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This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," August 5, 2016. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.
MIKE HUCKABEE, GUEST HOST: And welcome to this special edition of "Hannity." This is a "Fox News Alert." Donald Trump officially endorsed Speaker Paul Ryan at a rally in Wisconsin just a short while ago. He also endorsed Senator John McCain and Senator Kelly Ayotte.
Hello. I'm Mike Huckabee, in tonight for Sean.
And here's what Trump said earlier while campaigning in the Badger State with his running mate, Indiana governor Mike Pence.
DONALD TRUMP, R-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: In our shared mission to make America great again, I support and endorse our speaker of the House, Paul Ryan!
TRUMP: And while I'm at it, I hold in the highest esteem Senator John McCain for his service to our country in uniform and in public office, and I fully support and endorse his reelection. I also fully support and endorse Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire.
HUCKABEE: All right, joining us right now with reaction is Washington Times columnist Charles Hurt, former Clinton pollster and Fox News contributor Doug Schoen and Trump campaign pollster and adviser Kellyanne Conway. Welcome to all three of you.
DOUG SCHOEN, FOX CONTRIBUTOR: Thank you.
HUCKABEE: OK, so the big announcement tonight, he's now in with Ryan, with McCain, with Ayotte. And Doug, I think he actually endorsed you, but we just didn't have time to play the tape.
SCHOEN: I would welcome it. And you know, Donald Trump did what he had to do, Governor, at a time when his poll numbers are sinking. He is behind by 4 points in Georgia, behind in three other swing states substantially. The national polls have been sinking. He made the right decision.
The question is why this took so long and how many more flip-flops there will be.
HUCKABEE: All right, Kelly, you know, last week, my inbox was getting filled up every day with people saying, What's Trump doing? Why is he not on the attack to Hillary? He's off on these other tangents. And tonight, after that speech, as people were watching, those same people were blowing out my inbox saying, This is the Donald Trump we want to see. And they're all happy.
So was this a turning point for the Trump campaign moving forward?
KELLYANNE CONWAY, TRUMP CAMPAIGN POLLSTER: Yes, Governor, I believe it was. I actually think you'll look back at today as a really great day for Trump/Pence and a terrible day for Hillary Clinton, who now is lying about lying. She still can't get the story right.
And I think when you look at -- go beyond the endorsements tonight and you listen to both what Mr. Trump and Governor Pence had to say on this, they're taking the case right to Hillary, if not Obama's eight years in office, Donald Trump out there tonight questioning her temperament, her fitness for office, her qualifications.
Last I checked, integrity is a qualification for president of the United States, and I think people who are on the ledge this week are now going to get off the ledge.
And this is a man who is doing what he needs to do to win now, which is get back in that fighting form and have tunnel vision. There's a boogey-woman out there. It's very clear who to attack every single day, and I don't think she's going to -- it's not going to wear well on her.
Hillary benefited this week, Governor, from scarcity, from not being part of the conversation. That's when she does best. But she doesn't wear well. The minute she got back on the stump today, she started lying about lying.
HUCKABEE: Well, I think that's, you know, kind of what that whole thing was about. But what we saw tonight was Donald Trump, you know, taking the high road when it comes to his own party, but he didn't stop being Donald Trump.
And Charles, you know, when I listened to this speech, you know, he went right after Hillary, went on the attack. I mean, nobody expects him to be anybody other than Donald Trump, do they?
CHARLES HURT, FOX CONTRIBUTOR: No. And of course, he was very charming in the way he talked about how he was going to have to stay on message tonight, and he was reading portions of his speech, and all that was great.
But you know, one of the things that I think that has largely been missed by the media this week is when he started taking on water at the beginning of the week, it had nothing to do with Paul Ryan. The only people who were upset about what he said about Paul Ryan -- which, by the way, was hilarious -- the only people who were upset about that was Paul Ryan and a bunch of, you know, politicos inside the Beltway. Nobody cares about that.
What Donald Trump was in trouble for at the beginning of the week was that unnecessary, ridiculous spat with the Khan family. And what I think we have seen is, once again, we've seen another media Houdini act by Trump, where he throws out the thing with Paul Ryan at the very zenith of the Khan controversy, and it completely changes the subject from the Khan controversy to this new non-controversy that nobody cares about, and it all winds up with a wonderful speech tonight in which he exhibited party unity.
Nobody cares about that, really, but we're not talking about the Khan thing now. We're talking about, you know, Trump's support for John McCain, Kelly Ayotte and Paul Ryan.
And by the way, he also got in all of his shots on, you know, the "queen of corruption" and stuff like that. So I think, going forward, if he does remain laser-focused, as he should, you know, this is -- today was a victory for him.
CONWAY: And on Monday, he's going to be unveiling a great economic plan, Governor. I'm sure you're -- everyone's aware of that, the Detroit Economic Club. It's really a great plan. It will help the middle class, who are struggling.
I think that's an important segue here, too, also, because I think the inside baseball of the past week has also distracted us from talking about what the voters want to talk about, which is issues. People in this country are struggling and people are nervous and they feel unsafe and not prosperous.
And I think the specific plans -- I was with Governor Pence yesterday in North Carolina and Virginia. He's out on the stump talking about substance, taking the case right to Hillary Clinton for the failures of "Obama care," Governor, which he also reminded us was really just a prologue to "Hillary care" that she tried to -- so you've got 16 of the 23 co-ops already failing. You've got millions of uninsured Americans who weren't supposed to be in this place. You've got to now pivot to the substance, as well, because there Hillary simply cannot compete.
HUCKABEE: And Kelly, I'm pretty sure that we're not going to hear Donald Trump go to Detroit on Monday and propose another $1.5 trillion in taxes over the next 10 years.
HUCKABEE: And Charlie, I want to go to you because...
HUCKABEE: ... just respond to you. You made a point I think is very important, and that is that this whole thing about Paul Ryan -- I think Donald Trump was just tweaking his nose a little bit because he used the exact same language on Paul Ryan that Paul Ryan had used on him about, I want to get there, but I'm just not there yet. I thought the whole thing was more funny.
HUCKABEE: Now, I think some of the other things this week, you know, weren't the best of all. But he turned the corner.
HURT: Sure.
HUCKABEE: I want to listen to a little bit of the speech...
HURT: But that's the difference between you and the media. You have a sense of humor, and nobody in the media has a sense of humor!
SCHOEN: I got a sense of humor, too, but if Donald Trump...
HUCKABEE: ... no sense of humor when it comes to Republicans.
SCHOEN: ... 70 percent of the Republican votes, he's in a crisis in his campaign, which is what's happening.
CONWAY: Oh, he'll be back. He's like a yo-yo dieter with Republicans, Doug. He goes up, he goes down. They're not going for Hillary Clinton. He'll be back.
SCHOEN: Well, you know...
HUCKABEE: All right...
SCHOEN: So far, the polls are just going one way, Kellyanne, down.
CONWAY: We'll talk next week.
HUCKABEE: Let's listen to this. This is a little clip from the speech tonight in Green Bay. He clearly is indicating that he's not going to be so sweet and loving and syrupy when it comes to Hillary Clinton. Let's listen and then get some reaction.
TRUMP: In one way, she's a monster, OK? Look at what happened. Look at her history. In another way, she's a weak person. She's actually not strong enough to be president.
She's going to be the tough one, see? She's going to be the tough one. She's going to play with nuclear weapons. You know, they have all nukes, nice nukes. She's going to be the tough one.
Now, here's the problem with Hillary -- Hillary "Rotten" Clinton.
TRUMP: Here's the problem. Here's -- that's why she changed her -- that's why she doesn't want to use the name anymore because everybody was saying that!
HUCKABEE: The debates are going to be absolutely fantastic. I think we can get rid of the national debt by making it pay-per-view and letting people across the country just buy in to be able to watch it.
All right, let me start with you, Doug. Hillary Clinton's going to be the target. If he stays on Hillary and doesn't go out and beat up the fans in the arena, do you think Donald Trump is going to end up getting his mojo back?
SCHOEN: Well, he certainly can. I agree with that. But the one thing, again, we haven't talked about is the Clintons are going to have $2 billion to bring to bear.
And Kellyanne, maybe I'm wrong, but so far, there really haven't been any appreciable media buys by Donald Trump or his super-PAC, I think getting outspent four, five, six to one. And if that happens, given the lead that the secretary of state has in the swing states, yes, he can get his mojo back, but without unanimous Republican support, given the weakness with minorities, it's going to be a tough but not impossible race for Donald Trump.
CONWAY: But I have to push back on that a little bit, Doug, because, first of all, we released an ad tonight and it's terrific. I would commend everybody just to go to our Web site, DonaldTrump.com, or pick up the ad.
And it takes the case to Hillary Clinton, Governor, to your point. It goes back and it shows the montage of everybody calling her reckless and crooked and putting her personal interests before our national security interests, a fact that will not change between now and November, and a fact that we really can't emphasize enough.
Secondly, Doug, I will have to say that this is a very unconventional candidate and a very unconventional way of campaigning. Yet with Hillary, everything's out in the open. We know she's going to...
HUCKABEE: Kellyanne, I've got to interrupt. We are in a hard break here. I want to thank all of you...
SCHOEN: Thank you.
HUCKABEE: ... Charlie, Doug...
HURT: Thank you, Governor.
HUCKABEE: ... and also Kellyanne. and we're all looking forward to that speech on Monday. It ought to be a barn-burner, stemwinder.
All right, coming up next right here on "Hannity"...
HILLARY CLINTON, D-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: And it was therefore reasonable to conclude that anyone, including myself, would have not suspected that they were classified.
HUCKABEE: All right, Hillary Clinton continues to make excuses about her private e-mail server. Our panel is going to weigh in next.
Plus, retired lieutenant general Mike Flynn and Dr. Sebastian Gorka will be joining us later tonight.
That and more as this special edition of "Hannity" continues.
HUCKABEE: And welcome back to this special edition of "Hannity: Road to the White House." All right, it's been 246 days since Hillary Clinton gave a formal press conference. But today, she did answer, well, a few questions while addressing the National Association of Black and Hispanic Journalists conference. Clinton was asked about her private e-mail server scandal, and once again continued to make excuses. Watch this.
CLINTON: Director Comey said that only 3 out of 30,000 had anything resembling classified markers. The 3 e-mails out of the 30,000 did not have the appropriate markings, and it was therefore reasonable to conclude that anyone, including myself, would have not suspected that they were classified.
So what we have here is pretty much what I have been saying throughout this whole year, and that is that I never sent or received anything that was marked classified.
What I told the FBI, which he said was truthful, is consistent with what I have said publicly. So I may have short-circuited, and for that, I, you know, will try to clarify because I think, you know, Chris Wallace and I were probably talking past each other.
HUCKABEE: Yes, I'm sure that's what it was. All right, plus, while Clinton was answering questions, the people in the room, which consisted mostly of journalists, were loudly applauding her answers. Watch this.
CLINTON: President Obama does not get the credit he deserves for leading us out of the great recession.
CLINTON: And I served as secretary of state. And when I left, I had a 66 percent approval rating. So ask yourselves...
CLINTON: Donna Brazile is here. She's our acting chair of the DNC.
CLINTON: Together, I think we can create the kind of future that every one of our kids and grandkids deserves. Thank you all very much.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Secretary Clinton, we are out of time. We want to thank you very much. Everyone, please give a big round of applause to Secretary Clinton for coming.
HUCKABEE: So what's the big deal? I mean, it's like those old press conferences back in Arkansas when I was governor. They always were cheering. It was Bronx cheering, but it was cheering nonetheless.
All right, joining me now, pollster Lee Carter and Fox News contributors Pete Hegseth and Eboni Williams. Eboni, let me start with you. Hillary Clinton once again tries to explain this e-mail thing. Has she ever made any sense, from your perspective?
EBONI WILLIAMS, FOX CONTRIBUTOR: It's actually remarkable, and I say this as an attorney. What we saw from Secretary Clinton there was about as cherry-picking and a horrible representation of lawyering, is kind of what traditional people think (INAUDIBLE) lawyering as I've seen.
So this is easy. This is simple. Trey Gowdy said to Director Comey, Did you send or receive any classified e-mails? Was that truthful? Director Comey said, No, that was not truthful.
That is the end of the analysis, Governor. So I'm really not sure why Hillary is consistently sticking to a different story than what the FBI director is saying.
HUCKABEE: Pete, journalists are applauding, and they think this is just wonderful. I mean, maybe they're applauding because it's the first time she's shown up for a press conference in 246 days.
PETE HEGSETH, FOX CONTRIBUTOR: Well, of course, it wasn't a press conference. We were talking about that earlier. It was a conference she was speaking at where she happened to take a few questions (INAUDIBLE) happily obfuscate as a press conference, which of course, it wasn't.
We're looking at, of course, the next generation of left-wing journalists that will pretend to be independent, will take stances that they think look down the middle, but are of course, bias. We saw an entire week, Governor, where bias was overwhelming against Donald Trump on -- on stories, and they ignored big ones, like where she lied to Chris Wallace, and again here today, about her character and fitness to be commander-in-chief.
WILLIAMS: (INAUDIBLE) jump in (INAUDIBLE) why I say respectfully, I'm a member of that organization, and I have to push back a little bit, Pete. I don't think it's a left-leaning organization...
HEGSETH: Did you hear the applause for the DNC chairwoman?
WILLIAMS: She's not a journalist. Donna Brazile is not. And also, those are a lot of students, as well, in that organization. I've been to those conferences. But go ahead.
HEGSETH: But yes, it looked a little one-sided.
HUCKABEE: All right, Lee, I want you to react to something Ron Fournier said earlier this week about the Clinton campaign not even caring about trust. Here's Ron.
RON FOURNIER, THE ATLANTIC: I literally had senior officials on the record -- or not on the record, on background a year ago saying -- or more than a year ago saying that trust doesn't matter, that Bill Clinton won, even though he was trusted less than the two people he ran against. What they don't realize is the world has changed, and we know see that trust does matter. It's really destroyed her credibility.
Now, she could still win even by continuing this -- this parsing and this lying, but then she's going to be leading a country where two thirds of the people don't trust her.
HUCKABEE: All right, Lee, you dial-test this stuff all the time. Do people give a hang about trust?
LEE CARTER, MASLANSKY & PARTNERS: Absolutely. Trust is the currency of the day. It used to be power. It used to be money. It used to be all kinds of things. Trust is what matters right now. Authenticity is what matters right now.
People want to be able to feel touched, be tangible with the people that they're voting for, that they give their money to and businesses. It's a totally different day.
We don't like advertising that's produced. We like things that you discover for yourself. Trust matters more today than it ever has in our institutions.
And it's at an all-time low with politicians. Hillary, on top of having the behavior issues, is a career politician, in many ways. She is a legacy. She is an establishment family. And as a result, people are just going to start by not trusting her, and in her behaviors, one after the other, is causing a complete dearth of trust in her. And her trust numbers are horrible!
HUCKABEE: I mean, she's just south of 70 percent of the American people who say, We don't trust you. Would people ever vote for somebody to be president that they can't trust at that level?
HEGSETH: Lack of trust speaks to the rise of Donald Trump. He may be a rich billionaire, but he's a blue-collar billionaire in saying, Hey, the elites up there that make the rules, the ruling class, they're telling you things you know are not true, whether it's your job performance and your wages are getting better. He told the VA that things were getting better. Vets know that's not getting better.
There's a massive disconnect between the rhetoric in Washington and the reality on the ground. The extent to which Donald Trump can continue to expose that, he will drive a wedge into the loyalty problem that Hillary has.
WILLIAMS: Nobody trusts Hillary Clinton. Like you said, Governor, it's almost 70 percent. My question, though, is how is she still in some states double-digit leading Donald Trump? So to your point, I agree people should care about trust, absolutely, Lee. I'm concerned that despite the lack of trust, people still seem to be somehow willing to vote for Hillary anyway.
HUCKABEE: Lee, 15 seconds. How is it that she's leading in states when people don't trust her?
CARTER: She's leading in states right now because Donald Trump has had a really bad two weeks. Two weeks ago, we were looking at a place where 55 percent likelihood with Nate Silver that Donald Trump was going to be the next president of the United States. He was winning Pennsylvania. He was winning some of the key swing states.
The last two weeks have not -- I'm not going to say have not been kind to him. He has not been kind to the last two weeks. And in many ways, he has to change the page, turn the page, forget this all happened, get back on message and start moving forward.
HUCKABEE: Yes or no to all of you real quickly. Is this a recoverable situation for Donald Trump? Eboni, yes or no.
WILLIAMS: Yes. It's early.
HEGSETH: Yes.
HUCKABEE: Pete?
CARTER: Absolutely, 100 percent.
HUCKABEE: There you go, three for three.
All right, coming up next on this special edition of "Hannity"...
PASTOR SAYEED ABEDINI, FORMER HOSTAGE: I asked him why you don't let us go because the plane was there. Pilot was there. Everyone was ready that we leave the country. They said, We are waiting for another plane, and until that plane doesn't come, we never let you go.
HUCKABEE: One of the four Americans held by Iran reveals what he was told the day that he was set free. Did the Obama administration pay ransom to Tehran? Retired lieutenant general Mike Flynn weighs in next.
Plus, President Obama spoke about his ISIS strategy yesterday at the Pentagon. Dr. Sebastian Gorka is going to weigh in on that and much more as "Hannity" continues.
HUCKABEE: And welcome back to "Hannity." Earlier this week, President Obama once again found himself in the middle of a controversy, this time after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Obama administration secretly shipped $400 million to Iran during this very same time that American hostages were being freed by Tehran.
Yesterday, President Obama said there was an easy explanation for this whole situation! So take a look.
BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: This wasn't some nefarious deal. Iran had pressed a claim before an international tribunal about them recovering money of theirs that we had frozen.
The reason that we had to give them cash is precisely because we are so strict in maintaining sanctions, and we do not have a banking relationship with Iran, that we couldn't send them a check and we could not wire the money.
HUCKABEE: Oh, just put it on a credit card. Well, look, while President Obama is officially saying that the timing of the cash payment was just mere coincidence, one of the freed hostages is painting a much difference picture. Listen to this.
PASTOR SAYEED ABEDINI, FORMER HOSTAGE: They told us, You're going to be there for 20 minutes, but it took, like, hours and hours. We slept at the airport. And When I asked them, Why you don't let us go because the plane was there. Pilot was there. Everyone was ready that we leave the country. They said, We are waiting for another plane, and until that plane doesn't come, we never let you go.
HUCKABEE: All right, so how will this scandal affect the race for the White House? Joining me now for reaction is the author of "The Field of Fight," retired lieutenant general Michael Flynn.
General, delighted to have you here. Let's get right to the meat of the nut. Was this a ransom payment?
LT. GEN. MICHAEL FLYNN, U.S. ARMY (RET.): It certainly appears that way, Governor. And I'll tell you, you know, what this really comes down to is just the incredibly poor judgment on behalf of this administration with everything surrounding the Iranian nuclear deal, a deal that -- you know, anybody that's -- you know, that can see straight knows that this was a really bad deal.
So it's poor judgment. It's lousy decision-making. And it also shows a level of incompetence inside of the national security structure around the president about just making these kinds of decisions. I mean, you know, the perceptional (ph) reality, when you look at this whole thing, it just really -- it stinks. It smells bad. It looks bad.
HUCKABEE: Well, especially the fact that there's an unmarked airplane that flies in, $400 million with that money in Swiss francs because it had been laundered so they didn't bring in U.S. dollars. I mean, in all your years in the military, did you ever see an operation in which we flew in laundered money -- and I'm using that term expressly, on purpose -- but we flew in that kind of money to a foreign government with whom we did not have a very good relationship?
FLYNN: Yes, the leading -- Iran is the leading and was at that time, I believe, was still the leading state sponsor of terrorism in the world, so -- and according to our own government.
So first of all, you know, when we talk about this $400 million -- I mean the deal that we cut with them, Governor, as you know and your listeners know, was going to give them $150 billion and the pathway to a nuclear weapon. Why was it that we had to give them this $400 million? I mean, I don't get it. We should have demanded to get those American citizens back for nothing, I mean, based on what we were giving them in this lousy deal.
So I mean, the fact we gave them an additional $400 million, however the president was trying to explain it away, it just is so bad to me. And it's just another level -- another one of these scandals that, frankly -- I'm tired of them, and I know that the American public are tired of them based on the kinds of things that I'm getting from people. It's just -- it's just sickening!
HUCKABEE: General, Iran is known -- I mean, they've given money to Hamas. They've given it to Hezbollah. They've killed Americans. They've kidnapped Americans. Do you have any confidence that this money will never find its way into the hands of terrorists like those of Hamas and Hezbollah?
FLYNN: Yes, none at all. I mean, you know, that's a great -- that's a great question. And you know, whose pockets does this money go into? It's not going back into -- you know, to beef up the education system in Iran or their infrastructure.
This is going to go into some -- you know, into somebody's pocket, probably the -- probably the IRGC Quds Force, who runs their terror -- their global terror operations around the world.
So I mean, this is bad. This is really bad. And this -- we're not talking about, you know, some small amount of money. This is $400 million, and it's going to go into somebody's pocket that's going to continue to basically do evil things against our country.
HUCKABEE: It would have provided a lot of free college scholarships and a host of other things. I think one of the concerns that many of us have -- this whole Iranian deal ultimately means that they will likely develop, and quite frankly deploy, a nuclear weapon. I mean, isn't that the reality that we're dealing with...
FLYNN: Yes.
HUCKABEE: ... with the Iranians?
FLYNN: Yes, (INAUDIBLE) the Iranians have been lying about this for a long time. And so you know, for us to -- trust to have any sense of trust -- but what the Iranian nuclear deal did was it gave Iran a pathway to a nuclear bomb.
I mean, you know, it just -- it's unfathomable to me that we would have cut a deal like this with all of the disaster that's unfolding, unraveling in the Middle East, with all of the problems with the rise of radical Islam not only in the Middle East but in Africa, the problems we're having in Europe, and we're going to give Iran, who is one of the sponsors of this rise -- we're going to give them the potential to have a nuclear weapon plus $150 billion?
You know, I mean, it just doesn't make any sense to me. And that's why I've been -- I've been against it from the beginning.
HUCKABEE: Well, I appreciate your being here. Actually, it seems to make more sense to give a bottle of liquor and car keys to a Porsche to a 16-year-old boy than it would be to give $400 million to the Iranians.
General Flynn, delighted to have you here. Thank you very much for joining us tonight.
FLYNN: Thanks, Governor.
HUCKABEE: All right, coming up next on "Hannity"...
OBAMA: I do want to step back and note the broader progress that has been made in this campaign so far. Two years ago, ISIL was racing across Iraq to the outskirts of Baghdad itself, and to many observers, ISIL looked invincible.
HUCKABEE: President Obama spoke at the Pentagon yesterday about his ISIS strategy. Dr. Sebastian Gorka is here next. He'll explain why the administration needs to change the course.
And then later...
SEAN HANNITY, HOST: I think Trump should line up speeches all around the country on specific topics so that people can hear exactly what he stands for and the solutions he's offering.
HUCKABEE: Earlier this week, Sean offered a little advice to the Trump campaign. We're going to tell you what it was, and then we'll get reaction from our panel.
That and more as this special edition of "Hannity: Road to the White House," continues.
PATRICIA STARK, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Live from America's news headquarters, I'm Patricia Stark.
Some good news for your 401(k), Stocks having their best day in nearly a month. The Labor Department's July hiring report igniting today's rally. That report showed far bigger gains than expected and led the charge for the S&P and NASDAQ, both of which set record highs. The Dow Jones still sits below its all-time high set last month, but did finish the week on a high note, closing up 191 points today.
And a Pentagon official tells Fox News that nearly half of the detainees remaining at Guantanamo Bay are slated for transfer. Of the 76 detainees, 34 of them will be moved to other countries and some of them won't be going back to prison. Critics fear they could return to terrorism, but President Obama has said that those transfers so far are, quote, "low-level individuals."
I'm Patricia Stark. And now back to "Hannity."
HUCKABEE: And welcome back to this special edition of "Hannity: Road to the White House." Yesterday president Obama held a press conference to discuss the progress that America has made in the fight against ISIS, and his remarks were filled with mixed messages. Watch this one.
OBAMA: ISIL still has the ability to direct and inspire attacks.
I do want to step back and note the broader progress that has been made in this campaign so far. Two years ago ISIL was racing across Iraq to the outskirts of Baghdad itself, and to many observers, ISIL looked invincible. ISIL has not had a major successful operation in either Syria or Iraq in a whole year.
HUCKABEE: Joining us with the reaction is the author of "Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War," the distinguished chair of military theory at Marine Corps University, Dr. Sebastian Gorka.
All right, Dr. Gorka, the president is kind of all over the board on this. He tells us that this is an ISIS that's getting defeated, but we still have a threat. So which is it?
DR. SEBASTIAN GORKA, AUTHOR, "DEFEATING JIHAD": That is the question, governor. You just have to listen to the professionals. Let's take politics out of the equation. Let's take spin out of the equation. We have the most senior intelligence officer in federal government, that's DNI Clapper, the director of national intelligence, who in his last unclassified testimony on the Hill just a matter of maybe three weeks ago, said the following. He said that the capacity of the Islamic State of ISIS to execute global attacks has not been diminished at all by our actions in theater. That's number one. So their capacity to do terrorism in San Bernardino, in Orlando, in France has not changed.
And on top of that, the one sentence that the media really missed, because it came later on in his testimony, is the following. He said, "In my 30-plus career as an intelligence professional, I have never seen the world as unstable as it is today." That's after seven-and-a-half years of Obama and Clinton foreign policy, governor. So let's leave it the professionals. The most senior intelligence officer said the world is on fire.
HUCKABEE: You know, if it's on fire, then how come we haven't called the fire department? I mean, it just seems like that this is an ongoing struggle. We've called it a jayvee team. We said we've contained it. Clearly it was more than a jayvee team and we haven't contained it. How does the president and this administration get away with diminishing the description and the threat that ISIS poses to the world?
GORKA: Because it's not about reality. It's not about protecting America. It's about spin. It's about legacy. Think about the fact that last year, we had 60 central command analysts, the people who are looking at ISIS, at Syria, at Iraq, publicly complain and protest that their analysis reports on ISIS were being either doctored, changed, or thrown away when they didn't comport with the White House narrative that we're winning.
If it didn't meet the preconceived political message, it was distorted, or it was lost. We didn't even have that, governor, during Vietnam. We never had 60 intel analysts say, reality doesn't matter, and the White House simply wants to spin. It's outrageous.
HUCKABEE: Dr. Gorka, one of the questions that I've never heard answered. ISIS communicates largely through social media platforms, Twitter, Facebook. How in the world is it that they have access? Why hasn't there been a definite effort to shut them out of these social media platforms so that they can't communicate?
GORKA: Well, there's a couple of reasons for that. The first one is a technical one. The Internet was invented by the defense research hub for the DOD, and it was invented deliberately to have built in redundancy, so you can shut down one server, shut down IPA address provider, and it will rejuvenate and another place will take over. So the technology is really on the side of the terrorists.
Secondly, what is Internet provision about? It's about the bottom line. It's about making a buck. It's about the service provider having the shares report positively in the next quarterly stock meeting. Look what happened after San Bernardino. Apple doesn't want to allow the FBI to open the county government's iPhone that was issued to Mr. Malik -- yes, to Farook. So why is that? Because they're scared about whether they're going to make profit on the next iPhone 7. This is the challenge. We really have a lack of cooperation between the national security establishment, the private sector, and the nature of the Internet itself.
HUCKABEE: Well, it's a fascinating thing. It just seems like there ought to be a way to shut down their ability to recruit, to train, to teach, and to actually push the button and the trigger to get these guys to do what they're doing. Dr. Gorka, always great to talk to you. Thank you very much for being here tonight.
GORKA: Thank you, governor.
HUCKABEE: And coming up right here on "Hannity."
HANNITY: I think Trump should line up speeches all around the country on specific topics so that people can hear exactly what he stands for and the solutions he's offering.
HUCKABEE: Well, earlier this week Sean gave a little advice to the Trump campaign. We're going to play you the highlights of what he said and then get reaction with our panel. That and more, so stay with us.
HUCKABEE: Welcome back to this special edition of "Hannity: Road to the White House." Earlier this week, Sean offered a little advice to the Trump campaign. This is on what they need to do in order to defeat Hillary Clinton in November. Let's take a look at what he said.
HANNITY: For starters, there can be no more unforced errors. Now, Hillary Clinton is going to try and convince voters, the American people, that Donald Trump doesn't have the temperament to be president, or that he's too impulsive. So why is this going to be her strategy? It's all she has. She can't run on her record. She can't win on substantive issues, and she certainly can't win on issues based on honesty and integrity and truthfulness.
The only people Donald Trump should ever talk about -- two people, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, because their records are a disaster. I think people want Trump to talk about how he's going to create jobs, revitalize this broken economy, and of course first and foremost, protect the homeland.
I think Trump should line up speeches all around the country on specific topics so that people can hear exactly what he stands for and the solutions he's offering. And if I was in charge of Trump's campaign, well, I'd have him travel all over the country, roll up his sleeves, and show you the American people how he will deal with, for example, the immigration crisis, the refugee crisis, and much more.
And I'd have him put together a team of rivals. And I'd also put together Trump's promises to America to make America great again. In other words, 10 detailed promises that he will fulfill if you elect him president. For example, the promise to appoint originalists to the Supreme Court that also respect the constitution, separation of powers, coequal branches of government, how he will protect the homeland, that he will acknowledge that radical Islam is a real, clear and present danger to this country. How we need to secure the borders. Open borders make us less secure.
And also we have 95 million Americans out of the labor force. People come in here illegally, they're fighting for those jobs that Americans right now need. That also drives down wages.
I also want him to talk about the refugee program, how it has to be safe, that we can't gamble with you, the lives of you, the American people. How he's going to fix America's broken economy and get people back to work, and certainly add some type of discipline, fiscal discipline in Washington.
The need for energy independence -- he can compare and contrast his plan on energy, which is to expand coal mining, expand nuclear technology, drilling and fracking, versus Hillary. She wants to put coal miners out of work, coal mining businesses out of business.
And that also brings us to the issue of education. First and foremost, we pay more per student per capita than any other country, but yet we have the worst results. Send education back to small towns and cities and let the people decide how to best educate their own kids.
Also Donald Trump should explain what it means to have a better trade deal. And Donald Trump should explain that we have a promise made to America's vets, and he's going to fix our broken VA system.
In other words, he's going to put America first in all decisions. So my advice, Trump and his campaign, they need to be more than prepared. This election is way too important. We cannot afford a third term of Barack Obama and his failed policies.
HUCKABEE: Amen, brother. All right, joining us now with reaction, American Conservative Union Chairman Matt Schlapp, Fox News contributor Mercedes Schlapp, and the author of "Saving America," Mark Aesch. All right, Mark, let me start with you, because you've come up with an idea that you say would make this a game changer in the debate or even right now if Trump would do it. Tell me what that is.
MARK AESCH, AUTHOR, "SAVING AMERICA": I would take what Sean was sharing with us and actually go a step further, governor. So we have had for decades these politicians telling us what it is they're going to do. I would love to see Donald Trump tell us what he intends to deliver. For the next 30 days I would have him say if elected president, in my first term, I'm going to reduce the deficit by 50 percent. I'm going to create 7 million jobs in my first term. I will grow the economy by 2.5 percent. And at the first debate, turn to Hillary Clinton and say "Secretary Clinton, I've made clear what I will do if I'm elected president of the United States, and if I don't deliver this on behalf of the American people, I will not seek reelection. Madam Secretary, I challenge you to do the same."
HUCKABEE: That would be pretty dramatic. Matt, if he were to do that at the debate, what kind of reaction would you expect out of Hillary Clinton on the stage?
MATT SCHLAPP, CHAIRMAN, AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION: You know, governor, as you know as an Arkansan, she's great at being spontaneous.
SCHLAPP: She'd have such an honest, heartfelt reaction to the whole thing. She'd first immediately look for John Podesta in the audience to see what she should say and get the hand signals.
No, the only think I would say is I love the idea of flushing out what we believe. We did it in 1994 with the contract with America. We had our ten promises that we would deliver on. But I actually think this is much simpler. This election is very clear when the American voter already has decided they don't believe Hillary Clinton is either honest or trust worthy. And they don't want to vote for her.
And they're looking to Donald Trump who they know less well in a political context, and they just want to know he's a reasonable alternative. Every poll shows the number one issue is the economy. Second issue is our national security and killing terrorists and stopping these Islamic fundamentalist terrorists, and the fact that Washington is broken. And if Donald Trump keeps reminding people Hillary is the worst person in the world to take on those challenges I think he will win. I love the idea of flushing it out more, but let's start with that basic premise.
HUCKABEE: Mercedes, how important is it to be that specific? Because politicians always make these big promises and people don't really believe they're going to do it. So why should he, and if he should, what kind of promise do you recommend he makes?
MERCEDES SCHLAPP, WASHINGTON TIMES: Let me tell you, I think the election is almost based more on personality and character and temperament than it is necessarily on policy initiatives. We have already seen in terms of an Obama policy or a Hillary Clinton policy, it's much of the same. There is really no change. It's a stale agenda that's she's pushing forward.
So I do think we want to see from Donald Trump a bit more of the policy flushed out. At the same time, I think it's very important for Donald Trump to even go more basic than this. It's about message discipline. Clear and simple in terms of ensuring if he is talking about the economy and if he is talking about national security that that is his focus from now to November. The problem is that all these different sideshows, and you're seeing this very clear, governor. You Google Trump and you will not find one positive story come up. These news cycles that are lasting for four, five days, it just hurts the campaign. It hurts the ability for Donald Trump to be able to deliver his message effectively to the American voter. And I think that has been incredibly unfortunate for Trump.
And I think he can turn it around. He can become that comeback kid. That could be the story. If he's able to just stick to his economic, national security message, put some details to it, and ensure that he can say I can really create change in America.
HUCKABEE: That is great advice from Mark, Matt, Mercedes and Mike. We've got all the M's right here with us and good advice for Donald Trump. Focus on Hillary, make it about her, not about anybody else, and I think we all agree on that.
All right, coming up, more of this special edition of "Hannity" right after the break. So you better stay with us.
HUCKABEE: And welcome back to "Hannity." Before we go, here's a quick programming note. Be sure to tune in tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. for a special edition of "Fox News Reporting: Zika," hosted by Trace Gallagher. Again, that's tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern.
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Iraqis are fleeing their country in record numbers. One of the biggest hindrances to leaving, however, is the passport department.
Only fifty passports are given each day, and each area of Baghdad is apportioned a specific day for their neighborhood.
Because there are so many neighborhoods, you must wait six months for your day to come around again. This difficult process leads Iraqis to spend the night in the street, just to be the first in line for their passport.
Here are some photos from our Iraqi correspondent Omar Abdullah, depicting the scene outside the Passport Department.
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Ryan Palmer fought through a breezy day for a 3-over 73 yesterday at the Byron Nelson Championship. That was good enough to top the leaderboard at 5 under after three rounds.
Even with two bogeys the last three holes, Palmer finished a stroke ahead of playing partner Sergio Garcia (74) after the two started the day tied for the lead at TPC Four Seasons.
Only eight of 74 players shot under par yesterday. The best was a 67 by Arjun Atwal that tied him with Ryuji Imada (70) for third place at 3 under.
Gary Woodland and Matt Kuchar shot 68s to match Joe Ogilvie (72) at 2 under.
Local amateur Jordan Spieth opened with consecutive birdies before going on to a 72. He was among eight players tied for eighth place, only four strokes behind Palmer.
Senior PGA Championship: In Louisville, Ky., Hale Irwin overcame a four-shot deficit to grab the lead then frittered it away with a double bogey on the last hole to drop into a tie with Kiyoshi Murota in the Senior PGA Championship.
Seeking a victory that would make him the oldest winner of a senior major and oldest Champions Tour winner, Irwin � who will be 66 on Friday � shot a 2-under 70 that could have been better if not for the finish.
Irwin and Murota, who battled back pain to shoot a 74, were at 9-under 207 at Valhalla Golf Club.
Hall of Famer Tom Watson, the 2007 Senior PGA champion, shot a 68 and was just one shot back, with Trevor Dodds (67) at 7 under and Nick Price (73) at 6 under.
European Tour: In Virginia Water, England, Luke Donald birdied two of his last three holes for a 1-over 72 and a share of the lead at the BMW PGA Championship with Italian teenager Matteo Manassero.
Donald had two double bogeys and a bogey on the front nine then made four birdies on a bogey-free back nine to match Manassero at 5-under 208 on Wentworth�s historic West Course. Manassero also had a 72.
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New student registrationsFrom 1 September 2016, all new student registrations on the Pearson BTEC Higher Nationals in Business will need to be made on the new Pearson BTEC RQF Higher Nationals in Business.
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Dec. 22, 2015 – On Friday, Dec. 18, new graduates of the School of Adult and Graduate Studies (AGS) and the School of Arts and Sciences celebrated as Bryan College conferred 110 degrees on them, with 22 candidates for the Master of Business Administration degree, 87 for Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degrees, and 1 for the Associate of Science degree.
Vice President of Academics Kevin Clauson said, "In the Christmas Season, and front of a capacity crowd, it was truly a blessing to experience these graduates receiving their diplomas. We thank parents, spouses, children, grandparents, other relatives, and friends who supported their graduates financially, emotionally, and in so many other ways."
Bryan College President Stephen D. Livesay said, "The Scripture says in the Proverbs that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. And I pray that as you go forth from this place – as you continue in your quest for learning – as you continue in the vocation that God has called you to – that you would remember that in all of our learning, the foundation is that which is, indeed, the fear of the Lord."
After Dr. Vaughn Cardona led the audience and graduates in singing "Amazing Grace" and himself performed Mendelssohn's "If with All Your Hearts," Dr. Livesay introduced commencement speaker Dr. Lisa Hurst. Dr. Hurst, an AGS adjunct instructor as well as president and CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley, told the Class of 2015 that they have inspired her personally because of their firm faith: "The inner strength I've seen in each of you to persevere has made this journey so special."
Dr. Hurst expressed it best when she encouraged the graduates, "Be the best you in the role the Lord has for you right now; the greater story will unfold wonderfully as you attend to what is right in front of you."
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Curious about a new look in Minecraft? You should try out some new Minecraft Skins. Skins refer to the textures that are placed onto a player or mob model.
Skins are divided into areas that act as the surface area of the character (for example, the front head area, left leg area, etc.). A skin will only allow solid color; transparency is not allowed on the skin file except on the second layer, which is usually transparent by default; playing offline, pixels can be left free resulting in "holes" in the skin. If a skin with transparent pixels on the first layer is usually uploaded, the transparent pixels will render as black pixels in-game. The second layer can be used to give the character glasses, hats, or other accessories (even a bigger head).
Skins aren't just for the player models. A skin can also refer to other textures in the game, such as block textures, item sprites, mob skins, etc .
It is well worth noting that zombie and zombie pigmen mobs can use typical player skins (and vice-versa). Skeleton mobs can use typical player skins as well, but keep in mind that they have their skinny arms and legs. (If a skeleton mob skin can be used as a player's skin, their legs and arms will not be skinny. )
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Changing / installing player skins
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This is carried out on the Profile page by uploading a valid. png image file (note:. jpg files will be accepted), which will then replace the default skin.
Skins also have the option of having 3 or 4-pixel wide arms, which can be changed on the profile page as well.
The steve. png and alex. png files in Minecraft. jar can also be changed and replaced via a resource pack, but the effects will only be visible to players using the resource pack, and will affect all players with the default skin.
Console Edition
There are currently 16 default skin types ( with the exception of the skin packs), 8 of which derive from the Steve model and the other 8 based on the Alex model, wearing different outfits and skin colors. The skins are available to be chosen in the 'Change Skin' area of Help & Options. The Console Edition allows transparent skins, because the player cannot create their own skins. This prevents issues with completely transparent skin users "haunting" other players.
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Since Pocket Edition Alpha 0.11.0, Players can choose one of the two default skins either Steve or Alex, and can apply their own custom skin. (Uses the same format as the Java edition). The player must select a valid skin image from their photo library, and will then be prompted to choose between the two main models. Players can also buy skin packs which cost $0. 99 USD each. Those skin packs are as follows: FestiveMashup2016 skin pack, Campfire Tales, the Minecon skin pack, Villains, Biome Settlers Pack 2, Story Mode Skin Pack, Redstone Specialists, Journey To The West, Holiday Skin Pack 2015, Biome Settlers Pack 1, Halloween Costumes, City Folk, and Town Folk.
Skin packs
Skin Packs are available in the Console Edition and in the Bedrock Edition as downloadable content. Skin Packs add additional skins that players may choose from along with the 16 default skins (2 in Bedrock Edition) packaged with the game. They often feature characters from other video games, alongside original designs.
Creating a skin
Many players want to have a new look, something which describes them. While you can usually search the Internet for a previously made skin, many players prefer to create their own.
A custom skin is a great way to personalize your player model and can be done either by using a variety of community-made skin editors, or by editing the "steve. png" file manually with an image editor like Photoshop, GIMP, Paint. net or comparable image editors. When editing the "steve. png" file manually, make sure to keep the original image dimensions and make the background of the skin (the unused pixels) completely transparent. Normally, Minecraft may fail to recognize the skin as intended.
Alternatively, some people find it easier to use a program, either downloadable or in-browser, which will allow them to have a live view of their character on a three dimensional model as they are editing the skin. For example, a program called Skincraft will further aid players by providing them with a wide variety of pre-made selections ( such as hats, shoes, sweaters, etc . ), to give the skin creator exactly what they want, even if the creator has little to no artistic skill.
After generating a custom skin, either by using a skin editor or by editing the "steve. png" file directly, one will still need to upload the. png file at the Profile page on Minecraft. net before the skin is applied. Once completed, start up Minecraft and enjoy your new skin! Other players in multiplayer will also be able to observe your skin. Note that you will not be able to see your custom skin if you are not logged in or if playing offline.
Notice: the 1 8 templates can be used for pre-1.8 skins on the skin server. Only the top half of the image can be used, e. g. not the individual arms and legs on the bottom, and no overlay on any layer except the head. If the skins is usually in resource pack for 1.7, you must use the old system exactly.


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Use of Illegal Drugs
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What does this measure?
The rate of people age 18 and older who have used an illicit drug in the past month.
Why is this important?
Drug use can have serious long-term physical and mental effects on user, including damage to one's heart, memory, kidneys and liver. Abuse and addiction take a large social and financial toll on a community and the individual, consuming financial and time resources often at the expense of one's livelihood and relationships. Depending on the method of consumption, drug use can also increase the risk of contracting diseases such as HIV/AIDS or hepatitis, and can lead to death from an accident or overdose.
How is our county doing?
In 2012-14, 12% of Essex County adults reported using an illicit drug in the last 30 days, similar to the statewide rate of 13% and higher than the national rate of 10%. Essex County's rate was an increase of 3 percentage points from 9% in 2006-08.
How do we compare to similar counties?
Essex County was fairly similar to the comparison counties - reported drug use among adults in 2010-12 was 12% in Middlesex, MA and 9% in Westchester, NY.
Notes about the data
Illicit drugs include marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, prescription-type psychotherapeutics used non-medically. Data come from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health sponsored by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. SAMHSA combined three years of responses to provide estimates for smaller geographic areas and increase the precision of its estimates.
For this indicator, the counties were defined by the "2012-14 National Survey on Drug Use and Health." Because of this, Essex County includes some parts of Middlesex County and Middlesex County includes some parts of Norfolk and Plymouth counties. In addition, the data for Westchester County contains two additional counties: Putnam and Rockland.


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We are a family owned company, specialising in custom and private city tours in Cape Town South Africa
Cape Town is a port city on South Africa's southwest coast, on a peninsula beneath the imposing Table Mountain. Slowly rotating cable cars climb to the mountain's flat top, from which there are sweeping views of the city, the busy harbor and boats heading for Robben Island in Table Bay. The notorious prison that once held Nelson Mandela is now a living museum.
So every detail seems to be surrealist for people who visit it for the first time. And there is no better way to discover the secrets of THE MOTHER CITY (Cape Town), than from a ride in a Classic Rover P4 90 1956 Model with chauffeur Danie van Rooyen
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Eric Nguyen is the co-creator/artist of Strange Girl and Gigantic. Currently, he is drawing the ongoing series X for Dark Horse comics. He has also provided art for Batman, Halo: Helljumper, Infamous, Eternals and X-men First Class. As a comic artist, he has created art for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse and Image Comics.
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JACKSON — As the economic recession continues to take its toll on Mississippians, metro area charities are feeding more people this holiday season but donations via food drives and cash contributions haven't quite kept pace.
"The number of people that charities around the state are servicing has increased from 57,000 to 62,000 people a month," said John Alford, executive director of the Mississippi Food Network. "Of that 62,000, 47% are children, 24% are seniors and the rest are adults, most of whom are unemployed or underemployed."
So far this year, the Mississippi Food Network has supplied 365 charities with 14 million pounds of food.
The charities include Stewpot Community Services, Gateway Rescue Mission, Salvation Army, Samaritan Center, soup kitchens, pantries and churches. Of those charities, 93 are located in Hinds County.
"The food bank, which is owned by the charities it serves, is a grocery warehouse for the charities," he said. "They average paying us $.04 a pound, so $50 would buy about 1,250 pounds of food. It costs us about $.10 a pound to operate and the balance comes from gifts, grants and contributions."
Even though contributors are feeling the pinch from the economic downturn, and many donations have been diverted to Sept. 11 funds, donations are coming in at the same pace as last year.
"So far this year, we've been tracking normally," Alford said. "The recession and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks really haven't seemed to affect us. However, half of the monetary donations for the entire year come in during the holiday season, so it's too early to tell what impact it may have."
Luther Ott, executive director of Stewpot Community Services, said he hasn't noticed a decrease in donations lately. The nonprofit organization takes in more than $1 million in contributions each year, with nearly 80% coming from annual donors.
"We're fortunate to have real faithful financial contributors," Ott said. "People in Mississippi are very generous. I could be singing the blues if donations fall off during the holidays. We usually get larger ones then."
Ott said two of the service's three area shelters, which are for women and children only, have been full lately.
"Economic hard times are really hitting people hard," he said. "The number of people we are feeding this year is up 15% to 20%."
More people are donating their time this year, said Kathy Clem, executive director of the Good Samaritan Center.
"We've had an increase in calls to volunteer and that excites me," Clem said. "We have some wonderful corporations in our community that actually pay their employees while they give their time. If they can challenge their employees to know what's going on, it makes a huge difference and builds morale within the company. And that's where it starts."
The Good Samaritan Center feeds 50 people a day through its homebound meal program or community service projects. Clem said she hopes to double that number soon.
"Poor people aren't getting nutritional meals because junk food costs less," Clem said. "They don't have the money for better food."
This fall, there has been a "dramatic increase" in requests for meals from the center's food pantry, she said.
"We haven't seen any difference in our donations but we really haven't started our Christmas appeals," she said. "We tend to see such generosity at Christmas time, but I am anxious to see what it will be like this year."
The center accepts monetary donations and gifts of food. However, monetary donations allow the center to purchase food at a discount from the Mississippi Food Network.
"It's amazing, you can get a truck load of food for $50," Clem said. "Of course, food drives make us very appreciative. Colleges do a great job of helping with food drives, and it doesn't cost much to donate canned goods."
Mississippi Food Network's largest food drive of the year is "Food for Families," a program sponsored by WAPT-TV that involves local high schools competing for the largest canned food donations during Friday night football games.
"The drive this year has been even bigger than the year before, which I think shows the concern for helping others," Alford said.
Stuart Kellogg, general manager for WAPT-TV, said 132,756 cans of food had been collected through Nov. 15. The first year of the program, 20,000 cans were donated. This year, more than 140,000 cans are expected by the end of the football season.
"The food drive is terrific," said Kellogg. "It's one of the legs of the stool — reaching out to the community in addition to what we do in business and in news. It's been the most successful program because we can quantify the number of people who have been touched."
When the program began 10 years ago, some schools were reluctant to participate, but that is no longer the case, Kellogg said.
"The only exception is that no one will go against Madison Central (High School)," he said. "They donate around 40,000 cans each fall. Starting this fall, Madison Central began competing against its own record."
Many nonprofit leaders said they were looking for ways to encourage donations throughout the year rather than only during the holidays.
"At Christmas, we're like squirrels storing up acorns in the winter," Ott said. "We operate throughout the winter and spring on what we get at the holidays. If we could encourage people to give at other times of the year also, it sure would help us."
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Saturday, 22 August 2009
Clear Round!
We went clear! Had two gos at it and second time we went clear. She was so bold and forward going - couldn't have asked for more. Just trying to remember when I last jumped a whole course of jumps and I think I was 15. That's 12 years ago. Plenty more to come - how exciting.
Posted by Suzie at 10:21
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She seems to really enjoy the jumping - what fun for you!
- 22 August 2009 at 11:06
- Stephanie said...
- 22 August 2009 at 12:32
- I love horses! said...
That's Awesome, You got a clear round! You said the last time you got a clear round was when you were 15!
Keep it up!
- 22 August 2009 at 16:14
- Rachel said...
Hurrah! I really am going to have to come & see you soon so I can see it in person.
- 23 August 2009 at 04:26
Good for you and Echo!
I'm glad to hear that you are enjoying your jumping now :)
Echo too, by the looks of that photo!
- 9 September 2009 at 17:18
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Noosa Library Service recently celebrated Queensland Week through a week-long program, 'Behind Queensland's Words'. This program promoted Queensland Week through the written word, both stories about Queensland and those written by Queensland authors. The program included a range of Queensland focused activities, events and displays, including a writers' festival, the Books2U book fair and The Afterword Party.
The writers' festival featured diverse high profile Queensland authors - Gregg Dreise, Benjamin Law and Annabelle Brayley. More than 250 people converged on Noosaville Library on Saturday 11 of June to listen to the authors tell their stories, and get a signed copy of their book.
The book fair showcased nine local authors who represented a mix of literary genres, subject matter and age groups who were set up in the library foyer "market style". The authors said it was a great opportunity to promote their work, spend time mingling with each other, share stories and experiences and connect to other people in a field that can be largely isolating.
The day ended with a get together for the authors and attendees to celebrate over refreshments and music provided by local musician Andrea Kirwin. It was a chance to socialise and share the stories of the day in a relaxed environment.
"As an author, it was a great chance to meet other like minded people as well as members of the reading public. I have been to a number of literary events as both participant and organiser but this was one of the best I have ever attended!" (local participating author)
Noosa Library Service plays an important role by providing avenues for our community to become more aware of and appreciate Queensland's rich culture of writers and literature. The festival highlighted the wealth of talent that Queensland has created, influenced and supported. This contributes to sustaining vibrant writing communities by raising the profiles of local authors and creating stronger connections with readers.
This program was made possible with the support of Queensland Government Queensland Week grant funding.
Written by Liz Bleechmore – Programs Officer at Noosa Library Service.
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Saturday, 8 October 2016
The idea is that you dig a ditch around the boundary of the lawn. The far side slopes gently, so as the cows won't break their legs by falling in, but this side is a sharp drop, supported by a wall. Of course, some of your lordship's children might run off the end of it, and perhaps a couple of the servants, but all-in-all it'll be better than a dirty great fence across the vista, won't it?
Monsieur Guillaume Beaumont (known to his mates as Bill) created one for Levens Hall up in Cumbria. They're laying out new gardens and he put one in right from the start when he began planning in 1694. They say he's the first to have done it in this country.
And back to the present day......
The innovative structure is today known as a ha-ha, believed to have earned its name from people coming across it unexpectedly in the landscape. One of its keenest users was Lancelot "Capability" Brown (1716-83), because it helped him create truly bucolic scenes without the need for walls and fences, but obviously that was some time later than Levens, owing to the fact that he wasn't born till 1716.
The top photo is the view along the ha-ha, but it's not easy to understand immediately. The wall is at ground level. You are standing to the right of it. It might not be obvious but the grass on your left slopes down towards you. You can see the angle if you look into the distance in the pic. Please excuse the photo because I get nervous when I'm balancing on the edge of a six foot drop. The darker green you can see by the wall is a nettle bed - just to add to the fun.
So that brings us to photo 2, which shows the effect of having a ha-ha. The trees in the distance are the ones you can see on the left in photo 1. What you can't see in either photo is the fact that there are cows out there too. They are free to roam where they wish, but they can't get up and over the ha-ha wall to trample your lovely herbaceous borders. In fact, the ditch is so deep that you wouldn't be able to see the cows, even if they were right up against the wall.
And this last photo is a closer view of the urn that you're supposed to see in the view. It's a typical decorative feature of the time. Gardens around this date often had long views between flower beds, or hedges, with a classical urn or statue acting as a focal point at the end.
The shadow is, of course, where the ditch is. The fact that you can see it is entirely due to the direction of the sun when this photo was taken. Normally it would just be green, as far as your eye could see. Ha-ha!
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Looks very pretty and is practical ! I was surprised that a French had this idea, but now wonder when it was such a long time ago, because today the fields are flooded because they took all the borders away ! (and now digging trenches around)ReplyDelete
I just stopped by to say thanks for your comment on my year in books post! I love to hear what others have been reading. I've kept looking at The Lie Tree and have been tempted to read it several times but have always put it down again for some reason - after hearing your thoughts on it, it sounds like it would be worth seeking out again!ReplyDelete
Nice explanation - I didn't realise the idea came from France. Those photos (good shots) look like Levens? Lovely garden - I keep meaning to do a post on it, including the topiary of course, but I'm on a mission to bump up posts elsewhere at the moment.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes - they're Levens Hall. We visited last monthDelete
Well now, that's very interesting indeed. Seems though that it should be called an Ah-hah rather than Ha-ha! :) In this day and age, no one cares much about whether they are spoiling the views and there are certain people who want to build walls and fences everywhere. :(ReplyDelete


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Chances are your kids play sport and follow the fortunes of their favorite athlete. They might idolize this person, watching them and reading about them in the media, and perhaps being lucky enough to go and see them perform. Maybe your children want to emulate their hero when they grow up. What happens when this athlete is caught taking performance enhancing or other illegal drugs? How do you explain this to your children?
Your kids have probably received at least some drug education at school. Start off by asking what this involved. Ask them questions such as whether they know anyone at school who has taken drugs and whether this person might also have some good characteristics. You could ask your children why they think this person might have resorted to drugs. They might respond with various reasons which they may have learnt in class. This will set the scene and allow them to keep an open mind rather than have them suddenly either hating their hero or saying they must be innocent.
Discuss with them the reasons elite athletes might take performance enhancing drugs, and that it might not be just one or two reasons but many. Tell your children these people can often be under great pressure to perform. They don't want to let anyone down and that includes your children and thousands of other fans. Champion athletes have an immense desire to win; otherwise, they probably wouldn't have been able to work their way up through the age and graded competitions to get to where they are today. Sometimes, a whole country rides on the success or otherwise of a particular athlete, for example, at the Olympic Games.
Further pressure to perform comes from the fact that top sport is professional these days and competitors know they have to perform to make a living. Their time at the top is short, and they will strive for the chance to win prize money or gain lucrative endorsements and sponsorship deals. Families and coaches can place extra pressure on your children's idol. On occasions, a coach may even encourage drug use. Poor scheduling of competitions or the setting of unrealistic performance standards by administrators could contribute to an athlete's stress level.
Explain to your kids that the reasons their hero took drugs might have included a desire to speed up recovery after injury, or because they believe their opponents are using drugs and they feel they have to do the same to be competitive. Another thing you could say is that just because their hero is the best runner, swimmer or player, this doesn't mean that they have no weaknesses. Also, people of all descriptions can suffer self-doubt, a lack of confidence, and depression. Sometimes these things can cause stress, or stress can cause them. This might make a champion athlete succumb to drug taking.
The drugs taken by the athlete might not have been of the performance enhancing variety but party or recreational drugs. Again, point out that all types of people do this for all sorts of reasons. Athletes have a life outside their sport and will often go to nightclubs and parties where drugs are available. Peer pressure might cause them to weaken in these situations, or the problem might be an inability to relax, or something as simple as shyness in a social setting.
Being more specific about the performance enhancing properties of the drugs an athlete took might help your children to further understand why this person decided to use these substances. Make sure you cover the undesirable side effects too, so they are aware of the dangers. For example, anabolic steroids increase muscle strength, giving greater endurance. But they can cause liver damage, depression, and mood swings. Human growth hormone strengthens bones and reduces body fat but might lead to heart problems and enlarged organs. Erythropoietin raises oxygen levels, though it thickens the blood and can result in a heart attack or stroke. Some drugs mask pain and allow an athlete to keep competing, such as narcotics and cortisone, but the risk is further damage. A relaxant like marijuana may be used. This can cause hallucinations, impair mental functions, and lift the heart rate.
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