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President Jammeh has donated bags of rice to flood victims in Lower Fulladu West after heavy rains flooded farms, said Major Seedy Baldeh.
Baldeh, who is the Vision 2016 Farm Manager in the country's Central River Region said farmers in the Jahally-Patcharr area were affected by the rains in July and many lost their properties with rice fields destroyed.
Regional Agricultural Director Ousman Kolly said interventions have been made including the cleaning of the canal with the adding of culverts "to recede the water to the river" to enable farmers to continue their rice harvest.
Heavy rains across The Gambia have killed at least one person and injured tens of others.
More than a thousand homes have been affected by the heavy rains and winds that has left at least a hundred people displaced in the West Coast and Upper River Regions.
WHO says due to Drought, flooding, wind-storms, an estimated 200,000 people will require humanitarian assistance to meet their basic needs in 2016.
President Jammeh this week donated rams to at least 70 families for the Tobaski (Eid-Ul-Adha) celebrations.
Jammeh in 2014 made an attempt to make The Gambia self-sufficient in food by the end of 2016 and plans to stop the importation of rice into country. Rice is The Gambia's staple food and more than $50 million worth of it is imported into the country mostly from southeast Asia.


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In haunting news footage from Oct. 19, 2007, an emotional Jeff Hawks told the story of how he rescued his neighbor's baby, torn from his bedroom, from under a ton of rubble after a tornado ripped through Millington, Mich.
Exactly five years later on Friday, that night of terror turned to the most joyous of reunions. Hawks, now 43, met Blake, the 14-month-old boy he saved. Blake is now 6.
Under a sparkling October blue sky near where the twister touched down, Hawks picked him up and wrapped him in a bear hug.
"I'm just glad you're OK," he told the boy in a segment from ABC 12 (watch above). "God's got some big things planned for you."
Looking back at a storm so powerful that Blake's birth certificate was found five miles away, Hawks offered new perspective on that night. He told the station how he gathered his wife and three kids to seek shelter in the basement, then heard screams from neighbor Nicky Kelly. He emerged from the underground shelter and Kelly told him her son was missing, blown out with his crib into the violent storm.
Kelly had also placed a call to 911, which was replayed on Ellen DeGeneres' show after the near-tragedy. "There's no house over there! My baby's over there! OK? Please hurry, my baby! Please, please hurry. Please, oh, please!"
Hawks immediately began searching 10 acres of land, sifting through baby dolls that he feared were Blake, ABCNews.com reported.
A whimper led Hawks and Kelly's fiance to an overturned crib, topped by thousands of pounds of debris. Unable to budge the crib, Hawks reached under the pile and grabbed the boy by the hair, pulling him out. But Blake had Christmas lights wrapped around his neck and had turned blue. So Hawks ripped the wires away, and Kelly grabbed him, relieved that the baby was looking around like a normal curious toddler.
In a 2007 interview with the Flint Journal, she called Blake "my miracle baby." Now the miracle knows the man who was his flesh-and-blood guardian angel.

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Master Sunshine
The overzealous war on indoor tanning.
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Here come the health police. First they came for the cigarettes. Then they came for the sodas. Now it's the tanning salons.
The cigarette war is winding down, as one country after another bans public smoking. A week ago, the top three soft-drink makers surrendered the first big battle of the junk-food war, agreeing to remove sodas from elementary and middle schools. A few days later, spooked by the outcry against fast food and childhood obesity, Disney fled an advertising deal with McDonald's. Nobody wants to be the new Joe Camel.
But somebody will be. Look out your window: Summer is coming. Teens are getting ready for their proms. It's tanning season—time to stretch out on the beach, or under an ultraviolet lamp, and soak up a nice, warm dose of lethal radiation.
If you've had trouble seeing Cokes or cheeseburgers as the moral equivalent of cigarettes, brace yourself for the next public health menace: the sun. You thought it was our smiley-faced friend? Think again. Skin cancer rates are soaring. We're basking outside too long and with too little protection. The health cops want us to stop, but regulating a ball of fire 1 million times the size of Earth is somewhat more difficult than regulating corn chips. So, they're going after the radiation source they can get their hands on: tanning salons. A bill in Congress would stiffen health warnings on tanning machines. The American Medical Association is asking lawmakers to put these machines off-limits to anyone under 18, and the American Academy of Dermatology wants to outlaw them altogether.
About 30 million Americans use tanning salons. At least one of every four teenage girls, and nearly one of every two girls aged 18 or 19, has tanned indoors at least three times. Why? According to this month's Archives of Dermatology, "[ultraviolet] radiation, a classified carcinogen, is commonly and specifically marketed to adolescents through high school newspaper advertising" by salons. Why do kids keep coming back? A study in the current Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology suggests "frequent tanning is driven by an opioid-dependent mechanism." In other words, it's a physical addiction. It even has a street name: tanorexia. Harmful, addictive, marketed to kids—that's the three-count indictment that brought down tobacco and soft drinks.
Like the tobacco companies, the salons live in a bubble of denial that cries out for oversight. Last year, in a survey by Consumer Reports, one of every three salons denied that tanning could cause skin cancer or would age a client's skin. Their lobbying arm, the Indoor Tanning Association, asserts that "your body is designed to repair any damage to the skin caused by ultraviolet light exposure"—as though nobody ever died of melanoma—and hilariously suggests that exposing adolescents to the summer sun for two or three more hours per day would eliminate most cases of multiple sclerosis.
Still, there's something misguided about the crusade against tanning salons. Actually, two things: liberal bias against industry, and conservative bias against sensuality.
Liberal bias puts too much scrutiny on indoor rather than outdoor tanning. Seeing nature as good and industry as evil, we treat salons as though they've perverted sunshine into a carcinogen. Politicians and medical associations say indoor tanning is worse because it cooks you faster and its risks are harder to recognize. That's exactly wrong. Outdoors, you have no clue how much radiation you're getting. Your estimate, based on the season or hour, is pure guesswork. You probably never think about altitude. You mistakenly assume that clouds, your white T-shirt, or being underwater are shielding you from more than a fraction of ultraviolet rays. You have no idea that the "SPF" factor advertised on your sunscreen tells you nothing about whether it blocks the rays that cause melanoma.
Yes, an indoor lamp can cook you faster. But you can choose the cooking rate, and knowing that rate, you can control the dose and customize it to your skin type. You can even regulate the composition of the light, avoiding rays that cause sunburns. A salon operator can program her machines to shut off after 20 minutes. Try shutting off the sun.
Conservative bias, meanwhile, puts too much emphasis on abstinence rather than moderation. Health advocates, determined to convince the public that tanning isn't risk-free, have simplified their message to the point of untruth. Even Cosmopolitan has suddenly gone prude. "A suntan is actually just as destructive to your skin as a raw, pink sunburn," the magazine warns in its May issue. Wrong again. The most thorough review of data, issued five months ago by a European Commission science panel, found clear correlations between sunburns and skin cancer, but no such clarity in studies of tanning salons and skin cancer. That's because a sunburn conveys how much radiation you got; a salon doesn't. The less often you tan, the softer the light, and the shorter your exposure, the lower your risk. It isn't the degree of risk that drives doctors crazy. It's that people are taking that risk, as the AAD puts it, "solely for cosmetic reasons." Pleasure! Superficiality! Yuck!
Listen to the arguments against tanning, and you'll hear echoes of the arguments against premarital sex. "Just one time in a tanning bed has the potential to cause harm," warns Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., co-author of the federal bill to regulate salons. The AAD says you should wear a broad-brimmed hat and long pants, apply sunscreen half an hour before you go out and again every two hours, and stay out of the sun until 4 p.m. You might as well be in a chador. As for the idea of getting a "base tan" to prevent sunburn, dermatologists protest that this flimsy shield will only embolden you to persist in risky activity. Sounds like the case against condoms, doesn't it?
Part these clouds of bias, and the truth shines through. You can't stop tanning; the best you can do is help people control it. Toward that end, the industrialization of ultraviolet light is a blessing. It gives us the power to clarify, modulate, and customize dosage. Salons need oversight to make sure they help clients understand and manage this power. But if you shut them down or lock out teenagers, be prepared to enforce a dawn-to-dusk curfew or face an epidemic of skin cancer. If you liked back-alley abortions, you'll love backyard tanning.
Technology without guidance can be dangerous. The emerging peril in the tanning world isn't staffed salons; it's coin-operated, unsupervised machines, already proliferating in Europe, in which kids can toast themselves for lunch money. But with guidance, technology often solves its own problems. It won't be Congress that stops teens from cooking their skin. It'll be tanning sprays and lotions, which continue to improve in appearance, durability, and popularity. And guess who's going to lead the way? Salons.
A version of this article also appears in the Outlook section of the Sunday Washington Post.


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Cherry Falls Via Winding Stairs Trail is a 4.4 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Mountain Rest, South Carolina that features a waterfall and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round.
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A 75-foot waterfall tucked away along this moderate, 3.5-mile trail helps make the Winding Stairs Trail one of the finest beginner trails in northwest South Carolina. If you start at the northern trailhead at the Cherry Hill Recreation Area, this meandering, out and back path is an easy hike, becaus
Did the trail on 12-19-17. I agree with some of the other reviews of the trail that I don't believe it is a "loop" but I could be wrong as we did not go all the way to the bottom. My girlfriend and I were able to get phone coverage and the GPS placed us on the trail up to the last switchback and then the real trail took us away from the trail seen on the alltrails map which led us to turn around and go back as it was getting late in the afternoon. Overall it was a good trail for all experience types, the waterfall a little off the path but accessible enough to get right to it. May do it again to see if the trail actually loops or empties at another point.
Beautiful waterfall at the end. The trail was not long. It is NOT kid friendly!! Just took two 7year olds and a 4 year old and it was too dangerous for them at the end. But if hiking alone this is a really cool hike.
This trail is not in the Ellicott Wilderness. It's about 5 miles or so away from this trail. This is in Sumpter National Forrest.
Falls are off a side trail about half away down the switchbacks. Could not find the loop back trail. After going past it at least .25 mile, we turned around and went back the way we came. Nice trail but easy to go too far.
Very good trail. Hiked it the last week of September with very nice weather. The trail had just been maintained so there were very few obstacles to navigate. The trail follows an old road bed, so the grade of the trail is a nice constant up of you start at the bottom.
The Winding Stairs Trail is a pleasant, mile and a half or two mile trail located in Sumter National Forest culminating with the Miuka Falls waterfall.
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The waterfall was gorgeous, but we went over Labor Day weekend and the summer foliage still covered much of the river and the views. Still, standing beside the river itself, we were able to glance up and see a good portion of the falls without any obstruction. No one else was on the trail that morning, but as we drove by later in the day, there were a couple of cars pulled alongside the road at the trailhead. Still, there might have been five or six people in total on the trail the entire day on one of the busiest outdoor weekends of the year.
The hike out was relatively easy thanks to a couple of switchbacks. All-in-all, this trail is a nice addition to a larger day's activities. The waterfall is gorgeous and definitely worth experiencing.
This is NOT a loop. It was a good point to point trail. We did it in the evening starting at the top and going down.
We hiked this with our 3 year old and 9 month old (carried him on my back). We only made it 2.5 miles and turned around because the sun was going down and it was getting cold quick! But all in all it was a great trail! My kids loved it!
A good hike overall. Very easy to follow the trail - some spots break away from the main trail and our group explored them. Came across a pretty cool cliff face that we might not have had we stuck to the main path. Miuka Falls were awesome and our group hung around on the rocks near the falls for a good 20 minutes (very few had been to the region before).
We started at the north entrance of the trail near Cherry Hill Campground and it was easy going on the way out. The way back was a little strenuous on some of our group due to the back and forth uphill nature of the trail, but definitely not too strenuous for beginners. We didn't come across Secret Falls, however, which was a bummer, but still had a great hike overall.
Pretty hike, easy to navigate the trails. Enjoyed by whole family, will do again
A nicely graded trail leading to 2 pretty cool waterfalls. This is a great hike if you're in the foothills and live in the Upstate. Not to far from Clemson or Greenville. The trail is pretty short though, so it's not an all day hike by any means


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CALGARY, Alberta, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (CNQ.TO) has declared force majeure on January shipments of synthetic crude from its Horizon oil sands plant after a fire last week and is still waiting to assess damage from the blaze, company officials said on Wednesday.
The declaration allows the company to be released from its contractual obligations because of an event outside its control.
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1. The World's Most Powerful People, Forbes. 30 October 2013.
2. The Power Issue, Foreign Policy. May 2013.
3. Military Essential in U.S. Foreign Policy Future, Hagel Says, U.S. Department of Defense. 5 November 2013.
4. The Middle East Power Vacuum, by Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy. 25 October 2013.
5. Power Shift: The Rise of Global Civil Society, by Jessica Mathews, Foreign Affairs. January 1997.
October Headline: Big Data + Foreign Policy: How Will Data Affect the Art of Policymaking and Analysis?
- The Age of Big Data, by Steve Lohr, New York Times. 11 February 2012.
- What the Intelligence Community is Doing With Big Data, by Bernhard Warner, Bloomberg Businessweek. 5 February 2013.
- The Rise of Big Data: How it's Changing the Way We Think About the World, by Kenneth Neil Cukier and Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger, Foreign Affairs. May 2013.
- Small Cells vs. Big Data, by John Arquilla, Foreign Policy. 22 April 2013.
- Is Big Data an Economic Big Dud?, by James Glanz, The New York Times. 17 August 2013.
A Perspective on Private Data, by Teka Thomas
September Headline: Alliances in the 21st Century – What Makes an Ally and How Important are Alliances in Today's International Order?
- Alliances in the 21st Century: Implications for the US-European partnership, by Jeremy J. Ghez, Rand Corporation. 2011.
- The Mythical Alliance: Russia's Syria Policy, by Dmitri Trenin, Carnegie Moscow Center. 12 February 2013.
- Panetta: Defense Alliances Key to 21st Century Security, by Karen Parrish, U.S. Department of Defense. 25 October 2012
- Britain Drifts Towards Isolationism, by Richard Haass, The Atlantic Council. 30 August 2013
- Turkey's Zero-Problems Foreign Policy, by Ahmet Davutoglu, Foreign Policy. 20 May 2010.
August Headline: The Slowdown of Emerging Markets –What Happens When the Race for Economic Growth is Over?
- Emerging Economies: When Giants Slow Down, The Economist. 27 July 2013
- Emerging Market Slowdown Adds to Global Economic Pains, The International Monetary Fund. 9 July 2013.
- Fear Of The Fed And China Slowdown Take A Toll On Emerging Markets, by Alan Whetley, Reuters. 14 July 2013.
- What if the Emerging Markets Aren't?, by Nouriel Roubini, Slate. 28 July 2013.
- HSBC Cuts Global Growth Forecasts, Sees Major Slowdown in Emerging Markets, by Katy Barnato, CNBC. 28 June 2013.
July Headline: Reforming Immigration: How Should Globalized Economies Capitalize on Globalized Populations?
- U.S. Immigration Reform: Good for the Americas?, by Carl Meacham, CSIS. 13 June 2013.
- How Other Countries Handle Immigration, by Brett Line and Linda Poon, National Geographic. 30 June 2013.
- Russia's New Vigilantes, by Anna Nemtsova, Foreign Policy. 4 March 2013.
- Mr. Abe's Missing Arrow, by Joseph Sternberg, The Wall Street Journal. 26 June 2013.
- Europe's Reservations on Immigration Grow, by Raphael Minder, The New York Times. 28 May 2013.
June Headline: Protests Erupt Against Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan – What Kind of Leader Does Turkey Want?
- Turkey's Leader Blames Rioting on Extremists, by Sebnem Arsu, New York Times. 3 June 2013.
- Turkish intelligence looking into 'foreign links' to Taksim protests: PM, Hürriyet Daily News. 3 June 2013.
- Taksim Square Protests: 13 Photos Showing Severity Of the Protests, by Christian Rice, PolicyMic. 2 June 2013.
- Turkey's Erdogan dismisses protests: 'What is the message?', by Arthur Bright, Christian Science Monitor. 3 June 2013.
- Turkey protests expose anxiety over Erdogan's growing autocratic ambitions, by Simon Tisdall, The Guradian. 3 June 2013.
Erdogan Fails to Understand the Protestors, by Emre Tuncalp
Turkish Protests are Unpredictable: A Dispatch from Taksim Square, by Tara Vassefi
What Kind of Leader Does Turkey Want?, by Sara Westfall
May Headline: Terrorism in the U.S. – Have We Done Enough Since 9/11?
- Boston bombings show a changing face of U.S. terrorism, by Guy Taylor, The Washington Times. 29 April 2013
- The Evolution of Terrorism Since 9/11, by Lauren O'Brien, FBI. September 2011
- Moving Beyond 9/11: The United States Needs a Broader-Based and Sustainable Counterterrorism Policy, by Peter Juul, Center for American Progress. 6 February 2013
- Russia and Counterterror Cooperation, by Sergey Markedonov, National Interest. 25 April 2013.
- Polls Show Growing Resolve to Live With Terror Threat, by Micah Cohen, New York Times. 23 April 2013
April Headline: Syria: To Intervene or To Not Intervene...
- Intervene in Syria, by Roger Cohen; New York Times. 4 February 2013
- Kofi Annan claims it is too late for outside intervention, by Damien McElroy; The Telegraph. 27 March 2013
- Still Punting on Syria, by Peter Brookes; New York Post. 3 March 2013
- Economist Debates: Syria, by The Economist; The Economist. 21 February 2012
- Inside Obama's Syria Debate, by Adam Entous; Wall Street Journal. 29 March 2013
Syria: To Intervene, or not to Intervene, by Elizabeth Scott
Syria's Silent War Crimes Call for Intervention, by Amanda Strayer
March Headline: The Cyber Cold War – The United States, China, and the Cyber Front
- Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S., by David E. Sanger, David Barboza, and Nicole Perlroth; New York Times
- China Alleges Cyberattacks Originated in U.S., by Paul Mozur; Wall Street Journal
- Chinese Computer Games: Keeping Safe in Cyberspace, by Adam Segal; Foreign Affairs
- Chinese army hackers are the tip of the cyberwarfare iceberg, by Paul Harris; The Guardian
- Cyber Conflict and the War Powers Resolution: Congressional Oversight of Hostilities in the Fifth Domain, by Jason Healey and A.J. Wilson; Atlantic Council
February Topic: Spotlight on Mali: U.S. Africa Policy in Obama's Second Term
- U.S. clears legal hurdles to Mali aid, but internal policy debate continues, by Karen DeYoung; Washington Post
- War and Peace in Mali: The Battle Moves to the Mountains, Economist.com. 9 Feb. 2013.
- EU, 2 Other Nations Meet to Pledge Mali Trainers by Don Melvin; ABC News. 29 Jan.2013.
- A New Line in the Sand Against Terror?, Nytimes.com. 15 Jan. 2013.
- Fixing Mali: Stabilized Governance Should Be the Priority by Morgan Roach, The Heritage Foundation. 16 Oct. 2012.


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This is a rush transcript from "The Five," December 18, 2012. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
GREG GUTFELD, CO-HOST: So in times of tragedy, I know that opinions or even facts don't help the suffering. Saying gun violence dropped over 40 years or that schools are safer than ever -- that means very little to people in shock. It's just noise. To me, it's like gun-free zones. They sound really great, but only among the media who worked in gun-protected zones. It's easy to champion gun free behind a Glock.
Fort Hood, the dead weren't children but they were warriors. But they were killed in a gun-free zone in Army base. You think the coward Hasan didn't know that.
I wonder if those who believe in gun-free zones would announce their habitat as gun-free. Evil seeks the vulnerable. It looks to kick between the armor.
And so, I ask, why can't a school be protected as 30 Rock? Is a talking head more valuable than a child?
But what do I know? I'm a talking head. I know nothing.
As rare as these horrible events are, evil will always be. Addressing mental health issues helps, as well as our culture's obsession with evil. What's up with that?
And maybe the media eggs this on, whispering immortality to the loser. Each creep has the same M.O., yet we report it like it's new. Maybe it's time to ponder instead of pontificating. Nobody is listening anyway, because they've heard it all before.
And tragically, we'll hear it all again.
So, Dana, here's my question. It seems like we're all recycling the same arguments when something like this happens. Do you think we'll ever make progress on this, or is still always going to be us versus them?
DANA PERINO, CO-HOST: I think this one might be different. I think that the innocence of the lives who were taken, the young tenderness of the age has made people think, OK, what can we do? Aside from some places where the talk has only been about gun control, there has been a building sense of anxiety about what we are not doing to help provide for families that have a loved one that is mentally ill and needs serious help before they do harm to nobody else.
So, I hope and I think and I'm prepared to help out, that I think that this one could be different. That there might actually be something that we can do, not all the answers, but certainly about the piece of helping prevent this from happening again.
GUTFELD: Yes.
Andrea, there seems like, finally, we are talking about different variables -- everything from mental health issues, to school security, to areas of gun control where previously we were only focused on gun control. Does that mean there's progress?
ANDREA TANTAROS, CO-HOST: I don't know. As hopeful that I am that Dana is right it seems we have one side shouting their point, the other side shouting their points. You have the comedians then making fun of one side, usually conservatives for trying to defend their points after there's a waiting period.
I do think so that there should be a waiting period. They joke about waiting period for guns. There needs to be some time before everybody starts jumping up and down about this.
And I do think, you know, Congress is there to do a lot of things. Not just handle the fiscal cliff. Mental illness is an issue that they rarely talk about.
This is an opportunity. We know that it never happens. Someone will say, this is a great opportunity to talk about mental illness, and then we move to gun control.
I do hope this time -- I know it's Christmas time, but I do hope in the weeks that follow up after the New Year, people will actually start to have a discussion -- and listen, not yell at the other side.
GUTFELD: Bob, you talk about guns, and mental illness and alcoholism, and how there should be some kind of screening. Do you think that because we use mental illness, the topic, so generally, that it spreads so thin that we don't actually catch the people that really need help?
BOB BECKEL, CO-HOST: Well, I don't know. But I think in this instance, more than any of the others that I can recall, the topic of mental health has been more much prevalent than it had been before.
GUTFELD: Right.
BECKEL: It was generally gun control. And I am one that pushed that very hard.
GUTFELD: Right.
BECKEL: But the mental health question is one that's serious and real. And we know that the funds have been cut back in the state -- local and the federal level for that. It's got to be part and parcel of this.
And this is also a time when people are starting to raise questions about the video games --
GUTFELD: Right.
BECKEL: -- and the way people communicate, the way young people communicate what they're seeing.
So maybe this is a broader conversation. How that ends up though being something that's tangible is where I have a hard time figuring out.
GUTFELD: Yes. And I think everybody does.
Eric, what do you -- what do you make of this? I mean, I look at this and I see that every -- there is one linkage to all of these catastrophes as they get more and more gruesome, is that they tend to build up on each other. And they tend to involve these loners.
I mean, you know --
ERIC BOLLING, CO-HOST: Yes.
GUTFELD: -- I don't like talking about them because to me, they are losers. But we cannot avoid that.
BOLLING: Right. I made the point last night. And I'm not going to mention the guy's name. Let's call him the shooter.
I made a point last night, I said I don't think this is the time or the place for the gun discussion. I'm going to stand by that.
It's a whole host of things. It's mental health, it's guns, it's video games. It's the culture around what our children are brought up, the way the children are brought up, that the violence is OK. You can blow away a bunch of people if you do it on TV, or if you do it on a video game.
It's religion. It's a breakdown of the family values. It's the nuclear family. It's a whole host of things. And there has to be meaningful discussion, not all of it, including guns.
I just can't do it right now and it's just not time. We have two more burials going on today. When we are through with some of these things and it's time to move on to the discussion. Bob and I and you -- the left will have this massive discussion over what is right. Whether the Second Amendment should stay intact the way it is, or that things should change from the Second Amendment.
BECKEL: Well, one thing we agree on is these schools could use some protection. But, you know, I ran a numbers today. If you put one policeman on every school in America, it's 56,000 bucks on average to put them in there.
BOLLING: Yes.
BECKEL: The question is where do these resources going to come from?
BOLLING: I brought this up last night. We protect our money. Banks are protecting our money, more than the schools protecting our children. There has to be a source.
It can't be a federal source, because then, the right is going to say, well, what are you doing? You're putting federal agents in the school, that's going to look bad. Conspiracy theorists are going to say, what are you doing -- President Obama, why are you doing this?
It's got to be at the state level. I'll tell you one -- a great piece of news today is Governor McDonnell has said, in Virginia, has said he is looking in to the state level putting some sort of trained officer at all the schools. That's the way to go.
GUTFELD: Freedom costs money, though. For our freedoms, we have -- I mean, at the state and local level, it's worth it, right?
TANTAROS: We did it on planes after 9/11. There's talk about putting secret air marshals. Although, this school, they do say, was extremely secure and you had to be buzzed in when you got in.
So, I know a lot of schools have metal detectors. They have all these other things to protect the students.
What I do hope, though, is that maybe the discussion on mental illness is less stigmatizing.
GUTFELD: Right.
TANTAROS: So, you're reading these blogs about I am shooter's mother. Did he have Asperger's? Was he on the autism spectrum?
Whatever the case, the mother knew there was something wrong.
GUTFELD: Right.
TANTAROS: He was burning himself. Put yourself in the shoes of that mother. It's very stigmatizing for her and for the shooter, all his life, because maybe he knew he was different to handle that. And no mother wants to rat out her son and have him incarcerated or put him away.
So, we don't know what's going through her mind. But I just hope it's less stigmatizing for mental illness on any scale for people who are suffering.
GUTFELD: There are events, and I'm not talking specifically about these kinds of things like the Aurora, Colorado thing, that law enforcement actually hate to discuss for fear of copycats. There are suicidal events, for example, that they don't like to bring up because that fosters suicidal thoughts in other kids.
Are we culpable in that sort of thing and the fact that we delve into details of what this person is, when perhaps we shouldn't.
PERINO: Well -- so Eric has the good point about not naming the shooter. And a lot of people called for that, saying, please don't name him because it glorifies it. Of course, it doesn't matter to him. He's gone. He's dead. He killed.
But could it help prevent somebody who had those tendencies or feeling or was about to snap to think this could be my one shot at glory?
GUTFELD: Right.
PERINO: Even if they're not going to be there to see it. They know what the media coverage is going to be.
So I don't know how then we don't cover the story. It's a tough balance.
BECKEL: You know, you say about the mother -- now, some facts we know. That he used guns that she owned, that were registered to her.
GUTFELD: Right.
BECKEL: We know that he obviously shot his mother and those guns were available to him, one way or another, in that house. If you know that your -- you got somebody who's disturbed as she clearly did know, why do have guns available to him in the house? Maybe she had them locked up or maybe he had the combination, I don't know.
GUTFELD: She really did. She was a terrible gun owner. I mean, that stuff was available. That was --
BECKEL: And, then, of course, the question is, if he didn't use guns, would he had taken some bomb or something, you know?
GUTFELD: Yes.
BOLLING: Like your favorite terrorist Timothy McVeigh --
BECKEL: Right.
BOLLING: -- who pulled a truck outside the building, a federal building, and blew it up with fertilizer.
BECKEL: Right.
TANTAROS: I don't want to blame the mother because at the same time, he maybe showed no signs of the actual violence, maybe just against himself. But it was probably the furthest thought from her mind that he would go to the gun closet and shoot somebody. If he could --
PERINO: That's why the investigation is really important. I mean, the police officers are going through line by line, because they want to unravel the story. The families of the victims deserve it. They're going to want answers.
And so, I guess in the days and weeks ahead, just as we have in the Colorado shooting found out more about it. And one of the keys to that was people who knew him said we were worried about something happening.
GUTFELD: Yes, there's always --
PERINO: But I haven't heard that about this one. It seems to me the community made a wide berth around the community and they were alone. Not that the community was bad. But it doesn't happen in life where you just try to avoid the situations that are just uncomfortable, if there was not a lot of social interaction.
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(MoneyWatch) If I gave out a "Customer Service Moment of the Year" award, I'd have my 2013 winner already, and of all places, it's an airport fast food joint.
Spending as much time as I do focusing on customer service, both in my own business and in my writing and speaking, pretty much nothing in the field -- whether horrible or exceptional -- surprises me anymore. But every once in a while I find the most extraoardinary service in places I expect it least. Such was the case a few weeks ago.
To make a very long story as short as I can, my son was traveling cross-country on his way home from summer camp. He was flying as an unaccompanied minor, with a boring four-hour layover at Chicago O'Hare (welcome to my world, son). He called to tell us he was hungry, but somehow only had a dollar in his pocket. I have no idea where all his money went, since he was in the deep back-country for 24 days. But as I say, I'm trying to keep the story short.
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Me: "Is there any way you can take my card and charge his meal? I'll send a picture of the card, whatever you need to feel comfortable."
WPE: "Unfortunately, we have no way of taking a credit card over the phone..."
Me (assuming that was the end of the sentence): "But, there must be some..."
WPE: "..so just send your boy in here and we'll make sure he gets a good meal. My store manager and operations manager are both here, and we don't want him to be sitting around hungry. You don't have to worry about paying for it."
Me (lump in throat): "Wha... you... no, please, I really insist you find a way for me to pay for this."
WPE: "Just do something nice for someone else."
This happened, folks. Word for word, just like that.
My son called later to say the ladies treated him like doting moms, fixing him up with dinner, asking if there was anything he wanted to take with him, insisting that he at least take a bottle of water for the road.
Once I picked myself up off the floor, I posted the story to
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The next day I called back and spoke to one of the same managers. I asked her if I could call their corporate office to recognize them (I was actually worried that they might get in trouble for the freebie). She told me "we just do what's right -- your thanking us is enough." Double-wow.
I called corporate anyway, and got a prompt call back from Leslie Whitten, Vice President of Worldwide Operations, who was thrilled to hear the story and told me the restaurant staff was showing the kind of initiative that the company encourages; that sometimes people just need help and they believe they should help them.
Wolfgang Puck's company -- from the airport takeout counter employee to the executive suite -- knocked this customer service opportunity out of the park:
- They cared enough to find an answer besides the easy "no."
- They didn't worry about the cost of the food, understanding that in the long run they would do well by doing good. That little meal -- and the attitude with which it was offered -- will surely sell much more than it cost.
- They acted with empathy -- the single most important quality in serving people.
- The employees were authorized, encouraged, and recognized for treating people well.
Ms. Whitten followed up the next day with an email that said
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COMPTON (CBSLA.com) — A 16-year-old gang member Friday was sentenced to 90 years in prison for shooting and killing a 14-month-old baby who was asleep in his father's arms.
Donald Dokins received the maximum sentence after being convicted of murder and attempted murder with gang enhancements. A jury deliberated for less than an hour before finding Dokins guilty in April.
Mauro Cortez was standing outside of a house, holding his baby Angel, in the 105000 block of South Hikory Street on June 4, 2012 when Dokins rode up on his bicycle and fired off at least three rounds, hitting the father in the shoulder and the sleeping baby in the stomach.
Cortez survived with minor injuries, but Angel was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators believe Dokins, then 15, shot Cortez because he was wearing a purple shirt, a color associated with a rival gang in the area.
Dokins was arrested on June 27, 2012.
During the sentencing hearing, the baby's mother, Liliana Nava, spoke, choking back tears, explaining that they named the baby Angel because she was not supposed to conceive after having three open heart surgeries.
Dokins is one of the youngest murder defendants in the system and will not be eligible for parole for 72 years.
Alleged Gang Member, 15, Charged With Murdering Baby While He Lay In Father's Arms
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Overview Application Deadlines Application Notification Application Process Articulation Agreements Conditional Admission Deferred Admission Early Admission Housing Deposits International Applicants Transfer Applicants Tuition Deposits
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The admission requirements and procedures are designed to help the University select, from among the men and women applying, those best qualified to benefit from the educational opportunities at the University of the Arts. The University prefers applicants who express themselves through visual images, the written word, and performance; who demonstrate intellectual abilities through their academic record; who wish to increase their awareness of themselves and their world; who address their environment in a positive, individualistic manner; and who bring energy, concern, and humor to their inquiry. The University values diversity, liveliness, thoughtfulness, and curiosity, and seeks in its students a broad range of intellectual, artistic, extracurricular, and personal energies. Admission is offered without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, age, or disability. Each applicant is considered individually, and the Dean of Admissions may make an exception to any requirement.
Admission to the University of the Arts is based on both academic performance and artistic development. Each college at the University of the Arts has special admission criteria related to its courses of study. The Admissions Committee examines every applicant's academic record for evidence of rigorous, scholarly preparation. In addition, each college at the University has separate requirements for evaluating a candidate's artistic progress. Entrance to the College of Art, Media and Design or Division of Liberal Arts requires the candidate to present a portfolio. The College of Performing Arts requires students to pass an audition, portfolio review or interview in their specific discipline. The portfolio, audition, and interview requirements are specific to each program; interested applicants should refer to the portfolio and audition requirements or contact the Admissions Office for a full explanation of the University's expectations.
Admission to the University is based upon a combination of factors. Candidates for admission must assume responsibility for all of the admission requirements when submitting an application and realize that the Admissions Committee will base its decision on the sum total of these factors.
MM Music Education & MFA Studio Art
Applications received and completed prior to January 15 for Summer enrollment will be reviewed for priority consideration. Applicants will be notified of the Admission Committee's decision on or before March 15. Applications received after January 15 for Summer enrollment will be considered on a space available basis and reviewed on a rolling basis.
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Applications received and completed by January 15 will be notified of the admission decision on or before March 15. Applications received and completed after January 15 will be considered on a space-available basis and reviewed on a rolling basis.
MAT Music Education, MAT Visual Art and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Crafts ONLY
Applications received and completed by November 1 will be notified of the admission decision on or before December 1. Applications received and completed after November 1 will be considered on a space available basis and reviewed on a rolling basis.
The University of the Arts accepts students on rolling admission basis; however, you are strongly encouraged to apply as early as possible.
The priority deadline requires that the application be submitted by February 1 for first time freshman and March 1 for transfer applicants. Applications received and completed after the priority deadline will be considered on a space available basis and reviewed on a rolling basis.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis beginning in November for fall admission and September for spring admission. Priority is given to fall candidates who file an application for admission by the priority deadline, although the University will accept and review applications as long as space in the class is available. Official notification of the Admissions Committee's decision is made in writing by the Dean of Admissions. Generally, students can expect to receive notification of the decision within two to four weeks of completing all admission requirements.
International applicants should also refer to the International Applicants section.
Candidates for graduate admission are strongly encouraged to file the admission application and complete all admission requirements early. The University has established several deadlines, after which candidates' completed applications will be reviewed and notification of admission and financial aid decisions issued. If space remains available in the entering class after the published application deadline, applications will continue to be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until the class is filled.
All applicants for admission to graduate study at the University of the Arts must submit:
All applicants are encouraged to visit the University of the Arts for a portfolio review, audition or interview. Information sessions with the Admissions staff offer students and their families the opportunity to learn more about the application process, programs of study, campus life, and financial aid. Portfolio reviews, interviews, and auditions are part of all applicants' entrance requirements and are separate from the information sessions. In addition to demonstrating their artistic abilities during the portfolio review, audition, or interview, students should be prepared to discuss their academic record, personal achievements, extracurricular activities, and professional goals.
Articulation agreements are drawn between two institutions in order to facilitate the maximum transfer of credits when students move from one institution to the other. The University of the Arts has a series of these agreements for students attending the schools mentioned below. Students who successfully meet the requirements set by the agreement with their home institution will earn the option to transfer to The University of the Arts at an advanced level upon enrollment. Each articulation agreement has specific requirements and is valid only for the major programs listed on the agreement. To obtain specific information about these agreements, prospective students should contact the transfer adviser at their home institution.
Animation, BFA
Delaware College of Art and Design
Craft and Material Studies, BFA
Bucks County Community College
Design, Art & Technology, BFA
Bucks County Community College
Film/Video, BFA
Bucks County Community College
Illustration, BFA
Delaware College of Art and Design
Interdisciplinary Fine Arts, BFA
Bucks County Community College
Delaware College of Art and Design
Photography, BFA
Bucks County Community College
Delaware College of Art and Design
The University of the Arts has designed alternative admission programs to consider those whose potential may not be indicated in standardized test scores or class rank or who have had limited formal training in the arts.
Offers of admission may specify one or more of the following conditions:
Deferment of admission is not automatic. Undergraduate and graduate students who are admitted to The University of the Arts and then wish to defer their admission must submit their requests, in writing, to the Office of Admissions. A non-refundable tuition deposit of $300 for undergraduate programs or $450 for graduate programs must be paid in order to for the request to be considered and to confirm enrollment for the following semester or year. Deferred students who enroll in a degree program at another institution in the interim will not retain their deferred status; they must reapply to the University as transfer students. Students are permitted only one deferment.
Those who are not approved for deferred admission will receive a refund of their deposit and may reapply for the following year. A new application form must be filed with a reapplication fee of $60; additional credentials may be required.
Extremely capable students may be ready for college before they have completed the normal four-year secondary school program. The University welcomes applications from those who feel they are scholastically and artistically prepared and sufficiently mature, personally and socially, to undertake college work.
Early Admission candidates must be able to fulfill either one the following conditions:
University housing is open to new students entering in both fall and spring semesters. Housing reservation instructions are sent to all incoming students in their acceptance packet. The University will guarantee housing to all students who submit a housing reservation and post a non-refundable $200 housing deposit by May 1. Although the University anticipates that it has adequate housing to meet the student demand for on-campus living, there is no way to predict when University-supervised housing may be filled; therefore, after May 1, space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Applicants who are neither U.S. citizens nor permanent residents are considered international students. The University encourages international candidates with strong academic and artistic qualifications to apply for admission.
International students who apply to the University should follow the procedures outlined in the appropriate section of this catalog. International applicants should also be aware of the following additional requirements and procedures:
International students whose native language is not English must submit the results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS). A TOEFL score of 550 paper-based / 80 Internet-based or an IELTS score of 6.0 and above is required for undergraduate admission. Graduate programs require a TOEFL score of 580 paper-based / 92 Internet-based or an IELTS score of 6.5 or above.
In lieu of the TOEFL or IELTS, completion of Level 9 in the University of the Arts ESL Institute will be accepted for both undergraduate and graduate admission. Information about this program may be obtained directly from: www.uarts.edu/esli.
All applicants must provide complete, official transcripts from every school attended on the high school/secondary level and post-secondary level. Each transcript must be translated into English by a certified translator and the translation must be notarized. Applicants with post secondary or university transcripts from outside the United States are required to submit an official evaluation for each transcript. A course-by-course report is required and it is the applicant's responsibility to contract directly with the agency for this service and provide the necessary documents. Please review the requirements for each agency carefully as the policy regarding document submission can vary based on your country. While applicants may use any accredited evaluating agency, the University recommends World Education Services (WES) or Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE).
Instructions and an application can be obtained directly from:
World Education Services
Bowling Green Station
P.O. Box 5087
New York, NY 10274-5087
Telephone: 1-212-966-6311
Fax: 1-212-739-6100
Educational Credential Evaluators, Inc.
P.O. Box 514070
Milwaukee, WI 53203-3470
Telephone: 1-414-289-3400
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International students who plan to enroll at the University are responsible for all of their educational and personal expenses for the full duration of their education at The University of the Arts. Certification that these financial obligations can be met is required in order to qualify for the F-1 visa. A Certification of Finances form is sent to international students upon receipt of their application. The form must be completed in English and certified by a bank official. This statement must declare the availability of funds of at least US$ 55,327 (2013-2014) to cover the cost of one year of education and personal expenses. The I-20, used to apply for the F-1 visa, will not be issued without a valid Certification of Finances. All F-1 students are responsible for obtaining immigration information and following all the regulations in order to maintain status. Page 2 of the I-20 explains many of the obligations of an F-1 student.
A limited number of partial merit scholarships may be awarded to international students who demonstrate outstanding academic and artistic achievement and potential. International merit scholarship recipients are notified of the scholarship award with the offer of admission.
Need-based financial aid is not available. Students who are not U.S. citizens or Permanent Residents may qualify for educational loans through an International Student Loan Program (ISLP).
Further information on the ISLP may be obtained directly from:
International Education Finance Corporation
424 Adams Street
Milton, MA 02186 USA
In addition to the undergraduate application process detailed above, transfer applicants must also submit official transcripts from all previous colleges attended. It is the applicants responsibility to ensure all previously completed and in-progress coursework is submitted to the University for transfer credit evaluation prior to beginning their studies at the University. Applicants must submit official transcripts containing final grades for any previously reported in-progress coursework. A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required to transfer.
Upon completion of the preliminary credit evaluation, the applicant will be invited to schedule an interview and portfolio review with a faculty member from the major department. If unable to attend a personal interview, refer to the University's Portfolio and Audition requirements for specific information.
Transfer students with fewer than 18 transferable studio arts credits are not qualified for advanced standing admission and should expect to be registered for the First-year Core Studies Program and anticipate being enrolled at The University of the Arts for the equivalent of eight semesters. Those who qualify for advanced standing but wish to take advantage of the first-year core studies program and elective courses may also apply as freshman transfers.
Students transferring into the second- or third-year-level studios of major departments are considered advanced-standing candidates. Students who have completed at least 18 credits in studio and who have studied in the Core Studies areas may be considered for advanced status. Decisions concerning admission to a major department, class standing, and mandated prerequisites are made by major-department faculty upon an evaluation of the admission portfolio and preliminary transfer-credit analysis.
At the time of the entrance audition or interview, the Audition Committee evaluates the applicant's performance with respect to the level of achievement required for advanced standing. Transfer credit in the major may be granted for comparable previous undergraduate credit earned, up to the level of placement. Transfer credits may be granted toward the liberal arts requirements regardless of a student's standing in the major. The number of liberal arts credits accepted for transfer is unlikely to change the length of time required to complete the degree.
Transfer students applying to the Creative Writing program should plan on completing nearly all of their required workshops at the University of the Arts. Transfer credit for workshops is assessed on an individual basis. Generally speaking, transfer credit for workshops taken elsewhere, when accepted, will be counted as fulfilling the craft seminar requirement.
Transfer credit for the Film & Media Studies program is determined through evaluation of an applicant's transcript to determine how completed coursework fulfills the requirements of the major.
For all degree programs at the University of the Arts, transfer credit for liberal arts requirements is determined by the office of the Dean of the Division of Liberal Arts.
The $450 tuition deposit will be applied against your first semester tuition charges. To secure a place in the program, students must deposit by April 15. Graduate tuition deposits are not refundable.
The $300 tuition deposit will be applied against your first semester tuition charges. To secure a place in the program, students must deposit by May 1. Fall tuition deposits are refundable if a request is made in writing on or before May 1. Spring and summer semester tuition deposits are not refundable.
The University of the Arts subscribes to the May 1 Candidate's General Reply Date for undergraduate students and will consider any applicant's written request to defer the acceptance of the offer of admission until May 1. Requests for a refund of the tuition deposit that are postmarked after May 1 cannot be granted. After May 1 the University assumes that the student's tuition deposit to The University of the Arts is the only enrollment deposit that the student has submitted. The University reserves the right to cancel the offer of admission if the student posts a deposit at another college or university or fails to complete coursework in progress at the time of application in good academic standing.


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