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On Independence Day, we Americans — if there is in fact a "we" in American life — celebrate the anniversary of a time when a lot of people, feeling really angry and scared, decided to do something about it that changed the world forever. A national conversation — loud, enraged and anguished — about the place that a history blemished by ugliness should hold in the present. Irritable, overstressed, buffeted by invisible forces and just plain worn out, the United States of America on its 244th birthday is a land of confusion.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:08:53 GMT
Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia return to talks over disputed dam
Three key Nile basin countries will continue on Saturday their latest round of talks to resolve a years-long dispute over the operation and filling of Ethiopia's giant hydroelectric dam on the Blue Nile, Egypt's irrigation ministry said. Officials from Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia resumed their negotiations through video conference Friday, aiming to bridge the gaps and finalize a deal on the contentious mega-project within two to three weeks, Sudan's irrigation ministry said. The current round of talks came after negotiations last month failed to produce a deal, prompting Egypt and Sudan to appeal to the United Nations Security Council to intervene in the dispute.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 12:21:37 GMT
North Korea dismisses chance of 'face to face' U.S. nuclear talks ahead of election
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Governors stress 'personal responsibility' over virus orders
Earlier this week, as Tennessee registered what then was its highest single-day coronavirus case increase, Gov. Bill Lee held a news conference and issued a stern response. "When we have people dying in this state as a result of this virus, we should be taking personal responsibility for this," the Republican governor said. It was the same message Lee issued in late March as the COVID-19 disease was beginning to spread.
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US envoy forges ahead with troubled Taliban peace deal
Washington's envoy to Afghanistan on Saturday emphasized the economic benefits of the peace deal with the Taliban, forging ahead with an agreement that has run into new political obstacles in the U.S. and the region. Zalmay Khalilzad was wrapping up a week-long trip that included stops in Uzbekistan, Pakistan and the Gulf state of Qatar, where Taliban negotiators are headquartered. Accompanying Khalilzad for the first time was an economic development team led by U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Chief Executive Officer Adam Boehler.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 10:17:41 GMT
English pubs reopen but little normal elsewhere in the world
Pubs across England were reopening Saturday in an effort at normal life, while South Africa signaled anything but — reporting another record daily high in confirmed coronavirus cases as the health system showed strain. "Let's not blow it now," British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said as some in England rushed to restaurants or barbers for the first time in more than three months. The U.S. plunged into Fourth of July weekend with many parades and fireworks displays canceled, and health authorities warned it will be a crucial test of Americans' self-control.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 10:02:03 GMT
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Sat, 04 Jul 2020 07:02:52 GMT
Families of Syria detainees hope for news amid US sanctions
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Sat, 04 Jul 2020 06:21:21 GMT
Will Erdogan Turn Hagia Sophia Back Into a Mosque?
ISTANBUL—As Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks for an issue to fire up his Islamic and nationalist voter base amid declining poll numbers, he is moving closer to turning Istanbul's ancient Basilica of the Hagia Sophia, a world heritage site and a powerful symbol for both Christians and Muslims, from a museum into a mosque.Built 1,500 years ago as the main church of the Byzantine Empire, Hagia Sophia (which means holy wisdom) was the most important house of worship in Christianity for almost a thousand years. The Ottomans declared the building a mosque after conquering Constantinople, today's Istanbul, in 1453. But modern Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, decreed in a 1934 cabinet decision that the massive building in the heart of Istanbul's historic center be used as a museum, banning religious worship there. The U.N. cultural organization UNESCO declared Hagia Sophia a world heritage site in 1985.Islamists have campaigned for years to turn Hagia Sophia, or Ayasofya, back into a mosque, and they are now closer than ever to getting what they want. Once dismissive of their demands, but always conscious of his core Islamist base, Erdogan has signaled his support for the initiative. He told a television interviewer last year that Hagia Sophia might be known as "Hagia Sophia Mosque" in the future. Erdogan's justice minister, Abdulhamit Gul, told the state news agency Anadolu last month that "it is our joint wish to break the Hagia Sophia's chains and open it for prayers."Turkey Is Now the Most Dangerous Player in the Middle EastTurkey's top administrative court, the Council of State, on Thursday took up the issue after an association calling for the change asked the judges to declare Ataturk's decision null and void. The hearing lasted just 17 minutes, and the court said it would issue a verdict within 15 days.Turkish media reports say the court is expected to reject the demand to annul Ataturk's decree but stress that the government has the right to decide about the status of a building like Hagia Sophia. Such a decision would pave the way for Erdogan to go ahead. Some reports say the president is aiming to hold the first Muslim prayer there on July 15, the anniversary of the 2016 coup attempt against his rule.Not everybody in Turkey is happy with this turn of events. Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said Erdogan is using religious issues for political ends. The Istanbul-based spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide also criticized the plan. Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, said turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque would turn Christians against Muslims.Since its construction in the sixth century, Hagia Sophia has awed everyone who enters the huge building. "Solomon, I have surpassed you," Byzantine Emperor Justinian I said when he walked into Hagia Sophia for the first time after having it built. Mosaics depicting Jesus, Mary, emperors and saints glitter in the sunlight that filtered in through the windows. The main attraction remains the giant cupola that rises 56 meters (184 feet) above ground and spans 31 meters (102 feet), appearing to float in the air thanks to 90 windows in its base.Some mosaics were painted over after the Ottoman conquest because Islam prohibits the depiction of human features, but the depredations often were overstated by Christian hostile to Sublime Port.The aristocratic 18th century writer Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of Britain's ambassador to Constantinople, cajoled her way into Hagia Sophia in 1718, noting that the mosaics of many saints were still visible, their dilapidation merely a factor of neglect. "It is absolutely false, what is so universally asserted, that the Turks defaced all the images that they found in the city." But the vast mosaics on the ceiling were crumbling and falling to the floor. "The composition seems to me a sort of glass, or the paste with which they make counterfeit jewels," she wrote.In many places the gem-like brilliance of the mosaics remains or has been restored. Work in 2010 uncovered the face of a seraph angel that had been hidden under plaster, and more recent archeology has turned up significant finds, including a disk where the Emperor Justinian once stood. But some of the most striking features are the enormous medallions of Arabic calligraphy put high on the walls in the 19th century which give the sense in the museum of today that Islam and Christianity can share the space. At the apse the glistening mosaic of the Madonna and Child is flanked by the medallions of Muhammad and Allah.The Orthodox patriarch noted that the basilica, the "Temple of the God of Wisdom," as he called it, "has been a place for the worship of God for 900 years for Christians and 500 years for Muslims" and "makes believers of both religions meet and admire its greatness."But the venerable building has become a pawn in the mean game of Turkish politics. Polls show Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is losing support because of ongoing economic problems, which are made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a perception of growing corruption. The AKP lost control of major cities like Istanbul and the capital Ankara in local elections last year. Turkey's opposition parties speculate the president may call early elections before things get even worse for him.Howard Eissenstat, a Turkey expert at Saint Lawrence University in New York, said it was not sure whether Erdogan would really go ahead with changing Hagia Sophia's status."It remains to be seen whether he will take the plunge," Eissenstat told The Daily Beast by email. "Promising to convert Hagia Sophia to a mosque is a perennial event in Turkey. It is easy enough to move forward, make some headlines, and then back down."But Eissenstat added that two developments mean chances are higher now than at other times when the issue has come up. "First, the twin crises of the coronavirus and the economy have further undermined the AKP's popularity," he said. "A big, culturally significant act like this would both highlight the AKP's cultural brand and elicit angry responses abroad… which in turn allow Erdogan to 'stand tall' against foreign pressures. This type of cultural politics is a preferred strategy of Erdogan and one which he has gone back to again and again.""The second reason is that the economic fallout is likely to be slight… the Turkish tourism economy is already in shambles because of coronavirus. If some countries call for a boycott, it isn't going to do any further damage because tourists already are staying away. In the interim, Turkey would likely take steps to ensure that tourists could still view Hagia Sophia outside of prayer hours."Having tourists in working mosques would not be new for Istanbul. The 17th century Blue Mosque, just a couple of hundred feet away from Hagia Sophia, is open for visitors except for prayer times. Women are asked to cover their hair when entering the building. There is no question of Christian prayers in other mosques, however, and there might well be in Hagia Sophia.But even if Hagia Sophia is kept open after turning it into a mosque, the move is still likely to trigger international criticism. Turkey's neighbor Greece, which regards Hagia Sophia as a symbol of the Byzantine past and Orthodox Christianity, has strongly criticized the plan to turn the building into a mosque.U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo urged Turkey "to continue to maintain the Hagia Sophia as a museum, as an exemplar of its commitment to respect Turkey's diverse faith traditions and history, and to ensure it remains accessible to all." Turkey rejected Pompeo's statement, reminding the secretary that "Hagia Sophia is the property of Turkey, like all our cultural assets located on our land."Eissenstat said that for all the controversy around Hagia Sophia, domestic and international repercussions of changing the building's status were likely to be limited."This is a nice piece of symbolism for Erdogan's base, but its domestic importance can be grossly overstated," Eissenstat said. "It isn't like the AKP will gain or lose a tremendous amount of votes either way.""On the diplomatic front, it will likely reinforce concerns about Turkey's direction for some Western countries and will likely result in some angry statements and headlines," he added. But, provided Turkey preserves the Hagia Sophia's treasures, "I think its overall effect will be minor and relatively short lived."Omer Lacin, a Turkish tourist from the southern city of Antalya who visited Hagia Sophia this week in the middle of the debate swirling around the building, said the better part of wisdom would be to leave the museum alone."It's not good that this issue has been put on the political agenda," Lacin said. "I think it's better not to touch history."Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:37:46 GMT
Meet the Russian Spies Who Inspired 'The Americans'
Donald Heathfield, like his wife, had been born in a cemetery, a ghost rising from the dead. A baby boy had been born on Feb. 4, 1962, in Canada, the third of four children of Howard and Shirley. Six weeks later, on March 23, Shirley found little Donald lying still, a tiny arm sticking out of the side of his crib. Her child had died. Tracey Lee Ann Foley was born on Sept. 14, 1962, in Montreal, the first child of Edward and Pauline Foley. Seven weeks old and just a few days after she had smiled at her mother for the first time, she developed a fever. Within hours, she died of meningitis. As with the Heathfields, the pain of the loss of a child so young never left the family. But then a quarter of a century later, Heathfield and Foley were suddenly there again, brought back to life by Directorate S.The twin tragedies had not gone unnoticed. A KGB officer serving in Canada had observed them. He would steal something from these two families who had already lost something irreplaceable—their children's identities. KGB officers had the macabre job of strolling around cemeteries looking at graves for likely candidates, a process known as "tombstoning." The ideal situation was a child who died away from the country in which they were born, with few close relatives, reducing the documentary and witness trail to the death. Once a candidate was found, the next step might be to destroy any documentary evidence of the death. This could be as simple as bribing someone for access to a church registry book and then ripping out the pages. Then came the key—requesting a new birth certificate (a technique that relied on there being no central registry of births and deaths). "It was considered a big success for us when Department 2 managed to obtain children's birth certificates after a whole family died in a traffic or other kind of accident," explains one former member of Directorate S. A birth certificate meant a child could be born again as an illegal.Directorate S was broken up into departments. Department 2 was the storytellers. Their job was to create a fictional life and to make it plausible enough to stand up to scrutiny from a discerning critic by building "legends" and providing backstories. Officers of the department would draw up paragraphs in two columns. On one side would be the supposed detail of a person's life—Donald Heathfield was Canadian and born in Montreal. On the other side would be the made-up evidence supporting that claim—starting with a birth certificate. If there was a claim that did not have documentation, then there would be a plausible story why. It was painstaking work. If there was any doubt, an entire identity would be discarded. Roughly one in ten attempts would create something considered sustainable against checks by Western security services. Each illegal had a "kurator"—literally a curator of the false identity who would supervise their training and act as a handler once they were in the field.The Hick From Indiana Who Nailed Master Spy Kim PhilbyThe Operational Technical section of Department 2 includes a team of highly skilled forgers. What does a French passport issued five years ago look like? What does a Finnish driver's license look like? They study which inks, papers, glues, and even staples are used in target countries so they can be faked or—if blanks can be stolen—doctored with a new identity inserted. A laboratory works on how to replicate the different types of paper and ink and how to artificially age a document in a special oven so a passport can be filled with the backstory of visas and trips and made to look old when it is in fact new. So why not just create entirely fake personas for the spies? A proper check into someone's background would raise too many questions and if fake documents are spotted then it is game over. For long-term penetration, the strong preference was always to get hold of real documents rather than rely on fakes. This meant becoming a "dead double"—stealing an identity of someone deceased and then using it to build a set of genuine documents. That was the route for Heathfield and Foley. They might arrive in Canada and start with a birth certificate. This could be used as the stepping-stone to contact public bodies and obtain other identity documents. Ultimately this would eventually lead you to a real passport, helping create what was called an "iron legend."So who was the resurrected Donald Heathfield? His real name was Andrey Bezrukov. He was born on August 30, 1960, in Kansk, in remote Siberia, a small town near the route of the Trans-Siberian Railway, home to a MiG fighter base. His parents were often away for work and so he was an independent child, self-contained with a strong inner confidence. Bezrukov traces his family tree back to the Russian conquest of Siberia under Ivan the Terrible in the sixteenth century, when his distant relatives had first come to the region. "For me to forget this is to be left with nothing," he later said. Remembering your roots was important when you were pretending to be someone else. Patriotism would sustain him in his long years far away from home.In 1978, at the age of 18, Bezrukov went to Tomsk State University. His study of history gave him a sense of the uniqueness of Russia's story, a country engaged in what he calls an "endless, painful search for herself between East and West." And it was while a student that he was talent-spotted. Universities are the classic recruiting ground for illegals. Department 3 of Directorate S is in charge of the intense selection process. An ideal candidate is in their early twenties. When a person was younger than that you could not be sure they had what it took to survive. By thirty, they were no longer malleable enough to be shaped into a new person. Spotters looked for those who might have the right set of skills—an aptitude for languages was vital, so was intelligence, patience, adaptability, an ability to cope with stress, and a sense of patriotism. Careful psychological assessments were undertaken. Someone who was volatile or looked like they might drink too much or have too much of an eye for the opposite sex was not suitable. This was all initially done at a distance before a move was made—perhaps, as often in the West, on the recommendation of a professor. Somewhere among the stream of students carrying books to and from class and flirting with each other, the KGB had spotted Bezrukov.Bezrukov was not recruited alone. The fact that illegals were selected in their twenties posed a problem—relationships. An illegal was destined to spend decades living undercover. It was unrealistic to think they would not engage in relationships. But this posed a danger. If you fell for a local, you would either have to constantly try to hide the truth from them or risk telling them you were not who you said you were. Worse, you might place love over duty and give up your spying career. Anatoli Rudenko, a 1960s illegal, worked in West Germany and London before ending up in the United States as a piano tuner to the rich and powerful—including the governor of New York, Nelson Rockefeller. Rudenko's career ended when he was forced to reveal he had defied orders by secretly marrying a hairdresser in Germany and taking her with him. Plans to use him to penetrate the United Nations and think tanks—including by seducing lonely young women—had to be shelved. It was an example of why human relationships were the key to an illegal prospering or failing.And so the preference became to send out couples. Marriages were sometimes arranged and manufactured by Directorate S (its officials could even officiate in order to maintain secrecy). An arranged marriage would not just avoid the danger of falling in love but also offer a partner in undercover work. "You would not have to waste your time chasing after girls and risk falling into bed with the wrong one," one illegal was told during the Cold War when a partner was offered to him. "You would not have to explain your absences. [Y]our partner would be a trained agent who could help with communications, photography, drops—with everything. You would not be alone behind the lines." Not all marriages worked. Yelena Borisnovna and Dimitry Olshevsky were sent to Canada under the identity of two dead babies, Laurie and Ian Lambert. Their relationship hit the rocks out in the field. Dimitry moved in with a local woman, while Yelena began to date a British-born doctor. Canadian intelligence arrested them in 1996. The pair were deported, landing on a stormy night in Moscow to be whisked away in a blacked-out van straight from the runway.Andrey Bezrukov's marriage, though, was no fake. This was an adventure that two young people set out on together. Elena Vavilova was a fellow history student at the university. She had been born in November 1962 in Tomsk, where her parents were academics. She was a cheerful, outgoing child who enjoyed figure skating, ballet, and acting. At university she played the violin as she studied for her degree. There she met Bezrukov. There was a confidence to him and also a sense he might take her out of the well-ordered world she had grown up in. "Andrey offered me something out of the ordinary, an adventure," she later said. The young couple spent the night together in the university library, sneaking in before closing time and staying among the book-lined shelves. But they were caught by the director the next morning. There was a telling off but no punishment. Perhaps it was this spirit of adventure and the willingness to take risks together that got them noticed.The young couple was approached by a man who had an unusual proposal. Did they want to serve their country? She was only 21. "I wondered what would happen to our relationship," Vavilova thought. "I believe if we were selected separately, each of us could have refused the proposal," Vavilova later explained to me. "However, since we were already romantically involved, it was more beneficial to have us as a couple for the training." She would later reflect that love marriages among illegals were better than arranged ones because of the trust that was always there. Their first curator sat down with them and in long conversations began to see if they were suitable—their recruiter talked to them about their backgrounds, their lives, their friendships, and their studies, carefully probing them to make sure they had what it took. The strains of the life they were to live drove others apart but, in their case, it would bring them even closer together.Why did Elena Vavilova agree to become a spy? "The concept of the Motherland—an amalgamation of everything that is important to you," was her explanation later. Vavilova and Bezrukov were still living in the era of communism when they were approached by the KGB, but it was always as much defending Mother Russia as spreading communism that had motivated them. "For me the main motive that made me agree and accept this job was the desire to prevent another terrible war, like the Great Patriotic War," Vavilova later said, using the Russian name for World War II. "As a teenager, all the films about the war and the suffering the people had to go through and the high price we had to pay for victory, all of this fostered in me a wish to be part of whatever could be done to prevent it from happening again." This was the driving force for many Russian spies from the Cold War generation—the sense of threat to their country and the story of their near defeat at the hands of the Nazis before a victory that came at an enormous cost (one which many feel is rarely acknowledged in the West). Almost every family had lost someone in that brutal war. The illegals' mission was to prevent it happening again by acting as a warning system. The early eighties, when the couple was approached, were years when the need for such warning seemed all too real. In Washington, there was an American president calling the Soviet Union "the evil empire" and who, Moscow feared, might be gearing up for confrontation and perhaps even a first nuclear strike. And at the same time, young men from the Soviet Union, including fellow students from Tomsk, were heading off to fight in a brutal conflict in Afghanistan.In the West, the word spy refers to both heroes—the James Bonds—and villains—traitors like the Kim Philbys. But in Russia they separate the two concepts with different words—a spy is a betrayer of secrets. Meanwhile, their word for heroic intelligence officers translates more closely in English to "scouts"—in the sense of someone who is working behind enemy lines to scout ahead and report back, providing advance warning. The separating of the two ideas makes it easier in Russia to lionize the heroes and demonize the villains. It also explains how the illegals saw themselves as operating behind enemy lines in order to protect the motherland. They were the "soldiers of the invisible front."Soon after, the couple was married. Bezrukov's parents came to the modest reception in Elena's parents' house. A few years later they would be married for a second time, this time as Donald Heathfield and Ann Foley (she chose to use her new middle name rather than Tracey). "The gap between our weddings was short, a few years, but those years were very intense," Vavilova later explained. There was no honeymoon the first time. Instead, Bezrukov and Vavilova simply vanished from the life of friends and family as they headed to Moscow. Despite the excitement of being in the nation's capital and the luxury of a two-bedroom apartment, this period was challenging. "The years before we left were quite taxing physically, psychologically, and intellectually," she would say. By the end of every week, they would be exhausted. They had to learn all the traditional "tradecraft" involved in being a spy—out on the Moscow streets they practiced brush-pass contacts, where one person hands over items to another surreptitiously—and tested on whether they could spot surveillance. Inside, they learned martial arts, how to shoot a gun, and how to evade a polygraph lie-detector test. But there was much more to the creation of an illegal than attending regular spy school. For a start, the training was provided to them as a couple by a small group of tutors. They did not mix with other recruits to protect their identity. But it also involved going much deeper. Each illegal required a staggering investment—around four years and by some estimates a million dollars. This compares to CIA and MI6 training for new officers, which is measured in months, not years. "It was not a mass production," one head of the KGB said. "You do not train illegals… in the classes. It's a piecemeal operation. You work with an individual, one on one. And only in such a way, we can make them look like an Englishman or a Spaniard or a German."As the Moscow snows came and went, Bezrukov and Vavilova's education involved former illegals educating them in the history of the elite spies whose ranks they were to join. Moscow had developed its specialty in illegals after the 1917 revolution. Many countries did not have diplomatic relations with the communist Soviet Union so diplomatic cover was not an option. In those early years, there had also been a pool of ideologically committed communists of various nationalities who were willing to spy for Moscow. This led to the heyday of the illegals in the 1930s and 1940s. Richard Sorge operated undercover in Japan, moving in the highest diplomatic circles to provide vital intelligence about Tokyo's relationship with Nazi Germany. In Europe, illegals recruited people who were students, and some would slowly work their way into positions of power and influence. Some, like Kim Philby and the Cambridge spies in the United Kingdom, would reach the highest echelons of Western intelligence agencies. In America, illegals worked with the atomic spies who stole the most sensitive secrets imaginable, which proved vital in allowing the Soviet Union to avoid defeat in the early Cold War. Many of these early international illegals were rewarded with execution in Stalin's purges.In the mid-1950s, the KGB began a push for a new generation of homegrown illegals. They never quite matched their predecessors, although there were some successes. Among the best known was Konon Molody, who turned into Canadian Gordon Lonsdale. He came to London and ran a spy ring stealing naval secrets. Molody had previously worked as an understudy in the United States for another of the great illegals—Rudolf Abel, a remarkably talented individual who had been born in Britain and served in World War II on the front lines before embedding himself in New York. These were the footsteps Bezrukov and Vavilova were to follow in.The illegals were treated as heroes in the Soviet Union, far more than their spy counterparts in the United States or Britain. There were stories of their daring undercover operations in World War II. The most fabled was Nikolai Kuznetsov. Films and books were based on his time posing as a member of the German occupying army in Ukraine during which he killed six senior Nazis. The accounts of World War II illegals were a central part of Soviet popular culture promoted by the KGB. One fictional work was turned into a 1973 TV series called Seventeen Moments of Spring. It featured a deep-cover illegal, a Soviet version of James Bond, who posed as a German aristocrat to infiltrate the Nazi SS and who prevented the Nazis from negotiating a peace deal with America. The series was a massive hit, reaching up to 80 million viewers, and was constantly repeated, embedding itself in the popular mind. Vladimir Putin was 21 when the series was first shown, and he became desperate to sign up for the KGB. One of his first jobs in East Germany in the 1980s, he would later boast, was to work with illegals.Excerpted from the book Russians Among Us by Gordon Corera. Copyright 2020 by Gordon Corera. From William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Reprinted by permission.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. 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Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:23:07 GMT
North Korea says it has no plans for talks with US
North Korea on Saturday reiterated it has no immediate plans to resume nuclear negotiations with the United States unless Washington discards what it describes as "hostile" polices toward Pyongyang. The statement by North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui came after President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, John Bolton, told reporters in New York Thursday that Trump might seek another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as an "October surprise" ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:23:03 GMT
N.Korea says no need to sit down with US for talks
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:14:28 GMT
At Mount Rushmore, Trump digs deeper into nation's divisions
At the foot of Mount Rushmore and on the eve of Independence Day, President Donald Trump dug deeper into America's divisions by accusing protesters who have pushed for racial justice of engaging in a "merciless campaign to wipe out our history." The president, in remarks Friday night at the South Dakota landmark, offered a discordant tone to an electorate battered by a pandemic and seared by the recent high-profile killings of Black people. Four months from Election Day, his comments amounted to a direct appeal to the political base, including many disaffected white votes, that carried him to the White House in 2016.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 05:10:03 GMT
Critics of US-Taliban deal say militants can't be trusted
Intelligence that Afghan militants might have accepted Russian bounties for killing American troops did not scuttle the U.S.-Taliban agreement or President Donald Trump's plan to withdraw thousands more troops from the war. It did give critics of the deal another reason to say the Taliban shouldn't be trusted. The bounty information was included in Trump's president's daily intelligence brief on Feb. 27, according to intelligence officials, and two days later, the U.S. and Taliban signed an agreement in Qatar.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 04:57:27 GMT
Heavy rain floods southern Japan; over a dozen presumed dead
Heavy rain in southern Japan triggered flooding and mudslides on Saturday, leaving more than a dozen people presumed dead, about 10 missing and dozens stranded on rooftops waiting to be rescued, officials said. More than 75,000 residents in the prefectures of Kumamoto and Kagoshima were urged to evacuate following pounding rains overnight. NHK footage showed large areas of Hitoyoshi town in Kumamoto inundated in muddy waters that gushed out from the Kuma River.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 03:45:35 GMT
Will Putin Really Return To The Kremlin in 2024?
President Vladimir Putin now has the legal right to remain in power until 2036, after a large majority of Russians voted in favor of Kremlin-backed constitutional reforms.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:19:00 GMT
Iran's Rouhani calls for mask order to be enforced
People not wearing masks against the novel coronavirus should be refused service in enclosed public spaces, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday, as his government moves to make it obligatory. Addressing the committee in charge of Iran's efforts to stem its virus outbreak -- the deadliest in the Middle East -- Rouhani said that the new order "requires some guarantee that it will be respected". Since late last month, the government has also undertaken a public information campaign, with officials and state television anchors wearing masks on camera to encourage their use.
Sat, 04 Jul 2020 00:16:48 GMT
The Latest: Trump to establish 'National Garden' of heroes
President Donald Trump says he will establish a "National Garden of American Heroes," which he is describing as "a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans who ever lived." Trump made the announcement as he opened the Fourth of July weekend with a speech and fireworks at the iconic Mount Rushmore. The executive order released Friday by the White House says the garden will feature statues of several presidents as well as other historic notables, including Davy Crockett, Amelia Earhart, Billy Graham, Harriet Tubman and Orville and Wilbur Wright.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 23:40:04 GMT
The UK buys a 45 percent stake in broke satellite startup OneWeb
It's part of the government's post-Brexit plan to replace the EU's sat-nav system.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 23:00:05 GMT
Alabama health officials can't verify 'COVID party' reports
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 22:41:05 GMT
8-year-old killed, 3 injured in shooting at Alabama mall
An 8-year-old boy was killed Friday in a shooting at an Alabama shopping mall that left three other people injured, police said. Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said the child was killed in the afternoon shooting at the Riverchase Galleria. The police chief said a girl and two adults were also hospitalized after the shooting.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 21:05:56 GMT
Iran agrees to compensate families of plane crash victims, Sweden says
Iran has reportedly agreed to compensate the families of the foreign victims who were killed when a passenger jet was blown out of the sky outside Tehran in January, a horrific crash mistakenly caused by the country's own military forces. "We have signed an agreement of mutual understanding that we will now negotiate together with Iran about amends, compensation to the victims' next of kin," she told Swedish news agency TT. The January crash came on the heels of Iran's retaliatory missile strikes against American military facilities following a President Trump-sanctioned drone strike that killed top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 21:04:48 GMT
Epstein cohort's arrest becomes new test for plea deal
Could that same deal now help Ghislaine Maxwell, the Epstein confidante arrested Thursday, evade charges she helped lure at least three girls into sexual liaisons with him? The British socialite was arrested Thursday in New Hampshire on charges that she acted as a recruiter of underage girls for Epstein, usually under the guise of hiring them to perform massages, and sometimes participated in his sexual abuse of the teens. The allegations against the couple date back many years, but Epstein, for a while, appeared to have resolved them under a deal with federal and state prosecutors in South Florida in which he pleaded guilty to lesser state charges and served 13 months in jail and a work-release program.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 20:56:49 GMT
Former world leaders warn against Israel annexation plan
A group of former world leaders urged European leaders on Friday to keep pressuring Israel against annexation of parts of the West Bank, warning against complacency after Israel made no move to take over the territory on July 1. The Elders, founded by Nelson Mandela in 2007, said in letters to the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and the European Union that they should insist to Israel that annexation would have negative political and economic consequences for bilateral and regional relations.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 20:36:33 GMT
Cop who stopped Elijah McClain fired over response to photos
One of the white officers who stopped Elijah McClain was fired over photos showing colleagues reenacting the chokehold used on the Black man before he died last year, authorities said Friday. Police stopped McClain as he walked down the street in a ski mask last August for "being suspicious." Aurora Officer Jason Rosenblatt tried to use a chokehold on the 23-year-old but couldn't because of his position, so another officer did, a report from prosecutors said.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 19:56:11 GMT
Bounties Uproar Casts a Shadow Over a Rare Trump Foreign Policy Achievement
For a president with few tangible foreign policy accomplishments under his belt, Afghanistan had come to look something like a bright spot.His nuclear talks with North Korea have proved fruitless; his "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran has produced no concessions from Tehran; Palestinians declared his Middle East peace plan dead on arrival; and a trade deal with China looks more unlikely every day.But while President Donald Trump has not achieved his goal of a full U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, he has drawn down thousands of U.S. troops and struck a deal with the Taliban intended to pave the way for a complete exit and an end to the 19-year conflict.Now the uproar over U.S. intelligence showing that Russia paid bounties for the killings of U.S. troops in Afghanistan is renewing focus on a conflict that had drifted to the political back burner and turning what had been a qualified success story for the president into at least a short-term political disaster.What remains to be seen is whether, and how, the episode might affect Trump's future plans. The military recently finished drawing down troops in Afghanistan from about 14,000 last fall to roughly 8,600. That is the minimum level that military commanders say allows them to prevent the Taliban and other radical fighters from overrunning the shaky, U.S.-backed Afghan government in Kabul.But with the November election coming, military officials say they are braced for Trump to announce at any time his intention to pull thousands more troops from the country before then.One person familiar with the president's thinking said he had repeatedly spoken of having all U.S. soldiers out of the country by the end of the year. That prospect may become even more likely now that the United States' continuing presence in Afghanistan has badly stung a president who lost patience with the U.S. mission there long ago but for years has found himself pressured to stay by congressional and military leaders invoking the specter of another attack in the mold of Sept. 11.The debate over what Trump officials knew about the intelligence on Russian bounties and when is "ignoring the bigger picture here," said Dan Caldwell, senior adviser of Concerned Veterans for America, a conservative group that opposes U.S. troop deployments overseas. "The bigger problem," he added, "is that by leaving our troops not only in places like Afghanistan but also in Iraq and Syria, we make it easier for our adversaries like Russia, Iran and nonstate actors like al-Qaida to bleed us on the cheap."Trump has called stories about the bounties "a made up Fake News Media Hoax" and studiously avoided commenting on the substance of the intelligence, including how it could change his policies toward either Russia or Afghanistan. But however willing he may be to overlook or downplay Russian aggression worldwide as he seeks to thaw relations with Moscow, it seems likely that the political grief he has suffered will only fuel his desire to withdraw troops from the country.Trump's patience with the conflict has been steadily waning in recent months, and he was particularly angry after two U.S. soldiers were killed when a member of Afghanistan's security forces opened fire on U.S. troops during a joint patrol in early February. Days later, Trump, who has often remarked on the burden of writing military condolence letters, traveled to Dover Air Force Base to witness the return of the soldiers' remains, a somber nighttime ceremony chillingly punctured by a widow's desperate screams.The recently published book by Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton confirms what has become increasingly obvious. Bolton recounts numerous instances when Trump, making liberal use of expletives, asked his exasperated advisers when he could be finished with the country. "We've got to get out of there," Bolton recalls Trump saying in March 2019.Trump took a key step in that direction Feb. 29, when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a Taliban leader signed an agreement in Qatar under which the U.S. would begin a phased troop withdrawal in exchange for a halt in Taliban attacks on U.S. forces and the beginning of political talks between the insurgent group and the Afghan government.The signing came just days after officials say intelligence about the Russian bounties appeared in Trump's daily intelligence briefing. Some Trump officials were concerned that the intelligence could jeopardize the Taliban deal. Whether for that reason or others, officials say Trump was not verbally briefed about it at the time.That agreement has been plagued with setbacks, including an unwelcome increase in Taliban attacks on Afghan targets, an exchange of prisoners between the Taliban and the Afghan government that has taken months longer than expected, and an Afghan election with disputed results that paralyzed the country's government.In one sign that Trump is determined to press ahead, Pompeo spoke by video conference Monday with the Taliban's deputy and chief negotiator, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, "to discuss implementation of the U.S.-Taliban agreement," according to a State Department spokeswoman."The secretary made clear the expectation for the Taliban to live up to their commitments, which include not attacking Americans," added the spokeswoman, Morgan Ortagus. (There is no indication that U.S. intelligence has tied Russian bounties to any attacks on Americans since the agreement was signed or that the Taliban's senior leadership was aware of them.)All the while, however, U.S. troops have been on their way out. And while Afghanistan continues to suffer horrific attacks like a May assault on a maternity ward in Kabul, there is little evidence that American voters, whose support for the war has long been waning, feel any less safe."Certainly there's a political resonance for the notion that, after all these years, President Trump will end the war that other presidents were unwilling to end," said Richard Fontaine, chief executive officer of the Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based policy group.Fontaine cautions against a withdrawal of troops, reminiscent of the U.S. exit from Iraq in 2011, that could allow militants to rampage and terrorists to find safe haven as al-Qaida did in Afghanistan before the Sept. 11 attacks.For now, that view has significant support in Congress. On Wednesday, the House Armed Services Committee voted 45-11 to approve a bipartisan amendment to an annual defense authorization bill that would restrict funds for a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan below the level of 8,000.One of the amendment's co-sponsors, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the third-ranking House Republican, warned in a statement that "the U.S.-Taliban deal allows for premature troop withdrawal that is not conditions-based."A Senate effort from the opposite perspective met a swift rebuke the same day. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. and one of Congress' leading noninterventionist voices, co-sponsored an amendment with Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan within a year. The Senate voted 60-33 to table the amendment.This article originally appeared in The New York Times.(C) 2020 The New York Times Company
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 18:57:35 GMT
Italy slams Egypt's stance on killing as 'punch in the face'
The president of the lower house of Italy's Parliament has slammed Egypt's stance in a probe to bring to justice the torturers and killers of an Italian doctoral student who disappeared in Cairo while researching labor movements in Egyt. Chamber of Deputies President Roberto Fico told Italian state TV on Friday that lack of satisfactory cooperation from Egyptian prosecutors in solving the 2016 killing of Giulio Regeni amounted to a ''punch in the face″ of Italy. Fico, a leading member of the main party in Italy's coalition government, the populist 5-Star Movement, was expressing frustration that the discussions Italian prosecutors had with their Egyptian counterparts this week failed to elicit progress.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 18:47:50 GMT
Iran says identifies cause of nuclear 'accident'
Iran's top security body said Friday it had determined the cause of an "accident" at a nuclear site but declined to release details, citing security reasons. "Investigations by relevant bodies have accurately determined the cause of the accident at... Natanz nuclear complex," said a spokesman for Iran's Supreme National Security Council, referring to one of the country's main uranium enrichment plants. "Due to certain security concerns the cause and details of this accident will be announced at the proper time," state news agency IRNA quoted Keyvan Khosravi as saying.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 16:38:59 GMT
Can Trump's anti-mail-voting crusade hurt him in key states?
President Donald Trump's campaign and allies have blocked efforts to expand mail-in voting, forcing an awkward confrontation with top GOP election officials who are promoting the opposite in their states. The rare dissonance between Trump and other Republican elected officials also reflects another reality the president will not concede: Many in his party believe expanding mail-in voting could ultimately help him. Trump's campaign has intervened directly in Ohio, while allies have fired warning shots in Iowa and Georgia, aimed at blunting Republican secretaries of state in places that could be competitive in November.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:44:08 GMT
Russian Orthodox Church defrocks coronavirus-denying monk
The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday defrocked a coronavirus-denying monk who has defied Kremlin lockdown orders and taken control of a monastery. A church panel in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg ruled to defrock 65-year-old Father Sergiy, who has attracted nationwide attention by urging believers to disobey church leadership and ignore church closures during the pandemic. In Friday's video, Father Sergiy denounced President Vladimir Putin as a "traitor to the Motherland" serving a Satanic "world government" and dismissed Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill and other top clerics as "heretics" and "enemies of God and Holy Mother of God" who must be "thrown out."
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:38:37 GMT
United Nations workers suspended after viral sex act video
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:34:38 GMT
Ethiopia's Nobel Winner Can't Rest on His Laurels
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:34:20 GMT
Iraq sets up border posts to try to prevent Turkish advance
Iraqi troops were enforcing positions along the border with Turkey, officials said Friday, to prevent Turkish forces from advancing deeper into Iraqi territory after two weeks of airstrikes as Ankara continues to target Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq. Security officials said Ankara has established at least a dozen posts inside Iraqi territory as part of a military campaign to rout members of the Kurdistan Worker's Party, or PKK, who Turkey says have safe havens in northern Iraq.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:02:46 GMT
UK in talks to join EU's coronavirus vaccine scheme - FT, citing UK officials
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:57:18 GMT
Malawi country profile
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Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:19:17 GMT
Putin orders amendments extending his rule into constitution
President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered amendments that would allow him to remain in power until 2036 to be put into the Russian Constitution after voters approved the changes during a week-long plebiscite. According to a copy of the decree released by the Russian government on Friday, the amendments will come into force on Saturday. The changes allow Putin to run for two more six-year terms after his current one expires in 2024, but also outlaw same-sex marriages, mention the "belief in God as a core value" and emphasize the primacy of Russian law over international norms.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:50:37 GMT
Civil rights leader Andrew Young says racism is based on fear
The former colleague of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and later U.N. Ambassador, tells CBS News, "We're going to have to come together."
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:22:00 GMT
Violence mars Portland protests, frustrates Black community
Protesters in this liberal, predominantly white city have taken to the streets peacefully every day for more than five weeks to decry police brutality. As the Portland protests enter a second month, they have shifted on several nights from the city's downtown core to a historically Black neighborhood in North Portland that's already buckling under the effects of white gentrification and has the most to gain — or lose — from the outrage in the streets. Late last week, some protesters barricaded the doors to a police precinct a half-block from Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and set fire to the building, which also houses Black-owned businesses, including an Ethiopian restaurant and a barber's school.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 13:15:24 GMT
Russia's constitutional changes to come into force on July 4 -Kremlin
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:48:08 GMT
The UK government to acquire satellite company OneWeb in deal funded in part by India's Bharti Global
Distressed satellite constellation operator OneWeb, which had entered bankruptcy protection proceedings at the end of March, has completed a sale process, with a consortium led by the UK Government as the winner. The group, which includes funding from India's Bharti Global – part of business magnate Sunil Mittal's Bharti Enterprises – plan to pursue OneWeb's plans of building out a broadband internets satellite network, while the UK would also like to potentially use the constellation for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) services in order to replace the EU's sat-nav resource, which the UK lost access to in January as a result of Brexit.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 12:29:22 GMT
Uganda boda boda rider sets himself on fire 'over bribe'
The motorcycle taxi rider's bike had been seized for carrying passengers against coronavirus restrictions.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 11:59:09 GMT
UN agency: North Europe radiation likely linked to reactor
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 10:27:36 GMT
Iran declines to disclose cause of mysterious nuke site fire
An online video and messages purportedly claiming responsibility for a fire that analysts say damaged a centrifuge assembly plant at Iran's underground Natanz nuclear site deepened the mystery Friday around the incident — even as Tehran insisted it knew the cause but would not make it public due to "security reasons." The multiple, different claims by a self-described group called the "Cheetahs of the Homeland" included language used by several exiled Iranian opposition organizations. The disparate messages, as well as the fact that Iran experts have never heard of the group before, raised questions about whether Natanz again had faced sabotage by a foreign nation as it had during the Stuxnet computer virus outbreak believed to have been engineered by the U.S. and Israel.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 10:21:18 GMT
UN staff in Israel suspended over sex act video
The United Nations has suspended two male workers without pay after a video emerged of them cavorting with a woman in a red dress inside a UN-marked vehicle as it cruised through Tel Aviv. In the 18-second video clip, a woman is seen straddling a man in the back seat of the car, while another man dozes in the passenger seat as the vehicle drives past a beach in the Israeli city. The UN reacted with horror to the video and launched an investigation, which is focused on two workers from the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), which monitors military activity in Israel. Neither the woman nor the two men have been named since the video - which UNTSO has described as "abhorrent" - went viral earlier in June. "Two male international staff members who were in the UN vehicle in Tel Aviv have been identified as having engaged in misconduct, including conduct of a sexual nature," Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said in a statement on Thursday.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 10:15:11 GMT
Coronavirus in South Africa: Deciding who lives and dies in a Cape Town township
Without enough supplies of oxygen or staff, health workers in South Africa are making some difficult decisions.
Fri, 03 Jul 2020 09:59:36 GMT
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Roth IRAs for College Savings?
Yes, you can use these accounts to pay for college. Learn the rules and find out if this savings strategy makes sense for you.
I have two sons, ages 4 and 6. If I were to open Roth IRAs for them, could the money be used for college? From what I've read, the 10% early-withdrawal penalty would be waived, but the money would be considered taxable income for them. Is that correct?
You're partially correct. One of the nice things about the Roth IRA is that it's so versatile. You can withdraw contributions to a Roth IRA at any time without paying taxes or a penalty. If you dip into earnings, you'll owe taxes, but you won't be hit with the 10% early-withdrawal penalty if the money is used to pay for college. See Why You Need a Roth IRA for more about the account's flexibility.
But I'm afraid I have to toss a monkey wrench into your plan: You can't open Roth IRAs for your sons unless they have earned income from a job. And because they are only 4 and 6, I'm guessing that this is not the case.
If saving for college is your primary goal, you'd probably be better off opening state-sponsored 529 accounts for your sons. To learn more, read The Ins and Outs of 529 Plans.
What about traditional IRAs?
Can I open a traditional IRA if I'm under 18 and get a tax deduction off my earned income for 2007?
Yes, you can. But Kiplinger's generally recommends that young people open a Roth IRA, which has no upfront tax deduction, because their income tends to be low and they won't miss the tax break. And unlike a traditional IRA, the Roth offers tax-free income in retirement.
But if you feel you need the tax break now, go ahead and open a traditional IRA.
Investment interest as income?
My daughter has a custodial account that earned about $1,000 in interest in 2007. She also worked for the first time last summer and earned about $1,050 at an ice cream store. Can I open a Roth IRA in her name for $2,050 for 2007?
Sorry, no. You can open a Roth IRA -- and by all means do it -- but only for the amount of your daughter's actual earned income, which was $1,050.
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I am 20 years old, and during 2007 and 2008 I will earn $13,000 from an internship at a company. I would like to open a Roth IRA and make a contribution for each year. But my parents claim me as a dependent on their tax return. If I open a Roth IRA, will I have to be independent?
No, you won't. You can open your own Roth IRA even if your parents claim you as a dependent. When it comes to opening a Roth, the critical factor is whether you have earned income from a job, which you do.
For more on Roth IRAs for kids, see Can Your Child Open a Roth IRA? and Kid IRA QA.


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Q: What makes CMS special?
A: Athletically:
- An experienced full time coach with over 30 years of dedication to student athletes like yourself
- A welcoming team that has been competitive regardless of year
- Men and women train together (same location) for added support
- Quality of competition – not only do we compete against some of the best collegiate athletes in the country, but also post-collegiate athletes
- A well thought out training program that continually allows athletes to improve regardless of the level at which they enter the program
- Five prestigious liberal arts colleges contributing to academic growth and success
- An average class size of 19 students yet over 2500 classes to choose from
- No redshirting – you'll graduate in four years
- Our colleges focus on teaching undergraduates (you), not on research and graduate programs
- A small campus feel within a university setting
- Great student diversity
Q: Why CMS?
A: There are many reasons why CMS is a great choice, including:
- Active student life, including on the weekends
- Since we are national liberal arts colleges, less than 40 percent of our students come from California
- Campus housing is available all four years
- We have over 230 clubs and organizations that you can be involved with
- You'll make friends here that will last your entire life.
A: Many things play into answering this question accurately for an individual. Some things to consider are how you'll adapt to life away from your family, sleep patterns and school/academic stresses. All of these will play a part not only here at Claremont, but also at any school you choose to attend. Your impact athletically is based primarily on three things A) talent, B) background and C) focus.
Having coached for over 30 years, I understand the physical, social and academic stresses placed on freshmen. Our program is adapted to take these pressures and your adaption to college running into account. On a practical side, we have a weekly "frosh run." This is where the freshmen run together, allowing them not to be influenced by the upperclassmen's pace. Additionally, double day training is kept to one day a week of running versus the two or three the upperclassmen may do.
Upon choosing to attend one of our colleges, I contact your high school coach to get a perspective on your background, strengths and weaknesses, and finally your imput is used in establishing your specific needs.
Q: What is an example of a week's training?
A: We train on a hard-easy day schedule, but even that rule has exceptions at different parts of the season. A typical week at mid-season might look like the following;
- Mon – off
- Tues – Hard day: Repeats or Hard base, PM 2nd session of 30 minute run and strength training
- Wed – Recovery day Base run between 45-55 minutes
- Thurs – Hard base, Tempo or Long repeats, PM 2nd session of 30 minute run and strength training
- Fri – Base run between 45 and 65 minutes
- Sat – Meet or Hard repeat over a course that we will be racing on late in the season plus strength training
- Sun – LSD (long slow distance) from between 75 and 100 minutes – these runs are most often done on soft surface areas including places like bike trails, mountains and Laguna Beach State Park. We try to make Sunday runs interesting and in different places where we don't train during the week
A: That depends on several factors including background, strength, perceived benefits and the time of the season. Most basically we are a moderate mileage, higher intensity program. Since being a team has special meaning here within the CMS program both our men and women train together. We do individualize your particular training based on the four factors above. You should understand that we will not overload you with lots of non-pounding activities like pool work, biking or elliptical training while in our program.
Q: Who makes the team?
A: Everyone who has the desire, work ethic and focus is welcome to run as a Stag or Athena. I believe anyone can benefit from our program. I have seen many athletes who entered college with little more than a good attitude and work ethic and after two or three years in our program earned a spot on our national team. Athletes can do some amazing thing if given the chance; I enjoy giving these people a chance.
A: Everyone on our roster attends each meet unless we are limited in entries. Unlike many programs, our philosophy is that all individuals make up our team not just the top few. We don't have A or B schedules for different ability athletes either and no one is treated like a second-class athlete.
A: Very little. Meets in college are normally held on Saturdays, so we don't have mid week dual meets like many high schools. Being located in Southern California allows us to travel less than 50 miles and compete against many top NCAA Division 1 and 2 teams, as well as some of the best NAIA programs. On any given Saturday, we will leave for a meet at 6AM and may be back in Claremont for brunch at Noon, having competed in a meet with over 200 entrants.
A: The simple answer is yes. For proof look at our roster, each athlete listed came to Claremont with the focus on receiving a strong academic education. Not all of our athletes have the potential to be All-American, but each choose to compete because they enjoy the program and find it a valuable expenditure of their time. Our athletes graduate in 4 years and are prepared to enter graduate school or the job market. They major in subjects as diverse as Engineering and Art, Biochemistry and Economics and they are all part of one of the strongest teams at the Division III level.
A: We have an extremely close-knit team. The support within the team is extremely important to me, as well as our team members. This importance is why we train daily together, have breakfast together after our workout and do lots of the things you may have experienced in high school – movie nights, team dinners, frosh-soph basketball game, puffy paint T-shirts or hair bows – and maybe some things you haven't experienced – Do Day, Christmas caroling, bake-offs and many other activities. These activities flourish because of our coaches' support and great team leadership.
CMS is one of the few college programs in the country that has a dedicated Head Cross-Country Coach for both men and women. We chose this model in 2010 when Coach Goldhammer stepped down as the Head Track Coach to focus on building the distance program as a national power. This model focuses on a truly welcoming program where each athlete feels valued and appreciated. This feeling is the basis of a great team atmosphere.
A: Since college cross-country is normally contested on grass courses, we train 80 percent of the time on soft surface. Most distance runners enjoy variety in training locations and our program takes pride in keeping it interesting. We train in the mountains behind the colleges, the beach, the desert, state, regional and city parks, bike trails and around the athletic fields on our campuses.
A: If you might be interested in one or more of our colleges please feel free to contact Coach Goldhammer. It is important that we are aware of your interest. We can be a valuable asset in the information collection, as well as a valuable resource for you.


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First a bit of background information so that you guys won't believe that I am completely stupid growing Lophophora and the likes in an unheated greenhouse in Denmark: 1) Most of these plants are "surplus", i.e. I don't have room for them anywhere else – lately several plants have been bought specifically for the cold house, though. 2) The greenhouse is located at my summerhouse, left mostly desolate throughout winter, making it difficult to keep it reliably heated. 3) Many cactus species tolerate more frost than is generally assumed; I'm curious which. 4) The winters in Denmark have been rather mild lately, inviting experiments like this.
With this in place I'm ready to recount how the harsh winter, that has just released its cold grip of Denmark, helped me separate the wheat from the chaff (a blatant euphemism for "killing off alarmingly large parts of my collection"). Just to give an understanding of the severity of the winter, the plants saw almost constant frost for more than 10 weeks, with temperatures measured as low as -15 C (5 F) in the area where the plants grow.
Lophophora williamsii var. echinata coming out of winter
Let's start with one of the success stories. My Trans-Pecos peyote plants are doing quite well, approximately one in eight died and the surviving plants are not too marked by the frost. The plants I'm growing are descending from material originally collected in the Pecos River area, Val Verde County, Texas (JJH 8608293). The Trans-Pecos peyote is the northernmost form of Lophophora williamsii and is also known as Lophophora williamsii var. echinata.
Trans-Pecos peyote surviving the frost
My regular (Mexican and south Texan) Lophophora williamsii plants fared much worse, less than one in ten of the larger plants survived the winter.
One of the few surviving Lophophora williamsii var. williamsii
This corresponds well with Del Weniger's observations:
[Lophophora williamsii var. echinata] can also survive the much more severe cold of the Big Bend. I have several times had the smaller form from south Texas [L. williamsii var. williamsii] freeze in San Antonio, while this form [L. williamsii var. echinata] growing in the same bed showed no ill effects.
In the future I'll focus more on the extreme northern forms of peyote, i.e. plants grown from material originating from Shafter, Val Verde, Big Bend and other Trans-Pecos, Texas locations. The Cactus Conservation Institute has an informative page on the differences in traits between Lophophora williamsii var. echinata and var. williamsii.
Frost killed Lophophora williamsii, Starr County, Texas
As mentioned the majority of my large "regular" Lophophora williamsii were killed by the frost. But many medium sized seedling plants actually survived while the larger plants (of the same variety) and yearling seedlings succumbed. As this pattern seems to be rather consistent for plants of the same variety, I guess I can't write all "regular" Lophophora williamsii casualties off to genetics. My theory is that this "size-conditioned" difference in survival must be related to how well the plants were prepared for the winter, which again may be closely related to the surface-area-to-volume ratio of the plant.
The surface-area-to-volume ratio (SA:V) decreases with size, i.e. a large plant will have less surface per unit of volume than a smaller plant. If we use a half sphere as a model for a globular cactus we get a SA:V of 3/r, where r is the radius. Consequently a large plant will need relatively longer time (per unit of volume) to go flaccid and prepare properly for the winter (as all excess water needs to be evaporated through the surface (the epidermis)). Similarly seedlings are more prone to die of drought as an increased SA:V means increased exposure to the environment in general.
To play it safe the coming growing seasons I'll stop watering my large plants well before I let seedlings go drought dormant in preparation for the winter, and in general start winter preparations earlier than I have used to in the past.
I might consider crossing the surviving mature (non Trans-Pecos) plants and name the cultivar Lophophora williamsii 'Borealis' ;-)
Frost killed Leuchtenbergia principis – outside the rain is weeping
My largest Leuchtenbergia principis is dead (pictured above next to a surviving saguaro) while 3 out of 4 of my smaller Leuchtenbergia principis plants (GL 770; Sierra de la Paila) are looking happy.
Ariocarpus has turned out to be an unconditional coldhouse success. I expected my Ariocarpus fissuratus plants to make it safely through the winter as they originate from locations like Fort Stockton, Texas (JM 122) and Crockett County, Texas (SB 403), but I had doubts about my Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. macdowellii plants (SB 100; El Pilar, Coahuila), and had accepted that I would probably loose my Ariocarpus retusus (SB 310; Cuesta la Muralla, Coahuila). Amazingly they all survived the winter in great style almost looking lush and vigorous, like a winter swimmer surfacing with renewed energy after a cold plunge.
Surviving Ariocarpus, Epithelantha, and Leuchtenbergia plants
Epithelantha is another seriously cold tolerant genus. My Epithelantha micromeris var. greggii plants (Cuesta la Muralla, Coahuila, Mexico) all made it; one is seriously damaged, though – it looks like the root is dead while the crown looks fine, so I hope to be able to re-root it. The Epithelantha bokei plants (SB 416; Brewster Co, Texas) also look fine, but due to the extremely dense spination it is hard to say for sure if they are completely undamaged. Strangely the cold has taken the hardest toll on my regular Epithelantha micromeris (SB1327; near Belen, New Mexico) – this variety of E. micromeris is from the northernmost known locality of the species so I had expected the plants to cope better with the frost.
Surviving Obregonia denegrii plants
Last summer I moved a handful of Obregonia denegrii seedlings (VVZ 163; San Vicente, Tamaulipas) to the coldhouse. I really didn't expect these plants to be cold hardy, but didn't have room for them anywhere else. Surprisingly approximately two thirds of the plants survived as illustrated in the above picture (the surrounding pots are not empty, each contain a rather large L. williamsii killed by the cold).
Other success stories are Normanbokea valdeziana, Homalocephala texensis, and Mammillaria meiacantha which all made it through the winter without casualties – the Normanbokea plants are even budding. Acharagma roseana is another species that's shaking off the winter blues and getting ready to bloom – in general Acharagma seems to handle the cold pretty well, even most of my yearling Acharagma aguirreana seedlings survived. Most Escobaria and Echinocereus obviously had minimal problems with the frost.
Frost killed Lophophora williamsii turning to mush
As mentioned above the majority of my larger, regular Lophophora williamsii plants were killed by the frost, but the more tender Lophophora species like Lophophora diffusa and L. fricii are completely eradicated – I'll probably not experiment further with these species in the coldhouse, the exception maybe being montane varieties of Lophophora fricii.
Dead Lophophora diffusa
Other species that are completely wiped out include Matucana madisoniorum, an unknown Echinopsis hybrid, Ferocactus glucescens (PP 1354), Lithops lesliei (not exactly a cactus, I know ;-), and Harrisia jusbertii. Surprisingly all my Mammillaria grahamii also died – I had expected this species to be more cold hardy.
Most of my saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) also succumbed to the frost – 4 plants look like they might survive, most of them badly damaged, but it is too early to say.
I need to start building a new collection of grafting stock – all Trichocereus plants that I grew in the coldhouse are dead, including Trichocereus pachanoi, T. peruvianus, Trichocereus 'Tom Juul's Giant', and a Penis Cactus… they are all gone. Even plants that were well prepared for the winter died, so Trichocereus is definitely not as tolerant to frost as I had expected.
Decomposing Trichocereus plants
To put the death toll into perspective this is the coldest winter in 14 years in Denmark (followed by March, a month with the most extreme temperature fluctuations in 14 years, which were not very becoming to my struggling plants either). The frost set in just before Christmas and only lifted again in the beginning of March. The lowest temperatures measured in the area were as low as -15 C (5 F).
Outdoor temperature in late January
Once in a while short bursts of thaw set in quickly followed by frost (as indicated by the above graph), making the conditions even harder for the plants.
Outdoor temperature in mid February
The temperature measurements come from a semi-professional weather station located approximately 1.5 km (~ one mile) from where I grow my plants, so these temperatures are representative for those that my plants where exposed to.
To end on a positive note I expect the frost to have killed off many pests also (including red spider mites). Also, I got an affirmative confirmation that it is actually possible for peyote to survive rather extreme conditions in an unheated greenhouse in Denmark... and I got plenty of room for new plants ;-)


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Teen tweeter won't apologize to Kan. gov.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - A U.S. teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology.
Emma Sullivan, 18, said she isn't sorry and doesn't think such a letter would be sincere.
The Shawnee Mission East senior was taking part in a Youth in Government program last week when she sent out a tweet from the back of a crowd of students listening to Brownback's greeting. From her cellphone, she thumbed: "Just made mean comments at gov. brownback and told him he sucked, in person (hash)heblowsalot."
She actually made no such comment and said she was "just joking with friends." But Brownback's office, which monitors social media for postings containing the governor's name, saw Sullivan's post and contacted the Youth in Government program.
Sullivan received a scolding at school and was ordered to send Brownback an apology letter. She said Prinicipal Karl R. Krawitz even suggested talking points for the letter she was supposed to turn in Monday.
The situation exploded after Sullivan's older sister contacted the media. Since then, Sullivan's following on Twitter has grown to about 3,000 people, up from about 65 before the tweet. She said she thinks the tweet has helped "open up dialogue" about free speech in social media..
"I would do it again," she said.
Sullivan has received emails from attorneys but is waiting to see what happens when she refuses to hand in a letter. Krawitz, her principal, told The Kansas City Star previously that the situation is a "private issue, not a public matter" but didn't return a phone message from The Associated Press at his home Sunday.
She hasn't heard from Brownback or his staff. She said she wouldn't mind sitting down and talking to the governor.
Sullivan said she disagrees with Brownback politically, particularly his decision to veto the Kansas Arts Commission's entire budget, making Kansas the only state in the nation to eliminate arts funding. Brownback has argued arts programs can flourish with private dollars and that state funds should go to core government functions, such as education and social services.
"I think it would be interesting to have a dialogue with him," she said. "I don't know if he would do it or not though. And I don't know that he would listen to what I have to say."
Sherriene Jones-Sontag, the governor's spokeswoman, told The Star previously that Sullivan's message wasn't respectful and that it takes mutual respect to "really have a constructive dialogue." Brownback's office didn't return calls or emails Sunday from the AP.
Sullivan's mother, Julie, said she isn't angry with her daughter, even though she thinks she "could have chosen different words."
"She wasn't speaking to the 3,000 followers she has now," Julie Sullivan said. "She was talking to 65 friends. And also it's the speech they use today. It's more attention grabbing. I raised my kids to be independent, to be strong, to be free thinkers. If she wants to tweet her opinion about Gov. Brownback, I say for her to go for it and I stand totally behind her."


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This site is attempting to preserve the images of graves and monuments before they disappear. It is hoped that they will be useful to historians and genealogists, as well as serve to remember those whom they commemorate.
It covers the area which used to be British India and includes present-day India, Pakistan and Bagladesh. Entries are not limited to British citizens, monuments cover many nationalities.
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Kneeling amongst shards of sun bleached grass,sweat prickling my brow, squinting against the sun's glare,my eyes trace the patterns etched in stone,slowly deciphering first letters, then words,until names unspoken all these years, form before my eyes.I recall your sepia likenesses, captured over a century ago,now lovingly preserved in albums and on walls.I have travelled over four thousand milesfor this brief reunion, with you, my kinsmen.
The shadows of the shade trees lengthen,as the sun dips in the western sky.Making my way back I wonder,'Will I be the last to return hereor will others of my family,your descendents yet to be born,retrace my footsteps and makethe same pilgrimage tothat cemetery on the Hosur Road?'
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A number of monuments from Peshawar Tehkal Cemetery. Many thanks again to Dr Ali Jan - Sarhad Conservation Network.
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The one remaining monument left in North Park Street Cemetery. Thanks again to Pamela Stock-Hall
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All these files being constantly updated by their members returning from their visits to the sub-continent, the information being sifted by two professional archivists before it is added to the archive.
BACSA are trying to arouse local interest so that steps towards maintenance can be taken, such as repairs to new walls, a new gatehouse, clearance of paths, restoration of tombs etc. They take the view that for long-term results the initiative must come from those on the ground with BACSA adding grants for specific projects.
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Here at NIDA, we can't learn enough about the brain. Other scientists are brain-obsessed too-there's even a Brain Awareness Week, a global campaign to spread the word about the progress and benefits of brain research. This week, people all over the world will take some time to learn about the complex and beautiful brain. So, in the spirit of the week, here's some "brain bits."
Everyone knows that your brain helps you learn-it stores information and helps you put different pieces together to draw conclusions about all sorts of things: from math problems to history essay questions to whether you like the taste of tomatoes.
The brain relies on a bunch of chemicals called neurotransmitters to get messages from one part of the brain to the other. It's pretty amazing how each neurotransmitter attaches to its own kind of receptor-like how a key fits into a lock. Messages zip through the brain on the right routes thanks to this intricate process.
But drugs can really mess up the brain's traffic patterns. The chemical structure of some drugs, like marijuana, imitates the structure of a natural neurotransmitter. In this way, drugs can "fool" receptors, lock onto them, and alter the activity of nerve cells.
The problem is, drugs don't work exactly the same way as the natural neurotransmitters they resemble. So a brain on drugs sends messages down wrong pathways throughout the brain. Marijuana, for example, can alter concentration and memory. Other drugs can literally reset what the brain needs to feel pleasure so that, without the drug, a person dependent on it feels hopeless and sad.
As you can see, the brain is a complex organ, worthy of its own week of honor. Learn more about your brain and the harmful effects of drugs from these resources:
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dumb you do drugs you are probolay to dumb to know what a brain is?
Drugs certainly do mess with neurotransmitters, but so do other 'legal' drugs like caffeine. And I really think people are stressing the effects of marijuana too much. It's got plenty of short term side effects, but it doesn't have the same long term effects, like for example Ecstasy has. That's a drug to stay away from.
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Which patriarch's name means "he laughs" in Hebrew?
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