For-The-Win/899f7d74-51b0-43f8-a5ea-695e884af19d" type="external">Stefon Diggs leaping to catch the pass from Case Keenum and sprinting for the end zone</a> into his memory forever so the details of the sequence that beat New Orleans were no longer foggy.</p>
<p>Ten seconds left.</p>
<p>Trailing by one point.</p>
<p>Sixty-one yards to go.</p>
<p><a href="https://pro32.ap.org/article/stunner-keenum-diggs-td-sends-vikings-past-saints-29-24" type="external">The outcome that produced the 29-24 victory was so improbable</a> that the Vikings were predictably continuing to process their status as the first team in NFL history to score a winning touchdown on the final play of regulation in a postseason game.</p>
<p>"The Minneapolis Miracle", as it was dubbed in trending on social media, was as unfathomable as the name sounds.</p>
<p>"We still can't believe it in the locker room," wide receiver Adam Thielen said. "I woke up this morning and made sure it wasn't a dream."</p>
<p>The Vikings were about a field-goal favorite on the early betting lines to beat the Eagles on Sunday and become the first team to play a Super Bowl on home turf.</p>
<p>"I believe anything is possible at any moment, as you can see what happened yesterday," Rhodes said.</p>
<p>Such an emotional ending carries the potential to distract from preparation for and focus on the next game at Philadelphia, when the winner's high will be worn off and the Vikings will be in an unfriendly stadium without the advantages and comforts of their own place.</p>
<p>They wouldn't have advanced this far without an unassuming attitude, though, so they were quick on Monday to dismiss the danger of savoring the moment too long.</p>
<p>"I think it took a little bit longer yesterday to probably get over it, but, no, today I think guys are ready," Thielen said. "We know how tough this game's going to be for us, and we know that we still have a long ways to go."</p>
<p>For those anxiously and impatiently long-waiting fans of one of the NFL's most agonized franchises, the victory on Sunday was evidence that whatever curse existed in their minds might no longer be relevant.</p>
<p>Sure, most of these players endured the missed 27-yard field-goal try by Blair Walsh in the closing seconds of the wild-card round defeat two years ago against Seattle.</p>
<p>Defensive end Brian Robison, at least, was on the 2009 team that lost in overtime at New Orleans in the NFC championship game.</p>
<p>Except for Thielen and the handful of Minnesota natives on the roster, though, those crushing losses of the past that helped shape Vikings lore have not been a part of this team's experience, let alone the lives of most of the players.</p>
<p>"We're not playing to make up for anything," Thielen said. "We're just playing to win football games."</p>
<p>To beat the Eagles, the Vikings have some more work to do. They won't have the crowd noise or the fast surface, for one.</p>
<p>They'll have to face a defense just as strong if not stronger than the Saints. That's why coach Mike Zimmer, who let his guard down during <a href="http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Zimmer-I-Dont-Know-What-To-Say/a23672a8-582c-415c-8c4a-4c094e25dcf8" type="external">an uncharacteristically playful postgame news conference</a> , was all business at the podium inside the team's practice facility on Monday.</p>
<p>"We can't make these mistakes in playoff games or we'll be going home," Zimmer said. "There's always good and always bad in some of the games, but we made some critical errors in that game that could have gotten us beat."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>For more NFL coverage: <a href="http://www.pro32.ap.org" type="external">http://www.pro32.ap.org</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL" type="external">http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL</a></p>
<p>EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Their minds still racing with childlike exuberance over the stunning last-snap victory that sent them to the NFC championship game, many of the Minnesota Vikings remained awake several hours past midnight.</p>
<p>Cornerback Xavier Rhodes replayed the video clip of the winning touchdown "about a thousand times" at home, searing the image of <a href="http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Minneapolis-Miracle-Keenum-To-Diggs-For-The-Win/899f7d74-51b0-43f8-a5ea-695e884af19d" type="external">Stefon Diggs leaping to catch the pass from Case Keenum and sprinting for the end zone</a> into his memory forever so the details of the sequence that beat New Orleans were no longer foggy.</p>
<p>Ten seconds left.</p>
<p>Trailing by one point.</p>
<p>Sixty-one yards to go.</p>
<p><a href="https://pro32.ap.org/article/stunner-keenum-diggs-td-sends-vikings-past-saints-29-24" type="external">The outcome that produced the 29-24 victory was so improbable</a> that the Vikings were predictably continuing to process their status as the first team in NFL history to score a winning touchdown on the final play of regulation in a postseason game.</p>
<p>"The Minneapolis Miracle", as it was dubbed in trending on social media, was as unfathomable as the name sounds.</p>
<p>"We still can't believe it in the locker room," wide receiver Adam Thielen said. "I woke up this morning and made sure it wasn't a dream."</p>
<p>The Vikings were about a field-goal favorite on the early betting lines to beat the Eagles on Sunday and become the first team to play a Super Bowl on home turf.</p>
<p>"I believe anything is possible at any moment, as you can see what happened yesterday," Rhodes said.</p>
<p>Such an emotional ending carries the potential to distract from preparation for and focus on the next game at Philadelphia, when the winner's high will be worn off and the Vikings will be in an unfriendly stadium without the advantages and comforts of their own place.</p>
<p>They wouldn't have advanced this far without an unassuming attitude, though, so they were quick on Monday to dismiss the danger of savoring the moment too long.</p>
<p>"I think it took a little bit longer yesterday to probably get over it, but, no, today I think guys are ready," Thielen said. "We know how tough this game's going to be for us, and we know that we still have a long ways to go."</p>
<p>For those anxiously and impatiently long-waiting fans of one of the NFL's most agonized franchises, the victory on Sunday was evidence that whatever curse existed in their minds might no longer be relevant.</p>
<p>Sure, most of these players endured the missed 27-yard field-goal try by Blair Walsh in the closing seconds of the wild-card round defeat two years ago against Seattle.</p>
<p>Defensive end Brian Robison, at least, was on the 2009 team that lost in overtime at New Orleans in the NFC championship game.</p>
<p>Except for Thielen and the handful of Minnesota natives on the roster, though, those crushing losses of the past that helped shape Vikings lore have not been a part of this team's experience, let alone the lives of most of the players.</p>
<p>"We're not playing to make up for anything," Thielen said. "We're just playing to win football games."</p>
<p>To beat the Eagles, the Vikings have some more work to do. They won't have the crowd noise or the fast surface, for one.</p>
<p>They'll have to face a defense just as strong if not stronger than the Saints. That's why coach Mike Zimmer, who let his guard down during <a href="http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Zimmer-I-Dont-Know-What-To-Say/a23672a8-582c-415c-8c4a-4c094e25dcf8" type="external">an uncharacteristically playful postgame news conference</a> , was all business at the podium inside the team's practice facility on Monday.</p>
<p>"We can't make these mistakes in playoff games or we'll be going home," Zimmer said. "There's always good and always bad in some of the games, but we made some critical errors in that game that could have gotten us beat."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>For more NFL coverage: <a href="http://www.pro32.ap.org" type="external">http://www.pro32.ap.org</a> and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL" type="external">http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL</a></p>
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<p>One day not long ago—hypothetically—the head honchos of the Bush administration sat down in the Oval Office. Long faces prevailed around the room. The agenda: “Transitioning from Plan A to Plan B.”</p>
<p>Plan A, someone explained to the uninitiated, was the Dynasty Plan. The plan posited a continuation of Bush policies, notably the radical conservative game plan laid out in the 2002 National Security Strategy, under a new Republican administration.</p>
<p>No matter that six years after the unveiling of the National Security Strategy the majority of the U.S public rejected nearly all the basic premises of the doctrine. Although most Americans now weighed in against the war in Iraq, for adherence to international law and institutions, and against the role of the United States as global cop, the dynasty plan assumed that what was needed was a deepening of the same policies that had been applied over the previous eight years. Given the concentration and expansion of executive powers achieved over the Bush administrations, this could be done without explicit agreement from the citizenry.</p>
<p>To put the Dynasty Plan in place simply meant passing the torch to Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the beginning, this plan seemed relatively simple. There were no major differences between the outgoing and incoming executives. The de facto powers of state—defense and oil companies, neoconservative global architects—would hardly be disturbed. There was even talk of putting Jeb Bush on the ticket in the number-two spot, but some worried about the overly obvious dynastic implications of having a Bush on the ballot seven out of the last eight national elections. In any case, McCain could keep the seat warm for Brother Jeb in 2012.</p>
<p>There is no clearer formulation of this plan than the 2008 Republican platform. Not only does it affirm the most controversial aspects of the Bush doctrine, it also insists on unchecked presidential powers to order the pre-emptive strikes and unilateral measures that characterize the security strategy.</p>
<p>The platform doesn’t mince words: “The waging of war—and the achieving of peace—should never be micromanaged in a party platform, or on the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives for that matter. In dealing with present conflicts and future crises, our next president must preserve all options.” Besides the citizenry and the Congress, the other bodies that should never be allowed to interfere with dynastic power are international institutions. The platform states, “The United States participates in various international organizations which can, at times, serve the cause of peace and prosperity, but those organizations must never serve as a substitute for principled American leadership. Nor should our participation in them prevent our joining with other democracies to protect our vital national interests.”</p>
<p>The Fall of the Dynasty Plan</p>
<p>This multi-generational strategy depended on holding executive power. But since the Dynasty Plan was first developed, things had gotten a lot more complicated. Hence the long faces.</p>
<p>First, the relay team dropped the torch. The president, whose job it was to pass the torch, began to lag seriously behind in the race, and then bungled the pass. Then the candidate, whose job it was to receive the torch, fumbled the hand-off, complaining that the torch itself was defective. Confusion ensued.</p>
<p>By the time the Bush team realized just how bad things were, they were worse. The polls—including some of the ones designed to manipulate, rather than reflect, public opinion—were showing alarming signs that the African-American, liberal, upstart would actually win the race. That would blow Plan A out of the water.</p>
<p>Not only was it unclear whether power could be transferred successfully under the original Dynasty Plan, there was now another major monkey wrench in the works. The financial system was crashing. Not flailing, not foundering, but crashing. In a way that could no longer be hidden from the public. The most privileged group of people under the Bush administration had broken even the tenuous tethers that the financial system had to a real economy through devious and ingenious machinations in financial instruments and the speculative bubble had burst. The situation was embarrassing, costly, and potentially fatal to Plan A.</p>
<p>Add that history-making mess to the mess in Iraq, and it was no wonder that the next runner had doubts about grabbing the torch that was being handed him. Under these circumstances, one could get seriously burned.</p>
<p>In short, the Republican’s Dynasty Plan was in crisis on multiple fronts. Although all possible attempts would be considered to save it, including Dick Cheney’s personal favorite, the “attack-a-foreign-country” or “October Surprise” option, there seemed to be no choice but to prepare Plan B—the “Legacy Plan.”</p>
<p>Locking In a Legacy</p>
<p>The Legacy Plan recognizes the possibility that the Republicans could not only lose the White House, but that they could also face a situation of such widespread backlash against their disastrous policies that any form of recuperation would be temporarily shut down. This means that timelines have to be stepped way up on many of the administration’s fondest structural changes. The goal under Plan B is to lock in as many of those policies as possible before turning over the keys of the White House.</p>
<p>This is exactly what the Bush administration has begun to do. In the area of foreign policy, not only have the goals of its own national security strategy not been realized after two administrations, but many of them are actually receding. The invasion of Iraq was exceedingly costly, not only in military and financial terms but also in political terms. And yet that troubled nation can still not be counted as the controlled source of oil and containment in the Middle East that proponents of the bloody occupation envisioned. Pressures for withdrawal have come from all quarters, including the Iraqi government.</p>
<p>In addition to seeing the goal of establishing a strong U.S. foothold in the oil-rich region fade away, the administration is no doubt feeling the heat from the defense industry at the prospect of future contracts drying up.</p>
<p>To fill the potential gap, the legacy plan is expanding defense spending in other areas and preparing the ground for new conflicts. The Bush administration has pushed increased military spending in Afghanistan and Pakistan and begun to deliver defense contracts for the U.S.-Mexico border region. The $162 billion Iraq supplementary passed in June provides significant breathing room to defense contractors in the case of a transition, but concerns are mounting about what will happen to bloated defense companies when the Iraq feed line is cut.</p>
<p>To move from dynasty to legacy in foreign policy requires two things—funding and political will. The Bush administration seems to have no real problems on the funding front. Despite its complaints about the policies, the Democrats have been generous to the Defense Department and forked over billions of dollars worth of funds to support Bush polices throughout the world. Based on Obama’s statements and Washington inertia, it is likely that major cuts are not forthcoming in the near future, although they certainly should be.</p>
<p>The Latin American Legacy Plan</p>
<p>One region where the Bush administration has been working hard on its Legacy Plan over the past few months is Latin America. According to the binary “with us or against us” view of the administration, Latin America had wandered so far from the fold that a full half its territory must now be transferred from the conversion to the containment category. Venezuela’s leadership on issues of South-South integration and solidarity aid have combined with major incursions by Chinese and European investors to decrease U.S. influence in the region. Grassroots movements are rejecting the free trade model and consequent inequality and in many cases electing progressive governments. Instead of viewing this as an opportunity to cooperate in new ways to resolve age-old problems of poverty and democracy, the Bush administration has cast it as a major threat.</p>
<p>Without control of the White House to reward friends and punish enemies, the goal of restoring U.S. hegemony and guaranteeing access to precious natural resources in the hemisphere for transnational corporations could fall out of reach.</p>
<p>The administration has already taken several major steps in Latin America to lock in its legacy. The most important is the Merida Initiative, a multi-year military and police aid package that includes equipment and training to Mexico and, to a lesser degree, Central America, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Congress already passed the first $465 million installment in June of this year and the 2009 spending request will be coming up soon.</p>
<p>This plan, described as a regional security cooperation initiative, locks in three Bush policies that have resulted in demonstrable failure, major human rights violations, and death: the war on drugs, the counterterrorism paradigm, and border security. The Merida Initiative replicates the Plan Colombia model of the war on drugs by focusing exclusively on interdiction and confrontation—a model that did not work in Colombia and will not work in Mexico.</p>
<p>The inclusion of counterterrorism imposes the failings of the model applied in the United States on its southern neighbors, where international terrorism has not been a threat and the political costs could be much higher. A 2004 report on the counterterrorism model noted six failings of this Bush policy, that also apply to the Merida Initiative: an o veremphasis on military responses, an under-estimation of role of and problems with intelligence sharing, a clear tendency to undermining democracy and civil liberties, a lack of focus on Homeland Security measures at home, a w eakening of international institutions, and a failure to attack root causes .</p>
<p>Finally, the linking of immigration enforcement with national security in the initiative mimics the language found in the Republican platform and throughout the Bush years. Migrants are equivalent to terrorists and drug-traffickers. The militarization of borders—not just the U.S.-Mexico border, but the Mexico-Guatemala border, as Mexico must assume the task of intercepting migrants before they get close to the United States—provides juicy contracts to the defense industry and has led to hundreds of migrant deaths and abuses.</p>
<p>The militarization of international relations and ever-increasing defense spending embodied in this plan has been shored up by other developments. Experts warn that the Commands (Central, North, and South) have developed their own dynamic, outside the control of the State Department.</p>
<p>The Democratic Congress failed to recognize that the Merida Initiative was designed to tie the hands of a Democratic administration by imposing a classic Bushian script on relations with our southern neighbors. Following the feint that Mexico simply needed help with its drug war, Democrats approved the funding.</p>
<p>Free trade is another front where the administration seeks to lock in its legacy. Described as the second pillar of the Bush national security strategy, in Latin America the divide between nations that have Free Trade Agreements with the United States and those that don’t has been deepened by the Bush administration to the point of dividing the continent itself in half.</p>
<p>Legacy-locking action on this front has been frantic over the past few weeks. The Bush administration has lobbied heavily for passage of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, both to cement the Pacific rim chain of nations tied to the United States through these agreements, and to reinforce its geopolitical presence in the region through tighter ties to Colombia—one its few real allies.</p>
<p>President Bush has already suffered innumerable setbacks to its free market agenda in Latin America. The announcement of the Andean countries (except Colombia) that they had no interest in an FTA with the United States, the failure of the Free Trade Area of the Americas effort, and advances in South-South integration have eroded the U.S. free trade agenda.</p>
<p>So on Sept. 24 the White House hastily gathered its allies into a new “coalition of the willing” on trade, under the auspices of the pro-business Council of the Americas in Washington, DC. The resulting Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas Initiative joins Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and the United States, “to take stock of the significant progress we have made in our hemisphere through shared commitments to trade and investment liberalization, social inclusion, development, rule of law, and democracy.”</p>
<p>The new proposal is to form a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP). This is a recognition of the failure of the FTAA, and yet another example of the contortions geography has been submitted to in the name of U.S. geopolitics. When the proposed hemispheric regional integration hit a major snag (most of the largest economies in Latin America rejected the U.S. government’s intransigent terms for the NAFTA-style FTAA), the map was redrawn to include only the Western nations signed on and Southeast Asia. This remapping of the region seeks specifically to head off the “Bolivarian” Latin America integration promoted by Chavez.</p>
<p>By locking in free trade agreements that destabilize developing countries and go against the call of the U.S. public to re-evaluate these agreements, the administration hopes to prevent backtracking on free market orthodoxy, even as the model demonstrates its colossal failure in the United States.</p>
<p>Escaping the Legacy Trap</p>
<p>Every outgoing administration seeks to lock in its policies and control over the system before handing the reins to the opposing camp. Whether it’s stacking the courts, pardoning powerful buddies, or issuing executive decrees, the practice is as old as the hills and pretty much inevitable.</p>
<p>But the radical policy dictums of Bush foreign policy must not be allowed to continue. In these last weeks of the current administration, the Democrats and the public must identify and reject all administration measures that could leave a Democratic president hamstrung to make significant changes in foreign policy.</p>
<p>At present, the financial crisis bail-out has understandably obscured all other issues. But watch carefully what happens in the next few weeks. The Bush legacy laws could undermine the change that so many millions of Americans will stake their vote on in November.</p>
<p>LAURA CARLSEN (lcarlsen(at)ciponline.org) is director of the Americas Policy Program ( <a href="http://www.americaspolicy.org" type="external">www.americaspolicy.org</a>) in Mexico City, where she has been a writer and analyst for more than two decades.</p>
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The Fall of the Bush Dynasty Plan
<p>One day not long ago—hypothetically—the head honchos of the Bush administration sat down in the Oval Office. Long faces prevailed around the room. The agenda: “Transitioning from Plan A to Plan B.”</p>
<p>Plan A, someone explained to the uninitiated, was the Dynasty Plan. The plan posited a continuation of Bush policies, notably the radical conservative game plan laid out in the 2002 National Security Strategy, under a new Republican administration.</p>
<p>No matter that six years after the unveiling of the National Security Strategy the majority of the U.S public rejected nearly all the basic premises of the doctrine. Although most Americans now weighed in against the war in Iraq, for adherence to international law and institutions, and against the role of the United States as global cop, the dynasty plan assumed that what was needed was a deepening of the same policies that had been applied over the previous eight years. Given the concentration and expansion of executive powers achieved over the Bush administrations, this could be done without explicit agreement from the citizenry.</p>
<p>To put the Dynasty Plan in place simply meant passing the torch to Republican Party candidate John McCain. In the beginning, this plan seemed relatively simple. There were no major differences between the outgoing and incoming executives. The de facto powers of state—defense and oil companies, neoconservative global architects—would hardly be disturbed. There was even talk of putting Jeb Bush on the ticket in the number-two spot, but some worried about the overly obvious dynastic implications of having a Bush on the ballot seven out of the last eight national elections. In any case, McCain could keep the seat warm for Brother Jeb in 2012.</p>
<p>There is no clearer formulation of this plan than the 2008 Republican platform. Not only does it affirm the most controversial aspects of the Bush doctrine, it also insists on unchecked presidential powers to order the pre-emptive strikes and unilateral measures that characterize the security strategy.</p>
<p>The platform doesn’t mince words: “The waging of war—and the achieving of peace—should never be micromanaged in a party platform, or on the floor of the Senate and House of Representatives for that matter. In dealing with present conflicts and future crises, our next president must preserve all options.” Besides the citizenry and the Congress, the other bodies that should never be allowed to interfere with dynastic power are international institutions. The platform states, “The United States participates in various international organizations which can, at times, serve the cause of peace and prosperity, but those organizations must never serve as a substitute for principled American leadership. Nor should our participation in them prevent our joining with other democracies to protect our vital national interests.”</p>
<p>The Fall of the Dynasty Plan</p>
<p>This multi-generational strategy depended on holding executive power. But since the Dynasty Plan was first developed, things had gotten a lot more complicated. Hence the long faces.</p>
<p>First, the relay team dropped the torch. The president, whose job it was to pass the torch, began to lag seriously behind in the race, and then bungled the pass. Then the candidate, whose job it was to receive the torch, fumbled the hand-off, complaining that the torch itself was defective. Confusion ensued.</p>
<p>By the time the Bush team realized just how bad things were, they were worse. The polls—including some of the ones designed to manipulate, rather than reflect, public opinion—were showing alarming signs that the African-American, liberal, upstart would actually win the race. That would blow Plan A out of the water.</p>
<p>Not only was it unclear whether power could be transferred successfully under the original Dynasty Plan, there was now another major monkey wrench in the works. The financial system was crashing. Not flailing, not foundering, but crashing. In a way that could no longer be hidden from the public. The most privileged group of people under the Bush administration had broken even the tenuous tethers that the financial system had to a real economy through devious and ingenious machinations in financial instruments and the speculative bubble had burst. The situation was embarrassing, costly, and potentially fatal to Plan A.</p>
<p>Add that history-making mess to the mess in Iraq, and it was no wonder that the next runner had doubts about grabbing the torch that was being handed him. Under these circumstances, one could get seriously burned.</p>
<p>In short, the Republican’s Dynasty Plan was in crisis on multiple fronts. Although all possible attempts would be considered to save it, including Dick Cheney’s personal favorite, the “attack-a-foreign-country” or “October Surprise” option, there seemed to be no choice but to prepare Plan B—the “Legacy Plan.”</p>
<p>Locking In a Legacy</p>
<p>The Legacy Plan recognizes the possibility that the Republicans could not only lose the White House, but that they could also face a situation of such widespread backlash against their disastrous policies that any form of recuperation would be temporarily shut down. This means that timelines have to be stepped way up on many of the administration’s fondest structural changes. The goal under Plan B is to lock in as many of those policies as possible before turning over the keys of the White House.</p>
<p>This is exactly what the Bush administration has begun to do. In the area of foreign policy, not only have the goals of its own national security strategy not been realized after two administrations, but many of them are actually receding. The invasion of Iraq was exceedingly costly, not only in military and financial terms but also in political terms. And yet that troubled nation can still not be counted as the controlled source of oil and containment in the Middle East that proponents of the bloody occupation envisioned. Pressures for withdrawal have come from all quarters, including the Iraqi government.</p>
<p>In addition to seeing the goal of establishing a strong U.S. foothold in the oil-rich region fade away, the administration is no doubt feeling the heat from the defense industry at the prospect of future contracts drying up.</p>
<p>To fill the potential gap, the legacy plan is expanding defense spending in other areas and preparing the ground for new conflicts. The Bush administration has pushed increased military spending in Afghanistan and Pakistan and begun to deliver defense contracts for the U.S.-Mexico border region. The $162 billion Iraq supplementary passed in June provides significant breathing room to defense contractors in the case of a transition, but concerns are mounting about what will happen to bloated defense companies when the Iraq feed line is cut.</p>
<p>To move from dynasty to legacy in foreign policy requires two things—funding and political will. The Bush administration seems to have no real problems on the funding front. Despite its complaints about the policies, the Democrats have been generous to the Defense Department and forked over billions of dollars worth of funds to support Bush polices throughout the world. Based on Obama’s statements and Washington inertia, it is likely that major cuts are not forthcoming in the near future, although they certainly should be.</p>
<p>The Latin American Legacy Plan</p>
<p>One region where the Bush administration has been working hard on its Legacy Plan over the past few months is Latin America. According to the binary “with us or against us” view of the administration, Latin America had wandered so far from the fold that a full half its territory must now be transferred from the conversion to the containment category. Venezuela’s leadership on issues of South-South integration and solidarity aid have combined with major incursions by Chinese and European investors to decrease U.S. influence in the region. Grassroots movements are rejecting the free trade model and consequent inequality and in many cases electing progressive governments. Instead of viewing this as an opportunity to cooperate in new ways to resolve age-old problems of poverty and democracy, the Bush administration has cast it as a major threat.</p>
<p>Without control of the White House to reward friends and punish enemies, the goal of restoring U.S. hegemony and guaranteeing access to precious natural resources in the hemisphere for transnational corporations could fall out of reach.</p>
<p>The administration has already taken several major steps in Latin America to lock in its legacy. The most important is the Merida Initiative, a multi-year military and police aid package that includes equipment and training to Mexico and, to a lesser degree, Central America, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Congress already passed the first $465 million installment in June of this year and the 2009 spending request will be coming up soon.</p>
<p>This plan, described as a regional security cooperation initiative, locks in three Bush policies that have resulted in demonstrable failure, major human rights violations, and death: the war on drugs, the counterterrorism paradigm, and border security. The Merida Initiative replicates the Plan Colombia model of the war on drugs by focusing exclusively on interdiction and confrontation—a model that did not work in Colombia and will not work in Mexico.</p>
<p>The inclusion of counterterrorism imposes the failings of the model applied in the United States on its southern neighbors, where international terrorism has not been a threat and the political costs could be much higher. A 2004 report on the counterterrorism model noted six failings of this Bush policy, that also apply to the Merida Initiative: an o veremphasis on military responses, an under-estimation of role of and problems with intelligence sharing, a clear tendency to undermining democracy and civil liberties, a lack of focus on Homeland Security measures at home, a w eakening of international institutions, and a failure to attack root causes .</p>
<p>Finally, the linking of immigration enforcement with national security in the initiative mimics the language found in the Republican platform and throughout the Bush years. Migrants are equivalent to terrorists and drug-traffickers. The militarization of borders—not just the U.S.-Mexico border, but the Mexico-Guatemala border, as Mexico must assume the task of intercepting migrants before they get close to the United States—provides juicy contracts to the defense industry and has led to hundreds of migrant deaths and abuses.</p>
<p>The militarization of international relations and ever-increasing defense spending embodied in this plan has been shored up by other developments. Experts warn that the Commands (Central, North, and South) have developed their own dynamic, outside the control of the State Department.</p>
<p>The Democratic Congress failed to recognize that the Merida Initiative was designed to tie the hands of a Democratic administration by imposing a classic Bushian script on relations with our southern neighbors. Following the feint that Mexico simply needed help with its drug war, Democrats approved the funding.</p>
<p>Free trade is another front where the administration seeks to lock in its legacy. Described as the second pillar of the Bush national security strategy, in Latin America the divide between nations that have Free Trade Agreements with the United States and those that don’t has been deepened by the Bush administration to the point of dividing the continent itself in half.</p>
<p>Legacy-locking action on this front has been frantic over the past few weeks. The Bush administration has lobbied heavily for passage of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, both to cement the Pacific rim chain of nations tied to the United States through these agreements, and to reinforce its geopolitical presence in the region through tighter ties to Colombia—one its few real allies.</p>
<p>President Bush has already suffered innumerable setbacks to its free market agenda in Latin America. The announcement of the Andean countries (except Colombia) that they had no interest in an FTA with the United States, the failure of the Free Trade Area of the Americas effort, and advances in South-South integration have eroded the U.S. free trade agenda.</p>
<p>So on Sept. 24 the White House hastily gathered its allies into a new “coalition of the willing” on trade, under the auspices of the pro-business Council of the Americas in Washington, DC. The resulting Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas Initiative joins Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and the United States, “to take stock of the significant progress we have made in our hemisphere through shared commitments to trade and investment liberalization, social inclusion, development, rule of law, and democracy.”</p>
<p>The new proposal is to form a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP). This is a recognition of the failure of the FTAA, and yet another example of the contortions geography has been submitted to in the name of U.S. geopolitics. When the proposed hemispheric regional integration hit a major snag (most of the largest economies in Latin America rejected the U.S. government’s intransigent terms for the NAFTA-style FTAA), the map was redrawn to include only the Western nations signed on and Southeast Asia. This remapping of the region seeks specifically to head off the “Bolivarian” Latin America integration promoted by Chavez.</p>
<p>By locking in free trade agreements that destabilize developing countries and go against the call of the U.S. public to re-evaluate these agreements, the administration hopes to prevent backtracking on free market orthodoxy, even as the model demonstrates its colossal failure in the United States.</p>
<p>Escaping the Legacy Trap</p>
<p>Every outgoing administration seeks to lock in its policies and control over the system before handing the reins to the opposing camp. Whether it’s stacking the courts, pardoning powerful buddies, or issuing executive decrees, the practice is as old as the hills and pretty much inevitable.</p>
<p>But the radical policy dictums of Bush foreign policy must not be allowed to continue. In these last weeks of the current administration, the Democrats and the public must identify and reject all administration measures that could leave a Democratic president hamstrung to make significant changes in foreign policy.</p>
<p>At present, the financial crisis bail-out has understandably obscured all other issues. But watch carefully what happens in the next few weeks. The Bush legacy laws could undermine the change that so many millions of Americans will stake their vote on in November.</p>
<p>LAURA CARLSEN (lcarlsen(at)ciponline.org) is director of the Americas Policy Program ( <a href="http://www.americaspolicy.org" type="external">www.americaspolicy.org</a>) in Mexico City, where she has been a writer and analyst for more than two decades.</p>
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<p>Over its thirteen year history, the negotiated rulemaking process has yielded only thirty-five final administrative rules. By comparison, the federal government publishes over 3,000 final rules each year through the ordinary notice-and-comment process. Why have federal agencies relied so little on negotiated rulemaking? I examine this question by assessing the impact of negotiating rulemaking on its two major purposes: (1) reducing rulemaking time; and (2) decreasing the amount of litigation over agency rules. My analysis suggests that the asserted problems used to justify negotiated rulemaking have been overstated and that the limitations of negotiated rulemaking have been understated. Negotiated rulemaking by all accounts consumes more resources for agencies and stakeholders than does notice-and-comment rulemaking, yet it fails to yield any significant impact on the levels of litigation or controversy which normal rulemaking occasionally engenders. Indeed, 6 out of the 12 negotiated rules adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have resulted in court challenges, a litigation rate higher than the overall rate for EPA rules. My findings draw into question the growing call among scholars and policymakers for reforming the regulatory process to rely more extensively on formal negotiated rulemaking, suggesting that formal negotiation can actually expand the range of potential conflicts in the regulatory process rather than reduce them.</p>
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<p>Over its thirteen year history, the negotiated rulemaking process has yielded only thirty-five final administrative rules. By comparison, the federal government publishes over 3,000 final rules each year through the ordinary notice-and-comment process. Why have federal agencies relied so little on negotiated rulemaking? I examine this question by assessing the impact of negotiating rulemaking on its two major purposes: (1) reducing rulemaking time; and (2) decreasing the amount of litigation over agency rules. My analysis suggests that the asserted problems used to justify negotiated rulemaking have been overstated and that the limitations of negotiated rulemaking have been understated. Negotiated rulemaking by all accounts consumes more resources for agencies and stakeholders than does notice-and-comment rulemaking, yet it fails to yield any significant impact on the levels of litigation or controversy which normal rulemaking occasionally engenders. Indeed, 6 out of the 12 negotiated rules adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have resulted in court challenges, a litigation rate higher than the overall rate for EPA rules. My findings draw into question the growing call among scholars and policymakers for reforming the regulatory process to rely more extensively on formal negotiated rulemaking, suggesting that formal negotiation can actually expand the range of potential conflicts in the regulatory process rather than reduce them.</p>
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<p>With only three weeks left in Wisconsin’s historic recall election of Governor Scott Walker, a video has emerged with the potential to reverse the fortunes of this newly anointed star of the American radical conservative movement.</p>
<p>Serious lies have brought down many a politician, and Walker’s duplicity in his remarks to “divide &amp; conquer” Wisconsin that was caught live with a new documentary about the decline of industrial America, may yet prove his undoing.</p>
<p>Many observers, such as former chief counsel to Richard Nixon, John Dean, have referenced what some hold to be Walker’s mendacity, asserting that the Governor’s “lying is notorious” with a style even “more Nixonian than even Richard Nixon himself.”&#160; The implications are significant as Walker’s credibility diminishes with his former top aides immersed in scandal and under investigation by the District Attorney with computers seized by the FBI.</p>
<p>Politicians are famous for being taken down by their vanity. In this case Scott Walker permitted a documentary filmmaker to tail him, and as with so many who came before him eventually dropped his guard. In the process we discovered the different language and messages the Governor delivers to the public and his billionaire backers.</p>
<p>The two recordings of Walker, one with his billionaire and one in his televised address to the public following the outbreak of the 2011 protests shows a “bilingual” Walker deploying two entirely different “languages”: one for his billionaire backer, and one for the public that contradicts the message of the former.&#160; The video with his billionaire funder has the Governor receiving an affectionate, bordering on amorous, hug from his Wisconsin patroness, Diane Hendricks, which surely will displease Mrs. Walker.&#160; Ms. Hendricks is Walker’s biggest Wisconsin backer, having already given him $519,000 and permitting Walker to avail himself of her private plane for campaigning.</p>
<p>This encounter, and a recording of the Governor last year where he thought he was speaking about strategy with one of America’s notorious Right Wing funders, the Koch brothers, shows a sort of bilingual character to Walker, with a folksy, populist language deployed for the public, and another that is Machiavellian and servile with America’s power elite. These languages differ not only in style, but also in substance.</p>
<p>On the one hand, with the billionairess, Walker is asked if “we can work on these unions and become a ‘right to work state.’”&#160; The Governor responds with “we are going to start in a couple of weeks with our budget adjustment bill” and the “first step” with labor will be to “divide and conquer” public and private sector workers.</p>
<p>Walker, to his word, then followed on his promise to Ms. Hendricks by removing the right of public employees to bargain on wages and benefits.&#160; Additionally, were requirements for public unions to annually re-certify. What Walker failed to anticipate are the now famous/infamous (depending on one’s politics) Wisconsin protests that emerged in the winter and spring of 2011. Walker, quick to do damage control, made a televised address to the public after the protests erupted, then asserting that his budget adjustment bill “is not aimed at state workers and it certainly isn’t a battle with unions.”&#160; Then reflecting his previously mentioned “divide &amp; conquer” strategy to his billionaire backer, Walker states we are “not going after the private sector unions.”</p>
<p>This recent incident may be too much for Midwesterners, who although notorious for a German frugality also pride themselves on honesty and straightforwardness in their politicians.&#160; In the video Walker comes off as sneaky, telling a billionaire that his strategy is “divide and conquer” while in public he had claimed the budget bill was about balancing the budget.&#160; His utterance may stick in the craw of a public craving bipartisanship and solution-based politics given the turbulence that has emerged since the rise of the Tea Party in 2010.</p>
<p>Wisconsin, the state that spearheaded both progressivism and McCarthyism, has always been a bellwether for the nation. It reflected the 2010 national right turn with an election that brought Walker and a strong majority of Tea Party Republicans to the state house.&#160; In power they have cut taxes for the rich, curtailed most collective bargaining rights for public employees, cut education at all levels and have declared the state “open for business.”&#160; The policies have created a serious reaction, with unprecedented mass demonstrations and a wave of rarely used recall elections, a process by which elected officials can be made to stand for election before their term expires.&#160; Yet, just as quickly as the fortunes of the radical rightwing Tea Party have risen, they seem to be just as rapidly falling.&#160; The recall of Walker echoes this national trend as well; where polls for the Tea Party American Congress show record low levels of support for that institution.</p>
<p>There are only three weeks to go in this battle that nationally is being billed as a contest between big labor and big money.&#160; Yet, the race is more nuanced, with only 13.3 percent of the Wisconsin workforce unionized, thus suggesting big labor no longer even exists.&#160; Indeed, a majority of Walker’s opposition comes from non-union workers that are simply appalled by the corrupting influence of big money in politics that for them Walker has come to embody.&#160; Conversely, not all Walker supporters are rich.&#160; Many feel he mirrors their fiscal concerns as taxpayers under stress in a time of declining wages for the middle class.</p>
<p>As the race enters the final stretch Walker is neck and neck in a dead heat with his old rival, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a centrist who has sparred plenty with unions, but who is perceived as honest, even by many Walker supporters. Barrett is running on moderation and bringing an end to Wisconsin’s “civil war,” to use his term, along with a modest record of economic success the past fifteen months that follows much decline in the previous three decades of Wisconsin’s biggest city. Yet, Walker’s suburban and rural supporters see Barrett as too much reflecting ‘urban’ Milwaukee.&#160; The recall’s symbolic importance is immense. If Walker prevails, his rightwing funders will maintain it as a victory encouraging them to go for a coup de grace against the labor movement.&#160; Meanwhile, Walker’s opposition believes his defeat will be seen as a repudiation of politics reminiscent of Joseph McCarthy and Richard Nixon, placed on the steroids of billionaire money in the present.&#160; The electoral outcome of the June 5th recall will do much to inform campaign narratives in the United States generally as the country advances toward its Presidential election in November and thus is being closely watched by all.</p>
<p>At present, Scott Walker’s big money machine is outspending his opponent Tom Barrett by estimates of 3-5 to 1.&#160; Walker’s billionaires are also outspending labor 20 to 1.&#160; Meanwhile, the DNC (Democratic National Committee) seems to be taking a laissez faire approach to support of the recall that is at all odds with the urgency of the situation.&#160; To be ungenerous, it reminds one of Stalin abandoning the Polish resistance to the Germans at Warsaw at the end of World War II.&#160; For anyone wishing to add their voice (think Lincoln Brigade of Spanish Civil War) to the cause, please call the DNC at 202-863-8000 and request they send cash (reinforcements!) NOW!</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>JEFFREY SOMMERS is an associate professor of political economy &amp; public in Africology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and visiting faculty at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. &#160;He publishes regularly in outlets such as CounterPunch and the Guardian, and routinely appears as an expert guest in global news programs, most recently on Peter Lavelle’s CrossTalk. &#160;He can be reached at: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" type="external">[email protected]</a></p>
<p>CHRISTOPHER FONS is a Social Studies teacher in Milwaukee and executive board member of the Milwaukee Teacher’s Education Association (MTEA). He can be reached at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" type="external">[email protected]</a></p>
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<p>With only three weeks left in Wisconsin’s historic recall election of Governor Scott Walker, a video has emerged with the potential to reverse the fortunes of this newly anointed star of the American radical conservative movement.</p>
<p>Serious lies have brought down many a politician, and Walker’s duplicity in his remarks to “divide &amp; conquer” Wisconsin that was caught live with a new documentary about the decline of industrial America, may yet prove his undoing.</p>
<p>Many observers, such as former chief counsel to Richard Nixon, John Dean, have referenced what some hold to be Walker’s mendacity, asserting that the Governor’s “lying is notorious” with a style even “more Nixonian than even Richard Nixon himself.”&#160; The implications are significant as Walker’s credibility diminishes with his former top aides immersed in scandal and under investigation by the District Attorney with computers seized by the FBI.</p>
<p>Politicians are famous for being taken down by their vanity. In this case Scott Walker permitted a documentary filmmaker to tail him, and as with so many who came before him eventually dropped his guard. In the process we discovered the different language and messages the Governor delivers to the public and his billionaire backers.</p>
<p>The two recordings of Walker, one with his billionaire and one in his televised address to the public following the outbreak of the 2011 protests shows a “bilingual” Walker deploying two entirely different “languages”: one for his billionaire backer, and one for the public that contradicts the message of the former.&#160; The video with his billionaire funder has the Governor receiving an affectionate, bordering on amorous, hug from his Wisconsin patroness, Diane Hendricks, which surely will displease Mrs. Walker.&#160; Ms. Hendricks is Walker’s biggest Wisconsin backer, having already given him $519,000 and permitting Walker to avail himself of her private plane for campaigning.</p>
<p>This encounter, and a recording of the Governor last year where he thought he was speaking about strategy with one of America’s notorious Right Wing funders, the Koch brothers, shows a sort of bilingual character to Walker, with a folksy, populist language deployed for the public, and another that is Machiavellian and servile with America’s power elite. These languages differ not only in style, but also in substance.</p>
<p>On the one hand, with the billionairess, Walker is asked if “we can work on these unions and become a ‘right to work state.’”&#160; The Governor responds with “we are going to start in a couple of weeks with our budget adjustment bill” and the “first step” with labor will be to “divide and conquer” public and private sector workers.</p>
<p>Walker, to his word, then followed on his promise to Ms. Hendricks by removing the right of public employees to bargain on wages and benefits.&#160; Additionally, were requirements for public unions to annually re-certify. What Walker failed to anticipate are the now famous/infamous (depending on one’s politics) Wisconsin protests that emerged in the winter and spring of 2011. Walker, quick to do damage control, made a televised address to the public after the protests erupted, then asserting that his budget adjustment bill “is not aimed at state workers and it certainly isn’t a battle with unions.”&#160; Then reflecting his previously mentioned “divide &amp; conquer” strategy to his billionaire backer, Walker states we are “not going after the private sector unions.”</p>
<p>This recent incident may be too much for Midwesterners, who although notorious for a German frugality also pride themselves on honesty and straightforwardness in their politicians.&#160; In the video Walker comes off as sneaky, telling a billionaire that his strategy is “divide and conquer” while in public he had claimed the budget bill was about balancing the budget.&#160; His utterance may stick in the craw of a public craving bipartisanship and solution-based politics given the turbulence that has emerged since the rise of the Tea Party in 2010.</p>
<p>Wisconsin, the state that spearheaded both progressivism and McCarthyism, has always been a bellwether for the nation. It reflected the 2010 national right turn with an election that brought Walker and a strong majority of Tea Party Republicans to the state house.&#160; In power they have cut taxes for the rich, curtailed most collective bargaining rights for public employees, cut education at all levels and have declared the state “open for business.”&#160; The policies have created a serious reaction, with unprecedented mass demonstrations and a wave of rarely used recall elections, a process by which elected officials can be made to stand for election before their term expires.&#160; Yet, just as quickly as the fortunes of the radical rightwing Tea Party have risen, they seem to be just as rapidly falling.&#160; The recall of Walker echoes this national trend as well; where polls for the Tea Party American Congress show record low levels of support for that institution.</p>
<p>There are only three weeks to go in this battle that nationally is being billed as a contest between big labor and big money.&#160; Yet, the race is more nuanced, with only 13.3 percent of the Wisconsin workforce unionized, thus suggesting big labor no longer even exists.&#160; Indeed, a majority of Walker’s opposition comes from non-union workers that are simply appalled by the corrupting influence of big money in politics that for them Walker has come to embody.&#160; Conversely, not all Walker supporters are rich.&#160; Many feel he mirrors their fiscal concerns as taxpayers under stress in a time of declining wages for the middle class.</p>
<p>As the race enters the final stretch Walker is neck and neck in a dead heat with his old rival, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a centrist who has sparred plenty with unions, but who is perceived as honest, even by many Walker supporters. Barrett is running on moderation and bringing an end to Wisconsin’s “civil war,” to use his term, along with a modest record of economic success the past fifteen months that follows much decline in the previous three decades of Wisconsin’s biggest city. Yet, Walker’s suburban and rural supporters see Barrett as too much reflecting ‘urban’ Milwaukee.&#160; The recall’s symbolic importance is immense. If Walker prevails, his rightwing funders will maintain it as a victory encouraging them to go for a coup de grace against the labor movement.&#160; Meanwhile, Walker’s opposition believes his defeat will be seen as a repudiation of politics reminiscent of Joseph McCarthy and Richard Nixon, placed on the steroids of billionaire money in the present.&#160; The electoral outcome of the June 5th recall will do much to inform campaign narratives in the United States generally as the country advances toward its Presidential election in November and thus is being closely watched by all.</p>
<p>At present, Scott Walker’s big money machine is outspending his opponent Tom Barrett by estimates of 3-5 to 1.&#160; Walker’s billionaires are also outspending labor 20 to 1.&#160; Meanwhile, the DNC (Democratic National Committee) seems to be taking a laissez faire approach to support of the recall that is at all odds with the urgency of the situation.&#160; To be ungenerous, it reminds one of Stalin abandoning the Polish resistance to the Germans at Warsaw at the end of World War II.&#160; For anyone wishing to add their voice (think Lincoln Brigade of Spanish Civil War) to the cause, please call the DNC at 202-863-8000 and request they send cash (reinforcements!) NOW!</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>JEFFREY SOMMERS is an associate professor of political economy &amp; public in Africology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and visiting faculty at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. &#160;He publishes regularly in outlets such as CounterPunch and the Guardian, and routinely appears as an expert guest in global news programs, most recently on Peter Lavelle’s CrossTalk. &#160;He can be reached at: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" type="external">[email protected]</a></p>
<p>CHRISTOPHER FONS is a Social Studies teacher in Milwaukee and executive board member of the Milwaukee Teacher’s Education Association (MTEA). He can be reached at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" type="external">[email protected]</a></p>
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<p>Fearing betrayal on a signature campaign issue, President Trump's loyalists across the country are lashing out against his proposal to <a href="" type="internal">create a path to citizenship for nearly 2 million "Dreamer" immigrants.</a></p>
<p>Trump-aligned candidates from Nevada and Virginia rejected the notion outright. The president's most loyal media ally, Breitbart News, attacked him as "Amnesty Don." And outside groups who cheered the hard-line rhetoric that dominated Trump's campaign warned of a fierce backlash against the president's party in November's midterm elections.</p>
<p>"There's a real potential for disaster," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the far-right Center for Immigration Studies. "The president hasn't sold out his voters yet. But I think it's important that his supporters are making clear to him that they're keeping an eye on him."</p>
<p>The public scolding was aimed at a president who has changed course under pressure before. Yet Trump has faced no greater test on a more significant issue than this one, which dominated his outsider candidacy and inspired a coalition of working-class voters that fueled his unlikely rise. Now, barely a year into his presidency, Trump can bend either to the will of his fiery base or the pressure to govern and compromise.</p>
<p>His leadership may determine the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants and whether his party can improve its standing among a surging group of Hispanic voters. It may also alienate those who love him most.</p>
<p>"There's a Trump movement. And It's not necessarily about Donald Trump," said Corey Stewart, a Republican Senate candidate in Virginia and a vocal Trump ally. "It's about the things that Donald Trump campaigned and stood for during his campaign. Ultimately, every elected leader needs to stay true to the message that they ran on, otherwise people will leave them."</p>
<p>The passionate response underscores the Republican Party's immigration dilemma in the age of Trump.</p>
<p>Much of the country, including independents and moderate Republicans, favor protections for thousands of young people brought to the country as children illegally and raised here through no fault of their own. But a vocal conservative faction emboldened by Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric will never accept anything viewed as "amnesty." And many view legal protection for these young immigrants as just that.</p>
<p>Trump's proposal includes billions for border security and significant changes to legal immigration long sought by hard-liners. Several Democrats and immigration activists rejected it outright. But his supporters' focus on "amnesty" for Dreamers highlights how dug in the base is and how little room Trump has to maneuver.</p>
<p>The president told reporters this week that he favored a pathway to citizenship for those immigrants, embracing a notion he once specifically rejected. Legal protection for roughly 700,000 immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, has emerged as the driving priority for Democrats, who forced a government shutdown over this issue last week. The businessman president appears to have set out to cut a deal.</p>
<p>"It is concerning why anyone would attempt to repeat history by granting amnesty," said Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel, who is mulling a primary challenge against Republican Sen. Roger Wicker. McDaniel likened the Trump proposal to the "amnesty" granted in 1986 immigration overhaul backed by President Ronald Reagan.</p>
<p>Such a policy, he said, would harm American workers and "invite more illegals," while emboldening liberals in future debates. Making a deal now would ensure that a future Congress will be "held hostage by open border advocates."</p>
<p>In Virginia, Stewart said "any amnesty, including an extension of DACA," would lead to a "humanitarian crisis" at the border and could draw millions of new immigrants into the country illegally. "I'm not happy about it," he said.</p>
<p>In Nevada, where Trump loyalty is the centerpiece of Republican Danny Tarkanian's primary challenge against Sen. Dean Heller, Tarkanian also broke from the president.</p>
<p>"It's his decision," Tarkanian said of Trump. "But I don't believe we should grant citizenship to people who have come to the country illegally."</p>
<p>He would, however, support permanent legal status for children who entered the country illegally, but said he draws the line at citizenship.</p>
<p>The consequences could be severe for the GOP as it struggles to energize voters heading into the 2018 midterm elections, when Republican majorities in the House and Senate are at stake. Recent Democratic victories in Alabama and Virginia suggest that the GOP has cause for concern — especially as Trump's approval number hover near record lows.</p>
<p>Protections for more immigration of these young immigrants could trigger wholesale revolt by Trump's base in November, said Bob Dane, executive director of the conservative Federation for American Immigration Reform.</p>
<p>"There's widespread fear that if Trump capitulates to the Democrats and fails to deliver on his campaign promises on immigration, there's not going to be any more campaign promises for the GOP to make in the future, because the base will inflict a scorched-earth policy in midterms," Dane said, noting that his organization has "a longstanding position of opposing amnesty in any form, including the extension of the DACA protections."</p>
<p>Some allies hoped Trump comments and the proposal were an early step in negotiations that could change. Trump has zig-zagged on the issue before.</p>
<p>With Congress pushing Trump to clearly state his position, the White House plans to formally unveil a legislative framework next week.</p>
<p>But Trump on Wednesday left little wiggle room in his support for citizenship.</p>
<p>"It's going to happen, at some point in the future, over a period of 10 to 12 years," he said.</p>
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Trump turns again on immigration, allies bash 'Amnesty Don'
<p>Fearing betrayal on a signature campaign issue, President Trump's loyalists across the country are lashing out against his proposal to <a href="" type="internal">create a path to citizenship for nearly 2 million "Dreamer" immigrants.</a></p>
<p>Trump-aligned candidates from Nevada and Virginia rejected the notion outright. The president's most loyal media ally, Breitbart News, attacked him as "Amnesty Don." And outside groups who cheered the hard-line rhetoric that dominated Trump's campaign warned of a fierce backlash against the president's party in November's midterm elections.</p>
<p>"There's a real potential for disaster," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the far-right Center for Immigration Studies. "The president hasn't sold out his voters yet. But I think it's important that his supporters are making clear to him that they're keeping an eye on him."</p>
<p>The public scolding was aimed at a president who has changed course under pressure before. Yet Trump has faced no greater test on a more significant issue than this one, which dominated his outsider candidacy and inspired a coalition of working-class voters that fueled his unlikely rise. Now, barely a year into his presidency, Trump can bend either to the will of his fiery base or the pressure to govern and compromise.</p>
<p>His leadership may determine the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants and whether his party can improve its standing among a surging group of Hispanic voters. It may also alienate those who love him most.</p>
<p>"There's a Trump movement. And It's not necessarily about Donald Trump," said Corey Stewart, a Republican Senate candidate in Virginia and a vocal Trump ally. "It's about the things that Donald Trump campaigned and stood for during his campaign. Ultimately, every elected leader needs to stay true to the message that they ran on, otherwise people will leave them."</p>
<p>The passionate response underscores the Republican Party's immigration dilemma in the age of Trump.</p>
<p>Much of the country, including independents and moderate Republicans, favor protections for thousands of young people brought to the country as children illegally and raised here through no fault of their own. But a vocal conservative faction emboldened by Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric will never accept anything viewed as "amnesty." And many view legal protection for these young immigrants as just that.</p>
<p>Trump's proposal includes billions for border security and significant changes to legal immigration long sought by hard-liners. Several Democrats and immigration activists rejected it outright. But his supporters' focus on "amnesty" for Dreamers highlights how dug in the base is and how little room Trump has to maneuver.</p>
<p>The president told reporters this week that he favored a pathway to citizenship for those immigrants, embracing a notion he once specifically rejected. Legal protection for roughly 700,000 immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, has emerged as the driving priority for Democrats, who forced a government shutdown over this issue last week. The businessman president appears to have set out to cut a deal.</p>
<p>"It is concerning why anyone would attempt to repeat history by granting amnesty," said Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel, who is mulling a primary challenge against Republican Sen. Roger Wicker. McDaniel likened the Trump proposal to the "amnesty" granted in 1986 immigration overhaul backed by President Ronald Reagan.</p>
<p>Such a policy, he said, would harm American workers and "invite more illegals," while emboldening liberals in future debates. Making a deal now would ensure that a future Congress will be "held hostage by open border advocates."</p>
<p>In Virginia, Stewart said "any amnesty, including an extension of DACA," would lead to a "humanitarian crisis" at the border and could draw millions of new immigrants into the country illegally. "I'm not happy about it," he said.</p>
<p>In Nevada, where Trump loyalty is the centerpiece of Republican Danny Tarkanian's primary challenge against Sen. Dean Heller, Tarkanian also broke from the president.</p>
<p>"It's his decision," Tarkanian said of Trump. "But I don't believe we should grant citizenship to people who have come to the country illegally."</p>
<p>He would, however, support permanent legal status for children who entered the country illegally, but said he draws the line at citizenship.</p>
<p>The consequences could be severe for the GOP as it struggles to energize voters heading into the 2018 midterm elections, when Republican majorities in the House and Senate are at stake. Recent Democratic victories in Alabama and Virginia suggest that the GOP has cause for concern — especially as Trump's approval number hover near record lows.</p>
<p>Protections for more immigration of these young immigrants could trigger wholesale revolt by Trump's base in November, said Bob Dane, executive director of the conservative Federation for American Immigration Reform.</p>
<p>"There's widespread fear that if Trump capitulates to the Democrats and fails to deliver on his campaign promises on immigration, there's not going to be any more campaign promises for the GOP to make in the future, because the base will inflict a scorched-earth policy in midterms," Dane said, noting that his organization has "a longstanding position of opposing amnesty in any form, including the extension of the DACA protections."</p>
<p>Some allies hoped Trump comments and the proposal were an early step in negotiations that could change. Trump has zig-zagged on the issue before.</p>
<p>With Congress pushing Trump to clearly state his position, the White House plans to formally unveil a legislative framework next week.</p>
<p>But Trump on Wednesday left little wiggle room in his support for citizenship.</p>
<p>"It's going to happen, at some point in the future, over a period of 10 to 12 years," he said.</p>
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<p>During a focus group discussion here Tuesday night, a dozen Trump supporters said they believed that the president-elect should make one major change: Act more presidential. To a person, they said that his use of Twitter was unnecessary, unprofessional, and potentially damaging to his presidency.</p>
<p>“He needs to stay off Twitter and quit responding to every little thing people put out there,” said Melinda Berger, 51. “It seems juvenile. Bring yourself above it.”</p>
<p>“Whatever he’s doing in the presidency, Twitter should have nothing to do with it,” added Eric Viersulz, 29.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Their criticism of Trump’s use of social media was a rare moment of disappointment for the otherwise hopeful group of 12 Trump voters — Republicans, Democrats and Independents — from the Cleveland area. The focus group, conducted on behalf of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania and moderated by Democratic pollster Peter Hart, is not a representative picture of the electorate or Trump supporters. But it provides a window into how much political capital Trump will have as he assumes the presidency – at least among his core supporters.</p>
<p>Most in the group saw signs of Trump’s departure from convention as proof that they are getting exactly what they voted for.</p>
<p>“He’s not a lifelong politician; he’s something different,” said Renee Samerigo, 27, an independent who voted for President Barack Obama in 2008 but supported Trump in November. “They always have their own agendas; they have their own people that they have to do things for. He is doing it on his own.”</p>
<p>What about Trump’s Cabinet of Goldman Sachs executives, billionaires and businessmen? Pitch perfect, they said.</p>
<p>“Politicians are not deal makers,” remarked Michael Rotella, 54, a staunch Republican.</p>
<p>“I’m happy because I think it should be run as a business,” said Courtney Pitts, 37, a Democrat who counts Obama as her favorite president but who cast her ballot for Trump.</p>
<p>And if Trump lowers taxes on corporations while keeping taxes the same for individuals? That’s fine, too, was the unanimous opinion.</p>
<p>Nearly everyone described a campaign that had left a “sour” and “bitter” taste in their mouth. But few held Trump responsible or believed the campaign would be a liability for his presidency. To them, his brash personality had become a proof point of his ability to upset the apple cart in Washington.</p>
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<p>“The people are fed up, for lack of a better word. They’re looking for change and a new direction,” said Sarah Mars, 29, an independent who supported Obama in 2012. “I almost feel like I was willing to put aside human characteristics about him, because there were things I didn’t like about him, but I was willing to excuse it based on things I didn’t like about Hillary [Clinton].”</p>
<p>The dynamic in the room mirrored the forces that propelled Trump to an electoral college victory last month. Moderates and Democrats said they quickly began to overlook Trump’s personal flaws in favor of a candidate who they believed would bring about radical change, particularly to their economic fortunes.</p>
<p>The animosity toward the Affordable Care Act was universal among the group. And most had a strong disdain for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, though all but one said they would have voted for Trump even if he were running against another opponent.</p>
<p>Trump won Ohio 8.6 percentage points, the largest margin of victory for any Republican since 1988. More than one supporter described Trump’s pundit-defying victory as proof of the power of quiet voices making themselves known in this election.</p>
<p>“I am a Democrat for the most part. Everybody assumed I was voting for Hillary,” said Pitts. “I wanted to vote for Trump, and I knew many other people who did.”</p>
<p>They expect an unconventional president, a hard-charging business leader – albeit, one lacking a certain amount of self-control – to occupy the oval office come Jan. 20. And while his supporters have a laundry list of projects they hope he will tackle, most of all, they want him to prioritize bringing back jobs and fixing the health care system on “day one.”</p>
<p>Asked by Hart how they would judge Trump as a success or a failure, most cited the state of the economy and the affordability of health care as key tests.</p>
<p>“He’d be failing if he didn’t do anything with the health-care system,” said Viersulz.</p>
<p>The promise to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border, which had been a centerpiece of Trump’s campaign, seemed to have faded to the background for this group. None named it or immigration as a top priority.</p>
<p>“That was all just talk,” said Derek Knuth, 39, a Republican engineer from Lorain County. When asked what Trump should do about immigration, most in the room supported a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.</p>
<p>Also taking a back seat to economic concerns: worries about the Islamic State and national security. Instead, they said they hope that Trump will move quickly to enact a business-focused economic agenda, shaking traditional politicians’ grip on the levers of power.</p>
<p>The group was unforgiving to Republicans politicians – especially House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. – for their resistance to Trump during the campaign. Asked how they feel about Ryan, some responded harshly: “Untrustworthy,” said one person. “Weasel,” another added.</p>
<p>They also harbor a deep distrust of Washington.</p>
<p>“There’s still a lot of animosity towards Trump because he’s not one of them,” said William Gainer Jr., 51, a staunch Trump supporter. “They hate that their perfumed prince candidates like Jeb Bush and John Kasich didn’t get the nomination.”</p>
<p>Gainer added, “They need accept it and get on board.”</p>
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<p>During a focus group discussion here Tuesday night, a dozen Trump supporters said they believed that the president-elect should make one major change: Act more presidential. To a person, they said that his use of Twitter was unnecessary, unprofessional, and potentially damaging to his presidency.</p>
<p>“He needs to stay off Twitter and quit responding to every little thing people put out there,” said Melinda Berger, 51. “It seems juvenile. Bring yourself above it.”</p>
<p>“Whatever he’s doing in the presidency, Twitter should have nothing to do with it,” added Eric Viersulz, 29.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Their criticism of Trump’s use of social media was a rare moment of disappointment for the otherwise hopeful group of 12 Trump voters — Republicans, Democrats and Independents — from the Cleveland area. The focus group, conducted on behalf of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania and moderated by Democratic pollster Peter Hart, is not a representative picture of the electorate or Trump supporters. But it provides a window into how much political capital Trump will have as he assumes the presidency – at least among his core supporters.</p>
<p>Most in the group saw signs of Trump’s departure from convention as proof that they are getting exactly what they voted for.</p>
<p>“He’s not a lifelong politician; he’s something different,” said Renee Samerigo, 27, an independent who voted for President Barack Obama in 2008 but supported Trump in November. “They always have their own agendas; they have their own people that they have to do things for. He is doing it on his own.”</p>
<p>What about Trump’s Cabinet of Goldman Sachs executives, billionaires and businessmen? Pitch perfect, they said.</p>
<p>“Politicians are not deal makers,” remarked Michael Rotella, 54, a staunch Republican.</p>
<p>“I’m happy because I think it should be run as a business,” said Courtney Pitts, 37, a Democrat who counts Obama as her favorite president but who cast her ballot for Trump.</p>
<p>And if Trump lowers taxes on corporations while keeping taxes the same for individuals? That’s fine, too, was the unanimous opinion.</p>
<p>Nearly everyone described a campaign that had left a “sour” and “bitter” taste in their mouth. But few held Trump responsible or believed the campaign would be a liability for his presidency. To them, his brash personality had become a proof point of his ability to upset the apple cart in Washington.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>“The people are fed up, for lack of a better word. They’re looking for change and a new direction,” said Sarah Mars, 29, an independent who supported Obama in 2012. “I almost feel like I was willing to put aside human characteristics about him, because there were things I didn’t like about him, but I was willing to excuse it based on things I didn’t like about Hillary [Clinton].”</p>
<p>The dynamic in the room mirrored the forces that propelled Trump to an electoral college victory last month. Moderates and Democrats said they quickly began to overlook Trump’s personal flaws in favor of a candidate who they believed would bring about radical change, particularly to their economic fortunes.</p>
<p>The animosity toward the Affordable Care Act was universal among the group. And most had a strong disdain for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, though all but one said they would have voted for Trump even if he were running against another opponent.</p>
<p>Trump won Ohio 8.6 percentage points, the largest margin of victory for any Republican since 1988. More than one supporter described Trump’s pundit-defying victory as proof of the power of quiet voices making themselves known in this election.</p>
<p>“I am a Democrat for the most part. Everybody assumed I was voting for Hillary,” said Pitts. “I wanted to vote for Trump, and I knew many other people who did.”</p>
<p>They expect an unconventional president, a hard-charging business leader – albeit, one lacking a certain amount of self-control – to occupy the oval office come Jan. 20. And while his supporters have a laundry list of projects they hope he will tackle, most of all, they want him to prioritize bringing back jobs and fixing the health care system on “day one.”</p>
<p>Asked by Hart how they would judge Trump as a success or a failure, most cited the state of the economy and the affordability of health care as key tests.</p>
<p>“He’d be failing if he didn’t do anything with the health-care system,” said Viersulz.</p>
<p>The promise to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border, which had been a centerpiece of Trump’s campaign, seemed to have faded to the background for this group. None named it or immigration as a top priority.</p>
<p>“That was all just talk,” said Derek Knuth, 39, a Republican engineer from Lorain County. When asked what Trump should do about immigration, most in the room supported a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.</p>
<p>Also taking a back seat to economic concerns: worries about the Islamic State and national security. Instead, they said they hope that Trump will move quickly to enact a business-focused economic agenda, shaking traditional politicians’ grip on the levers of power.</p>
<p>The group was unforgiving to Republicans politicians – especially House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. – for their resistance to Trump during the campaign. Asked how they feel about Ryan, some responded harshly: “Untrustworthy,” said one person. “Weasel,” another added.</p>
<p>They also harbor a deep distrust of Washington.</p>
<p>“There’s still a lot of animosity towards Trump because he’s not one of them,” said William Gainer Jr., 51, a staunch Trump supporter. “They hate that their perfumed prince candidates like Jeb Bush and John Kasich didn’t get the nomination.”</p>
<p>Gainer added, “They need accept it and get on board.”</p>
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<p>Two members of Chicago’s education community are heading to Washington, D.C., one of them to work in the Obama Administration. Tracy Dell’Angela, the senior manager of outreach and publications at the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago, will oversee outreach and communications strategy for the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. John Easton, the former executive director and one of the founders of the Consortium, was recently confirmed by the Senate as the Institute’s new director. Eboni Howard, the director of the Herr Research Center for Children and Social Policy at the Erikson Institute, will join the American Institutes for Research as a principal early childhood specialist. Howard will oversee a variety of projects in areas such as school readiness, assessment and family literacy. … Michelle Russell and Chandra Sledge have been named co-directors of Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago. Russell served as assistant director at the school from 2005 to 2008, and was a resident principal last year at the Social Justice High School on the Little Village–Lawndale Campus under the New Leaders for New Schools program. Sledge served as assistant director at the charter last year.</p>
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<p>Two members of Chicago’s education community are heading to Washington, D.C., one of them to work in the Obama Administration. Tracy Dell’Angela, the senior manager of outreach and publications at the Consortium on Chicago School Research at the University of Chicago, will oversee outreach and communications strategy for the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education. John Easton, the former executive director and one of the founders of the Consortium, was recently confirmed by the Senate as the Institute’s new director. Eboni Howard, the director of the Herr Research Center for Children and Social Policy at the Erikson Institute, will join the American Institutes for Research as a principal early childhood specialist. Howard will oversee a variety of projects in areas such as school readiness, assessment and family literacy. … Michelle Russell and Chandra Sledge have been named co-directors of Young Women’s Leadership Charter School of Chicago. Russell served as assistant director at the school from 2005 to 2008, and was a resident principal last year at the Social Justice High School on the Little Village–Lawndale Campus under the New Leaders for New Schools program. Sledge served as assistant director at the charter last year.</p>
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<p>Her daughters got their Seventeen magazine and pulled up website images to show Becker, a psychiatrist and eating disorders specialist at Harvard Medical School, what a thigh gap looks like.</p>
<p>BECKER: “Set girls up for being unhappy with their bodies”</p>
<p>“They said kids at school talk about it offhandedly like, ‘Well, you have a thigh gap, so you can have the extra ice cream,'” Becker says.</p>
<p>This disturbing ultra-thin-body trend pressures women and girls to achieve a gap between the thighs when they stand with their feet touching.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Women’s idolization of skinny legs is not new. But the term has caught on as a popular hashtag on social media sites and a meme within the “thinspiration movement.”</p>
<p>By achieving a thigh gap, some women believe that “they’ve become a member of an exclusive club,” says Barbara Greenberg, a clinical psychologist based in Weston, Conn.</p>
<p>Experts fear that the focus on thigh gap is driving a small number of women, especially teens, into behavior that could lead to eating disorders and other destructive habits. “We have seen an increased trend in which adolescent girls and young women are engaging in extreme dieting in pursuit of a so-called thigh gap,” says Tania Heller, medical director of the Washington Center for Eating Disorders and Adolescent Obesity in Bethesda, Md.</p>
<p>GUARDA: “Most women’s thighs touch somewhere”</p>
<p>Most women – even those who are very thin – do not have a thigh gap, says Angela Guarda, an associate professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins Eating Disorders Program. YouTube videos offer how-to’s on achieving a thigh gap, and some self-proclaimed experts argue that there is a healthful way to achieve a thigh gap through exercise.</p>
<p>But eating disorder experts say that the quest is dangerous, noting that even many lean athletes do not have a thigh gap. Whether a woman’s inner thighs touch depends on bone structure, shape of the pelvic girdle and how far apart the hipbones are, in addition to weight, Guarda says.</p>
<p>“Most women’s thighs touch somewhere from between their crotch and their knees,” even at a healthful thin weight, she says. Aside from a small minority of body types, “you have to be severely underweight for [the thighs] to separate, but that’s not the message that’s being perceived by teens.”</p>
<p>Working to achieve unhealthful ideals such as thigh gap is flirting with danger, experts say. The quest for a thigh gap could lead to a full-fledged eating disorder, Guarda says. For example, she says, an obsession with certain body areas can lead to “body checking.”</p>
<p>People who do this pinch themselves often, on the stomach, thighs or elsewhere, or they use their fingers to measure their arms, wrists or thighs, and check their appearance in mirrors compulsively.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>“Engaging in these body-checking behaviors is likely to reinforce body dissatisfaction and negative body image,” Guarda says.</p>
<p>“It’s important to remember that talking about thigh gap or being interested in it – the stuff you see in middle schools – is not in and of itself an eating disorder,” Becker says. “But what it is is sort of a pathway to conversations that set girls up for being unhappy with their bodies.”</p>
<p>This “fat talk” – denigrating one’s body, usually among peers – aggravates poor body image and can be a catalyst for people who are at risk for eating disorders.</p>
<p>Experts say that social media are giving such terms as thigh gap and “orthorexia” – a fixation on eating healthful food that can spark anxiety, and, paradoxically, malnutrition – an unprecedented following.</p>
<p>When promulgated by social media, these terms “give people something to latch onto,” says Claire Mysko, a consultant for the National Eating Disorders Association’s youth program. “The existence of social media really allows that kind of obsession to take on a new life.”</p>
<p>Blogging platforms such as Tumblr have become a forum for “pro-ana” (short for pro-anorexia) and “thinspiration,” or “thinspo,” communities that glamorize and glorify the pain of excessive weight loss.</p>
<p>On these blogs, the lines quickly blur between images of presumably healthy, bikini-clad models to starkly lean, skeletal – sometimes emaciated – women, with hash tags such as #thinspo, #depressed, #anorexic, #pale, #hip bones, #thigh gap and #sexy.</p>
<p>The images are accompanied by such statements as “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels,” “Ribcage is the new black” and “Don’t eat anything today that you’ll regret tomorrow.” One image shows a person staring down at her thighs; printed atop the image is the message “Look at your thighs. Now put the food down.”</p>
<p>Authors of these blogs boast about how many pounds they have lost or how little they have eaten, and implore followers to exercise frequently and excessively.</p>
<p>Experts say that these platforms pose dangers for vulnerable people in part because they provide a strong sense of community.</p>
<p>(The wider media has also been faulted for promulgating thigh gap. In March, Target apologized for its botched attempt to alter an image of a junior swimsuit model. Critics said the retailer was trying to create a more prominent thigh gap.)</p>
<p>Still, Heller says, “it’s important to remember that not all people who are exposed to these images do develop problems. But those adolescents who are vulnerable and already have negative self-esteem and negative body image may be particularly at risk.”</p>
<p>When counseling teens and women who are preoccupied with their body image, Greenberg says, she tries to help them focus on what their bodies can do, such as sports or dancing, and on “what gives them joy and brings out the best in them.”</p>
<p>And she works to open their eyes “to see this vicious cycle of dieting fruitlessly … and how unrealistic it is that getting the thigh gap will make their lives better in any way.”</p>
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<p>Her daughters got their Seventeen magazine and pulled up website images to show Becker, a psychiatrist and eating disorders specialist at Harvard Medical School, what a thigh gap looks like.</p>
<p>BECKER: “Set girls up for being unhappy with their bodies”</p>
<p>“They said kids at school talk about it offhandedly like, ‘Well, you have a thigh gap, so you can have the extra ice cream,'” Becker says.</p>
<p>This disturbing ultra-thin-body trend pressures women and girls to achieve a gap between the thighs when they stand with their feet touching.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Women’s idolization of skinny legs is not new. But the term has caught on as a popular hashtag on social media sites and a meme within the “thinspiration movement.”</p>
<p>By achieving a thigh gap, some women believe that “they’ve become a member of an exclusive club,” says Barbara Greenberg, a clinical psychologist based in Weston, Conn.</p>
<p>Experts fear that the focus on thigh gap is driving a small number of women, especially teens, into behavior that could lead to eating disorders and other destructive habits. “We have seen an increased trend in which adolescent girls and young women are engaging in extreme dieting in pursuit of a so-called thigh gap,” says Tania Heller, medical director of the Washington Center for Eating Disorders and Adolescent Obesity in Bethesda, Md.</p>
<p>GUARDA: “Most women’s thighs touch somewhere”</p>
<p>Most women – even those who are very thin – do not have a thigh gap, says Angela Guarda, an associate professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins Eating Disorders Program. YouTube videos offer how-to’s on achieving a thigh gap, and some self-proclaimed experts argue that there is a healthful way to achieve a thigh gap through exercise.</p>
<p>But eating disorder experts say that the quest is dangerous, noting that even many lean athletes do not have a thigh gap. Whether a woman’s inner thighs touch depends on bone structure, shape of the pelvic girdle and how far apart the hipbones are, in addition to weight, Guarda says.</p>
<p>“Most women’s thighs touch somewhere from between their crotch and their knees,” even at a healthful thin weight, she says. Aside from a small minority of body types, “you have to be severely underweight for [the thighs] to separate, but that’s not the message that’s being perceived by teens.”</p>
<p>Working to achieve unhealthful ideals such as thigh gap is flirting with danger, experts say. The quest for a thigh gap could lead to a full-fledged eating disorder, Guarda says. For example, she says, an obsession with certain body areas can lead to “body checking.”</p>
<p>People who do this pinch themselves often, on the stomach, thighs or elsewhere, or they use their fingers to measure their arms, wrists or thighs, and check their appearance in mirrors compulsively.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>“Engaging in these body-checking behaviors is likely to reinforce body dissatisfaction and negative body image,” Guarda says.</p>
<p>“It’s important to remember that talking about thigh gap or being interested in it – the stuff you see in middle schools – is not in and of itself an eating disorder,” Becker says. “But what it is is sort of a pathway to conversations that set girls up for being unhappy with their bodies.”</p>
<p>This “fat talk” – denigrating one’s body, usually among peers – aggravates poor body image and can be a catalyst for people who are at risk for eating disorders.</p>
<p>Experts say that social media are giving such terms as thigh gap and “orthorexia” – a fixation on eating healthful food that can spark anxiety, and, paradoxically, malnutrition – an unprecedented following.</p>
<p>When promulgated by social media, these terms “give people something to latch onto,” says Claire Mysko, a consultant for the National Eating Disorders Association’s youth program. “The existence of social media really allows that kind of obsession to take on a new life.”</p>
<p>Blogging platforms such as Tumblr have become a forum for “pro-ana” (short for pro-anorexia) and “thinspiration,” or “thinspo,” communities that glamorize and glorify the pain of excessive weight loss.</p>
<p>On these blogs, the lines quickly blur between images of presumably healthy, bikini-clad models to starkly lean, skeletal – sometimes emaciated – women, with hash tags such as #thinspo, #depressed, #anorexic, #pale, #hip bones, #thigh gap and #sexy.</p>
<p>The images are accompanied by such statements as “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels,” “Ribcage is the new black” and “Don’t eat anything today that you’ll regret tomorrow.” One image shows a person staring down at her thighs; printed atop the image is the message “Look at your thighs. Now put the food down.”</p>
<p>Authors of these blogs boast about how many pounds they have lost or how little they have eaten, and implore followers to exercise frequently and excessively.</p>
<p>Experts say that these platforms pose dangers for vulnerable people in part because they provide a strong sense of community.</p>
<p>(The wider media has also been faulted for promulgating thigh gap. In March, Target apologized for its botched attempt to alter an image of a junior swimsuit model. Critics said the retailer was trying to create a more prominent thigh gap.)</p>
<p>Still, Heller says, “it’s important to remember that not all people who are exposed to these images do develop problems. But those adolescents who are vulnerable and already have negative self-esteem and negative body image may be particularly at risk.”</p>
<p>When counseling teens and women who are preoccupied with their body image, Greenberg says, she tries to help them focus on what their bodies can do, such as sports or dancing, and on “what gives them joy and brings out the best in them.”</p>
<p>And she works to open their eyes “to see this vicious cycle of dieting fruitlessly … and how unrealistic it is that getting the thigh gap will make their lives better in any way.”</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.desigual.com/es_ES" type="external">Desigual</a>, a Barcelona-based clothing brand, released a commercial for Mother's Day that's got a troubling surprise at the end. And from the looks of it, there's going to be another surprise in 9 months.</p>
<p>Desigual's <a href="https://twitter.com/desigual" type="external">Twitter account</a> says this about the company and its clothes: "We are fun and unconventional. Our clothes are out of the ordinary and we dress people, not bodies." One of the brand's mottos is "la vida es chula," or "life is cool."</p>
<p>The commercial is certainly unconventional and out of the ordinary. But it's not cool. Not cool at all. Seriously, seriously uncool.</p>
<p>Is this what Desigual thinks women do when they're shopping? Happy Mother's Day, I guess...</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.desigual.com/es_ES" type="external">Desigual</a>, a Barcelona-based clothing brand, released a commercial for Mother's Day that's got a troubling surprise at the end. And from the looks of it, there's going to be another surprise in 9 months.</p>
<p>Desigual's <a href="https://twitter.com/desigual" type="external">Twitter account</a> says this about the company and its clothes: "We are fun and unconventional. Our clothes are out of the ordinary and we dress people, not bodies." One of the brand's mottos is "la vida es chula," or "life is cool."</p>
<p>The commercial is certainly unconventional and out of the ordinary. But it's not cool. Not cool at all. Seriously, seriously uncool.</p>
<p>Is this what Desigual thinks women do when they're shopping? Happy Mother's Day, I guess...</p>
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<p>Is the U.S. private prison system <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/09/03/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-corrections-c.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">going to be shut down Opens a New Window.</a>in the wake of the Justice Department issuing a memo calling for federal officials to let contracts with such prison operators expire or to "substantially reduce" their scope? Probably not.</p>
<p>But since the directive did follow an inspector general's report slamming private prisons as being less safe and secure than government-run facilities, it might have other agencies at the state level rethinking their relationships with private prison operators.</p>
<p>There are two major, publicly traded private prison companies in the U.S.: Corrections Corp. of America (NYSE: CXW) and GEO Group (NYSE: GEO).</p>
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<p>Shares of the two had been doing well this year prior to Justice's memo. Corrections Corp. stock was up slightly at the time, though shortly before then, it had been 26% higher, while GEO Group's shares had been almost 12% higher. Both, however, tumbled hard afterwards -- with Corrections Corp. plunging 35% in one day (it had been down as much as 52% at one point), while GEO Group finished the day down 40%, after having been down by half early on:</p>
<p><a href="http://ycharts.com/companies/GEO" type="external">GEO</a> data by <a href="http://ycharts.com" type="external">YCharts Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
<p>Many mutual funds holding shares of private prison operators in their portfolios also had their stakes impacted in the downdraft that followed.</p>
<p>But if funds were holding onto shares before and after, that means it's possible you also own a piece of Correction Corp and GEO Group, probably through an IRA, 401(k), or other retirement plan.</p>
<p>Depending upon how you feel about private prisons, that may or may not be a problem, but those who object may not have even realized they were holding onto something they abhor.</p>
<p>There are four main reasons people oppose the use of private prisons:</p>
<p>Irrespective of the validity of the objections, private prisons, which have been around throughout history, have grown and spread in modern times. Corrections Corp. won a contract in 1984 to run an Immigration &amp; Naturalization Service facility in Tennessee. Today, the prison operator owns or controls 74 correctional, detention and reentry facilities designed to hold 75,000 beds. It manages 11 additional facilities that are owned by the government, with 14,000 beds. GEO Group owns or manages 104 facilities worldwide with approximately 87,000 beds.</p>
<p>Like the poor, crime will always be with us -- and the promise of a more cost-efficient model is likely what attracted mutual funds to invest in them in the first place.</p>
<p>So which widely held mutual funds own shares of Corrections Corp. of America, GEO Group, or both? Here are the top five holders in each:</p>
<p>Data source: Morningstar.</p>
<p>Other significant institutional holders include BlackRock, Invesco, and State Street, all investment giants with dozens, if not hundreds of funds. Vanguard, of course, is one of the biggest families of funds, and if there is a stock traded publicly on any of the exchanges, it's probably in one of its mutual funds.</p>
<p>For diversification, you can't beat these broad-based funds. But if you have biases against certain types of businesses, you will have to accept that you may own a piece of them regardless, even if yours is a very small stake.</p>
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<p>Is the U.S. private prison system <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/09/03/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-corrections-c.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">going to be shut down Opens a New Window.</a>in the wake of the Justice Department issuing a memo calling for federal officials to let contracts with such prison operators expire or to "substantially reduce" their scope? Probably not.</p>
<p>But since the directive did follow an inspector general's report slamming private prisons as being less safe and secure than government-run facilities, it might have other agencies at the state level rethinking their relationships with private prison operators.</p>
<p>There are two major, publicly traded private prison companies in the U.S.: Corrections Corp. of America (NYSE: CXW) and GEO Group (NYSE: GEO).</p>
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<p>Shares of the two had been doing well this year prior to Justice's memo. Corrections Corp. stock was up slightly at the time, though shortly before then, it had been 26% higher, while GEO Group's shares had been almost 12% higher. Both, however, tumbled hard afterwards -- with Corrections Corp. plunging 35% in one day (it had been down as much as 52% at one point), while GEO Group finished the day down 40%, after having been down by half early on:</p>
<p><a href="http://ycharts.com/companies/GEO" type="external">GEO</a> data by <a href="http://ycharts.com" type="external">YCharts Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
<p>Many mutual funds holding shares of private prison operators in their portfolios also had their stakes impacted in the downdraft that followed.</p>
<p>But if funds were holding onto shares before and after, that means it's possible you also own a piece of Correction Corp and GEO Group, probably through an IRA, 401(k), or other retirement plan.</p>
<p>Depending upon how you feel about private prisons, that may or may not be a problem, but those who object may not have even realized they were holding onto something they abhor.</p>
<p>There are four main reasons people oppose the use of private prisons:</p>
<p>Irrespective of the validity of the objections, private prisons, which have been around throughout history, have grown and spread in modern times. Corrections Corp. won a contract in 1984 to run an Immigration &amp; Naturalization Service facility in Tennessee. Today, the prison operator owns or controls 74 correctional, detention and reentry facilities designed to hold 75,000 beds. It manages 11 additional facilities that are owned by the government, with 14,000 beds. GEO Group owns or manages 104 facilities worldwide with approximately 87,000 beds.</p>
<p>Like the poor, crime will always be with us -- and the promise of a more cost-efficient model is likely what attracted mutual funds to invest in them in the first place.</p>
<p>So which widely held mutual funds own shares of Corrections Corp. of America, GEO Group, or both? Here are the top five holders in each:</p>
<p>Data source: Morningstar.</p>
<p>Other significant institutional holders include BlackRock, Invesco, and State Street, all investment giants with dozens, if not hundreds of funds. Vanguard, of course, is one of the biggest families of funds, and if there is a stock traded publicly on any of the exchanges, it's probably in one of its mutual funds.</p>
<p>For diversification, you can't beat these broad-based funds. But if you have biases against certain types of businesses, you will have to accept that you may own a piece of them regardless, even if yours is a very small stake.</p>
<p>A secret billion-dollar stock opportunity The world's biggest tech company forgot to show you something, but a few Wall Street analysts and the Fool didn't miss a beat: There's a small company that's powering their brand-new gadgets and the coming revolution in technology. And we think its stock price has nearly unlimited room to run for early in-the-know investors! To be one of them, <a href="http://www.fool.com/mms/mark/ecap-foolcom-apple-wearable?aid=6965&amp;source=irbeditxt0000017&amp;ftm_cam=rb-wearable-d&amp;ftm_pit=2759&amp;ftm_veh=article_pitch&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">just click here Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
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<p>Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the initiative has an initial investment of nearly $500 million from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, Britain’s Wellcome Trust and the governments of Japan, Norway and Germany.</p>
<p>The partnership will be called the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, or CEPI. It grew out of the lessons from the world’s woeful lack of preparedness for the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, which killed more than 11,000 people and caused at least $2.2 billion in economic losses in the three hardest-hit countries.</p>
<p>As a result of that and the current Zika epidemic in the Americas, a global consensus has steadily grown among an array of governments, public health leaders, scientists and vaccine industry executives that a new system is needed to guard against future health threats.</p>
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<p>Global health experts welcomed the initiative, saying it would complement efforts already underway by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, which are working on Ebola and Zika vaccines.</p>
<p>The United States is not providing funding for CEPI but offering subject expertise. Officials took part in the planning discussions, and “while we are not a formal partner to CEPI, we foresee synergies between our approaches,” BARDA Director Rick Bright said in a statement. One such area is development of the most efficient technology for biodefense and infectious disease response, he said.</p>
<p>Rebecca Katz, director of Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security, expects the new coalition “will just add much needed resources to a hard problem” and not detract from other efforts’ funding and resources.</p>
<p>CEPI initially plans to target three viruses that have known potential to cause serious epidemics and can be transmitted from animals to humans: MERS, a deadly respiratory virus first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012 that can be spread by camels and now is in 27 countries, including the United States; Lassa fever, an acute viral illness mainly found in West Africa and spread by rats; and Nipah, a newly emerging infection initially identified in 1999 in Malaysia and Singapore. During a Nipah outbreak there among pig farmers and people with close contact with pigs, nearly 300 people were infected and more than 100 died.</p>
<p>Each virus is among WHO’s priority pathogens. Few or no medical countermeasures exist to combat them.</p>
<p>The current system for vaccine development is in crisis, health experts say, because it’s a costly, complicated and labor-intensive development process that prioritizes therapeutics with the biggest possible market.</p>
<p>CEPI hopes to develop two vaccine candidates against each of the target diseases. Officials said they did not choose Ebola and Zika vaccine work because considerable research is already underway.</p>
<p>“The last thing we would like to do is duplicate efforts,” Trevor Mundel, president of the Gates Foundation’s global health division, told reporters during a briefing.</p>
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<p>Officials said they have raised $460 million, almost half of their $1 billion target for the first five years. They’re now seeking proposals from researchers and companies and expect to announce which will be funded by mid-year. They’re also calling for other governments and organizations to help complete fundraising by the end of the year.</p>
<p>The Indian government, one of the coalition founders, is finalizing a financial commitment, according to CEPI.</p>
<p>Several major pharmaceutical companies are providing support in the form of vaccine technology, expertise and guidance. Industry representatives are on the coalition’s board and scientific advisory committee.</p>
<p>Bill Gates has said his biggest worry is a pathogen, more infectious than Ebola, for which the world is totally unprepared. In a statement Wednesday, Gates said, “The ability to rapidly develop and deliver vaccines when new ‘unknown’ diseases emerge offers our best hope to outpace outbreaks, save lives and avert disastrous economic consequences.”</p>
<p>Wellcome Director Jeremy Farrar was among those who first proposed a global vaccine development fund in mid-2015. CEPI’s initial $1 billion investment goal, he said, pales in comparison to the tens of billions of dollars in costs from epidemics, starting with the 2003 SARS outbreak.</p>
<p>“Vaccines can protect us, but we’ve done too little to develop them as an insurance policy,” Farrar said.</p>
<p>CEPI’s financial contributions so far for its first five years include:</p>
<p>– Japan: $125 million</p>
<p>– Norway: about $120 million</p>
<p>– Germany: about $10.6 million in 2017 with more funding to come</p>
<p>– Wellcome Trust: $100 million</p>
<p>– Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation: $100 million</p>
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<p>Announced at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the initiative has an initial investment of nearly $500 million from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation, Britain’s Wellcome Trust and the governments of Japan, Norway and Germany.</p>
<p>The partnership will be called the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, or CEPI. It grew out of the lessons from the world’s woeful lack of preparedness for the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, which killed more than 11,000 people and caused at least $2.2 billion in economic losses in the three hardest-hit countries.</p>
<p>As a result of that and the current Zika epidemic in the Americas, a global consensus has steadily grown among an array of governments, public health leaders, scientists and vaccine industry executives that a new system is needed to guard against future health threats.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Global health experts welcomed the initiative, saying it would complement efforts already underway by the World Health Organization and the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Department of Health and Human Services, which are working on Ebola and Zika vaccines.</p>
<p>The United States is not providing funding for CEPI but offering subject expertise. Officials took part in the planning discussions, and “while we are not a formal partner to CEPI, we foresee synergies between our approaches,” BARDA Director Rick Bright said in a statement. One such area is development of the most efficient technology for biodefense and infectious disease response, he said.</p>
<p>Rebecca Katz, director of Georgetown University’s Center for Global Health Science and Security, expects the new coalition “will just add much needed resources to a hard problem” and not detract from other efforts’ funding and resources.</p>
<p>CEPI initially plans to target three viruses that have known potential to cause serious epidemics and can be transmitted from animals to humans: MERS, a deadly respiratory virus first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012 that can be spread by camels and now is in 27 countries, including the United States; Lassa fever, an acute viral illness mainly found in West Africa and spread by rats; and Nipah, a newly emerging infection initially identified in 1999 in Malaysia and Singapore. During a Nipah outbreak there among pig farmers and people with close contact with pigs, nearly 300 people were infected and more than 100 died.</p>
<p>Each virus is among WHO’s priority pathogens. Few or no medical countermeasures exist to combat them.</p>
<p>The current system for vaccine development is in crisis, health experts say, because it’s a costly, complicated and labor-intensive development process that prioritizes therapeutics with the biggest possible market.</p>
<p>CEPI hopes to develop two vaccine candidates against each of the target diseases. Officials said they did not choose Ebola and Zika vaccine work because considerable research is already underway.</p>
<p>“The last thing we would like to do is duplicate efforts,” Trevor Mundel, president of the Gates Foundation’s global health division, told reporters during a briefing.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Officials said they have raised $460 million, almost half of their $1 billion target for the first five years. They’re now seeking proposals from researchers and companies and expect to announce which will be funded by mid-year. They’re also calling for other governments and organizations to help complete fundraising by the end of the year.</p>
<p>The Indian government, one of the coalition founders, is finalizing a financial commitment, according to CEPI.</p>
<p>Several major pharmaceutical companies are providing support in the form of vaccine technology, expertise and guidance. Industry representatives are on the coalition’s board and scientific advisory committee.</p>
<p>Bill Gates has said his biggest worry is a pathogen, more infectious than Ebola, for which the world is totally unprepared. In a statement Wednesday, Gates said, “The ability to rapidly develop and deliver vaccines when new ‘unknown’ diseases emerge offers our best hope to outpace outbreaks, save lives and avert disastrous economic consequences.”</p>
<p>Wellcome Director Jeremy Farrar was among those who first proposed a global vaccine development fund in mid-2015. CEPI’s initial $1 billion investment goal, he said, pales in comparison to the tens of billions of dollars in costs from epidemics, starting with the 2003 SARS outbreak.</p>
<p>“Vaccines can protect us, but we’ve done too little to develop them as an insurance policy,” Farrar said.</p>
<p>CEPI’s financial contributions so far for its first five years include:</p>
<p>– Japan: $125 million</p>
<p>– Norway: about $120 million</p>
<p>– Germany: about $10.6 million in 2017 with more funding to come</p>
<p>– Wellcome Trust: $100 million</p>
<p>– Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation: $100 million</p>
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<p>Snap (NYSE: SNAP) has only been selling its Spectacles for a couple of full quarters now. The sunglasses with embedded cameras were first released in November 2016 to much fanfare, following a largely successful marketing campaign that built up hype around the product thanks in part to perceived scarcity. Spectacles were initially only available through the company's own bright yellow vending machines, but Snap has since started selling Spectacles online, including on Amazon.com.</p>
<p>Spectacles revenue fell in the second quarter, though, to $5.4 million.</p>
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<p>I've already made the case that Spectacles are <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/05/11/spectacles-are-totally-not-worth-it-for-snap-inc.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;uuid=d86fe63a-7eb6-11e7-91e4-0050569d32b9&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">totally not worth it Opens a New Window.</a> for Snap: The company loses money on them and they barely contribute to user engagement. Spectacles were not widely available in Q4 2016, so the performance over the last two quarters should capture the vast majority of this business.</p>
<p>Snap breaks down non-GAAP cost of revenue into three main categories, the biggest of which is <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/08/snap-inc-is-pioneering-a-new-cloud-strategy-will-i.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;uuid=d86fe63a-7eb6-11e7-91e4-0050569d32b9&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">hosting costs Opens a New Window.</a>, after excluding stock-based compensation expenses and depreciation and amortization expenses:</p>
<p>That other category is primarily related to Spectacles. Per Snap's SEC&#160;filings: "In addition, cost of revenue includes inventory costs for Spectacles and facilities and other supporting overhead costs, including depreciation and amortization." Remember, depreciation and amortization are already excluded in the chart above.</p>
<p>On the last call, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said that Spectacles had created 5 million Snaps to date, which was utterly meaningless at the time compared to the 270 billion Snaps that were created in the first quarter. The company did not mention how many more Snaps had been created via Spectacles in the second quarter, but it's impossible that the engagement is meaningful.</p>
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<p>Snap's Q1 figures suggest that Spectacles owners create approximately 80 Snaps in a quarter with the device, based on 5 million Snaps and around 64,300 units sold. If the installed base has grown to approximately 106,200 and that level of usage remains constant, Spectacles would have created perhaps 8.3 million Snaps during the second quarter.</p>
<p>On the call, Spiegel said that each DAU now "creates over 20 snaps per day, on average." With 173 million DAUs now, that translates into nearly 3.5 billion Snaps created per day (up from 3 billion Snaps per day in Q1), or around 311.4 billion Snaps created throughout the second quarter. Putting all of these estimates together, Spectacles would have contributed maybe 0.003% of all Snaps created during the second quarter. That's up from my 0.002% estimate from the first quarter, but still a literal rounding error.</p>
<p>Still not worth it.</p>
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<p>Snap (NYSE: SNAP) has only been selling its Spectacles for a couple of full quarters now. The sunglasses with embedded cameras were first released in November 2016 to much fanfare, following a largely successful marketing campaign that built up hype around the product thanks in part to perceived scarcity. Spectacles were initially only available through the company's own bright yellow vending machines, but Snap has since started selling Spectacles online, including on Amazon.com.</p>
<p>Spectacles revenue fell in the second quarter, though, to $5.4 million.</p>
<p>Continue Reading Below</p>
<p>I've already made the case that Spectacles are <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/05/11/spectacles-are-totally-not-worth-it-for-snap-inc.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;uuid=d86fe63a-7eb6-11e7-91e4-0050569d32b9&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">totally not worth it Opens a New Window.</a> for Snap: The company loses money on them and they barely contribute to user engagement. Spectacles were not widely available in Q4 2016, so the performance over the last two quarters should capture the vast majority of this business.</p>
<p>Snap breaks down non-GAAP cost of revenue into three main categories, the biggest of which is <a href="https://www.fool.com/investing/2017/02/08/snap-inc-is-pioneering-a-new-cloud-strategy-will-i.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;uuid=d86fe63a-7eb6-11e7-91e4-0050569d32b9&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">hosting costs Opens a New Window.</a>, after excluding stock-based compensation expenses and depreciation and amortization expenses:</p>
<p>That other category is primarily related to Spectacles. Per Snap's SEC&#160;filings: "In addition, cost of revenue includes inventory costs for Spectacles and facilities and other supporting overhead costs, including depreciation and amortization." Remember, depreciation and amortization are already excluded in the chart above.</p>
<p>On the last call, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel said that Spectacles had created 5 million Snaps to date, which was utterly meaningless at the time compared to the 270 billion Snaps that were created in the first quarter. The company did not mention how many more Snaps had been created via Spectacles in the second quarter, but it's impossible that the engagement is meaningful.</p>
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<p>Snap's Q1 figures suggest that Spectacles owners create approximately 80 Snaps in a quarter with the device, based on 5 million Snaps and around 64,300 units sold. If the installed base has grown to approximately 106,200 and that level of usage remains constant, Spectacles would have created perhaps 8.3 million Snaps during the second quarter.</p>
<p>On the call, Spiegel said that each DAU now "creates over 20 snaps per day, on average." With 173 million DAUs now, that translates into nearly 3.5 billion Snaps created per day (up from 3 billion Snaps per day in Q1), or around 311.4 billion Snaps created throughout the second quarter. Putting all of these estimates together, Spectacles would have contributed maybe 0.003% of all Snaps created during the second quarter. That's up from my 0.002% estimate from the first quarter, but still a literal rounding error.</p>
<p>Still not worth it.</p>
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<p>Sony (NYSE:SNE) will slash 10,000 jobs, or about 6% of its workforce, according to reports, as the Japanese electronics maker moves forward with an overhaul that will help it return to profitability after four years of losses.</p>
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<p>The workforce reduction comes just days after Kazuo Kirai officially took over the chief executive role from Howard Stringer. Sony first announced his promotion in February, but it became effective on April 1.</p>
<p>The job cuts could be made over the next two years, ending in March 2014, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing people close to the matter. Details will likely be confirmed at a corporate strategy meeting set for Thursday.</p>
<p>The move comes ahead of its 2011 earnings report, which Sony projects will come in at more than a $2.9 billion loss. The results are expected to reflect a series of events that blindsided Sony last year, including a hacking that shut its PlayStation network for weeks and an earthquake in Japan that crippled its home market.</p>
<p>The entertainment giant has also been losing market share to both tech giants like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and small lower-cost manufacturers.</p>
<p>A large number of reductions will come from selling or spinning off unprofitable businesses not core to the company’s strategy, sources told the Journal.&#160;</p>
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<p>Other cuts will likely comes from its television business, which is on track to report a loss for the eight consecutive year, and from consolidating its chemicals and small and midsize LCD operations, the Nikkei said.</p>
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<p>Sony (NYSE:SNE) will slash 10,000 jobs, or about 6% of its workforce, according to reports, as the Japanese electronics maker moves forward with an overhaul that will help it return to profitability after four years of losses.</p>
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<p>The workforce reduction comes just days after Kazuo Kirai officially took over the chief executive role from Howard Stringer. Sony first announced his promotion in February, but it became effective on April 1.</p>
<p>The job cuts could be made over the next two years, ending in March 2014, according to The Wall Street Journal, citing people close to the matter. Details will likely be confirmed at a corporate strategy meeting set for Thursday.</p>
<p>The move comes ahead of its 2011 earnings report, which Sony projects will come in at more than a $2.9 billion loss. The results are expected to reflect a series of events that blindsided Sony last year, including a hacking that shut its PlayStation network for weeks and an earthquake in Japan that crippled its home market.</p>
<p>The entertainment giant has also been losing market share to both tech giants like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and small lower-cost manufacturers.</p>
<p>A large number of reductions will come from selling or spinning off unprofitable businesses not core to the company’s strategy, sources told the Journal.&#160;</p>
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<p>Other cuts will likely comes from its television business, which is on track to report a loss for the eight consecutive year, and from consolidating its chemicals and small and midsize LCD operations, the Nikkei said.</p>
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<p>With travel restrictions easing, more Americans can go and see Cuba themselves. And for those who do venture to Havana and its colonial downtown, there is a good chance they will spot the Plaza de Armas, a leafy square with restaurants, musicians–and booksellers, peddling mostly second-hand reads on everything from Cuban ballerinas, Hemingway and Russian-Spanish dictionaries.</p>
<p>But one bookseller, Juan Carlos Torres, explains what dominates here. "Politics," he said. "That's what sells most. That's the priority."</p>
<p>He points to the book "100 Hours with Fidel," a marathon interview with Castro. There is Ernesto "Che" Guevara's Bolivian diary, books on Cuban-CIA history and poetry by Cuba's José Martí.</p>
<p>This is part of Cuba's state-controlled book world. There are no independent bookshops. Foreign magazines are banned. Books are curated by the government and generally don't test the Communist line. No exiled Cuban writers or Latin American giants like Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes.</p>
<p>But there is a flip side: a small literary underground, led by defiant Cubans with private libraries and books swapped on flash drives.</p>
<p>Meet the couple Miriam Leiva and Oscar Espinosa, both former government officials who split from the regime–and became internal dissidents. Their cramped Havana apartment is stuffed with books, from Spanish versions of bestsellers like Thomas Friedman's "The World is Flat" and Barack Obama's autobiographies to literature on post-Cold War Europe.</p>
<p>"They're books that in Cuba don't circulate, that we've acquired because friends have brought them," said Leiva.</p>
<p>The couple, both in their 70s, have also rebuilt their library since 2003. That's when Espinosa, who once advised Fidel Castro, was arrested for his critiques of the government.</p>
<p>"They arrived that night with a ton of boxes and started going through and tossing away books," he said. "But I have friends, a lot of friends abroad and here in Cuba."</p>
<p>Friends who continue bringing him books–faster than the Cuban government can take them away.</p>
<p>Espinosa shows a favorite: "The Feast of the Goat" by Nobel Prize winner Vargas Llosa. It's a brutal portrait of Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican Republic's former dictator. "Vargas Llosa is a blacklisted writer according to the Cuban government, along with other famous writers in the world," he said.</p>
<p>Espinosa's own book called "Cuba: Revolution or Regression?" is banned here. A friend from Spain sneaked in a copy.</p>
<p>In another part of Havana, Gisela Delgado, a computer technician, runs a private library from her small apartment. In 2003, the government cracked down and jailed 75 of the island's dissidents, including independent librarians. Delgado was spared, but remains monitored. This year, when foreign correspondents flocked to Cuba for the Pope's visit, her phones stopped working.</p>
<p>For the government, the sore spot is how books get here: through foreigners, from exiled Cubans, sympathetic diplomats.</p>
<p>And what the Cuban government deems inappropriate is arbitrary. When state police raided her library during the 2003 dissident crackdown, Delgado remembers asking agents how a book by Gabriel García Márquez could be confiscated. "They said, 'The problem isn't the title of the book. It's you,'" she recalled.</p>
<p>That's right, said Rafael Hernández, a political scientist in Havana and government-employed magazine publisher. "It's not about all the books they have," he said. "I think this is a part of a political opposition operation. That's it."</p>
<p>Hernández, a favored intellectual by the Cuban government, read many of the books unavailable in Cuba when he was a visiting scholar at Harvard. The problem is that these book collections are here in Cuba, breaking rules against material that could jeopardize the Revolution.</p>
<p>Hernández also avoids words like "censorship" or "banned." Instead, he insists the real problem is the US embargo, which complicates Cuban publishers' ability to export books. "Cuban publishing houses would like to have more titles," he said. "The main problem is the money."</p>
<p>Delgado, the librarian, does not buy that. Money will not put books critical of the Cuban government on the shelves, she said. At issue is what her books surely symbolize: a thorn in the government's side, dissent–and support from the outside world.</p>
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<p>With travel restrictions easing, more Americans can go and see Cuba themselves. And for those who do venture to Havana and its colonial downtown, there is a good chance they will spot the Plaza de Armas, a leafy square with restaurants, musicians–and booksellers, peddling mostly second-hand reads on everything from Cuban ballerinas, Hemingway and Russian-Spanish dictionaries.</p>
<p>But one bookseller, Juan Carlos Torres, explains what dominates here. "Politics," he said. "That's what sells most. That's the priority."</p>
<p>He points to the book "100 Hours with Fidel," a marathon interview with Castro. There is Ernesto "Che" Guevara's Bolivian diary, books on Cuban-CIA history and poetry by Cuba's José Martí.</p>
<p>This is part of Cuba's state-controlled book world. There are no independent bookshops. Foreign magazines are banned. Books are curated by the government and generally don't test the Communist line. No exiled Cuban writers or Latin American giants like Mario Vargas Llosa and Carlos Fuentes.</p>
<p>But there is a flip side: a small literary underground, led by defiant Cubans with private libraries and books swapped on flash drives.</p>
<p>Meet the couple Miriam Leiva and Oscar Espinosa, both former government officials who split from the regime–and became internal dissidents. Their cramped Havana apartment is stuffed with books, from Spanish versions of bestsellers like Thomas Friedman's "The World is Flat" and Barack Obama's autobiographies to literature on post-Cold War Europe.</p>
<p>"They're books that in Cuba don't circulate, that we've acquired because friends have brought them," said Leiva.</p>
<p>The couple, both in their 70s, have also rebuilt their library since 2003. That's when Espinosa, who once advised Fidel Castro, was arrested for his critiques of the government.</p>
<p>"They arrived that night with a ton of boxes and started going through and tossing away books," he said. "But I have friends, a lot of friends abroad and here in Cuba."</p>
<p>Friends who continue bringing him books–faster than the Cuban government can take them away.</p>
<p>Espinosa shows a favorite: "The Feast of the Goat" by Nobel Prize winner Vargas Llosa. It's a brutal portrait of Rafael Trujillo, the Dominican Republic's former dictator. "Vargas Llosa is a blacklisted writer according to the Cuban government, along with other famous writers in the world," he said.</p>
<p>Espinosa's own book called "Cuba: Revolution or Regression?" is banned here. A friend from Spain sneaked in a copy.</p>
<p>In another part of Havana, Gisela Delgado, a computer technician, runs a private library from her small apartment. In 2003, the government cracked down and jailed 75 of the island's dissidents, including independent librarians. Delgado was spared, but remains monitored. This year, when foreign correspondents flocked to Cuba for the Pope's visit, her phones stopped working.</p>
<p>For the government, the sore spot is how books get here: through foreigners, from exiled Cubans, sympathetic diplomats.</p>
<p>And what the Cuban government deems inappropriate is arbitrary. When state police raided her library during the 2003 dissident crackdown, Delgado remembers asking agents how a book by Gabriel García Márquez could be confiscated. "They said, 'The problem isn't the title of the book. It's you,'" she recalled.</p>
<p>That's right, said Rafael Hernández, a political scientist in Havana and government-employed magazine publisher. "It's not about all the books they have," he said. "I think this is a part of a political opposition operation. That's it."</p>
<p>Hernández, a favored intellectual by the Cuban government, read many of the books unavailable in Cuba when he was a visiting scholar at Harvard. The problem is that these book collections are here in Cuba, breaking rules against material that could jeopardize the Revolution.</p>
<p>Hernández also avoids words like "censorship" or "banned." Instead, he insists the real problem is the US embargo, which complicates Cuban publishers' ability to export books. "Cuban publishing houses would like to have more titles," he said. "The main problem is the money."</p>
<p>Delgado, the librarian, does not buy that. Money will not put books critical of the Cuban government on the shelves, she said. At issue is what her books surely symbolize: a thorn in the government's side, dissent–and support from the outside world.</p>
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<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska authorities are investigating a third unwelcome encounter during this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race after a female musher said two men groped her as her team passed by.</p>
<p>Alaska State Trooper James Lester says he's investigating the March 13 incident as harassment for now. The 27-year-old musher reported the groping at the checkpoint in the village of Nulato, almost 350 miles from the Nome finish line.</p>
<p>It happened a day after authorities say a man on a snowmobile intentionally drove into two top Iditarod teams, killing one dog and injuring others.</p>
<p>Lester says he's been playing phone tag with the rookie musher and hasn't interviewed her yet. The woman couldn't immediately be reached for comment by The Associated Press on Monday.</p>
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<p>ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska authorities are investigating a third unwelcome encounter during this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race after a female musher said two men groped her as her team passed by.</p>
<p>Alaska State Trooper James Lester says he's investigating the March 13 incident as harassment for now. The 27-year-old musher reported the groping at the checkpoint in the village of Nulato, almost 350 miles from the Nome finish line.</p>
<p>It happened a day after authorities say a man on a snowmobile intentionally drove into two top Iditarod teams, killing one dog and injuring others.</p>
<p>Lester says he's been playing phone tag with the rookie musher and hasn't interviewed her yet. The woman couldn't immediately be reached for comment by The Associated Press on Monday.</p>
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<p>NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) - Kevon Harris scored 20 points and Shannon Bogues had 14 and Stephen F. Austin beat Northwestern State 64-56 on Saturday.</p>
<p>C.J. Jones made a layup, a pair of free throws and a 3-pointer in a minute-and-a-half to reduce Northwestern State's deficit to 56-53 with 6:27 to play, but the Demons missed 8 of 9 after with their only field goal coming on a dunk from Ishmael Lane.</p>
<p>Following Jones? 3, TJ Holyfield registered a 3-point play with 5:55 to go. Stephen F. Austin (13-3, 2-1 Southland) didn't fare much better shooting after that as it missed 5 of 6 shots from the field down the stretch. Holyfield scored 11 points for the Lumberjacks.</p>
<p>The Lumberjacks missed all 16 of their 3-point attempts and were 20 of 32 (62.5 percent) from the free throw line. It's the first time in nearly six years Stephen F. Austin hadn't made a 3.</p>
<p>Northwestern State (3-12, 0-4) got 15 points from Jones and Lane had 10 points and nine rebounds. The Demons missed 16 of 31 free throws (48) and were 5 of 20 (25) from beyond the arc.</p>
<p>NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) - Kevon Harris scored 20 points and Shannon Bogues had 14 and Stephen F. Austin beat Northwestern State 64-56 on Saturday.</p>
<p>C.J. Jones made a layup, a pair of free throws and a 3-pointer in a minute-and-a-half to reduce Northwestern State's deficit to 56-53 with 6:27 to play, but the Demons missed 8 of 9 after with their only field goal coming on a dunk from Ishmael Lane.</p>
<p>Following Jones? 3, TJ Holyfield registered a 3-point play with 5:55 to go. Stephen F. Austin (13-3, 2-1 Southland) didn't fare much better shooting after that as it missed 5 of 6 shots from the field down the stretch. Holyfield scored 11 points for the Lumberjacks.</p>
<p>The Lumberjacks missed all 16 of their 3-point attempts and were 20 of 32 (62.5 percent) from the free throw line. It's the first time in nearly six years Stephen F. Austin hadn't made a 3.</p>
<p>Northwestern State (3-12, 0-4) got 15 points from Jones and Lane had 10 points and nine rebounds. The Demons missed 16 of 31 free throws (48) and were 5 of 20 (25) from beyond the arc.</p>
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<p>NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) - Kevon Harris scored 20 points and Shannon Bogues had 14 and Stephen F. Austin beat Northwestern State 64-56 on Saturday.</p>
<p>C.J. Jones made a layup, a pair of free throws and a 3-pointer in a minute-and-a-half to reduce Northwestern State's deficit to 56-53 with 6:27 to play, but the Demons missed 8 of 9 after with their only field goal coming on a dunk from Ishmael Lane.</p>
<p>Following Jones? 3, TJ Holyfield registered a 3-point play with 5:55 to go. Stephen F. Austin (13-3, 2-1 Southland) didn't fare much better shooting after that as it missed 5 of 6 shots from the field down the stretch. Holyfield scored 11 points for the Lumberjacks.</p>
<p>The Lumberjacks missed all 16 of their 3-point attempts and were 20 of 32 (62.5 percent) from the free throw line. It's the first time in nearly six years Stephen F. Austin hadn't made a 3.</p>
<p>Northwestern State (3-12, 0-4) got 15 points from Jones and Lane had 10 points and nine rebounds. The Demons missed 16 of 31 free throws (48) and were 5 of 20 (25) from beyond the arc.</p>
<p>NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) - Kevon Harris scored 20 points and Shannon Bogues had 14 and Stephen F. Austin beat Northwestern State 64-56 on Saturday.</p>
<p>C.J. Jones made a layup, a pair of free throws and a 3-pointer in a minute-and-a-half to reduce Northwestern State's deficit to 56-53 with 6:27 to play, but the Demons missed 8 of 9 after with their only field goal coming on a dunk from Ishmael Lane.</p>
<p>Following Jones? 3, TJ Holyfield registered a 3-point play with 5:55 to go. Stephen F. Austin (13-3, 2-1 Southland) didn't fare much better shooting after that as it missed 5 of 6 shots from the field down the stretch. Holyfield scored 11 points for the Lumberjacks.</p>
<p>The Lumberjacks missed all 16 of their 3-point attempts and were 20 of 32 (62.5 percent) from the free throw line. It's the first time in nearly six years Stephen F. Austin hadn't made a 3.</p>
<p>Northwestern State (3-12, 0-4) got 15 points from Jones and Lane had 10 points and nine rebounds. The Demons missed 16 of 31 free throws (48) and were 5 of 20 (25) from beyond the arc.</p>
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<p>Analyst Steve Mullane with BlueFin Research Partners (via Barron's) recently said that microprocessor giant Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) chip production during December "indicated no signs of slowing down even through the holiday period."</p>
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<p>This, the analyst says, "strongly suggests that [Intel] could guide March quarter revenues above the current Wall Street consensus of -7.8%."</p>
<p>What Mullane is referring to is the fact that Intel's business largely follows a seasonal pattern in which sales during the first half of the year tend to be weaker than sales during the second half of the year."Historically, our net revenue has typically been higher in the second half of the year than in the first half of the year, accelerating in the third quarter and peaking in the fourth quarter," Intel's most recent form 10-K filing reads.</p>
<p>Perhaps more interestingly, on Intel's most recent earnings call, the company explicitly said that it expected revenues for the fourth quarter of 2016 to be "below the average seasonal increase for the fourth quarter," as the company expected "the worldwide [personal computer] supply chain to reduce their inventory."</p>
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<p>If Intel's chip production remained steady through December, then -- assuming BlueFin's read on the situation is accurate -- that could bode well for the company's first quarter of 2017 guidance (or as BlueFin refers to it, the March quarter, because it ends in March).Let's examine what could be driving this reportedly unusually strong production.</p>
<p>Back on Sept. 16, a month before its earnings release, Intel positively pre-announced its financial results, telling investors that it expected third-quarter sales of $15.6 billion (give or take $300 million), compared to a prior outlook of $14.9 billion (give or take $500 million).</p>
<p>When the final numbers came in, the chipmaker didn't disappoint, raking in $15.8 billion in revenue, and delivering strong gross profit margin results, too (64.8% on a non-GAAP basis, against prior guidance of 62% give-or-take a couple percentage points.</p>
<p>At the time, the company said that this was "primarily driven by a replenishment of [personal computer] supply chain inventory." It also said that, "the company is also seeing some signs of improving [personal computer] demand."</p>
<p>Intel didn't pre-announce this time around, so unless Intel is sitting on a big financial surprise, I'm not expecting anything out of the ordinary from the company when it reports its fourth-quarter of 2016 results on Jan. 26.Intel may have shipped what it expected to ship during the fourth quarter, but due to strong personal computer sales, Intel's customers found that their inventory levels had been drawn down too much. So, to bring/keep their inventories at appropriate levels, Intel's customers may have gotten more aggressive about their chip orders near the end of the quarter, leading Intel to keep production levels up through December.Put simply, we might be seeing a repeat during the first quarter of 2017 of what led Intel to report better-than-expected revenues for the third quarter of 2016.</p>
<p>The preceding discussion has focused on personal computer sales, but it's important to keep in mind that Intel sells other processors, too. It sells chips into data center applications -- its second-largest business by revenue -- as well as in Internet of Things applications.However, the kinds of chip volumes that Intel sells into these applications are far smaller than the chip volumes that the company ships into personal computers.</p>
<p>The much lower volumes in, say, data center applications can be partially offset by the fact that chip sizes there are generally much larger than they are in personal computers. However, Intel's chip production is primarily dependent on its personal computer chip shipments.Combine that with the fact that Intel's recent business trends have pointed to better-than-expected personal computer chip shipments and worse-than-expected data center chip shipments, and I'm inclined to think that any potential upside that Intel may be experiencing is personal-computer-based.</p>
<p>Intel's Internet of Things business, though interesting, just isn't large enough from a unit or revenue perspective -- it generates less than a tenth of what Intel's personal computer chip business does in sales -- for shifts in demand to have a measurable impact on the company's overall chip production levels.</p>
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<p>Analyst Steve Mullane with BlueFin Research Partners (via Barron's) recently said that microprocessor giant Intel's (NASDAQ: INTC) chip production during December "indicated no signs of slowing down even through the holiday period."</p>
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<p>This, the analyst says, "strongly suggests that [Intel] could guide March quarter revenues above the current Wall Street consensus of -7.8%."</p>
<p>What Mullane is referring to is the fact that Intel's business largely follows a seasonal pattern in which sales during the first half of the year tend to be weaker than sales during the second half of the year."Historically, our net revenue has typically been higher in the second half of the year than in the first half of the year, accelerating in the third quarter and peaking in the fourth quarter," Intel's most recent form 10-K filing reads.</p>
<p>Perhaps more interestingly, on Intel's most recent earnings call, the company explicitly said that it expected revenues for the fourth quarter of 2016 to be "below the average seasonal increase for the fourth quarter," as the company expected "the worldwide [personal computer] supply chain to reduce their inventory."</p>
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<p>If Intel's chip production remained steady through December, then -- assuming BlueFin's read on the situation is accurate -- that could bode well for the company's first quarter of 2017 guidance (or as BlueFin refers to it, the March quarter, because it ends in March).Let's examine what could be driving this reportedly unusually strong production.</p>
<p>Back on Sept. 16, a month before its earnings release, Intel positively pre-announced its financial results, telling investors that it expected third-quarter sales of $15.6 billion (give or take $300 million), compared to a prior outlook of $14.9 billion (give or take $500 million).</p>
<p>When the final numbers came in, the chipmaker didn't disappoint, raking in $15.8 billion in revenue, and delivering strong gross profit margin results, too (64.8% on a non-GAAP basis, against prior guidance of 62% give-or-take a couple percentage points.</p>
<p>At the time, the company said that this was "primarily driven by a replenishment of [personal computer] supply chain inventory." It also said that, "the company is also seeing some signs of improving [personal computer] demand."</p>
<p>Intel didn't pre-announce this time around, so unless Intel is sitting on a big financial surprise, I'm not expecting anything out of the ordinary from the company when it reports its fourth-quarter of 2016 results on Jan. 26.Intel may have shipped what it expected to ship during the fourth quarter, but due to strong personal computer sales, Intel's customers found that their inventory levels had been drawn down too much. So, to bring/keep their inventories at appropriate levels, Intel's customers may have gotten more aggressive about their chip orders near the end of the quarter, leading Intel to keep production levels up through December.Put simply, we might be seeing a repeat during the first quarter of 2017 of what led Intel to report better-than-expected revenues for the third quarter of 2016.</p>
<p>The preceding discussion has focused on personal computer sales, but it's important to keep in mind that Intel sells other processors, too. It sells chips into data center applications -- its second-largest business by revenue -- as well as in Internet of Things applications.However, the kinds of chip volumes that Intel sells into these applications are far smaller than the chip volumes that the company ships into personal computers.</p>
<p>The much lower volumes in, say, data center applications can be partially offset by the fact that chip sizes there are generally much larger than they are in personal computers. However, Intel's chip production is primarily dependent on its personal computer chip shipments.Combine that with the fact that Intel's recent business trends have pointed to better-than-expected personal computer chip shipments and worse-than-expected data center chip shipments, and I'm inclined to think that any potential upside that Intel may be experiencing is personal-computer-based.</p>
<p>Intel's Internet of Things business, though interesting, just isn't large enough from a unit or revenue perspective -- it generates less than a tenth of what Intel's personal computer chip business does in sales -- for shifts in demand to have a measurable impact on the company's overall chip production levels.</p>
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<p>KEEPING SCORE: The Dow was up eight points, less than 0.1 percent, to 17,673 as of 9:59 a.m. Eastern time.</p>
<p>The broader Standard &amp; Poor’s 500 index slipped seven points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,042, and the Nasdaq composite fell 23 points, or 0.5 percent, to 4,705.</p>
<p>CRUDE: A recent rebound in oil prices came to an end as the benchmark contract for U.S. crude fell $2.32, or 5 percent, to $50.66. Crude prices rallied 19 percent over the previous four days as producers canceled exploration projects and cut the number of rigs drilling.</p>
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<p>DISNEY: Strong results from theme parks, television channels and sales of merchandise tied to its “Frozen” move drove Walt Disney’s earnings up 19 percent. Late Tuesday, Disney reported profit and revenue that topped Wall Street’s estimates for the quarter. Its stock surged $7.21, or 8 percent, to $101.26 in early trading.</p>
<p>Bob Iger, Disney’s CEO, said the company was not seeing a hit to attendance from the measles outbreak linked last month to Disney’s Southern California parks.</p>
<p>MERGER: Staples announced that it’s buying Office Depot for $6 billion in a widely anticipated merger of the two largest office supply retailers. The cash-and-stock deal comes a little more than a year after Office Depot merged with OfficeMax and still needs regulators’ approval. Staples dropped $1.43, or 8 percent, to $17.52 in early trading.</p>
<p>STEADY: Payroll processor ADP said that U.S. companies added 213,000 jobs last month. The survey of private sector hiring gives a hint of the strength of the labor market before the government’s monthly jobs report, which comes out Friday. Economists estimate that American employers added 230,000 workers to their payrolls in January, according to FactSet.</p>
<p>EUROPE: France’s CAC 40 was down 0.2 percent and Germany’s DAX slipped 0.3 percent. Britain’s FTSE 100 sank 0.8 percent.</p>
<p>EUROPE GLIMMERS: The outlook brightened somewhat in Europe after reports showed retail sales rose 0.3 percent in December, a third straight monthly gain. Separately, financial information company Markit said its broad gauge of business activity jumped to a six-month high in January. The data was not enough to lift European stocks, which had rallied hard the day before, but will be welcome news in a region that is struggling to grow.</p>
<p>ASIA’S DAY: In Japan, the Nikkei 225 stock index surged 2 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.5 percent and South Korea’s Kospi climbed 0.6 percent.</p>
<p>CURRENCIES: The euro was little changed at $1.1454 compared with $1.1463 the previous day. The dollar slipped to 117.46 yen from 117.74 yen.</p>
<p>BONDS: U.S. government bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.82 percent.</p>
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<p>KEEPING SCORE: The Dow was up eight points, less than 0.1 percent, to 17,673 as of 9:59 a.m. Eastern time.</p>
<p>The broader Standard &amp; Poor’s 500 index slipped seven points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,042, and the Nasdaq composite fell 23 points, or 0.5 percent, to 4,705.</p>
<p>CRUDE: A recent rebound in oil prices came to an end as the benchmark contract for U.S. crude fell $2.32, or 5 percent, to $50.66. Crude prices rallied 19 percent over the previous four days as producers canceled exploration projects and cut the number of rigs drilling.</p>
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<p>DISNEY: Strong results from theme parks, television channels and sales of merchandise tied to its “Frozen” move drove Walt Disney’s earnings up 19 percent. Late Tuesday, Disney reported profit and revenue that topped Wall Street’s estimates for the quarter. Its stock surged $7.21, or 8 percent, to $101.26 in early trading.</p>
<p>Bob Iger, Disney’s CEO, said the company was not seeing a hit to attendance from the measles outbreak linked last month to Disney’s Southern California parks.</p>
<p>MERGER: Staples announced that it’s buying Office Depot for $6 billion in a widely anticipated merger of the two largest office supply retailers. The cash-and-stock deal comes a little more than a year after Office Depot merged with OfficeMax and still needs regulators’ approval. Staples dropped $1.43, or 8 percent, to $17.52 in early trading.</p>
<p>STEADY: Payroll processor ADP said that U.S. companies added 213,000 jobs last month. The survey of private sector hiring gives a hint of the strength of the labor market before the government’s monthly jobs report, which comes out Friday. Economists estimate that American employers added 230,000 workers to their payrolls in January, according to FactSet.</p>
<p>EUROPE: France’s CAC 40 was down 0.2 percent and Germany’s DAX slipped 0.3 percent. Britain’s FTSE 100 sank 0.8 percent.</p>
<p>EUROPE GLIMMERS: The outlook brightened somewhat in Europe after reports showed retail sales rose 0.3 percent in December, a third straight monthly gain. Separately, financial information company Markit said its broad gauge of business activity jumped to a six-month high in January. The data was not enough to lift European stocks, which had rallied hard the day before, but will be welcome news in a region that is struggling to grow.</p>
<p>ASIA’S DAY: In Japan, the Nikkei 225 stock index surged 2 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng added 0.5 percent and South Korea’s Kospi climbed 0.6 percent.</p>
<p>CURRENCIES: The euro was little changed at $1.1454 compared with $1.1463 the previous day. The dollar slipped to 117.46 yen from 117.74 yen.</p>
<p>BONDS: U.S. government bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.82 percent.</p>
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<p>A North Carolina school board has voted to stop naming high school valedictorians and salutatorians in an effort to reduce “unhealthy” competition among students.</p>
<p>The Wake County school board unanimously gave initial approval Tuesday to a policy that would prohibit principals from naming the two top-ranking students in a graduating class after 2018, The News &amp; Observer <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article78205492.html" type="external">reported</a>.</p>
<p>“We have heard from many, many schools that the competition has become very unhealthy,” school board Chairman Tom Benton told the paper in an interview. “Students were not collaborating with each other the way that we would like them to. Their choice of courses was being guided by their GPA and not their future education plans.”</p>
<p><a href="/news/2016/may/20/oregon-school-board-bans-books-that-question-clima/" type="external">SEE ALSO: Oregon school board bans books that question climate change</a></p>
<p>The <a href="https://eboard.eboardsolutions.com/meetings/TempFolder/Meetings/BOE%20MTG_%2005-17-16_%20COS_%20NEW%20POL%203450%20-CLASS%20RANKINGS_56074vltk5ptamhe0ruvoqtbk22of.pdf" type="external">new policy</a> encourages high school principles to use “broad means of recognizing student achievement,” instead of class rank, though state law will still require the board to record class rank on student transcripts.</p>
<p>Starting in 2019, student achievement will be recognized with Latin titles, such as cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa magna cum laude — similar to the language that colleges use to recognize exceptional students,&#160;The News &amp; Observer reported.</p>
<p>The new system would reportedly result in more seniors being recognized.</p>
<p>“We think it’s much healthier to set high expectations and high requirements for magna cum laude,” Mr. Benton explained. “The students now have a target that they can shoot for and if they achieve that they’re recognized for that.</p>
<p>“I love competition,” he added. “But there are competitions that you can measure very correctly and they do spur people on to bigger and better things.”</p>
<p>Final approval of the policy change could come June 7,&#160;The News &amp; Observer reported.</p>
<p>Copyright © 2018 The Washington Times, LLC. <a href="http://license.icopyright.net/3.7280?icx_id=/news/2016/may/19/nc-school-board-votes-to-stop-naming-valedictorian/" type="external">Click here for reprint permission</a>.</p>
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<p>A North Carolina school board has voted to stop naming high school valedictorians and salutatorians in an effort to reduce “unhealthy” competition among students.</p>
<p>The Wake County school board unanimously gave initial approval Tuesday to a policy that would prohibit principals from naming the two top-ranking students in a graduating class after 2018, The News &amp; Observer <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article78205492.html" type="external">reported</a>.</p>
<p>“We have heard from many, many schools that the competition has become very unhealthy,” school board Chairman Tom Benton told the paper in an interview. “Students were not collaborating with each other the way that we would like them to. Their choice of courses was being guided by their GPA and not their future education plans.”</p>
<p><a href="/news/2016/may/20/oregon-school-board-bans-books-that-question-clima/" type="external">SEE ALSO: Oregon school board bans books that question climate change</a></p>
<p>The <a href="https://eboard.eboardsolutions.com/meetings/TempFolder/Meetings/BOE%20MTG_%2005-17-16_%20COS_%20NEW%20POL%203450%20-CLASS%20RANKINGS_56074vltk5ptamhe0ruvoqtbk22of.pdf" type="external">new policy</a> encourages high school principles to use “broad means of recognizing student achievement,” instead of class rank, though state law will still require the board to record class rank on student transcripts.</p>
<p>Starting in 2019, student achievement will be recognized with Latin titles, such as cum laude, magna cum laude, and summa magna cum laude — similar to the language that colleges use to recognize exceptional students,&#160;The News &amp; Observer reported.</p>
<p>The new system would reportedly result in more seniors being recognized.</p>
<p>“We think it’s much healthier to set high expectations and high requirements for magna cum laude,” Mr. Benton explained. “The students now have a target that they can shoot for and if they achieve that they’re recognized for that.</p>
<p>“I love competition,” he added. “But there are competitions that you can measure very correctly and they do spur people on to bigger and better things.”</p>
<p>Final approval of the policy change could come June 7,&#160;The News &amp; Observer reported.</p>
<p>Copyright © 2018 The Washington Times, LLC. <a href="http://license.icopyright.net/3.7280?icx_id=/news/2016/may/19/nc-school-board-votes-to-stop-naming-valedictorian/" type="external">Click here for reprint permission</a>.</p>
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<p>The lack of moisture carries potentially dire consequences for wildlife and irrigators. But the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority is doing its part to mitigate the drought’s impact.</p>
<p>We are among the agencies cooperating to create engineered habitat for the endangered silvery minnow (mentioned in the March 5 Journal). We are also working with federal agencies to coordinate releases of surface water from upstream reservoirs to create optimal conditions for minnow spawning.</p>
<p>This in addition to the continued application of a Water Resources Management Strategy that anticipated the consequences of drought and which has emphasized conservation in ways yet to be adopted by other municipalities. We have reduced per capita usage from 250 gallons per person per day in the 1990s to 148 gallons per person per day last year, and met our long-term conservation goal of 150 gallons per person per day some three years ahead of schedule.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, our Southside Re-Use Program and our planned Aquifer Storage and Recovery program will allow us to use water even more efficiently moving forward and will continue to place us at the forefront water management innovation in this region.</p>
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<p>Policy initiatives can accomplish only so much, of course.</p>
<p>We shall continue to rely on the efforts of our customers to use water efficiently and responsibly, especially in years as dry as this.</p>
<p>The recent declaration of a drought watch by the Water Authority’s governing board is intended as a solemn reminder that it’s not just dry, it’s a drought, and we should all be doing our part to save water. Readers are invited to visit <a href="http://www.itsadrought.com" type="external">www.itsadrought.com</a> on the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority website for tips and information.</p>
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<p>The lack of moisture carries potentially dire consequences for wildlife and irrigators. But the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority is doing its part to mitigate the drought’s impact.</p>
<p>We are among the agencies cooperating to create engineered habitat for the endangered silvery minnow (mentioned in the March 5 Journal). We are also working with federal agencies to coordinate releases of surface water from upstream reservoirs to create optimal conditions for minnow spawning.</p>
<p>This in addition to the continued application of a Water Resources Management Strategy that anticipated the consequences of drought and which has emphasized conservation in ways yet to be adopted by other municipalities. We have reduced per capita usage from 250 gallons per person per day in the 1990s to 148 gallons per person per day last year, and met our long-term conservation goal of 150 gallons per person per day some three years ahead of schedule.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, our Southside Re-Use Program and our planned Aquifer Storage and Recovery program will allow us to use water even more efficiently moving forward and will continue to place us at the forefront water management innovation in this region.</p>
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<p>Policy initiatives can accomplish only so much, of course.</p>
<p>We shall continue to rely on the efforts of our customers to use water efficiently and responsibly, especially in years as dry as this.</p>
<p>The recent declaration of a drought watch by the Water Authority’s governing board is intended as a solemn reminder that it’s not just dry, it’s a drought, and we should all be doing our part to save water. Readers are invited to visit <a href="http://www.itsadrought.com" type="external">www.itsadrought.com</a> on the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority website for tips and information.</p>
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<p>The United States took decisive steps after the 2008 financial crisis to get its economy growing, he said. In contrast, he described a less determined response by other nations to their own economic problems.</p>
<p>Lew stressed a “need for more action in quite a number of parts of the world,” although he didn’t single out specific countries.</p>
<p>“I don’t think the United States alone can pull the global economy to where it needs to be,” Lew said during an appearance at the Peterson Institute to preview this weekend’s meetings of the 188-nation International Monetary Fund and its sister lending agency, the World Bank.</p>
<p>The IMF on Tuesday trimmed its outlook for global growth, reflecting weaker expansions in Europe, Japan and Latin America. It also warned that the United States, Europe and Japan could face years of sluggish growth unless government took steps to accelerate activity.</p>
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<p>The U.S. dollar has been strengthening in recent weeks, a development that could harm U.S. growth prospects by making its products less competitive in global markets. At the same time, declines in the value of other global currencies such as the Japanese yen and euro could boost exports in those regions.</p>
<p>“We have called on many countries in the world to take decisive action to get their economies to grow,” Lew said in response to a question about whether he had concerns over a strengthening dollar.</p>
<p>Asked specifically about China, Lew said the administration still believed that China’s currency was undervalued in relation to the dollar and needed to strengthen further. He said the Chinese government needed to stop intervening in currency markets on a routine basis to lower the value of the yuan.</p>
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<p>The United States took decisive steps after the 2008 financial crisis to get its economy growing, he said. In contrast, he described a less determined response by other nations to their own economic problems.</p>
<p>Lew stressed a “need for more action in quite a number of parts of the world,” although he didn’t single out specific countries.</p>
<p>“I don’t think the United States alone can pull the global economy to where it needs to be,” Lew said during an appearance at the Peterson Institute to preview this weekend’s meetings of the 188-nation International Monetary Fund and its sister lending agency, the World Bank.</p>
<p>The IMF on Tuesday trimmed its outlook for global growth, reflecting weaker expansions in Europe, Japan and Latin America. It also warned that the United States, Europe and Japan could face years of sluggish growth unless government took steps to accelerate activity.</p>
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<p>The U.S. dollar has been strengthening in recent weeks, a development that could harm U.S. growth prospects by making its products less competitive in global markets. At the same time, declines in the value of other global currencies such as the Japanese yen and euro could boost exports in those regions.</p>
<p>“We have called on many countries in the world to take decisive action to get their economies to grow,” Lew said in response to a question about whether he had concerns over a strengthening dollar.</p>
<p>Asked specifically about China, Lew said the administration still believed that China’s currency was undervalued in relation to the dollar and needed to strengthen further. He said the Chinese government needed to stop intervening in currency markets on a routine basis to lower the value of the yuan.</p>
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<p>If Jon Ossoff wins tonight, it will be because <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/women-are-leading-the-charge-in-georgias-sixth-congressional-district/" type="external">women woke up and said "no more."</a> Since January, Ossoff's candidacy has been boosted by white suburban women who were shattered by Trump's win.</p>
<p>Over in South Carolina, a lower profile race has been underway for Mick Mulvaney's old seat. Archie Parnell has been an outstanding candidate, but the demographics might not be in his favor there.</p>
<p>No matter what happens with tonight's results, the energy we're seeing in these really, truly tough districts is great. I'm just hoping we can sustain it through November 2018.</p>
<p>Watch along with us and share your thoughts below.</p>
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<p>If Jon Ossoff wins tonight, it will be because <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/women-are-leading-the-charge-in-georgias-sixth-congressional-district/" type="external">women woke up and said "no more."</a> Since January, Ossoff's candidacy has been boosted by white suburban women who were shattered by Trump's win.</p>
<p>Over in South Carolina, a lower profile race has been underway for Mick Mulvaney's old seat. Archie Parnell has been an outstanding candidate, but the demographics might not be in his favor there.</p>
<p>No matter what happens with tonight's results, the energy we're seeing in these really, truly tough districts is great. I'm just hoping we can sustain it through November 2018.</p>
<p>Watch along with us and share your thoughts below.</p>
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<p>Generals are accustomed to losing their jobs - maybe their lives - when airplanes penetrate their defenses and drop deadly cargo.</p>
<p>But two military leaders from Belarus probably didn't expect they would be fired today because activists dropped Teddy bears pushing peace messages on the country.</p>
<p>Gone are the former Soviet state's air force chief and its head of border security after a small airplane from Sweden parachuted 800 stuffed animals carrying pro-democracy messages on Belarus.</p>
<p>The incident happened on July 4, but President Alexander Lukashenko didn't publicly acknowledge it until a recent government meeting.</p>
<p>"This plane was discovered in time, but why did the (air defense) authorities not intercept the flight?" Lukashekno said, according to <a href="" type="external">Reuters</a> "Come on lads. We are all grown up. The guilty ones have to answer for this."</p>
<p>He sacked the generals and other security officials on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Also, police arrested a journalism student and real estate agent for aiding and abetting the Swedish mission.</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost: <a href="" type="external">EU condemns Belarus for execution of alleged Minsk subway bombers</a></p>
<p>The student posted pictures of the bears online, while the agent offered to shelter the Swedes.</p>
<p>They face seven years in prison if convicted.</p>
<p>A Swedish public relations company called Studio Total chartered the airplane and entered Belarus from Lithuania, <a href="" type="external">BBC said.</a></p>
<p>It dropped the bears near Ivenets and around the capital, Minsk.</p>
<p>The White House once called Belarus, a country of 10 million people, "Europe's last dictatorship," Reuters reported.</p>
<p>"Hopefully, we've made people more aware in the world and that there will be more people supporting Belarusian people," one of the protesters, Hannah Frey, told <a href="" type="external">The Associated Press</a>.</p>
<p>Lukashenko has used his military might to snuff out free press since 1994, and citizens there have used stuffed animals in symbolic protest before.</p>
<p>The nation's last election was mired in controversy and calls that Lukashenko fixed the result.</p>
<p>"Our campaign was a campaign in support of that," said her co-conspirator, Thomas Mazetti. "An airlift in support of the teddy bears, from teddy bears around the world."</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost: <a href="" type="external">EU pulls all diplomats from Belarus</a>&#160;</p>
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<p>Generals are accustomed to losing their jobs - maybe their lives - when airplanes penetrate their defenses and drop deadly cargo.</p>
<p>But two military leaders from Belarus probably didn't expect they would be fired today because activists dropped Teddy bears pushing peace messages on the country.</p>
<p>Gone are the former Soviet state's air force chief and its head of border security after a small airplane from Sweden parachuted 800 stuffed animals carrying pro-democracy messages on Belarus.</p>
<p>The incident happened on July 4, but President Alexander Lukashenko didn't publicly acknowledge it until a recent government meeting.</p>
<p>"This plane was discovered in time, but why did the (air defense) authorities not intercept the flight?" Lukashekno said, according to <a href="" type="external">Reuters</a> "Come on lads. We are all grown up. The guilty ones have to answer for this."</p>
<p>He sacked the generals and other security officials on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Also, police arrested a journalism student and real estate agent for aiding and abetting the Swedish mission.</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost: <a href="" type="external">EU condemns Belarus for execution of alleged Minsk subway bombers</a></p>
<p>The student posted pictures of the bears online, while the agent offered to shelter the Swedes.</p>
<p>They face seven years in prison if convicted.</p>
<p>A Swedish public relations company called Studio Total chartered the airplane and entered Belarus from Lithuania, <a href="" type="external">BBC said.</a></p>
<p>It dropped the bears near Ivenets and around the capital, Minsk.</p>
<p>The White House once called Belarus, a country of 10 million people, "Europe's last dictatorship," Reuters reported.</p>
<p>"Hopefully, we've made people more aware in the world and that there will be more people supporting Belarusian people," one of the protesters, Hannah Frey, told <a href="" type="external">The Associated Press</a>.</p>
<p>Lukashenko has used his military might to snuff out free press since 1994, and citizens there have used stuffed animals in symbolic protest before.</p>
<p>The nation's last election was mired in controversy and calls that Lukashenko fixed the result.</p>
<p>"Our campaign was a campaign in support of that," said her co-conspirator, Thomas Mazetti. "An airlift in support of the teddy bears, from teddy bears around the world."</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost: <a href="" type="external">EU pulls all diplomats from Belarus</a>&#160;</p>
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<p>Investors in recreational vehicle specialist Thor Industries (NYSE: THO) have been excited about the company's prospects lately, and the ascent in its stock price to new all-time highs has mirrored record business performance. In particular, the recent acquisition of Jayco added more depth to the Thor lineup, and coming into its fiscal fourth-quarter financial report on Monday, Thor investors had hoped that the merger would result in even better growth prospects going forward. Thor's results were impressive, again shattering records and painting a pretty picture looking ahead. Below, we'll go into more detail on the latest from Thor Industries and why shareholders are responding favorably.</p>
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<p>Image source: Thor Industries.</p>
<p>Thor Industries' fiscal fourth-quarter results left no doubts about which way the company's momentum is carrying it. Revenue jumped 22% to $1.29 billion, topping even the aggressive expectations of investors for roughly 20% growth. Net income rose by a fifth to $82.8 million, and that produced earnings of $1.57 per share. That beat the consensus forecast among those following the stock by $0.24 per share.</p>
<p>Taking a closer look at Thor's results, the company's performance clearly benefited from the addition of Jayco. For the motorized RV segment, which has historically been Thor's stronger business, sales growth accelerated to 35%. The company said that strong growth was centered on products that new consumers entering the market like to buy, including more modest, moderately priced class A and C motorhomes. Pre-tax income rose by 12%, and backlogs jumped 71% to $462 million. Part of that increase came from Jayco, but demand for motorized products was also strong.</p>
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<p>The towable RV segment showed even clearer effects from the Jayco acquisition. Sales climbed 20%, and Thor pointed to rising demand for lower-priced travel trailers as well as a month's worth of Jayco revenue in explaining the increase. Pre-tax profit jumped by more than a quarter, and backlogs more than doubled to $735 million.</p>
<p>CEO Bob Martin was happy about how much positive momentum Thor has generated. "We saw continued year-over-year industry growth in most product categories," Martin said, "and were able to capitalize on opportunities to expand our production capacity and output to meet the growing demand for affordably priced travel trailers and motorhomes." The CEO also noted how dealers have responded favorably to Thor's product lines.</p>
<p>Yet perhaps the most exciting thing about Thor is how much the Jayco acquisition could help it going forward. In Martin's words, "The success of Jayco is an integral part of our future growth plans and is a critical action item within our strategic plan." Yet the CEO also sees other signs of future success, including its dealer open house event, which sported record attendance and enthusiasm about its 2017 product lineup.</p>
<p>Thor also sees plenty of potential in looking at other possible growth avenues. CFO Colleen Zuhl gave a priority list on available cash flow, saying that Thor would first "support and grow our core business, both organically and through acquisition," and then turn to increasing dividends, paying down debt, and looking at a possible stock buyback or special dividend as circumstances warrant.</p>
<p>The one thing that Thor investors need to be prepared for is a possible decline in profit margin figures. In its outlook, Thor noted that because Jayco offers products that have a lower gross margin, Thor's overall gross margin could get diluted by the acquisition. Nevertheless, investors will accept that downside in exchange for what the company called a "meaningful accretion to earnings per share for the full year" in fiscal 2017.</p>
<p>Shareholders in Thor Industries were pleased with the report, sending the stock up by 2% Tuesday morning following the Monday after-hours announcement. If Thor can fully integrate Jayco's operations into its own business structure and find ways to improve both lines of products, then even greater gains than investors expect could be waiting in the years to come.</p>
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<p>Investors in recreational vehicle specialist Thor Industries (NYSE: THO) have been excited about the company's prospects lately, and the ascent in its stock price to new all-time highs has mirrored record business performance. In particular, the recent acquisition of Jayco added more depth to the Thor lineup, and coming into its fiscal fourth-quarter financial report on Monday, Thor investors had hoped that the merger would result in even better growth prospects going forward. Thor's results were impressive, again shattering records and painting a pretty picture looking ahead. Below, we'll go into more detail on the latest from Thor Industries and why shareholders are responding favorably.</p>
<p>Continue Reading Below</p>
<p>Image source: Thor Industries.</p>
<p>Thor Industries' fiscal fourth-quarter results left no doubts about which way the company's momentum is carrying it. Revenue jumped 22% to $1.29 billion, topping even the aggressive expectations of investors for roughly 20% growth. Net income rose by a fifth to $82.8 million, and that produced earnings of $1.57 per share. That beat the consensus forecast among those following the stock by $0.24 per share.</p>
<p>Taking a closer look at Thor's results, the company's performance clearly benefited from the addition of Jayco. For the motorized RV segment, which has historically been Thor's stronger business, sales growth accelerated to 35%. The company said that strong growth was centered on products that new consumers entering the market like to buy, including more modest, moderately priced class A and C motorhomes. Pre-tax income rose by 12%, and backlogs jumped 71% to $462 million. Part of that increase came from Jayco, but demand for motorized products was also strong.</p>
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<p>The towable RV segment showed even clearer effects from the Jayco acquisition. Sales climbed 20%, and Thor pointed to rising demand for lower-priced travel trailers as well as a month's worth of Jayco revenue in explaining the increase. Pre-tax profit jumped by more than a quarter, and backlogs more than doubled to $735 million.</p>
<p>CEO Bob Martin was happy about how much positive momentum Thor has generated. "We saw continued year-over-year industry growth in most product categories," Martin said, "and were able to capitalize on opportunities to expand our production capacity and output to meet the growing demand for affordably priced travel trailers and motorhomes." The CEO also noted how dealers have responded favorably to Thor's product lines.</p>
<p>Yet perhaps the most exciting thing about Thor is how much the Jayco acquisition could help it going forward. In Martin's words, "The success of Jayco is an integral part of our future growth plans and is a critical action item within our strategic plan." Yet the CEO also sees other signs of future success, including its dealer open house event, which sported record attendance and enthusiasm about its 2017 product lineup.</p>
<p>Thor also sees plenty of potential in looking at other possible growth avenues. CFO Colleen Zuhl gave a priority list on available cash flow, saying that Thor would first "support and grow our core business, both organically and through acquisition," and then turn to increasing dividends, paying down debt, and looking at a possible stock buyback or special dividend as circumstances warrant.</p>
<p>The one thing that Thor investors need to be prepared for is a possible decline in profit margin figures. In its outlook, Thor noted that because Jayco offers products that have a lower gross margin, Thor's overall gross margin could get diluted by the acquisition. Nevertheless, investors will accept that downside in exchange for what the company called a "meaningful accretion to earnings per share for the full year" in fiscal 2017.</p>
<p>Shareholders in Thor Industries were pleased with the report, sending the stock up by 2% Tuesday morning following the Monday after-hours announcement. If Thor can fully integrate Jayco's operations into its own business structure and find ways to improve both lines of products, then even greater gains than investors expect could be waiting in the years to come.</p>
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<p><a href="http://pienews.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/obamabranchesofgov2.jpg" type="external" />The controversy over President&#160;Obama's decision to exchange&#160; <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sources-outline-conditions-on-taliban-leaders-release-in-exchange-for-bergdahl/2014/06/05/4ed9d8a0-eceb-11e3-93d2-edd4be1f5d9e_story.html" type="external">five high-ranking Taliban leaders</a>&#160;for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl last month focused largely on the price paid.&#160;There was less focus on Obama&#160;ignoring a federal law&#160;that required him to notify Congress 30 days in advance of&#160;releasing detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Laws such as this have been enacted to allow vital oversight of actions of such consequence. If this were an isolated instance, it could be dismissed. It is not?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/restore-balancing-among-the-branches-of-government-in-washington/2014/06/27/81440022-f49d-11e3-b633-0de077c9f768_story.html?hpid=z2" type="external">Click here to view original web page at www.washingtonpost.com</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://pienews.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/obamabranchesofgov2.jpg" type="external" />The controversy over President&#160;Obama's decision to exchange&#160; <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sources-outline-conditions-on-taliban-leaders-release-in-exchange-for-bergdahl/2014/06/05/4ed9d8a0-eceb-11e3-93d2-edd4be1f5d9e_story.html" type="external">five high-ranking Taliban leaders</a>&#160;for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl last month focused largely on the price paid.&#160;There was less focus on Obama&#160;ignoring a federal law&#160;that required him to notify Congress 30 days in advance of&#160;releasing detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Laws such as this have been enacted to allow vital oversight of actions of such consequence. If this were an isolated instance, it could be dismissed. It is not?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/restore-balancing-among-the-branches-of-government-in-washington/2014/06/27/81440022-f49d-11e3-b633-0de077c9f768_story.html?hpid=z2" type="external">Click here to view original web page at www.washingtonpost.com</a></p>
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<p>Shares of some top credit card companies are down at 10 a.m.:</p>
<p>American Express Co. fell $.93 or 1.0 percent, to $93.71.</p>
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<p>Capital One Financial Corp. fell $.67 or .8 percent, to $81.66.</p>
<p>Discover Financial Services fell $.58 or .9 percent, to $61.18.</p>
<p>Mastercard fell $.35 or .5 percent, to $72.69.</p>
<p>Visa Inc. fell $.88 or .4 percent, to $208.18.</p>
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<p>Shares of some top credit card companies are down at 10 a.m.:</p>
<p>American Express Co. fell $.93 or 1.0 percent, to $93.71.</p>
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<p>Capital One Financial Corp. fell $.67 or .8 percent, to $81.66.</p>
<p>Discover Financial Services fell $.58 or .9 percent, to $61.18.</p>
<p>Mastercard fell $.35 or .5 percent, to $72.69.</p>
<p>Visa Inc. fell $.88 or .4 percent, to $208.18.</p>
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<p>ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on wintry weather in the U.S. (all times local):</p>
<p>9 p.m.</p>
<p>Roads kept icy by frigid temperatures are keeping many school systems closed Wednesday in East and Southeast Texas.</p>
<p>School districts in the Houston, Galveston and Beaumont will remain closed Wednesday, as will Tyler schools and numerous other rural and small-town school systems in East Texas. Other East Texas systems will observe two-hour delays in classes.</p>
<p>School districts in and near such Central Texas cities as Austin, San Antonio, Bryan-College Station and Waco will hold classes on normal schedules Wednesday.</p>
<p>Temperatures plunging into the single digits and teens in much of Central and East Texas and the 20s in Southeast Texas were expected to keep roads hazardous in East and Southeast Texas after they were glazed by a winter storm Tuesday.</p>
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<p>7:40 p.m.</p>
<p>Snow is falling in the Atlanta area, where many school districts already have announced early dismissal times and cancellations ahead of the wintry weather.</p>
<p>A steady snowfall was coming down Tuesday night on the normally bustling Interstate 75 corridor leading from Atlanta through its northwest suburbs and beyond. About 15 miles (25 kilometers) northwest of the city, the snow was forcing cars on the interstate to slow considerably amid scattered fender benders.</p>
<p>Ryan Willis, a meteorologist for the National Water Service based in Peachtree City, says the forecast calls for 1 to 1.5 inches (2.5 to 4 centimeters) of snow to fall in the metropolitan Atlanta area through Wednesday morning, with localized higher amounts.</p>
<p>WSB-TV <a href="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/gdot-crews-use-brine-trucks-to-treat-roads-ahead-of-snow/684619114" type="external">reports</a> that the Georgia Department of Transportation was treating roads with a salt solution hours before the first snowflake fell.</p>
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<p>5:15 p.m.</p>
<p>The biggest public school district in Texas has canceled classes for Wednesday as bitter cold temperatures promised to keep roads icy for another day.</p>
<p>In a statement issued Tuesday afternoon, the Houston Independent School District announced that schools and offices will remain closed for a second day after a winter storm left the city caked in ice. The district has a total enrollment of about 215,000.</p>
<p>Other school districts in the Houston area also announced plans to remain closed Wednesday.</p>
<p>Public schools in Galveston, Austin, San Antonio, Waco and Tyler also had shut down Tuesday, along with the University of Texas in Austin, Texas State University in San Marcos and Texas A&amp;M University in College Station. Most plan to operate on normal schedules Wednesday.</p>
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<p>2:35 p.m.</p>
<p>Forecasters are expanding the portion of Georgia that could get snow.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service says as much as 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) of snow could fall through Wednesday morning in a patch that extends into southeastern Georgia.</p>
<p>That’s more snow over a larger region than originally forecast, and isolated areas could get even more accumulation. Metro Atlanta is within the area that could get both snow and freezing temperatures, creating the potential for travel problems.</p>
<p>Snow forecasts also are increasing in parts of Alabama, where Gov. Kay Ivey is shutting down government offices Wednesday as a precaution.</p>
<p>Some school systems are canceling classes because the wind chill will make already low temperatures feel near or below zero degrees (-18 Celsius) as far south as the Gulf Coast.</p>
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<p>12:35 p.m.</p>
<p>Police say multiple people have been injured in a five-vehicle pileup that included a Greyhound bus on a snow-slicked interstate in south-central Kentucky.</p>
<p>The crash, which also involved two commercial vehicles and two passenger vehicles, occurred Tuesday morning on I-65 near the 71 mile marker at the Bonnieville exit. A statement from Kentucky State Police said multiple people have been taken to hospitals. The extent of their injuries wasn’t clear.</p>
<p>All southbound lanes have been closed due to blockage from the collision. Traffic is being detoured onto U.S. 31.</p>
<p>Police urge motorists to travel slowly and use extreme caution due to slick roads and heavy congestion in the area.</p>
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<p>12 p.m.</p>
<p>Another round of snow fell Tuesday across much of Kentucky and Tennessee leading to multiple school closures and slick roads that caused multiple crashes.</p>
<p>The Kentucky Transportation Department reports that multiple crashes closed a 10-mile section of Interstate 24 in western Kentucky and blocked southbound lanes of Interstate 65 in the south-central part of the state.</p>
<p>The forecast in Kentucky called for up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) of snow for sections of central and eastern Kentucky.</p>
<p>In Tennessee, forecasters all calling for up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of snow in the central part of the state and 1-3 inches 1 inch (2.5-7.6 centimeters) in the western and eastern regions.</p>
<p>Overnight, temperatures are expected to turn bitterly cold, with subzero wind chills.</p>
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<p>10:45 a.m.</p>
<p>In Mississippi, ice had coated roads and bridges in 36 of the state’s 82 counties, the Mississippi Department of Transported said in a statement Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>Road crews were working to put salt and other materials on roadways, mainly in the northern and central parts of the state.</p>
<p>Mississippi authorities were advising people to limit travel only to emergencies.</p>
<p>Some of the heaviest snow in Mississippi was expected in the state’s Delta region, where up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) was possible.</p>
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<p>10:35 a.m.</p>
<p>Hundreds of flights have been canceled in Texas, where frigid temperatures have left runways — and roads — dangerously icy.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Houston area Tuesday and is warning mariners of gale-force winds along the Texas coast. Sleet and freezing rain are forecast for parts of the state.</p>
<p>Flights into Houston, San Antonio and elsewhere have been canceled. Houston is enduring 21 degrees (-6 Celsius) and San Antonio stands at 30 degrees (-1 Celsius).</p>
<p>Police in Austin say highways in the capital are iced over and several counties opened emergency operation centers to coordinate emergency response.</p>
<p>The cold front also brought snow to parts of North Texas, where the wind chill pushed temperatures into the single digits.</p>
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<p>10:35 a.m.</p>
<p>Low temperatures and dangerous wind chills are closing schools across Kansas.</p>
<p>The school systems canceling classes Tuesday include Wichita, Lawrence, El Dorado, Salina, Wamego and McPherson. Several Johnson County schools, including Shawnee Mission, Olathe and Blue Valley, had previously scheduled a professional development day for teachers Tuesday.</p>
<p>Some colleges also canceled classes, including Wichita State University and Emporia State University.</p>
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<p>8:30 a.m.</p>
<p>Much of Alabama is shut down because forecasters say a snow storm with bitterly cold temperatures could cause travel problems.</p>
<p>More than 70 school systems in Alabama were closed Tuesday and others were dismissing students early. Numerous businesses and government offices closed because of the threat. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has declared a state of emergency.</p>
<p>Officials are trying to avoid a repeat of four years ago, when a winter storm blanketed central Alabama and left motorists stranded on roads in metro Birmingham for hours. Teachers and students camped out in schools.</p>
<p>Forecasters aren’t predicting a large amount of snow, just 2 inches (5 centimeters) or less with more in spots. But they say temperatures steadily falling into the teens could freeze anything that comes down, making travel difficult.</p>
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<p>6:45 a.m.</p>
<p>Forecasters say parts of the Deep South were in the path of a weather system that’s expected to bring more snow, followed by bitterly cold temperatures.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service on Tuesday had issued winter storm warnings in northern Louisiana and the northwest portion of Mississippi.</p>
<p>Winter weather advisories covered most of Alabama and much of Georgia as well, and several school districts across the region canceled classes for Tuesday.</p>
<p>Snow was falling before dawn Tuesday in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. It was expected to move into Alabama and Georgia later Tuesday.</p>
<p>ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on wintry weather in the U.S. (all times local):</p>
<p>9 p.m.</p>
<p>Roads kept icy by frigid temperatures are keeping many school systems closed Wednesday in East and Southeast Texas.</p>
<p>School districts in the Houston, Galveston and Beaumont will remain closed Wednesday, as will Tyler schools and numerous other rural and small-town school systems in East Texas. Other East Texas systems will observe two-hour delays in classes.</p>
<p>School districts in and near such Central Texas cities as Austin, San Antonio, Bryan-College Station and Waco will hold classes on normal schedules Wednesday.</p>
<p>Temperatures plunging into the single digits and teens in much of Central and East Texas and the 20s in Southeast Texas were expected to keep roads hazardous in East and Southeast Texas after they were glazed by a winter storm Tuesday.</p>
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<p>7:40 p.m.</p>
<p>Snow is falling in the Atlanta area, where many school districts already have announced early dismissal times and cancellations ahead of the wintry weather.</p>
<p>A steady snowfall was coming down Tuesday night on the normally bustling Interstate 75 corridor leading from Atlanta through its northwest suburbs and beyond. About 15 miles (25 kilometers) northwest of the city, the snow was forcing cars on the interstate to slow considerably amid scattered fender benders.</p>
<p>Ryan Willis, a meteorologist for the National Water Service based in Peachtree City, says the forecast calls for 1 to 1.5 inches (2.5 to 4 centimeters) of snow to fall in the metropolitan Atlanta area through Wednesday morning, with localized higher amounts.</p>
<p>WSB-TV <a href="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/gdot-crews-use-brine-trucks-to-treat-roads-ahead-of-snow/684619114" type="external">reports</a> that the Georgia Department of Transportation was treating roads with a salt solution hours before the first snowflake fell.</p>
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<p>5:15 p.m.</p>
<p>The biggest public school district in Texas has canceled classes for Wednesday as bitter cold temperatures promised to keep roads icy for another day.</p>
<p>In a statement issued Tuesday afternoon, the Houston Independent School District announced that schools and offices will remain closed for a second day after a winter storm left the city caked in ice. The district has a total enrollment of about 215,000.</p>
<p>Other school districts in the Houston area also announced plans to remain closed Wednesday.</p>
<p>Public schools in Galveston, Austin, San Antonio, Waco and Tyler also had shut down Tuesday, along with the University of Texas in Austin, Texas State University in San Marcos and Texas A&amp;M University in College Station. Most plan to operate on normal schedules Wednesday.</p>
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<p>2:35 p.m.</p>
<p>Forecasters are expanding the portion of Georgia that could get snow.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service says as much as 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) of snow could fall through Wednesday morning in a patch that extends into southeastern Georgia.</p>
<p>That’s more snow over a larger region than originally forecast, and isolated areas could get even more accumulation. Metro Atlanta is within the area that could get both snow and freezing temperatures, creating the potential for travel problems.</p>
<p>Snow forecasts also are increasing in parts of Alabama, where Gov. Kay Ivey is shutting down government offices Wednesday as a precaution.</p>
<p>Some school systems are canceling classes because the wind chill will make already low temperatures feel near or below zero degrees (-18 Celsius) as far south as the Gulf Coast.</p>
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<p>12:35 p.m.</p>
<p>Police say multiple people have been injured in a five-vehicle pileup that included a Greyhound bus on a snow-slicked interstate in south-central Kentucky.</p>
<p>The crash, which also involved two commercial vehicles and two passenger vehicles, occurred Tuesday morning on I-65 near the 71 mile marker at the Bonnieville exit. A statement from Kentucky State Police said multiple people have been taken to hospitals. The extent of their injuries wasn’t clear.</p>
<p>All southbound lanes have been closed due to blockage from the collision. Traffic is being detoured onto U.S. 31.</p>
<p>Police urge motorists to travel slowly and use extreme caution due to slick roads and heavy congestion in the area.</p>
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<p>12 p.m.</p>
<p>Another round of snow fell Tuesday across much of Kentucky and Tennessee leading to multiple school closures and slick roads that caused multiple crashes.</p>
<p>The Kentucky Transportation Department reports that multiple crashes closed a 10-mile section of Interstate 24 in western Kentucky and blocked southbound lanes of Interstate 65 in the south-central part of the state.</p>
<p>The forecast in Kentucky called for up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) of snow for sections of central and eastern Kentucky.</p>
<p>In Tennessee, forecasters all calling for up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of snow in the central part of the state and 1-3 inches 1 inch (2.5-7.6 centimeters) in the western and eastern regions.</p>
<p>Overnight, temperatures are expected to turn bitterly cold, with subzero wind chills.</p>
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<p>10:45 a.m.</p>
<p>In Mississippi, ice had coated roads and bridges in 36 of the state’s 82 counties, the Mississippi Department of Transported said in a statement Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>Road crews were working to put salt and other materials on roadways, mainly in the northern and central parts of the state.</p>
<p>Mississippi authorities were advising people to limit travel only to emergencies.</p>
<p>Some of the heaviest snow in Mississippi was expected in the state’s Delta region, where up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) was possible.</p>
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<p>10:35 a.m.</p>
<p>Hundreds of flights have been canceled in Texas, where frigid temperatures have left runways — and roads — dangerously icy.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Houston area Tuesday and is warning mariners of gale-force winds along the Texas coast. Sleet and freezing rain are forecast for parts of the state.</p>
<p>Flights into Houston, San Antonio and elsewhere have been canceled. Houston is enduring 21 degrees (-6 Celsius) and San Antonio stands at 30 degrees (-1 Celsius).</p>
<p>Police in Austin say highways in the capital are iced over and several counties opened emergency operation centers to coordinate emergency response.</p>
<p>The cold front also brought snow to parts of North Texas, where the wind chill pushed temperatures into the single digits.</p>
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<p>10:35 a.m.</p>
<p>Low temperatures and dangerous wind chills are closing schools across Kansas.</p>
<p>The school systems canceling classes Tuesday include Wichita, Lawrence, El Dorado, Salina, Wamego and McPherson. Several Johnson County schools, including Shawnee Mission, Olathe and Blue Valley, had previously scheduled a professional development day for teachers Tuesday.</p>
<p>Some colleges also canceled classes, including Wichita State University and Emporia State University.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>8:30 a.m.</p>
<p>Much of Alabama is shut down because forecasters say a snow storm with bitterly cold temperatures could cause travel problems.</p>
<p>More than 70 school systems in Alabama were closed Tuesday and others were dismissing students early. Numerous businesses and government offices closed because of the threat. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has declared a state of emergency.</p>
<p>Officials are trying to avoid a repeat of four years ago, when a winter storm blanketed central Alabama and left motorists stranded on roads in metro Birmingham for hours. Teachers and students camped out in schools.</p>
<p>Forecasters aren’t predicting a large amount of snow, just 2 inches (5 centimeters) or less with more in spots. But they say temperatures steadily falling into the teens could freeze anything that comes down, making travel difficult.</p>
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<p>6:45 a.m.</p>
<p>Forecasters say parts of the Deep South were in the path of a weather system that’s expected to bring more snow, followed by bitterly cold temperatures.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service on Tuesday had issued winter storm warnings in northern Louisiana and the northwest portion of Mississippi.</p>
<p>Winter weather advisories covered most of Alabama and much of Georgia as well, and several school districts across the region canceled classes for Tuesday.</p>
<p>Snow was falling before dawn Tuesday in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. It was expected to move into Alabama and Georgia later Tuesday.</p>
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<p>ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on wintry weather in the U.S. (all times local):</p>
<p>9 p.m.</p>
<p>Roads kept icy by frigid temperatures are keeping many school systems closed Wednesday in East and Southeast Texas.</p>
<p>School districts in the Houston, Galveston and Beaumont will remain closed Wednesday, as will Tyler schools and numerous other rural and small-town school systems in East Texas. Other East Texas systems will observe two-hour delays in classes.</p>
<p>School districts in and near such Central Texas cities as Austin, San Antonio, Bryan-College Station and Waco will hold classes on normal schedules Wednesday.</p>
<p>Temperatures plunging into the single digits and teens in much of Central and East Texas and the 20s in Southeast Texas were expected to keep roads hazardous in East and Southeast Texas after they were glazed by a winter storm Tuesday.</p>
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<p>7:40 p.m.</p>
<p>Snow is falling in the Atlanta area, where many school districts already have announced early dismissal times and cancellations ahead of the wintry weather.</p>
<p>A steady snowfall was coming down Tuesday night on the normally bustling Interstate 75 corridor leading from Atlanta through its northwest suburbs and beyond. About 15 miles (25 kilometers) northwest of the city, the snow was forcing cars on the interstate to slow considerably amid scattered fender benders.</p>
<p>Ryan Willis, a meteorologist for the National Water Service based in Peachtree City, says the forecast calls for 1 to 1.5 inches (2.5 to 4 centimeters) of snow to fall in the metropolitan Atlanta area through Wednesday morning, with localized higher amounts.</p>
<p>WSB-TV <a href="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/gdot-crews-use-brine-trucks-to-treat-roads-ahead-of-snow/684619114" type="external">reports</a> that the Georgia Department of Transportation was treating roads with a salt solution hours before the first snowflake fell.</p>
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<p>5:15 p.m.</p>
<p>The biggest public school district in Texas has canceled classes for Wednesday as bitter cold temperatures promised to keep roads icy for another day.</p>
<p>In a statement issued Tuesday afternoon, the Houston Independent School District announced that schools and offices will remain closed for a second day after a winter storm left the city caked in ice. The district has a total enrollment of about 215,000.</p>
<p>Other school districts in the Houston area also announced plans to remain closed Wednesday.</p>
<p>Public schools in Galveston, Austin, San Antonio, Waco and Tyler also had shut down Tuesday, along with the University of Texas in Austin, Texas State University in San Marcos and Texas A&amp;M University in College Station. Most plan to operate on normal schedules Wednesday.</p>
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<p>2:35 p.m.</p>
<p>Forecasters are expanding the portion of Georgia that could get snow.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service says as much as 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) of snow could fall through Wednesday morning in a patch that extends into southeastern Georgia.</p>
<p>That’s more snow over a larger region than originally forecast, and isolated areas could get even more accumulation. Metro Atlanta is within the area that could get both snow and freezing temperatures, creating the potential for travel problems.</p>
<p>Snow forecasts also are increasing in parts of Alabama, where Gov. Kay Ivey is shutting down government offices Wednesday as a precaution.</p>
<p>Some school systems are canceling classes because the wind chill will make already low temperatures feel near or below zero degrees (-18 Celsius) as far south as the Gulf Coast.</p>
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<p>12:35 p.m.</p>
<p>Police say multiple people have been injured in a five-vehicle pileup that included a Greyhound bus on a snow-slicked interstate in south-central Kentucky.</p>
<p>The crash, which also involved two commercial vehicles and two passenger vehicles, occurred Tuesday morning on I-65 near the 71 mile marker at the Bonnieville exit. A statement from Kentucky State Police said multiple people have been taken to hospitals. The extent of their injuries wasn’t clear.</p>
<p>All southbound lanes have been closed due to blockage from the collision. Traffic is being detoured onto U.S. 31.</p>
<p>Police urge motorists to travel slowly and use extreme caution due to slick roads and heavy congestion in the area.</p>
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<p>12 p.m.</p>
<p>Another round of snow fell Tuesday across much of Kentucky and Tennessee leading to multiple school closures and slick roads that caused multiple crashes.</p>
<p>The Kentucky Transportation Department reports that multiple crashes closed a 10-mile section of Interstate 24 in western Kentucky and blocked southbound lanes of Interstate 65 in the south-central part of the state.</p>
<p>The forecast in Kentucky called for up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) of snow for sections of central and eastern Kentucky.</p>
<p>In Tennessee, forecasters all calling for up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of snow in the central part of the state and 1-3 inches 1 inch (2.5-7.6 centimeters) in the western and eastern regions.</p>
<p>Overnight, temperatures are expected to turn bitterly cold, with subzero wind chills.</p>
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<p>10:45 a.m.</p>
<p>In Mississippi, ice had coated roads and bridges in 36 of the state’s 82 counties, the Mississippi Department of Transported said in a statement Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>Road crews were working to put salt and other materials on roadways, mainly in the northern and central parts of the state.</p>
<p>Mississippi authorities were advising people to limit travel only to emergencies.</p>
<p>Some of the heaviest snow in Mississippi was expected in the state’s Delta region, where up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) was possible.</p>
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<p>10:35 a.m.</p>
<p>Hundreds of flights have been canceled in Texas, where frigid temperatures have left runways — and roads — dangerously icy.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Houston area Tuesday and is warning mariners of gale-force winds along the Texas coast. Sleet and freezing rain are forecast for parts of the state.</p>
<p>Flights into Houston, San Antonio and elsewhere have been canceled. Houston is enduring 21 degrees (-6 Celsius) and San Antonio stands at 30 degrees (-1 Celsius).</p>
<p>Police in Austin say highways in the capital are iced over and several counties opened emergency operation centers to coordinate emergency response.</p>
<p>The cold front also brought snow to parts of North Texas, where the wind chill pushed temperatures into the single digits.</p>
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<p>10:35 a.m.</p>
<p>Low temperatures and dangerous wind chills are closing schools across Kansas.</p>
<p>The school systems canceling classes Tuesday include Wichita, Lawrence, El Dorado, Salina, Wamego and McPherson. Several Johnson County schools, including Shawnee Mission, Olathe and Blue Valley, had previously scheduled a professional development day for teachers Tuesday.</p>
<p>Some colleges also canceled classes, including Wichita State University and Emporia State University.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>8:30 a.m.</p>
<p>Much of Alabama is shut down because forecasters say a snow storm with bitterly cold temperatures could cause travel problems.</p>
<p>More than 70 school systems in Alabama were closed Tuesday and others were dismissing students early. Numerous businesses and government offices closed because of the threat. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has declared a state of emergency.</p>
<p>Officials are trying to avoid a repeat of four years ago, when a winter storm blanketed central Alabama and left motorists stranded on roads in metro Birmingham for hours. Teachers and students camped out in schools.</p>
<p>Forecasters aren’t predicting a large amount of snow, just 2 inches (5 centimeters) or less with more in spots. But they say temperatures steadily falling into the teens could freeze anything that comes down, making travel difficult.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>6:45 a.m.</p>
<p>Forecasters say parts of the Deep South were in the path of a weather system that’s expected to bring more snow, followed by bitterly cold temperatures.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service on Tuesday had issued winter storm warnings in northern Louisiana and the northwest portion of Mississippi.</p>
<p>Winter weather advisories covered most of Alabama and much of Georgia as well, and several school districts across the region canceled classes for Tuesday.</p>
<p>Snow was falling before dawn Tuesday in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. It was expected to move into Alabama and Georgia later Tuesday.</p>
<p>ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on wintry weather in the U.S. (all times local):</p>
<p>9 p.m.</p>
<p>Roads kept icy by frigid temperatures are keeping many school systems closed Wednesday in East and Southeast Texas.</p>
<p>School districts in the Houston, Galveston and Beaumont will remain closed Wednesday, as will Tyler schools and numerous other rural and small-town school systems in East Texas. Other East Texas systems will observe two-hour delays in classes.</p>
<p>School districts in and near such Central Texas cities as Austin, San Antonio, Bryan-College Station and Waco will hold classes on normal schedules Wednesday.</p>
<p>Temperatures plunging into the single digits and teens in much of Central and East Texas and the 20s in Southeast Texas were expected to keep roads hazardous in East and Southeast Texas after they were glazed by a winter storm Tuesday.</p>
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<p>7:40 p.m.</p>
<p>Snow is falling in the Atlanta area, where many school districts already have announced early dismissal times and cancellations ahead of the wintry weather.</p>
<p>A steady snowfall was coming down Tuesday night on the normally bustling Interstate 75 corridor leading from Atlanta through its northwest suburbs and beyond. About 15 miles (25 kilometers) northwest of the city, the snow was forcing cars on the interstate to slow considerably amid scattered fender benders.</p>
<p>Ryan Willis, a meteorologist for the National Water Service based in Peachtree City, says the forecast calls for 1 to 1.5 inches (2.5 to 4 centimeters) of snow to fall in the metropolitan Atlanta area through Wednesday morning, with localized higher amounts.</p>
<p>WSB-TV <a href="http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/gdot-crews-use-brine-trucks-to-treat-roads-ahead-of-snow/684619114" type="external">reports</a> that the Georgia Department of Transportation was treating roads with a salt solution hours before the first snowflake fell.</p>
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<p>5:15 p.m.</p>
<p>The biggest public school district in Texas has canceled classes for Wednesday as bitter cold temperatures promised to keep roads icy for another day.</p>
<p>In a statement issued Tuesday afternoon, the Houston Independent School District announced that schools and offices will remain closed for a second day after a winter storm left the city caked in ice. The district has a total enrollment of about 215,000.</p>
<p>Other school districts in the Houston area also announced plans to remain closed Wednesday.</p>
<p>Public schools in Galveston, Austin, San Antonio, Waco and Tyler also had shut down Tuesday, along with the University of Texas in Austin, Texas State University in San Marcos and Texas A&amp;M University in College Station. Most plan to operate on normal schedules Wednesday.</p>
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<p>2:35 p.m.</p>
<p>Forecasters are expanding the portion of Georgia that could get snow.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service says as much as 1.5 inches (3.8 centimeters) of snow could fall through Wednesday morning in a patch that extends into southeastern Georgia.</p>
<p>That’s more snow over a larger region than originally forecast, and isolated areas could get even more accumulation. Metro Atlanta is within the area that could get both snow and freezing temperatures, creating the potential for travel problems.</p>
<p>Snow forecasts also are increasing in parts of Alabama, where Gov. Kay Ivey is shutting down government offices Wednesday as a precaution.</p>
<p>Some school systems are canceling classes because the wind chill will make already low temperatures feel near or below zero degrees (-18 Celsius) as far south as the Gulf Coast.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>12:35 p.m.</p>
<p>Police say multiple people have been injured in a five-vehicle pileup that included a Greyhound bus on a snow-slicked interstate in south-central Kentucky.</p>
<p>The crash, which also involved two commercial vehicles and two passenger vehicles, occurred Tuesday morning on I-65 near the 71 mile marker at the Bonnieville exit. A statement from Kentucky State Police said multiple people have been taken to hospitals. The extent of their injuries wasn’t clear.</p>
<p>All southbound lanes have been closed due to blockage from the collision. Traffic is being detoured onto U.S. 31.</p>
<p>Police urge motorists to travel slowly and use extreme caution due to slick roads and heavy congestion in the area.</p>
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<p>12 p.m.</p>
<p>Another round of snow fell Tuesday across much of Kentucky and Tennessee leading to multiple school closures and slick roads that caused multiple crashes.</p>
<p>The Kentucky Transportation Department reports that multiple crashes closed a 10-mile section of Interstate 24 in western Kentucky and blocked southbound lanes of Interstate 65 in the south-central part of the state.</p>
<p>The forecast in Kentucky called for up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) of snow for sections of central and eastern Kentucky.</p>
<p>In Tennessee, forecasters all calling for up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) of snow in the central part of the state and 1-3 inches 1 inch (2.5-7.6 centimeters) in the western and eastern regions.</p>
<p>Overnight, temperatures are expected to turn bitterly cold, with subzero wind chills.</p>
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<p>10:45 a.m.</p>
<p>In Mississippi, ice had coated roads and bridges in 36 of the state’s 82 counties, the Mississippi Department of Transported said in a statement Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>Road crews were working to put salt and other materials on roadways, mainly in the northern and central parts of the state.</p>
<p>Mississippi authorities were advising people to limit travel only to emergencies.</p>
<p>Some of the heaviest snow in Mississippi was expected in the state’s Delta region, where up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) was possible.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>10:35 a.m.</p>
<p>Hundreds of flights have been canceled in Texas, where frigid temperatures have left runways — and roads — dangerously icy.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Houston area Tuesday and is warning mariners of gale-force winds along the Texas coast. Sleet and freezing rain are forecast for parts of the state.</p>
<p>Flights into Houston, San Antonio and elsewhere have been canceled. Houston is enduring 21 degrees (-6 Celsius) and San Antonio stands at 30 degrees (-1 Celsius).</p>
<p>Police in Austin say highways in the capital are iced over and several counties opened emergency operation centers to coordinate emergency response.</p>
<p>The cold front also brought snow to parts of North Texas, where the wind chill pushed temperatures into the single digits.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>10:35 a.m.</p>
<p>Low temperatures and dangerous wind chills are closing schools across Kansas.</p>
<p>The school systems canceling classes Tuesday include Wichita, Lawrence, El Dorado, Salina, Wamego and McPherson. Several Johnson County schools, including Shawnee Mission, Olathe and Blue Valley, had previously scheduled a professional development day for teachers Tuesday.</p>
<p>Some colleges also canceled classes, including Wichita State University and Emporia State University.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>8:30 a.m.</p>
<p>Much of Alabama is shut down because forecasters say a snow storm with bitterly cold temperatures could cause travel problems.</p>
<p>More than 70 school systems in Alabama were closed Tuesday and others were dismissing students early. Numerous businesses and government offices closed because of the threat. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has declared a state of emergency.</p>
<p>Officials are trying to avoid a repeat of four years ago, when a winter storm blanketed central Alabama and left motorists stranded on roads in metro Birmingham for hours. Teachers and students camped out in schools.</p>
<p>Forecasters aren’t predicting a large amount of snow, just 2 inches (5 centimeters) or less with more in spots. But they say temperatures steadily falling into the teens could freeze anything that comes down, making travel difficult.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>6:45 a.m.</p>
<p>Forecasters say parts of the Deep South were in the path of a weather system that’s expected to bring more snow, followed by bitterly cold temperatures.</p>
<p>The National Weather Service on Tuesday had issued winter storm warnings in northern Louisiana and the northwest portion of Mississippi.</p>
<p>Winter weather advisories covered most of Alabama and much of Georgia as well, and several school districts across the region canceled classes for Tuesday.</p>
<p>Snow was falling before dawn Tuesday in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. It was expected to move into Alabama and Georgia later Tuesday.</p>
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<p>Praise be to MarketWatch columnist Brett Arends, who has written a biblically funny sendup of the finance industry.</p>
<p>Brett Arends in MarketWatch:</p>
<p>And on the eighth day God looked down on his planned paradise and said, “I need someone who can flip this for a quick buck.”</p>
<p>So God made a banker.</p>
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<p>God said, “I need someone who doesn’t grow anything or make anything but who will borrow money from the public at 0% interest and then lend it back to the public at 2% or 5% or 10% and pay himself a bonus for doing so.”</p>
<p>So God made a banker.</p>
<p>God said, “I need someone who will take money from the people who work and save, and use that money to create a dotcom bubble and a housing bubble and a stock bubble and an oil bubble and a commodities bubble and a bond bubble and another stock bubble, and then sell it to people in Poughkeepsie and Spokane and Bakersfield, and pay himself another bonus.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/so-god-made-a-banker-2013-02-06?siteid=nwhfriend" type="external">Read more</a></p>
<p>— Posted by <a href="" type="internal">Peter Z. Scheer.</a></p>
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<p>Praise be to MarketWatch columnist Brett Arends, who has written a biblically funny sendup of the finance industry.</p>
<p>Brett Arends in MarketWatch:</p>
<p>And on the eighth day God looked down on his planned paradise and said, “I need someone who can flip this for a quick buck.”</p>
<p>So God made a banker.</p>
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<p>God said, “I need someone who doesn’t grow anything or make anything but who will borrow money from the public at 0% interest and then lend it back to the public at 2% or 5% or 10% and pay himself a bonus for doing so.”</p>
<p>So God made a banker.</p>
<p>God said, “I need someone who will take money from the people who work and save, and use that money to create a dotcom bubble and a housing bubble and a stock bubble and an oil bubble and a commodities bubble and a bond bubble and another stock bubble, and then sell it to people in Poughkeepsie and Spokane and Bakersfield, and pay himself another bonus.”</p>
<p><a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/story/so-god-made-a-banker-2013-02-06?siteid=nwhfriend" type="external">Read more</a></p>
<p>— Posted by <a href="" type="internal">Peter Z. Scheer.</a></p>
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<p>What: Shares of semiconductor company NXP Semiconductors rose 13.8% in March, according to data provided by <a href="https://www.capitaliq.com/CIQDotNet/Login.aspx" type="external">S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence Opens a New Window.</a>. There was no new news in March driving this surge, but the company's fourth-quarter results, announced in early February, started the stock on a recovery that continued into March.</p>
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<p>So what: NXP had previously provided dismal guidance for the fourth quarter, calling for steep revenue declines in all of its segments. The closing of the company's acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor in December made it more difficult to make comparisons, as about one month of Freescale's results were included in the company's fourth-quarter numbers.</p>
<p>NXP managed to beat analyst expectations for both revenue and earnings in the fourth quarter, although it's unclear whether these estimates included any impact from Freescale. Revenue came in at $1.61 billion, $300 million higher than the average analyst estimate, and non-GAAP EPS of $1.25 was $0.18 better than expectations.</p>
<p>NXP expects first-quarter revenue of $2.17 billion and non-GAAP EPS of $1.10, numbers that are difficult to compare to the prior-year period because of Freescale's contribution. This guidance was apparently better than investors were expecting, though, as shares rallied on the news.</p>
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<p>Now what: Shares of NXP now sit around $82, down about 27% from the 52-week high. The company is facing a difficult demand environment, and its profitability is slumping. NXP expects a non-GAAP operating margin of 23% during the first quarter, down from 26.2% during the prior-year period. Freescale also managed lower margins than NXP prior to the merger, and that could further drag down profitability until the company achieves its planned synergies.</p>
<p>The Freescale acquisition does put NXP in an enviable position as the leader in both the automotive semiconductor market and the microcontroller market, and while demand for its products may be choppy in the short term, CEO Richard Clemmer is optimistic in the long term:</p>
<p>The article <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/04/07/why-shares-of-nxp-semiconductors-nv-jumped-138-in.aspx" type="external">Why Shares of NXP Semiconductors NV Jumped 13.8% in March Opens a New Window.</a> originally appeared on Fool.com.</p>
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Why Shares of NXP Semiconductors NV Jumped 13.8% in March
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<p>What: Shares of semiconductor company NXP Semiconductors rose 13.8% in March, according to data provided by <a href="https://www.capitaliq.com/CIQDotNet/Login.aspx" type="external">S&amp;P Global Market Intelligence Opens a New Window.</a>. There was no new news in March driving this surge, but the company's fourth-quarter results, announced in early February, started the stock on a recovery that continued into March.</p>
<p><a href="http://ycharts.com/companies/NXPI" type="external">NXPI</a> data by <a href="http://ycharts.com" type="external">YCharts Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
<p>So what: NXP had previously provided dismal guidance for the fourth quarter, calling for steep revenue declines in all of its segments. The closing of the company's acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor in December made it more difficult to make comparisons, as about one month of Freescale's results were included in the company's fourth-quarter numbers.</p>
<p>NXP managed to beat analyst expectations for both revenue and earnings in the fourth quarter, although it's unclear whether these estimates included any impact from Freescale. Revenue came in at $1.61 billion, $300 million higher than the average analyst estimate, and non-GAAP EPS of $1.25 was $0.18 better than expectations.</p>
<p>NXP expects first-quarter revenue of $2.17 billion and non-GAAP EPS of $1.10, numbers that are difficult to compare to the prior-year period because of Freescale's contribution. This guidance was apparently better than investors were expecting, though, as shares rallied on the news.</p>
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<p>Now what: Shares of NXP now sit around $82, down about 27% from the 52-week high. The company is facing a difficult demand environment, and its profitability is slumping. NXP expects a non-GAAP operating margin of 23% during the first quarter, down from 26.2% during the prior-year period. Freescale also managed lower margins than NXP prior to the merger, and that could further drag down profitability until the company achieves its planned synergies.</p>
<p>The Freescale acquisition does put NXP in an enviable position as the leader in both the automotive semiconductor market and the microcontroller market, and while demand for its products may be choppy in the short term, CEO Richard Clemmer is optimistic in the long term:</p>
<p>The article <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/04/07/why-shares-of-nxp-semiconductors-nv-jumped-138-in.aspx" type="external">Why Shares of NXP Semiconductors NV Jumped 13.8% in March Opens a New Window.</a> originally appeared on Fool.com.</p>
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<p>This was pointed out to us by Mike Cernovich over at Danger &amp; Play.</p>
<p>He&#160; <a href="http://www.dangerandplay.com/2016/08/16/hillarysstools-once-you-notice-it-baader-meinhof-phenomenon/" type="external">wrote</a>,</p>
<p>Have you ever noticed that once you notice something, you can’t stop noticing it? That’s called the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon and now you’ll never stop noticing that sick Hillary Clinton always has a stool to rest on nearby (#HillarysStools).</p>
<p>A reader pointed out Hillary leaning on a stool, as sick Hillary looked tired and fatigued. Now I can’t stop noticing that every picture of Hillary has a hidden stool nearby.</p>
<p>And then produced photo after photo of Hillary… and stools.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedailysheeple.com/baader-meinhof-phenomenon-on-hillarysstools-once-you-notice-it-you-cant-stop-noticing-it_082016/2016-08-18_16-18-18" type="external" /></p>
<p>And you know what? He’s right.</p>
<p>It’s easier to find pictures of Hillary on the campaign trail&#160;with&#160;a stool than without.</p>
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<p>And it isn’t just this campaign. #HillarysStools go back a long, long way.</p>
<p>A <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TBT?src=hash" type="external">#TBT</a> of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HillarysStools?src=hash" type="external">#HillarysStools</a> <a href="https://t.co/5j8jry54MV" type="external">pic.twitter.com/5j8jry54MV</a></p>
<p>— Ma Joad (@Alek_AECM) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alek_AECM/status/766375204012515328" type="external">August 18, 2016</a></p>
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<p>It even blossomed to the point that #HillarysHandrails became a hashtag after it was pointed out handrails were installed along the sidewalk at Joe Biden’s childhood home in preparation for a Hillary photo op.</p>
<p>Tired: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HillarysStools?src=hash" type="external">#HillarysStools</a> Wired: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HillarysHandrails?src=hash" type="external">#HillarysHandrails</a> <a href="https://t.co/XhJkDQOiwV" type="external">pic.twitter.com/XhJkDQOiwV</a></p>
<p>— KGB Agent Elizabeth (@MissLizzyNJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/MissLizzyNJ/status/766384399936094208" type="external">August 18, 2016</a></p>
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<p>The hashtag#HillarysStools trended on Twitter to the point that Fox News even had to cover it.</p>
<p>And that’s not all. More stories about Hillary’s health are pouring out.&#160; <a href="http://thetruthdivision.com/2016/08/hillarys-left-pantleg-just-ended-presidential-run/" type="external">This one</a>&#160;features a collection of pictures that purport to prove Hillary has been wearing pantsuits to cover up a hidden <a href="" type="internal">catheter</a> for bladder control during public events:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedailysheeple.com/baader-meinhof-phenomenon-on-hillarysstools-once-you-notice-it-you-cant-stop-noticing-it_082016/i-j3mh0edynluvugq9b-zu5da26gbuepjob7mvj18tk" type="external" /></p>
<p>One thing is for certain: questions about #HillarysHealth are NOT going to quietly go away… Not during the (s)election, and not if we’re forced to endure her as president.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/AwesomeIva" type="external">@AwesomeIva</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WheresHillary?src=hash" type="external">#WheresHillary</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HillarysHealth?src=hash" type="external">#HillarysHealth</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HillarysStools?src=hash" type="external">#HillarysStools</a> eyes do not track together <a href="https://t.co/miN7ZjUMyF" type="external">pic.twitter.com/miN7ZjUMyF</a> <a href="https://t.co/9yNSkul8L8" type="external">https://t.co/9yNSkul8L8</a></p>
<p>— Truth B. Told (@TruthBT2016) <a href="https://twitter.com/TruthBT2016/status/766312225158168577" type="external">August 18, 2016</a></p>
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<p>It’s to the point that Clinton Campaign Manager Robby Mook went on Rachel Maddow’s show to address these “divisive” and “hateful” “ <a href="" type="internal">conspiracy theories</a>” he blames on Trump:</p>
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<p>Piper writes for <a href="http://www.thedailysheeple.com/baader-meinhof-phenomenon-on-hillarysstools-once-you-notice-it-you-cant-stop-noticing-it_082016" type="external">The Daily Sheeple</a>. There’s a lot of B.S. out there. Someone has to write about it.</p>
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Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon on #Hillarysstools: Once You Notice It, You Can’t Stop Noticing It
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<p><a href="https://i2.wp.com/www.thedailysheeple.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/2016-08-18_17-03-18.jpg" type="external" /></p>
<p>This was pointed out to us by Mike Cernovich over at Danger &amp; Play.</p>
<p>He&#160; <a href="http://www.dangerandplay.com/2016/08/16/hillarysstools-once-you-notice-it-baader-meinhof-phenomenon/" type="external">wrote</a>,</p>
<p>Have you ever noticed that once you notice something, you can’t stop noticing it? That’s called the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon and now you’ll never stop noticing that sick Hillary Clinton always has a stool to rest on nearby (#HillarysStools).</p>
<p>A reader pointed out Hillary leaning on a stool, as sick Hillary looked tired and fatigued. Now I can’t stop noticing that every picture of Hillary has a hidden stool nearby.</p>
<p>And then produced photo after photo of Hillary… and stools.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedailysheeple.com/baader-meinhof-phenomenon-on-hillarysstools-once-you-notice-it-you-cant-stop-noticing-it_082016/2016-08-18_16-18-18" type="external" /></p>
<p>And you know what? He’s right.</p>
<p>It’s easier to find pictures of Hillary on the campaign trail&#160;with&#160;a stool than without.</p>
<p />
<p>And it isn’t just this campaign. #HillarysStools go back a long, long way.</p>
<p>A <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TBT?src=hash" type="external">#TBT</a> of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HillarysStools?src=hash" type="external">#HillarysStools</a> <a href="https://t.co/5j8jry54MV" type="external">pic.twitter.com/5j8jry54MV</a></p>
<p>— Ma Joad (@Alek_AECM) <a href="https://twitter.com/Alek_AECM/status/766375204012515328" type="external">August 18, 2016</a></p>
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<p>It even blossomed to the point that #HillarysHandrails became a hashtag after it was pointed out handrails were installed along the sidewalk at Joe Biden’s childhood home in preparation for a Hillary photo op.</p>
<p>Tired: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HillarysStools?src=hash" type="external">#HillarysStools</a> Wired: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HillarysHandrails?src=hash" type="external">#HillarysHandrails</a> <a href="https://t.co/XhJkDQOiwV" type="external">pic.twitter.com/XhJkDQOiwV</a></p>
<p>— KGB Agent Elizabeth (@MissLizzyNJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/MissLizzyNJ/status/766384399936094208" type="external">August 18, 2016</a></p>
<p />
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<p>The hashtag#HillarysStools trended on Twitter to the point that Fox News even had to cover it.</p>
<p>And that’s not all. More stories about Hillary’s health are pouring out.&#160; <a href="http://thetruthdivision.com/2016/08/hillarys-left-pantleg-just-ended-presidential-run/" type="external">This one</a>&#160;features a collection of pictures that purport to prove Hillary has been wearing pantsuits to cover up a hidden <a href="" type="internal">catheter</a> for bladder control during public events:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thedailysheeple.com/baader-meinhof-phenomenon-on-hillarysstools-once-you-notice-it-you-cant-stop-noticing-it_082016/i-j3mh0edynluvugq9b-zu5da26gbuepjob7mvj18tk" type="external" /></p>
<p>One thing is for certain: questions about #HillarysHealth are NOT going to quietly go away… Not during the (s)election, and not if we’re forced to endure her as president.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/AwesomeIva" type="external">@AwesomeIva</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WheresHillary?src=hash" type="external">#WheresHillary</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HillarysHealth?src=hash" type="external">#HillarysHealth</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HillarysStools?src=hash" type="external">#HillarysStools</a> eyes do not track together <a href="https://t.co/miN7ZjUMyF" type="external">pic.twitter.com/miN7ZjUMyF</a> <a href="https://t.co/9yNSkul8L8" type="external">https://t.co/9yNSkul8L8</a></p>
<p>— Truth B. Told (@TruthBT2016) <a href="https://twitter.com/TruthBT2016/status/766312225158168577" type="external">August 18, 2016</a></p>
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<p>It’s to the point that Clinton Campaign Manager Robby Mook went on Rachel Maddow’s show to address these “divisive” and “hateful” “ <a href="" type="internal">conspiracy theories</a>” he blames on Trump:</p>
<p />
<p>Piper writes for <a href="http://www.thedailysheeple.com/baader-meinhof-phenomenon-on-hillarysstools-once-you-notice-it-you-cant-stop-noticing-it_082016" type="external">The Daily Sheeple</a>. There’s a lot of B.S. out there. Someone has to write about it.</p>
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<p>A tiny bug is posing a threat to one of New Mexico's biggest cash crops.</p>
<p>An investigation published by the Carlsbad Current-Argus and Roswell Daily Record newspapers found an invasive bug known as the pecan weevil could hurt New Mexico's $180 million pecan industry.</p>
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<p>In late 2016, and January 2017, the weevil was found in pecan orchards in multiple counties in southeast New Mexico. It was confirmed in Eddy, Lea, Chaves and Curry counties.</p>
<p>Quarantines were enacted to prevent its spread in the following months, and the New Mexico Department of Agriculture is looking to make them permanent.</p>
<p>New Mexico pecan producers worry the quarantine — which restricts pecan shipments to areas without an infestation — could prevent them from sending their harvested pecans to states west of New Mexico?</p>
<p>One of Eddy County's largest pecan producers, the Calvani Pecan Company, would have to assume additional costs for those shipments, said owner Dean Calvani.</p>
<p>"I hope they can eradicate it," Calvani said. "I think it's good they're becoming aware of it. The frustration is (NMDA) presented the quarantine a month before harvest. It didn't allow us to prepare."</p>
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<p>Hoby Bonham, owner of Bonham Farms northwest of Roswell, said he supports the quarantine but is concerned added costs could put smaller operations at risk.</p>
<p>"It is an expense. I can't speak for everybody. I don't know where (all growers in the area) ship to or where they sell to," he said.</p>
<p>Bonham said he worked with about 10 other Chaves County growers to bring ideas to the New Mexico Department of Agriculture officials about the proposed quarantine.</p>
<p>But he said he understands that the New Mexico Department of Agriculture has expressed its intent to move quickly to enact the permanent quarantine.</p>
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<p>Information from: Carlsbad Current-Argus, http://www.currentargus.com/</p>
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<p>A tiny bug is posing a threat to one of New Mexico's biggest cash crops.</p>
<p>An investigation published by the Carlsbad Current-Argus and Roswell Daily Record newspapers found an invasive bug known as the pecan weevil could hurt New Mexico's $180 million pecan industry.</p>
<p>Continue Reading Below</p>
<p>In late 2016, and January 2017, the weevil was found in pecan orchards in multiple counties in southeast New Mexico. It was confirmed in Eddy, Lea, Chaves and Curry counties.</p>
<p>Quarantines were enacted to prevent its spread in the following months, and the New Mexico Department of Agriculture is looking to make them permanent.</p>
<p>New Mexico pecan producers worry the quarantine — which restricts pecan shipments to areas without an infestation — could prevent them from sending their harvested pecans to states west of New Mexico?</p>
<p>One of Eddy County's largest pecan producers, the Calvani Pecan Company, would have to assume additional costs for those shipments, said owner Dean Calvani.</p>
<p>"I hope they can eradicate it," Calvani said. "I think it's good they're becoming aware of it. The frustration is (NMDA) presented the quarantine a month before harvest. It didn't allow us to prepare."</p>
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<p>Hoby Bonham, owner of Bonham Farms northwest of Roswell, said he supports the quarantine but is concerned added costs could put smaller operations at risk.</p>
<p>"It is an expense. I can't speak for everybody. I don't know where (all growers in the area) ship to or where they sell to," he said.</p>
<p>Bonham said he worked with about 10 other Chaves County growers to bring ideas to the New Mexico Department of Agriculture officials about the proposed quarantine.</p>
<p>But he said he understands that the New Mexico Department of Agriculture has expressed its intent to move quickly to enact the permanent quarantine.</p>
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<p>Information from: Carlsbad Current-Argus, http://www.currentargus.com/</p>
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<p>ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:</p>
<p>9-1-4-2, Lucky Sum: 16</p>
<p>(nine, one, four, two; Lucky Sum: sixteen)</p>
<p>ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:</p>
<p>9-1-4-2, Lucky Sum: 16</p>
<p>(nine, one, four, two; Lucky Sum: sixteen)</p>
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<p>ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:</p>
<p>9-1-4-2, Lucky Sum: 16</p>
<p>(nine, one, four, two; Lucky Sum: sixteen)</p>
<p>ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:</p>
<p>9-1-4-2, Lucky Sum: 16</p>
<p>(nine, one, four, two; Lucky Sum: sixteen)</p>
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<p>ON THE MOVE</p>
<p>Michael Cheuk, to University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va., as senior pastor, effective in August.</p>
<p>Michael Wyre, to Lynn Haven Baptist Church, Vinton, Va., as pastor.</p>
<p>Alex C. Gallimore, to Hester Baptist Church, Oxford, N.C., as pastor.</p>
<p>Jeff Hayes, to Calvary Baptist Church, West Asheville, N.C., as pastor.</p>
<p>Tim Williford, to Lystra Baptist Church, Chapel Hill, N.C., as pastor. He had been serving as interim.</p>
<p>Chris Kingery, resigning as pastor at Catawba Valley Baptist Church, Troutville, Va.</p>
<p>Keith McKinney, resigning as pastor of First Baptist Church, Rural Hall, N.C., to accept a position at the North Carolina Baptist Retirement Homes.</p>
<p>Tom Jones, to New Hope Baptist Church, Appomattox, Va., as interim pastor.</p>
<p>Morris Oliver, to Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site), Fredericksburg, Va., as interim pastor.</p>
<p>Justin Haun, to HarvestPoint Community Church, Charles Town, W. Va., as gathering director.</p>
<p>Leah Reed, to First Baptist Church, Ahoskie, N.C., as minister with youth.</p>
<p>Thomas Rawls, to Tomahawk Baptist Church, Midlothian, Va., as associate pastor/discipleship.</p>
<p>Jason Turner, concluding his ministry as minister to children and youth at Gloucester Point Baptist Church, Gloucester, Va.</p>
<p>Gavin Vickery, to First Baptist Church, West Point, Va., as children’s and youth minister.</p>
<p>Skye Hallman, resigning as minister to youth at May Memorial Baptist Church, Powhatan, Va., to accept a similar position in Annapolis, Md.</p>
<p>Daniel Hughes, to Gateway Community Church, Chantilly, Va., as youth minister.</p>
<p>Robin C. Bass is now serving as the interim executive director/treasurer of Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina. She has previously served on its executive board and chaired the camp committee. She has continued to be involved in aspects of WMU NC and currently chairs the Heck-Jones Offering Committee. She and her husband, Henry, attend Hermon Baptist Church in Waxhaw, N.C.</p>
<p>Matthew Lee Boschen, member of First Baptist Church, Ashland, Va., is serving as summer intern at the Baptist Joint Committee in Washington, D.C.</p>
<p>Marcie L. Townsend has been named office manager at the Virginia Baptist Foundation, Inc. She has been employed as staff secretary at the Foundation since August 2002. She and her husband are members of First Baptist Church, Ashland, Va., where he serves as the associate minister.</p>
<p>RETIREMENT</p>
<p>Paul S. Honaker, associate pastor for worship and music at Bon Air Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., has announced his intention to retire, effective Sept. 1, after serving at Bon Air for 38 years.</p>
<p>ORDINATIONS</p>
<p>Jody Harrison will be ordained to the ministry on July 15 by Calvary Baptist Church, Roanoke, Va. She is a chaplain at the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.</p>
<p>Timothy R. Mull was ordained to the ministry by Clarksville (Va.) Baptist Church and Bagby Memorial Baptist Church, Burkeville, Va., on May 20. Mull is serving as pastor of Bagby Memorial Baptist Church.</p>
<p>Rose Mary Stewart was ordained to the ministry by New Community Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on May 27.</p>
<p>Kristen Tucker was ordained to the ministry on June 23 by Clarksville (Va.) Baptist Church.</p>
<p>DEATH</p>
<p>Retired Virginia Baptist pastor Robert Washington Young Sr. died May 21 at the age of 91. He served as pastor of Little Elam Baptist Church, Charles City, Va., for 28 years. He is survived by his wife, Mildred P. Young, two daughters, Loretta and Carol Young; a son, Robert Young Jr.; and step children, Joni Coleman, Millicent and Joseph Packett. A memorial service was held May 16 at First Baptist Church, Hampton, Va.</p>
<p>40 YEARS</p>
<p>Monica Hillery celebrated her 40th anniversary of working at Virginia Baptist Homes on June 19. During her tenure she has served on the development team of The Glebe which saw a 65-acre apple orchard transformed into a beautiful campus. She has served as secretary to the board of trustees for 27 years and has served as an advocate for residents under the past three presidents of VBH. “Monica is eager to assist in any way to further the mission of the organization and to assure that senior adults will be served today and in the future,” said Randall Robinson, president of VBH.</p>
<p>10 YEARS</p>
<p>Todd Gaston, celebrating 10 years as senior pastor of Mount Ararat Baptist Church, Stafford, Va.</p>
<p>Dave Smith, celebrating 10 years as pastor of Kentwood Heights Baptist Church, Quinton, Va.</p>
<p>5 YEARS</p>
<p>Lytle Buckingham, celebrating 5 years as pastor of Sharon Baptist Church, King William, Va.</p>
<p>Jeff Hudgins, celebrating 5 years as pastor of Heritage Baptist Church, Farmville, Va.</p>
<p>SUN., JULY 15</p>
<p>Carlisle Avenue Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.; 25th anniversary celebration; worship at 10:30 a.m. with Ron Crawford, guest speaker.</p>
<p>THURS., JULY 19</p>
<p>Randall Robinson, president of the Virginia Baptist Homes, will provide reflections of the 64-year history of the Homes at The Chesapeake retirement community in Newport News, Va., from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Door prizes, refreshments in The Chesapeake’s new model apartment and personal tours will complete the afternoon.</p>
<p>SUN.-WED., JULY 22-25</p>
<p>Cobham Park Baptist Church, Warsaw, Va., homecoming on Sunday at 11 a.m. revival on Sunday-Wednesday evenings with Eddie Heath, evangelist.</p>
<p>FRI., JULY 27</p>
<p>First Baptist Church, Newport News, Va.; Night of Worship at 7 p.m. featuring musicians from First Baptist, Immanuel Baptist Church, Newport News, and West Hampton Baptist Church, Hampton, Va.</p>
<p>The Dave Matthews Band has given Goshen Baptist Association’s ministry center a $10,000 grant to purchase tools and equipment for its new construction trailer. The trailer can be checked out by churches to work on homes locally or around the U.S. which are in need of repair. The ministry is a branch of its disaster relief and RuraLove in order to reach families in crisis with the love of Christ.</p>
<p>Andrey Shirin is serving as director of transformational leadership and as a full-time member of the faculty of John Leland Theological Seminary. He will lead the master of Christian leadership program, teach several courses each year and recruit students and adjunct faculty to the leadership program. Shirin and his wife Olga are members of First Baptist Church, Alexandria, Va.</p>
<p>First Baptist Church, Altavista, Va., has dedicated Sabbath Rest: The Charles E. Jones Mission House, to provide accommodations for missionaries on furlough. “We believe Altavista is the perfect community where a missionary family can receive the physical and spiritual support they need during their time away from the field,” says Michael Lee, pastor. The house was purchased in 2011 and has been used for children, youth and adult activities, as well as office space. The upper floor has been converted into a self-contained apartment with three bedrooms, kitchen and living area. The mission house is named for Charles E. Jones, a longtime member of First Baptist Church who died unexpectedly in 2010. “Charlie Jones was an inspiration to all of at First Baptist Church,” Lee said. “We thought it a fitting tribute to someone who gave his time and energy to the church and community so unselfishly.” In photo at right Ann Jones holds plaque given in memory of her husband.</p>
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<p>Middleburg (Va.) Baptist Church celebrated its 165th year of ministry with homecoming on April 29. Charles W. Gibson, grandson of one of Middleburg’s former ministers, led the service. One of the church’s youngest members, Mitchell Longerbeam, rang the historic church bell. Acey Hotchkiss read Psalm 23 from a historic Bible from the 1800s and Gibson preached from the same pulpit his grandfather would have used. Pictured at left are Charles Gibson and his wife with Middleburg Baptist Church historial, Mary Lee Phelps (on the right).</p>
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<p>ON THE MOVE</p>
<p>Michael Cheuk, to University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va., as senior pastor, effective in August.</p>
<p>Michael Wyre, to Lynn Haven Baptist Church, Vinton, Va., as pastor.</p>
<p>Alex C. Gallimore, to Hester Baptist Church, Oxford, N.C., as pastor.</p>
<p>Jeff Hayes, to Calvary Baptist Church, West Asheville, N.C., as pastor.</p>
<p>Tim Williford, to Lystra Baptist Church, Chapel Hill, N.C., as pastor. He had been serving as interim.</p>
<p>Chris Kingery, resigning as pastor at Catawba Valley Baptist Church, Troutville, Va.</p>
<p>Keith McKinney, resigning as pastor of First Baptist Church, Rural Hall, N.C., to accept a position at the North Carolina Baptist Retirement Homes.</p>
<p>Tom Jones, to New Hope Baptist Church, Appomattox, Va., as interim pastor.</p>
<p>Morris Oliver, to Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site), Fredericksburg, Va., as interim pastor.</p>
<p>Justin Haun, to HarvestPoint Community Church, Charles Town, W. Va., as gathering director.</p>
<p>Leah Reed, to First Baptist Church, Ahoskie, N.C., as minister with youth.</p>
<p>Thomas Rawls, to Tomahawk Baptist Church, Midlothian, Va., as associate pastor/discipleship.</p>
<p>Jason Turner, concluding his ministry as minister to children and youth at Gloucester Point Baptist Church, Gloucester, Va.</p>
<p>Gavin Vickery, to First Baptist Church, West Point, Va., as children’s and youth minister.</p>
<p>Skye Hallman, resigning as minister to youth at May Memorial Baptist Church, Powhatan, Va., to accept a similar position in Annapolis, Md.</p>
<p>Daniel Hughes, to Gateway Community Church, Chantilly, Va., as youth minister.</p>
<p>Robin C. Bass is now serving as the interim executive director/treasurer of Woman’s Missionary Union of North Carolina. She has previously served on its executive board and chaired the camp committee. She has continued to be involved in aspects of WMU NC and currently chairs the Heck-Jones Offering Committee. She and her husband, Henry, attend Hermon Baptist Church in Waxhaw, N.C.</p>
<p>Matthew Lee Boschen, member of First Baptist Church, Ashland, Va., is serving as summer intern at the Baptist Joint Committee in Washington, D.C.</p>
<p>Marcie L. Townsend has been named office manager at the Virginia Baptist Foundation, Inc. She has been employed as staff secretary at the Foundation since August 2002. She and her husband are members of First Baptist Church, Ashland, Va., where he serves as the associate minister.</p>
<p>RETIREMENT</p>
<p>Paul S. Honaker, associate pastor for worship and music at Bon Air Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., has announced his intention to retire, effective Sept. 1, after serving at Bon Air for 38 years.</p>
<p>ORDINATIONS</p>
<p>Jody Harrison will be ordained to the ministry on July 15 by Calvary Baptist Church, Roanoke, Va. She is a chaplain at the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.</p>
<p>Timothy R. Mull was ordained to the ministry by Clarksville (Va.) Baptist Church and Bagby Memorial Baptist Church, Burkeville, Va., on May 20. Mull is serving as pastor of Bagby Memorial Baptist Church.</p>
<p>Rose Mary Stewart was ordained to the ministry by New Community Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on May 27.</p>
<p>Kristen Tucker was ordained to the ministry on June 23 by Clarksville (Va.) Baptist Church.</p>
<p>DEATH</p>
<p>Retired Virginia Baptist pastor Robert Washington Young Sr. died May 21 at the age of 91. He served as pastor of Little Elam Baptist Church, Charles City, Va., for 28 years. He is survived by his wife, Mildred P. Young, two daughters, Loretta and Carol Young; a son, Robert Young Jr.; and step children, Joni Coleman, Millicent and Joseph Packett. A memorial service was held May 16 at First Baptist Church, Hampton, Va.</p>
<p>40 YEARS</p>
<p>Monica Hillery celebrated her 40th anniversary of working at Virginia Baptist Homes on June 19. During her tenure she has served on the development team of The Glebe which saw a 65-acre apple orchard transformed into a beautiful campus. She has served as secretary to the board of trustees for 27 years and has served as an advocate for residents under the past three presidents of VBH. “Monica is eager to assist in any way to further the mission of the organization and to assure that senior adults will be served today and in the future,” said Randall Robinson, president of VBH.</p>
<p>10 YEARS</p>
<p>Todd Gaston, celebrating 10 years as senior pastor of Mount Ararat Baptist Church, Stafford, Va.</p>
<p>Dave Smith, celebrating 10 years as pastor of Kentwood Heights Baptist Church, Quinton, Va.</p>
<p>5 YEARS</p>
<p>Lytle Buckingham, celebrating 5 years as pastor of Sharon Baptist Church, King William, Va.</p>
<p>Jeff Hudgins, celebrating 5 years as pastor of Heritage Baptist Church, Farmville, Va.</p>
<p>SUN., JULY 15</p>
<p>Carlisle Avenue Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.; 25th anniversary celebration; worship at 10:30 a.m. with Ron Crawford, guest speaker.</p>
<p>THURS., JULY 19</p>
<p>Randall Robinson, president of the Virginia Baptist Homes, will provide reflections of the 64-year history of the Homes at The Chesapeake retirement community in Newport News, Va., from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Door prizes, refreshments in The Chesapeake’s new model apartment and personal tours will complete the afternoon.</p>
<p>SUN.-WED., JULY 22-25</p>
<p>Cobham Park Baptist Church, Warsaw, Va., homecoming on Sunday at 11 a.m. revival on Sunday-Wednesday evenings with Eddie Heath, evangelist.</p>
<p>FRI., JULY 27</p>
<p>First Baptist Church, Newport News, Va.; Night of Worship at 7 p.m. featuring musicians from First Baptist, Immanuel Baptist Church, Newport News, and West Hampton Baptist Church, Hampton, Va.</p>
<p>The Dave Matthews Band has given Goshen Baptist Association’s ministry center a $10,000 grant to purchase tools and equipment for its new construction trailer. The trailer can be checked out by churches to work on homes locally or around the U.S. which are in need of repair. The ministry is a branch of its disaster relief and RuraLove in order to reach families in crisis with the love of Christ.</p>
<p>Andrey Shirin is serving as director of transformational leadership and as a full-time member of the faculty of John Leland Theological Seminary. He will lead the master of Christian leadership program, teach several courses each year and recruit students and adjunct faculty to the leadership program. Shirin and his wife Olga are members of First Baptist Church, Alexandria, Va.</p>
<p>First Baptist Church, Altavista, Va., has dedicated Sabbath Rest: The Charles E. Jones Mission House, to provide accommodations for missionaries on furlough. “We believe Altavista is the perfect community where a missionary family can receive the physical and spiritual support they need during their time away from the field,” says Michael Lee, pastor. The house was purchased in 2011 and has been used for children, youth and adult activities, as well as office space. The upper floor has been converted into a self-contained apartment with three bedrooms, kitchen and living area. The mission house is named for Charles E. Jones, a longtime member of First Baptist Church who died unexpectedly in 2010. “Charlie Jones was an inspiration to all of at First Baptist Church,” Lee said. “We thought it a fitting tribute to someone who gave his time and energy to the church and community so unselfishly.” In photo at right Ann Jones holds plaque given in memory of her husband.</p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p>Middleburg (Va.) Baptist Church celebrated its 165th year of ministry with homecoming on April 29. Charles W. Gibson, grandson of one of Middleburg’s former ministers, led the service. One of the church’s youngest members, Mitchell Longerbeam, rang the historic church bell. Acey Hotchkiss read Psalm 23 from a historic Bible from the 1800s and Gibson preached from the same pulpit his grandfather would have used. Pictured at left are Charles Gibson and his wife with Middleburg Baptist Church historial, Mary Lee Phelps (on the right).</p>
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<p>A 401(k) is the most popular type of retirement plan private-sector companies offer, so you may have several different 401(k) accounts over your working lifetime. Or, if you work multiple jobs, you might be offered 401(k) plans from more than one employer simultaneously. Is this allowable?</p>
<p>The short answerThe short answer is yes, you can have multiple 401(k) accounts at a time. In fact, it's rather common for people to have an old 401(k) account (or several) from their previous employer(s), in addition to their current one.</p>
<p>Another common situation is where individuals earn self-employment income in addition to income from their job. With self-employment income, these people can set up and contribute to an individual 401(k) even if they have another 401(k) at their job.</p>
<p>Overall contribution limitsIf you have more than one active 401(k) account, you need to be aware that the IRS's contribution limit for elective deferrals refers to your combined 401(k) accounts.</p>
<p>For the 2016 tax year, you can choose to defer up to $18,000 of your pay into your 401(k) plan. If you have more than one 401(k), this limit applies to your total elective deferrals. For example, if you choose to contribute $15,000 to your primary employer's 401(k) plan, you would be limited to $3,000 in elective contributions to any other plans you participate in. Also, if you're over 50, you are allowed an additional $6,000 in catch-up 401(k) contributions for a total of $24,000.</p>
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<p>Note that this limit doesn't include any employer matching or nonelective contributions. So, if you max out your $18,000 elective deferral in your primary 401(k), an employer could still contribute into another 401(k) plan for your benefit. In fact, the total contribution limit including elective deferrals and employer contributions is $53,000 per 401(k) plan for 2016 ($59,000 if you're over 50), or 100% of compensation, whichever is less.</p>
<p>You can treat contributions to an individual 401(k) as nonelective (employer) contributions, so even if you've contributed the $18,000 maximum to an employer's 401(k), you could still contribute up to $53,000 to your individual 401(k) as a nonelective contribution.</p>
<p>Retirement planning considerationsJust because you might be able to keep your old 401(k) accounts in your old employer's plan, that doesn't mean it's the smartest move. You should compare the investment options of each 401(k) plan, and the fees you're paying. If your old 401(k) has lower fees and you don't mind having your retirement savings in several places, by all means leave it alone. On the other hand, if your current employer's plan looks better, consolidating your 401(k) accounts could be the best idea.</p>
<p>Finally, you also have the option of rolling over your old 401(k) into an IRA, which could give you much more control over your investments. In an IRA, you can invest in virtually any stocks, bonds, or funds you want, so if you want to take a more active role with your retirement planning, this could be a smart move for your old 401(k)s.</p>
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<p>A 401(k) is the most popular type of retirement plan private-sector companies offer, so you may have several different 401(k) accounts over your working lifetime. Or, if you work multiple jobs, you might be offered 401(k) plans from more than one employer simultaneously. Is this allowable?</p>
<p>The short answerThe short answer is yes, you can have multiple 401(k) accounts at a time. In fact, it's rather common for people to have an old 401(k) account (or several) from their previous employer(s), in addition to their current one.</p>
<p>Another common situation is where individuals earn self-employment income in addition to income from their job. With self-employment income, these people can set up and contribute to an individual 401(k) even if they have another 401(k) at their job.</p>
<p>Overall contribution limitsIf you have more than one active 401(k) account, you need to be aware that the IRS's contribution limit for elective deferrals refers to your combined 401(k) accounts.</p>
<p>For the 2016 tax year, you can choose to defer up to $18,000 of your pay into your 401(k) plan. If you have more than one 401(k), this limit applies to your total elective deferrals. For example, if you choose to contribute $15,000 to your primary employer's 401(k) plan, you would be limited to $3,000 in elective contributions to any other plans you participate in. Also, if you're over 50, you are allowed an additional $6,000 in catch-up 401(k) contributions for a total of $24,000.</p>
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<p>Note that this limit doesn't include any employer matching or nonelective contributions. So, if you max out your $18,000 elective deferral in your primary 401(k), an employer could still contribute into another 401(k) plan for your benefit. In fact, the total contribution limit including elective deferrals and employer contributions is $53,000 per 401(k) plan for 2016 ($59,000 if you're over 50), or 100% of compensation, whichever is less.</p>
<p>You can treat contributions to an individual 401(k) as nonelective (employer) contributions, so even if you've contributed the $18,000 maximum to an employer's 401(k), you could still contribute up to $53,000 to your individual 401(k) as a nonelective contribution.</p>
<p>Retirement planning considerationsJust because you might be able to keep your old 401(k) accounts in your old employer's plan, that doesn't mean it's the smartest move. You should compare the investment options of each 401(k) plan, and the fees you're paying. If your old 401(k) has lower fees and you don't mind having your retirement savings in several places, by all means leave it alone. On the other hand, if your current employer's plan looks better, consolidating your 401(k) accounts could be the best idea.</p>
<p>Finally, you also have the option of rolling over your old 401(k) into an IRA, which could give you much more control over your investments. In an IRA, you can invest in virtually any stocks, bonds, or funds you want, so if you want to take a more active role with your retirement planning, this could be a smart move for your old 401(k)s.</p>
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<p>MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Pep Guardiola was eager to discover how Manchester City would react to seeing its long winning run in the Premier League come to an end.</p>
<p>A goal after 38 seconds - the quickest of the season - and a convincing 3-1 win over Watford on Tuesday was an emphatic response.</p>
<p>City ended its grueling, four-match festive program with a 15-point lead after 22 games. It could be reduced to 14 points if Chelsea wins at Arsenal on Wednesday, but City is showing no sign of wobbling as it closes in on a first league title under Guardiola.</p>
<p>Sunday's 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace, which ended City's record 18-match winning run, tested the character of Guardiola's side. But the visit of out-of-form Watford to Etihad Stadium offered the perfect chance to bounce back.</p>
<p>Raheem Sterling gave City lead inside a minute - he has now scored the earliest and latest goals in the league this season - before Christian Kabasele's own goal and a close-range finish from Sergio Aguero put City 3-1 up. Andre Gray grabbed an 82nd-minute consolation goal.</p>
<p>"We played really well," Guardiola said. "After dropping two points, we spoke about our reaction because big teams drop points, but not too much."</p>
<p>"I think the team showed a lot of good things today. After two days, it means a lot for us."</p>
<p>Here's what else happened on Tuesday:</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>LLORENTE'S RETURN</p>
<p>Fernando Llorente's first start for Tottenham came against his former club, Swansea. Almost inevitably, he scored.</p>
<p>The Spanish striker headed in the opening goal in Spurs' 2-0 win that lifted them to fifth place, four points off fourth-place Liverpool with a game still in hand. Dele Alli added the second in the 89th minute at Liberty Stadium.</p>
<p>Llorente's 15 goals last season were arguably the main reason why Swansea stayed up. He moved to Tottenham in the summer transfer window and has mostly had to settle for appearances as a substitute.</p>
<p>It was a third victory over the festive period for Tottenham, which plays West Ham on Thursday.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>DOUBLE FOR CARROLL</p>
<p>Andy Carroll scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time as West Ham fought back to win 2-1 against West Bromwich Albion, whose winless run stretched to 20 games.</p>
<p>Carroll had already equalized, canceling out West Brom's opener by James McClean, when he slid in to fire home Marko Arnautovic's low cross.</p>
<p>West Ham moved a point above the relegation zone and five points above West Brom. Only three clubs have endured longer runs without a victory in the Premier League than West Brom: Derby (32), Sunderland (26) and Norwich (21).</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>PALACE CONTINUES RECOVERY</p>
<p>Without a point or a goal after seven games, Crystal Palace is in sight of mid-table in the Premier League after a 2-1 win at Southampton.</p>
<p>Palace came from behind at St. Mary's Stadium, bouncing back from Shane Long's first goal in 11 months with strikes by James McArthur and Luka Milivojevic.</p>
<p>Palace moved up to 14th place, just three off 10th-place Watford, and is much improved under Roy Hodgson since he came in as manager after four games of the season. Southampton is only out of the relegation zone on goal difference.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Steve Douglas is at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/sdouglas80" type="external">www.twitter.com/sdouglas80</a></p>
<p>MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Pep Guardiola was eager to discover how Manchester City would react to seeing its long winning run in the Premier League come to an end.</p>
<p>A goal after 38 seconds - the quickest of the season - and a convincing 3-1 win over Watford on Tuesday was an emphatic response.</p>
<p>City ended its grueling, four-match festive program with a 15-point lead after 22 games. It could be reduced to 14 points if Chelsea wins at Arsenal on Wednesday, but City is showing no sign of wobbling as it closes in on a first league title under Guardiola.</p>
<p>Sunday's 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace, which ended City's record 18-match winning run, tested the character of Guardiola's side. But the visit of out-of-form Watford to Etihad Stadium offered the perfect chance to bounce back.</p>
<p>Raheem Sterling gave City lead inside a minute - he has now scored the earliest and latest goals in the league this season - before Christian Kabasele's own goal and a close-range finish from Sergio Aguero put City 3-1 up. Andre Gray grabbed an 82nd-minute consolation goal.</p>
<p>"We played really well," Guardiola said. "After dropping two points, we spoke about our reaction because big teams drop points, but not too much."</p>
<p>"I think the team showed a lot of good things today. After two days, it means a lot for us."</p>
<p>Here's what else happened on Tuesday:</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>LLORENTE'S RETURN</p>
<p>Fernando Llorente's first start for Tottenham came against his former club, Swansea. Almost inevitably, he scored.</p>
<p>The Spanish striker headed in the opening goal in Spurs' 2-0 win that lifted them to fifth place, four points off fourth-place Liverpool with a game still in hand. Dele Alli added the second in the 89th minute at Liberty Stadium.</p>
<p>Llorente's 15 goals last season were arguably the main reason why Swansea stayed up. He moved to Tottenham in the summer transfer window and has mostly had to settle for appearances as a substitute.</p>
<p>It was a third victory over the festive period for Tottenham, which plays West Ham on Thursday.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>DOUBLE FOR CARROLL</p>
<p>Andy Carroll scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time as West Ham fought back to win 2-1 against West Bromwich Albion, whose winless run stretched to 20 games.</p>
<p>Carroll had already equalized, canceling out West Brom's opener by James McClean, when he slid in to fire home Marko Arnautovic's low cross.</p>
<p>West Ham moved a point above the relegation zone and five points above West Brom. Only three clubs have endured longer runs without a victory in the Premier League than West Brom: Derby (32), Sunderland (26) and Norwich (21).</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>PALACE CONTINUES RECOVERY</p>
<p>Without a point or a goal after seven games, Crystal Palace is in sight of mid-table in the Premier League after a 2-1 win at Southampton.</p>
<p>Palace came from behind at St. Mary's Stadium, bouncing back from Shane Long's first goal in 11 months with strikes by James McArthur and Luka Milivojevic.</p>
<p>Palace moved up to 14th place, just three off 10th-place Watford, and is much improved under Roy Hodgson since he came in as manager after four games of the season. Southampton is only out of the relegation zone on goal difference.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Steve Douglas is at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/sdouglas80" type="external">www.twitter.com/sdouglas80</a></p>
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<p>MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Pep Guardiola was eager to discover how Manchester City would react to seeing its long winning run in the Premier League come to an end.</p>
<p>A goal after 38 seconds - the quickest of the season - and a convincing 3-1 win over Watford on Tuesday was an emphatic response.</p>
<p>City ended its grueling, four-match festive program with a 15-point lead after 22 games. It could be reduced to 14 points if Chelsea wins at Arsenal on Wednesday, but City is showing no sign of wobbling as it closes in on a first league title under Guardiola.</p>
<p>Sunday's 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace, which ended City's record 18-match winning run, tested the character of Guardiola's side. But the visit of out-of-form Watford to Etihad Stadium offered the perfect chance to bounce back.</p>
<p>Raheem Sterling gave City lead inside a minute - he has now scored the earliest and latest goals in the league this season - before Christian Kabasele's own goal and a close-range finish from Sergio Aguero put City 3-1 up. Andre Gray grabbed an 82nd-minute consolation goal.</p>
<p>"We played really well," Guardiola said. "After dropping two points, we spoke about our reaction because big teams drop points, but not too much."</p>
<p>"I think the team showed a lot of good things today. After two days, it means a lot for us."</p>
<p>Here's what else happened on Tuesday:</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>LLORENTE'S RETURN</p>
<p>Fernando Llorente's first start for Tottenham came against his former club, Swansea. Almost inevitably, he scored.</p>
<p>The Spanish striker headed in the opening goal in Spurs' 2-0 win that lifted them to fifth place, four points off fourth-place Liverpool with a game still in hand. Dele Alli added the second in the 89th minute at Liberty Stadium.</p>
<p>Llorente's 15 goals last season were arguably the main reason why Swansea stayed up. He moved to Tottenham in the summer transfer window and has mostly had to settle for appearances as a substitute.</p>
<p>It was a third victory over the festive period for Tottenham, which plays West Ham on Thursday.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>DOUBLE FOR CARROLL</p>
<p>Andy Carroll scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time as West Ham fought back to win 2-1 against West Bromwich Albion, whose winless run stretched to 20 games.</p>
<p>Carroll had already equalized, canceling out West Brom's opener by James McClean, when he slid in to fire home Marko Arnautovic's low cross.</p>
<p>West Ham moved a point above the relegation zone and five points above West Brom. Only three clubs have endured longer runs without a victory in the Premier League than West Brom: Derby (32), Sunderland (26) and Norwich (21).</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>PALACE CONTINUES RECOVERY</p>
<p>Without a point or a goal after seven games, Crystal Palace is in sight of mid-table in the Premier League after a 2-1 win at Southampton.</p>
<p>Palace came from behind at St. Mary's Stadium, bouncing back from Shane Long's first goal in 11 months with strikes by James McArthur and Luka Milivojevic.</p>
<p>Palace moved up to 14th place, just three off 10th-place Watford, and is much improved under Roy Hodgson since he came in as manager after four games of the season. Southampton is only out of the relegation zone on goal difference.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Steve Douglas is at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/sdouglas80" type="external">www.twitter.com/sdouglas80</a></p>
<p>MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Pep Guardiola was eager to discover how Manchester City would react to seeing its long winning run in the Premier League come to an end.</p>
<p>A goal after 38 seconds - the quickest of the season - and a convincing 3-1 win over Watford on Tuesday was an emphatic response.</p>
<p>City ended its grueling, four-match festive program with a 15-point lead after 22 games. It could be reduced to 14 points if Chelsea wins at Arsenal on Wednesday, but City is showing no sign of wobbling as it closes in on a first league title under Guardiola.</p>
<p>Sunday's 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace, which ended City's record 18-match winning run, tested the character of Guardiola's side. But the visit of out-of-form Watford to Etihad Stadium offered the perfect chance to bounce back.</p>
<p>Raheem Sterling gave City lead inside a minute - he has now scored the earliest and latest goals in the league this season - before Christian Kabasele's own goal and a close-range finish from Sergio Aguero put City 3-1 up. Andre Gray grabbed an 82nd-minute consolation goal.</p>
<p>"We played really well," Guardiola said. "After dropping two points, we spoke about our reaction because big teams drop points, but not too much."</p>
<p>"I think the team showed a lot of good things today. After two days, it means a lot for us."</p>
<p>Here's what else happened on Tuesday:</p>
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<p>LLORENTE'S RETURN</p>
<p>Fernando Llorente's first start for Tottenham came against his former club, Swansea. Almost inevitably, he scored.</p>
<p>The Spanish striker headed in the opening goal in Spurs' 2-0 win that lifted them to fifth place, four points off fourth-place Liverpool with a game still in hand. Dele Alli added the second in the 89th minute at Liberty Stadium.</p>
<p>Llorente's 15 goals last season were arguably the main reason why Swansea stayed up. He moved to Tottenham in the summer transfer window and has mostly had to settle for appearances as a substitute.</p>
<p>It was a third victory over the festive period for Tottenham, which plays West Ham on Thursday.</p>
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<p>DOUBLE FOR CARROLL</p>
<p>Andy Carroll scored in the fourth minute of stoppage time as West Ham fought back to win 2-1 against West Bromwich Albion, whose winless run stretched to 20 games.</p>
<p>Carroll had already equalized, canceling out West Brom's opener by James McClean, when he slid in to fire home Marko Arnautovic's low cross.</p>
<p>West Ham moved a point above the relegation zone and five points above West Brom. Only three clubs have endured longer runs without a victory in the Premier League than West Brom: Derby (32), Sunderland (26) and Norwich (21).</p>
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<p>PALACE CONTINUES RECOVERY</p>
<p>Without a point or a goal after seven games, Crystal Palace is in sight of mid-table in the Premier League after a 2-1 win at Southampton.</p>
<p>Palace came from behind at St. Mary's Stadium, bouncing back from Shane Long's first goal in 11 months with strikes by James McArthur and Luka Milivojevic.</p>
<p>Palace moved up to 14th place, just three off 10th-place Watford, and is much improved under Roy Hodgson since he came in as manager after four games of the season. Southampton is only out of the relegation zone on goal difference.</p>
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<p>Steve Douglas is at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/sdouglas80" type="external">www.twitter.com/sdouglas80</a></p>
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<p>BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — Two people have been charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old during an attempted robbery in the Kansas City suburb of Blue Springs.</p>
<p>Nineteen-year-old Triston Withers, and 20-year-old Daquan Tolefree were charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, attempted robbery and two counts of armed criminal action in the death of Jack Price.</p>
<p>Court documents say a witness told police that several people were inside an apartment waiting for a drug buyer when two masked men entered an apartment Friday night. The witness recalled yelling at Price to get his gun before he was shot. He died at a hospital.</p>
<p>One of the suspects' cellphones was found at the scene. The suspects surrendered to police Monday with an attorney. Prosecutors have requested bonds of a $150,000 for each suspect.</p>
<p>BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — Two people have been charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old during an attempted robbery in the Kansas City suburb of Blue Springs.</p>
<p>Nineteen-year-old Triston Withers, and 20-year-old Daquan Tolefree were charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, attempted robbery and two counts of armed criminal action in the death of Jack Price.</p>
<p>Court documents say a witness told police that several people were inside an apartment waiting for a drug buyer when two masked men entered an apartment Friday night. The witness recalled yelling at Price to get his gun before he was shot. He died at a hospital.</p>
<p>One of the suspects' cellphones was found at the scene. The suspects surrendered to police Monday with an attorney. Prosecutors have requested bonds of a $150,000 for each suspect.</p>
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<p>BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — Two people have been charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old during an attempted robbery in the Kansas City suburb of Blue Springs.</p>
<p>Nineteen-year-old Triston Withers, and 20-year-old Daquan Tolefree were charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, attempted robbery and two counts of armed criminal action in the death of Jack Price.</p>
<p>Court documents say a witness told police that several people were inside an apartment waiting for a drug buyer when two masked men entered an apartment Friday night. The witness recalled yelling at Price to get his gun before he was shot. He died at a hospital.</p>
<p>One of the suspects' cellphones was found at the scene. The suspects surrendered to police Monday with an attorney. Prosecutors have requested bonds of a $150,000 for each suspect.</p>
<p>BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — Two people have been charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old during an attempted robbery in the Kansas City suburb of Blue Springs.</p>
<p>Nineteen-year-old Triston Withers, and 20-year-old Daquan Tolefree were charged Tuesday with second-degree murder, attempted robbery and two counts of armed criminal action in the death of Jack Price.</p>
<p>Court documents say a witness told police that several people were inside an apartment waiting for a drug buyer when two masked men entered an apartment Friday night. The witness recalled yelling at Price to get his gun before he was shot. He died at a hospital.</p>
<p>One of the suspects' cellphones was found at the scene. The suspects surrendered to police Monday with an attorney. Prosecutors have requested bonds of a $150,000 for each suspect.</p>
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<p>RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The <a href="http://www.ncshof.org/" type="external">N.C. Sports Hall of Fame</a> says the 2018 class of inductees has 15 new members who will be enshrined in May.</p>
<p>Among the 15 <a href="http://www.ncshof.org/news_article/show/873619?referrer_id=3186315" type="external">announced</a> on Tuesday are MLB umpire Joe West, former major league pitcher Scott Bankhead, former Duke wide receiver Wes Chesson and veteran HBCU coach and administrator Bill Hayes.</p>
<p>Also included in this year’s class are former LPGA golfer Donna Andrews, Olympic speed skater Joey Cheek, and long-time high school coaches Paul Jones and Jack Holley. Both Jones and Holley are being posthumously inducted.</p>
<p>Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin and Charlotte Hornets president and chief operating officer Fred Whitefield are going in as well.</p>
<p>A news release from the hall said the annual induction banquet is scheduled for May 4 at the Raleigh Convention Center.</p>
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The <a href="http://www.ncshof.org/" type="external">N.C. Sports Hall of Fame</a> says the 2018 class of inductees has 15 new members who will be enshrined in May.</p>
<p>Among the 15 <a href="http://www.ncshof.org/news_article/show/873619?referrer_id=3186315" type="external">announced</a> on Tuesday are MLB umpire Joe West, former major league pitcher Scott Bankhead, former Duke wide receiver Wes Chesson and veteran HBCU coach and administrator Bill Hayes.</p>
<p>Also included in this year’s class are former LPGA golfer Donna Andrews, Olympic speed skater Joey Cheek, and long-time high school coaches Paul Jones and Jack Holley. Both Jones and Holley are being posthumously inducted.</p>
<p>Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin and Charlotte Hornets president and chief operating officer Fred Whitefield are going in as well.</p>
<p>A news release from the hall said the annual induction banquet is scheduled for May 4 at the Raleigh Convention Center.</p>
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<p>RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The <a href="http://www.ncshof.org/" type="external">N.C. Sports Hall of Fame</a> says the 2018 class of inductees has 15 new members who will be enshrined in May.</p>
<p>Among the 15 <a href="http://www.ncshof.org/news_article/show/873619?referrer_id=3186315" type="external">announced</a> on Tuesday are MLB umpire Joe West, former major league pitcher Scott Bankhead, former Duke wide receiver Wes Chesson and veteran HBCU coach and administrator Bill Hayes.</p>
<p>Also included in this year’s class are former LPGA golfer Donna Andrews, Olympic speed skater Joey Cheek, and long-time high school coaches Paul Jones and Jack Holley. Both Jones and Holley are being posthumously inducted.</p>
<p>Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin and Charlotte Hornets president and chief operating officer Fred Whitefield are going in as well.</p>
<p>A news release from the hall said the annual induction banquet is scheduled for May 4 at the Raleigh Convention Center.</p>
<p>RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The <a href="http://www.ncshof.org/" type="external">N.C. Sports Hall of Fame</a> says the 2018 class of inductees has 15 new members who will be enshrined in May.</p>
<p>Among the 15 <a href="http://www.ncshof.org/news_article/show/873619?referrer_id=3186315" type="external">announced</a> on Tuesday are MLB umpire Joe West, former major league pitcher Scott Bankhead, former Duke wide receiver Wes Chesson and veteran HBCU coach and administrator Bill Hayes.</p>
<p>Also included in this year’s class are former LPGA golfer Donna Andrews, Olympic speed skater Joey Cheek, and long-time high school coaches Paul Jones and Jack Holley. Both Jones and Holley are being posthumously inducted.</p>
<p>Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin and Charlotte Hornets president and chief operating officer Fred Whitefield are going in as well.</p>
<p>A news release from the hall said the annual induction banquet is scheduled for May 4 at the Raleigh Convention Center.</p>
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<p>Congressman John Conyers, D-Michigan, began his career in the House of Representatives in 1964, which makes him the second most senior member in the chamber. He has spent much of his tenure trying to maintain the Congressional role of oversight. He was part of the House panel that investigated the impeachment of President Nixon. More recently, he has looked into alleged irregularities in the 2004 election, and sued the president for his unorthodox method of signing his recent Budget Resolution (Bush signed two different versions, which, Conyers believes, is against the law).</p>
<p>Lately, the dapper, velvet-voiced representative is the name in Congress most associated with the push for impeachment, which Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, said she opposes. It was Conyers who called for a special committee to investigate impeachable offenses-everything from allegations of illegal wiretaps, misuse of intelligence before the country’s disastrous involvement in Iraq, use of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo, and his administration’s retaliation against critics such as Joseph Wilson.</p>
<p>If you read Conyers’ blog, you might sense anger (he prefers “tenaciousness”) at the Bush administration, Republicans in Congress, and the media. And he’s outspoken to a fault. In Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, it was Conyers who admitted that Congressmen don’t always have time to read what they vote on. But to listen to him speak is to hear a voice that is composed. I interviewed him recently by phone.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: Tell me about the committee you’ve proposed to investigate possible impeachable offenses by the president. What are the key events you’re looking into?</p>
<p>John Conyers: This is a traditional way of conducting oversight [that] creates a select committee following the Sam Ervin-style model that was used during the Nixon activities of a generation ago. What we did [with Bush] was we started off with an examination of these questions ourselves. Our lawyers spent months working on a report that amazed those who’ve seen it, and it was the first collection of some of the big problems that we’ve had with this administration in terms of [their] comporting with the law.</p>
<p>We looked at questions like when preemptive strikes are feasible, and when warrantless wiretaps should be allowed in this country and if they can even be allowed without going through a court process. There was a lot of commentary, especially on the Downing Street memo-among the people that knew about that-about if there was a manipulation of prewar intelligence. Which raises a question about how we go into war and whether the president was ever really waiting for the Congress to give him some authority. And there’s the question of Abu Ghraib and other places, the torture question.</p>
<p>Has this administration really lived up to the Geneva Courts with reference to torture of people that are taken prisoners or those that are given the designation ‘enemy combatants’-and other people? Some are just labeled terrorists and we don’t know where they are. For this country which is the beacon of constitutional democracy to be moving around in this kind of slipshod fashion I am really just trying to make sure that we don’t let a number of issues go by in a Congress controlled by Republicans refusing to look into any of it. It requires that we really get some much clearer answers about this.</p>
<p>Do we countenance torture? That’s a fundamental question, and we need to know that. And finally there’s the question of whether the administration has retaliated improperly against its critics. And this committee to me is [where] it is most appropriate for this inquiry to happen.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: When Republicans raised the specter of impeachment as a rallying cry, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi all but promised they wouldn’t seek impeachment if they were to take either house of Congress. Is there some disagreement among Democrats over whether to pursue impeachment at all?</p>
<p>John Conyers: I’ve never sought the impeachment of the president. The fact of the matter is that if these violations have occurred, they could be grounds for high crimes and misdemeanors. But a select committee could be exculpatory as much as it could be incriminating if we really went into something like this. So it isn’t like there is a pro-impeachment crowd versus an anti-impeachment crowd. But I don’t think that I would leave it to myself to unilaterally go forward without the cooperation of the leadership-but would do so working closely with them.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: If the Republicans retain control of both house of Congress, in your view, is this conversation about oversight doomed?</p>
<p>John Conyers: Well, neither of us knows, but it looks like we’re going to take the House back. That’s what the polls I read say. It looks like the president’s popularity has been steadily sinking. It goes up now and again but then it goes back down. I’m not trying to measure what we do in terms of a political objective. What I’m doing right now is what I would do if we were in charge, [as well as] what I would do if we weren’t in charge. In either case I would have collected this information. I’ve worked on questions of presidential impeachment more than most people in Congress. And it seems to me that gathering the facts together is a very simple-and shouldn’t be very exciting-process. I’m getting more people calling me up and encouraging me to go forward than I ever have before. I wonder if what [Republicans] are trying to do to ensure that there won’t be an impeachment proceeding might be having a reverse effect on a lot of citizens, to be honest with you.</p>
<p>When I held a meeting with my experts on this, one said that in his opinion this is the first president who’s ever admitted to an impeachable offense.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: Michael Ratner in The Nation recently cited a poll that found that 51% of Americans believe the president should be impeached if he lied about Iraq, compared to 28% of Americans who believed President Clinton should have been impeached at the height of the Monica Lewinsky affair. How do polls and public perceptions play into this process?</p>
<p>John Conyers: First of all, I think that, for Republicans, the polls play in pretty largely. What they’re afraid of is that those numbers are going to keep growing and are going to persuade more members of Congress, especially in the next Congress, to take action. All I’m trying to do-and I am not poll-driven-is what I think an absolute duty. I don’t know how I would explain that I sat through all of this administration, which has claimed more powers that fall loosely under commander-in-chief, while you can question whether he’s commander in chief of an effective effort against terrorism For him to claim that many of these things, which are not found in the Constitution or laws of the country and have not been granted by Congress, are exclusively within his domain only infuriates more people to do exactly what [Republicans] are afraid might happen: namely, the president could end up in hot water.</p>
<p>But I’ve got to find answers to my questions. These are serious questions that are going to be examined and turned over. There’s been a lot of examination of them already, but not in the House of Representatives and certainly not in the Judiciary Committee. All I’m trying to do is without the benefit of polling, without trying to jump the gun-I think impeachment is a very serious, rarely used tool that should be entered into as prudently as possible. We should be very careful moving into this area. And that’s what I intend to do. And so the hyping it up by people who want us not to look at these questions I think has a reverse effect.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: One of the things you cite on your website as a reason for the special committee on impeachment is the domestic surveillance program, which Bush’s nominee to head the CIA supports and even spearheaded at NSA. When questioned about the wiretapping program in January, President Bush said, ‘there’s no doubt in my mind it is legal.’ He said it’s also ‘designed to protect civil liberties, and it’s necessary.’ He even claimed that talking about ‘how the program works will help the enemy.’ I take it you disagree?</p>
<p>John Conyers: Well, look, talking about Constitutional prerogatives with the president is sometimes a futile exercise. When I held a meeting with my experts on this, one said that in his opinion this is the first president who’s ever admitted to an impeachable offense. But [the president] said that he’s above the law, that the FISA law doesn’t apply to him, that there are no statutes governing this. But everybody in America has their privacy protected, and he doesn’t think that that’s the case. He’s taken an oath of office to protect and defend the law. He’s precluded from going outside the scope of his authority. We have a tripartite system of government, yet the Congress has been completely run over. And sometimes the media is influenced in the way that the president wants them to go.</p>
<p>All I’m saying is that I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do. But if he’s right, then they don’t have to worry about whether we have a select committee on this question or not. Because then it will be proven and established that it’s perfectly permissible for the president to wiretap citizens without the benefit of a court order or a FISA authorization. That’ll be big news to a lot of people. But we can’t just leave it as a ‘one party said’ and ‘the other party replied’ situation.</p>
<p>I want to move forward in a way that will escape any accusations of partisanship.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: There is that moment in Fahrenheit 9/11 when you confessed to Michael Moore what I guess many of us not in Congress hadn’t considered, that lawmakers don’t read every bill that you vote on. Has the Bush Administration challenged you to rethink that a little?</p>
<p>John Conyers: Those in the Bush Administration are the ones who make it impossible for us to read everything. They substituted a Patriot Act that had been unanimously passed by the Judiciary Committee over night in the Rules Committee, and there were two copies out-one on the Republican side some several hundred pages long, and one on the Democratic side-and they said vote on it. Not only was it not read, but it was not even fully understood.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: You mentioned earlier your experience with matters of impeachment. I know that in the ’70s you sat on the panel to impeach President Nixon. Do you see similarities in scope or degree between these two situations?</p>
<p>John Conyers: It just strikes me that the 43rd president has gone considerably beyond some of the things we were worried about during President Nixon’s dealings. I’m trying to determine how accurate our information is that was pulled together through the hard work of our staff. I’m not prepared right now to call Nixon a president who violated his responsibilities while in office more or less than Bush. But the comparisons are already being made.</p>
<p>We’ve got a president here who’s whole bent is apparently toward retaliating against critics in a very dangerous way; [along with] countenancing torture, manipulating intelligence that leads us to decide to go into war, [and determining] whether citizens and how many of them can be wiretapped rather than getting the authority from a court which is easily-even retroactively-available. So, I want to move forward in a way that will escape any accusations of partisanship.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY can be reached at: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" type="external">[email protected]</a></p>
<p>This interview originally ran in <a href="http://www.guernicamag.com/" type="external">Guernica</a>.</p>
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<p>Congressman John Conyers, D-Michigan, began his career in the House of Representatives in 1964, which makes him the second most senior member in the chamber. He has spent much of his tenure trying to maintain the Congressional role of oversight. He was part of the House panel that investigated the impeachment of President Nixon. More recently, he has looked into alleged irregularities in the 2004 election, and sued the president for his unorthodox method of signing his recent Budget Resolution (Bush signed two different versions, which, Conyers believes, is against the law).</p>
<p>Lately, the dapper, velvet-voiced representative is the name in Congress most associated with the push for impeachment, which Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, said she opposes. It was Conyers who called for a special committee to investigate impeachable offenses-everything from allegations of illegal wiretaps, misuse of intelligence before the country’s disastrous involvement in Iraq, use of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo, and his administration’s retaliation against critics such as Joseph Wilson.</p>
<p>If you read Conyers’ blog, you might sense anger (he prefers “tenaciousness”) at the Bush administration, Republicans in Congress, and the media. And he’s outspoken to a fault. In Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11, it was Conyers who admitted that Congressmen don’t always have time to read what they vote on. But to listen to him speak is to hear a voice that is composed. I interviewed him recently by phone.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: Tell me about the committee you’ve proposed to investigate possible impeachable offenses by the president. What are the key events you’re looking into?</p>
<p>John Conyers: This is a traditional way of conducting oversight [that] creates a select committee following the Sam Ervin-style model that was used during the Nixon activities of a generation ago. What we did [with Bush] was we started off with an examination of these questions ourselves. Our lawyers spent months working on a report that amazed those who’ve seen it, and it was the first collection of some of the big problems that we’ve had with this administration in terms of [their] comporting with the law.</p>
<p>We looked at questions like when preemptive strikes are feasible, and when warrantless wiretaps should be allowed in this country and if they can even be allowed without going through a court process. There was a lot of commentary, especially on the Downing Street memo-among the people that knew about that-about if there was a manipulation of prewar intelligence. Which raises a question about how we go into war and whether the president was ever really waiting for the Congress to give him some authority. And there’s the question of Abu Ghraib and other places, the torture question.</p>
<p>Has this administration really lived up to the Geneva Courts with reference to torture of people that are taken prisoners or those that are given the designation ‘enemy combatants’-and other people? Some are just labeled terrorists and we don’t know where they are. For this country which is the beacon of constitutional democracy to be moving around in this kind of slipshod fashion I am really just trying to make sure that we don’t let a number of issues go by in a Congress controlled by Republicans refusing to look into any of it. It requires that we really get some much clearer answers about this.</p>
<p>Do we countenance torture? That’s a fundamental question, and we need to know that. And finally there’s the question of whether the administration has retaliated improperly against its critics. And this committee to me is [where] it is most appropriate for this inquiry to happen.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: When Republicans raised the specter of impeachment as a rallying cry, Democrats like Nancy Pelosi all but promised they wouldn’t seek impeachment if they were to take either house of Congress. Is there some disagreement among Democrats over whether to pursue impeachment at all?</p>
<p>John Conyers: I’ve never sought the impeachment of the president. The fact of the matter is that if these violations have occurred, they could be grounds for high crimes and misdemeanors. But a select committee could be exculpatory as much as it could be incriminating if we really went into something like this. So it isn’t like there is a pro-impeachment crowd versus an anti-impeachment crowd. But I don’t think that I would leave it to myself to unilaterally go forward without the cooperation of the leadership-but would do so working closely with them.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: If the Republicans retain control of both house of Congress, in your view, is this conversation about oversight doomed?</p>
<p>John Conyers: Well, neither of us knows, but it looks like we’re going to take the House back. That’s what the polls I read say. It looks like the president’s popularity has been steadily sinking. It goes up now and again but then it goes back down. I’m not trying to measure what we do in terms of a political objective. What I’m doing right now is what I would do if we were in charge, [as well as] what I would do if we weren’t in charge. In either case I would have collected this information. I’ve worked on questions of presidential impeachment more than most people in Congress. And it seems to me that gathering the facts together is a very simple-and shouldn’t be very exciting-process. I’m getting more people calling me up and encouraging me to go forward than I ever have before. I wonder if what [Republicans] are trying to do to ensure that there won’t be an impeachment proceeding might be having a reverse effect on a lot of citizens, to be honest with you.</p>
<p>When I held a meeting with my experts on this, one said that in his opinion this is the first president who’s ever admitted to an impeachable offense.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: Michael Ratner in The Nation recently cited a poll that found that 51% of Americans believe the president should be impeached if he lied about Iraq, compared to 28% of Americans who believed President Clinton should have been impeached at the height of the Monica Lewinsky affair. How do polls and public perceptions play into this process?</p>
<p>John Conyers: First of all, I think that, for Republicans, the polls play in pretty largely. What they’re afraid of is that those numbers are going to keep growing and are going to persuade more members of Congress, especially in the next Congress, to take action. All I’m trying to do-and I am not poll-driven-is what I think an absolute duty. I don’t know how I would explain that I sat through all of this administration, which has claimed more powers that fall loosely under commander-in-chief, while you can question whether he’s commander in chief of an effective effort against terrorism For him to claim that many of these things, which are not found in the Constitution or laws of the country and have not been granted by Congress, are exclusively within his domain only infuriates more people to do exactly what [Republicans] are afraid might happen: namely, the president could end up in hot water.</p>
<p>But I’ve got to find answers to my questions. These are serious questions that are going to be examined and turned over. There’s been a lot of examination of them already, but not in the House of Representatives and certainly not in the Judiciary Committee. All I’m trying to do is without the benefit of polling, without trying to jump the gun-I think impeachment is a very serious, rarely used tool that should be entered into as prudently as possible. We should be very careful moving into this area. And that’s what I intend to do. And so the hyping it up by people who want us not to look at these questions I think has a reverse effect.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: One of the things you cite on your website as a reason for the special committee on impeachment is the domestic surveillance program, which Bush’s nominee to head the CIA supports and even spearheaded at NSA. When questioned about the wiretapping program in January, President Bush said, ‘there’s no doubt in my mind it is legal.’ He said it’s also ‘designed to protect civil liberties, and it’s necessary.’ He even claimed that talking about ‘how the program works will help the enemy.’ I take it you disagree?</p>
<p>John Conyers: Well, look, talking about Constitutional prerogatives with the president is sometimes a futile exercise. When I held a meeting with my experts on this, one said that in his opinion this is the first president who’s ever admitted to an impeachable offense. But [the president] said that he’s above the law, that the FISA law doesn’t apply to him, that there are no statutes governing this. But everybody in America has their privacy protected, and he doesn’t think that that’s the case. He’s taken an oath of office to protect and defend the law. He’s precluded from going outside the scope of his authority. We have a tripartite system of government, yet the Congress has been completely run over. And sometimes the media is influenced in the way that the president wants them to go.</p>
<p>All I’m saying is that I’ve got to do what I’ve got to do. But if he’s right, then they don’t have to worry about whether we have a select committee on this question or not. Because then it will be proven and established that it’s perfectly permissible for the president to wiretap citizens without the benefit of a court order or a FISA authorization. That’ll be big news to a lot of people. But we can’t just leave it as a ‘one party said’ and ‘the other party replied’ situation.</p>
<p>I want to move forward in a way that will escape any accusations of partisanship.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: There is that moment in Fahrenheit 9/11 when you confessed to Michael Moore what I guess many of us not in Congress hadn’t considered, that lawmakers don’t read every bill that you vote on. Has the Bush Administration challenged you to rethink that a little?</p>
<p>John Conyers: Those in the Bush Administration are the ones who make it impossible for us to read everything. They substituted a Patriot Act that had been unanimously passed by the Judiciary Committee over night in the Rules Committee, and there were two copies out-one on the Republican side some several hundred pages long, and one on the Democratic side-and they said vote on it. Not only was it not read, but it was not even fully understood.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY: You mentioned earlier your experience with matters of impeachment. I know that in the ’70s you sat on the panel to impeach President Nixon. Do you see similarities in scope or degree between these two situations?</p>
<p>John Conyers: It just strikes me that the 43rd president has gone considerably beyond some of the things we were worried about during President Nixon’s dealings. I’m trying to determine how accurate our information is that was pulled together through the hard work of our staff. I’m not prepared right now to call Nixon a president who violated his responsibilities while in office more or less than Bush. But the comparisons are already being made.</p>
<p>We’ve got a president here who’s whole bent is apparently toward retaliating against critics in a very dangerous way; [along with] countenancing torture, manipulating intelligence that leads us to decide to go into war, [and determining] whether citizens and how many of them can be wiretapped rather than getting the authority from a court which is easily-even retroactively-available. So, I want to move forward in a way that will escape any accusations of partisanship.</p>
<p>JOEL WHITNEY can be reached at: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" type="external">[email protected]</a></p>
<p>This interview originally ran in <a href="http://www.guernicamag.com/" type="external">Guernica</a>.</p>
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<p>DELAWARE, Ohio (AP) — A former State Highway Patrol lieutenant has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and three years of probation on a theft conviction for stealing a gun seized in another Ohio investigation.</p>
<p>WCMH-TV <a href="http://nbc4i.com/2018/01/19/former-state-highway-patrol-trooper-sentenced-to-30-days-in-jail-for-stealing-guns/" type="external">reports</a> that a Delaware County judge last week also sentenced 48-year-old William Elschlager, of Marietta, to perform 200 hours of community service and to pay a $1,000 fine.</p>
<p>Elschlager's attorney, Sam Shamansky, said Monday that the judge was impartial and the sentence was appropriate.</p>
<p>Elschlager was previously a Marietta post commander in southern Ohio's Washington County. He is separately accused of stalking a subordinate's wife after she ended their affair.</p>
<p>He has pleaded not guilty to federal charges including deprivation of civil rights in that case. That trial has been rescheduled for early March.</p>
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<p>Information from: WCMH-TV, <a href="http://www.nbc4i.com" type="external">http://www.nbc4i.com</a></p>
<p>DELAWARE, Ohio (AP) — A former State Highway Patrol lieutenant has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and three years of probation on a theft conviction for stealing a gun seized in another Ohio investigation.</p>
<p>WCMH-TV <a href="http://nbc4i.com/2018/01/19/former-state-highway-patrol-trooper-sentenced-to-30-days-in-jail-for-stealing-guns/" type="external">reports</a> that a Delaware County judge last week also sentenced 48-year-old William Elschlager, of Marietta, to perform 200 hours of community service and to pay a $1,000 fine.</p>
<p>Elschlager's attorney, Sam Shamansky, said Monday that the judge was impartial and the sentence was appropriate.</p>
<p>Elschlager was previously a Marietta post commander in southern Ohio's Washington County. He is separately accused of stalking a subordinate's wife after she ended their affair.</p>
<p>He has pleaded not guilty to federal charges including deprivation of civil rights in that case. That trial has been rescheduled for early March.</p>
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<p>Information from: WCMH-TV, <a href="http://www.nbc4i.com" type="external">http://www.nbc4i.com</a></p>
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<p>DELAWARE, Ohio (AP) — A former State Highway Patrol lieutenant has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and three years of probation on a theft conviction for stealing a gun seized in another Ohio investigation.</p>
<p>WCMH-TV <a href="http://nbc4i.com/2018/01/19/former-state-highway-patrol-trooper-sentenced-to-30-days-in-jail-for-stealing-guns/" type="external">reports</a> that a Delaware County judge last week also sentenced 48-year-old William Elschlager, of Marietta, to perform 200 hours of community service and to pay a $1,000 fine.</p>
<p>Elschlager's attorney, Sam Shamansky, said Monday that the judge was impartial and the sentence was appropriate.</p>
<p>Elschlager was previously a Marietta post commander in southern Ohio's Washington County. He is separately accused of stalking a subordinate's wife after she ended their affair.</p>
<p>He has pleaded not guilty to federal charges including deprivation of civil rights in that case. That trial has been rescheduled for early March.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Information from: WCMH-TV, <a href="http://www.nbc4i.com" type="external">http://www.nbc4i.com</a></p>
<p>DELAWARE, Ohio (AP) — A former State Highway Patrol lieutenant has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and three years of probation on a theft conviction for stealing a gun seized in another Ohio investigation.</p>
<p>WCMH-TV <a href="http://nbc4i.com/2018/01/19/former-state-highway-patrol-trooper-sentenced-to-30-days-in-jail-for-stealing-guns/" type="external">reports</a> that a Delaware County judge last week also sentenced 48-year-old William Elschlager, of Marietta, to perform 200 hours of community service and to pay a $1,000 fine.</p>
<p>Elschlager's attorney, Sam Shamansky, said Monday that the judge was impartial and the sentence was appropriate.</p>
<p>Elschlager was previously a Marietta post commander in southern Ohio's Washington County. He is separately accused of stalking a subordinate's wife after she ended their affair.</p>
<p>He has pleaded not guilty to federal charges including deprivation of civil rights in that case. That trial has been rescheduled for early March.</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Information from: WCMH-TV, <a href="http://www.nbc4i.com" type="external">http://www.nbc4i.com</a></p>
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<p>A recent Wall Street Journal lead editorial (“Job Slayers,” August 27, 2005) retreads the worn and discredited argument that raising the state or federal minimum wage significantly decreases job opportunities for low-wage workers. In making this argument, however, the editorial board seems determined to slay the facts; the editorial contains a number of statements that are misleading or false.</p>
<p>It ascribes a significant part of the problem of high teenage unemployment rates to high state minimum wages (or “maximum folly” according to the editorial). This claim disintegrates, however, under even the most cursory examination. Here’s why. Teenage unemployment rose from 13.1% to 17% between 2000 and 2004. According to the Journal’s argument, the increases in teen unemployment should have been higher in states with higher minimum wages than in those with low minimum wages. What actually happened was the reverse: Teenage unemployment rose 3.4% in the high minimum wage states, compared to 4.2% in the others.</p>
<p>Beyond that specific claim, the Journal’s background “evidence” does not withstand examination either. For one thing, the editorial would have us believe that raising the minimum wage is an idea being drummed up by a few misguided liberal policymakers and advocates. The truth is, it would be difficult to think of a policy that is more widely supported by the public. Earlier this year, the nonpartisan Pew Research Center showed that Americans overwhelmingly support increasing the minimum wage: 82% said it was an important priority and only 6% opposed an increase. Further evidence can be found in Florida and Nevada, both “red” states where in 2004, voters opted for increasing their states’ minimum wages in far greater numbers than they did for President Bush.</p>
<p>Nor do economists view the issue with the monolithic disapproval that the Journal presents. Last fall, 562 economists signed a letter agreeing that “the minimum wage has been an important part of our nation’s economy for 65 years.” Further, they agreed that “as with a federal increase, modest increases in state minimum wages in the range of $1.00 to $2.00 can significantly improve the lives of low-income workers and their families, without the adverse effects that critics have claimed.” The signers included four Nobel Laureates, three of whom have served as presidents of the American Economic Association, the mainstream, economists’ professional association.</p>
<p>Especially egregious, though, is the Journal’s presentation of a group of studies analyzing the 1992 increase in the New Jersey minimum wage. It dismisses the well-regarded work of David Card and Alan Krueger analyzing the impact on the fast food restaurants by pointing out that telephone surveys were used to collect the data. According to the Journal, “When other researchers went back and resampled these establishments, they found widespread errors in the data.” The work of these other researchers (David Neumark and William Wascher) is presented in the editorial as evidence of the job-loss claims. But the Journal pointedly ignores some very important facts about this research. Most significantly, the Neumark and Wascher data were collected using a mix of informal personal contacts by an anti-minimum wage restaurant industry lobbyist’s in-house “think-tank” and a letter from the researchers that tipped-off the restaurants that the purpose of the research was to undermine the Card and Krueger research (Neumark and Wascher 2000, p. 1,395). The quality of the data collected under these circumstances is suspect.</p>
<p>Moreover, when Card and Krueger redid their study using unassailable government data, they found the same result-thus confirming both the reliability of their earlier sample, and, more importantly, their findings–that the New Jersey minimum wage increase had no effect on total employment in that state. Neumark and Wascher acknowledge the findings of this second Card and Krueger study and conclude that using a combination of it and their own study, they could only decisively state that “New Jersey’s minimum wage increase did not raise fast-food employment in that state” (Neumark and Wascher 2000, p. 1,391), hardly the indictment of minimum wages that the Journal would lead the reader to believe.</p>
<p>The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board will, no doubt, continue to recycle their old arguments that minimum wages are “job killers.” However, the body of evidence and public opinion makes that position increasingly untenable. And for good reason: minimum wages are a key part of a broad public policy agenda that seeks to support the efforts of working families to make ends meet.</p>
<p>JEFF CHAPMAN is an economist at the <a href="http://www.epi.org/" type="external">Economic Policy Institute</a> in Washington, D.C.</p>
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<p>A recent Wall Street Journal lead editorial (“Job Slayers,” August 27, 2005) retreads the worn and discredited argument that raising the state or federal minimum wage significantly decreases job opportunities for low-wage workers. In making this argument, however, the editorial board seems determined to slay the facts; the editorial contains a number of statements that are misleading or false.</p>
<p>It ascribes a significant part of the problem of high teenage unemployment rates to high state minimum wages (or “maximum folly” according to the editorial). This claim disintegrates, however, under even the most cursory examination. Here’s why. Teenage unemployment rose from 13.1% to 17% between 2000 and 2004. According to the Journal’s argument, the increases in teen unemployment should have been higher in states with higher minimum wages than in those with low minimum wages. What actually happened was the reverse: Teenage unemployment rose 3.4% in the high minimum wage states, compared to 4.2% in the others.</p>
<p>Beyond that specific claim, the Journal’s background “evidence” does not withstand examination either. For one thing, the editorial would have us believe that raising the minimum wage is an idea being drummed up by a few misguided liberal policymakers and advocates. The truth is, it would be difficult to think of a policy that is more widely supported by the public. Earlier this year, the nonpartisan Pew Research Center showed that Americans overwhelmingly support increasing the minimum wage: 82% said it was an important priority and only 6% opposed an increase. Further evidence can be found in Florida and Nevada, both “red” states where in 2004, voters opted for increasing their states’ minimum wages in far greater numbers than they did for President Bush.</p>
<p>Nor do economists view the issue with the monolithic disapproval that the Journal presents. Last fall, 562 economists signed a letter agreeing that “the minimum wage has been an important part of our nation’s economy for 65 years.” Further, they agreed that “as with a federal increase, modest increases in state minimum wages in the range of $1.00 to $2.00 can significantly improve the lives of low-income workers and their families, without the adverse effects that critics have claimed.” The signers included four Nobel Laureates, three of whom have served as presidents of the American Economic Association, the mainstream, economists’ professional association.</p>
<p>Especially egregious, though, is the Journal’s presentation of a group of studies analyzing the 1992 increase in the New Jersey minimum wage. It dismisses the well-regarded work of David Card and Alan Krueger analyzing the impact on the fast food restaurants by pointing out that telephone surveys were used to collect the data. According to the Journal, “When other researchers went back and resampled these establishments, they found widespread errors in the data.” The work of these other researchers (David Neumark and William Wascher) is presented in the editorial as evidence of the job-loss claims. But the Journal pointedly ignores some very important facts about this research. Most significantly, the Neumark and Wascher data were collected using a mix of informal personal contacts by an anti-minimum wage restaurant industry lobbyist’s in-house “think-tank” and a letter from the researchers that tipped-off the restaurants that the purpose of the research was to undermine the Card and Krueger research (Neumark and Wascher 2000, p. 1,395). The quality of the data collected under these circumstances is suspect.</p>
<p>Moreover, when Card and Krueger redid their study using unassailable government data, they found the same result-thus confirming both the reliability of their earlier sample, and, more importantly, their findings–that the New Jersey minimum wage increase had no effect on total employment in that state. Neumark and Wascher acknowledge the findings of this second Card and Krueger study and conclude that using a combination of it and their own study, they could only decisively state that “New Jersey’s minimum wage increase did not raise fast-food employment in that state” (Neumark and Wascher 2000, p. 1,391), hardly the indictment of minimum wages that the Journal would lead the reader to believe.</p>
<p>The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board will, no doubt, continue to recycle their old arguments that minimum wages are “job killers.” However, the body of evidence and public opinion makes that position increasingly untenable. And for good reason: minimum wages are a key part of a broad public policy agenda that seeks to support the efforts of working families to make ends meet.</p>
<p>JEFF CHAPMAN is an economist at the <a href="http://www.epi.org/" type="external">Economic Policy Institute</a> in Washington, D.C.</p>
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<p>Cadillac's first-ever XT5 crossover. Image source: General Motors.</p>
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<p>Investors who are savvy about the automotive industry understand the growing importance of having not just a successful luxury lineup, but a globally successful luxury marque. The key statistic is worth repeating: Luxury vehicles generate 10% of global industry sales, yet produce roughly one-third of industry profits.</p>
<p>General Motors' Cadillac lineup hasn't quite lived up to expectations yet in its attempt to compete with leading European luxury brands, but it remains a potential catalyst if GM can improve the brand's image and sales figures. However, when you look at the current situation, it might be easier said than done.</p>
<p>Competitive advantage Compared to crosstown rival Ford Motor Co. , with its struggling Lincoln brand, Cadillac offers GM investors a small competitive advantage. Lincoln has thus far only taken baby steps in its turnaround story after sales declined to a 32-year low in 2013. Last year marked the first since 2008 that Lincoln's sales topped 100,000, and it was the first time since 1998 that the brand logged two consecutive years of sales gains.</p>
<p>If all goes well -- and that's far from guaranteed -- Lincoln hopes to sell 300,000 units across the globe annually by the end of 2020. That's years behind Cadillac, which sold nearly 278,000 units globally last year.</p>
<p>Furthermore, just last month J.D. Power announced that the average transaction price for a new Cadillac topped $55,000 in the U.S. -- the highest among full-line luxury brands. However, Cadillac is in a less-than-enviable position compared to its European counterparts.</p>
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<p>Part of the problem facing Cadillac is that GM's umbrella of brands makes its retail footprint far different than those of European automakers. Looking at the U.S. market, Cadillac has more than 920 stores, which is roughly triple the size of Mercedes' or BMW's network -- and Cadillac sells about half the volume of those two brands. Cadillac's sprawling footprint is partly due to dual Chevrolet-Cadillac or Buick-GMC dealerships that also sell a small number of Cadillac vehicles annually.</p>
<p>Even worse, at a time when GM is trying to elevate its Cadillac brand image, dealerships making the vast majority of their profits from Chevrolet trucks and SUVs are less willing to invest the time, effort, or resources to promote the Cadillac brand.</p>
<p>One way GM is trying to change its retail strategy is through virtual showrooms. Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen believes they're a critical step in the overall turnaround plan for the marque. Cadillac is hoping that roughly 400 of its lowest-volume-selling dealerships in the U.S. market will voluntarily remove the luxury vehicles from their lots, and instead order from regional inventory centers when a sale is completed. Those same stores would complete the sales using a "concierge-style" approach, where salespeople would visit prospective buyers at their homes or workplaces with a tablet or touchscreen tool to show off the vehicles.</p>
<p>Will virtual showrooms work? Raise your hand if you're skeptical. Yeah, me too. And so was Byron Hansen, a dealership owner in Utah, when speaking with <a href="https://www.autonews.com/article/20160222/OEM/302229958/cadillacs-de-nysschen-pitches-virtual-stores" type="external">Automotive News Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
<p>"How does having fewer Cadillacs on display at dealerships in all of these communities help sales?" asked Hansen, whose dealership sold about 30 Cadillacs last year. "It makes you wonder what they're trying to accomplish."</p>
<p>To me, it doesn't appear that virtual showrooms are likely to be the solution to Cadillac's retail presence issue in the U.S. market. And while Cadillac is already a competitive advantage for Detroit's largest automaker versus rival Ford, it remains an underrated catalyst among investors. The brand could certainly move the needle on margins and bottom-line profits if it can eventually achieve the presence of European luxury brands.</p>
<p>With Cadillac looking for ways to narrow the gap with those European brands, GM shareholders should keep an eye on its upcoming vehicle launches and hope for critical acclaim and sales success. Cadillac is launching the CT6 sedan this quarter, followed by the first-ever XT5 luxury crossover, which is aimed at a very fast-selling segment.</p>
<p>The article <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/03/08/general-motors-faces-tough-situation-1-critical-ca.aspx" type="external">General Motors Faces Tough Situation With 1 Critical Catalyst Opens a New Window.</a> originally appeared on Fool.com.</p>
<p><a href="http://my.fool.com/profile/TMFTwoCoins/info.aspx?source=eptfxblnk0000004" type="external">Daniel Miller Opens a New Window.</a> owns shares of Ford and General Motors. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Ford. The Motley Fool recommends General Motors. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services <a href="http://www.fool.com/shop/newsletters/index.aspx?source=eptfxblnk0000004" type="external">free for 30 days Opens a New Window.</a>. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that <a href="http://wiki.fool.com/Motley?source=eptfxblnk0000004" type="external">considering a diverse range of insights Opens a New Window.</a> makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a <a href="http://www.fool.com/Legal/fool-disclosure-policy.aspx?source=eptfxblnk0000004" type="external">disclosure policy Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
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<p>Cadillac's first-ever XT5 crossover. Image source: General Motors.</p>
<p>Continue Reading Below</p>
<p>Investors who are savvy about the automotive industry understand the growing importance of having not just a successful luxury lineup, but a globally successful luxury marque. The key statistic is worth repeating: Luxury vehicles generate 10% of global industry sales, yet produce roughly one-third of industry profits.</p>
<p>General Motors' Cadillac lineup hasn't quite lived up to expectations yet in its attempt to compete with leading European luxury brands, but it remains a potential catalyst if GM can improve the brand's image and sales figures. However, when you look at the current situation, it might be easier said than done.</p>
<p>Competitive advantage Compared to crosstown rival Ford Motor Co. , with its struggling Lincoln brand, Cadillac offers GM investors a small competitive advantage. Lincoln has thus far only taken baby steps in its turnaround story after sales declined to a 32-year low in 2013. Last year marked the first since 2008 that Lincoln's sales topped 100,000, and it was the first time since 1998 that the brand logged two consecutive years of sales gains.</p>
<p>If all goes well -- and that's far from guaranteed -- Lincoln hopes to sell 300,000 units across the globe annually by the end of 2020. That's years behind Cadillac, which sold nearly 278,000 units globally last year.</p>
<p>Furthermore, just last month J.D. Power announced that the average transaction price for a new Cadillac topped $55,000 in the U.S. -- the highest among full-line luxury brands. However, Cadillac is in a less-than-enviable position compared to its European counterparts.</p>
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<p>Part of the problem facing Cadillac is that GM's umbrella of brands makes its retail footprint far different than those of European automakers. Looking at the U.S. market, Cadillac has more than 920 stores, which is roughly triple the size of Mercedes' or BMW's network -- and Cadillac sells about half the volume of those two brands. Cadillac's sprawling footprint is partly due to dual Chevrolet-Cadillac or Buick-GMC dealerships that also sell a small number of Cadillac vehicles annually.</p>
<p>Even worse, at a time when GM is trying to elevate its Cadillac brand image, dealerships making the vast majority of their profits from Chevrolet trucks and SUVs are less willing to invest the time, effort, or resources to promote the Cadillac brand.</p>
<p>One way GM is trying to change its retail strategy is through virtual showrooms. Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen believes they're a critical step in the overall turnaround plan for the marque. Cadillac is hoping that roughly 400 of its lowest-volume-selling dealerships in the U.S. market will voluntarily remove the luxury vehicles from their lots, and instead order from regional inventory centers when a sale is completed. Those same stores would complete the sales using a "concierge-style" approach, where salespeople would visit prospective buyers at their homes or workplaces with a tablet or touchscreen tool to show off the vehicles.</p>
<p>Will virtual showrooms work? Raise your hand if you're skeptical. Yeah, me too. And so was Byron Hansen, a dealership owner in Utah, when speaking with <a href="https://www.autonews.com/article/20160222/OEM/302229958/cadillacs-de-nysschen-pitches-virtual-stores" type="external">Automotive News Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
<p>"How does having fewer Cadillacs on display at dealerships in all of these communities help sales?" asked Hansen, whose dealership sold about 30 Cadillacs last year. "It makes you wonder what they're trying to accomplish."</p>
<p>To me, it doesn't appear that virtual showrooms are likely to be the solution to Cadillac's retail presence issue in the U.S. market. And while Cadillac is already a competitive advantage for Detroit's largest automaker versus rival Ford, it remains an underrated catalyst among investors. The brand could certainly move the needle on margins and bottom-line profits if it can eventually achieve the presence of European luxury brands.</p>
<p>With Cadillac looking for ways to narrow the gap with those European brands, GM shareholders should keep an eye on its upcoming vehicle launches and hope for critical acclaim and sales success. Cadillac is launching the CT6 sedan this quarter, followed by the first-ever XT5 luxury crossover, which is aimed at a very fast-selling segment.</p>
<p>The article <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2016/03/08/general-motors-faces-tough-situation-1-critical-ca.aspx" type="external">General Motors Faces Tough Situation With 1 Critical Catalyst Opens a New Window.</a> originally appeared on Fool.com.</p>
<p><a href="http://my.fool.com/profile/TMFTwoCoins/info.aspx?source=eptfxblnk0000004" type="external">Daniel Miller Opens a New Window.</a> owns shares of Ford and General Motors. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Ford. The Motley Fool recommends General Motors. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services <a href="http://www.fool.com/shop/newsletters/index.aspx?source=eptfxblnk0000004" type="external">free for 30 days Opens a New Window.</a>. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that <a href="http://wiki.fool.com/Motley?source=eptfxblnk0000004" type="external">considering a diverse range of insights Opens a New Window.</a> makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a <a href="http://www.fool.com/Legal/fool-disclosure-policy.aspx?source=eptfxblnk0000004" type="external">disclosure policy Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
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<p>The decision from the board suspends Dr. Eugene Aversa’s license for a minimum of 30 days and also orders him to complete 64 hours of work in a New Mexico animal shelter facility “shadowing an experienced shelter veterinarian,” states the decision signed by board chair Rebecca Washburn and dated Friday.</p>
<p>Aversa and his Taos attorney Stephen Natelson could not be reached for comment late Wednesday. The board’s decision is final but notes that Aversa has 30 days from the date of the order to file an appeal in state District Court. The hearing for Aversa was held from Sept. 3-5 in Taos.</p>
<p>According to the 26-page decision, the allegations against Aversa include his treatment of a dog named Petey brought to the Stray Hearts Animal Shelter in Taos on March 25. Petey had a fractured paw and Aversa’s treatment plan was “wound care and bandaging.”</p>
<p>A shelter worker who saw Petey on many occasions testified “that the wound had an odor and the bandages were dirty.” That same day Aversa looked at the dog but did not change the animal’s bandage. “‘Aw, I was going to do that today. I guess tomorrow,'” the witness quoted Aversa as saying. The next day when the bandage was changed “Petey’s foot fell off,” the witness testified, according to the board’s document.</p>
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<p>A veterinary assistant at the shelter said “Petey’s bandage was not changed daily because Dr. Aversa told her the bandage material was expensive,” the document said. But Aversa testified the bandages were changed “more than you can imagine.”</p>
<p>The board’s decision contains eight complaints against Aversa with allegations of poor record-keeping or alleged mistreatment of 15 cats and dogs.</p>
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<p>The decision from the board suspends Dr. Eugene Aversa’s license for a minimum of 30 days and also orders him to complete 64 hours of work in a New Mexico animal shelter facility “shadowing an experienced shelter veterinarian,” states the decision signed by board chair Rebecca Washburn and dated Friday.</p>
<p>Aversa and his Taos attorney Stephen Natelson could not be reached for comment late Wednesday. The board’s decision is final but notes that Aversa has 30 days from the date of the order to file an appeal in state District Court. The hearing for Aversa was held from Sept. 3-5 in Taos.</p>
<p>According to the 26-page decision, the allegations against Aversa include his treatment of a dog named Petey brought to the Stray Hearts Animal Shelter in Taos on March 25. Petey had a fractured paw and Aversa’s treatment plan was “wound care and bandaging.”</p>
<p>A shelter worker who saw Petey on many occasions testified “that the wound had an odor and the bandages were dirty.” That same day Aversa looked at the dog but did not change the animal’s bandage. “‘Aw, I was going to do that today. I guess tomorrow,'” the witness quoted Aversa as saying. The next day when the bandage was changed “Petey’s foot fell off,” the witness testified, according to the board’s document.</p>
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<p>A veterinary assistant at the shelter said “Petey’s bandage was not changed daily because Dr. Aversa told her the bandage material was expensive,” the document said. But Aversa testified the bandages were changed “more than you can imagine.”</p>
<p>The board’s decision contains eight complaints against Aversa with allegations of poor record-keeping or alleged mistreatment of 15 cats and dogs.</p>
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<p>Despite the <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/111210/syria-france-turkey-un-ban-ki-moon" type="external">violence and fighting</a> between security forces and dissenters, voters in Syria still managed to rock the vote.</p>
<p>Although overall voter turnout is expected to be low, people were still showing up to cast votes for the 43,000 candidates running for the 17,588 seats available in the country's administrative units, reported <a href="http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/12/9385515-some-syrians-head-to-the-polls-as-violence-spreads" type="external">MSN</a>.</p>
<p>The elections are held as part of a reform movement the current regime, led by President Bashar al-Assad, is putting into place.</p>
<p>According to&#160; <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/12/2011121210732547262.html" type="external">Al Jazeera</a>:</p>
<p>"Information Minister Adnan Mahmud told AFP news agency on Monday that the elections were part of a reform package pledged by the authorities to promote democracy and would be followed by legislative polls in February."</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost:&#160; <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/111202/syria-bans-iphones-due-protest-footage-online-reports-video" type="external">Syria bans iPhones due to protest footage online: reports</a></p>
<p>On Sunday, army defectors and government troops armed with tanks fought in southern Syria near the Jordanian border, reported <a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Syrians-to-Vote-in-Local-Elections-135425173.html" type="external">Voice of America</a>.</p>
<p>It was one of the largest clashes the country has seen in the past nine months.</p>
<p>"Another strike," reported MSN, "also shut businesses in a new gesture of civil disobedience."</p>
<p>Fighting is reported to continue throughout the northwestern region of Idlib and in the&#160;southern province of Deraa.</p>
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<p>According to <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16135298" type="external">the BBC</a>, Navi Pillay, the United Nations Human Rights commissioner, will brief the Security Council on the current state of affairs in Syria later today.</p>
<p>Last Friday, <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/111202/syria-un-calls-urgent-action-prevent-civil-war" type="external">Pillay urged the UN</a> to take "urgent action," before Syria breaks out into a full-fledge civil war.</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost:&#160; <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/111118/syria-allow-arab-league-observers-reports" type="external">Syria to allow in Arab League observers - reports</a></p>
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<p>Despite the <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/111210/syria-france-turkey-un-ban-ki-moon" type="external">violence and fighting</a> between security forces and dissenters, voters in Syria still managed to rock the vote.</p>
<p>Although overall voter turnout is expected to be low, people were still showing up to cast votes for the 43,000 candidates running for the 17,588 seats available in the country's administrative units, reported <a href="http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/12/9385515-some-syrians-head-to-the-polls-as-violence-spreads" type="external">MSN</a>.</p>
<p>The elections are held as part of a reform movement the current regime, led by President Bashar al-Assad, is putting into place.</p>
<p>According to&#160; <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/12/2011121210732547262.html" type="external">Al Jazeera</a>:</p>
<p>"Information Minister Adnan Mahmud told AFP news agency on Monday that the elections were part of a reform package pledged by the authorities to promote democracy and would be followed by legislative polls in February."</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost:&#160; <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/111202/syria-bans-iphones-due-protest-footage-online-reports-video" type="external">Syria bans iPhones due to protest footage online: reports</a></p>
<p>On Sunday, army defectors and government troops armed with tanks fought in southern Syria near the Jordanian border, reported <a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Syrians-to-Vote-in-Local-Elections-135425173.html" type="external">Voice of America</a>.</p>
<p>It was one of the largest clashes the country has seen in the past nine months.</p>
<p>"Another strike," reported MSN, "also shut businesses in a new gesture of civil disobedience."</p>
<p>Fighting is reported to continue throughout the northwestern region of Idlib and in the&#160;southern province of Deraa.</p>
<p />
<p>According to <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16135298" type="external">the BBC</a>, Navi Pillay, the United Nations Human Rights commissioner, will brief the Security Council on the current state of affairs in Syria later today.</p>
<p>Last Friday, <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/111202/syria-un-calls-urgent-action-prevent-civil-war" type="external">Pillay urged the UN</a> to take "urgent action," before Syria breaks out into a full-fledge civil war.</p>
<p>More from GlobalPost:&#160; <a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/middle-east/111118/syria-allow-arab-league-observers-reports" type="external">Syria to allow in Arab League observers - reports</a></p>
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<p>Imagine this scene: 3 million Christians brought together in Washington DC in 2013 by incoming President Perry – to pray to God to stop warming the climate and promising in return to stop sinning: having abortions, practicing homosexuality – even same sex marrying.</p>
<p>Since Perry announced his disbelief in man’s contribution to climate change and has attributed the hurricanes, tsunamis, droughts, floods, earthquakes and fires (best of all) to God, the Texas governor called a prayer meeting in Houston.</p>
<p>On August 7, standing on a stage surrounded by more than 30,000 Christians, Perry – picture Burt Lancaster playing Elmer Gantry — beseeched Jesus Christ to bless and guide the nation’s military and political leaders and “those who cannot see the light in the midst of all the darkness.” His address to the prayer rally, which he sponsored as he “weighed” his decision to run for president, characterized the man and his constituency.</p>
<p>In the cadence of televangelists, dressed in his tailor-made duds, and with the solemnity of a Jerry Falwell, he looked toward the sky: “Lord, you are the source of every good thing.” Perry then lowered his head, with eyes closed and put his mouth to the microphone. “You are our only hope and we stand before you today in awe of your power and in gratitude for your blessings, and humility for our sins. Father, our heart breaks for America. We see discord at home. We see fear in the marketplace. We see anger in the halls of government, and as a nation we have forgotten who made us, who protects us, who blesses us and for that we cry out for your forgiveness.”</p>
<p>Perry then read Bible passages. “There is hope for America,” Perry’s website says. “It lies in heaven, and we will find it on our knees.”</p>
<p>Members of the public rose; others fell to their knees. Some let tears pour down their cheeks; others wiped them away. Heads nodded. Voices shouted: “Amen!”</p>
<p>Perry absorbed evangelical modes of communication in his Texas pores, mixing Jesus and flag as interchangeable icons. “Like all of you, I love this country deeply,” he confessed. “Indeed, the only thing that you love more is the living Christ.”</p>
<p>If Perry’s honesty competed with religious rhetoric, he might have added money to convert his love duet into a ménage a trois. Behind his rally and his candidacy stood the American Family Association pushing its collage of ultra right evangelical doctrines – denouncing the usual parade of horrors, like homosexual marriage, abortion and evolution and several multi millionaires like Bob Perry (no relation) of Swift Boat, smear John Kerry notoriety. Coincidentally, Perry has added lower corporate and wealth taxes and de-regulation to his gun-totin’ religious liturgy.</p>
<p>“It is a monstrous lie,” he orated at the September 7 Republican presidential, non-musical hoot nanny. “It is a Ponzi scheme to tell our kids that are 25 or 30 years old today, you’re paying into a program that’s going to be there.”</p>
<p>The dictionary defines Ponzi scheme as “An investment swindle in which some early investors are paid off with money put up by later ones in order to encourage more and bigger risks.”</p>
<p>I’ve been receiving Social Security for ten years and I naively don’t consider it an investment. I paid a little all my working life and now I receive my monthly check like most of my fellow 54 million recipients.</p>
<p>Since the Social Security system had collected more than it had to pay out, Congress allowed it to lend money to pay for other government items – like wars. It got paid back in Treasury securities, which now total more than $2.5 trillion.</p>
<p>Ponzi schemes – like Bernie Madoff’s — come unglued after a short time and investors lose their money. The Ponzi schemer hides or gets arrested.</p>
<p>Yes, Social Security faces funding problem 25 plus years down the road, but the accountants think they can manage it before 2040.</p>
<p>Like most of the Republican aspirants, Perry implores his audience to not trust government and put faith in God’s creation: the free market and Christian prayer.</p>
<p>Did God listen and observe Perry’s giant prayer meeting to beg and pray for rain? If He did, ponder his response. On September 7, 57 wildfires had torched more than 1,000 homes across dryer-than-a-bone Texas. People died. Thousands went to shelters. Water rationing went into effect. One fire, raging out of control, even crept up on Austin, the state’s capitol.</p>
<p>As of September 7, 100,000 plus acres had burned and Texas stood as the Rain Starved instead of the Lone Star State. Firefighters had not contained the blaze, Perry admitted. He didn’t say he had endorsed cutting funding from $30 million to $7 million for volunteer fire departments that combat wildfires.</p>
<p>As fires roared, Perry left for California’s Reagan Library to duel with Republican contenders –a higher purpose, for higher office. After all, as he has several times indicated, God talks to him.</p>
<p>Perhaps a more plausible explanation for his references to such Divine communications came from a sign on a St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church in Texas.</p>
<p>“Gov. Perry. God Here. The Voice In Your Head Is Not Me. Take Your Meds. Choir Practice Wed. 7 P.M. Sign up.”</p>
<p>Saul Landau’s WILL THE REAL TERRORIST PLEASE STAND UP plays at Albuquerque’s Guild theater, Sept. 21, 6 &amp; 8 pm. Landau is an Institute for Policy Studies fellow.&#160;</p>
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<p>Imagine this scene: 3 million Christians brought together in Washington DC in 2013 by incoming President Perry – to pray to God to stop warming the climate and promising in return to stop sinning: having abortions, practicing homosexuality – even same sex marrying.</p>
<p>Since Perry announced his disbelief in man’s contribution to climate change and has attributed the hurricanes, tsunamis, droughts, floods, earthquakes and fires (best of all) to God, the Texas governor called a prayer meeting in Houston.</p>
<p>On August 7, standing on a stage surrounded by more than 30,000 Christians, Perry – picture Burt Lancaster playing Elmer Gantry — beseeched Jesus Christ to bless and guide the nation’s military and political leaders and “those who cannot see the light in the midst of all the darkness.” His address to the prayer rally, which he sponsored as he “weighed” his decision to run for president, characterized the man and his constituency.</p>
<p>In the cadence of televangelists, dressed in his tailor-made duds, and with the solemnity of a Jerry Falwell, he looked toward the sky: “Lord, you are the source of every good thing.” Perry then lowered his head, with eyes closed and put his mouth to the microphone. “You are our only hope and we stand before you today in awe of your power and in gratitude for your blessings, and humility for our sins. Father, our heart breaks for America. We see discord at home. We see fear in the marketplace. We see anger in the halls of government, and as a nation we have forgotten who made us, who protects us, who blesses us and for that we cry out for your forgiveness.”</p>
<p>Perry then read Bible passages. “There is hope for America,” Perry’s website says. “It lies in heaven, and we will find it on our knees.”</p>
<p>Members of the public rose; others fell to their knees. Some let tears pour down their cheeks; others wiped them away. Heads nodded. Voices shouted: “Amen!”</p>
<p>Perry absorbed evangelical modes of communication in his Texas pores, mixing Jesus and flag as interchangeable icons. “Like all of you, I love this country deeply,” he confessed. “Indeed, the only thing that you love more is the living Christ.”</p>
<p>If Perry’s honesty competed with religious rhetoric, he might have added money to convert his love duet into a ménage a trois. Behind his rally and his candidacy stood the American Family Association pushing its collage of ultra right evangelical doctrines – denouncing the usual parade of horrors, like homosexual marriage, abortion and evolution and several multi millionaires like Bob Perry (no relation) of Swift Boat, smear John Kerry notoriety. Coincidentally, Perry has added lower corporate and wealth taxes and de-regulation to his gun-totin’ religious liturgy.</p>
<p>“It is a monstrous lie,” he orated at the September 7 Republican presidential, non-musical hoot nanny. “It is a Ponzi scheme to tell our kids that are 25 or 30 years old today, you’re paying into a program that’s going to be there.”</p>
<p>The dictionary defines Ponzi scheme as “An investment swindle in which some early investors are paid off with money put up by later ones in order to encourage more and bigger risks.”</p>
<p>I’ve been receiving Social Security for ten years and I naively don’t consider it an investment. I paid a little all my working life and now I receive my monthly check like most of my fellow 54 million recipients.</p>
<p>Since the Social Security system had collected more than it had to pay out, Congress allowed it to lend money to pay for other government items – like wars. It got paid back in Treasury securities, which now total more than $2.5 trillion.</p>
<p>Ponzi schemes – like Bernie Madoff’s — come unglued after a short time and investors lose their money. The Ponzi schemer hides or gets arrested.</p>
<p>Yes, Social Security faces funding problem 25 plus years down the road, but the accountants think they can manage it before 2040.</p>
<p>Like most of the Republican aspirants, Perry implores his audience to not trust government and put faith in God’s creation: the free market and Christian prayer.</p>
<p>Did God listen and observe Perry’s giant prayer meeting to beg and pray for rain? If He did, ponder his response. On September 7, 57 wildfires had torched more than 1,000 homes across dryer-than-a-bone Texas. People died. Thousands went to shelters. Water rationing went into effect. One fire, raging out of control, even crept up on Austin, the state’s capitol.</p>
<p>As of September 7, 100,000 plus acres had burned and Texas stood as the Rain Starved instead of the Lone Star State. Firefighters had not contained the blaze, Perry admitted. He didn’t say he had endorsed cutting funding from $30 million to $7 million for volunteer fire departments that combat wildfires.</p>
<p>As fires roared, Perry left for California’s Reagan Library to duel with Republican contenders –a higher purpose, for higher office. After all, as he has several times indicated, God talks to him.</p>
<p>Perhaps a more plausible explanation for his references to such Divine communications came from a sign on a St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church in Texas.</p>
<p>“Gov. Perry. God Here. The Voice In Your Head Is Not Me. Take Your Meds. Choir Practice Wed. 7 P.M. Sign up.”</p>
<p>Saul Landau’s WILL THE REAL TERRORIST PLEASE STAND UP plays at Albuquerque’s Guild theater, Sept. 21, 6 &amp; 8 pm. Landau is an Institute for Policy Studies fellow.&#160;</p>
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<p>Defense wins championships, or so the saying goes, but high-flying offences look set to unleash a bombs-away spectacle led by elite quarterbacks that may be the best quartet to ever reach the conference championships.</p>
<p>Continue Reading Below</p>
<p>Following a thrilling divisional round of playoff action, the bar has been set high for Sunday when the Green Bay Packers visit the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots host the Pittsburgh Steelers with Super Bowl berths on the line.</p>
<p>The Patriots' Tom Brady, Packers' Aaron Rodgers, Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger and Falcons' Matt Ryan, who could all one day reach the Hall of Fame, boast experience and panache.</p>
<p>Brady (4), Roethlisberger (2) and Rodgers (1) have all led their teams to Super Bowl titles. Brady and Rodgers also have league most valuable player honours and Super Bowl MVP awards in their trophy cases.</p>
<p>Ryan would seem to be the odd man out in this group but the Falcons quarterback is a frontrunner for MVP honours for the 2016 season and has his team two wins away from their maiden Super Bowl title.</p>
<p>At the end of the regular season the New England defence, at number eight, was the only one of the four teams standing ranked in the top 10 having allowed an average of 326 yards per game. Pittsburgh were 12th, Green Bay 22nd and Atlanta 25th.</p>
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<p>Offensively the numbers sparkle.</p>
<p>Atlanta has been an offensive juggernaut since the opening snap last September and averaged a NFL-best 33.8 points per game. New England (27.5) were third, followed by Green Bay (27) in fourth place and Pittsburgh (24.9) in 10th.</p>
<p>The NFC Championship could be a shootout of the highest calibre with Rodgers, who led the league with 40 touchdown passes and Ryan, second with 38, at the controls of two high-powered attacks going against leaky defences.</p>
<p>Rodgers' play in particular has left fans and pundits scrambling to find superlatives to describe his performance which has some, including Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett, rating him among the greatest of all-time.</p>
<p>"At the end of the day they're going talk about (Rodgers) as one of the top three quarterbacks who ever laced them up," said Garrett, after watching Rodgers lead the Packers to a 33-32 win over the Cowboys on Sunday.</p>
<p>One of those other two quarterbacks could be Brady, who will be playing in a sixth straight AFC title game trying to take his team to the Super Bowl for the seventh time in 16 years.</p>
<p>With four Super Bowl rings and two Super Bowl MVP awards, Brady has proven his worth as a quarterback who can deliver when it matters most but with two Super Bowl titles Roethlisberger also knows his way to the winner's circle.</p>
<p>"It's definitely going to be a showdown playing in New England," said Pittsburgh running back Le'Veon Bell. "It will be another hostile environment, going against Tom Brady, one of the best quarterbacks to ever play this game."</p>
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<p>Defense wins championships, or so the saying goes, but high-flying offences look set to unleash a bombs-away spectacle led by elite quarterbacks that may be the best quartet to ever reach the conference championships.</p>
<p>Continue Reading Below</p>
<p>Following a thrilling divisional round of playoff action, the bar has been set high for Sunday when the Green Bay Packers visit the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots host the Pittsburgh Steelers with Super Bowl berths on the line.</p>
<p>The Patriots' Tom Brady, Packers' Aaron Rodgers, Steelers' Ben Roethlisberger and Falcons' Matt Ryan, who could all one day reach the Hall of Fame, boast experience and panache.</p>
<p>Brady (4), Roethlisberger (2) and Rodgers (1) have all led their teams to Super Bowl titles. Brady and Rodgers also have league most valuable player honours and Super Bowl MVP awards in their trophy cases.</p>
<p>Ryan would seem to be the odd man out in this group but the Falcons quarterback is a frontrunner for MVP honours for the 2016 season and has his team two wins away from their maiden Super Bowl title.</p>
<p>At the end of the regular season the New England defence, at number eight, was the only one of the four teams standing ranked in the top 10 having allowed an average of 326 yards per game. Pittsburgh were 12th, Green Bay 22nd and Atlanta 25th.</p>
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<p>Offensively the numbers sparkle.</p>
<p>Atlanta has been an offensive juggernaut since the opening snap last September and averaged a NFL-best 33.8 points per game. New England (27.5) were third, followed by Green Bay (27) in fourth place and Pittsburgh (24.9) in 10th.</p>
<p>The NFC Championship could be a shootout of the highest calibre with Rodgers, who led the league with 40 touchdown passes and Ryan, second with 38, at the controls of two high-powered attacks going against leaky defences.</p>
<p>Rodgers' play in particular has left fans and pundits scrambling to find superlatives to describe his performance which has some, including Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett, rating him among the greatest of all-time.</p>
<p>"At the end of the day they're going talk about (Rodgers) as one of the top three quarterbacks who ever laced them up," said Garrett, after watching Rodgers lead the Packers to a 33-32 win over the Cowboys on Sunday.</p>
<p>One of those other two quarterbacks could be Brady, who will be playing in a sixth straight AFC title game trying to take his team to the Super Bowl for the seventh time in 16 years.</p>
<p>With four Super Bowl rings and two Super Bowl MVP awards, Brady has proven his worth as a quarterback who can deliver when it matters most but with two Super Bowl titles Roethlisberger also knows his way to the winner's circle.</p>
<p>"It's definitely going to be a showdown playing in New England," said Pittsburgh running back Le'Veon Bell. "It will be another hostile environment, going against Tom Brady, one of the best quarterbacks to ever play this game."</p>
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<p>Covered California’s huge enrollment numbers boosted the national health care program, the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, during its first year. But the&#160; <a href="https://www.coveredca.com/" type="external">Covered CA</a>&#160;health care exchange, the center of the system, has been sneezing through its&#160;crucial second open-enrollment period, which began on Nov.&#160;15 and will end Feb. 15, 2015.</p>
<p>In a sign of how much of everyday life has been touched by the Affordable Care Act, a broad series of strains and stresses has&#160; <a href="" type="internal">emerged</a> around Covered CA&#160;in recent months. To remain politically and financially sound, the exchange has grown increasingly concerned about&#160;posting robust enrollment and re-enrollment numbers.</p>
<p>And in sizing up its fortunes, attention has centered around everyone from&#160;immigrants to insurance agents, with some agents&#160; <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-obamacare-exchange-pay-20141127-story.html" type="external">stiffed</a> on payments. With dissatisfaction high among Californian customers — thanks in part to costs that can be <a href="http://capitolweekly.net/covered-subsidies-costly-low-income-afford-care729/" type="external">hard to afford</a> even with current subsidies in place — signup-boosting campaigns initiated by the exchange and its allies are poised to gear up.</p>
<p>Sensing an opportunity for big new enrollments, exchange executives&#160;have begun to navigate the complex world of immigrants eligible for Covered CA. That landscape was remade overnight when President Obama announced his suite of executive decisions around the enforcement of immigration law. (Only 11 percent of Hispanics <a href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/12/03/covered-california-urges-hispanics-to-sign-up-for-obamacare/" type="external">previously</a> signed up&#160;for private policies through Obamacare.)</p>
<p>But concern and confusion have been&#160;widespread&#160;among immigrant families — some of which include members who are lawfully present and some who are not. As the Sacramento Business Journal <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2014/12/03/covered-california-wont-share-enrollment.html" type="external">reported</a>, anyone who is an American citizen, or who is lawfully present in California, “is eligible for health insurance through Covered California,” regardless of whether “family members in their household reside here illegally. And some noncitizens or undocumented residents who are not eligible for Covered California may be eligible for limited coverage through Medi-Cal.”</p>
<p>In a statement, Covered CA&#160;executive director Peter Lee emphasized that applicants’ information “will not be shared with or used by any immigration agency to enforce immigration laws” — even if unlawfully present parents apply for their lawfully present children.</p>
<p>The public relations campaign for the state exchange&#160;has forged ahead despite stubborn problems at the polls, not only for Obamacare but for Covered CA&#160;itself. New polling by the&#160;Public Policy Institute of California revealed deep skepticism.</p>
<p>Respondents who said&#160;the exchange works well dropped 2&#160;percentage points from May, while 39&#160;percent said “it’s not working too well or not at all,” <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/healthcare/la-fi-obamacare-california-poll-20141202-story.html" type="external">according</a> to the Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile, 43 percent expressed an unfavorable view of the Affordable Care Act.</p>
<p>Given those numbers — with the challenges of&#160;open enrollment far from over — Covered CA’s&#160;targeting of immigrants has reflected its added incentive to grow enrollment among those whose opinion of the exchange has not yet soured.</p>
<p>Covered CA&#160;executives have admitted the stakes are high. On the one hand, the exchange’s success — relative to failed exchanges in Oregon and other states, and exchanges contributing relatively small enrollment numbers — has made Covered CA&#160;more of a linchpin than a mere poster child for Obamacare implementation.</p>
<p>Toby Douglas, director of the Department of Health Care Services, has touted&#160;California’s biggest-in-the-nation decrease in the percentage of uninsured, as CalWatchdog previously <a href="" type="internal">reported</a>. And in&#160;a reminder of the centrality of expanded Medicaid coverage to the Affordable Care Act, Douglas emphasized the significance of Medi-Cal signups.</p>
<p>On the other hand, California has <a href="http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/11/06/47887/tens-of-thousands-still-waiting-for-medi-cal-cover/" type="external">struggled</a> ineffectually to overcome a massive Medi-Cal backlog. In the ordeal’s latest episode, tens of thousands of terminations of coverage — a consequence of the new requirement under Obamacare that Medi-Cal recipients renew coverage — have <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-medi-cal-renewals-20141119-story.html" type="external">become</a> the focal point of&#160;litigation brought by health care activists.</p>
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<p>Covered California’s huge enrollment numbers boosted the national health care program, the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, during its first year. But the&#160; <a href="https://www.coveredca.com/" type="external">Covered CA</a>&#160;health care exchange, the center of the system, has been sneezing through its&#160;crucial second open-enrollment period, which began on Nov.&#160;15 and will end Feb. 15, 2015.</p>
<p>In a sign of how much of everyday life has been touched by the Affordable Care Act, a broad series of strains and stresses has&#160; <a href="" type="internal">emerged</a> around Covered CA&#160;in recent months. To remain politically and financially sound, the exchange has grown increasingly concerned about&#160;posting robust enrollment and re-enrollment numbers.</p>
<p>And in sizing up its fortunes, attention has centered around everyone from&#160;immigrants to insurance agents, with some agents&#160; <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-obamacare-exchange-pay-20141127-story.html" type="external">stiffed</a> on payments. With dissatisfaction high among Californian customers — thanks in part to costs that can be <a href="http://capitolweekly.net/covered-subsidies-costly-low-income-afford-care729/" type="external">hard to afford</a> even with current subsidies in place — signup-boosting campaigns initiated by the exchange and its allies are poised to gear up.</p>
<p>Sensing an opportunity for big new enrollments, exchange executives&#160;have begun to navigate the complex world of immigrants eligible for Covered CA. That landscape was remade overnight when President Obama announced his suite of executive decisions around the enforcement of immigration law. (Only 11 percent of Hispanics <a href="http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/12/03/covered-california-urges-hispanics-to-sign-up-for-obamacare/" type="external">previously</a> signed up&#160;for private policies through Obamacare.)</p>
<p>But concern and confusion have been&#160;widespread&#160;among immigrant families — some of which include members who are lawfully present and some who are not. As the Sacramento Business Journal <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2014/12/03/covered-california-wont-share-enrollment.html" type="external">reported</a>, anyone who is an American citizen, or who is lawfully present in California, “is eligible for health insurance through Covered California,” regardless of whether “family members in their household reside here illegally. And some noncitizens or undocumented residents who are not eligible for Covered California may be eligible for limited coverage through Medi-Cal.”</p>
<p>In a statement, Covered CA&#160;executive director Peter Lee emphasized that applicants’ information “will not be shared with or used by any immigration agency to enforce immigration laws” — even if unlawfully present parents apply for their lawfully present children.</p>
<p>The public relations campaign for the state exchange&#160;has forged ahead despite stubborn problems at the polls, not only for Obamacare but for Covered CA&#160;itself. New polling by the&#160;Public Policy Institute of California revealed deep skepticism.</p>
<p>Respondents who said&#160;the exchange works well dropped 2&#160;percentage points from May, while 39&#160;percent said “it’s not working too well or not at all,” <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/healthcare/la-fi-obamacare-california-poll-20141202-story.html" type="external">according</a> to the Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile, 43 percent expressed an unfavorable view of the Affordable Care Act.</p>
<p>Given those numbers — with the challenges of&#160;open enrollment far from over — Covered CA’s&#160;targeting of immigrants has reflected its added incentive to grow enrollment among those whose opinion of the exchange has not yet soured.</p>
<p>Covered CA&#160;executives have admitted the stakes are high. On the one hand, the exchange’s success — relative to failed exchanges in Oregon and other states, and exchanges contributing relatively small enrollment numbers — has made Covered CA&#160;more of a linchpin than a mere poster child for Obamacare implementation.</p>
<p>Toby Douglas, director of the Department of Health Care Services, has touted&#160;California’s biggest-in-the-nation decrease in the percentage of uninsured, as CalWatchdog previously <a href="" type="internal">reported</a>. And in&#160;a reminder of the centrality of expanded Medicaid coverage to the Affordable Care Act, Douglas emphasized the significance of Medi-Cal signups.</p>
<p>On the other hand, California has <a href="http://www.scpr.org/news/2014/11/06/47887/tens-of-thousands-still-waiting-for-medi-cal-cover/" type="external">struggled</a> ineffectually to overcome a massive Medi-Cal backlog. In the ordeal’s latest episode, tens of thousands of terminations of coverage — a consequence of the new requirement under Obamacare that Medi-Cal recipients renew coverage — have <a href="http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-medi-cal-renewals-20141119-story.html" type="external">become</a> the focal point of&#160;litigation brought by health care activists.</p>
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<p>Last year, Citizens for Tax Justice found that 30 major corporations had made billions of dollars in profits while <a href="" type="internal">paying no federal income tax</a> between 2008 and 2010. Today, CTJ updated that report to reflect the 2011 tax bill of those 30 companies, and 26 of them have <a href="http://www.ctj.org/pdf/notax2012.pdf" type="external">still managed to pay absolutely nothing</a> over that four year period:</p>
<p>— 26 of the 30 companies continued to enjoy negative federal income tax rates. That means they still made more money after tax than before tax over the four years!</p>
<p>— Of the remaining four companies, three paid four year effective tax rates of less than 4 percent(specifically, 0.2%, 2.0% and 3.8%). One company paid a 2008–11 tax rate of 10.9 percent.</p>
<p>— In total, 2008–11 federal income taxes for the 30 companies remained negative, despite $205 billion in pretax U.S. profits. Overall, they enjoyed an average effective federal income tax rate of –3.1 percent over the four years.</p>
<p>Amongst the 30 are corporate titans such as General Electric, Boeing, Verizon, and Mattel. The only four companies that slipped into positive tax territory were DTE Energy, Honeywell, Wells Fargo, and DuPont, with DuPont the only one that <a href="http://www.ctj.org/pdf/notax2012.pdf" type="external">paid more than 4 percent</a> over the four years.</p>
<p>Corporate taxes in the U.S., contrary to the <a href="" type="internal">constant protestations of conservatives</a>, <a href="" type="internal">are at a 40 year low</a>, with many of the most profitable companies paying nothing at all. CTJ noted that “had these 30 companies paid the full 35 percent corporate tax rate over the 2008–11 period, they would have paid $78.3 billion more in federal income taxes.” And this is not a problem that only afflicts the U.S., as the UK found out last week that online retailer Amazon made billions in sales in 2011, while paying <a href="" type="internal">nothing in corporate taxes</a>.</p>
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<p>Last year, Citizens for Tax Justice found that 30 major corporations had made billions of dollars in profits while <a href="" type="internal">paying no federal income tax</a> between 2008 and 2010. Today, CTJ updated that report to reflect the 2011 tax bill of those 30 companies, and 26 of them have <a href="http://www.ctj.org/pdf/notax2012.pdf" type="external">still managed to pay absolutely nothing</a> over that four year period:</p>
<p>— 26 of the 30 companies continued to enjoy negative federal income tax rates. That means they still made more money after tax than before tax over the four years!</p>
<p>— Of the remaining four companies, three paid four year effective tax rates of less than 4 percent(specifically, 0.2%, 2.0% and 3.8%). One company paid a 2008–11 tax rate of 10.9 percent.</p>
<p>— In total, 2008–11 federal income taxes for the 30 companies remained negative, despite $205 billion in pretax U.S. profits. Overall, they enjoyed an average effective federal income tax rate of –3.1 percent over the four years.</p>
<p>Amongst the 30 are corporate titans such as General Electric, Boeing, Verizon, and Mattel. The only four companies that slipped into positive tax territory were DTE Energy, Honeywell, Wells Fargo, and DuPont, with DuPont the only one that <a href="http://www.ctj.org/pdf/notax2012.pdf" type="external">paid more than 4 percent</a> over the four years.</p>
<p>Corporate taxes in the U.S., contrary to the <a href="" type="internal">constant protestations of conservatives</a>, <a href="" type="internal">are at a 40 year low</a>, with many of the most profitable companies paying nothing at all. CTJ noted that “had these 30 companies paid the full 35 percent corporate tax rate over the 2008–11 period, they would have paid $78.3 billion more in federal income taxes.” And this is not a problem that only afflicts the U.S., as the UK found out last week that online retailer Amazon made billions in sales in 2011, while paying <a href="" type="internal">nothing in corporate taxes</a>.</p>
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<p>Official tallies from Crimea’s referendum are expected on Monday, but the end result is already fairly certain: A breakaway from Ukraine.</p>
<p>The only question in what manner will Crimeans choose to become Russian -- either directly or in steps. That is, by first voting for independence and then declaring Crimea as part of Russia as their first "free" act.</p>
<p>But what happens after that is anything but certain.</p>
<p>All eyes will be on Russian President Vladimir Putin, who could either annex the strategic peninsula outright — a process that could take up to two weeks — or simply recognize the desires of the Crimean people without formal annexation.</p>
<p>"Putin doesn't care about what others will say."</p>
<p>In their failed, last-ditch effort at diplomacy in London on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Secretary of State John Kerry repeatedly that his boss, Putin, would only make a decision on what to do with Crimea after the referendum.</p>
<p>By then, Putin will be facing a lot more pressure from the West: the 28-member European Union on Monday is expected to vote for a wave of sanctions against Russia.</p>
<p>The targets of those sanctions — mostly Russian and some Ukrainian individuals and entities, though not including Putin himself — will have their visas banned and European bank accounts and assets frozen, effective immediately.</p>
<p>If Putin does then moves to annex Crimea, another wave of sanctions, this time economic and more painful, are supposed to kick in.</p>
<p>But Kremlin watchers like Fyodor Lukyanov, editor of the Russian quarterly "Russia in Global Affairs," notes that Putin has already decided to annex Crimea, and that no Western sanctions will deter him.</p>
<p>"Putin doesn't care about what others will say," said Lukyanov. "And the West is demonstrating political dementia thinking that these individuals will be terrified by visa bans and asset freezes."</p>
<p>Lukyanov also bets that the Kremlin has every chance of winning — or at least stalemating — a "war of sanctions" against the U.S. and European Union.</p>
<p>"We’re talking about pretty tough people,” he warned. “And if no one wants to negotiate with them, they will take what they consider to be theirs."</p>
<p>Another big unknown: Will Putin use Crimea as a jumping board to launch Russian forces into restive chunks of Eastern Ukraine, under the guise of protecting Russian "compatriots" caught up in — Ukrainians would say stirring up — ethnic violence?</p>
<p>This worries Russian daily "Kommersant" foreign affairs editor Sergei Strokan, born in Ukraine.</p>
<p>"My feeling is that the ‘Beyond Crimea’ option for Putin is something we may well see translating into reality in Ukraine’s future," said Strokan.</p>
<p>But others see Putin stopping the land grab once Crimea is in his hands.</p>
<p>They believe the recent build-up of Russian forces along Ukraine’s border and even Saturday’s incursion into mainland Ukraine by dozens of Russian troops - to commandeer a Crimean natural gas pumping station - are signals to the Ukrainian government in Kiev.</p>
<p>"It’s part of a campaign to put more pressure on Ukraine," said Andrei Soldatov, a Russian security analyst and blogger, "and to send a clear message to Kiev — leave Crimea alone or we can take more."</p>
<p>Whatever is up the Russian leader’s sleeve, he seems to be holding all the cards. And — as always — has left everyone guessing.</p>
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<p>Official tallies from Crimea’s referendum are expected on Monday, but the end result is already fairly certain: A breakaway from Ukraine.</p>
<p>The only question in what manner will Crimeans choose to become Russian -- either directly or in steps. That is, by first voting for independence and then declaring Crimea as part of Russia as their first "free" act.</p>
<p>But what happens after that is anything but certain.</p>
<p>All eyes will be on Russian President Vladimir Putin, who could either annex the strategic peninsula outright — a process that could take up to two weeks — or simply recognize the desires of the Crimean people without formal annexation.</p>
<p>"Putin doesn't care about what others will say."</p>
<p>In their failed, last-ditch effort at diplomacy in London on Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Secretary of State John Kerry repeatedly that his boss, Putin, would only make a decision on what to do with Crimea after the referendum.</p>
<p>By then, Putin will be facing a lot more pressure from the West: the 28-member European Union on Monday is expected to vote for a wave of sanctions against Russia.</p>
<p>The targets of those sanctions — mostly Russian and some Ukrainian individuals and entities, though not including Putin himself — will have their visas banned and European bank accounts and assets frozen, effective immediately.</p>
<p>If Putin does then moves to annex Crimea, another wave of sanctions, this time economic and more painful, are supposed to kick in.</p>
<p>But Kremlin watchers like Fyodor Lukyanov, editor of the Russian quarterly "Russia in Global Affairs," notes that Putin has already decided to annex Crimea, and that no Western sanctions will deter him.</p>
<p>"Putin doesn't care about what others will say," said Lukyanov. "And the West is demonstrating political dementia thinking that these individuals will be terrified by visa bans and asset freezes."</p>
<p>Lukyanov also bets that the Kremlin has every chance of winning — or at least stalemating — a "war of sanctions" against the U.S. and European Union.</p>
<p>"We’re talking about pretty tough people,” he warned. “And if no one wants to negotiate with them, they will take what they consider to be theirs."</p>
<p>Another big unknown: Will Putin use Crimea as a jumping board to launch Russian forces into restive chunks of Eastern Ukraine, under the guise of protecting Russian "compatriots" caught up in — Ukrainians would say stirring up — ethnic violence?</p>
<p>This worries Russian daily "Kommersant" foreign affairs editor Sergei Strokan, born in Ukraine.</p>
<p>"My feeling is that the ‘Beyond Crimea’ option for Putin is something we may well see translating into reality in Ukraine’s future," said Strokan.</p>
<p>But others see Putin stopping the land grab once Crimea is in his hands.</p>
<p>They believe the recent build-up of Russian forces along Ukraine’s border and even Saturday’s incursion into mainland Ukraine by dozens of Russian troops - to commandeer a Crimean natural gas pumping station - are signals to the Ukrainian government in Kiev.</p>
<p>"It’s part of a campaign to put more pressure on Ukraine," said Andrei Soldatov, a Russian security analyst and blogger, "and to send a clear message to Kiev — leave Crimea alone or we can take more."</p>
<p>Whatever is up the Russian leader’s sleeve, he seems to be holding all the cards. And — as always — has left everyone guessing.</p>
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<p>Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Cruz outlined an approach to foreign policy inspired by Ronald Reagan, saying he would restore the American leadership missing from the world under President Barack Obama. But pressed on how he would address specific hotspots of today, Cruz places limits on American action, including refusing to back ground troops to combat the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)</p>
<p>WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says the U.S. is more secure with Syrian President Bashar Assad in power, accepting one of the Middle East's most brutal dictators as an unfortunate ally in the fight against the Islamic State.</p>
<p>The tea party favorite said in an interview with The Associated Press that America and the world would have been better off retaining deposed dictators in Iraq, Egypt and Libya - who committed crimes against their own people but also helped prevent the spread of violent extremism.</p>
<p>"If you topple a stable ruler, throw a Middle Eastern country into chaos and hand it over to radical Islamic terrorists, that hurts America," Cruz said.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Cruz sat down to share his views on national security and foreign affairs in an AP Conversation - part of a series of extended interviews with the candidates to become the nation's 45th president.</p>
<p>If elected next November, Cruz vows a dramatic shift in how America engages with the world. He condemns the foreign policy of President Barack Obama and his first secretary of state, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, as weak, ineffective and dangerous.</p>
<p>Instead, he suggests, as many Republicans do, that he will follow the lead of Ronald Reagan. A gigantic mural hangs in Cruz's Senate office featuring the Republican icon standing in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, making his famous call for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall."</p>
<p>"There is power to speaking the truth on the global stage," Cruz said. "He understood America's strength draws from our people, draws from our values, draws from the beacon of light and hope we provide to the world."</p>
<p>Yet while promising to destroy the Islamic State, beat back aggression from Russia, China and Iran, and ensure extremists don't infiltrate the U.S., Cruz also places notable limits on his approach to national security.</p>
<p>While Assad is undoubtedly a "bad man," removing him from power would be "materially worse for U.S. national security interests," he says. He is unwilling to send more U.S. ground forces into the Middle East and rejects the idea that torture can serve as an appropriate interrogation tool.</p>
<p>"We can defend our nation and be strong and uphold our values," he says. "There is a reason the bad guys engage in torture. ISIS engages in torture. Iran engages in torture. America does not need to torture to protect ourselves."</p>
<p>The 44-year-old first-term senator, trying to cement his place in the top tier of Republicans running for president, outlines a prospective foreign policy that is both broadly ambitious and cautious at times in the specifics.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>In an election increasingly focused on national security in the wake of the Paris attacks, Cruz says he would have one goal above all others in the Oval Office.</p>
<p>"The pre-eminent job of the commander in chief is to keep this country safe," he says. "It is the first responsibility."</p>
<p>Cruz says he would keep things "very simple" in taking on the Islamic State, the group of violent Islamic extremists who have taken control of parts of Syria and Iraq.</p>
<p>"We win and they lose. And if I'm elected president, I will make unambiguously clear that we will destroy ISIS - not weaken it, not degrade it, but utterly destroy it," he says, using one of the several acronyms for the group.</p>
<p>While Cruz's goals are definitive, he is unwilling to go as far as several other Republican presidential contenders - among them, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush - who have said the battle against the Islamic State must include a U.S. force on the ground.</p>
<p>Cruz lashed out against plans released by the Obama administration on Tuesday to deploy a new special operations force to the region, a move that puts U.S. combat troops in a more permanent role in Iraq and Syria for the first time in the fight against the Islamic State.</p>
<p>He argues for a vast intensification of the Obama administration's existing air campaign, citing the "saturation bombing" of the first Gulf War in Iraq.</p>
<p>"You may need some embedded special forces to direct that air power," Cruz says, "but not the way President Obama is doing it now, which his just sending our guys over there with no mission, no plan to win."</p>
<p>As a second step, Cruz argues for directly arming the ethnic Kurds who are fighting Islamic State forces in Iraq. "In a very real sense, the Kurds are our troops on the ground," he says. Aid for the Kurds currently passes through the central government in Baghdad at Iraq's insistence.</p>
<p>Pressed on the circumstances under which he might dispatch a substantial U.S. ground force, Cruz demurs, saying only that such scenarios exist in situations affecting "vital U.S. national security interests."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Follow Steve Peoples on Twitter at: <a href="http://twitter.com/sppeoples" type="external">http://twitter.com/sppeoples</a></p>
<p>This AP Conversation is the second in an occasional series of extended interviews with the presidential candidates on a topic of interest in the 2016 campaign</p>
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<p>Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Cruz outlined an approach to foreign policy inspired by Ronald Reagan, saying he would restore the American leadership missing from the world under President Barack Obama. But pressed on how he would address specific hotspots of today, Cruz places limits on American action, including refusing to back ground troops to combat the Islamic State. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)</p>
<p>WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz says the U.S. is more secure with Syrian President Bashar Assad in power, accepting one of the Middle East's most brutal dictators as an unfortunate ally in the fight against the Islamic State.</p>
<p>The tea party favorite said in an interview with The Associated Press that America and the world would have been better off retaining deposed dictators in Iraq, Egypt and Libya - who committed crimes against their own people but also helped prevent the spread of violent extremism.</p>
<p>"If you topple a stable ruler, throw a Middle Eastern country into chaos and hand it over to radical Islamic terrorists, that hurts America," Cruz said.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Cruz sat down to share his views on national security and foreign affairs in an AP Conversation - part of a series of extended interviews with the candidates to become the nation's 45th president.</p>
<p>If elected next November, Cruz vows a dramatic shift in how America engages with the world. He condemns the foreign policy of President Barack Obama and his first secretary of state, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton, as weak, ineffective and dangerous.</p>
<p>Instead, he suggests, as many Republicans do, that he will follow the lead of Ronald Reagan. A gigantic mural hangs in Cruz's Senate office featuring the Republican icon standing in front of Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, making his famous call for Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall."</p>
<p>"There is power to speaking the truth on the global stage," Cruz said. "He understood America's strength draws from our people, draws from our values, draws from the beacon of light and hope we provide to the world."</p>
<p>Yet while promising to destroy the Islamic State, beat back aggression from Russia, China and Iran, and ensure extremists don't infiltrate the U.S., Cruz also places notable limits on his approach to national security.</p>
<p>While Assad is undoubtedly a "bad man," removing him from power would be "materially worse for U.S. national security interests," he says. He is unwilling to send more U.S. ground forces into the Middle East and rejects the idea that torture can serve as an appropriate interrogation tool.</p>
<p>"We can defend our nation and be strong and uphold our values," he says. "There is a reason the bad guys engage in torture. ISIS engages in torture. Iran engages in torture. America does not need to torture to protect ourselves."</p>
<p>The 44-year-old first-term senator, trying to cement his place in the top tier of Republicans running for president, outlines a prospective foreign policy that is both broadly ambitious and cautious at times in the specifics.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>In an election increasingly focused on national security in the wake of the Paris attacks, Cruz says he would have one goal above all others in the Oval Office.</p>
<p>"The pre-eminent job of the commander in chief is to keep this country safe," he says. "It is the first responsibility."</p>
<p>Cruz says he would keep things "very simple" in taking on the Islamic State, the group of violent Islamic extremists who have taken control of parts of Syria and Iraq.</p>
<p>"We win and they lose. And if I'm elected president, I will make unambiguously clear that we will destroy ISIS - not weaken it, not degrade it, but utterly destroy it," he says, using one of the several acronyms for the group.</p>
<p>While Cruz's goals are definitive, he is unwilling to go as far as several other Republican presidential contenders - among them, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush - who have said the battle against the Islamic State must include a U.S. force on the ground.</p>
<p>Cruz lashed out against plans released by the Obama administration on Tuesday to deploy a new special operations force to the region, a move that puts U.S. combat troops in a more permanent role in Iraq and Syria for the first time in the fight against the Islamic State.</p>
<p>He argues for a vast intensification of the Obama administration's existing air campaign, citing the "saturation bombing" of the first Gulf War in Iraq.</p>
<p>"You may need some embedded special forces to direct that air power," Cruz says, "but not the way President Obama is doing it now, which his just sending our guys over there with no mission, no plan to win."</p>
<p>As a second step, Cruz argues for directly arming the ethnic Kurds who are fighting Islamic State forces in Iraq. "In a very real sense, the Kurds are our troops on the ground," he says. Aid for the Kurds currently passes through the central government in Baghdad at Iraq's insistence.</p>
<p>Pressed on the circumstances under which he might dispatch a substantial U.S. ground force, Cruz demurs, saying only that such scenarios exist in situations affecting "vital U.S. national security interests."</p>
<p>___</p>
<p>Follow Steve Peoples on Twitter at: <a href="http://twitter.com/sppeoples" type="external">http://twitter.com/sppeoples</a></p>
<p>This AP Conversation is the second in an occasional series of extended interviews with the presidential candidates on a topic of interest in the 2016 campaign</p>
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<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A 4-year-old girl was not wearing a seatbelt or sitting in a carseat earlier shortly before 1 p.m. Friday when her family’s car slid off the U.S. 70 near Elida, State Police said.</p>
<p>Esmeralda Trejo, 4, of Clovis was killed when the car her parents drove slid across the highway in the midst of freezing rain, State Police spokesman Sgt. Emmanuel Gutierrez said. Trejo and at least one sibling were seated in the backseat without a carseat or seatbelts, Gutierrez said.</p>
<p>The two adults in the front seat wore their seatbelts and sustained minor injuries. The crash happened shortly before 1 p.m. about 10 miles southwest of Elida.</p>
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<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A 4-year-old girl was not wearing a seatbelt or sitting in a carseat earlier shortly before 1 p.m. Friday when her family’s car slid off the U.S. 70 near Elida, State Police said.</p>
<p>Esmeralda Trejo, 4, of Clovis was killed when the car her parents drove slid across the highway in the midst of freezing rain, State Police spokesman Sgt. Emmanuel Gutierrez said. Trejo and at least one sibling were seated in the backseat without a carseat or seatbelts, Gutierrez said.</p>
<p>The two adults in the front seat wore their seatbelts and sustained minor injuries. The crash happened shortly before 1 p.m. about 10 miles southwest of Elida.</p>
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<p>There's an old adage that says, "Don't speak ill of the dead." Unfortunately, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor didn't get the memo.</p>
<p>In a speech to students at the University of Minnesota on Monday, the Leftist jurist shared her thoughts about hitting her now-deceased colleague with a baseball bat.</p>
<p>"There are things he's said on the bench where if I had a baseball bat, I might have used it," stated the Obama-appointed judge.</p>
<p>After divulging her revenge-induced fantasy of violence, Sotomayor went on to suggest that political opponents need to work together to find "common ground."</p>
<p>"If you keep that in mind, you can resolve almost any issue, because you can find that common ground to interact with each other," she <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/sotomayor-thought-hitting-scalia-baseball-bat-article-1.2835556" type="external">added</a>.</p>
<p>While Sotomayor would likely categorize her remarks about Scalia as a joke, if recent events on college campuses are any indication, some students may take her at face value.</p>
<p>Violence against political opponents isn't just an abstraction, but it's a reality on many "progressive" university campuses. Fueled by racial and gender grievances some students, otherwise known as Social Justice Warriors, have taken it upon themselves to enforce de facto blasphemy laws based on the diktat of "feelings," at times by physical means. Under the fascist philosophy of "microaggressions," offensive words, yes words, can and should be counteracted with physical violence. Daily Wire editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro <a href="" type="internal">explains</a>:</p>
<p>Now, the beautiful thing about microaggressions is the term itself: microaggressions. They aren't "micro-offensive statements." Or "micro-insults." They're tiny aggressions, almost physical in nature. Such aggressions, as with all aggressions, call for punishment. Calling a transgender female - a man who thinks he is a woman - "sir" is <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/07/16/watch-tur-threatens-to-send-shapiro-home-in-an-ambulance-during-jenner-discussion/" type="external">grounds for legal battery</a>, according to the left, because it is simply too microaggressive. Words may not break our bones, but they justify sticks and stones.</p>
<p>So when a sitting justice on the Supreme Court of the United States tells highly-volatile university students indoctrinated by the cultish chants of "microaggression," "white privilege," and "implicit bias," that she fantasized about hitting her conservative colleague with a baseball bat on the court bench, don't be surprised if Louisville sluggers start appearing at events hosted by conservative student groups.</p>
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<p>There's an old adage that says, "Don't speak ill of the dead." Unfortunately, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor didn't get the memo.</p>
<p>In a speech to students at the University of Minnesota on Monday, the Leftist jurist shared her thoughts about hitting her now-deceased colleague with a baseball bat.</p>
<p>"There are things he's said on the bench where if I had a baseball bat, I might have used it," stated the Obama-appointed judge.</p>
<p>After divulging her revenge-induced fantasy of violence, Sotomayor went on to suggest that political opponents need to work together to find "common ground."</p>
<p>"If you keep that in mind, you can resolve almost any issue, because you can find that common ground to interact with each other," she <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/sotomayor-thought-hitting-scalia-baseball-bat-article-1.2835556" type="external">added</a>.</p>
<p>While Sotomayor would likely categorize her remarks about Scalia as a joke, if recent events on college campuses are any indication, some students may take her at face value.</p>
<p>Violence against political opponents isn't just an abstraction, but it's a reality on many "progressive" university campuses. Fueled by racial and gender grievances some students, otherwise known as Social Justice Warriors, have taken it upon themselves to enforce de facto blasphemy laws based on the diktat of "feelings," at times by physical means. Under the fascist philosophy of "microaggressions," offensive words, yes words, can and should be counteracted with physical violence. Daily Wire editor-in-chief Ben Shapiro <a href="" type="internal">explains</a>:</p>
<p>Now, the beautiful thing about microaggressions is the term itself: microaggressions. They aren't "micro-offensive statements." Or "micro-insults." They're tiny aggressions, almost physical in nature. Such aggressions, as with all aggressions, call for punishment. Calling a transgender female - a man who thinks he is a woman - "sir" is <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/07/16/watch-tur-threatens-to-send-shapiro-home-in-an-ambulance-during-jenner-discussion/" type="external">grounds for legal battery</a>, according to the left, because it is simply too microaggressive. Words may not break our bones, but they justify sticks and stones.</p>
<p>So when a sitting justice on the Supreme Court of the United States tells highly-volatile university students indoctrinated by the cultish chants of "microaggression," "white privilege," and "implicit bias," that she fantasized about hitting her conservative colleague with a baseball bat on the court bench, don't be surprised if Louisville sluggers start appearing at events hosted by conservative student groups.</p>
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<p>On Thursday, four days after the death of Osama bin Laden, President Obama visited Ground Zero in lower Manhattan for a somber ceremony in remembrance of the lives lost at the World Trade Center on 9/11.</p>
<p>MSNBC:</p>
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<p>Visit msnbc.com for <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com" type="external">breaking news</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" type="external">world news</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" type="external">news about the economy</a></p>
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<p>On Thursday, four days after the death of Osama bin Laden, President Obama visited Ground Zero in lower Manhattan for a somber ceremony in remembrance of the lives lost at the World Trade Center on 9/11.</p>
<p>MSNBC:</p>
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<p>Visit msnbc.com for <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com" type="external">breaking news</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" type="external">world news</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" type="external">news about the economy</a></p>
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<p>Honduran Environmental Activist Murdered / Shell Sued In UK Over Nigerian Pollution / Sanders and Clinton on Flint Crisis and Fracking / Rising Seas and Real Estate Prices in Fort Lauderdale / Beyond the Headlines / Emerging Science Note/Carbon-Cleaning Icebergs / Penguin Colony Uprooted by Ice in a Warming World / Stealing Dirt: A Thieving Penguin</p>
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<p>Honduran Environmental Activist Murdered / Shell Sued In UK Over Nigerian Pollution / Sanders and Clinton on Flint Crisis and Fracking / Rising Seas and Real Estate Prices in Fort Lauderdale / Beyond the Headlines / Emerging Science Note/Carbon-Cleaning Icebergs / Penguin Colony Uprooted by Ice in a Warming World / Stealing Dirt: A Thieving Penguin</p>
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<p>Thanks to the runaway success of the iPhone, AT&amp;T has the largest wireless network in the country - and the <a href="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20091201/att-ranked-last-in-consumer-reports-best-cell-phone-service-survey/" type="external">lousiest</a>. Fed-up subscribers, who pay the telco about $30 a month just for data (and another $40 or so for voice), are planning an assault this Friday called <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5426142/operation-chokehold-a-plan-to-destroy-att-this-friday" type="external">Operation Chokehold.</a></p>
<p>The idea is to cripple AT&amp;T's network in order to draw attention to its weakness. To do so, participating iPhone users will run data-heavy applications over AT&amp;T's 3G network on Friday from noon to 1 p.m. Pacific time.</p>
<p>The plan was apparently launched by the <a href="http://www.fakesteve.net/2009/12/operation-chokehold.html" type="external">Secret Diary of Steve Jobs</a>, a popular blog that satirically impersonates the Apple CEO, but Operation Chokehold has since gained steam with notices popping up on other tech blogs.</p>
<p>It shouldn't take much to buckle AT&amp;T's network - it has trouble functioning under normal conditions. Whether the company will do anything in response is another matter. Verizon has <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=there%27s+a+map+for+that&amp;search_type=&amp;aq=f" type="external">blanketed the country</a> in ads mocking its chief rival's network - ads that wouldn't be so effective if they didn't ring true. AT&amp;T tried to sue, but gave up in the end.</p>
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<p>The company promised to improve its network in New York and San Francisco - two known problem areas - but don't hold out hope. AT&amp;T appears as if it is looking for ways to discourage users from using its product - the network - or at least charging them more, according to wireless chief <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/09/ralph-de-la-vega-promises-fix-for-san-francisco-and-manhattan-co/" type="external">Ralph de la Vega</a>. - PZS</p>
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<p>Thanks to the runaway success of the iPhone, AT&amp;T has the largest wireless network in the country - and the <a href="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20091201/att-ranked-last-in-consumer-reports-best-cell-phone-service-survey/" type="external">lousiest</a>. Fed-up subscribers, who pay the telco about $30 a month just for data (and another $40 or so for voice), are planning an assault this Friday called <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5426142/operation-chokehold-a-plan-to-destroy-att-this-friday" type="external">Operation Chokehold.</a></p>
<p>The idea is to cripple AT&amp;T's network in order to draw attention to its weakness. To do so, participating iPhone users will run data-heavy applications over AT&amp;T's 3G network on Friday from noon to 1 p.m. Pacific time.</p>
<p>The plan was apparently launched by the <a href="http://www.fakesteve.net/2009/12/operation-chokehold.html" type="external">Secret Diary of Steve Jobs</a>, a popular blog that satirically impersonates the Apple CEO, but Operation Chokehold has since gained steam with notices popping up on other tech blogs.</p>
<p>It shouldn't take much to buckle AT&amp;T's network - it has trouble functioning under normal conditions. Whether the company will do anything in response is another matter. Verizon has <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=there%27s+a+map+for+that&amp;search_type=&amp;aq=f" type="external">blanketed the country</a> in ads mocking its chief rival's network - ads that wouldn't be so effective if they didn't ring true. AT&amp;T tried to sue, but gave up in the end.</p>
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<p>The company promised to improve its network in New York and San Francisco - two known problem areas - but don't hold out hope. AT&amp;T appears as if it is looking for ways to discourage users from using its product - the network - or at least charging them more, according to wireless chief <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/09/ralph-de-la-vega-promises-fix-for-san-francisco-and-manhattan-co/" type="external">Ralph de la Vega</a>. - PZS</p>
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<p>Members of the Chinese community perform a lion dance as they celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Monkey in Kolkata, India, on February 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>An ethnic Malaysian-Chinese devotee burns incense for good luck at the Sin Sze Si Ya Temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Kuala Lumpur's popular Chinatown area on February 8, 2016. Some 25 percent of Malaysia's 29 million people are ethnic Chinese and celebrate the Lunar New Year, this year marking the Year of the Monkey.</p>
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<p>Divers wear costumes as they perform at an aquarium prior to the upcoming spring festival at a zoo in Beijing, China, February 4, 2016.</p>
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<p>A lion dancer receives a red envelope, called "ang pao," containing money, during a celebration of the Chinese New Year in Manila's Chinatown in the Philippines on February 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>Ethnic Malaysian-Chinese devotees arrive at the Thean Hou temple decorated with red lanterns in Kuala Lumpur on February 7, 2016, on the eve of the Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year marks the start of the Year of the Monkey on February 8.</p>
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<p>A child plays beneath lanterns at a temple decorated to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 7, 2016.</p>
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<p>Members of the Chinese community perform a lion dance as they take part in the celebrations marking the Chinese New Year in Kolkata, India, February 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>A performer takes part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese calendar.</p>
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<p>People look at the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations parade for the beginning of the Year of the Monkey in Brussels, Belgium, on February 6, 2016.</p>
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<p>People burn incense and pray for good fortune on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Monkey at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing, China, on February 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>Women pray at a temple during Chinese New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>Fireworks burst over the New York skyline, where the Empire State Building is lit in red and gold in honor of the Chinese Lunar New Year, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey, on February 6, 2016.</p>
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<p>Members of the Chinese community perform a lion dance as they celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Monkey in Kolkata, India, on February 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>An ethnic Malaysian-Chinese devotee burns incense for good luck at the Sin Sze Si Ya Temple on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Kuala Lumpur's popular Chinatown area on February 8, 2016. Some 25 percent of Malaysia's 29 million people are ethnic Chinese and celebrate the Lunar New Year, this year marking the Year of the Monkey.</p>
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<p>Divers wear costumes as they perform at an aquarium prior to the upcoming spring festival at a zoo in Beijing, China, February 4, 2016.</p>
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<p>A lion dancer receives a red envelope, called "ang pao," containing money, during a celebration of the Chinese New Year in Manila's Chinatown in the Philippines on February 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>Ethnic Malaysian-Chinese devotees arrive at the Thean Hou temple decorated with red lanterns in Kuala Lumpur on February 7, 2016, on the eve of the Lunar New Year. The Lunar New Year marks the start of the Year of the Monkey on February 8.</p>
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<p>A child plays beneath lanterns at a temple decorated to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 7, 2016.</p>
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<p>Members of the Chinese community perform a lion dance as they take part in the celebrations marking the Chinese New Year in Kolkata, India, February 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>A performer takes part in a night parade to celebrate Chinese New Year in Hong Kong Monday, Feb. 8, 2016. The Lunar New Year this year marks the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese calendar.</p>
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<p>People look at the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations parade for the beginning of the Year of the Monkey in Brussels, Belgium, on February 6, 2016.</p>
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<p>People burn incense and pray for good fortune on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Monkey at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing, China, on February 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>Women pray at a temple during Chinese New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 8, 2016.</p>
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<p>Fireworks burst over the New York skyline, where the Empire State Building is lit in red and gold in honor of the Chinese Lunar New Year, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey, on February 6, 2016.</p>
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<p>Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke on Sen. Cory Booker's testimony against Sen. Sessions.</p>
<p>Democratic Senator Cory Booker testified against the appointment of Senator Jeff Sessions during his Cabinet confirmation hearing on Wednesday, marking the first time a sitting Senator has ever testified against the nomination of another sitting Senator.</p>
<p>Continue Reading Below</p>
<p>While Booker took the opportunity Wednesday to attack Sessions’ commitment to civil rights, he previously praised the Alabama Republican when the pair worked together to create a bill awarding the Congressional Gold medal to participants of the 1965 Voting Rights March.</p>
<p>“I feel blessed and honored to have partnered with Sen. Sessions in being the Senate sponsors of this important award,” Booker said in February 2016 at the ceremony honoring the protestors.</p>
<p>As a result of this perceived flip-flop, some of Senator Sessions’ supporters didn’t take kindly to Booker’s testimony.</p>
<p>“It was an embarrassment on the part of Senator Booker,” Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said. “What Cory Booker and the Democrats have turned these nomination hearings into is a burning at the stake.”</p>
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<p>Clarke believes this is just the latest instance of a troubling practice that is becoming all too common inside the beltway.</p>
<p>“You see good people have their reputation and character just destroyed with no foundation whatsoever.”</p>
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<p>Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke on Sen. Cory Booker's testimony against Sen. Sessions.</p>
<p>Democratic Senator Cory Booker testified against the appointment of Senator Jeff Sessions during his Cabinet confirmation hearing on Wednesday, marking the first time a sitting Senator has ever testified against the nomination of another sitting Senator.</p>
<p>Continue Reading Below</p>
<p>While Booker took the opportunity Wednesday to attack Sessions’ commitment to civil rights, he previously praised the Alabama Republican when the pair worked together to create a bill awarding the Congressional Gold medal to participants of the 1965 Voting Rights March.</p>
<p>“I feel blessed and honored to have partnered with Sen. Sessions in being the Senate sponsors of this important award,” Booker said in February 2016 at the ceremony honoring the protestors.</p>
<p>As a result of this perceived flip-flop, some of Senator Sessions’ supporters didn’t take kindly to Booker’s testimony.</p>
<p>“It was an embarrassment on the part of Senator Booker,” Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said. “What Cory Booker and the Democrats have turned these nomination hearings into is a burning at the stake.”</p>
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<p>Clarke believes this is just the latest instance of a troubling practice that is becoming all too common inside the beltway.</p>
<p>“You see good people have their reputation and character just destroyed with no foundation whatsoever.”</p>
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<p>According to a new Fatwa issued by hardline Islamic clerics, there is “no good reason” for anyone to live on Mars. Anyone living on the red planet would be doing so in defiance of Islamic law, according to the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment (GAIAE) in the UAE.</p>
<p>The ruling, or Fatwa comes after Mars One organization announced it would establish a permanent settlement on Mars in coming decades.</p>
<p>The &#160;GAIAE committee responded saying that any attempt to live there would be suicidal at best, and that taking part in such a mission would thus be against the laws of Islam.</p>
<p>The&#160;Khaleejtimes.com&#160;quoted the GAIAE as saying “Such a one-way journey poses a real risk to life, and that can never be justified in Islam. There is a possibility that an individual who travels to planet Mars may not be able to remain alive there, and is more vulnerable to death.”</p>
<p>There is no “righteous reason” for such a trip, and those who participate, the GAIAE said, would face the same punishment in the afterlife as if they had committed suicide any other way.</p>
<p>Professor Dr Farooq Hamada of the GAIAE said that “Protecting life against all possible dangers and keeping it safe is an issue agreed upon by all religions and is clearly stipulated in verse 4/29 of the Holy Quran: Do not kill yourselves or one another. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful.”</p>
<p>Since its inception in 2008, the GAIAE has issued around two million Fatwas through their Official Fatwa Centre.</p>
<p>(Article by M.B. David)</p>
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<p>According to a new Fatwa issued by hardline Islamic clerics, there is “no good reason” for anyone to live on Mars. Anyone living on the red planet would be doing so in defiance of Islamic law, according to the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment (GAIAE) in the UAE.</p>
<p>The ruling, or Fatwa comes after Mars One organization announced it would establish a permanent settlement on Mars in coming decades.</p>
<p>The &#160;GAIAE committee responded saying that any attempt to live there would be suicidal at best, and that taking part in such a mission would thus be against the laws of Islam.</p>
<p>The&#160;Khaleejtimes.com&#160;quoted the GAIAE as saying “Such a one-way journey poses a real risk to life, and that can never be justified in Islam. There is a possibility that an individual who travels to planet Mars may not be able to remain alive there, and is more vulnerable to death.”</p>
<p>There is no “righteous reason” for such a trip, and those who participate, the GAIAE said, would face the same punishment in the afterlife as if they had committed suicide any other way.</p>
<p>Professor Dr Farooq Hamada of the GAIAE said that “Protecting life against all possible dangers and keeping it safe is an issue agreed upon by all religions and is clearly stipulated in verse 4/29 of the Holy Quran: Do not kill yourselves or one another. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful.”</p>
<p>Since its inception in 2008, the GAIAE has issued around two million Fatwas through their Official Fatwa Centre.</p>
<p>(Article by M.B. David)</p>
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<p>Rapper Lil Wayne offered his take on the Jason Collins story over the weekend in an interview <a href="http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/906046/lil-wayne-shares-words-of-wisdom-with-jason-collins.jhtml#id=1706905" type="external">with MTV News</a>.</p>
<p>Said Wayne: "It’s opening a lot of doors and it’s showing that it’s a fair world out there, just to see how many people came to his support and things like that. That’s a pretty fair world out there....Be you."</p>
<p>Watch, <a href="" type="internal">AFTER THE JUMP</a>...</p>
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<p>Get More: <a href="http://www.mtv.com/artists/lil-wayne/" type="external">Lil Wayne</a>, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/latest/music.jhtml" type="external">Music News</a></p>
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<p>Rapper Lil Wayne offered his take on the Jason Collins story over the weekend in an interview <a href="http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/906046/lil-wayne-shares-words-of-wisdom-with-jason-collins.jhtml#id=1706905" type="external">with MTV News</a>.</p>
<p>Said Wayne: "It’s opening a lot of doors and it’s showing that it’s a fair world out there, just to see how many people came to his support and things like that. That’s a pretty fair world out there....Be you."</p>
<p>Watch, <a href="" type="internal">AFTER THE JUMP</a>...</p>
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<p>Get More: <a href="http://www.mtv.com/artists/lil-wayne/" type="external">Lil Wayne</a>, <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/latest/music.jhtml" type="external">Music News</a></p>
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<p>Yet, amid our frenetically paced lives — filled quite literally with thousands of distractions — those words can easily be lost. As we have done in recent years, we present here again the first two paragraphs, as a gentle reminder of how and why our founding fathers created a government of the People, for the People and by the People.</p>
<p>Happy Birthday, America!</p>
<p>Declaration of Independence — Adopted in Congress 4 July 1776</p>
<p>The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.</p>
<p>We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.</p>
<p>Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government.</p>
<p>The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.</p>
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<p>Yet, amid our frenetically paced lives — filled quite literally with thousands of distractions — those words can easily be lost. As we have done in recent years, we present here again the first two paragraphs, as a gentle reminder of how and why our founding fathers created a government of the People, for the People and by the People.</p>
<p>Happy Birthday, America!</p>
<p>Declaration of Independence — Adopted in Congress 4 July 1776</p>
<p>The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.</p>
<p>We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.</p>
<p>Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former systems of government.</p>
<p>The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.</p>
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<p>After an Australian religious group called The Bible Society released a video in which two members of the Australian Parliament discussed their opposing views on same-sex marriage while holding bottles of Coopers beer, bars around the country that support same-sex marriage punished Coopers by dumping Coopers Brewery products.</p>
<p>The video, titled, <a href="https://vimeo.com/207564550" type="external">"Keeping It Light,"</a>shows the two MPs debating their opposing views on same-sex marriage, which is illegal in Australia. MP Tim Wilson, who is agnostic and gay, debated Andrew Hastie, who is a religious Christian.</p>
<p>Although Coopers claims it "did not give permission" to be included in the video, Coopers recently celebrated the Bible Society's 200-year anniversary with a commemorative beer featuring Bible verses.</p>
<p>As the BBC reports:</p>
<p>Despite Mr. Wilson's inclusion, critics interpreted the video as one-sided. <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/comment/view-from-the-street/beers-and-bibles-how-coopers-created-their-own-pr-disaster-20170313-guwrww.html" type="external">One commentator said</a> Coopers risked sponsoring a "political act by a religious organisation," <a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/agenda/article/2017/03/13/love-loss-and-saying-goodbye-my-all-time-favourite-beer-memoir" type="external">while another said</a> "homophobia lite is still homophobia." "I have respected Coopers all my life, and it was crushing to realise that as a queer person, they don't respect me," wrote Chloe Sargeant for the Special Broadcasting Service.</p>
<p>By Tuesday, eight bars in Sydney and Melbourne publicly declared they would not stock Coopers.</p>
<p>Cooper Brewery stated it had not sponsored the video, allowing, "We respect the beliefs of our community and do not wish to try and change them.” It later <a href="https://coopers.com.au/whats-on/news/2017/03/14/coopers-brewery-supports-diversity-and-equality" type="external">stated</a> it had canceled the release of its Bible Society commemorative cans and would be joining Australian Marriage Equality.</p>
<p>Bible Society chief executive Greg Clarke <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39251592" type="external">told the BBC</a> that the video was attempting to have a "civil conversation on a serious issue ... At first I was surprised the reaction was so immediate and extreme, but then on reflection [I] wasn't surprised because this really seems to be how social media works at the moment.”</p>
<p>Wilson told <a href="http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/coopers-boycott-over-bible-society-video-absurd/news-story/301b2eb9cd794521b81578b1d5c96b50" type="external">news.com.au</a>., "I'm disappointed Coopers appears to have distanced themselves from a sensible conversation that they should be proud to align themselves with.”</p>
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<p>After an Australian religious group called The Bible Society released a video in which two members of the Australian Parliament discussed their opposing views on same-sex marriage while holding bottles of Coopers beer, bars around the country that support same-sex marriage punished Coopers by dumping Coopers Brewery products.</p>
<p>The video, titled, <a href="https://vimeo.com/207564550" type="external">"Keeping It Light,"</a>shows the two MPs debating their opposing views on same-sex marriage, which is illegal in Australia. MP Tim Wilson, who is agnostic and gay, debated Andrew Hastie, who is a religious Christian.</p>
<p>Although Coopers claims it "did not give permission" to be included in the video, Coopers recently celebrated the Bible Society's 200-year anniversary with a commemorative beer featuring Bible verses.</p>
<p>As the BBC reports:</p>
<p>Despite Mr. Wilson's inclusion, critics interpreted the video as one-sided. <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/comment/view-from-the-street/beers-and-bibles-how-coopers-created-their-own-pr-disaster-20170313-guwrww.html" type="external">One commentator said</a> Coopers risked sponsoring a "political act by a religious organisation," <a href="http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/sexuality/agenda/article/2017/03/13/love-loss-and-saying-goodbye-my-all-time-favourite-beer-memoir" type="external">while another said</a> "homophobia lite is still homophobia." "I have respected Coopers all my life, and it was crushing to realise that as a queer person, they don't respect me," wrote Chloe Sargeant for the Special Broadcasting Service.</p>
<p>By Tuesday, eight bars in Sydney and Melbourne publicly declared they would not stock Coopers.</p>
<p>Cooper Brewery stated it had not sponsored the video, allowing, "We respect the beliefs of our community and do not wish to try and change them.” It later <a href="https://coopers.com.au/whats-on/news/2017/03/14/coopers-brewery-supports-diversity-and-equality" type="external">stated</a> it had canceled the release of its Bible Society commemorative cans and would be joining Australian Marriage Equality.</p>
<p>Bible Society chief executive Greg Clarke <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39251592" type="external">told the BBC</a> that the video was attempting to have a "civil conversation on a serious issue ... At first I was surprised the reaction was so immediate and extreme, but then on reflection [I] wasn't surprised because this really seems to be how social media works at the moment.”</p>
<p>Wilson told <a href="http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/coopers-boycott-over-bible-society-video-absurd/news-story/301b2eb9cd794521b81578b1d5c96b50" type="external">news.com.au</a>., "I'm disappointed Coopers appears to have distanced themselves from a sensible conversation that they should be proud to align themselves with.”</p>
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<p>&gt; <a href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1102521307127520.xml" type="external">Chancellor closes University of New Orleans student newspaper (NOT-P)</a> &gt; <a href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000732961" type="external">Virginia paper runs police department ad listing 4,000 fugitives (E&amp;P)</a> &gt; <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4077355.stm" type="external">BBC chief: Big cuts needed to "keep up with the pace of change" (BBC)</a> &gt; <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/nat/dec04/282105.asp" type="external">Study says embedding reporters with U.S. troops was good for all (MJS)</a> &gt; <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12082004/business/kelly.htm" type="external">Fairchild bosses tell advertisers not to send gifts to mag staffers (NYP)</a></p>
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<p>&gt; <a href="http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1102521307127520.xml" type="external">Chancellor closes University of New Orleans student newspaper (NOT-P)</a> &gt; <a href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000732961" type="external">Virginia paper runs police department ad listing 4,000 fugitives (E&amp;P)</a> &gt; <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4077355.stm" type="external">BBC chief: Big cuts needed to "keep up with the pace of change" (BBC)</a> &gt; <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/nat/dec04/282105.asp" type="external">Study says embedding reporters with U.S. troops was good for all (MJS)</a> &gt; <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/12082004/business/kelly.htm" type="external">Fairchild bosses tell advertisers not to send gifts to mag staffers (NYP)</a></p>
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<p>Weekly applications for jobless aid fell 20,000 to a seasonally adjusted 268,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That put jobless claims near a 15-year low of 267,000 filings in late January. The decrease shows that a slowdown in manufacturing and construction has failed to spook employers, who may be anticipating a strong spring rebound after a bleak winter.</p>
<p>“The claims numbers simply do not support the idea that the first quarter slowdown in growth is indicative of some underlying malaise in the economy,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.</p>
<p>The four-week average, a less volatile measure, tumbled 14,750 to 285,500. Over the past 12 months, the average has fallen 11.7 percent.</p>
<p>Applications are a proxy for layoffs. The relatively low average shows that employers are holding onto workers and may increase hiring. Applications below 300,000 are generally consistent with solid monthly job gains.</p>
<p>Layoffs have stayed close to historic lows, despite a pronounced economic slowdown in recent months.</p>
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<p>Snowstorms have kept consumers away from stores and open houses. The stronger dollar has hurt U.S. factories exporting overseas, since their products have basically surged in price around the world. Similarly, falling oil prices have cut into the production of pipelines, primary metals and machinery. That has also sliced into the bottom line of manufacturers, even though the savings from cheaper oil should eventually spur more spending by consumers.</p>
<p>Yet employers continue to hire at a brisk pace.</p>
<p>The government’s employment report being released Friday is expected to show that employers added 248,000 jobs in March, according to FactSet.</p>
<p>That would mark a decrease from 295,000 new jobs in February, but it would still keep the economy on a solid pace to have roughly 3 million new jobs this year.</p>
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<p>Weekly applications for jobless aid fell 20,000 to a seasonally adjusted 268,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That put jobless claims near a 15-year low of 267,000 filings in late January. The decrease shows that a slowdown in manufacturing and construction has failed to spook employers, who may be anticipating a strong spring rebound after a bleak winter.</p>
<p>“The claims numbers simply do not support the idea that the first quarter slowdown in growth is indicative of some underlying malaise in the economy,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.</p>
<p>The four-week average, a less volatile measure, tumbled 14,750 to 285,500. Over the past 12 months, the average has fallen 11.7 percent.</p>
<p>Applications are a proxy for layoffs. The relatively low average shows that employers are holding onto workers and may increase hiring. Applications below 300,000 are generally consistent with solid monthly job gains.</p>
<p>Layoffs have stayed close to historic lows, despite a pronounced economic slowdown in recent months.</p>
<p>ADVERTISEMENT</p>
<p>Snowstorms have kept consumers away from stores and open houses. The stronger dollar has hurt U.S. factories exporting overseas, since their products have basically surged in price around the world. Similarly, falling oil prices have cut into the production of pipelines, primary metals and machinery. That has also sliced into the bottom line of manufacturers, even though the savings from cheaper oil should eventually spur more spending by consumers.</p>
<p>Yet employers continue to hire at a brisk pace.</p>
<p>The government’s employment report being released Friday is expected to show that employers added 248,000 jobs in March, according to FactSet.</p>
<p>That would mark a decrease from 295,000 new jobs in February, but it would still keep the economy on a solid pace to have roughly 3 million new jobs this year.</p>
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<p>Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish guerrillas early Wednesday. The incursion, though limited in scope, gives the crisis in Iraq a new twist.</p>
<p>“It is not a major offensive and the number of troops is not in the tens of thousands,” said an official in south-east Turkey where there has recently been an upsurge in activity by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Turkish Kurd guerrillas.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, the US will be worried that its entanglement in Iraq is about to become even more complicated if American troops and aircraft are asked to counter even a limited Turkish assault.</p>
<p>The US military said it could not confirm the reports but was “very concerned”. Turkey has been threatening an attack into Iraqi Kurdistan in recent weeks and, last weekend, Robert Gates, the US Defense Secretary, warned Ankara against a foray into northern Iraq.</p>
<p>The PKK have several base areas in Iraqi Kurdistan, including the rugged Kandil mountains on the Iranian border, a natural fortress providing ideal terrain for guerrillas. Even if the Turks did send a large military force into northern Iraq, as it did last in 1997, it would be difficult to locate, still less destroy, the PKK.</p>
<p>The scale of PKK activity in Kurdish-populated areas of south-eastern Turkey is still limited but the Turkish army and moderate Islamic government have threatened retaliation. Both have a motive for demonstrating their patriotic credentials in the approach to parliamentary elections this summer.</p>
<p>In a sign of the limited communication between the Turkish government and military, the Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gul, denied that a cross-border operation had taken place. “There is no such thing, no entry to another country,” Mr Gul said. “If such a thing happens we would announce it.”</p>
<p>The Iraqi government was also eager to play down reports of an attack, despite statements by Turkish military officials. Iraq’s Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, said there had been “no major operations” by Turkey though there had been a build-up of Turkish troops.</p>
<p>Turkey also has an incentive to put pressure on the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan regional government because a referendum is to be held on the future of the oil province of Kirkuk before the end of this year.</p>
<p>PATRICK COCKBURN is the author of ‘ <a href="" type="internal">The Occupation: War, resistance and daily life in Iraq</a>‘, a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award for best non-fiction book of 2006.</p>
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<p>Several thousand Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish guerrillas early Wednesday. The incursion, though limited in scope, gives the crisis in Iraq a new twist.</p>
<p>“It is not a major offensive and the number of troops is not in the tens of thousands,” said an official in south-east Turkey where there has recently been an upsurge in activity by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) Turkish Kurd guerrillas.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, the US will be worried that its entanglement in Iraq is about to become even more complicated if American troops and aircraft are asked to counter even a limited Turkish assault.</p>
<p>The US military said it could not confirm the reports but was “very concerned”. Turkey has been threatening an attack into Iraqi Kurdistan in recent weeks and, last weekend, Robert Gates, the US Defense Secretary, warned Ankara against a foray into northern Iraq.</p>
<p>The PKK have several base areas in Iraqi Kurdistan, including the rugged Kandil mountains on the Iranian border, a natural fortress providing ideal terrain for guerrillas. Even if the Turks did send a large military force into northern Iraq, as it did last in 1997, it would be difficult to locate, still less destroy, the PKK.</p>
<p>The scale of PKK activity in Kurdish-populated areas of south-eastern Turkey is still limited but the Turkish army and moderate Islamic government have threatened retaliation. Both have a motive for demonstrating their patriotic credentials in the approach to parliamentary elections this summer.</p>
<p>In a sign of the limited communication between the Turkish government and military, the Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gul, denied that a cross-border operation had taken place. “There is no such thing, no entry to another country,” Mr Gul said. “If such a thing happens we would announce it.”</p>
<p>The Iraqi government was also eager to play down reports of an attack, despite statements by Turkish military officials. Iraq’s Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, said there had been “no major operations” by Turkey though there had been a build-up of Turkish troops.</p>
<p>Turkey also has an incentive to put pressure on the Iraqi government and the Kurdistan regional government because a referendum is to be held on the future of the oil province of Kirkuk before the end of this year.</p>
<p>PATRICK COCKBURN is the author of ‘ <a href="" type="internal">The Occupation: War, resistance and daily life in Iraq</a>‘, a finalist for the National Book Critics’ Circle Award for best non-fiction book of 2006.</p>
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<p>SANTA FE, N.M. - A town hall meeting is scheduled Friday in Las Cruces about the New Mexico film industry.</p>
<p>New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis also will discuss the state of the film industry and opportunities available to state residents.</p>
<p>The meetings are intended to provide an open forum for each community to share information about local activity such as educational programs and film related business as well as relaying any issues of concern.</p>
<p>The town hall will be held at the historic Rio Grande Theatre.</p>
<p>The event is free and open to students, local filmmakers, businesses and the general public.</p>
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<p>SANTA FE, N.M. - A town hall meeting is scheduled Friday in Las Cruces about the New Mexico film industry.</p>
<p>New Mexico Film Office Director Nick Maniatis also will discuss the state of the film industry and opportunities available to state residents.</p>
<p>The meetings are intended to provide an open forum for each community to share information about local activity such as educational programs and film related business as well as relaying any issues of concern.</p>
<p>The town hall will be held at the historic Rio Grande Theatre.</p>
<p>The event is free and open to students, local filmmakers, businesses and the general public.</p>
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<p>SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Police have issued arrest warrants for two people in the fatal shooting of two men in Sioux Falls last week.</p>
<p>The Sioux Falls Police Department said Saturday that warrants were issued for 34-year-old Manuel Jesus Frias and 27-year-old Maria Shantel LeClaire. Both were named as persons of interest Friday night.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/05/police-looking-two-knowledge-friday-homicide-sioux-falls-shooting/1009162001/?hootPostID=f9553ac55c4ea419aedbf437631e5c77" type="external">Argus Leader</a> reports the Frias warrant is $1 million cash for first-degree murder. The LeClaire warrant is $500,000 cash for accessory to first-degree robbery.</p>
<p>The two men were shot outside an apartment building around 5:30 a.m. Friday. One man died at the scene. The other was taken to the hospital where he later died of his injuries.</p>
<p>The men, both in their 20s, have not been identified. Two weapons were recovered from the scene.</p>
<p>SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Police have issued arrest warrants for two people in the fatal shooting of two men in Sioux Falls last week.</p>
<p>The Sioux Falls Police Department said Saturday that warrants were issued for 34-year-old Manuel Jesus Frias and 27-year-old Maria Shantel LeClaire. Both were named as persons of interest Friday night.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/05/police-looking-two-knowledge-friday-homicide-sioux-falls-shooting/1009162001/?hootPostID=f9553ac55c4ea419aedbf437631e5c77" type="external">Argus Leader</a> reports the Frias warrant is $1 million cash for first-degree murder. The LeClaire warrant is $500,000 cash for accessory to first-degree robbery.</p>
<p>The two men were shot outside an apartment building around 5:30 a.m. Friday. One man died at the scene. The other was taken to the hospital where he later died of his injuries.</p>
<p>The men, both in their 20s, have not been identified. Two weapons were recovered from the scene.</p>
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<p>SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Police have issued arrest warrants for two people in the fatal shooting of two men in Sioux Falls last week.</p>
<p>The Sioux Falls Police Department said Saturday that warrants were issued for 34-year-old Manuel Jesus Frias and 27-year-old Maria Shantel LeClaire. Both were named as persons of interest Friday night.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/05/police-looking-two-knowledge-friday-homicide-sioux-falls-shooting/1009162001/?hootPostID=f9553ac55c4ea419aedbf437631e5c77" type="external">Argus Leader</a> reports the Frias warrant is $1 million cash for first-degree murder. The LeClaire warrant is $500,000 cash for accessory to first-degree robbery.</p>
<p>The two men were shot outside an apartment building around 5:30 a.m. Friday. One man died at the scene. The other was taken to the hospital where he later died of his injuries.</p>
<p>The men, both in their 20s, have not been identified. Two weapons were recovered from the scene.</p>
<p>SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Police have issued arrest warrants for two people in the fatal shooting of two men in Sioux Falls last week.</p>
<p>The Sioux Falls Police Department said Saturday that warrants were issued for 34-year-old Manuel Jesus Frias and 27-year-old Maria Shantel LeClaire. Both were named as persons of interest Friday night.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/05/police-looking-two-knowledge-friday-homicide-sioux-falls-shooting/1009162001/?hootPostID=f9553ac55c4ea419aedbf437631e5c77" type="external">Argus Leader</a> reports the Frias warrant is $1 million cash for first-degree murder. The LeClaire warrant is $500,000 cash for accessory to first-degree robbery.</p>
<p>The two men were shot outside an apartment building around 5:30 a.m. Friday. One man died at the scene. The other was taken to the hospital where he later died of his injuries.</p>
<p>The men, both in their 20s, have not been identified. Two weapons were recovered from the scene.</p>
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<p>Federal officials said last week that the Valles Caldera National Preserve would become the 17th U.S. park unit with designated thermal features if approved. A monthlong public comment period will end Jan. 26.</p>
<p>Yellowstone, Crater Lake and Hawaii volcanoes already are on the list of parks with federally protected geothermal features.</p>
<p>Dubbed the “Yellowstone of the Southwest,” Valles Calderas is home to vast grasslands, the remnants of one of North America’s few super volcanoes and one of New Mexico’s most famous elk herds. The bear-claw shaped ring of mountain peaks that form the caldera also is culturally significant to neighboring Native American tribes.</p>
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<p>Its visible geothermal features are nowhere near as striking as Yellowstone’s geysers and consist mainly of above-ground, pungent sulfur springs, mud pots and steam vents. Only about a third of the preserve has been surveyed, but nearly 30 geothermal fumaroles, or steam vents, have been identified.</p>
<p>The nearly 140-square-mile preserve was purchased by the federal government in 2000 and managed as a working ranch for years. The Park Service took over management of the preserve in 2015.</p>
<p>The last privately-owned mineral rights within the preserve were taken over by the federal government about a decade ago to protect against geothermal development within Valles Caldera’s boundaries.</p>
<p>Park officials said the proposed designation would address geothermal development just outside the preserve’s boundaries by requiring federal agencies to work with the Park Service to determine if proposed drilling to tap adjacent geothermal resources would adversely affect the preserve’s geothermal reserves.</p>
<p>Efforts to tap the steam beneath the caldera date back decades, with the energy crisis of the 1970s spurring the first major wave of interest in the nation’s geothermal resources .</p>
<p>The U.S. Department of Energy, Union Oil Co. and Public Service Co. of New Mexico spent millions of dollars looking into the feasibility of developing a geothermal power plant on what was then private property. The idea was ultimately abandoned in the 1980s.</p>
<p>Experts have said the caldera is still hot enough to produce steam and could generate electricity if harnessed.</p>
<p>In 2005, GeoProducts, which teamed up with owners of the last of the private rights, threatened that unless the government agreed to what the mineral rights owners believed was a fair market price, the company would build a full-scale geothermal power plant in the southwest corner of the preserve, along with transmission lines to export the electricity.</p>
<p>Later that year, then-President George W. Bush signed legislation aimed at settling the dispute over the mineral rights. Government lawyers followed up with a condemnation lawsuit that gave the government control over the rights.</p>
<p>Interest in New Mexico’s geothermal resources has increased again recently as the state works to wean itself from fossil fuels and boost renewable energy development.</p>
<p>In 2012, Gov. Susana Martinez signed legislation to ease the process for companies trying to develop geothermal resources.</p>
<p>More recently, another effort to encourage geothermal development happened when regulatory authority was shifted from the state’s Oil Conservation Division to the Energy Conservation and Management Division.</p>
<p>The state’s first utility-scale geothermal power plant opened in 2014 in southern New Mexico and supplies power to Public Service Co. of New Mexico, the state’s largest electricity utility.</p>
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<p>Federal officials said last week that the Valles Caldera National Preserve would become the 17th U.S. park unit with designated thermal features if approved. A monthlong public comment period will end Jan. 26.</p>
<p>Yellowstone, Crater Lake and Hawaii volcanoes already are on the list of parks with federally protected geothermal features.</p>
<p>Dubbed the “Yellowstone of the Southwest,” Valles Calderas is home to vast grasslands, the remnants of one of North America’s few super volcanoes and one of New Mexico’s most famous elk herds. The bear-claw shaped ring of mountain peaks that form the caldera also is culturally significant to neighboring Native American tribes.</p>
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<p>Its visible geothermal features are nowhere near as striking as Yellowstone’s geysers and consist mainly of above-ground, pungent sulfur springs, mud pots and steam vents. Only about a third of the preserve has been surveyed, but nearly 30 geothermal fumaroles, or steam vents, have been identified.</p>
<p>The nearly 140-square-mile preserve was purchased by the federal government in 2000 and managed as a working ranch for years. The Park Service took over management of the preserve in 2015.</p>
<p>The last privately-owned mineral rights within the preserve were taken over by the federal government about a decade ago to protect against geothermal development within Valles Caldera’s boundaries.</p>
<p>Park officials said the proposed designation would address geothermal development just outside the preserve’s boundaries by requiring federal agencies to work with the Park Service to determine if proposed drilling to tap adjacent geothermal resources would adversely affect the preserve’s geothermal reserves.</p>
<p>Efforts to tap the steam beneath the caldera date back decades, with the energy crisis of the 1970s spurring the first major wave of interest in the nation’s geothermal resources .</p>
<p>The U.S. Department of Energy, Union Oil Co. and Public Service Co. of New Mexico spent millions of dollars looking into the feasibility of developing a geothermal power plant on what was then private property. The idea was ultimately abandoned in the 1980s.</p>
<p>Experts have said the caldera is still hot enough to produce steam and could generate electricity if harnessed.</p>
<p>In 2005, GeoProducts, which teamed up with owners of the last of the private rights, threatened that unless the government agreed to what the mineral rights owners believed was a fair market price, the company would build a full-scale geothermal power plant in the southwest corner of the preserve, along with transmission lines to export the electricity.</p>
<p>Later that year, then-President George W. Bush signed legislation aimed at settling the dispute over the mineral rights. Government lawyers followed up with a condemnation lawsuit that gave the government control over the rights.</p>
<p>Interest in New Mexico’s geothermal resources has increased again recently as the state works to wean itself from fossil fuels and boost renewable energy development.</p>
<p>In 2012, Gov. Susana Martinez signed legislation to ease the process for companies trying to develop geothermal resources.</p>
<p>More recently, another effort to encourage geothermal development happened when regulatory authority was shifted from the state’s Oil Conservation Division to the Energy Conservation and Management Division.</p>
<p>The state’s first utility-scale geothermal power plant opened in 2014 in southern New Mexico and supplies power to Public Service Co. of New Mexico, the state’s largest electricity utility.</p>
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<p>A few days ago, I sent off an article I had just written on assignment to the editor of a magazine which was preparing to run it. A few moments later, I got an email back: he had just been fired and the magazine was being shut down by the publisher.&#160; My story, for which I had expected to be paid $1500, was toast.</p>
<p>When I tried to write back a reply to the editor, I got a message saying that my email message was “undeliverable.”</p>
<p>I called the editor (who worked from home) on his cell phone and, still sounding shell-shocked, he informed me that immediately after notifying him, with no warning, that he was being axed,&#160; the publisher had eliminated his company email account and had blocked him from accessing the company’s server, thus effectively cutting him off from all the contacts he had developed over his years at the company.</p>
<p>I mentioned this shabby treatment to a couple of guys at lunch the next day, and was told by one that his wife had been laid off from her job only days before. She too had received no notice from her employer and had been given only a couple of hours to clear her desk out and leave the premises, despite her having worked there for over six years.</p>
<p>Welcome to the American business world.</p>
<p>`It’s an ugly place where loyalty is rewarded with abuse and relationships are intensely hierarchical, one-sided and ultimately totally artificial. It is a place where managers do not have to follow the basic rules of human decency by which they for the most part live in their private lives.</p>
<p>Across the country, every day, some 20,000 or more American workers are getting sacked these days by managers who are focused on bottom lines and satisfying greedy investors. A shockingly high percentage of these victims of recession and corporate greed get little or no notice.&#160; One reason for this shabby and abusive treatment is that companies don’t want word leaking out about their difficulties and their cutbacks.&#160; Bad news about layoffs can hurt stock prices, can alarm customers and can worry creditors.</p>
<p>Many employers even attempt to block fired employees from collecting unemployment compensation (an employer’s unemployment insurance rate is determined by experience—the greater the number of workers you fire who go on unemployment, the higher your premium). They do this by claiming the worker was fired “for cause.” This forces the sacked worker to appeal and go through a hearing process, all of which can take weeks, with the outcome uncertain.</p>
<p>Often workers who are treated badly by employers who dump them will not complain publicly about their treatment because they need to maintain good relations with their old company so they can get favorable recommendations when they search for new work.&#160; Some workers even fear to file for unemployment benefits due them, for fear that it will lead to a bad job recommendation down the road.</p>
<p>These kinds of implied threats are just an extension of another problem: the lack of free speech on the job.</p>
<p>We all grow up learning that here in America we have freedom of speech. What our teachers don’t tell us when we’re in school is that actually the First Amendment only applies to the relatively short period of time between when we wake up in the morning and the time we go through the entryway of our place of work, and to the time between when we exit the building and when we go home and go to sleep.&#160; That eight or nine-hour period of the day when we are on the job we do not have that First Amendment right to say what we are thinking.&#160; Try exercising it, and you can be fired—for cause and with no access to an unemployment check. Think about it a moment: we sleep, if we’re lucky, for eight hours, and work for another eight, so we really only get freedom of speech for a third of each day, and much of that time most of us are alone in a car, or have food in our mouths and can’t talk anyhow. Some freedom!</p>
<p>When you examine this situation, it really closely resembles the medieval institution of serfdom.&#160; True, in modern capitalism, the boss doesn’t own you as Lords of old owned their serfs, but the two relationships still have a lot in common.</p>
<p>A serf of old could flee her or his Lord’s estate, and many did. In an era of limited communications, it was at least possible to escape and to find one’s way to a new situation—usually another Lord’s estate.&#160; Today, of course, one is free to change jobs. But because employers generally demand references of the people they hire, modern workers need to be careful to maintain good relations with their bosses even if they are abused by those bosses, lest they end up unemployable.</p>
<p>There is one exception to this grim picture, and that is labor unions.&#160; On jobs where there are unions, workers have a modicum of freedom from abuse–and a modicum of freedom of speech on the job.&#160; A union contract generally establishes the principle of seniority, so that employers are not free to simply let go anyone they choose during an economic slowdown. They have to let people go on the basis of seniority—the most recent hires first.&#160; This is only fair.&#160; With a contract, bosses also cannot fire anyone without cause and without due process and notice. Workers have the right to file a grievance if they are ill treated by management.&#160; Within certain bounds, expressing one’s opinion cannot be cause for being fired (though most contracts still allow termination for “insubordination”).</p>
<p>It is this assertion of the personhood of workers, and of their basic freedom to be fully human, as much as the simply fact that unionized workers generally earn more than their non-unionized counterparts, that makes American managers and capitalist owners so virulently anti-union.</p>
<p>If American workers needed a reason to back the Employee Free Choice Act (soon to be considered and voted on by Congress), which would make it easier for them to demand a union and to win a first contract with their employers, and which would finally put teeth in the penalties assessed against employers who violate worker rights, this recession should give it to them.&#160; To fully enjoy the freedoms we supposedly are granted by our Constitution, most notably the First Amendment freedom of speech, religion and assembly, to fully be human beings instead of just serfs, it is essential that every American worker be protected by a collective bargaining agreement.</p>
<p>It is the only way to force employers to behave decently, and to make workers truly free.</p>
<p>DAVE LINDORFF&#160; is a Philadelphia-based journalist and columnist. His latest book is “ <a href="" type="internal">The Case for Impeachment</a>” (St. Martin’s Press, 2006 and now available in paperback). He can be reached at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" type="external">[email protected]</a></p>
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<p>A few days ago, I sent off an article I had just written on assignment to the editor of a magazine which was preparing to run it. A few moments later, I got an email back: he had just been fired and the magazine was being shut down by the publisher.&#160; My story, for which I had expected to be paid $1500, was toast.</p>
<p>When I tried to write back a reply to the editor, I got a message saying that my email message was “undeliverable.”</p>
<p>I called the editor (who worked from home) on his cell phone and, still sounding shell-shocked, he informed me that immediately after notifying him, with no warning, that he was being axed,&#160; the publisher had eliminated his company email account and had blocked him from accessing the company’s server, thus effectively cutting him off from all the contacts he had developed over his years at the company.</p>
<p>I mentioned this shabby treatment to a couple of guys at lunch the next day, and was told by one that his wife had been laid off from her job only days before. She too had received no notice from her employer and had been given only a couple of hours to clear her desk out and leave the premises, despite her having worked there for over six years.</p>
<p>Welcome to the American business world.</p>
<p>`It’s an ugly place where loyalty is rewarded with abuse and relationships are intensely hierarchical, one-sided and ultimately totally artificial. It is a place where managers do not have to follow the basic rules of human decency by which they for the most part live in their private lives.</p>
<p>Across the country, every day, some 20,000 or more American workers are getting sacked these days by managers who are focused on bottom lines and satisfying greedy investors. A shockingly high percentage of these victims of recession and corporate greed get little or no notice.&#160; One reason for this shabby and abusive treatment is that companies don’t want word leaking out about their difficulties and their cutbacks.&#160; Bad news about layoffs can hurt stock prices, can alarm customers and can worry creditors.</p>
<p>Many employers even attempt to block fired employees from collecting unemployment compensation (an employer’s unemployment insurance rate is determined by experience—the greater the number of workers you fire who go on unemployment, the higher your premium). They do this by claiming the worker was fired “for cause.” This forces the sacked worker to appeal and go through a hearing process, all of which can take weeks, with the outcome uncertain.</p>
<p>Often workers who are treated badly by employers who dump them will not complain publicly about their treatment because they need to maintain good relations with their old company so they can get favorable recommendations when they search for new work.&#160; Some workers even fear to file for unemployment benefits due them, for fear that it will lead to a bad job recommendation down the road.</p>
<p>These kinds of implied threats are just an extension of another problem: the lack of free speech on the job.</p>
<p>We all grow up learning that here in America we have freedom of speech. What our teachers don’t tell us when we’re in school is that actually the First Amendment only applies to the relatively short period of time between when we wake up in the morning and the time we go through the entryway of our place of work, and to the time between when we exit the building and when we go home and go to sleep.&#160; That eight or nine-hour period of the day when we are on the job we do not have that First Amendment right to say what we are thinking.&#160; Try exercising it, and you can be fired—for cause and with no access to an unemployment check. Think about it a moment: we sleep, if we’re lucky, for eight hours, and work for another eight, so we really only get freedom of speech for a third of each day, and much of that time most of us are alone in a car, or have food in our mouths and can’t talk anyhow. Some freedom!</p>
<p>When you examine this situation, it really closely resembles the medieval institution of serfdom.&#160; True, in modern capitalism, the boss doesn’t own you as Lords of old owned their serfs, but the two relationships still have a lot in common.</p>
<p>A serf of old could flee her or his Lord’s estate, and many did. In an era of limited communications, it was at least possible to escape and to find one’s way to a new situation—usually another Lord’s estate.&#160; Today, of course, one is free to change jobs. But because employers generally demand references of the people they hire, modern workers need to be careful to maintain good relations with their bosses even if they are abused by those bosses, lest they end up unemployable.</p>
<p>There is one exception to this grim picture, and that is labor unions.&#160; On jobs where there are unions, workers have a modicum of freedom from abuse–and a modicum of freedom of speech on the job.&#160; A union contract generally establishes the principle of seniority, so that employers are not free to simply let go anyone they choose during an economic slowdown. They have to let people go on the basis of seniority—the most recent hires first.&#160; This is only fair.&#160; With a contract, bosses also cannot fire anyone without cause and without due process and notice. Workers have the right to file a grievance if they are ill treated by management.&#160; Within certain bounds, expressing one’s opinion cannot be cause for being fired (though most contracts still allow termination for “insubordination”).</p>
<p>It is this assertion of the personhood of workers, and of their basic freedom to be fully human, as much as the simply fact that unionized workers generally earn more than their non-unionized counterparts, that makes American managers and capitalist owners so virulently anti-union.</p>
<p>If American workers needed a reason to back the Employee Free Choice Act (soon to be considered and voted on by Congress), which would make it easier for them to demand a union and to win a first contract with their employers, and which would finally put teeth in the penalties assessed against employers who violate worker rights, this recession should give it to them.&#160; To fully enjoy the freedoms we supposedly are granted by our Constitution, most notably the First Amendment freedom of speech, religion and assembly, to fully be human beings instead of just serfs, it is essential that every American worker be protected by a collective bargaining agreement.</p>
<p>It is the only way to force employers to behave decently, and to make workers truly free.</p>
<p>DAVE LINDORFF&#160; is a Philadelphia-based journalist and columnist. His latest book is “ <a href="" type="internal">The Case for Impeachment</a>” (St. Martin’s Press, 2006 and now available in paperback). He can be reached at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" type="external">[email protected]</a></p>
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<p>Shares of <a href="" type="internal">Tupperware</a> (NYSE:TUP) climbed to a 52-week high on Wednesday after the company revealed a record first-quarter profit driven by its <a href="" type="internal">emerging markets</a>, leading the company to raise its fiscal view.</p>
<p>The Orlando-based seller of food storage and personal care products posted net income of $55.8 million, or 88 cents a share, compared with $47.1 million, or 73 cents a share, in the same quarter last year, beating the Street’s view of 85 cents.</p>
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<p>Revenue for the retailer was $636.4 million, up 14% from $557.1 million a year ago, ahead of average analyst estimates polled by Thomson Reuters of $606.4 million.</p>
<p>Sales growth was led in its Asia Pacific division, which climbed 26% to $160.1 million, followed by South America, which jumped 64% to $57.6 million.</p>
<p>“Our emerging markets comprised 57% of sales in the quarter and delivered a 16% sales increase in local currency,” Tupperware CEO Rick Goings said in a statement. “A number of emerging markets had double digit sales increases, even without the extra week benefit, including Brazil, India, Indonesia, Malaysia/Singapore, the Philippines, Turkey and Venezuela.”</p>
<p>Russia was the only unit with a significant sales decrease, though the company said it expects to see improving numbers as it moves through the year.</p>
<p>For the current quarter, Tupperware is anticipating non-GAAP earnings in the range of $1.13 to $1.18, higher than analyst estimates of $1.11.</p>
<p>Reflecting the improved performance, the company raised its fiscal view, now expecting earnings in the range of $4.45 a share to $4.55 a share, 22 cents higher than its February forecast. <a href="" type="internal">Wall Street</a> is looking for a profit of $4.34.</p>
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<p>Shares of <a href="" type="internal">Tupperware</a> (NYSE:TUP) climbed to a 52-week high on Wednesday after the company revealed a record first-quarter profit driven by its <a href="" type="internal">emerging markets</a>, leading the company to raise its fiscal view.</p>
<p>The Orlando-based seller of food storage and personal care products posted net income of $55.8 million, or 88 cents a share, compared with $47.1 million, or 73 cents a share, in the same quarter last year, beating the Street’s view of 85 cents.</p>
<p>Continue Reading Below</p>
<p>Revenue for the retailer was $636.4 million, up 14% from $557.1 million a year ago, ahead of average analyst estimates polled by Thomson Reuters of $606.4 million.</p>
<p>Sales growth was led in its Asia Pacific division, which climbed 26% to $160.1 million, followed by South America, which jumped 64% to $57.6 million.</p>
<p>“Our emerging markets comprised 57% of sales in the quarter and delivered a 16% sales increase in local currency,” Tupperware CEO Rick Goings said in a statement. “A number of emerging markets had double digit sales increases, even without the extra week benefit, including Brazil, India, Indonesia, Malaysia/Singapore, the Philippines, Turkey and Venezuela.”</p>
<p>Russia was the only unit with a significant sales decrease, though the company said it expects to see improving numbers as it moves through the year.</p>
<p>For the current quarter, Tupperware is anticipating non-GAAP earnings in the range of $1.13 to $1.18, higher than analyst estimates of $1.11.</p>
<p>Reflecting the improved performance, the company raised its fiscal view, now expecting earnings in the range of $4.45 a share to $4.55 a share, 22 cents higher than its February forecast. <a href="" type="internal">Wall Street</a> is looking for a profit of $4.34.</p>
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<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Aiming to undercut Apple's latest hit service, Google is teaming up with three major U.S. wireless carriers to prod more people into using its mobile wallet.</p>
<p>The counterattack announced Monday is just the latest example of how the competition between Google Inc. and Apple Inc. is extending beyond the technology industry's traditional boundaries. Besides payments, Silicon Valley's two richest companies are expanding into fields such as home appliances and cars to increase their power and profits.</p>
<p>Google's latest volley calls for its payment service to be built into Android smartphones sold by AT&amp;T Inc., Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA later this year. Smartphone owners currently have to download the service, called Google Wallet, and install the app on their phone if they want to use it to buy something instead of pulling out cash or a credit card.</p>
<p>Apple's rival service, Apple Pay, already comes embedded in the latest versions of the company's mobile software.</p>
<p>Besides trying to make it more convenient to use Wallet, Google also is hoping to improve the nearly 4-year-old service. Toward that end, Google Inc. is buying some mobile payment technology and patents from Softcard, a 5-year-old venture owned by the wireless carriers. Financial terms weren't disclosed.</p>
<p>Although Google and the wireless carriers got a head start with their digital wallets, the concept hadn't gained much traction until Apple Pay debuted last fall.</p>
<p>The service has become more popular than Apple expected, according to a recent presentation by CEO Tim Cook.</p>
<p>Just three months after Apple Pay's November debut, Cook said the service accounted for two out of every three dollars spent across the three major U.S. card networks, when no card was used. About 2,000 banks and credit unions have agreed to offer Apple Pay to its customers. Apple hasn't said how many merchants are set up to handle its mobile payment services.</p>
<p>If Apple builds on that early momentum, the Cupertino, California, company could become the leader in what is expected to be a booming market. Nearly 16 million U.S. consumers spent about $3.5 billion on tap-and-pay services last year, according to the research firm eMarketer. By 2018, eMarketer predicts those figures will rise to 57 million U.S. consumers spending about $118 billion.</p>
<p>Companies that provide mobile wallets make money by collecting processing fees from merchants and banks.</p>
<p>Samsung Electronics, another major smartphone maker, may be ready to join the fray after buying a mobile payment startup called LoopPay. That deal, announced last week, fueled speculation that Samsung will include a digital wallet on its next phone.</p>
<p>Apple Pay's popularity probably helped forge the unlikely alliance between Google and the wireless carriers. Google traditionally has had a prickly relationship with the carriers, largely because it doesn't believe enough has been done to upgrade wireless networks and make them cheaper so more people can spend more time online. Media reports say Google is considering selling its own wireless plans to consumers.</p>
<p>The pre-installation of the Wallet app is similar to what Google already does with its search engine, Gmail and YouTube on millions of other phones running on Android — an operating system that Google has been giving away for years to ensure people keep using its products on mobile devices. Google profits from the traffic by showing ads.</p>
<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Aiming to undercut Apple's latest hit service, Google is teaming up with three major U.S. wireless carriers to prod more people into using its mobile wallet.</p>
<p>The counterattack announced Monday is just the latest example of how the competition between Google Inc. and Apple Inc. is extending beyond the technology industry's traditional boundaries. Besides payments, Silicon Valley's two richest companies are expanding into fields such as home appliances and cars to increase their power and profits.</p>
<p>Google's latest volley calls for its payment service to be built into Android smartphones sold by AT&amp;T Inc., Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA later this year. Smartphone owners currently have to download the service, called Google Wallet, and install the app on their phone if they want to use it to buy something instead of pulling out cash or a credit card.</p>
<p>Apple's rival service, Apple Pay, already comes embedded in the latest versions of the company's mobile software.</p>
<p>Besides trying to make it more convenient to use Wallet, Google also is hoping to improve the nearly 4-year-old service. Toward that end, Google Inc. is buying some mobile payment technology and patents from Softcard, a 5-year-old venture owned by the wireless carriers. Financial terms weren't disclosed.</p>
<p>Although Google and the wireless carriers got a head start with their digital wallets, the concept hadn't gained much traction until Apple Pay debuted last fall.</p>
<p>The service has become more popular than Apple expected, according to a recent presentation by CEO Tim Cook.</p>
<p>Just three months after Apple Pay's November debut, Cook said the service accounted for two out of every three dollars spent across the three major U.S. card networks, when no card was used. About 2,000 banks and credit unions have agreed to offer Apple Pay to its customers. Apple hasn't said how many merchants are set up to handle its mobile payment services.</p>
<p>If Apple builds on that early momentum, the Cupertino, California, company could become the leader in what is expected to be a booming market. Nearly 16 million U.S. consumers spent about $3.5 billion on tap-and-pay services last year, according to the research firm eMarketer. By 2018, eMarketer predicts those figures will rise to 57 million U.S. consumers spending about $118 billion.</p>
<p>Companies that provide mobile wallets make money by collecting processing fees from merchants and banks.</p>
<p>Samsung Electronics, another major smartphone maker, may be ready to join the fray after buying a mobile payment startup called LoopPay. That deal, announced last week, fueled speculation that Samsung will include a digital wallet on its next phone.</p>
<p>Apple Pay's popularity probably helped forge the unlikely alliance between Google and the wireless carriers. Google traditionally has had a prickly relationship with the carriers, largely because it doesn't believe enough has been done to upgrade wireless networks and make them cheaper so more people can spend more time online. Media reports say Google is considering selling its own wireless plans to consumers.</p>
<p>The pre-installation of the Wallet app is similar to what Google already does with its search engine, Gmail and YouTube on millions of other phones running on Android — an operating system that Google has been giving away for years to ensure people keep using its products on mobile devices. Google profits from the traffic by showing ads.</p>
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<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Aiming to undercut Apple's latest hit service, Google is teaming up with three major U.S. wireless carriers to prod more people into using its mobile wallet.</p>
<p>The counterattack announced Monday is just the latest example of how the competition between Google Inc. and Apple Inc. is extending beyond the technology industry's traditional boundaries. Besides payments, Silicon Valley's two richest companies are expanding into fields such as home appliances and cars to increase their power and profits.</p>
<p>Google's latest volley calls for its payment service to be built into Android smartphones sold by AT&amp;T Inc., Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA later this year. Smartphone owners currently have to download the service, called Google Wallet, and install the app on their phone if they want to use it to buy something instead of pulling out cash or a credit card.</p>
<p>Apple's rival service, Apple Pay, already comes embedded in the latest versions of the company's mobile software.</p>
<p>Besides trying to make it more convenient to use Wallet, Google also is hoping to improve the nearly 4-year-old service. Toward that end, Google Inc. is buying some mobile payment technology and patents from Softcard, a 5-year-old venture owned by the wireless carriers. Financial terms weren't disclosed.</p>
<p>Although Google and the wireless carriers got a head start with their digital wallets, the concept hadn't gained much traction until Apple Pay debuted last fall.</p>
<p>The service has become more popular than Apple expected, according to a recent presentation by CEO Tim Cook.</p>
<p>Just three months after Apple Pay's November debut, Cook said the service accounted for two out of every three dollars spent across the three major U.S. card networks, when no card was used. About 2,000 banks and credit unions have agreed to offer Apple Pay to its customers. Apple hasn't said how many merchants are set up to handle its mobile payment services.</p>
<p>If Apple builds on that early momentum, the Cupertino, California, company could become the leader in what is expected to be a booming market. Nearly 16 million U.S. consumers spent about $3.5 billion on tap-and-pay services last year, according to the research firm eMarketer. By 2018, eMarketer predicts those figures will rise to 57 million U.S. consumers spending about $118 billion.</p>
<p>Companies that provide mobile wallets make money by collecting processing fees from merchants and banks.</p>
<p>Samsung Electronics, another major smartphone maker, may be ready to join the fray after buying a mobile payment startup called LoopPay. That deal, announced last week, fueled speculation that Samsung will include a digital wallet on its next phone.</p>
<p>Apple Pay's popularity probably helped forge the unlikely alliance between Google and the wireless carriers. Google traditionally has had a prickly relationship with the carriers, largely because it doesn't believe enough has been done to upgrade wireless networks and make them cheaper so more people can spend more time online. Media reports say Google is considering selling its own wireless plans to consumers.</p>
<p>The pre-installation of the Wallet app is similar to what Google already does with its search engine, Gmail and YouTube on millions of other phones running on Android — an operating system that Google has been giving away for years to ensure people keep using its products on mobile devices. Google profits from the traffic by showing ads.</p>
<p>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Aiming to undercut Apple's latest hit service, Google is teaming up with three major U.S. wireless carriers to prod more people into using its mobile wallet.</p>
<p>The counterattack announced Monday is just the latest example of how the competition between Google Inc. and Apple Inc. is extending beyond the technology industry's traditional boundaries. Besides payments, Silicon Valley's two richest companies are expanding into fields such as home appliances and cars to increase their power and profits.</p>
<p>Google's latest volley calls for its payment service to be built into Android smartphones sold by AT&amp;T Inc., Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA later this year. Smartphone owners currently have to download the service, called Google Wallet, and install the app on their phone if they want to use it to buy something instead of pulling out cash or a credit card.</p>
<p>Apple's rival service, Apple Pay, already comes embedded in the latest versions of the company's mobile software.</p>
<p>Besides trying to make it more convenient to use Wallet, Google also is hoping to improve the nearly 4-year-old service. Toward that end, Google Inc. is buying some mobile payment technology and patents from Softcard, a 5-year-old venture owned by the wireless carriers. Financial terms weren't disclosed.</p>
<p>Although Google and the wireless carriers got a head start with their digital wallets, the concept hadn't gained much traction until Apple Pay debuted last fall.</p>
<p>The service has become more popular than Apple expected, according to a recent presentation by CEO Tim Cook.</p>
<p>Just three months after Apple Pay's November debut, Cook said the service accounted for two out of every three dollars spent across the three major U.S. card networks, when no card was used. About 2,000 banks and credit unions have agreed to offer Apple Pay to its customers. Apple hasn't said how many merchants are set up to handle its mobile payment services.</p>
<p>If Apple builds on that early momentum, the Cupertino, California, company could become the leader in what is expected to be a booming market. Nearly 16 million U.S. consumers spent about $3.5 billion on tap-and-pay services last year, according to the research firm eMarketer. By 2018, eMarketer predicts those figures will rise to 57 million U.S. consumers spending about $118 billion.</p>
<p>Companies that provide mobile wallets make money by collecting processing fees from merchants and banks.</p>
<p>Samsung Electronics, another major smartphone maker, may be ready to join the fray after buying a mobile payment startup called LoopPay. That deal, announced last week, fueled speculation that Samsung will include a digital wallet on its next phone.</p>
<p>Apple Pay's popularity probably helped forge the unlikely alliance between Google and the wireless carriers. Google traditionally has had a prickly relationship with the carriers, largely because it doesn't believe enough has been done to upgrade wireless networks and make them cheaper so more people can spend more time online. Media reports say Google is considering selling its own wireless plans to consumers.</p>
<p>The pre-installation of the Wallet app is similar to what Google already does with its search engine, Gmail and YouTube on millions of other phones running on Android — an operating system that Google has been giving away for years to ensure people keep using its products on mobile devices. Google profits from the traffic by showing ads.</p>
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<p>Qayyarah Airbase, South of Mosul, Iraq — The American ground force commander in Iraq, Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, said U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have momentum on their side in the battle to drive ISIS out of its Iraq stronghold, the northern city of Mosul.</p>
<p>Volesky, speaking to NBC News in his first interview since the Mosul offensive began earlier this week, expressed confidence that the terror group will lose Mosul and with it, its caliphate, or Islamic state, in Iraq.</p>
<p>"ISIS has said, this is the crown jewel of Iraq and its idea of a caliphate," Volesky said. “There’s not going to be a caliphate, if there ever really was one. So for ISIL, this is going to be a key loss for them and it will be a loss"</p>
<p>Related: <a href="" type="internal">The Battle for Mosul Won't End With the Ouster of ISIS</a></p>
<p>Volesky praised Iraqi troops for advancing quickly toward Mosul and said so far the resistance they have meet has been moderate.</p>
<p>"Iraqis have the momentum," he said. "They know it and they want to get there as quickly as they can."</p>
<p>The Iraqi army has a lot riding on the success of the Mosul operation. ISIS was able to swiftly take control of Mosul two and a half years ago when the Iraqi army collapsed in the city, running from the fight and abandoning their weapons.</p>
<p>Volesky doesn’t expect that to happen this time.</p>
<p>"They're much more confident and they've learned from these last two years," he said. "Make no mistake, they've learned."</p>
<p>Related: <a href="" type="internal">Villages Retaken as Bid to Free 1.5M From ISIS Begins</a></p>
<p>Volesky said the capture of Mosul would not mean the end of ISIS. Its fighters are expected to retreat into the desert and conduct terror attacks and try to establish an insurgency, he said. Volesky estimates there are between 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters in Mosul, but he said some have been leaving.</p>
<p>"I'll tell you there are a lot fewer Daesh today than there were yesterday. There will be fewer tomorrow than today," he said, referring to another name by which ISIS is sometimes called.</p>
<p>Despite the successes thus far, Volesky said it’s just too early to know how long the Mosul operation will take. Most estimates have ranged from a few weeks to several months.</p>
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Fall of Mosul Would Mean End of ISIS ‘Caliphate’ in Iraq: U.S. General
<p>Qayyarah Airbase, South of Mosul, Iraq — The American ground force commander in Iraq, Maj. Gen. Gary Volesky, said U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have momentum on their side in the battle to drive ISIS out of its Iraq stronghold, the northern city of Mosul.</p>
<p>Volesky, speaking to NBC News in his first interview since the Mosul offensive began earlier this week, expressed confidence that the terror group will lose Mosul and with it, its caliphate, or Islamic state, in Iraq.</p>
<p>"ISIS has said, this is the crown jewel of Iraq and its idea of a caliphate," Volesky said. “There’s not going to be a caliphate, if there ever really was one. So for ISIL, this is going to be a key loss for them and it will be a loss"</p>
<p>Related: <a href="" type="internal">The Battle for Mosul Won't End With the Ouster of ISIS</a></p>
<p>Volesky praised Iraqi troops for advancing quickly toward Mosul and said so far the resistance they have meet has been moderate.</p>
<p>"Iraqis have the momentum," he said. "They know it and they want to get there as quickly as they can."</p>
<p>The Iraqi army has a lot riding on the success of the Mosul operation. ISIS was able to swiftly take control of Mosul two and a half years ago when the Iraqi army collapsed in the city, running from the fight and abandoning their weapons.</p>
<p>Volesky doesn’t expect that to happen this time.</p>
<p>"They're much more confident and they've learned from these last two years," he said. "Make no mistake, they've learned."</p>
<p>Related: <a href="" type="internal">Villages Retaken as Bid to Free 1.5M From ISIS Begins</a></p>
<p>Volesky said the capture of Mosul would not mean the end of ISIS. Its fighters are expected to retreat into the desert and conduct terror attacks and try to establish an insurgency, he said. Volesky estimates there are between 3,000 to 5,000 ISIS fighters in Mosul, but he said some have been leaving.</p>
<p>"I'll tell you there are a lot fewer Daesh today than there were yesterday. There will be fewer tomorrow than today," he said, referring to another name by which ISIS is sometimes called.</p>
<p>Despite the successes thus far, Volesky said it’s just too early to know how long the Mosul operation will take. Most estimates have ranged from a few weeks to several months.</p>
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<p>On February 22, a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/world/asia/kansas-attack-possible-hate-crime-srinivas-kuchibhotla.html?_r=0" type="external">white man</a> shot two Indian men in a bar in Kansas City.</p>
<p>Earlier in the night, the shooter, Adam Purinton, had targeted the men with racial slurs; as he opened fire, he reportedly <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/23/alleged-shooter-to-indian-american-victims-get-out-of-my-country.html" type="external">shouted</a> “Get out of my country.” One of the men, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, was killed. His friend, Alok Madasani — as well as a bystander who tried to intervene— sustained serious injuries.&#160;</p>
<p>The Trump administration has <a href="http://www.salon.com/2017/02/28/profile-in-cowardice-donald-trump-will-take-no-responsibility-for-the-wave-of-hate-crimes-he-has-inspired/" type="external">denied</a> that their racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies had anything to do with the shootings:&#160;Sean Spicer has conveniently ignored the connection between&#160;Purinton’s repeated inquiries into the men’s immigration status before he opened fire, and the regime’s own rampant racism. Yet we must hold the stokers of&#160;anti-immigrant and Islamophobic sentiment accountable for <a href="http://www.teenvogue.com/story/hate-crimes-rise-since-donald-trump-elected-president" type="external">crimes</a> committed in the name of xenophobic nationalism. And white Americans must hold ourselves accountable in standing for the rights of people of color.&#160;</p>
<p>It’s not the first fatal hate crime against Indian and other South Asian Americans. Since the inception of the <a href="http://pluralism.org/research-report/post-9-11-hate-crime-trends-muslims-sikhs-hindus-and-jews-in-the-u-s/" type="external">War on Terror</a>, South Asians <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Sikh_temple_shooting" type="external">of all religions</a> have borne the brunt of rising tides of Islamophobia, xenophobia, and anti-brown racism. It is, however, the first documented hate-motivated murder of the Trump regime, and that matters. It matters for the millions of South Asian and Muslim Americans already <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/kansas-india-community-idINKBN164030" type="external">living under the terror</a> of white-supremacist American governments past and present. And it matters that we mourn and remember this crime as part of the broader fight against xenophobic, ethnocentric, and fascist regimes the world over.&#160;</p>
<p>I write this post from India, where the shootings were big news— <a href="http://www.dailyo.in/politics/kansas-engineer-shooting-indian-americans-silent/story/1/15837.html" type="external">perhaps just as big</a>&#160;as in the United States. Among the coverage of the hate crime were acute fear for family and friends in the United States. There were also&#160; <a href="http://www.salon.com/2017/02/28/profile-in-cowardice-donald-trump-will-take-no-responsibility-for-the-wave-of-hate-crimes-he-has-inspired/" type="external">criticisms</a> of the silence of the <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/kansas-shooting-anger-grief-as-indian-americans-blame-trump/story-xqfVuWKYBucssihMCegn5J.html" type="external">Trump&#160;government</a>.</p>
<p>Some Indian commentators also <a href="http://www.dailyo.in/variety/kansas-shooting-narendra-modi-donald-trump/story/1/15863.html" type="external">critiqued the silence</a> of the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/03/02/why-the-silence-of-modi-is-no-less-disquieting-than-trumps-afte/" type="external">Indian government</a>, including the current <a href="https://thewire.in/112746/modi-silence-kansas-shooting/" type="external">Prime Minister Narendra Modi,</a> about the shooting. One writer <a href="http://www.dailyo.in/variety/kansas-shooting-modi-trump-hate-politics/story/1/15829.html" type="external">points out</a>&#160;that, while there was&#160;a tweet from the&#160;Foreign Minister (and while the Consul general from India has <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article136123098.html" type="external">met with</a> the man who attempted to intervene in the shootings), the Indian government has largely remained mum in the face of the murder of an Indian citizen&#160;by what is effectively a foreign terrorist. As <a href="http://www.dailyo.in/variety/kansas-shooting-narendra-modi-donald-trump/story/1/15863.html" type="external">this</a> article’s author argues, this potential omission challenges us to confront the affinities between different kinds of right-wing violence worldwide,&#160;and to stand as a global movement against xenophobic nationalism.</p>
<p>The writer speaks from a climate of Indian domestic right-wing politics in which members of some groups, like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sena (RSS) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have expressed admiration for Trump’s <a href="http://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/uttar-pradesh-hindu-youths-form-trump-sena-to-support-bjp-stop-hindu-migration-4507551/" type="external">anti-Muslim</a> and hyper-nationalist&#160;policies, including the <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/bjp-leader-yogi-adityanth-seeks-donald-trump-like-immigration-order-in-india/529798/" type="external">Muslim ban</a>. One such group, the extreme right Hindu Sena, even threw a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/06/14/donald-trump-birthday_n_10452260.html" type="external">birthday party</a> for Trump in Delhi this summer.&#160;</p>
<p>These organizations tend to be pro-capitalist and espouse a brand of nationalism which equates&#160;Indian identity with Hindu identity&#160;and casts Muslims and other religious minorities as “terrorists” or “ <a href="https://www.thequint.com/india/2016/03/22/quint-exclusive-umar-khalid-anirabn-bhattacharya-jnu-sedition-delhi-government-arnab-goswami-times-now" type="external">anti-nationals</a>” who <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/specials/in-depth/the-dadri-lynching-how-events-unfolded/article7719414.ece" type="external">risk lynching</a> for supposed violations of dominant norms. Some American Trump supporters come from a similar right-wing perspective, as illustrated in the Hindus for Trump <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/sahilrizwan/big-fan-of-hindu?utm_term=.ggyv017zv#.mqEk7ndDk" type="external">event</a> in New Jersey this past October. So it makes sense that some members of these organizations and Trump,&#160;whose <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/donald-trump-conflicts-of-interests/508382/" type="external">extensive</a> business holdings in <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/trumps-extensive-deals-in-india-raise-conflict-of-interest-concerns/2016/11/21/3313319e-3f04-44fa-a28a-c297d891465c_story.html?utm_term=.4cbdf9e64ec5" type="external">India</a>&#160;are only matched by his Islamophobia, would find common ground.&#160;</p>
<p>This is the context of global&#160;right-wing alliance&#160;in which the writer for The Daily O&#160; <a href="http://www.dailyo.in/variety/kansas-shooting-narendra-modi-donald-trump/story/1/15863.html" type="external">asks</a>,&#160;“Does [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi feel hesitant over calling out xenophobia in the United States because it would draw parallels to events in India?”</p>
<p>The question reminds us&#160;that violent, capitalist ethnocentrism is a global issue, but also gives us hope that we can therefore wage a global struggle, as well.&#160;</p>
<p>In terms of Purinton’s crime, those of us&#160;who are white in the U.S. must bear&#160;the greatest moral responsibility for fighting&#160;violence committed in our names. For regardless of the rallying of the global right behind&#160;Trump, the cruelest and most overwhelming fact of Kuchibhota’s death is the violence of white supremacy.</p>
<p>But if the global right is organized, we can be, too. We can take inspiration from the struggles against fascism and social injustice which continue to be waged in India—from the anti-caste activism of the <a href="https://scroll.in/article/812100/an-assault-on-dalits-may-have-triggered-the-biggest-lower-caste-uprising-in-gujarat-in-30-years" type="external">Una movement</a> to the struggles of indigenous leaders against <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35811608" type="external">state violence</a> to <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/live-updates-on-gurmehar-kaur-s-post-delhi-university-protest-march-ramjas-clashes/story-PjQHjiJP5O9qKMJ4QeqjOL.html" type="external">student activism</a> against the stifling of dissent in universities. And white Americans can similarly learn from&#160;the struggles of South Asian Americans leading fights for <a href="https://www.sikhcoalition.org/our-work/preventing-hate-and-discrimination/" type="external">racial</a>, <a href="http://www.drumnyc.org/" type="external">economic,</a> and&#160; <a href="http://www.sakhi.org/2016/03/08/8-south-asian-women-to-celebrate-this-international-womens-day/" type="external">gender</a>&#160;justice in the United States.</p>
<p>In standing with American people of color as well as&#160;Indian and global struggles against fascism, we must— the white, the rich, the male, the non-Muslim— actively choose the collective project of social justice over some of our more narrow racial, class, or religio-nationalist interests.&#160;Masculinity and ethnocentrism, wealth and whiteness urge their beneficiaries to look out only for themselves.&#160;We will have to choose, instead, to look out for each other.</p>
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The White Supremacist Kansas City Shooting and the Need for Global Solidarity
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The White Supremacist Kansas City Shooting and the Need for Global Solidarity
<p>On February 22, a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/world/asia/kansas-attack-possible-hate-crime-srinivas-kuchibhotla.html?_r=0" type="external">white man</a> shot two Indian men in a bar in Kansas City.</p>
<p>Earlier in the night, the shooter, Adam Purinton, had targeted the men with racial slurs; as he opened fire, he reportedly <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/23/alleged-shooter-to-indian-american-victims-get-out-of-my-country.html" type="external">shouted</a> “Get out of my country.” One of the men, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, was killed. His friend, Alok Madasani — as well as a bystander who tried to intervene— sustained serious injuries.&#160;</p>
<p>The Trump administration has <a href="http://www.salon.com/2017/02/28/profile-in-cowardice-donald-trump-will-take-no-responsibility-for-the-wave-of-hate-crimes-he-has-inspired/" type="external">denied</a> that their racist, anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies had anything to do with the shootings:&#160;Sean Spicer has conveniently ignored the connection between&#160;Purinton’s repeated inquiries into the men’s immigration status before he opened fire, and the regime’s own rampant racism. Yet we must hold the stokers of&#160;anti-immigrant and Islamophobic sentiment accountable for <a href="http://www.teenvogue.com/story/hate-crimes-rise-since-donald-trump-elected-president" type="external">crimes</a> committed in the name of xenophobic nationalism. And white Americans must hold ourselves accountable in standing for the rights of people of color.&#160;</p>
<p>It’s not the first fatal hate crime against Indian and other South Asian Americans. Since the inception of the <a href="http://pluralism.org/research-report/post-9-11-hate-crime-trends-muslims-sikhs-hindus-and-jews-in-the-u-s/" type="external">War on Terror</a>, South Asians <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Sikh_temple_shooting" type="external">of all religions</a> have borne the brunt of rising tides of Islamophobia, xenophobia, and anti-brown racism. It is, however, the first documented hate-motivated murder of the Trump regime, and that matters. It matters for the millions of South Asian and Muslim Americans already <a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/kansas-india-community-idINKBN164030" type="external">living under the terror</a> of white-supremacist American governments past and present. And it matters that we mourn and remember this crime as part of the broader fight against xenophobic, ethnocentric, and fascist regimes the world over.&#160;</p>
<p>I write this post from India, where the shootings were big news— <a href="http://www.dailyo.in/politics/kansas-engineer-shooting-indian-americans-silent/story/1/15837.html" type="external">perhaps just as big</a>&#160;as in the United States. Among the coverage of the hate crime were acute fear for family and friends in the United States. There were also&#160; <a href="http://www.salon.com/2017/02/28/profile-in-cowardice-donald-trump-will-take-no-responsibility-for-the-wave-of-hate-crimes-he-has-inspired/" type="external">criticisms</a> of the silence of the <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/kansas-shooting-anger-grief-as-indian-americans-blame-trump/story-xqfVuWKYBucssihMCegn5J.html" type="external">Trump&#160;government</a>.</p>
<p>Some Indian commentators also <a href="http://www.dailyo.in/variety/kansas-shooting-narendra-modi-donald-trump/story/1/15863.html" type="external">critiqued the silence</a> of the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/03/02/why-the-silence-of-modi-is-no-less-disquieting-than-trumps-afte/" type="external">Indian government</a>, including the current <a href="https://thewire.in/112746/modi-silence-kansas-shooting/" type="external">Prime Minister Narendra Modi,</a> about the shooting. One writer <a href="http://www.dailyo.in/variety/kansas-shooting-modi-trump-hate-politics/story/1/15829.html" type="external">points out</a>&#160;that, while there was&#160;a tweet from the&#160;Foreign Minister (and while the Consul general from India has <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article136123098.html" type="external">met with</a> the man who attempted to intervene in the shootings), the Indian government has largely remained mum in the face of the murder of an Indian citizen&#160;by what is effectively a foreign terrorist. As <a href="http://www.dailyo.in/variety/kansas-shooting-narendra-modi-donald-trump/story/1/15863.html" type="external">this</a> article’s author argues, this potential omission challenges us to confront the affinities between different kinds of right-wing violence worldwide,&#160;and to stand as a global movement against xenophobic nationalism.</p>
<p>The writer speaks from a climate of Indian domestic right-wing politics in which members of some groups, like the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sena (RSS) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have expressed admiration for Trump’s <a href="http://indianexpress.com/elections/uttar-pradesh-assembly-elections-2017/uttar-pradesh-hindu-youths-form-trump-sena-to-support-bjp-stop-hindu-migration-4507551/" type="external">anti-Muslim</a> and hyper-nationalist&#160;policies, including the <a href="http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/bjp-leader-yogi-adityanth-seeks-donald-trump-like-immigration-order-in-india/529798/" type="external">Muslim ban</a>. One such group, the extreme right Hindu Sena, even threw a <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/06/14/donald-trump-birthday_n_10452260.html" type="external">birthday party</a> for Trump in Delhi this summer.&#160;</p>
<p>These organizations tend to be pro-capitalist and espouse a brand of nationalism which equates&#160;Indian identity with Hindu identity&#160;and casts Muslims and other religious minorities as “terrorists” or “ <a href="https://www.thequint.com/india/2016/03/22/quint-exclusive-umar-khalid-anirabn-bhattacharya-jnu-sedition-delhi-government-arnab-goswami-times-now" type="external">anti-nationals</a>” who <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/specials/in-depth/the-dadri-lynching-how-events-unfolded/article7719414.ece" type="external">risk lynching</a> for supposed violations of dominant norms. Some American Trump supporters come from a similar right-wing perspective, as illustrated in the Hindus for Trump <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/sahilrizwan/big-fan-of-hindu?utm_term=.ggyv017zv#.mqEk7ndDk" type="external">event</a> in New Jersey this past October. So it makes sense that some members of these organizations and Trump,&#160;whose <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/donald-trump-conflicts-of-interests/508382/" type="external">extensive</a> business holdings in <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/trumps-extensive-deals-in-india-raise-conflict-of-interest-concerns/2016/11/21/3313319e-3f04-44fa-a28a-c297d891465c_story.html?utm_term=.4cbdf9e64ec5" type="external">India</a>&#160;are only matched by his Islamophobia, would find common ground.&#160;</p>
<p>This is the context of global&#160;right-wing alliance&#160;in which the writer for The Daily O&#160; <a href="http://www.dailyo.in/variety/kansas-shooting-narendra-modi-donald-trump/story/1/15863.html" type="external">asks</a>,&#160;“Does [Indian Prime Minister Narendra] Modi feel hesitant over calling out xenophobia in the United States because it would draw parallels to events in India?”</p>
<p>The question reminds us&#160;that violent, capitalist ethnocentrism is a global issue, but also gives us hope that we can therefore wage a global struggle, as well.&#160;</p>
<p>In terms of Purinton’s crime, those of us&#160;who are white in the U.S. must bear&#160;the greatest moral responsibility for fighting&#160;violence committed in our names. For regardless of the rallying of the global right behind&#160;Trump, the cruelest and most overwhelming fact of Kuchibhota’s death is the violence of white supremacy.</p>
<p>But if the global right is organized, we can be, too. We can take inspiration from the struggles against fascism and social injustice which continue to be waged in India—from the anti-caste activism of the <a href="https://scroll.in/article/812100/an-assault-on-dalits-may-have-triggered-the-biggest-lower-caste-uprising-in-gujarat-in-30-years" type="external">Una movement</a> to the struggles of indigenous leaders against <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35811608" type="external">state violence</a> to <a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/live-updates-on-gurmehar-kaur-s-post-delhi-university-protest-march-ramjas-clashes/story-PjQHjiJP5O9qKMJ4QeqjOL.html" type="external">student activism</a> against the stifling of dissent in universities. And white Americans can similarly learn from&#160;the struggles of South Asian Americans leading fights for <a href="https://www.sikhcoalition.org/our-work/preventing-hate-and-discrimination/" type="external">racial</a>, <a href="http://www.drumnyc.org/" type="external">economic,</a> and&#160; <a href="http://www.sakhi.org/2016/03/08/8-south-asian-women-to-celebrate-this-international-womens-day/" type="external">gender</a>&#160;justice in the United States.</p>
<p>In standing with American people of color as well as&#160;Indian and global struggles against fascism, we must— the white, the rich, the male, the non-Muslim— actively choose the collective project of social justice over some of our more narrow racial, class, or religio-nationalist interests.&#160;Masculinity and ethnocentrism, wealth and whiteness urge their beneficiaries to look out only for themselves.&#160;We will have to choose, instead, to look out for each other.</p>
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<p>In case of Revenue Estimates, 5 analysts have provided their consensus Average Revenue Estimates for Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. as 297.08 Million. According to these analysts, the Low Revenue Estimate for Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. is 270.8 Million and the High Revenue Estimate is 333 Million. The company had Year Ago Sales of 220.32 Million.</p>
<p>Some buy side analysts are also providing their Analysis on Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., where 3 analysts have rated the stock as Strong buy, 0 analysts have given a Buy signal, 9 said it’s a HOLD, and 0 analysts rated the stock as Sell. (These Recommendations are for the Current Month Only reported by Yahoo Finance.)</p>
<p>When it comes to the Analysis of a Stock, Price Target plays a vital role. Analysts reported that the Price Target for Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. might touch $35 high while the Average Price Target and Low price Target is $15.79 and $7 respectively.</p>
<p>The Relative Volume of the company is 3.38 and Average Volume (3 months) is 13.24 million. The company’s P/E (price to earnings) ratio is 5.04 and Forward P/E ratio of 5.61.</p>
<p>The company shows its Return on Assets (ROA) value of 3.3%. The Return on Equity (ROE) value stands at 33.8%. While it’s Return on Investment (ROI) value is -1.6%.</p>
<p>While looking at the Stock’s Performance, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. currently shows a Weekly Performance of 14.2%, where Monthly Performance is 32.39%, Quarterly performance is 38.83%, 6 Months performance is 55.73% and yearly performance percentage is 27.59%. Year to Date performance value (YTD perf) value is 35.67%. The Stock currently has a Weekly Volatility of 6.91% and Monthly Volatility of 5.11%.</p>
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<p>Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (VRX) will report its next earnings on Nov 07 BMO. The company reported the earnings of $0.69/Share in the last quarter where the estimated EPS by analysts was $0.63/share. The difference between the expected and actual EPS was $0.06/share, which represents an Earnings surprise of 9.5%.</p>
<p>In case of Revenue Estimates, 5 analysts have provided their consensus Average Revenue Estimates for Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. as 297.08 Million. According to these analysts, the Low Revenue Estimate for Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. is 270.8 Million and the High Revenue Estimate is 333 Million. The company had Year Ago Sales of 220.32 Million.</p>
<p>Some buy side analysts are also providing their Analysis on Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., where 3 analysts have rated the stock as Strong buy, 0 analysts have given a Buy signal, 9 said it’s a HOLD, and 0 analysts rated the stock as Sell. (These Recommendations are for the Current Month Only reported by Yahoo Finance.)</p>
<p>When it comes to the Analysis of a Stock, Price Target plays a vital role. Analysts reported that the Price Target for Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. might touch $35 high while the Average Price Target and Low price Target is $15.79 and $7 respectively.</p>
<p>The Relative Volume of the company is 3.38 and Average Volume (3 months) is 13.24 million. The company’s P/E (price to earnings) ratio is 5.04 and Forward P/E ratio of 5.61.</p>
<p>The company shows its Return on Assets (ROA) value of 3.3%. The Return on Equity (ROE) value stands at 33.8%. While it’s Return on Investment (ROI) value is -1.6%.</p>
<p>While looking at the Stock’s Performance, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. currently shows a Weekly Performance of 14.2%, where Monthly Performance is 32.39%, Quarterly performance is 38.83%, 6 Months performance is 55.73% and yearly performance percentage is 27.59%. Year to Date performance value (YTD perf) value is 35.67%. The Stock currently has a Weekly Volatility of 6.91% and Monthly Volatility of 5.11%.</p>
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<p>Nineteen-year-old Modern Family actress Ariel Winter has just irritated a lot of leftists who have disdain for the Second Amendment.</p>
<p>In fact, someone should go check on Shannon Watts to see if she's okay, like right now.</p>
<p>On Sunday, the young beauty announced that she passed her firearm safety test and posted a couple celebratory photos of herself holding guns at the Los Angeles Gun Club.</p>
<p>On Instagram, Winter captioned the black and white photos: "Prepping for the zombie apocalypse, obviously..."</p>
<p>The post contains a second shot of the actress holding two larger guns:</p>
<p>As <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/09/11/ariel-winter-poses-with-firearms.html" type="external">noted</a> by Fox News, the Hollywood star previously revealed her pro-Second Amendment stance in July, when Winter posted a Snapchat video of herself at a shooting range.</p>
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<p>Nineteen-year-old Modern Family actress Ariel Winter has just irritated a lot of leftists who have disdain for the Second Amendment.</p>
<p>In fact, someone should go check on Shannon Watts to see if she's okay, like right now.</p>
<p>On Sunday, the young beauty announced that she passed her firearm safety test and posted a couple celebratory photos of herself holding guns at the Los Angeles Gun Club.</p>
<p>On Instagram, Winter captioned the black and white photos: "Prepping for the zombie apocalypse, obviously..."</p>
<p>The post contains a second shot of the actress holding two larger guns:</p>
<p>As <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/09/11/ariel-winter-poses-with-firearms.html" type="external">noted</a> by Fox News, the Hollywood star previously revealed her pro-Second Amendment stance in July, when Winter posted a Snapchat video of herself at a shooting range.</p>
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<p>Looking for a cheap bank stock? Try one of these on for size. Image source: iStock/Thinkstock.</p>
<p>Continue Reading Below</p>
<p>After the <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/11/25/answering-why-trumps-victory-ignited-a-rally-in-ba.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">post-election rally Opens a New Window.</a>, it's getting hard to find cheap bank stocks. But it's still not impossible.</p>
<p>Here are the five cheapest bank stocks right now based on the price to tangible book value ratio:</p>
<p>Data source: YCharts.com.</p>
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<p>When it comes to bank stocks, there is no clear line between cheap and expensive. The best that can be said is that a bank's stock is cheap when it's trading near or below its tangible book value per share -- click <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/08/21/10-ways-that-smart-investors-analyze-bank-stocks.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">here Opens a New Window.</a> for the 10 most important banking metrics.</p>
<p>This describes Citigroup best, which is currently the cheapest big bank stock, trading for a 7% discount to its tangible book value. Capital One and Bank of America aren't far behind, both of which trade for reasonable premiums to their respective tangible book values.</p>
<p>The one thing to keep in mind is that bank stock valuations fluctuate with the business cycle. Before the <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/02/28/25-major-factors-that-caused-or-contributed-to-the.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">financial crisis Opens a New Window.</a>, for instance, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Capital One all traded for two or more times tangible book value.</p>
<p>The reason bank-stock valuations fluctuate so much is because they're based on earnings. And like most other companies, banks earn a lot more money when the economy is healthy than they do after things take a turn for the worse, as happened in 2008.</p>
<p>Moreover, even when the economy is roaring ahead, some bank stocks will trade at higher valuations than others, given differences in <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/12/21/how-to-measure-bank-of-americas-profitability.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">profitability Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
<p>You have a bank like US Bancorp, which is consistently one of the <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/11/18/americas-10-most-profitable-big-banks.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">most profitable banks in the United States Opens a New Window.</a>. Even at its low point in the wake of the financial crisis, US Bancorp still made money and its shares still traded for more than two times its tangible book value.</p>
<p>Citigroup and Bank of America, by contrast, were in the opposite situation. In one quarter alone, Citigroup recorded a $32 billion pre-tax net operating loss. And over the past eight years, Bank of America has <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/12/12/how-much-did-the-financial-crisis-cost-bank-of-ame.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">absorbed $191 billion worth Opens a New Window.</a> of crisis-related costs.</p>
<p>The same is true at Zions Bancorp and Regions Financial. Both banks struggled through the financial crisis and continue to be weighed down today. Over the past 12 months, Zions' return on equity has averaged only 6.4%, in line with Bank of America's and well below the <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/12/29/why-banks-need-to-earn-a-10-return-on-equity.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">10% threshold Opens a New Window.</a> that most investors expect from large banks today. Regions Financial's is better, but not by much, marginally outranking Citigroup by coming in at 7.1%.</p>
<p>Source: YCharts.com.</p>
<p>In light of profitability, in turn, <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/12/19/this-bank-stock-is-getting-way-too-expensive.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">as I discuss elsewhere Opens a New Window.</a>, at any given time US Bancorp's shares will (and should) be valued at a substantial premium to shares of Citigroup, Bank of America, Zions Bancorp, and Regions Financial.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Capital One's valuation isn't low because its performance has been disappointing, though its current return on equity is nothing to write home about. Like US Bancorp, Capital One has not only been <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/09/03/1-chart-that-capital-one-should-be-very-proud-of.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">consistently profitable Opens a New Window.</a> over the past decade, but its shares have performed admirably too.</p>
<p>The reason its shares are the second-cheapest among the two dozen blue-chip banks on the KBW Bank Index is instead because its loan portfolio is <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/04/26/capital-ones-biggest-strength-is-also-its-biggest.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">especially risky Opens a New Window.</a>. This follows from the fact that it's <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/08/14/this-is-capital-ones-most-impressive-accomplishmen.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">primarily a credit card lender Opens a New Window.</a>. The market is offsetting this risk by pricing Capital One's shares at a lower valuation than all but one big bank.</p>
<p>The point being, in order to know whether a particular bank's stock is cheap or expensive, you also have to know a thing or two about the bank itself, both in terms of its business model and its past performance. That said, this list of the five cheapest bank stocks right now is a good place for <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/08/31/the-best-bank-stocks-for-value-investors.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">value investors interested in the industry Opens a New Window.</a> to begin their search.</p>
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<p>Looking for a cheap bank stock? Try one of these on for size. Image source: iStock/Thinkstock.</p>
<p>Continue Reading Below</p>
<p>After the <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/11/25/answering-why-trumps-victory-ignited-a-rally-in-ba.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">post-election rally Opens a New Window.</a>, it's getting hard to find cheap bank stocks. But it's still not impossible.</p>
<p>Here are the five cheapest bank stocks right now based on the price to tangible book value ratio:</p>
<p>Data source: YCharts.com.</p>
<p>Advertisement</p>
<p>When it comes to bank stocks, there is no clear line between cheap and expensive. The best that can be said is that a bank's stock is cheap when it's trading near or below its tangible book value per share -- click <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/08/21/10-ways-that-smart-investors-analyze-bank-stocks.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">here Opens a New Window.</a> for the 10 most important banking metrics.</p>
<p>This describes Citigroup best, which is currently the cheapest big bank stock, trading for a 7% discount to its tangible book value. Capital One and Bank of America aren't far behind, both of which trade for reasonable premiums to their respective tangible book values.</p>
<p>The one thing to keep in mind is that bank stock valuations fluctuate with the business cycle. Before the <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/02/28/25-major-factors-that-caused-or-contributed-to-the.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">financial crisis Opens a New Window.</a>, for instance, Citigroup, Bank of America, and Capital One all traded for two or more times tangible book value.</p>
<p>The reason bank-stock valuations fluctuate so much is because they're based on earnings. And like most other companies, banks earn a lot more money when the economy is healthy than they do after things take a turn for the worse, as happened in 2008.</p>
<p>Moreover, even when the economy is roaring ahead, some bank stocks will trade at higher valuations than others, given differences in <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/12/21/how-to-measure-bank-of-americas-profitability.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">profitability Opens a New Window.</a>.</p>
<p>You have a bank like US Bancorp, which is consistently one of the <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/11/18/americas-10-most-profitable-big-banks.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">most profitable banks in the United States Opens a New Window.</a>. Even at its low point in the wake of the financial crisis, US Bancorp still made money and its shares still traded for more than two times its tangible book value.</p>
<p>Citigroup and Bank of America, by contrast, were in the opposite situation. In one quarter alone, Citigroup recorded a $32 billion pre-tax net operating loss. And over the past eight years, Bank of America has <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/12/12/how-much-did-the-financial-crisis-cost-bank-of-ame.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">absorbed $191 billion worth Opens a New Window.</a> of crisis-related costs.</p>
<p>The same is true at Zions Bancorp and Regions Financial. Both banks struggled through the financial crisis and continue to be weighed down today. Over the past 12 months, Zions' return on equity has averaged only 6.4%, in line with Bank of America's and well below the <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/12/29/why-banks-need-to-earn-a-10-return-on-equity.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">10% threshold Opens a New Window.</a> that most investors expect from large banks today. Regions Financial's is better, but not by much, marginally outranking Citigroup by coming in at 7.1%.</p>
<p>Source: YCharts.com.</p>
<p>In light of profitability, in turn, <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/12/19/this-bank-stock-is-getting-way-too-expensive.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">as I discuss elsewhere Opens a New Window.</a>, at any given time US Bancorp's shares will (and should) be valued at a substantial premium to shares of Citigroup, Bank of America, Zions Bancorp, and Regions Financial.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Capital One's valuation isn't low because its performance has been disappointing, though its current return on equity is nothing to write home about. Like US Bancorp, Capital One has not only been <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/09/03/1-chart-that-capital-one-should-be-very-proud-of.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">consistently profitable Opens a New Window.</a> over the past decade, but its shares have performed admirably too.</p>
<p>The reason its shares are the second-cheapest among the two dozen blue-chip banks on the KBW Bank Index is instead because its loan portfolio is <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/04/26/capital-ones-biggest-strength-is-also-its-biggest.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">especially risky Opens a New Window.</a>. This follows from the fact that it's <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/08/14/this-is-capital-ones-most-impressive-accomplishmen.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">primarily a credit card lender Opens a New Window.</a>. The market is offsetting this risk by pricing Capital One's shares at a lower valuation than all but one big bank.</p>
<p>The point being, in order to know whether a particular bank's stock is cheap or expensive, you also have to know a thing or two about the bank itself, both in terms of its business model and its past performance. That said, this list of the five cheapest bank stocks right now is a good place for <a href="http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/08/31/the-best-bank-stocks-for-value-investors.aspx?&amp;utm_campaign=article&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_source=foxbusiness" type="external">value investors interested in the industry Opens a New Window.</a> to begin their search.</p>
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<p>NORTH CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) - Boeing Co ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=BA.N" type="external">BA.N</a>) delivered its first 787-10 Dreamliner to Singapore Airlines ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=SIAL.SI" type="external">SIAL.SI</a>) on Sunday, rounding out a family of lightweight jets on which the U.S. planemaker is betting its future.</p> A Boeing 787-10 aircraft being built for Singapore Airlines sits in the Final Assembly Area before a delivery ceremony of the first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner at Boeing South Carolina in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States March 25, 2018. REUTERS/Randall Hill
<p>The ceremonial key to the plane was handed to Singapore Airlines Chief Executive Goh Choon Phong on the tarmac at Boeing’s South Carolina plant, where the carbon composite jet is built, in front of more than a thousand Boeing workers and guests.</p>
<p>Goh called it a “beautiful aircraft” and an “unparalleled product for regional operations.”</p>
<p>Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Kevin McAllister hailed the two airlines’ 45-year relationship.</p>
<p>Singapore Airlines was the first Southeast Asian carrier to buy Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet in 1972, Goh said, and the group is now the world’s first to operate all the 787 Dreamliner family of models.</p>
<p>The new Dreamliner was parked in front of a line of about 10 787 airplanes in various stages of completion.</p>
<p>Singapore Airlines, which expanded its order for 787-10s to 49 jets last year, plans to introduce the jet on services to Osaka, Japan, followed by Perth, Australia, starting in May.</p>
<p>The 787-10 is built exclusively at the North Charleston plant due to its large size, which prevents the transfer of sections to Boeing’s factory outside Seattle. Unlike the Washington state assembly lines, the plant, which has about 7,000 workers, is not unionized.</p>
<p>The aircraft, which sells for $326 million at list prices, completes a line-up of three models starting with the 787-8 which debuted in 2011. All boast carbon-composite fabrication materials, fuel efficiency and new state-of-the-air filtration systems with higher levels of humidity in the air for long-distance flight.</p> Slideshow (6 Images)
<p>The 787-10’s range is 6,430 nautical miles (11,910 kilometers).</p>
<p>At 223 feet long (68 meters), the aircraft is 18 feet (5.5 meters) longer than the 787-9 and seats around 330 passengers, 40 more than the 787-9 and 88 more than the 787-8.</p>
<p>Europe’s Airbus ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=AIR.PA" type="external">AIR.PA</a>) competes against the 787-10 with its A330neo, an upgraded version of its most-sold wide-body aircraft with fuel-efficient engines and a new cabin.</p>
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<p>Both jets are designed for shorter flights compared with other mid-size wide-body planes, tapping into the rapid growth of trade within Asia as well as across other regions.</p>
<p>But after brisk initial sales, orders for both models have slowed, with Airbus selling 214 of its A330neo.</p>
<p>The 787-10 has 171 orders, about 13 percent of the total of firm orders for the 787.</p>
<p>The mid-sized 787-9 is the most popular variant and competes mainly with Airbus’s new-generation carbon-composite A350.</p>
<p>The 787 and A330neo are locked in a fierce battle for sales and profits in the market for jets with around 300 seats.</p>
<p>Boeing looks poised to win a hotly contested order from American Airlines ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=AAL.O" type="external">AAL.O</a>), beating competition from the A330neo, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.</p>
<p>(This story corrects Boeing executive’s title and first name.)</p>
<p>Reporting by Harriet McLeod; Editing by Daniel Wallis</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
<p>RIYADH (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Monday that ballistic missile attacks on Saudi Arabia were a serious escalation and threat to regional and international security.</p> Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki speaks during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
<p>Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki told a news conference in Riyadh that Sunday’s missile attacks on the Saudi capital were a clear violation of international law and accused the Houthis of smuggling weapons from Saudi Arabia’s arch-rival Iran.</p>
<p>Reporting by Sarah Dadouch; Writing by Ghaida Ghantous; Editing by Catherine Evans</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Monday it had invited the chief executives of Facebook Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FB.O" type="external">FB.O</a>), Alphabet Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=GOOGL.O" type="external">GOOGL.O</a>) and Twitter Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=TWTR.N" type="external">TWTR.N</a>) to testify at an April 10 hearing on data privacy.</p> FILE PHOTO - Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
<p>Senator Charles Grassley, the committee’s chairman, said he invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “to testify at the hearing to discuss Facebook’s past and future policies regarding the protection and monitoring of consumer data.”</p>
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<p>Facebook is facing pressure from advertisers as the social network struggles with government scrutiny following allegations that a political consultancy gained inappropriate access to data on 50 million Facebook users.</p>
<p>A Facebook spokesman said the company had received the invitation and was reviewing it.</p>
<p>Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Paul Simao</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
<p>(Reuters) - Shares of Facebook Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FB.O" type="external">FB.O</a>) fell more than 5 percent on Monday after the U.S. consumer protection regulator made public its investigation of how the social network allowed data of 50 million users to get into the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.</p> A figurine is seen in front of the Facebook logo in this illustration taken, March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Related Coverage
<a href="/article/us-facebook-cambridge-analytica-eu-lette/eu-presses-facebook-on-sharing-of-user-data-letter-idUSKBN1H22DM" type="external">EU presses Facebook on sharing of user data: letter</a>
<a href="/article/us-facebook-cambridge-analytica-germany/facebook-must-face-tighter-rules-tougher-penalties-german-minister-idUSKBN1H21WK" type="external">Facebook must face tighter rules, tougher penalties: German minister</a>
<p>Scrutiny by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which generally confirms the existence of an investigation only in cases of significant public interest, adds to pressure by lawmakers in the United States and Europe for Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to explain how his company handles user data.</p>
<p>Facebook shares briefly dipped below $150 on Monday for the first time since July 2017. The company has now lost more than $100 billion in market value in the last 10 days, when news reports first surfaced about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook user data in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.</p> Slideshow (2 Images)
<p>The company also faces rising discontent from advertisers and users. U.S. auto parts retailer Pep Boys on Monday suspended all advertising on Facebook, joining internet company Mozilla Corp which made a similar move last week.</p>
<p>Opinion polls published on Sunday in the United States and Germany cast doubt over the trust people have in Facebook as the firm ran advertisements in British and U.S. newspapers apologizing to users.</p>
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<p>Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook to obey U.S. privacy laws, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday, while a survey published by Bild am Sonntag, Germany’s largest-selling Sunday paper, found 60 percent of Germans fear that Facebook and other social networks are having a negative impact on democracy.</p>
<p>Writing by Bill Rigby; Editing by Susan Thomas</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
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<p>NORTH CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) - Boeing Co ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=BA.N" type="external">BA.N</a>) delivered its first 787-10 Dreamliner to Singapore Airlines ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=SIAL.SI" type="external">SIAL.SI</a>) on Sunday, rounding out a family of lightweight jets on which the U.S. planemaker is betting its future.</p> A Boeing 787-10 aircraft being built for Singapore Airlines sits in the Final Assembly Area before a delivery ceremony of the first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner at Boeing South Carolina in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States March 25, 2018. REUTERS/Randall Hill
<p>The ceremonial key to the plane was handed to Singapore Airlines Chief Executive Goh Choon Phong on the tarmac at Boeing’s South Carolina plant, where the carbon composite jet is built, in front of more than a thousand Boeing workers and guests.</p>
<p>Goh called it a “beautiful aircraft” and an “unparalleled product for regional operations.”</p>
<p>Boeing Commercial Airplanes Chief Executive Kevin McAllister hailed the two airlines’ 45-year relationship.</p>
<p>Singapore Airlines was the first Southeast Asian carrier to buy Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet in 1972, Goh said, and the group is now the world’s first to operate all the 787 Dreamliner family of models.</p>
<p>The new Dreamliner was parked in front of a line of about 10 787 airplanes in various stages of completion.</p>
<p>Singapore Airlines, which expanded its order for 787-10s to 49 jets last year, plans to introduce the jet on services to Osaka, Japan, followed by Perth, Australia, starting in May.</p>
<p>The 787-10 is built exclusively at the North Charleston plant due to its large size, which prevents the transfer of sections to Boeing’s factory outside Seattle. Unlike the Washington state assembly lines, the plant, which has about 7,000 workers, is not unionized.</p>
<p>The aircraft, which sells for $326 million at list prices, completes a line-up of three models starting with the 787-8 which debuted in 2011. All boast carbon-composite fabrication materials, fuel efficiency and new state-of-the-air filtration systems with higher levels of humidity in the air for long-distance flight.</p> Slideshow (6 Images)
<p>The 787-10’s range is 6,430 nautical miles (11,910 kilometers).</p>
<p>At 223 feet long (68 meters), the aircraft is 18 feet (5.5 meters) longer than the 787-9 and seats around 330 passengers, 40 more than the 787-9 and 88 more than the 787-8.</p>
<p>Europe’s Airbus ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=AIR.PA" type="external">AIR.PA</a>) competes against the 787-10 with its A330neo, an upgraded version of its most-sold wide-body aircraft with fuel-efficient engines and a new cabin.</p>
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<p>Both jets are designed for shorter flights compared with other mid-size wide-body planes, tapping into the rapid growth of trade within Asia as well as across other regions.</p>
<p>But after brisk initial sales, orders for both models have slowed, with Airbus selling 214 of its A330neo.</p>
<p>The 787-10 has 171 orders, about 13 percent of the total of firm orders for the 787.</p>
<p>The mid-sized 787-9 is the most popular variant and competes mainly with Airbus’s new-generation carbon-composite A350.</p>
<p>The 787 and A330neo are locked in a fierce battle for sales and profits in the market for jets with around 300 seats.</p>
<p>Boeing looks poised to win a hotly contested order from American Airlines ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=AAL.O" type="external">AAL.O</a>), beating competition from the A330neo, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.</p>
<p>(This story corrects Boeing executive’s title and first name.)</p>
<p>Reporting by Harriet McLeod; Editing by Daniel Wallis</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
<p>RIYADH (Reuters) - The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Monday that ballistic missile attacks on Saudi Arabia were a serious escalation and threat to regional and international security.</p> Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki speaks during a news conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia March 26, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
<p>Coalition spokesman Colonel Turki al-Malki told a news conference in Riyadh that Sunday’s missile attacks on the Saudi capital were a clear violation of international law and accused the Houthis of smuggling weapons from Saudi Arabia’s arch-rival Iran.</p>
<p>Reporting by Sarah Dadouch; Writing by Ghaida Ghantous; Editing by Catherine Evans</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
<p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Monday it had invited the chief executives of Facebook Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FB.O" type="external">FB.O</a>), Alphabet Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=GOOGL.O" type="external">GOOGL.O</a>) and Twitter Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=TWTR.N" type="external">TWTR.N</a>) to testify at an April 10 hearing on data privacy.</p> FILE PHOTO - Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
<p>Senator Charles Grassley, the committee’s chairman, said he invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “to testify at the hearing to discuss Facebook’s past and future policies regarding the protection and monitoring of consumer data.”</p>
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<p>Facebook is facing pressure from advertisers as the social network struggles with government scrutiny following allegations that a political consultancy gained inappropriate access to data on 50 million Facebook users.</p>
<p>A Facebook spokesman said the company had received the invitation and was reviewing it.</p>
<p>Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Paul Simao</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
<p>(Reuters) - Shares of Facebook Inc ( <a href="/finance/stocks/overview?symbol=FB.O" type="external">FB.O</a>) fell more than 5 percent on Monday after the U.S. consumer protection regulator made public its investigation of how the social network allowed data of 50 million users to get into the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.</p> A figurine is seen in front of the Facebook logo in this illustration taken, March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Related Coverage
<a href="/article/us-facebook-cambridge-analytica-eu-lette/eu-presses-facebook-on-sharing-of-user-data-letter-idUSKBN1H22DM" type="external">EU presses Facebook on sharing of user data: letter</a>
<a href="/article/us-facebook-cambridge-analytica-germany/facebook-must-face-tighter-rules-tougher-penalties-german-minister-idUSKBN1H21WK" type="external">Facebook must face tighter rules, tougher penalties: German minister</a>
<p>Scrutiny by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which generally confirms the existence of an investigation only in cases of significant public interest, adds to pressure by lawmakers in the United States and Europe for Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to explain how his company handles user data.</p>
<p>Facebook shares briefly dipped below $150 on Monday for the first time since July 2017. The company has now lost more than $100 billion in market value in the last 10 days, when news reports first surfaced about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook user data in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.</p> Slideshow (2 Images)
<p>The company also faces rising discontent from advertisers and users. U.S. auto parts retailer Pep Boys on Monday suspended all advertising on Facebook, joining internet company Mozilla Corp which made a similar move last week.</p>
<p>Opinion polls published on Sunday in the United States and Germany cast doubt over the trust people have in Facebook as the firm ran advertisements in British and U.S. newspapers apologizing to users.</p>
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<p>Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook to obey U.S. privacy laws, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Sunday, while a survey published by Bild am Sonntag, Germany’s largest-selling Sunday paper, found 60 percent of Germans fear that Facebook and other social networks are having a negative impact on democracy.</p>
<p>Writing by Bill Rigby; Editing by Susan Thomas</p> Our Standards:
<a href="" type="internal">The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.</a>
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<p>Juggling life’s daily challenges can be stressful enough without the added torment of not being able to get a good night’s sleep.</p>
<p>Kelly Baron PhD, MPH, is an Instructor of Neurology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and the founder of its Behavioral Sleep Medicine training program, which was accredited by the American Board of Sleep Medicine. Here, she shares her expert guidance on how to manage insomnia.</p>
<p>Every person knows the frustration of a poor night’s sleep. Although nearly everyone experiences temporary sleep problems during times of stress, for some individuals, insomnia develops into a chronic problem. Chronic insomnia (insomnia lasting over four weeks) is experienced by 40 million Americans.</p>
<p>What Is Insomnia?</p>
<p>If you have adequate opportunity for sleep, but you are suffering negative consequences of sleep loss in terms of functioning or quality of life, then you are dealing with insomnia.</p>
<p>How Insomnia Affects Us</p>
<p>Insomnia can impact both your physical and mental health. Here are just some of the symptoms sufferers report:</p>
<p>Recent research has also linked insomnia to the development of health conditions such as high blood pressure and heart attacks.</p>
<p>What To Do</p>
<p>If you are having difficulty sleeping, here are some things that may be helpful.</p>
<p>1. Maintain A Consistent Sleep Schedule</p>
<p>Having an irregular bedtime and wake time can throw off your body’s clock. If you go to bed at 2 a.m. on Saturday and then try to go to bed at 10 p.m. on Sunday, that’s a recipe for sleeplessness. Also, trying to stay in bed to “catch up” after a bad night may make it more difficult to fall asleep the next night.</p>
<p>2. Don’t Go To Bed Too Early</p>
<p>Often people with insomnia think “If it takes me an hour to go to sleep, and I want to be asleep by 10 p.m., then I should go to bed at 9 p.m.” What happens is that people go to bed when they are feeling fatigued but their body is not physiologically ready to sleep, which just gives them extra time to worry.</p>
<p>3. Don’t Stay In Bed If You Can’t Sleep</p>
<p>Lying awake in bed at night just gives you the opportunity to think, plan, stress and worry. You are better off getting up and doing something quiet (e.g. reading, watching TV), then returning to bed when you feel sleepy again. It may not be helpful during that particular night, but over the long run, getting out of bed has been shown to be beneficial in insomnia.</p>
<p>4. Exercise</p>
<p>Exercise is good for sleep! Several scientific studies have shown that exercise improves sleep quality. However, be careful of the time you exercise. For some people, exercising close to bedtime can exacerbate insomnia.</p>
<p>5. Reduce Alcohol And Caffeine</p>
<p>Although alcohol and caffeine are not usually the cause of insomnia, they can impair sleep quality. Limit your overall alcohol and caffeine intake. In particular, alcohol in the two hours before bed impacts sleep. For caffeine, your morning cup of coffee should not negatively affect your sleep quality, but limit caffeine in the afternoon and evening.</p>
<p>6. Don’t Try To Sleep</p>
<p>I know, easier said than done! Sleep is not something you can force on yourself. If you worry about sleep, stare at each passing minute on the clock, you will undermine your goal. Instead, do something calming and quiet until your body feels ready for sleep.</p>
<p>Medications and non-drug treatments, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) are also effective at managing insomnia. CBT-I involves four to six sessions of a treatment focused on changing your thoughts and behaviors about sleep.</p>
<p>Tech To Help You Sleep</p>
<p>There are lots of apps and gadgets out there to monitor your sleep.</p>
<p>If you experience insomnia for over four weeks or are concerned about the impact of insomnia on your health and functioning, talk to your physician about available treatment options. There are effective medical and non-medical treatments. You can seek evaluation at an accredited sleep center. Additional information, as well as a list of CBT-I practitioners, available here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sleepeducation.com/" type="external">http://www.sleepeducation.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.behavioralsleep.org/" type="external">http://www.behavioralsleep.org</a></p>
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<p>Juggling life’s daily challenges can be stressful enough without the added torment of not being able to get a good night’s sleep.</p>
<p>Kelly Baron PhD, MPH, is an Instructor of Neurology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, and the founder of its Behavioral Sleep Medicine training program, which was accredited by the American Board of Sleep Medicine. Here, she shares her expert guidance on how to manage insomnia.</p>
<p>Every person knows the frustration of a poor night’s sleep. Although nearly everyone experiences temporary sleep problems during times of stress, for some individuals, insomnia develops into a chronic problem. Chronic insomnia (insomnia lasting over four weeks) is experienced by 40 million Americans.</p>
<p>What Is Insomnia?</p>
<p>If you have adequate opportunity for sleep, but you are suffering negative consequences of sleep loss in terms of functioning or quality of life, then you are dealing with insomnia.</p>
<p>How Insomnia Affects Us</p>
<p>Insomnia can impact both your physical and mental health. Here are just some of the symptoms sufferers report:</p>
<p>Recent research has also linked insomnia to the development of health conditions such as high blood pressure and heart attacks.</p>
<p>What To Do</p>
<p>If you are having difficulty sleeping, here are some things that may be helpful.</p>
<p>1. Maintain A Consistent Sleep Schedule</p>
<p>Having an irregular bedtime and wake time can throw off your body’s clock. If you go to bed at 2 a.m. on Saturday and then try to go to bed at 10 p.m. on Sunday, that’s a recipe for sleeplessness. Also, trying to stay in bed to “catch up” after a bad night may make it more difficult to fall asleep the next night.</p>
<p>2. Don’t Go To Bed Too Early</p>
<p>Often people with insomnia think “If it takes me an hour to go to sleep, and I want to be asleep by 10 p.m., then I should go to bed at 9 p.m.” What happens is that people go to bed when they are feeling fatigued but their body is not physiologically ready to sleep, which just gives them extra time to worry.</p>
<p>3. Don’t Stay In Bed If You Can’t Sleep</p>
<p>Lying awake in bed at night just gives you the opportunity to think, plan, stress and worry. You are better off getting up and doing something quiet (e.g. reading, watching TV), then returning to bed when you feel sleepy again. It may not be helpful during that particular night, but over the long run, getting out of bed has been shown to be beneficial in insomnia.</p>
<p>4. Exercise</p>
<p>Exercise is good for sleep! Several scientific studies have shown that exercise improves sleep quality. However, be careful of the time you exercise. For some people, exercising close to bedtime can exacerbate insomnia.</p>
<p>5. Reduce Alcohol And Caffeine</p>
<p>Although alcohol and caffeine are not usually the cause of insomnia, they can impair sleep quality. Limit your overall alcohol and caffeine intake. In particular, alcohol in the two hours before bed impacts sleep. For caffeine, your morning cup of coffee should not negatively affect your sleep quality, but limit caffeine in the afternoon and evening.</p>
<p>6. Don’t Try To Sleep</p>
<p>I know, easier said than done! Sleep is not something you can force on yourself. If you worry about sleep, stare at each passing minute on the clock, you will undermine your goal. Instead, do something calming and quiet until your body feels ready for sleep.</p>
<p>Medications and non-drug treatments, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) are also effective at managing insomnia. CBT-I involves four to six sessions of a treatment focused on changing your thoughts and behaviors about sleep.</p>
<p>Tech To Help You Sleep</p>
<p>There are lots of apps and gadgets out there to monitor your sleep.</p>
<p>If you experience insomnia for over four weeks or are concerned about the impact of insomnia on your health and functioning, talk to your physician about available treatment options. There are effective medical and non-medical treatments. You can seek evaluation at an accredited sleep center. Additional information, as well as a list of CBT-I practitioners, available here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sleepeducation.com/" type="external">http://www.sleepeducation.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.behavioralsleep.org/" type="external">http://www.behavioralsleep.org</a></p>
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<p>When Jeanie Fusaro received a constituent mailer from her congressman about what’s going on in Washington, she thought: “They think we’re stupid because we’re seniors. They didn’t think we’d do our homework.” Fusaro, 66, was particularly skeptical of the letter’s statement that reports “predict higher unemployment for the next two years.” “That automatically incites people,” Fusaro said. The unemployment claim was one of several misleading statements we found in the mailer Fusaro sent to Spin Detectors.</p>
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<p>The business owner is responsible for knowing what permissions are required.</p>
<p>Where to start</p>
<p>Most New Mexico businesses pay gross receipts, compensating and withholding taxes, which means they need to obtain a Combined Reporting System (CRS) number from the Taxation and Revenue Department. Businesses use this number to report and pay the state, county and local taxes they collect on behalf of multiple taxing authorities.</p>
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<p>To pay income taxes, a sole proprietor can use a personal Social Security number, but a business organized as a corporation or a business that employs others needs a Federal Employer Identification Number, or FEIN, from the Internal Revenue Service.</p>
<p>A business with employees has to register with the state Department of Labor and determine whether it must withhold state income taxes from employee paychecks, pay state unemployment taxes and provide workers’ compensation coverage.</p>
<p>Some corporations are exempt from gross receipts taxes because they don’t sell or lease goods or property. These don’t need a CRS number, but they might need to file a corporate income and franchise tax return, which requires registering with the Corporations Bureau at the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office.</p>
<p>The state Regulation and Licensing Department subjects some businesses – such as child care, gaming, construction, financial services and mining – to extra scrutiny because of the potential social or environmental risks and sensitivities associated with their operations. Oil and gas businesses, for example, need an Oil and Gas Reporting Identification Number from the Oil and Gas Bureau. The state expects the business owner to contact the department for these permits.</p>
<p>Local permits</p>
<p>Businesses also need to register with the city or county where they are based.</p>
<p>Some New Mexico municipalities have a special category for home-based businesses depending on the impact they have on a neighborhood (e.g., no impact, low impact, conditional use), and each category imposes different requirements for the number of employees allowed, hours of operation and noise limits.</p>
<p>All businesses have to know and obey community laws about signage, including how big a sign can be and where it can be placed. New Mexico’s many historic districts often restrict the designs and colors allowed on signs. Business owners should contact the building or planning department in their communities to learn more about these rules and permit requirements.</p>
<p>Some municipalities require a permit from the police or fire department for burglar or fire alarms. And any significant modification to the business’s building or grounds usually requires a construction permit from the building or planning department.</p>
<p>For more information about the rules and regulations that apply to businesses in New Mexico, visit <a href="http://financenewmexico.org/steps-to-starting-a-business/" type="external">http://financenewmexico.org/steps-to-starting-a-business/</a>. To learn more about municipal codes that apply to businesses, visit <a href="http://growitnm.org/municipal-index/" type="external">http://growitnm.org/municipal-index/</a> and click on the municipality where the business will be located.</p>
<p>Finance New Mexico connects individuals and businesses with skills and funding resources for their business or idea. To learn more, go to <a href="http://www.FinanceNewMexico.org" type="external">www.FinanceNewMexico.org</a>.</p>
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<p>The business owner is responsible for knowing what permissions are required.</p>
<p>Where to start</p>
<p>Most New Mexico businesses pay gross receipts, compensating and withholding taxes, which means they need to obtain a Combined Reporting System (CRS) number from the Taxation and Revenue Department. Businesses use this number to report and pay the state, county and local taxes they collect on behalf of multiple taxing authorities.</p>
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<p>To pay income taxes, a sole proprietor can use a personal Social Security number, but a business organized as a corporation or a business that employs others needs a Federal Employer Identification Number, or FEIN, from the Internal Revenue Service.</p>
<p>A business with employees has to register with the state Department of Labor and determine whether it must withhold state income taxes from employee paychecks, pay state unemployment taxes and provide workers’ compensation coverage.</p>
<p>Some corporations are exempt from gross receipts taxes because they don’t sell or lease goods or property. These don’t need a CRS number, but they might need to file a corporate income and franchise tax return, which requires registering with the Corporations Bureau at the New Mexico Secretary of State’s Office.</p>
<p>The state Regulation and Licensing Department subjects some businesses – such as child care, gaming, construction, financial services and mining – to extra scrutiny because of the potential social or environmental risks and sensitivities associated with their operations. Oil and gas businesses, for example, need an Oil and Gas Reporting Identification Number from the Oil and Gas Bureau. The state expects the business owner to contact the department for these permits.</p>
<p>Local permits</p>
<p>Businesses also need to register with the city or county where they are based.</p>
<p>Some New Mexico municipalities have a special category for home-based businesses depending on the impact they have on a neighborhood (e.g., no impact, low impact, conditional use), and each category imposes different requirements for the number of employees allowed, hours of operation and noise limits.</p>
<p>All businesses have to know and obey community laws about signage, including how big a sign can be and where it can be placed. New Mexico’s many historic districts often restrict the designs and colors allowed on signs. Business owners should contact the building or planning department in their communities to learn more about these rules and permit requirements.</p>
<p>Some municipalities require a permit from the police or fire department for burglar or fire alarms. And any significant modification to the business’s building or grounds usually requires a construction permit from the building or planning department.</p>
<p>For more information about the rules and regulations that apply to businesses in New Mexico, visit <a href="http://financenewmexico.org/steps-to-starting-a-business/" type="external">http://financenewmexico.org/steps-to-starting-a-business/</a>. To learn more about municipal codes that apply to businesses, visit <a href="http://growitnm.org/municipal-index/" type="external">http://growitnm.org/municipal-index/</a> and click on the municipality where the business will be located.</p>
<p>Finance New Mexico connects individuals and businesses with skills and funding resources for their business or idea. To learn more, go to <a href="http://www.FinanceNewMexico.org" type="external">www.FinanceNewMexico.org</a>.</p>
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<p>Here’s Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales with City Councilors Ron Trujillo and Signe Lindell goofing for a selfie snapped by the mayor.</p>
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<p>SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A man's first-degree murder conviction in a 2011 killing has been overturned because a trial prosecutor got a police detective to testify that the defendant invoked his right to counsel and wouldn't speak with police.</p>
<p>The New Mexico Supreme Court's ruling Thursday says John "Jack? McDowell Jr."s right to due process was violated and that he's entitled to a new trial in the fatal stabbing of James Chavez during a fight at his Rio Rancho home.</p>
<p>The ruling says New Mexico courts have long held that prosecutors can't comment in court on a defendants' right to remain silent under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.</p>
<p>SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A man's first-degree murder conviction in a 2011 killing has been overturned because a trial prosecutor got a police detective to testify that the defendant invoked his right to counsel and wouldn't speak with police.</p>
<p>The New Mexico Supreme Court's ruling Thursday says John "Jack? McDowell Jr."s right to due process was violated and that he's entitled to a new trial in the fatal stabbing of James Chavez during a fight at his Rio Rancho home.</p>
<p>The ruling says New Mexico courts have long held that prosecutors can't comment in court on a defendants' right to remain silent under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.</p>
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<p>The New Mexico Supreme Court's ruling Thursday says John "Jack? McDowell Jr."s right to due process was violated and that he's entitled to a new trial in the fatal stabbing of James Chavez during a fight at his Rio Rancho home.</p>
<p>The ruling says New Mexico courts have long held that prosecutors can't comment in court on a defendants' right to remain silent under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.</p>
<p>SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A man's first-degree murder conviction in a 2011 killing has been overturned because a trial prosecutor got a police detective to testify that the defendant invoked his right to counsel and wouldn't speak with police.</p>
<p>The New Mexico Supreme Court's ruling Thursday says John "Jack? McDowell Jr."s right to due process was violated and that he's entitled to a new trial in the fatal stabbing of James Chavez during a fight at his Rio Rancho home.</p>
<p>The ruling says New Mexico courts have long held that prosecutors can't comment in court on a defendants' right to remain silent under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.</p>
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