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The sexual assault charge had stemmed from an attack that had been carried out against a jogger in West Hartford, Connecticut. The sexual assault took place just under three years previously, and the victim was surrounded by supporters as the man's sentence was read in court in late May. Police officials began pursuing the man as a suspect previously because of DNA that had been recovered in the case and tied to the 33-year-old.
This man accused of sexual assault was fortunate in that he was able to reach a plea deal that allowed his rape sentence to be served concurrently with his burglary sentence. This is one reason that some defendants choose to negotiate such plea agreements with Connecticut prosecutors. Whether this decision is a right one for a particular individual will need to be decided on a case-by-case basis, since some people may prefer to vigorously fight sexual assault charges in a court of law rather than pleading guilty.
Source: CBS Connecticut, "Sentencing in 2010 Sexual Assault," May 23, 2013


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Anti-fatigue drug to help tired doctors?
A study published last week suggests tired hospital doctors might make decisions better if they took a drug that combats fatigue. So much for the science – what is less certain is the ethics of doctors turning to drugs to get through long shifts.
Doctors, like many others, already rely on stimulants like caffeine and nicotine to boost flagging performance, but Colin Sugden at Imperial College London and colleagues decided to test whether they could benefit from something stronger: modafinil, a drug originally designed to treat sleep disorders such as narcolepsy and sleep apnoea.
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Ellen DeGeneres' mother regrets not believing her daughter's allegations of sexual abuse by her late stepfather.
"I know now that one of the hardest things to do is speak up after being sexually abused," Betty DeGeneres said to NBC News in an exclusive statement Friday, adding that she wished she'd "had the capacity to listen to her when she told me what happened."
The talk-show host went into detail about the sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by her stepfather in a recent interview with David Letterman for his show "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction." The second season of the show dropped Friday on Netflix.
"I live with that regret," Betty DeGeneres said, "and I wouldn't want that for any other parent. If someone in your life has the courage to speak out, please believe them."
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Anglo-Saxon Pop Sensation, Kenning Lōggīns
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Researchers at Oxford University have discovered an as yet unknown collection of Anglo-Saxon pop sensation Kenning Lõggīn's work.
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Little is known of Lōggīns' life. It is believed that he was born sometime in the late 500s and that he rose to prominence as a poet by the early 600s, perhaps in the court of King Rædwald, who is widely believed to be the inhabitant of the lavish Sutton Hoo burial mound. Like his lord, Lōggīns appears to have had an ambivalent relationship with Christianity, which began to find acceptance in the Anglo-Saxon world during his lifetime. By the time of his death sometime after 650, however, he had made peace with his new god, for according to later accounts found in a 10th-century manuscript, he was buried in a churchyard, though the location has now been lost.
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Lõggīns wrote primarily in Eddic meter, a Scandinavian form of alliterative poetry composed of lines of two stressed syllables. All vowels alliterate, and consonant clusters like "sk" and "sp" and "sh," and "sl" must alliterate with words beginning with the same sounds. Alliteration is also only allowed in stressed syllables. Yet in a show of individuality and playfulness unusual for his time, Lōggīns appears to have taken artistic license with the refrain. Truly, he was a master of his art.
Lōggīns' form of poetry was a rarity in Anglo-Saxon England. Where he learned it is unknown, but scholars speculate that it could be the result of previously unattested cultural exchange between Scandinavia and the English kingdoms, or perhaps it was an independent development from the poetic forms the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes brought with them over the North Sea from their homeland in what is now northern Germany and southern Denmark. It is likewise unclear exactly how many songs he composed, but we can expect more to come to light now that we have what preliminary reports have described as a "comprehensive" collection and "a find of the century."
What follows is a side-by-side comparison of Lõggīns' To Danger's Hall with singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone from the 1986 film Top Gun. (The similarity between their names is, as Prof. Lawrence Dunwich-White of Oxford's Jesus College has said, one of the greatest coincidences in history). For their parts, Kenny Loggins, producer Giorgio Moroder, and songwriter Tom Whitlock have been open about the influence the 7th-century poet had on the development of the 80s smash hit Danger Zone, and the synchronicity in themes is indeed striking. What stands out, however, is the men's skill in their chosen traditions and the vivid images and feelings they manage to evoke.
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You Gotta Know When to Fold 'Em: A Vignette of Bar Survival
You're sitting at the bar and you're tired. You're so tired that, for once in your life, you really don't want to talk to anyone. All you want is beer and silence, and for a moment, as you watch the beginning of the UNC/Duke game in a dull, half-attentive sense of regional duty, there are hints that you might get it. But then you smell it: the perfume of sad desperation from the other end of the bar, wafting from the slumped figure of a man already several beers in at exactly five o'clock. You recognize the overeager interest in any and all conversation, the drunken enthusiasm for a stranger's opinion, and the sudden expertise in esoterica of all kinds. You do not know this man, but you are certain he has not had culinary opinions about elk until today. And he is hungry, oh, so hungry, and he wants a meal. Bad.
You're a natural mark for these kinds of people, the lonely, the castaways, the neglected and the grasping, but you don't worry because there are other people here, the goodnatured bartender and a hemp farmer fresh from a business meeting. They are your line of defense, so you drink and pray that Duke loses, because you believe in justice and there's no point shaking the indoctrination of a North Carolina childhood after this many years.
The bartender is the first to fall. He's attentive–he nods at the right time and knows just when to say "that sucks, man," or "oh, shit"–but behind his eyes he's already gone. He's just a body now, twitching like Sonny Corleone under a hail of bullets. All movement is an illusion; what life you see is nothing more than reflex. The hemp farmer with a taste for elk goes next: he entertains a clumsy monologue about gun rights, explains the benefits of hemp plastics, declares his eternal hatred for moles, voles, and ground squirrels, and sips his pluot jerkum until his pizza and bread sticks arrive. He begins to wilt when the man offers to "help" on the hemp farm with high-pitched eagerness, because they're buddies, pals, the best of friends now. The hemp farmer sighs. You start to think about Chester and Spike and drink faster: you've dodged the bullet so far, but you can't stay lucky forever. The hemp farmer finishes his jerkum, mumbles something about how it was nice to meet the man, and leaves. The man drones on about his job and he raises his voice. He glances over at you, but you suddenly discover a water stain on the copper bar and stare at it. You pray. A couple walks in and you exhale in relief: one of them is a beautiful woman–you are saved. You drink to Jesus, Thor, Vishnu, and Vonnegut.
The man turns to the couple and begins to ask questions. The woman is with her boyfriend, but he's invisible. The man's loneliness, stoked by beer, has mistaken itself for confidence. "What do you do," he asks. She answers, and so does her boyfriend. The dual stimulus is confusing and the man speaks for a moment with the boyfriend until he remembers that his girlfriend has breasts. He likes breasts. "Do you have a sister," he asks. You almost choke. You turn around, but there's no fourth wall, no camera or gawking audience: this is real."Yes," she says, "but she's pregnant." A strange reply, but potentially effective in its unusualness. "She's resisting," you think. "Good. Resistance means time, and time means freedom." The man is undeterred. "Pregnant and single," he asks. And just like that, you feel shame.
You try to shake it off, because it's not yours, but homeless shame must find somewhere to go. The man can't feel it, so it's found you. You take a sip and wait for it pass. Some of it must have hit the girlfriend, because she musters a fake laugh and says: "you're terrible!" The man doesn't know what those words means anymore, so he leans in and begins to ask more questions. The boyfriend runs interference and he takes one in the shoulder. He laughs and begins to talk about his job. It's boring, but the man loves it and they talk some more. You are still free. When their pizza comes, the couple moves to a table as far away from the man as they can get and begins to eat. The man, cast once again into the horizonless expanse of his aloneness, looks at you again. You focus on the TV and pray. A man walks in with a growler and you drink to Vonnegut again, because clearly he is the only god listening to this.
The man's here for a growler fill. This is the merchant marine of the bar, pulling into port for fresh water before leaving again. He's not here to stay, but the sudden appearance of a new target, however brief, brightens the man's face. He assails the sailor with a few questions about what kind of beer he's getting, pretends to have an opinion about it–"oh, yeah! That's…a good one. Yeah. I like it."–and strings together some words about growler technology, but the sailor is polite and noncommittal. He gets his beer and he leaves.
You're alone now. The man glances over at you and begins to fidget. The bartender is out of the running–whatever they to say to each other has been said–and the hemp farmer has left with his pizza. The hot woman doesn't have a hot pregnant single sister, and her boyfriend still exists despite trying to ignore him out of existence. It's just you and him. You know what's coming, so you pour the rest of your beer into your face as fast as you can and wander over to the fridges to find a beer to go. Staying here only invites awkwardness and the kind of forced conversation you came here to avoid in the first place. After a few minutes you find what you were looking for and head back to the bar.
The man has left his chair and plotted an intercept course. He catches you near your stool and looks at you in the eye. His face is on fire in that way only a drunk's can be: it's flushed and elastic and the eyes are wide, transformed from the dull cotton dryness of initial intoxication to manic whirlpools. He's on the edge of a crash and holding on for dear life. "What'd you get," he asks as he stands well inside your personal space. You hold up the can. "This," you say. "Never had it before, but it's supposed to be good. "Oh, yeah" he says blankly, "yeah." With contact made, it's only a matter of time now, so you stand at the bar screaming inside your head and raise your hand to get the bartender's attention. The man makes his move. He leaves his seat and slides his beer along the bar over to the stool next to yours. The bartender takes the beer and moves to open it. "No," you say, "to go." The bartender looks at you with a flat expression and his words come out like sighs: "to go." The bartender's a nice guy, a friendly stoner with thick twisted locks and a lazy laugh, and he doesn't deserve to be left with a gravity pit of sadness, but you have yourself to think about. This is not a time for altruism. You pay, wave to the bartender and leave. The man and the bartender watch with empty expressions as the door closes. You were their last line of defense and now you're gone. And UNC is behind.
At the crosswalk you run into your neighbors walking their two Shetland ponies on leashes. You coo at the horses as they pass and your neighbors scowl and bark a greeting. Lingering only invites awkwardness and the kind of forced conversation they came here to avoid in the first place. They're a mark for this kind of person, the lonely, the castaway, the neglected and the grasping, but they don't worry because they have each other and the light is short. This is not a time for altruism. On the other side of the street you catch the smell of meat from an open bar door and wonder if that's what elk smells like. And just like that, you're hungry. Oh, so hungry.
Three Conversations with Ape and Canine
One: T.C.O.B.
Setting. Home, a one-bedroom apartment. The weekend. Enter APE to find CANINE hunched over a piece of paper.
APE: What's that?
CANINE: It's my to-do list.
APE: You can write?
CANINE: I know, I'm as surprised as you are.
APE: What's it say?
CANINE: How should I know? I can't read.
APE: Can I see it?
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APE: "Eat."
CANINE: Obviously.
APE: Obviously.
APE, cont'd: "Sleep."
CANINE: Can't have too much of that.
APE: Or food.
CANINE: You get it.
APE: "Bark and/or howl at noises. Addendum: wake him up in terror."
CANINE: That's a classic.
APE: Hmm.
(APE squints at list)
APE, cont'd: "Step on"…what's this word?
CANINE: "Balls"
APE: "Step on balls?" Why would you write that?!
CANINE: It's something to do. It's on my to-do list.
APE: Right, but…why is it there? Why would you do that?
CANINE: I don't understand the question.
(CANINE leaps into APE's lap, right onto his balls. APE grabs CANINE and starts to pet her)
CANINE: I have my reasons.
Two: CINÉMA VÉRITÉ
Setting: Home. Night. The TV is on, the lights are off. CANINE and APE are snuggled in a chair.
CANINE: We've seen this before. Is there anything else on?
APE: What are you talking about? This is the best.
CANINE: I like the second one more.
APE: What? Are you–– Are you crazy? The first one's totally better.
CANINE: This is the one with the dog, right?
APE: Yeah, here it comes right––
APE: Je-sus! Calm down! We've seen this at least a hundred times. You know––
CANINE: Hey, when's the dog show up? I like him, though his performance is a little… flat. I have a hard time believing it.
APE: Just…eat some popcorn.
CANINE: It's OK, I had some poop earlier.
APE: You're not full.
CANINE: You're right, I'm not.
Three: AMUSE-BOUCHE
Setting: The street. Evening. It's fall. APE and CANINE are taking a walk.
CANINE chewing.
APE: Are are you eating?
CANINE: I have no idea.
APE: Is it safe?
CANINE: …Yes?
APE: Spit it out!
CANINE: No!
APE: Spit it out!
APE: Spit it––
CANINE: Too late! It's gone!
APE: You remember what happened last time?
CANINE: Can't say I do, no.
APE: You threw up in the middle of the night.
CANINE: That never happened.
APE: And then you ate it.
CANINE: Oh, right. It was still warm and––
APE: Jesus. Stop. Just–– Don't say I didn't warn you.
CANINE: About what?
APE: About what you just ate.
CANINE: What'd I just eat?
APE: You wouldn't let me see it!
CANINE: That doesn't sound like me.
APE: It sounds exactly like you.
CANINE: I feel a little attacked right now. Are you sure you're all right?
APE: Look…can we just finish our walk? I have to cook dinner.
CANINE: Dinner?! Yes!
APE: You just ate, like, ten seconds ago.
CANINE: Mmmm, no.
APE: All right…that's…we're going home. I have to cook.
CANINE: What are you going to make? Can I have some?
APE: No.
CANINE : Can I have some?
APE: No.
CANINE: Can I have some?
APE: Sure.
CANINE: What is it?!
APE: Probably just a salad.
CANINE: Oh. Well…never mind. They don't settle well with me. Remember what happened last time.
APE: Nothing happened last time.
CANINE: I know. What's the point of that?
One Last Meal
Celebrity grief often feels like a transgression to me, like an ill-advised prayer to a pantheon of gods you know you should stay away from. And at a time when we have made an eldritch, malicious fame vampire our carnival barker-king, mourning Anthony Bourdain's death – hitching your emotions to the cult of the moving picture and commodity personalities – feels shallow, and maybe even a little dangerous. But feelings are deceptive and not always true. They can talk you out of what you should know and, as they appear to have done with Bourdain, they can convince you that what you believe you know is true, that some nameless ghost knocking at the inside of your mind is more real than what's in front of you, and that it's inescapable.
So I've sat with my feelings and have been trying to understand why Bourdain's death has cast such a deep shadow for me, why it has felt more real than all other other things in front of me, all the deaths and calamities I read about and shrug off. Some of this no doubt has to do with my own smallness, that worn and personal provincialism we all live with but ignore. But it is also true that Bourdain meant something to me, that the work he did, and the messy and stubborn curiosity with which he did it, has been real for me in ways I don't think I appreciated, not until it was gone.
Bourdain wielded a curiosity married to an unsentimental appraisal of the raging, farting, electric shit show of human existence that, though often couched in acerbic wit and sneering contempt, was ultimately idealistic, and even tender. He didn't just acknowledge the essential nonsense and wall-eyed absurdity of living; he appreciated it, and accepted and cherished it for what it was. In "Don't Eat Before Reading This," the New Yorker article that would launch his unlikely literary career, he paints a picture of the professional kitchen as a collection of human offal and social flotsam, a pocket battleship manned by pirates who are fundamentally dysfunctional but unequivocally alive. "I love the sheer weirdness of the kitchen life," he writes, "the dreamers, the crackpots, the refugees, and the sociopaths with whom I continue to work; the ever-present smells of roasting bones, searing fish, and simmering liquids; the noise and clatter, the hiss and spray, the flames, the smoke, and the steam." There was something of the German Gossendichter, the "gutter poet," in how he encountered life, in the perpetual, openminded noir monologue that gravitated to simple, lived experience over gesture or pretense, in the preference for honest, sincere dirt over disingenuous or ironic cleanliness. It's this, I think, that endeared him to so many, and why his visit to The Waffle House, that midnight sanctuary for scattered and hungry wastrels all across the South, has become something of a cult classic: it's a love letter to simple enjoyment, to unabashed appreciation and connection.
But he was not a perfect man. He was open about his own flaws, past and present, and he showed an uncommon willingness to publicly interrogate them, to forego the ritualized mea culpa and self-satisfied contrition of political and celebrity apologies in favor of quiet reckonings. Looking back on the romantic kitchens of his early writing in an interview with Slate last year in light of our culture's own belated reckoning with sexual power politics and abuse, Bourdain wondered to what extent his accounts of kitchen life and its crass sexuality and hierarchies had "provide[d] validation for meatheads" and "[w]hy was [he] not the sort of person, or why was [he] not seen as the sort of person, that these women could feel comfortable confiding in." He didn't spare himself in his appraisal. He had become, in his words, "a leading figure in a very old, very oppressive system so," he continued, "I could hardly blame anyone for looking at me as somebody who's not going to be particularly sympathetic." But ultimately, the responsibility to be open, to provide support against oppression, was his, and not doing so was "a personal failing."
Whatever he was in his private life, publicly Bourdain was a rare figure, a champion of personal responsibility without the usual appeals to the cloistered, anti-human solipsism of Ayn Rand acolytes. The quest for self-improvement, however doomed, is a private enterprise that is very much a public work, born out in how you attempt to make sense of yourself and what that leads you to do. He ate his way around the world, but what he managed to impart through his travels was a relentless drive to throw yourself against the unfamiliar, the unknown, and the unpleasant, and to hammer yourself into something slightly better through the experience. He modeled a way of engagement free of the kind of sentimental colonialism that underpins so much travel literature and entertainment, the drive to infantilize the world around you, to file it down into either a perfect, idealized picture or a profane object of scorn and superiority. Warthog anus seared in coals and served "al dente" remains a conceptual horror at the edge of understanding, and Thai raw blood soup a Levitical nightmare, but each testifies, in their own way, to human ingenuity and survival, to hospitality and fellowship. Bourdain talked a lot about what he called "the wheel," the merciless, uncaring whims of fate and oppression, and his travels all played out against a bleak view of human history. But the result was not hopelessness or a lessening of human agency. Instead, ordinary men and women are heroes for enduring it all; there is nothing more honorable, he says in an episode in Los Angeles, than suffering the whippings of fate to create lives worth living, worth tasting, in a world that can be hard and uncaring.
It's this last part that I find myself missing the most. He was a cantankerous voice of empathy and conscience in a world that slowly descended into ugly self-worship and almost gleeful violence over the course of his career. It's the cruelest stroke of irony that the world he had such a passion for was a place he felt he couldn't live in any longer, that his tenacious curiosity and militant advocacy for the simple cook, the peasant, and the migrant worker – the very people who have become the demons in a fairytale of victimhood we've spun in our mad collective imagination – should end now, at a time when deliberate cruelty is government policy in the service of bare-knuckle xenophobia and institutionalized hatred. There is a part of me that found a deliverance in the work he did, and who secretly looked for enlightenment through him, a conflicted man who was seemingly doing the best he could with the hand of nonsense he had been dealt. Because if he could be better, could do better in spite of himself, so could I. The world may be a roiling mess, but it doesn't have to be.
But then again, maybe I had it all wrong. As I go over these last lines, I can't help but wonder if it's maybe enough to know that you had a thing, to look at the empty plate, to realize that there is no more, to try to find the last tastes of the meal in your mouth, and then to look up at the people around the table and to realize that that's what brought you here. Food is fellowship, of presence – of being and having – but it is also loss. There is a stillness after a meal where you mourn what you had, but out of this loss comes possibility, memories, sensations, and the desire to have again what is gone. So you go home and cook for yourself, and then for others, again and again, each time different and each time better. And then you eat. And leaning back in my chair now, I realize that I was fuller than I thought I was.
Thanks for the meal, Tony. It was delightful.
Prez 4 Lyfe
I wrote a rap song about Donald Trump.
But first, a word on the whys and hows:
A couple months ago, I was struck by what I now think of as the "The Unified Gangster Rap Theory of Donald Trump." Because more than anything else he claims to be – a businessman, a negotiator, the President of the United States – he is a gangster rapper. He's obsessed with haters and not getting the credit he deserves; he's psychologically required to brag about how much money he has, how much of a winner he is, and how he got to the top because he's just better than everyone else. And his dick is HUGE. He's so much virile man, be almost can't handle it himself. And I started thinking: "why does someone write a gangster rap song by and about Trump?"
Well, did what I always do: I started with a ridiculous idea and ran with it. I started writing it on Facebook, asking friends to pitch in with some lines. I got some, which I've marked in italics (thanks, Séamus and Jonathan!). The rest is from yours truly.
Writing parody is tricky, especially when it involves something as easily lampooned as gangster rap, and it's even trickier when you realize that winking at the conventions of gangster rap can all too easily devolve into stereotyping and, in the worst case, outright racism. Hip-hop has always been a political statement, a musical form and culture that arose from racial and socioeconomic inequality that are baked into the fabric of American society, and taking it up, even briefly as I have done, is take up these issues and play with them. There is always a danger in doing this, of "taking someone else's voice" as your own, and in so doing, perpetuating the very cycle of injustice against silenced populations and groups that hip-hop has tried to combat. That I'm a white kid from the South doing it intensifies the risk. I can't say that this is a good song, or that I've completely avoided these issues (I hope so); I can only say that I did it out of affection, and that the subject of the song, and not the style itself, is the target of the joke.
So that's it. I hope I can make you laugh, maybe think, and that I haven't insulted the God of Flow and Beats in the process. But that's enough talking. It's time to spit some rhymes.
Enjoy, bitches.
I'm out of my tower and I got a bone to pick
Shakin' walls, breakin' laws like a toddler fit
Promised to build a wall, now I'm a man on a mission
Never promised the price would leave you a pot to piss in
And speaking of pots, when I'm home in Trump Tower
I love my golden toilets and I love my golden showers
I covet the powers and the prowess of a head-of-state
And tweeting out and seething about what mistakes to make
I'm an island of insanity in a sea of misery
The man without a plan and y'all are all Chris Christie
Who's he, I forget, let's talk about me some more
Got some time between meetings and the next Korean War
The POTUS with the mostest is a man of means
Ain't believin' what you're seein', just ask Fox & Friends
'Cause I got fat stacks in my slacks and there's more to come
Yes, son, that's my name up on Air Force One
I like my name in lights and I like you dead to rights
But most of all I like my daughter when she's struttin' in them tights
You know the ones I mean, they're emerald green
The color of my Jesus, no, not the Nazarene
But a true winner's godless like hot lips in August
Burnin' out haters with verbal quadraphonics
'Cause my flow is manic, organic, and too hot to handle
Check your pocket, check your wallet and lock up your damsel.
Yeah, the bitches know I'm rich and that I know how to please 'em
And keep 'em, 'cause my tie ain't all that's waggin' by my knees, son
Don't run, just walk and ponder in wonder
The only thing with a circumference greater than all of my blunders
That rips your mother asunder and bankrupts your disrespect
Yeah, you know the time is upon you to contemplate my intellect
That prodigious legal mind and that scholar's brain
That thinks three fifths 'bout money and one half 'bout hate
And that math adds up, sad cucks don't know how to take it
'Cause know-how's just like sex and I've learned to fake it.
And I take shit like this country and I spin it to gold
Say my name and stake a claim, 'cause Trump's the motherlode
Livin' like a gangster, born a king.
Got more ice in his veins than a diamond ring
Livin' like a gangster, born a king
Makin', makin', makin' America great again
Hey, who's got your name and number?
Hey, who's that bangin' your mother?
Hey, whose dick's bigger than Obama's?
Trump, Trump, Trump is the man of honor
Hey, who's got your name and number?
Hey, who's that bangin' your mother?
Hey, whose dick's bigger than Obama's?
Trump, Trump, Trump is the man of honor
Hey, I don't do nothin' easy, okay, I'm not Obama
So how 'bout I drop some bars, this time without a teleprompter?
I'm a really smart guy, okay?
I'm just tellin' you the facts, and not in a bragadocious way
I'm, like, the only one with as much money as me
Have you heard of Bill Gates – yeah, okay, he's rich
But he's not president, so, you know, is he that lit?
I'm the president, okay, me – I done won
I'm so good all I make are holes-in-one
That's golf, a game I'm really, really, good at, by the way – I'm the best
This NAFTA, folks, it's a disaster, it's straight ruinin' the West
I learned that from Steve Bannon, I really, really unimportant guy
But I mean, come on, look at me, who's more fly?
I rollin' deep on Mexico, folks, so deep you won't believe it
I got so many homies, so many there's, like, no defense against it
None, okay, they're done, finished – it almost makes me laugh
Even China's lost track of how much I win, and they're really good at math
Oh, come on, give me a break, that's not racist
I'm the most openminded guy, I've been places
Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and New Jersey
There's nowhere in the world women don't wanna get with me
And no one loves women more than me, let me tell you
They're all up in my business like Internal Revenue
I'm so, so respectful of beauty and a good pair of breasts
But it's hard to look that high with my hand up their dress
I love this county, okay, no one loves it more than Trump
Ask anyone, they'll tell you I'm on the up-and-up
And ISIS, okay, they're losers, I'm gonna beat 'em so bad
They're gonna wish I never inherited cheddar from my dad
Who only gave me a little bit, by the way, 'cause I came up on my own
I slung more dimes than a public telephone
But just one more thing 'fore I drop this mic and leave you in confusion
There ain't nothin' to all these stories of collusion
It's a witch hunt, chump, just haters hatin' on my shit
I know all there is to know, and ain't know nothin' 'bout it
So shortly I be straight beefin' with Robert Mueller
Cat be trippin' 'cause nobody be cooler
Than Trump, the best president you ever gon' have – I'm tremendous
Man, don't go listenin' to all these whack-ass bitches
I go down as smooth as a well-done steak
But bitch, I'm the classiest mistake you ever made
Livin' like a gangster, born a king.
Got more ice in his veins than a diamond ring
Livin' like a gangster, born a king
Makin', makin', makin' America great again
Hey, who's got your name and number?
Hey, who's that bangin' your mother?
Hey, whose dick's bigger than Obama's?
Trump, Trump, Trump is the man of honor
Hey, who's got your name and number?
Hey, who's that bangin' your mother?
Hey, whose dick's bigger than Obama's?
Trump, Trump, Trump is the man of honor
Give and Take
PERSONAE DRAMATIS: One of the great apes [APE] and his companion [CANINE]
Interior. A one-bedroom apartment, the Pacific Northwest. Evening.
APE (to CANINE): Come here, we need to go out.
CANINE: Yes! Oh, boy! Out! I need to go out!
Exterior. Patch of pine bark behind one-bedroom apartment.
APE: Do your business.
[CANINE remains motionless}
APE: Do your business.
[CANINE sniffs, pees]
APE: Is that it? Do you need to poop?
CANINE: Nope! I did that this morning!
APE: Are you sure?
CANINE: Oh, yes!
APE: Well, OK, but if you––
CANINE: Oh, boy! In! I get to go in!
Interior. Kitchen. APE is pouring a beer. CANINE is nowhere to be seen.
APE: Canine? Where are you?
[Terrifying, pregnant stillness save the faint sounds of smacking]
APE: Where. Are. You?
[APE goes to door of bedroom]
APE: No, God!
Interior. Bedroom. CANINE on the bed, smacking profanely. On the sheets, a brown smear.
CANINE: Hi!
APE: Why?!
CANINE: It's not what it looks like! I cleaned up!
APE: So it's worse.
CANINE: Ummm…
APE: Why?!
CANINE: I had to go out!
APE: That's what I…get out!
CANINE: You're upset. Have you tried a beer?
APE: Get in here!
Living room. APE is on the couch drinking a beer. CANINE watches him intensely.
CANINE: Hey!
APE: What?
CANINE: Nothing!
[CANINE perches by the door]
CANINE: Hey!
APE: What?!
CANINE: Nothing!
[CANINE sniffing treats]
CANINE: I want a treat!
APE: You haven't done anything to earn one. You only get those when you––
CANINE: Out! I need to go out!
APE: Jesus, Lord of Mercy.
Exterior. Pine bark again.
APE: OK, do your business.
CANINE: What?!
APE: Do your business.
CANINE: Why?!
APE: Because you said you needed to go!
CANINE: Oh, I already went! Do we go in now?!
APE: So help me, I––
CANINE: Love you too!
APE: I know. Now, come on, let's go in.
CANINE: Do I get a treat?!
APE: Yeah, you earned it.


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Our eighth episode kicks off with an unexpected "Smooth Moves", and Chris' shocking mea culpa (google it, kids). Producer Jay's news includes Pizza Pie Pilferers, Operation Swill, and we both give our helpful household hints to keep bugs away this summer! Also, the premiere of "One Star Movie Spoiler Alert". Guaranteed to help you blow 42 minutes, or your money back!


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- Kiss 100 presenter Adelle Onyango married on Friday, July 28
- The man she married has remained anonymous for a long time
- But finally TUKO.co.ke can reveal the identity of the man and what he does
For the longest time, Kiss 100 presenter Adelle Onyango has kept her relationship with her 'mysterious' boyfriend a big secretly.
Adelle has indeed indicated before that she is in love but has never made a mistake of revealing the man who stole her heart and swept her off her feet with love.
After months of guessing and waiting, we were finally let in and for the first time, saw the man himself.
READ ALSO: Kiss FM's radio queen Adelle Onyango finally gets married and TUKO.co.ke has the details
As reported by TUKO.co.ke, Adelle officially married the love of her life in a colourful, invite-only secret wedding that went down near Lake Elementaita.
In fact, her co-host, the naughty Shaffie Weru, was the reason we all learnt of the wedding as he hinted on his Instagram account.
Well, without much ado, ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce to you Falgun Bhojak.
Bhojak goes by the name @falgunbhojak on Instagram but before you stop reading this piece and rush there, I have to warn you that his count is private and there is a likelihood you will be disappointed.
READ ALSO: Singer Bahati hints at the much-anticipated date of his wedding
But there are a few indications of who he is. Bhojak (I am still guessing if that is the right way to call him) is a director at Team Tri Fit, a movement that brings together amateur and professional athletes in triathlon.
Here, the movement aims at promoting triathlon. Triathlon is an athletic contest consisting of three different events, typically swimming, cycling and long-distance running.
But even in Team Tri Fit's accounts, you won't see anything about Bhojak. He must be so mysterious.
But at least you know who is and what he does. If he has another side hustle, that is a story for another day.
I've slept with over 100 men, tried taking away myself 5 times
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Finding Similarities Between Sales and Life
What You Should Look for When Purchasing a New Watch While you'll have a choice of many different types of wonderful accessories that you can add to your outfit in order to stand out from the crowd, there is no doubting the beauty of a wristwatch. You're often going to find that a good watch will be something that can allow you to make yourself seem a lot more distinctive compared to those who just use a phone to tell the time. You'll often find that the rarity of these watches in today's world will allow you to feel incredibly unique. Of course, there are going to be a lot of different concerns that you'll have before you can settle for the type of watch that will be right for your particular look. The watch market is going to have so many different options out there that you'll really be able to pick and choose between watches that will look vintage and those that will seem modern. With the help of the article below, you're going to have no trouble at all picking out the sort of watch that will be able to assist you in looking exactly the way you want. The biggest thing you will have to seek out when you're trying to find the best possible watch will be ensuring that it fits with your style. This involves both the design of the watch face and the kind of wrist band that it has. For the most part, you'll find that watch faces will fall either into a category of being quite simple and spare or having a face full of gears, indicators, and other such things. As for wrist bands, it's generally going to be the case that you'll have to make a choice between a more rugged leather or a flashy metal.
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Many people who are trying to find a great watch will find that there is a bit of a debate between people who prefer battery-operated watches and those that are going to be charged with a twist. Even though many people like the fact that a battery allows them to avoid worrying about their watch, knowing that you will not have to replace your battery with a mechanical watch can also be a great thing.
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There is no doubt that you'll have to spend a bit of time looking around if you really want to be sure that you're finding the type of watch that will look absolutely incredible on you. As long as you're able to find the sort of watch that works the way you want and fits in well with all of the different tastes that you might have.


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School Profile.
Founded by Edmund Rice in 1828 O'Connell's is a Roman Catholic Primary school which caters for boys only from second to sixth class. It operates under the patronage of the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin and the Trusteeship of the Edmund Rice Schools Trust. The school is managed by a Board of Management and is funded by the Dept. of Education and Skills. It operates within the guidelines and regulations set down from time to time by that Dept.
O'Connell's serves the Parish of St. Agatha's Nth William St. and neighbouring parishes. It has a commitment to diversity and inclusivity, while simultaneously, protecting the integrity and Catholic ethos of the school.
The School Ethos.
The school recognises the central role and constitutional rights of parents as the primary educator of the child.
As a Roman Catholic School we aim to promote the full and harmonious development of all aspects of the pupil: intellectual, physical, cultural, moral, and spiritual, including a living relationship with God and other people. The school models and promotes a philosophy of life inspired by belief in God and in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The Catholic school provides religious education for pupils in accordance with the doctrines, practices and tradition of the Roman Catholic Church and promotes the formation of the pupils in the Catholic faith.
The Religious Education Programme in use in the school is the Alive-O programme.
Conscious of the legacy of Edmund Rice, we show special concern for the disadvantaged, respecting the dignity and uniqueness of each person. Working together as a school community, the Board of Management , principal, parents, teachers, ancillary staff,
school chaplain, the multi disciplinary team, the Department of Education and Skills and Community Care.
Mission Statement.
O'Connell Primary School was founded in 1828 by the Irish Christian Brothers to offer a Catholic Education to the poor.
Today, O'Connell's is committed to providing a quality , child-centred educational environment for all its pupils.
It aims to enable them to develop academically, physically, socially and spiritually to their fullest potential.
By harnessing the dedication, skills and sense of caring of its staff and parents, O'Connell's aims to meet the varied needs of its pupils so that they may live happy, productive and fulfilled lives.
Operating Context.
(a) The school operates within the context and parameters of the DES regulations and
(b) The school recognises the rights of the Patron as set out in the Education Act of
1998, section 15, (1) and (2).
(c) The school accepts and supports the religious and educational philosophy of the
Edmund Rice Schools Trust as outlined in its Charter:
1. Nurturing faith, Christian spirituality and Gospel-based values.
2. Promoting partnership.
3. Excelling in teaching and learning.
4. Creating a caring school community.
5. Inspiring transformational leadership.
Within this context, the school supports the following underlying principles:
- inclusiveness , especially with reference to the enrolment of pupils with special educational needs.
ii. equality of access and participation in the school.
iii. parental choice in relation to selection of school, having regard for the
characteristic spirit of the school.
respect for diversity. The school respects diversity of traditions, values, beliefs, iv. language and way of life.
School Resources.
The financial resources of the school are provided by a combination of capitation grants and fundraising. The teaching resources are provided by the DES teacher allocation.
The implementation of the school's admission policy must have due regard to the financial and teaching resources of the school.
The school operates within the rules and regulations set down, from time to time, by the DES. It also follows the curricular programme prescribed by the DES, which may
be amended, from time to time, by the DES, in accordance with the Education Act 1998, (sections 9 and 30).
Name of school : O' Connell Primary School.
Address: North Richmond Street, North Circular Road, Dublin 1.
School contact numbers : Phone, 018557517.
School Principal : Patsy O' Keeffe.
Chairperson of Board : Thomas Carroll. Contact No. 8314494.
Opening Times : 8. 50 – 2.30.
The school gates are open before 8.am to facilitate deliveries and staff from both schools. The primary yard is supervised from 8.30 – 8.50.
If there are any changes to these arrangements parents/guardians will be informed accordingly.
The School Calendar.
The school calendar is drawn up at the beginning of each school year. Parents/Guardians will be supplied with a copy. If the calendar needs to be changed
they will be informed.
The School Curriculum.
The school follows the curricular programme as laid down by the Dept. of Education and Skills.. As a DEIS Band 1 school additional time and resources are given to literacy and numeracy
Extra – Curricular Activities.
The school provides a wide range of artistic, sporting, social, recreational and cultural activities.
They help to develop the potential, talents and interests of pupils .They are given the confidence and skills to become full participants in society in later life.
As a participant in the School Completion Project the school provides in-school, after-school and out-of-school activities to encourage and support the participation and retention of pupils in school.
Parent – Teacher Meeting.
Formal Parent –Teacher Meetings are held once a year. Parents or guardians will receive prior notice of the meetings. Informal and Care Team meetings may also be arranged at the request of either parent/guardian or teacher.
Fund Raising.
It is necessary for the school to arrange fund-raising events to supplement funding from the Dept. of Education and Skills and other official grants, in order to maintain a high level of service to the needs of our pupils. Parents and guardians are urged to support all our fundraising efforts.
Book Rental Scheme.
The school operates a Book Rental Scheme to support our parents/guardians in funding their children's education. An annual payment of €50 covers schoolbooks, art materials, photocopying, musical and sporting equipment.
All parents/guardians are required to make this payment in order for this scheme to be viable and workable.
Application for Admission.
Application for enrolment in the school is made by completing the school's application form and returning it to the School Office.
The application form is available from the School Office.
The completed application form must be accompanied by confirmation, in writing, that the parent(s)/guardian(s) accept the Code of Behaviour of the school.
Written confirmation of acceptance of the Code of Behaviour is a condition of enrolment. Enrolment will be refused in the event that written confirmation is not provided.
Parents/guardians must provide an original birth/Adoption Certificate.
Catholic applicants must provide a Baptismal Certificate.
Applications for enrolment for the next school year can be made at any time in the preceding school year up to the closing date of May 1st of that year.
Parents/guardians will be informed of their child's acceptance or refusal, in writing, within 21 days of that date. The school makes provision for late applications subject to places being available in the school.
The Board will inform the school community of the procedure for application, through appropriate channels, e.g. the feeder school, open days.
Except in exceptional circumstances, all boys who submit an application to the school will be enrolled in accordance with the criteria below, provided there is space available.
The Board will have regard to relevant Dept. of Education and Skills Guidelines in relation to class size, staffing provision and/or any other relevant requirements concerning accommodation, including physical space and the health and welfare of the children.
Pupils may only be enrolled between the ages of 7 and 12 years.
Should applications exceed available places the following criteria will apply in the following order:
1. Brothers of children in the school.
2. Catholic children living within the parish boundary of St. Agatha.
3. Catholic children living outside the parish boundary who do not have a Catholic
school in their parish.
4. Children of current staff, including ancillary staff.
5. Other children living within the parish boundary of St. Agatha.
6. Other children living outside the parish boundary.
Should there be too many applications for the available places within any of the above categories, places will be allocated based on age, with priority from the eldest to youngest child.
(This policy is as set out by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin)
Special Needs Assistants.
The school welcomes applications for admission of pupils with special education needs.
The school will use the personnel and financial resources provided by the DES, to make reasonable provision and accommodation for students with disabilities or special needs, up to a nominal cost.
The school aims to identify, at an early stage, any applicant who has special needs and to become familiar with the specific needs of the child.
In making provision for children with special needs, the school needs to know if the child has had access to;
1. A special needs assistant.
2. A special class.
3. Help for specific needs, from any resource teacher.
4. Assistance with behaviour modification.
5. Psychological assessment.
6. Any additional resources to help with special needs.
7. Help in areas including visual impairment, hearing impairment, learning disability
or emotional disturbance.
8. Any resource in relation to travel or mobility.
If an expert report is provided, it should include workable strategies for addressing the needs of the child, allowing for the resources available.
If no expert report is available, the school will request an immediate assessment in order to determine the educational needs of the child.
Having gathered all the relevant information available, the Board of Management will assess how the needs of the child can be met.
The DES will be requested in writing to provide additional resources, if such are needed.
It may be necessary for the Board to defer enrolment, pending the receipt of assessment reports and/or the provision of appropriate resources by the DES.
Parents/guardians of children with special needs are strongly advised to make early application to the school, to allow time to follow the procedures outlined above.
As soon as possible , but not later than 21 days after a parent or guardian has provided the relevant information, the Board shall decide on the application concerned, and inform the parents/guardians in writing of their decision. (Education. Welfare Act 2000, Section 19, 3.).
Transfer of Pupils from other Schools.
Pupils from other schools may transfer into the school, at any time, subject to the following conditions.
The transfer is in accordance with the School Admission Policy.
The school is satisfied with the reasons for the transfer.
The transfer is in the best interest of the pupil.
All relevant information from the former school is made available.
Space is available in the school to facilitate the transfer.
The Educational Welfare Officer is consulted, if necessary.
Decision – Making Process;
Decisions in relation to admissions are made by the Board of Management in accordance with the School Admissions Policy.
The Board reserves the right to refuse an application for admission, in exceptional circumstances, as stated in the Education Act of 1998,(Section 29).
Such an exceptional case could arise where either:
1. The pupil has special needs such that, even with additional resources available from the DES, the school cannot meet such needs and/or provide the pupil with an appropriate education.
2 In the opinion of the Board , the pupil poses an unacceptable risk to other pupils, to school staff or to school property.
The Right of Appeal.
Parents/guardians have the right to appeal a refusal by the Board, in accordance with the School Admission Policy.
The Board's decision will be given in writing and the reason for the refusal will be clearly stated.
The parents/guardians will be informed of their right to appeal, under Section 29 of the Education Act 1998, within42 days, and will be supplied with the Appeals Application Form(Circular 22/02).
The appeal will be made to the General Secretary, Appeals Administration Unit, Dept. of Education and Skills, Marlborough St., Dublin 1, on the relevant form.
The school must be informed in writing of the decision to appeal.
Communication with Parents/Guardians.
The school depends on parents/guardians to provide it with accurate and complete information and to update us in relation to any changes in the information provided.
Unless and until informed otherwise, all correspondence in relation to your child will be sent only to the address provided on the form.
In the case of parents who have separated, and where the school has been informed, the school will arrange for correspondence in relation to the child to be sent to both parents separately, if requested to do so in writing. The school will also try to facilitate separate parent/teacher meetings on request.
Should a parent/guardian wish to update or access their child's personal data they should contact the School Office.
Data Protection.
The school is a Data Controller under the data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003.
Personal data supplied on the enrolment form will be used for pupil enrolment , registration, administration, child welfare and to fulfil any other legal obligations.
While the information provided will generally be treated as confidential to the school,
from time to time it may be necessary for us to exchange personal data on a confidential basis with other bodies including the Dept. of Education and Skills,
Dept. of Children and Family Affairs, the H.S.E, An Garda Síochána,
the National Educational Welfare Board.
When applying for admission of their child to the school, parents/guardians will receive
The following documentation:
1.) The Admissions Policy Statement of the school.
2.) A copy of the Code of Behaviour of the school.
3.) A copy of the Child Protection Procedures of the school.
4) The standard Application Form of the school.
This policy is published in accordance with Section 15(2)(d) of the Education Act 1998.
This policy was submitted to the school's trustees, The Edmund Rice Schools Trust,
for vetting and approval as required by Section 15 of the Education Act 1998.
Approval was granted by The Edmund Rice Schools Trust on _____________.
This policy was adopted by the Board of Management on ________________.
This Enrolment Policy will be reviewed annually by the Board of Management.


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While 2013 will probably go down in the history of the Singapore's real estate market as the year with the most number of property rules and home mortgage regulations being rolled out, not all the crop of measures apply to refinancing facilities.
To jog your memories, dear readers, we present in Table 1, the home mortgage rules introduced since 2012, that apply to refinancing.
Table 1: Rules for Refinancing
|With Effect From
|6 Oct 2012
|The maximum tenure of all residential property loans for individual and non-individual borrowers will be capped at 35 years.The sum of the tenure of the re-financing facility and the number of years since the first housing loan granted to the borrower for the purchase of that residence was first disbursed, cannot exceed 35 years.
|12 Jan 2013
|HDB loans by FIs: A Mortgage Servicing Ratio (MSR), or percentage of total monthly mortgage obligations to gross monthly income, not exceeding 30% will apply.
|29 Jun 2013
|A Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR), or percentage of total monthly debt obligations to gross monthly income, not exceeding 60%, will apply to all property loans granted by FIs to individuals.A mandatory interest rate of 3.5% (4.5%) p.a. or the prevailing market interest rate, whichever is higher, has to be used in the computation of MSR and TDSR for residential (non-residential) loans.
|28 Aug 2013
|HDB loans by FIs: The maximum loan tenure is reduced to 30 years.The sum of the tenure of the re-financing facility and the number of years since the first housing loan granted to the borrower for the purchase of that HDB flat was first disbursed, cannot exceed 30 years.
|10 Dec 2013
|Executive Condominium (EC) loans by FIs: A MSR cap of 30% for refinancing within the minimum occupation period of 5 years.
Note that the HDB Concessionary Rate Loan is not available for refinancing. In other words, if a borrower has taken a loan by a FI to purchase a HDB flat he cannot refinance to the HDB Concessionary Rate Loan.
Ambiguity In Loan Tenure
A grey area in imposing a tenure cap on re-financing facilities is whether the number of years already spent servicing the previous loan will be taken into account when deciding on the maximum tenure of the new loan, if the sum of the loan duration for the new loan and the years already spent does not exceed the cap.
For instance after the imposition of the 35-year loan cap in 6 October 2012, a handful of banks deduct the number of years used in financing the previous loan from the maximum duration allowed for the new loan.
1st Loan: Taken in 2008
In December 2012, the borrower decides to refinance.
Number of Years Already Used In Financing 1st Loan = 4
As the sum of the tenure of the re-financing facility and the number of years since the first housing loan granted to the borrower for the purchase of that residence was first disbursed, cannot exceed 35 years:
Technically Maximum Years Allowed For Refinancing = 35-4 = 31
However a handful of oddball banks take into consideration the 4 years already spent, so if the borrower is qualified for a maximum tenure of 20 years based on the bank's assessment of his financial profile, the duration for the refinanced loan will be slashed into 16 years.
In reality the sum of the 4 years already spent and the 20-year duration of the refinanced loan only adds up to 24 years, which is below the 35 years cap, and in compliance with MAS rule of the sum not exceeding 35 years.
Thankfully, such cases are on the decline. If you are in need of more explanation about the ABCs of the string of mortgage rules to decide on a suitable Singapore home loan, turn to the free service of an iCompareLoan mortgage expert today!
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In the UK all passengers are required to remove their laptops from bags for x-ray screening. This isn't just so that screener gets a good look for tell-tale signs of an IED in your laptop. The equipment used in British airports also has trace detection technology so additional swabs are only necessary if the initial screening shows something untoward.
Of course, screening in other countries isn't always as thorough – although, in some cases, it can be better. Balance is key (or at least, that's what I hope government officials think)
I rarely travel with a laptop but when I do, or my boys do, I can't be bothered with the security hassle so I put in it my suitcase. Despite my case being well and truly abused my laptop has never suffered any harm. As a precaution I do remove the battery though.
Concerning security of data. Luckily it's never been lost and while I do carry some sensitive data I keep this on a memory stick (triple encrypted) rather than the laptop itself. For less sensitive data I keep it on a cloud server based in Switzerland and everything else such as my pickled onion recipes is kept on One Drive.
I'm not sure however I see the point of this ban. If you're coming from say Yemen intent on doing harm, then you fly to another airport not affected by the ban and then fly on from there?
The way we're going we'll soon be back to pen and paper and all traveling on ships again!
An interesting perspective: US protectionism…
I have suspected it the moment I saw the news posting my opinion under the news article on this site.
Now watch German following the same approach.
Germans following would be a rather good news for Air France… 🙂
Just read there will be a secondary check at security for those with hand baggage only who checked in online. So terrorist one on a flight to the UK goes through. Terrorist 2 on a flight to Germany go through with the banned items.
Once past security T2 hands banned items to T1 and of he goes.
Ill thought out and ineffective!
More ridiculous guff from people who are just covering their ars.s.
You have to check in a mini-iPad, but are allowed a Kindle or similar. If some idiot wants to bomb an aircraft they will do it. Remember years ago…no batteries and lots of drama at security. After a while it got a little inconvenient for government ministers so the rule was relaxed.
One can only imagine that it is a Trumpism….
As previously mentioned a bomb in the hold is worse than the cabin. At least in the cabin any associated fire can be dealt with and the problem is recognised.
At least I shall be able to use my iPad on the Isle of Wight ferry….or will I??!!
An interesting perspective: US protectionism…
Good article
"It may not be about security. Three of the airlines that have been targeted for these measures — Emirates, Etihad Airways and Qatar Airways — have long been accused by their U.S. competitors of receiving massive effective subsidies from their governments. These airlines have been quietly worried for months that President Trump was going to retaliate. This may be the retaliation.
These three airlines, as well as the other airlines targeted in the order, are likely to lose a major amount of business from their most lucrative customers — people who travel in business class and first class. Business travelers are disproportionately likely to want to work on the plane — the reason they are prepared to pay business-class or first-class fares is because it allows them to work in comfort. These travelers are unlikely to appreciate having to do all their work on smartphones, or not being able to work at all. The likely result is that many of them will stop flying on Gulf airlines, and start traveling on U.S. airlines instead.
As the Financial Times notes, the order doesn't affect only the airlines' direct flights to and from the United States — it attacks the "hub" airports that are at the core of their business models. These airlines not only fly passengers directly from the Gulf region to the United States — they also fly passengers from many other destinations, transferring them from one plane to another in the hubs. This "hub and spoke" approach is a standard economic model for long-haul airlines, offering them large savings. However, it also creates big vulnerabilities. If competitors or unfriendly states can undermine or degrade the hub, they can inflict heavy economic damage."
How would they enforce this? Are the airports concerned, going to pay for the extra screening needed to identify where people are flying to and then screen them differently? At this point, people will also have checked in any luggage, meaning they would lose their devices at security. If they aren't going to be screened separately, then are the gate agents/airline crew going to check? I think the above article probably has more truth in it than any realistic security threat. If you can't enforce the ban, then what's the point.
More details here on the US ban from the Homeland Security web site: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/03/21/qa-aviation-security-enhancements-select-last-point-departure-airports-commercial
My problem is that I almost always travel hand luggage only. I always carry a laptop – so from now on, from those airports, I'll have to carry a check in bag. That may not sound like a major inconvenience, but it's enough to make me choose other airlines/airports.
This looks like a real explanation of the ban.
Otherwise I don't undestand the reason behind the ban : why the terrorists are supposed to take the direct flights from theses airports? Why the terrorists will aim to destroy Gulf-carriers planes and not american ones?
Now my question is : why UK also issued similar ban but for different carriers and different airports?
My problem is that I almost always travel hand luggage only. I always carry a laptop – so from now on, from those airports, I'll have to carry a check in bag. That may not sound like a major inconvenience, but it's enough to make me choose other airlines/airports.
For the airports/airlines that these new rules apply to at least it should solve 1. the problems of chaotic boarding by those insisting on taking too much or oversized hand luggage onto the plane and 2. insufficient overhead luggage space.
If every business traveller who needs/insists to take a laptop/tablet with them has to check luggage into the hold this will free up space within the cabin and will remove the reason why most people seem to be desperate to get onto the plane i.e. to grab the overhead luggage space. I for one am looking forward to a more leisurely boarding and no issues finding overhead space.
PS I always check luggage into the hold and take a small laptop bag with me but I guess my carry-on bag could get even smaller now.