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Quinn: AT&T Is Big Backer of Blackburn Privacy Bill
AT&T top D.C. exec Robert Quinn said his company is "very, very" supportive of a bill from Rep. Marsha Blackburn, chair of the House Communications Subcommittee, that would "harmonize" the enforcement of online privacy, both by ISPs and edge providers like Google and Facebook.
Quinn, senior executive vice president, external and legislative affairs, who directs the telco's lobbying efforts, was being interviewed for C-SPAN's Communicators series.
Blackburn has introduced the Balancing the Rights of Web Surfers Equally and Responsibly (BROWSER) Act of 2017, which would designate the Federal Trade Commission as the sole enforcer of online privacy and apply the same privacy regime to ISPs and edge providers, a regime similar to the one the FCC imposed on ISPs before it was nullified.
He said AT&T backed the bill for three main reasons. First, he said, it places everyone under the same rules. He said that Google and Amazon are getting into video distribution and "look a lot like us," so there should be equal treatment.
"All of these companies should operate under the same rules," which was why he said AT&T opposed the FCC's broadband privacy rules, which Blackburn helped nullify using the Congressional Review Act.
Second, he said, was putting all the regulation at the Federal Trade Commission, so it would be the same rules and the same regulator, rather than dividing it up between the FCC and FTC.
Third, he said, the bill preempts state privacy laws, which means companies won't have to face 50 different state regimes around privacy. "There is a rule that everyone has to live with" rather than a "patchwork" of rules.
While some opponents of an opt-in regime for sharing users' personal info with third parties, notably major ad groups, have said they can't support the Blackburn bill because of that uniform opt-in standard, Quinn said AT&T is less concerned about that than about regulatory parity, both in terms of the rules and having one regulator.
Quinn also said AT&T is very supportive of an open internet, a stance he said is routinely mischaracterized by the company's opponents.
He said the company backs rules that "preserve an open internet." He signaled, as have most ISPs, that those rules would generally be no blocking, no throttling andno censorship. As with other ISPs, Quinn did not mention paid prioritization, which is the third of the bright-line rules -- no blocking, no throttling, no paid prioritization -- adopted by the FCC in 2015.
What AT&T opposes, he said, is putting the rules under Title II, which he called an antiquated statute to regulate telephone rates. He said AT&T was opposed to Title II because the company believes it would ultimately result in "significant rate regulation," which would affect investment, job creation and more.
He said AT&T was hopeful that at the end of the process -- FCC chair Ajit Pai's reconsideration of the Open Internet order, including rolling back Title II classification -- "we'll end up with some basic open internet principles or rules that can be enforced," but that the government would "walk away once and for all" from Title II regulation.
But Quinn said he feared that whatever this FCC does, the pendulum could swing back, which was why it would be better for Congress to step in. He said the only way to ensure enforceable rules is through legislation.
Asked why the Googles and Amazons see the net-neutrality issue differently from AT&T, Quinn said a lot of people don't believe the company is for an open internet even though it was a bigger proponent for the 2010, non-Title II-based, open internet rules than Google was.
Asked about the status of the AT&T-Time Warner merger, he did not have much to update. He signaled the company was still "pretty confident" it would be able to close the deal by the end of the year.
Quinn said conversations about conditions that might be put on the deal were just beginning, given that Congress has not yet confirmed the new head of the antitrust division, though they had been looking for that to happen before the July 4 recess.
The Communicators episode featuring Quinn airs on C-SPAN at 6:30 p.m. ET, Saturday, June 24, and on C-SPAN2 at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET on Monday, June 26.


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PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks have agreed to a $40 million, four-year contract with Martin Prado just a week after acquiring the former All-Star infielder in the trade that sent Justin Upton to Atlanta.
Prado made the All-Star team as the Braves' second baseman in 2010 but is slated to play at third base for the Diamondbacks.
The 29-year-old infielder, who will play for Venezuela in this year's World Baseball Classic, is a career .295 hitter. Arizona sent two-time All-Star Upton and third baseman Chris Johnson to the Braves for Prado, right-hander Randall Delgado and three minor leaguers.
Prado said in a conference call on Thursday that the trade took him by surprise.
But, after a week, he said, ``Now I see everything more clear, and I'm happy to be aboard with the Arizona Diamondbacks.''
Upton had three years left on a contract owing him $38.5 million so the Prado deal is not a significant increase to the Diamondbacks' payroll. Managing partner Ken Kendrick said last week that he expects the payroll to be somewhere above $90 million for the coming season.
Prado will earn $7 million this season, then $11 million each of the following three years. He could have gone through arbitration and become a free agent after this season, perhaps getting a more lucrative deal.
``Since I got to the big leagues I've been looking to be more secure,'' he said, ``to be in the right spot and not have to worry about going through free agency. The way I am right now, I'm happy. I'm going to play more relaxed. I think I needed it.''
General manager Kevin Towers, who departed for an African vacation shortly after the Upton trade was completed a week ago, said that adding a contact hitter in Prado should help the team be less reliant on the home run.
Prado prides himself on being able to do ``the little things'' to make a team successful.
``You know that in the National League, more often you can play the game and do the little things right, you can take advantage of the other team,'' he said. ``That's my thing, just trying to make that as a routine because in small games, that can make a difference, and one game can make a difference at the end of the year.''
He looks forward to playing for manager Kirk Gibson.
``What I heard is he's an aggressive guy,'' Prado said. ``He likes the little things. He likes to move the runner, and I like that, man. He understands. He played the game a long time. He played the right way, and he likes those guys.''
He is accustomed to filling the No. 2 spot in the batting order his whole career, a spot that Aaron Hill filled with great success for Arizona last season. He said he's open to batting somewhere else in the order.
``I've been in the second hole pretty much all my career. I can put the ball in play, I can hit the ball to right field. That's more me,'' he said, ``but I can adjust myself to any situation in the game.''
Prado hit .301 last season with 42 doubles, 10 home runs and 70 RBIs in 156 games. He led the National League with 60 multi-hit games and was fourth in hits and fifth in doubles. He played several positions, primarily left field but also third base, second base, first base and shortstop. He has never played an entire season at third base and knows it will be a challenge.
``I think the challenge is the reaction because there are a lot of hitters in the National League that actually hit the ball so hard,'' he said. ``But I'm working on it, to be as comfortable as I can be at third base. I know I've got (third base coach) Matt Williams on the team and he was one of the best third basemen back then and I've got to take advantage of that as much as I can.''
Prado was asked about the perception around baseball that the Diamondbacks didn't get enough for Upton.
``You know, I think sometimes people have different opinions,'' he said. ``I feel like both teams took advantage of the trade. People don't see that right now because Justin Upton is a superstar-caliber guy.''
But Prado said that, besides himself, there is a lot of young talent coming to Arizona in the deal.
``Maybe in a couple years,'' he said, ``people will think in a different way.''
Pitchers and catchers report to the Diamondbacks' Scottsdale spring training facility on Feb. 11, with all players reporting three days later.
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LeMaire, Berken wed during Nuptial Mass
Teri Julia LeMaire of Jennings and Erik Matthew Berken of Lake Arthur were united in Holy Matrimony on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 12. Fr. Mikel Polson celebrated the 1 p.m. Nuptial Mass at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church in Crowley.
The bride is the daughter of Cheryl and Michael LeMaire of Crowley. Her maternal grandparents are the late Donna Rose and Ira "Don" Stutes of Crowley. Her paternal grandparents are the late Lillie Mae and John "Guy" LeMaire of Crowley.
Teri graduated from Notre Dame High School of Acadia Parish before earning both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree from McNeese State University. She is presently employed by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
The groom is the son of Karen and Clarence Berken of Lake Arthur. He is the grandson of Dot and R.A. Berry of Jennings, and Leona Smaihall of Welsh and the late Herman Berken.
Erik is a graduate of Lake Arthur High School and McNeese State University. He is currently employed by Allen Parish Ambulance Services.
As guests entered the church, they were greeted by strains of harp music played by Olivia Spallino.
They were ushered to their seats by Luke LeMaire and Seth LeMaire, brothers of the bride.
Musical selections for the ceremony were provided by Alberta Lyons, organist; Carolyn Bertrand, vocalist; and Hunter Lambert, violinist.
Selected Scriptures were read by Melissa Ball, friend of the bride, and Kevin Berken, uncle of the groom.
Marie Holmes and Stephen Berken, the bride's godmother and the groom's godfather, presented offertory gifts.
Escorted to the altar by her father, the bride was beautiful in a breathtaking Allure Romance slim-fitted gown of light gold organza with an all-over ivory lace applique. The strapless, fitted bodice featured a sweetheart neckline, and a ruched band embellished with a Swarovski crystal applique defined the dress at its natural waist, creating a classic A-line silhouette.
To complete her ensemble, the bride selected an ivory fingertip-length veil and carried a hand-tied clutch bouquet of calla lilies and roses.
In keeping with tradition, Teri wore a pearl necklace that had belonged to her late maternal grandmother as "something old." Her dress was "something new," and a handkerchief from her paternal grandmother was "something borrowed." Teri's garter, made by Peggy Simon of ivory lace and royal blue ribbon, served as "something blue."
Leah Singh, friend of the bride, served as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Lynette Guidry and Courtney Duplantis, friends of the bride, and Erin Williams, sister of the groom.
The attendants were clad in strapless knee-length dresses of royal blue satin, and they carried long-stemmed calla lilies and rice stalks.
Tony Cramer, friend of the groom, served as best man. Standing as groomsmen were David Berken, brother of the groom; Brady Williams, brother-in-law of the groom; and Tim McKnight, friend of the groom.
For her daughter's wedding, the mother of the bride, the former Cheryl Stutes, selected a floor-length A-line gown in light blue satin. A matching bolero jacket completed the ensemble.
The mother of the groom, the former Karen Berry, wore a long-sleeved floor-length A-line gown in navy blue crepe satin.
Both mothers wore corsages of roses.
Following the Mass, family and friends celebrated the couple's union at a reception at The Crossing at Mervine Kahn in Rayne.
Calla lilies graced the entryway, and the guest tables were topped with blue roses and yellow flowers.
Pictures of the bride and groom were displayed in the sitting area.
As a special and unique touch, the bride displayed the wedding dresses of her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, along with a shirt dress of her great-great-great grandmother, in the tribute area.
The bride's cake was a four-tiered confection iced with white buttercream frosting and decorated with royal blue ribbon and calla lilies.
The groom's square chocolate cake was decorated with a picture of a combine and an ambulance on top.
Out-of-town guests traveled from California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas and various points throughout Louisiana.
On the Friday evening prior to the wedding, the groom's parents hosted a 7 p.m. rehearsal dinner at Chef Roy's in Rayne.
Following a wedding trip to St. Lucia, the couple will reside in Jennings.


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The bounty of Monarch larvae in the GNG formed their chrysalis's weeks ago and nearly all have finished emerging as adult butterflies. The garden is now full of adult Monarchs, but it didn't come without some drama. The majority of larvae and chrysalis stayed healthy and produced adults, but nature never allows for a 100% success rate. Monarchs have many natural obstacles to avoid; birds, mammals, parasites, protozoa and virus to name a few.
Adult Monarch – Danaus plexippus ♀
Tachinid flies are present in most all garden environments, and the GNG is no exception. These flies lay their eggs on caterpillars, including the larvae of Monarch butterflies. Once the tachinid fly larvae hatches it immediately bores into the host's body and proceeds to eat the caterpillar from the inside out. When the larva is fully developed it emerges from its host, falling to the ground to pupate. When they exit the caterpillar or pupae, a long white strand is left hanging, evidence that this parasite was present.
The tell-tale white strand is left blowing in the breeze after a tachinid fly larvae rapelled to the ground below. Unfortunately, this chrysalis is doomed. Adult tachinid fly of unknown species in front garden. OE infection was fatal to this pupae.
Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) is a protozoa that caterpillars can ingest when feeding on milkweed. It's spread through microscopic spores coming off the bodies of adult butterflies. When an OE infected female lays her egg, the newly hatched larvae is sure to contract the pathogen. Once ingested, these protozoa multiply inside the caterpillar and will cause weakness and sometimes an untimely death. When noticed, OE infection is usually seen during the chrysalis stage when the pupae fails.


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Here is a quick look at four issues you might face in the next few years and what you can do to overcome them.
Limited Capital
Practically every new business is going to be restrained by capital, and that often results in some difficult decisions being made. Small business owners must be vigilant about their cash flow long before these issues begin to develop. The most effective way to do this is to craft a long-term business plan that addresses every aspect of the company's finances ranging from insurance premiums to office supplies. You should also keep a close eye on any business loans you have withdrawn, their interest rates, and how much they are going to cost you in the long run.
Employee Turnover
Many people do not realize just how expensive of a problem employee turnover can be. When it comes to small businesses, losing a single employee after they have been trained for a position can cost thousands of dollars and actually put a company in the red. Reducing turnover requires a well-constructed hiring program that focuses on the work ethic and personality of every single candidate. Business owners must also be as honest as possible about every facet of the job and the expectations they have for their employees.
A Lingering Lawsuit
A lingering lawsuit will do much more than tie up your company's resources. Without an experienced Clearwater business litigation attorney, what seemed to be a small issue could result in bad publicity, fines, and an attack on your company's assets. Business owners should consider working with an attorney before any of these issues take place in order to avoid them entirely. A legal representative can help you draft contracts and look over any potential risks you might have in your company.
A Poor Marketing Strategy
Even with a world-class product or unique service, there is still no guarantee that your company will be successful. Without a comprehensive marketing strategy, it will be nearly impossible for potential customers to even know that your business exists. At the very last, your marketing team should be doing everything they can to build an online following with your website and through social media.
Taking the time to familiarize yourself with some of these common issues will help you address them quickly and continue pushing forward.
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The annual shutdown of the Columbia Association's Columbia Athletic Club has been extended through Sunday, Aug. 17, the organization announced.
The facility, which is located at 5435 Beaverkill Road across from the Harper's Choice Village Center, closed on Aug. 3 and is expected to reopen Aug. 18 at 5:15 a.m.
According to a news release, every year CA closes its facilities for cleaning, renovations and upgrades. This year, there are two major projects that are being completed at Columbia Athletic Club: duct and HVAC work in the ceiling above the main level, and repairs to leaks in the shower area of the women's locker room.
According to the news release, the additional week is necessary for the work and cleanup to be completed.
During shutdowns, affected facility-only members are welcome to use CA's other fitness facilities.
Columbia Gym already completed its annual shutdown and reopened in June. The facility will remain open during renovations to its front entrance that are scheduled to begin on Monday, Aug. 25 and continue through Sunday, Sept. 21. During these renovations, members and guests must access the club through the side doors facing River Hill Village Center.
Supreme Sports Club's shutdown will begin at midnight on Monday, Aug. 18 and continue through Sunday, Aug. 24. The facility will reopen at 5 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 25. During Supreme's shutdown, Columbia Gym will be open 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Columbia Gym is located at 6151 Daylong Lane in River Hill.
The pool at Supreme Sports Club will be closed for replastering from Friday, Aug. 15 through Monday, Aug. 25. And the Supreme Sports Club Arena, which is having its entire floor replaced, will close on Monday, Aug. 18 and is expected to reopen in early October.


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This past weekend I was lucky enough to spend a weekend from my normal and hectic life; and spend a weekend locked up in my families cabin in Twin Peaks! About ten minutes away from Lake Arrowhead and Lake Gregory!
We had a great time hiking and exploring the mountain.
I love adventures and exploring new paths. I think getting out of your everyday life and emerging yourself in a completely different setting does the mind a piece of good! Being able to let go of your everyday chores and just be free of any burdens you have keeping you down everyday!
Yes ofcourse- we found time to do some light paddling on the lake. Even took the Biggz out!
All in all it was a great weekend.
Cheers to hoping that this weekend is as fun as the last!
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe made a speech blunder on Tuesday during the opening of the third session of the eighth Parliament of Zimbabwe.
Instead of reading the parliamentary opening speech, Mugabe re-read his State of the Nation Address, which he delivered in late August.
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba acknowledged the blunder.
"There has been a mix-up of speeches resulting in a situation where his Excellency, the President, delivered the wrong speech,"Charamba said.
"The mix-up happened in his secretarial office, therefore the delivery in Parliament should be set aside. The error is sincerely regretted and corrective measures are being considered."
Last December, Mugabe shocked more than 12,000 delegates at the Zanu PF congress held in the capital when he unwittingly denounced his own party.
More often during rallies and political gatherings, Zanu PF officials usually denounce the main opposition party led by Morgan Tsvangirai, the Movement for Democratic Change.
But instead, Mugabe said then: "Pasi neZanu PF", which means "Down with Zanu PF".
Earlier opposition leader Simba Makoni alleged that the Mossad had been hired by President Robert Mugabe to ensure he won by computerized rigging of the vote.
Ibbo Mandaza, a senior member of Makoni's campaign team, told the Mail & Guardian that the voters' roll had been manipulated to favor the ruling ZANU-PF and that the format of the voter's roll was devised by the Mossad on instructions from the Zimbabwean government.
Information technology expert Valentine Sinemane told the South African newspaper that the electronic version of the voters' roll, sold to the opposition by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for $2,400, was compiled by an Israeli company named Nirkuv Projects.
Mandaza said that ZANU-PF asked for Mossad help because of the intelligence agency's experience with elections in other countries. "They have expertise in vote-rigging. Also, Mossad is looking for any kind of support and alliances and therefore Zimbabwe is the obvious target," he said.
He said that the opposition was aware that Mossad had been active in Zimbabwe recently. Six Mossad agents arrived in Harare and held top-secret meetings with government officials involved in state security before the election.
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At Sunny King Honda, we're always happy to highlight remarkable events in our community, but there's one upcoming shin-dig that we're particularly excited to share with you: The Wizard of Oz the musical is coming to Oxford Performing Arts Center!
Head to Oxford Performing Arts Center at 7:00 PM on October 18th for this one-night-only performance. This show is just a stop on the Broadway cast's national tour, so now's your only chance to enjoy a first-class musical performance without travelling all the way to The Big Apple.
The musical is developed from the timelessly famous 1939 film. Anyone who loves the movie will adore this opportunity to hear their favorite songs performed live and on stage.
Do you want to turn the show into a romantic evening for you and your significant other? Grab dinner at Garfrerick's Café beforehand. In the mood for something more casual? Then we casually suggest stopping into Cheaha Brewing Company in Anniston for a bite and a brew. Or are you bringing the whole family along? Fill up at Brad's Bar-B-Que before heading somewhere over the rainbow.
Make October 18th your night to show your Oxford community and its local businesses some love before enjoying the talents of those fine performers from New York. Our Sunny King Honda community will be doing the same!


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Regardless if your double chin is due to excess weight or simply hereditary, luckily there are a few home remedies for a double chin that you can do at home that can help you avoid or eliminate the need for plastic surgery.
Possible Causes of Double Chin
* Excess Weight Gain
* Aging
* Hereditary
Home Remedies for a Double Chin
* Lose Weight by Changing Diet
If you can attribute your double chin to excess weight, the first place to start eliminating it would be a change of diet. Add more fresh fruits and vegetables to your diet, include more fiber and eliminate excess calories.
* Chin Wrap
You can make your own chin wrap at home or purchase a Velform Wrap that you can use at home at least once a week.
To make your own chin wrap:
Combine 8 drops of essential grapefruit oil to 1/3 cup of olive oil
Dip a cotton ball into the mixture and rub liberally on chin and effected neck area.
Wrap area in plastic wrap (snuggly but not where it will choke) by wrapping under the chin and over the top of your head. You can then take a heated towel and wrap or place over the plastic wrap.
Relax and keep heated towel on area for approximately 45 minutes. (You should feel the heat seeping through.)
Remove towel and plastic wrap when time is up and wash with warm water. Pat dry gently.
* Chew Sugarless Gum
Exercise your jaw muscles without even thinking about it by chewing sugarless gum. Not only will this help tighten the appropriate muscles, but will have the added benefit of keeping teeth and gums healthier.
* Check Your Posture
Standing or sitting tall with shoulders back and head up can make an amazing difference if the appearance of a double chin.
* Try Resistance Exercise
Place palm of hand on forehead and push head forward. You will feel immediate resistance in the muscles that will tighten up jaw and chin. Then place hand on back of head and try to push head back against hand. Repeat 3 or 4 times a day.
* Chair Exercise
Sit straight on a desk or office chair (preferably a chair without arms) and place feet on the floor. Hold the bottom of chair with an arm on each side and lean head back as far as is comfortable until you are looking at the ceiling. Now open your mouth as wide as possible, then close. Repeat 10 times. You will feel neck and jaw muscles effected immediately.
Sit up straight and look forward. Start tapping the bottom of your chin with the back of your hand quickly and firmly. Repeat 10 to 15 times. Do a set of these at least 4 or 5 times a day.
* Lower Jaw Exercise
Pull your bottom lip over your bottom teeth using your mouth muscles. Open your mouth as wide as possible while gently jutting your jaw forward. Then close. Do this at least 10 times. You will feel appropriate muscles effected immediately. Repeat this 4 or 5 times during the coarse of the day.
* Purchase The Neckline Slimmer
The Neckline Slimmer is a device created specifically for getting rid of a double chin in the comfort of your own home. Simply place the bottom of the device on the center of your breast bone and hold with one hand. Place chin on the top of the device and push down. There is a resistance coil inside the device that will help immediately tone up your jaw and neck muscles. It comes with 3 different resistance coils to ensure ongoing tightening and slimming.
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Iran Daily Revolution Grief, Pt. 2
From Flowersophy, my source in Turkey, comes these depressing news items east of the Eden we've made of Iraq:
People fighting with mullah's security forces in Valiasre square in Tehran now.
Iran state tv says Saudi govt also behind protests.| Seems Iran is the only country NOT behind protests! (First we find out these Sunni Arabs financed the 9/11 terrorist attacks, now they're backing the Shi'ite regime in Iran? Is this really about OPEC's stability?)
MESSAGE TO BASIJI, GUARDS, ARMY What happens to you WHEN the regime falls? We have YOUR photos. THE WORLD saw you KILLING US.
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali, top shia cleric in Iraq, joins worldwide alarm over Khamenei handling of protests. (If true, this is another major crack in the Inner Party.)
Iran TV trying to say no violence yesterday & says the woman on CNN was fake. They are very worried, keep going
MORE DETAIL ON REGIME CHANGE FROM WITHIN IRAN. KEEP UP PROTESTS PLEASEhttp://bit.ly/17X4eP (According to this article, Rafsanjani has enough votes to shit can Khamenei, which may or may not mean regime change.)
Don't read CNN (i add Fox news). They get their news from Iran state TV. Follow BBC, BBC Persian (I concur. Even CNN's anchor, when listening to that frightened woman last night over the phone, looked as if he didn't know whether to shit or wind his watch.)
From other Twitter sources:
Where is the UN on Iran? Claudia Rosett on the thundering silence: http://tr.im/pHO4
What is big difference between our awareness of events of #iranelection vs killings in Darfur? Lack of connectivity there?
RT Iran: Today, at Neda's grave whoever had a green sign got arrested right away.
RT from Iran: Persian Kiwi is safe hiding and far from computer (This is good news. I've been following him closely since he's actually on the streets and has proven to be a reliable eyewitness reporter on Twitter.)
Tehran Mousavi Protests Iran Revolution - Breaking News Protest Timeline http://r.ieves.com/g1.aspx (Updated only 'till yesterday, tho.)
PostWorldNews Possible Runoff Vote in Iran between Mousavi and Ahmadinejad? http://tr.im/pCyi (I don't see that happening unless Khamenei is toppled from power.)
Khamenei faces battle of wills (a late-breaking report by CNN's Christiane Amanpour, who writes, "They are rounding people up and, as it was chillingly put to me, in Iran's prisons 'we have room for all of them.' In addition protestors are being paraded 'confessing and repenting' on Iranian state TV.".)


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SANDUSKY, Ohio- Another Michigan football player has been arrested this time in Ohio on domestic violence charges.
According to Erie County Jail records, Michigan defensive end, Frank Clark has been arrested on domestic violence charges in Erie County. He is being held with out bond awaiting a court appearance.
According to the Ohio Revised Code, a conviction on domestic violence charges could carry a $1,000 fine and six months in jail.
Clark is from Cleveland, Ohio and graduated from Glenville High School in 2011.
This is not the first run-in with the law for Clark. In 2012, Clark was arrested and plead guilty to a felony count of second degree home invasion after entering a U of M dorm and stealing a MacBook Air laptop from a dorm room. Court records show that he was sentenced to one-year probation and fined $1,750.
This season for Michigan, Frank Clark has racked up 42 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss and has 4.5 sacks.


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Patti Smith has the power - and uses it
People are still talking about Patti Smith's captivating performance at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival two years ago. Those who missed it get a reprieve. On tour to promote her new studio album, "Banga," the New York punk poet makes another appearance at the free concert in Golden Gate Park next Sunday (she'll also sneak in a show at the Fillmore on Oct. 8), dishing out the rock 'n' roll classics such as "Because the Night" and "Gloria." We spoke to Smith, 65, minutes after she got off the stage in London earlier this month.
Q: When you played Hardly Strictly two years ago, were you surprised by how many people showed up to see you at a bluegrass festival?
A: I had a great time last time. I don't know if you know this, but we have a special edition of "Banga" and there's two photographs of the band at the festival in the liner notes.
Q: That's great. I think every aspiring rock star needs to watch you onstage before they're allowed to perform in public.
A: My job is to communicate, whether it's 10 people or 10,000 people. I just imagine the people all the way in the back and I think about them. They are human beings way out there. I honestly believe I could wrap my arms around the whole crowd. It's like you're a kid and you feel like you can reach out and touch the moon.
Q: So where's the best place to see a Patti Smith concert: in a theater or the great outdoors?
A: Tonight, we played for, like, 4,500 people. We've played for 20,000 people on this tour. We're going to end it in some club. It doesn't matter to me. I just like people. I'm not really good socially. I'm a failure at parties. But onstage, that's when I socialize. That's when I feel like I have all these friends.
Q: How do the new songs fit in with the old ones?
A: They fit really good. Because we have so many young people who come to our concerts, I try to give them a good mix of the work that we do. It doesn't matter to me what songs we do - I don't care if I have to sing "Gloria" again or "Because the Night" - as long as I feel the people are happy. {sbox}
Patti Smith: 5 p.m. next Sunday. Free. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Lindley Meadow, Golden Gate Park, S.F. www.strictlybluegrass.com. 8 p.m. Oct. 8. $52. Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., S.F. (877) 598-8497. www.livenation.com.
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The only link we have that has anything to do with Fantasy Football ("FF") is The Fantasy Football Librarian. It is a really good site run by a football freak named Sara Holliday that has everything you need to know about the players to pick, etc..
Ultimatenyg knows very little about FF but enough about the Giants to discuss 1/32nd of the FF drafting stock. Let's go through each position ON A FF VALUE BASIS:
Eli Manning– NO. Stay away. Eli gets better each year, but he is not the kind of QB you can expect to take over a game. And since he still plays in the Meadowlands Wind Tunnel and has not made any offseason attempts to change his grip for the tight spiral, let him drop. Check his stats in late Nov/December. Nasty with a capital N.
Running Back:
Brandon Jacobs– NO. He just signed a big contract, he slows down, he gets hurt every year, his only redeeming fantasy value is that he is a short yardage pounder for TDs. Let him fall for value.
Ahmad Bradshaw- YES. On a value basis he could explode. Assuming he stays healthy and protects the ball (he did not do either very well last year), he is a secret weapon that is #2 on the depth chart behind Brandon Jacobs. That means platoon relief and plenty of touches. The Gilbride factor (see Kevin Boss below) should not be a problem. He'll be in his 3rd year, he knows the offense, he has TD ability every time he touches the ball. We're sticking our necks out here and saying he is going to be awfully good for the Giants this season. GET HIM.
Danny Ware- Maybe. When all of the RBs are gone, you take him because either Bradshaw or Jacobs will get hurt and then you'll have a lot of touches.
Andre Brown- NO. But get this guy in 2011. Remember where you read about him first.
Wide Receiver:
Smith- NO
Hixon- NO
Moss- NO
Manningham- Maybe. He's worth a gamble at the very end of the draft because he could be a sleeper lottery ticket that gets cashed if he has his s*** together.
Nicks- NO
Barden- NO. 2011 Red zone monster?
Tight End
Kevin Boss- YES. The only enemy of taking this guy is named Kevin Gilbride, the Offensive Coordinator of the NY Giants. One of these days Gilbride is going to wake up and realize that he has a 1000 yard receiving option who is not a WR. One of these days Gilbride is going to wake up and realize that he has TD RED ZONE MONEY and his name is Kevin Boss. He's big, fast enough and has great hands. All he needs is his number to be called. He has a high TD/Reception ratio because he did not get get thrown the ball enough AND still managed to get 5 TDs when Gilbride was awake. This pick has less to do with Boss and everything to do with the OC. If he's in the gameplan, you will score big with this player.
Travis Beckum- Maybe. Worth a gamble at the very end of the draft. He's a rookie who could get meaningful touches. No training camp upticks yet.
Summary- Boss and Bradshaw are off of national radar because the OC needs a lobotomy. With Ward gone to TB, this is now Bradshaw's chance. And if the OC gets Tight End religion Boss is tremendous value.


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Trained service animals are welcome at our park. Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities. Examples of such work or tasks include guiding people who are blind, alerting people who are deaf, pulling a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) during an anxiety attack, or performing other duties. Service animals are working animals, not pets. The work or task a dog has been trained to provide must be directly related to the person's disability. Dogs whose sole function is to provide comfort or emotional support do not qualify as service animals. Miniature horses that have been individually trained to do or perform tasks for people with disabilities will qualify as service animals. If a person's disability is not apparent, or it is not obvious what services an animal provides, park employees may inquire whether or not the animal is a service animal needed for a disability, and what task(s) the animal is trained to perform.
Service animals must be housebroken and remain on a leash or harness and under the control of their handler at all times. Owners are responsible for disposing of their animal's waste. If a service animal demonstrates aggressive behavior (i.e. excessive barking, snarling, biting, etc,) or poses a direct threat to the health or safety of a guest or employee, the guest will be directed to remove the animal from the park. Service animals are welcome in most locations of the park. However, most of our rides, attractions, and pools are not equipped or designed for, accessibility to service animals. Therefore, a member of your party must be available to stay with the animal while you ride. Service animals are not allowed in the pools, including water features and fountains, or closer than 4 feet to the water on wet decks. Further, the Park has service animal relief areas which are designated on the Park Map for the convenience of guests and their service animals. Service animals must be under the control of their handler while in these areas.
The park has not issued a promo code to any 3rd party coupon site. The park has not issued a promo code to Retailmenot.com, or any other coupon site. We apologize for any confusion but we cannot control invalid information posted on other websites. The park's correct information and offers are posted on this website. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter or visit the Special Offers page on the website for upcoming admission specials and promotions.
NRH2O uses the latest in water chemistry controllers in conjunction with trained, certified pool operators to ensure that the water remains clean and sanitized. In addition to the automated testing of the water, NRH2O personnel manually test the water throughout the day to ensure that it is properly treated. To aid in filtration, the park employs advanced filtration methods or filtration additives such as Pulsar (SeaKlear) PRS that are both designed to remove very small particles from the pool systems. This helps to keep the water clean and safe. As an extra layer of protection for all guests visiting the park, NRH2O uses ultraviolet systems (UV) to its filtration areas. UV systems are very effective at inactivating organisms such as Cryptosporidium and actually help provide better air quality around the pool area. Another major benefit is that they work around the clock to continuously assist in keeping the water safe for all guests.
NRH2O uses sodium hypochlorite (the main active ingredient in household bleach) to sanitize the water to keep the pools safe and clean for park guests. To lower the pH of the swimming pool water to required levels, the park uses muriatic acid which is a commonly used chemical in swimming pool operations.
NRH2O requires 10 or more guests to receive a group discount.
Splash Cash can be added to your account at any Point of Sale on park. At this time, it can not be added via the website. Please keep in mind that we cannot refund unused Splash Cash, but it can be transferred to the next season.
No, NRH2O does not provide towels. However, if you happen to forget one we have them for sale in the Gift Shop.
Yes, each organization is allowed one donation per year. Please visit nrh2o.com/donations to submit your request. You will need a letter of request on your organization's letterhead in PDF or Word format to upload at that time. The letter needs to include contact information (including an email address), date of the event, and what the tickets will be used for. If your request is approved, you will receive an email when it's ready to be picked up or you send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
NRH2O Family Water Park
Attn: Donations
9001 Boulevard 26
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
Please allow up to 6 weeks for a response.
NRH2O recycles all of its water to conserve as much as possible. The water is continually filtered. At the end of the season, the park removes all of the chemicals and the water is sent back into the area's water supply to be recirculated. Rather than cooling off at home with sprinklers and hoses, NRH2O provides an environment where people from all over the area can have fun and cool off while conserving water at the same time.
Please retain your ticket stub. If NRH2O interrupts park operations up to two hours prior to the posted closing time, guests who are at the park can exchange their ticket stub for a rain check valid for the remainder of the current operating season. Management reserves the right to suspend operation and/or close the park at any time and initiate the raincheck policy. No refunds or early issued rain checks are given.
NRH2O is a family water park, therefore appropriate swim wear is required to participate on all rides and in all pools. Swim wear is defined as an article of clothing, such as a swimsuit, that has been designed to be used in a pool environment. Swim wear should be lined and may not be transparent at any time. Revealing swim wear and thong or t-back swim wear bottoms will not be permitted. No undergarments may be visible at any time. Cotton t-shirts, footwear, denim swim wear and swim wear with hard metal objects cannot be worn on the body contact slides.
NRH2O accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express and cash at the park. When purchasing online, Visa, MasterCard and Discover are accepted. NRH2O does not accept personal checks.
NRH2O is a tobacco free park in accordance with city ordinance #2249; this includes e-cigarettes. Guests must be in the parking lot to smoke.
Life jackets are available free of charge on a first-come, first-serve basis. They are located in wooden bins throughout the park. Only NRH2O life jackets are approved for use on NRH2O body slides and attractions. Please ask a team member if you have any questions.
NRH2O is a participatory park; therefore, we do not offer a discount for those who choose not to swim.
Lockers are available for rent. Kiosks take credit/debit card and cash. Please keep in mind that the lockers do not give back change; if paying with cash, you need to have exact cash or make change in the Gift Shop. There are three locker sizes available:
- Small, $10 – (9″w x 11″h x 20″d)
- Medium, $12 – (9″w x 17″h x 20″d)
- Large, $15 – (15″w x 23″h x 20″d)
- Frogstein's Splashatory slides have a weight limit of 250 lbs. Cut off jeans, denim clothing, hard metal objects, t-shirts, and shoes cannot be worn on the body contact slides.
- Tadpole Swimming Hole, Children's Activity Slides, and Lily Pads and Logs have a height maximum of 48″ tall. Parents/guardians can ride the yellow activity slide with their child.
- Viper riders must be at least 48" tall. The Viper is recommended for only 2 to 3 guests, under 550 lbs in total weight. Riders must weigh at least 70 lbs to ride individually. Riders weighing more than 250 pounds must ride individually.
- Double Dipper and Purplepalooza riders must be able to fit and ride in the tube on their own; they may not sit in the lap of another guest.
- Green Extreme riders must be at least 42" tall and less than 250 lbs. Guests over 250 lbs can ride with another guest if the total combined weight is 500 lbs or less. Children may not ride in their parent's lap.
- Accelerator riders must be at least 42" tall and less than 250 lbs.
- Blue Sky, Thunder, Riggamaroll, and Sidewinder riders must be at least 48″ tall and under 300 lbs. to ride.
Outside flotation devices are not permitted as they will cover the water surface of the pools and prevent lifeguards from being able to see the bottom of the pools. Inner-tubes are available free of charge, on a first-come, first-serve basis in the NRH2Ocean and Endless River. The only exceptions will be arm floaties, inflatable baby floats with direct parental contact, and Coast Guard approved lifejackets. Arm floaties must be worn with a lifejacket in the wave pool and the child must be within arms length of the parent/guardian. The baby floats must have a seat and no hard surfaces. The baby floats will not be allowed in the wave pool.
We ask that glass containers, sharp knives, alcohol and restaurant/store prepared packaged food and beverages, such as boxes of pizza, fast food, and drinks from restaurants, gas stations, etc., not be brought into the park. NRH2O has multiple food outlets that serve a variety of items, such as pizza, hamburgers, snacks and ice cream.
We do realize that some families appreciate the option to bring in their own food and beverages into the water park. Therefore, coolers with food and beverage are permitted; there are no fees or size restrictions for the coolers. As a reminder, our guests' bags and coolers are checked at the front gate.


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Cycling Northern Italy
Let's go!
1st stage Bologna – Portorotta
May 5, 2014
A last goodbye to our mechanic and we go, better late than never.
We arrive in Portorotta and we find dinner already on the table, kindly prepared by Silvia and Alessandro, along with a cold beer. As the first day there we took it very calmly, even because we'll not sleep in a bed for a while.
2nd stage: Portorotta – Bosco Mesola
May 6, 2014
Lesson of the day: always ask the price of things, even those that are taken for granted.
Perplexity. Especially after he recommended to pitch the tent on the other side of the road, in the middle of a sown field, where, moreover, some tractors are working!
Ok, free camping solution No. 1 discarded!
We eat bread and cheese and sleep. Despite the cold, it's warm in the tent.
3rd stage: Bosco Mesola – Isola Pellestrina
May 7, 2014
Checking between the drugs that the doctor prescribed us, we realize that he only gave us painkillers to inject! But who have ever made a puncture? We stop at the pharmacy in Bosco Mesola and get some normal powdery painkillers.
After about twenty kilometers on the verge of death, we finally get out and stop in Porto Viro. We're in Veneto. In the square there is an information office, obviously closed.
We would like to find out if there is a way to cross the Po Delta and get to Chioggia. The men of the Pro Loco had a map of the Delta, better than nothing. By eating the usual bread and cheese on a bench in the square of the church we decide to cross the Delta. It's a bit of a detour, but at least it will be a nice road. And maybe we'll not have other opportunities to see this beautiful landscape.
Even this road is beautiful and we meet very few cars.
The Venice Lagoon
We cross Chioggia, a small Venice, and we take a ferry to the Isle of Pellestrina. Very nice and not touristic at all, at least in this period. There are neither hotels nor campsites.
We put the tent directly inside one of the houses. We got lucky because at night there was rain and strong wind. We sleep very well.
Stage 4 : Island of Pellestrina – Caorle
May 8, 2014
I find that Daniele had taken my eyebrows tweezers. According to him they were a tool, and in fact were with screwdrivers and Swiss knives. So, of course, I take the opportunity to adjust my eyebrows.
After the beautician brackets, we leave again.
Daniele still has pain in his knee. Maybe I'll have to learn how to make a puncture, at least the subject of the experiment is not myself.
The campground is nice, we have huge space, and for 5 euro each, we get electricity, internet, and hot shower. It looks desert, at least until 10pm, when leaving the toilet I find myself in front of twenty drunk Alpini, aged around seventy. They go to the camping's bar and keep on drinking, and of course singing. I only remember the chorus: "I want to kiss her naked" and "you 're good, but now you must fuck off", or something like that… we have the recordings.
At least until 7 am, when they woke up more vivacious than ever for the boat ride.
May 9, 2014
Daniele plays the ukulele, I write. Now we buy some food and we'll leave tomorrow!
We buy some food and we'll leave tomorrow, if the Alpini let us sleep…


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Last Thursday I was watching a really bad spanish movie on my computer when it just died. No power up, so I though that it was a problem with the power suply or the motherboard. It was a really old computer: 1998. I upgraded it twice, with a new hd and later, two years ago with an old motherboard/micro that my friend Luis Mago gave me. So it was a good time to buy a new desktop computer. On Friday I went to verkkokauppa, a computer store very close to Nokia NCR in Helsinki, with moi. So on Saturday morning I set up my new computer, with a very big surprise: my old hard disk was also dead. Only a little bit of noise on power on, and nothing, no more. Everything lost: my music, my documents, my writtings, my pictures… 8 years of stuff. It is a big coincidence, because some days ago Jesus warned me about hard disk failures, so I bought a dvd writer for doing backups. But I got this lumbago pain so I delayed the dvdrw instalation a few days…and then it died!
The instalation of the new machine was funny, I got a asus motherboard with the JMB363 SATA chipset. None of my on-cd distros (thanks Novell for the SuSE boxes) recognized this chipset, and the DVD drive was not functional. I googled a bit, and I needed some brand-new kernel to make it work with the all-generic-ide param. No luck. I tried Fedora Core 6test2 with a pretty kernel panic. I need to hack a little bit to get a Fedora rawhide 2.6.17-1.2586 kernel booting on my machine and inside a bootable CD. After that I tried to do a network installation. FTP failed a lot, so I finally got the minimal installation with HTTP.
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It's a 120 GiB HD with 7 ext3 partitions. Something giving me the full data on DVDs and not very expensive would be great. If you can recommend me any company it would be great.Thanks!


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Before Mark left on his trip I found a primitive local auction house and conned him into stopping by for the preview. He just couldn't see anything worth staying for so I ran him back home then drove 95 to nothing to get back in time for the start. I also might have mentioned that he was going to be gone for our 29th wedding anniversary so buying a special piece would be a nice gesture. LOL! There were a lot of people but I met some really nice people and I plan on being there every time the doors are open.....of course! There was just so many awesome things but unfortunately some went for more than I wanted to spend since I had spotted a pie safe that just had to come home with me and of course it was offered later in the evening. I have wanted a pie safe for the last 30 years but just never found the right one at the right time but this time the stars all aligned. So here is in the dining room and I love it!!!!! All it took was a quick swipe of murphy's oil soap and then it was decorating time. Mark's not crazy about the doors being open so I have comprised and keep one door shut....hey that's a huge comprise for me! I have promised Mark that no more furniture will come in unless something else goes out so I have to sell my dry sink that I had in the dining room but this home is smaller so editing collections is a good thing.
I was also able to snap up this pine bench and it looks great on the staircase or at least for the moment that's where it is residing. Oh and the basket below it came from the auction as well.
I did some rearranging and managed to finally get my small cabinet hung. I love it because it shows off my sheep beautifully and it was a dead area before at the area between the kitchen hallway and garage.
Ok next post will be the big home improvement addition while Mark was away. Do something today that makes you smile my friends.


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Cold sores
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Cold sores are small blister-like spots that appear in or around the outside of the mouth. Cold sores are caused by a virus, known as herpes simplex (HSV). About 80 per cent of adults are infected with the virus. Most people are infected when they are young and the infection lasts for life. However the virus can remain dormant (inactive) in many people, meaning that cold sores may never appear.
However, there are various factors that can cause the virus to become active resulting in one or more cold sores. They can include:
- tiredness and fatigue
- a break in the skin near the affected area
- periods (menstruation)
- emotional upsets or stress
- strong sunlight, cold or wind
- alcohol
- colds, flu or fevers that make the body less able to fight off infection
Cold sores start with an itchy and tingling sensation usually on the mouth, lips or nose (and can form on the genitals) and may form small blisters which crust after 3 days.
Cold sores usually clear up after two weeks without leaving any scars. However, they can be highly contagious, even when the blisters aren't present. The virus can spread between people by direct physical contact, such as kissing, skin to skin contact, sharing drink containers or eating utensils, towels or toothbrushes with someone who already has a cold sore.
As well as a blister-like spot, the following symptoms are also common:
- fever
- nausea
- headaches
- pain and swelling in the mouth
- sore throat
- swollen glands
- dehydration
Your pharmacist may recommend products to treat the short term symptoms of a cold sore.
Not sure what to do next?
If you are still concerned about your cold sores, why not use healthdirect's online Symptom Checker to get advice on when to seek medical attention.
The Symptom Checker guides you to the next appropriate healthcare steps, whether it's self care, talking to a health professional, going to a hospital or calling triple zero (000).
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Last reviewed: August 2018


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A Burlington, Vermont, police officer has been charged with domestic assault, state police said Thursday.
Ethan Thibault, 37, was charged on Wednesday, police said. He has been an officer with the Burlington Police Department since 2001.
The department asked state police to investigate Monday when a woman received a temporary relief from abuse order against Thibault.
The woman told police on Wednesday that Thibault had assaulted her more than once, most recently on Saturday at a home in Hinesburg.
Thibault met voluntarily with detectives and was charged with domestic assault. He posted $750 bail and is due in court Thursday morning. It was not immediately clear whether he had a lawyer. A woman who answered the phone at a number listed in Thibault's name hung up without comment Thursday morning.
Bruce Bovat, deputy chief of the Burlington Police Department, said Thibault has been placed on administrative leave, which is department policy. In a statement, the department said it will conduct an internal investigation after the state police probe is completed.
Thibault's arrest was the second of a Burlington officer this summer. In July, Leanne Werner was charged with drunken driving with death resulting after an off-duty crash claimed the life of a 74-year-old man. She has pleaded not guilty.
Police Officer Charged With Domestic Assault in Vermont
A Burlington, Vermont, police officer has been charged with domestic assault, state police said Thursday.


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Here we go again - The RMT have called another strike - this time from 18-22 June. As per usual, the service on the Shepperton branch has been suspended for the whole period. The local buses will be overwhelmed and travelling will be torturous. Vince Cable and local politicians have not got any meaningful action from either SWR or SWT over the years to improve the ever worsening service levels. This is unacceptable, travellers on the Branch line are treated as third class passengers by a fourth-rate operator. Our only hope is a resolution of the strike. Renationalise the railways now.
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After releasing his G.O.A.T. album fourteen years ago in 2000, LL Cool J is only now working on the project's sequel with G.O.A.T. 2. Last month we caught the project's first single with "The Hustler", and today he's back at it with the second offering called "Im Nice", featuring the chef Raekwon, Ron Browz and Murda Mook.
Instead of aiming his music at the ladies, LL gets gritty and reminds everyone why he's one of the G.O.A.T. The track is produced by Jerry Wonda.
Take a listen, and leave any comments you have below.
Who you think had the best verse?
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Check it out the OG, I came here to cut you out
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Prison or deportation: The impossible choice for asylum seekers in Israel
After escaping torture in Sudan, after walking 11 hours through the Egyptian desert, and after handing almost all his money to men with guns who blocked his way, Adam slipped through an opening in a border fence and laid down on the sand.
The respite didn't last long.
The 24-year-old told every Israeli official he met � first soldiers, then officials at a detention centre � that he was seeking safe haven.
It didn't go down well, as Adam recounts calmly from his Tel Aviv kitchen table.
I told them, 'I'm a refugee'. They said, 'we don't have a place for refugees here'.
I asked for the UN They said, 'here in Israel we don't have the UN'.
I said, 'so let me go back'. They said, 'no'.
Little did he know it would go so badly that four years later he would be labelled an infiltrator and that, as an unmarried, childless male with no official refugee status, he would be high on the list for deportation.
Adam, who told IRIN he was tortured in prison in Sudan for refusing to fight in the military, has fallen foul of a new Israeli government plan to rid the country of the 38,000 African asylum seekers inside its borders.
A new policy
The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Tel Aviv has been overrun by illegal infiltrators who, it maintains, are largely responsible for driving up poverty and crime in working class southern parts of the city.
Starting the first of April, the government says it will give the asylum seekers � more than 90 percent are from Sudan and Eritrea � the choice between prison and voluntary deportation. Those who agree to leave will be given $3,500 (this sum will decrease after 1 April) and reportedly then be sent to Rwanda or Uganda, although both governments have denied entering into agreements with Israel.
Asylum seekers began making the trek to Israel in the mid-2000s. Between then and 2014, when the country fortified its border with Egypt, Israel's policy towards new arrivals has changed often.
It gave them visas � renewable every few months � that read, this permit is not a work permit, but opted not to fine employers who hire them. It sent men to indefinite detention in a series of centres, until the high court limited this to a year in 2015. It has also paid asylum seekers to leave the country � reportedly via secret deals with Rwanda and Uganda (believed to be the destinations in this latest push).
Forced deportations haven't been officially announced, but at least one of Netanyahu's ministers has said they're on the table.
When he announced the new policy at a January cabinet meeting, Netanyahu spoke of the plight of the long-time residents and said his new deportation plan was aimed at, restoring quiet � the sense of personal security and law and order � to the residents of south Tel Aviv, and also those of many other neighbourhoods.
Welcome to the medina
South Tel Aviv has become a hive of controversy � and a useful rhetorical tool for politicians � because the government and some locals (but not all) blame poverty and deteriorating conditions on the influx of African asylum seekers, even though one official report suggests state neglect was largely to blame.
Most did not choose this city anyway. With a dark sense of humour, and a bit of profanity, Adam explains what his one-way ticket to the Central Bus Station in the south of Tel Aviv was like.
After being apprehended at the border � an incident that involved running from a searchlight, losing his shoes, and an act of kindness when a soldier gave him his own boots � Adam was told he couldn't claim status as a refugee but could stay in Israel and work a while, in what officials kept calling the medina, city in Arabic.
He didn't speak much of that language, but after weeks in detention he heard his name called a few times: Adam-medina, Adam-medina. Loaded onto a bus with other African asylum seekers, he eventually figured out what medina meant and that he was going to a city that turned out to be Tel Aviv.
Unlike some of his fellow passengers, he already feared his prospects were bleak. We didn't speak Hebrew; we didn't have any experience, he remembers. People were so happy getting on the bus.
I said to them, 'Why are you happy? This medina is going to be messed up [in more colourful language]. It's not going to be easy'.
Adam took one look at Tel Aviv, saw men sleeping rough in a park, and got on the first bus out of there. But eventually he came back and found work as an electrician.
Over time, many asylum seekers found jobs and places to stay near the bus station in south Tel Aviv. Nowadays, shop signs in Tigriniya (the language spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia] compete for space in the area alongside those in Hebrew; barbershop and salons have sprung up to cater to a black clientele; coffee shops display posters of Eritrean musicians.
Teklit Michael, a 29-year-old Eritrean activist (and middle-distance runner) who fled his country in 2007, says he came to Israel to be safe from detention, torture, imprisonment, but never truly felt at home.
He recounts episodes of discrimination: When you get on the bus and no one wants to sit next to you when you cook at a restaurant and people say, 'I don't want to eat what he made'.
Refugee status
As Adam learnt upon arrival in 2013, the UN's refugee agency, UNHCR, doesn't operate in Israel. The government has handled refugee status determination since 2009, and until 2013 it was almost impossible for Eritreans and Sudanese to even submit applications.
When applying for refugee status did become an option, it was still extremely difficult and bureaucratic.
I thought, if you can apply you can at least prove that you tried, said Anwar Suliman, a Sudanese asylum seeker who IRIN profiled in this 2017 film and interviewed again for this feature.
He, like Teklit and many others, is still waiting for an answer.
Adam never filled out the refugee status determination form � what everyone calls the RSD.
Why? They told me in the beginning they had no place for me.
Plus, he says he knew a lot of people who filled out the form and it amounted to nothing.
The statistics bear this out � as of mid-2017, more than 12,200 people had filed asylum claims; more than 7,400 had received no reply. Only 10 Eritreans and one Sudanese � 11 people total � have been granted refugee status since 2009, even though Israel is a signatory to the refugee convention. One more Eritrean man is said to have been granted status this week, although IRIN could not independently confirm the report.
Fighting back
Despite utter mistrust in the system and frustration over the miniscule recognition rate, those RSDs have suddenly begun to feel like some sort of protection.
That's because it is childless men who never applied or were rejected who Israel says it will send away first, although later phases of the policy could see others deported.
Anwar now lives near another central bus station, but not in Tel Aviv � after detention in a desert centre called Holot he was told not to return to the city.
He has been the face � and name � of lawsuits; he has encouraged his fellow activists to speak out; and he has learned Hebrew and English.
Now, he says, we've struggled enough. We did everything by the law; we protested; we spoke to the international media, the local media; we did everything.
I think now is the time for the Israeli citizens' to [join us in the] struggle.
Some have heeded his call.
There have been protests (including some by residents of south Tel Aviv) against the proposed deportations, promises by rabbis to hide asylum seekers (should it come to that), and a letter from a group of pilots at Israel's national airline, El Al, saying they would refuse to fly asylum seekers if they were forcibly deported.
Condemnation from human rights organisations and international Jewish groups perhaps led Rwandan President Paul Kagame, after a recent meeting with Netanyahu, to issue a statement saying he would only accept a process that fully complies with international law.
At local NGOs that serve the asylum seeker community, activists say they will do everything they can to put a stop to the new policy. Dror Sadot of the Tel Aviv based NGO Hotline for Refugees and Migrants told IRIN that there is a lot of panic about the possible deportations, and that now is our time to do everything we can.
Adi Drori-Avraham, spokeswoman for ASSAF � which provides psychosocial support for asylum seekers who are especially vulnerable (torture victims, single mothers) � says her organisation will keep doing what it has always done.
We had an Eritrean woman, who is a single woman with three kids, sitting on a chair in her office, sobbing with her head between her hands, asking, 'Are we going to have to hide?' It's a horrible situation, basically the stuff of nightmares.
Deported to what?
In a recent cabinet meeting, Netanyahu reportedly called the notion that Rwanda is unsafe a joke.
But asylum seekers who have taken Israel's voluntary flights to Rwanda in the past have told researchers they arrived to find no support, only a night or two of hotel accommodation, and no legal right to remain there.
With $3,500 in their pockets, they were easy targets for robbery and trafficking to other countries.
They felt they had little choice but to leave Rwanda and chance it through dangerous countries like Libya, and, according to UNHCR, along they way they suffered abuse, torture, and extortion.
These reports back up stories every asylum seeker IRIN spoke to in Tel Aviv had heard (from friends or friends of friends who took Israel up on the offer of cash), and everyone had also seen the video of three Eritrean refugees who were voluntarily sent to Rwanda, attempted to make it to Libya, and were killed by so-called Islamic State.
[Rwanda and Uganda] are not our countries nobody wants to go there, says Teklit. What is waiting for them is human trafficking to other countries, torture, other horrible things.
Teklit says he can only describe how he feels as desperate, but calmly says he will choose prison if forced and must remain composed because the good guys are always the winners, not the bad guys.
Anwar feels the same: 100 percent I will go to prison. This is a crazy decision [to have to make]. But it's the best I have.
Adam has a different take. He knows the risks � he knows he'll be a sitting duck � but he reckons if he is deported it could help those still in Israel. If he's kicked out of a place that doesn't feel like your home maybe people will start paying attention one day the people here will feel something.
Changing hearts and minds
On a recent Friday night at the Eritrean women's centre in south Tel Aviv where Teklit works � women and children are celebrating a move to new offices with a coffee ceremony and snacks.
In one corner is an odd-looking pile of plastic heads with hair, which made more sense when Teklit explains that hairdressing, along with cleaning, is one of the few avenues of employment for women from Eritrea.
Behind the chitchat and selfies, in another room, a group of Eritrean and Ethiopian asylum seekers quietly fills out RSDs � with the help of volunteers, as the forms are only available in Hebrew in English.
The Israeli government says this won't make a difference, and insists that the deportation exemption only applies to those who had open applications as of the first of this year.
So why are they still giving it a shot? Maybe it makes them feel better, offers one volunteer.
Because of the recent move, the centre's walls are nearly bare, but for a painting of one black hand and one white, linked together. Printed beneath, in Hebrew and English: You shall love your neighbour as yourself.
Source: IRIN


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Paul Pogba's decision to sport a blue hairstyle for Manchester United's trip to Manchester City was branded "ridiculous" by Gary Neville.
City manager Pep Guardiola claimed this week that the France midfielder was offered to City by his agent Mino Raiola in January.
Bizarre that Pogba still has Cityâs shade of blue in his hair. Is his agent colouring his barnet these days?— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) April 7, 2018
Pogba responded to the comments on Friday by tweeting, "Say what?" soon after they were published and the following day turned up for the clash at the Etihad Stadium, where City were aiming to secure the Premier League title with victory, with an eye-catching haircut.
Neville, though, was less than impressed.
Say what? 👂🏾 pic.twitter.com/FGCGFqAe64— Paul Pogba (@paulpogba) April 6, 2018
He said on Sky Sports: "I like him, I think he's a good player, but he doesn't help himself.
"If you are a wise individual, you don't attract attention when things aren't going your way. Pogba doesn't work like that. He's got a big job to do, he's got to prove he's serious about his football.
"Coming here with blue hair today, win it's fine, lose and that's going to get mentioned forevermore. It's ridiculous."
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In today's slower leasing market, more office landlords are retrofitting their buildings to obtain LEED certification – the environmental stamp of approval from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The latest to go green: Williams Tower.
Building manager Hines said the building received Gold certification under the council's LEED for Existing Buildings program.
The 1.5 million-square-foot, 64-story skyscraper at 2800 Post Oak Blvd. was developed by Hines in 1982.
Designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee, the tower was once the largest building in the world outside of a downtown area.
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Compared to the average office building, Hines said Williams Tower is 34 percent more energy efficient and saves $1.33 per square foot in energy costs annually. This translates into greenhouse gas reductions equivalent to removing 2,125 cars from the road, according to the company.
The building got its green label through such additions as low-flow water fixtures, environmentally sensitive cleaning products, a recycling and waste diversion program and green build-out guidelines for tenants.
Bank of America Center, another Johnson/Burgee building, at 700 Louisiana also obtained a LEED Gold rating this month.