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He makes those who saw a new, more dignified Trump look silly. He had to tweet: “Melania and I were treated very nicely yesterday in Pittsburgh. The Office of the President was shown great respect on a very sad & solemn day. We were treated so warmly. Small protest was not seen by us, staged far away. The Fake News stories were just the opposite-Disgraceful!” A new round of recriminations followed. “President Donald Trump was condemned on Wednesday after he used his visit to the Pittsburgh synagogue that was the site of a mass shooting to attack the media, tweeting a somber video of his visit along with a caption praising the ‘great respect’ he received and lashing out at the ‘fake news.'” The man gives narcissism a bad name. AD AD There’s nothing new about this guy’s behavior; people are just paying more attention. “Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and other GOP leaders are facing mounting pressure to speak out and take action against Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) for his public support of white nationalist candidates and racially offensive comments. The pressure comes just days after a deadly shooting in a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh and as King, a staunch conservative and immigration hard-liner, suddenly finds himself in his first competitive race in years.” Here’s something new. “Diplomatic pressure from the United States and Britain, Saudi Arabia’s biggest arms suppliers, abruptly intensified on Wednesday for a cease-fire in the Yemen war, the world’s worst man-made humanitarian disaster.” If we stopped selling the Saudis arms, that might help, too. He’s not new to the political scene but Vice President Joe Biden is effective. “Former Vice President Joe Biden pushed back Wednesday on claims by President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans that the GOP can protect patients with pre-existing conditions better than Democrats, saying Republicans are either lying or ‘really stupid.'” Or both. AD AD

- HOW MANY OF YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TECHIES? [cheers and applause] [laughter] ME NEITHER. AND HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY? [scattered applause] YEAH. SO... ME NEITHER. [laughter] SO WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY IS BECOMING A HUGE TREND. YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOOGLE GLASSES. YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THEM. THEY'RE THE GLASSES THAT THEY PUT THE INTERNET RIGHT IN YOUR FACE SO YOU CAN LITERALLY GOOGLE THE WEATHER WHILE YOU'RE WALKING INTO A TREE. AND THEY HAVE THESE NIKE FUELBANDS THAT THEY'RE BRACELETS AND THEY TELL YOU HOW MANY STEPS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN. AND THERE ARE THESE SMARTWATCHES. THEY'RE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE STUPID WATCHES. AND THE POINT--I MEAN, THE POINT I'M MAKING IS, THIS STUFF IS TAKING OFF LIKE CRAZY, AND I WANT TO GET ON BOARD WITH THE TREND, AND SO I TOOK A TON OF MY OWN MONEY, LIKE $43, AND I INVENTED SOME WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY OF MY OWN. AND I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST WE HAVE AMY RIGHT HERE. [cheers and applause] AMY LOOKS LIKE SHE'S JUST WEARING A REGULAR OLD FANNY PACK THAT YOUR OLDER AUNT MIGHT WEAR AT DISNEYLAND. BUT IT'S NOT JUST A REGULAR FANNY PACK. LOOK AT THIS. IT'S TOAST. [cheers and applause] THAT'S WHAT IT IS. OH, SURE, YOU CAN KEEP ALMONDS IN YOUR PURSE AS A SNACK, OR YOU CAN MAKE PIPING HOT TOAST ON YOUR HIP. YOU TELL ME WHAT'S BETTER. AND AMY'S HEADBAND-- YOU SEE THIS HEADBAND? IT'S NOT A HEADBAND. IT'S BUTTER. [laughter] MMM, YUMMY. THAT'S GREAT. [cheers and applause] GOOD? - MM-HMM. - WANT SOME MORE? YOU SURE? - [chuckling] - WANT SOME MORE? MOVING ON. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. AND WE HAVE ANDY HERE. ANDY. [cheers and applause] IT LOOKS LIKE ANDY'S JUST WEARING REGULAR BLUE JEANS. RIGHT? WRONG. ANDY, TURN AROUND. ANDY... [laughter] IT LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR BUTT, BUT IT'S NOT. LOOK AT THIS. IT IS BLU-RAY BLUE JEANS. [laughter and applause] YOU PUT IT IN. TURN AROUND, ANDY. [laughter] [cheers and applause] LOOK AT THAT. [cheers and applause continues] IT'S A REAL-LIFE BOOB TUBE. [laughter] HA-HA. HA. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SAY YOU WANT TO JUST KICK BACK AND WATCH A MOVIE BUT YOU'RE THIRSTY. NO PROBLEMO. THIS IS MY PATENTED BLENDER HAT. IT'S A BLENDER ON A HAT. - UH-OH. UH-OH. - [laughs] [laughter] - OH, WELL. IT WORKS PERFECT, PEOPLE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. [laughter] YOU JUST KEEP WORKING ON THAT, OKAY? UH, WELL, IT WOULD BE LIKE THAT. ALL RIGHT, THANKS, ANDY. AND NOW WE HAVE LAUREN. NOW, LAUREN, WE KNOW THAT SHE'S NOT NORMALLY THIS PERKY. [laughter] GUESS WHAT. THIS ISN'T YOUR TYPICAL CONE BRA. YOU KNOW WHAT THESE ARE? [audience exclaims] crunch! [cheers and applause] MMM. CRUNCHY. THAT STARTED TO COME OFF. THAT'S A GOOD JOB, LAUREN. MMM. JUST GIVE UP, ANDY. DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT IT. [laughter] NOW, THE SKIRT THAT LAUREN IS WEARING LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR MINISKIRT, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S CALLED THE MINIFREEZE. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HIT THIS BUTTON. [cheers and applause] [laughing] IT'S ALSO AN ICE DISPENSER. [laughter] YOU'RE NOT GETTING THIS ANYWHERE ELSE IN DAYTIME. [laughter] HOW'S IT WORKING? - THAT'S GREAT. [cheers and applause] [laughter and applause] LET'S FACE IT. IT'S GROSS WHEN PEOPLE REACH INTO YOUR FREEZER AND GRAB ICE. THIS IS SO MUCH MORE SANITARY. THANK YOU, LAUREN, SO MUCH, AND YOU'RE WELCOME, WORLD. AND NOW LET'S CELEBRATE MY BRILLIANT IDEAS WITH A DANCE, SHALL WE?

Blockstream CEO Adam Back had what appeared to be a break down of sorts when discussing his outspoken support of embattled exchange Bitfinex recently at the HODLtillyouDIEit’snotaPonzi conference in Amsterdam. The host of the event began questioning Mr Back about his support for Tether, Bitfinex, and the company that owns them both, Ifinex, after it came to light that Tether had been lying to the public for some time, and potentially fraudulent loans between the businesses in an attempt to cover up over $800 M of missing funds occurred. The trouble started when the host used the “f” word, pointing out that the wide consensus was that Bitfinex and Tether had run an elaborate “fraud”. “Fraud!?” yelled Adam Back. “Craig Wright is a fraud! Craig is the fraud!” “Sure,” said the host. “But Mr Wright has never done an ICO, issued a stable coin and lied about it being audited, had funds confiscated as part of a money laundering investigation, or carried out fractional reserve banking in an illegal manner. Craig Wright is just a guy on the internet claiming to be someone famous, and he hasn’t actually taken anyone’s money. Many would say that compared to Tether and Bitfinex, Craig’s hands seem pretty clean.” “Craig is the fraud!” screamed Mr Back in response. It appeared that Mr Back was in tears. His second in command, Samson Mow, assisted a limp Adam Back from the stage while moans of “craig is the fraud” could still be heard until someone at the audio desk finally cued up Tina Turner’s “The Best”. Samson Mow spoke with CoinBlockDesk later in the foyer about the unusual event. “Yeah I realise Bitfinex and Tether are literally the complete opposite of everything we’ve ever said Bitcoin stands for. But honestly, this lightning shit isn’t working out as planned, the number of active channels on the lightning network is actually falling believe it or not, and since we already scared away all the businesses we can’t think of anything else BTC is good for except to play trading games on exchanges. Besides, Adam bought heavily in when it fell to $9500 USD thinking that was the bottom, and he’s been doing what he can to get BTC back up to there so he can break even. We don’t need tether to go on forever, just maybe 6 more months or so, and then a bunch of us can cash out and let Bitfinex go bankrupt.” The “BTC faithful”, as Mr Mow phrased it, are asked to keep putting their weekly tithes into BTC, and screenshotting their purchases while tagging them on social media #stackingsats. Mr Mow assures us that BTC will definitely rise in value forever despite not being usable in a business setting, as long as everyone just HODLs and keeps buying no matter what.

Anzeige Deutschland ist eines der hässlichsten Länder der Welt. Also nicht die Landschaft – die Mosel, der Taunus, die Lüneburger Heide, Görlitz, ja sogar Dresden – alles wunderschön. Und es ist auch nicht so, dass die Deutschen besonders hässliche Körper hätten. Was ich eigentlich meine: Wir Deutschen sind absolut nicht ästhetisch gebildet. Das liegt zum einen an unserer Mathematik-und-Physik-Fixierung. Wir glauben, dass nur etwas, was man in Zahlen ausdrücken kann, überhaupt existiert. Keine Ahnung von Mode? Toll! Und dann liegt das natürlich an den Kunstlehrer*innen. Weil das häufig gescheiterte und deswegen verletzte Künstler*innenseelen sind. Aus Selbsthass bringen sie den Schüler*innen dann nur Daten (im Wesentlichen wieder Zahlen) von Epochen bei. Aber auf keinen Fall etwas über Schönheit. So war das bei mir jedenfalls. Anzeige Wenn man nicht lesen oder schreiben kann, muss man sich in Deutschland schämen. Aber die Deutschen sind so stolz darauf, nichts von Kunst, Mode, Musik, Architektur und Oper zu verstehen, dass man fast glaubt, nur wer absolut keine Schönheit empfinden oder ausdrücken kann, schafft es ins Parlament, an die Spitze einer Firma oder der Charts. Lesen Sie auch Offline-Trend Fuck Digital Detox! Schließt mir das Netz direkt an die Venen an! Aber das ändert sich zum Glück. Und der Grund dafür ist Instagram. Die Idee von Instagram: Ich zeige euch, wie schön mein Leben ist, und ihr macht mir Komplimente dafür. Instagram ist eine App, mit der man Fotos hochlädt und mit Hashtags, also Stichwörtern, die mit dem Rautemotiv anfangen, versieht, damit andere mit ähnlichen Vorlieben das finden. Anzeige Beliebte Motive: Ich am Strand (#beachlife), Ich in einem neuen Outfit (#guccigang), Ich auf einer Ausstellungseröffnung(#contemporaryart), ein Teller, auf dem eine Avocado und eine Eierspeise zu sehen sind (#superyummyliciousbreakfast), oder ein sehr schönes, sehr altes Auto in schöner Kulisse an einem Sonntag (#sundaycarpic). Voll vom schönen Leben Diese Bilder können andere sehen und kommentieren. Das ist es schon. Instagram ist voll vom schönen Leben. Wir sehen dort fast ausschließlich gut aussehende Menschen, die Spaß haben, sich die Sonne auf den Bauch scheinen lassen, in tollen Restaurants essen, in tollen Hotels schlafen und tolle Kleidung anhaben. Anzeige Das führt natürlich dazu, dass die Leute, die sich das anschauen, noch tollere Kleidung tragen, in noch tolleren Restaurants essen und ein noch schöneres Leben führen wollen. Kunst für alle: Instagram demokratisiert den Kunstbetrieb Quelle: instagram Die Frage ist: Was zur Hölle ist daran schlimm? Geht es nicht darum im Leben? Ist das nicht der Fortschritt? Der zivilisatorische Triumph? Deutschland ist aber nicht nur eines der hässlichsten Länder der Welt, es ist auch nach Nordkorea das mit dem am stärksten ausgeprägten Kulturpessimismus. „Wie Instagram uns alle zu Psychopathen macht“, titelte etwa auch dieses schöne Feuilleton vor einiger Zeit. Im Wesentlichen eint alle Kritiker*innen der gemeinsame Vorwurf: Instagram mache oberflächlich. Lesen Sie auch 100 Jahre KPD Das „freche“ Rosa-Luxemburg-Poster an der Wand, den Sekt in der Hand Sie finden, dort lebten Millennials ihre narzisstische Persönlichkeitsstörung aus. Aber Oberflächlichkeit ist erst einmal vorauseilende Höflichkeit: Wer sich für die eigene und die Oberfläche anderer interessiert, bereitet sich und dem Rest der Welt eine Freude. Als ich heute in einem meiner Lieblingsanzüge (er erinnert an „Fitzcarraldo“) und mit rosa Krawatte nach Frankfurt flog, machten mir auf dem Weg ein junger Deutschtürke, ein amerikanischer Tourist und ein deutsch-italienischer Brotverkäufer Komplimente. Die ich natürlich freudig erwiderte. Instagram ist nichts anderes. Alle auf einer großen Kunst-Party Instagram demokratisiert ästhetische Bildung. Modeinteressierte folgen Profilen wie @highsnobiety oder @veronikaheilbrunner. Unabhängig von Einkommen, Klasse, Herkunft informieren sie sich wirklich barrierefrei über die neuen Kollektionen von Virgil Abloh für Louis Vuitton oder von Dries Van Noten. Das Gleiche passiert mit der Kunst. Wo früher die weißen Oberschichtkinder unter sich waren, sind jetzt alle gemeinsam auf einer Party. Anzeige Das führt sogar dazu, dass das Instagram-Profil eines Hundes (@berlin_dog) aus der Galerie König postet: „I watched the wonderful exhibiton of Anselm Reyle“. Und ist nicht ein Hund, der Kunstausstellungen besucht, die Definition von gutem Leben? #betterworld Instagram macht die Gesellschaft friedlicher. Gewalt ist nicht schön, Hass nicht like-, Krieg nicht instagram-able. Wenn die Millennials also oberflächlich sein sollen, ist das vielleicht ihre größte Stärke. Diktaturen, Menschenrechtsverletzungen, der Klimawandel, ein Atomunfall – alles nicht schön, alles nicht likebar. #betterworld.

In this 'sanskari' country, talking about or owning them indicates slutttiness and morally unethical. As per section 3 of Article 292, Sale and Possession of Obscene objects is illegal. They are considered to be morally degrading the society. All these sexual stimulation products fall under this category. Indian market for sex toys sums up to around $228 million which is expected to grow in coming years which seems obvious. Sex toy is a topic, perhaps, on which Indian public may blush, feel uncomfortable or might feel awkward. But the reality phase of this is totally opposite to our guesses. Well today we would show the reality of India on sex toys. Sex toy is basically an object used primarily to facilitate human sexual stimulation. They are designed to resemble the human genitalia such as a dildo and vibrator. Dildo is a sex toy in the shape of erect penis for sexual stimulation used by women in sex desire. Some resemble to male genital while some are made like phallus in animals. Some have textured surface in order to enhance the pleasure while some have macro-phallic dimensions which include over a dozen inches long. Also Read, Vibrator used for massage or sexual stimulation is recommended to some women by the sex therapist who have problem reaching orgasm. There are many types of toys manufactured ranging from different size to vibrating or non vibrating and even different textures. In India where talking openly on ‘sex’ is considered as a taboo, the question arises is ‘Does the sex toy concept exist in India?’ In this ‘sanskari’ country, talking about or owning them indicates slutttiness and morally unethical. Well it’ll be a shock for you all after knowing the existence of it in India, that too prominently. Also Read, While people abroad are use to it, growing awareness about their existence and use have encouraged Indians to explore their sexual lives and own them as per the needs. As per section 292 and 293 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), Sale and Possession of Obscene objects is illegal. They are considered to be morally degrading the society. All these sexual stimulation products fall under this category. Also Read, Though our laws don’t allow these products, yet reality is far from what we thought. Indian market for sex toys sums up to around $228 million which is expected to grow in coming years which seems obvious. Availing sex toys in India is a hard task as, due to it’s laws, there are no manufacturer of sex toys in India. All those apparatus available here are personally imported and are manufactured abroad. It is said that it can be bought at Palika Bazaar or Mumbai’s Crawford market. And one more place where all of us visit is ‘Internet’; there are many sites selling adult products. Also Read, IMbesharam.com fought with many legalities and finally achieved it’s goals by bringing a platform for adultery lifestyle to India. Many believe that use of sex toys and owning them do not make anyone morally degraded as its just for fulfilling sexual desires. Talking about it or owning them shouldn’t be considered as a taboo as everyone is aware of it. Many in India wait for seeing manufacturing and selling products of sex toys be legalized as it would help the Indian economy to grow a bit and make Indian adults independent of making the decision on their sexual lifestyle. Also Read,

One of the Bay Area’s wealthiest communities has a small uprising on its hands: a group of millionaires angry about water rates. And local leaders are moving to quash it. Attorneys for the town of Hillsborough filed court documents this month defending the practice of hitting residents with higher water rates when they use more of the stuff, a policy that helps encourage conservation. But nine people in the town, where homes go for an average $4.3 million and historically consume three times as much water as elsewhere, say the bigger bills don’t reflect the cost of providing the water — and are therefore unconstitutional. They’re suing the town in an attempt to lower prices and recoup their payments. The lawsuit in San Mateo County Superior Court takes aim not only at tiered water rates, which have been challenged in a handful of California cities, but Hillsborough’s penalties for excessive water use. The suit alleges that fines, which have been common across the state as cities push for water savings during five years of drought, should also correlate with costs. “All they’re really doing is charging extra for extra water use,” said Beau Burbidge, the attorney representing the Hillsborough residents. “It’s kind of a tier over the tiers itself. “We understand the drought is severe and water use needs to be cut,” he said, “but we have to do that in a matter that’s consistent with the law.” The dispute over water rates follows a complex decision last year by a Southern California appellate court, which struck down tiered pricing in the Orange County city of San Juan Capistrano. The court said the city was illegally charging customers more for a public service than what it cost to provide the service. While the ruling didn’t invalidate all tiered-rate policies — just those that are out of sync with a supplier’s costs — it created confusion for many water agencies about how to effectively and legally price water during dry times. The Hillsborough case, and its challenge to penalties, could make things even murkier. “We hope the courts can provide some clarity,” said Michael Lauffer, chief counsel for the State Water Resources Control Board, who believes water pricing is an important tool for leveraging savings. “Until we get a good court decision from the Supreme Court or other courts of appeal, it makes it difficult to actually advance the law in this area.” The state water board has been the driving force for statewide conservation throughout the drought, demanding that suppliers like Hillsborough reduce consumption through any number of methods, including pricing and penalties. Until recently, Hillsborough faced one of the state’s most aggressive directives, a 36 percent water cutback over its 2013 consumption. If the town didn’t hit the target, it would face potential penalties. The mandate prompted Hillsborough to initiate fines for excessive water use on top of tiered pricing. Starting in June 2015, customers were allotted a certain amount of water based on the size of their parcel and household, and charged an extra $30 for every 748 gallons they went over the allowance. The fines, which have since been dropped as water shortages have eased, brought in about $600,000, according to those suing the town. Among the plaintiffs are venture capitalist David Marquardt, wealth manager Eldridge Gray and oral surgeon Charles Syers. Brad and Kathy Baruh, Charles Bolton, John Lockton, Paul Rochester and Arthur Stromberg are also in the fight. Many have large homes with sprawling landscapes requiring heavy watering, as is typical of the San Francisco suburb. The town of 11,500, tucked in the Peninsula hills west of San Mateo, boasts a median household income of $229,000, according to census data, making it one of the nation’s richest places. The November lawsuit, like cases against water rates elsewhere in the state including San Juan Capistrano, is based on Proposition 218. The voter-approved measure doesn’t allow public agencies to charge more for a service than what it costs them to provide the service. Since Hillsborough’s water department buys its water at a fixed cost from the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, the town is in violation of the law, the suit alleges. The town rejected this allegation in its Dec. 14 court filing, saying its water rates appropriately reflect its costs — not just for buying the water but for delivering it — which go up with consumption. “Your system has to be sized sufficiently for enough water to flow through the system to serve the demand at the peak hour on the peak day,” explained Kelly Salt, an attorney working under contract for Hillsborough. “The more water you use, the bigger you have to size your pipes, your reservoirs, your pumping station. “Yes, tiered rates have the incidental effect of encouraging conservation,” she said. “But ultimately the tiers are designed to cover the incremental costs.” Salt dismissed the claim that excessive-use penalties have to be commensurate with expenses, as did the lawyer for the state water board. “There are a lot of clever attorneys out there who will push these arguments,” Lauffer said, noting that Prop. 218 applies to property-related fees but not civil fines. The lawsuit alleges that because the fine is related to property ownership, it’s actually a fee. But according to Lauffer, such limitations were never the intent of the proposition. “These constitutional amendments get put on the ballot, and they may feel good,” he said. “But they often have far-reaching and unintended consequences.” Kurtis Alexander is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: kalexander@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @kurtisalexander

sábado, 12 de febrero de 2011 Riot policemen push against protesters duringdemonstration in Algiers February 12, 2011. a Photograph by: Louafi Larbi, Reuters ALGIERS, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Thousands of police in riot gear blocked off the centre of Algeria’s capital on Saturday and stopped government opponents from staging a protest march that sought to emulate Egypt’s popular revolt.Small groups of demonstrators angry at President Abdelaziz Bouteflika gathered in May 1 Square in the centre of Algiers shouting “Bouteflika out!.” They waved newspaper front pages reporting Friday’s overthrow of Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak.But riot police hemmed them in, stopping them from carrying out a plan to march through the city. Other protesters trying to reach the square found their way blocked and at least one of the protest organisers was arrested.“It is a state of siege,” said Abdeslam Ali Rachedi, a university lecturer and government opponent.After about three hours, hundreds of people left the square quietly, with police opening up gaps in their cordon to let them through. Some 200 young men from a poor neighbourhood nearby stayed on the square. Some threw objects at police.Mubarak’s resignation and last month’s overthrow of Tunisia’s leader have electrified the Arab world and led many to ask which state could be next in a region with an explosive mix of authoritarian rule and popular anger.Widespread unrest in Algeria could have implications for the world economy because it is a major oil and gas exporter. But many analysts say a revolt is unlikely because the government can use its energy wealth to resolve most grievances.HUGE POLICE DEPLOYMENTOfficials had banned Saturday’s protest, citing public order concerns. A massive police mobilisation, which started on Friday afternoon, appeared to have stifled it.“I am sorry to say the government has deployed a huge force to prevent a peaceful march. This is not good for Algeria’s image,” said Mustafa Bouchachi, a leader of the League for Human Rights which helped organise the protest.The protest was not backed by the main trade unions or the biggest opposition parties. Nearly all members of Algeria’s radical Islamist groups, which were banned in the 1990s but still have grassroots influence, stayed away.Responding to opposition pressure, government officials say they are working hard to create more jobs and improve housing, and they have promised more democratic freedoms including the lifting of a state of emergency in force for 19 years.Reuters reporters at the demonstration said there was a hardcore of about 150 protesters and probably substantially more but it was hard to determine how many because they were mingled with onlookers.They said they saw police detaining a handful of protesters. There was also a small counter-protest nearby, with people chanting “We want peace not chaos!” and “Algeria is not Egypt!”Estimates given by police and protest organisers for the numbers involved diverged greatly.The Interior Ministry said in a statement: “An attempt to organise a march was recorded today at May 1 Square by a crowd estimated at 250 people. Fourteen people were detained and immediately released.”Officials with the opposition RCD party, which helped organise the protest, told Reuters the demonstrators totalled between 7,000 and 10,000 and that 1,000 people were arrested. Mubarak's wealth has long been a subject of speculation; according to media reports, he and his family own more than $40 billion worth of assets. By DPA The Swiss government has decided to block any assets that may be held in Switzerland by Egyptian president Hosny Mubarak, Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey said Friday. The minister said that a decree was issued shortly after Mubarak stepped down Friday to identify and block any assets belonging to the Egyptian president and his family. Hosni Mubarak during a press conference in Cairo, Dec. 2, 2010. Photo by: AP It's the same law that was applied in January to ousted Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine ben Ali and incumbent Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo, whose Swiss assets were frozen. Bern has in recent years enacted legislation making it easier to return illegally obtained assets of corrupt leaders to their countries' coffers, on condition the funds are used for the wellbeing of the citizens. Mubarak's wealth has long been a subject of speculation. According to media reports, he and his family own more than $40 billion worth of assets. According to the Swiss National Bank, Egyptian deposits in Swiss bank accounts totaled 3.6 billion Swiss francs (3.7 billion dollars). Israel will find it difficult to take action far to the east when it can not rely on the tacit agreement to its actions on its western border. Most Israelis were either born or immigrated to this country during the period in which Hosni Mubarak ruled Egypt. This is the reality they know. And this is the significance of the stability that Mubarak provided them with. In all the upheavals that took place in the Middle East over the past three decades, the Egyptian regime appeared to be a powerful rock. The leaders of Israel knew that their left flank was secure as they went out to war, built settlements and negotiated peace on the other fronts. The friction in relations between Jerusalem and Cairo, however frustrating it was at times, did not undermine the foundations of the strategic alliance created by the Israeli-Egyptian peace agreement. The resignation of Mubarak following 18 days of protests in Egypt ushers in a new era of uncertainty for the entire region, and for Israel in particular. The long reign of the Egyptian leader was not unusual for the Middle East. Hafez Assad led Syria for 30 years, like Mubarak in Egypt; King Hussein and Yasser Arafat ruled for 40 years. But when they stepped off the stage, their legacy was secure. Hussein and Assad passed the reins on to their sons, and Arafat was replaced by his veteran deputy, Mahmoud Abbas. This is why the changing of the guard in Jordan, Syria and the Palestinian Authority were perceived by Israel as natural, arousing no particular concern. After all, the familiar is not all that frightening. But this is not the situation in Egypt today. Mubarak was thrown out, before he could prepare one of his close aides or his son to take over as president. The army commanders who took over are trying to calm the Egyptian public and the international community with promises that they have no intentions of setting up a new junta in Cairo, but rather, plan to pass to transfer authority to a civilian government through free elections. But no one, including the generals in the Supreme Council of the Armed forces, knows how and when the regime transition will play out. History teaches us that after revolutions, it takes a number of years of domestic infighting before the new regime stabilizes. This uncertainty troubles Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His reactions during the first days of the revolution exposed deep anxieties that the peace agreement with Egypt might collapse. He tried to delay Mubarak's end as long as possible, but to no avail, and on Saturday he praised the Egyptian military's announcement that all international agreements would be respected, including the peace treaty with Israel. Netanyahu is afraid of the possibility that Egypt may become an Islamic republic, hostile to Israel - a sort of new Iran but much closer physically. He hopes this doesn't happen and that Egypt will follow Turkey's footsteps, preserving formal ties with Israel, embassies, air connections and trade, even as it expresses strong criticism of its treatment the Palestinians. The best case scenario, in his view, even if it is less likely, is that Egypt will become like Turkey before the era of Erdogan: a pro-American country, controlled by the military. Netanyahu shared with Mubarak his concerns about the growing strength of Iran. Egypt played a key role in the Sunni, the "moderate," axis, which lined up alongside Israel and the United States against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies in Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip. The toppling of the regime in Cairo does not alter this strategic logic. The revolutionaries at Tahrir Square were motivated by Egyptian national pride and not by their adoration of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Whoever succeeds Mubarak will want to follow this line, even bolster Egyptian nationalism, and not transform Egypt into an Iranian satellite. This does not mean that Mubarak's successor will encourage Israel to strike the Iranian nuclear installations. On the contrary: they will listen to Arab public opinion, which opposes a preemptive war against Iran. Israel will find it difficult to take action far to the east when it can not rely on the tacit agreement to its actions on its western border. Without Mubarak there is no Israeli attack on Iran. His replacement will be concerned about the rage of the masses, if they see him as a collaborator in such operation. Whoever is opposed to a strike, or fear its consequences - even though they appear to be in favor, like Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak - now have the ultimate excuse. We wanted to strike Iran, they will write in their memoirs but we could not because of the revolution in Egypt. Like Ehud Olmert says that he nearly made peace, they will say that they nearly made war. In his departure Mubarak prevented a preemptive Israeli war. This appears to have been his last contribution to regional stability. viernes, 11 de febrero de 2011 Mubarak resigns: Reaction from Egypt Hosni Mubarak has stepped down as president of Egypt, after weeks of protest in Cairo and other cities. The news was greeted with a huge outburst of joy and celebration by thousands in Cairo's Tahrir Square - the heart of the demonstrations. Here BBC News website users in Egypt give their reaction to the events of 11 February. Baher Ibrahim, Alexandria This is one of the greatest days of my life. I am proud to have participated in this revolution from the start. I am now definitely proud to be an Egyptian, and I am sure better days are to come for Egypt. I hope that the army will dissolve the current government and just have a temporary role to restore order and stability until there are elections. I just have one request: Please do not say "former President Mubarak". Say "ousted President Mubarak." Dr Mohamed Nagib, Cairo We were all there - dancing, chanting and singing that we are the Egyptian people and we have taken back our freedom. This is a momentous event in the history if the Egyptian people. It will change the whole Arab region” I live in Cairo - I have just come from the street where I was celebrating with the people. This is a momentous event in the history of the Egyptian people. It will change the whole Arab region. Today we have freed ourselves from the military dictatorship. We know that it is an inalienable human right to be free. We will choose our government and our representatives. We will topple any government from now on if they don't respond to the demands of the people. Today I saw in the eyes of every Egyptian in the streets a sense of dignity - people have been changed. We want to be a free country. I took my little girls, wife and brother and their children on to the streets. We were all there - dancing, chanting and singing that we are the Egyptian people and we have taken back our freedom. We got on the tanks and chanted our celebrations. We put our hands together with our flags - everyone - the old and the young. It was indescribable - I felt completely exalted. I felt proud to be an Egyptian. Jaroslaw Dobrowolski, Cairo From my balcony I can see the presidential palace. I think it's a good and positive thing that Mr Mubarak has gone. Yesterday there was disappointed when he didn't go - there were high expectations. Egypt is a complex country as there are many different elements in play, so I couldn't predict what will happen next. I have lived here for 20 years, and I have seen how the political system gradually becoming out of the pace with what is happening in Egypt. The politics in the country is one thing, but I stayed here because I like the country and its people. Today, Egypt is very different from years ago. Before, you had to take a bus and go down town to make a phone call as the phones often didn't work. Now, it is much more in keeping with the developed world: you can pay bills online; use a cellphone; there's an infrastructure; and now we can be connected with the internet - what has been happening here is proof of this. Maged Salib, Cairo I hoped for a peaceful transition of power, following the law so I am worried about this move. This is what the people want, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's good for them. Now we must get from the army an exact declaration of what they will do. The only legal authority now is from the parliament members. If the army says that they will dissolve our parliament then we will have no constitution, no government and no vice-president. This is a very worrying time and the people who are celebrating now should stop treating this like a soccer match. They just wanted to get the president to step down but they haven't thought about the ramifications. I've just been out onto the streets and everyone waving flags and sounding horns. Most of my friends are not happy about this, because we don't like the idea of the army taking power. We don't need another 60 years of military rule.

Donald Trump’s past behavior toward women is receiving more attention after a 2005 video of his lewd conversation with Billy Bush surfaced last Friday. In the video he could be heard talking about how he would “grab [women] by the p****.” He also told Bush, “You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait.” He added, “And when you’re a star, they let you do it,” Trump says. “You can do anything.” Asked during the second presidential debate, “[A]re you saying that what you said on that bus 11 years ago, that you did not actually kiss women without consent or grope women without consent,” Trump responded, “No, I have not.” Get Breaking News Delivered to Your Inbox Soon after, a recording of another interview emerged, this time, with shock jock Howard Stern, in which he talked about using his position of power in the pageants to peek at women while they were undressed. “I’ll go backstage before a show and everyone’s getting dressed and ready and everything else. And you know, no men are anywhere. And I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant. And therefore, I’m inspecting it. You know I’m inspecting it. I want to make sure everything is good,” Trump told Stern in 2005. “You know they’re standing there with no clothes. Is everybody OK? And you see these incredible looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that.” Those comments prompted several women to come forward -- either to talk about what it was like to have Trump walk backstage before a beauty pageant, or to refute his claim that he had never kissed or groped without consent. Here are the women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct -- Trump denied assaulting anyone, saying at a rally in West Palm Beach Thursday, Oct. 13, “These vicious claims about me of inappropriate conduct with women are totally and absolutely false.” Karena Virginia A yoga instructor and life coach, Karena Virginia became the tenth woman to accuse GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump of sexual misconduct since the 2005 Trump tape emerged. Tears stream down the face of Karena Virginia who claimed to be the victim of sexual assault by Republican presidential candidate Trump back in 1998, during a news conference in the Manhattan borough of New York, New York, U.S., October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RTX2PQEQ Appearing in New York on Oct. 20, with feminist attorney Gloria Allred, Virginia said that in 1998, in Flushing Meadows following the U.S. Open, Trump approached her while she was waiting for a car to arrive to take her home. She recognized Trump but had never met him. Trump, who was within earshot, was accompanied by a group of men, and Virginia said she heard him evaluating her appearance. “Hey, look at this one,” he allegedly said. “We haven’t seen her before -- look at those legs.” Then, Virginia said Trump walked up to her, grabbed her by the arm and touched her breast. She flinched, and said Trump responded by demanding, “Don’t you know who I am? Don’t you know who I am?” “I felt intimidated, and I felt powerless,” Virginia said. “I felt ashamed that I was wearing a short dress and high heels.” Trump has denied the accounts of all of his accusers so far, and further, has blamed opponent Hillary Clinton for planting them. “I think she got these people to step forward.” Trump said of Clinton and his accusers during Wednesday night’s presiddebate. “It was lies and it was fiction,” he said. Allred, however, denied that the Clinton campaign was behind the accusations of either Virginia or of Summer Zervos, a former NBC “Apprentice” who was also accompanied by Allred when she made her accusation of Trump public. “I have had no contact with them (the Clinton campaign) in advance of this,” she said. Similarly, when Zervos wanted to make her statement, Allred said she did not inform the Clinton campaign. Allred is a Clinton supporter, however, and told reporters that she was a delegate at the Democratic National Convention. Tasha Dixon The 2001 Miss Arizona, Tasha Dixon says she has first-hand experience with Trump’s walking into pageant dressing rooms unannounced. Dixon told CBS News’ Los Angeles affiliate that the GOP nominee had entered dressing rooms while her fellow contestants were “half naked.” Tasha Dixon, Miss Arizona 2001, talks to CBS’ Los Angeles affiliate. “Our first introduction to him was when we were at the dress rehearsal and half naked changing into our bikinis,” Dixon said in an interview with KCAL 9. “He just came strolling right in. There was no second to put a robe on or any sort of clothing or anything. Some girls were topless. Other girls were naked.” Dixon, who told CBS2/KCAL9 that she “veer[s] more on the conservative side” because she hailed from the traditionally red state of Arizona, went on to say that she and her fellow competitors were put in awkward situations when “the owner [would] come waltzing in when we were naked or half naked in a very physically vulnerable position.” And then, Dixon said, women would “have the pressure of the people that worked for him telling us to go fawn all over him, go walk up to him, talk to him, get his attention.” Trump campaign spokesperson Jessica Ditto said the story was baseless. “These accusations have no merit and have already been disproven by many other individuals who were present,” Ditto wrote in a statement. “When you see questionable attacks like this magically put out there in the final month of a presidential campaign, you have to ask yourself what the political motivations really are and why the media is pushing it.” Jessica Leeds Leeds is one of two women who talked to the New York Times’ Michael Barbaro and Megan Twohey for a story that posted on Oct. 12. Leeds, now 74 years old, said that in the 1980s, when she sat beside Trump in the first-class cabin of a commercial flight, he grabbed her breasts and reached up her skirt. Jessica Leeds arrives at her apartment building, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016, in New York. Leeds was one of two women who told the New York Times that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump touched her inappropriately. Julie Jacobson, AP “He was like an octopus. His hands were everywhere,” Leeds told the New York Times. “It was an assault.” At the time, Leeds was a 38-year-old divorcee who worked for a paper company. She was traveling in coach, but a flight attendant invited her to take an empty first-class seat. When Leeds sat down next to Trump, she said he introduced himself and shook her hand. Then, after the dinner trays were cleared, according to the Times, “Mr. Trump raised the armrest, moved toward her and began to grope her.” Leeds says she ”recoiled” and quickly returned to her seat in the coach section. She didn’t complain to the staff, though she said she was “angry and shook up.” She had fended off advances from men before and “accepted it for years,” because, as she told the Times, “We were taught it was our fault.” Trump has called the Times story “a total fabrication,” and he called Twohey “a disgusting human being” when she interviewed him for the article. His campaign has threatened to sue the New York Times over the story. Rachel Crooks In the same New York Times article as Jessica Leeds’ story is another account that also dates back to 2005. Rachel Crooks was a 22-year-old receptionist at a company in the Trump Tower who said she introduced herself to Trump when she ran into him in an elevator. He “began kissing her cheeks,” then proceeded to kiss her “directly on the mouth,” Crooks said in the story. “It was so inappropriate,” Ms. Crooks told the Times. “I was so upset that he thought I was so insignificant that he could do that.” Crooks immediately phoned her sister after the incident and told her boyfriend that evening. Reporters Michael Barbaro and Megan Twohey said they spoke with both of them, as well as others she had told. Natasha Stoynoff Natasha Stoynoff Twitter screen grab Stoynoff gave a first-person account of an interview she did with Donald and Melania Trump at their home in Mar-a-Lago in 2005 when Melania Trump was pregnant and the two were celebrating their first wedding anniversary. Stoynoff says that when Melania Trump left the room to change her clothes, her husband took her on a tour of the mansion. He then led her into one room, Stoynoff says, shut the door, and “I turned around, and within seconds he was pushing me against the wall and forcing his tongue down my throat.” The Republican presidential candidate says the account is untrue. Why didn't the writer of the twelve year old article in People Magazine mention the "incident" in her story. Because it did not happen! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 13, 2016 Melania Trump on Thursday demanded a retraction and apology and threatened to sue People over the story about Trump. Mindy McGillivray A Palm Beach woman, Mindy McGillivray told the Palm Beach Post that Trump groped her at Mar-a-Lago in 2003, though she never reported the incident. She was there with a photographer friend and his father who were taking photos at a Ray Charles concert at Mar-a-Lago. Charles had performed and was preparing to leave, McGillivray told the Palm Beach Post, and “All of a sudden I felt a grab, a little nudge. I think it’s Ken’s camera bag, that was my first instinct. I turn around and there’s Donald. He sort of looked away quickly. I quickly turned back, facing Ray Charles, and I’m stunned.’’ The Palm Beach Post asked her whether it was possible that Trump or someone else had just bumped into her, she said no. “This was a pretty good nudge. More of a grab,’’ she told the newspaper. “It was pretty close to the center of my butt. I was startled. I jumped.’’ Kristin Anderson Kristin Anderson accused Donald Trump of groping her, according to the Washington Post, Oct. 14, 2016. Washington Post video screen grab Kristin Anderson says Trump put his hand up her skirt in the early 1990s at a Manhattan nightclub. According to Anderson, she had never met Trump before. Anderson, who was then an aspiring model and is now a photographer, says that the video of Trump discussing women with Billy Bush in 2005 is what inspired her to come forward. “When I heard the tape of the bus where he is describing how he is a star and he can just pretty much do whatever he wants and they let him and, you know, he can ‘grab them by the p****y ... I was just like ‘wow, wow, that explains it,” she told The Washington Post in an interview that was published on Friday. “That explains what happened to me.” The Trump campaign has labeled Anderson’s story a “complete fabrication” and that it is “illogical and nonsensical” to think Trump could have done it without being noticed or recognized in the nightclub. Summer Zervos Zervos, a former contestant on “The Apprentice,” says that she was repeatedly harassed by Trump in 2007. She came forward during a press conference will celebrity attorney Gloria Allred on Friday afternoon. According to Zervos, she approached Trump to talk about the possibility of working for him shortly after she was fired from the show while she was in New York. “When I arrived, he kissed me on the lips. I was surprised, but felt that perhaps that was just his form of greeting,” Zervos said, reading from a prepared statement. Trump complimented her, according to Zervos, and promised to offer her a contract. Zervos then met with Trump in Los Angeles, where she said Trump again attempted to kiss her, groped her, and “thrusted his genitals” against her. She rebuffed him, leading Trump to then steer the conversation to financial matters. Trump, says Zervos, eventually offered her a job via the general manager of his Palo Verdes golf course -- but offered her only half the money she had asked for. She then called Trump and accused him of punishing her for not sleeping with him, and was then Trump told her he could not afford to hire her. Cathy Heller Heller, 63, told the Guardian that she was subjected to Trump’s aggression nearly two decades ago in 1997. At the time, Heller, her husband, her three children and her in-laws were attending a Mother’s Day brunch at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Palm Beach estate. Trump reportedly went around the room and greeted the members of his club when he stopped at Heller’s table and introduced himself. When Heller held out her hand for a handshake, Trump “took my hand, and grabbed me, and went for the lips.” She said she leaned back to avoid the move and nearly lost her balance. “And he said, ‘Oh, come on.’ He was strong. And he grabbed me and went for my mouth and went for my lips,” she said, adding that when she turned her head, Trump kissed her on the side of her mouth. “He kept me there for a little too long,” she added. “And then he just walked away.” The Guardian spoke to several people who confirmed Heller had repeated that story to them before the recent deluge of sexual assault allegations. In a statement Saturday, Trump’s senior communications adviser, Jason Miller, denied the incident ever took place and attacked the media reporting it. “The media has gone too far in making this false accusation. There is no way that something like this would have happened in a public place on Mother’s Day at Mr. Trump’s resort,” Miller said. “It would have been the talk of Palm Beach for the past two decades. The reality is this: for the media to wheel out a politically motivated Democratic activist with a legal dispute against this same resort owned by Mr. Trump does a disservice to the public, and anyone covering this story should be embarrassed for elevating this bogus claim.” Temple Taggart McDowell The 1997 Miss Utah told the New York Times that Trump kissed her “directly on the lips,” and she though, “Oh my gosh. Gross.” She recalled that he was married to Marla Maples and she thought there were “a few other girls that he kissed on the mouth,” which she felt was “inappropriate.” Temple Taggart McDowell, Former Miss Utah, during interview with NBC News screen grab Taggart -- whose married name is McDowell -- told NBC News that Trump later offered to help her sign with elite modeling agencies. When she visited him at Trump Tower, she said he kissed her on the lips again, this time in the presence of pageant chaperones. His embrace allegedly made the chaperone uncomfortable, and McDowell said that the chaperone advised her not to be alone with Trump in any of the rooms. Trump denied the account and told NBC “I don’t even know who she is...she claims this took place in a public area. I never kissed her. I emphatically deny this ridiculous claim.”

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A leading Democratic congressman settled a wrongful dismissal complaint for more than $27,000 in taxpayer funding after he allegedly fired the staffer because she would not “succumb to [his] sexual advances,” according to a new report. The congressman, Michigan Rep. John Conyers, is described as a serial sexual harasser who would prey on his female staffers in sworn affidavits signed by four of his former staffers. BuzzFeed News first reported the bombshell allegations and accompanying settlement after right-wing blogger Mike Cernovich provided the website with the documents. One former female employee filed a complaint with the Congressional Office Of Compliance in 2014, alleging that she was fired for rebuffing Conyers’ sexual advances. It was that employee who eventually received a $27,111.75 settlement in 2015, in exchange for a confidentiality agreement. The congressman did not admit to fault as part of the settlement agreement. “In her complaint, the former employee said Conyers repeatedly asked her for sexual favors and often asked her to join him in a hotel room. On one occasion, she alleges that Conyers asked her to work out of his room for the evening, but when she arrived the congressman started talking about his sexual desires,” BuzzFeed reported. “She alleged he then told her she needed to ‘touch it,’ in reference to his penis, or find him a woman who would meet his sexual demands.” Conyers regularly made sexual advances on female staffers and would ask them for sexual favors, according to the affidavits signed by his former staffers. “Rep. Conyers strongly postulated that the performing of personal service or favors would be looked upon favorably and lead to salary increases or promotions,” one former employee said in an affidavit. He also allegedly abused taxpayer funds to shuttle in women with whom he had sexual relationships. “One of my duties while working for Rep. Conyers was to keep a list of women that I assumed he was having affairs with and call them at his request and, if necessary, have them flown in using Congressional resources,” one affidavit states. Another staffer told BuzzFeed that Conyers, who is the longest-serving congressman, used taxpayer funds to fly women into see him. The bombshell allegations come just days after it was revealed that the Congressional Office Of Compliance spent $17 million of taxpayer funding on harassment settlements, including for sexual harassment.