WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers were locked in a standoff with Democrats on Saturday over the U.S. government shutdown, with Republicans saying they would not negotiate on immigration until the government is reopened.
Funding for federal agencies ran out at midnight with no agreement in Congress, meaning the second year of Trump’s presidency began without a fully functioning government.
Democrats stuck to demands that any short-term spending legislation must include protections for young undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers.” Republicans in turn said they would not negotiate on immigration until Democrats gave them the votes needed to reopen the government.
U.S. government workers were told to stay home or, in some cases, work without pay until new funding is approved in the first federal government shutdown since a 16-day funding lapse in October 2013.
The Republican-controlled Senate and House of Representatives held rare weekend sessions on Saturday, facing a political crisis that could affect November congressional elections. By about 7 p.m. both chambers resigned themselves to failure and agreed to resume work on Sunday.
Both Republicans and Democrats had dug in during the day, each side blaming the other.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would vote at 0100 EST (0600 GMT) Monday on a bill to fund the government through Feb. 8, unless Democrats agree to hold it sooner.
“We’ll be right back at this tomorrow and for as long as it takes” for Democrats to vote for legislation that would reopen the government, McConnell said.
Outside the U.S. Capitol, parks, open-air monuments and Smithsonian museums were open as a second annual women’s rights march took place on the National Mall. But visitors were turned away from the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia and the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island in New York Harbor.
A scheduled trip by Trump and some Cabinet members to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, was being assessed on a day-to-day basis, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said.
Republicans said they would refuse to negotiate on immigration until Democrats provide the votes to re-open the government. Democrats insisted they have been willing to compromise but Republicans backed out of deals.
“The president will not negotiate on immigration reform until Democrats stop playing games and reopen the government,” said White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders.
Marc Short, the White House’s legislative affairs director, said Trump had been in contact with Republican leaders in Congress during the day, but had not reached out to Democrats.
Short said the president likely would be most effective making the case for ending the shutdown directly to the American people, and he did not rule out Trump addressing the nation in the coming days.
The tough message from the White House and Republicans in Congress led to speculation that Washington could be in for a prolonged political battle.
At the U.S. Capitol, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer delivered a stinging portrayal of Trump as an unreliable negotiating partner, saying the two sides came close to an agreement several times only to have Trump back out at the urging of anti-immigration conservatives.
The federal government had been running on three consecutive temporary funding bills since the new fiscal year began in October.
Democrats had sought to secure permanent legal protections for 700,000 young undocumented immigrants as a condition for new government funding after their attempts to push through the protections in stand-alone bills were rebuffed. Trump ordered the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program to expire in March, requiring Congress to act.
Earlier, McConnell said a solution to the crisis was “just inches away” but he blamed Democrats for blocking legislation to pass the fourth stopgap funding measure.
One idea floated by Republicans was to renew government funding through Feb. 8 to end the shutdown, while working to resolve other issues, including immigration, military and non-military spending, disaster relief and some healthcare matters.
U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly, a Democrat whose northern Virginia district has one of the highest concentrations of federal government employees, said there was no sign that serious bipartisan negotiations were taking place and he would be surprised if Congress reached a resolution before Monday.
He attributed the lack of talks to “raw feelings” and that Trump had walked away on Friday from a deal on immigration.
A video ad released on Saturday by Trump’s presidential campaign that says Democrats will be “complicit” in murders by illegal immigrants could inflame tensions.
Trump had portrayed himself as the ultimate dealmaker, but his inability to cut a deal despite having a Republican majority in both houses of Congress marked arguably the most debilitating setback for his administration.
“This is the One Year Anniversary of my Presidency and the Democrats wanted to give me a nice present,” he said on Twitter.
The immediate impact of the government shutdown was eased somewhat by it beginning on a weekend.
The Defense Department said combat operations in Afghanistan and other military activities would continue, while federal law enforcement officers also would remain on duty.
Talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement will continue, as will major cybersecurity functions, and most of the Environmental Protection Agency will remain open, budget director Mulvaney said.
But without a quick deal, hundreds of thousands of government employees will be put on temporary unpaid leave.


Falkirk manager John Hughes insists he has no qualms about playing Kevin McBride in tonight’s crucial relegation battle against Hamilton despite the midfielder’s stinging criticism of the Bairns supporters.
The former Motherwell playmaker launched a stinging attack on his own fans at the weekend, branding them ’embarrassing’ and the ’worst in the world’ after he had been on the receiving end of flak from the stands.
Hughes needs the Falkirk faithful and the players pulling in one direction as they look to overturn the two point deficit at the SPL basement. Victory for the Bairns at Hamilton this evening could lift the club off the bottom of the league for the first time since March and Hughes insists he is not fretting over the fans reaction to McBride’s outspoken remarks. He said: "The fans have been fantastic, you have to get to know them. "After that bit in the paper regarding Kevin McBride, I guarantee you they get right behind him. "I would have no qualms at all about putting him in there. "I have none whatsoever.
I remember when they used to boo me, they hated me when I first came to the club but I worked hard to win them over and that’s what it’s all about. "Kevin McBride takes responsibility on the ball that other players might not take and I know the Falkirk fans, and I will know they will get right behind him.
"He has had a go but they will take it on the chin and I think one or two of them will say, ’he’s right’. "There are right good supporters too, I think it’s only a minority that are giving him stick. I think it’s uncalled for and I think they will take it on board."


"Be that extra drop in the ocean"
Wild Fact About Me I was so quiet when I was younger that people thought I was mute.
My Philosophy Neither the heart nor brain can survive alone.
Quotation "You can't eat beauty; it doesn't feed you."


BOTTOM LINE: The Cincinnati Reds visit the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday at Dodger Stadium.
The Dodgers finished 45-37 in home games in 2018. Los Angeles hit 235 total home runs and averaged 8.6 hits per game last season.
The Reds finished 30-51 in road games in 2018. Cincinnati hit 172 total home runs and averaged 8.7 hits per game last season. These two teams did not meet in 2018.
Little Caesars Arena in Detroit will finally host its first playoff game _ in what is probably the last chance the Pistons have to make their series against Milwaukee competitive.


File this product under "We'll believe it when we see it." A Menlo Park company called Always Innovating says its Touch Book will be a netbook that turns into a tablet PC when you pull the screen away from the keyboard. The company also told the audience here at DEMO 09 that the Touch Book's battery will last 12-15 hours on a charge.
The Touch Book uses an ARM processor, which means it won't require a fan and won't need much power. But company officials also say it'll be powerful enough to play video, and, even though it comes running Linux, that it can run other OSes as well. It may be significant, though, that the other OS they mentioned as an example was Android, not Vista. ARM processors are far from the most powerful chips on the planet.
The Touch Book certainly looked slick. You could pull the screen off of arms that connect it to the keyboard. At that point, the presenters said, the Touch Book would operate in any orientation depending on how you hold it, thanks to the same kind of accelerometers found in iPhones. Again, it may have been significant, though, that the Touch Book they demonstrated didn't show anything on its screen -- it seemed to perhaps be only a hardware prototype.
And if all those claims don't strain credulity, this one might: The Touch Book is supposed to sell for no more than your average netbook, $299 as a tablet PC only without a keyboard and $399 with a keyboard. The company's Web site says the product is supposed to ship "in May or June 2009." For now, I'm skeptical, but I hope when it does ship that I'm pleasantly surprised.


Nizatidine belongs to the family of medications called H2-receptor antagonists. Nizatidine works by reducing the amount of acid secreted by the stomach. Reducing the acid helps to reduce the pain of stomach and intestinal ulcers and heartburn and to assist in the healing of ulcers and damage caused by gastroesophageal reflux disease. Nizatidine is also used to prevent duodenal (intestinal) ulcers in certain circumstances.
The adult dose of nizatidine ranges depending on the condition being treated. For the prevention of ulcers, the usual dose is 150 mg daily at bedtime. For the treatment of stomach and intestinal ulcers, the usual dose is 300 mg daily (either 150 mg twice a day or 300 mg at bedtime). For gastroesophageal reflux disease, the usual dose is 150 mg twice a day. Nizatidine may be taken with or without food. Antacids may be used along with nizatidine if extra relief from excess acid is needed.
It is important to take this medication regularly and exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Do not stop taking this medication without first talking with your doctor. If you miss a dose, take it as soon as possible and continue with your regular schedule. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and continue with your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. If you are not sure what to do after missing a dose, contact your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
Kidney function: Nizatidine is removed from the body by the kidneys. If you have reduced kidney function, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Liver function: Nizatidine is partly broken down by the liver. If you have reduced liver function, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Breast-feeding: This medication passes into breast milk. If you are a breast-feeding mother and are taking nizatidine, it may affect your baby. Talk to your doctor about whether you should continue breast-feeding.


Carino Processing will not be buying seals this year, but company CEO Dion Dakins says the decision is geared to improve the industry’s and the company’s viability in the years ahead.
Carino Processing will not be buying seal pelts or fat this year, but company CEO Dion Dakins says the decision is geared to improve the industry's and the company's viability in the years ahead.
Dakins said the company has inventory from previous hunts on hand.
However, he said they will be purchasing a limited amount of seal meat from harvesters who are participating.
As a result of the decision, Dakins said Carino has also decided not to access any of the $1 million loan announced last week by the provincial government.
"At this point we just want to focus our efforts on the sale of our existing inventory," Dakins told CBC's Fisheries Broadcast.
"It just falls into the basic concept of fiscal responsibility and the financial responsibility of our company to remain strong and be a significant player next year."
Dakins said the key to a viable operation for Carino and any operator in the business is to match supply and demand. That being the case, he said the company doesn't need the raw material at this particular point in time.
"Had we continued to just stockpile goods and not appropriately market and plan the flow of goods out the back end, that would be irresponsible. We're here, we've got lots of pelts, we've got lots of oil, we're going to procure the meat we require, and we'll be here stronger and better next year," Dakins said.
"It wasn't an easy decision, it wasn't one we take lightly, we know we have a responsibility to keep our harvesters viable. But it is short term pain for long term gain, that's how we view it."
Dakins said the hours for Carino processing workers will be affected due to the lack of raw material processing, but he the impact will be lessened by the fact the company's dressing and dyeing operations will be running as per usual.
The key going forward, he said, will be accessing international markets for seal products and demonstrating globally that the harvest is not only viable and sustainable, but also a necessary fisheries eco-management tool.
"I think that we're challenged with an appropriate model that's going to be received internationally to allow us to trade our products into a number of markets," he said.
"Without a viable seal hunt, what do we do in terms of managing this population? It's clear we can't afford expensive culls, and Canadians don't prescribe to wasting a resource; they prefer to see it harvested and utilized under the basic principles of sustainable use to improve our economy.
"If that is not realized sooner rather than later we will lose the capacity to go and hunt to a high animal welfare standard, and trade the products and be a contributor to our local economies."
Dakins said the idea Carino doesn't appreciate having another seal buyer in the fold is incorrect. On the contrary, he argues the emergence of new players means there must be something going right in the industry.
"Carino has spent enormous effort in developing international markets over the past 100-plus years, so it's nice to see new entrants because there must be something we've been doing that is encouraging and showing people there is a brighter future."
"There is more than enough resource to sustain more than one player in this industry. In 2008 there were five businesses, dressing facilities, that were operating 52 weeks a year on seal products. If one experiences a benefit then we'll all experience a benefit in this very difficult sector that has been challenged by misinformation for so long."
Dakins argues that misinformation continues to flow largely from anti-sealing lobbies. He argues the continued assertions by those groups that the harvest is unsustainable, inhumane and provides products that nobody wants is factually incorrect.
"They're part of the business, they make money off the concept that we are cruel, that we are barbaric and that we are doing something incorrect," Dakins said.
"In their case they just want to completely stop the whole thing. It's all hocus-pocus.
"This is a viable industry, self-sustaining and provides good products to customers."
Jamie Baker hosts The Broadcast each weekday on CBC Radio.


WHY stick to the road when you can take your Formula 1 to the ski slopes?
KITZBÜHEL was turned into the setting of the first ever F1 showrun at an Alpine peak yesterday.
In the build-up to the legendary Hahnenkamm ski races, Max Verstappen unleashed the power of a Red Bull Racing world-championship winning car.
The Dutch driver provided a spectacular foretaste - amid splendid winter weather – of the 2016 Formula 1 Großer Preis von Österreich at over 1,600 metres altitude.
The awe-inspiring sound of the Red Bull Racing world-title winning car with snow whirling around several metres into the air at the back delighted the 3,500 people watching at the edge of the circuit marked by ski gates.
The Red Bull Racing technicians had a real challenge in setting the racing car up for the special event. Some specially made snow chains played a big part in ensuring the first Formula 1 show run on an Alpine peak was possible.
Check out the incredible action video in the player above.


Having a furry creature around for comfort may seem ideal to the stressed-out student. But with Pepperdine’s limited living premises, having a pet-friendly campus just isn’t a viable option.
Animals do not belong in the cramped dorm lifestyle. Most students have barely enough room for their own things in their small two or three person rooms. Animals need space to run around. When a room is barely big enough to hold its human tenants, how can another living creature be expected to reside in there comfortably?
Additionally, living with roommates (as most Pepperdine students do) is already tricky as it is. Throwing pets into the mix will only make things more complicated. Just because an owner may love their pet and all its weird habits does not mean that everyone else will. One may forgive their dog for destroying their shoes, but when that dog destroys their roommate’s things, it’s another story.
Furthermore, college life is not conducive to good pet care. Students are away for hours each day in class and other events where they cannot bring their pets. This means leaving them in cramped dorm rooms where they will be confined and lonely. Feeding and walking times may not always line up with a student’s busy schedule. Hiring pet sitters is an expense few college students can afford, and leaving them in the care of friends or roommates quickly becomes a complicated enterprise.
“Everyone may be enthusiastic at first, but don’t think that they’re automatically agreeing to take care of the pet as if it were their own,” wrote Megan Tackett in her article “5 reasons college students and pets don’t mix,” published Oct. 6, 2015 by We Are IU.
Even if roommates are comfortable with the pet, neighbors may not be. One dog howling in the night on a college campus could disturb the entire community. There are literally thousands of people living in close quarters at Pepperdine, all of whom have the potential to be affected by any pets on campus.
Moreover, college students are not known for having a lot of money. They can barely keep themselves fed, much less a dog or cat, and veterinarian visits are notoriously expensive. But working a job means even less time to spend with one’s pet.
Pets are a huge responsibility, and they take up a lot of time that a student might otherwise spend studying. Cats and dogs need a lot of attention, and they will do whatever it takes to get it, even if that means walking across one’s keyboard or chewing on things they shouldn’t. “Dogs need to be walked regardless of whether you have a term paper due,” writes T. J. Banks in her article “The Pros and Cons of Having a Pet at College,” published Oct. 2, 2017 by Petful.
For the unfocused student, pets are the perfect excuse to get out of work. Who wouldn’t rather play with their pet than write an essay?
Additionally, there is the question of what happens after graduation. Most students are only at Pepperdine for a short amount of time, usually four years. Students who get a pet during this time will need to figure out what to do with it when they go to a new campus for grad school, or to new living quarters where the pet policy may not be as friendly. Roommates who get a pet together will have to decide who keeps it after graduation. Furthermore, Pepperdine has a unique situation in which most of its students go abroad at some point during their time here. 59 percent of this year’s freshman class applied for an International Program, according to Arthur Puu’s article “International Program Growth Raises Questions for Studying Abroad Accommodations,” published Nov. 7, 2017 by the Pepperdine Graphic. This means finding a home for their pets for a semester or a year while they are out of the country.
Although the idea of a pet-friendly Pepperdine may seem like a dream come true for many animal lovers, the impractical logistics make it a nightmare in reality. Pets should not be allowed on Pepperdine’s campus.


McKamey Center Officials Say HES Funding "A Great Day For Animals In Our Region"
Officials of the McKamey Animal Center said the decision by the County Commission to provide $10 million toward a new facility for the Humane Educational Society (HES) was "a great day for animals in our region."
Lee Towery, Elisabeth Donnovin and Jamie McAloon said in a joint statement, "The board of directors and staff members wish to congratulate the Humane Educational Society and Director Bob Citrillio for their diligent efforts to seek a better life for the animals of Hamilton County.
"HES's staff and supporters’ commitment to improve the quality of life for the animals of Hamilton County has come to fruition thanks to their dedicated hard work.
"We look forward to continued collaborations between the two organizations, and we know that we all believe that the best interests of the animals and people in the community should always come first.
"Today was a great a day for the animals in our region!."
The statement was "on behalf of the board of directors and staff at McKamey Animal Center."


Don't worry about the somewhat confusing interface. I'll tell you what you need to know to get started, and the excellent user guide can explain the rest.
The first time you run AndreaMosiac, the program will want to know what collection of photos it should use as source material to be your new creation's "pixels." To keep things simple, you might want to grab a hundred or so of your favorite photos and copy them to a new folder. Then, in AndreaMosiac, click Find Tiles. Click Create Collection, navigate to the folder with the source photos, and name your collection. It'll take a few minutes for AndreaMosiac to create the collection, so have some patience. When it's done, click Close. You'll be back on AndreaMosaic's main screen, where you need to fill in a few more details. In Step 2, for example, you need to enter a width for each tile. I suggest a number between 50 and 100 for this first mosaic.
The last step is to choose a photo to turn into a mosaic. AndreaMosiac is not going to change the photo--it will use whatever photo you choose as a template and make the mosaic look like it. Click Add Image and select any photo on your computer. When you're done, click Create the Mosaic's (perhaps a donation will help the author correct the grammar). After a few minutes of processing, you'll get your first mosaic.


Dr. Beriah Frazier was Chattanooga's second mayor, though he later moved away to a farm near Knoxville. His nephew, Samuel Joseph Abner Frazier, had interesting experiences here during the Civil War and later returned to help develop North Chattanooga into a thriving suburb. Another kinsman was James Beriah Frazier, a Chattanooga lawyer who became a governor and U.S. senator.
The Fraziers traced back to Samuel Frazier, who was of Scotch descent though his family was in France when he was born in 1749. This Quaker family made its way to North Carolina, where Samuel Frazier in 1771 married Rebecca Julian. She was "a Huguenot of great beauty and culture." She was from Guilford County, N.C.
end of the Revolution, he moved his family to the lands available to veterans in western North Carolina (the later Tennessee). He settled in the section that became Greene County. Samuel Frazier helped organize the New Hope Meeting in Greene County in 1795. The Fraziers had arrived at Greene County about 1789 and they moved on to Knox County soon after 1800. Samuel Frazier was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1796 when Tennessee gained statehood. He was later a state senator representing Greene County. Samuel Frazier died in 1839 when he was 90. His wife had died the previous year -also at the age of 90.
Samuel and Rebecca Frazier had seven children, including Abner, Samuel Jr., Beriah, Rebecca, Julian, Thomas and Barbara White. Abner married Mary Edmondson, and their children included Beriah Frazier, who was named for his uncle when he was born in 1814 in Greene County. He studied at Greeneville College, then at the Philadelphia College of Medicine.
married at Knoxville in 1841. Dr. Frazier was mayor at the time, after first serving as alderman. He is said to be the only Chattanooga mayor to have married during his term of office. Dr. Frazier was an elder in the city's Presbyterian church and he was junior warden of Chattanooga's first Masonic lodge. But he decided to move to Knoxville, and he was living there at a farm on Beaver Creek at the time of the Civil War. Dr. Frazier was a delegate from Knox County to the East Tennessee Union Convention that met in Knoxville in May of 1861. Just after the war, the Unionist was a state senator from Knox County. He was later a trustee of East Tennessee University (University of Tennessee) and was president of the Tazewell Pike Company. He had partially completed a history of the Civil War at the time of his death in 1886. Cynthia Mynatt Frazier died in 1880. Dr. Frazier had no children.
Rebecca Frazier Moore, a first cousin of Dr. Frazier, settled at Chattanooga with her husband, Thomas Antipass Moore. The Moores had a farm on the side of Missionary Ridge. Rebecca Frazier Moore was a daughter of the elder Beriah Frazier and his wife, Barbara Gibbs. The first wife of Beriah Frazier was Annie Reece, whom he married in 1795. Their children included Samuel, who was born in 1796 and married Pacify Tinsey Gibbs. A son, Julian, was born in 1798 but died the following year. A daughter, Mary Ann, was born in 1801. She married William Moore and then the Rev. William Gannaway. Beriah Frazier's marriage to Barbara Gibbs was in 1806. She was born in 1789 in Orange County, N.C. Beriah and Barbara Gibbs Frazier lived in Knox County until 1818, when they moved to a 500-acre farm at Frazier Bend of the Tennessee River in Rhea County. It was about eight miles south of Old Washington. Here they reared their 11 children. They were George Washington who lived from 1807 to 1830 and did not marry, Rebecca who lived from 1808 to 1883 and married Thomas Antipass Moore, Paulina who lived from 1810 to 1858 and married Richard R. Gist, Nicholas Gibbs who lived from 1812 to 1850 and married Hannah Minerva McKamey, Ann who lived from 1814 to 1895 and married Valentine Allen, Sarah Jane who lived from 1814 to 1895 and married Jacob Harvey Love and then Joseph E. Parks, J. Emily who lived from 1819 to 1852 and married Hercules Whaley, Abner White who lived from 1821 to 1893 and married Mary Craighead, Maria Louisa who lived from 1824 to 1893 and did not marry, Barbara Sophia who lived from 1826 to 1857 and married John L. Ramsey, and Beriah Jr. who lived from 1832 to 1858 and married Louisa Ella Lillard.
was a lawyer and was district attorney general. His wife, Ruth Clawson, lost her sight at the birth of a son, Samuel Josiah Abner Frazier, in 1840.
County, but he found himself in Chattanooga in the midst of the war turmoil in 1863. As the Federal army was approaching the town, Frazier helped set up Confederate pickets at the foot of Lookout Mountain. He was inside the Presbyterian church with his cousin, Beriah Frazier Moore, when a shell hit the top of the church on Aug. 21. Due to an injury, he stayed some weeks at the home of the Rev. T.H. McCallie. Milo Smith and P.D. Sims helped treat a dangerous wound to his windpipe by passing a silk handkerchief through it and removing the clotted blood. Beriah Frazier Moore was killed during the battle of Missionary Ridge not far from the doorway of his home. His brother, Nicholas Gibbs Moore, was badly wounded.
After the war, S.J.A. Frazier first lived at Old Washington in Rhea County. He was chosen attorney general - the same position his father had held. In 1871, he married Ann Elizabeth Keith, a granddaughter of Judge Charles Fleming Keith of Athens, Tenn. Her parents were Col. Alexander Hume Keith and Sarah Ann Foree Keith. S.J.A. Frazier decided to purchase a large tract at the old Cowart farm across the river from Chattanooga. The North Chattanooga hills were still mostly in timber at that time. In 1882, Frazier began to lay out the "Hill City" suburb. The Fraziers moved into the old Cowart home, "The Cedars." The street that went in front of The Cedars was named Frazier Avenue. The Cedars survived until a fire on March 13, 1923, destroyed all but the four chimneys. Another street in the suburb took the name of Dr. R.W. Colville, a Frazier associate from Rhea County who joined in the project.
was a brother of Dr. Beriah Frazier and of Samuel Frazier of Rhea County. He had been an attorney at Old Washington, then clerk and master of Bledsoe County. He practiced law at Pikeville and became a circuit judge in 1861. On the Union side during the war, he later was a criminal court judge at Nashville. J.B. Frazier joined in a law partnership with Lewis Shepherd, who was married to one of Frazier's cousins. The Chattanooga lawyer became Tennessee governor in 1903 and he later was named to the U.S. Senate. He also married into the Keith family of Athens. His marriage to Louise Douglas Keith took place in 1883. She was a sister of the wife of S.J.A. Frazier.
James Beriah Frazier Jr. was a longtime Third District congressman. He succeeded Estes Kefauver and was in turn succeeded by Bill Brock. Earlier he had served for 16 years as U.S. attorney for East Tennessee. He married Elizabeth Hope. Their daughter, Elizabeth, married attorney Thomas McCallie III, a descendant of the minister who helped save the life of S.J.A. Frazier during the Civil War.
Two of S.J.A. Frazier's children were in the state House of Representatives. They were Alexander F. Frazier and Sarah Ruth Frazier. Neither ever married. Sarah Ruth Frazier was a leader in the fight for the right of women to vote and she was a talented writer. Very active in Confederate veteran reunions, she was buried in Chattanooga's Confederate Cemetery.


Bajaj Auto Ltd and TVS Motor Co., India’s second and third largest motorcycle makers, saw September sales plummet, the worst monthly decline in five years, even as they hope new models will drum up sales in the peak sales season ahead.
Bajaj Auto’s sales declined 23% last month from a year ago, while TVS Motor’s sales fell 29% as it sold 50% fewer motorcycles in September from the year-ago period.
Bucking the industry trend, Hero Honda Motors Ltd sold 4.3% more bikes in September. Hero Honda, the country’s biggest bike maker, has built up stocks before the festive months of October and November, Ravi Sud, chief financial officer said.
Bajaj Auto will produce more of its XCD DTS-Si motorcycles that it started selling last month and TVS will unveil a new 110cc StaR City.
These companies, in the world’s second largest motorcycle market, aim to revive sales during the festive season after five-year-high interest rates curbed demand in the past six months. Higher auto loan rates slow orders in a country where three-fifths of all motorcycles and scooters are bought on credit.
“There will be excitement among customers" for new models, said Amit Kasat, an analyst at Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd in Mumbai, who has “neutral" rating on TVS Motor and Hero Honda, and a “buy" rating on Bajaj Auto. “As we move into the festival period, you will see financing being readily available for the customer."
Pune-based Bajaj Auto has reported eight consecutive months of lower sales and TVS Motor seven straight months of decline, as customers postponed purchases because of higher rates.
Indian consumers are paying as much as 23% to finance a motorcycle, the main mode of personal transport in the country, Hero Honda’s Sud said. That compared with 18% a year earlier.
Car sales, however, rose in September, led mostly by the new models launched in the market. General Motors India Ltd, registered a growth of 64% in sales in September compared with a year ago. It sold 5,751 units in September 2007 as against 3,506 units in September last year. It sold 1,501 units of the newly launched Chevrolet Spark.
“Most of the sales growth in the auto industry is coming from the new product launches," said Rishab Bagaria, an automobile analyst with Infinity.com Financial Securities Ltd.
Sales at India’s top seller of cars, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, grew 11.4% September, but that was nearly half the pace of the previous year. It recently launched the SX4, a mid-sized sedan. The company’s sales grew by 22% in September 2006 over the corresponding period of 2005.
“Maruti’s growth rate slowed down on account of some production constraints at their plant," said S. Ramnath, vice-president, research, at SSKI Securities Pvt. Ltd, a Mumbai-based brokerage.
Maruti sold 63,086 passenger vehicles in September.
The second largest car maker in the country Hyundai Motor India Ltd, saw a 9.7% growth in sales in September led by promotional offers. “It is a combination of cash discounts, exchange offers and promotional freebies that has helped us boost sales," said Arvind Saxena, vice-president, sales and marketing, Hyundai Motor.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, the largest utility vehicle maker in the country, sold 14,431 passenger vehicles in September, registering a 31% growth in sales, which included 2,185 units of the Logan, a passenger car launched in April this year. India’s third largest car maker Tata Motors Ltd, however, witnessed a decline of 8.6% in sales.


GLEN ELDER — Carl Edwin Jordan, 75, passed on to his heavenly home Nov. 5, 2018. He was born July 13, 1943, in Beloit, to George Edwin Jordan and Clela Remus Jordan.
He attended Center Rural School, graduated from Beloit High School and following graduation he attended Kansas Wesleyan University, graduating with a degree in biology and laboratory sciences. Carl worked as a medical laboratorian assistant at Mitchell County Hospital and returned to farming and ranching in Mitchell County. Carl married Sharon Blasdel, Dec. 27, 1970, in Plevna. To this union were born two children, Shawna and Brian.
Carl enjoyed the farm way of life. At a very early age he raised hogs and started his own herd of registered Polled Hereford cattle which he had until he retired. Carl’s passion in life was conservation of the land. He devoted many years to working with Mitchell County Conservation District, the Kansas Association of Conservation Districts, serving as an officer for many years. He also served with the National Association of Conservation Districts for six years. Carl also had a passion for mentoring youth. He spent many years as a 4-H leader providing guidance in woodworking and shooting sports. He was able to pass this love on to his children and granddaughters. Carl provided mentoring through a variety of youth sporting activities from starting the youth soccer program, working with kids wrestling and assisting at all levels of baseball for youth. Carl also served as a Sunday School Teacher and youth sponsor with Beloit First United Methodist Church for many years. He took great pride in creating the Pleasant View Memorial Chapel at the Beloit First United Methodist Church that he finished May 2018. The past several years the pride of Carl’s life was watching his granddaughters’ activities. Carl served in many organizations during his lifetime: Kansas Young Farmers, Beloit Optimist Club, Beloit First United Methodist Church, Mitchell County Conservation Board, and Kansas Association of Conversation Districts.
He is survived by: his wife, Sharon of Glen Elder; daughter, Shawna Jordan of Manhattan; son, Brian Jordan (Amy) of Berryton; and grandchildren, Ava Jordan, and Mae Jordan. Carl was preceded in death by his parents, and his sister, Elizabeth Reese.
Visitation will be 1-8 p.m. today, Nov. 7, with family present from 6-7, at Roberts Family Funeral Home, Beloit.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, at Beloit First United Methodist Church.
Memorials to: Beloit First United Methodist Church, or Mitchell County Regional Medical Foundation.


Who could have predicted that one of President Trump’s projects would be to root out institutional racism? Yet that’s the upshot of an internal memo which apparently launches a push to review university admissions policies for race-based discrimination. The memo is still not public but the Justice Department has said that, at least so far, the focus will be on one complaint filed by Asian-American groups against Harvard.
To be sure, the Supreme Court has said three times in the last 30 years that race can be “a factor” in admissions decisions, to be used to achieve the “compelling interest” of educational diversity. At least for another decade, when the 25-year clock that swing Justice Sandra Day O’Connor set in two 2003 University of Michigan cases runs out. In those cases, the Court struck down the use of a mechanical points system — five points if you’re a violin virtuoso, 20 points if you’re black — but upheld the law school’s supposedly more individualized, “holistic” review.
But can any school show how or when race affects admissions decisions? Can anyone offer evidence that would enable a court to evaluate whether the use of race is narrowly tailored to achieve its purported goal? The black-box nature of admissions policies makes it impossible to ascertain whether race is a thumb or brick on the scale.
Admissions programs frustrate accountability because schools wield “holistic review” as a shield to frustrate scrutiny, judicial or otherwise. Holistic review can serve as a cover for the illegitimate use of race.
For example, Princeton professor Thomas Espenshade found that Asian students applying to selective private colleges are six times less likely to be admitted than Hispanic students with the same academic qualifications and 16 times less likely than black students. And despite being the fastest-growing population in America, Asians are admitted at Ivy League schools in remarkably similar numbers and percentages year-to-year.
Those are the sorts of things that the Justice Department should look into. Government lawyers must open the “holistic” black box and hold administrators’ feet to the constitutional fire. And that’s before we even get into the harm to the beneficiaries of racial preferences!
I have my policy disagreements with Attorney General Jeff Sessions over the drug war and related issues, but I applaud him here. When he was nominated, his supporters argued that he was a civil-rights advocate who had no truck with racial discrimination. Six months later, he’s proving their point.


Seattle emo pioneers Sunny Day Real Estate, featuring Foo Fighters‘ bassist Nate Mendel, are to reunite for a US reunion tour in the Autumn.
Mendel told Rolling Stone that the band had reunited to take care of “unfinished business”.
The band originally split three years after forming in 1995, allegedly due to some band members taking issue with frontman Jeremy Enigk‘s religious beliefs. They briefly reunited – without Mendel – but split again in 2001.
After the first split Mendel joined Foo Fighters. Former Sunny Day Real Estate member William Goldsmith were also briefly in Dave Grohl‘s band.
Sunny Day Real Estate are yet to reveal their forthcoming tour dates.


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I must say 10 News First numbers are impressive for summer. What is the comparison between last years numbers?
Tennis beat cricket yet again but Seven won the night. This time last year cricket (ODI) beat tennis and Seven won the night.
Seven News got a small boost in Melbourne after Nine News finished at 6.30pm to make way for AO pre-game show.
What is the comparison between last years numbers?
Roughly the same as this week last year for 10 News First, but overall FTA news numbers are generally lower so even maintaining the average is an achievement. Good result in Brisbane where 10 equalled the ABC 7pm News for the week.
This week: 438,000 - Last year 431,000.
First night that Seven has won since the start of the tennis. Nine was ahead in Sydney and Melbourne. So far across the week Nine is 8 points clear.
Sunrise won every market and was ahead nationally by over 60,000.
The Djokovic v Lucas Pouille match is a one sided game and hence it finished earlier. Had The game being played in 5 sets, Nine would have pushed prime time share up.
Not a great look for the tennis semi-final to be that low up against a fairly ordinary day of cricket on Seven and nothing competitive on 10. Nine will be hoping for far more exciting finals tonight and tomorrow.
@TV.Cynic How far behind were Today on Friday?
How far behind were Today on Friday?
And they will be. Both of the finals should be fantastic. In the women’s you have two very likeable players with the winner becoming the new world number one and Osaka looking like the next womens superstar player.
And in the men’s you have two all time greats going for their 15th and 18th slams respectively with Djokovic aiming for a record setting 7th AO and Rafa aiming to be the first player in history to win a double career slam.
Nine News Melbourne has had a good run the last few weeks crushing Seven by 100-150k.
Might see Alicia crack the 500k tomorrow.
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Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Dave Chappelle and Melissa McCarthy won the Creative Arts Emmys for guest actor and actress in a comedy Sunday.
They both earned their honors for their work on NBC's Saturday Night Live -- Chappelle for hosting and playing multiple characters in sketches and McCarthy for hosting and playing former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
Alexis Bledel won the award for guest actress in a drama series for her performance in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale and Gerald McRaney was named outstanding guest actor in a drama series for his work in the pilot episode of NBC's This Is Us.
HBO won a leading 16 Creative Arts Emmys.
Westworld picked up the prizes for interactive media; sound mixing for an hour-long drama or comedy series; special visual effects; and hair-styling and makeup (non-prosthetic) for a single-camera series; while The Night Of won for cinematography for a limited series or movie; sound editing for a limited series, movie or special; sound mixing for a limited series or movie; and single-camera picture editing for a limited series or movie.
Big Little Lies earned the trophies for for music supervision; casting for a limited series, movie or special; and contemporary costumes for a series, limited series or movie. Veep scored for casting for a comedy series; cinematography for a single-camera, half-hour series; and production design for a narrative program -- half hour or less.
The cable network's Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas was also named outstanding children's program.
Streaming service Netflix came in second with 11 Emmy wins. Stranger Things took the honors for main title design; main title theme music; casting in a drama series; single-camera picture editing for a drama series; and sound editing for a series.
The Crown won for period/fantasy costumes for a series, limited series or movie; and production design for a narrative period program -- one hour or more -- while Master of None won for single-camera picture editing for a comedy.
The Ranch won for cinematography for a multi-camera series; House of Cards won for original dramatic score; and Luke Cage won for stunt coordination for a drama series, limited series or movie.
Emmy Awards for the main acting and show categories are to be handed out this coming Sunday in Los Angeles. Stephen Colbert is to host the ceremony.


The security provider beat analyst estimates and swung to a profit.
What: Shares of network security solutions provider Barracuda Networks (NYSE:CUDA) soared on Friday following the company's first-quarter earnings report. At 11 a.m. ET, the stock was up about 17%.
So what: Barracuda reported first-quarter revenue of $86.7 million, up 11% year over year and nearly $3 million higher than the average analyst estimate. Recurring subscription revenue jumped 20% to $65.3 million, while appliance revenue declined 10%. The number of active subscribers rose 14% to 286,000.
Non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) came in at $0.20, up from $0.09 during the prior-year period and $0.09 higher than analysts were expecting. On a GAAP basis, Barracuda posted EPS of $0.05, up from a loss of $0.07 during the first quarter of 2015.
Our performance in the quarter was largely driven by execution on our strategy, which includes focusing our efforts to be the leader in security and data protection for our customers and expanding our routes to market, specifically in the MSP and public cloud channels. We made solid progress on these initiatives in the first quarter, and as a result, we believe we are building market momentum, and expect continued growth in our core product areas and in our bottom line.
Now what: Despite solid growth in its subscription business, operating expenses decreased year over year. Research and development spending was up, but sales and marketing spending declined by more than 8%. Along with higher revenue, this helped the company swing to a profit during the first quarter.
Even after Friday's gain, shares of Barracuda are down about 54% from their 52-week high. Disappointing results and guidance late last year and early this year sent the stock tumbling, and the solid first-quarter report has only undone a small portion of that decline.


The Ark Encounter theme park is expected to be completed by 2014 if it can get funding. Gov. Steve Beshear says a for-profit business cannot be discriminated against because of subject matter.
FRANKFORT — A controversial Bible-themed amusement park received approval Thursday for up to $43 million in state tax incentives over a 10-year period.
The Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority, which oversees tax credits for tourism and film-related projects, unanimously approved the tax credit for the Ark Encounter project, which is scheduled to break ground in August outside Williamstown in Grant County.
In addition to the tax rebate, the state may spend an estimated $11 million to improve an interchange off I-75 near the 800-acre site in Northern Kentucky.
The park has been criticized by late-night talk show hosts and those who say the state should not give tax breaks to a business that espouses a particular religious view. But Gov. Steve Beshear has defended the incentives, saying the state cannot deny the application on religious grounds. The park alone could generate as many as 600 to 700 new jobs, according to a consultant's report. That number doesn't include jobs created from construction or from new hotels or restaurants.
Rep. Darryl Owens, D-Louisville, has filed requests to the Tourism Arts and Heritage Cabinet about the Ark Encounter through the state's Open Records Act. Owens said Thursday that he has received some answers from the cabinet, but a May 2 letter in which he asked more questions about the origins of the project and how it was approved for incentives have not been answered.
"I am disappointed that this appears to have been fast-tracked and there just was not a lot of vetting," Owens said.
Ark Encounter, a for-profit biblical theme park, is planned to be built on an 800-acre site in Grant County. Artwork of the planned park shows the Tower of Babel at left, a first-century walled city in center, Noah's Ark at right, and an amphitheater at bottom center.


This past week, four people were allegedly laid off at the Harvard Extension School without the school properly following union contract procedures.
Last year, continuing and executive education brought in over $450 million in tuition revenue — a growth of over 11.5 percent from the previous year and over 60 percent over the past seven years.
Huntington D. Lambert, dean of the Division of Continuing Education and Extension School, hailed the new program as a great addition to the School’s existing offerings.
Harvard Extension School held a convocation for admitted students for the first time in its 108-year history.
The Division of Continuing Education’s Grossman Library closed its doors permanently after merging with the larger Harvard College Library system.
The Division of Continuing Education has added two new fields of study, a joint bachelor’s and master’s degree program, and several new master’s capstone tracks.
The Extension School has grown its online course catalog significantly over the past few years, according to the dean of the Division of Continuing Education.
Simeon Bochev, Harvard Business School Lead Rep and Harvard Graduate Council Vice President moderates a meeting of the council Monday evening.
A small memorial was set up at Weeks Footbridge over the weekend, in memory of Tyler S. Greene, an 18-year-old Summer School student who drowned after jumping into the Charles River Friday night.
Students left notes, candles, flowers, red apples and several cans of kiwi-strawberry Arizona iced tea on Weeks Footbridge in memory of Tyler S. Greene, who drowned Friday night. The iced tea was, according to a fellow student who wished to remain anonymous, Greene's favorite drink.
Extension School students protest differences in the degree that the Harvard Extension School grants.
A small crowd of students from Harvard Extension School gathered on the steps of University Hall Saturday afternoon to protest the degree name that will appear on each of their diplomas, arguing for a certificate more representative of their experience at the school.
The inaugural cohort of students will begin online coursework in June 2016 and will earn a Bachelor of Liberal Arts in global studies and a Master of Liberal Arts in management.


Over the last three decades, the number of women in prison has risen more than 800 percent. While this statistic is staggering, the numbers alone do not begin to reflect the deep disruption such incarcerations inflict on families, communities, the courts, and the public health system, says Catherine Cerulli, director of the University of Rochester’s Susan B. Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership.
To explore the broader issue of women and the justice system, legal and medical professionals, women’s advocates, and former inmates will meet on Friday, June 21, for the first Justice Involved Women Conference.
“The term ‘justice involved’ describes women who are involved in our courts and prison system both in a professional capacity as well as defendants and prisoners,” said Cerulli, a co-creator of the conference.
Sponsored by the Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership and the Women’s Initiative Supporting Health (WISH) at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), the conference will serve as a discussion forum for topics like re-entry, funding challenges, and the justice system.
The day’s events begin at 8 a.m. at the Staybridge Suites in Rochester and are open to the public. Registration costs $45. For additional information visit http://www.rochester.edu/SBA/or call 585.275.8799.


DETROIT (AP) — Two people have been charged in an investigation of alleged corruption in Detroit’s home demolition program.
Aradondo Haskins and Anthony Daguanno worked for Adamo Group, a demolition contractor. They’re accused of accepting thousands of dollars to share bid information with other contractors who wanted work on the multimillion-dollar effort to get rid of abandoned homes.
Haskins later worked for the city. He and Daguanno are each charged with conspiracy. Both are expected in federal court Tuesday. The names of their lawyers weren’t immediately known.
The government alleges that Haskins, a Detroit resident, received $25,500. Daguanno of New Baltimore is accused of receiving more than $372,000, starting in 2010.


Which is the most famous, least read book ever written in Britain? It must be the Domesday Book, a census of the population and resources of England in AD 1086.
Now it's to appear cheaply: the Latin text with an English translation, edited by Dr John Morris of University College, London. He believes that the Domesday Book should be easily available to everyone for research, or just for the pleasure of knowing that a watermill has been in the same place for 1,000 years.


Editor's note: The three members of the second Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition are filing weekly dispatches of their 1,000-mile, 10-week journey to highlight the value of keeping an open pathway through the state for wildlife. Here is the story of the ninth week.
Our team likes to joke that you can forecast when the next winter storm is arriving just by scanning the expedition itinerary, as bad weather is perfectly timed with the first day of each of the planned backcountry, fully self-supported legs of our trek. We're proud of this unerring correlation when we look back, and humbly resigned to this truth when planning and packing out the next mini-journey in our adventure.
True to form, our first day of backpacking on Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida Panhandle was rainy and wet, followed by cool and windy and then cold and windy. We did our best to defy the elements for a time, blocking the wind from the camp stove, starting a fire and feeding it, moving closer and closer to the hot coals until the desire to get in our sleeping bags overpowered the waning warmth of the fire.
The next morning was sunny and crisp. It's not every day that you get to hike or paddle your way through a military base, or so I'd thought. When we went to pick up our permit at Jackson Guard, we learned that much of the base is open to the public for various types of recreation via a permit system and a map of planned area closures that is updated each evening for the following days. Florida Trail folks and Eglin managers worked to route miles of the Florida National Scenic Trail along the northern periphery of the base, and to implement a registration system to allow through-hikers to camp at designated sites. Volunteers construct and maintain the trail here just like the rest of the trail, and we found it in excellent condition, with sturdy bridges and creek crossings, and elevated timbers to keep feet dry in the persistently wet locations. There were no signs of military training despite the warning of unexploded ordinances, and the rumbling noises in the distance were the only reminders that you're on an active base. This hiking on Eglin is varied, with plant communities and topography ranging from the top of sandhills and along steephead ravine edges down to innumerable sparkling, sandy-bottomed, clear water creek crossings.
I'd been looking forward to Eglin for a long time, and it did not disappoint. The base and its partnerships are known in conservation circles for pioneering the use of prescribed fire, and for all aspects of longleaf pine ecosystem restoration. Longleaf has been reduced to less than 3 percent of its original range across the southeastern United States, and Eglin has some of the remaining and rare old growth. Eglin is also lauded for conservation successes with recovery of threatened and endangered species, such as the Okaloosa darter, a fish that lives almost entirely in six streams on the base. The 460,000-plus-acre size of the base is impressive and important for conservation. In addition to its core mission, the base is the keystone in the middle of a connected and protected landscape that spans more than a million acres from the Choctawhatchee River to Conecuh National Forest in Alabama. We hike on, anxious to be on time to meet Brig. Gen. David Harris, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, and adjacent private landowners MC and Stella Davis, to celebrate the different strands of fabric of land ownership that weave together to embody the Florida Wildlife Corridor.


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Home InDepth Op-Eds Will Defeating Islamic State Take More Than A Generation?
U.S. General (Ret.) John Allen, the senior American envoy for the coalition fighting Islamic State (IS), says it will take “a generation or more” to defeat the radical Muslim organization.
One may assume that what Allen means by such a statement is that IS will be holding on to territory for a long period of time. Allen added that if IS were not defeated, it would wreak ever-greater havoc on the world order.
It seems bizarre that anybody would choose to make such long-term forecasts, the more so as earlier this year President Obama asked Congress to approve a three-year military campaign.
But Allen’s remarks, whether realistic or not, can serve for more detailed reflection on what it would mean if, years from now, IS were to control territory of a substantial size.
As far as the Muslim world is concerned, the Arab Spring has already added Libya, Yemen, and Syria to the roster of failed countries. The continued existence of IS might lead to Iraq and possibly other countries being added to that list. IS, an extremist Sunni movement, is opposed to Shi’ite Islam. The longer IS lasts, the greater the threat to the Shi’ites.
This means that eventually IS would seek to directly confront Iran, the leading Shi’ite country. Iran has been an international troublemaker and the more powerful IS becomes, the more it will feel the need to challenge the Iranians.
As IS also opposes the Sunni countries presently ruled by various royal families, the instability in these countries would increase substantially as well. The same is true concerning Egypt.
For the West, the threats would be of a varying nature. A prime concern is Europe’s dependency on Arab countries for its oil supply. Instability in oil-producing countries such as Iraq and Libya has been dealt with so far without great trouble. Instability in Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern suppliers may have a much more disruptive effect.
Another potential repercussion for the West would be an increase in terrorism. In the previous century, terrorist acts perpetrated by Muslims in Europe were often carried out by non-Europeans – the attack on the Goldenberg restaurant in Paris in 1982, for example.
In recent years, however, Muslim terrorist attacks in Europe have often been carried out by EU residents. That was partly the case in the huge 2004 Madrid attack. It was certainly so in the 2005 London murders, the killing of French soldiers and Jews by Muhammad Merah in 2012, the murders at the Brussels Jewish Museum in 2014, and the killings in Paris and Copenhagen earlier this year.
So far, calls by IS leaders for Western Muslims to carry out terrorist acts in their countries of residence have not made much impact. There is a greater fear of terrorism from European jihadis returning from Syria and Iraq, but so far that has materialized only to a limited extent.
The tepid response to such calls for terrorism by Western Muslims may cause a shift back to terrorist attacks perpetrated by foreign jihadists.
What would all this mean for Jews living abroad? Not much good. Attacks on others are often followed by attacks on Jews. This was true in the Merah, Charlie Hebdo, and Copenhagen killings.
Given these uncertainties, what can a small country such as Israel do? It must improve its intelligence structure and be very flexible in its policies. The threats are substantial. Israel may at some point find itself with IS or other terrorist organizations on all its borders.
There may, however, also be a number of opportunities, for Israel. No other country has accumulated as much experience in effectively fighting Muslim terrorists of various kinds. Israeli know-how in this field is already in demand and that is only likely to increase – a development that may boost Israel’s popularity among Western populations.
And some Arab states may come to see Israel as less of a threat than IS. A recent poll showed that Saudis feel Iran constitutes the greatest threat facing them, followed by IS. Israel ranked third.
The challenges and opportunities presented by the fight against IS will no doubt play a key role in Israel’s strategic thinking – and quite possibly help improve its image in the Middle East and Europe.
Wait until they get their hands on an aircraft carrier.
do not expect any change any time soon, it takes 3 generations to secure the altering of identity, this mess of isis goes back to ….
Syrian James Abourezk (puppet master behind AIM) in support of the Baath Party (a faction of the PLO): PLO/SLA > Islamic Brotherhood > al qaeda, hezbollah, talmud , taliban > Hamas > re-branded to ISIS: ….
To this day, through groups such as the Lakota Peoples Law Project (Abourezk and BJ Jones are advisers), Lastrealindians, and other so called 1st nations youth foster care advocate working group affiliates, the continuance of creating avenues to nurture children and the youth into hate machines resumes under the pretense of concern for traditional 1st nations values.
This is a conflict which will last until the Mashiah arrives.
Iran and ISIS both need to be defeated and you will be surprised how quite the region will get as well the overall terrorist attacks. I hope it will never happen again, but all indications point that if the US would get once again hit hard like 911, it will draw them into another major war as that will be the only way to Eliminate Iran and ISIS.
Well,if left to Obama (or Hillary), it will never get done. Our military can do the job in less than six months.
They could be defeated in a month, if the merchants of the world and the kings they hold in their pockets saw any profit in it. Just stop buying anything from anywhere they are in control, and you will starve them out.
They sell oil, and not much else. Cut off their money supply, and destroy their weapons and vehicles, and they will not be able to buy any more. Then kill them off.
It is all so simple — It is oil alone, which has funded Islamic terrorism.
If you get the money-grubbers and their puppet rulers out of the mix, and keep attacking them in retaliation, it will all implode on its own.
Back to the stone age for them.


Some 12pc of digital subscriber loop (DSL) broadband subscribers will switch to fixed WiMax connections within the next five years, new research claims.
A new analysis of the global opportunity for WiMax 802.16e by Juniper forecasts that up to 12pc of the global DSL installed base will be substituted by WiMax by 2013.
The Far East will lead with over one fifth of the 47 million subscribers in 2013.
WiMax technology is at a fairly nascent stage in the Irish economy. Eircom has a detailed rollout plan for the deployment of WiMax in urban areas across the country. Intel is performing WiMax-related R&D in the Leixlip area.
The main champion of WiMax in Ireland has been Irish Broadband, which was acquired last week by Imagine for €47m. WiMax technology – which allows mobile operators to roll out 10Mbps to 25Mbps wireless broadband over a distance of up to 10-15 miles – will allow Imagine to offer next-generation voice and data services to business and residential customers across Ireland.
“Strategically, we have acquired substantial network and spectrum assets on a nationwide basis, which enhances our current service offerings and which facilitates the cost-effective deployment of WiMax technology,” Imagine chairman, Sean Bolger said last week.
A region-by-region analysis by Juniper Research found there is a significant opportunity now for WiMax as a DSL substitute technology.
“WiMax will be an attractive offer in areas where there are no wired networks, and in areas where the existing DSL speed is suboptimal,” report author, Howard Wilcox explained.
“WiMax will solve the broadband access problem for users located at the fringes of DSL coverage. This is in fact the case in a number of developed nations such as the UK, the US, Ireland and Scandinavia, and WiMax network operators are deploying networks to address this market need.
“Additionally, in developing countries – such as India – network operators are aiming to provide basic connectivity,” Wilcox said.
The vast majority of the WiMAX 802.16e trials and network contracts which are being announced almost daily will begin by providing fixed broadband. Mobile usage will develop after initial demand for fixed and portable services – this will be an added benefit for subscribers.
Juniper said the annual fixed WiMax global market size will exceed 13 million subscribers by 2013.
It said the WiMAX device market – comprising customer premises equipment, chipsets, minicards and USB dongles – will approach US$6bn per annum by 2013.
The top three regions – the Far East, North America and western Europe – will represent over 60pc of the US$20bn-a-year global WiMax service revenues by 2013.
However, Wilcox cautioned: “Brand identification and service differentiation are major marketing challenges facing new WiMax operators.


The Food Pyramid can help people make smart dietary choices. This chart arranges various types of food by proportions while recommending a healthy number of servings for each food.
According to KidsHealth.org, the U.S. Department of Agriculture created the Food Pyramid to encourage healthy eating habits.
Lifeclinic Personal Health Management outlines the Food Pyramid’s layout. Breads and grains take up the base of the Pyramid, followed by a band for vegetables and fruits, a higher band for dairy and proteins, and a small space at the peak for fats.
Bread products, cereals and pasta all fall into this group. People should eat six to 11 servings of these complex carbohydrates every day, according to Lifeclinic.
The Food Pyramid recommends three to five vegetable servings and two to four fruit servings per day. Lifeclinic notes that 100 percent juice can count as a serving.
The Food Pyramid calls for two to three servings of protein and two to three dairy servings per day, while allowing for sparing intake of fats and sweets. Lifeclinic advises lower-fat protein or dairy choices whenever possible.


Inside The Mind Of An Alleged Teen School Shooter: Plot To Kill "50-60"
As a teen allegedly slaughtered 17 people at a high school in Florida, a judge was deciding whether another accused school shooter in South Carolina should be tried as an adult.
Jesse Osborne allegedly opened fire on an elementary school playground in South Carolina.
Six days before he allegedly opened fire on an elementary school playground, the eighth-grader returned to his Instagram group chat to fixate, yet again, on his most intense interests: guns and bombs and the mass murder of children.
"My plan," wrote Jesse Osborne, who had turned 14 three weeks earlier, "is shooting my dad getting his keys getting in his truck, driving to the elementary school 4 mins away, once there gear up, shoot out the bottom school class room windows, enter the building, shoot the first class which will be the 2d grade, grab teachers keys so I don't have to hasle to get through any doors."
He had been researching other school shooters for months and, determined to outdo them, learned exactly how many people they'd murdered: 13 at Columbine High; 26 at Sandy Hook Elementary; 32 at Virginia Tech.
"I think ill probably most likely kill around 50 or 60," Jesse declared. "If I get lucky maybe 150."
On Valentine's Day, at the same time police say another angry teen, Nikolas Cruz, slaughtered 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school with a semiautomatic AR-15, Jesse was sitting in a South Carolina courtroom, waiting to find out if he would be tried as an adult for a 2016 rampage that left his father and a 6-year-old dead.
The two teens have much in common. Both, investigators say, tortured animals, obsessed over guns and bragged of their deadly intentions on social media. And in the hours after Cruz's alleged killing spree, as the nation began, once again, to ask why, a group of detectives, prosecutors and psychiatrists were providing answers about Jesse, now 15. He'd detailed his motives in dozens of online messages, in his 46-page confession and in lengthy interviews with doctors who evaluated him, offering extraordinary insight into the mind of an American school shooter.
For Peter Langman, one of the country's leading experts on the subject, the teen's calculated approach and lack of empathy called to mind Eric Harris, one of the Columbine killers Jesse idolized.
"The coldbloodedness, the callousness of the attack - not only before but afterwards," said Langman, who was not involved in the case but has reviewed Jesse's confession. "Even having done it, he's not struck with horror or guilt."
In fact, James Ballenger, a psychiatrist who interviewed Jesse for a total of nine hours, found that the teen reveled in what he'd done.
"He wants to talk about how dangerous he is," Ballenger testified. "He wanted people to know."
At the five-day hearing that began Feb. 12, prosecutors pushed for Jesse to be tried as an adult because if he remained in the juvenile system, he could only be held until age 21. Jesse's defense team, meanwhile, tried to portray him as a lost but misunderstood child, alleging that he had been bullied by kids at school and mistreated by his father at home.
Jesse, who had grown up on his family's chicken farm, liked to shoot guns, but so did many boys his age in Townville, a rural community 40 miles southwest of Greenville. He camped with his grandparents, whom he adored, and watched the movie "Frozen," one of his favorites. An avid reader of history, he told his family he wanted to fly to space when he grew up.
At odds with that portrait were Jesse's own words, captured in dozens of messages he'd exchanged in his private chat group, which the teen claimed included users from around the world.
"I HAVE TO BEAT ADAM LAZA . . .," he wrote nine days before the Sept. 28, 2016, shooting in a misspelled reference to the Sandy Hook killer, Adam Lanza. "Atleast 40."
Two days later, he debated whether he should attack his middle school, from which he'd been expelled, or his elementary school, just up the road. He decided on Townville Elementary, because it was closer and had no armed security. Jesse, who considered himself the victim of an unfair world, announced online that he would kill kids he didn't know and had never met "before they bullie the nobodys."
"Itll be like shooting fish in a barrel," he wrote his friends, whose identities remain unclear, along with whether the FBI has tracked any of them down. The agency declined to comment, citing Jesse's open case.
In the chat, he said he had researched police response times for the area and found that it would take them 15 minutes to get there, and maybe 45 for SWAT. He said he would throw pipe bombs into each classroom before he got in a shootout with police and killed himself with his shotgun. He said he had been planning a massacre for two years.
A detective later discovered that Jesse, then a 6-foot-tall, 147-pound wispy-haired blond with a voice that tended to crack, had used his phone to Google these terms: "deadliest US mass shootings," "top 10 mass shooters," "youngest mass murderer," "10 youngest murderers in history."
Seven hours after he was pinned to the ground outside Townville Elementary by a volunteer firefighter, Jesse acknowledged in an interview with investigators that he'd shot far fewer kids than he'd intended. The problem, he explained, was the weapon. He'd only had access to the .40 caliber pistol his father kept in a dresser drawer. It had jammed on the playground, just 12 seconds after he first pulled the trigger.
The weapon Jesse really wanted, the one he'd tried desperately to get, was, the teenager believed, locked in his father's gun safe: the Ruger Mini-14, a semiautomatic rifle much like the gun that, 17 months later, was fired again and again at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, during one of the deadliest school shootings in American history.
His obsession began, he said, with a song that mentioned Columbine.
Jesse wanted to know what it meant, so he asked his father, who told him about the April 20, 1999, attack that became a seminal moment in the evolution of modern mass shootings.
"And so I researched more," he said during his confession. "Then I looked up all these other ones."
Through much of his childhood, Jesse had seemed no different from any other kid in the Southern community of 4,000 people. Before he attacked Townville Elementary, Jesse had gone there through fifth grade, doing well in his classes and hardly ever getting into trouble. He played catcher on a rec-league baseball team. He got invited to birthday parties.
It wasn't until he moved to a middle school in a neighboring county that his "other side," as one psychiatrist put it, became clear. He pulled the legs off crickets and smashed frogs against the ground and habitually watched a video of kittens being mutilated. He also posted Instagram videos about Columbine that some at the school considered a potential threat. The teen grew more volatile, insisting that he'd been bullied, a claim investigators later questioned.
After one kid poked his chest, Jesse threatened him.
"When I come back with a rifle, you're going to be the one I shoot," he recalled to Ballenger, who noted in court that Jesse "loved how much it scared the boy."
Then, one day, he brought a hatchet and a machete in his backpack. When another student spotted the weapons and reported him, Jesse was expelled and arrested, serving a brief stint in juvenile detention before being placed on probation.
It was then, as a home-schooler, that he became consumed with violent fantasies, the court evidence showed. How much his parents knew about them remains unclear, but at least once, the couple came across Internet messages he'd written that they found disturbing, and his mother acknowledged to investigators that he'd become increasingly difficult to raise.
Jesse, whose older siblings had moved away, spent long stretches alone in his room, where he played first-person shooter games for hours and scoured the Internet for information on firearms. Beneath one YouTube video reviewing guns, The Washington Post found that he'd asked about the quality of a Hi-Point 9mm Carbine, an affordable semiautomatic rifle. In response to a question about gun licenses on another video, he wrote, "depends on your state. here in south caralina we dont need a lisense for anything except explosives or machine guns which are crazy expensive." At least once, he commented on a video titled "Active Shooter in the School - Plans and Drills."
Jesse told police that he had also discovered the "true crime community" on Tumblr, where fans of serial killers and mass murderers gather to delight in their shared devotion. Through that, his fascination with other school shooters, especially Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, bloomed. His Instagram username included "nbk," for the movie "Natural Born Killers," and "kmfdm," for a German industrial band - a pair of pop-culture references that appeared frequently in the writings of the Columbine killers.
The pair's influence over the past two decades has been enormous, said Langman. He noted that Jesse was at least the 33rd gunmen to cite Harris and Klebold as an influence.
"Knowing about a school shooter doesn't cause someone to become a school shooter," Langman once wrote. "For people already at risk or on a path toward violence, however, external influences in the form of other mass attacks may be a factor in spurring them on toward committing their own attack."
That was clearly true for Jesse, who mentioned Lanza and Harris in his messages and Seung-Hui Cho, the Virginia Tech gunman, in his confession.
On the morning of the shooting, he preloaded a magazine for his dad's handgun, writing to his chat group that he would soon "be on the news." When his dad, who Jesse accused with little evidence of being an abusive drunk, "started fussing" at the boy, he retrieved the pistol, came down stairs and shot his father in the back of the head.
He said goodbye to his dogs and gave his favorite rabbit, Floppy, a kiss, he told investigators, before putting on a vest, packed with more than a dozen extra rounds, and heading to the school, where he arrived at 1:41 p.m.
"The first shot I hit someone. Second I hit a window," he told his interrogators.
"The first shot you hit someone?" one of them asked.
"I think. I just seen red pop up, so I just assumed."
And had his gun not jammed, they asked him, what would have happened?
"Now I have a life," Jesse announced near the end of his confession. "Probably won't get a job, but I'll - I'll at least have a life."
That sounded bizarre for a teenager who knew he would likely face decades in prison, but, as the experts who would analyze him soon discovered, the comment spoke to Jesse's chief motivation.
Ballenger, a psychiatrist with 40 years of experience, had already analyzed Dylann Roof, the white supremacist who killed nine African-Americans in a Charleston church in 2015, and Jared Lee Loughner, who killed six people and wounded Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Arizona in 2011. What he saw in Jesse was a young man who killed not because of bullies or abuse or a fractured mind, but because he wanted to attain the life and status he'd envisioned.
"He was going to be famous, the best shooter ever," Ballenger testified. "He was going to be worshiped for a long time - worshiped."
"Did you see evidence of him looking at statistics of people to see how he lines up?" a prosecutor asked him.
Ballenger noted Jesse's Google searches for other mass shootings before his attack.
"He actually confirmed that he would be one of the youngest, if not the youngest," the doctor said.
"And that was one of his goals?"
"That was his goal," Ballenger told the court. "To be the best shooter - to get 50 to 60."
But Jesse didn't kill that many, not even close, and in a country that barely notices school shootings in which just a single child dies, his brief assault garnered only momentary attention outside South Carolina.
For Townville, though, those 12 seconds of gunfire were devastating, leaving children, parents and teachers overcome with guilt and post-traumatic stress, as detailed in a Post story last year.
A teacher and a student survived their bullet wounds, but one round Jesse is accused of firing took the life of Jacob Hall, a bespectacled 6-year-old who was the smallest child in first grade. Hundreds attended his funeral, where his body laid inside a miniature gray casket topped with a Ninja Turtles figurine. He was dressed in a Batman costume.
Jesse showed almost no remorse, according to experts who analyzed him. He mocked his victims and once suggested that he'd done Jacob "a favor."
In court, prosecutors presented evidence that Jesse's preoccupation with violence never receded. After a 15-year-old killed two students and injured at least a dozen other people at a Kentucky school on Jan. 23, Jesse looked up the incident on a computer at the detention center. He also repeatedly searched for the lyrics of a vicious rap song, "One Shot Kill."
"My observations of him in this courtroom over the last few days have been that he is still a hundred percent in that mind-set," Ballenger testified, saying that he'd seen Jesse smile, over and over, as his crimes were discussed. "He's very comfortable in this hearing."
That's apparently not what Jesse had wanted to convey, though. After his arrest, he'd researched the symptoms of autism and schizophrenia, and in interviews with doctors, he talked of hallucinations that included seeing blue people and the cartoon character Scooby-Doo. His evaluators testified that, without question, he was lying.
Ballenger concluded that Jesse was at high risk for developing antisocial personality disorder, often called sociopathy, which cannot be diagnosed before age 18. He recommended that the teen be tried as an adult, and the judge agreed when he issued his Feb. 16 ruling.
Never far from the courtroom discussion was the horror of what might have happened if the pistol he'd taken from his father's dresser drawer hadn't jammed or, even worse, he had used the semiautomatic rifle. Once, Jesse had pretended that he was texting on his phone as he tried to film his father typing in the code to the gun safe. Another time, he'd put dish soap on the buttons, hoping it would reveal fingerprints.
Jesse could have killed so many more children, he knew, with that Mini-14.
"To the media, it's called an assault rifle," he told interrogators before lamenting, for a second time, that it remained locked away.
Soon after the shooting, investigators searched the teen's home for evidence. In his parents' bedroom, they looked in the closet, and there, outside the safe and just feet from his father's dresser, was the weapon Jesse coveted.


The City of Duluth is experimenting with a bike lane, downtown on Michigan Street.
The protected bike lane is part of a demonstration by the Duluth-Superior Metropolitan Interstate Council.
The path has two lanes and runs three blocks on Michigan Street near the Transportation Depot.
It prevents parking on the lower side of the street.
The bike lane will stay open for one month, with a survey to follow to gather feedback.
The project was funded through Center for Prevention, from Blue Cross Blue Shield Minnesota.


Miles Johnson a resource manager at the Little Rock District’s, Russellville Site Office will be retiring on April 30 with more than 38 years with the Corps of Engineers.
Hobbies: Bird watching, working on old vehicles, landscaping, woodworking/carpentry, back country traveling.
You have been with the district for more than 38 years, how has your job changed over the years?
When I first came to work in Jan. 1978, four rangers shared a single rotary dial telephone that swiveled between us on an accordion arm. Drafting a disposition form was a rare treat, accomplished by only the most senior staff. Fax machines came along enabling electronic queries with the reasonable expectation of same day responses.
What can I say about modern improvements? You never get away from the job unless a server or cell tower goes down. If you lose internet connectivity, you’re out of business. Field staffs have exceptional mapping tools at their disposal with a click of a button. Early in my career, we relied on Real Estate Segment maps and quad sheets. They don’t begin to compare to the mapping technology we have today. ArcView technology resolves lots of complaints and misunderstandings with a simple aerial map highlighting ownership and encroachments.
Miles Johnson is honored by the American Recreation Coalition as a Legends Award Winner in 2009 during Great Outdoors Week for his lifelong dedication to public service and improving recreational facilities for the public.
What positions have you held in the district?
My responsibilities have primarily been in recreation and resource management as a ranger, park manager and now as resource manager. As a Natural Resource Management guy, I’ve had the unusual opportunity to serve Russellville as Chief Navigation Maintenance on two occasions totaling eight months; worked in the Ozark Power House for five months; served as acting Russellville Operations Project Manager for more than two years; served as the team leader following 9/11 on the Risk Assessment for Dams where SWL assembled an interdisciplinary engineering team to evaluate the security risks/remediation for every SWL facility. My final detail was to Pine Bluff as acting site manager. It was one of the most enjoyable jobs of my career due to the friendly, outgoing, supportive staff. I genuinely enjoyed every day on the job.
What was your favorite job position and why?
I think the GS-11 Park Manager was the most enjoyable because it involved working with people every day to accomplish things that were desired by the public. It required teamwork which led to seeing plans come to fruition and working with the public ultimately effecting positive change.
What are your plans in retirement?
My wife’s goal is to make our home a “grandkid magnet”. Her role is inspiration, mine perspiration. She’s done very well so far, but I’ve got numerous half-finished jobs that bug me and I don’t like unfinished business and unfortunately her inspiration outpaces me. I plan to step-up my involvement in the Gideon Ministry, as well as continue working as a youth leader in my church. I hope to join friends in the Nail Benders, a Christian men’s group who support churches with voluntary construction and labor services. I also plan to travel to the western states spending adequate time to “see” the country. I’ve purchased National Park Service Passport Books for my grandchildren hoping to help them build memories of our travels that they might treasure as they grow. Finally, in my spare time I’ve got a 1979 Jeep CJ5 and a yard that needs lots of attention. I’ve got to figure some way to block HGTV to avoid resource drains on my plans.
What will you miss the most about working with the Corps of Engineers?
I’ve thought about this a lot. I’ll miss the people, co-workers and the public alike. I’m convinced the truly important investments we make are not in things or accomplishments, but rather in the people we are privileged to work with and serve.
What do you do to instill your veteran knowledge in new rangers?
I consider myself a mentor and I try to get folks to look beyond the moment and imagine the promise of the future with the realization that people are most important, things much less so. I try to get them to understand that their goals will change. And while they may be satisfied with current circumstances, they need to prepare for the future. Interests and life situations change, as do we.
What was the best part about your job?
The best part of my job involves working with people and seeing things accomplished. The way I get to know folks is by seeing a difficult task through as a team.
I recall Bona Dea Trails and the promise it showed following its construction in 1980. The trail was a result of Joel Callaway and Dale Lassiter’s collaboration to support community interest. Upon completion it was a barren construction site, portions of which locals referred to as the Desert, due to lack of shade. Our vision was a closed canopy covering the trail from shoulder to shoulder affording shade for all users. That vision for the park has come to fruition. On any given day, you’ll see joggers, walkers, babies in strollers, children on bikes with training wheels and adults on mountain bikes all enjoying complete shade of a closed canopy trail.
What has been your favorite project you have worked on?
I really enjoyed my work on construction projects in Iraq. Work began with about 60 folks working daily, and by the time the projects were complete we ended up with 2,000 workers showing up daily. Again, the importance was the people, whom I engaged daily.
Miles Johnson reads the citation for a water safety Life Saver award.
What ways have your found to balance your home life with the busy schedule you have at work?
I have a tremendously supportive wife! She has supported deployments, details, developmental assignments and calls at odd hours throughout my career without complaint, all the while holding down the home front and managing her own developing career. I have chosen to stay local to support my wife’s career and determined to provide a stable home for my three sons. I sought a deployment to Iraq to demonstrate our individual responsibility to my sons. I had them join me while I was at USACE Headquarters on a five month detail so they could experience our Nation’s Capital. I had my wife and younger sons join me in Louisiana at the Emergency Field Office where I worked as a Debris Resident Engineer to celebrate Thanksgiving during the Rita/Katrina Recovery to expose them to the hardships endured by others as well as our agency’s support.
Is there anything you would like to say to the other district employees?
Take time to be kind, intentionally. Take time to do something intentionally to lift another’s spirits. Listen– We live by deadlines, suspense’s, spreadsheets, budgets, and meetings, and we need to take time out to listen and look. Notice your co-workers. It sounds corny, but I think it’s important to take time for people and really communicate. We engage in business communication all the time, but I don’t think we’re very good at effective communication.


Carol Marin: Whatever happened to Rahm the Reformer?
In his bid for re-election, Rahm Emanuel slipped into a fuzzy sweater and a softer “I hear you” style.Yes, he’d made mistakes. Bashing the teachers. Closing schools in poor communities while building new ones — plus opening more charters — in wealthier, whiter places. Refusing to admit his speed cameras were really a revenue grab more than they were “for the children” and public safety.
In the campaign of 2015, the mayor assured us, sitting beside his ever-present water bottle, that he was really listening.
But for Emanuel, it’s never been about listening so much as it has been about controlling the narrative so that we heard only what he was willing to tell us. Not what we asked to know. Five years of reporter battles with his administration over access to public documents establish that fact.
Friends of Emanuel vehemently insist that the horror of the police execution of Laquan McDonald in October of 2014 and the failure to acknowledge its horror until just days after the mayor won another term had nothing, truly nothing, to do with winning re-election.
I’ve been around this town a long time.
Nobody in the administration — not the cops, not the city law department, not the mayor’s staff — needed to be told that the Laquan McDonald killing was a monumental problem. Particularly in the wake of anti-police demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri and riots in other violence ravaged urban areas.
Emails obtained by NBC5 through the Freedom of Information Act make it clear the fifth floor of City Hall was keeping a careful eye on this case long before most of the general public even knew it existed.
Emanuel’s defenders point to the fact — and it is a fact — that the Laquan McDonald investigation was handled like all police investigations have been handled for decades.
With no release of evidence.
And, a settlement predicated on no admission of wrongdoing by the city.
It’s the way Mayor Richard M. Daley always did it.
But isn’t Rahm the Reformer?
Emanuel is smart. Tone deaf, often, control freak always, yet very smart.
However, his core belief in never allowing a good crisis go to waste needs rebooting. He can’t wait for a blue ribbon commission to make recommendations. Or for the Justice Department to swat in at CPD.
Emanuel and his staff and his supporters can claim all they want that the LaQuan McDonald settlement was in no way tied to his 2015 election. How can you and I test that assertion?
In this case, the attorney is Steve Patton, the taxpayer-funded city attorney.
And the client is — yes, you guessed it — Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
So mayor, let’s see the settlement emails, notes and agreements.
And then we’ll decide if this was — or was not — justice delayed in behalf of your re-election run.


EMC Corp. has announced new software that can double the amount of digital objects – such as images, e-mails, audio and video files – that its Centera storage system can archive.
To keep up with the modern business environment, the Hopkinton, Mass.-based company said its newest version of the Centera operating system, CentraStar 4.0, can hold up to 25 million objects of data on its 500 or 750 gigabyte storage drives. This is particularly useful, according to EMC, for managing large qualities of small objects.
EMC cited a recent IDC white paper which indicates that the number of electronic information “containers,” including small files such as images, packets, and tags, is growing 50 per cent faster than the number of gigabytes available. With its new software, which is available as a free upgrade, the company said it will address this and estimated that the self-management and healing capabilities of Centera systems will increase by about 25 per cent over previous incarnations.


Computers at the S.C. Department of Revenue have been attacked by a foreign hacker, exposing about 3.6 million taxpayer Social Security numbers.
COLUMBIA - Computers at the S.C. Department of Revenue have been attacked by a foreign hacker, exposing about 3.6 million taxpayer Social Security numbers.
About 387,000 credit and debit card numbers also were exposed.
Not all taxpayer information was affected by the computer server breech, said Gov. Nikki Haley during a news conference at S.C. Law Enforcement Division headquarters Friday afternoon.
Mike Williams, the director of the Secret Service in South Carolina, said the breech is one of the largest the agency has seen but not the largest.
The offense is believed to date to Aug. 27, 2012, officials said.
Anyone who has filed a state tax return since 1998 is being asked to visit protectmyid.com/scdor or call 1-866-578-5422 to determine if their information is affected. The state will provide those affected with one year of credit monitoring and identify-theft protection, officials said.
State officials and a private company are still looking to see if there are holes in the computer system, according to Department of Revenue Director James F. Etter.