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India Ballistic Protection Market Outlook to FY'2021 - Rising Defence Expenditure and Growing Exports to Shape the Future
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India Ballistic Protection Market Outlook to FY'2021 - Rising Defence Expenditure and Growing Exports to Shape the Future" which provides a comprehensive analysis of the ballistic protection market India. The report covers various aspects such as overall size of the ballistic protection market in terms of value and volume, segmentation on the basis of types of products, domestic sales and exports and others. The report also covers future outlook and projections of the industry. Additionally, the report offers prevalent trends, developments and challenges in industry and SWOT analysis of the current market. The report also covers the competitive landscape of the industry and comprehensive profile of leading players operating in the market. Major macroeconomic indicators affecting the market have also been highlighted in the report. The report is useful for manufacturers of ballistic protection equipments companies, consultants and stakeholders to align their market centric strategies according to ongoing and expected trends in the future.
Ballistic protection market comprises of defence equipments which are used by people to protect themselves against the firearm or an explosive device. Such products are most commonly used by the armed forces of a nation, VIPs and HNWIs, which face risk on their lives due to their influence or stature in the society.
The need for ballistic protection has been growing in India with the rise in threat of domestic and cross-border terrorism. Apart from terrorism, local extremist outfits such as Indian Mujahideen, Bodo militants, Maoist-Naxalite insurgency in several of its states has led to the deployment of military and paramilitary forces in these regions. As the casualties and fatalities from stray explosives and firings rise in these regions, the need for protective armour by the general public in these regions has been growing. Moreover, there is a constant demand from the armed forces in India, since the country's borders are shared with China and Pakistan.
The market size in terms of revenues in India was recorded at INR ~ million in FY'2011. The revenues have increased to INR ~ million in FY'2016, at a CAGR of ~% during the period. In terms of volume the market has been evaluated at ~ in FY'2016. In FY'2016, the largest share in the personal ballistic protection market in India was countered by bullet proof vests which accounted for ~% of the overall market revenues. Ballistic boots has contributed the second largest share of ~% in the overall market revenues. Ballistic helmets, on the other hand have contributed ~% of the overall market revenue.
The market has overall sales volume of ~ units of bullet proof jackets as of FY'2016, which has substantially enhanced over the years. Over the period FY'2011-FY'2016, the market for bulletproof vests has generated significant demand from different units of the Indian Army as well as police forces of J& K, Assam, Manipur; Nagaland and several other Indian states. In the year FY'2016, the total market value of the bullet proof vests had reached a total of INR ~ million. Sales volume has inclined from ~ units in FY'2011 to ~ units in FY'2016. The market for bulletproof vests in largely export oriented as of FY'2016. Exports accounted for a share of ~% in the volume sales of ballistic vests/jackets market in India during FY'2016.
Ballistic boots have been produced with the major focus towards preventing damage from bullets and other shrapnel to the legs and feet of users. Indian ballistic boots market has showcased a healthy growth rate in terms of revenues over the period FY'2011-FY'2014. The market has risen steadily from INR ~ million in FY'2011 to INR ~ million in FY'2014. As of FY'2016, demand for ballistic boots in India is ~, however only ~ are being procured. There is a huge demand-supply gap majorly due to new completed tenders for ballistic boots.
Bomb blanket is a combination of suppression blanket and safety ring for quick protection against blast shocks and fragments. The market revenues were registered at INR ~ million during FY'2016. Units consumed during FY'2016 have been registered at ~. Similar to ballistic vests and helmets, the market for ballistic blanket in India has been dominated by exports during FY'2016. Exports have captured a share of ~% in the total sales of ballistic blanket market during FY'2016.
The bomb suits are generally made with high strength aromatic polyamide polymer fabrics such as Kevlar. The suits have extra padding in their built to protect against the massive impact of blasts. The demand for bomb suits in India has been recorded at ~ units, with revenues of worth INR ~ million in FY'2016
The sales volume of bulletproof helmets during FY'2016 was recorded at ~ units. The price of bullet proof helmets in India has been witnessed at INR ~ per unit. India ballistic helmet market is highly export driven with export accounting for ~% share in the total sales during FY'2016. Domestic sales have accounted for a low share of ~% in the total sales of ballistic helmets in terms of units in FY'2016.
The market for armored fighting vehicles has been registered at ~ units. The average price for an armored military vehicle is INR ~ lakh as of FY'2016.On the other hand, ~ civilian vehicles have been upgraded into armor protected vehicles during FY'2016. Average cost of modifying a civilian vehicle into armor protected vehicle is INR ~ lakh as of FY'2016.
Bulletproof Glass market has grown at a gradual pace over the period FY'2011-FY'2016. Bullet-proof glass used in India is majorly of two types, laminated glass and polycarbonate thermoplastic. Average price of bulletproof glass in India is INR ~ per square feet as of FY'2016. Inclining sales of armored vehicles and growing military strength of the country have earmarked the sales volume for bulletproof at ~ square feet in FY'2016.
Key Topics Covered in the Report:
- India Ballistic Protection Market Introduction and Size by value and volume
- India Ballistic Protection Market Segmentation (By types of products and import and domestic production)
- India Ballistic Vest/Jacket Protection Market size by value and volume
- India Ballistic Vest/Jacket Protection Market Segmentation (By domestic sales and exports)
- India Ballistic Boots Market size by value and volume
- India Ballistic Blankets Market size by value and volume
- India Ballistic Blankets Market Segmentation (By domestic sales and exports)
- India Demining Suits Market size by value and volume
- India Bomb Suits Market size by value and volume
- India Ballistic Helmet Market size by value and volume
- India Ballistic Helmet Market Segmentation (By domestic sales and exports)
- Company Profile of Leading Players in India Ballistic Protection Market
- SWOT analysis of India Ballistic Protection Market
- India Ballistic Protection Market Future Outlook and Projections
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Tunnel opening not found; special BSF team to arrive
Security personnel are yet to find the opening of the tunnel found beneath the Indo-Pak border fence 300-meter inside the Indian territory.chandigarh Updated: Jul 30, 2012 12:44 IST
Security personnel are yet to find the opening of the tunnel found beneath the Indo-Pak border fence 300-meter inside the Indian territory.
The police have cordoned off the area around the tunnel site at Chachwal border outpost, 70km from Jammu. The tunnel, still under construction, was discovered by a farmer on Saturday.
A special BSF team from Delhi is expected to arrive on Monday to examine the tunnel which is 3 feet by 3 feet in diameter. The team will analyse factors such as the method adopted in digging the tunnel, the time taken to carry out the operation from across the border and the possibility of it being used to push infiltrators.
"The team was scheduled to arrive today but now it will reach on Monday," said an official source on Sunday.
On Sunday, digging was done 50-feet parallel to the spot where the tunnel has been detected.
IGP Jammu range Dilbagh Singh along with SSP Samba Israr Khan visited the spot where 150 police personnel have been deployed.
"We have earmarked the area in a triangular shape for carrying out digging work so as not to leave any scope for missing the tunnel's opening. The state police is coordinating with the BSF personnel in this regard," said SSP Khan.
A local farmer had observed his field caving in at three points in a straight line following which the tunnel was discovered. A pipe, perhaps used for supplying oxygen in the tunnel, was also found.
The Border Security Force (BSF) is contemplating to beef up security checks along the international border.
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Yesterday was my 28th birthday. Which, in regards to this blog, means I have exactly two years to finish my list. As of right now, I'm nowhere close. But enough about that.
I think it's funny how excited I get over my birthday. Especially since they usually don't turn out to be what I expected. But like every other hopeful girl I forget the bad times of my birthday and focus on my favorite part: a day devoted entirely to me. What else could an egotistical self-centered woman want?
As I'm sure you know I've been watching a lot of 30 Rock lately due to my lack of cable and my new obsession with Netflix on the Wii. I don't find it coincidental at all that the episode that came on a while ago was a birthday episode. In fact, I found it to be a sign. Well, maybe two signs. The first is that depressing movies will no longer be allowed in my house because they affect me too much. The second is that even if birthdays suck as you get older and no one makes a big deal out of them anymore... wait. That actually might be the sign.
This particular episode was about one of the character's 50th birthday and he found that his birthday party didn't measure up to his 10th birthday because he wasn't happy. But then he laughed at something and was happy. Or something like that. I think the message I got from it was a little vague.
My point is that birthdays just aren't special anymore. Sure, people post generic "Happy Birthdays" on my Facebook wall. My mom bakes me a funfetti cake every year even though I don't like cake. (Although this year she surprised me with birthday tiramisu which is my favorite dessert. Isn't my mom awesome?) Friends send me text messages or go out to dinner with me for my birthday. All of that used to make my birthday great. And it still does... but not in the same way. I've realized that it isn't those things that make me enjoy my birthday. It's the little things that seem ridiculously insignificant and no on really remembers except me.
My favorite episode of Sex and the City is the one where Carrie plans this big dinner for her birthday and none of her friends show up for whatever various reasons and she's left sitting at the restaurant all alone. It's pretty pathetic. As she's nearing her apartment later in the evening (after her friends come through in the end), upset and miserable, Mr. Big is there and makes everything better. Not all right, just better. Here, watch the clip:
My 23rd birthday was like this. Without going into the details that was honestly my worst birthday. I felt like I had no friends, no one cared about me, etc. And then one of my good guy friends, in typical fashion for him, pulled a Mr. Big. He told me something along the lines of "Shut up, it's your birthday. Happy birthday," as I was whining about how unhappy I was. Instantly cheered me up. It didn't make everything all right, but it definitely made my birthday better.
All in all, this birthday was pretty good. I really do have great friends, I'm overall happy to be me, and 28 isn't so bad. I still have a long way to go in my quest to accomplish my list before I'm 30 but all I can say is this: bring it on and, in the words of Mr. Big, "Happy birthday, baby."
Now all I need is a tall, dark and handsome man to show up with red balloons...


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What do Thanksgiving and this bullish stock buying have in common? Restraint on either front is an exercise in futility.
Investors have been feasting on equities for months, rewarded by hefty gains across the board. Few are seeing clouds on the horizon, and Goldman Sachs now tells us "rational exuberance" will drive the market higher for the next three years.
Can't beat 'em, so join 'em? It's tough to "make a fundamental case for lower [stocks] when earnings look like this," notes iBankCoin's Dr. Fly, in a blog post pointing to this historical chart of Facebook FB, -0.66% results:
Now that Asia is adding to the fervor via its own tech rally, you might wonder whether there are any overlooked corners of equities left.
Enter our call of the day, from Jeff Hirsch, editor of the Stock Trader's Almanac, who says get ready for a traditional blast-off in small-cap stocks.
While many think those assets haven't kept pace with the broader market this year, Hirsch notes in a blog post that they've actually "performed right in line with historical seasonal patterns, and are poised for their usual seasonal breakout."
He says that lift tends to begin in late November, but usually doesn't get fully cranked up until mid-December.
The Russell 2000 RUT, -1.53% was up 1% on Tuesday, for its fourth-straight winning session. On the basis of recent action, "small caps are on the brink of breaking out into their typical year-end rally, outperforming large caps from about mid-December to early-March," he says.
Here's his chart, which shows the normal seasonal pattern of the ratio of the Russell 2000 to Russell 1000 indexes since 1979, compared with what we've seen this year. Hirsch says it lays out the "perennial low point" of this relationship in November and then the winter rally that tends to follow:
Also from Hirsch: History suggests the stock market is poised for a big turkey bump
Key market gauges
There's a tiny bit of green in the early going, with the Dow DJIA, -2.02% , S&P SPX, -1.91% and the Nasdaq COMP, -2.26% inching up. Europe SXXP, -0.63% is holding steady around two-week highs. Asia's ADOW, -1.25% runup cooled somewhat, but Hong Kong HSI, -1.62% stocks hit a decade high.
The dollar DXY, +0.34% is under pressure, with Federal Reserve minutes in the bullseye. The pound GBPUSD, -0.5689% is up against the buck after the U.K. announced its budget
The Turkish lira USDTRY, +0.4627% hit a fresh all-time low against the dollar. The central bank has been at loggerheads with the government over stabilizing the currency.
Crude prices US:CLZ7 are soaring after estimates showed a fall in U.S. supply, ahead of official data this morning. Gold US:GCZ7 is up a tiny bit.
See the Market Snapshot column for more.
The chart
Go big, but stay home. That's the advice in the latest "The Weekly Letter" from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, which offers up the chart below. It shows how U.S. companies with global exposure have sprinted past their domestically-focused counterparts:
Investors should pay close attention here, say Joseph Quinlan, head of market and thematic strategy, and Kathryn A. Cassavell, research analyst.
"One of the best-kept secrets on Wall Street is this: American firms deliver their goods and services to foreign customers via two channels — through trade (exports) and U.S. foreign affiliates (direct investment)," they note.
It's the latter that make U.S. multinationals so "formidable and profitable," and which will translate into future earnings growth, they say. Their estimates show 2016 U.S. foreign-affiliate sales totaled $7.2 trillion, three times more than U.S. exports in that year.
"With global growth projected to accelerate into 2018, we believe many U.S. multinationals will continue to surprise on the upside in terms of earnings and revenue growth. Accordingly, we favor large-cap U.S. global leaders," they say.
Some have been calling for caution on U.S. big-cap stocks, given their heady performance this year. Apple AAPL, -3.20% , a big exporter of iPhones and gadgets, is up around 50% so far this year.
The buzz
Deere DE, +0.47% is shooting higher on results this morning. But HPE HPE, -1.86% is down after a disappointing forecast late yesterday, as well as the news that Meg Whitman is out as CEO — and leaving behind a fractured company at that. HP HPQ, -1.26% and Salesforce CRM, -2.90% are also down after late Tuesday results.
Opinion: 2018 will be a big year for Twitter (and its stock)
Uber paid a $100,000 ransom to buy the silence of pirates who plundered data affecting 57 million customers and drivers.
A flurry of data will hit ahead of the Thanksgiving break — weekly jobless claims, durable goods orders, then consumer sentiment and Fed minutes. Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said late Tuesday that inflation below 2% is one of the biggest challenges for the central bank.
Meanwhile, here's Cher on net neutrality:
Net Neutrality means— Cher (@cher) November 22, 2017
Trump can Change The
Internet ‼It Will Include LESS AMERICANS NOT MORE‼
Now Comcast,AT&T,Google
Will show you ONLY WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO SEE ‼SLOWER AND MORE EXPENSIVE AT THEIR WHIM‼SEE LESS,CHARGED MORE...
The quote
"And in fairness to Trump, who are you going to believe? Nine women who don't know each other and whose stories have been corroborated by dozens of independent sources, or a guy who looks like the Marlboro Man's deadbeat dad?" — That was "Late Night" host Seth Meyers, ripping into President Trump's defense of Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.
POTUS argued yesterday that Moore "totally denies" those allegations.
Random reads
Dramatic video shows North Korean soldier defecting under heavy fire
"Butcher of Bosnia" found guilty of genocide
Your boozy holiday office party will probably go bye-bye this year
Navy airplane with 11 aboard crashes in the Pacific
Thanksgiving dinner at Mar-a-Lago looks less-than-relaxing
A New York Times expose is hanging over Vice right now
Teen idol David Cassidy dead at 67
Throwback Thanksgiving. Traffic in Los Angeles, circa 2016.
And here's when Google says you shouldn't travel.
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Here is a short video of Virtua Tennis 3, which was also in Sega's PS3 showroom. Even if the ball's physics looked a bit weak sometimes, the game seemed like a huge leap over Top Spin 2.
they are going cross platform with this game. Virtua Tennis for Dreamcast got me hooked on tennis games.


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In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, the businessmen welcome new investment rules introduced by the Chancellor as a "shot in the arm" for enterprise, allowing them to pour more funds into start-up projects.
Described as "angel investors" because of their generosity in helping start-up companies, the 39 signatories include influential figures behind recent successes such as Lovefilm.com and Zoopla, the property website.
They reserve particular praise for Mr Osborne's decision to increase tax relief on investment in new businesses from 20 to 30 per cent, which they say will provide a "massive boost" to entrepreneurs.
Their support endorses the Chancellor's claim in his Budget speech that "Britain is open for business". And in a further political coup for the Coalition, the venture capitalists are led by Sir Ronald Cohen, formerly a substantial donor to the Labour Party, and include a number of other businessmen who sat on advisory boards for the last government.
Other signatories include Hermann Hauser, the driving force behind "Silicon Fen", the Cambridge technology cluster, and Brent Hoberman, a co-founder of Lastminute.com, whom Gordon Brown invited to be on his Business Council.
Their praise for last week's Budget has echoes of the backing Mr Osborne received from business leaders before the general election for his plan to cancel Labour's proposed National Insurance increase – a major fillip for the Conservatives.
The Daily Telegraph can disclose that the Treasury is planning to go further to support investors next year by introducing a new 50 per cent rate of tax relief on sums of up to £100,000 invested in start-ups.
Today, David Cameron, together with Mr Osborne and Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, will launch a new initiative called "Start Up Britain", aimed at encouraging thousands of people to launch their own businesses. Sixty firms will take part, offering special offers and assistance worth up to £1,500 to each business.
Other measures in last week's Budget praised by the venture capitalists include the relaxation of rules to enable investors to contribute twice as much to new businesses as before – up to £1 million each. Start-up firms will be able to receive a maximum of £10 million, compared with £2 million at present.
They also welcome the scrapping of rules that required business angels to work for 25 hours a week for companies in which they invested.
In their letter, the investors say: "Taken together, these changes represent a shot in the arm for enterprise in the UK. Thanks to the changes announced by the Chancellor this week, we feel that the UK is being positioned as a world class place to launch new businesses. As a result, British entrepreneurs, and those relocating to the UK, will find it easier to raise the funds they need to do what they do best: create and grow world beating businesses."
The companies represented in the letter, such as Index Ventures, Balderton Capital and Eden Ventures, have invested in hundreds of British start-ups, including Skype, Betfair, Lovefilm and Bebo.
The Government will claim today that Labour effectively killed off entrepreneurship over the past 13 years, pointing to figures showing that British investment rates are among the lowest in the Western world. Israel attracts more venture capitalist investment than Britain despite having an economy 10 times smaller, and France has also now overtaken this country. Even before the recession, there was less early-stage investment in British businesses as a proportion of national wealth than those in the United States, Switzerland and Sweden.
At an event in central London today, Mr Cameron will highlight the relaxing of rules on investment, and urge all those considering starting their own firm to take advantage of the new pro-business environment. He will say: "To drive our economy forward we need thousands to make that step and strike out on their own.
"So I want to make a direct appeal to everyone who's sitting at home or at their desk thinking about starting their own business. Now is the time to do it.
"If you've been turning over a good idea for years, now is the time to make something of it. If you're working for a big firm but know you could do a better job on your own – now is the time to make the leap. If you're dreaming about starting up the next great British brand – now is the time to make it happen.
"There are thousands of people out there who are entrepreneurs but they just don't know it yet. There are millions of success stories that haven't been written yet. So seize this moment. Take these opportunities. Make it happen – and together we can drive our economy forward."
Some of the world's largest companies have given their support to a new Start Up Britain scheme.
BlackBerry, Microsoft and Intel have pledged to become a "champion" for the more than 270,000 starter business that are launched in this country every year. Other firms in the Start Up Britain group include Barclays, Google, and Virgin Media.
New companies will be able to draw on offers worth up to £1,500 that include free advertising, discounts on business insurance, help with broadband and office space, as well as finance and mentoring support.
The Government is also expanding the Tenner Tycoon scheme run by Peter Jones, the entrepreneur and star of the BBC's Dragons' Den television programme, which teaches schoolchildren about starting their own business.
Under the plans, 250,000 youngsters will be lent £10 for a month and encouraged to use it to set up their own firm. Every school in the country will run its own business through the Enterprise Champions Programme, and enterprise societies will be set up in all universities.
The Government will also announce that university graduates will be encouraged to take part in a two-year scheme run by McKinsey management consultants to start their own companies.
In a second letter to The Daily Telegraph, entrepreneurs including Sir Richard Branson and Martha Lane Fox, the founder of Lastminute.com, set out why they are backing Start Up Britain.
They write: "The time is now to help Britain's young businesses grow faster. Britain needs a culture that nurtures more successful start-ups, which will pave the road to recovery. The launch of StartUp Britain is much needed, long overdue and it has our full backing."
Sir Richard added: "Start-ups and small firms are the engine of the economy and account for nearly 60 per cent of private sector jobs."


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And so you see
Salamander [Sarah] and Goldfinch [Laura] prodded me to consider a Blog, my first, actually. So they got started this afternoon, laid the foundation and raised the rafters. What I didn't tell them was that I was going to create one anyway so I could post in their respective Blogs, which was the only way to do so! Go figure.
I will attempt to measure up to their standards and create some of my own!
Happy Fibering to all, and to all, thoughts of Yak and Silk !_!0o.


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Isaiah 43:1-3a NKJV
But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior..."
In that Scripture the Lord said, "I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine." Wow! What a powerful statement and promise from God to Israel!
Even though Israel was unfaithful, God still loved her and promised her release from captivity. The Holy One of Israel created her, He redeemed her, He promised to be with her through all trials and difficult times, and He will protect her - for Zion is desired as His dwelling place and resting place forever (Ps. 132:13,14).
Just as it is with Israel, we can also claim His promises. When we repent and by faith alone receive Jesus into our life as Savior and Lord, we instantly become royalty. We become sons and daughters of the most-high sovereign God - Who not only made those promises to Israel, but they are valid promises for us today. As a child of the King, we become worthy heirs to the kingdom of heaven. Revelation 3:4 promises that the faithful in Christ will walk with Him in purity and righteousness. The Apostle Paul stated in Galatians 3:29 NIV, "If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise."
Can you truly claim the promises in God's Word as your own? Do you belong to Him? Are you able to say with absolute confidence and assurance that, "I am His, and He is mine?" If so, then one day soon you will hear Jesus say, "My child, I have redeemed you, your sins once as scarlet are whiter than snow - you are Mine forever!" Oh, what wonderful words of life…eternal life!
John 10:27,28 NKJV
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.


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I'm learning Vivaldi and like it. Hoping for additions as time goes to incorporate some of OPERA's features. Is there any way to hide the tab bar to pop-up when I want it? Any way to hide the browser, like IE did? Any way to size (make them smaller) the speed dial thumbnails? Long time OPERA user, liked being able to customize the tool bars, and use 'minimalist' skins. Any plans to do any of this?
- Set a shortcut key to toggle the Tab Bar in Settings, Keyboard, View
- Minimise?
- Only by changing the Interface scaling
- Lots of plans, not enough time to do everything
See items number 7,8,11 in the Feature Requests thread.
Plans for pretty much all of that, down the road.
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Very good! I look forward to all that, and more! Vivaldi is winning me over.


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1-29-18 Arrests of the Day
Odessa Police arrested Joseph Montez Juarez, date of birth 03/31/1984, on 1-28-18 at approximately 2321 hours for Delivery of Methamphetamine "Felony 1" and Possession of Marijuana "Class B Misdemeanor". Odessa Police also arrested Jordan Alise Sawyer, date of birth 01/22/1991, for Tampering with Physical Evidence "Felony 3".
Officers responded to 1120 North Jackson (Jackson Square Apartments) in reference to a disturbance. Officers made contact with the complainant, who advised that he had been threatened by a male subject with a shotgun. Officers made contact with the suspect, identified as Juarez, who advised that he placed the shotgun inside of the apartment.
While officers were speaking with Juarez, they observed a white Ford Explorer parked directly in front of the apartment. Officers looked through vehicle's window and observed in plain view a bag containing a crystal-like substance. Officers also observed a black digital scale on the center console.
Juarez admitted that the listed vehicle belonged to him. Officers searched the listed vehicle and discovered multiple scales, multiple narcotics pipes, marijuana and approximately 53.26 grams of methamphetamine. Officers also made contact with a female subject inside of the apartment, identified as Sawyer.
Investigation revealed that Sawyer had placed the shotgun underneath the blanket of a child's bed in attempt to conceal it from officers. Based on the facts and circumstances presented during the investigation, both subjects were charged and arrested accordingly and transported to the Ector County Law Enforcement Center.
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Yo no entiendo porque a las mousse le añaden crema, no es para nada necaserio, aquà está la prueba.Te felicito por esta receta, se la voy a preparar a mi marido.Un beso.
Ya learn something new everyday. It's true I guess!
Whoever edits and publishes these articles really knows what they're doing.
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Zune and iPod: Most people compare the Zune to the Touch, but after seeing how slim and sugprisinrly small and light it is, I consider it to be a rather unique hybrid that combines qualities of both the Touch and the Nano. It's very colorful and lovely OLED screen is slightly smaller than the touch screen, but the player itself feels quite a bit smaller and lighter. It weighs about 2/3 as much, and is noticeably smaller in width and height, while being just a hair thicker.
all that, I don't have a problem with Brahmins as such. I fancied myself one all through my 20s, though I've always been repelled by what this blog recognizes as Universalism.End rant.
neobux je najbolja stranica i najsigurnija,posaljite mi poruku ako zelite informacije ja zaradujem ok 60kn svaki dan,a zarada mi se povecava iz mjeseca u mjesec a moze narsti do 20000kn mjesecno….
I am enjoying your blog so much! Sorry to hear things aren't turning out as expected for your oldest dtr. Will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers.I'll be back to catch up more. Have a wonderful week!
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Lo siento, mucho. De verdad. Maria Eugènia fue una de las primeras personas que conocÃ, en el 2007, en esto de la blogosfera. Y ser comentado por ella era exactamente igual que tenerla al lado hablando. Sincera, directa y sin tapujos. Un abrazo para los suyos, y allà donde esté , a MarÃa Eugènia no va a callarla nadie. Que lo intenten.
Hei Janne!Idag fikk jeg den fine følger-gaven i posten :)Tusen takk!Har ikke funnet den rette plassen til de fine tingene enda, siden det har gått i ett her idag ;)Men jeg er kjempefornøyd og glad, skal kose meg med påskesjokoladen også!Flott hobbyrom du har!Her kan det virkelig lages mye fint :)Ha en flott helg, og påskeferie!Klem


text: IF CARLYLE and Ruskin refreshed the moral insights of men but did little to shape their minds, Arnold neither shaped their minds nor refreshed their moral insights. He exerted little influence as a political and social writer; his age refused to take him seriously. If it did not ridicule him as inept, it brushed him lightly aside as inconsequential, or it thought of him simply as a wholesome irritant to prejudice. Frederick Harrison spoke for those who had only contempt when he referred to the man of culture in politics as "a well-preserved Ariel tripping from flower to flower."1 The description of Arnold as "a Hebrew prophet in white-kid gloves"2 expressed the view of those who were merely amused by him. Leslie Stephen spoke for those who looked upon Arnold as a propagandist for light when he described him as an effective agent in breaking up old crusts of thought, and as one who aroused many to a new perception of their needs.3 And if Arnold gained little recognition as a political writer in his own time, his reputation has hardly increased since he wrote; he is generally thought of in terms of Ernest Barker's estimate, as an artist-critic whose chief claim to remembrance lies in a witty satire of laissez faire and in the championship of authority.4____________________


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I am the Sydney Coordinator.
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Demand for Higher Education on the rise, government failing to provide employment
Thomas Lim
Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar, stating the government survey informed that the number of students enrolling for higher education in India saw a marginal 0.7 percent increase in 2016-17; the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education had gone up 25.2 percent in 2016-17 from 24.5 per cent in 2015-16. The report was published on January 5, 2018.
Javadekar also stated that the country has set an aggressive target of achieving 30 percent GER in higher education by 2020. GER is the total enrolment in higher education among the population in the age group of 18-23.
According to the survey, the number of universities in the country rose to 864 last year as compared to 799 in 2015-16.Tamil Nadu had the highest GER in the country at 46.9 per cent. Bihar is at the bottom with 14.9 per cent of its youth in the age group of 18 to 23 enrolling for higher education.
The Higher Education is actually in high demand in every Trade and Professions, whereas, the Education System in India are simply imparting the courses without proper survey on Market demands, hence, brain drain is high toward the Western countries, it is not only for higher pay package, and securing the future of the individual, it is mainly due to none availability of job avenue in India.
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government led by Narendra Damodardas Modi made an attempt to tap the Human Resources through his ambitious programme of Skill Development along with NITI Aayog. However, it is yet to witness any productive movement either due to lack of skilled trainers to nature the human resources, or lack of work culture amongst the youth to work hard, except focusing on government job. The similar status is in the state of Meghalaya.
The shortfall of skilled workers in Meghalaya is attributed to lack of industries in the state, the sector expected to provide incentives to the private industries, whether in services or manufacturing, to offer staff as instructors and engage in the creation of training institutions especially in backward and special category states.
There was an assurance made by the Union Minister of State for Skill Development, Rajiv Pratap Rudy made on the floor of the Parliament that in order to bridge the deficiency of Trained Trainers for skill development, his ministry will work closely with the Ministry of Defence to reemploy the retired Army personnel who have special training during their respective services, besides being disciplined. However, the relay hunger strike by Ex-servicemen and hundreds of retired defence personnel, demanding that the government announces a date for the introduction of the 'One Rank One Pension' policy, is in total contrast to the assurance made in the August House on skill development in the country.
In one of the exceptional political moves by Non- Congress ruled state, Tripura, headed by its Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has managed to cut across political lines amongst the eight states ruled by Congress, Left and regional parties to speak in one voice by urging Prime Minister to retain the 'special category status' for the mountainous states.
The resolution was sent to the Prime Minister and the Chief Ministers of the eight states wanted to meet with him on the issue. Sarkar took the initiative and drafted the resolution, which was adopted by the other Chief Ministers.
It may be mentioned that currently, the eight northeastern states besides Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand have the special category tag. In these states, the funding pattern for central schemes is in the 90:10 ratio where 90 percent of the total expenditure is borne by the Centre while ten percent is contributed by the state.
According to Sarkar, the Northeastern states of India deserve a special dispensation despite the region having abundant human and natural resources. These resources remain untapped because of the faulty policies of the central government. He urged for the special status to be retained to ensure that these states continue to avail financial help and assistance from the central government to help bring these backward states at par with the other states of the country.
Meghalaya too is a youth dominated state as is seen in the rest of India. In a country where 51 percent of the population is under the age of 25 years of age, the enrolment figures in various educational establishments touches nearly ten million students annually. A similar number of graduates, post-graduates and technical graduates are added to the society Pan India, and this hill state too needs to find its own footing in the world of competition.
The youth from this area need to be motivated to voluntarily join skill development programmes. The central government project - National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has special STAR scheme have been initiated to boost employability and productivity of youth by providing them monetary incentives to voluntarily join an approved skill training course that is certified by the Sector Skill Councils, but there are hardly any takers from Meghalaya. This is not because the youth are not interested, it is simply because of the scarcity of trainers as prescribed by the schemes.
On the assumption that NSDC can reach out to about ten lakh youth through motivation, vocational training plays a critical role as the traditional instruction being carried out in various educational education simply produces graduates who are unemployable and unproductive, unable to take part in the recently introduced Make in India schemes to boost economy of the nation, as the Babus and the bureaucrats produced through colonial designs can only take instruction and seldom are visionaries who are autonomous in their working methods.
The failure to kick start any of the NSDC schemes here in Meghalaya is due to a lack of professionals with skills, starting from educational institutions. Most of the universities across India will only recruit teachers with a minimum of three years of industry knowledge on the subject to be taught in all professional courses. Here, most professional course teachers are fresh graduates or still pursuing their higher studies. How do we expect them to impart knowledge as demanded by the market?
The industries of the day require manpower on the job on day one, unlike in the past where the candidates can learn the skills on the job. Such a shortfall of skilled manpower due to conventional instruction in educational institutions coupled with reservation even in appointment of teachers has caused a disaster in Meghalaya with regard to producing unemployable and unproductive human resources, who only focus on government jobs.
Adding to the woes, the untrained section of the population will not even allow others who are intending to do so to acquire the skills, either due to the phobia of influx if the trainers are to be invited from outside, or unwillingness to compete with the rest of the nation if the youth have to go out for training or study.
As the rest of the states develop their respective skills and partake in the STAR scheme under National Skill Development Corporation, Meghalaya has a long way to go to motivate our youth to change their perspective with regard to learning and employment, otherwise the new face of unemployment in the state of Meghalaya will be the fallout of untrained manpower and saturated government jobs which will only produce more unrest and conflicts within the society. It is time to think of multi-tasking of skills rather than specialization and reservations of quota.


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We have a new GRIQ member, Victor Hingsberg.
Victor is a former construction worker, bookkeeper, and real estate investor. He has a Business Administration diploma from Conestoga College in the field of accounting.
Victor is currently the president of Tensa High IQ Society which was founded by Greg Collins in the summer of 2010. He is a member of the ePiq, Global Genius Generation Group, Gothiq, Griq, High Potentials Society, Infinity International Society, International High IQ Society, The High Intellect Society, TORR, World Genius Directory and Honorary Member of Chorium Society.
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Brave heart, Boston - Seattle to the motherfucking rescue. See item 20. Better yet: CNN IS REPORTING COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDER. They're shopping for a counter-injunection but GUESS WHO JUST BLINKED and GUESS WHO STILL HAS A JUDICIARY, MOTHERFUCKERS.
None of this shit is over, they're still going to keep trying to break it, because by fascist political theory, as soon as they win an election they rule everything unquestioned forever. (Or, at least, until the next election.) No, seriously, see item 23, that's what they're saying.
But round one goes to the fucking rule of law, you fascist assholes.
Also, fiscal corruption and rules changes for Mr. Trump's friends (IN HIS OWN WORDS), the CIA's new deputy director ran a black-ops torture site before those got shut down (and also destroyed evidence), more data being disappeared from Federal websites, and more. It's been a busy day.
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Former Norwegian Prime Minister held for questioning at Dulles Airport
by Tom Roussey/ABC7 WJLA
DULLES, Va. (ABC7) — A former prime minister of Norway tells ABC7 he was questioned and prevented from leaving Dulles Airport for about an hour Tuesday, apparently because he had visited Iran in 2014.
Kjell Magne Bondevik served as prime minister of Norway two separate times, from 1997-2000 and 2001-2005.
He flew into Dulles Airport from Europe Tuesday afternoon and says he was not immediately allowed to leave after customs agents saw in his passport that he had been to Iran.
He showed ABC7 that his passport also indicates he is the former prime minister of Norway, a U.S. ally.
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Another EO coming?
Seen on Twitter - 3 February 2017
This is almost funny https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-moves-to-undo-dodd-frank-law-1486101602/
Quoted material (via an image):
Mr. Trump will use a memorandum to ask the labor secretary to consider rescinding a rule set to go into effect in April that orders retirement advisers, overseeing about $3 trillion in assets, to act in the best interest of their clients, Mr. Cohn said in the White House interview. He said the rule limits consumer choice.
Also quoted here (more extensively):
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Exxon's Seven-Year Campaign To Kill An Anti-Corruption Rule Finally Worked
With Republican control of the government, the stars finally aligned for ExxonMobil to do away with an SEC rule it has been fighting for years.
Dino Grandoni
BuzzFeed News Reporter
3 February 2017
Long before Rex Tillerson made the rounds on Capitol Hill this winter to convince senators to confirm him as secretary of state, he took a trip to the Hart Senate Office Building to meet with then-Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana regarding a provision the senator wanted added to a 2010 bill that would affect how tight-lipped oil companies are allowed to be about business dealings.
Lugar, the top Republican on the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations at the time, was pushing to make into law an anti-corruption rule that would force companies that extract oil, gas, and other resources in the ground around the world — ones like ExxonMobil, the largest US energy company — to disclose how much money they paid nations for the right to drill and pump.
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5 Sketchy Facts About Trump's Pick for USDA Chief
From the Confederacy to cronyism, here's what you should know about former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Tom Philpott Jan. 23, 2017 3:36 PM
Mother Jones
Amid the pomp and tumult of inauguration week, you may have missed that President (whoa) Donald Trump at last made his final Cabinet pick, naming former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue US Department of Agriculture secretary. At a televised candlelight dinner on the eve of the inauguration, Trump mused on his long and zigzagging USDA search that started and ended with Perdue, who emerged as a front-runner right after the election and then faded as the president-elect auditioned a succession of candidates for the post (transcript by Politico):
He came into my office two months ago. Since then, I saw 10 people that everybody liked, politically correct, and I kept thinking back to Sonny Perdue, a great, great farmer. He loves to farm; he knows everything about farming, knows everything about agriculture. He's been successful in farming. He knows the good stuff from the bad stuff.
But people came into my office, and they said, 'I am really wanting the job.' I said, 'Let me ask you a question: Do you have any experience with farms or agriculture?' 'No sir, I don't.' I said, 'Have you ever seen a farm?' The one gentleman, who is a great guy, we'll find something else. But I can't make him the secretary of agriculture.
The "politically correct" bit is, no doubt, a reference to the fact that Trump's 22-member cabinet and top staff is largely, like Perdue, white and male: It contains just four women, one African American, and not a single Latino. Indeed, Trump will be the first president since Ronald Reagan to enter office without having appointed a Latino to a cabinet-level post. (Reagan appointed a Latino to his Cabinet in his second term.)
In the end, Trump chose a white, southern male for the job. And not just any white southerner. Here are a few things to know about Perdue:
1. He was a big fan of the Confederacy. As I reported a few weeks ago, Perdue displayed a disturbing nostalgia for the Confederacy while governor (2003-2011)—not a great look for the incoming head of a federal department that, in 1999, settled a landmark lawsuit charging systemic USDA discrimination against black farmers between 1983 and 1997, agreeing to pay out $1.25 billion to harmed farmers.
2. He enacted severe voter ID laws. Voter fraud is vanishingly rare, and laws requiring photo identification at polling places target black voters with "almost surgical precision," a federal court ruled last year. In 2005, Perdue signed into law one of the nation's first "strict" ID laws—the very first of many in former Confederate states—requiring people to either present a current photo identification card or be denied the vote. Perdue vigorously defended it through several legal challenges. It remains in place.
3. He championed immigration crackdowns. In 2006, then-Gov. Perdue mashed up the voter-fraud myth with another racially tinged fantasy, this one fervently held by Perdue's new boss, Trump: that undocumented immigrants burden taxpayers by siphoning welfare benefits. "It is simply unacceptable for people to sneak into this country illegally on Thursday, obtain a government-issued ID on Friday, head for the welfare office on Monday and cast a vote on Tuesday," he declared. He backed up his harsh words with a crackdown on undocumented workers. Coupled with the George W. Bush administration's simultaneous get-tough efforts, the Georgia law worked perhaps too well. Here's an Associated Press piece from September 2006:
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Neofascist Richard Spencer tweets Nazi revenge comic
2 February 2017
[He's Not A Nazi, but he Sieg Heils and gets Nazi salutes from his followers and oh just tweeted an anti-antifascist cartoon wherein the Nazis are the good guys. But TOTALLY NOT A NAZI. This link is to a Tumblr post with a screencap; I verified it was real.]
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Government reveals more than 100,000 visas revoked due to travel ban
By Rachel Weiner and Justin Jouvenal February 3 at 12:40 PM
The Washington Post
Over 100,000 visas have been revoked as a result of President Trump's ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries, an attorney for the government revealed in Alexandria federal court Friday.
The number came out during a hearing in a lawsuit filed by attorneys for two Yemeni brothers who arrived at Dulles International Airport last Saturday. They were coerced into giving up their legal resident visas, they argue, and quickly put on a return flight to Ethiopia.
"The number 100,000 sucked the air out of my lungs," said Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg of the Legal Aid Justice Center, who represents the brothers.
The government attorney, Erez Reuveni from the Justice Department's Office of Immigration Litigation, could not say how many people with visas were sent back to their home countries from Dulles in response to the travel ban. However, he did say that all people with green cards who came through the airport have been let into the United States.
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Neil Gorsuch's Disturbing Record on LGBTQ Rights
Feb. 1 2017 2:13 PM
By Mark Joseph Stern
Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, is an ultra-conservative jurist with a sterling resume, a genial wit, and a great shot at becoming our next justice. Gorsuch currently serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and his opinions suggest a reliably right-leaning interpretation of the law. But Gorsuch has never penned an LGBTQ rights decision or spoken at length about his legal views on the matter. That has led some progressives to speculate that Gorsuch might be persuaded to agree with an originalist argument in support of LGBTQ rights.
Optimism is always refreshing in these darks times—but here, I don't think it's warranted. It's easy to fill in the gaps of Gorsuch's public positions and conclude that he will vote the same way his idol Justice Antonin Scalia did: against the rights of LGBTQ people.
Start with gay rights and specifically same-sex marriage. Despite the relative novelty of legal same-sex unions, the constitutional question here should be easy—even for an originalist like Gorsuch. Both conservative originalists (like Steven Calabresi) and liberal originalists (like Akhil Amar and Elizabeth Wydra) have concluded that the 14th Amendment protects same-sex couples' right to marry. But Gorsuch appears to disagree. In a 2005 National Review op-ed, Gorsuch mocked the court battle for same-sex marriage as a political fight dressed in constitutional garb.
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Trump says will cut "a lot out of Dodd-Frank" because "friends of mine that have nice businesses, they can't borrow"
CNBC on Twitter
3 Feb 2017
Video. Also links to story here, but watch the video at the Twitter link to confirm the quote.
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Some Nexus cards revoked on both sides of border following U.S. executive order
Border agencies in Canada and U.S. won't confirm travel ban on majority-Muslim countries to blame
By Shanifa Nasser, CBC News Posted: Feb 03, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Less than one week after U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban against citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries, two men — one a Canadian resident and another an American resident — suddenly had their Nexus cards revoked, both on the same day.
The surprise revocations came Wednesday and have both men raising questions about whether their countries of origin are the reason.
One of the men is a Syrian man with permanent resident status who has lived in Toronto since 2012 and regularly travels to the United States on business. Like many with roots in Syria, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya, he was relieved to learn that he would not be among those barred from the U.S. by an executive order signed last Friday against passport-holders of those countries.
At least, that's what he thought.
"I knew for a fact that carrying a Syrian passport would eventually be a burden on my shoulders as a professional, as a human," the man told CBC Toronto, unsurprised.
But less than a week after the order was signed, the man who did not want to be identified for fear of repercussions, received a notice from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) letting him know his Nexus card — not set to expire until 2021 — had suddenly been revoked.
'Under the microscope'
"I am a national of Syria and have a very obvious Muslim name," he said, adding that even with his card, he is regularly subjected to secondary screening. "Nothing but being under the microscope every time we travel."
The Toronto man isn't alone. CBC Toronto also spoke to a Seattle-area man of Iranian origin, who received the same notice on Wednesday saying he did not meet the eligibility criteria.
"How come I met the requirements in November?" the 33-year-old asked after receiving the notice.
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Wyoming Senate votes down bill banning LGBT discrimination
3 February 2017
Caspar Star-Tribune
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Senate has voted down a bill that would have banned discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Senate's Committee of the Whole voted 17-13 against the bill, indefinitely postponing it. The bill would have allowed exceptions for religious organizations.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Chris Rothfuss, D-Laramie, says the bill is needed. He says workplace discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people happens in Wyoming.
Other senators argued that they didn't want to see additional classes of people added to the state's anti-discrimination law.
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The CIA's New Deputy Director Ran a Black Site for Torture
Glenn Greenwald
In May, 2013, the Washington Post's Greg Miller reported that the head of the CIA's clandestine service was being shifted out of that position as a result of "a management shake-up" by then-Director John Brennan. As Miller documented, this official – whom the paper did not name because she was a covert agent at the time – was centrally involved in the worst abuses of the CIA's Bush-era torture regime.
As Miller put it, she was "directly involved in its controversial interrogation program" and had an "extensive role" in torturing detainees. Even more troubling, she "had run a secret prison in Thailand" – part of the CIA's network of "black sites" – "where two detainees were subjected to waterboarding and other harsh techniques." The Senate Intelligence Committee's report on torture also detailed the central role she played in the particularly gruesome torture of detainee Abu Zubaydah.
Beyond all that, she played a vital role in the destruction of interrogation videotapes that showed the torture of detainees both at the black site she ran and other secret agency locations. The concealment of those interrogation tapes, which violated both multiple court orders as well the demands of the 9/11 Commission and the advice of White House lawyers, was condemned as "obstruction" by Commission Chairs Lee Hamilton and Thomas Keane. A special prosecutor and Grand Jury investigated those actions but ultimately chose not to prosecute.
That CIA official's name whose torture activities the Post described is Gina Haspel. Today, as BuzzFeed's Jason Leopold noted, CIA Director Mike Pompeo announced that Haspel was selected by Trump to be Deputy Director of the CIA.
This should not come as much of a surprise given that Pompeo himself has said he is open to resurrecting Bush-era torture techniques (indeed, Obama's CIA Director, John Brennan, was forced to withdraw from the running in late 2008 because of his support for some of those tactics only to be confirmed in 2013). That's part of why it was so controversial that 14 Democrats – including their Senate Leader Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, Sheldon Whitehouse and Tim Kaine – voted to confirm Pompeo.
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Trump seeks to dismantle Dodd-Frank Wall Street rules through orders
Gregory Korte , USA TODAY 1:44 p.m. ET Feb. 3, 2017
WASHINGTON — President Trump signed two directives Friday rolling back key financial regulations of the Obama era, including restrictions on Wall Street banks and on financial advisers who sell clients expensive financial products with higher commissions.
The two executive actions are:
* An executive order targeting the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act — and especially the so-called Volcker rule prohibiting banks from making speculative investments. The order would direct the secretary of the Treasury to review regulations on financial institutions and report back specific recommendations to the president.
* A presidential memorandum to the secretary of Labor ordering a delay in implementing a rule requiring financial advisers to act in their clients' best interests. The regulation, known as the fiduciary rule, is scheduled to go into effect April 10. Opponents argue that it would discourage financial advisers from working with low-net worth clients.
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Follow-up on reported Secret Service overnight firings
On Twitter
3 February 2017
I have confirmed that the Chief of Information Security at White House forced to resign. Was error in tagging him as Secret Service. 1/2
Steve Clemons @SCClemons - https://twitter.com/SCClemons/status/827554848786759681
Others - not sure how many - attached to White House security/cyber security/info security - resigned last night & escorted out of EEOB
Steve Clemons @SCClemons - https://twitter.com/SCClemons/status/827555376929394689
It is the CISO function, at minimum, in WH that saw forced resignations last night. These folks work w/@SecretService but not of Secret Svc
Steve Clemons @SCClemons - https://twitter.com/SCClemons/status/827558963864596480
[Ed: CISO: Chief Information Security Officer]
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"They're not behaving," POTUS said, and the pool was escorted out of the Oval at 1:20.
Journalist joanne_stocker on Twitter - 3 February 2017
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Trump aides hold 'Kumbaya meeting' with reporters
by Dylan Byers @CNNMoney February 3, 2017: 2:57 PM ET
While President Trump's White House publicly berates the media, behind the scenes his top advisers are going to the media in an effort to tamp down rumors of strife inside the building.
Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon and chief of staff Reince Priebus met privately on Friday with reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post and Politico, sources with knowledge of the meeting told CNNMoney.
The purpose of the meeting, as these sources interpreted it, was to push back on recent reports suggesting that Trump's administration was suffering from chaos and confusion amid internal conflicts, especially between Bannon and Priebus, as well as opposition from officials in other parts of the government.
One source who attended described it as a "Kumbaya meeting."
In recent weeks, several outlets have published reports portraying Trump's White House as a chaotic organization beset by power struggles and discord.
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The little-noticed bombshell in Trump's immigration order
The travel ban got all the headlines, but experts are realizing another provision could clamp down on normal tourism and even diplomats.
By Danny Vinik | Politico
When President Donald Trump issued his executive order on immigration last week, it was the travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries that dominated headlines—leaving hundreds of people in limbo, provoking airport protests, and raising questions about whether the U.S. was targeting religion in the guise of a new security rule.
But immigration lawyers who have read the order carefully are now increasingly concerned that one of its provisions could have much wider repercussions, affecting literally every foreign visitor to America, from tourists to diplomats.
The little-noticed section, appearing immediately after the travel ban, calls for the government to develop a "uniform screening standard and procedure" for all individuals seeking to enter the United States. As written, it appears to require all visitors to go through the same vetting measures, regardless of where they come from or how long they intend to stay.
If interpreted as broadly as it's written, "It would basically shut down tourism," said Stephen Legomsky, the former chief counsel for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services during the Obama administration.
But little attention has focused on section four, which directs federal officials to implement a "uniform screening standard and procedure" as part of the "adjudication process for immigration benefits" for all individuals seeking to enter the United States. In immigration parlance, "immigration benefits" refers to any permission granted a foreign visitor, from full-scale refugee resettlement to a passport stamp for tourists visiting Disneyland. That wording is about as broad as it can get, lawyers said, and if taken literally would include every single foreigner coming to the United States. "[It] is basically everything," said Dan Stein, the president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), a group that supports reducing immigration levels.
"What they are talking about doing has scared the shit out of my members, about the lack of guidance and lack of clarity," said Ben Johnson, the head of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
The implications of the order as written are so extreme that most lawyers are convinced that the Trump administration will not adhere to its literal meaning; as with other sections of the order, they expect the White House to stray from the drafted language. But such uncertainty has left lawyers baffled about what the interpretation will actually look like, and wondering whether Trump and his top advisors really do intend to upend the U.S. immigration system—and possibly disrupt global travel altogether.
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner worked to sink LGBT order
Members of the religious right with ties to the Trump administration say they have been led to believe that some changes will still be coming.
By Annie Karni
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump helped lead the charge to scuttle a draft executive order that would have overturned Obama-era enforcements of LGBT rights in the workplace, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told POLITICO.
A draft executive order on LGBT rights that outlines how to roll back former President Barack Obama's protections and expand legal exemptions based on religious beliefs has been circulating among journalists and worried progressive groups this week.
But two sources close to Kushner and Ivanka Trump, who have a record of supporting gay rights, said the couple favored putting out a clear statement from the president, promising to uphold the 2014 Obama executive order and stopping the momentum for the turnaround in its tracks.
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It's time to make Republicans pay for their supreme hypocrisy
By E.J. Dionne Jr. Opinion writer
The Washington Post
1 February 2017
You want bipartisanship on Supreme Court nominations? Let's have a consensus moment around Sen. Ted Cruz's idea that having only eight Supreme Court justices is just fine.
"There is certainly long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices," the Texas Republican said last year when GOP senators were refusing even to give a hearing to Judge Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's nominee.
Cruz cited a Democratic court appointee, Justice Stephen Breyer, to give his case heft. He noted that "Justice Breyer observed that the vacancy is not impacting the ability of the court to do its job."
If that argument was good in 2016, why isn't it valid in 2017? After all, some Republicans were willing to keep the seat vacant indefinitely if Hillary Clinton won the presidential election. "I would much rather have eight Supreme Court justices than a justice who is liberal," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in October.
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) went further: "If Hillary Clinton becomes president, I am going to do everything I can do to make sure four years from now, we still got an opening on the Supreme Court."
Yes, Republicans do have a principle on nominations: When the Supreme Court's philosophical majority might flip, only Republican presidents should be allowed to appoint justices.
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USDA removes animal welfare reports from its website
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press
February 3, 2017 — 3:25pm
WASHINGTON — The Agriculture Department has removed animal welfare inspection reports, enforcement records and other information about the treatment of animals from its website, citing privacy and other laws.
Tanya Espinosa, a spokeswoman for USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, said the information was removed from the site around 11 a.m. Friday. She would not say if the removal was temporary or permanent in the new Trump administration.
The information is used by advocacy groups and other members of the public to look up information on commercial dog and horse breeders, some of whom have had a history of abuse. The reports included lists of animal welfare violations at those facilities and also at animal testing labs, and whether those violations have been corrected.
In place of the online database is a new message from the department saying it is "implementing actions to remove documents" related to the Animal Welfare Act and the Horse Protection Act that contain personal information.
The statement said the documents will still be available through Freedom of Information Act requests, which can be costly for the general public and sometimes take months or years to obtain.
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Federal judge in Seattle puts nationwide halt to Trump's immigration order
Originally published February 3, 2017 at 3:48 pm Updated February 3, 2017 at 4:56 pm
The Seattle Times
By Jim Brunner and Jessica Lee
Seattle Times staff reporters
A federal judge in Seattle has ordered a halt to enforcement of President Trump's controversial travel ban on citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations.
U.S. District Judge James Robart ruled in favor Friday of Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who sued to invalidate key provisions of Trump's executive order. That order indefinitely blocks entry to the United States for Syrian refugees and temporarily suspends entry to citizens of seven majority-Muslim countries.
The temporary restraining order is granted on a nationwide basis, Robart said.
"The Constitution prevailed today," Ferguson said. "No one is above the law — not even the President."
Gov. Jay Inslee, writing on Twitter, called it "a tremendous victory for the state of Washington.
"No person, not even the president, is above the law," Inslee said. "We should feel heartened by today's victory and more resolute than ever that we are fighting on the right side of history."
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Judge issues broad block against Trump's travel ban
Seattle jurist's sweeping order comes hours after Boston court seemed to bless president' s anti-terror immigration halt.
By Josh Gerstein
President Donald Trump's travel ban executive order suffered its most severe legal blow to date Friday, as a federal judge in Seattle blocked the impact of the directive nationwide.
U.S. District Court Judge James Robart ruled in favor of the attorneys general of Washington state and Minnesota on a lawsuit they brought seeking to overturn the order limiting travel to the U.S. by citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries.
"The state has met its burden in demonstrating immediate and irreparable injury," Robart said, according to local press reports.
The temporary ruling from Robart, an appointee of President George W. Bush, appeared to be the most sweeping legal rebuke to the order since Trump issued it a week ago.
"Judge Robart's decision, effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to President Trump's unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. It puts a stop to it immediately, nationwide," Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson told reporters. "What the judge announced today was nationwide; the president's executive order does not apply."
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Canada looking at legality of enforcing Trump travel ban on Canadian soil
Legal concerns over ban could run up against customs pre-clearance agreement
By Evan Dyer, CBC News
Posted: Feb 03, 2017 3:15 PM ET
The federal government says it is looking into whether the enforcement of U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order banning entry of certain nationalities to the United States violates Canadian laws.
Trump signed an executive order more than a week ago, restricting entry to the United States for travellers from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
Canada is one of only six countries that has U.S. border agents working on its national territory under a long-standing agreement that allows travellers to pre-clear customs at major Canadian airports and other departure points. The agreement is set to expand under a bill passed by the U.S. Congress in December.
Because those operations by U.S. customs agents are carried out on Canadian soil, they are subject to Canadian laws.
Andrew Gowing, a spokesman for Public Safety Canada, told CBC News, "The government is still in the process of determining what, if any, impact the recent U.S. executive order has on current pre-clearance activities or on the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine and Air Transport Preclearance" between the countries.
"Any U.S. pre-clearance activities in Canada have to be carried out in a manner consistent with Canadian law, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian Bill of Rights and the Canadian Human Rights Act."
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Trump: I'm President, So No More Protest or Media Accountability
By Jonathan Chait
New York Magazine | February 3, 2017
[See also commentary on modern GOP power theory that I made back in 2008: http://solarbird.livejournal.com/603582.html ]
Donald Trump is not an autocrat yet, and he may never become one. But his administration continues to broadcast autocratic views on politics. It is worth highlighting some of these statements simply because a kind of discourse that once would have been considered shocking has quickly become routine.
This morning, Trump repeated one of his favorite authoritarian tropes by insisting that protesters against him have been secretly paid — "Professional anarchists, thugs and paid protesters," he ranted on Twitter. Kellyanne Conway, meanwhile, insists that protests are not democratic. "There's nothing peaceful and nothing democratic about folks who are out there just trying to re-litigate the election and protesting things they know nothing about," she tells Sean Hannity. The election result, in Conway's view, settled all political questions, and any protest against Trump's policies is therefore undemocratic.
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"I'm thinking another Kent State might be the only solution"
Quote from GOP county official Dan Adamini
One (Facebook?) version via Angus Johnston Verified account @studentactivism
Screencap of version on Twitter:
see also:
"For "a poorly worded tweet," he posted handwritten variants of it THREE TIMES to three separate social media."
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Trump administration statements against the Seattle ruling, versions 1 and 2
3 February 2017
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Trust Records Show Trump Is Still Closely Tied to His Empire
By SUSANNE CRAIG and ERIC LIPTON
FEB. 3, 2017 - The New York Times
Just days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald J. Trump stood beside his tax lawyer at a Midtown Manhattan news conference as she announced that he planned to place his vast business holdings in a trust, a move she said would allay fears that he might exploit the Oval Office for personal gain.
However, a number of questions were left unanswered — including who would ultimately benefit from the trust — raising concerns about just how meaningful the move was.
Now, records have emerged that show just how closely tied Mr. Trump remains to the empire he built.
While the president says he has walked away from the day-to-day operations of his business, two people close to him are the named trustees and have broad legal authority over his assets: his eldest son, Donald Jr., and Allen H. Weisselberg, the Trump Organization's chief financial officer. Mr. Trump, who will receive reports on any profit, or loss, on his company as a whole, can revoke their authority at any time.
What's more, the purpose of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust is to hold assets for the "exclusive benefit" of the president. This trust remains under Mr. Trump's Social Security number, at least as far as federal taxes are concerned.
Continue reading the main story
Since his election, there have been widespread calls for Mr. Trump to sell his assets and put the proceeds in a blind trust. He has resisted those calls, stressing that the president has no legal obligation to do so.
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The FCC is stopping 9 companies from providing federally subsidized Internet to the poor
The Washington Post | By Brian Fung February 3 at 4:30 PM
Regulators are telling nine companies they won't be allowed to participate in a federal program meant to help them provide affordable Internet access to low-income consumers — weeks after those companies had been given the green light.
The move, announced Friday by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, reverses a decision by his Democratic predecessor, Tom Wheeler, and undercuts the companies' ability to provide low-cost Internet access to poorer Americans. In a statement, Pai called the initial decisions a form of "midnight regulation."
"These last-minute actions, which did not enjoy the support of the majority of commissioners at the time they were taken, should not bind us going forward," he said.
The program, known as Lifeline, provides registered households with a $9.25-a-month credit, which can then be used to buy home Internet service. As many as 13 million Americans may be eligible for Lifeline that do not have broadband service at home, the FCC has found. Roughly 900 service providers participate in the Lifeline program.
For Kajeet Inc., one of the companies that was initially granted permission to provide service through Lifeline, the news comes as a blow.
"I'm most concerned about the children we serve," said Kajeet founder Daniel Neal. "We partner with school districts — 41 states and the District of Columbia — to provide educational broadband so that poor kids can do their homework."
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Access to Route 9 From Village of Wappingers Shuts Down for Weeks
East Main Street in Wappingers Falls between South Avenue and Route 9 will be closed to eastbound traffic for the next three to five weeks.
Guilty Plea In Gang Assault Case
Rivera admitted to stabbing the victim in the back several times with a knife.
Woman Arrested After Allegedly Selling Heroin to Cop
Police allege that Hartsfield sold heroin to an undercover police officer.
Flat Tire Leads to DWI Arrest in Poughkeepsie
Police say Corona was drunk and had a revoked driver's license when they located him.
Washington Man Charged With Pleasant Valley Burglary
Cole was arrested after a four-month-long investigation.
Local Counties Share In $10 Million Worth Of Grants
According to Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul "this funding will help municipalities upgrade their 911 response and dispatch operations to increase public safety."
Serious Accident Closed Route 9 Sunday
The collision caused the motorcycle to break into several dozen pieces that were scattered along Route 9.
DWI Crackdown Nets 21 Arrests
The crackdown has netted 21 arrests so far and the police patrols are in effect through Labor Day.
Father, Son Missing After Raft Flips Over in Neversink
The man and his young son were tossed into the raging river when their raft flipped.
Gov. Cuomo Signs Child Protection Law
"Caregivers are supposed to protect our children from harm," said Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.


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Introduction to Western Paper Marbling
|$ 190.00
June 11th, 2017 9:30 AM
- Instructor: Pietro Accardi
- Workshop Type: Binding, Arts
- Workshop Status: Closed
- Workshop Start: June 11th, 2017 9:30 AM
- Workshop End: June 11th, 2017 5:30 PM
- Sessions: 1
In this introductory class, student will gain a basic understanding of history, techniques, tools and styles of European marbling. Students will get hands on experience of all aspects of Western marbling techniques from paper priming and preparatory mixing of water medium and paints, to the creation of classical patterns. Specific attention will be given to learning how to obtain particular designs using a diverse array of rakes and combs. Students will have ample time for experimentation with guidance from the instructor and will leave with a sampling of papers they've marbled themselves.
*Please note that paper marbling is a wet process and papers made in the workshop may not be dry at the end of class. Students may return to SFCB after the workshop to retrieve any papers left to dry at the of the day.
Materials to Bring: None.
Workshop + Materials Fee: $190.00
Date & Time: Sunday, June 11, 2017 :: 9:30am-5:30pm
Location: 375 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Note: Please read over the SFCB Registration Policies before signing up for a class
About the Instructor | Pietro Accardi
Pietro Accardi owned a bookbindery in Turin (Italy) for 12 years. He worked for Turin's main public library, Municipal Archives, and University libraries restoring and binding books and he ran his own paper marbling and decorative box making business. Now he lives in Gardnerville, NV.
Past Student Reviews:
"Class was the right size - perfect for the individual attention that was necessary. Pietro did a good job of explaining the process and then allowed us to experiment - a great combination."
"This was my second class at SFCB - loved it. I'm looking forward to more classes."
"It was very fun, well organized, and I never expected to be able to make so many beautiful papers!"
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Status Report for the Program for the Education of Gifted and Talented Students, 1970-71.
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh.
The sixth annual status report describes the overall North Carolina Program for Gifted and Talented (GT) Children as carried out by local school units during the 1970-71 school year. Following a definition of the GT program and of the GT child, total numbers of GT allotment teachers, other teachers, and students in the program for 1969-70 and 1970-71 provide an overview of the growth of the program. The major portion of the report consists of a chart indicating the following statistics on the GT program in each of 102 administrative units: number of eligible students, number of students in program, academic level of classes, number of allotments, and types of programs. Also summarized are statistics on IQ and mean level of academic achievement of GT students. A projection statement for 1971-72 concerns expansion of the criteria of eligibility and regrouping of allotments for exceptional children and staff utilization. (KW)
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Admit it. As much as you love your friends, you've always secretly wished you could hang out with Phoebe, Chandler and the gang. Or you've probably been thinking about what it would be like to have a social life like Naomi's in 90210. You may even keep telling yourself you're as awesome as Barney but know in your heart you'll never lead a life as legendary as his.
It's OK – we have all at least once imagined what our life would be like if it were a TV show. And don't lie, you were pretty bummed out when they shut down Megaupload too (may it rest in peace).
No matter what sitcom you watch, it's almost inevitable as a viewer for you to transport yourself into the scenery, to a land of make believe that takes our mind off our own problems and where even when things go wrong, you know you'll end up sighing of relief when, for the most part, you get to that predictable yet eagerly awaited happy ending.
Have you ever thought about why you feel so compelled to sit there and watch someone else's life? One that is not even real? Maybe even at the cost of not living your own?
OK, so we all need some entertainment in our lives, and there's absolutely no denying that there's some quality acting and great directing out there too. But don't we all watch these modern day fictitious tales for the same reason?
In a world where watching TV makes you increasingly prone to be branded as stupid, you still can't help but feel the therapeutic effects of, after a long day of work, doing something that takes so little intellectual effort (unless you're watching Lost).
It's strangely easy to overcome the already short distance that separates us from that box – in a blink of an eye, we can go back to the advertising world of the 60s in New York or be transported to a high school in Ohio where it's okay to burst out singing for no apparent reason.
That box was not so long ago still the main medium at the centre of our lives. It was there when we woke up, ate and fell asleep. But with the new digital wave of laptops, tablets and smartphones, we carry our entertainment of choice everywhere.
Want to take a little break from studying? Whether you're working at home or the library, just quickly watch a short episode (20 min.) of The Big Bang Theory for a laugh and then carry on with your work. Even in the tube – it's actually bit frightening how there are less and less people reading the paper or a book. It's just so much more fun to find out what happened after Carlos killed Gabby's stepfather in Desperate Housewives.
Yes, fiction in the form of annoyingly good-looking people living a life much more interesting than ours has definitely gained a huge part in our lives. On the one hand, it could be argued that the world is an ever-changing place where watching CSI is kind of the equivalent of reading Sherlock Holmes back in the day.
However, I would like to think there's enough time to do both. Although I agree with the idea that TV shows could just be the continuity of novels and book collections, one doesn't necessarily have to replace the other.
In both cases, we're just looking for something to distract us from our day to day life; maybe even for a bit of company, or for a story that could change our life. Sometimes watching someone go through the same thing, even if it's not real like our own pain, joy or rage – it's enough to feel like you're not alone.
Using one's imagination to convey a certain message or to put a certain issue on the agenda (teen pregnancy, homosexuality, etc.) is something remarkable, but most of all, useful. Nowadays, some TV shows play that role and come in when the world needs a wake up call to remember that a certain topic should become part of the debate.
Of course, not all TV shows aim to be smart. I'm pretty sure that finding out who Ted had kids with is not an essential part of our general culture. But hey, we all need some fun in our lives, right?
Excellent satirical performance by Glee's Jane Lynch on modern day TV


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