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When trekking through a forest in French Guiana to study termites, a group of biologists noticed unique spots of blue on the backs of the insects in one nest. Curious, one scientist reached down to pick up one of these termites with a pair of forceps. It exploded. The blue spots, the team discovered, contain explosive crystals, and they're found only on the backs of the oldest termites in the colony. The aged termites carry out suicide missions on behalf of their nest mates.
After their initial observation, the team carried out field studies of Neocapritermes taracua termites and discovered that those with the blue spots also exploded during encounters with other species of termites or larger predators. The researchers report online today in Science that the secretions released during the explosion killed or paralyzed opponents from a competing termite species. However, if the scientists removed the blue crystal from the termites, their secretions were no longer toxic.
Back in their labs, scientists led by biochemist Robert Hanus of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in Prague went on to show that the blue termites always had shorter, worn-down mandibles than others from the same species, indicating that they were older. Then, the researchers removed the contents of the blue pouches and analyzed them. They contained a novel protein that is unusually rich with copper, suggesting that it's an oxygen binding-protein. Rather than being toxic itself, it likely is an enzyme that converts a nontoxic protein into something toxic.
"What happens is when the termites explode, the contents of the back pouch actually interact with secretions from the salivary gland and the mixture is what is toxic," explains Hanus. It's the first time two interacting chemicals have been shown responsible for a defense mechanism in termites, he says.
Researchers already knew that many social insects change roles in their colony as they age. Moreover, it's well known that a number of species of termites explode, often oozing sticky or smelly fluid onto their opponent. But in previously observed cases, the explosive or noxious material is found in the termites' heads, and the suicide missions are the responsibility of a distinct caste of soldier termites, not aging workers. Since N. taracua have soldiers, it's especially surprising to see workers exploding, says Hanus.
"This is a quirky, funny natural history," says behavioral ecologist Rebeca Rosengaus of Northeastern University in Boston, who was not involved in the study. "What's new and interesting here is that this is found to be an aspect of colony-related age organization," says biologist James Traniello of Boston University. And the placement and chemistry of the blue crystals is unique, he says. The findings illustrate the vast diversity of social structures and defense mechanisms that the more than 3000 species of termites have evolved over time, Traniello says.
One question that remains is exactly how aging triggers the accumulation of the blue crystals. "We're still not 100% sure what the role of the blue protein is," says Hanus. "That's definitely something which we want to perform further research on."

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The Peninsula on Lake Norman NC is an exclusive waterfront golf and lake community on Lake Norman, surrounded by the town of Cornelius, NC. The Peninsula is located 20 minutes North of center city Charlotte off exit 28 on I-77 just past the intersection of Jetton Road and Catawba Ave. Located at the entrance to the subdivision is wide variety of shopping with a new Publix Supermarket, lots of restaurants provide residents with easy access to lifestyle like no other.
The Peninsula development features 11 miles of Lake Norman waterfront with high-end custom homes surrounding two private clubs – The Peninsula Club and The Peninsula Yacht Club. Although both clubs are private, membership is open to non-residents.
The Peninsula Club features a championship, 18-hole golf course designed by Rees Jones, with lake vistas on 16 holes. Most holes are played along the water. Several tournaments are hosted at The Peninsula Club, including LPGA, USGA and AJGA events. A 35,000 square foot clubhouse resides on the 9th green overlooking Lake Norman. The Peninsula's swim and tennis complex features 8 clay courts and tennis pro shop and two swimming pools. A community fitness center also offers yoga and pilates.
Nearby Jetton Park and Lake Norman State Park feature extensive walking trails, picnic areas, camping, boat rentals and boat slips.
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Primary care docs shouldn't screen all patients for oral cancer: experts
(HealthDay)—Not enough evidence exists to recommend that primary care physicians perform oral cancer screenings on adult patients who have no signs or symptoms of the condition, an expert panel says.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), an independent medical panel with federal support, said Tuesday that the draft recommendation applies to primary care practitioners but not to dentists or oral health professionals.
The recommendation is not intended to promote or discourage screening, according to a USPSTF news release. Rather, it means the panel concluded that there is insufficient evidence to determine if the benefits of screening outweigh the harm.
"The evidence shows that it is difficult to detect oral cancer and that the evidence is not clear whether oral cancer screening improves long-term health outcomes among the general adult population or among high-risk groups," task force member Dr. Jessica Herzstein said in the news release. "We need more high-quality research on whether screening tests can accurately detect oral cancer and if screening adults for oral cancer in primary care settings improves health outcomes."
The task force advised health care professionals to consider their patients' preferences and medical histories and the opinions of other experts in addition to their own professional training and experience.
The draft recommendation statement appears on the USPSTF website. Public comments can be made until May 6. The task force will consider these comments while developing its final recommendation.
Although it is not common, oral cancer is a serious disease. Tobacco and alcohol use are major risk factors. Oral human papillomavirus (HPV) also is a growing risk factor for a type of oral cancer known as oropharyngeal cancer, which appears in the upper part of the throat.
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Md. education officials approve evaluation plans
State to receive $250M in federal funds
The Maryland State Department of Education said it has approved teacher and principal evaluation plans in 21 Maryland school systems, clearing the way for the state to receive $250 million in federal funds.
The department announced the approvals Thursday. Data tied to Maryland's statewide standardized test, the Maryland School Assessment, or MSA, makes up 20 percent of the measure for evaluating teachers.
Schools in Montgomery and Frederick counties opted out of the federal Race to the Top grant to avoid meeting federal and state requirements. Baltimore public schools still need their plan approved.
None of this comes as a surprise. For the past few years, the state has given the evaluation system a test run from district to district, but now, it's set to become the law of the land.
Each state school district has come with its own evaluation plan for principals and teachers. There's one section included in all of the plans that mandates that 20 percent of the evaluation has to take into account how well students perform on state test.
State school officials said it's just one piece of a more detailed measurement and that there's no reason for educators to worry.
"It is not a 'gotcha.' It is not to fire teachers. It is a check and balance to see (whether we are) doing as well as we think we're doing in implementing these standards, and that means our children learning. If they are not, how do we help teachers become better prepared?" said state schools Superintendent Lillian Lowery.
Maryland agreed to change its evaluation system for teachers and principals because it signed off on a $250 million Race to the Top grant, from the federal government. Since then, the state along with teacher and education groups have worked side by side to make sure the plan is fair across the board.
Some teachers still have doubts. A recent survey from the 70,000-member Maryland State Education Association showed that 72 percent of teachers said they were not prepared for the new evaluation model. The survey found 85 percent of those surveyed said the evaluation system still presents many new challenges.
Union officials said that even though the new evaluation system is already in place, not much has changed.
"Our members are telling us that they don't feel prepared to deliver instruction and be judged on it next year and that's why we're joining with superintendents to ask for another year to roll this out before full implementation takes place," said Cheryl Bost, president of MSEA.
Both sides have agreed to work through the better part of the summer making sure that what's now in writing is clear to teachers and principals.


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Nikon announces four new Nikkor lenses
Nikon has announced the introduction of four new Nikkor lenses – three zoom lenses and a prime lens.
The zoom lenses, the AF-S DX 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR, AF-S 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR and AF-S 24-120mm f/4G ED VR, utilize Nikon's Vibration Reduction II image stabilization system that provides up to four stops of correction to reduce blur while shooting handheld or in challenging lighting conditions. The prime lens, the AF-S 85mm f/1.4G, and the 24-120mm f/4 ED VR zoom lens, utilize Nikon's Nano-Crystal Coat to reduce instances of ghosting and flare. All four lenses feature Nikon's Silent Wave Motor technology to deliver fast, accurate and quiet AF performance, and Nikon's Super Integrated Coating for color consistency and reduced flaring. The construction of each of these lenses also includes a nine-blade rounded diaphragm.
AF-S Nikkor DX 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6 ED VR
The new AF-S DX 55-300mm lens is offered as a compliment to the 18-55mm VR DX-format camera kit lens coupled with several Nikon DSLRs, including the just-released D3100, and provides users with an affordable way to achieve super zoom focal lengths from 82.5mm to 450mm (35mm equivalent). Additional features include a tripod detection mode, which allows users to keep VR image stabilization activated and automatically compensates for minute vibrations when mounted on a tripod. A high refractive index lens element is implemented to keep the lens compact while offering high contrast even at maximum aperture. Its optical construction consists of two extra-low dispersion (ED) elements that minimize chromatic aberration.
AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 ED VR
The AF-S 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR lens is designed to be used with both FX and DX-format DSLR cameras. It has a focal length (35mm equivalent) of 42-450mm when used with a DX-format DSLR. Its optical formula includes two ED glass elements and three aspherical lens elements to combat distortion. It also incorporates a focus mode switch that enables quick changes between manual and auto focus operation, and internal focus, which provides auto focus without changing the length of the lens.
AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm f/4 G ED VR
The 24-120mm f/4 G ED VR zoom lens provides users with a medium focal range (36-180mm, 35mm equivalent for DX DSLRs) with a constant f/4 aperture to maintain exposure settings throughout the entire zoom range. It features two ED elements, three aspherical lens elements, a focus mode switch and internal focus.
AF-S Nikkor 85mm f/1.4G ED
The AF-S 85mm f/1.4G ED is an extremely fast prime lens (145mm, 35mm equivalent for DX DSLR's) that is excellent for portraits and for creating blurred background effects (bokeh). It can be used with FX or DX-format DSLR cameras and features two focus modes, manual priority auto focus and manual focus. Additional features include internal focus and a ruggedly constructed build.
Pricing and availability
The lenses will have estimated selling prices of $399.95 for the 55-300mm lens, $1,045.95 for the 28-300mm lens, $1,299.95 for the 24-120mm lens and $1,699.95 for the 85mm lens. All four lenses will be available for purchase in September. See Nikon's website for additional information.


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December 30, 2012
Book Review - Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth
This book intertwines the fairy story of Rapunzel with that of a witch in Renaissance Italy, and that of an actual historical figure, Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de la Force, a French writer who is said to have been a great influence on Sir Walter Scott, the father of modern fiction. Charlotte collected words:
"I liked to roll words over my tongue like a lump of molten honeycomb, savouring the sweetness, the crackle, the crunch. Cerulean, azure, blue. Shadowy, somber, secret. Voluptous, sensuous, amorous. Kiss, hiss, abyss.
Some words sounded dangerous. Pagan. Tiger.
Some words seemed to shine. Crystal. Glissade.
Some words changed their meaning as I grew older. Ravishing."
Charlotte's story covers her Huguenot family's fall in fortunes and her time at the sensual and extravagant French court of the Sun-King, Louis IV. Rapunzel's story is told by a nun in a strict convent and also in the first person by the witch's victim. And the witch's story becomes rather more complex than first thought. The author incorporates a great deal of historical detail seamlessly into the story, for example, you learn about Charlotte's clothing as she plays a game of strip poker with her lover; and about the food of the day as her childhood household prepares a great banquet for the visiting King. The chapters are headed by excerpts from different poets exploring the Rapunzel story, which adds to the deliciousness of the experience. This is a great read by an accomplished Australian wordsmith and highly recommended.
Posted by Camden Council Library Service at Sunday, December 30, 2012
Labels: Fairy Tales, Fiction, France, Italy, Kate Forsyth, Rapunzel, Witch
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|This is the article on volume 17. For chapter 148, head to Itachi's Power!!.
|Itachi's Power!!
|(イタチの能力!!, Itachi no Chikara!!)
|Volume Info
|Konoha Crush, Ended!!
|Tsunade's Decision!!
|Release Date
|May 1, 2003 (ISBN 4-08-873420-0)
|September 4, 2007 (ISBN 978-1-4215-1652-3)
Itachi's Power!! (イタチの能力!!, Itachi no Chikara!!) is volume 17 of the Naruto manga.
Chapter 145
- "Memories of Despair" (絶望の記憶, Zetsubō no Kioku)
Not knowing who they are, Naruto is surprised to see Itachi's Sharingan. He is even more surprised when they reference the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox sealed within him. As Sasuke searches for Naruto, he thinks back to his childhood. Itachi seemed like an ordinary older brother who was simply distant with Sasuke. However, when Sasuke returned home one night to the Uchiha clan's living area, he found his entire family murdered by Itachi. As Itachi and Kisame try to convince Naruto to leave his room, Sasuke arrives and vows to kill Itachi.
Chapter 146
- "Together with Hatred…!!" (憎悪とともに…!!, Zōo to Tomo ni…!!)
Both Naruto and Kisame are surprised to learn that Itachi and Sasuke are brothers. Years ago, after Itachi killed their family, Itachi told Sasuke that he had done so in order to test his abilities. Frightened that this could be his motivation, Sasuke tried to escape, only for Itachi to assure him he was too weak to kill. He instead encouraged Sasuke to grow strong enough to kill him and avenge their family. Intending to finally do so, Sasuke attacks Itachi with Chidori, but Itachi easily deflects it. Naruto begins gathering chakra so that he can help Sasuke when it is absorbed by Kisame. As Kisame moves to incapacitate him, Jiraiya appears and stops the attack.
Chapter 147
- "My Fight!!" (オレの戦い!!, Ore no Tatakai!!)
Jiraiya tries to make a grand entrance, but Naruto quickly reminds him that he was gone because he was hitting on a woman. Since the woman was under the influence of a genjutsu, Jiraiya knows that Itachi and Kisame were trying to separate him from Naruto, thereby confirming that Akatsuki really is after the Nine-Tails. Hearing Jiraiya's words, Itachi realises that Jiraiya was the one who informed Kakashi about Akatsuki. Jiraiya prepares to fight them but Sasuke instructs him to leave them to him. Uninterested in their squabble, Itachi tortures Sasuke. Naruto tries to help him and Kisame pursues Naruto, prompting Jiraiya to coat the area in a toad's stomach.
Chapter 148
- "Itachi's Power!!" (イタチの能力!!, Itachi no Chikara!!)
Itachi tells Sasuke that he is still too weak. Jiraiya tries to capture him and Kisame but they flee, managing to escape from his Summoning: Toad Mouth Bind with Amaterasu. Jiraiya takes a sample of the flames for future study and Naruto checks on Sasuke. While they are preoccupied, Guy appears and attacks Jiraiya, having thought he was Itachi or Kisame. Naruto expresses an interest in going after the Akatsuki members, but Jiraiya tells him he would stand no chance against them. Because of the condition Sasuke and Kakashi have been left in after their encounters with Itachi, as well as Lee's predicament, Guy regrets that Tsunade is no longer in Konoha. Jiraiya tells him that they are in the middle of searching for Tsunade, the world's greatest medic.
Chapter 149
- "The Legendary…!!" (伝説の…!!, Densetsu no…!!)
Guy pleads with Jiraiya and Naruto to make sure they bring Tsunade back to Konoha. When Naruto promises to do so, Guy, impressed by his dedication, gives him a jumpsuit before heading home with Sasuke. As they begin their search, Naruto asks why Akatsuki is so interested in him. Jiraiya tells him that they are after the Nine-Tails for some unknown reason and that, in the future, they are unlikely to give up so easily. Naruto concludes that he will need to get stronger, which he won't be able to do until they find Tsunade. Jiraiya explains that it will not be that easy since Tsunade periodically changes her appearance. Even if it will take a while, Naruto doesn't need to worry about missing out on his training since Jiraiya will be teaching him a new technique. Eager to begin, Naruto puts on his new jumpsuit.
Chapter 150
- "The Training Begins…?!" (修行開始…!?, Shugyō Kaishi…!?)
Naruto and Jiraiya stopped at a fair to gather information on Tsunade. When Naruto said that he wanted to enjoy the fair, Jiraiya took most of his money so that he, a ninja, will not over-indulge himself. After spending what little money he was allowed and buying Jiraiya some food as thanks, Naruto found that Jiraiya had not taken his own advice; not only had he surrounded himself with women and alcohol, but he had spent Naruto's money in order to do so. As Naruto yelled at him he earned the anger of Gantetsu. Jiraiya dealt with Gantetsu, at the same time demonstrating the Rasengan. To start Naruto on his way of learning the Rasengan, Jiraiya instructed him to pop a water balloon by spinning his chakra.
Chapter 151
- "Impetus…!!" (きっかけ…!!, Kikkake…!!)
A few days after beginning his Rasengan training, Naruto reflects on his lack of progress in popping the water balloon. Jiraiya reluctantly gave him some tips on how to spin his chakra, after which Naruto proclaimed that he would finish this first step and master the Rasengan in three days. Jiraiya informed him that the Fourth Hokage, the Rasengan's creator, created the Rasengan after three years' hard work. While thinking, Naruto sees a cat playing with the water balloon. When the cat pops the balloon after batting it around, Naruto gets an idea and finally manages to break the balloon himself.
Chapter 152
- "The Second Step" (第二段階, Daini Dankai)
By spinning chakra with both of his hands and forcing the energy into the water balloon from opposing directions, Naruto is able to pop it. Though unorthodox, Jiraiya is impressed and tells him about the second step to learning the Rasengan. The second step is very similar to the first; Naruto must pop a rubber ball. Since the ball is much sturdier than the balloon, he will need to improve the Rasengan's strength. Naruto once again struggles with the step as he cannot burst the ball, only managing to create a hole in it. Content with this development, Jiraiya draws a mark on the palm of his hand to help.
Chapter 153
- "The Searchers!!" (捜索者たち!!, Sōsakusha-Tachi!!)
The mark on Naruto's hand is meant to give him a focal point for his chakra output, concentrating the Rasengan's strength on one specific point rather than dissipating it over a larger area. This does little to help him. Meanwhile, Orochimaru is in agony from the seal placed on him by the Third Hokage. With Kabuto unable to do anything for him, they decide to go looking for Tsunade. Kabuto tells him that she is in Tanzaku Quarters, which Jiraiya also finds out in the course of his own investigation. In Tanzaku, Tsunade, a gambler with terrible luck, hits a winning streak, which causes her great concern.
Author's Note
|Recently, I haven't been exercising at all!! And so now when I bike up even a slight incline, I get muscle cramps... And not just in my legs, but in my arms, too! Why?
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Cauliflower, fenugreek and mint curry
I like to peel back the layers of stuffed okra and nibble on them. I have a bit on an obsession with black head removal and I have never drunk a cup of tea or coffee, not a full one anyway. I never dance, not at parties not in the house and I like reading about reincarnation and have books on Dr. Stevenson's work on the subject, documenting case studies. I never went to clubs in my university days and I actually enjoyed childbirth. It is true. Go on, say it if you haven't already…I know, I must be weird.
I am weird, aren't you? But now, I love sharing my unusual recipes with you. This one emerged from a visit to the Indian grocers. My toddler and I chat about each of the ingredients. He went over and picked some fresh dill and told me that it smells yummy. We looked at parsley and it didn't do anything scent-wise but the aromas of the fenugreek and mint wafted the most impactful smack of green freshness and as I got a good whiff of them together, I thought, actually…they work pretty well together. I have never had these two ingredients cooked together in this way, but let me tell you…It is strong. It is also pretty healthy and nutritious as far as curry goes.
One medium head of cauliflower cut into florets
One medium onion, thinly sliced
200g fenugreek, leaves (or one bunch) removed
50g fresh mint leaves
2 tsp. tomato puree
1 tsp. cumin seeds
2 cloves of garlic
¾ tsp. garam masala
½ lemon, squeezed
Salt to taste
2 green chillies slit open and halved
1 tsp. coriander powder
¼ tsp. mustard seeds
1 tsp. cumin powder
½ tsp. ground turmeric
2 tbsp. cooking oil
- Finely chop the mint and fenugreek leaves together or use a food processor for a finer texture.
- Heat the oil in a deep pan and add the cumin, chillies and mustard seeds, then allow them to sizzle.
- Add onion, salt and turmeric and then sauté the onion until it starts to soften before adding the garlic. Cook for a further minute before introducing the cauliflower, fenugreek leaves and mint leaves.
- Sprinkle in the salt, garam masala and the coriander and cumin powders. Mix the curry well and then squeeze in the lemon juice and then incorporate the tomato puree.
- Cover and cook the curry until the cauliflower is soft enough to pierce.
- Serve hot and steaming with chapatti and lashings of cool yoghurt.


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Cheerful, feisty lion cub Simba "Just Can't Wait to Be King," but with the loss of his dad, Mufasa, his adventures take a new path. Simba flees accusations, guilt and the Pride Land meeting new friends along the way who teach him a worry free philosophy. As Simba grows into adulthood, he discovers that his father's courage and wisdom are a part of him and reclaims his place as the King of the Pride Lands.
When the kingdom's most wanted, and most charming, bandit Flynn Rider hides in a mysterious tower, the last thing he expects to find is Rapunzel, a spirited teen with an unlikely superpower: 70 feet of magical golden hair! Together, the unlikely duo sets off on a fantastic journey filled with surprising heroes, laughter and suspense.
Lilo & Stitch
In Lilo and Stitch, get ready to crash-land on Earth with Stitch, a runaway genetic experiment from a faraway planet. As he wreaks havoc on the Hawaiian Islands, he becomes the mischeivous adopted alien "puppy" of an independent little girl named Lilo and learns about loyalty, friendship, and 'ohana, the Hawaiian tradition of family!
Wreck-It Ralph
For decades, Ralph has played the bad guy in a popular video game. In a bold move, he embarks on an action-packed adventure to set out to prove to everyone that he is a true hero with a big heart. As he explores exciting new worlds, Ralph teams up with an unlikely new friend in feisty misfit Vanellope von Schweetz and realizes the fate of the entire arcade is in his massive hands.
The Princess and the Frog
With a modern twist on a classic tale, this animated comedy is set in the great city of New Orleans. Featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana, a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.
Winnie the Pooh
When sad old Eeyore loses his tail, Owl sends the whole gang - Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga and Roo - on a wild journey to help Eeyore and save Christopher Robin from the mysterious Baksun. In the end, it turns out to be a very busy day for a bear who simply set out to find some "hunny."
Celebrate a beautiful love story in a place where nature truly has a voice with our Pocahontas video collection.
Sleeping Beauty
When an evil fairy named Maleficent places a curse on the young Princess Aurora, the Three Good Fairies bring her to the depths of the forest and raise her as their own. Aurora soon falls into Maleficent's grasp, and it is up to Prince Philip and the Good Fairies to battle evil and save the princess from a spell breakable only through "true love's kiss!"
Lady and the Tramp
Experience the thrilling adventures of Lady, a lovingly pampered cocker spaniel, and Tramp, a freewheeling mutt with a heart of gold. When Lady's master and mistress, Jim Dear and Darling, leave town for a few days, Aunt Sarah arrives with her two cats to babysit. This heartwarming tale features exquisite animation, unforgettable songs and one fo the greatest love stories of all time.
It's no lie, our Pinocchio video collection is bound to warm your heart and have you wishing for more!
In the heart of an enchanted city, a commoner named Aladdin and his mischievous monkey, Abu, battle to save the free-spirited Princess Jasmine. Aladdin's whole life changes with one rub of a magic lamp as a fun-loving, shape-shifting Genie appears and grants him three wishes, setting him on an incredible journey of discovery!
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
The beautiful and kindhearted princess Snow White charms every creature in the kingdom except one -- her jealous stepmother, the Queen. When the Magic Mirror proclaims Snow White is the fairest one of all, she must flee into the forest, where she befriends the lovable seven dwarfs -- Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy, Happy, Bashful, Sleepy and Dopey. But when the Queen tricks Snow White with an enchanted apple, only the magic of true love's kiss can save her!
The AristoCats
In the heart of Paris, a kind and eccentric millionairess wills her entire estate to Duchess, her high-society cat, and her three little kittens. Laughs and adventure ensue as the greedy, bumbling butler pulls off the ultimate catnap caper. Now it's up to the rough-and-tumble alley cat, Thomas O'Malley, and his band of swingin' jazz cats to save the day.
Cinderella has faith her dreams of a better life will come true. With help from her loyal mice friends and a wave of her Fairy Godmother's wand, Cinderella's rags are magically turned into a glorious gown and off she goes to the Royal Ball. But when the clock strikes midnight, the spell is broken, leaving a single glass slipper... the only key to the ultimate fairy-tale ending.
In Disney/Pixar's vibrant tale of family, fun and adventure, aspiring young musician named Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) embarks on an extraordinary journey to the magical land of his ancestors. There, the charming trickster Hector (voice of Gael Garcia Bernal) becomes an unexpected friend who helps Miguel uncover the mysteries behind his family's stories and traditions.
Finding Dory
From the Academy Award®–winning creators of Disney•Pixar's Finding Nemo (Best Animated Feature, 2003) comes an epic undersea adventure filled with imagination, humor and heart. When Dory, the forgetful blue tang (Ellen DeGeneres), suddenly remembers she has a family who may be looking for her, she, Marlin (Albert Brooks) and Nemo (Hayden Rolence) take off on a life-changing quest to find them…with help from Hank, a cantankerous octopus; Bailey, a beluga whale who's convinced his biological sonar skills are on the fritz; and Destiny, a nearsighted whale shark! Dive into the movie overflowing with unforgettable characters, dazzling animation and gallons of fun!


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SANDY, Utah – To say Real Salt Lake have struggled getting results in Houston is an understatement. To say they have struggled mightily is still mincing words. In fact, about the only way to get near the reality is to say RSL have been flat-out awful in getting points against the Dynamo in the Lone Star State.
Real are 0-7-1 all-time in Houston, with the lone draw coming in June of 2009. They haven't been repeatedly destroyed – all seven losses have come by a single goal – but they've kept coming up short.
"We've been in a lot of good positions down there, played really well and then made some critical errors," said RSL head coach Jason Kreis. "We just need to get a little bit better with how we perform down there and then we could be looking at a positive result."
One thing Real will not miss is Robertson Stadium, where they faced the Dynamo the previous eight games in Houston before their new soccer-specific BBVA Compass Stadium opened on May 12. While the actual venue may have changed for Thursday's showdown (8:30 pm ET; watch LIVE online), one thing that hasn't is the typical weather RSL have faced in Houston. The gameday forecast calls for 98 degrees with 63 percent humidity.
"I think it is the biggest factor because it is really miserably warm there," said Kreis, who spent the bulk of his playing career in Texas with Dallas. "We were hoping for a September game, which could be cool in Texas, but it doesn't look like it is shaping up that way for us this year. That just causes some fatigue and a lack of focus."
Another factor going against the Claret-and-Cobalt will be a thin squad. Álvaro Saborío (Costa Rica), Will Johnson (Canada) and Kyle Beckerman (United States) are all away with their respective national teams, and Chris Wingert is suspended for yellow-card accumulation. But RSL are not the only team dealing with absences. Houston will be without Boniek García (Honduras), Andre Hainault (Canada), Jermaine Taylor (Jamaica) and Je-Vaughn Watson (Jamaica) for the game as well.
"I think we're a little bit unsure because I think they're missing four players, so not sure about one position, who might come in that position, whether they might change their shape a little bit," said Kreis of how that could change the approach. "It does leave some question marks for us about how to prepare for them, but perhaps that means again, whenever we have that issue, we tend to become a little bit more focused on ourselves, and that usually ends up doing good things for us."


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Lower-Income Renters Struggle As Minnesota Rent Rises
ST. PAUL (AP) - Lower-income renters say they are struggling with rapidly increasing rents in the Twin Cities area.
Dena Felper says her rent is expected to increase by 23 percent by March to $750 per month. She says she'll have to take another job - her third - to pay for the increase.
The Minnesota Housing Partnership says Twin Cities residents are seeing some of the biggest rent increases in 12 years and the average rent in the area is nearing $1,000 per month.
Minnesota Housing Partnership Director Chip Halbach says about half of all Minnesota renters pay more than 30 percent of their income in rent.
The partnership says the foreclosure crisis created a flood of new renters, allowing landlords to be pickier and raise rents.


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Amy described Kate as 'beautiful' in person.
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Kate's local Tesco store in Holyhead.
The Duchess is regularly seen shopping there. Below we see Kate departing the store last August.
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Kate wore the polka dot Zara top she was last seen wearing visiting Team GB house at the Olympics with a black and white cardigan, skinny jeans and wedges. The 30 year old wore her hair scraped back into a bun and accessorized with silver earrings.
It was an unexpected surprise to see a new snapshot of Kate. I have just finished 'Kate Loves Gowns Part 2' and plan to publish it tomorrow (I'll leave this post on top until then in case any of you miss it) Thank you for all your suggestions for the 'Kate Loves' posts, they are greatly appreciated :)


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Inside-Out Sandwiches
"We travel a lot, and I want my family to eat right while we're away from home, so I pack a cooler full of these fun sandwiches," relates Paula Truksa of Jewett, Texas. "You can use different luncheon meats, cheeses, sweet or sour pickles and white or wheat bread to suit your tastes."
Total TimePrep: 15 min. + chilling
Makes8 sandwiches
- 1 package (6 ounces) thinly sliced deli ham
- 8 slices process American cheese
- 8 slices thin sandwich bread, crusts removed
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 8 dill pickle spears, well drained
- Divide ham into eight portions. Top each stack with a slice of cheese. Spread both sides of bread with mayonnaise; place one slice of bread on each stack. If necessary, trim ham to fit bread.
- Place pickle in center of each. Roll up tightly; wrap in plastic. Refrigerate overnight.


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Most people remember Jennifer Grey as Baby in "Dirty Dancing," but I'll always remember her as Jeannie from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off." No one did teenage female bitterness better. She was very alone, and very cute, and very protective of her body. Now, a quarter of a century later, Grey is bringing that delightful sarcastic streak to a place where it will be most welcome: "House." No word on if Principal Rooney breaks into her hospital room. Michael Ausiello at EW reports:
Grey—who begins work on the House set today—will play Abbey, the mother of an infant daughter who is displaying signs of a life-threatening illness. As House and Co. investigate her daughter's developing symptoms, Abbey is faced with a treatment decision for her newborn that could affect not only her baby's life but her own.
Her episode is scheduled to air in mid-October.
"House" has had its fair share of notable guest stars over the years, including David Straithairn, John Larroquette, LL Cool J, and plenty of others. Most of them are underutilized. Like an interviewee on "The Colbert Report," guest patients on "House" are mainly there to act as the foil for Hugh Laurie to do his thing. I'm hoping Grey gets to do a little bit more than just sit there and take crap from House. And I'm hoping her job will entail more than making the junior docs like Foreman question how they do business. I'd like to see a little bit of Jeannie in there, ready at a moment's notice to tell House where he should put his thumb. House needs that kind of feedback from time to time.


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Guy's just a heads up - OSHA is really cracking down on heat related injuries.
If you have employees and they experience a heat related injury or illness and you have not documented a training session on identifying and preventing these illnesses/injuries - OSHA may come back and fine you.
Just a heads up - don't want anyone to get fined!
Stay safe out there!


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DEVOTED to each other in life, husband and wife Raphael and Tamar Altman chose to die in each other's arms.
When they were found, her head was resting on her husband's shoulder, her arm over his chest.
Their son called their marriage of more than 30 years "the ultimate love story" – but it ended with a suicide pact.
Raphael, 69, and Tamar, 72, were both in poor health.
He was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, and she suffered from diabetes, neuralgia and muscular pain and stiffness.
In October, the couple, both campaigners for assisted dying, agreed they did not want to suffer any more.
They marked October 3 in their diary with the single word – 'depart'.
They were found lying dead on their bed at their home in Great Milton, near Wheatley, that day by a doctor .
Their son, Tai, 43, who lives near Inverness, Scotland, and has three children of his own, said he had always known their views on assisted dying.
"It is the ultimate love story really, depending on how you look at it," he said.
"They were both activists with the group Dignity in Dying and believed in the right to choose.
"I grew up with it and lived with the knowledge that this was going to happen. It wasn't a shock to me and I'm more than reconciled to it."
Police who attended said the room was lit by a soft red light, and there was soothing music playing.
They had drunk a poison, traces of which were found in a bowl and glass by the bed.
Each one left a typed note indicating their plans, and a letter to their GP, Dr Lynda Ware, thanking her for years of care.
They had sent an email to their two children and close friends, in which they said goodbye.
It did not explicitly say they were going to kill themselves, but they were inundated with fond responses.
Tai Altman said: "After Dad was diagnosed, mum was always adamant that she could not, and would not, live without him.
"She was brave enough and had conviction in her love for him to make what some people might consider the ultimate sacrifice."
His father, born in Cape Town in South Africa, had been an RE teacher in Leighton Buzzard before retiring.
He met Tamar, originally from New York, in the UK, and after five years of friendship they became a couple.
Raphael and Tamar Altman pictured with their children Tanyah, six, and Tai, nine, in 1980
They had two children, Tai and Tanyah, and ran a glass painting business for 10 years.
Mr Altman carried on having chemotherapy and radiotherapy after his diagnosis until last year.
As a right-to-die advocate, he gave evidence to the 2012 Government commission on assisted dying.
Mrs Altman had struggled with her weight from the age of 11.
Mr Altman, who at one time worked at Waterperry Gardens a few miles from his village and studied as a mature student at Oxford's Keble College, wrote an article in 1999 for Radiance Magazine, a journal for larger women, in which he praised his wife's shape, calling her his "fat Aphrodite".
At an inquest at Oxfordshire Coroners' Court on Tuesday, assistant coroner Peter Clark said the couple had made a careful decision to end their lives in a "dignified" way.
Recording verdicts of suicide, he said: "It is clear they intended to die together as they lived together."


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The presidency of Donald Trump began at noon EST on January 20, 2017, the day that Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States, succeeding Barack Obama. Trump, a Republican, was a businessman from New York City at the time of his victory in the 2016 presidential election over Democrat Hillary Clinton. His running mate, former Governor Mike Pence of Indiana, took office as the 48th Vice President of the United States on the same day. At age 70, Trump is the oldest person to assume the presidency, and the first without prior government or military experience. Trump's term in office is set to end on January 20, 2021, and he is eligible to be elected to a second term.
During his time in office, Trump has issued several consequential presidential orders and memoranda, including Executive Order 13769, which suspended the admission of refugees into the United States. Trump also nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court and has appointed numerous executive branch officials. Several of Trump's nominees, including Gorsuch, remain before the United States Senate.
The Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump of New York and Governor Mike Pence of Indiana won the 2016 election, defeating the Democratic ticket of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of New York and Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. Trump won 304 electoral votes compared to Clinton's 227, though Clinton won a plurality of the popular vote.
Trump is the fifth person to win the presidency but lose the popular vote, after John Quincy Adams (1824), Rutherford B. Hayes (1876), Benjamin Harrison (1888), and George W. Bush (2000). Although Republicans lost a net of two seats in the Senate elections and six seats in the House elections, they maintained their majorities in both houses for the 115th Congress. Trump claimed that massive amounts of voter fraud in Clinton's favor occurred during the election, and he called for a major investigation after taking office.
After the election, Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky retained his position as Senate Majority Leader, while Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York replaced the retiring Harry Reid of Nevada as Senate Minority Leader. Democrat Nancy Pelosi retained her position as House Minority Leader, while Republican Paul Ryan retained his position as Speaker of the House.
Days after the presidential election, Trump announced that he had selected RNC Chairman Reince Priebus as his Chief of Staff, a position that does not require Senate confirmation. Priebus and Senior Counselor Steve Bannon were named as "equal partners" within the White House power structure, although Bannon will not be a member of the Cabinet. Aside from the vice president and the chief of staff, the remaining Cabinet-level positions require Senate confirmation.
On November 18, Trump announced his first Cabinet designee, choosing Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions for the position of Attorney General. Trump continued to name designees for various positions in November, December, and January. Former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue was announced as the nominee for Secretary of Agriculture on January 19, completing Trump's initial slate of Cabinet nominees. Trump is the first incoming president to benefit from the 2013 filibuster reform, which eased the use of cloture on executive and lower-level judicial nominees, reducing the amount required to invoke from an absolute supermajority of three-fifths to a bare majority.
By February 8, 2017, President Trump had fewer cabinet nominees confirmed than any other president except George Washington by the same length of time into his presidency. On February 8, 2017, President Trump formally announced his cabinet structure, elevating the Director of National Intelligence and Director of the CIA to cabinet level. The Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, which had been added to the cabinet added by Obama in 2009, was removed from the cabinet. Once all cabinet positions are filled, Trump's cabinet will consist of 24 members – the most since Bill Clinton.
The following have been named as Cabinet appointees by the President. For other high-level positions, see the list of Donald Trump political appointments.
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Chief of Staff - Reince Priebus - head of the RNC
Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser to the Chief of Staff - Sean Cairncross - Republican National Committee Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel to the National Republican Senatorial Committee for two cycles (2009-2012)
Director of the Office of Chief of Staff - Michael Ambrosini
Special Assistant to the President and Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff - Mallory Hunter
Deputy Chief of Staff - Katie Walsh - Chief of Staff at the Republican National Committee
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations - Joe Hagin - Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations in the George W. Bush White House
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy - Rick Dearborn – former top aide to Sen. Jeff Sessions (R- AL) and nominee for Attorney General
Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President - Stephen K. Bannon - Executive Chairman of Breitbart News Network
Senior White House Advisor - Jared Kushner – Son-in-law; CEO of Kushner Companies and publisher of the New York Observer
Special Assistant to the President and Assistant to the Senior Advisor - Avrahm (Avi) Berkowitz
Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to the President for Policy - Stephen Miller - Responsible for directing White House policy staff, managing speechwriting functions, and working to ensure the enactment of the President's policy agenda. Served throughout as the campaign's chief speechwriter, and is currently the policy director for the President-elect's Transition Team; served as a key advisor to several members of Congress, including U.S. Senator from Alabama Jeff Sessions, and served in senior leadership roles on both the Senate Budget Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee.
Office of the Senior Advisor to the President for Policy, Staff Announcements:
Director of Policy and Inter-agency Coordination - Carlos Diaz-Rosillo - has been serving on the President-elect's Transition Team as Policy Implementation Executive Authority Advisor and White House Lead. He has been a member of the faculty of government at Harvard University for more than eight years.
Advisor for Policy, Strategy and Speechwriting - Vince Haley - longtime associate of former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. He served as policy director and later campaign manager of Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign. During the President-elect's campaign, Mr. Haley developed ethics reform policies.
Advisor for Policy, Strategy and Speechwriting - Ross Worthington - longtime aide to former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. He served as research director for Gingrich, deputy communications director for Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign and later as Gingrich's primary writer. During the campaign, Mr. Worthington, together with Mr. Vince Haley, worked to formulate and communicate policies that advanced the Trump agenda.
Advisor for Policy Development and Speechwriting - Ryan Jarmula - served as a member of Vice President-elect Mike Pence's staff for a number of years. As a member of then-Congressman Pence's Capitol Hill office, he handled a variety of issues including foreign affairs, and later served Pence in his capacity as Governor of the State of Indiana as Policy Director for Veterans Affairs and most recently as Speechwriter. During the campaign, Mr. Jarmula worked on Stephen Miller's staff and had an active role in policy development.
Advisor for Policy - Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and the
Empowerment of Women - Dina Powell, a Goldman Sachs partner, and previously served as the chief of the personnel office in the White House under President George W. Bush.
Special Assistant to the Senior Advisor - Robert Gabriel - served as policy advisor on the President-elect's campaign and assisted the National Policy Director in policy development, speechwriting functions, and staff management.
Director of Strategic Initiatives - Chris Liddell - previously a CFO at Microsoft and General Motors, as well as the executive director of Mitt Romney's 2012 transition planning team.
Domestic Policy Council
Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council - Andrew Bromberg - worked at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2001 to 2009, including serving as the Chief of Staff for the Office of Public Health and Science. He later served as Policy Advisor and Counsel on Nominations for Senator Mitch McConnell. He worked as the Policy Director for the 2016 Republican Party Platform. He now works in a lead policy and administrative role on the Presidential Transition Team.
Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council and Director of Budget
Policy - Paul Winfree - Director of the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, the Center for Data Analysis and the Richard F. Aster Research Fellow, all at The Heritage Foundation. Prior to joining Heritage, Mr. Winfree was the Director of Income Security on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget.
Healthcare Policy - Katy Talento - an infectious disease epidemiologist with nearly 20 years of experience in public health and health policy, as well as government oversight and investigations and program evaluation, served on the campaign since July 2016. Ms. Talento has spent 12 years in the U.S. Senate, working for five Senators and two committees.
Urban Affairs and Revitalization - Ja'Ron K. Smith - served as a Congressional staff member for nearly a decade. Smith served the House Republican Conference legislative staff under then-Chairman Mike Pence prior to joining the Republican Study Committee to serve on the professional policy staff under Congressman Jim Jordan. He later served as Economic Advisor to Senator Tim Scott and currently works as the Director of External Affairs for Generation Opportunity.
Education Policy - Rob Goad - currently serves on the Presidential Transition as the education lead for the implementation of the President-elect's education policy agenda. Prior to developing education policy for the President-elect's successful campaign, Mr. Goad served as a Senior Policy Advisor to House Policy Committee Chair Luke Messer focusing on education issues. He also played a pivotal role advancing school choice policies as Director of the Congressional School Choice Caucus.
Justice and Homeland Security Policy - John Zadrozny - worked for the past six years on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary for Senator Ted Cruz. Prior to working on Capitol Hill, he served in the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the Department of State.
Regulatory Reform, Legal and Immigration Policy - Zina Bash - currently serves as the Executive Vice President of Operations and Business Development at Doctors' Hospital at Renaissance.. Her previous positions include Deputy Director of Policy and Communications for Senator Ted Cruz's presidential campaign and Senior Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee in Senator John Cornyn's office. Ms. Bash also practiced law as an appellate attorney at international law firm Gibson Dunn, & Crutcher LLP. Ms. Bash also served as a law clerk to Justice Samuel Alito of the U.S.. Supreme Court and Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Senior Policy Analyst - Peter White -has worked at the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. Most recently, Mr. White served as Legislative Counsel for Congressman Mo Brooks. Licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, Mr. White is an active member of the Federalist Society and performs pro bono legal for the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.
Assistant to the President and White House Counsel – Donald F. McGahn - Partner at Jones Day in Washington, DC, and has specialized in political law, including government ethics; served as a member of the FEC five years, during which he served as both chairman and vice chairman)
Counselor to the President - Kellyanne Conway - founder and owner of The Polling Company, inc./WomanTrend, a polling and research firm that for 21 years has served leading political figures, nonprofits and companies.
Assistant to the President and Director of Legislative Affairs - Marc Short - Previously worked as a top operative running the expansive political network of billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, is a longtime adviser to Pence. He was chief of staff to Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and Pence, when he was in the House. During the 2016 campaign, Short worked as an adviser for Sen. Marco Rubio during the primaries and later as a senior adviser for Pence during the general election.
Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs - Alexander Angelson
Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel - John DeStefano - Longtime political aide to former House Speaker John Boehner who helped the RNC build a 2016 voter file and political database.
Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison - Omarosa Manigault - Contestant on The Apprentice, and worked in the office of Vice President Al Gore during the Clinton administration.
Assistant to the President for Intragovernmental and Technology Initiatives - Reed Cordish - principal and partner of the Cordish Companies and president of Entertainment Consulting International.
Assistant to President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President - Josh Pitcock - Long-time aide who most recently served as Indiana's lobbyist in Washington.
Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary - Rob Porter - Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch's chief of staff.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Oval Office Operations - Keith Schiller - Trump's security chief for the last 16 years and a retired NYPD detective.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance - George Gigicos - He was Donald Trump's director of advance operations. Founded and became president of Telion Corp. The company associated with political and religious entities, associations, corporations and with the government to successfully assist in the management of their conferences, meetings, incentive programs and special events. The company's expertise in communication strategies, crisis management, VIP and political advance operations and logistical support further assists their clients in being relevant.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Political Director - Bill Stepien - Former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Christie during the George Washington Bridge scandal.. He later became national field director for Trump's presidential campaign.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Cabinet Secretary - Bill McGinley - A partner at law firm Jones Day.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs - Justin Clark - Deputy national political director of Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign/
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President - Jen Pavlik - Worked as an aide to Pence during his time in Congress and as Indiana's governor.
Special Assistant to the President and Personal Aide to the President - John McEntee - A production assistant at Fox News before joining the Trump campaign in 2015. He served as campaign trip director, overseeing preparations for campaign events.
Executive Assistant to the President - Madeleine Westerhout – Assistant to the Chief of Staff at the Republican National Committee.
Chief Digital Officer - Gerrit Lansing - Chief Digital Officer at the Republican National Committee.
Press Secretary/Communications Director - Sean Spicer - Communications director of the Republican National Committee since 2011, and chief strategist since February 2015.
Deputy Press Secretary and Adviser to the Press Secretary - Lindsay Walters
Deputy Press Secretary - Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who managed her father Mike Huckabee's presidential bid
Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary - Stephanie Grisham - spokeswoman for the Republicans in the Arizona House of Representatives; prior to that, she worked as the spokeswoman for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne.
Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary and Advisor to the Press
Secretary - Lindsay Walters - Republican National Committee spokeswoman.
Strategic Communications Director - Hope Hicks - Began working for the public relations firm Zeno Group. She then moved to Hiltzik Strategies in New York City. While at Hiltzik, she "began working on accounts related to Trump's vast real estate, hospitality and fashion ventures." She then moved to the Trump Organization in 2014.
Social Media Director - Dan Scavino - Director of Social Media, Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. June 2015 – Present; Director Of Development, Joe Torre September 2013 – April 2015; Executive Vice President / General Manager The Trump Organization. January 2003 – March 2013.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Communications Director - Jessica Ditto - Trump campaign's deputy communications director. Former communications director for Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin.
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Communications Director and Research
Director - Raj Shah - Currently the Research Director and Deputy Communications Director at the Republican National Committee and also the Managing Director of America Rising, a company that provides research to candidates.
Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations - Boris Epshteyn - spokesman for the inauguration planning effort; communications aide with the McCain-Palin campaign. While at the campaign, he was a key part of a rapid response task force which concentrated on issues related to the Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
Special Assistant to the President and Assistant Communications Director - Steven Cheung,
Special Assistant to the President and Director of Media Affairs - Helen Aguirre Ferre - spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee.
Special Assistant to the President and Assistant Communications Director for White
House Message Strategy - Cliff Sims - founder and CEO of Yellowhammer, Alabama's conservative news website; previously served as a communications advisor for the Trump campaign.
National Security Advisor -- Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, US Army, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (2012 – 2014)
Deputy National Security Advisor - Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland - Fox News' national security analyst and contributor, host of FOXNews.com's DEFCON and FOXNews.com Opinions page columnist.
Office of the Director of National Intelligence – Director – Former Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) - Served for years on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and previously on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
National Security Council
Chief of Staff and Executive Secretary - Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, USA (Ret.) - Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computers for U.S. forces under the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Senior Director of Strategic Communications - Dr. Monica Crowley - Foreign affairs and political analyst for the Fox News Channel. (Withdrew on January 16, 2017)
Homeland Security Advisor - Thomas Bossert - Currently a fellow at the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative;" deputy homeland security adviser in the last year of the Bush administration, when he helped draft the federal government's first cybersecurity strategy; and o spent two years as the White House director of infrastructure protection policy.
National Economic Council:
Director - Gary Cohn - President, Goldman Sachs National Trade Council:
Director - Peter Navarro - University of California-Irvine Associate Professor, Paul Merage School of Business
Deputy Director for the Defense Industrial Base —Alexander Gray - Currently a member of the U.S. Department of State Landing Team for the Presidential Transition, focusing on Asia- Pacific issues. Previously, he served as Senior Defense Advisor to the Trump-Pence campaign, on Stephen Miller's policy staff and working with Peter Navarro, helping to craft the campaign's plan to rebuild the U.S. military and the defense industrial base. Mr. Gray has also served as Senior Advisor to U.S. Congressman J. Randy Forbes, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, focusing on defense industrial base issues and Asia-Pacific security.
Deputy Director for "Buy American, Hire American" - Rolf Lundberg - During the Presidentelect's campaign and Presidential Transition, Mr. Lundberg worked underneath Stephen Miller and Peter Navarro, and focused his efforts on policies to reverse the economic injustice of offshoring and used his experience and insights to challenge special interests and support the President-elect's "Buy American, Hire American" project. Mr. Lundberg was Senior Vice President for Congressional and Public Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, after serving as Assistant General Counsel and Vice President for International Relations with Marriott International, Inc. Mr. Lundberg served as Legal Counsel for Tax and International Trade to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, International Trade Counsel to Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration in the George H.W. Bush Administration and International Trade Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.
Special Representative for International Negotiations - Jason Greenblatt - Chief legal officer and an executive vice president at the Trump Organization; he has advised Mr. Trump on a range of business and legal affairs, both domestic and international, for two decades.
Special Advisor to the President on Regulatory Reform - Carl Icahn – Founder and majority shareholder of Icahn Enterprises, a diversified conglomerate holding company based in New York City, formerly known as American Real Estate Partners. He is also Chairman of Federal-Mogul, an American developer, manufacturer and supplier of powertrain components and vehicle safety products. He will be advising the President in his individual capacity and will not be serving as a federal employee or a Special Government Employee and will not have any specific duties.
Assistant to President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President - Josh Pitcock - Long-time aide who most recently served as Indiana's lobbyist in Washington)
Director - Rep. Mick Mulvaney (South Carolina) - Co-authored Cut, Cap, and Balance Act, which curbed and capped needless federal spending, and provided for a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution.
Secretary of Agriculture – Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue
Secretary of Commerce – Wilbur Ross - Chairman and chief strategy officer, WL Ross & Co.
Deputy Secretary - Todd Ricketts - Co-owner of the Chicago Cubs
Secretary of Defense – Gen. James Mattis, USMC - 11th Commander of United States Central Command, the Unified Combatant Command responsible for American military operations in the Middle East, Northeast Africa and Central Asia.
Secretary of the Army - Vincent "Vinnie" Viola - Former U.S. Army infantry officer and current Virtu Financial Founder and Executive Chairman.
Secretary of Education - Betsy DeVos - Chair of the Windquest Group
Secretary of Energy – Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry
Secretary of Health and Human Services – Cong. Tom Price, MD (Georgia) Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - Seema Verma - (Indiana health policy consultant
Secretary of Homeland Security – Gen. John Kelly, USMC - United States Southern Command
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development – Dr. Ben Carson
Secretary of Interior – Cong. Ryan Zinke (Montana)
Secretary of Labor - Andrew Puzder - CEO of CKE Restaurants
Secretary of State - Rex Tillerson - Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil
Secretary of Transportation - Elaine Chao - Distinguished Fellow at Hudson Institute, former Secretary of Labor
Secretary of the Treasury - Steven Mnuchin - Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Dune Capital Management
Secretary of Veterans Affairs – Dr. David J. Shulkin - current Undersecretary for Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs
Director, Central Intelligence Agency – Cong. Mike Pompeo (Kansas)
Attorney General – Sen. Jeff Sessions (Alabama)
Deputy Attorney General - Rod J. Rosenstein - U.S. attorney in Baltimore and the longestserving U.S. attorney - sole holdover U.S. attorney from the George W. Bush administration who is still in office
Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator – Scott Pruitt - Oklahoma Attorney General
Securities and Exchange Commission – Chairman - Jay Clayton - Partner at New York-based law firm Sullivan & Cromwell
Small Business Administration, Administrator - Linda McMahon - Co-founder and former chief executive officer of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
United States Trade Representative - Robert Lighthizer - Served under President Ronald Reagan as Deputy United States Trade Representative; Chief of Staff of the United States Senate Committee of Finance when Congress passed the Reagan program of tax cuts and spending reductions, and also aided in the passage of legislation which implemented the Tokyo Round of trade negotiations. He has also represented the United States at meetings of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and meetings related to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (the precursor to the World Trade Organization). He has headed up the international trade law practice at Skadden, Arps Slate, Meagher and Flom.
United Nations – Gov. Nikki Haley (South Carolina)
China – Gov. Terry Branstad (Iowa)
Israel - David Friedman - Founding partner of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP
1Appointed by Barack Obama; term ends in January/February 2018,[33] and Trump intends to "most likely" appoint a replacement.[34]
2Appointed by Barack Obama; term ends in June 2018.
On February 13, 2017, Trump fired Michael Flynn from the post of National Security Adviser, making Flynn's the shortest tenure in the history of the office.[35] The given reason for the termination was that he had lied to Vice President Pence about his communications with the Russian ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak, with whom Flynn had discussed lifting sanctions against Russia if Donald Trump was elected President. Flynn was fired amidst the ongoing controversy concerning Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and accusations that Trump's electoral team colluded with Russian agents. In May 2017, Sally Yates testified before Senate Judiciary's Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism that she had told White House Counsel Don McGahn in late January 2017 that Flynn had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other administration officials and warned that Flynn was potentially compromised by Russia. Flynn remained in his post for another two weeks and was fired after The Washington Post broke the story. Yates was fired by Donald Trump on January 30, two days after she warned Trump officials about Flynn.[36]
On May 9, 2017, Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. In explaining his decision to fire Comey, the Trump administration cited Comey's handling of the Hillary Clinton email controversy.[37] In firing Comey, Trump relied on a memo written by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that criticized Comey for publicly announcing that the case involving Clinton's emails would not be prosecuted. Rosenstein argued that Comey overstepped his role and that the Justice Department determines whether a case should be prosecuted.[38] However, many critics of Trump accused him of using Comey's handling of the Clinton investigation as a pretext for Comey's dismissal; instead, these critics argue that Comey was dismissed due to his investigation into the Trump administration's ties with Russia.[39] Governance experts said that the firing of Comey was highly significant and abnormal, with the action raising concerns about checks and balances in American democracy broadly.[40] Days after firing Comey, Trump stated that he would have fired Comey regardless of Rosenstein's recommendations, describing Comey as a "showboat."[41] In a meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the US, Trump asserted Comey was a "nut job" and that this would relieve pressure off of him regarding his relationship with Russia.[42] In the aftermath of Comey's firing, various news outlets compared the firing to the "Saturday Night Massacre," a constitutional crisis that occurred during Richard Nixon's administration.[43][44][45]
Jason Chaffetz letter to FBI over Comey Memo
Comey wrote multiple memos concerning his interactions with President Trump and in one Trump attempted to persuade Comey to abort the investigation into General Flynn.[46][47][48][49][50][51] Director Comey would record a detailed memo during every meeting with President Donald Trump.[52] One memo referred to an February 14, 2017, Oval Office meeting between Comey and Trump, in which, according to the memo, the president stated "I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go."[48] Comey made no commitments to Trump on the subject.[48]
The Times reported that the memo, which is not classified, was part of a "paper trail" created by Comey to document "what he perceived as the president's improper efforts to influence a continuing investigation".[48] Comey shared the memo with "a very small circle of people at the FBI and Justice Department."[53] Comey and other senior FBI officials perceived Trump's remarks "as an effort to influence the investigation, but they decided that they would try to keep the conversation secret — even from the F.B.I. agents working on the Russia investigation — so the details of the conversation would not affect the investigation."[48]
Two individuals who read the memo told the Times that "Comey created similar memos — including some that are classified — about every phone call and meeting he had with the president."[48] The Washington Post reported that two Comey associates who had seen Comey's memo described it as two pages long and highly detailed.[53] The Times noted that contemporaneous notes created by FBI agents are frequently relied upon "in court as credible evidence of conversations."[48]
Trump took office with a Supreme Court vacancy, which arose after the February 2016 death of Antonin Scalia. During his campaign, Trump released two lists of potential nominees to fill the vacancy caused by Scalia's death.[54] On January 31, 2017, Trump nominated federal appellate judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.[55] Gorsuch's appointment was confirmed on April 7, 2017, after a 54–45 vote.[56] Prior to this nomination, 60 votes had been required for Supreme Court nominees to be moved to a confirmation vote over a filibuster, via invoking cloture. The 60-vote total previously needed to advance the vote was not met due to Democratic opposition. To allow the nomination to proceed, the "nuclear option" was deployed, requiring only a simple majority, 51 votes, for cloture for a nominee.[57]
The United States courts of appeals have several vacancies and the United States district courts also have dozens of vacancies for President Trump to fill.[58]
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This is the eighth and final in a series of new articles by Olivia Mellan and Sherry Christie that continue the discussion on Your Client's Brain that began with Investment Advisor's February 2013 cover story—Double Think: Getting Past the Conflict in Your Clients' Two Brains—and a feature article—Second Thoughts: Making Better Decisions—in the March 2013 issue of IA.
Because planning and decision-making are susceptible to the negative effects of stress, information overload and age-related declines in memory and attention, Brandman University psychology professor Paul Greenberg believes they are primary targets for computer-assisted thinking.
Greenberg built physical brain/computer interfaces for his doctoral work. Now, as CEO of Greenberg Educational Consulting Organization in San Diego, he partners with financial advisors to help clients enhance their mind's natural strengths in a series of seminars called Mind Tools for Finance. He explained, "We train people to create a virtual extension of their mind using visual information mapping software, following neuroscience principles of learning, memory and attention." (Some examples of top-performing and freely available software are Freemind, http://www.mindmeister.com, and TheBrain.com.)
"To guide the creation of personal information systems, we listen very closely to clients, then teach them how to capture, diagram and organize critical factors plus all supporting material, including links to web pages and files," continued Greenberg. "By working with information in a flexible visual format instead of relying on memory alone, it becomes easier to see context and connections among elements and to have a natural understanding of where each part of your plan fits within your overall goals."
Clients decision-making benefits from this "brain extension" process. "Given limited resources of time and energy, electronic systems help lighten the load on our precious working memory, leaving us more capacity for clear thinking," said Greenberg. "The energy we don't have to spend on searching for information can be spent on working with it." Clients are encouraged to use this "mind tool" in combination with other health and wellness practices.
In the short term, Greenberg pointed out, this personal information system can mitigate the effects of daily distractions, contributing to overall stress reduction and time savings. In the longer term, it may help offset age-related declines in clients' memory and attention capacity.
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flo\/\/. (2011) - V5/MT
Infinite Glitch (2011) - Ben Baker-Smith
Every day an incomprehensible number of new digital media files are uploaded to hosting sites across the internet. Far too many for any one person to consume. Infinite Glitch is a stream-of-conciousness representation of this overwhelming flood of media, its fractured and degraded sounds and images reflecting how little we as an audience are able to retain from this daily barrage.
Infinite Glitch is an automated system that generates an ever-changing audio/video stream from the constantly increasing mass of media files freely available on the web. Source audio and video files are ripped from a variety of popular media hosting sites, torn apart, and recombined using collage and glitch techniques to create an organic, chaotic flood of sensory input.
Group Chatting with gli.tc/h Organizers from Bad At Sports
In this clip, Nicholas O'Brien interviews via tinychat the organizers behind the gli.ct/h festival (going on right now in Chicago) for Bad At Sports. The festival organizers - Nick Briz (not in the video), Evan Meaney, Rosa Menkman, and Jon Satrom - are all artists themselves, and they aimed to create a collaborative, creative space in their programming for this event, a motivation that comes across in the conversation, as well as larger issues, such as the genre's historicization, facing glitch culture.
Note: Tom McCormack is at the festival right now, and he'll be writing it up for Rhizome's blog soon!
Aesthetics of Breakdown
The normative logic of digital technologies and consumer electronics is that they "just work." The fields of human computer interaction and usability studies are intended to make technology functional for even the most lay of users. This can be seen clearly in the way in which new technologies are advertised and in the shift away from machines intended to be "tinkered" with toward black box technologies that maximize interface. The most recent campaign for Apple's new iPad states that "it's magical," and that "you already know how to use it," and Microsoft goes so far as to imply that Windows 7 was designed by everyday users to be "easier." Nonetheless, for most users dysfunction and breakdown are a large part of their everyday experience of technology.
In Broken Sets (eBay), Penelope Umbrico has collected a virtual archive of technological failure in images of broken LCD TV sets being sold on eBay for spare parts. Each image bears a unique pattern formed by cracks and other anomalies that fracture the images they display into a pixelization that resembles landscapes or test patterns. Many of the pieces, displayed as photo prints, vaguely resemble "digital interference" works by Sean Dack or Borna Sammak's HD video collage, but taken as a whole they suggest a larger aesthetics of breakdown that is as much a critique of our idealized vision of these technologies as functionally useful objects as it is beautiful.
As Is, a collection of Penelope Umbrico's work, is running at LMAKprojects until June 20th.
The supreme discipline of art - oil painting - is back. It has been 13 days since a BP oil and gas exploration well blew out, setting fire to the drilling rig, which sank, killing 11 people. Ever since, crude oil has been leaking into the Gulf of Mexico, raising the prospects of a historic environmental disaster. Winds from the southeast have nudged the slick northward, where it floated Saturday near the coasts of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi and has begun to paint the coastlines.
Finally oil painting has evolved into generative bio-art, a dynamic process the world audience can watch live via mass media. Never before has this art form been as relevant and visible as today - only 9-11 was nearly as perfect, but in the genre of performance art. An oil painting on a 80.000 square miles ocean canvas with 32 million liters of oil - a unique piece of art.
We exclusively use aerial images from the oil spill. The files are ready-mades but we waived our right to use them "as is" and decided to use a special digital technique to produce a statement about the disconnection of form and color and about contemporary and futuristic imaging procedures. We use a compressor (sorenso codec) and consumer video editing-software and manually loop 2 frames, the image becomes liquid, transforms and deforms. These visualisations represent the "Verkuenstlichung" of nature and the "Vernatuerlichung" of art. Unedited oil-paintings of the event can be found via search-engines, on boston.com or on the NASA Earth Observatory website.
Random Butler on YouTube
I don't remember exactly how I first came across Random Butler's YouTube channel, besides seeing a video from it in the "Related Videos" sidebar when I was watching something else, and while I can't say I know much about YouTube's algorithm for selecting "Related Videos" I suspect the sheer number of videos on the channel helped it get in my window. Since creating his YouTube account on April 24, 2006, Butler has uploaded 1,219 videos—an average of about one a day. And while there are many YouTube users who maintain frequently updated vlogs, Butler's is the only one I've encountered that shifts the video diary's role from an emotional outlet to a creative one. Instead of focusing on the user's persona, it presents a direct record of what he sees and what goes on in his inner world. Butler has pointed his web cam at the television as he wins Zelda, and uploaded several "multimedia messages" that show views of a computer screen or out a car window, taken on a Nokia 6102. In recent months, he has been uploading fewer web cam and cell phone videos and spending more time on experiments that distort clips from games and cartoons. A favorite source has been King of the Hill. Like any diary, Butler's YouTube channel is composed of incremental fragments and best considered as a whole, but nonetheless, I'll offer a few highlights here.
Pixel Bleed
Silver (2006) - Takeshi Murata
(Murata used this same pixel bleeding effect in his 2005 piece Monster Movie)
umbrella zombie datamosh mistake (2007) - Paper Rad & Paul B. Davis
These Murata and Paper Rad/Davis videos are two early examples of manipulating digital compression to produce pixel bleeding for artistic effect. In the last week, two mainstream music videos have been released by Chairlift and Kanye West that use this effect, and it has come to be known as "datamoshing." Heralded as a brand new innovation by some, the near simultaneous release of these two music videos have fans of each musical act crying foul. But, as the two videos above indicate, these techniques have been in circulation for a number of years now. It seems an argument concerning the origin of "datamoshing" is unnecessary, given that almost everything is built upon something else.


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Everything looks cuter as a baby. Even Darth Vader.
Star Wars Darth Vader onesie (Amazon, $30)
Who's the princess?
'Cause you know you're tired of Disney princesses.
Star Wars little princess romper (Amazon, $13-$25)
Lil' Jedi
Kinda retro; totally cool.
Star Wars infant onesie (Amazon, $18-$25)
May the Force be with you
A little something to make you smile during diaper blowouts.
Star Wars baby onesie (Amazon, $10-$20)
"Luke, I am your... "
Tell your kid you who are.
Star Wars print (Etsy, $30)
A li'l Leia
A cult classic icon with modern appeal.
Princess Leia nursery print (Etsy, $10)
Fade out
The gradient coloring in this poster kind of reminds me of a lightsaber.
Star Wars quote art(Etsy $5)
Star Wars baby
A sweet interpretation of a lightsaber-wielding tot.
Star Wars digital print (Etsy, $10)
Can't decide?
Pick six!
Set of Six Star Wars nursery prints (Etsy, $75)
Best. Nightlight. Ever.
Pottery Barn Kids has an amazing collection of Star Wars bedding, decor and accents. How awesome would this LED art piece be in a nursery as a nightlight?
Star Wars Death Star LED artwork (Pottery Barn Kids, $240)
For movie nights
A cozy seat for your kiddo to sit in while you guys watch the movies. Again.
Star Wars Darth Vader crewel Anywhere Chair (Pottery Barn Kids, $105 on sale)
Galactic grub
You know you want a set for yourself.
Star Wars tabletop set( Pottery Barn Kids, $20)
Bathtime fun
These beat plan old rubber duckies any day.
Star Wars bath play set (Amazon, $20)
Playing dress up
An essential for the playroom.
Yoda baby costume (Costume Craze, $19 on sale)
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