The Iraqi Interior Ministry on Wednesday (August 14th) announced it has completed a major security plan geared towards protecting the public during Eid al-Fitr.
A total of "670,000 members of the army, police, military and national intelligence agencies and Iraqi national security directorate will participate in the new plan," said ministry spokesperson Maj. Gen. Adel Dahham.
"The government set up a higher joint security committee -- made up of the defence and interior ministries, the national intelligence service and the national security agency -- to carry out the plan, which will go into effect beginning next Saturday and last a whole week," he said.
The plan will be implemented in all Iraqi cities and will be characterised by a high level of flexibility -- it can be updated or amended at any time, he said.
According to Dahham, the plan includes placing security forces on a state of alert, suspending leave for the army and police, and conducting pre-emptive raids targeting al-Qaeda strongholds and hideouts to thwart any terrorist plot.
In addition to the 670,000 participating security personnel, there will be intelligence and engineering units ready to defuse any explosives that may be uncovered, he said.
Dahham said the plan includes securing parks, gardens, public places and streets in coordination with the General Directorate of Traffic, the Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works, as well as provincial councils.
"The plan this year includes using 4,300 surveillance cameras, which were recently installed in touristic areas, parks and parking lots, as well as other aspects that will not be announced for security reasons," he said.
Maj. Gen. Mohammad al-Askari, spokesman for the defence ministry, said security forces made early preparations this year "to avert last year's mistakes and to identify weak points in this year's plans".
According to al-Askari, the army arrested nine individuals last week who confessed there was a plan to carry out strikes in parks and markets during the Eid.
Security forces also obtained important information that will help in foiling any attack al-Qaeda might launch, he said.
"We are counting on the security forces to abort the terrorists' sick schemes," Hassan al-Sunaid, chairman of parliament's defence and security committee, said.
"The task will not be easy because it is expected that millions of Iraqis will be going out on the first day of Eid, so the security forces need more effort and co-operation from the public," he added.


Syriza didn't need to call a referendum on Greece's bailout because consensus already exists, former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said.» Read More
Resolving the Greek debt mess is about more than the financial crisis and fiscal responsibility, say experts. It's also about keeping Europe together.
Stock futures, already in positive territory on an apparent deal to rescue Greece, added to gains on good news from the labor market.
The European Union is wrestling with complex political considerations as much as economic ones that are likely to play a pivotal role in the timing and shape of any aid package to resolve the Greek debt crisis, experts say.
Much as I am sick of bailout nation, and bailout global nation, the European rescue of Greece was probably necessary to stop a total euro currency meltdown that might have triggered a worldwide debt deflation downward spiral.
There is little certainty in Brussels about what will be delivered to help Greece, or if a move would have any legal basis.
As financial markets panic about the risks to the euro from laxer governments in southern Europe, the northern Baltic states are already in tight fiscal bandages as they experience Europe's most severe recession.
Plus, find out an even more powerful driver behind the markets these days.
I’m trying hard to remain optimistic about economic recovery here in America — and for that matter, around the world.
Financial markets are betting heavily that Greece's crushing debt could drag down the entire eurozone, and that could force reluctant EU leaders into an embarrassing bailout.
Apparently, the Greek government has called in the big hitters to help them with their fiscal dilemma.
The rise in Greek yields is a clear warning markets are in the mood to 'punish any country that takes creditors for granted. '
Countries like Greece are being "attacked by financial markets" and the European Union should intervene in the stock market to "teach speculators a lesson," according to Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
The proposed new banking rules here in the U.S. caught many international bankers off guard and were one of the most prominent topics of discussion at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos.
Amid fears that go-it-alone moves such as President Barack Obama's plan to break up big banks will further hamper the fledging economic recovery, finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven major industrial countries meet.
Global shares slid to three-month lows Friday, but the US market recovered in late trading, while the dollar and Treasurys rose.
Anybody attempting to make a sub-standard Neapolitan pizza better watch their backs from now on as this pizza has friends in very high places.
Why would you ever want to be President? Everyone who comes to the job does so with some vision and dream and quickly has to learn how to dance the dance if anything is to be done. It's harder now than ever with the accumulated debt we have built up.
The growing sovereign debt problems in Europe will continue to keep markets under pressure, Bill Gross, co-CIO and founder of Pimco, told CNBC Thursday.
Catch me if you've heard this one before. A global crisis emerges from some obscure country, and the VIX surges by some mind-boggling amount.
Case in point, it seems the IMF is the only body that may have the legal capability to assist these countries in their time of need. This reminds me of something, what is it?


A market in Nuevo, an unincorporated community east of Perris, sold a couple a scratch-off lottery ticket that came up a quarter-million-dollar winner.
Gretchen Dietrich, whose age and hometown were not provided by state lottery officials, and her husband, who was not named, were on their way to visit friends in Hemet when they stopped at the Nuevo Market in the 29600 block of Nuevo Road and bought the California Lottery Black scratcher, lottery officials said in a news release.
Dietrich said she picked that particular ticket to play because a friend had recently won $200 on the game.
The couple discovered their $250,000 win, the top prize in that particular scratch-off ticket series, as they were walking through the store’s parking lot.
“I couldn’t believe it,” Dietrich said. “I was in shock. He was in shock, too.”
The couple will take home approximately three-quarters of the face value of the ticket after federal taxes are taken out, between $185,000 and $190,000.
What’s she going to do with her windfall? Dietrich said it will be put away for her children. “Trying to make sure they go to … college,” she said.
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Up to £75m of public money should be spent on a new, high-quality Scottish TV channel, it has been recommended.
The Scottish Broadcasting Commission said the not-for-profit digital operation would fill a "missing piece of the public service jigsaw".
The commission, set up by the Scottish Government, also called on the BBC to review its commissioning policy for Scottish programmes.
And it said some broadcasting powers should also be devolved to Scotland.
These would include requiring broadcasters to report to the Scottish Parliament.
However, the commission's final report stated that legislative powers for broadcasting should remain with the UK Government.
The commission, chaired by former BBC news boss Blair Jenkins, made a total of 22 recommendations.
Welcoming the findings, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said: "The report is a major challenge to the Westminster Government and the broadcasters themselves to step up to the plate - there can no longer be no possible excuse for inaction."
The report said the digital switchover, due for completion in Scotland by 2011, should provide the vehicle for a Scottish channel featuring "high-quality information and entertainment, including news and current affairs covering Scottish and international issues, and innovative and ambitious content".
The annual budget could be between £50m and £75m, although the commission did not say where the cash should come from.
The case for such a channel and a related online presence had "strengthened considerably", said the commission in its findings.
It added: "After more than 50 years of opt-out television services, with schedulers struggling on both BBC and ITV to find decent peak-time slots for Scottish programmes, it is right to have a network based in Scotland serving audiences in Scotland."
The channel, the commission said, would also provide a crucial competitor for the BBC, which suffered from a "perceived lack of ambition" in Scottish productions, according to evidence collected by the body.
The BBC Trust should also ensure better news coverage of the devolved nations, and the commission also called for a review of BBC Radio Scotland - currently the only Scotland-wide broadcasting service - amid criticism that it lacked ambition and space for new ideas.
The commission said the BBC should maintain a steady 8.6% of network commissions from Scotland, with the same target for Channel 4, and consider moving BBC One, Two, Three or Four to Scotland.
Political and media reaction to the report
BBC Scotland controller Ken McQuarrie welcomed the digital channel proposal, adding: "I would welcome an investment for audiences in Scotland.
"We want to hear more about exactly is intended and, also, how it will be funded."
The commission also expressed concern over whether ITV, which has been pursuing a more commercial agenda, would remain within the public service broadcasting framework, but recommended that STV be required to continue to produce news and current affairs for Scottish viewers.
Scotland Office Minister David Cairns backed the report's "underlying principle" that Scottish broadcasting should remain an integral part of UK broadcasting.
Scottish political parties broadly welcomed the report, although the Liberal Democrats warned that any new channel would have to be properly resourced, while the Tories said it should be paid for party out of private funding.
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CINCINNATI (AP) - Federated Department Stores Inc. said on Tuesday it is planning to cut up to 6,200 jobs beginning in 2006 and will drop the landmark Marshall Field's name next fall from 62 stores it acquired this year as part of its takeover of May Department Stores Co.
Federated said it plans to sell the Philadelphia-based bridal group division it acquired from May and is studying what to do with its Lord & Taylor division. The Marshall Field's stores will be switched to the Macy's nameplate.
The job cuts will include 1,700 in St. Louis at May's corporate offices and about 4,500 as Federated phases out May's divisional operations in Boston, Houston, Arlington, Va., and Los Angeles. The cuts will start in March.
Federated had pledged not to cut any jobs before March 1 as part of its acquisition of its rival.
The job cuts are the first announced since Federated completed its $11.9 billion purchase of May in August, creating a combined retailing powerhouse better able to compete against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and upscale merchants. The merger combined more than 1,000 stores with $30 billion in annual sales.
The retailer said previously that it was eliminating 10 May nameplates and that it was studying whether to keep the name of Marshall Field's, a Chicago landmark. "We have great respect for the legacy and traditions of Marshall Field's, and we carefully researched customer preferences and studied alternatives before making this decision to incorporate Marshall Field's into the nationwide Macy's brand," Federated Chief Executive Terry Lundgren said in a statement.
Marshall Field's has stores in eight states in the Midwest.
The cuts and name changes are intended to build the nationwide Macy's and Bloomingdale's brands while reducing costs by $175 million in 2006 and $450 million in 2007 and beyond, Federated said.
The cuts in St. Louis will come as Federated phases out May's division headquarters and the May Merchandising Corp.
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SEVEN CANDIDATES VIE FOR A SPOT ON PALMETTO STATE’S TOP COURT …
Prepare to be shocked, but the “Republican-controlled” S.C. General Assembly is poised to elect yet another Democrat to the S.C. Supreme Court in 2017.
Having previously voted to put former Democratic lawmaker Donald Beatty and liberal circuit court judge Kaye Hearn on the bench, “Republican” lawmakers are now eyeing a pair of left-leaning plaintiffs’ attorneys to fill the seat being vacated by chief justice Costa Pleicones.
As trial lawyers from across the Palmetto State prepare to gather on Hilton Head Island for the annual S.C. Association for Justice (SCAJ) conference, sources familiar with the upcoming race tell us Columbia, S.C. attorneys John Nichols and Matthew Richardson are the early frontrunners – although Ralph King “Tripp” Anderson, the chief judge of South Carolina’s administrative law court, is also in the mix.
Anderson ran for the bench earlier this year – losing out to John Few. Many lawmakers believe that gives him the inside track to win this year’s race, although it remains to be seen what deals will be cut in this infinitely corrupt process.
King’s most recent candidacy for the Supreme Court was backed by S.C. Senate president Hugh Leatherman – and his decision to bail on the race marked a rare defeat for the powerful legislative leader.
Both Nichols and Richardson have deep political connections – most of them rooted in the far left flank of the state’s increasingly leftward-leaning ideological spectrum.
Nichols was recently brought in by the S.C. House ethics committee to oversee its “investigations” against sitting lawmakers. Richardson? He ran for attorney general against eventual winner Alan Wilson in 2010 – although at this point a lot of people probably wish they had that vote to do over.
Numerous other candidates have filed for the office – including S.C. circuit court judges Keith Kelly, Diane Goodstein, George C. James and Carmen Mullen.
Of those four candidates, Kelly and Goodstein both have extensive legislative connections. Kelly was a liberal “Republican” lawmaker from 2006-10, while Goodstein’s husband – Arnold S. Goodstein – was a member of the General Assembly as well as a former S.C. Department of Transportation (SCDOT) commissioner.
Lawmakers tell us Kelly could up drawing some support from the liberal wing of the GOP. Goodstein’s bid is not expected to pick up much traction at all.
Screening for the seven candidates is scheduled to begin in November – and approved candidates will be voted on by lawmakers in April.
As we’ve repeatedly documented, the screening and election of judges by the S.C. General Assembly is nothing but political horse trading. It’s been that way for years.
“Merit” plays no role whatsoever in who becomes a judge – or the decisions they make once they are appointed. Like most things in this perpetually backward state, it’s all “who you know.”
This website has consistently argued for a more direct line of accountability. Specifically, we’ve recommended that lawmakers cede control of all judicial appointments to the executive branch – with the S.C. Senate providing advice and consent on those appointments (i.e. the federal model).
We’re also open to judges being elected directly.
One way or the other, the current system must be changed as it reeks of dirty dealing and self-interest by powerful legislative leaders and lawyer-legislators who turn around and try cases in front of the judges they appoint.


Just like other countries in the European Union, Belgium faces significant challenges to ensure genuine equal opportunities. This comes in the light of a European comparative education study published on Monday by the European Commission.
The European institution stresses that, “Belgium now faces major challenges regarding equal opportunities for pupils.
Pupils’ performance is directly linked to their socio-economic background, particularly amongst young immigrants.”
The institution goes on, “This is all the more serious given that we are anticipating a high growth in this group of vulnerable youngsters (in the future).”
The report, in particular, stresses that Belgian schools have the most disadvantaged children, especially schools which, so often, lack experienced teachers or headmasters.
However, the study does show that the number of youngsters leaving school early is decreasing in Belgium.
From 12% in 2012, their percentage has thus gone from 10.1% in 2015, or less than the European average (11%) but is still above the 2020 target level of 9.5%.
Children born abroad are twice as likely (18.2%) than others (9%) to leave school prematurely, the European institution’s report further reveals.


With these higher unemployment numbers and the fear amongst those in the banking industry, more and more restrictions were placed upon the opportunity to guarantee new credit to consumers, while the already issued credit lines were at risk of being defaulted on.
As a way to intervene in the matter, the federal government would seek to purchase existing debt from major banks, in the hopes of creating more room for new growth. Like anything else the government seeks to do, their plan for the banking industry would have its supporters, along with its vocal naysayers. With a considerable amount at stake going into the Presidential election of 2008, it would become important for both candidates to respond in their own ways, to the legislation that was being proposed by their fellow elected representatives and such legislation, that would be signed into law by the very man that each candidate was hoping to replace come November 2008.
At the beginning of debate towards the end of the third quarter in 2008, the initial proposers of such action, would be then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and current Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. This action would see support from both men, the White House, along with both Presidential candidates and the Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill. Considerable opposition to the plan itself, would come from many Republicans, who felt it would be too much government control. In this case, “The first proposal for a sweeping bailout of financial institutions came at the height of the panic in mid-September, 2008. Mr. Paulson, with the backing of Mr. Bernanke, asked Congress for $700 billion to use to buy up mortgage-backed securities whose value had dropped sharply or had become impossible to sell, in what he called the Trouble Asset Relief Program, or TARP. As originally outlined, the


Liverpool can confirm Corey Whelan has joined Yeovil Town on loan for the remainder of the 2017-18 season.
The Reds U23s captain will spend the rest of the current campaign with the League Two club after finalising the deal today.
Whelan, a Republic of Ireland U21 international, signed a new contract with Liverpool in December shortly after celebrating his 20th birthday.
He initially joined the club at U10 level from Crewe Alexandra and has progressed through the Academy ranks.
Whelan was handed the U23s armband by manager Neil Critchley at the beginning of the current season.


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Five people have been killed by two drone strikes in Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, the country’s interior ministry says.
A ministry statement released on Friday said that the men were al-Qaeda suspects, and that they were killed on Thursday.
The statement did not [say] whether the drones were launched by Yemen or the United States.
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Poor worker facing a £310,000 bill after crashing into three Ferraris in Taiwan when he fell asleep at the wheel is stunned when strangers offer to help pay
- A young man running an errand for his sick mother hit three Ferraris in Taiwan
- Lin Chin-hsiang, 20, dropped out of college to help his mother pay the bills
- Mr Lin got back from a night-shift when she said she was unwell so went back out
- In the early hours of Sunday he fell asleep at the wheel and had a costly crash
A poor young driver who fell asleep at the wheel and woke up to £310,000 worth of carnage has received an outpouring of public sympathy in Taiwan.
Lin Chin-hsiang, 20, who dropped out of college to work for his family, was driving home after a night-shift in the early hours of the morning on Sunday when he fell asleep at the wheel.
Mr Lin, whose father died five years ago, works at a local barbecue restaurant to help his mother, who owns a gold paper shop in New Taipei City which sells incense and worship trinkets.
The aftermath shows Mr Lin's Mitsiubushi SUV and the rear bumper of a silver Ferrari which has left burned tyre marks across the road
A close up of the side of the yellow Ferrari shows how deep the gashes to its bodywork run
The force with which Mr Lin's car hit the stationary Ferraris is evident from the severe crumple damage, with the contact appearing to have originated on the front right of his SUV as he veered off the road
When he arrived home after 3am he discovered his mother was feeling unwell so he got back into his Mitsubishi SUV and went to drop off an order for her at a temple, according to the BBC.
It was at around 5am when he fell asleep and smashed into three Ferraris parked on the roadside.
There were a group of four luxury sport cars parked up in preparation for an early morning drive which Mr Lin unfortunately happened upon.
A close up of the rear of the blue Ferrari shows the damage to its bumper and left rear light; shipping Ferrari parts is expensive and to Taiwan it is undoubtedly extortionate
Although there has been an outpouring of public sympathy, one of the driver's said he needed to get his car repaired and someone would have to cover the costs
An image taken by a driver sat behind the haulage vehicle with the three sports cars stacked up on their way for repairs
A bright yellow Ferrari which has a horrific gash to its left door and its wing mirror has been ripped off from the crash
The crash has made headlines across Taiwan as members of the public have pleaded for the drivers to forgive Mr Lin and relent from seeking compensation.
Mr Lin told the BBC: 'I'm really grateful to everyone who has offered to help and who has come here to encourage me.
'Some people even drove up from central Taiwan and asked me where they can donate money.'
The rear of the blue Ferrari has suffered significant denting and bits of its bumper litter the road after the collision
The group of Ferraris were sent across the road after the 20-year-old's SUV clattered into them; his insurance policy will not be able to cover the costs
The cars were literally forced bumper-to-bumper after the 20-year-old steamed into the back of their cars in the early hours of Sunday; the red car at the front of the train faced the lightest damage
Mr Lin originally attended Southeast University of Science and Technology before he had to drop out to assist his mother, the Epoch Times reported.
The BBC said that one of the drivers told reporters he felt bad for Mr Lin but also needed the damage to his luxury car paid for.
Many called up the police station to offer donations to the young man, while one kindly stranger named only as Chen personally visited the gold paper shop to donate more than £5,000 Mr Lin, the Epoch Times said.


Earlier today our newsroom was sent a video of police officers man handling a man, Benedict Lopez who was at the Belize Marine Terminal. In the video Lopez was seen arguing with the officers about him not wearing a mask. Lopez appeared as resisting arrest as three officers tried to restrain him. Love News spoke with the Lopez’s stepson, Kirklynn Usher who believes that the police officers used excessive force on his father.
Kirkling Usher, Stepson: “They told me that he had pulled down his mask to say something to a lady that was sitting six feet away because she couldn’t hear what he was saying and the police officers approached him and I sent a video that has the first part of that with all that happening and he put back his mask up as you can see in the video he told the officers “My mask is on. I was just saying something to the lady and then I pulled my mask down.” I mean it wasn’t even completely off it was just pulled down and then placed back up. And then in the second portion of the video you’ll see where he told the officers “Okay I’ll go with you.” and he started walking with them but they started haul and pulling him and then one of them grabbed him and slammed him on the ground and from there the altercation started. I think too often we see where there’s these kinds of force being used where it’s highly unnecessary. I mean I expect a police officer to use force if they feel like their life is being threatened, if somebody is literally hitting them or stuff like that but if somebody says “I will go with you.” that is clear indication this person is complying with you, you don’t need to start pulling them and so forth if the individual says “I will go with you.” and also this is a senior citizen in society so to see them treat somebody like that it’s completely unnecessary and there definitely needs to be some attention being brought to it because it’s just gonna keep happening over and over.”
Usher also explained that his father will be charged for not wearing a mask and resisting arrest.
Kirkling Usher, Stepson: “Currently he is at the police station, one of the precincts there in Belize City. Someone did go over there to set bail for him and so forth and they told him over an hour ago they said that he was going to be able to come out and make bail in about one hour they were just processing him- well they came out later on and said that he has to stay in until tomorrow. Well tomorrow is a holiday so you nothing can’t be done until Friday so I mean it’s just little things like these that just shows -I’m trying to refrain from using a negative word but there’s not enough organization and stuff like that and you don’t just put somebody in jail and then say okay we’ll let you out whenever we can that’s not exactly how that works and so if they said he was supposed to make bail in an hour then within an hour time if we had somebody there to sign him out and the person was there then they should have released him at the time. They did say they were going to charge him for not wearing a mask and then resisting arrest which I mean the mask was clearly right at the bottom of his face and in the first video he had his mask on so it’s not one of those instances where somebody was walking without a mask and if you watch the video closely you’ll see during the altercation one of the police officers he was not wearing a mask but it’s not about casting out stones to who is this or who is that I just believe three police officers excessively slamming him on the ground and kicking him is just unnecessary and we’ve seen it too much in Belize and I feel this is not one that we’re just gonna let go just completely unanswered.”
Usher is appealing to the Police Department to look into the matter and address the police’s approach.


While there are more questions than answers about selling LUS, one thing we know for sure is that it’s a perfect example of the unfairness baked into the structure of Lafayette’s consolidated government.
Much of the City-Parish Council, already disillusioned that it was left in the dark during negotiations, appears unified in opposition to LUS’s electrical division changing hands.
Robideaux administration considering sale of LUS’s electric division Mayor in ongoing discussions with private equity firm to purchase or manage the division
Talks between the Robideaux administration and Bernhard Capital Partners over the potential purchase of Lafayette Utilities System have been ongoing since at least the beginning of the year.
▸ Yes, redistricting is ugly: And no, this doesn’t really look like gerrymandering. Something to keep in mind is that Lafayette is roughly 64 percent white and 31 percent black. By ratio, that would legally entitle black voters to 1.55 seats on the council. The last minute revision would provide, ostensibly, two black councilmen on the city council and one on the parish council. Downtown would also move to Kenneth Boudreaux’s district in that proposal. It would thus be hard for Lewis to oppose that revision on the grounds that it disenfranchises black voters. But there is another ugly truth at play here: Redistricting takes into account the interests of the politicians themselves. Lines are drawn to accommodate the ambitions and desired constituencies of the sitting council members. That’s as much true for Pat Lewis’ district as it is for anyone else’s. It’s not pretty. It’s politics.
Lafayette needs less uncertainty from local government not more. But that’s not the direction we’re going.
The gist: It’s now clear that Mark Knight is the big fish prosecutors want in the Knight Oil Tools racketeering case. As our May reporting indicated was likely to happen, court records now reveal that former Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Kinch pleaded guilty in late June to one count of public bribery and one count of corrupt influencing in […]
Conventional wisdom holds that the justification for the measure — equal representation for city of Lafayette residents — is obvious enough to make the six votes at final vote on July 24 necessary to put it before voters on Dec. 8 an easy win. But the effort is hardly a lock. The proposed ordinance also includes changes to the zoning commission and to procedures for civil service board nominations and, fittingly, amending the charter.
▸ Where there was one, there would be two. The nine-member consolidated council would split into two new bodies handling the city’s and parish’s respective legislative business. Each council would have five members, growing total area representation by one seat. Otherwise, “consolidated” government remains more or less the same. The city and parish will continue to share public services. The mayor-president would remain an at-large position with parish-wide authority. This is not, by any stretch, deconsolidation. The logic of the move is to create more equal representation for the city of Lafayette and clear up budgetary processes. Councilman Jay Castille, largely viewed as a parish councilman, says the amendment would free up parish-oriented councilmen to focus on that side of the consolidated ledger and bring to fore the parish’s financial trouble, which is arguably papered over by the city’s largesse.
“It’s a brand new game” for sitting council members, says Councilman Bruce Conque, one of the amendment’s architects. Creating two new councils would effectively reset term limits for the council members currently serving. That’s a thread of criticism already picked up by Lafayette Citizens Against Taxes. A potential opposition would be that this entire plan is a scheme cooked up to entrench incumbent politicos. The amendment also updates the charter minimum pay (originally $18,000) for the council members’ salaries to the current council pay of $30,356 a year.
“It’s changed significantly, I can tell you that,” says Councilman Pat Lewis of his district, which is altered heavily as proposed. Lewis declined to comment further until council discussion on Tuesday, telling me he had only seen the updated maps today. The maps are not yet finalized, but as it stands, Lewis would lose center city neighborhoods and would run his next campaign in a racially split council district. He currently represents one of two majority-black districts on the consolidated council. How the district maps are drawn could be the hill the effort dies on.
▸ What to watch for: Who’s for it and who’s against it. That’s obvious, I know. But the latter half of that equation has yet to be settled. Councilman William Theriot has stated emphatically that he’ll oppose the move. He says it doesn’t fix the underlying parish budget problems. He’s floated the concept of divvying up the unincorporated parts of the parish and assigning them to each municipality. The council vote count favors passage of the amendment but isn’t yet a lock. But even if it passes the council — final vote would occur on July 24 — the amendment would require a general election. Kevin Blanchard, a proponent of deconsolidation, plans to organize a campaign supportive of the amendment. Still, stark battle lines have not yet been drawn.
▸ A wild card: This election season is going to be nuts. Between a potentially electric congressional race and several tax propositions, your mailbox is gonna get positively stuffed. How that impacts this charter amendment vote is a big unknown. The idea doesn’t fall neatly along ideological lines. Those dynamics are difficult to predict.
District 1 contorts Pat Lewis’ current district to crawl along the northwestern boundary of city limits. It’s a near even split between black (46 percent) and white (49 percent) voters. Lewis would no longer represent Downtown or UL’s campus. Lewis currently represents a district that’s 63 percent black.
District 2 adjusts Bruce Conque’s district to include Downtown but removes the Broadmoor area.
District 3tracks the city portions of Liz Hebert’s district with few adjustments. She would pick up UL’s campus from Lewis’ district and continue to represent River Ranch and the area around the Acadiana Mall.
District 4 is composed mostly of Nanette Cook’s district in the city’s southeast. Cook’s current consolidated district is a 61/39 split between city and parish constituents. As drawn, the district has an archipelago of unincorporated islands stretching out toward Broussard and Youngsville.
District 5, based on Kenneth Boudreaux’s district, is the city’s only majority-minority district — 71 percent of the population is African American. Boudreaux would pick up blocks of Freetown near Downtown currently repped by Pat Lewis and continue representing McComb-Veazey and the rest of Lafayette’s northeastern quadrant.
▸ What about the parish council? The parish council map splits most of the city of Lafayette between two parish districts. Broussard and Youngsville would fall under one parish district that loosely tracks the boundaries of William Theriot’s current district. A western district would essentially merge the districts of Kevin Naquin and Jared Bellard and represent Duson, Scott and a small portion of Lafayette. Jay Castille’s northern district, which includes Carencro and a piece of Lafayette, remains more or less the same.
▸ It’s not all black or white: Federal law governs how the voting maps are drawn to ensure proportionate representation for minorities, in compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. In Lafayette, like the rest of the South, that means we tend to think of Lafayette politics in terms of a power balance between white voting blocks and black voting blocks.
Parsing the data here means looking back at the 2010 census, a time when only 5 percent of the city was neither white nor black. Demographer Mike Hefner, who helped draft the proposed districts, says he expects marginal demographic shifts among white and black residents in both the city and parish. However, Hefner expects the parish to see more growth among Hispanic residents in the 2020 census.
How does Lafayette’s experiment with consolidation stack up with the successes and failures of other consolidated governments across the country?
The gist: A major real estate developer has reportedly moved to purchase the Less Pay Motel and the adjacent former Coca-Cola building, together comprising a whole block of the beleaguered Four Corners area.
What we know: Two separately owned properties are under contract for an undisclosed redevelopment project: the Less Pay Motel at 120 N. University Ave. and the former Coca-Cola bottling facility at 1506 Cameron St. Representatives of both properties have confirmed independently that the buildings are pending sale, but would not disclose terms or the buyer.
UPDATE: A public notice for a $15 million artist loft development called Bottle Art Lofts, located at the bottling facility, links HRI Properties, a New Orleans-based development outfit with extensive experience in historic rehabilitation, to the sale of that property. The development would include 40 units with a “leasing preference” for artists and would be primarily financed with the equity sale of low income housing tax credits. State records list HRI’s New Orleans address for Lafayette Bottle Art Lofts, LLC, the company issuing the public notice.
HRI also submitted qualifications to redevelop the old federal courthouse, a project that was ultimately awarded to a team helmed by Jim Poché of Southwest Group.
It’s unclear if HRI is also the buyer of the Less Pay Motel.
“A number of things we have wanted to see are coming to fruition,” says Greg Dugan, who has owned the Coca-Cola facility with his wife, Stephanie Cornay Dugan, since 2001. The Dugans currently use the building for fabrication and storage for their company ASCO Window Coverings, located a few blocks away in the La Place neighborhood. Dugan declined to comment further but says more information on the deal will be available by early next week.
Dewitt “Zeen” David of NAI Latter & Blum confirms that a sale is pending on the Less Pay property but also declined further comment, citing a confidentiality agreement. David is the listing agent for the Less Pay Motel, which is owned by M&L International LLC, according to Louisiana secretary of state records.
Why this matters: The Less Pay Motel has been an albatross of sorts for Four Corners, a historic intersection that once was a bustling city center. Plans for redevelopment of the site, which at one time envisioned a police precinct under former Mayor Joey Durel, have faltered over the last decade. Mayor Joel Robideaux quashed Durel’s plan upon taking office, saying he preferred to see the property moved into private commerce. A successful redevelopment could be transformative for Four Corners and the University Avenue corridor. Robideaux has made University Avenue a signature development project for his administration, although Dugan notes that he and his wife have been working to redevelop the Coca Cola building since before the Robideaux administration’s initiative began. Dugan says he believes they’ve found the right buyer to realize a revitalizing vision for the neighborhood.
“We’d be very enthusiastic to see that site moved in commerce,” says Robideaux.
Additional reporting by Leslie Turk
Some argue that breaking up consolidated government would liberate the city from an unfavorable political circumstance. Former journalist and Lafayette public works director Kevin Blanchard is in the camp. He says giving Lafayette a city council won’t fix what’s wrong with consolidation, but it’s a step in the right direction.
Trump and LAGOP formally back Higgins’ re-election, spurred by Rudy Giuliani’s earlier endorsement of challenger Josh Guillory
▸ The gist: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a top surrogate and personal attorney for President Trump, stirred up national palace intrigue when he endorsed upstart Republican challenger Josh Guillory’s run against incumbent Rep. Clay Higgins. In response, Trump and the Louisiana GOP officially endorsed Higgins. Giuliani made an appearance in Lafayette this week to raise funds for Guillory
▸ Love and war: Giuliani’s connection to Guillory is Republican fundraiser Jennifer LeBlanc, who’s been romantically linked to Giuliani in some national headlines. LeBlanc works on Guillory’s campaign. Both LeBlanc and Giuliani have downplayed the nature of their relationship and its influence in courting Giuliani to Guillory’s camp. LeBlanc was a fundraiser for Giuliani’s failed presidential bid in 2008. It’s worth noting that LeBlanc previously worked for Higgins but jumped ship, landing with Guillory.
▸ What’s the difference anyway? Both Guillory and Higgins stump as conservative Republicans. Guillory’s campaign planks align squarely with conservative talking points about government overreach and fiscal responsibility. Here’s an exact quote from his page:
“Over the years, the federal government has grown to a now unstable point. At this time in our history, we, the American people, must do something or we will implode.”
Rephrase that passage with the flourish of the King James Bible and you’d have Clay Higgins.
Conservative gadfly Scott McKay has downplayed the divided loyalties, but no doubt that narrative will foam over if Guillory’s bid, currently pegged as a longshot, ultimately presents a formidable challenge to the heavily funded and institutionally-backed Higgins.
Guillory is running on character. In a wide-ranging interview with The Bayou Brief, he openly questioned Higgins’ commitment to conservative fiscal responsibility and positioned himself as a compassionate answer to Higgins’ “lightning rod” divisiveness. In a twist of political theater, Guillory appears to be positioning himself as an outsider to Higgins’ inside man. A young attorney and a vet, he has the Romney coif of a genetic Republican. (I mean that as a compliment, if you’re reading, Josh.) With no track record in politics, he’s a clean slate with, thus far, none of the colorful personal baggage towed around by Higgins. The incumbent spent the first year of his freshman term making headlines for staging a publicity stunt in a concentration camp and threatening his constituents on Facebook. Since then, his messaging has sobered up, for the most part. No doubt Higgins’ snafus will resurface during the campaign as a way of contrasting otherwise similar candidates. It’s tough to beat an incumbent, unless he beats himself.


Updated: January 16, 2022 9:39:30 am
After inoculating around 2 lakh pregnant women and lactating mothers in the capital, the Delhi government has decided to deploy ASHA and anganwadi workers to create awareness and encourage those left to get the Covid-19 vaccine. It is also planning to set up exclusive centres, such as pink booths, in all sub-divisions and prioritise pregnant women at government vaccination centres. There are about 4,000 ASHA and anganwadi workers in all 11 districts.
Under the campaign, workers will visit each division, sub-division, RWA, colony, street, and slum cluster to talk about why vaccination is important for expectant women, who constitute 2% of Delhi’s total population, and to break the myth that it is harmful for the baby.
“We have taken several measures and have vaccinated more than 100% (with one dose), but there is still hesitancy among people. There are many myths surrounding lactating mothers and how the shot might affect the baby. So, the primary aim of the campaign is to break this myth and vaccinate all pregnant women and lactating mothers,” said a senior government official.
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District authorities have also tied up with ‘Saheli Samanvay Kendras’ to specifically vaccinate pregnant women and lactating mothers. These kendras, numbering 500, were launched last year to empower and educate women.
The government has also decided to make vaccination mandatory for women visiting Asha clinics and government hospitals. “Women visiting Asha clinics or government hospitals will be asked to register for vaccines mandatorily, if unvaccinated. They will be supervised by doctors and counselled to get inoculated. District authorities are also calling and counselling these women,” said the official.
Dr Anjali Tempe, Director, Professor & Head of the Department Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, said, “This is an excellent initiative… Vaccination is a must for everyone, but some pregnant women may have allergic reactions to drugs… Pregnant women should avoid vaccination till their first trimester, but the rest can get the shot after consulting doctors. Lactating mothers must take the vaccine since it is for the safety of both mother and child.”
Officials also added that unvaccinated people are testing positive more than others.
Districts are also focusing on vaccinating children in the 15-17 age group at shelter homes, those with special needs in the same category, and to elderly women in old-age homes.
As per officials, residents and staff at Asha Kiran, Delhi’s biggest shelter home, have got both doses. There are 759 residents, including children with special needs, and 492 staff. “Of the total inhabitants, only 3 tested positive but they are asymptomatic,” said an official from Asha Kiran.
As per government data, 2.78 crore doses have been administered — 1.59 crore have got the first dose and 1.19 crore have taken both doses — as of January 15.
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- Turkish Minister of Economy announces country is to grant citizenship to foreigners who invest in property market
- Number of overseas buyers in Turkey grows by 19% from January to September, compared to same period in 2014; 26.1% in Istanbul (Turkstat)
- Newly launched 7th Avenue project already welcoming great overseas interest (Universal21)
A groundbreaking announcement by the Turkish Minister of Economy has revealed that the country looks set to follow in the footsteps of Portugal and Cyprus and launch its very own ‘Golden Visa’ scheme, a move that could revolutionise the Turkish property market.
Minister Nihat Zeybekci has stated the intention by Turkey to grant citizenship to those foreigners who impart a certain level of investment in the country’s property industry, suggesting levels of investment would be around the $500,000 to $1 million mark. With the success of the 2012 launched Portuguese Golden Visa scheme bringing in €1.47 billion of investment, €1.33 billion of which was via property purchase, in less than three years, it is easy to see why this would be a welcome move for the country.
Compounding the notion that the nation is focussed on expanding the already flourishing property market, the government has now made their intention to expand overall foreign investment clear, aiming to take figures to groundbreaking $10 billion levels. The knock-on effect of the proposed scheme to the sector and those who operate in it, as well as to the country’s coffers as a whole, is clear and one that has been welcomed by leading property agent, Universal21.
Adil Yaman, Director of the largest management company based in Istanbul, explains,
“Turkey, and the country’s biggest city of Istanbul, is widely lauded as a cultural melting pot and this is certainly – increasingly – the case in the property market. In recent years growing numbers of external buyers have looked to purchase property in this wonderful country, and the exciting new announcement by the Minister looks set to escalate this to impressive levels in 2016.
“Benefitting individuals looking to purchase in a growing market, providing welcome advantages alongside their property purchase, as well as the economic benefits for Turkey as a whole, this is a positive move from the government for a country open to, and welcoming of, foreign investment.”
And this is already being reflected in the current levels of foreigners buying in Turkey. The most recent figures released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (Turkstat) have shown that such sales grew by 19% from January to September this year, compared to the same period the previous year. Impressive gains by anyone’s standards, there are certain locations even within the country that are witnessing far greater growth levels.
September saw Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul overtake Antalya as the top Turkish location for house sales to foreigners, registering a growth of 26.1% from January to September 2015, compared to 2014 figures.
Universal21 are providing new projects in response to this growing demand in the city for high quality, affordable housing. Having just launched their new project, 7th Avenue, the leading agent is already seeing impressive interest levels. Situated in the middle class neighbourhood of Old Beylikdüzü, in close proximity to local amenities and restaurants, a 20 minute drive from Ataturk international airport, a short drive from the beach and a 10 minute walk from the area’s major shopping centre, Marmara Park, 7th Avenue is perfectly located.
Comprised of 13 floors of 260 beautifully designed apartments, with a choice of studio, one, two and three bedroom apartments available, there is also an array of facilities that include 24 hour security, a fitness centre including spa, hamam and gym, an outdoor swimming pool, tennis and basketball courts. All apartments are offered with a universal21 guarantee of their unique superb rental management package.
Studios are keenly priced from £30,000 / $51,000, one bed apartments are priced from £44,500 / €71,000, and two bed apartments from £62,000 / €104,500. These are pre-launch prices and are 20% discounted from current price list which is to be implemented from the beginning of the New Year.
For more information about Universal21, visit www.universal21.com or call 0203 287 8700.


The Pakistan Covid Vaccine PakVac project which was started in 2021 has come to an end with more than 20 million doses. The vaccine is designed to fight pandemics. The government partnered with the Chinese Covid-19 producer CanSinoBio to manufacture local-based vaccines in Pakistan.
Read more: PakVac: Everything You Want to Know About the Made-in-Pakistan Vaccine
Pakistan Covid Vaccine Pakvac Project Ended
The co-production at NIH (National Institute of Health) along with the CanSino has successfully finished on Monday, March 28, 2022. There were more than 20 million doses prepared throughout this journey. The farewell ceremony was held on March 31st, 2022. The function was attended by a large number of workers and officers.
Professor Aamer Ikram (Executive Director, NIH), Ghazala Perveen (Cheif BPD, NIH), Muhammad Firdous Nawaz Khan (Senior Engineer), Syeda Shazia Adeel (Qa Manager), Rafique Ahmad Channa (Qc Manager), Rahim Shah (PSSO), Amina Najam (SSO), Khalid Mahmood (Scientific Officer), Hafiz Suboor ul Hassan (Scientific Officer), Hina Fatima (ASO), Kanwal Batool (ASO), Atif Ahmad (Medical Technologist) also participated in it.
At NIH, Professor Amir Ikram (Executive Director) thanked the entire team working on the Covid-19 project. On this occasion, he commended the entire team for completing this project.
Pakistan Covid Vaccine PakVac Team
What is PakVac?
Pakistan Covid Vaccine Pakvac was launched in 2021 with the help of Chinese company CanSinoBio. This is an intramuscular injection given into the muscles. CanSino is a Chinese company that produces vaccines against coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The company injects antibodies to stimulate the immune system to prevent further attacks and inevitable. Medical reports after the research conducted say that the Pakistan vaccine will operate in the same way.
Government Collaboration with the Chinese CanSinoBio Covid-19 Producer
Professor Aamer Ikram (NIH’s Executive Director) acquainted international media that this is a co-production with the Cansino in Pakistan. According to him, The Chinese company provided vaccines concentrate. Hence, the plant was developed, processed, and packed. Furthermore, he also acknowledged the Chinese company that had transferred some of its techniques and was overseeing activities.
Read more: Pakistan produces Chinese CanSinoBio COVID vaccine, brands it PakVac
Efficacy and Side Effects of Pakistan Covid Vaccine Pakvac
As per Dr. Faisal Sultan’s statements, Trails in Pakistan showed a promising efficacy rate which is 74.8%. He stated that efficacy at preventing symptomatic cases is 74.8% while 100% at preventing severe disease.
On the other hand, Dr. Jamil (the Pro Bono Adviser to the National Command and Operation Centre) in Pakistan said that there is no need for any concerns about drastic side effects. It is advised that those with allergic reactions hold off on taking the Pakistan vaccines. However, there is no other warning associated with PakVac.
Who is Allowed to Get These Vaccines?
Although, despite following the SOPS but still The Pakistan covid vaccine Pakvac is allowed to be used in certain circumstances as a precautionary measure. Thus, People with allergic reactions or frequent fevers are advised to avoid taking it. Those with comorbidities, above 60, or other risk citizens are highly preferred to be the first to receive the vaccine.
What is the Cost of PacVac?
It is officially announced that Pakistan Covid Vaccine PakVac will be offered fully cost-free to people. All you need to do is to register yourself before taking vaccines.
Nevertheless, Simply just send your CNIC no to 1166 (free SMS) from any mobile network or http://nims.nadra.gov.pk/, or just walk into your nearest vaccination center.


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PHILADELPHIA-Services for Ruby Tucker will be held today, Saturday at 3 p.m. from McClain-Hays Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Dan Howard officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarlawn Cemetery. McClain-Hays Funeral Home in Philadelphia is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Tucker, 85, of Philadelphia, died Friday, September 6, 2013, at Neshoba County Nursing Home.
Visitation will be held today, Saturday, from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. at McClain-Hays Funeral Home.


The City has taken on a truly warlike aspect, an encampment surrounded by the enemy. But the enemy in this case is within the house: temporarily disbanded army men who post themselves at the foot of bridges, and at major street intersections, paralyzing and obstructing traffic and the entry into the city. It is clear to the public that the preparations of the army are being directed more against their brother Asians than against air attacks.
Undoubtedly, the enemy planes are not going to respect anything in Philippine skies or that the Pacific fleet will direct its attacks at the head of the Empire flanking these Magellanic islands. For the last 15 days, Davao has been under heavy bombings, and so has Northern Mindanao. It was announced today that some near the coast bombed Cebu, Negros and Leyte. Where was the Imperial Fleet hiding, that it could not go out and chase these pirates? The waves of aerial invasion are increasing and it will not be long before the enemy enters Manila, as the optimists on one side and the pessimists on the other are predicting.
What destruction had these raids caused? According to the prevaricating press which nobody believes in no damage was caused aside from the death of civilians and the destruction of their houses. Since the American planes dropped their bombs at random, they could not do any damage except to schools, churches, and hospitals visibly marked with the Red Cross and the humble homes of the Filipino workers, and they only aimed to kill women and children. It would seem that the bombs, before exploding examined the birth certificate of the unfortunate victims. The same thing happened at sea, where the American submarines allegedly sank only hospital ships and ships transporting prisoners who were their own countrymen. As a result of these atrocities, the Filipinos in Mindanao are boiling with indignation, to the point that they had gone to join the guerillas.


A Syrian-born German citizen who is considered an important figure in the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington is being held in a Syrian jail, senior German officials said today.
They said the man, Mohamed Heidar Zammar, 41, who left Hamburg on Oct. 27, had been arrested in Morocco, interrogated and then expelled to Syria, his birthplace, with American knowledge.
The officials were responding to reports that appeared earlier today in an announcement by the ZDF German television channel and a story posted on the Web site of The Washington Post.
Mr. Zammar has been under investigation by German authorities for his part in the Sept. 11 plot. His family, who say they last heard from him in December, had filed a missing persons report and asked the German Foreign Ministry to inquire about him.
Foreign Ministry officials suspected that the United States had him in detention, but when they spoke to the State Department last week, they said American authorities there denied any knowledge of an arrest.Continue reading the main story
Officials at State told their German colleagues, ''We have no information about a detention,'' one German official said.
Information on security issues surrounding Sept. 11 has been closely held, and German officials have criticized the reluctance of their American counterparts to share intelligence even with close allies.
According to ZDF, the Syrians are holding Mr. Zammar on a warrant stemming from a charge that he participated in a plan for a bombing attack in Syria. The report indicates that he has been in prison there for several months, but that German officials only learned of his detention a week ago.
American officials have reportedly been able to put questions to Mr. Zammar, either in person or through the Syrians, in an effort to better understand the genesis of the plot. If so, that would mark a new level of cooperation between Washington and Damascus, which remains on the State Department's list of countries that sponsor terrorism.
American officials believe that Mr. Zammar was important in the recruitment of Mohamed Atta, the Egyptian student in Hamburg who apparently led the cell that planned and carried out the Sept. 11 attacks. But German officials are less sure, calling that ''speculation.''
German officials are also annoyed because Morocco and Syria failed to inform them of the arrest of a German citizen, as required under international law.
In an article today on the online edition of Der Spiegel magazine, a German diplomat was quoted as saying, ''The Syrians seem to be treating the man as simply a Syrian, and ignoring that he is also German.''
A large, beefy man of 308 pounds, Mr. Zammar was a vocal advocate of holy war in the Hamburg mosques and gave young Muslims advice on how to go to Afghanistan for military training. He was a witness at the wedding of one of the Hamburg cell members, Said Bahaji.
Mr. Zammar was a known associate of Mahmoun Darkazanli, also Syrian-born, who came to investigators' notice in 1998, when he had power of attorney over a Hamburg bank account opened by Osama bin Laden's suspected European finance chief, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, who is now in prison in the United States in connection with the bombings of two American Embassies in Africa.
Mr. Zammar came to Germany, where his father lived, in 1971 and became a citizen in 1982.
He was a kind of role model for radical young Muslims, and said he had fought in Afghanistan and Bosnia. Officials have suspected him of involvement with Al Qaeda since 1996. He was also reportedly close to another key member of the Atta cell, Ramzi Muhammad Abdullah bin al-Shibh, who is considered the group's logistical officer. Mr. Shibh did not succeed in getting an American visa despite numerous attempts, and he left Germany for Pakistan just before Sept. 11.
He ostensibly went to Morocco to divorce a second wife. When the Germans made inquiries, the Moroccans at first said he had been arrested. Then they said he had arrived from Mauritania and left for an unknown destination.
After that, the Germans were told that a man who identified himself as Mr. Zammar was stopped at a police checkpoint and expelled to Spain. Finally, the Moroccan officials said the country was not Spain, but they could not say which country it was.Continue reading the main story


Amazon Will Probably Eliminate Jobs at Whole Foods. That’s a Good Thing.
Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods has triggered a fresh wave of teeth-gnashing over the robotic replacement of supermarket cashiers and warehouse workers.
But why? Those jobs have been disappearing for years—and, not to sound hard-hearted, thank goodness they’re going away. They are inhuman jobs—people in the role of machines, like assembly line workers of yore.
Let’s help the cashiers who get cashiered but not worry too much about this very old trend. The kind of technology that eliminates those jobs has also created new ones and over time has turbocharged living standards. The more troubling development, far less noticed, is the technology takeover of deeply human jobs—caregivers, lawyers, doctors. These are relationship jobs that were supposed to be forever immune from technology’s threat. But increasing evidence suggests they are not, and nothing like this has ever happened before.
A couple of years ago, as it became clear that artificial intelligence would take over the substantive work of financial advisers, accountants, lawyers, and others, the hope for their continued employment centered on relationships and helping clients with their emotions—comforting and steadying them when the market plunges, say, or talking them out of an unwise lawsuit when they’re angry. But now even that prospect is looking endangered.
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Technology can read your emotions far more accurately than people can and more accurately than you can read them yourself. Software from Emotient (which Apple bought last year), Affectiva, and other companies can discern your emotions by analyzing your face, and it can tell whether your emotion is real of fake. Pepper, the humanoid robot from SoftBank, goes much further: It analyzes your face and your tone of voice to understand what you say, then respond in an emotionally appropriate way. Thousands of Peppers work in Japanese stores and homes, and now engineers are adjusting the robot’s EQ—emotional quotient—for American culture.
Which raises the big question: Even if technology can read emotions, can it express them? Can it do what Pepper is trying to do, responding to us in a way that we will find genuinely engaging, as comforting and natural as a human? If it can’t—if we humans are hardwired to engage emotionally only with other humans—then all those financial advisers, lawyers, and other relationship workers are safe. But if it can, then possibly no one is safe.
The last time I interacted with Pepper, several months ago, it wasn’t there yet. I didn’t feel even momentarily that this device could really connect with me. But I have to say that its body language is uncannily realistic. Standing in a corner, seemingly dozing, it snapped to attention when I merely glanced at it, its cartoonish eyes inviting me to say something. That moment has stuck with me.
Should we conclude that robots are ultimately disqualified from relationship jobs? It’s tempting to think so. Chatbots are pretty primitive, and so far not many people seem to talk to Siri, Alexa, Google, or any robot quite the same way they’d talk to a person. But don’t be lulled. Remember that new technology is always terrible at first, and then, unlike people, it gets rapidly and relentlessly better. We’re in the WordPerfect and VisiCalc days of emotional AI.
Let’s look past the loss of cashier and warehouse jobs, sad though it is for the jobholders; that’s an old story. The possibility that machines could take over relationship jobs with a heavy emotional element opens a fundamentally new chapter in the history of technology. It threatens millions of previously safe jobs and, if the possibility becomes reality, it tears away people’s last protection against tech-based obsolescence. We still don’t know if it will happen, but that’s what we should be worrying about.


PRINCE ALBERT — Bail has been granted to a woman who was arrested along with an inmate who had escaped from provincial jail guards.
Braidy Chaise Vermette, 28, escaped March 30 during a medical transport to a Prince Albert hospital for treatment of a self-inflicted wound.
Smith faces charges related to the escape and from unrelated incidents.
Vermette and another man are charged with first-degree murder in the death of Troy Napope, who disappeared last May after a party outside Prince Albert.
His car was later found torched in a stand of trees, but his body has not been recovered.


November 29, 2022 — There’s weight-loss advice everywhere you look on social media, but one trend sweeping TikTok has led to a shortage of an important diabetes drug.
Ozempic, a weekly injection that helps increase insulin sensitivity in people with type 2 diabetes, also reduces appetite, leading to weight loss. Stories of celebrities using the drug off-label to lose a few pounds has led to an explosion of interest. And now diabetics – the people whose lives could be saved by the drug – are having a hard time finding it.
Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk
In the spring, Kim Kardashian made a significant weight loss to fit into a Marilyn Monroe dress at the Met Gala. Rumors soon began circulating that she was going to do so Ozempic is used To do that. Just this week, new Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted about it own use Ozempic and its sister drug, Wegovy.
diverse Ozempic has been called “the worst in Hollywood—especially considering its most enthusiastic users are neither diabetic nor in need of the drug”. The rich and famous spend $1,200 to $1,500 a month for access.
This raises concerns about who exactly is watching these videos, and what message they are getting.
42% of Americans are obese, and even more are overweight. “This affects our young adults and teens,” says Caroline Apovian, MD, co-director of the Center for Weight Management and Wellness at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. “They are looking to TikTok and other social media for help.”
A new study shows how damaging that can be: Researchers analyzed 1,000 videos with nutrition, food, and weight-related hashtags, with more than 1 billion views combined. They found that almost all of them included messages glorifying weight loss and being thin.
Finally, an effective weight loss drug
Ozempic is the Danish drug company Novo Nordisk’s brand name for semaglutide, which works by mimicking a naturally occurring hormone known as GLP-1. It travels to your brain and helps you feel full when you eat less. This leads to weight loss. In one 68-week study, semaglutide helped people lose an average of 15% of their body weight. But it’s not a miracle drug: You still have to change your eating habits and stay physically active.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Ozempic to treat people with type 2 diabetes in 2017. Four years later, Novo Nordisk received the green light for a higher dose meant for people with obesity. Wegovy is only approved for use if your BMI is at least 27 with one or more weight-related diseases, or if your BMI is 30 or greater with none.
“These medications dominate my work, because they’re so effective,” says Amanda Velasquez, MD, director of obesity medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The drug is considered safe, “so the majority of patients are good candidates.”
More demand than supply
As word spread about how well Ozempic and Wegovy were working, social media posts helped lead more people to seek out the drugs. Now demand exceeds supply – according to the FDA, starting doses of Ozempic will be limited through January.
“In Hollywood, people lose 10 pounds, gain it for $1,500 a month, and drain the stores for people who are so obese that they have congestive heart failure and diabetes,” Abovian says. “These are the people who are going to die, and you’re walking away from it just for cosmetic weight loss. That’s unfortunate.”
In addition to the huge demand, Wegovy also had a disruption in its supply chain. Currently, it is not available at all in lower doses, which helps drive the off-label demand for Ozempic. Novo Nordisk expects to resolve these issues by the end of the year, with the next distribution shortly after.
With a list price of $1,350 per month, Wegovy’s cost is worth many mortgages. And Medicaid, Medicare, and many insurance companies don’t cover it. Although obesity is a disease, the insurance industry treats weight loss as a vanity issue — so even if you can find medication, you may not be able to afford it.
“We see that nearly half of the prescriptions we write are not covered,” Abovian says. “And for the half that’s covered, we have to do a pre-authorization, which takes days, and it’s tedious.” In some cases, she says, insurance companies withdraw permission after 3 months if they don’t see enough weight coming off.
It’s not like you can take Wegovy for 3 months, lose some weight, and expect to keep it going, too. Medication requires a real commitment, potentially one that will last a lifetime. This is because once semaglutide leaves your system, your appetite returns. In one study, people regained two-thirds of the weight they lost within a year of stopping.
Many see a double standard in insurance companies refusing to cover a drug that could prevent serious illness or death.
“They’re saying it’s not cost-effective to give the 42% of Americans with a BMI over 30 Wegovy. Did they say that when the statins came out?” Abovian says. “Why would they do this with anti-obesity agents? It’s the culture. The culture is not ready to adopt obesity as the disease.”
Unpleasant side effects
Let’s say you’re one of the lucky ones – Wegovy is covered by your insurance, and you can actually find some. You may discover that using it is not a walk in the park. Common side effects include gastrointestinal problems such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.
“The way we counter that is by starting very slowly on a low dose of these medications,” Abovian says. “We only go up when the patient is no longer feeling sick or getting better.”
Elise Davenport was excited to try Wegovy. “I did my research online. I’m kind of into early adopters, tech gadgets and stuff,” says the 40-year-old tech writer. “I wanted to give it a try because I’ve tried so many other things that either failed, or didn’t work in the long run.”
With a BMI over 30, Davenport qualified for the drug. I signed up for an online program that guaranteed insurance coverage and started taking it in October 2021. At first, the side effects were mild, just a touch of nausea and diarrhea. The results were impressive. I found it easy to feel satisfied with smaller portions and lost cravings for sugar and processed foods. Weight decreased, approximately 5 pounds per week.
It turns out that this is too much, too fast. With close monitoring, Abovian and Velasquez say their patients lose more than 2 pounds each week.
By early December, Davenport’s side effects were increasing. Due to a shortage of lower doses, the online program was unable to adjust them immediately. She was feeling nauseous the whole time, a feeling so bad that brushing her teeth made her vomit and she had to force herself to eat. Some weeks, I managed under 500 calories a day. Her sleep patterns became erratic. Then her depression, which had been kept under control for years by medication, escalated.
“I remember sitting on my bathroom floor crying, thinking I’d rather hold the extra weight,” she says. “I used to enjoy food a lot, and I don’t have anything like that anymore. It was quite a fun experience at that point.”
Eventually, her dose was reduced and her symptoms eased, but her primary care physician encouraged her to stop. By the time she did, in March, she had lost 55 pounds. To date, I have recovered almost 10 years.
More than just losing weight
Even though Davenport’s experience wasn’t as good, with better observation she’ll be willing to try again. For one thing, seeing how easy it was to eat less with medical help helped undo years of shame.
Our culture treats obesity as a moral failure. I realized I was made to feel this way by doctors and programs — because I wasn’t doing enough,” she says. “This medication made me realize that there were legitimate physiological things going on in my body, things that often get left out of conversation.”
Abovian and Velasquez say their patients regularly discover similar things.
“Obesity is not a disease of willpower. Medications are not the easy way out,” says Velazquez. “This is a chronic, relapsing medical condition, and because of that, we have to treat it how we treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and all these other conditions. We will never stop medication for individuals with high blood pressure, and tell them to work on willpower and stop medications they qualify for.”


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Consumers are going gaga over hemp being used in many new products, many not realizing that much of American society was built upon the industry before marijuana was criminalized in order to spread hatred and fear of Mexican people in the United States. It's great that it's gaining so much public support, but as many people have said, those incarcerated for selling it need to be freed before the rich should be able to profit off of it.
Still, finding out that companies like Levi are creating new sustainable lines of clothing, like these hemp ones, is exciting for anyone who cares about the planet. Hemp is so much more sustainable than cotton, not to mention easier to grow and faster to replace. Imagine if we'd been using it all along! Even though many smaller companies have been using hemp in everything from pants to checkbook covers for many years, it's still very exciting to see it being used by mainstream companies.
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This technical brief highlights the emerging evidence on the impacts of COVID-19 on fertility. It provides a historical overview on fertility in times of crises, data on reproductive behaviour during COVID-19 in countries throughout Europe and North America, as well as new data from four UNFPA programme countries. The technical brief highlights the crucial importance of classifying sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services as “essential services” during the pandemic, and underscores the responsibility of governments to assure that all persons can exercise their reproductive rights, even during a global pandemic. Lastly, the brief warns not to resort to population alarmism in response to short-term changes in fertility caused by COVID-19, but to ensure the provision of SRH services at all times.
This action brief summarizes the latest status and trends of key areas related to women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health and well-being from a global perspective. It aims to promote coordinated action among global and national partners to recognize and overcome the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women, children and adolescents and to accelerate progress to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Rise, Respond, Recover is an update to Protect the Progress: 2020 progress report on Every Woman Every Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Childrens’ and Adolescents’ Health (September 2020), capturing key evidence points presented in May 2021 to the World Health Assembly as well as top priorities and activities among partners.
Cirenia Chávez; Marco Valenza; Annika Rigole; Thomas Dreesen
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted every aspect of society. In mid-April 2020, 192 countries had closed their schools, putting 9 out of 10 enrolled children out of school.
These closures disproportionately affected marginalized children, worsening existing inequities across education systems worldwide.
This brief draws on the experience of five UNICEF education country programmes supported by the Let Us Learn (LUL) initiative, to document tangible lessons in adapting education programmes to support the most marginalized children during school and learning centre closures.
The evidence in this brief stems from a series of semi-structured interviews with Education and Child Protection specialists, as well as a document review of available COVID-19 response studies, in the five LUL-supported UNICEF Country Offices.
Dita Nugroho; Youngkwang Jeon; Akito Kamei; Florencia Lopez Boo
This paper presents a new estimate that pre-primary school closures in 2020 may cost today’s young children US$1.6 trillion in lost earnings over their lifetimes. Children in middle-income countries will be most greatly affected. However, most low- and middle- income countries are leaving pre-primary education out of their responses to COVID-19. This paper also draws lessons from evaluations of accelerated, bridging and remedial programmes on how introducing or expanding these transition programmes in the early years can mitigate the long-term impact on learning from pre-primary school closures.
Sowmyashree M. Kaku
The purpose of this brief is to summarize current evidence and guidance for maintaining safe and effective care across the spectrum of maternal, newborn and infant care while protecting mother and child and health care providers during COVID-19. Furthermore, we review implications of the principle of “do no harm” for maternal, newborn and infant care delivery during COVID-19, so that this information is conveniently and readily available to clinical and health system policy leaders and stakeholders in countries and communities. Additionally, considerations for safe oxygen delivery as well as key Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) measures at home and in healthcare facilities for pregnant women, newborns and children are described in detail later in the brief.
Hai-Anh Dang; Gbemisola Oseni; Alberto Zezza
Felicity Aiano; Anna A. Mensah; Kelsey McOwat (et al.)
Laura De Nardi; Giuseppe Abbracciavento; Giorgio Cozzi (et al.)
Adolescents with mental health disorders are a high‐risk population, and problems during COVID‐19 lockdowns have included increasing, widespread anxiety, fear, anger and uncertainty. Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is characterised by disproportionate thoughts, feelings and behaviours about physical symptoms associated with the distress and disruption of everyday functioning. SSD accounts for 15%–25% of adolescent mental health cases in primary care paediatric settings, and 8.6% of non‐traumatic adolescent pain in emergency departments. This cross‐sectional observational study evaluated how the Italian COVID‐19 lockdown, from 9 March to 4 May 2020, affected Italian adolescents aged 13–18 with and without SSD.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the largest disruption of education in history. Throughout 2020 most governments around the world temporarily closed schools and other learning spaces in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus. At the peak of the pandemic in April 2020, schooling was disrupted for over 1.5 billion learners in more than 190 countries. This unprecedented disruption to education has the potential to roll back substantial gains made on girls’ education inrecent decades, with broader immediate and longer-term effects on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, including those related to poverty reduction, health and well-being, inclusive quality education and gender equality.
Halil Celik; Sadettin Burak Acikel; Fatih Mehmet Akif Ozdemir (et al.)
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an existing learning crisis in Sierra Leone, and has disrupted the learning of over 2.4 million children across the country. The most marginalised and deprived children, including girls, children from poor households, and children from rural areas, already had limited access to good quality education prior to the pandemic, and are now at an increased risk of being left behind, and not returning to school at all. Save the Children are calling on the Government of Sierra Leone to commit to realising the right to quality education for all children by ensuring that all children are able to return to school safely, and that long-term, systemic issues with the education system damaging the quality of learning are acted on to ensure that all children are able to access good quality education.
Tom Bailey; Richard P. Hastings; V. Totsika
UNICEF Innocenti's Children and COVID-19 Library is a database collecting research from around the world on COVID-19 and its impacts on children and adolescents.
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The pedal P11 is a modern suspended pedal with a clean design that withstands the toughest conditions. Since Caldaro launched the P09 three years ago, pedal design can never go back to what it was before. Soon customers got in touch, asking them to create a wall-mounted version of P09.
We started out trying to do just that”, says Claudio Talamo, CEO of Caldaro, ”but we quickly realised that this pedal needed a new design.”
They found a way to create a suspended pedal with a totally new look but keeping the smart features from the P09, such as a minimal number of components and protected electronics in a compact design. The result is the P11, a modern pedal made of aluminium that withstands the toughest conditions.
By now, thousands of P09 pedals have been tested in all kinds of challenging environments, so to use the smart construction concept once more in the P11 is done with high confidence.
“The solution is so unique that we have applied for Intellectual Property Protection”, says Claudio proudly. ”We care intensely about design, and it matters that all our products are well-thought-out. It also makes it easier for machine designers to implement our pedal into their designs. Design and function are one.”


Request for Proposals open to professional consultants, academics, survey designers, sociologists, urban planning, public policy, and planning researchers residing in the County of Los Angeles.
The City of Los Angeles Mayor’s Office, in partnership with Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), is seeking a consultant team to develop a process evaluation, community engagement strategy, and facilitate listening sessions to determine if and how the city should create a permanent Covid-19 Memorial, and garner community feedback on the form(s) and site(s) for a Memorial. Before the city can begin to envision constructing a permanent representation of the effects of Covid19 on Angelenos, it is important for communities to heal, beginning with the need for personal reflection and contemplation. Thus, the focused attention during the first phase of this initiative shall address three key themes: Honor, Remember and Mobilize. Honor the loss of ordinary citizens and city workers; Remember and ameliorate the grief and disruptions to our lives and livelihoods; and mobilize solidarity amongst Angelenos to come together to rebuild communities. The Consultant, under the oversight of Mayor’s Office, shall work with the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA), representatives from other city departments, and other relevant stakeholders as needed to accomplish the Scope of Work. While most memorials mark a specific event or person, a permanent Covid-19 memorial will be the first citywide memorial that specifically recognizes the pandemic as an event that every Angeleno experienced simultaneously and collectively, albeit differently, and how memorializing this moment will shape our civic identity in the future.
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Patrick Overton currently serves as Director of the Front Porch Institute located in Boonville, Missouri.
The Institute was created in 1996, while he was an associate professor of Community & Cultural Studies at Columbia College and served as director of the Columbia College Center for Community & Cultural Studies. He has continued the work of the Front Porch Institute after leaving his teaching position in 1999.
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As many as 182 million U.S. Internet users watched 38.7 billion online content videos in 2013. That should be a wakeup call for retail marketers that have not yet implemented a video strategy.
But many have gotten the message. Eastern Mountain Sports, for one, has seen a staggering 77% increase in online video viewing over the past year. And Brookstone has seen a significant increase in conversion by bringing its video production in-house.
This White Paper guides retailers through the video commerce process, via 5 key steps. To learn more, fill out the form below to download the asset, titled: 5 Steps To Video Commerce Success: Choosing The Components That Will Drive Increased Conversions.


Discovering the Genius Behind DNA: Francis Crick
Oh man, have you heard about Francis Crick? He’s the OG of molecular biology, the mastermind behind the discovery of the structure of DNA. This guy was a straight-up genius, with a mind like a steel trap and a passion for science that was unmatched. If you’re into biology or just love learning about brilliant minds, then you’re in for a treat with this dude.
So, let’s start from the beginning. Francis Harry Compton Crick was born on June 8th, 1916, in Northampton, England. He was the eldest of four children and grew up in a pretty normal household. However, he was always curious about the world around him and had a particular interest in science. He studied physics at University College London, but it wasn’t until he met James Watson that he really found his calling.
Watson and Crick met in 1951 when they were both working at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. They were both trying to solve the mystery of DNA, which was still largely unknown at the time. For years, scientists had been trying to figure out the structure of DNA, but it was Crick and Watson who finally cracked the code.
Their discovery was groundbreaking. They found that DNA was made up of two strands that twisted around each other in a double helix shape. This discovery not only helped scientists understand how DNA worked, but it also paved the way for modern genetics and biotechnology. It’s safe to say that without Crick and Watson, the world of science would look very different today.
But Crick’s contributions to science didn’t stop there. After their discovery of DNA, Crick went on to work on a number of other projects. He was particularly interested in the workings of the brain and spent years researching how neurons communicate with each other. He even co-authored a book on the subject called “The Astonishing Hypothesis,” which explored the idea that all of our thoughts and emotions can be explained by the physical workings of our brains.
Despite his many accomplishments, Crick was known for his humility and his willingness to collaborate with others. He was always eager to learn and work with other scientists, and he believed that the best way to make progress in science was through teamwork and cooperation.
Sadly, Crick passed away in 2004 at the age of 88. But his legacy lives on. He was a true pioneer in the field of molecular biology, and his contributions have helped shape the way we understand the world around us. From his humble beginnings in Northampton to his groundbreaking research at the Cavendish Laboratory, Crick was a true genius who will always be remembered as one of the greatest minds in science.
In conclusion, Francis Crick was a bona fide legend in the world of science. His discovery of the structure of DNA was a game-changer, and his work in neuroscience has helped us understand the inner workings of the brain. But perhaps most importantly, Crick was a collaborator and a team player who believed that science was a collective effort. His legacy will continue to inspire generations of scientists to come, and we can only hope that we’ll see more minds like his in the future.
Unraveling the Enigmatic Legacy of Francis Crick
Francis Crick was a brilliant scientist, best known for his work in the discovery of the structure of DNA. However, his career was not without controversy. Here are some of the most notable controversies associated with Francis Crick:
1. The race for the discovery of DNA: One of the biggest controversies associated with Crick was the race for the discovery of DNA. Crick, along with his colleague James Watson, is credited with discovering the structure of DNA. However, there were many other scientists who were also working on this problem, including Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins. Some have argued that Franklin was not given the recognition she deserved for her work, and that Crick and Watson used her data without her permission. This controversy has been the subject of much debate over the years.
2. Ethics of research: Crick was involved in a number of controversial research projects throughout his career. One of the most notable was his work on consciousness and the brain. Crick believed that consciousness could be explained by the workings of the brain, and he conducted research on this topic using animals. Some have criticized his methods as being unethical, arguing that they caused unnecessary harm to animals.
3. Views on race and intelligence: Crick was known for his controversial views on race and intelligence. He believed that intelligence was largely determined by genetics, and that different races had different levels of intelligence. He also supported the idea of eugenics, which involves improving the genetic quality of the human population through selective breeding. These views have been widely criticized as being racist and unscientific.
4. Use of LSD: In the 1960s, Crick became interested in the use of LSD as a tool for understanding the brain. He and his colleagues conducted experiments on themselves, taking LSD and observing its effects. This was a controversial approach, and some have criticized Crick for promoting drug use.
Despite these controversies, Crick is still widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of the 20th century. His work on the structure of DNA has had a profound impact on the fields of biology and genetics, and his contributions to our understanding of the brain continue to be studied today.
Unveiling the Uncommon: Francis Crick’s Lesser-Known Life
Francis Crick was born on June 8, 1916, in Northampton, England.
– He studied physics at University College, London before switching to biology.
– During World War II, he worked as a scientist for the British Admiralty, where he helped develop magnetic mines and radar systems.
– In 1951, Crick met James Watson, and together they worked on discovering the structure of DNA.
– The discovery of the double helix structure of DNA in 1953 was the result of their collaboration.
– Crick and Watson’s work on DNA structure won them the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1962.
– Crick was also interested in the brain and consciousness and wrote a book called “The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul” in 1994.
– He was a supporter of the idea that life on Earth could have originated from extraterrestrial sources.
– Crick was a heavy smoker and died of colon cancer on July 28, 2004, at the age of 88.
– He was known for his eccentricities, including his love of crossword puzzles and his habit of cycling to work every day.
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UPDATE: This restaurant is now closed.
It’s no secret Alimentum went through a rough patch but despite losing their Michelin star last year and chef Mark Poynton recently leaving for pastures new, there is an already great team in place taking the restaurant forward. Run by Maxwell Allwood (Head Sommelier), John Moss (General Manager) and Samira Effa (Head Chef), Alimentum has seen some positive changes to the menu and service. A more relaxed service and a changing menu – featuring seasonal dishes executed with minimum fuss or alteration – are taking Alimentum to its next chapter.
Alimentum is a restaurant in transition but they are doing everything right. The whole team – each and every person working at Alimentum – is enthusiastic about the place. This was reflected in the magnificent food and service we received when we went for dinner. Samira Effa has risen to the challenge and there’s no doubt there are talented chefs in the kitchen.


Cameron Boyce‘s dad posted this nice photo of himself and Cameron in their seats at Staples Center today (January 27, 2013) getting ready to watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Along with his photo, Mr. Boyce wrote:
We’ up in here! #GoLakers #StaplesCenter #beatOKC
Let’s go Lakers!! Need a win!!! 🙂


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After playing 4 quarters of hard-fought football games, the Massillon Tiger football team gathered in a circle at the center of every football field they played on in 2019 to do 15 pushups—a pushup for every game it would take to lead them to the State Championship game. The mantra for the season became: 15 for 15. Each pushup is represented as a chapter in this book and a different piece of the puzzle that explains the football town of Massillon, Ohio. In this dramatic and entertaining book, Author and Tiger running back coach, David Lee Morgan, Jr. shares stories that offer a unique and unequaled perspective into the 2019 season and the Tigers’ quest for that elusive state championship. The Massillon Tiger football program isn’t a typical high school football program. It’s a ministry of football with the first season dating back to 1894. The Massillon Tigers: 15 for 15 is the powerful tale of one of the most storied high school football programs anywhere in the country and their magical 2019 season, as told by an award-winning author and journalist who enjoyed unlimited access to the players, coaches, and families through his role as the running backs coach.
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187 is the National Murder Code. Her brother is Wayne Knuckles.
The death happened on 11/22. 83 days after her Birthday