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You've had enough. You have finally made up your mind to fire your financial adviser.
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Maybe he wouldn't return your phone calls. Or maybe her advice turned out to be simply bad. Or maybe you just don't like him. But whatever the reason, ending a relationship with your financial adviser can be complicated in unexpected ways.
Clients who act hastily can be caught off-guard by fees and taxes associated with switching accounts. Important documents that were entrusted to the adviser may get left behind.
Here's what to keep in mind.
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First, make sure it's the right financial move. If some of the client's money is in an investment vehicle such as a mutual fund, there may be withdrawal fees or limitations on when the fund's shares can be redeemed, says Mike Turpen, partner at an Oklahoma City law firm.
To attract investors' business, the adviser also may have helped them obtain a favorable credit-card or loan interest rate. These favorable rates may unwind or reset upon leaving the adviser, says Mr. Turpen.
Be aware of potential tax consequences—for example, if the old adviser loaded up a taxable account with small-cap stocks and the new adviser wants to sell them. Similarly, make sure any retirement accounts are transferred directly into new retirement accounts, says Brent Neiser, senior director with the National Endowment for Financial Education in Denver.
Clients should also decide if they are going to hire another adviser or manage their own money. The investor's contract or engagement letter with the adviser may specify termination or transfer fees, which may include brokerage fees for transferring funds to another firm.
You shouldn't stay with a financial adviser simply because there are costs involved with leaving. But an investor should be confident that by making a move he or she will come out ahead in terms of higher quality advice or service, or both. "If you are too sensitive to spending a few hundred dollars to transfer out," says Bob Stammers, director of investor education at the CFA Institute in New York, "you may incur much higher costs by staying in an inferior adviser relationship."
How to Deliver the News?
Another big decision is exactly how to end the relationship, whether in person, on the phone or via email.
If the investors feel they can say what they need to in an email, then they should, says Mr. Stammers.
A written letter is best when the investor has a dispute or complaint.
Mary Gresham, an Atlanta-based psychologist who focuses on financial issues, says the decision should partly depend on how close the relationship is and how much pushback the investor expects. As the adviser may try to persuade the client to stay, the client needs to decide beforehand if the decision is firm or if the relationship is worth saving, says Ms. Gresham.
But if they're certain they want to leave, they should follow through on their decision.
"It takes courage to face a relationship that isn't working, but in the long run it's best to do that rather than continue with a poor relationship with someone who has such a significant impact on your life," Ms. Gresham says.
Once You've Decided...
Clients should retrieve any records and estate documents they may have left with the adviser and keep them in a safe place until they have a new adviser whom they trust.
Clients should keep their latest statement handy to help make sure nothing is overlooked in the transfer of holdings. It is also essential if the client will file a complaint against the adviser with regulators.
If an investor is firing an adviser because of suspicious activity in his or her account, immediately rescind the adviser's authority to trade on the account. The client can do so by emailing the adviser to get a form to rescind that authority. The adviser should comply immediately (unless the investor's contract with the adviser requires notice in a particular way).
If the adviser works in a sizable company, the client may wish to log a complaint with the adviser's compliance department.
If the adviser is in a small operation, the investor must either resolve the issue with the adviser personally or file a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or state securities regulator.
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This mission is troublesome only in the beginning, since the wind randomizes every so often. Operate the sniper rifle and know that you only have one good shot. Even though you have infinite ammo, as soon as you fire, the report will alert the enemies and they will immediately scatter.
Keep an eye on the red flag near the table with the weapons. Although you can wait for a while (a chopper can pass by almost twice), eventually, the target will leave. The best time to fire is any time the flag is flying towards you (or appears drooped). This means all you need to do is line up the sights and pull the trigger. If you fail, a checkpoint will be right after you enter the scope of the gun.
Once you do take out the Russian guy, zoom back on the scope and blast the cockpit of the attack chopper before it kills you. When you drop the sniper rifle, turn around and follow MacMillian to the fast-rope point and get out of the building before it blows up. From here on out, you will want to take an automatic rifle. Loud and messy, but effective.
Engage and drop the first wave of crazies and take an automatic weapon, like the G3, MP5, or AK74. Keep your M21, since the sniping comes in handy later. Evade the rest of the enemies and look for an opening into a building lit by a bonfire.
Worm your way through the inside the building and hop across the open windows to another building. Be sure to shoot the attack dog on the other side of the fence to keep your allied NPC moving.
On reaching the outside of the second building, machinegun the enemies gathering to ambush your team. Head outside and waste the rest. Be sure to search the fallen for weapons and ammo. An attack chopper will harrass you in the street. Use your M21 to place accurate shots on the cockpit and you should be able to down the craft.
As the chopper crashes, you can sprint (or just go to the spot where it always stops) and get ready to pick up your injured NPC ally. Just like before, you cannot sprint, duck, jump or attack while doing a fireman's carry.
Take your injured ally towards the objective marker and drop him when enemies appear. Be sure to reload completely before picking up your ally again, since you cannot reload while carrying him. After blasting the chopper soldiers and the patrol, you will enter a building that MacMillian hopes to, "lose the enemy in there".
Place MacMillian down in the building when you hear enemies -- there should be two soldiers and four attack dogs. If there are enemies left, MacMillian will ask you to check the rooms for enemies; if there are no enemies, he says nothing if you pick him up. A secret is coming up.
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After escaping the building where the NPC ally says, "Let's try to lose them in there," you will locate the fire escape on that dwelling. Since the timer is still counting down, you need to quickly drop your baggage, hustle up the fire escape and claim the secret before you or the timer expires. The similarity of this fire escape and the one in the previous stage is remarkable, but they are different.
Continue and you should locate a building that has an empty swimming pool inside. Go through the bathhouse (or gym or whatever) and you should find two Russian snipers (take their Dragunovs if you like) and the infamous Pripyat ferris wheel (a constant icon in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.).
At this point you need to be very careful at what you do. Although the timer stopped, you still need to be aware that you can double your traps and get a secret if you know what you're doing.
To double your traps, place MacMillian down at the foot of the ferris wheel. You should have a stock of C4 and Claymores on hand already (from the start of the mission or by simply restarting from a checkpoint on Recruit or Normal. Place your traps to the west of the ferris wheel (or anywhere you like -- just don't move too far away or MacMillian dies).
Once you exhausted all your explosives, pick up MacMillian and place him on the glowing gold spot on the hill north and west of the ferris wheel. Your C4 and claymores should be restored and you have the 30 seconds to seed the place with more mines.
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This secret is only accessible during the final fight with the Russians at Pripyat. With the ferris wheel behind you, you will face compass East at a crappy looking Russian apartment. Approach it and look for a hole in the fence (bottom right image). Notice a closed door to another crappy Russian dwelling to the compass' Southeast.
Past that door is the laptop. If the door is not open when the Helicopters bring reinforcements in the second-half of the fight, then run past the building with the pool. There is an open double door and a short hallway. Stay here for a few minutes, forcing the enemies to spawn behind the door with the Laptop.
If getting this secret is too hard, consider using the easiest difficulty level (via Mission Select) to weather the enemy fire. Don't forget that you cannot use the cheats until you beat the game anyway.
Fighting off the Russians will require some skill, but if you are not going for the secret, you can simply afford to wait next to your NPC ally and use C4 explosives, sniper shots, and some gung-ho-ism to cock-punch the enemy.
A checkpoint occurs just before the enemy sends in three choppers with Russian soldiers; after you wipe out the last of them, your own chopper comes in from the East. Take the NPC to the bus and get the hell out of Dodge.
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Q&A with Men's Cross Country Captain Carl Lostrom
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Following a stellar personal and team performance against Point Loma over the weekend in which UCSD took the top 11 spots, including his third place individual finish, Lostrom took some time out from training to answer a few questions.
Q: What kind of tone does the team's performance over the weekend against Point Loma set for the rest of the season?
Lostrom: Basically coach outlined to us over the weekend that he wanted us to run as a pack and keep up a good pace since this wasn't a real high pressure meet. I was really happy with how all 11 guys stepped it up and ran as a pack. It was very encouraging in the sense that everyone was willing run in that game plan rather than having individuals run for themselves.
Q: With two weeks before your next race, what kind of training regimen do you follow?
Lostrom: Up until the NCAA Championships we pretty much train through races. That is the way that Coach Van Arsdale likes to do it and I tend to agree with him. It's kind of an uplifting thing as well if we post good times while training through races, it makes us think a little of well our times will be even that much better once we start tapering our training towards the end of the season.
Q: As the captain, what are your expectations for the year?
Lostrom: I would like to see us build a strong team in friendship and team work along with running ability. We have begun to score ourselves against last year's times in some of the set runs we do and we are ahead of last year's times already. That has come as a little bit of a shock to a lot of the guys since we lost so many talented runners from last year's team. So we are very happy with the direction we are going. Our goal each and every year in to be in the top 10 at nationals, but with the performances we have had so far this season in practice and in the one race, that goal seems more real to us this year.
Q: What does the CCAA look like for you guys this year?
Lostrom: Chico State is a very, very strong program, so really it has become a battle for second place between Cal Poly Pomona and us. What we would like to do this year, is to once and establish ourselves as the second best team in the conference, not the second or third best. Our goal is 2-3-10. Top two in the CCAA, top three in the West Region and top 10 in the country.
Q: What was it about cross country that grabbed your attention when you were younger?
Lostrom: I came out originally with the intent of getting into shape for soccer. I had never run in a practice or a race before in cross country. What I came to realize is that cross country and even track are very much team sports. Even though you are responsible for your own performance and your times are dictated by you, you have to rely on those other six guys in the race with you to carry out the gameplan. I like the fact that there is no one else to blame for your performance other than you. You can't say he didn't pass me the ball, or the coach doesn't like me. In this sport if you can run the time or post the mark, you can compete.
Q: How do you prepare for competing so early in the morning?
Lostrom: We spend all year getting ready for nationals. We practice early in the morning for a reason, to prepare for the meets we compete in. I do a lot of visualization prior to a race. I feel like I have run the race 10 times already prior to actually stepping out on to the course. It is a lot of preparation. You get a good night of sleep the night before and eat a good meal, but you rely more on the daily preparation rather than one night of preparation the night before. It is a little frustrating to compete so early because we won't have to many spectators that want to come out so early, which is completely understandable, but we get used to it.
Q: What do your future plans include?
Lostrom: Following graduation my ultimate goal, which I have had since I was a little kid, would be to work for Disney making their rides and attractions. Their business is one that I have come to admire greatly. It is a very competitive industry in that not many people who have that job, leave that job, but it is a goal of mine. My major is Mechanical Engineering and I love to build things, watch things to see how they work, so any job that allows me to not only make things, but to make things better, I will be happy.
Q: What is something that you guys get to see on a daily basis that not many people would know about Ted Van Arsdale?
Lostrom: Coach has a good sense of humor. Not many people understand him at first, but once you get to know him, you begin to understand. One of the things that I struggled with early on was his terminology. He has a lot of horses and makes many references to them in training. He once told us that he would like us to gallop, and I had a tough time visualizing this because I don't have any horses of my own, but I eventually came around.


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Cradle of Aviation teams with National Geographic Society
The Cradle of Aviation Museum is partnering with the National Geographic Society to expand its educational offerings, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announced Wednesday.
"This public-private partnership . . . will allow us to offer new opportunities for school children and [other] visitors," Mangano said.
The Cradle of Aviation will become one of only seven museums in the country to partner with the society. Under the arrangement, the National Geographic's vast library of films can be tapped for screenings in the museum's giant-screen Dome Theater, and Nassau residents will have access to special exhibits and speakers.
"We need to support all the upgrades of this theater, especially with a great science and educational organization like National Geographic," said Karin Campbell, a 10-year board member of the Westbury School District.
Westbury students, as well as some from Uniondale, Elmont and Copiague, attended the showing of a new National Geographic dinosaur film, "Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure."
Ivan Gonzales, 13, a seventh-grader from the Copiague district, said it was his first visit to the museum. "But I'd like to come back," he said.
Mark Katz, head of distribution for National Geographic Cinema Ventures, said the partnership "allows us to come up with new ideas for informal learning, making education and learning exciting and inspirational."
There is no cost to Nassau taxpayers from the museum partnership, officials said.
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Date: Sunday, September 9, 2018
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GUEST VIEW: Cold Arctic logic shelves Shell's drilling plan
The following editorial was published in the March 4 edition of the Seattle Times:
Mother Nature made the point the Obama administration chose to ignore two years ago as it was processing an application by Shell Oil to proceed with oil and gas development in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas.
The Arctic Ocean is a rough place to do business.
Shell operations were pummeled in both locations last year, and last week the company called off plans for the 2013 drilling season.
Oil rigs had trouble, and so did a new tug. Harsh weather, accidents and errors combined to send the Shell rigs to Asia for repairs.
All of the early warnings were seemingly ignored during the permitting process, so high winds and seas, ice and limited visibility made the point.
The Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico made the hazards and difficulties clear. Imagine spill response within truly harsh conditions.
Respect the lessons learned.
Last month, the Interior Department approved a plan to expand energy production and wildlife protections in a widely praised move for the 23 million-acre National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
The agreement makes approximately 11.8 million acres available for oil and gas leasing and closes 11 million acres to energy development.
The Bureau of Land Management estimates three-fourths of the recoverable oil and half of the recoverable gas are in the plan.
Energy supplies are open, and other resources — subsistence living, recreation, fish and wildlife, historical and scenic values — are protected.
Do not ignore Mother Nature. Shell was lucky. Better options exist, and the Interior decision provides for them


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Farewell, My Friend, Adieu
The food industry says goodbye to one of its beloved friends.
Nov 1, 2012
The food industry has sadly lost one of the nicest people on earth. In keeping with her extraordinary sense of flair, Diane Toops, my dear friend and fellow editor, passed away on Halloween evening. She was a rare gem—kind, gracious and seriously funny—and was loved not only by her fans, readers and clients, but also by editors and writers at other magazines.Read More
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Obama in Israel: 5 takeaways
AMMAN, Jordan — The White House insisted there would be no huge breakthroughs on President Barack Obama's first trip to Israel as president — a promise Obama kept.
He made some progress in key areas — not hard to do given how little Obama accomplished in the region during his first term. But building on those steps would require the kind of sustained involvement Obama seems hesitant to do.
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Obama did seem to improve his standing significantly with the Israeli public and patch up his bruised relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That's probably a prerequisite for progress on Mideast peace, even if there's nothing to show for it right away.
Here are POLITICO's takeways from Obama's visit to the region.
Bibi and Barack patch it up
For Obama and Netanyahu, it was definitely not love at first sight in 2009. But during the president's three days in Israel, they finally seemed to build some rapport.
Netanyahu, who's old enough that his first run as prime minister was when Bill Clinton was president in the 1990s, also leapt at every opportunity to pick up on Obama's youthful charisma. When Obama stripped off his suit jacket and strode across the Tel Aviv airport tarmac in his shirtsleeves, proclaiming, "I'm a young man. I like to walk," Netanyahu quickly stripped off his suit coat, as well. As photographers snapped away, the two men walked side by side with their jackets slung over their shoulders, looking vigorous and producing one of the iconic images of the trip.
Obama quickly struck a kind of buddy-buddy vibe with Netanyahu, noting some colored markings on the pavement and quipping, "He's always talking to me about red lines."
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By the time of a state dinner Thursday night, Obama and Netanyahu were leaning in to each other like old friends, chatting intensely. The president even used his hand to try to shield their words from prying cameras.
During their joint appearances, Netanyahu gushed over Obama, saluting his "great success mobilizing the international community" to sanction Iran over its nuclear program. The Israeli prime minister said he would "cherish" Obama's remarks on the historical origins of the state of Israel and said there's more between them now than most have come to expect.
"I think that people should get to know President Obama the way I've gotten to know him," Netanyahu said, suggesting a kind of intimacy entirely at odds with the first four years of their relationship.


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Black Button Eyes Productions is pleased to announce the Chicago and Midwest Premiere of Coraline, opening at City Lit Theater on August 8, 2014.
Adapted from the beloved fantasy novel Coraline by Neil Gaiman, this original musical by Stephin Merritt & David Greenspan tells the story of Coraline Jones, a young girl who has just moved with her parents into a new flat in an old house. Bored by her colorless surroundings and her busy parents, Coraline goes exploring and discovers a door unlike any in the house – a magic door that, when unlocked, reveals a passage to a strange world like her own, but with one key difference: all the grownups have black buttons for eyes. This new world seems to offer all she wants: parents who are keenly interested in her, toys that sing and dance, neighbors who get her name right. But as this parallel world becomes increasingly unsettling, Coraline must learn the true meaning of bravery to save her parents and herself.
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With area prep basketball teams entering the bulk of their conference schedules, a few have been less fortunate than others in avoiding costly injuries. Here are a few of the teams that have suffered key losses in their lineups.
-- While most teams could have spent last week�s exam period refining aspects and preparing to head into the bulk of conference play, one area team spent most of its team working in new players.
The Williams High School girls� team is missing three players � forwards Carlye Jones and Carter Hussey and guard TaMara Harvey � due to injuries. Jones and Harvey are out for the season with torn anterior cruciate ligaments and Hussey is out for two weeks with a concussion.
�For a week and a half, all we�ve done is work with kids who haven�t played much,� Williams coach Tommy Cole said. �You�ve got Olivia Baldwin, Lilly Black. They haven�t played much and they�re in there battling and banging, trying to do what we ask them to do.�
Baldwin and Black, along with Sarah Davis, have been the main beneficiaries in terms of increased roles. Baldwin scored seven points in a victory against Cummings High School on Monday and Davis nailed three 3s against Northern Guilford on Tuesday, despite an injury to her shooting elbow during Monday�s game.
-- Western Alamance boys� coach Carter Gerlach estimates that he has had two of his best players on the court together for about three quarters this season.
Guard Andre Saunders was hurt in the first game of the season with a knee injury. In his first game back, a Jan. 8 game at Northern Guilford, forward T.J. Harris broke a bone in his lower left leg.
Gerlach said Harris is probably out for the season.
�That was the first time, other than the first game, we dressed all 12 (players) out,� Gerlach said. �But then Andre went out the first game, so we didn�t play one game this year with everybody.�
The injury to Harris, a junior who was a Times-News All-Region defensive end for football, has left Western Alamance with sophomore Hunter Lent as the only post player with significant experience.
-- River Mill�s girls� team lost guard Ashley Spivey to a torn anterior cuciate ligament last week.
Spivey went down in the game against Durham School of the Arts. Coach Hamilton Perkins said he received confirmation of the severity of the injury during the weekend.
Her absence could be a significant blow to River Mill�s postseason aspirations. The Jaguars reached the Class 1-A West Regional semifinals last year.
-- SCHEDULING NOTES: Eastern Alamance and Western Alamance have rescheduled their Mid-State 3-A Conference matchups originally scheduled for Friday. Instead, the teams will meet tonight in Mebane. Athletics directors from both schools said the change was made because of the possibility of wintry weather Friday.
Rockingham County�s games at Williams High School also have been switched from Friday to tonight.
Meanwhile, last week�s postponed Southern Alamance / Greensboro Grimsley basketball games have been rescheduled for Feb. 6 in Greensboro.
Western Alamance cancelled the remainder of its junior varsity girls� basketball schedule, announcing the move last week because of roster concerns. Thus, the school has rescheduled many of its basketball events into what amounts to tripleheaders at one site, with the junior varsity boys� games before varsity girls� and varsity boys� games.


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THE BREITBART/O'KEEFE-IZATION OF AMERICAN POLITICS, PART MCMLXXVII — I haven't been able to watch the Benghazi hearings, but I've checked my Twitter feed, and the lefties who've been watching are 100% convinced that Hillary Clinton has been wiping the floor with the Republicans who are trying to take her down.
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Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Liberal Blogger: 'How Dare You Smear Hillary by Quoting Her Accurately!'
Washington Wire:
Text of Hillary Clinton's Senate Testimony on Benghazi — Here is the prepared text of Hillary Clinton's testimony on Benghazi. — SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SENATE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS — WASHINGTON, DC — Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member, Members of the Committee, thank you for this opportunity.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Hillary Clinton Chokes Up During Benghazi Testimony - Defends Response After 4 Americans Murdered (Video)
Bryan Preston / The PJ Tatler: Secretary of State Clinton's Stunningly Incomplete Opening Statement on the Benghazi Attack
Fox News Insider: READ: State Department's Accountability Review Board (ARB) Report on Benghazi Attack
Jeff G. / protein wisdom: Hillary: the truth is somewhere in my cankles. Gaze upon them if you dare.
Washington Free Beacon:
Paul to Clinton: 'I would have relieved you of your duty' — RAND PAUL: One of the things that disappointed me most about the original 9/11 was no one was fired. We spent trillions of dollars, but there were a lot of human errors, these are judgment errors, and the people who make judgment errors need …
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and The PJ Tatler
Meredith Jessup / TheBlaze.com: Video: Rand Paul lays the verbal smackdown on Hillary Clinton
Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Erupts At GOP Senator Over Benghazi Attack — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday fired back at Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) over accusations that the Obama Administration misled the public by claiming the Benghazi attack was the result of a spontaneous protest.
Discussion: TheBlaze.com, The Maddow Blog, Fox News Insider and National Review
Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com: ANGRY CLINTON EXPLODES AT QUESTIONING ON LIBYA PROTEST: 'WE HAVE FOUR DEAD AMERICANS …
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog: 'What difference, at this point, does it make?'
Fox News Insider: Explosive Q&A: Clinton Asks 'What Difference Does It Make?!' If Benghazi Attack Happened as Result of Protest
Nathaniel Botwinick / National Review: Hillary Clinton: 'What Difference At This Point Does It Make?!'
Matthew Cooper / NationalJournal.com:
Why Benghazi Hasn't Brought Down Hillary Clinton-and Won't — The secretary of State testifies this week, but because of years of taking hits and careful damage control she'll leave unscathed. — When Hillary Rodham Clinton marches up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to testify about the Benghazi attack …
Discussion: neo-neocon, The Heritage Foundation, Hot Air, Nice Deb and TheBlaze.com
Nice Deb: Summary of Hillary's Senate Testimony on Benghazi: "What Difference Does It Make?" (Video)
Meredith Jessup / TheBlaze.com: Will Benghazi scandal have any effect on Hillary Clinton's legacy?
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Wrangles With Senators Over Benghazi Attacks
Hillary Clinton Wrangles With Senators Over Benghazi Attacks
Discussion: Stinque
Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Ron Johnson: Hillary Clinton evaded with 'theatrics'
Ron Johnson: Hillary Clinton evaded with 'theatrics'
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi
Some Algeria Attackers Are Placed at Benghazi
Discussion: Telegraph, Hot Air, The Jawa Report, The Right Scoop, The Lonely Conservative, Weekly Standard, The Gateway Pundit and Atlas Shrugs
Duncan Gardham / Telegraph: Algeria BP attack terrorists 'also took part in Benghazi US consulate attack'
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Hillary: What difference does it make if there were no protests in Benghazi?
The Lonely Conservative: Finally, Hillary Clinton Will Be Questioned About Benghazi - Updated - Hillary Speaks
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard: From Benghazi to Algeria? — Ahead of Secretary of State …
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs: myjihad Pig Flying Moment! NY Times Discovers Jihad
Washington Wire:
Excerpts: Heated Exchanges at Benghazi Hearing
Excerpts: Heated Exchanges at Benghazi Hearing
Discussion: The Other McCain
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain: Hillary Gets Bitchy on Benghazi: 'What Difference, at This Point, Does It Make?'
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Clinton: I Did Not Select Susan Rice To Deliver Message On Benghazi Attack
Clinton: I Did Not Select Susan Rice To Deliver Message On Benghazi Attack
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon
Olivier Knox / Reuters:
Choking up, Hillary Clinton says Benghazi is 'personal'
Choking up, Hillary Clinton says Benghazi is 'personal'
Discussion: msnbc.com and Atlas Shrugs
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP critics get opportunity to grill Secretary Clinton on Benghazi
GOP critics get opportunity to grill Secretary Clinton on Benghazi
Discussion: ABCNEWS, CNN, New York Times, Weekly Standard, Politico, americanthinker.com and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Sarah Parnass / ABCNEWS: Hillary Clinton Says Iran, Afghanistan Diverted Embassy Resources
Paul Steinhauser / CNN: What Benghazi hearing could say about 2016 White House race
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times: Clinton Cites New Security Steps After Libya Attack
Kevin Cirilli / Politico: Pols preview questions for Hillary Clinton
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Obama Speech Leaves G.O.P. Stark Choices — WASHINGTON — President Obama's aggressive Inaugural Address on Monday presented Congressional Republicans with a stark choice over the next two years: accommodate the president's agenda on immigration, guns, energy and social programs and hope …
Discussion: JustOneMinute, The Moderate Voice, The Plum Line, Daily Kos, Booman Tribune, Washington Post, Hullabaloo and Pundits Blog
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute: Ongoing 'West Wing' Fantasies
Prairie Weather / The Moderate Voice: We Could Always Try "No Taxation Without Representation"
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: The Morning Plum: GOP's magic debt ceiling plan won't solve the problem
Laura Clawson / Daily Kos: Republicans scramble to make debt limit vote look like something other than surrender
Greg Sargent / Washington Post: Keep letting Boehner twist in the wind
Tristero / Hullabaloo: Stepping Aside
Matt Mackowiak / Pundits Blog: Gun issue could decide midterm elections
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House Votes to Extend Debt Limit to May, Averting Fight — WASHINGTON — Avoiding an economic showdown with President Obama, the House on Wednesday passed legislation to suspend the nation's statutory borrowing limit for three months, without including the dollar-for-dollar spending cuts …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Buzz Florida Politics Feed, Politico, The Plum Line, The Week and Hot Air
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line: GOP exchanges debt limit fantasy for budget fantasy
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Boehner: Let's Destroy Math Instead of the Economy — John Boehner announced on Tuesday that he will proceed with a plan to suspend the federal debt ceiling, which is actually kind of a brilliant way to avoid crashing the world economy without voting for something that sounds like it increases the national debt.
Discussion: Politico, Business Insider, msnbc.com, Washington Wire, The Maddow Blog and The Hill
Jake Sherman / Politico: Boehner: House to vote on budget
Walter Hickey / Business Insider: For Paul Ryan To Balance The Budget In 10 Years, He's Going To Have To Crush Most Government Social Programs
Morgan Whitaker / msnbc.com: New GOP budget may have unprecedented spending cuts
Damian Paletta / Washington Wire: House GOP to Take Aggressive Stand on Deficit
Mickey Kaus / The Daily Caller:
GOP Jiu-Jitsu — I don't quite see why the Republicans' move …
GOP Jiu-Jitsu — I don't quite see why the Republicans' move …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
John McCormack / Weekly Standard: House Passes Bill to Suspend Debt Ceiling Until May 19
Joe Biden 'intoxicated' by 2016 run — Joe Biden summoned more than 200 Democratic insiders to the vice presidential residence Sunday night to chat about the 2012 triumph — but many walked away convinced his rising 2016 ambitions were the real intent of the long, intimate night.
Discussion: American Prospect, Associated Press, Raleigh News & Observer, Post Politics, The Week, Taylor Marsh, Weasel Zippers, The Fix, NBC Politics, Twitchy, Reuters and CNN
Felicia Sonmez / Post Politics: White House defends Secretary of State Clinton on Benghazi
Chris Cillizza / The Fix: Joe Biden is running for president
Michael O'Brien / NBC Politics: Biden not shying away from 2016 speculation
Arlette Saenz / Reuters: Biden Hints at Presidential Run
Paul Steinhauser / CNN: Biden's moves spark talk of a 2016 presidential bid
Greg Holyk / ABCNEWS:
Clinton More Popular than Biden; Let the 2016 Handicapping Begin — Of two potential Democratic successors to Barack Obama, one has a clear advantage in personal popularity: Hillary Clinton, whose favorability rating exceeds Joe Biden's by a hefty 19 percentage points in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.
Discussion: msnbc.com, Political Capital, Ballot Box, ABCNEWS, Shakesville, Politico, CNN, Taegan Goddard's …, The Hill and The Political Carnival
Abby Borovitz / msnbc.com: Hillary Clinton takes on the Hill
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box: Poll: Clinton more popular than Biden
Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS: Biden, Clinton and the Medicare-Eligible Primary That Could Be
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Take Your Boobs to the White House Watch
Katie Glueck / Politico: Poll: Hillary Clinton more favorable than Joe Biden
Paul Steinhauser / CNN: Clinton faces hearings with numbers on her side
Amie Parnes / The Hill: Biden undecided on 2016 White House run
Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon:
So what if abortion ends life? — I believe that life starts at conception. And it's never stopped me from being pro-choice — Of all the diabolically clever moves the anti-choice lobby has ever pulled, surely one of the greatest has been its consistent co-opting of the word "life." Life!
Discussion: LifeNews.com, National Review, Mother Jones, Care2 Causes and Guardian
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com: Salon Article Says Unborn Baby is "A Life Worth Sacrificing"
Asawin Suebsaeng / Mother Jones: Poll: Record High Support For Legal Abortion in the US
Jill Filipovic / Guardian: Roe v Wade at 40: what American women owe to abortion rights
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Wayne LaPierre of N.R.A. Has Angry Response to Obama — WASHINGTON — Wayne LaPierre, the executive director of the National Rifle Association, angrily accused President Obama on Tuesday of demonizing law-abiding gun owners and of wanting to put "every private personal firearms transaction right under …
Discussion: The Hill, Washington Monthly, The Raw Story, Hot Air, The Reaction, Online NewsHour and Shakesville
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill: NRA's LaPierre: Obama making 'mockery' of nation's freedoms
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: LaPierre the Proud Absolutist
David Edwards / The Raw Story: Connie Mack: Ban LGBT marriage, but 'you cannot legislate morality' on guns
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: NRA chief not exactly wowed by Obama inaugural speech
Melissa McEwan / Shakesville: Quote of the Day — [Content Note: Guns; racism.]
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
NRA's LaPierre: Absolutism is virtue, not vice
NRA's LaPierre: Absolutism is virtue, not vice
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and First Read
Elijah Sweete / The Moderate Voice: NRA Thinks Shark Jumping Is An Olympic Sport
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Contemplating Obama's Place in History, Statistically — With President Obama's second term under way, we have begun to see more reflections on how he might come to be regarded historically. — As common sense might dictate — and as the statistics will also reveal — it is far too soon to conclude very much about this.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Aretha Franklin 'Really Laughed' About Beyonce Lip-Sync Controversy — Beyonce sings the National Anthem at the inauguration, Jan. 21, 2013. ; Singer Aretha Franklin performs during the inauguration ceremony for President Obama at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009.
Discussion: CNN, Reuters, ABCNEWS, The Week, Guardian, New Jersey Online, Gawker, The Hinterland Gazette and theGrio
Jim Acosta / CNN: First on CNN: Inaugural audio boss on Beyoncé: 'It's something that Beyoncé should disclose'
Caitlin McDevitt / Reuters: Aretha sticks up for Beyoncé — Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin …
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS: Hillary Clinton's Challenge (And Opportunity) (The Note)
Vicki Hyman / New Jersey Online: Beyonce brouhaha: Aretha Franklin says she gives fans 'the real thing'
Caity Weaver / Gawker: Beyoncé Lip-Synched: Coping with the 7 Stages of Star-Spangled Grief (UPDATE)
Janet Shan / The Hinterland Gazette: Aretha Franklin on Beyoncé Lip-Syncing: She "Did A Beautiful Job with the Pre-record"
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy — PALERMO, Italy — Inside a midnight-blue BMW, a Sicilian entrepreneur delivered his pitch to the accused mafia boss. A new business was blowing into Italy that could spin wind and sunlight into gold, ensuring the future …
Steven Hayward / Power Line: Green Weenie of the Week: The Mob
Veronique de Rugy / National Review: Taxing the Rich to Fund Cronyism
Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page: Listen to what Phil Mickelson said this weekend, not the walkback that he has since made.
Alex Pareene / Salon:
The brilliantly stupid new plan to raise the debt ceiling without raising it — How pathetic are House Republicans? Paul Ryan has to sell them on a plan to avert default with tricky language — The big debt ceiling question over the last year has been whether the Republican Party's grown-ups …
Discussion: Wonkblog, Slate and Washington Monthly
BREAKING NEWS: Military to open combat jobs to women — By Chris Lawrence, with reporting from Barbara Starr — The U.S. military is ending its policy of excluding women from combat and will open combat jobs and direct combat units to female troops, CNN has learned.
Discussion: The Political Carnival
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — January 23, 2013 - New Jersey Voters Back Christie's Rap On GOP 5-1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Tell Lautenberg To Step Aside — Gov. Christopher Christie was right to criticize Congressional Republicans for delaying a vote on Hurricane Sandy relief …
Discussion: CNN, Taegan Goddard's …, Firedoglake, The Fix, Hot Air, Politico, Ballot Box, The PJ Tatler and Philly.com
Ashley Killough / CNN: NJ voters overwhelmingly back Christie's rebuke to House Republicans
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air: Quinnipiac: Voters want Booker to spank Lautenberg rather than other way around
Katie Glueck / Politico: Frank Lautenberg's age an issue, poll says
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box: Poll: Booker leads Lautenberg by double-digit margin
Bridget Johnson / The PJ Tatler: Christie Enjoys Massive Approval in N.J., Beats All Dem Challengers
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Boehner: Obama's goal is to 'annihilate' the Republican Party — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he believes the primary goal of President Obama's second term is to "annihilate the Republican Party." — "Given what we heard yesterday about the president's vision for his second term …
Martin Wolf / Financial Times:
America's fiscal policy is not in crisis — The urgent challenge is to promote economic recovery — The US confronts huge challenges, at home and abroad. Its fiscal position is not one of them. This is a highly controversial statement. If one judged by the debate in Washington …
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Wire and Economist's View
Kori Schake / Hoover Institution:
Flawed Diamond — A vanity project masquerading as anthropology. — Over the decades, academic scholarship, with its jargon and narrowness, has grown both impenetrable and unenlightening to general readers. Few academics even attempt to look at the big picture or to render their prose intelligible to the public at large.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Ruth Styles / Daily Mail:
These adult movie posters shocked in the 50s and 60s... But in the light of today's disturbing trend for sexting, over-exposure and limitless online porn they seem tame — Comes as Government advise parents to keep a closer eye on their children's internet and phone use
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Union Members Summary — For release 10:00 a.m. (EST) Wednesday. — Technical information: (202) 691-6378 * firstname.lastname@example.com * www.bls.gov/cps Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * firstname.lastname@example.com — UNION MEMBERS — 2012 — In 2012, the union membership rate …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Wonkblog, Washington Examiner, msnbc.com and The Greenroom
Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo: Union Membership Declines Again In 2012
Neil Irwin / Wonkblog: Austerity bites for unions
Sean Higgins / Washington Examiner: Unionization rates fell to 11.3 percent in 2012
Ned Resnikoff / msnbc.com: Union membership continues half-century decline
Mike Antonucci / The Greenroom: Union Membership Hits 62-Year Low


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Prince Donates $1.5 Million To NYC Institutions
Prince made the announcement at a news conference with HCZ's President and CEO Geoffrey Canada and students from the community-based educational organization.
Seven-time Grammy award winner Prince has extended a $1 million line of credit to the Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ) and made special gifts to the Uptown Dance Academy and the American Ballet Theatre.
Prince made the announcement at a news conference with HCZ's President and CEO Geoffrey Canada and students from the community-based educational organization. The event was held at Madison Square Garden at the conclusion of the first leg of Prince's phenomenally successful "Welcome 2 America" tour, one of the highest grossing recent tours in the country.
Robin Williams, Executive Artistic Director of the Uptown Dance Academy, and Rachel Moore, Executive Director of ABT, whose ballerina, Misty Copeland, performed with Prince during the tour, each accepted $250,000 lines of credit from the music icon.
The three groups can tap into the funds for the resources they need to grow and develop their programs. The lines of credit were issued so that Prince can remain informed of the needs of and help foster the three organizations. "A function of our love for the next generation is instilling in them our own hard-fought knowledge," said Prince. "We can't wait and see or only hope for the future of those coming after us. We must actively take responsibility for ensuring their success."
At the press conference, the 30 students of the Harlem Children's Zone, chosen for their musical aspirations, got to stand on the stage of the world's most famous arena. After the press opportunity, the seven-time Grammy winner met the youth.
"We are honored that Prince is teaching our kids how to dream big and to work hard to make those dreams a reality," said Canada. "His efforts should inspire others to recognize that these kids belong to all of us, and that we all need to step forward to help them succeed."
As Prince works with Live Nation to bring the tour to new cities across the country, he plans to make similar donations to other exemplary educational and cultural institutions.
The six New York area dates included an eclectic mix of established artists like Mint Condition, Cassandra Wilson, Sinbad, Maceo Parker, Larry Graham and Sheila E, who have paved the way for others. Emerging and established artists like Janelle Mone, Esperanza Spalding, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Cee Lo Green and Lalah Hathaway have also performed.
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