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Tariffs on Mexico are off, and China is up next
NO TARIFFS … HOW IT'S PLAYING … NYT: "U.S. CANCELS PLAN TO IMPOSE TARIFFS ON MEXICAN GOODS … Trump Reveals Pact That Thwarts Crisis With Ally and Fellow Republicans" PDF
-- WAPO: "U.S. and Mexico sign agreement, avoid tariffs … TRUMP ANNOUNCES DEAL ON MIGRANTS … Southern neighbor to strengthen enforcement" PDF
-- DALLAS MORNING NEWS: "U.S. Mexico deal puts tariffs on hold … Trump says plan will 'greatly reduce' illegal immigration to U.S." PDF
THE DEETS, via NYT's Mike Shear, Ana Swanson and Azam Ahmed: "This time, Mexican authorities were under similar pressure to find something that would mollify Mr. Trump. According to a United States-Mexico Joint Declaration distributed late Friday, Mexico agreed to 'take unprecedented steps to increase enforcement to curb irregular migration,' including the deployment of its national guard throughout the country to stop migrants from reaching the United States.
"The declaration, distributed by the State Department, said Mexico had also agreed to accept an expansion of a Trump administration program that makes some migrants wait in Mexico while their asylum claims are heard in the United States. …
"But the declaration by the two countries included an ominous warning, as well, stating that if Mexico's actions 'do not have the expected results,' additional measures could be taken. The declaration said the two countries would continue talking about other steps that could be announced within 90 days." NYT
-- BEHIND THE SCENES: White House people told us that, as of Friday morning, tariffs were going into effect Monday. There were no guarantees that Trump would accept this deal.
… AND NEXT UP: NYT'S ALAN RAPPEPORT in Fukuoka, Japan: "Mnuchin Lays Blame for Failed Trade Talks on China": "The icy relationship between the United States and China over trade showed no signs of easing on Saturday, as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called on Beijing to return to talks and follow through on its commitments or face more tariffs from President Trump. …
"'If they want to come back to the table and complete the deal on the terms that we were continuing to negotiate, that would be great,' Mr. Mnuchin told reporters at a briefing on Saturday. 'If not, as the president said, we'll move on with tariffs.' …
"Mr. Yi said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Friday that the discussion of trade with Mr. Mnuchin would be 'uncertain and difficult,' and he insisted that China could withstand a prolonged trade fight with the United States." NYT
-- WILL THE PRESIDENT go to the G-20 in Osaka, Japan, later this month if a deal with China isn't close? Or will he skip it and send someone in his stead?
IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED -- impossible, but anyway -- President DONALD TRUMP has recently taken to calling NANCY PELOSI "Nervous Nancy Pelosi." He might think it's clever -- and maybe others do too -- but to us, it shows us how Trump simply doesn't get Pelosi. There's a lot to say about Pelosi, but what her friends and foes alike recognize is that she never really gets nervous. She chooses a course and sticks with it.
-- WHAT WAS INTERESTING TO US: Scores of House Democrats came to Pelosi's defense when Trump criticized her to Laura Ingraham during an interview in France. It shows how Trump helps Pelosi internally -- and hurts himself by solidifying her under-the-dome support.
THE NRCC has removed a press release criticizing Democrats for seeking a pay raise. We wrote a few days ago about how strange of a line of attack it was, since it came as House Minority Leader KEVIN MCCARTHY was negotiating with Democrats for the pay raise. KEEP AN EYE: The unease with the NRCC is bubbling among important Republicans in the Capitol.
NEW … AARON SCHOCK has taken back control of his campaign committee, PAC and joint fundraising committees. He was indicted on two dozen charges by the Obama Justice Department, but cut a deal with the Trump Justice Department, which essentially let him off.
Happy Saturday. THE BELMONT STAKES post time tonight is 6:48 p.m. and will be broadcast on NBC.
SPOTTED: Mick Mulvaney on American Airlines flight 2304 from DCA to ORD this morning. He was in a window seat in first class. Pic
LEADING BLOOMBERG'S SITE ... "Trump Unleashed Animal Spirits and Then He Crushed Them," by Sarah Ponczek, Vildana Hajric and Liz McCormick: "If there was one thing investors thought they knew about Donald Trump, it was that he was on their side. He was the president who was going to reflate the economy, unleash animal spirits and drive up returns. Now that certainty has been demolished by a trade war, and two years of market history is being rewritten.
"Take Treasuries, where 30-year rates -- which rose a full percentage point to as high as 3.5% -- have plunged so fast that they're all the way back to where they were on Election Day. Equities are still smartly up, but the rate of gain has slowed to where the Trump stock market isn't much more buoyant than Barack Obama's." Bloomberg
NEW … VICTORIA GUIDA: "Trump expected to tap economist Philipson to chair CEA": "President Donald Trump is expected to name Tomas Philipson, a former University of Chicago economist and specialist in health care policy, as his next chief economist in the coming days, according to a person familiar with the matter. Philipson, who already serves one of the three members of the Council of Economic Advisers, would replace Kevin Hassett as chairman of that council." POLITICO
JACQUELINE FELDSCHER: "Trump backs off 2024 moon plans in tweet": "Later in the day NASA sought to downplay the declaration, insisting the president still supports his own administration's exploration plans.
"'As @POTUS said, @NASA is using the Moon to send humans to Mars!,' NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted, using the acronym for president of the United States. An administration official also told POLITICO that the long-term goal 'has always been to get to Mars. We have asked Congress for additional resources to get to the moon by 2024, which will enable us to get to Mars in roughly the next decade.'" POLITICO
HMM -- "White House blocked intelligence agency's written testimony saying human-caused climate change could be 'possibly catastrophic,'" by WaPo's Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey and Brady Dennis: "White House officials barred a State Department intelligence agency from submitting written testimony this week to the House Intelligence Committee warning that human-caused climate change could be 'possibly catastrophic' after State officials refused to excise the document's references to the scientific consensus on climate change.
"The effort to edit, and ultimately suppress, the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research prepared testimony comes as the Trump administration is debating how best to challenge the idea that the burning of fossil fuels is warming the planet and could pose serious risks unless the world makes deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade. ...
"Officials from the White House's Office of Legislative Affairs, Office of Management and Budget and National Security Council all raised objections to parts of the testimony that Rod Schoonover, who works in the office of the geographer and global affairs, prepared to present on the bureau's behalf for a hearing Wednesday." WaPo
-- "White House tried to block Kris Kobach from testifying about census," by Andrew Desiderio: "The White House tried to block former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach from testifying to the House Oversight and Reform Committee about his conversations with President Donald Trump about adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, according to a new letter released Friday.
"'Mr. Kobach's conversations with the president and with senior White House advisers who advise the president are confidential, and [Kobach] would not be permitted to discuss those conversations during a transcribed interview,' Deputy White House Counsel Michael Purpura wrote to Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the committee's chairman, on May 21." POLITICO
IN HONOR OF PRIDE MONTH … "Trump admin tells U.S. embassies they can't fly pride flag on flagpoles," by NBC News' Josh Lederman: "The Trump administration is rejecting requests from U.S. embassies to fly the rainbow pride flag on embassy flagpoles during June, LGBTQ Pride Month, three American diplomats told NBC News. The U.S. embassies in Israel, Germany, Brazil and Latvia are among those that have requested permission from Trump's State Department to fly the pride flag on their flagpoles and have been denied, diplomats said." NBC News
THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY -- "U.S. Ambassador Says Israel Has Right to Annex Parts of West Bank," by NYT's David M. Halbfinger in Jerusalem: "Israel has a right to annex at least some, but 'unlikely all,' of the West Bank, the United States ambassador, David M. Friedman, said in an interview, opening the door to American acceptance of what would be an enormously provocative act. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to begin annexing Jewish settlements in the West Bank, a move that would violate international law and could be a fatal blow to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...
"As for whether the plan envisions a Palestinian state, he said, 'What's a state?' Israel retaining security control in the West Bank should not be an impediment, he argued: Just as American troops are stationed in Germany, Japan and Korea, 'places where we were at war with that nation before we left our troops there,' he said, 'having boots on the ground is not antithetical to peace.'" NYT
-- FOR JARED … DEPT. OF THANKS BUT NO THANKS: "Big bank CEOs stay out of Trump's search for 'deal of the century' on Middle East peace," by CNBC's Brian Schwartz: "The CEOs of America's largest banks are turning down invites to the Trump administration's economic workshop in Bahrain intended to jump-start their Middle East peace plan, CNBC has learned. The White House invited J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon, Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan and Citigroup CEO Michael Corbat to attend the 'Peace to Prosperity' forum, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter. None of these executives will attend the event ...
"While those close to the executives say they won't be taking part due to scheduling conflicts, their absence is a blow to the administration's efforts to bring together influential U.S. business leaders to start a dialogue on investing in the region." CNBC
STEVEN OVERLY and MARGARET HARDING MCGILL: "FTC went to Silicon Valley to solicit antitrust complaints: The FTC's outreach is a visible sign of the approach the commission is taking toward antitrust scrutiny of tech."
-- THE ATLANTIC'S ISAAC DOVERE: "How Biden's Campaign Confronted Him on Abortion": "Symone Sanders, one of Biden's senior advisers, confronted him, she confirmed to me Thursday night, telling Biden that he was missing how his position disproportionately affected poor women and women of color without easy access to abortion. Alyssa Milano, the actor who's become a major online presence on issues of women's rights as well as a friend of the Biden team, spoke by phone Wednesday with Biden's campaign manager, Greg Schultz, telling him that the candidate needed to change. More calls came in, more tough conversations." The Atlantic
-- BIDEN AS HIS OWN CAMPAIGN MANAGER, via WaPo's Matt Viser and Michael Scherer: "Joe Biden was in the car on the way to a Democratic gala in Atlanta on Thursday night when he turned to an aide and asked for a pen. The former vice president began scrawling his evolving thoughts on the Hyde Amendment, preparing to make one of the biggest shifts of his 2020 presidential campaign.
"Later that night, reading from those notes and diverting from the prepared teleprompter text, he would reverse a position he had held for nearly four decades and for the first time call for repealing the federal law that sharply restricts the use of taxpayer money for abortion. It was the culmination of days of debate within his campaign and external criticism over an issue that has become fundamentally important for the Democratic Party." WaPo
-- WAPO'S MIKE DEBONIS: "House Democrats look to keep uneasy truce on abortion funding amid uproar in presidential race": "Former vice president Joe Biden's sudden reversal on allowing taxpayer funding for abortions prompted an uproar in the presidential race. But on Capitol Hill, Democrats show little sign they are planning to upend a long but uneasy truce on the issue. Even after winning back control of the House in last year's midterm elections, House Democrats are poised to vote next week on a wide-ranging spending bill that includes the very language Biden disavowed late Thursday — the Hyde Amendment, a provision that has sharply limited federal funding for abortions since 1976." WaPo
-- "Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson moves to Des Moines," by the (Cedar Rapids) Gazette's Erin Jordan
UPDATED CONTACT INFO -- @LannyDavis: "If you would like to send @MichaelCohen212 prayers and words of kindness you may write him letters of your well wishes. Address: Michael D Cohen / REG # 86067-054 PO Box 1000 FCI Otisville - Federal Correctional Institute Otisville NY 100963-1000." He also included a link to the "Michael Cohen Truth Fund."
TRUMP'S SATURDAY -- Nothing on the schedule for the president today.
IN SPACE … "NASA is opening the space station to commercial business and more private astronauts," by The Verge's Loren Grush: "NASA executives announced that the space agency will open up parts of the International Space Station to more commercial opportunities, allowing companies unprecedented use of the space station's facilities, including filming commercials or movies against the backdrop of space. NASA is also calling on the private space industry to send in ideas for habitats and modules that can be attached to the space station semi-permanently." The Verge
TOP-ED – "I gave the University of Alabama $26.5 million. They gave it back when I spoke out about abortion," by Hugh F. Culverhouse Jr., a Miami-based investor and lawyer, in WaPo: "This isn't just about politics. I am an independent — not a Democrat or a Republican. But taking away a woman's right to make decisions about her own body isn't about politics, either; it's an act of oppression. This is a moment for people of conscience to take a stand and be prepared to speak out against the actions of lawmakers in states such as Alabama who want to roll back the clock to an era when women needed to risk their lives to get an abortion." WaPo
FOR YOUR RADAR -- "Nature Conservancy CEO Tercek exits as shake-up widens," by Zack Colman: "Nature Conservancy CEO Mark Tercek announced Friday he would step down, the latest departure from the powerful environmental group in the wake of a sexual harassment and workplace misconduct investigation. Tercek's exit comes just one week after the resignation of President Brian McPeek amid swirling complaints about the culture at the environmental group that operates in 72 countries and had long enjoyed support from across the political spectrum. Tercek joined The Nature Conservancy in 2008 from Goldman Sachs." POLITICO
CLICKER – "The nation's cartoonists on the week in politics," edited by Matt Wuerker -- 13 keepers
GREAT WEEKEND READS, curated by Daniel Lippman, filing from Fairfield, Conn.:
-- "The Gambling Nuns of Torrance, California," by Sean Flynn in GQ: "Thou shalt not steal…unless you're one of the Vegas-loving nuns who allegedly took the Catholic school under their watch for every penny they could. A Southern California community reckons with an altogether new form of churchly hypocrisy." GQ
-- "He Always Hated Women. Then He Decided to Kill Them," by WaPo's Steve Hendrix in Tallahassee: "Scott Paul Beierle's attack on a Florida yoga studio was fueled by male supremacy, a movement with ties to other hate groups." WaPo
-- "The Couple Who Feds Say Scammed Berkshire Hathaway for Millions," by Bloomberg's Brian Eckhouse, Katherine Chiglinsky and Mark Chediak: "The FBI alleges that DC Solar ran $800 million Ponzi-type scheme using lure of big federal tax credits." Bloomberg
-- "The Grindr Grifter," by John H. Tucker in The Observer: "Daniel Spence used dating apps to scam his way across the U.S. Could he be caught before taking over one of Brooklyn's hottest media companies?" The Observer (hat tip: Longform.org)
-- "On Eating Alone in Paris," by NYT's Stephanie Rosenbloom: "Why should a meal on our own be uninspired or scarfed down as if consumed on the shoulder of an interstate highway? The joys of a table for one." NYT
-- "The Post-Millennial Generation Is Here," by Lauren Smiley in The Atlantic: "… and they're working at the Museum of Ice Cream." The Atlantic
-- "An American Black Site," by Aviva Stahl in Type Investigations: "It's not just at Guantánamo. In a supermax facility on U.S. soil, inmates are force fed — and barred from sharing their stories. An inmate breaks his silence for the first time." Type Investigations (h/t Longform.org)
-- "Before, and After, the Jogger," by Sarah Weinman in The Cut: "Survivors of the real 'Central Park Five' attacker speak for the first time." The Cut
-- "History's Greatest Horse Racing Cheat and His Incredible Painting Trick," by Josh Nathan-Kazis in Narratively – per TheBrowser.com's description: "He was a master of the measures a man could take to bend the odds at the track. But it was his fingernails that told the story of his particular genius: They were nearly gone, eaten away by the bleach and ammonia he rubbed into the hides of horses so that racetrack stewards, detectives, jockeys, and even the horse's own trainers mistook them for entirely different creatures. He was a horse painter, perhaps the best in the world." Narratively
-- "Suffering unseen: The dark truth behind wildlife tourism," by Natasha Daly in June's NatGeo – per Longreads.com's description: "Hey, woke American tourist in Thailand: the same organization running that cruelty-free elephant viewing experience at the eco-lodge also owns the cruelty-infused elephant show down the road, and the elephants are the same." NatGeo
-- "The Wild West Meets the Southern Border," by Valeria Luiselli in The New Yorker: "At first glance, frontier towns near the U.S.-Mexico border and along common migration corridors seem oblivious both of history and of the current political reality." The New Yorker
WEEKEND WEDDING -- Caroline Kitchener, a staff writer at The Lily at The Washington Post and an Atlantic alum, married Robert Marshall, a student at Georgetown University Law Center, in Sperryville, Va. The couple met as students at Princeton. NYT Vows column
BIRTHWEEK (was yesterday): Raleigh Miller
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Jennifer Dunn, SVP for corporate communications and public affairs at Wells Fargo. What she's been reading recently: "'Educated,' by Tara Westover. It's a pretty heart-wrenching but inspiring true story of a woman who was raised somewhat 'off the grid' then put herself through university, grad school and to get her PhD." Playbook Plus Q&A
BIRTHDAYS: Russ Schriefer, partner at Strategic Partners & Media ... former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) is 49 … Paul Winfree, director of econ policy at Heritage and president of N58 Policy Research ... Jim Cicconi ... Eric Kuhn (h/t John McCarthy) ... Cory Fritz, managing director at FTI Consulting, is 34 ... Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) is 66 ... Laura Hayes ... Sarah Hashemi ... The Atlantic's Patrick Garrigan and Justin Peligri ... AJ Lenar, SVP at GMMB, is 41 ... Tim Grieve … Jonathan Collegio, SVP of public affairs at the National Automobile Dealers Association, is 43 ... Roger Hickey, co-director of Campaign for America's Future ... Kelsey Harkness ... J.J. Simmons ... Taylor Mason, an Iowa GOP alum who is now at Nahigian Strategies (h/t Stephen Groves) ... Stan Aronoff is 87 ... John Sandy … Leon Levine is 82 ...
… Kris Coratti, VP of comms and events at WaPo (h/t Tammy Haddad) … POLITICO's Mike Shaw ... Ashley Baia, SVP of 270 Strategies ... Allie Ryan ... Matt Whitlock (h/t Matt Gorman) ... The Bulwark's Hannah Yoest (h/t Alice Lloyd) ... J.D. Dalfonso ... John Sandy is 71 … Uber's Matt Wing ... Dasha Zhukova is 38 ... Erin Gorman ... Chris Good … Alex McGee, VP for external affairs and COS at Kennesaw State University ... Lale Mamaux ... Jordana Cepelewicz ... Avery Brooks is 31 ... Ben Case is 27 ... Brian Hardwick ... Ann Belser ... Nancy Bailey ... Jane Hampton Cook ... Tom Davidson is 48 ... Barry Lando ... Julianna Margulies, a loyal Playbooker, is 53 (h/t AP)
THE SHOWS, by @MattMackowiak, filing from Austin:
-- CBS's "Face the Nation": Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) ... Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) … Montana Gov. Steve Bullock. Panel: Karen Tumulty, David Nakamura, Mark Landler and Kelsey Snell
-- CNN's "State of the Union": Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Panel: Scott Jennings, Jen Psaki, Bill Kristol and Aisha Moodie-Mills (guest host: Dana Bash)
-- "Fox News Sunday": Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) ... Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.). Panel: Jason Riley, Anne Gearan, Josh Holmes and Neera Tanden (guest host: Bret Baier)
-- ABC's "This Week": Beto O'Rourke … Panel: Mary Bruce, Chris Christie, Patrick Gaspard and Eliana Johnson
-- NBC's "Meet the Press": Off this week due to French Open coverage.
-- CNN's "Inside Politics": Panel: Jonathan Martin, Julie Pace, Manu Raju and Annie Liskey
-- CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS": Jorge Castañeda and Shannon O'Neil … Hanan Ashrawi and Dan Senor … Dina Esfandiary … Nigel Hamilton
-- CNN's "Reliable Sources": Jim Acosta … Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) … panel: Sally Hubbard, David Chavern and Kevin Riley … panel: SE Cupp, Irin Carmon and Bill Carter
-- Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures": Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) … Huawei Technologies USA chief security officer Andy Purdy ... Carter Page
-- Fox News' "MediaBuzz": Guy Benson ... Dana Perino ... Beverly Hallberg … Clarence Page … Buck Sexton … Jessica Tarlov … Brett Larson
-- Univision's "Al Punto": Jésica Zermeño … Arturo Sarukhán … Xavier Becerra … Honduran mother whose daughter was taken without her permission to the U.S. Ana Karina Zelaya … Andy Ruiz, Jr. and Andy Ruiz, Sr. … John Moore
-- C-SPAN: "The Communicators": Carl Szabo and Gene Kimmelman … "Newsmakers": Dr. Leana Wen, questioned by Jennifer Haberkorn and Kimberly Leonard … "Q&A": Daryl Davis
-- MSNBC's "Kasie DC": Sen.Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) … Rep. Rob Woodall (R-Va.) … Joe Crowley … Pat McCrory … Joyce Vance … Jake Sherman … Anne Gearan … Jon Ward … David Drucker … Brendan Buck … Tiffany Cross
-- Washington Times' "Mack on Politics" weekly politics podcast with Matt Mackowiak (download on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify or Stitcher or listen at MackOnPoliticsPodcast.com): former CIA analyst Nada Bakos ("The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, Hunting Terrorists and Challenging the White House").


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The wonderful world of flowers! I love watching how people instinctively sniff a bouquet of flowers, as if they're always expecting perfume. Well, if you choose the right specimens for your garden, you can always have the very best perfume, and it's supplied in a bottomless atomiser! Call it an all-you-can-sniff deal if you like!
Sometimes, with modern breeding, fragrance can be discounted for the sake of other merits. A prime example would be carnations, where shelf life is often chosen over scent. How disappointing to grab that bunch of blooms and expect a perfume, but to only smell cellophane!
Why do flowers have fragrance? Well, it's mostly a call to action for pollinators, along with colour and shape. Scent is much better at attracting pollinators over distances, such is the way it carries in the air. You probably notice that scents are more prominent when the air is humid, this is because they can slice through the air easier. Sweet scents attract bees and flies, whereas bad odours (and there are some in the plant world!) attract beetles, who then do their pollinating job! Almost no two scents are the same either, which makes it rather exciting to explore. In fact, some rose breeders classify the fragrances in their offspring in a pyramid, describing it in a similar way to how wine tickles your palette with that cocktail of flavours!
Many plants have other fragrant parts too, have you ever sniffed the violet-fragranced roots of Orris (Iris pallida), or perhaps the rose flavours of the aptly-named Roseroot (Rhodiolia rosea)? Or, of course, there are a myriad of scented leaves in the herb world, did you know there are mints that 'smell' of everything from eau de cologne to chocolate and banana!
So, I'd now like to recommend some of the top fragrant plants to you. They are all very different, so whether you've got a patio, a garden or an acre, you can now 'grow your own perfume'!
A plant that was destined for the compost heap, but saved at the last moment, and we're so glad they did! I often refer to it as the Staircase Daphne, such is the way the blooms can travel up the stem, hollyhock-style! Daphne are notoriously difficult to culture, but 'Perfume Princess' is kinda bionic! Many years of trials have affirmed that the plants grow in a broad range of climates (even super sunny spots) and an extension to the usual flowering period is also welcomed. Whilst acid is the preference, this Daphne will also perform well in a range of soils.
Whilst this princess can be grown as a feature border shrub, it's also compact enough to fit container growing. The rounded habit of the plant looks neat, and the glossy foliage looks good all year, satisfying your garden style even before those powerfully-scented blossoms arrive! Don't forget that unmistakable citrus fragrance either, pumping out of every single floret!
From the moment they were released to the public, these Fairy Magnolias have interested me, as their shape and habit lends them to something you wouldn't normally use Magnolias for; hedging! You're getting the usual glossy foliage, which stays on the plants all year round, and each spring a covering of scented goblets.
The flowers are smaller than usual, but this merely means you're treated to more of them, it has been said they produce 1 flower per leaf axil! I seriously can't think of a better hedge, but of course their smaller stature means they're also good in patio containers too.
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The report of the new update for the WhatsApp Web comes from WABetaInfo. The new WhatsApp Web update brings support for playing shared video links of YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Streamable. So how do you update the WhatsApp Web to the latest version? WhatsApp Web usually upgrades to the latest version automatically. The website basically recognises if there's a new update and if there is it automatically downloads and installs the update.
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First, we loaded the kids up and took them on their longest car ride to date: 1 hour and 15 minutes. We listened to a lot of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the way there and a lot of VeggieTales Greatest Hits on the way back. They did really well! Whew!
After talking to a friend, we decided that two double strollers were the way to go. I'm glad we left the wagon at home! There were too many people and the farm terrain was too rough for it to have worked. Strollers were perfect though!
When we got there, we headed for the free hot dog tent first. The kids were hungry, and we appreciated the thoughtfulness of the farm to provide a lunch for their guests!
It's really hard to get a family photo where you can see everyone's face!
Lunch time!
Clockwise: Daddy and Elijah, Abby, Ellie, and Caleb
Shatto Milk Truck
After our hot dogs, we headed over to see the cows. Shatto Dairy Farm sells their milk in glass bottles, so we wanted to see where the milk came from. It was so hot that we didn't make it all the way to the milking barn, but we did get to see the little calves. Ellie even had the chance to touch one!
And no, we didn't coordinate the yellow and white. It just happened. :)


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Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/23/2005
Publication Date: 1/3/2006
Citation: Corredor, D.Y., Bean, S.R., Schober, T.J., and Wang, D. 2006. Effect of decorticating sorghum on ethanol production and composition of DDGS. Cereal Chem. 83(1): 17-21.
Interpretive Summary: Sorghum is a drought resistant cereal crop grown in the central U.S. The majority of the U.S. sorghum crop is currently used for animal feed. However, increasing amounts are being used for fuel ethanol production. For ethanol plants located in the sorghum growing region of the U.S., sorghum is the major feedstock. During ethanol production, the starch in cereal grains is converted to glucose and then fermented to ethanol. The material left after this process, the distillers dried grains (DDG) contains mainly protein, fiber, and lipids. To improve the conversion of sorghum to ethanol, we investigate the use of decorticated sorghum. Decorticated sorghum has the outer layer of the grain removed, which contains mostly fiber that is not converted to ethanol. This allowed for higher starch loading during fermentation and also increased the protein content of the DDG. DDG with higher protein content should have improved feed value. Thus, decortication is one method to increase ethanol conversion of sorghum and improve the value of the DDG co-products.
Technical Abstract: The use of a renewable biomass that contains considerable amounts of starch and cellulose could provide a sugar platform for the production of numerous bioproducts. Pretreatment technologies have been developed to increase the bioconversion rate for both starch and cellulosic-based biomass. This study investigated the effect of decortication as a pretreatment method on ethanol production from sorghum as well as its impact on distiller's dry grains with solubles (DDGS) quality. Eight sorghum hybrids with 0, 10, and 20% of their outer layer removed were used as raw materials for ethanol production. The decorticated samples were fermented to ethanol by using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Removal of germ and fiber prior to fermentation allowed for a higher starch loading for ethanol fermentation and resulted in increased ethanol production. The ethanol yields increased as the percentage of decortication increased. The decortication process resulted in DDGS with high protein content and low fiber content, which may improve the feed quality.


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The singer and the rapper announced their split in May, prior to Grande's whirlwind romance with 'SNL' star Pete Davidson.
Ariana Grande has disabled comments on her Instagram account in the wake of her ex, Mac Miller's, death from an apparent overdose.
ET can confirm that the rapper died at age 26 on Friday, and some fans were quick to blame Grande -- who announced her split from Miller in May after nearly two years together -- for his sudden death.
"You lowkey evil," read one message, while another user posted, "You did this to him, smh." Yet another wrote, "I HOPE YOURE HAPPY WITH PETE," referring to Grande's current engagement to Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson. The pair were first romantically linked shortly after Grande and Miller's breakup went public earlier this summer.
A source tells ET that Grande is "devastated" by the tragic news of Miller's death. "Although the two ended their relationship, Ariana always shared a deep connection with Mac and wanted nothing but the best for him," the source added of the former couple. "Ariana is very upset."
A second source also tells ET that Grande is heartbroken, adding, "Despite their split, Ariana had always been supportive of his sobriety."
Grande and Miller, real name: Malcolm James McCormick, were first romantically linked in August 2016 and released several songs together, including "The Way" and "My Favorite Part."
Following their split earlier this year, Grande took to Instagram to address the breakup.
"This is one of my best friends in the whole world and favorite people on the planet Malcolm McCormick," the 24-year-old "Sweetener" singer wrote at the time, sharing a snap of the pair holding hands.
"I respect and adore him endlessly and am grateful to have him in my life in any form, at all times regardless of how our relationship changes or what the universe holds for each of us."
"Unconditional love is not selfish," she continued. "It is wanting the best for that person even if at the moment, it's not you. I can't wait to know and support you forever and I'm so proud of you!!"
However, following Miller's arrest on a DUI charge later that month, the singer addressed the rapper's struggles with sobriety on Twitter, in response to a Twitter user who wrote, "Mac Miller totaling his G wagon and getting a DUI after Ariana Grande dumped him for another dude after he poured his heart out on a ten song album to her called the divine feminine is just the most heartbreaking thing happening in Hollywood."
Grande replied with a lengthy response, calling her relationship with the rapper, and his sobriety, "toxic."
"How absurd you minimize female self-respect and self-worth by saying someone should stay in a toxic relationship because he wrote an album about them, which btw isn't the case (just Cinderealla is ab me)," she tweeted. "I am not a babysitter or a mother and no woman should feel that they need to be. I have cared for him and tried to support his sobriety & prayed for his balance for years (and always will of course) but shaming/blaming women for a man's inability to keep his sh** together is a very major problem."
"Let's please stop doing that," the singer continued. "Of course I didn't share how hard or scary it was while it was happening but it was. I will continue to pray from the bottom of my heart that he figures it all out and that any other woman in this position does as well."
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'Hawaii Five-O' Recap: 'Ohuna'
Sorry, "Hawaii Five-0," but two wrongs don't make a right.
In what was supposed to be a tearful reunion between Mommy McG and his annoying little sister, all I could think was why should I care about two characters I never felt belonged in the first place? McG's little sister, Mary, has never proved to be a meaningful character in the show, and we all know that Mommy McG was just added on to extend the now overplayed Wo Fat storyline. And now we're supposed to care that they finally meet up? I don't think so.
Besides the forced "Terms of Endearment" moment between those two, the episode was yet another routine procedural with inexplicable actions and predictable outcomes.
Here's this week's look at The Good, The Bad and The Weird
The Good
- "Live long and perspire" – McG to overly sweaty geek informant
- Kono gets a little spotlight this episode by kicking some butt.
- Um….is that it? Really? Oh wait, forgot one. No Michelle Borth.
The Bad
- Why is the dad using a GPS to find his way back home? Who does that? Going to the prison, I understand, but getting back home? Local roads no stay that complicated, brah. Again, convenient plot device by the writers for the sake of the story.
- Speaking of convenient plot devices, was there any reason for the older hacker brother to teach his complicated password to his little brother? None I can think of. Except again, for the convenience of plot.
- Who says "aloha" when meeting a little kid in their home?
- Cop gets a call to check out a suspicious situation at a residence where 5-0 officer Kono is supposed to be. Homeowner lady answers the door and says everything's fine, but she has an obvious huge bruise on her right eye. Still, the office walks away as if everything's fine and doesn't question anything. Right…. must've been late for a two-for-one sale at Regal Bakery.
- Kono demands that the bad guys release the hostages or she won't divulge the password they're looking for. The bad guys for some reason comply. Um, how about if they start killing the hostages off one by one instead? I'll bet she would talk then. Sigh….
- Can someone please tell me what the purpose of that old man in the wheelchair was? I still don't get it.
- Cameron from Ferris Beuller (Alan Ruck) playing the father of a mischievous child. That's what's called closure. Oh wait, or is it irony? Something clever like that.
- When I saw the little brother continuously playing on his tablet PC, all I could think was that he would grow up to be a serial killer. That was before I realized he was autistic. Wait, he was, wasn't he?
- Russell Wong as the Kong Liang brought back a lot of painful memories. When I was in college, all the Asian girls I knew were crazy about him. He set a standard so impossibly high that of course I ended up with no luck with women. Yep, I blame Wong for my lack of success with women in college and I'm sticking to that story!
- Who else thought that when the informant said that he wanted "total impunity" instead of "total immunity" for snitching to 5-0 it sounded right? I still think it does.
- Why were there so many people in Cameron's house that day anyway? Who has 19 people over to their house?


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HELENA — The Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission approved a plan Thursday to close all or parts of 32 counties to sage-grouse hunting and to shorten the hunting season from two months to one.
Commissioners voted unanimously for the plan in response to low numbers from this spring's count of the game birds on their breeding grounds. The count was the lowest since 1980, and the federal government is considering listing the bird as a threatened or endangered species next year across the West.
State officials say the birds' decline is primarily because of the loss of habitat, but hunting can contribute to a further decline once the population dips to a certain level.
The state's management plan calls for closures if the number of male sage grouse drops below 45 percent of the long-term average count for three years. Fish, Wildlife and Parks agency officials say two of the state's management zones are below that threshold this year, and the third is hovering right at it.
The closures include eastern Montana, the area in the northern part of the state above U.S. Highway 2 and isolated populations such as the Shields Valley.
That will leave a swath of 13 counties across the central part of the state and six southwestern Montana counties open to hunting sage grouse this fall. Eleven western and northwestern counties are considered out of the sage grouse's range and were already closed to hunting.
The commission also approved guidelines to reopening the closed hunting grounds. The public process for reopening an area can begin once the count exceeds the 45 percent long-term average for three years, or is higher than that average count in any given year.
Agency officials earlier this year proposed canceling the 2014 hunt, but they came up with this new plan after receiving more than 200 comments, mostly negative. Hunting groups reluctantly agreed with the changed proposal.
"Hunting isn't the reason sage grouse is in decline in Montana or the rest of the West. It's habitat loss," said Ben Deeble of the Big Sky Upland Game Bird Association. What's more, he added, banning hunting hasn't proven to be an effective way to restore population numbers.
Sage grouse live in sagebrush and grasslands. They are known for gathering in spring in breeding grounds called leks, where the males puff themselves out and dance for females searching for mates.
Hunters killed more than 2,800 sage grouse in Montana in 2012, compared with about 45,000 in 1983.
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Men keeping Big thick beards was once into a trend when they started copying George Clooneys or Joaquin Phoenixs, but as soon as you see more of them, their bandwagon of value diminishes. Do women prefer a man with Facial hair, Stubble or Clean shave? This question has been daunting means since ages, yet it hasn't come to a conclusion. But recent surveys done by various agencies made the situation very clear.
As per a survey done by AC Nielsen, Indian women have little tolerance for the mustache and beard and 72% of them were more likely to kiss a clean-shaven man. And these number are no different with 83% in Chennai and with similar figures in Delhi and Kolkata. Also, the survey concluded that 90% of the men prefer to remain clean-shaven too. Facial hair has always been a sign of masculinity in Indian society, but today's Indian youngsters would rather whip out the shaver when it comes down to it.
A Groomed Stubble is a Mark of Low Moral Character?
If a woman finds a man sporting permanent stubble, it doesn't take time for them to assume that his character is flawed and has some wrong intentions. This is not my thinking, this is what i have realized with time and with life of experience has only strengthen the truth of this point.
Usually there are three forms of Men's facial hair –
- Stubble, which means you haven't shaven for a little while and a little bit of visible hair is growing in. That's Fine.
- Heavy Beard – If you maintain that properly and doesn't looks like a disaster, it's Fine.
- Clean Shave – Which means you cannot be predict by your Face. That's Good, that people can't assume anything because you ain't keeping any.
However, if a man keeps permanent stubble, that gives an indication that he's taking steps to groom and cultivate his stubble, keeping it permanently at a short length, so that it never makes the transition to beard, nor to a clean shaven man.
[quote_box_center]Stubble is, subconsciously, the bad boy look.[/quote_box_center]
People or Women could assume that this man don't have time for grooming, or he just couldn't shave today -So what was he up to doing last night? A stubble send a message, that this man in question is free from any social mandate to shave. Or he's subconscious or not?
[quote_box_center]Too busy. Too cool. Too fucking rock star to shave today. I am a devil, and the devil may care," says stubble.[/quote_box_center]
A stubble is a byproduct of a man underlying lifestyle that he might could find attractive but it also gives an indication to others that this man doesn't gives a fuck about society's facial hair grooming expectations. Considering a man with stubble is living with a lie. He wants to experience the social benefits of his non-caring attitude which actually taking care of beard prioritizing his beard over his image.
It also indicates that this man cares only for an appearance and his actual image is not grounded in truth. He is a man who cares less for honesty than he does for his own self-dealing. He may appear, in all ways, to be a fine person. But he is not to be trusted.
[quote_box_center]The More Rare a Trait is, the More Attractive it Becomes.[/quote_box_center]
Which means suppose a woman is enjoying her drink in a bar with men full of heavy beard and at same point, a man enters the bar with his smooth skinned gentleman face has got an advantage of attracting that woman's attention. Similar ways, a man with a stubble or heavy beard has no place in a group of clean shaven men, as it would be like, pick the odd one out.
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Here are some of the leading men who has overshadowed men with Stubble with clean shaves:
Mark Ronson
This man has always been branded of menswear enthusiast, yet Ronson's never wore the trend of heavy beard nor even a stubble. He always looked like a top notch fresh face even when he's donning his slick street-wear or block-colored tailoring.
Tom Hardy
No matter if it's been a role of bulked up Batman's Bane or a Slimmer version in Inception, this man has always opted for the cleaner look with the greatest of ease.
David Bowie
A pioneer back in 1970's and 1980, this gentleman has changed the perceptions of what it is to be a man, paving the way for a world where it's OK for guys to take pride in how they present themselves.
Mark Strong
Not just beard, but with clean shaven head, this man has got a winning combination of strikingly good looks and blessed with a strong bone structure, this man has got a killer style overall.
Final Verdict
So, now it's clear in my opinion that a man should opt for remaining clean shaven rather then keeping a groomed stubble or heavy beard. And with such advancement, shaving is no more a hassle, rather it's just a 5 minutes task, that one could easily include in this daily or weekly calendar. And for getting a smooth skinned face, this try this product from Gillette we reviewed last month.
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PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM BOARD MEETING by Cathy Ceci, WHE volunteer:
I am writing this report to update our readers and to continue to inform the public of our efforts, and the efforts of the private citizens that volunteer for WHE. This report includes a sample letter sent to the Advisory Board about the recommendation to kill sale eligible wild horses in holding (about 44,000) and a commentary by another volunteer. The idea that sale horses are old or sick is a fiction. If you want to understand what a "sale" horse is click this link https://wildhorseeducation.org/three-strikes-adoption-and-sale-authority/
You can send your comments to the board about the recommendation to kill sale eligible wild horses at email@example.com
Our founder travelled to give a presentation to an Advisory Board working group. The topic of the presentation was changed at the last minute. She had 20 minutes to give an update to the board on efforts in NV as a volunteer. Her initial report back to WHE was that a lot of her time was spent engaging basics as they were essential to any understanding of the challenges. She said she was not able to address the vast majority of what she is doing or the challenges. She was surprised listening to the board comment, not only during working group sessions, or the break out roundtable, but to the State Director and State Lead for wild horses. She said the comments did not reflect any understanding, as if the board still did not understand basic law or how the range itself functions (or fails). She said she will write about it soon.
She does not go to these meetings often. She said that the board has no legal authority and she calls it the "circus." She reported that the people in the room nearly tripled when it came time to give public comment, people commenting without listening. She said that some who arrived to comment were openly engaging in behavior she described as childish.
One of the recommendations from the board today to the BLM was to kill all sale authority horses in holding. That amounts to about 44,000 that fit that category.
The board created that as a recommendation.
Maybe something like this would make more sense? "Unless there is a valid rangeland health assessment and a livestock grazing permit of less than 2 years since its evaluation, wild horses can not be held accountable, particularly in drought, for any degradation to the range. Until BLM catches up on the whopping 80% backlog of permit evals, no wild horse is removed. Livestock is a use, a privilege. Wild horses are a resource, to be preserved. We need to stop making a resource accountable to a use. Uses must be accountable to the resource. BLM must be accountable to their responsibility to regulate the landscape and stop giving a free pass to anyone to the banquet of public land."
You can send your comments to the board about the recommendation to kill sale eligible wild horses at email@example.com
Lisa LeBlanc, WHE Volunteer
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board,
Enough talk of killing these animals; enough 'management' through whatever practices you find most expedient and brutal. Enough espousing crises when you can't even be sure they exist.
Enough declarations of a catastrophe in the making should these animals not be removed en masse and quickly. And certainly – enough turning deaf ears and blind eyes to that which falls outside your belief system.
And enough speaking on matters you are ill-suited to expound upon. Stop capering as if this vote were a great victory. You are not policy makers.
I have been cataloguing BLM data from "Public Land Statistics" and 'Herd Management Statistics" going back 2 decades for the past five years. I can state with reasonable certainty that whatever numbers you're being handed – based on those statistics – are utter nonsense. Short of canines, felines, or certain species of sea life, horses and burros are biologically incapable of breeding these numbers.
But you know this. You've simply chosen to ignore it. Several members of this board seem to be holding on for dear life that the Final Solution to the perceived 'problem' of wild horses and burros will be their legacy – that future generations will look in awe upon the 20,000 acre zoo keeping the last of the mustangs and burros.
In the past eight years, the budget for the Wild Horse and Burro Program has requested and received monies by providing an iron-clad promise/guarantee that THIS will be the year the problem is finally gotten under control. And in the past eight years, each and every budget has allocated as little as 2.5% to aspects of the program that could actually make a difference for taxpayers AND these animals: Monitoring and Surveying. Mr. Kornze stated recently that the Program has only 19 Wild Horse and Burro Specialists across the field offices that manage wild horses and burros. There are very few boots-on-the-ground BLM groups that either study or monitor these animals, either due to budget constraints or more likely – because no one important really gives a damn. So it begs the question – how accurate are those 'estimates'? How credible is an undocumented flyover from 1,000 feet in the air with no video backup? How believable are hash marks on a piece of paper which is then translated into pretty, colored dots laid over the map of an HMA?
This year, only 1/3 of all HMAs will be surveyed, leaving the bulk to yet again be subject to the 'estimate'. And, yet again, these animals will display an almost supernatural ability in reproducing the next generation – foals that will hit the ground, fully capable of giving birth within six months.
Even without the suggestion of killing those already being held, logic dictates that these animals already DO die. It might interest you to know – but likely not – that the numbers being held are almost exactly what has been captured and unadopted – for the past decade. Now, pause for a moment and think: How likely is it that there is a horse living somewhere in Long Term Pasture – since 2006? Given the unmonitored nature of LTP, I think it's more likely they're already being spirited out the back gate.
Foals die. I co-authored a report based on BLM capture data that illustrated 50% of infants will not live to see their first birthday. I presented excerpts of that report at a previous Board meeting about 2 years ago, and it was met with, unsurprisingly, no interest from the Board at all. Of course, I have a vested interest in accuracy, so if that report isn't to your liking, read the report by Dr. John Turner, PhD, who spent 25 YEARS studying the horse populations of the Montgomery Pass. His report included a table which clearly illustrates a high infant mortality. Or any of at least a dozen reports, both old and new, that verify infant mortality. And despite the aggrandizement of horses and burros being 'long-lived with few predators', they do actually die out there, from old age, accidents, shootings, vandalism or predation by the few apex predators not killed in the name of stock protection.
It's unbelievably naïve for this Board to think that wild horses and burros would be the only species on the ranges – largely desert, I might add – that would thrive in drought. Given a lack of forage and water, it doesn't seem likely. Nearly every wildlife species out there will curtail breeding when food and water are unavailable. And we've seen the video and pictures of horses devastated by the drought. You might wonder at how many didn't survive whose bodies were never found. Read a report published by Nevada Department of Wildlife in which they undertook an 8 year study to kill cougar to uptick the populations of mule deer and white tail. The study was suspended a few months before completion because even after killing over 300 cougar, those deer populations had shown no increase. The reason, the study concluded, was the drought.
Given the resources provided this Board, it's puzzling that it seems not all that interested in acquiring a broader knowledge base.
Finally, I'd be curious to know exactly how many of YOU spend time on the ranges? How many of these marauding hordes you've recorded? How many family bands or herds you've followed and documented? Most field offices seem to prefer the path of least resistance in following these animals, in the data and documents they publish for their removal. The Bureau, under the auspices of the Interior Department, seems far less interested in all the dictates of the Program – which includes not only management of wild horses and burros but their protection as well. If the Board's vote today is any indication, then it falls to the Interested Public to provide study and observation of it's own. In the interest of full disclosure, most of us provide this service of our own accord, funded out of our own pockets or small donations. We are not driven to provide a study that produces a foregone conclusion. Perhaps we are biased; without our input, without peer-reviewed and corrected reports and documentation that interests neither the BLM, this Board or Interior, there is no one – no agency and certainly not this Board – that will speak for or defend these animals. As the ill-thought out vote to euthanize captives in Long Term Holding firmly attests.
Thank you for your time.
Lisa LeBlanc
Beth Quigley-Lauxen, WHE volunteer
I have been working with Laura Leigh as an intern on how to engage the system appropriately through policy and correct engagement in protocol. I recently engaged in comments for the Wyoming Checkerboard and it was an eye opening experience.
I spent time trying to create thoughtful comments for the board. Today I simply feel sick. It feels like the board simply walks in with an agenda, ignores public comment and comes up with "kill the horses in holding?"
Laura said to remember the board has no legal authority. The board recommendations were used as justification for the spaying experiment in Oregon and that was cancelled today. She said that battle is not over but the skirmish is done for today. She said that we MUST watch closely for Appropriations. That is where the battle will hit to kill our horses in holding. I'm going to do my best to help WHE stay on top of that. I know Laura was already engaged in it today.
These were my comments to the board. I am trying not to feel foolish for even believing they would be read.
Dear Advisory Board Committee Members:
I ask the board to recommend the following:
REQUEST 1A) Reevaluate AML for wild horses, based on reliable population numbers, achieved using survey methods and recommended by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS):
FINDING: Management of free-ranging horses and burros is not based on rigorous population-monitoring procedures. (Page 3, Summary).
REQUEST 1B) Make the survey methods and results public information:
The committee also suggests that the survey data at the HMA level and procedures used to modify the survey data to generate population estimates be made readily available to the public to improve transparency and public trust in the management program. (Page 5, Summary).
REQUEST 2A) Utilize PZP to slow population growth in herds, while utilizing scientific survey methods to obtain accurate AML numbers, and while gathering data on range conditions and utilization of the range by wild horses AND cattle, and other wildlife. Roundups have been proven to increase reproduction in wild horse herds, creating a vicious cycle. "Management practices are facilitating high rates of population growth"… "Thus, population growth rate could be increased by removals through compensatory population growth from decreased competition for forage. As a result, the number of animals processed through holding facilities is probably increased by management." 2013 NAS report pg. 5-6
REQUEST 2A continued: If PZP is used, and roundups are absent, the herds will naturally reduce population size to match available forage and water as well. If BLM took roundups off the table in the short-term, while implementing the strategies suggested by NAS, the funds that have been allotted to roundups and additional long-term holding, could then be invested instead to proper PZP application and implementation of data gathering on the range.
Per NAS Report Page 270: "In the short term, more intensive management of free-ranging horses and burros would be expensive. However, addressing the problem immediately with a long-term view is probably a more affordable option than continuing to remove horses to long-term holding facilities…. Further investment in science-based management approaches and in helping districts to apply them consistently cannot solve the problem instantly, but it could lead the Wild Horse and Burro Program to a more financially sustainable path that manages healthy horses and burros with greater public confidence."
REQUEST 2B) BLM should using both staff and uniquely qualified volunteers such as Laura Leigh (Founder of Wild Horse Education) for darting with PZP to slow the growth of wild horse populations, and to conduct range documentation for evaluation and consultation with BLM staff. Laura Leigh is uniquely qualified to assist in this as effort, as she is trained in darting, knows the range and the herds on the HMA'S. Her participation as a volunteer for BLM would be an enormous contribution for the work at hand.
REQUEST 3A) Review the Comprehensive Animal Welfare Policy (CAWP) and make all findings and revisions available for public view.
REQUEST 3B) Continue with CAWP and finalize a policy for holding facilities to include an infectious disease protocol and make shade available to wild horses and burros in all pens.
REQUEST 4) I am strongly opposed to any experimentation or use of field sterilization. These surgical procedures cannot be accomplished in a sterile environment, and follow-up care would not be possible on the range. The techniques are NOT humane, and are contrary to the heart of the WFRHB ACT, as stated, "It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death;"… and I oppose the use of permanent sterilization on the range absolutely. These procedures are costly and labor intensive, and are unnecessary if PZP is used as recommended by the 2013 NAS report.
REQUEST 5) Prioritize the presence of wild horses and burros on the range as intended in the 1971 Wild and Free Roaming Horses and Burros Act (WFRHBA). Many mustang advocates have lost faith that the HMAs for wild horses are being managed PRINCIPALLY for any purpose other than cattle grazing on public lands. The upcoming WY checkerboard roundup, designed to specifically zero out all wild horses, for the express purpose of Anadarko Oil and public cattle grazers is a prime example. The attitude of grazing lease holders is summed up below:
An owner of private property even flatly stated "We consider the entire Checkerboard to be private land."
This is typical of the attitude of ranchers with grazing leases. They want the wild horses gone, zeroed out and they aren't timid about saying so, while fully expecting BLM to bow to their wishes, and their powerful political backing. This must stop! Any reasonable interpretation of the 1971 WFRHBA (Wild Free Roaming Wild Horse and Burro Act) would at least make wild horses and burros the FIRST consideration, NOT the last token gesture. The Act specifically states:
"It is the policy of Congress that wild free-roaming horses and burros shall be protected from capture, branding, harassment, or death; and to accomplish this they are to be considered in the area where presently found, as an integral part of the natural system of the public lands." The land was to be "devoted PRINCIPALLY but not exclusively to their welfare in keeping with the multiple-use management concept of public lands." "Horses and burros are to be managed at "the minimal feasible level." In addition, management was to "achieve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance on the public lands, protect wildlife habitat, and prevent range deterioration."
If the wild horses and burros are not given first consideration in their HMAs, the law is meaningless.
Thank you for your consideration of my concerns.
Beth Quigley Lauxen
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Over 80 percent of the terminals in the Port of Los Angeles, for example — the biggest in the U.S. — are run by foreign-owned companies. U.S. ports are owned by State authorities, and the workers who actually offload the ships that dock there are the same unionized Americans who belong to the International Longshoremen's Association regardless of which company hires them. Dubai Ports will not "own" the U.S. facilities, but will inherit the P&O's contracts to run them, with no changes in the dockside personnel or the U.S. government security operations that currently apply to them.


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Recapping the final four of the 2020 Turn Tournament, which was won by—who else?—Raptors Uprising GC. KennyGotWork—again, who else?—was named tournament MVP for the second straight tournament.
Raptors Uprising GC (1) def. Kings Guard Gaming (5) 2-1
Game One: Raptors Uprising GC 72 – 60 Kings Guard Gaming
Game Two: Raptors Uprising GC 58 – 73 Kings Guard Gaming
Game Three: Raptors Uprising GC 63 – 56 Kings Guard Gaming
Top Performers:
SickOne: 20 points, 12 rebounds per game
Yusuf_Scarbz: 23 points, 20 rebounds per game (2 games)
If there's a blueprint to beating Raptors Uprising GC, Kings Guard Gaming may be close to cracking the code. A Sacramento lineup change after game one changed the series. Yusuf, who famously already defends the pick-and-roll as a power forward, slid over to center for the final two games, and he was dominant.
Not only did Kings Guard win game two, but they managed to steal host with point differential as well. This was the first time all season the Raptors weren't all smiles during the live team look-ins. With momentum—and connection—in their favor, Sacramento pushed MVP frontrunner Kenny and his undefeated Raps teammates to the absolute last minute, nearly advancing to the Turn's final round. It really all came down to one sequence:
Kenny (19 points, 11 assists per game) held the ball patiently, received a SickOne screen, took one dribble back and caught a sleeping corner defender. TimelyCook greened the three and Toronto pushed its lead to 7 with just 30 seconds remaining. Bash (21 points, 11 assists per game) threw a lob that never found Yusuf's hands, the Raptor defense pounced, and before we knew it Raptors GC was nearly ahead by double-digits. On to the finals.
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Wizards District Gaming (3) def. Jazz Gaming (2) 2-1
Game One: Wizards District Gaming 55 – 59 Jazz Gaming
Game Two: Wizards District Gaming 75 – 65 Jazz Gaming (OT)
Game Three: Wizards District Gaming 84 – 47 Jazz Gaming
Top Performers:
Dayfri: 13 points, 14 rebounds, 5 blocks per game
Ria: 15 points, 14 rebounds, 2 blocks per game
After a pair of tightly-contested games that included entertaining back-and-forth action, this series ended in a game three blowout.
Gradient tweeted out that today's slate featured '4 of the top 5 centers' in the league, and this matchup had the top two. It was a battle in the trenches between a member of the original 102 and last year's No. 1 overall selection, and Dayfri proved victorious this time around after coming up short in the regular-season series between these two teams.
After struggling in the series opener, this season's No. 1 overall pick JBM thrived in the final two games, including 30 points, 11 assists, and 3 steals on 11-for-14 shooting in game two. $260,000 is a motivator:
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Raptors Uprising GC (1) def. Wizards District Gaming (3) 2-0
Game One: Raptors Uprising GC 56 – 51 Wizards District Gaming
Game Two: Raptors Uprising GC 54 – 51 Wizards District Gaming
Top Performers:
KennyGotWork: 26 points, 4 assists, 2 steals per game
Dayfri: 13 points, 12 rebounds, 3 blocks per game
After Kenny looked uncomfortable off his Scoring Machine archetype, Wizards DG nonetheless opted not to ban Kenny's favorite build. Instead, ReeceMode's Three-Level Scorer was barred from use, with Washington's other bans being used to ban the widely-used Glass Cleaner and as a placeholder to preserve Dayfri's preferred archetypes.
Wizards District Gaming carried a two-point lead into halfitme of game one, even prevented a patented insane Toronto third quarter, but the final frame would belong to Raptors Uprising GC. Similar to the events in their previous Sacramento series, Raptors Uprising simply got the stops and buckets when needed down the stretch.
Game two featured a tightly contested defensive battle. Buckets were far and few in between and all 24 minutes were a grind. The Raptors made their run in the third quarter, as they usually do, going up double-digits. It seemed Toronto would smoothly coast to another tournament victory, but Wizards District Gaming went on a run of its own, narrowing the Raptors lead to just one point.
JBM got a clean look, hoisting a three-point crab attempt off of a Dayfri screen, but no good as the infamous straight arm animation popped up. The shot clanked off the side of the rim and into a Raptors rebound, pretty much sealing Washington's fate. A last-second three point shot off the inbound was blocked and the team north of the border won the Turn.
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The L.A. Times runs a two-part investigative report and critique of the anti-doping regime:: The worldwide sports anti-doping program, created to fight performance-enhancing drug use in international athletics, imposes severe punishments for accidental or technical infractions, relies at times on disputed scientific evidence and resists outside scrutiny.
WADA is a clown school and Pound is a tyrant. This is just another case of an empowered idiot forcing simple solutions on a complex problem. WADA's only purpose is to keep competition fair. But they are doing more damage to sport than the "cheaters" ever could. Ask yourself...what irritates you more...Floyd Landis getting DQ'd at TDF? Or Barry Bonds and BALCO-gate? Make no mistake...unreasonable = unfair.
posted by True Blue at 12:17 PM on December 15, 2006
I've always felt Pound hated sports. Everything he does seems to be a personal vendetta against athletes. Last year, he bashed the NHL's drug testing program and Bettman's claim, "We don't have a problem." I think Bettman's fooling himself if he truly thinks there aren't any performance enhancers being taken in hockey, but Pound's response made me think that he believes they're all cheating. He was only given the WADA job because he was passed over as head of the IOC and they felt like they needed to pacify him. Like True Blue said, he's a tyrant and a bully. I'd be willing to bet that he thinks the only reason he didn't win an Olympic medal was that the people who beat him were cheating. And that's my point (yes, I do have one). It's like every athlete is guilty of taking drugs, test results be damned. I think the system needs to be adjusted to be more lenient for obvious errors.
posted by cabuki at 03:10 PM on December 15, 2006
I found that article troubling on so many levels. First, the strict liability coupled with giving the arbitrators no discretion serves no purpose. The people who are obviously innocently caught in this web is ridiculous. Especially the position of WADA that they are not innocent because their test was wrong. Regardless that someone took a sip of his wife's drink, or got his Vick's in the wrong country, or used the wrong cream in between her toes, and that none of these people received any performance-enhancing effect, they are deemed cheaters and subject to the same penalties as someone with test results reflecting obvious steroid usage. Furthermore, the failure of WADA to have any checks and balances in their system is wrong. They prevent any scrutiny by putting rules in place that prevent the review of lab performance, lab workers, or others involved with testing samples. This is another example of when security catches mainly those who didn't realize they had anything to hide. The real cheaters have mastered the system, so WADA looks tough suspending people for using Vicks Inhaler to clear nasal congestion.
posted by bperk at 04:04 PM on December 15, 2006
A very well-done piece. I have little to add. First, the strict liability coupled with giving the arbitrators no discretion serves no purpose. The people who are obviously innocently caught in this web is ridiculous. Does that remind you of the other (mostly forgotten) War On Drugs?
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Age: 39.
Occupation: Serial entrepreneur. McDonald is the publisher of City magazine, creator of E*BOOST Energy Drink, and the man behind hit restaurants like Lever House, Lure Fishbar, Chinatown Brasserie, Brasserie 44, and MercBar, which is celebrating its 20th year this fall.
Neighborhood: Soho.
Who's your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
I just read the biography of John Jacob Astor and would have to put him at the top of the list. First of all, the guy lived to be older than 85, which in the 1700s was amazing — and he was the first true Manhattan real-estate developer. Not to mention his wealth by comparison easily dwarfed that of today's billionaires. The man had his own railroad car that could take him anywhere as well … he would have had a Global Express today for sure.
What's the best meal you've eaten in New York?
High end it would be Jean-Georges, who I think understands how people want to eat better than anyone today. Or, much less fancy, Peter Luger's steak for two: rare, slab bacon, tomatoes/onions, and bottle of Bordeaux.
In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job? I would say I am like a firefighter — walking around looking for small fires before they become raging infernos, and hopefully putting them out.
Would you still live here on a $35,000 salary?
Today, probably not. But when you are young and move here it's worth it to do whatever it takes to just be present. If you are not in the mix, you stand no chance. I know so many people who overcame everything to succeed.
What's the last thing you saw on Broadway?
It has been ages, but maybe Phantom of the Opera. I don't have the patience usually to sit still that long.
Do you give money to panhandlers?
There are a few that I have seen for over a decade and instead of money, I feed them whatever they want.
What's your drink?
Margarita on the rocks with salt. Or super ice-cold beer, no glass.
How often do you prepare your own meals?
Maybe once a month now. I am never home.
What's your favorite medication?
What's hanging above your sofa?
How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
In my case, I shave my head myself, so even a dollar is too much — and I never have to wait.
When's bedtime?
2 a.m. I would say in the twenty years living in NYC that I maybe have gone to sleep before midnight only 5 percent of those nights.
Which do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square?
The new. I don't mind the evolution, and I don't believe in crying about change.
What do you think of Donald Trump?
You can't debate the guy is a fierce competitor who is obsessed with winning and has proven in many instances that he can win big. I understand that he works as hard today as he did when he was a young guy, which is admirable given his wealth and ability to coast. Are his lobbies my style? Not quite.
What do you hate most about living in New York?
Parking tickets and high taxes.
Who is your mortal enemy?
When's the last time you drove a car?
Who should be the next president?
Bloomberg. The career politicians have had their chance, so let's put a guy in place that is 100 percent self-made and can cut through the mess.
Times, Post, or Daily News?
Post, and maybe after, the Times, but always NYP.
Where do you go to be alone?
I can conceptually be alone just about anywhere by blocking out everything. But generally just at home, or sometimes on the roof of my office in the morning when the sun rises.
What makes someone a New Yorker?
Attitude and energy, and a desire to be great at what you do.


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There is no such thing as "small" in Budapest. Every detail is part of a grander scheme, every building is grandiose, every lane proudly clean, every stone and brick an impeccable piece of ever-evolving neoclassical renovation. There are no nooks or crannies. Its central downtown is made up of row after row of elaborately gothic apartments, all towering in the same tightly bound order, shadowing their courtyards hidden behind massive doors of steel and wood; beyond that region, sprawling out into what I assume are the suburbs, the apartment buildings become dingier but no less gargantuan, no less uniform.
I only spent a few days in Budapest, but I spent them all taking in the city the best–and cheapest–way I know how, which is to say, walking and eating.
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Out in the Streets
Buda and Pest were once two great cities on opposite sides of the Danube River, but they amalgamated in 1873 to rein in a new era of industrial and economic prosperity. It worked. Their combined cultural, architectural and governmental feats are what make Budapest one of Europe's great capitals. But while Budapest is really two cities, you're more likely to be spending time on the Pest side of things. There's more easily accessible transit, more coffee shops and more museums. Buda is a little more spread-out than Pest, a little quieter.
There are small shops throughout the city, but none emit the sense of lucky discovery one might feel tripping through the alleys of Tokyo or Tel Aviv. If you stumble upon something in Budapest, odds are you've walked a dozen blocks to get there; the streets are tall and narrow, the atmosphere grand and imposing.
Hungarian food is cheap and hearty if you find a good local restaurant. I cannot recommend Hungarian Jewish bakeries enough: a strong coffee and square of flódni, a.k.a. apple-walnut-poppy seed pastry, is unmatchable. If you're on a budget, find a bowl of goulash (traditional meat and potato stew) or pörkölt, an onion soup spiced with paprika.
Essentially, traditional Hungarian food will be variations on the theme of meat and potatoes; for something truly different, try hideg meggyleves—cherry soup. This thick pink broth will float the carcasses of mashed cherries in it, and while it tastes dessert-like, it's typically a main course side dish.
Budapest in general is more expensive than it once was, but it's still well below Western European prices. The official currency is the Hungarian forint, but euros are accepted (often even used by default) in hotels and against some haggling taxi drivers.
A one-way bus or subway ticket costs 290 HUF, which is less than US$1.50. A quick bite, like a gyro, will run around 600-800 HUF; a sit-down meal like the once pictured above shouldn't surpass 1,000 HUF ($4.50). A pint of beer ranges from 400-600 HUF. All in all, extremely affordable, especially given the quality and hygienic standards.
The cheapest hostel you could find floats around 10 euros (3,000 HUF), while mid-scale hotels range from 30-50 euros.
Of course, if you want to travel like Austro-Hungarian royalty, you can munch on $12 slices of cake at the famously glitzy Cafe Gerbeaud and sleep in five-star hotels of a piece with Buda Castle for 150 euros. The range within the city is unfathomable.
The people tend to reflect what I imagine to be the city's own self-aggrandizing attitude; shopkeepers, clerks and ticket-takers I found often arrogant and bureaucratic, constantly aware of how gorgeous and elaborate their city is, finding it quite cute that I'd taken an interest in what they've been in on for hundreds of years. They don't make it as easy for tourists as they could.
In other words, I didn't find the whole place particularly warm. But I never made friends with a Hungarian, so I could be proven wrong.
The metro system offers a perfect metaphor. Trains are rickety and beautifully old, and the M2 line stations are tiled in classy white and red rectangles with this classical capitalized serif font, but the robot woman announcing the stations mumbles incoherently the stop names only once, and there are no maps on board, and the signage is, if at all existent, a trial to find, not to mention entirely in Hungarian anyway. Catching your stop is a sport, but the municipal powers that be don't seem particularly bothered to change.
Overall, the feeling is inescapable: This city was built for people who live here.
Budapest offers some of the most gorgeous architecture in the world.
Buda Castle, on Castle Hill, is a sweeping masterpiece of reconstruction, destroyed and rebuilt six times throughout history. Because it's no longer a residential palace, you can wander around the outside all you like; inside is comprised of national museums and art galleries.
Pest offers three titanic sights: the Parliament Building, the largest structure in Hungary, which, in all its neogothic and constantly-under-renovation splendor, costs over 3,000 HUF for non-Europeans; St. Stephen's Basilica, grandly neoclassical and among the most visible landmarks jutting out of of Budapest's skyline; and the Great Jewish Synagogue, which, built in moorish style by an architect who firmly believed Jews have no distinct architecture of their own (which, as a Jew, I can say is probably true, but mostly because people kept kicking us out of every country on Earth), is probably the most decorative, gothic, church-like synagogue in the world.
There are countless other buildings worth seeing, including the secessionist museum, state opera and Heroes' Square, all worth a gander but possibly not in-depth. There are also dozens of art and history museums that could attract your eye.


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Slash is about to be a single man with lighter pockets.
The rocker agreed to make a $6,627,352 equalization payment to Perla Ferrar to settle their divorce, according to The Blast. He will also pay $100,000 per month in spousal support and $39,000 in child support. Their children will also collect 1.8 percent of his income until 2036.
In turn, Slash, 53, will keep his guitar collection, worth $1.92 million.
The agreement was formally filed on Tuesday, though Slash recommended the arrangement in June.
Slash — born Saul Hudson — filed for divorce in 2014 after 13 years of marriage. He accused her of bigamy in 2016 and insisted that she was dragging out their divorce earlier this year.