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Turnovers had been a hard thing to come by for the Baltimore Ravens this season. They had a drought that spanned over 21 quarters and two overtime periods. That streak ended last week when Lardarius Webb intercepted a Blake Bortles pass.
John Harbaugh referred to the interception as "the first olive to come out of the jar." He made the olive jar reference in his postgame press conference after the 16 – 13 victory over the Rams in which the Ravens forced four turnovers. "We've talked about the olives – maybe the olives finally popped out of the jar and came tumbling out a little bit," Harbaugh said.
John's brother, Jim's University of Michigan football team was having trouble forcing turnovers earlier this season. Jim used the same olive jar reference when his team began to force a sudden onslaught of turnovers.
"We haven't gotten a lot of turnovers and it's like opening up a new jar of olives. You open it up, turn it over and you can't get one olive to come out," Jim Harbaugh said. "They're packed in there so tight; you can't get one to come out. But if you can just get one to come out, the rest come plopping out. That's what we're hoping for with these turnovers. We've gotten one, we've gotten two and now hopefully they come out in droves."
It's fair to say the olives have started to fall out of the jar for the Ravens. Brandon Williams forced a fumble early in the fourth quarter. The Ravens capitalized on the turnover by driving 42 yards and Joe Flacco connected with Kamar Aiken for a three-yard touchdown.
Williams said the defense as a unit has been looking to cause turnovers with effort and by doing their job. "Finishing, executing and playing to the echo of the whistle. Do your one-eleventh the best that you can, and make plays," Williams said. "That's what it's all about. It's been hard for us to get turnovers. So, every pass we break up, I tell the defensive backs 'Get every ball you can.' The D-line, we say 'Make every play you can strip every ball you can."
It was the final turnover that put the Ravens in position to win the game. Courtney Upshaw was able to beat Rams left tackle Greg Robinson off the edge and knock the ball from Case Keenum's grasp. Elvis Dumervil recovered the fumble and Justin Tucker came on to kick the game-winning field goal after a few Buck Allen runs and a pass attempt by Joe Flacco.
That final pass attempt by Flacco was a costly one. He was looking to make a throw to Chris Givens on a slant route and got his leg rolled up on. The initial diagnosis is a torn MCL and ACL, but Flacco will get an MRI to confirm.
Flacco stayed in the game and handed the ball off to Buck Allen before spiking the ball to stop the clock. Allen was thrust into action when Justin Forsett suffered a broken arm in the first quarter. He was slammed to the ground by Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald and landed on his right arm. The result was two broken bones in his forearm.


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The Ed Show for Monday, April 20th, 2015
Read the transcript to the Monday show
Show: THE ED SHOW
Date: April 20, 2015
Guest: Lanny Davis, Caroline Heldman, Brad Woodhouse, Paul Henderson, Tom
Mesereau, Dean Blanchard, Brent Coon, Frank Pallone
ED SCHULTZ, MSNBC HOST: Good evening Americans and welcome to the Ed Show
live from New York.
Let`s get to work.
SEN. MARCO RUBIO, (R) FLORIDA: It`s not that I`m against gay marriage.
FRM. GOV. JEB BUSH, (R) FLORIDA: I`m for traditional marriage.
SCHULTZ: Plus.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I`m very determined to get to the bottom of this
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When do we want?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: She has no confidence that the Baltimore City Police
Department will conduct a fair investigation.
SCHULTZ: And, the gulf today five years after the spill.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Despite settlements, fines and criminal charges the
legal battle over this oil spill is far from complete.
SCHULTZ: They all have concerns about the health of the environment and
the residence of the gulf.
SCHULTZ: Good to have you with us tonight folks, thanks for watching. We
start with big news out of New Hampshire this evening. Earlier today
Hillary Clinton paid her first visit to the Granite State, Clinton met with
employees at a childhood toy factory in Keene, New Hampshire. Clinton
continued her popular -- populous pitch today. It`s working. She called
for America to rebuild our manufacturing sector.
HILLARY CLINTON, U.S. FRM. SECRETARY OF STATE: How do we get back into
more basic production again so that we can resume our lead in
manufacturing? Something that I think is essential. A lot of people
disagree with me, they say, you know, those days are over. I don`t believe
it, you walk around here you see these machines from, you know, Italy or
Germany or wherever else they`re from. Why? Why aren`t we producing those
machines? What do we need to do that jump-start advanced manufacturing
once again in our country?
SCHULTZ: Well, the message is working. Clinton`s message on the trail is
hitting home with voters. A new CNN poll shows Clinton up big on all
Republicans. Hillary Clinton is beating Marco Rubio -- Marco Rubio by 14
points, she`s up on Jeb Bush by 17, she has a 19-point lead on Governor
Chris Christie if he jumps in, she`s got whopping 24 point lead over
Senator Ted Cruz and Clinton has a 19-point lead over Senator Rand Paul.
Americans aren`t buying what Republicans are selling. Case in point, the
issue of same-sex marriage, it just continues to dug (ph) the Republican
Party. Not one Republican has said that they think gay Americans should be
allowed to get married.
BUSH: I`m for traditional marriage I believe that -- traditional marriage
is been part of the glue that has kept our society intact.
GOV. SCOTT WALKER (R), WISCONSIN: My position on marriage is still is
defined between a man and a woman.
RUBIO: It`s not that I`m against gay marriage. I believe the definition
of the institution of marriage to be between one man and one woman.
SEN TED CRUZ, (R) TEXAS: For over 200 years marriage has been a question
for the states. Now personally I believe in traditional marriage between
one man and one woman.
SEN. RAND PAUL, (R) KENTUCKY: I am a "Leave me alone" kind of guy...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: But not when it comes to marriage?
PAUL: Well no, I mean states who end up making the decisions on these
things, I think that there`s a religious connotation to marriage, I believe
in a traditional religious connotation to this but also believe people
ought to be treated fairly under the law.
GOV. CHRIS CHRISTIE, (R) NEW JERSEY: In New Jersey I oppose same-sex
marriage. I believe that marriage should be between one man and one woman.
SCHULTZ: I mean listen to them, they have no clue where the American
people are and how society has changed. So if you`re gay American and you
live in a certain state you could be treated differently from a different
state. Republicans are out of step with America. This is not what the
American people want.
The most recent Gallup poll shows 55 percent of Americans support same-sex
marriage and it continues to grow. Meanwhile some Republicans are trying
to soften their position by saying that they would attend a gay wedding.
Here`s Ohio Governor John Kasich.
GOV. JOHN KASICH, (R) OHIO: I don`t go to talk (ph) wedding I go to
weddings of people that I`m close to, and in fact I have a friend whose gay
who asked me if I would go to his wedding. And I said, well let me think
about it and I went home and I said to my wife, you know, my friend is
getting married, what do you think you want to go she goes, oh absolutely
going. I called him today and he said hey, just let me know what time it
SCHULTZ: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is taking a similar position.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Would you attend to gay wedding?
WALKER: Well, in terms of -- that`s certainly a personal issue. For a
family member, Tonette and I and our family already had a family member
who`s had a reception. I haven`t been at the wedding.
But for someone I love, we`ve been at a reception.
SCHULTZ: And Senator Marco Rubio was asked if he would attend a same-sex
RUBIO: Yeah. If somebody in my life that I love and care for, of course I
would, I mean that`s not -- I`m not going to hurt them simply because I
have a disagree with the choice they`ve made or I disagree with the
decisions they have made or whatever it maybe. Ultimately, you know, if
someone that you care for and is part of your family has decided to move in
that -- in one direction or another or feels that way because of who they
or who they love, you respect that`s because you love them.
SCHULTZ: So, Senator Rubio would not hurt them but he would allow the
government to discriminate against them. Senator Ted Cruz dodged the
question altogether saying that he`s never been asked to attend a same-sex
wedding. The rest of the presidential field has not been asked the
question. I guess this is the question of the week.
The only Republican to say that they would never attend a same-sex wedding
of course is Rick Santorum from Pennsylvania, the former senator. Don`t
let these other Republicans fool you, just because they would attend the
same-sex wedding does not mean that they support the rights of gay
Americans. You know, the Republicans are having a hard time saying the
word discrimination and that`s exactly what this is.
They can`t let people be who they are because of their traditional
believes, their faith. Let God sort it out, the separation of church and
state. Who are this Republicans to render judgment on people who are born
a certain way? They didn`t asked to be gay they are living who they are.
But the Republicans have taken the position consistently, that they will
wordsmith this and they will try to whistle out of it instead of saying,
"You know what? They deserve the same rights as every American."
And the question comes up; will this be an issue in 2016? Go ask the gay
community, you think they`re going to vote for Republicans? No they`re
probably going to support Hillary Clinton because she is well-defined on
this issue. All people should have the right to get married, that`s where
American is today.
Get your cellphones out I want to know what you think. Tonight`s question,
"Are Republicans out of step with Americans on same-sex marriage?" You go
to poll.msnbc.com/ed to cast your vote. We`ll bring you the results later
on in the show.
For more let me bring in Lanny Davis, former special counsel of the White
House, Caroline Heldman, Professor of Politics at Occidental College and
also Brad Woodhouse, President of American Bridge 21st Century, great to
have all of you with us tonight.
Caroline you first, is this going to an issue in 2016? It seems like the
Republicans just can`t bring themselves to say we`re willing to
discriminate against gay people because that`s what they`re doing.
CAROLINE HELDMAN, PROFESSOR, OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE: Indeed that is what`s
happening. If you look -- as you noted 55 percent of Americans support gay
marriage but if you look at folks, 30 and under it`s 8 out of 10. So this
issue has been decided for newer generations. It won`t be an issue in 10
years and I do think it will be an issue in the 2016 election because it is
one of the series of cultural wedge issues whether there`s a very clear
choice between Democrats and Republicans.
SCHULTZ: Brad the fact that Hillary Clinton made it definite of statement
about this last week tells me she gets it, she understands where the
country is moving and isn`t willing to discriminate against Americans. So,
what does this do if anything for a campaign?
BRAD WOODHOUSE, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN BRIDGE 21ST CENTURY: Well I think -- I
think it`s very important. I mean I`m glad that she clarified that and she
absolutely did the right thing. I mean look, whether it`s Hillary Clinton
or Barack Obama, you know, or others, young people in our society. People
have evolved on this issue but the Republicans have not.
I mean look, just a few weeks ago we were talking about official
discrimination in the state of Indiana, every Republican running for
president stood up for that official discrimination. It took the ire of
the entire country to get that law -- to get that law fixed or to get that
law changed. The Republicans are playing a dangerous game here. They`re
trying to appeal to a primary electorate...
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
WOODHOUSE: ... but the middle of this country and a vast -- many more than
that I believe -- are not where the Republicans are on this issue.
SCHULTZ: All right, well Brad is there a political capital here for
Hillary Clinton?
WOODHOUSE: Well look, I think there`s more danger for Republicans. I mean
I wouldn`t be one to suggest that we should actually play -- this is a
wedge issue, it`s a really question of doing the right thing...
SCHULTZ: But is it a wedge issue if this is where the American people are?
I mean if you got the -- I mean she`s taking a very populous tone...
WOODHOUSE: Right.
SCHULTZ: ... on a number of different issues early here in her campaign,
Lanny your thoughts, is this really what Hillary Clinton believes or she
just evolved politically on this?
LANNY DAVIS, WHITE HOUSE FRM. SPECIAL COUNSEL: Well, it was an introduced
sometime ago. A very good interview of Terry Gross tried to almost force
Hillary Clinton to say that she only changed her position because of
political reasons. When in fact everybody that I know and in my own
personal life in the last 5 years, 10 years, there`s been a revolution --
evolution is one word evolved into it. There`s been a revolution in
thinking and tolerance towards gay marriage.
My son is 17 and my younger son is 10 and I have two older children, and
the guys that preceded me was absolutely right, the generation divide is
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
DAVIS: And Hillary Clinton saying, I evolved and if Jeb Bush were to say,
you know, I`m still uncomfortable with this but I`m evolving, some
openness, some tolerance that there has to be no distinction on that which
-- as to who you love and who you are, whether it`s same-sex or heterosex.
SCHULTZ: So Lanny, put on your attorney hat now and you could wordsmith --
the way that wordsmith this the way the Republicans are.
Who`s against traditional marriage? OK? But they used that term to say,
"Well, gay marriage isn`t good enough for America." I mean that`s the
message that`s being sent. So how do they politically wordsmith that with
a generation that you`re saying is far more accepting than previous ones?
DAVIS: Well, let me give you the political answer that you`re asking for
earlier about the affect on the campaign in Hillary Clinton.
So if you ask about choice, the generational divide is tremendous.
Libertarian say, "Why should the government get between a woman and her
doctor on the issue of her pregnancy?"
And that generational divide has that to an evolution of thinking even
among people who say, "I`m personally opposed to abortion but I won`t tell
the government to get in between a relationship between a woman and her
Same thing on marriage, if Ted Cruz or anyone want to say, I personally
still believe in heterosexual marriage...
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
DAVIS: ... fine. The issue is tolerance. And right now, every Republican
I heard is intolerant of people who wish to get married to members of the
same-sex and that intolerance is not going to sell politically.
SCHULTZ: So Caroline, is it possible for a Republican to win a nomination
of their party and support same-sex marriage? It sounds impossible.
HELDMAN: I think it is impossible. We have more Republican contenders
than we have ever seen. We have at least 20 right now. It is going to be
fluid chaos in the Republican primary and I cannot imagine that anyone
could make that claim. I mean it`s going to be harder when this nomination
as it is, and that`s not what Republicans are. Majority of Republicans
oppose gay marriage.
SCHULTZ: Brad, why don`t the Democrats drive home the word discrimination?
I mean this is so easily defined, isn`t it?
WOODHOUSE: Absolutely, and the look I think Democrats did drive home that
term and that whole concept in Indiana with the law there. And I think
it`s entirely appropriate.
And look, it`s not just this -- it`s not just this. It extends to what
they feel about way, you know, wage equality. It extends to a whole
certain range of other -- whole range of other issues where they have this
traditional view that is shared by small segment of their party...
SCHULTZ: Preexisting condition on health care, I mean you discriminate
again somebody who`s sick.
WOODHOUSE: That`s right, and they seem not to have a problem with certain
types of discrimination. They suggested the other day on another network
that we ought to start, you know, testing -- giving people civics test
before they...
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
WOODHOUSE: ... go into the ballot box. I mean another form of
discrimination against people who you disagree with politically.
SCHULTZ: Lanny, do these numbers, these poll numbers that around suggest
to other Democrats there`s no sense in jumping in?
DAVIS: Well, I don`t think you need to risk exploiting something and
overdoing it. I think Hillary Clinton is in the right place and has
evolved into this position overtime.
I don`t take kindly to saint-demonious (ph) comments by others who claimed
that she did it too late or did it for political reasons, because I
appreciate if Jeb Bush were to change his mind. I would appreciate that
evolution to get with probably his children and his grandchildren on this
So we`ve got to be careful about overexploiting this and stating our
conviction against discrimination and in favor of tolerance and certainly
listen to our kids who are way ahead of us on this one.
SCHULTZ: All right. Lanny Davis, Caroline Heldman, Brad Woodhouse, great
to have you with us tonight on the Ed Show. I appreciate it.
Remember to answer tonight`s question there at polls.msnbc.com/Ed. We`ll
have the results for you right after the break.
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Coming up, the "Black lives matter" campaign hits the streets of Baltimore
in a major way. We`ll have the new developments on the Freddie Gray case.
And later, the gulf today five years after they spill the somber
anniversary brings new attention to the way forward for coastal
We`ll have a special coverage ahead. Stay with us, we`ll be right back at
the Ed Show.
SCHULTZ: And the voting is in. Here`s where we stand on tonight`s Bing
Pulse Poll. Question, "Are Republicans out of set with Americans on same-
sex marriage?" 88 percent of you voting "Yes", 12 percent "No". You can
keep on voting. We`re coming right back on the Ed Show on MSNBC. Stay
with us.
SCHULTZ: And we are back. Protesters demanding answers after the death of
Freddie Gray. The organization Justice League New York City will divert
their 250 mile march to justice to stand in solidarity with this family.
The non-violent activist group wants accountability from Baltimore police.
Gray suffered a severe spinal injury following his arrest by authorities.
He died Sunday morning. Independent and internal investigations are under
Reported Mark Barger of NBC news has more.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Hands up, don`t shoot...
MARK BARGER, NBC NEWS CORRESPONDENT: Sounds of protest from about 50
people this morning outside Baltimore Police Headquarters.
PRECIOUS WILLIAMS: We just want justice. It`s not right at all. It`s not
BARGER: They`re looking for answers to the death of Freddie Gray. The 25-
year-old died Sunday, one week after accordingly suffering a broken neck
following this arrest captures on cell phone video provided to NBC news by
Gray`s attorney.
WILLIAM MURPHY JR., GRAY`S FAMILY ATTORNEY: This was a healthy man who had
a healthy spine and his neck wasn`t broken when he first taken into police
MEGER: Police haven`t given a cause for Gray`s injury or explained the
reason for his arrest, indicating that he run from four officers on
bicycles. During his transfer by a police, an ambulance was summoned and
Gray was taken to the hospital. An autopsy is under way.
The city`s mayor and top police official say an investigation in the
officer`s actions will provide accountability and transparency.
STEPHANIE RAWLING-BLAKE, MAYOR BALTIMORE MC: The family of Mr. Gray
deserves to get answers and so does the community and they deserve to have
trust in those answers.
BARGER: Some of Freddie Gray`s friends say for now, that trust in police
is lacking.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (Inaudible) from no gang members, no enemies on the
street. You can`t look at police to help. They are hurting people. I
have no gang (ph).
BARGER: Stranger relations between citizens and police are not new in
Baltimore but now they face all new challenge.
SCHULTZ: I`m joined tonight by Paul Henderson, Veteran Prosecutor and
Legal Analyst along with Tom Mesereau, Criminal Defense Attorney.
Gentlemen, it seems like every week, we have a police story. What the heck
is going on in America? This one is for the archives. Let me tell you, a
25-year old guy has a broken neck riding a bike, did he have an accident?
I want to ask both of you. First, you, Mr. Henderson, the Justice
Department says it`s premature to intervene. Do you agree with that?
PAUL HENDERSON, LEGAL ANALYST: Well, they`re saying it`s premature to
intervene because there are investigations that are already going on at the
ground at two different levels. So, they`re going to be trying to figure
out at a local level what if anything -- Mr. Gray would have been or could
have been charged with?
And then, secondarily, and this is most importantly, what was the conduct
of the officers that were involved that have been suspended? And keep in
mind, this is more than just a two or four officers that were involved in
the initial detention. It`s going to expand and include the officers that
were involved in the arrest...
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
HENDERSON: ... and then also in the transportation. And what they`re
going to focus on is the probable cause, because the probably cause will
determine if they were acting within the scope of their duties when they
did whatever they did to Mr. Gray. Because we don`t know, and that`s why
we`re seeing all this discussion with the timeline because we don`t know
when exactly that injury occurred...
SCHULTZ: Well...
HENDERSON: ... and how it occurred, and which officers were involved.
SCHULTZ: And why are they being so tight with the information, Mr.
Henderson? Why is that?
HENDERSON: Because there`s liability attached to that. We`re going to see
what -- there`s possible the risk of wrongdoing from the officers involved.
Certainly, this isn`t standard procedure for when someone is either
arrested or detained for them to have a broken neck.
SCHULTZ: All right.
HENDERSON: So something happened and we don`t know what happened when he
went into the van. We don`t know why the van stopped, and how they had the
delay because the station was only three blocks away from where the
incident occurred.
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
HENDERSON: So certainly they`re going to be having a medical review
involved to determine exactly what the officers did, and how the injury was
caused and, that`s going to be the linchpin for this investigation.
SCHULTZ: Mr. Mesereau, what do you make of all of these so far? When you
see how many officers were involved, where is the liability here? How does
a guy get a broken neck? I mean, the folks look at this saying they must
have beat the kid up. I mean, they`ll quickly come to that conclusion.
THOMAS MESEREAU, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Well, I`ll agree the
investigation is ongoing, and we don`t have all the information. However,
I think we have enough to be extremely suspicious about police behavior.
How did his neck break? Even if there was probable cause to make an
arrest, you don`t break his neck, you don`t stick your knee on his spine,
pull up his limbs as I understand was done, and break his neck. It`s
Now, you know, police have a tendency if left unchecked to devalue the
people in these communities. If you`re in the community that`s low income,
that`s got to crime rate or a moderate crime rate, if you let police go
unchecked, they will treat people as less than humans.
I suspect that if a dog was the treated the way this man was treated,
somebody be charged with animal cruelty. I admit, all the information
isn`t in yet, but based upon what we`ve seen, this is an outrageous,
repeated attempt to devalue people because of their neighborhood, because
of their race, because of what they`re perceived in a stereotypical way as
being, and it`s an outrage.
SCHULTZ: Well, how do court document say that he was arrested without
incident, Mr. Mesereau? I mean...
MESEREAU: Well...
SCHULTZ: ... there must have been some kind of -- incident.
MESEREAU: Well, it appears, the only incident was what the police created,
by treating him in a subhuman way, and actually murdering him from what I
can see.
He has an excellent lawyer in Billy Murphy, who knows his community, has
been a real pillar of a community for years. And I think he`s going to go
after these people tooth and nail, and I hope heads roll.
SCHULTZ: Well, police say that they have no physical or video evidence.
Mr. Henderson, what do you make of that?
HENDERSON: The -- well, we see once again, and I think we`re going to have
this conversation again and again where we`re seeing video coming from the
community. So, once again, this is going to raise the issue of body
cameras again, with police and police department determining whether or
not, they`re going to record things and how they`re going to record things
because that`s going to play a vital role in whatever liability comes out
of this investigation that`s ongoing in this case.
I mean, this is exactly why we have the real concern. And this is the
bigger issue that we have this arrest or we have this incident that
escalates into...
SCHULTZ: Sure it does.
HENDERSON: ... yet again, another death of an African-American man
involved at law enforcement somehow, and the community has answers, that`s
why we`re having these protests again to try and figure out what`s going
on, and how can we stop this pattern that we`re seeing...
SCHULTZ: We are.
HENDERSON: ... in communities that are being victimized by law enforcement
in this way.
SCHULTZ: I want to get Mr. Mesereau in here again. How`s the city
handling this Tom? What do you think?
MESEREAU: Well, I mean clearly, there`s an ongoing investigation. It does
take time and has to be done professionally and with precision. However,
this withholding information on a daily basis, I don`t go for. OK?
We have enough information to be extremely suspicious on why a life was
taken and a family was destroyed. You`ve got the station three blocks
away. It`s ridiculous.
What -- why was he treated this way? Why was a knee put on his spine? Why
were his arms lifted up? And why did his neck break?
It`s outrageous and they should be giving us information on almost an
hourly basis.
SCHULTZ: Attorney Tom Mesereau and Paul Henderson, gentlemen thanks for
the conversation. I appreciate it.
Still ahead, Donald Trump`s unexpected stance on protecting the poor, I`ll
have commentary after the break.
And later, we`ll take you to the gulf where communities are still
struggling five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. It`s the
Stay with us. We`ll be right back.
SCHULTZ: Welcome back to the Ed Show. Here`s a shocker. One very
unexpected Republican has come out in full support of the social safety
DONALD TRUMP, BUSINESS MAGNATE: Every Republican wants to do a big number
on social security, they want to do it on Medicare, they want to do it on
Medicaid. And we can`t do that. And it`s not fair to the people that have
been paying in for years.
SCHULTZ: We can`t do that, meaning the country? Wow, Donald Trump, he`s
100 percent right. It`s unfair to cut people out of the system who have
been paying into it their whole lives. You just can`t privatize
This tells me that Trump is willing to work with the other side or at least
listen. I know everybody thinks that Trump is a joke, and he jumps in
front of the parade all the time, and he`s a carnival barker and all that
kind of stuff. But if it is about the economy, he`s created more jobs than
any of them, than all of the candidates put together.
He`s done more deals. He signed more contracts. He has the business
experience. He`s the guy who`s taken the risk, he`s the guy who has been
successful. I mean Trump`s business experience compared to the rest of the
Republican field is unparalleled, so why don`t they listen to him?
What I`m going to listen for as if there`s any Republican in the field that
will stand up and say, "I have more business experience than Donald Trump",
come on Rubio, I want to hear that.
Stick around, there`s a lot more coming up the Ed Show. We`ll be right
JANE WELLS, CNBC: I`m Jane Wells with your CNBC Market Wrap.
I bet Donald Trump made some money today. Stocks begin the week with a
rally. The Dow jumps 208 point, the S&P is up 19, NASDAQ climbs over 62.
One big winner today Hasbro which surged more than 12 percent, the company
reported much better than expected earnings thanks to strong demand for
boy`s toys superhero and Transformer theme items.
And IBM shares were lower early but returning around for a bit. Earnings
from big blue beat estimates but revenue fell short for the 12th quarter in
a row.
That`s it from CNBC, First in Business Worldwide.
SCHULTZ: And we are back. Five years ago today BP`s oil well in the Gulf
of Mexico exploded. More than 3 million barrels of oil spewed into the
gulf, 11 workers were killed. It was more than a deadly accident though.
The blast unleashed an environment catastrophe impacting marine life,
wildlife and human life in a devastating way.
BP has taken a few steps to correct the issue. Earlier today BP along with
the federal and state trustees announced tentative approval for 10 more
natural resource restoration projects, none of the projects are for
Louisiana. Last week in a historic move, shareholders voted for the
company to provide more information about its preparation for low carbon
Today activist are out on the streets demanding more, many feel that the
big oil company is not doing enough. It is virtually impossible to cover
every facet of this tragic event. Earlier this year I went to the gulf to
meet the people in the region, I found out how they are feeling about the
business devastation, the environmental impact, the health concerns, the
restoration projects and the legal fight to achieve restitution.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That fire is still burning on that rig which is said to
be leaking oil into the gulf this, is the coast guard begins to investigate
what went wrong.
SCHULTZ: Describe the impact on the environment from the spill five years
after the fact.
DEAN BLANCHARD, OWNER, DEAN BLANCHARD SEAFOOD: Ed if we tell you some of
the stuff we see and you wouldn`t believe it. I mean I`ve seen birds fly
and then liquid coming out off the bird and all of it suddenly they wiggle
a little bit and just crash and die.
SCHULTZ: The gulf today is nowhere near what it was before the spill.
P.J. HAHN, PELICAN COAST CONSULTING: The Grand Isle as they refer to it is
baffling booming town. I mean it was an awesome place -- and its still an
awesome place to come visit for the locals but it was growing by leaps of
bounds, they got a wonderful mayor that was really promoting the island and
it was doing it was doing fabulous and then when the oil spill came in it
shut everything down.
SCHULTZ: You see the effects everywhere from the environment, to wildlife,
to the seafood industry and to the health of the people. It seems and
feels irreversible.
What`s the water quality right now?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Its messed up beneath the sea. Whenever you hit the
bottom with a wheel you can see oil coming from the bottom, you know, stuff
like that. It`s this sick (ph).
SCHULTZ: One of the scary things about this is that the birds are still on
these islands coming in here feeding. So you can just imagine the
contamination that takes place within the wildlife. Five years after the
fact, look how dark that is right there. This is stuff that`s been kicked
up from the bottom by prop. This is what it looks like.
Along the beach here in Grand Isle, Louisiana there is evidence all over
the beach of the damaging effects of the spill. Right here right here on
the beach, if I were to dig here what would I find?
BLANCHARD: You find all these tarballs that they buried.
SCHULTZ: Tarballs?
BLANCHARD: Yeah, yeah you`ll find tarballs buried. I mean a lot of people
won`t let their kids on the beach because they, you know, that`s, you know,
if kids get on their beach, they have this little scoop shovel and they`ll
dig them up all day long.
HAHN: Today they`re still getting tarballs on the beach that they have get
cleaned up. Every time we have -- anytime type of -- we can say a
hurricane, high-energy environment that creates a little bit of a storm and
pushes up against the shoreline, these guys come out here and find
tarballs. You`ll find tarballs all day out there.
SCHULTZ: It`s not unusual for the shrimp boats here at Grand island to
come up with this in their nets, this is known as a tarball from the
Corexit that was put on the surface to push the oil down, now all the oil
is gathered like this and it`s on the bottom and it ends up in shrimper`s
nets and they don`t like it.
This is the economic bread basket of the region, shrimp. What is it like
here now is it, there`s no shrimp?
BLANCHARD: Very little, very little we`re probably doing about 30 percent
of what we did before. And it actually got a little bit better last
winter. You could see a couple of dolphins right there, but it used to be
a common as beach you could see thousands of dolphins over here.
SCHULTZ: What about the quality of the shrimp?
BLANCHARD: Here are on the inside water we`re still having mutilated
shrimp, shrimp with no eyes, shrimp with a sores on them. On outside it`s
getting a little bit better.
See this whole (inaudible) that`s not normal that`s all going on to the
heads well that`s a sore you got over here that`s not normal.
SCHULTZ: That`s a sore and that`s not normal right there.
BLANCHARD: His whole shell fell off right here. There should be shell
going all the way to its bottom, that`s a cancer right here you got.
SCHULTZ: That`s a cancer right there.
BLANCHARD: Yeah.
SCHULTZ: And you can tell about the color of the shell.
BLANCHARD: The shells gone.
SCHULTZ: The shells gone?
BLANCHARD: Yeah you feel it feel it right here. You see there`s shell up
see the shell right here?
SCHULTZ: Yeah.
BLANCHARD: You see it up.
SCHULTZ: Now what will you do with that?
BLANCHARD: (Inaudible).
SCHULTZ: What will you do with that?
BLANCHARD: We don`t eat the head but that`s what most of the stuff
SCHULTZ: So you head (inaudible) off as you ...
BLANCHARD: Yeah.
SCHULTZ: ... do your going to consume that?
BLANCHARD: Yeah. The government says it`s all right eat...
SCHULTZ: The governor says it`s OK.
BLANCHARD: If you can`t believe the governor you can believe Ed?
SCHULTZ: It`s not only shrimp. The oyster industry has been dramatically
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: For us what`s happened is our bay is really down all
(ph) from the last three years, I wish the beds have died for some reason.
What does it do with the oil spill? Some say dispersants were the problem,
the lack of freshwater were some of the problem. I would say no.
SCHULTZ: In all the years you`ve been working?
BARBER: In all the years I`ve never seen -- we used to be -- we`re one of
the biggest suppliers of oysters in the county from the bay and we used to
get 200 to 300 bags a day and now we get about 50.
SCHULTZ: And how about the quality of the oysters?
BARBER: Well, the quality is still pretty good. They we`re just -- you
know, because they reproducing, they`re small and we had a problem with a
lot of them being small. And down in the west into the bay, the oysters
used to grow a little bigger down there. Now, all those oysters have died,
you know, a friend of mine owns an oyster (inaudible) on that side and
he`s, you know, he has nothing.
SCHULTZ: Many local seafood workers believed the tarballs are a direct
result of the chemicals used in an effort to clean up the gulf.
BP refutes that claim and says dispersants weren`t important and highly
affected component of the response to the spill.
What about the Corexit that they use? Did that make it worse?
BLANCHARD: In my opinion that`s what -- that`s the whole problem we got.
If they (inaudible) all the natural substance, I mean once you put a
chemical, I mean, you then destroyed the gulf by putting all the oil in
there. Why would you, you come from a mile by putting that a full five
million galloon of chemicals in there.
SCHULTZ: So they put the chemical on the oil spill, it massed up and fell
to the bottom and it`s still there.
BLANCHARD: And I really believe that when they spread those chemicals,
then the cycle stopped in the bottom (inaudible).
Yeah, it is, that they just suck up the oil. You see in the old days when
you had an oil spill with like my grandfather and I would do, they would
throw hair on the oil because they weren`t put chemical. The oil was
SCHULTZ: That was absorbed.
BLANCHARD: It would float at the top. All is lighted in water. Water
(inaudible). So, if you really want to pick up the oil Ed and it`s on top
of the water, why would sink to the bottom, wouldn`t it be easy to pick it
up if it`s on the top? When they start taking it to the bottom, we knew
they weren`t trying to pick up.
SCHULTZ: While, the gulf is left with chemical residue, many residents are
left with health issues, from rashes on the skin to respiratory problem, to
fatigue. It`s a health misery.
BLANCHARD: You know, (inaudible) air quality over here. You see that
(inaudible) going across the beach? The air quality was right in back in
(inaudible) is this high.
So the wind would blow over the top (inaudible) good air quality.
SCHULTZ: What kind of health problems have you experienced, your friends,
your neighbors?
HAHN: I`m sorry, do you have a problem with breathing and a weird rash
that breaks out from time to time. And I, you know, I went to the doctor
and the doctor, I will say what he said, basically he dint know what it was
and came up with some kind of (inaudible) and what the hell is...
SCHULTZ: A lot of folks would have that?
HAHN: Well, and I thought I just contributed to (inaudible) trouble of
breathing and then talking to people that work out there. They`re all
complaining about the same thing, and when we went to the doctor and get
treated for it, it doesn`t help. They treated as like it`s asthma but
vanillin and the other medications that they give you for asthma weren`t
working on it, you still felt the same and it didn`t even relieved it a
little bit.
But there`s a lot of people that are far off total worst than me. And
still haven`t seen a dime from BP for medical claims.
SCHULTZ: That had nothing to do with the agriculture industry...
HAHN: No. No.
SCHULTZ: ... they`re just folks that live here.
HAHN: Folks that live here, folks that work out there during the oil
spill, folks that came in contact with the oil and they`re in a lot worse
shaped and many of them out there that are worse shapes than I am and it`s
a shame because they`re still suffering and it still have racking up
medical bills.
SCHULTZ: And they`re not getting a dime?
HAHN: They haven`t seen it, they`ll be dead before they see it done.
SCHULTZ: We`ve reach out to BP and invited representatives to join us here
on the Ed Show, the decline our invitation. BP did send us a statement
which reads in part, "Data, we have seen thus far indicates that the
environmental catastrophe that so many feared, perhaps, understandably at
the time, did not come to pass, and the gulf is recovering faster than
The company also tells us that they have paid $13.7 billion in claims.
Coming up, we`ll have more on our ongoing series. The "Gulf Today, Five
years after the spill." We`ll be right back.
SCHULTZ: Coming up on the Ed Show. More on the impact of the Gulf Coast,
five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. I`ll be joined by Brent
Coon, an attorney who`s firm represents nearly 15,000 victims, also
Congressman Frank Pallone who is working to introduce a bill to ban
offshore drilling in the Atlantic, and the Dean Blanchard one of the
country`s largest shrimp buyers.
Dean will discuss what he has seen in the wake of the spill.
BLANCHARD: Ed if we tell you some of the stuff we see and you wouldn`t
believe it. I mean I`ve seen birds fly and then liquid coming out off the
bird and all of it suddenly they wiggle a little bit and just crash and
SCHULTZ: And finally tonight, five years after the BP oil spill, negative
effects are still lingering, and the recovery is slow. Some members of
Congress and people living in the Gulf Coast region want more to be done.
I`m join tonight by Dean Blanchard, New Orleans areas shrimper and owner of
Dean Blanchard Seafood, also with us tonight is Attorney Brent Coon whose
firm represents victims of the BP spill, and with us here in New York,
Congressman Frank Pallone who`s a member of the Energy and Commerce
Committee who`s introducing legislation to ban offshore drilling at the
Congressman, I`ll start with you first tonight. What would this ban mean?
What would be allowed? What would not be allowed?
REP. FRANK PALLONE, (D) NEW JERSEY: Well there wouldn`t be any offshore
drilling for oil and gas off the coast of the Atlantic. Ed, what I want
people to understand is that the BP oil spill could happen easily again.
There were bunch of recommendations by a bipartisan commission which
Congress never enacted, and this type of deep water drilling is as just as
dangerous and prone to a spill as it was five years ago.
SCHULTZ: So, they`re doing the same stuff today they were doing five years
COON: Yeah.
SCHULTZ: ... that there`s really been no curtail of operations at all?
COON: No. Not really. And beyond that, the fact to the matter is that in
the Atlantic, all of the drilling would have to be far out at sea just like
the BP drilling had done. You don`t have the oil or natural gas close to
shore as you do in the Gulf.
So, the type of deep sea drilling if you will, that took place in the case
of BP would have to be done all on the Atlantic to have any results, and
the impact on the tourism industry would even be greater because we`re so
dependent on tourism off the coast of New Jersey, Virginia, the other (ph)
SCHULTZ: Would you go so far as to say that the BP oil spill five years
after the effects is really had no impact on law makers?
COON: It has had no impact whatsoever.
SCHULTZ: Dean, now, that you hear that, its five years after the fact, how
do you feel about it? Good to have with us tonight.
BLANCHARD: Well, it`s surely not surprising. I mean, the Exxon Valdez,
didn`t have no effect on the lawmakers to make new rule. They made new
rule but the oil company didn`t follow.
SCHULTZ: Where are you five years after the fact? What is your business
like today compare to what it was?
BLANCHARD: I told my wife, we`re going to go `till Labor Day, if things
don`t change we`re going to close.
SCHULTZ: Why is Labor Day the drop dead day for your shrimp industry?
BLANCHARD: Well, it`s the last day of our summer season on the isle and
I`ll figure we`d give it to the (inaudible) so we`re going to give it until
Labor Day and if there ain`t any change, we`re just going to close.
SCHULTZ: You get a sense that your area has changed forever?
BLANCHARD: It would never be the same in my life time. I realized that.
I mean, all you got to do is look at what happened in Alaska. I mean, I
don`t know if I got 30 years left.
SCHULTZ: Brent, what about BP`s announcing $134 million in proposed early
restoration projects? Are they trying to make it right?
BRENT COON, BRENT COON & ASSOCIATES: I think it`s the part of their long-
term public relations campaign. To a layperson earning $134 million sounds
like a lot of money but when you break that down into -- how much it
actually cost to make proper reparations, it is a proverbial drop in the
SCHULTZ: The 15,000 people that you represent, Mr. Coon, are they going to
see restitution?
COON: You know a lot of them are not. Ed, we talked about this on your
last series on this case and nothing`s changed. I mean, it`s five years
SCHULTZ: Since the last time you and I talked nothing`s changed?
COON: Nothing`s changed. BP`s entrenched; it`s a witch hunt against the
claimants at this point. Nothing`s changed with the numbers.
They appeal every word that comes out of the claims process. Less than 15
percent of the claimants that submitted claims over the last three years
have been paid, less than 1 percent of the businesses that went under of
the 4,000 businesses at submitted claims had been paid.
It`s a debacle. BP is winning that public relations battle, and they`re
basically starving everyone out and wearing them out.
SCHULTZ: Congressman, what do you make of those numbers?
PALLONE: I didn`t see the actual numbers there in terms of the recovery
but I wouldn`t be surprised. I see...
SCHULTZ: I mean BP, according to Mr. Coon, the attorney who represents
15,000 people, less than 50 percent of the people are going to get
restitution on this.
PALLONE: Yeah. I`m...
SCHULTZ: Why does Congress let them get away with this?
PALLONE: Well, I think they shouldn`t. I mean, you know, one of the
things I should tell you, Ed, is that, you know, the Democrats have wanted
to implement these changes to protect the drilling which, you know, ever
since the BP spill, the Republicans have been in the majority in Congress.
So, that`s why we haven`t been unable to make any changes and to do what is
necessary for recovery as well. But, I think that they should get every
cent of what they`re looking for damages so that they can come back.
I would hate to think the same thing would happen in New Jersey or around
the East Coast if we had a similar spill.
SCHULTZ: But they`re operating the same way, and it could happen.
PALLONE: It could easily happen again.
SCHULTZ: All right. Dean, Governor Bobby Jindal released a statement
today saying that more needs to be done. What would you like to see him
do? What has he done in your opinion?
BLANCHARD: Well, I don`t know if you realized that but it`s Brad (ph) is a
lawyer for BP. I mean, he hasn`t done that.
He has done nothing to help us. I got in an argument with him right at the
beginning. I`ve known Bobby for a long time. He`s done nothing to help
us, nothing at all.
SCHULTZ: Dean, again, you say, Labor Day is the drop dead date for your
business. Don`t they win if you do that?
BLANCHARD: I got no choice. I just can`t afford. It cost me $5,000 a day
to run my business. If I can`t make money between Memorial Day and Labor
Day, I know for sure, I`m not going to make money in the winter time. So
if I can`t get head enough by Labor Day to (inaudible) me through the next
winter. I just as soon (ph) shut down and -- if I`m going to go broke, I
rather go broke watching T.V. on the sofa than working myself to death.
SCHULTZ: Brent, have you seen lives destroyed?
COON: Many.
SCHULTZ: Explain.
COON: Well, it`s just like what Dean said. I mean I`ve been sitting here
talking to him before the show today. It`s tragic what`s happened to these
coastal communities that lived of about of our marine estuaries in the
gulf, and in the tourism. We`ve had literally millions of lives affected.
We`ve had hundreds of thousands of businesses affected. We`ve had
thousands of businesses that ran out of capital, Ed.
Every week, some of them, still collapsed from the impact of the economy
from five years ago. They just ran out of money to keep things going.
SCHULTZ: Five years ago today. It is the anniversary.
Dean Blanchard, Brent Coon, Congressman Frank Pallone, great to have you
with us tonight. I appreciate it.
That`s the Ed Show. I`m Ed Schultz.
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The core role for the Partnership is to develop and deliver a sustainable Crime and Disorder Strategy for the borough. The BSCP reports to the Health and Wellbeing Board and sits alongside other key partnerships these being:
The Senior Leadership Group (SLG) comprising of representatives from all key statutory agencies, including representatives from the voluntary, community and third sector, oversees the delivery of the BSCP strategy and action plan.
The vision of the BSCP is:
"People live in strong resilient communities, feel safe and supported from crime and disorder and have access to effective partnership agency support when they need it."
In order to deliver against this vision, we have refreshed our strategy which has 5 key strategic priorities:
Accountability and Reporting
The chart below highlights the governance and reporting mechanisms for the partnership. The PREM & SAS Delivery groups are directly accountable to the Senior Leadership Group (SLG), which has responsibility for overseeing the delivery of BSCP priorities.
The SLG reports directly to the Health & Wellbeing Board. The Delivery groups are required to report back to SLG in the form of an exception report to indicate whether projects/activities are performing or where potential blockages need addressing.
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Today's giveaway is from Two Little Doves, a beautiful and totally affordable jewelry boutique based in Malibu, California. The shop is full of fresh and dandy necklaces, adorable earrings, sassy rings and charmingly understated bracelets - basically the perfect everyday accessories that will make you feel snazzy each time you wear them.
Today, Two Little Doves is offering one lucky person a chance to win a $25 gift card to their shop. You can pick and choose what you fancy the most. I adore the sideways heart necklace and I would wear this one daily with my V-neck tees and red lips. Those two beauties would make a fantastic gift to a friend and this bracelet would go so well with jeans and oversized striped tops. What's your pick?
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Crypto-Eugenic Media Group: Population Control Brainwashing A "Smash Hit"
Jurriaan Maessen
December 28, 2012
President of the Population Media Center, Bill Ryerson, recently bragged that its population control brainwashing campaign in developing nations has been "a smash hit."
The Population Media Center is an American population group producing fictional programs for worldwide dissimination purposes. Its mission: to spread the message of population reduction through works of fiction. Ryerson, the Center's president, also heads the Washington-based Population Institute. Both groups are active in the modern day "population movement", striving for worldwide population reduction in the name of the earth.
During an interview with PeakProsperity's Chris Martenson, Ryerson boasted that (radio) soap-opera's are the most effective way to cull populations worldwide.
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This evening I'm enjoying a long time favorite. Magic Hat #9. A quick Wikipedia peek tells us that Magic Hat Brewing Company was formed in 1994 in Burlington, Vermont.
They currently brew 4 year-round beers. #9 or "not quite Pale Ale" may arguably be their top seller. It was introduced to me one evening at a local pub down by my home. I watched a friend order the curiously sounding brew and after observing the interesting looking brown bottle and #9 logo I decided to give it a try.
#9 gives a rich hop flavor but still rides under the crisp line for me. I would definitely describe it a fruity but as to just what notes, well, I've never been good at determining such things. One aspect I always pay attention to when critiquing a brew is the after taste. Pale Ale's on a whole, often seems to be a more on the bitter side. But with #9 I'm always left with a refreshing experience. Perhaps that why it's labeled as "not quite Pale Ale"?


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Sentinel-1 Student Transponders
The Sentinel-1 Student Transponder project is a unique new hands-on educational initiative for university students offered by ESA. It is the first ESA student project to involve students directly in preparing for and then contributing to the ESA Earth Observation satellite, Sentinel-1, the first of the 5 satellites of the Copernicus Earth-monitoring programme to be launched.
The 'Sentinel-1 Student Transponders' project is built around technical modifications to two ground-based transponders which were built for the previous Envisat/ASAR mission. Both transponders were used extensively to calibrate radar brightness images recorded by the ASAR. Through the project, students will have the opportunity to redesign the transponders and make them compatible with the forthcoming Copernicus Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mission.
The Envisat/ASAR transponders are composed of a central unit with two antennas; one for receiving and one for transmitting radar pulses, and have dimensions of about 1,20m x 1,20m in total. The transponders provide very stable radar brightness levels, with and are used for the radiometric calibration of the SAR signal.
Students will have to work in teams while ESA will provide the transponders and technical support. In the first phase, students will have to modify the circuitry of the transponders (change of the radio frequency, or RF, and other adjustments) in order to make them compatible with the Copernicus Sentinel-1 SAR instrument.
In the second phase, the students will be given by ESA the opportunity to use the modified transponders in combination with the Sentinel-1 satellite in orbit and focus on making real measurements conincident with the Sentinel-1's SAR. In doing so the students will learn a lot about spacecraft operations, SAR data processing and calibration, and scientific analysis.
The project is open to students from Poland, Czech Republic and Romania, the newest ESA Member States, with the purpose of facilitating the transfer of ESA's know-how and building capacity for the next generation of space experts in these countries.
Quick Facts
|Sentinel-1 Student Transponders
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RingCentral is re-imagining their phone system to include a host of new features, as well as further simplify their user interface. Under this initiative, the company looks to create an improved web interface, as well as to better implement Business SMS, which allows you to use your RingCentral business number to send and receive texts with customers, clients, departments, etc., and Conferencing, which allows you to setup and join conference calls anywhere and anytime even from your Smartphone.
RingCentral has announced that these updates and more are 'Coming Soon," and will happen automatically in the next few weeks. Additionally, the company has stated that users should stay tuned for further details and information. In the meantime, however, RingCentral has released a video overview of their new interface.
While the video offers a step by step tutorial, we look to break down some of the updates being made.
When the new updates are released, you will first have to log in to your RingCentral account to access the user interface and all of its updates and changes. Upon doing so, you will be privy to all the available enhancements, which allot for easier account updating and management. The first change covered pertains to the setting consolidation and shortcuts.
Setting Consolidation: RingCentral will add setting shortcuts, located at the top right hand corner of the page. The shortcuts are designed to allow both administrators and users access to quickly and easily change commonly used settings.In addition to setting shortcuts, the interface adds changes to some of the drop menus. The previous menu, composed of four settings (featured below) will be refit.
The "Settings" drop menu has been simplified to include two brackets, Phone System, where you would control company settings, and My Settings, where you would control your personal settings.
Phone System: Upon clicking the "Phone System" tab, you will be taken to a new page. On the top of the page, RingCentral has added a box of Company shortcuts. These shortcuts include the most popular settings, and will take you directly to each option. The shortcuts are: "Edit Company Hours," "Change Company Greeting," "Set Company Caller ID," and "Set Company Call Recording."
So, for example, if you needed to edit company hours, all you would need to do is click on the "Edit Company Hours" tab, and you would be taken to a simplified mini window. The window would appear on top of the current page instead of in place of it. There, you are given options to specify and set your hours accordingly.
Despite the increased accessibility of the user interface, you may still have questions. In anticipating this, RingCentral has also added a number "How Do I…" videos.
Videos: The videos are designed to answer the most common questions, and are available directly under the links on top of the page. Some of these "How Do I…" videos include changing what callers hear, setting up call forwarding, changing company voicemail, and more. Each video takes a hand-on approach to helping you with any subject.
Aside from offering additional help and support, RingCentral has included a number of quick links, which are located on the left hand side of the window.
Quick Links: These links are designed to allow you access to a number of features/options throughout the 'Settings" tab. They can be accessed at any point throughout you navigation through settings. Some of these are Company numbers, Auto-Receptionist, and Phones.
For example, if you enter "Phone System" from the "Settings" drop menu, you can click "Company Numbers." Once accessed, you will be taken to a page that lists all the company's numbers that have already been entered and saved (for example, main number, fax number, auto receptionist, etc.). Here you can edit accordingly.
The RingCentral Interface further blends feature with accessibility in reimagining their system. While there are pages and menus dedicated to service, the provider never abandons you. Throughout your navigating the "Settings" menu, each page is fit with options for additional information and help.
RingCentral has grown its interface to allow for a more universal accessibility and greater user ease. By implementing a number of new shortcuts, tutorial videos, and additional supplemental to aid in changing user settings, they set out to create an encompassing and inclusive interface. While the system update has still yet to come, we will be following RingCentral's updates as they develop.
Related Articles
– RingCentral Interviewed at CloudBeat on Their Launch of Business SMS
– RingCentral Reviews


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Europe's packaging industry secures supply chain during outbreak
Last week, following calls from the packaging industry, the European Commission confirmed that the transportation of packaging materials, including paper-based cartons and cartonboard, for essential industries such as food and pharmaceuticals, will be able to use its 'green lanes' and has updated its 'Guidelines for Border Management' to reflect the recommendation. Short term demand for cartonboard has increased by around 30% as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with particuWeiter lesen31.03.2020 read more
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Protecting the health and safety of our employees at all Janoschka and Linked plants, customers and business partners worldwide continues to be our top priority. As the Coronavirus continues to have global impact, we want to outline for you the precautions we are taking to keep our employees and communities as safe as possible. We are actively monitoring the situation in all of our locations and following the guidance of the authorities. The disease caused by the neWeiter lesen24.03.2020 read more
Constantia invests in three Comexi machines
Austrian Constantia Flexibles has installed one Comexi F2 MC flexographic press and two Comexi S2 DT slitters at its recently opened Ecoflex Ahmedabad plant in India to further contribute to more sustainable flexible packaging production. The new plant, Ecoflex Ahmedabad opened by Constantia Flexibles in November 2011 in India is focused on the production of more sustainable and fully recyclable flexible packaging material. The newly installed machines, one Comexi F2 flWeiter lesen04.03.2020 read more


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Excerpt: "NEC-SE is dedicated to providing our readers with the information they need to understand the interrelatedness of economic and political topics and issues in the Middle East. The more we understand the economic footing of the United States the better we can understand its limitations and needs in reference to its Middle Eastern foreign policy. This also holds true for Israel, which is the only nation that has advocated for a Kurdish state in Iraq. If, as seems likely, a Kurdish state is established, Israel will seek to control the Kirkuk oil fields through the Kurds. Russia is also seeking to control the Kirkuk oil fields through the Kurds, and to that end it signed today an agreement with the KRG to build a pipeline from Kirkuk to Turkey. Russia has taken this step despite the possibility that war will erupt in the region on 26 SEP 17 in the event that the KRG referendum for independence passes."
Now controlled by Kurds, Kirkuk oil fields are up for grabs
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A pool is a great place to relax, entertain friends, cool down in the summer or have fun with your kids. Unfortunately, it can also be extremely dangerous. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, young children are at the greatest risk of drowning. Of these, most of the drownings in home pools occurred when children wandered or fell into the pool, not while they were swimming.
Five Safety Tips for Home Pools
1.) Make sure that your pool is enclosed with a gated fence as required by law in all States and Territories. Be sure the fence has no vertical gaps wide enough to crawl through, and choose a design that will be difficult to climb. Keep the gate closed and locked at all times when not in use. A curious child, even a very young one, has an easy time figuring out how to open an unlock gate. To maximize your fence's safety, be sure that the gate opens away from the pool so it will not swing open if leaned against. Also place the latch more than 1.5m from the ground to keep it out of reach of children.
2.) Keep the area around the pool's fence clear. Inside the fence, remove any items that could be tripped over or create a falling hazard. Outside the fence, clear away any items that could be used to climb over the fence, such as furniture. Also be sure to secure all pool aids and toys in an out-of-the-way place.
3.) Maintain constant supervision of all children whenever they're in or around the pool. This means maintaining constant visual contact with the children and staying within an arm's reach of them. Seventy percent of toddler drownings occur when the parent or caretaker is inattentive. Don't let your children play in the pool while you do chores or nap, and never leave children in charge of watching younger siblings without adult supervision.
4.) Learn to recognize the signs of drowning. Real-life drowning victims don't generally flail around or call out the way they do on television. A body's physiological response to drowning is to remain upright, with arms and legs motionless or extended to the sides in an attempt to keep above water. If you call out to someone and don't get a response, assume that he may be drowning. It takes as few as 20 seconds for a child to become submerged after this point.
5.) Learn CPR. You can take a CPR class from Royal Life Saving in numerous places across the country, and it will only take a few hours to learn this life-saving skill. Even if you do know CPR, though, you'll still need to call for help immediately. A trained professional will have the skills and experience necessary to save a life.
Following these tips will help ensure that you and your family stay safe while enjoying fun in the water. Not only will these skills protect your children, they will also keep the other kids in your neighborhood safe.
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General Cigar Now Shipping New Macanudo and C.A.O. Sizes
cigars are on their way to shelves from General Cigar Co. The company
has shipped three new sizes of existing lines in the Macanudo and C.A.O.
La Traviata cigar brands.
The two new sizes in the Macanudo family are both in the extremely popular 6 by 60 size, the Macanudo Café Gigante and Macanudo Maduro Gigante. Each will retail for $7.99, and will be sold in 25-count boxes. The cigars could reach shops as early as this week.
Director of public relations Victoria McKee said that these sizes are popular sellers. "It's a continuing and maybe growing trend, this larger ring size."
C.A.O.'s new addition is called the Luminoso, a 4 1/2-inch-long, 50 ring gauge version of the La Traviata Maduro line. Ed McKenna, brand manager for C.A.O., said, "C.A.O. La Traviata Luminoso is one of our top-sellers, so it was only natural that we gave C.A.O. fans a new take on one of their favorite cigars."
The suggested retail for this new cigar will be $5.10, and they will be sold in 30-count boxes. Look for reviews in an upcoming Cigar Insider.
This article first appeared in the February 7 issue of Cigar Insider.


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I love fostering creativity in my kids. One of the ways that I always suggest doing that is keeping a fun mix of materials and art supplies around for them to experiment with. So, today, we're showing you how to turn a basic cart into a super cute craft cart for your little ones!
Here's the before and after! See how we transformed this cart...
You'll need:
- cart
- spray paint primer
- spray paint (pink, teal, yellow)
- iridescent tape
Here's how:
1. Before assembling cart, spray paint each tray and the legs with primer. Let dry 15 minutes.
2. Spray each tray with one of the colors and spray the legs with white spray paint. Let dry 20 minutes.
3. Apply tape around the side of each tray, leaving space for the holes to screw the tray to the legs.
4. Assemble cart according to the directions.
I love how the cart makes it easy to move into a different room or even outside when your creativity takes you elsewhere!
Sources: Benjamin Moore Barely Teal paint, OMY wall coloring, Oh Joy for Lorena Canals rug, Ikea easel, Ikea kids table, Ikea stool.
{Photos by Lily Glass. Styling by Wilmarose Orlanes, styling assistance and crafting by Jess Hong.}


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What does an American living in Germany do? Learn to bake like a true German. This baking book is incredible. Really. Not only is there a pronunciation guide in the back of book, so you know what the heck it is your reading, but a guide for the measurements. I have googled, mL to oz … Continue reading Lassen Sie uns backen!
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Vegetables from Martha.
It's Martha Stewart. Need I say more? I was extremely excited to find out I get to review this book, I know that its been out a little over a month, but it's still exciting. I am a huge huge huge Martha Stewart lover. I used to watch her show all the time, I said … Continue reading Vegetables from Martha.
One Pot Meal: Tomato Pasta
This is one of those one pot meals that really hit home. Its filling, and the cream cheese adds just the perfect amount of creaminess. The recipie says to serve immediately and there is no joke about it, the pasta soaks up all the water and broth and it becomes a sticky mess. Still delicious, … Continue reading One Pot Meal: Tomato Pasta
What Is That? HPBBQ Chicken
Lets just say the photos do not do the chicken justice. It was moist, delicious, and so tasty. My family likes to BBQ ribs, chicken, beef, you name it. But while sitting around the house trying to figure out what the heck to do with this chicken breast I realized I could just make a … Continue reading What Is That? HPBBQ Chicken
Eating: Poppyseed Chicken Casserole.
Here is another recipe I found on Oh Sweet Basil, for some poppyseed chicken. I didnt put too much poppyseed onto the casserole, not many people like it, and those little balls get stuck in your teeth......It is also my no means a health option. You can always half the recipe so it's not so … Continue reading Eating: Poppyseed Chicken Casserole.
Feeling Veggie?
Vegetable soup is one of those soups that are versatile. Chicken soup must have chicken, tomato soup has tomatoes, the list can go on. BUT, vegetable soup can have meats in it, different broths, different vegetables, added tomatoes, spices, and herbs. Its a never ending list. This soup was fun to create, and easy to … Continue reading Feeling Veggie?
The Spicy Bite: Jalapeño Bites
Need an appetizer for a party? or maybe something to snack on? These bites are perfect. You create the sizes so if you want a lot of bite size pieces cut them smaller. Simple. I have made these a dozen times and can finally make them without looking anything up like th amount of cream … Continue reading The Spicy Bite: Jalapeño Bites
Busy Day? Tell me about it.
It seems that the moment Autumn hits, so do invitations, appointments, and birthdays. My calendar is the most filled during the months of September and October. It seems that dinners are either on the go, or something simple at home. I found a way to cook something delicious, and do it on a busy day. … Continue reading Busy Day? Tell me about it.
Cherry Cheesecake Bars & Young Frankenstein.
After watching all these movies cooking food I did realize that none of them are themed or matched up well. I have found some Christmas movies that are easy to pair food, snacks, and drinks with. I think it should be a theme week!! I'll get on that the day after Halloween. … Continue reading Cherry Cheesecake Bars & Young Frankenstein.
Soup: Tomato, Beef and Macaroni & Nosferatu.
This is a great start to the soup season. Don't forget about soup week in November/December. If you don't watch good old classic horror movies, then you might not know who/what Nosferatu is. Its basically the original vampire. It's a silent film, yes, silent. No spoken words, just music & words on the screen. It's … Continue reading Soup: Tomato, Beef and Macaroni & Nosferatu.


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Environmental Club
- Raise environmental awareness in the community
- Improve sustainability at the high school
- Participate in local conservation projects
- Learn about the natural world and human impact
- Enjoy the outdoors (hiking, gardening, etc.)
Tuesdays @ 2:15 in room E2305
Advisor: Mr. Runion
If interested in joining or just attending a meeting or event, please reach out to Mr. Runion. He can provide you with the club's google classroom code.


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Election Day Ukraine (How did the auction for votes go on VK?)October 28, 2012
Well today is election day in Ukraine (and also my mother-in law's birthday) – thus a short post as I am expected elsewhere.
However I will leave you to ponder just how much these people advertising their votes for sale on VK (a social forum similar to facebook) will have actually been paid for their votes.
$20, $30, $50 for your vote? Who got a figure they were happy with and who was bought off cheaply?
Entrepreneurial spirit and all that eh? (Depressed sigh!)
Meanwhile, I wish an incident free day (and night) to all the long term observers with whom I have spoken to over the past few months – often at great length – and await the flurry of final reports with interest. My email in-box eagerly awaits the final reports from all those I spoke with and promised to send me copies.
Saying that, if historical precedent is followed, the only report that will count as far as EU recognition of these elections is concerned, free and fair or not, is that produced by ODIHR/OSCE.
Nevertheless, I look forward to reading the reports of those observers from all the observer missions I have met who have worked very hard over the past few months, covered a huge area on less than optimal roads, attended countless political rallies, spoken with numerous candidates in all manner of circumstances day and night, monitored the often mind-numbing media and listed electoral violations great or small where ever they saw them.
After so many months here, I am certain they will all be happy to get home again some time next week. No doubt I will see some of them again in 2015, and quite possibly I will see some of them again far earlier than that.


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Saturday, July 10, 2010
Art & Development
All these while, I was hesitated to start hand printing with Sarah because I know it will be a great mess when we both paint our hands with Watercolor. Then again, I do not want her to miss the fun; therefore I've decided to let her have a go.
Sarah was so glad with the idea. She told me that Barney and friends also done the hand prints before (yes, she's still a loyal Barney fans).
Name Spelling
I first started writing Sarah's name on a piece of paper and showed to her; we go through the same patterns from time to time to let her familiarize with it. After few practices, she was now able to point out her name when I wrote it together with daddy's name and mine. Well done.
She also makes us proud by spelled out "S-A-R-A-H" all by herself.
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- Merryn said...
lol.. ur fingers are so long! if u see mine together with ethan's, both oso chubby chubby fat fat!
- July 10, 2010 at 5:41 PM
- Sarah's Daddy and Mommy said...
I take that as a compliment, hehe:-)
Are you sure you have a chubby and fat fingers? You are so skinny dear:-)
- July 11, 2010 at 9:56 AM
- Jaanvi said...
beautiful.. I have been thinking of doing that too for a while now but somehow couldn't..
- July 11, 2010 at 11:11 PM
- Adrine said...
You're so hardworking. I've also thought about doing some hand painting with Elyssa but when I think of the cleaning up..... lazy la!!
- July 11, 2010 at 11:26 PM
- cre8tone said...
I've been persuading my son to get dirty with hand printing art work.. Until recently he only wanted to do it..... And now, he totally enjoy the process of hand printing and request for more.. Hope Sarah enjoy her art session, too!~
- July 12, 2010 at 3:29 AM
- Zooropa said...
The colorful hands print make a beautiful arts! Great that Sarah can spell her own name :-)
- July 12, 2010 at 3:30 AM
- Sarah's Daddy and Mommy said...
It is really a nice and beutiful art. I like it too:-)
Thanks for the comment. I am proud of Sarah's achivement too.
Oo...Sean was hesitated in getting his hands dirty?
But luckily mommy persuasion worked for him, see..now he can enjoyed the art work so much.
Hehe...no lah, I am a lazy mommy too.
You know, I just stand by a bucket of water next to the table, then everytime just ask her to wash her hands there. And once she finished all her art work, then only wash for a thorough one:-)
Thanks dear!
Give it a try, I am sure your son loves it.
- July 12, 2010 at 9:55 AM
- Little Kit Boy said...
Very nice masterpiece. Keep it up Joanne.
Hm..I always like either finger print or hand print artwork with children cos those little fingers and hands print are really really cute especially when parked near ours (parents giant hand print) heheheheh... but I think most important is these type of artwork can be kept for good memories cos later they will grow up and no more small tiny little hands.
- July 12, 2010 at 11:20 PM
- mNhL said...
Hand printing art is so fun.
- July 13, 2010 at 1:06 AM
- Debbie Y said...
Sarah mommy, you are such a great mommy. I never has such idea to play with Xandria. Probably I should try it this weekend...
- July 13, 2010 at 3:28 AM
- Oliveoylz said...
Palm printing! That's really fun:) Good opportunity for Sarah to explore with colours too! Well done to Sarah for spelling her name!
- July 13, 2010 at 9:49 AM
- Sarah's Daddy and Mommy said...
You are a great mommy too Debbie:-)
Anyway, thanks for the comment.
Actually I got the idea from my blogging frens too.
You may give a try for the activity with Xandria. It is indeed fun!
Hui Li:
Yeap, fun but messy, hehe!
Thanks dear.
You also enjoyed getting your hands messy:0-) It is nice right doing the finger and hand printing with our kids.
You are right, it is fun to see their little cute hands and fingers, definitely good for memory.
It is really a nice and beutiful art. I like it too:-)
Thanks for the comment. I am proud of Sarah's achivement too.
- July 13, 2010 at 11:06 AM
- Mummy Moon said...
I am sure Sarah had a good fun time with the palm printing activity. She can spell her name, bravo!
- July 14, 2010 at 6:10 PM
- Sarah's Daddy and Mommy said...
Yes, we both had so much fun!
Thanks for the comment. I am proud of Sarah's achivement too.
- July 15, 2010 at 10:32 AM
- Alice Law said...
Great efforts mommy has put on to Sarah in the process of learning, Bravo to Sarah too! That definitely mark a new milestone for her!^-^
Happy weekend!
- July 15, 2010 at 6:57 PM
- Sarah's Daddy and Mommy said...
Thank you so much for your comment Alice.
I never expect Sarah could spell her name within the few mths practices with her. She really deserves my hug yeah, hehe.
Happy Weekend to you too.
- July 16, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Mummy Gwen said...
Great idea. I don't like the cleaning up and mess..hehe...call me lazy lah..haha.
Sarah is so clever for able to spell her name. Keep it up.
- July 18, 2010 at 9:55 PM
- Sarah's Daddy and Mommy said...
Mommy Gwen:
No lah, you are not lazy. I am lazy mommy too.
Thanks for your comment. I am proud of her achievement too.
- July 20, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- Kristie said...
clever girl!!! Sarah is so pretty :)
- July 23, 2010 at 4:54 AM
- Sarah's Daddy and Mommy said...
Thanks for your compliment.
She had messy hair look in the video but thanks again for the sweet words:-)
- July 23, 2010 at 7:16 AM


text: Bribes and brown envelopes: Nigeria's 'journalists' We look at "brown envelope" journalists and the culture of bribery in Nigerian journalism. 27 Dec 2015 20:25 GMT Media, Nigeria, Press Freedom, Africa There is a saying that 'the music hunger plays in your stomach makes you deaf to reason.' You don't preach ethics to a hungry man. Therefore when journalists are not paid they are prone to being compromised. Femi Adesina, Media Adviser Nigerian journalists are among the worst-paid reporters in Africa, seldom given money to cover travel or other expenses, let alone paid their salaries on time. This has affected the way stories are reported, with some of the country's most pressing events either under-reported or ignored altogether. Amid this climate where investigative journalism is severely stifled, corrupt and illicit practices have begun to flourish. Reporters are often seen waiting for cash handouts from politicians and government officials at press conferences, and then rarely questioning them or fact-checking. The Listening Post's Nic Muirhead travelled to Lagos, Nigeria's media capital, to report on "brown-envelope journalism".Source: Al Jazeera Tell us what you think


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AEJ issued press cards for jailed journalist in Turkey
The Association of European Journalists (AEJ) issued press cards for jailed journalists in Turkey, ahead of the EU-Turkey summit in the Bulgarian city of Varna.
95 press accreditation cards were issued for the jailed journalists in Turkey and Bulgarian association called on journalists who are attending the summit to take a symbolic badge.
"We invite the Bulgarian and international journalists who will cover the meeting in Varna to take a symbolic badge with the name and picture of a Turkish colleague and to speak on their behalf," the association said.
The association urged Turkey to immediately release the journalists and called on the European Union to "put the fate of the detained journalists as a condition for any rapprochement with Ankara."
Turkey is the world's largest jailer of journalists and has received condemnation and warnings from a range of international bodies, including the EU human rights court and international press groups.


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Each animal needs its own territory, where he would feel comfortable and safe. Cat hammock with stand is no exception, and there is often room for the nuisance of the owners. Therefore, it is better to prepare in advance for a domestic cat, which would be her favorite vacation spot. What models of houses there, what guided the choice of alternatives and simple independent production discussed in detail. Choose a suitable house for a cat to help many photo illustrations.
Designer cat hammock with stand house has a wide range of models. Some samples only show their intended purpose. The diversity is observed in shapes and sizes of products and materials from which they are made. First consider the options that are houses, usually found in cat owners:
Lovers imposingly the rest will be good for sofas. They can have a classic geometric shape (rectangular, circular or square) or have the contours of a heart. Minimalism interior harmonically complete miniature stands with pressure-reducing mattress.
A located cat can be in a hammock. Additions to them are made of Velcro straps, loops or hooks. Place fixation arbitrarily, the most popular options – between the legs on the chairs. Spacious private apartments make it possible to fix hammock under the roof as shown in the following image:
Interesting owners and cats are a kind of shed that has similarities to the doghouse. Reason for solving it of wood, but always done with a soft cloth, often in the role of advocate clothing plush. Such a cat is easy to carry with their own hands. Ready stalls are often equipped with scratch posts, which are fixed with a number on a single platform.
The Less practical alternative is a cardboard cat hammock with stand. He quickly loses an appealing appearance, but its low costs make it possible to often update your pet a place to rest. The size and shape of these structures depend solely on the creativity of the owner of the animal. This may be a tipi, an original cabin or a luxurious mansion. The easiest solution is shown in the picture below: