A Honduran Restaurant Hands Out Hot Comfort Food For The Migrant Caravan In Tijuana When José Aguilar, a Honduran living in the Mexican border city who runs the restaurant Honduras 504, heard a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants was coming, he knew he had to do something to help.
José Aguilar heads to the store on a supply run in Tijuana, Mexico. His restaurant Honduras 504 has become a community center for Honduran legal residents and unauthorized migrants alike.
When José Aguilar, a Honduran-born resident of Tijuana, Mexico, heard that a caravan of mostly Honduran migrants was headed to the border city, he knew he had to do something.
Seven years ago, Aguilar moved to Tijuana after bouncing between the United States, Mexico and Honduras for two decades. Once settled, he opened a restaurant called Honduras 504. People often call it just 504 or Catracho 504, using the informal demonym Hondurans call each other and their country code.
When thousands of Hondurans and other Central Americans poured into Tijuana, Aguilar knew he had to do something. "They're from the same streets and cities as us. They're family!" he says. "It wasn't up for discussion, it was simply a matter of going out there and getting these people fed with a taste of home."
Through the years, the restaurant has become the unofficial heart of the Honduran community in Tijuana. "Local Hondurans come here to eat and drink; it's kind of like a little Honduras. Since there isn't a consulate, newly arrived migrants also come here asking for food and phone calls. Ever since we opened, we've always been there to help," Aguilar says.
Cristian Aguilar carries his half-brother Jaden's toy car into the restaurant Honduras 504, owned by his father José Aguilar. Cooking up traditional food, it has served the Honduran diaspora community in Tijuana since 2015.
A night at Honduras 504, where signs of Honduran culture are everywhere: National soccer matches and news play on TV, fast-paced punta music gets the expats dancing, and food from every region in the country is served from lunch to midnight to a packed house.
He manages the front while his wife, Lilian Mejía, runs the kitchen with her sister, Mitxy. In this cramped space the sisters cook up staples from northern Honduras: stewed chicken with plantains, yuca con chicharrón (fried cassava and cubed pork) and the beloved baleada (a flour tortilla stuffed with red beans, avocado, cream and salty cheese).
Top: Mitxy Mejía washes up before hauling stew to the shelter. She was the last of her family to reach Tijuana after they all left the crisis-stricken Honduran city of San Pedro Sula. "It's painful to see our paisanos forced from their homes, but I understand why they fled," she says. Left: José Aguilar with his son Jaden. Right: Lilian Mejía, Aguilar's wife, on her way to the market.
When the caravan arrived in November, the migrants were sent to a shelter inside the Benito Juárez sports complex. The park and baseball diamond were turned into a refugee camp, a short walk from the restaurant.
After thousands of Haitians had come to Tijuana in 2016, Aguilar and Mejía knew from experience that food was the most critical need during a sudden migration crises.
Migrants wait in a line as volunteers donate food in northern Tijuana. With city resources thinly spread, citizens answered the call by offering things like winter clothing and food.
The couple closed the restaurant and started cooking for the displaced Hondurans. Aguilar sourced the produce, Mejía folded tortilla dough and her sister stewed beans, ultimately assembling some 200 baleadas. Along with José's eldest son Cristian, they went to the shelter and handed them out. Within minutes the whole supply was gone.
Friends come help the restaurant load coolers filled with stew onto a truck. Customers, employees and the owners, all of whom are Honduran, volunteer their time to help feed the thousands of migrants.
With the help of his family and employees, José Aguilar delivers five containers of a hearty Honduran-style chicken stew to the caravan.
The exhausted migrants smiled ear to ear, many of them eating Honduran cooking for the first time since they fled the country. Once the weary crowd found out it was Hondurans donating food, they erupted in cheers for the family and thanked them for bringing them a taste of home.
Lilian Mejía stocks up on essential produce to cook her signature dishes like chicken stew. "The first thing everyone says they miss when they leave their country is the food. We're happy we're able to bring home to them once a week," she says.
The joy that flashed over so many faces got Aguilar and Mejía thinking: They had to do it again, and they had to go bigger. Funded by friends in America wanting to help, the pair set out to feed 1,000 mouths a week. For the family to undertake this monumental task, they hired people from the caravan, upgraded their stove and set aside a whole work day to "cook enough food to feed an army," Aguilar says.
The Mejía sisters assemble servings of rice, beans, chicken stew and a stack of tortillas. With temperatures dipping to the low 50s, the warm meal is well-received.
Mejía believes a warm meal, cooked by Honduran hands, brings these folks back a sense of humanity that the long, difficult journey had taken from them. More than 2,700 miles from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, the caravan found family one step away from the U.S. And here, Aguilar sees his responsibility clearly: "They're our brothers and sisters, and as long as they're here it's our duty to look after our own."
Migrants eat under the orange hue of a blinking street light. The gallons of stew are gone in a heartbeat. Even though they fed hundreds that night, Lilian Mejía can't help but tear up when she announces the food's gone to those who didn't get any. "They're so hungry, you just want to feed all of them but it's impossible," she says.


There are two things to know before starting to get into this article. First: some artists out there are just besties for life, so if you ask one about the other, they'll automatically get warm and cuddly, no matter the context. Second: if you're a movie executive, you're probably not going to get Guillermo del Toro to make your movie, since the guy is busy from now until Ragnarok. It's just how it is. All that said, it's not a huge surprise that when a juicy Peter Jackson-related vacancy in the directing game opens up, he's totally going to talk up his buddy Guillermo as a candidate.
The vacancy in question today is Skull Island, the new Legendary Pictures-backed King Kong revival that was recently announced at San Diego Comic-Con... much to the surprise of King Kong director Peter Jackson. And since it only made sense that frequent Legendary Pictures collaborator Guillermo del Toro would be involved, Collider decided to ask Jackson what he thought about Del Toro possibly taking the reins of the project.
"I would look forward to it. If Guillermo did King Kong, that would be great. That would be fantastic. I’ll be there on the first day, and will help him with anything he needs."
Yo Guillermo, PJ's got ya back!
The question that remains is whether or not this is even possible. Del Toro made Pacific Rim for Legendary, a relationship so pleasurable that they opted to move forward with Pacific Rim 2. The director also worked with the company yet again on next year's Crimson Peak. With Skull Island gearing up for a November 2016 release date, is it feasible del Toro could shoot that film before jumping onto Pacific Rim 2 (currently scheduled for 2017)?
Well, no. That would be Herculean. And not mercenary warlord-defeating Herculean like Dwayne Johnson, but actual godlike Herculean. Del Toro claims after finishing Crimson Peak that he'll want to dive into another smaller film. As if that weren't enough, he can't just "jump into" a Pacific Rim sequel. This is happening at Universal instead of the WB, and in addition to the extensive world-building, robot designs and complex special effects, you're probably going to be looking at a much lower-budgeted film, since Pacific Rim underperformed at the domestic box office. You'll recall that some of your friends opted for Grown Ups 2 instead (you should get new friends).
It makes sense that Jackson would champion his friend. It was del Toro who was originally supposed to make The Hobbit back when it was going to be two brand new films instead of three more extensions of a brand. If Joe Cornish takes the offer to helm Skull Island, it does sound like the story would be in good hands. But a del Toro King Kong might be fun, no? Skull Island arrives November 2, 2016, and Pacific Rim 2 hits on April 7th, 2017.


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Linebackers do a little bit of everything for a football defense. They’re typically aligned just behind the defensive line, but outside linebackers are occasionally positioned at the line of scrimmage, particularly in 3-4 defenses. Linebackers are key run defenders, but also drop back into pass coverage regularly, and must be prepared to rush the passer as part of a blitz. Linebackers must combine strength with quickness and should be adept at reading offensive keys to position themselves properly against both runs and passes.
Take a balanced stance for most plays, with your feet shoulder-width apart and your knees flexed. Bend forward from the hips and keep your weight forward, on the balls of your feet. Place your hands on top of your knees.
Know your responsibilities before the ball is snapped so you can move quickly to the proper area of the field after you’ve read the play. On a pass play, for example, you should have observed the offensive formation and known which player or which area of the field to cover, prior to the snap.
Read the play as quickly as possible after the snap and move immediately to your area of responsibility. The offensive line’s movements will typically reveal whether the play is a run or pass. If the linemen remain low and fire forward they’re run blocking. If they stand up and take a step back they’re typically pass blocking. If you’re assigned to cover a gap and you read a run, take a step forward toward the gap, while keeping your head up and following the play. If you’re assigned to key on a running back, mirror his moves as the play begins. If he moves right or left, take the same number of lateral steps in the same direction. But don’t take a crossover step. Shuffle your feet right or left while keeping your hips square to the line of scrimmage.
Keep your head up as you pursue running plays and expand your field of vision beyond the ball carrier. Watch out for blockers coming from the side.
Stay low and surge forward when you’re making a tackle. Drive your shoulder into the ball carrier’s chest or midsection while you wrap your arms around his midsection or legs. Keep your head up at all times. As you make contact, aim your head across his chest, striking the ball if possible. Continue driving forward after you’ve made contact, until the whistle blows the play dead.
Assume an unbalanced stance if you’ll be rushing the passer using an outside speed rush technique. Place one foot ahead of the other, with most of your weight on your back foot. Explode off your back foot at the snap. Keep your hands high and swipe at the blocker’s elbows to knock his arms out of your way. Immediately thrust your inside arm past the blocker’s outside hip, then use that arm to push off the blocker’s back and run past him, taking a direct line to the quarterback.
Practice backpedaling, running laterally and adjusting quickly to a receiver in your zone to prepare for defending passes. Perform drills with quick changes of direction backwards, forwards and sideways in both directions.


NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—A largely forgotten man sought attention on Wednesday night before returning to obscurity on Thursday, according to reports.
The man, whom many Americans had difficulty placing, was making a desperate bid to remind people of his existence, experts believe.
His efforts were somewhat successful, as his widely reported outburst caused people across the country to rack their brains to try to remember who he was.
After briefly attempting to recall where they had seen the man before, many people gave up and moved on with their days, but for others, the desperate man’s remarks left a bitter aftertaste.
Still others showed concern for the man, and expressed hope that, instead of future bids for attention, he would find fulfillment in crafting or some other harmless hobby.
The United States issued a statement characterizing the nation’s twenty-second state as nothing but a big crybaby.


SOME doctors have decided to charge patients who are insured with the Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa (VšZP) insurance house.
VšZP is Slovakia's largest health insurer, and around 70 percent of Slovaks are insured there. Under Slovak law, health care treatments are free, with minor exceptions.
Doctors from the Slovak Chamber of Physicians (SLK) have refused to sign new contracts with the VšZP, arguing that the payments the insurers are offering for the procedures the doctors carry out are too low. Slovakia's Health Minister, Rudolf Zajac, has threatened to strip the doctors of their licenses.
Doctors themselves are not completely united over the issue. While SLK members refuse to sign the new contracts, the Slovak Union of Medical Specialists as well as the Union of Private Doctors signed the deals and accused the SLK of politicizing the issue.
"The contracts are good, and whoever says the opposite is lying," said Andrej Janco, head of the Union of Medical Specialists.


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. oil fell nearly 2 percent on Thursday, despite a larger-than-expected decline in U.S. crude inventories, while global benchmark Brent was little changed, pushing the spread between the two to its widest in more than three years.
Brent crude losses were more limited, as the prospect that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will bring its supply-cut deal to a close by the end of the year has had a greater effect on the U.S. benchmark due to ongoing worries about U.S. infrastructure constraints.
“The market is concerned that in the longer term increases in oil production combined with refining problems and limited outbound pipeline capacity,” said Andrew Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates in Houston.
U.S. crude production has been rising to record high levels since late last year. In March, it jumped 215,000 bpd to 10.47 million bpd, a new monthly record, the EIA said on Thursday.
Brent crude futures for August ended down 14 cents to $77.56 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate July crude settled $1.17, or 1.7 percent, lower at $67.04 a barrel.
At one point, the premium for Brent over WTI surpassed $11 a barrel, the largest spread since March 2015. That spread has doubled in less than a month, as a lack of pipeline capacity in the United States has trapped a lot of output inland.
“The Brent/WTI is blowing out. I think there must be what looks like some capitulation going on in the spread between those two contracts,” Saxo Bank senior manager Ole Hansen said.
The wider premium makes U.S. crude exports more competitive than those linked to the Brent price, such as North Sea or West African grades of oil.
Brent had hit a three-week low below $75 a barrel on Monday after OPEC and its allies, including Russia, indicated they could adjust their deal to curb supplies and increase production.
OPEC and non-OPEC producers have committed to cut output by 1.8 million bpd until the end of 2018 but are ready to make gradual supply adjustments to deal with shortages, a Gulf source familiar with Saudi thinking told Reuters late on Wednesday.
That news helped boost Brent as it suggests a slightly less committal approach to adding barrels to the market.
Sources told Reuters last week that Saudi Arabia, the effective leader of OPEC, and Russia were discussing boosting output by about 1 million bpd to compensate for losses in supply from Venezuela and to address concerns about the impact of U.S. sanctions on Iranian output.
“The fact that we saw the Saudi/Russia announcement last week could have attracted some interest in narrowing the spread, given that we were looking for some of the geopolitical risk (in Brent) to be removed, but that’s been overtaken by the domestic widening in crude prices in the U.S.,” Hansen said.


This is just too much. Even as our federal government drowns in debt, military spending continues to balloon like crazy. And as if the trillions we owe weren’t enough already, the Pentagon just set aside another $500 million dollars to fund 5,000 more shotgun guys.
Seriously. Where does it end?
While the Department of Defense probably has some rationale for this exorbitant spending, the fact is that the $500 million price tag for these shotgun guys’ training, equipment, and shotgun bullets will fall on American taxpayers who had no say in this. Add onto that the cost of the dynamite and flamethrower guys the Pentagon hopes to have in the field by 2019, and it’s clear that America just might spend itself to death without our enemies abroad lifting a finger.
Already, hawkish politicians are leaping to defend the spending. John McCain’s office released a statement insisting that “21st-century threats demand 21st-century responses, and the biggest mistake we can make as a nation is to fail to adapt. Today, that means shotgun guys. Tomorrow, it might mean scuba guys.” But with fewer and fewer fighter guys deployed on the ground around the world, it’s hard to see how another 5,000 shotgun guys will actually make Americans any safer, even if additional funding is eventually allocated for unlimited ammo and grenades.
Whatever your politics, we can all agree that just blindly throwing money at national defense is only a recipe for a bigger and bigger deficit. And between initiatives to construct hover tanks to move the shotgun guys around, to upgrade their shotguns with poison and lightning bullets, and to develop jetpacks to outfit our existing shotgun guys, the Pentagon is on track to burn through billions more in the coming years. At the end of the day, you have to ask: Does America really need state-of-the-art missile turrets on the buildings that make shotgun guys more than we need schools and bridges?
One thing is definitely clear, though: Enough is enough.


Theresa May's recent tough talk as home secretary about "getting the immigration system back under control" has bolstered the Conservative party's support from anti-immigration groups such as Migration Watch, but also forced business groups such as Universities UK to object that the "government's tough rhetoric threatens to undermine the multibillion-pound market in foreign students".
This government will probably bend to business interests over nationalist ideals – but they must look reluctant, in order to retain sufficient support among white British working people. Anti-immigration rhetoric is a foil for the party's elitist image, and plays off internal factions while deflecting criticisms onto opponents.
So the Conservatives have a good problem: their net migration target might fail, but if so they will get more support than if it succeeded. They might look clumsy, but they could not have planned a better outcome. Did they?
The Conservatives' immigration stance arose from the scramble for the anti-immigration vote during the late 2000s. Rising immigration under New Labour had generated a backlash that breathed life into the far right of UK politics, turning the British National party (BNP) into an electoral worry for both main parties. Gordon Brown's declining Labour government desperately courted BNP sympathisers by promising "British jobs for British people". The Conservatives' counter suit was its 2010 election campaign promise to cut annual net migration from hundreds of thousands to "the tens of thousands".
This battle for the anti-immigration vote bequeathed two legacies. One was the electoral destruction of the BNP, in a hollow victory for its ideological opponents: the party was defeated not because its anti-immigrant ideas were rejected, but because these ideas were taken over by the mainstream parties. Indeed, the other legacy of the fight for the right in 2010 was that the Conservative party pinned its flag to an anti-immigration mast.
Net migration targets are ineffective because several immigration channels are beyond control. Freedom of exit defines liberal democracies and therefore emigration, the other half of net migration, cannot be capped. European Union migration to the UK cannot be hindered, and asylum and family migrants have recourse to the courts.
The Conservatives have painted themselves into a corner because the remaining immigrants – workers and students – are needed by the UK economy. As the Migration Observatory shows, student inflows have grown fastest, partly because inflated foreign fees are shoring up a tertiary education sector faced with funding cuts. Cutting student numbers further strangles revenue and recruitment streams. This would alienate the base of any self-consciously pro-business government; predictably, some in the cabinet have opposed the targets, including the industry-beleagered business secretary and universities minister.
In this context, the home secretary's rhetoric sounds blustery. The former Cabinet Office chief economist, Jonathan Portes, has detailed how May's tough talk to the centre-right Policy Exchange thinktank stretched the facts. Vince Cable may be mollified by the idea of interviewing "considerably more than 100,000" prospective foreign students every year, but can the government afford to indulge the far right with an expensive inquisition in a time of austerity? Fighting words aside, ditching the quixotic net migration target might soon be the least worst option.
Why are the Conservatives in this position? Perhaps they did not foresee the consequences of their election promises. But, intriguingly, those consequences are politically optimal: by reaching for the impossible on net migration, the Conservatives can burnish their nationalist credentials without ultimately taking action that would jeopordise their pro-business, light-touch-regulator image. Such happy mistakes are rare. Maybe it is no mistake.
Perhaps the net migration target has been set up to be knocked down, so as to satisfy mutually incompatible political demands on the Conservative party. This is a text-book tactic. Rightwing social conservatives want less immigration so as to preserve national identity, but rightwing economic liberals want cheap, pliable foreign workers. Leftwing social liberals see migration as a right, but leftwing economic conservatives want less immigration to protect native wages and working conditions. The immigration divide is therefore not between the traditional left and right, but between liberals and conservatives. To hold the centre, a government must satisfy both wings of its own party, and court strange bedfellows across the aisle.
As migration scholars such as Stephen Castles have long highlighted, governments often do this through deliberately incoherent immigration policies: they talk tough to appease anti-immigration groups, but follow up with impracticable controls so that continuing immigration pleases immigration advocates. Blaming others for quashing grand nationalist plans makes failure looks heroic.
In other words, when faced with an impossible task, one option is to look busy, avoid sudden moves, and pass the buck. If the promised immigration cuts are scuttled, mutinous Liberal Democrats and cash-strapped universities are easy scapegoats. Viewed from this perspective, the UK Conservative party's net migration cuts look less doomed to fail than designed to do so.


Today National has launched yet more legislation aimed at further criminalising and pauperising beneficiaries - and their partners, says Auckland Action Against Poverty spokesperson Sarah Thompson.
“People who are not in the welfare system rarely understand how intrusive Work and Income is in judging when and if people are in relationships in the nature of marriage.
“It's no surprise that so much 'fraud' occurs in this area, as one person's 'marriage' can mean something quite different in reality.
“The effect of these changes will be that even more low income people are criminalised because of the State's interference in this sensitive area, and will lose what income and assets they may have.
“An increase in intimate partner violence is another likely result leading from the threat of partner prosecution.
“A new category of beneficiaries will be created called 'low trust beneficiaries' - who will be treated as an inferior class of beneficiary, subject to even more intimidation and harassment than already applies.
“This legislation will further entrench the dangerous place beneficiaries already occupy in the New Zealand psyche as the group of people most discriminated against, as per the recent Human Rights Commission report.
“Increased information sharing between agencies and the fact that MSD has no obligation to let people know they are under investigation are further proof that the government leaves no stone unturned in its bid to prosecute and persecute people on or applying for benefits.
“Auckland Action Against Poverty believes that ultimately the only real solution to this horrendous blame and shame culture is the introduction of a UBI, a universal basic income which will do away with this whole state apparatus of control over human relationships, more reminiscent of a totalitarian state than of a free and compassionate society.


PHILADELPHIA (Reuters Life!) - Researchers have found the first published illustration by John James Audubon, America’s most famous bird artist, ending decades of searching for the prized but elusive work.
Audubon had made two references to the illustration in his diaries, but it had never been seen until it was found on a sheet of sample images produced in 1824 by a New Jersey engraver who specialized in illustrations for banknotes.
Eric Newman, a numismatic, or currency, historian working with Robert Peck, a senior fellow with Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences who had spent the last decade looking for the long-lost illustration, discovered it.
Some researchers doubted its existence and even suggested that Audubon lied when he wrote about it to enhance his reputation before the publication of his masterwork “Birds of America,” starting in 1827.
Although it is unsigned, the image is clearly Audubon’s work because its detail - the bird is shown running through its grassy habitat - is characteristic of the artist’s ornithological expertise, according to experts.
The discovery, announced by the Academy on Thursday, will be published in the Journal of the Early Republic, a historical periodical, this fall.
The choice of subject suggests Audubon had little concept of what bankers might want on their notes, and helps to explain why the illustration had eluded scholars for so long.
“A skittish, shy, running grouse doesn’t instill great confidence in the bank,” Peck said.
Bankers in the early 19th century were more inclined to opt for images of eagles, or past presidents, to convey strength and stability to their customers, and so showed little interest in the grouse.
If the illustration of the now-extinct Heath Hen found its way on to banknotes in any quantity, it would have been at the New Jersey State Bank, for which the engraver, Gideon Fairman, produced the samples.
The bank’s Trenton branch failed in 1825 and its only other branch, in Camden, later destroyed all small-denomination bills in an effort to stop counterfeiting.
But Fairman, seeking business from the thousands of different bills in U.S. circulation during the first half of the 19th century, also produced the image for a bank in Norwalk, Ohio, which put it on a sample $3 bill, and for a bank in Bridgeport, Connecticut, which used the grouse on a $5 bill, also just a sample, Peck said.
Two of the Bridgeport notes, and one from the Ohio bank, are now known to exist. All are owned by Newman, who is planning to put them on public display at a numismatic museum in St. Louis later this year. The sample sheets and notes will also be exhibited at Princeton University in 2011.


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Located in New York City on the Hudson River, the Intrepid Museum was founded in 1982 with the acquisition of the USS Intrepid, a National Historic Landmark. The Intrepid Museum engages the public in learning about American history, and the science and technology of aviation, seagoing vessels and space exploration. Susan Marenoff-Zausner, President and staff from the Museum will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square to ring the Closing Bell.
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Located in New York City on the Hudson River, the Intrepid Museum was founded in 1982 with the acquisition of the USS Intrepid, a National Historic Landmark. The Intrepid Museum engages the public in learning about American history, and the science and technology of aviation, seagoing vessels and space exploration.
Welcoming one million visitors annually, the Museum includes the Space Shuttle Pavilion, home to Enterprise, the world’s first space shuttle orbiter that paved the way for America’s successful Space Shuttle Program. On display are more than two dozen authentically restored aircraft, including the Lockheed A-12 Blackbird, the world’s fastest military jet and spy plane, and the British Airways Concorde, the fastest commercial aircraft to ever cross the Atlantic Ocean. The Museum also includes the submarine Growler, the only American guided missile submarine open to the public; the Exploreum Interactive Hall, a fully interactive exhibit space; an 18,000 sq. ft. education center; and Pier 86, a publicly accessible pier that is part of the Hudson River Park Trust.


One economist believes the second successive month of falls in the number of consents for new houses and apartments is surprising, particularly in the accelerating Auckland housing market.
Official figures show the number of dwelling consents decreased a seasonally adjusted 3.8 percent, to 2108 in January.
Excluding volatile apartment numbers, permits issued fell 7.5 percent.
A senior economist at Westpac Michael Gordon said higher house prices, a rising population and stronger efforts by policymakers to stimulate house building should be prompting more consents.
Statistics New Zealand said the trend showed consents were rising and it was at its highest level since July 2007, if apartments were included.
The department said the trend was flat once apartments were excluded.
The Finance Minister has announced 5000 new homes for the Tamaki area of Auckland over the next decade.
There is an early setback to the Auckland Council's ambition to curb urban sprawl, with only limited backing from an independent panel considering the city's development blueprint.


Nearly nine of 10 survey respondents believe that cloud computing is the future of IT, and 67% describe themselves as "cloud believers."
81% of respondents have deployed at least one cloud service, with an average of 2.7 cloud services among all respondents.
Three-quarters plan to add new or additional cloud services within the next three years, with servers and data centers (34%), co-location and backup (22%), and phone systems (22%) leading the way.
58% say their staff is capable of implementing a cloud strategy independently, and 44% have done so internally.
53% say security remains a top concern about cloud deployment, and 36% say privacy is.
Less than three of 10 say budgeting is a top concern about the cloud, as 54% expect their budgets to increase in 2015.
Momentum for cloud deployment is reaching full-throttle levels, according to a new survey report from Evolve IP. The accompanying report, titled "Cloud of Dreams: The Adoption of Cloud Services—2014," reveals that an immense majority of tech employees and leaders feel the cloud represents the very future of IT. Most have already launched cloud services, and nearly as many intend to expand their use of cloud resources. Just as in the classic movie "Field of Dreams," "organizations built their ballparks (clouds), found some initial players (adopters) and waited to see if they were right to believe in themselves," according to the Evolve IP report. "They were, [as] rapid flight to the cloud continues with organizations planning on moving their infrastructure, applications and more to the cloud. If anything, they are seeing fewer hurdles and have built more confidence in the cloud in the last year." And while barriers remain, funding isn't a particularly significant one, as tech budgets are expected to increase in 2015. IT professionals and executives from nearly 1,260 companies participated in the research. For more about the survey (subscription required), click here.


From the streets of the Bronx to the top of the Billboard charts. French Montana makes his debut on the Billboard 200 this week at No. 4.
The Bad Boy rapper’s album Excuse My French sold 56,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. He also lands atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and Rap Albums charts.
The album, which was executive produced by Diddy and Rick Ross, spawned the hit singles “Pop That” and “Freaks,” and boasts appearances from The Weeknd, Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Lil Wayne.
The No. 1 spot goes to Daft Punk, whose album Random Access Memories sold 339,000 copies, marking the second-largest sales week of the year following Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20 Experience.
Elsewhere, the Jay-Z-produced soundtrack to The Great Gatsby falls 4-5 with 54,000.


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Grassroots protest rallies are a dime a dozen in San Francisco, but it’s rare they have corporate sponsorship.
That’s one thing that suggests The Coalition for an Affordable City may not be what it seems.
The Coalition for an Affordable City is not dedicated to fighting San Francisco’s soaring rent costs or rampant gentrification, or any of the countless other economic traumas resulting from the city by the Bay’s reinvention as the capital of the new digital economy.
Nope, the Coalition for Affordable City has other priorities. The group has spent more than $9 million to defeat a single item on Tuesday’s local ballot in San Francisco. Proposition E would impose a tax on sugary drinks -- $0.02 per ounce -- and earmark the proceeds for programs to educate children about healthier lifestyle choices as part of a city effort to reduce childhood obesity.
“The Coalition for an Affordable City is a fake AstroTurf front group of the American Beverage Association, which is funded largely by Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, Red Bull and Sunny D,” said San Francisco Supervisor Scott Weiner, one of the authors of Prop E.
Bay Area writers and bloggers have accused the “No on E” campaign of creating the illusion of community support by hiring people to hold signs at their rallies -- even people who don’t live or vote in San Francisco. Our team decided to look into it. When a "Nightline" producer found a Craigslist ad looking for paid sign holders in the San Francisco Bay Area, she called and asked about the job. A staffer from the “No on E” campaign told our producer that the job paid $13 dollars an hour and that it didn’t matter that she lives in New York. The campaign offered her the job.
Indeed the primary financial backer of the No on E campaign is the American Beverage Association, the soda and beverage industry’s powerful lobbying arm.
“We’re basically saying that taxing grocery items is the wrong approach,” said "No on E" spokesman Roger Salazar. Salazar insists the group is not in any way trying to conceal its connection to the industry.
Salazar claims the group has a city-wide coalition of small business owners who disapprove of what is known as the soda tax.
But some of the businesses listed on the coalition’s “No on E” endorsement list told “Nightline” they actually support Prop E.
At Goood Frickin’ Chicken, another restaurant on the coalition’s endorsement list, the manager pointed out the restaurant has a sign in their window in support of Prop E. A manager at Danah Enterprise Smoke Shop gave a similar answer and the owner confirmed he was in support of Prop E. Another restaurant on the coalition’s list, Joe’s Cable Car Burger Joint, is boarded up and appears to have been closed for over six months.
When asked about these businesses, the “No on E” campaign was able to hand over records of endorsement from all of them, including Joe’s Cable Car Burger Joint.
"Nightline" also found businesses that do oppose the tax. Taylor Peck, the co-owner of the Fizzary, an artisanal soda and candy shop, is literally the poster boy for the campaign, lending his face and name to the “No on E” campaigns ads.
“The tax would definitely slow business down,” Peck said.
Self-interest aside, supporters of the proposition, who are being outspent 30-to-one, have trouble believing there’s genuine grassroots campaign against the soda tax.
Over the past few years, more than 30 other communities have tried to pass sugary beverage bans or taxes, and the American Beverage Association has poured millions into the fight to strike them down.
The No on E campaign rejects any claims its campaign is disingenuous — or even just merely self-interested.
They also accused the pro-soda tax campaign of being funded by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, but Bloomberg’s office denied making any contribution to the San Francisco initiative.
If San Francisco voters don’t pass the soda tax ballot, the proposition is also on the ballot in nearby Berkeley. While the San Francisco measure requires a two-thirds majority to pass, the Berkeley measure needs only a simple majority and voters there take an especially dim view of corporate interference in politics.


DRUNKEN-driving checkpoints will be set up in three more districts in the capital - Sen Sok, Dangkor and Meanchey districts - starting today, according to deputy municipal traffic police chief Chev Hak. The three new posts will join five posts reopened last week after they were shut down amid flooding in the city. “All the districts have [their] own targeting plan for the operations,” he said, and added that police would be targeting those areas most susceptible to traffic accidents and drunken driving.


CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gurnet Point Capital, an investment firm focused on the healthcare and life sciences sectors that was founded by Ernesto Bertarelli and is led by Christopher A. Viehbacher, today announced the creation of Boston Pharmaceuticals, a fully-integrated drug development company that will offer an innovative alternative model for drug development and commercialization.
By leveraging the executive team’s network of external partners and service providers, the company will develop and launch products from drug development companies and labs worldwide. Through careful selection of disease areas and mechanisms of action, Boston Pharmaceuticals intends to build a valuable portfolio of clinical stage products focused on delivering medicines that greatly improve current treatment options to provide patients with breakthrough solutions for complex diseases.
The company will be led by two executives with deep experience in the development and commercialization of novel medicines – Christopher Viehbacher, the Managing Partner of Gurnet Point Capital and the former CEO of Sanofi, as its Chairman, and Dr. Robert Armstrong, the former head of external R&D at Chorus (Eli Lilly), as its CEO.
A unique fund founded by Ernesto Bertarelli and led by Christopher Viehbacher. Its mission is to help entrepreneurs build their businesses through the investment of long-term capital as well as the experience and expertise of the fund’s team. Gurnet Point Capital invests across all stages of product development through to commercialization, and represents a hybrid of venture and private equity investment strategies. These strategies rely on the core tenet that even the earliest of technologies needs to present a clear commercial thesis, both benefiting patients and the healthcare system as a whole. The fund has an initial allocation of $2 billion.
Christopher A. Viehbacher is the Managing Partner of Gurnet Point Capital, the healthcare and life sciences investment fund established in 2013. The former CEO of Sanofi, during his six year tenure with the company Viehbacher completed over $30 billion of acquisitions, including Genzyme. Prior to Sanofi, Viehbacher spent 20 years with GlaxoSmithKline, ultimately as President of GSK's North American pharmaceutical division. He was a Member of the Board of Directors of GSK plc and Co-President of GSK's Portfolio Management Board. Viehbacher began his career with Price Waterhouse Coopers and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Viehbacher has been Chairman of the Board of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), as well as President of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations. He has received France's highest civilian honor, the Legion d'Honneur.
Rob Armstrong is the Chief Executive Officer, board member, and co-founder of Boston Pharmaceuticals. With over twenty years of experience working in research and development in the biopharmaceutical industry, Rob has been involved in the discovery and clinical development of programs across multiple disease areas.
Rob created and led the small molecule R&D organization at Amgen in Thousand Oaks, CA. He subsequently co-led research at Lilly as Vice President of Global Medicinal Chemistry, was head of the translational medicine group Chorus, and was Vice President of Global External R&D. He served on the finance and scientific advisory boards of Lilly BioVentures.
Prior to working in industry, Rob was a tenured Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California at Los Angeles. Rob received his BS in chemistry at UCSD, his Ph.D. in chemistry at CSU, and was an NIH postdoctoral fellow at Harvard.
Rob is an advisor to Gelesis and serves on the board of directors of early stage biotechnology companies Curza Therapeutics, Cloud Pharmaceuticals, Entrega Bio, and Artax Biopharma.


Update: May 18, 3:46 PM ET According to reports from TMZ, Kanye West's performance at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards was censored by ABC for foul language, rather then silenced due to technical difficulties. In a statement to Mashable, a source from ABC said: "Kanye West is an incredible performer and one of today's most influential artists, however he did not make his performance available for review prior to air resulting in an edited appearance in tonight's live broadcast."
We'd say Kanye West gave an incredible performance, but we barely caught a word.
For those watching at home, West's closing performance of "All Day" at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards suffered from what was reportedly serious censorship as the sound repeatedly cut out.
This, coupled with Kanye's decision to perform in front of a blinding wall of fire, made for a television viewing experience akin to watching the Yule Log.
West wasn't the only one to experience technical difficulties— Co-host Ludacris' closing remarks were also cut out at the end of the show.
Of course, viewers weren't thrilled.
Loooooove the three whole words I've heard from @kanyewest tonight!!!!!!
Thankfully, Mashable had folks on the inside to capture the performance, as seen from the audience.


Mac Miller & Anderson.Paak on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Sept. 15, 2016.
Mac Miller celebrated the release of his new album, The Divine Feminine, a day early on Thursday night (Sept. 15) when he threw down on The Late Show stage with pal Anderson .Paak. The pair teamed up with host Stephen Colbert's house band, Jon Baptiste & Stay Human, for a funky, silky take on the album's lead single, "Dang!," with both men joyously stepping to the song's subtle, jazzy groove.
The Divine Feminine, out Friday (Sept. 16), features tracks with Kendrick Lamar, Ty Dolla $ign, CeeLo Green, Bilal and lady love Ariana Grande.


Under the reported plan, the Union Jack will fly from government buildings only on Remembrance Sunday. It will not be hoisted on other royal anniversaries and birthdays. The procedure is in line with other public buildings, a practice already adopted in recent years at the government’s St. Andrew’s House headquarters in Edinburgh.
Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Sturgeon hit back at critics, insisting that this is not a new practice and was not ordered by her. She said the updated administrative step was “sensible,” and had actually been in place since 2010.
Former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond jumped to Sturgeon's defence, stepping forward to reveal he was the one behind the decision back in 2010 to use the the Royal Banner of Scotland - also known as the Lion Rampant - instead.
What a load of complete piffle from The Mail, The Telegrapgh et al. The hoisting of Lion Rampant had nothing whatsoever to do with @NicolaSturgeon.
On Wednesday Tory MPs were infuriated by the news - but Sturgeon was quick to shutdown her naysayers.
3/ since 2010, the Lion Rampant has been flown on Royal occasions - entirely appropriately. Since the Lion Rampant is the Royal Banner, it is not clear to me why anyone would object to that. However, the key point is that there has been no change to this since 2010.
4/ yes, the civil service recently decided to update the published guidance, but simply to ensure that it accurately reflected the long standing practice - the underlying policy has not changed. And why would it?
5/ as for the claim that I ordered a change, I have issued no instructions, orders, authorisations - or even expressed an opinion - about changing flag policy. The update of the guidance was an administrative step - albeit a sensible one - and not done at my request.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson took to Twitter to lash out at the SNP, telling them its focus needs to be elsewhere.
The SNP government should be more concerned with raising standards, not lowering flags. Dismal stuff.
Sturgeon was quick to call out Davidson online, labelling her accusations as "fake news."
Westminster MPs swept up in the wave of anti-flag news labeled the change as "outrageous," accusing the SNP of "small mindedness" and a "tawdry attempt to sow more division."
"The SNP lost the referendum and they seem to be forgetting this crucial point,” Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg told the Telegraph. "This decision smacks of small mindedness and is an affront to the majority of Scots who voted to remain within the UK."
Former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith also said the decision was “outrageous."
“It is insulting to Scottish people to pretend that somehow Scotland is not within the UK,” he said. “It is a tawdry attempt to sow more division – when will the SNP learn that this is not what the vast majority of the Scottish people want?
“I am sure the vast majority of Scottish people who do want to leave the UK will recognize what a risk the SNP poses to the UK,” he said.
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen also took a swipe at the SNP. “The SNP clearly thinks they won the Scottish referendum and therefore can remove the Union flag when they should be removing the European Union flag,” he said.


Master Data Management (MDM), a data management solutions provider was recently presented with a partner award at the Syncsort Partner Conference 2018 in Spain. This comes after Syncsort Incorporated, the global leader in Big Iron to Big Data software, acquired data quality software leader Trillium Software in late 2016. MDM is a long-standing partner for the Trillium data quality products, and has transitioned as a key Syncsort partner in Africa for data quality and data integration.
The event brought partners together from across EMEA to understand the extended Syncsort vision and be brought up to date on industry trends, particularly around data management. In addition, the event provided a perfect platform for partners to network and obtain updated on the latest Syncsort developments with a showcase of their market-leading data integration and data quality solutions. This effectively provided partners with new insights into how they can meet organisations developing needs around Big Data.
With the addition of the Trillium products into the Syncsort Integrate portfolio, Syncsort delivers quality data at scale – from the mainframe to Hadoop and anywhere in between.


The following items were taken from the Nov. 21 through 27, 1959, Examiner.
Nearly 400 persons attended the annual dinner of the Wagon Wheel District at which Boy Scout leaders were honored for their work. The Order of the Silver Beaver was awarded to Lester L. Fike, Ben V. Alton and W. Morris Turner. A new award, Order of Merit, was presented to Ed Mader, Dr. W.J. Lee, James Pimblott, H. Tupper Smith and Paul D. Arend.
The new John W. Luff elementary school was officially dedicated Nov. 22. The Board of Education voted to name the new building for Mr. Luff, who served on the board from 1931 to 1949, when he retired. From 1936 until his retirement, he was president of the Board. He died Sept. 25, 1958.
A native Jackson Countian, Walker Cooper, of Buckner, has been hired for the coaching staff of the Kansas City Athletics (A’s). Cooper, the catcher in the famous Cooper brothers team, managed the Indianapolis Indians during the 1958-1959 season. Cooper played in the National League for 17 years. He was in the World Series three years, all while playing with the St. Louis Cardinals, and played in all six all-star games.
Abigail Van Buren, known to millions of readers as “Dear Abby,” is the fascinating columnist you’ve read about in Time, Coronet, Pageant, Life and other magazines. Starting Nov. 30 in The Examiner, you’ll have the opportunity to read her sparkling, pithy and sage advice to the troubled people who write her.
The following items were taken from the Nov. 21 through 27, 1909, Examiner.
Louis B. Root, superintendent of Mount Washington Cemetery, died at St. Mary’s hospital in Kansas City. He was superintendent of Mount Washington since 1901. He was superintendent of parks under the first park board in 1893. Later he made a survey of Swope Park and in the following year became its first superintendent. During his term, he carried out plans for the early development of the park.
William F. Street has purchased the two story brick building at 209 W. Lexington Street. The consideration was $6,000. He purchased the building from G.B. McCauley. The ground floor is occupied by the Lyric theater, and the second story comprises the east half of the Eagle hall.
After one or two postponements, the “possum” hunt for city councilmen and other officers and a few friends will take place. Nothing less than a blizzard or an earthquake is to prevent it, according to councilman W.L. Jones the author of the scheme. It is to be on the farm of A.J. Bundschu, near Little Blue, east of Salem church. The party will go in automobiles.
William G. Gore of Blue Springs received one of the petitions asking that state wide prohibition be voted upon in the general election in 1910. He told Judge Wallace at the time that he doubted if he could fill such a petition at Blue Springs because it was a wet town. Gore circulated the petition and in 24 hours had it filled and sent for more. Out of the 172 men he presented the petition to, 162 signed.


After a prolonged battle, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s $30 million period epic “Padmaavat” opened across most of India on Thursday. The film’s release was accompanied by vandalism of malls and burning vehicles.
The violence erupted amid claims by Hindu hard-liners that the film distorts history. On Wednesday, a mobile phone video that went viral showed a bus full of schoolchildren being pelted with stones by “Padmaavat” protesters on the outskirts of Delhi. Many schools in the Indian capital decided not to open Thursday.
India’s Supreme Court overturned a ban on the film’s release by the state governments of Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Appeals against the high court’s decision were dismissed. The states contended that the film’s release would cause law and order issues, but the Supreme Court said it was the states’ duty to maintain peace.
Despite this, the Multiplex Association of India, a trade organization representing 75% of multiplex operators, advised its members in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Goa not to release the film until the situation calms down.
The film’s troubles began during its shoot when fringe groups belonging to the Hindu Rajput community claimed, sight unseen, that the film distorts history. The groups also railed against an alleged dream sequence in which Hindu queen Padmavati is wooed by Muslim invader Alauddin Khilji. Sets were repeatedly vandalized, and Bhansali and lead actress Deepika Padukone received death threats.
The release was deferred from Dec. 1, 2017, to Thursday. India’s Central Board of Film Certification changed the title from “Padmavati” to “Padmaavat,” after the fictitious Sufi poem on which the film is based, and ordered five cuts. Producers Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Bhansali Productions complied. Paramount is distributing in a few international territories.
Some commentators have suggested that the protests have a political agenda. They noted that violence has largely occurred in states governed by Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist BJP, while opposition-held states have been largely calm. The film was approved for release in neighboring Muslim-majority Pakistan.


JENNIFER Lawrence "freaked out" when Lorde visited the set of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.
The 24-year-old actress got star-struck when the Royals singer came to meet the cast and watch a shoot of the new fantasy film because she is such a big fan.
Speaking about the pop star's trip to the set, Lawrence said: "It was so cool, oh my god! The whole set freaked out, everyone stopped and it was like, 'Be normal! Be normal! Be cool!'"
The 18-year-old performer has curated the soundtrack to the franchise's third film, as well as writing and recording the track Yellow Flicker Beat especially for the film, and Lawrence loves the track.
She said: "Honestly, the first time I ever heard that Lorde song, Yellow Flicker Beat, it just gave me goosebumps.
"I mean, you read the book and internalise the character and go on set and have conversations with the director and your co-stars but it was so bizarre to hear a musical version of what, emotionally, I feel."
The Oscar winner also believes her Hunger Games alter ego Katniss Everdeen would be a huge fan of the Team songstress.
Lawrence said: "I think she really captured that character so magically that it was a really amazing thing to listen to, so I think Katniss would be a huge Lorde fan. And obviously Taylor Swift."
Speaking about the decision to enlist the young singer to work on the film's soundtrack, producer Nina Jacobson added: "There was truly nobody who made more sense than Lorde. It was kind of a no-brainer in that regard.
"It felt like such a natural fit and she came and visited us on set. I think we were all a bit starstruck!"


Eurozone GDP hopes boosted by trade data | City A.M.
WEAK demand across the Eurozone saw the currency bloc’s trade surplus grow towards the end of last year, figures from Brussels have revealed.
Exports of goods from the 17 countries that made up the euro area in November totalled €160.8bn (£133bn), Eurostat said yesterday, down two per cent compared to the same month a year earlier.
Yet imports of goods fell more sharply, down five per cent from €152bn in November 2012 to €143.7bn a year later, resulting in the overall surplus growing to €17.1bn.
Latvia joined the single currency at the start of this year, yet its trade balance – a deficit of €2bn from January to October last year – will be too small, relatively, to have a significant effect on the data.
Despite weaker demand across the bloc, a growing surplus bodes well for Eurozone GDP. “November’s increased surplus lifts hopes that net trade made a renewed overall positive contribution to Eurozone GDP in the fourth quarter of 2013,” said Howard Archer of IHS Global Insight.
The single currency’s prospects were also boosted by better figures from troubled member states such as Spain, Portugal and Greece. All three of these countries registered a four per cent jump in exports during the January to October period last year, compared to one year earlier.
French exports fell by one per cent, while Germany’s were flat. Meanwhile in a separate data release yesterday, Germany’s GDP growth for last year was estimated to have been just 0.4 per cent, the weakest expansion since 2009.


Cars with only three wheels are goofy, but we'll make an exception for the "alÃ©" if it can really manage 92 miles per gallon. While you won't be able to take all of your friends on a cruise around the country (without filling up!) in the alÃ©'s dual tandem seating, whoever is inside is in for what sounds like an awesome ride. Zero to 60 in five seconds, tight turns that can build 1.7g of force, and a top speed of 140g are impressive for something so eco-friendly.
The car uses a Honda engine and suspension, and Porsche steering mechanisms. It'll only hold 10 gallons of regular gas, but it'll put all 10 of those to good use. The "alÃ©" boasts an air and gas mixing ratio of 20:1—your average car only mixes at 14.7:1. And it cuts down on CO2 emissions by 30%.
I drove it hard for 4 solid hours, throwing it into corners, accelerating and braking hard. The car's performance is spectacular. After all that hard driving, we only went through $10 in gas.


Level and ready to build on lots available within walking distance to Table Rock Lake. Seven lots are available to purchase. Buy 1 or buy them all....this magnificent property is half way between Branson and Eureka Springs with Persimmon Hill Berry Farm and Dogwood Canyon near by also. Existing overhead power lines around this plat in the future will be underground service to all lots. 10x24 & 10x28 slip(s) are available for additional $$ on newer dock.


A Delhi court on Monday asked the CBI and the ED to provide documents to the accused in IRCTC scam cases on February 14 and 25 respectively.
Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj fixed February 14 as the date for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to provide the documents to the accused and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will have to submit them on February 25 at 2 pm.
The cases relates to alleged money laundering in grant of operational contract of two IRCTC hotels to a private firm. Both the CBI and the ED had registered cases against former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav and others over it.


The booming area could be a big draw for future tenants, Craig said. The old warehouse is about a five-minute walk from the Lynx Blue Line extension, and it’s within half a mile from seven new apartment projects, or over 1,500 units.
Similar to the development in South End, new offices, apartments, restaurants and breweries have been springing up along the Blue Line extension as the 9.3-mile, $1.2 billion project takes shape.
Last month, Charlotte Area Transit System authorities said that the Blue Line won’t open in August as previously planned, and might not carry passengers until next March.


The want ads posted by the anonymous buyer on Armslist.com, a sprawling free classified ads Web site for guns, telegraphed urgency.
The intentions and background of the prospective buyer were hidden, as is customary on such sites. The person posting these ads, however, left a phone number, enabling The New York Times to trace them to their source: Omar Roman-Martinez, 29, of Colorado Springs, who has a pair of felony convictions for burglary and another for motor vehicle theft, as well as a misdemeanor domestic violence conviction — all of which bar him from having guns. Yet he was so determined he even offered to trade a tablet computer or a vintage Pepsi machine for firearms.
When questioned in a telephone interview, Mr. Roman-Martinez said he ultimately decided not to buy a weapon. He also insisted that a 9-millimeter handgun he posted for sale on the Web site last month belonged to someone else.
The mere fact that Mr. Roman-Martinez was seeking to buy and sell guns on Armslist underscores why extending background checks to the growing world of online sales has become a centerpiece of new gun legislation being taken up in the Senate this week. With no requirements for background checks on most private transactions, a Times examination found, Armslist and similar sites function as unregulated bazaars, where the essential anonymity of the Internet allows unlicensed sellers to advertise scores of weapons and people legally barred from gun ownership to buy them.
The bipartisan Senate compromise under consideration would require that background checks be conducted through federally licensed dealers on all Internet and gun show sales. Gun control advocates argue that such checks might have prevented shootings like that of Zina Haughton, 42, who was killed in October with two other women by her husband, Radcliffe, even though a restraining order barred him from having guns. Mr. Haughton simply contacted a private seller on Armslist and handed over $500 in a McDonald’s parking lot for a .40-caliber semiautomatic pistol and three magazines.
Seeking a glimpse into the largely hidden online gun market, The Times assembled a database and analyzed several months of ads from Armslist, which has become the dominant player in the arena, and examined numerous smaller sites.
Over the past three months, The Times identified more than 170,000 gun ads on Armslist. Some were for the same guns, making it difficult to calculate just how many guns were actually for sale. Even so, with more than 20,000 ads posted every week, the number is probably in the tens of thousands.
Notably, 94 percent of the ads were posted by “private parties,” who, unlike licensed dealers, are not required to conduct background checks.
Jitka Vesel was killed by Dmitry Smirnov, who was stalking her and bought a gun online.
Besides Mr. Roman-Martinez, the Times investigation led to Gerard Toolin, 46, of Walterboro, S.C., who is a fugitive from the Rhode Island police and has two outstanding felony warrants as well as a misdemeanor warrant. His legal status bars him from owning guns, but he was recently seeking to buy an AK-47 assault rifle on Armslist and was also trying to trade a Marlin rifle. He posted photos to his Facebook account of an AK-47 he had already purchased, along with a variety of other guns.
There was also Martin Fee, who has a domestic battery conviction in Florida and other arrests and convictions in Florida and New Jersey, including for drug possession, burglary and larceny. He was selling a Chinese SKS rifle on the classified section of another Web site, BudsGunShop.com.
The examination of Armslist raised questions about whether many sellers are essentially functioning as unlicensed firearms dealers, in contravention of federal law. The law says that people who “engage in the business” of selling firearms need to obtain a license and conduct background checks on customers. While the definition of engaging in business is vague, The Times found that more than two dozen people had posted more than 20 different guns for sale in a several-month span.
Among them was Joshua Lovejoy, 32, who since November has advertised more than 100 guns on Armslist, mostly in Canton, Ohio, ranging from AR-15 assault rifles to Glock 19 semiautomatic pistols. He once listed more than 20 guns in a single ad. He insisted in a telephone interview, however, that he had sold only a few.
“You think I broke a law?” he asked.
Armslist was the brainchild of Jonathan Gibbon and Brian Mancini, friends who attended the United States Air Force Academy and then transferred to the University of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Mancini, who designed the site, recently left the company. Mr. Gibbon remains the site’s owner, while also practicing law in Pennsylvania, according to his profile on LinkedIn. Armslist LLC, registered with the Oklahoma secretary of state, lists an office suite in Pittsburgh as its business address.
Gun shows have long been a source of concern for gun control advocates and law enforcement officials, because many allow unregulated sales without background checks. Web sites make such transactions far more widely available, with just a few clicks of a mouse.
A 2011 undercover investigation by the City of New York examined private party gun sellers on a range of Web sites, including Armslist, to see if they would sell guns to someone who said that they probably could not pass a background check. (Federal law bars sales to any person the seller has reason to believe is prohibited from purchasing firearms). Investigators found seventy-seven of 125 online sellers agreed to sell the weapons anyway.
What the site does do is make it simple for anyone seeking to buy a gun without a background check, enabling users to filter gun ads in their state by ones being sold by private parties.
Federal law places one significant restriction on transactions among private parties, barring people from directly selling guns to people in other states who are not licensed firearms dealers. Licensed dealers must act as intermediaries in transactions across state lines and perform background checks. But an examination of ads on the Web site shows that illegal interstate transactions can occur.
The loose online atmosphere was evident in the case of an Arizona gun dealer, Walter Young, who pleaded guilty last week to a federal gun charge stemming from an investigation into his sale of a .50-caliber rifle, dozens of gun kits and thousands of rounds of ammunition to an anonymous buyer who contacted him on Gunbroker.com.
Mr. Young — a Tea Party activist who posted a YouTube video in February suggesting he was being persecuted for criticizing the government — told federal agents he shipped everything to an address in Texas near the Mexican border, without even knowing the identity of the recipient, according to court records. After initially lying to investigators, he admitted looking the other way in his online dealings, records show.
“Young stated there was a general ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy in the gun world when it came to wanting to know why a person was purchasing a particular item, and for that reason he did not question people he sold items to,” federal prosecutors said in a court filing.
Other cases have had deadly consequences.
In 2011, Dmitry Smirnov, a Canadian resident, contacted Benedict Ladera, from Kent, Wash., via Armslist, expressing interest in a Smith & Wesson .40-caliber pistol that Mr. Ladera had posted for sale.
Mr. Ladera, who had sold about 20 guns on Armslist over the previous year, agreed to meet at a casino but increased the price of the handgun to $600, from $400, because he was from out of state, according to court records. After buying the gun, Mr. Smirnov drove to Chicago, where he stalked Jitka Vesel, a woman he had briefly dated a few years earlier, and on April 13, 2011, shot and killed her. Mr. Smirnov turned himself into authorities and was later sentenced to life in prison.
Federal authorities also arrested Mr. Ladera, who pleaded guilty to making an illegal transfer of a firearm to a nonstate resident and was sentenced to one year in prison. Last year, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Armslist on behalf of Ms. Vesel’s family.
In the case of Radcliffe Haughton, the Wisconsin man who killed his wife, the person who sold him the gun on Armslist told federal investigators that he had checked Mr. Haughton’s driver’s license to make sure he was a Wisconsin resident. He also said he asked Mr. Haughton if he was prohibited from having firearms, but he indicated he was not.
Despite these cases, it appears that prosecutions of people who illegally buy and sell guns on the Internet are relatively unusual. A review of nearly 100 court cases in which federal authorities seized guns over the last year found that in very few instances were Internet transactions the focus of the investigations.
Identifying the people who buy and sell guns on these online forums is impossible in most cases because the sites protect the anonymity of their users.
On Armslist, potential buyers can contact sellers directly through the Web site, without making their contact information public. In some cases where people included phone numbers in their ads, The Times tried to trace them — a task made more difficult because most were unlisted cellphones — and determine if the people had criminal records or other firearms prohibitions.
Many numbers led nowhere. Among the ones that were traceable, most people examined had clean records, or had only misdemeanor convictions that did not disqualify them from having weapons. In some cases that raised questions, it was impossible to conclusively verify identities. But several people emerged who clearly should not be buying or selling guns.
Omar Roman-Martinez spent a little more than a year in prison, getting out in 2010, after pleading guilty to second-degree burglary for breaking into a car with some friends, taking a key and an address, and then going to the person’s house, where they made off with jewelry, a safe and electronics. He had prior felony convictions for burglarizing an auto-parts store and for stealing a car from a car dealership, and a misdemeanor assault conviction for biting and repeatedly using a telephone receiver to hit the woman he was living with, according to court and police records.
When queried, Mr. Roman-Martinez initially acknowledged the ads but tried to sidestep, saying that he never acquired a gun and that the one he was trying to sell was not his. By the end of the conversation, however, he denied he had anything to do with the ads.
The conversation unfolded similarly with Gerard Toolin, the man with outstanding felony warrants from Rhode Island who is now living in South Carolina. The charges against Mr. Toolin, which date to 2002, relate to allegations he defrauded people through his heating and cooling business. He skipped out on court appearances and fled the state, records show.
He posted an ad on Armslist on April 9, in which he wrote, “I am looking to buy A ak-47.” Initially unaware of who was calling, Mr. Toolin eagerly explained to a reporter that he already had one and was looking to acquire a second.
Minutes after the conversation, he took his Facebook account offline.
Mr. Fee, 45, has an arrest record dating back decades, and it is difficult to verify which charges resulted in convictions. But a domestic battery conviction from 1999, resulting from a dispute between Mr. Fee and his then-wife that turned physical, appeared to disqualify him from possessing firearms.
“I never saw the weapon, I never touched the weapon,” he said, declining to identify the friend. He then ended the call. Shortly thereafter, his ad disappeared from the Web site.
When Is a ‘Seller’ a ‘Dealer’?
Under current law, the question of when a background check must occur depends on who is selling the gun. Federal regulations require licensed dealers to perform checks, but the legal definition of who must be licensed is blurry. Regulations define a dealer as a “person who devotes time, attention, and labor to dealing in firearms as a regular course of trade or business with the principal objective of livelihood and profit.” People engaged in only “occasional sales” for their personal collections, or for a hobby, are exempted.
But precisely how many guns it takes for the “occasional” seller to become a dealer is not specified.
The design of the Armslist site makes it difficult to tie together all of the ads of individual sellers in order to identify the most active. Again, a phone number makes the task easier. Using phone numbers, as well as computer analysis, The Times connected all the ads for some sellers, including Mr. Lovejoy, who has advertised scores of guns for sale on Armslist over the last few months. One ad in January listed more than 20 guns, including several AR-15 assault rifles and an array of AMD-65s, a Hungarian variant of the AK-47.
“A lot of times when I get rid of something that I have, I don’t make a penny on it,” he said.
Mr. Lovejoy said he always made sure to look at buyers’ driver’s licenses to check that they were Ohio residents and that he would occasionally record a bill of sale, with phone numbers, but no names and addresses. He said he supported proposals to require background checks on Internet sales.
“It would give me more peace of mind,” he said.
While Mr. Lovejoy was willing to discuss his ads with a reporter, other Armslist sellers reacted differently. Noel Lee Velarde, who has advertised more than 30 guns out of Flint, Mich., on Armslist dating back to late January, twice hung up on a reporter.
Bob Vivona, 69, who describes himself as an Army veteran and retired police detective sergeant, has advertised more than 20 guns on Armslist out of Missouri going back to February. Even though it is not required by law, he said, he takes it upon himself to look people’s names up in a statewide online court database. He said he was simply getting rid of guns he had bought but found he did not like, insisting there was nothing wrong with the number of guns he was selling.
Sarah Cohen contributed reporting. Jack Styczynski and Jack Begg contributed research.


The GIGABYTE P25W is a fairly slim laptop that packs a fair amount of performance. As such, it's very possible that the temperatures we are about to see could be a bit on the high side.
As you can see, on the front of the system, we logged a maximum temperature of 117 degrees Fahrenheit. This high temperature was located right underneath the KOL keys, which is away from the all-important WSAD keys. Those keys, however, reached a maximum temperature of 97. The palm rests, meanwhile, stayed relatively cool.
Moving around to the backside, temperatures were slightly better. The maximum observed temperature was 112 degrees Fahrenheit. Using the loaded system on your laptop would likely be uncomfortable.
The maximum observed GPU temperature was 80 degrees Celsius. The CPU reached a maximum of 98 degrees Celsius. The GPU was kept plenty cool by the laptop's cooling system. The CPU, however, was much warmer than I'd like, running at a temperature that could damage the chip over time.
The P25W produced a sound level of 51 decibels. This noise was likely increased due to the slimmed down size of the chassis over larger 17-inch models in our chart. Our measurement is taken in front of the laptop at roughly head level. For comparison, 30dB is a totally quiet night time in the desert, 40dB is whispering and 60dB is a normal conversation.


PEDESTRIAN.TV has teamed up with Ural to keep you fresh.
If you’re not used to going to the gym, merely opening the doors to the hot, sweat-heavy air can be felt as tangibly as a punch to the nostrils and soul of all the poor, defenceless, unprepared beings who dare to step through.
The clanging of beefy dudes dropping their weights and whatever EDM tunes are setting airwaves a-frenzy melds to become an almighty overwhelming racket of intimidation and noise.
But wait, curious stranger, because the gym is not such a daunting place. All ye who seek to enter, be not afraid. There’s definitely a bunch of strategies you can employ to turn your gym experience from that of a hazy electronic sweat-fest into a productive and healthy (even welcoming) environment.
Going to the gym in the middle of peak hour is a recipe for feeling like a slimy sardine packed among a bunch of louder, sweat-dripping fish. It’s packed and can be super intimidating if you’re just starting out. And hey, maybe that gets you hyped – but if you’re the type who enjoys working out without feeling a bit anxious, choose your times wisely.
If you’ve got the flexibility in your schedule, aim for an off-peak time like 10.30am or 3pm. If you’re a night owl and your gym is open 24 hours, go after 9-10pm when it’s significantly less people-y. ‘Coz who wants humans around you while you’re working out anyway?
Let’s be real, unless you’re particularly into music that will make you feel like you’ve been plopped in the middle of an EDM festival (and no shade if that’s your kinda thing), you’ll probably want to bring along your headphones and a fully charged phone so you can get through your workout with the help of your fave tunes or podcasts.
Most cardio equipment will come with a headphone jack to plug in, but even if you’re using free weights, music and podcasts can take your workout to the next level. Just pick the right playlist coz there’s nothing adrenaline pumping about listening to Birdy’s cover of Skinny Love when you’re trying to hit a new PB.
We’ve got a few workout-length poddys below if you’re on the lookout.
This one is for the sake of every human, animal and mineral that has to come into contact with your grimy post-workout self. It’s super important to have a shower straight after your workout to avoid marinating in your own juices – your skin will get down on its metaphorical knees and thank you for it.
Plus you’ll honestly feel so much better once you’re in something a little more comfortable, and trust me when I say that the world will thank you for showering off your lingering B.O. – and don’t tell us you don’t stink, because you do.
Hydration is so, so important when you’re exercising, so unless you want to wind up resembling the dude who chose the wrong chalice and shrivelled up into dust in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, you’re gonna wanna make sure you’re sippin’ something good for you.
And if you’re the type who hates water with a passion (I do not understand this personally, but my grandma swears she can’t drink any water sooo), you can always infuse it with some fruit or herbs the night before so you’ve got a lil’ zesty tang in your bottle.
It’s going to make your life a heck of a lot easier if you go in with a game plan. We’re talking planning out which exercises you wanna do, which machines you wanna do, how long you want to spend on cardio. If it means you go out and drop some coins on a structured workout plan, go for it.
Alternatively, when you start at a new gym you should at least do a personal training session to orient yourself around (often new members will get a complimentary session). That way you won’t be wandering around aimlessly, wondering what to do.
One thing that you’ll read all over the internet is how much your skin will glow if you start exercising regularly. It will, but what they don’t tell you is that sometimes it’ll hate you before it loves you, turning you into a spotty lil’ goblin as it purges all the gross stuff from your skin.
Figuring out a post-workout skincare regime will help ensure your skin is in tip-top shape and won’t render you a walking trypophobia horror. Cleanse thoroughly and don’t forget to moisturise – you’ll glow like Janelle Monae in no time.
Whether you’re working out before brekkie, lunch or dinner, it’s a pretty safe bet to say that cooking will seem like a massive effort after you’ve run yourself ragged at the gym. You’ll either end up giving in and making something dodgy (or ordering Uber Eats while you’re in the shower – ahem) or just not eating at all, which is not good for you.
You don’t have to go ahead and do the whole week’s meal prep if that’s too much for you, but at least set up your next meal so it’s one thing off your mind and you can just enjoy those exercise endorphins which, in the words of Elle Woods, make you happy.
Sometimes the biggest thing with making the gym a place of excitement and enthusiasm is to actually not go. It might sound counterproductive but consider this. If you’re sick, overtired or your muscles are sore, going to the gym may exacerbate your symptoms and make you feel worse. Go to the gym when you’re healthy and have the energy to.
And hey, to all those folks with vaginas out there – friendly reminder that you’re allowed to cut yourself some slack and not exercise if you’ve got severe menstrual pain or even a UTI. Whether you need to grab a heat pack or keep downing the Ural, you’ll be in gym-ready condition soon enough and it’ll be all the more satisfying.
If you’re stressing big time about going to the gym then the best people to talk to are the staff. Whether you get along really well with one of the office folk or you’re best buds with a PT, having someone there as a support person to go to when you need, that helps massively.
It’s literally what they’re there for, so they’re absolutely gonna be keen to keep you feeling happy and safe in your gym. And look, if you’ll allow me one thirsty moment here folks, they’re usually bangin’.
Nothing like a bit of eye candy to motivate you to do your best.


Coach are better known for their rather stylish bags than their forays into the tech world, but they seems to be merging style and tech with the release of their new phone. It’s catchily titled the Coach phone and there’s no real info about this phone other than the fact that it will come with a selection of designer accessories (think phone charms and leather cases). It will be sold by the Japanese KDDI network in the new year, and will be available for a limited time only.


After 61 years, the Blue Angel was removed from her pedestal by the City of Las Vegas and YESCO for restoration early in the morning in Downtown Las Vegas, Nev. on March 29, 2017. Once restored, the plan is to return her to the City and display her on a triangle shaped traffic median at the corner of Charleston and Fremont.
The Betty Willis-designed icon of the Blue Angel Motel was taken down in March 2017 for restoration. That’s still the plan, but on May 24, the Angel will visit the Neon Museum’s new Ne10 Studio space at 1001 W. Bonanza Road. And by the reckoning of Joshua Abbey, one of the organizers of the Blue Angel: Between Heaven and Earth art show, the Angel can’t come back quickly enough.
The show, which runs through July 6, features not only the Angel but also works by a host of local artists—Robert Beckman, Nancy Good, Jerry Misko, James Stanford and Mikayla Whitmore, among many—inspired by what she represents.
“Though Willis’ ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas’ sign may be regarded as the most famous sign by people outside of the city, the Blue Angel sign holds a particular place in the hearts of many longtime locals,” said Rob McCoy, president and CEO of the Neon Museum. And it’s great to have her back, however briefly.


Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the September 22 gubernatorial election in Osun State and four others have been advised to surrender themselves to the police for arraignment over charges of criminal conspiracy and examination malpractice, amongst others.
The advice which was contained in a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Jimoh Moshood, said they were to report to the Special Investigation Panel, Force Headquarters, Abuja with immediate effect.
Adeleke, the senator representing Osun West Senatorial District, has been accused alongside, Sikiru Adeleke, Alhaji Aregbesola Mufutau, Gbadamosi Thomas Ojo and Dare Olutope of examination malpractice, criminal conspiracy, impersonation, breach of duty, aiding and abetting.
Examination Malpractice, Criminal Conspiracy, Personation, Breach of Duty, Aiding and Abetting against Senator Ademola Adeleke (PDP Governorship Aspirant in the 22nd September, 2018 Gubernatorial Election in Osun State) and four (4) others namely; MR Sikiru Adeleke, Alhaji Aregbesola Mufutau (Principal of Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School, Egbedore LGA, Osun State), Mr Gbadamosi Thomas Ojo (School Staff responsible for the registration of candidates for NECO), Mr Dare Olutope (School Teacher who facilitated the commission of the crime).
On 21st July 2017, the Osun State Police Intelligence Bureau (SIB) received and acted on an actionable intelligence about an ongoing examination malpractice involving Senator Ademola Adeleke and Sikiru Adeleke at OJO/Aro Community Grammar School in Osun state.
2. When the Police operative arrived at the school, only Sikiru Adeleke was found seated for the examination while Senator Ademola Adeleke seat was vacant and was suspected to have escaped before the arrival of the Police operatives.
3. Further investigation revealed that both Senator Ademola Adeleke and his brother Sikiru Adeleke registered and were sitting for the National Examination Council Examination (NECO) 2017 as internal candidates impersonating students of the School at the ages of 57years and 42years respectively. This crime was facilitated by the principal of the school, and two other members of staff of the school for which they are under investigation and being charged to court.
4. The Principal of the school, Alhaji Aregbesola Mufutau, the staff responsible for registration, Mr Gbadamosi Thomas Ojo and a teacher Mr dare Olutope were arrested on 21 July 2017. Senator Ademola Adeleke was arrested on 27 July 2017 and Sikiru Adeleke was arrested on 8 August 2017.
5. Senator Ademola Adeleke made cautionary statement and admitted that he registered for the 2017 NECO examinations as an internal student in the said school but he didn’t sit for the examination.
6. However, Police investigation revealed the following primafacial and culpability facts against Senator Ademola Adeleke andfour (4) others.
i. Senator Ademola Adeleke made cautionary statement and admitted that he registered for the 2017 NECO examinations as an internal student in the said school and did not sit for the examination but have a result from NECO with Seven (7) Credit and One (1) Pass, a copy of which was obtained from NECO by the Police.
ii. The Ojo/Aro 2017 NECO, SSCE school photo album (School’s copy), with Senator Ademola Adeleke and Sikiru Adeleke Photographs in school uniform in the said album. Senator Ademola Adeleke in the NECO 2017 Result obtained by the claimed that he was born on 12th June 1997 but in his statement to the Police, senator Ademola Adeleke wrote 13th May 1960 as his Date of Birth.
iii. The photographs of both Senator Ademola Adeleke and Sikiru Adeleke appearing side by side in the photo album have no NECO stamps on them.
7. Senator Ademola Adeleke and four others were arrested, investigated, granted bail and being charged to court. Charges of Examination Malpractice, Criminal Conspiracy, Personation, Breach of Duty, Aiding and Abetting against Senator Ademola Adeleke (PDP Governorship Aspirant in the 22nd September, 2018 Gubernatorial Election in Osun State) and four (4) others namely; MR Sikiru Adeleke, Alhaji Aregbesola Mufutau (Principal of Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School, Egbedore LGA, Osun State), Mr Gbadamosi Thomas Ojo (School Staff responsible for the registration of candidates for NECO), Mr Dare Olutope (School Teacher who facilitated the commission of the crime) have been filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja under the Examination Malpractice Act, CAP E15, 2004 today, Wednesday, 19th September, 2018.
8. Consequently, Senator Ademola Adeleke (PDP Governorship Aspirant in the 22nd September, 2018 Gubernatorial Election in Osun State) and four (4) others namely; MR Sikiru Adeleke, Alhaji Aregbesola Mufutau (Principal of Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School, Egbedore LGA, Osun State), Mr Gbadamosi Thomas Ojo (School Staff responsible for the registration of candidates for NECO), Mr Dare Olutope (School Teacher who facilitated the commission of the crime) are hereby advised in their own interest to report to the Special Investigation Panel, Force Headquarters, Abuja immediately for arraignment in court.


Lady Gaga has revealed she has fibromyalgia, a long-term condition which can cause pain all over the body.
The singer made the announcement on Twitter where she also said the illness features in her latest documentary.
"I wish to help raise awareness and connect people who have it. We can all share what helps/hurts," she tweeted.
Lady Gaga first spoke about living with chronic pain in 2013 but this is the first time she's revealed the cause.
The 31-year-old musician appeared at Toronto Film Festival showcasing the documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two.
The film, already out in the US, is due for release in the UK on Netflix on 22 September and will also give fans a behind-the-scenes look at her music career.
Gaga's tweet has led to others sharing their stories.
According to the NHS, those with fibromyalgia may also experience muscle stiffness and difficulty sleeping.
They may also have problems with their memory and concentration.
Although there's currently no cure, there are treatments to help relieve some of the symptoms.
In the past, Lady Gaga has shared some of the ways she manages the condition.
The exact cause of fibromyalgia is unknown although it affects around seven times as many women as men.
In many cases, the condition appears to be triggered by a physically or emotionally stressful event.


A public awareness campaign about safe sleeping environments for infants and a push for more visits from public health nurses to help families with substance use disorders are among the steps announced by the DHHS.
AUGUSTA — Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday it is taking immediate action to improve child safety following the report of 26 child deaths since 2017.
The department said in a statement it would launch a public awareness campaign about unsafe sleep environments for children, especially infants, noting that 48 of 107 child deaths from 2014 to 2019 were related to unsafe sleeping situations.
The department will also increase the number of home visits by public health nurses to families with new babies in an effort to help families who are struggling with substance use disorder.
According to the release, 33 percent of child abuse victims in Maine have parents with active drug use disorder as a risk factor and 18 percent have a parent with alcohol use disorders.
“We want parents who are struggling with a substance use disorder to know that help is available and that, through initiatives like this, we can fight addiction and support people on the path to recovery as well as protect Maine children,” said Gordon Smith, Maine’s director of opioid response.
The announcement came on the last day of the bench trial of Shawna Gatto, who is accused of killing 4-year-old Kendall Chick after the girl was placed by DHHS in the custody of her grandfather, Stephen Hood, and Gatto, his fiancée, in 2017. Justice William Stokes said Monday he will issue his verdict on April 30.
Gatto told police she had been caring for the little girl the day she was found unresponsive in a bathtub, and police said they found bloodstains in multiple places in the Wiscasset home.
The Public Health Nursing Program and Maine Families Home Visitation Program, which serve all new parents in Maine, will offer parenting guidance and connect families with children under age 2 to community-based supports.
The department also plans to submit an application for federal support through the Maternal Opioid Misuse Initiative, a program to address the widespread impact of the opioid epidemic and provide pregnant women and mothers with treatment and recovery supports to reduce the number of drug-affected births in Maine.
The department will use “Safe to Sleep” campaign public service announcements for radio, television and weekly community newspapers in an effort to reach all new parents in Maine, whether they are involved with DHHS child protective services or not, the release stated.
According to Lambrew, the new initiatives build on previous actions taken by the department.
Those actions include hiring more than 100 staff to fill vacancies in Maine’s child welfare system, giving child welfare caseworkers access to better background information on individuals when assessing abuse and neglect allegations, and ending a waiver with the federal government, which allows the state to access federal funding for all eligible expenses rather than operating with a fixed funding amount.
An initial analysis completed within DHHS estimated that ending the waiver early would result in access to an additional $3.7 million for services for children and foster families in Maine.
The Legislature is debating several bills aimed at strengthening the child protective services system. On Monday, a legislative committee endorsed a bill that requires DHHS to develop a plan for lowering caseloads and set specific caseload limits and a timeframe for meeting them.
In March, Lambrew announced the hiring of Todd Landry to be the first permanent director of the Office of Children and Family Services, which was led by temporary and interim directors for years under the administration of Republican Gov. Paul LePage.
Landry, who starts in his position on April 29, most recently was chief executive officer of the Lena Pope Home in Fort Worth, Texas, a nonprofit that serves children and families. He previously served three years as director of Nebraska’s Division of Child and Family Services. He also sits on several national boards, including as treasurer for the Child Welfare League of America, a national coalition of private and public agencies working to improve the lives of vulnerable children and families.


Nokia Siemens Networks, the world’s second-largest supplier of communications infrastructure, reportedly has offered to buy large pieces of Nortel Networks Corp., including much of its profitable carrier networks unit.
A purchase would give Nokia Siemens (News - Alert) immediate entry into the U.S. market, something Nokia Siemens preently is pursuing. Though a global competitor in the top ranks, Nokia Siemens has had less share in the U.S. market.
The dismantling of Nortel (News - Alert), once Canada’s largest company in terms of stock market value, represents an inglorious end for a firm that once played Avis to Lucent’s Hertz in the U.S. telecom market, and will rearrange not only market share rankings but the competitive landscape. Other firms once in Nortel’s shadow, such as MetaSwitch (News - Alert), now have a chance to assert new levels of leadership. In recent years, MetaSwitch sales people have faced Nortel as a primary competitor for new softswitch contracts.
At the very least, there will be an integration period where potential customers will have hesitations about the new Nokia Siemens, potentail changes of product roadmap, support and personnel. Sonus also likely faces a changed competitive landscape, and for many of the same reasons. At least temporarily, greater risk will be associated with any new commitments to former-Nortel platforms.
Still, for Nokia Siemens, gaining Nortel’s installed base of North American customers would be a huge step, immediately vaulting Nokia Siemens into a key role at hundreds of companies that use Nortel Class 5 switches, and making Nokia Siemens a major player in the U.S. carrier market, overnight.
Separately, Nortel’s enterprise unit has gotten bids from traditional competitors Avaya (News - Alert) Inc. and Siemens Enterprise Communications.
Nortel has sold parts of its application delivery business to Radware.


A novella of historical fiction examining the personal lives of Irish mob members during the Boston Irish Mob War.
McCarthy, Hannah, "Hit: A Novella" (2012). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 541.