Israel were then instructed, by those same leaders,
to return to the Jewish state and cause trouble from the inside of the country.
Israel understandably refused this destructive plan. Palestinian Arabs claim
any peace agreement with the Jewish state must allow the descendants and
families of these refugees, now numbering over five million to return to
Israel. If Israel were to agree to this Jews would became
a minority in their own state. Return of the refugees would put an end to the
Jewish homeland.Vision for Israel,

PO Box 7265, Jerusalem9107301, ISRAEL

New
Israeli Breathalyzer Can Flag Early Onset Of
Parkinson’s Disease:
Researchers at Israel's Technion Institute of Technology, led by Prof. Hossam Haick, have developed a device that can detect the early
onset of Parkinson's disease by analyzing the breath of users. Earlier
diagnosis and treatment can help slow down itsadviser, who was about to come to Washington. She was
here in Jerusalem, and I showed her the UNRWA schoolbooks," he said.
"She told me who she was working for, and she asked if she could have all
of the books. I gave the books to her, and for the last two years, our office,
the Center for Near East Policy Research, has been in touch with the
administration at the highest levels, giving them everything we could about the
schoolbooks." He said that the center's most recent report showed that
"the right of return through the armed struggle become the most important
and dominant theme of Palestinian Authority and UNRWA education. This got directly
to USA President Donald Trump, and he blew his stack, because he was told by
the Peres Center for Peace that the Palestinian


with them. As someone who
has worked toward UNRWA's closure for years, I am glad Washington finally gets
it. Responsibility for the Palestinians and the UNRWA budgets could be
transferred to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which looks after the
rest of the world's refugees and, unlike UNRWA, works toward solving the
refugee problem. Alternatively, UN agencies that already operate in the region,
such as the UN Development Program, could be tasked with the job. The writer, Amb. Ron Prosor, former Israeli Ambassador to the UN and
the UK, holds the Abba Eban Chair of International
Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center. (Israel Hayom)

Vision
for Israel, PO Box 7265

Jerusalem9107301, ISRAEL

John McCain Mourned by Israeli Leaders CBSNews,
Aug 29, 2018

Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu: “I am deeply saddened by the passing of
John McCain, a great American patriot and a great supporterpatriot and a
great friend of the State of Israel. He supported and loved the Jewish state,
and we will never forget him. May he rest in peace.”

Editor's Note:Our president said on various occasions that
McCain is no hero, because "Heroes don't get captured." When McCain's
plane was shot down over Hanoi, he ejected from his plane. Both of his arms
were broken. He was brutally attacked by the North Vietnamese. He was tortured.
After more than one year in captivity, he was offered an early release by the
North Vietnamese because of his father's high rank (Admiral) in the Navy. He
refused to be released, because other Americans had been in North Vietnamese
captivity longer than him. As a result, he was forced to endure more than four
more years of captivity, including torture and solitary confinement


for two of
those years. Yet he did not break and reveal secrets that could have brought
him much relief. In 1973, he was finally released from the captivity of this living
hell. I'm not an expert, but that sounds like a hero to me.RAC

Trump: Israel Will Pay "Higher
Price" for His Jerusalem Recognition

22 Aug 2018 | US President
Donald Trump said that Israel would “have to pay a higher price” in
negotiations with the Palestinians in return for his December recognition of
Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Addressing crowds at a campaign rally in
Charleston, West Virginia, President Trump received rapturous applause from his
supporters as he reminded the audience of his decision to recognize Jerusalem
as the capital and to move the US Embassy to the city in May this year.

Editor's Note:Thus far, President Trump has provenhimself
to be a great friend to Israel. We believe that this will continue.RAC

·Anti-Semitism is back. The
real focus of our attention should be the rise of Jeremy Corbyn as the leader
of the British Labour party in the United Kingdom.

·Much of the concern about
Corbyn emanates from fresh revelations of his past activities. In 2009, for
example, he called Hamas and Hizbullah
"friends" and advocated removing them from the UK's terrorism list.

·In 2014 Corbyn visited the
cemetery in Tunisia where the leaders of Black September were buried. Remember,
they were responsible for the attack on the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972
Munich Olympics, where eleven Israeli athletes were brutally butchered.

·Corbyn continuously campaigned
to free Samar Alami and Jawad Botmeh,
jailed for their role in the 1994 London bombing attacks against the Israeli Embassy
in Great Britain and Jewish


that they deserve for Sin, so they do not need to go into
everlasting fire. This Remedy also delivers people from the power of Sin, so
they can quit living a sinful life and start living a holy life. Ultimately,
God will deliver His people from the very presence of Sin when His Son returns
to earth.

God's
Remedy is embodied in His Son, whose Hebrew name is Yeshua. Most English speakers
know Him as Jesus Christ. He is the only person who was born of a woman without
being infected with Sin. Through His sacrifice on the Cross, your sins can be
forgiven and the power of your sinful desires can be broken. When you turn away
from your sins and trust in Yeshua, God forgives you and accepts you as His
child. Then instead of suffering thesymptomatic of their up and down season.

Martin Atkinson is the referee for Sunday’s match. The Englishman has an average booking points total of 42, the highest in the league. He has officiated the third highest numbers of games at 27, with only Michael Oliver and John Moss exceeding his tally.

Newcastle have little to play for, with their Premier League status already secured. You never know which version of them will show up, making it hard to predict this game. Chelsea, by contrast, must ensure they win to keep alive any chance of Champions League football.


"Ordo Draconis - (K) Kopyleft 2016." "All Rites Reversed..." "VISITORS" "Suspicion seems to be tightening around the Visitors, so they decide to participate in the evening party, despite the obvious risks." "Heli, the maid, who is disturbed by the absence of the young engineer, calls the ambulance for the 'temperating' Doctor Noll." "The condition of the patient, still emitting blue smoke from his body, seems serious, therefore the duty doctor calls for immediate action." "And thus, Dr. Noll, who specializes in the sicknesses of the past, is given the excellent opportunity to get to know not just the charming young doctor, but the healing methods of the 20th century as well." "In the meantime an uninvited guest enters the Visitors' room." "The dances of the 25th century arecontrary. And speaking of the 'classic' Disneyland, bent paper hats - did that "design" exist outside of The Park-?

I'm guessing that star-sighting of Ms. Dunaway was prior to her attending 'finishing school', where she learned that a lady always sits properly with her legs pressing against one-another, and her shoes perfectly flat on the ground.

Thanks, Major. (And now I must retire to re-charge my internal energy packs...)

Only moments before the second pic was taken, Ms. Dunaway had incorrectly told that horse that the "Best Picture" winner for 1961 was, "Judgement at Nuremberg," instead of the correct winner, "West Side Story."

Is that an "America the Beautiful" attraction poster I see in the distance towards the Matterhorn? Even the little skybucket that could is being shy today hiding behind that


People v. Smith

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

December 31, 2008

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT,v.GARY M. SMITH, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.

Appeal from a judgment of the Erie County Court (Timothy J. Drury, J.), rendered November 15, 2006. The judgment convicted defendant, upon a jury verdict, of driving while intoxicated as a class D felony, aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the first degree, and failure to stay within a traffic lane.

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

PRESENT: CENTRA, J.P., FAHEY, PERADOTTO, GREEN, AND GORSKI, JJ.

It is hereby ORDERED that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously modified as ain accordance with recommendations from the Government of India. One of Vriddhi’s project sites—block Roorkee in Haridwar district in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand—is home to over 300,000 people and has seven primary health centers (PHCs). That is a rate of one PHC for close to 43,000 people—nearly double the normal ratio of one PHC for 20,000 to 30,000 people—making Roorkee’s ANMs crucial for delivering health services in their block. JSI has trained all 32 ANMs in Roorkee on how to identify sick newborns and deliver lifesaving interventions such as Kangaroo Mother Care and the administration of injectable gentamicin when appropriate.

While ANMs showed improved knowledge scores post-training, both informal and formal peer support structures have developed to allow ANMs to share experiences and advice. Beena reports that


workers should also be roped in ( thru a short orientation on how to recognise danger signs in NB baby)…she has lactating mothers visiting her anganwadis where she could act as a facilitaor in timely picking up of sick neonates ,leading to higher reach of the intervention…..the AWWs supervisors be also on board thru training & advocacy …Share This Story!

Scientists discover fossil of ancient sea creature, name it after President Obama

It lived an uneventful life in Earth's oceans 500 million years ago, but now this newly discovered creature has an unusual honor: It's been given the scientific name Obamus coronatus, a name that honors President Barack Obama's passion for science.

Scientists discover fossil of ancient sea creature, name it after President Obama

Scientists have just discovered the fossils of two bizarre new creatures that roamed the oceans 500 million years ago. Veuer's Sam Berman has the full story.
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Former President Barack Obama waves as he leaves the stage after speaking during the Goalkeepers Conference hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Sept. 20, 2017, in New York.(Photo: Julio Cortez, AP)

It lived an uneventful life in Earth's


oceans 500 million years ago, but now this newly discovered creature has an unusual honor: It's been given the scientific name Obamus coronatus, a name that honors President Barack Obama's passion for science. ("Coronatus" means "crowned.")

The tiny, disc-shaped animal was about a 1/2 inch long, with raised spiral grooves on its surface. It spent its entire life embedded on the ocean floor, likely never moving, according to scientists from the University of California-Riverside.

A second small animal, an egg-shaped critter that may have looked like a raisin, was also discovered. It was given the name Attenborites janeae, after the English naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, who was known for his science advocacy and support of paleontology. (Janeae is a nod to Jane Fargher, a co-owner of the propertyFleet Management

ATRI Report on Autonomous Vehicles Examines Industry Concerns

Hours of service, CSA scores and the driver shortage are all areas identified as being impacted by autonomous vehicle technology in a new report from the American Transportation Research Institute.

Using an earlier survey of carriers, executives, and drivers, ATRI (the research arm of the American Trucking Associations) ranked the top 10 issues concerning autonomous vehicles in the trucking industry. Among the top issues were hours of service; the FMCSA's CSA (Compliance, Safety, Accountability) program; and the driver shortage.

Because HOS regulations by their definition limit productivity in drivers in order to ensure the driver is rested, a fully autonomous vehicle could lead to changes. Automated driving systems could support changes to HOS rules that would account for rest a driver is


BBC Appoints Independent Reviewers In Jimmy Savile CaseThe BBC is pressing on with its investigations in the Jimmy Savile scandal that involves serious allegations of child sexual abuse against the late TV host. The corporation named former Court of Appeal judge Dame Janet Smith to lead the independent review into the allegations as they relate to the culture and practices of the BBC during the time Savile worked there and whether today’s policies are up to date. The group also appointed former head of Sky News Nick Pollard to oversee a review into Newsnight, the BBC current affairs program which shelved a segment investigating Savile last December. The Pollard Review will also look at the BBC’s handling of material that might have been of interest to the policepart of what allowed Alberta to accept a cap. Notley has repeatedly said the cap means that a new pipeline would not increase carbon emissions. Yet the cap has never actually been bumped up against, and the province never put the rules in place to govern what happens when it does. Video of Alberta's Climate Leadership Plan - Nov 22, 2015 Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips announce Alberta’s Climate Leadership Plan on Nov. 22, 2015. Alberta government video Emissions cap system 'a huge amount of work' In 2016 Alberta formed the Oil Sands Advisory Group, composed of representatives from industry, non-governmental organizations and First Nations, in order to advise the government on the ramifications of its climate plan for the oilsands —


Canada's oilpatch. A few years ago, the former Harper government in Ottawa pledged to implement regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas companies. At that time, the Harper government set up a joint committee with Alberta, then led by a Progressive Conservative government, and industry to design the system. This committee stopped meeting in March 2013, the Toronto Star reported Sept. 14, 2014. The then-Harper government never followed through with any regulations before it was defeated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals in the 2015 election. Several years later, the office of Alberta Minister Phillips argued the province was “years away” from hitting Notley's new emissions cap. Phillips' office also said that the final regulations “must reflect the latest in clean technologies and extraction procedures.”MNC Entertainment

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relationship between men and women.

The Korean magpie is a national bird and national symbol of Korea, sometimes referred to as the Asian magpie or Chinese magpie.

Magpies have an important place in the birth myth of Ai Xinjue Luo Bukuri Yushun, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty.

Europe

In European culture, the magpie is reputed to collect shiny objects, often in fiction things like wedding rings or other valuable or significant objects (often causing consternation at the disappearance, and false accusation of humans in the plot of the story); the most well-known example probably being Rossini's opera "La Gazza Ladra" (The thieving magpie). Though recent research  has shown that there is little truth in the legend, and that magpies - like many animals - are actually unsettled by shiny, blue,result in social tensions similar to those witnessed 50 years ago in 1968.” That year saw the peak of both the Vietnam War and anti-war movement and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Today, the internet and social media are helping to polarize groups, and events including the U.S. election and Brexit show tensions that will probably worsen in the next crisis, he said.

When society begins to come apart at the seams, many among the elite do not plan to stick around for the day of reckoning.

A Bloomberg article that was just published entitled “The Super Rich of Silicon Valley Have a Doomsday Escape Plan” has some amazing revelations. According to the article, over the past two years seven “Silicon Valley entrepreneurs”


have purchased survival bunkers from a company in Texas and shipped them to locations in New Zealand…

In recent months, two 150-ton survival bunkers journeyed by land and sea from a Texas warehouse to the shores of New Zealand, where they’re buried 11 feet underground. Seven Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have purchased bunkers from Rising S Co. and planted them in New Zealand in the past two years, said Gary Lynch, the manufacturer’s general manager. At the first sign of an apocalypse — nuclear war, a killer germ, a French Revolution-style uprising targeting the 1 percent — the Californians plan to hop on a private jet and hunker down, he said.

It would be weird enough if one wealthy individual did this, but the count is now up to seven.

So whyDENVER — A Colorado mother who sought donations to cover medical treatments for her daughter and promoted the girl's "bucket list" of dreams to fulfill before she died has been indicted on a murder charge in the 7-year-old's death that was previously thought to be from a terminal disease.

In a grand jury indictment revealed Monday, Kelly Renee Turner, 41, also known as Kelly Gant, was charged with 13 criminal counts that included child abuse, theft and charitable fraud in the death of Olivia Gant in 2017.

This Oct. 18, 2019, booking photo provided by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office shows Kelly Renee Turner. Douglas County Sheriff's Office via AP

The indictment alleges Turner caused Olivia Gant's 2017 death, not the multiple illnesses that the mother claimed the girl had and


that prompted publicized ride-alongs with police and fire crews. The Make-A-Wish Foundation, which grants wishes to critically ill children, also paid about $11,000 for a "bat princess" costume party for her.

Turner was arrested Friday at a Denver-area hotel and held without bond, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office said. It is not clear if she has an attorney who could speak on her behalf.

Olivia's actual cause of death was not immediately clear. It was originally attributed to intestinal failure, according to the indictment issued Thursday and first reported Monday by KUSA-TV.

Her body was exhumed last year, and an autopsy found no physical evidence of that illness or other conditions that Turner claimed the girl suffered, including seizure disorder and a buildup of fluid in cavities deep within the brain.Olivia's death is now listed as undetermined.

Investigators say Olivia had been using a feeding tube and was admitted in July 2017 to Children's Hospital Colorado, where doctors said her nutrition was deficient.

One doctor told investigators that Turner wanted to withdraw all medical care and artificial feeding for her daughter because her quality of life was so bad. He said she insisted that he sign a "do not resuscitate" order for her daughter.

Doctors had said Olivia wouldn't be able to survive on IV nutrition, and Turner was given the option of taking her home on hospice care, according to the indictment. Olivia died a few weeks later.

Several doctors who were interviewed said Olivia did not have a terminal condition. The girl started getting treatment at the hospital in 2013


after moving from Texas, where Turner's husband stayed behind.

The investigation into Olivia's death began after doctors at the hospital became suspicious last year after Turner brought in her older daughter because of "bone pain," according to the indictment.

During an interview, investigators said Turner spontaneously brought up Munchausen syndrome by proxy, a psychological disorder in which parents or caregivers seek attention from the illness of their children or dependents and sometimes cause them injuries that require attention.

"That has never been my case, like at all, whatsoever," she said in the interview.

During the investigation, authorities separated Turner from her older daughter to see if the girl would still report the same symptoms. The daughter has not had any additional medical problems or complaints of pain since October 2018, the indictmentan opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

____________________________________________________________

                           COUNSEL

ARGUED: P. Matthew Sutko, Office of the General Counsel, Execu-
tive Office for United States Trustees, UNITED STATES DEPART-
MENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. John Michel
Lamie, BROWNING, LAMIE & GIFFORD, P.C., Abingdon, Vir-
ginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Joseph A. Guzinski, Acting General
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Executive Office for United
States Trustees, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Washington, D.C.; Margaret K. Garber, Trial Attorney, Office of the
United States Trustee, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUS-
TICE, Roanoke, Virginia; David R. Duncan, Regional Assistant
United States Trustee, Office of the United States Trustee, UNITED
STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Columbia,


 III

   Despite the district court's conclusion that § 330(a) does not autho-
rize Lamie, as the debtor's attorney, to be compensated from the
bankruptcy estate, the court concluded that the pre-petition retainer
was property of the estate only to the extent that it exceeded the total
fees and services allowed to the debtor's counsel for all services ren-
dered in the case, including services rendered after its conversion to
a Chapter 7 proceeding.

   The Trustee appeals this ruling, contending that the retainer
became the property of the bankruptcy estate at the time the original
Chapter 11 petition was filed because it was a "security retainer" and
thus remained the property of the debtor until it was earned by Lamie.
The Trustee therefore argues that any unearned portion of the retainer
became property of theaffirmed in its construction of 11
U.S.C. § 330(a) and insofar as it awarded Lamie fees before the
Chapter 7 conversion and is reversed insofar as it awarded Lamie fees
for work performed after the Chapter 7 conversion.

AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART

MICHAEL, Circuit Judge, concurring in part and dissenting in part:

    I respectfully dissent from part II of the majority's opinion, but oth-
erwise concur. Specifically, I agree with the majority's conclusion in
part III of its opinion that the unearned portion of Lamie's retainer
became property of the bankruptcy estate when Equipment Services
filed its Chapter 11 petition. It follows that if Lamie can be compen-
sated at all for the legal services he rendered after the conversion of
the company's bankruptcy proceeding from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7,
his compensation must come


Newton Arboretum and Botanical Gardens

The Newton Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is a 3 acres (12,000 m²) arboretum and botanical gardens located within Agnes Patterson Park, in Newton, Iowa.

The arboretum contains native trees, a prairie garden, shrub roses, ornamental grasses, and annual and perennial beds.

External links
Garden Web listing

See also
 List of botanical gardens in the United States

Category:Arboreta in Iowa
Category:Botanical gardens in Iowa
Category:Protected areas of Jasper County, IowaWednesday.

While Cantwell was narrowly favored by Spokane County voters, Republican Rob McKenna was the overwhelming local favorite for governor.

And President Barack Obama snagged 303 electoral votes – including Washington state’s 12 – to win re-election over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, who was favored in Spokane County with 51.5 percent of the vote.

In other statewide races, it appears that a referendum approving same-sex marriage and an initiative favoring possession of small amounts of marijuana were on their way to statewide passage. An initiative that would allow for the creation of charter schools in Washington state was also receiving support.

As of Wednesday morning, Spokane County vote totals were:
State Senator 4th District

TheSpokane Valley News Heraldis the City of Spokane Valley, Washington's official Newspaper.
The City Council of the City of Spokane Valley,


Three injured in Vancouver crash

posted by Brad Ford
-
2 years ago

On January 21, 2014 at approximately 2:00 a.m., Vancouver Police responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of NE Fourth Plain Blvd./NE Andresen Rd.

According to witnesses, which included a Vancouver Police Officer that was at the intersection at the time of the crash, a vehicle without its headlights on was travelling westbound on NE Fourth Plain at a high rate of speed when it ran the red light at the intersection and crashed into another vehicle that was eastbound on Fourth Plain making a left (northbound) turn onto Andresen Rd. The vehicle that ran the light caught on fire after the crash and the Vancouver Police Officer at the scene used multiple fire extinguishers to squelch the fireNewly released emails on the Benghazi terror attack suggest a senior White House aide played a central role in preparing former U.N. ambassador Susan Rice for her controversial Sunday show appearances -- where she wrongly blamed protests over an Internet video.More than 100 pages of documents were released to the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. Among them was a Sept. 14, 2012, email from Ben Rhodes, an assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for strategic communications.The Rhodes email, with the subject line: "RE: PREP Call with Susan: Saturday at 4:00 pm ET," was sent to a dozen members of the administration's inner circle, including key members of the White House communications team such as Press Secretary


Las Campanas, CTIO, LCOGT, and Gemini observatories for their assistance. This work was supported by the HST programs GO-12577, AR-12851, and GO-13486, and by NSF grant AST-1312221. This work makes use of observations from the LCOGT network. This paper is based in part on observations obtained at the Gemini Observatory, which is operated by AURA, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the NSF on behalf of the Gemini partnership: the NSF (USA), the NRC (Canada), CONICYT (Chile), the ARC (Australia), CNPq (Brazil) and CONICET (Argentina). This project used data obtained with the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which was constructed by the Dark Energy Survey (DES) collaborating institutions. Funding for DES, including DECam, has been provided by the U.S. DoE, NSF, MECD (Spain), STFC (UK), HEFCE (England), NCSA, KICP,application of his
theory, whether in the US in the 30's, 70's and now, Japan in the past couple
of decades, etc. failed so miserably? On what basis are you claiming that
Detroit's collapse was structural, rather than being caused by bad governance?
Other areas of the US, and other countries for that matter, have seen their
main industries decline, but they've managed to replace them with others
without suffering the total disaster that Detroit as.

~~~
parasubvert
Re: Keynes. It's hard to be a failure when no major nation adopted Keynes'
approach in the 1930s. It was far too new, though he was certainly trying to
convince people.

Keep in mind General Theory wasn't published until 1936. FDR didn't become a
convert until 1938 -- after his attempt to balance the budget in 1937 led to a
disastrous recession that undid


a lot of the prior gains from the depression
(the US government had a budget surplus!). WW2 spending was what wound up
being the stimulus that dragged the world out of the recession.

Liaquat Ahamed's _Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World_ goes into
great detail as to why the great depression occurred (the Gold standard), and
why it lingered.

I also think you may want to read more into Japan's economic policy and
financial history. Japan's troubles started with a financial crisis and asset
bubble bust twice - in the late 80's and late 90's, similar to the global 2008
crisis, Except Japan had a much, much weaker institutional response than the
USA and even the UK did. They shuffled almost annually through a series of
milquetoast PMs. Their central bank governors wouldn't commit to anything.
Japansold his original prop to Mark Evans, who continues to perform it to this day, with his wife, MarLynn.

The big difference between the Virgil and Wakeling versions is that in Virgil's version, EVERYTHING can be examined FREELY by the audience (including the neck and foot restraints.) There is nothing gimmicked.

I think the story got twisted a bit in the book. I knew Alan Wakeling and he was one of magic's true gentlemen - and geniuses.

hugmagicInner circle
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Think about this.. maybe Jim was doing it to help Helen Wakeling. I know that Alan was not financially set. In fact, two friends of mine helped to support him in his later years. They did it quietly and without fanfare. I would never mention it but


be required in the body, paint and assembly shops as well as in the internal logistics," the company stated, adding that it would train all personnel.

Valmet Automotive, which employs a total of about 5,500 workers in Finland and other parts of Europe, provides services and products like automotive engineering, vehicle manufacturing, battery systems and convertible roof systems.minor children reached the age of majority, became emancipated, or through a court order. This separation agreement was modified by the Harrison County Chancery Court on June 11, 2003, by increasing the amount of child support Patrick had to pay from $400 per month to $504 per month beginning on June 1, 2003.
¶ 3. After the divorce, Doris remained on the Mississippi Gulf Coast while Patrick moved to Ohio. In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and caused historic and catastrophic damage. Thereafter, Doris sent Alise to live with her aunt in Georgia, while Doris stayed on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It is apparent from the record that, prior to Hurricane Katrina making landfall, A.J. had moved out of Doris's house and remained


on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. At Doris's direction, Patrick mailed his child support payment for August 2005 directly to Alise's aunt in Georgia. Patrick continued to mail his child support to Alise in Georgia from August 2005 until April 2006, when Alise returned *317 to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Patrick continued to make his child support payments for another two months, then, after making half of a child support payment for June 2006, Patrick stopped making child support payments. Patrick did not make any child support payments from July 2006 to October 2007, at which time he resumed making his monthly child support payments via a wage garnishment.
¶ 4. Meanwhile, in January 2007, Doris filed a complaint for contempt and an upward modification of child support. Patrick respondedby filing a counterclaim against Doris for contempt and for a downward modification of child support. According to Patrick, the matter was continued several times, and it was finally heard on January 28, 2008.
¶ 5. In a May 23, 2008, order, reflect the January 28, 2008, hearing, the chancellor found the following: A.J. was emancipated as of June 2005; Patrick should have been paying $354.97 from June 2005 until May 2006 instead of $504; Patrick was given a credit for $1,639.33 to reflect the overages paid to Doris from June 2005 until May 2006; Patrick owed $5,794 in arrearages; and Patrick was in "contumacious contempt" for failure to pay child support. A judgment for $4,154.67 was entered against Patrick for his arrearages.[1] Patrick was also ordered to pay


overpayments made from July 2005 to May 2006. This was during the period when Alise resided with her aunt in Georgia. *320 Doris argues that Patrick should not have been granted a credit for child support payments made to Alise's aunt while Alise was living with her. Doris states that she only directed Patrick to make one child support payment to Alise's aunt, and Patrick should not receive a windfall for the other child support payments.
¶ 21. As stated above, child support is for the benefit of the child, not the custodial parent. Patrick maintained his child support duty by directing his payments to Alise as she moved around after being forced out by Hurricane Katrina. Patrick provided photocopies of the canceled checks of his payments made toAlise's aunt while Alise was residing with her. When Alise returned to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Patrick resumed sending his payments to Doris. These actions establish that Patrick upheld his child support obligation from July 2005 to May 2006.
¶ 22. Contrarily, the outcome of Doris's argument would result in an unjust enrichment to her as she would be receiving funds which Patrick had already paid to Alise. This would hardly be an equitable result for Patrick.
¶ 23. Additionally, the chancellor found that A.J. was emancipated in June 2005, yet Patrick continued to pay child support for A.J. and Alise until May 2006. The credit was given by the chancellor to compensate Patrick for child support payments made to A.J. while Patrick was not under a legal duty to


older than the neocortex (in terms of evolution), it has priority (in response) whenever dealing with very dangerous situations. A tragic example that shows how we can act prior to being conscious is the story of Matilda Crabtree.

Back in 1994, Matilda was a 14 year old girl who wanted to make a prank to her parents. As Bobby Crabtree and his wife returned home late at night, they thought Matilda was at one of her friends’ house. However, as they entered home, Bobby heard some noise coming from upstairs. Matilda hid in the closet wanting to scare her parents. As Bobby got upstairs he took his gun and went to Matilda’s bedroom. When she jumped out of the closet, Bobby pulled the trigger. Matilda died 12 hours later.

Bobby’sgoggles, to stepping onto the diving board, then the jump, the first contact with water, each hand movement, and so on. All of these coordinated so accurately that he knew them by heart. They were part of him. Phelps’ coach used to name this routine as “the track”.

Now, in this track, Michael basically confronted all the scenarios that can possibly occur.

August 13, 2008

It was the day of the finals for the 200m butterfly swim in The Beijing Olympic Games.

Phelps was prepared. When his coach saw him enter the arena, he shouted at him to plug-in the “track”. Michael was already plugged-in.

He was a winner even before getting into the pool. Everything was taking place the way he knew it by heart: the diving board, the water, hand movements,


There’s one in every family.

Comedy about the prospective Washington State Governor Al Donnelly whose only stumbling block on the road to power is his embarrassing younger brother Mike. To keep him out of mischief, Al forces one of his aides, Steve Dodds to keep an eye on him during the election. However, this is easier said than done…

MPAA: Rated PG-13 for crude language and humor, drug-related material and sexual innuendo

Principal Cast: Chris Farley, David Spade and Tim Matheson

Director: Penelope Spheerisis the cellular compartment in which the antigen coded by the plasmidic vector is expressed. In a study with the forms secreted, anchored to membrane or intracellular of the D protein of Bovine Herpesvirus-1, capable of inducing neutralizing titers consistently, a difference in rate of seroconversion could be evidenced. Mice immunized with the authentic form -membrane anchored-, as well as the correspondent to the secreted form, seroconverted before those immunized with the cytosolic form of the glycoprotein D. During the first 14 weeks, mice immunized with the authentic form, developed the higher IgG levels. Those immunized with the cytosolic form had the lowest geometric mean of antibody titers but in the week 23, titers increased over titers obtained by the authentic form. The pattern of cytokines of lymphocytes


added, "To be clear, law enforcement has not and will not forget Timmothy, and we hope to one day reunite him with his family. Unfortunately, that day will not be today."

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According to a police report, the person who identified himself as Pitzen — and later was found out to be somebody else — said he fled to the area Wednesday after escaping "two kidnappers that have been holding him for seven years."

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"He looked like he had been beat up," one witness said.

"He said that he was tired and he's been passed around and he's lost," another said.

Rini allegedly told police he "had been staying at a Red Roof Inn," but he wasn't sure where. He described the kidnappers astwo white males with "body-builder type build." One allegedly had a spider web tattoo on his neck and the other a snake tattoo on his arms.

Timmothy Pitzen of Aurora, Illinois, disappeared in in 2011 when he was 6 years old. He was last seen with his mother before she was found dead in a motel room. She apparently took her own life, and reportedly left a note that said the boy was safe with people who loved him, but would never be found.

CBS Chicago reports Aurora police said they had been very cautious about the teen's claim to be Timmothy, as there were several false sightings of the missing boy in the past.

Pitzen's grandmother, Alana Anderson, and aunt, Kara Jacobs, addressed the media Thursday afternoon and said "it's


Before every UFC fight, Khabib Nurmagomedov characteristically dons a distinctive piece of headgear - a woollen hat reminiscent of a blonde afro wig -- as he makes his way towards the Octagon. The hat, known as a Papakha in his native Dagestan, represents the history of his people. The wool, equal parts menacing and majestic, encapsulates the laborious heritage of the mountaineers; the height projects the size of a highlander's heart; and the weight illustrates the depths of North Caucasian pride.

The history of the papakha is difficult to trace prior to the 16th century. The word is of Turkic origin and describes an ovular hat made out of karakul sheep skin. Traditionally, when a highlander removes his papakha, it signalled the end of a blood feud between clansor an opportunity to woo a lady. Young men would fling the hat into the window of the lady they sought. If she kept the hat, it was a good sign for the proposal. In modern times, it is even used to distinguish men and measure respect. Thousands of dollars are spent to ensure that the papakha is made from the finest sheep skin.

It is also a symbolic reminder of the proud races that are scattered across the mountainous ranges of Russia. Khabib, one of the UFC's top contender in the lightweight division, is as much a representative of his native land as his hat is a product of the Caucasian struggle. Every time he steps into the Octagon, he offers a small, furry reminder of the lesser


known parts of the Russian Federation.

The Caucasus, a region at the border of Europe and Asia, situated between the Black and the Caspian seas, has been seen as a savage place - an area that never caught up with civilization, that was run by nobles, chieftains and highlanders. Russian and foreign poets and writers historically took to describing the region and its tribes through metaphors of their sublime mountainous terrain. The cordillera became an expression for freedom, love, beauty, as well as ferocious and untamed primitivism.

Much of the romanticized literature from the likes of renowned poet Alexander Pushkin emerged from Russia's annexation of the Caucasus during the 19th century. As the Russian Empire sought to expand southward to create a buffer zone for enemy attacks, they encountered extraordinaryresistance from the Caucasus - Chechens, Ingush, Balkars Abazins, and Dagestanis rarely united but to defend against a common enemy -- and their disorganized guerrilla-style warfare. Even though the mighty Russian army had just defeated Napoleon's 'Great Army' in 1812, it took them 47 years and the respective reigns of three separate tsars to end the conflict in the Caucasus. Unfortunately, the end came with the ethnic cleansing of the Circassian population, which was displaced across the remnants of the Ottoman and Persian Empires.

The bloody incorporation of the North Caucasus into the Russian Empire serves as a direct influence on the Dagestani population, and therefore, Khabib as well. Despite their vastly different culture, lifestyles, and religions, Dagestan, along with the other Northern regions, became a part of Russia.


The amalgamation of dozens of ethnic groups meant that Caucasian heritage and autonomy would evaporate if not aggressively protected. The papakha is one of the traditional pieces of attire that survived the various purges, but its uses have been diluted.

While the papakha was mainly worn by the mountaineers and shepherds who resided at remote altitudes, it was also worn by the Cossacks, a semi-military group of East-Slavic "free men" who once occupied their own land and governed their people. The Cossacks were essential to Russia's expansion in the 18th and 19th centuries, despite the tension between the free men and the empire. The Cossacks were later incorporated into the Russian Empire, and their land was transformed into Military states in order to support Russia during war. They madeup a large portion of the Russian army during the Caucasian wars.

The papakha, a symbol of honour and heritage for the mountaineers, was later introduced as a part of the Russia army uniform. A slight difference in the hat's shape and colour separated the intruders from the insurgents. Though they were removed during the 1917 revolution because many of the Cossack regiments fought against the ruling Bolsheviks, the hat was later reinstated and remains a part of the Russian military uniform.

Despite its popularized use during the Soviet Era amongst the leading generals in the army, the papakha remained a common piece of clothing in the Caucasus region in modern times. Their valuation of tradition and heritage is their main distinction from their historic Russian counterparts. The papahka may


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Federer beats heat, Paire to advance in US Open

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer says his favorite drinks are cold water and a sparkling glass of champagne. Both could be on tap at the U.S. Open: Federer needed a few swigs of water on another steamy day at the Open and he played like a former champion set to uncork a celebratory bottle of bubbly.

Federer’s coolness on the court belied another day where players needed cooling towels as much as their rackets. Federer, a five-time U.S. Open champion, had steeled himself for the heat by changing up his routine — he made an early trip to New York to prep his game in the sweltering sun.

“I felt like it’s maybe one of these years where it could beovermatched foe to his stomach before his game went belly up. He tumbled over the court and had more melodrama than match points. He earned a small cheer when he briefly played hacky sack with the ball.

When it was over, the public address announcer exhorted New York to “give it up for Roger Federer!”

The crowd went wild for the fan favorite and Federer thanked them for coming out.

They’ll see him again against Kyrgios, who burst onto the scene with a win against No. 1 Rafael Nadal in 2014 at Wimbledon.

“He knows what he needs to do to get to winning ways,” Federer said.

He even knows how to beat Federer: The 37-year-old Swiss star holds a modest 2-1 career record against Kyrgios.


With its May 10 issue, the TIME magazine, landed in a controversy by calling Narendra Modi India's "Divider in Chief". The TIME cover story came in the middle of the Lok Sabha elections and riled up Modi supporters across the country. Now, days after the election results gave Modi a thumping majority, TIME has come up with another article, but this time it says Modi has united the country like no other Prime Minister.

The opinion piece titled "Modi has united India like no Prime Minister in decades" has been written by Manoj Ladwa, who managed the campaign "Narendra Modi for PM" in 2014.

The latest article was published on the TIME website on Tuesday. The articles states, "A key factor is that Modi has managed to transcend India's greatestfault line: the class divide".

The writer, Manoj Ladwa, has credited Modi's emergence as a unifier to his origins in a backward caste -- a factor missed or deliberately omitted by Western media obsessed with what they call upper caste domination.

"Narendra Modi was born into one of India's most disadvantaged social groups," he explained. "In reaching the very top, he personifies the aspirational working classes and can self-identify with his country's poorest citizens in a way that the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, who have led India for most of the 72 years since independence, simply cannot."

"Yet despite the strong and often unfair criticisms levelled at Modi's policies both throughout his first term and this marathon election, no Prime Minister has united the Indian electorate as much in close to five


decades," he said referring to Indira Gandhi's massive 1971 victory.

This story stands in contrast to the one published earlier this month. The story published by journalist Aatish Taseer slammed the Modi government for the several lynching cases, Yogi Adityanath's appointment as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister among other things.

The previous story turned into a major election issue as the Opposition sided with the author for calling Modi a "divider".

The BJP, on the other hand, picked on Taseer's background and said he is a Pakistani, nothing better can be expected of Pakistan.

However, in the latest story, Ladwa writes about Modi: "Through socially progressive policies, he has brought many Indians, both Hindus and religious minorities, out of poverty at a faster rate than in any previous generation."

Ladwa is the founderIncome Inequality Examined Japan, Germany, and the United States

If globalized economic openness is causing the labor market to fluctuate then we see a trend of OECD countries in which income inequality is widening. Industrial democracies are living in a post-industrial world. Businesses that were formerly domestic industrial sectors are now outsourcing causing a restructuring of the labor market. In this paper I will look why this economic globalization has made income inequality worse in some countries than in others since the 1980s. In Japan, the United States of America, and Germany; income inequality has stemmed from political causes such as lack of access to quality education, redistributive welfare policies, and the falling rate of unionization.

Income inequality is important to study because a more economically equal society will contribute


States in terms of its approach to the connotation of Welfare, even though they have the same levels of expenditure on social insurance as the US. In Japan, welfare is a very good word, but the Japanese tend to focus on the National Burden ratio instead, meaning the division of the sum of the tax payment and the social security contributions through national income. (Takegawa) Occupational welfare is substituted for social expenditure and in this way Japan lowers its national burden ratio. In fact, Japan even approaches welfare not from the class perspective like both Germany and the United States, but approaches it by addressing inequality though regions. These strong public works programs create employment in underdeveloped regions and thereby create a lot of protection for the low-productivitylabor market participation increases significantly when education levels exceed from less than compulsory to secondary and post-secondary education. However, in the United States, 9.9 percent of adults have below an upper secondary education, meaning a high school diploma, 45.7 percent of its working age population has a college degree. 44.5 percent of adults have a high school degree. (OECD) Not to mention that tertiary education currently sits at an extremely high price for a prospective student.

Unemployment and poverty risk have increasingly become concentrated among workers with low levels of education while the government has become more permissive of cuts in unemployment generosity and income assistance to the poor. Reductions in unemployment insurance benefits give an explanation of why redistribution responsiveness to unemployment has declined. (Pontusson) 1996 welfare reform


they approach unionization and the structure of union representation. (Katz)

Although German income distribution has been generally stable, differences became apparent in the 1990s and have largely been driven by atypical employment. In the mid-1970s 85 percent of employment was full time, but by the mid-1990s it had fallen to 67 percent, as a result median wages have fallen, and the wealth gap has increased. Germany does very well on the education front meaning that they get more citizens through high school than either Japan or the United States. In Germany, 58.2 percent of working age adults have an upper secondary education, 28.3 percent have a college degree, and 13.5 percent of adults have not graduated upper secondary education. (OECD) However, College education is provided free from the government,which as seen its benefits since Germany is the country I picked with the lowest rates of income inequality. Occupational apprenticeship plays a key role in Germany, it is integrated in the high school curriculum and operates as a de facto training skill structure. Germany is unique because it has experienced the reunification of west and east. At the time of reunification East German GDP per captia was only 57 percent of western levels. Incorporating east Germany into the west has proved to be difficult as the economy of the east was restructured

Germany social security expenditure in 1996 was 37.68 percent of their national income. The reason that expenditure is so high is because, social welfare is a right that every German citizen has due to their constitution.


Extensive coverage of its sectoral collective bargaining system, and the dual structure of broad employee rights through works councils and supervisory boards. Like Japan and the United States, membership declined in unions especially in the 1990s. There has been some work organizational restructuring but not on the level of the United States and Japan. However, with the introduction of framework agreements are becoming more prevalent in collective bargaining, the decision-making procedures are becoming increasingly decentralized. Firms are subject to limitations due to codetermination that is within the law. But even works councils are experiencing declines, it decreased from 36,300 in 1980 to 33,000 in 1994(Katz) This decentralization of managerial responsibility has made it difficult for unions to know who to negotiate with. The has been a weakening ofJesse Eisenberg is at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and when Variety caught up with the actor, they were quick to ask him about playing Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He obviously wasn't willing to give too much away, and had this to say when the site quizzed him on whether or not his head is still shaved.As for whether or not he would like to play Lex again (in Superman's next movie specifically), the actor added:Rumour has it that Eisenberg will next appear in Suicide Squad...Finally, the site asked Eisenberg if he was a fan of the Man of Steel growing up, and like many actors playing some of our favourite comic book characters, he was far from a fan!he said before revealing


Cognitive systems and the supersized mind Robert D. Rupert Published online: 26 August 2010  Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 In Supersizing the mind: Embodiment, action, and cognitive extension (Clark 2008), Andy Clark bolsters his case for the extended mind thesis and casts a critical eye on some related views for which he has less enthusiasm. To these ends, the book canvasses a wide range of empirical results concerning the subtle manner in which the human organism and its environment interact in the production of intelligent behavior. This fascinating research notwithstanding, Supersizing does little to assuage my skepticism about the hypotheses of extended cognition and extended mind. In particular, Supersizing fails to make the case for the extended view as a revolutionary thesis in the theoretical foundations ofpreceding comments reflect a general worry behind many of my concerns about HEC: that it is of no importance in cognitive science to call external material 'cognitive'. In response, Clark appeals to the work of Gray and his collaborators (pp. 118–122). In a series of experiments, Gray and associates (Gray et al. 2006) measure subjects' tendency to ''choose'' between the use of internal memory and the accessing of information encoded in external structures. Gray does so by manipulating the relative time–cost of the use of internally and externally encoded information. The results manifest regular relations: increase the cost of access to environmentally encoded information, and subjects are more inclined to use internally encoded information; keep the cost of external information low, and subjects use it. The cognitive system


Sanaa (AFP) - Regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran traded accusations Tuesday over the escalating conflict in Yemen, which the UN rights chief warned was on the brink of "total collapse".

Aid groups warned of a humanitarian crisis unfolding with air and sea blockades making it impossible to send desperately needed assistance as casualties mount.

In the heaviest raids yet of the six-day Saudi-led air war against Shiite Huthi rebels, explosions lit up the skies over Sanaa on Monday night and rocked other parts of the country on Tuesday.

Amnesty International accused the Saudi-led coalition of "turning a blind eye to civilian deaths" as it reported four children were among six burned to death in strikes on Ibb, in central Yemen.

But the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said it does notup the skies of Sanaa," said 30-year-old resident Amr al-Amrani.

On Tuesday, air strikes targeted two Huthi-held camps and Guard soldiers in the southern town of Daleh, a Guard air base in the southwestern city of Taez and the Huthi stronghold of Dhammar, south of Sanaa.

On the ground, deadly clashes have broken out between the rebels and tribes, militiamen and residents who oppose their power grab.

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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it had received more than 550 patients in the southern city of Aden since March 19 as a result of fighting.

"We urgently need to find ways to get humanitarian relief and personnel inside the country," said MSF's Greg Elder.

The UN said that since Friday, at least 93 civilians had been killed and 364 injured.

"The situation in Yemen is


extremely alarming, with dozens of civilians killed over the past four days," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said.

"The country seems to be on the verge of total collapse."

He denounced reported attacks by Huthi-linked fighters on three hospitals in Daleh that caused an unknown number of casualties.

A spokeswoman for European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the conflict was having "terrible consequences" for civilians.

"We call on all parties to the conflict to ensure the protection of civilians, that civilian infrastructure is not directly targeted," the EU said.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said it was trying to negotiate the safe arrival of a plane stocked with medical supplies to treat up to 1,000 people.

"There are casualties across the country," said the ICRC'sCedric Schweizer.

- War of words -

Trading blame for the escalation, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal charged that the Huthi rebels and their ally, Saleh, had "decided with the support of Iran to destabilise Yemen".

"We are not warmongers, but when they beat the drums of war we are ready," he said.

Tehran hit back, accusing Riyadh of jeopardising the entire Middle East.

"The fire of war in the region from any side... will drag the whole region to play with fire," said Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

Iranian state media rejected as "utter lies" claims Tehran had sent arms to Yemen, saying it had only dispatched non-military aid.

The war of words came as marathon nuclear talks between Tehran and world powers reached a crucial phase in Switzerland.

The coalition has vowed to


keep up the strikes until the Huthis end their uprising against President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who has fled to Saudi Arabia.

But with little sign of an imminent halt to the conflict, the UN said it relocated its peace envoy for Yemen, Jamal Benomar, to Jordan at the weekend and pulled its last 13 foreign employees from the country.

The European Aviation Safety Agency, meanwhile, issued an advisory for airline companies to avoid Yemeni airspace.The suit accusing President Donald Trump and his children of convincing consumers to invest in get-rich-quick schemes names Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump and the Trump Corporation as defendants. | Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Legal Lawsuit accuses Trump family of peddling phony get-rich schemes

A new lawsuit filed in federal court Monday accuses President Donald Trump and his children of convincing consumers to invest in get-rich-quick schemes, while also accepting “large, secret payments” from the companies they were pitching.

The complaint landed a week before a congressional midterm election that Trump has called a referendum on his presidency. It was filed on behalf of four unnamed plaintiffs by lawyers Roberta Kaplan and Andrew Celli, both donors to Democrat Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, and is being funded by


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According to the lawsuit, which was first reported by the New York Times, the Trumps were paid to pitch prospective investors on behalf of three companies that they said would likely offer commercial success. "The Message was materially false. The Investments did not — and could not — offer a reasonable probability of success," the lawsuit states.

In one example, between 2005 and at least 2015, Trump claimed that an investment in a multi-level-marketing company called American Communications Network, or ACN, was “without any of the risks most entrepreneurs have to take” and that its flagship product was doing $500 million in annual sales, even though those claimsThe record-breaking film also made box office history after scoring $152 million for its 3-day weekend box office total, making it the third highest opening weekend ever, behind "Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2" and "The Dark Knight."

Adding to the film's good fortune, "The Hunger Games" soundtrack is the first soundtrack to debut at No. 1 since Michael Jackson's soundtrack for 2009's "This Is It" shot to the top of the charts after its release.

In December, country starlet Taylor Swift released the first official song off the soundtrack, "Safe & Sound," a folksy lullaby for "Hunger Games" heroine Katniss Everdeen. She later released her second single off the soundtrack, "Eyes Open," in March.

The soundtrack features music from Miranda Lambert, Kid Cudi, The Decemberists, the Civil Wars


Firearms legislation resulting in emails

January 27, 2012

Each year for the past several (I can't remember how many - it's at least a half dozen) I've introduced a bill that would limit gun purchases to one per month.

This law has been on the books in Virginia for about a dozen years. It's purpose is to stop the practice by some folks from northeastern cities of coming to Virginia and buying guns by the dozens to take back home to sell to people whose only desire for them is to kill other people. Since Virginia passed that law we in West Virginia have seen an increase in the number of people who travel from the urban north to buy guns by the dozen here. I think we need to stopthe artistic versatility of his long-time collaborator. A comic review of R. Crumb’s, in which Pekar attests to the artistic versatility of his long-time collaborator.

Pekar's devout fans had every reason to believe they knew everything there was to know about their blue-collar bard. Pekar obsessively chronicled his life in the comic book series American Splendor (later brilliantly adapted into the film of the same name), in which his claustrophobic Cleveland universe was symbolized by the windowless basement office of the VA hospital where he toiled for three decades as a file clerk.

Now, however, more than a year since his passing, there appears a posthumous—and by no means minor—revelation. Pekar secretly harbored an obsession with, of all things, Yiddishkeit—the title and subject of his final work, co-edited by Paul


is strongest with the socialist, anarchist, and Communist strains of late-19th- and early-20th-century Yiddish literature, from the "sweatshop poets" in New York to Stalin's Yiddish stooges.

Pekar often depicts himself puzzling out loud over the reasons for anti-Semitism: how could the pogromchiks, then the Nazis, and finally the Soviets really believe the Jews posed any threat? The poor, powerless Jews whom he adores, in their mythic "Yiddishland": why were they not accepted, Pekar wonders, scratching his head. And here lies the key difference between his secular Yiddishist heroes and their contemporaries, the Zionists. The latter group broke decisively with the mentality of impotent bafflement at Jewish oppression. Rather than trying to understand how the disease of anti-Semitism had metastasized in the European mind, they turned their back on Europea clueless proud Jew, averse to happy resolutions not only in his own life but in the history of his people. And while Pekar possessed a finely-tuned ear for the aesthetics of Yiddish literature, his was the acute hearing of a blind man. His presentation of the most famous works of I.L. Peretz and Chaim Grade makes this all too clear. Pekar appreciated their prose, but only on aesthetic grounds, with little insight into the tragic historical circumstances or the religious and nationalist angst that inspired and animated it. His assessments of their work reveal a gaping ignorance of both the enduring power of religious Yiddishkeit, so powerfully portrayed by Grade (here absurdly depicted as a "rationalist" who had "freed himself of [the rabbis'] influence") as well as


a deliberate disregard of the strong influences of both traditional Judaism and Jewish nationalism in the works of Peretz and his circle.

An example is Pekar's one-panel treatment of Peretz's two most famous short stories, "If Not Higher" and "Bontshe the Silent." He finds the former irritatingly nostalgic for the world of traditional Judaism and the latter "overwhelmed by schmaltz." This is a wildly off-the-mark reading of Bontshe, who, arriving in heaven after a life of horrid abuse, is granted any wish—and asks for nothing more than a daily buttered roll. Pekar vaguely detects some irony, but misses Peretz's harsh satire of Jewish submissiveness as encapsulated in the pathetic figure of Bontshe.

Art © 2011 Dan Archer from Yiddishkeit, published by Abrams ComicArts.

As for Grade, Pekar is clueless about Thewhen push comes to shove and Israel and Egypt had a conflict in 1956 and the USSR went with Egypt, she never talked about the [Soviets] any more. Nationalism once again triumphs over ideology. Nationalism is something I really cannot stand.

Given the choice between supporting Israel and supporting the Soviet Union, Pekar would have "gone with ideology" regardless of the horrors committed in its name.

In the last year of his life, Pekar produced two comics for the Jewish Review of Books. In one, after mistakenly greeting his neighbors on the Sabbath with an incorrect formula suitable only for a holiday, his stand-in character muses, "OY, Somehow I made an ignoramus of myself." Alas, Yiddishkeit confirms this.

Courtesy of Tara Seibel and the Jewish Review of Books.

Allan Nadler is a


professor of religious studies and the director of the program in Jewish studies at Drew University. He is currently serving as the Norman and Gerry Sue Arnold Distinguished Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies at the College of Charleston.

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Comments are closed for this article.the armed forces who died for us after World War One and who continuously fight for our freedom and human rights.

Across the world, it is celebrated, every country hold a celebration differently. In the United Kingdom, we wear the poppy, donate money to the Royal British Legion which is a charity that offers help and welfare to the serving and ex-service men, women and their families. Countries across the world have the two minutes of silence to remind ourselves of what the soldiers then and now do for us and their country. The silence is held on the eleventh month on the eleventh day of the eleventh hour.

I think it’s important to remember now how much the world has changed and evolved since the First World War. For


Even after Brexit, elections are still won in the centre-ground. The centre can and does hold – as it has since 1945.

For a narcissist, Tony Blair had a remarkable knack for understanding the public. Nobody wins three elections because their image is fetching and their opponents are inept. Nobody wins two landslides despite empty promises. The New Labour ruse was to swap self-indulgence for public outreach. There is a reason the party lost four elections before 1997 and won three from then on. It is also why they have not won anything since. Labour has restored its tradition of flunking elections because it has remembered how to give itself a jolly good time.

If a left-of-centre politician wants to move away from his ideological instinct towards the public, heTheatre

Rebecca Anne Banks and Company – Poetry in the Parc Poetry in the Parc is a celebration of Spoken Word in Quebec, celebrating the history of renowned Quebecois Symbolist Poet Emile Nelligan. The Event is to be held in St.Louis Square by the fountain and the statue of Emile… Read more

King & Candyass Red Light Walking Tour A walking tour of Montreal’s old Red Light District. Join Velma Candyass and Donovan King, veterans of the struggle to save the Café Cleopatra, on a colorful tour of Montreal’s seediest area that will reveal many secrets! From the glory days of Nouvelle-France,… Read more


Inaugural Ohana Fest Featured Vedder Everywhere, Elvis Costello, Band of Horses & More

Eddie Vedder may have headlined the first-ever Ohana Music Festival in Dana Point, California last weekend, but he also served as the festival’s unofficial mascot. Popping up in a number of the first day’s performances including L.A. heroes X, the legendary Elvis Costello and former Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons, Vedder was ever-present before his own night-closing set of covers, new songs, reworked originals and stories told to the packed audience.

Tucked into an area normally reserved for beach-dwellers, Ohana served to buoy local beaches by donating a portion of proceeds to the San Onofre Parks Foundation, a California non-profit that cooperatively works with the California State Parks to develop, preserve and enhance the recreation and experienceof California’s unique and beautiful coastal parks.

Seattle grunge holdouts Mudhoney delivered a biting sonic irascibility, an odd counter to the gorgeous afternoon, while local favorites X delivered a high-energy set, ushering Vedder out for a performance of The New World. Early attendees looking to slowly ease into the musical part of the day, explored the Volcom and Ocean Institute’s Science of Surf tent, giving viewers a history lesson in surfing and Southern California beaches as well as serving as a small-scale zoo of sorts for sea creatures, reptiles and amphibians.

Band of Horses, still riding their new-album high from earlier this year, played as if they were headlining. Opener Is There a Ghost led into new cuts, Casual Party and In a Drawer, before closing with fan favorites No


stripped renditions of PJ songs during the performance, including a reworked acoustic approach to Better Man and an assist during Indifference by beloved pro surfer Kelly Slater, “a true citizen of the world” who was a festival curator for Ohana as well as Vedder. Despite being visibly nervous, Slater held his own while handling the second verse, and delivered a goosebump-inducing take on the impassioned “I will scream my lungs out… til it fills this room” line at the song’s climax.

After peeling off a trio of his own solo compositions from the Into The Wild soundtrack, Vedder debuted the poignant, tempo-shifting new song Out of Sand live for the first time. He previously recorded the track at Jack White’s Third Man Records in June.

He also delivered an absolutelyhilly surrounding area made trekking by foot a challenge) and frustratingly long food lines, Ohana fest was a strong success in its inaugural endeavor.

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Some American law professors have predicted that if the United States Supreme Court rules that there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage (often called "gay marriage"), such a decision is unlikely to spark a political backlash. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Harvard Law Professor Michael Klarman concludes:

The likeliest scenario, in the event of a pro-equality ruling, is immediate, strident criticism from some quarters, followed by same-sex couples marrying in states where they previously could not. Very little will change in the day-to-day lives of opponents, and the issue will quicklyreligious beliefs regarding same-sex marriage.

The lesbians who were turned away by Elane Photography complained to the state Human Rights Commission, which fined the business several thousands of dollars for violating New Mexico's anti-discrimination law. Although New Mexico does not currently recognise same-sex marriages, its anti-discrimination law protects people from being discriminated against on the basis of their race, marital status, religion, color, sex, handicap, sexual orientation or national origin when they go to any establishment that provides or offers its goods or services to the general public.

The photography studio's case was recently heard by New Mexico's highest court, and eventually may be appealed to the US Supreme Court. Elane Photography claims that forcing it to photograph a ceremony that it does not believe should take place is a


park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children..."

Under most American states' laws, "A 'place of public accommodation' means any establishment which caters to or offers goods or services or facilities to, or solicits patronage from, the general public." Religious sites such as churches, synagogues and temples often agree to host weddings, but they are not "public accommodations". They may charge a fee to cover utilities, cleanup, etc, but their involvement generally is premised on the couple's wedding being a religious ceremony that accords with the tenets of the particular church's beliefs.

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The evidence reflects that on or about August 23, 1970, appellant and another were together at a Mobil Service Station in Harris County. Appellant inquired about road service from both attendants claiming his car was stopped in the middle of the freeway. One attendant got suspicious and went to a nearby restaurant to ask that they call the police. The other attendant was himself calling the police on the service station telephone when appellant's companion pulled a gun on him. The appellant also pulled a gun but did not point it at the attendant because his companion stood between them. The companion told this attendant to give him everything out of the cash drawer and threatened to kill him if he did not have more


on the same grounds as his motion to quash with the further allegation that the elimination of Negroes from the jury prevented his obtaining a full and fair consideration of his plea for probation. A hearing was held and the motion was denied.
At the hearing on the motion for a new trial it was stipulated that seven out of the ten persons struck by the State were members of the Negro race. John Cutler, a criminal defense lawyer for twenty-three years mostly in Harris County, testified that in his experience the prosecutors in Harris County had a tendency to strike members of the Negro race in jury selection. He further testified that in ten out of eleven cases of his in the past year the prosecutor used histen peremptory strikes to eliminate prospective Negro jurors. In three of those cases there were more than ten Negroes on the venire so that the seated jury was not all white.
Erwin Ernst, assistant district attorney for Harris County for fifteen years, testified that the prosecutor's office had no policy, official or unofficial, of systematic exclusion or inclusion of any racial group from the jury panel by use of the peremptory challenge. He testified that it had been his practice and that of some of his associates to use the peremptory strike only after considering together the facts of the case and the prospective juror. On cross-examination he admitted that he considered use of the peremptory strike to eliminate prospective Negro jurors from the panel when the accused was


reliability of a nonmedical counsellor was found to be comparable to a resident doctor keeping the scores of the consultant as gold standard. The nonmedical counsellor included in our study had no previous training in medical or paramedical branches. They had been a part of our team from the past 4 years and had been actively assisting the doctors in managing clubfoot patients as far as their record keeping and counseling is concerned. The counsellor as a part of the job was aware of the various deformities and scoring system of clubfoot. It was an integral part of their duty to fill the Pirani scores given by the doctors in their records and to follow them up in next visits. We provided a short training in Pirani scoringCat's Cradle

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Cat's Cradle Who is Kurt Vonnegut? THE END! What's Cat's Cradle is about?! Themes in the Book! "When I shuffled out, somewhat relieved, I was met by Dr. Schlichter von Koenigswald, who was bounding from "Papa's" bedroom. He had a wild look, and he took me by the arms and he cried, "What is it? What was it he had hanging around his neck?" "I beg your pardon?" "He took it! What ever was in that cylinder, 'Papa' took--and now he's dead." (Vonnegut, 50) Passage : ANY QUESTIONS? Kurt Vonnegut is an American author whose main focus is on out spoken political opinions. He expresses himself through satiric social commentary and black comedy. Vonnegut was born in 1922, he majored in bio-chemistry in


New York's Cornell University but ended up dropping out since he did poorly in his studies. He joined the US army in 1942 after and served 2 years until 1944. Vonnegut's horrific WW2 experiences were all translated into his books, like Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse five. His work usually expresses the idea of dehumanization by technology like the book Cat's Cradle. It What is Cat's Cradle REALLY about? That's what he looks like!! That's the book! Cat's Cradle is the novel written by Vonnegut in 1963. The main character "Jonah" proceeds to write about the atomic bomb dropping on Japan in WW2. He looks for information about the Hoenikkers (the family involved with the production of the atomic bomb) and realizes that an invention called the ice -9 had been invented by Felix Hoenikker -father of the atomic bomb-. Ice - 9 had atrocious properties that would freeze any liquid instantly. He continues on his quest to find information about it, but during this he stumbles upon the truth about people and the destructive power mankind has. The book explores issues of science, technology, and religion. Vonnegut pokes fun at these issues through his characters. Jonah travels to San Lorenzo and most of the book's destruction happens there. The ice - 9 was abused by "Papa" Monzano and was exposed causing the whole world to FREEZE! Cat's Cradle focuses on many themes that revolve around how humanity is potentially destructive and brings the world to an end. The Cat's Cradle itself is a theme in


was born on March 14th 1879. He was a German-born scientist, who developed the theory of relativity and quantum physics theory.He is considered the father of physics. But did you know Einstein also played a critical role in the development of the atomic bomb? During the Manhattan Project, Einstein feared that Germany would win the arms race and that Hitler would be willing to resort to using atomic weapons. Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt warning him of the possibility and urged Roosevelt to make the atomic bomb. As a result it was the first successfully made atomic bomb in WW2. Einstein regrets writing the letter however. "Science without religion is lame, Religion without science is blind." ~Albert Einstein. 1. When Einstein said this, hestanding silently and obediently.

As previously reported, Russian President Vladimir Putin got embarrassed in front of the cameras

This time Vladimir Putin has embarrassed himself on the ice.

As reported, the President of the Russian Federation participated in another gala match Night hockey League, and his team beat rivals with a score of 14:7.

He managed to score 8 goals, but the entire hockey game looked pathetic, because the opponents are on the ice was clearly succumbed to the Putin’s team.

But the most curious moment happened after the gala match Night hockey League. Vladimir Putin decided to welcome the rostrum circle of honor and not noticed lying on the carpet. As a result, the Russian President in front of hundreds of cameras tripped and fell face down.

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The final text of the bill, which ran nearly 500 pages, had been released just a few hours before the vote, and included pages that were crammed with handwritten notes at the margins, and portions of legislative text crossed out in pen. Last-minute deals were struck with several GOP senators throughout the day, and those changes as well as others had been hastily added into the bill.

What did McConnell think of some of the process concerns that Democrats had raised in objection to the bill? McConnell's response was to dismiss the worriers as losers:


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Housing starts in March rose less than expected and much less than expected given the supposed demand pent up from the bad weather in January and February.

After rising last week slightly to break a streak of four weeks of straight declines, mortgage applications dropped 3.3%, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending April 18.

The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, decreased 3.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index decreased 3% compared with the previous week.

The Refinance Index decreased 4% from the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index decreased 3% from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index decreased 2% compared with the previous week and wasA Swiss court on Friday slapped a 20-month suspended sentence on an official of a prominent Islamic group for alleged production and distribution of propaganda but acquitted its leader.The three Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS) suspects included the group's head Nicolas Blancho and spokesman Qaasim Illi, who were both acquitted.But German national Naim Cherni, the head of the council's "culture production department", was sentenced. He had travelled to Syria in 2015 and made films there with a known militant.Abdallah Al-Muhaysini of the militant umbrella organisation Jaysh al-Fath ("Army of Conquest").The films, which prosecutors say amounted to propaganda, were "promoted via social media and at a public event" by Blancho, Illi and Cherni, they had said.Blancho, who converted to Islam at age 16, has in the past denied


Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky dies at 87 Published duration 16 June 2018

image caption Rozhdestvensky conducted many of the world's leading orchestras

Prominent Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky has died aged 87.

Born in Moscow into a well-known musical family, Rozhdestvensky made his debut by conducting a Tchaikovsky ballet at the Bolshoi, aged just 20.

He made his name by popularising music by composers who were all but banned by the Communist authorities in the USSR, including Poulenc and Hindemith.

The cause of death was not immediately known, but local media reports say he had heart problems.

In 1971, Rozhdestvensky brought his Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra to London to the BBC Proms.

He conducted the Soviet premiere in 1974 of the hitherto banned opera The Nose by Shostakovich.

In the late 1970s, he served three years as theprincipal conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

He did not believe in over-rehearsing, according to Gramophone magazine.

"The point of rehearsal is to put together the concert ... not to give the concert," it quoted him as saying.

Also a pianist and composer, Rozhdestvensky took charge of many of the world's leading orchestras in his long career, including the BBC Symphony Orchestra for three years in the 1970s.


Street in Red Bank — to do additional sampling after the dogs' work is done.

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A rescue dog, Sable was in terrible shape when he was originally taken in by a shelter, but he had the sort of single-minded focus that Scott Reynolds said he was looking for when he was looking for a "pilot dog" to train for this skill.

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A review of known devices reveals that there remains a need for a valve guide insert which can beAyreshire Fiddle Orchestra Farewell Performance (June 22nd)

June 29, 2019

On 22nd June, Consul General attended a farewell concert for the Ayreshire Fiddle Orchestra.

The Orchestra composed of around sixty local boys and girls will embark on their Japan tour at the end of the month, and will play several concerts across Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto and Hiroshima.
The Orchestra performed a number of traditional Scottish and Japanese songs, with ‘peace’ being an overarching theme for the concert.

Following an address from the Consul General, scarfs designed by Mr Victor Spence made from ‘World Peace Tartan’ were presented to the Consul General, South Ayreshire Provost Helen Moonie, local MP Mr Bill Grant, and Tour Leaders Mr Ewan Terras and Mrs Kathleen Terras. Earlier in January of this year, Prime Minister May was photographed wearing


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Take a ride on the Verde Canyon Railroad, Arizona’s longest-runningnature show. The railroad meanders through the inner sanctum of Arizona’s other “grand canyon,” where each season creates a new reason to ride. Splendid vistas and centuries-old Indian ruins are around the bend as the train pulls away from remnants of a mining era which helped establish neighboring communities. Make sure to spend some time out in their open air cars and witness the abundant wildlife in the area including the American Bald Eagle. Travelers catch the train at the depot near Clarkdale, which is about 40 minutes southwest of the home. For more information, visit Verde Canyon Railroad for tickets and pricing.

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you visiting Sedona during the hot summer months, a few hours at Slide Rock State Park is a must. Housed on land that formerly grew apple trees, the park earned its name from the stretch of its slippery creek bed near the original homestead that now acts as a natural waterslide. Visitors can cruise down the creek on a tube or on their own, or simply enjoy the sun along the rock bed. Beyond the natural waterslide, the park is home to numerous natural swimming pools. The farm’s old homestead is also open to exploration. Visitors often spend the entire day at the park soaking up the sun and swimming in the water. If you are feeling brave, you can even go cliff jumping.

Slide Rock State Park isBombay HC slaps Rs 50,000 fine on minor for driving without license

The Bombay High Court, on 20 August, has imposed a fine of Rs. 50,000 on the father of a minor boy, who drove his family car without having a licence and met with an accident in the city last year injuring his minor friend sitting in the passenger seat.

After the accident on 14 November 2015, the injured boy was hospitalised and a case of negligent driving was filed in Versova Police Station against the boy who was driving the car which had crashed against a road divider in Lokhandwala area of suburban Andheri Versova.

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Indonesia now has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in all of Southeast Asia, according to numbers released by the government on Friday.

The Health Ministry in Jakarta reports 5,923 positive cases — following the country's largest daily jump of more than 400 new infections since Thursday. COVID-19 has killed 520 people in Indonesia. In the region, only China, where the novel coronavirus originated, has a higher death toll.

"Transmission is still occurring. This has become a national disaster," Health Ministry official Achmad Yurianto said on Friday, Reuters reports.

He also said testing has increased up to threefold in two weeks.

Indonesia's government has faced criticism for not testing


earlier and for not swiftly implementing strict social distancing and travel restrictions.

Indonesia, which is the world's fourth most populous country, did not confirm its first cases until March 2. Since then, cases have grown exponentially and on a daily basis, spreading to all 34 provinces across an archipelago of some 17,000 islands. Still, the first lockdown orders weren't issued until over a month later, and the restrictions only applied to the Jakarta capital region and its population of some 30 million.

This week, President Joko Widodo expanded the restrictions to some other parts of the country. He also advised the public to stay home during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which starts later in April. It's a big ask of the world's most populous Muslim country, as estimated19.5 million people traveled for the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan last year, according to Bloomberg News.

Experts modeling COVID-19 projections for Indonesia say the outlook is grim.

"It could be [another Italy] if the government intervention continues to be in the category of light to moderate and not high-scale intervention," Iwan Ariawan, a biostatistician at University of Indonesia, told the South China Morning Post. The university predicts cases could soar to more than 1.5 million across the country, with more than 140,000 deaths.

Indonesia's latest case numbers mean the country has surpassed its neighbor the Philippines, which previously had the most known cases in Southeast Asia. The Philippines now has the second-highest confirmed cases in the region at 5,878, and Malaysia and Singapore are close behind, both


WASHINGTON - Below is a statement from Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works, in response to Conor Lamb's victory in the PA-18 special election tonight:

"Tonight's results demonstrate that when Democrats run on protecting and expanding Social Security and Medicare, they win. Lamb's victory is a repudiation of Donald Trump and Paul Ryan's plans to gut the American people's earned benefits.

Democrats in races across the country should follow Lamb's example and make Social Security, Medicare, and lowering prescription drug prices a centerpiece of their campaigns. Voters will reward them in November."face at home and abroad. We need a leader who will bring out the best in all Americans, not the worst.

That’s why there is only one choice when we elect a president in November: Hillary Clinton.

Enquirer editor: Why we're endorsing for president

Clinton is a known commodity with a proven track record of governing. As senator of New York, she earned respect in Congress by working across the aisle and crafting bills with conservative lawmakers. She helped 9/11 first responders get the care they needed after suffering health effects from their time at Ground Zero, and helped expand health care and family leave for military families. Clinton has spent more than 40 years fighting for women's and children's rights. As first lady, she unsuccessfully fought for universal health care


should fear from a Trump presidency. Clinton has been criticized as being hawkish but has shown a measured approach to the world's problems. Do we really want someone in charge of our military and nuclear codes who has an impulse control problem? The fact that so many top military and national security officials are not supporting Trump speaks volumes.

Clinton, meanwhile, was a competent secretary of state, with far stronger diplomatic skills than she gets credit for. Yes, mistakes were made in Benghazi, and it was tragic that four Americans lost their lives in the 2012 terror attacks on the U.S. consulate there. But the incident was never the diabolical conspiracy that Republicans wanted us to believe, and Clinton was absolved of blame after lengthy investigations. As the nation'sby self-interest. His narcissistic bid for the presidency is more about making himself great than America. Trump tears our country and many of its people down with his words so that he can build himself up. What else are we left to believe about a man who tells the American public that he alone can fix what ails us?

While Clinton has been relentlessly challenged about her honesty, Trump was the primary propagator of arguably the biggest lie of the past eight years: that Obama wasn't born in the United States. Trump has played fast and loose with the support of white supremacist groups. He has praised some of our country's most dangerous enemies – see Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Saddam Hussein – while insulting a sitting


solutions, not paper-thin promises. A clear eye toward the future, not a cynical appeal to the good old days.

Hillary Clinton has her faults, certainly, but she has spent a lifetime working to improve the lives of Americans both inside and outside of Washington. It's time to elect the first female U.S. president – not because she's a woman, but because she's hands-down the most qualified choice.President Donald Trump is expected to pick Tomas Philipson tp replace Kevin Hassett as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo white house Trump expected to tap Tomas Philipson as chief economist

President Donald Trump is expected to name Tomas Philipson, a former University of Chicago economist and specialist in health care policy, as his next chief economist in the coming days, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Philipson, who already serves as one of the three members of the Council of Economic Advisers, would replace Kevin Hassett as chairman of that council.

He will need to be confirmed by the Senate.

Philipson would take over the CEA at a critical time for the economy: Trump is threatening to raise tariffs on Mexico and wrangling with


China in ongoing negotiations, tensions that could threaten the near-record-long economic expansion.

Philipson, born in Sweden, has a PhD from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Trump announced last weekend that Hassett would be leaving, in a tweet calling him a “true friend.”

Hassett was a strong proponent of the president’s tax cuts, but has also had a career of extolling the virtues of free trade and immigration.

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