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1 0.6 Trump: reports that Russia influenced US election are ‘ridiculous’ – video (14.99/15) Donald Trump says the CIA’s conclusion that Russia interfered in the presidential election is ‘ridiculous’ and is being used by Democrats as ‘just another excuse’ for his defeat of Hillary Clinton 2016-12-11 12:07 1KB www.theguardian.com
2 0.4 Boeing sells 80 jets to Iran Air in biggest U. S.-Iran deal since 1979 (8.66/15) CHICAGO -- Boeing has finalized its agreement to sell 80 airplanes to Iran Air, despite staunch opposition from many lawmakers, including President-elect Donald Trump. Iran Air will be getting 50 737 airplanes and 30 777s, the first of which will be delivered in... 2016-12-11 14:11 2KB myfox8.com
3 1.4 Delta MD-80 slides into grass at snowy Detroit airport Fliers from Delta Flight 724 took to social media with tales and photos of the incident. 2016-12-11 16:15 1KB rssfeeds.usatoday.com (4.22/15)
4 2.0 Italian FM Paolo Gentiloni tapped to be premier, form next government (3.29/15) Italy's next government must deal with several urgent priorities, from bad bank loans to slow growth to earthquake recovery 2016-12-11 16:27 3KB www.cbsnews.com
5 0.9 Syrian troops pull out as Islamic State militants sweep back into ancient Palmyra Syrian troops pulled out of the ancient city of Palmyra on Sunday as Islamic State (3.27/15) militants claimed they had regained full control of the area less than a year after being driven out. Victory in the symbolically significant city would mark a startling reversal of the militant group's fortunes...... 2016-12-11 15:14 995Bytes article.wn.com
6 3.9 President names Paolo Gentilo new prime minister Following Matteo Renzi's resignation over referendum defeat, foreign minister is tasked with forming a new government. 2016-12-11 15:22 2KB mwcnews.net
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7 3.0 Donald Trump will live in the White House once he becomes president (2.17/15) President-elect Donald Trump shed more light on his plans for his living and working arrangements once he officially becomes president of the United States. 2016-12-11 13:35 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 8 1.2 Chris Christie turned down offers to join Trump administration (2.13/15) WASHINGTON -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie turned down several positions in President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration. Christie rejected Trump's offers of Homeland Security secretary, secretary of veterans affairs and ambassador to Italy and more, sources familiar with the offers told... 2016-12-11 15:58 1KB myfox8.com
9 9.7 Update: Winter storm warning in effect Snow emergencies in Howell, Fowlerville and Pinckney in force until 4 p.m. Monday 2016-12-11 15:27 1KB rssfeeds.livingstondaily.com (2.11/15)
10 4.2 Macedonia queen of gypsy music dies at age 73 Called the "Queen of Gypsy music," Redzepova in 2010 was ranked among the 50 greatest voices in the world by National Public Radio. 2016-12-11 16:22 1KB (2.06/15) chicago.suntimes.com
11 1.1 Rand Paul Gives Glimpse of Trouble Trump May Face With His Party Over Government Spending (2.05/15) Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul gave an indication today of the trouble that President-elect Trump may face from his own party in trying to fulfill campaign promises that cost money. The former GOP presidential candidate said on ABC News' "This Week" that he "won... 2016-12-11 12:58 2KB abcnews.go.com
12 0.5 Trump: Outsourcing Is 'Dumb Market,' Not 'Free Market' (1.08/15) President-elect Donald Trump described the outsourcing of American business operations as outside the domain of free market economics in a Sunday-aired interview with Fox News Channel. In a prerecorded interview with Chris Wallace for Fox News Sunday, Trump described... 2016-12-11 15:54 1KB www.dailywire.com
13 2.9 Clinton leads tributes at Reno memorial service Former US President Bill Clinton led tributes to ex-Attorney General Janet Reno at a (1.04/15) memorial service, saying she never took the easy way out when making the tougher decision was the ri 2016-12-11 14:06 1KB www.independent.ie
14 0.0 Kellyanne Conway Sets The Record Straight On Russia
(1.04/15) Kellyanne Conway told CBS' John Dickerson Sunday morning that the idea the Russian government influenced the 2016 election in favor of Donald Trump is "ridiculous. " [caption id="attachment_537193 2016-12-11 13:33 1KB dailycaller.com
15 0.0 Dem Sen McCaskill: Russian Involvement in Election a ‘Form of Warfare’ Dem Sen McCaskill: Russian Involvement in Election a 'Form of Warfare' (1.04/15) 2016-12-11 12:16 953Bytes feedproxy.google.com 16 0.9 The Three Worst Cabinet Picks Ever The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with literary editor Philip Terzian on the three worst cabinet picks of all time. This podcast can be downloaded here. Subscribe to THE WEEKLY STANDARD's iTunes podcast feed here. 2016-12-11 15:47 891Bytes (1.03/15) www.weeklystandard.com
17 3.1 Tillerson choice raises questions of corporate vs national interest (1.02/15) By Valerie Volcovici and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The central question facing Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Rex Tillerson if he beco... 2016-12-11 16:03 6KB www.dailymail.co.uk
18 4.2 Hong Kong votes to elect panel to choose next leader
(1.02/15) Polling under way to elect committee which will be responsible for choosing the city's next chief executive. 2016-12-11 14:54 3KB mwcnews.net
19 1.7 ‘Pretty Little Liars’ star Troian Bellisario marries ‘Suits’ actor Patrick J. Adams (1.02/15) The secret is out — one of the stars of "Pretty Little Liars" is officially married. 2016-12-11 13:51 2KB feeds.nydailynews.com
20 0.3 Obama's egomania and his crowning achievement Contact WND
(0.10/15) Re: “A narcissistic, anti-American, congenital whiner” Dear Mr. Farah, I enjoyed your recent column concerning Mr. Obama’s embarrassing inability to recognize how being born half black was his crowning achievement as president of the U. S. I sometimes wonder if Mr... 2016-12-11 16:01 1KB www.wnd.com
21 0.0 SHOWCASE-Soccer-Antonio hails West Ham's big 'show of character'
(0.08/15) LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Struggling West Ham United put on a 2016-12-11 15:38 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk
22 0.0 Donald Trump: Improviser in Chief (Opinion) If his 40-year career is any indication, then we should expect to see more of Trump (0.03/15) acting on instinct and improvising as he settles into the presidency, writes Michael D'Antonio 2016-12-11 13:03 9KB rss.cnn.com
23 4.2 CNN Heroes 2016 – An All-Star Tribute Live Stream: How to Watch the Show Online (0.02/15) Check out how to watch the 2016 CNN Heroes: All-Star Tribute show online via live stream. 2016-12-11 14:54 2KB heavy.com 24 1.0 Ambassador steps in for Bob Dylan at Nobel ceremony Bob Dylan Nobel prize: Singer is a no-show, Patti Smith forgets lyrics to "A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall" 2016-12-11 17:34 2KB www.cbsnews.com
25 3.3 Memorial concert honors youngest Oakland fire victim Draven McGill As tributes continue for those who lost their lives in the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire, a concert was held Saturday to honor the youngest victim. 2016-12-11 16:55 2KB abc7news.com
26 0.4 You could have used the chimney! Homeowner furious as van delivering surprise Amazon Christmas present crashes into her garage Kirsty Adams is demanding an apology from Amazon after a van delivering a present for the huge firm crashed into her garage in Bucklebury, Berkshire. 2016-12-11 16:17 7KB www.dailymail.co.uk
27 1.4 Friends for now! X Factor finalist Saara Aalto poses for sweet selfie with rival Matt Terry just hours before facing off in tense finale... as she reveals her hopes to come second Finnish native Saara, 29, shared the snap as she beamed alongside the 23-year-old waiter 2016-12-11 16:11 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk
28 2.1 9 things your startup doesn’t need to reach $10 million in revenue As an early stage entrepreneur, you’ll rarely be short of people offering their (often unsolicited) advice, and many of them will tell you that you can’t succeed as a startup without doing X, Y, and Z. Don’t listen to them. From my... 2016-12-11 22:16 4KB feedproxy.google.com
29 0.0 Bella Hadid shows off slender figure in a teeny black bikini after her Victoria's Secret debut The 20-year-old was flashing the flesh yet again on Sunday while enjoying a getaway at an undisclosed tropical location. 2016-12-11 16:08 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk
30 0.0 Chocolate-cinnamon reindeer chow treat Mix up a batch of Chocolate-Cinnamon Reindeer Chow Treat – it’s a crowd favorite with a bit of a twist on the classic flavor. 2016-12-11 16:07 1KB www.aol.com
31 6.7 The District opens in downtown Raleigh The District has opened in the old location of The Borough. 2016-12-11 16:03 1KB www.wral.com 32 0.0 Badgery's Creek: Malcolm Turnbull to sign off on second Sydney airport The first stage of the airport, including a 3.7km east-west runway, is expected to handle about 10 million passengers a year from the mid-2020s 2016-12-11 16:02 3KB www.theguardian.com
33 0.6 Mariah Carey flaunts her assets in plunging lace-up leotard and tights after holiday concert performance The All I Want For Christmas hit-maker was all smiles after her performance, being led by three bodyguards while she was shielded by a large umbrella. 2016-12-11 16:02 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk
34 0.0 MMA Movies In 2017 Include 20 Fight Scene Films And One TV Show 2017 is going to be an exciting year for action movies that feature MMA fight scenes, and there are 20 that have potential. In addition, there is also an MMA 2016-12-11 16:00 1KB www.inquisitr.com
35 0.0 Nigel Farage is not ‘controversial’ – he is toxic. Why do we keep giving him airtime? Nesrine Malik: That Farage is still invited on Question Time shows just how complicit the media have become in helping make his extreme views mainstream 2016-12-11 16:00 5KB www.theguardian.com
36 9.1 Keeping the Japanese beat The heart is a recurring theme in Yamato’s tours. 2016-12-11 15:55 1KB www.jpost.com
37 1.1 Angelina Jolie Reportedly Scarily Thin And Putting Strain On Children As Custody Battle With Pitt Ensues The world was shocked when Angelina Jolie announced she was filing for divorce from actor Brad Pitt, after a 12- year relationship and 2-year marriage. The 2016-12-11 15:47 3KB www.inquisitr.com
38 3.7 Christmas reminds us Jesus was migrant, like today's refugees, pope says Pontiff's remarks come at opening of Christmas Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square 2016-12-11 15:45 2KB www.nola.com
39 0.5 ‘Suicide Squad’ Was Just Nominated For A Surprising Award Suicide Squad isn’t expected to be in contention for any movie awards over the next few weeks and months. David Ayer’s blockbuster was criticised heavily upon 2016-12-11 15:41 1KB www.inquisitr.com 40 0.9 Incredible eye-popping images show insects appearing to glow in the dark after being exposed to ultraviolet light Photographer Nicky Bay, from Singapore, took incredible macro images of spiders, scorpions and beetle larva under ultraviolet light, making them appear to glow in the dark. 2016-12-11 15:39 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk
41 0.0 Your Dreams: Analyst Lauren Lawrence reveals the secrets behind Daily News readers’ dreams
The taking off of the shoes is a significant symbol in dreams. 2016-12-11 15:34 2KB feeds.nydailynews.com
42 1.0 Three cheers to Parkland, the film 'Moana' and Preston Place Retirement Center 1 To Parkland -- Re: House calls to homeless -- Parkland's big blue buses bring medical care to those who may need it most, Dec. 5 news... 2016-12-11 15:30 2KB www.dallasnews.com
43 0.4 Postmates hires former Circa CEO Matt Galligan as vice president of product design Postmates will be getting a new executive tasked with boosting the on-demand delivery service's product design. The company has hired serial entrepreneur Matt Galligan as its new vice president of product design. Previously, he was the cofounder and chief executive of news startup Circa ... 2016-12-11 22:16 3KB feedproxy.google.com
44 3.6 Harold Rubin is still going with the flow The South African-born octogenarian clarinetist’s contribution to the freer side of Israeli jazz will be saluted at this week’s Jerusalem Jazz Fest 2016-12-11 15:18 6KB www.jpost.com
45 0.7 Stephen Bannon found inspiration in ancient thinkers, Ronald Reagan and Nazi propaganda In the 1990s, long before Stephen K. Bannon became the chairman of Breitbart News and one of Donald Trump’s top advisors, he was just another guy in Beverly Hills who liked Shakespeare and wanted to make movies. The Navy veteran and former Goldman Sachs investment banker... 2016-12-11 15:14 949Bytes article.wn.com
46 0.6 Wanda Chairman Warns Trump: 20k US Jobs at Risk The president-elect has threatened to place restrictions on China’s business with the U. S. and conversations on Capitol Hill have been bubbling up around curbing China’s latest inroads into Hollywood — all threats to Wang’s latest business moves. Wang is the founder and CEO of China’s... 2016-12-11 15:12 2KB www.sfgate.com 47 1.5 Erdogan's AK Party submits bill to empower presidency Proposed changes seek to give president extended powers as head of executive while abolishing the prime ministry. 2016-12-11 15:11 4KB mwcnews.net
48 1.4 Eva Longoria stuns in a drip design black and white dress at the Dubai International Film Festival On Sunday, Eva Longoria, 41, dazzled in a glamorous, tea-length dress while at the Solitaire premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival. 2016-12-11 15:09 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk
49 1.1 The benefits of confidentially filing for an IPO Recently, Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc., made news with an announcement that it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO). As expected, news about the company’s potential on the public markets has caused lots of chatter from a wide- ranging... 2016-12-11 22:16 5KB feedproxy.google.com
50 0.0 Palestinian Authority officers bar IDF vehicles entry to Jenin In a video that went viral on Facebook, Palestinian officers can be seen blocking the road and preventing IDF vehicles from entering the city amidst shouting and blaring traffic. 2016-12-11 15:05 1KB www.jpost.com
51 1.5 'Women are saying he's amazing!' Frankie Bridge reveals husband Wayne has gained a legion of female fans after I'm A Celeb... as she rules out Saturdays reunion The 27-year-old pop star's hilarious confession comes shortly after she admitted she is not prepared for a reunion with The Saturdays, after the group embarked on an indefinite hiatus last year 2016-12-11 15:05 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk
52 1.6 'I'm sorry I can't be with you in person' Bob Dylan's speech at the Nobel Banquet was delivered by the US Ambassador to Sweden Azita Raji. "Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish Academy and to all of the other distinguished guests. " 2016-12-11 15:05 8KB www.digitaljournal.com
53 2.4 Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes confirm their relationship as they go hand-in-hand to meet Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi Jenna went hand-in-hand with her on and off-screen love interest Tom for a Christmas shopping trip in Primrose Hill, London, subsequently confirming her relationship with the Victoria actor. 2016-12-11 15:03 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 54 2.5 New viral threat to bees discovered A newly discovered virus called Moku poses a threat to bee colonies. The virus is spread by an invasive species of wasp and the potential is for the virus to threaten bee colonies worldwide. 2016-12-11 15:00 3KB www.digitaljournal.com
55 3.2 PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - Dec 12 SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Following are some of the lead stories from New Zealand media. Stories may be taken from papers or Internet editions. Reuters has... 2016-12-11 14:49 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk
56 0.0 Megyn Kelly Blames Trump for Americans Not Trusting Mainstream Media Anymore "They need us": Megyn Kelly claims Americans need lying mainstream media. 2016-12-11 14:45 769Bytes www.infowars.com
57 1.7 Watch: Louis Tomlinson Holds Back Tears After “Just Hold On” X-Factor Performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U__F3jK0Sw Louis Tomlinson held back tears on the X Factor UK stage after performing his debut “Just Hold On” with Steve Aoki. 2016-12-11 14:32 2KB www.inquisitr.com
58 0.0 Look Again: The week’s most compelling images from around the globe Fascinating world views from a devil in Czech Republic to an upside down house in Russia VIDEO 2016-12-11 14:30 1KB www.salon.com
59 3.7 Asians in Hollywood Honored at 15th Annual Unforgettable Gala The Unforgettable Gala lived up to its name Saturday night, delivering memorable speeches and performances. The annual event — now in its 15th year — celebrated Asian-American trailblaz… 2016-12-11 14:28 3KB variety.com
60 0.0 Madonna and Hillary: ‘Witch’ and ‘Nasty Woman’ as Sisters in Arms Two Times journalists looked at how Madonna’s recent speech about sexism put Hillary Clinton’s candidacy in fresh perspective. 2016-12-11 14:25 9KB www.nytimes.com
61 0.0 ANC has lost support, needs to regain it: Nathi Mthethwa Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has called on members of the ANC to focus on issues on the ground saying the party has lot votes. 2016-12-11 14:16 2KB www.news24.com 62 6.7 Hot chocolate affogato Hot chocolate is a winter weather staple. Try out this Italian recipe for a spin on a classic. 2016-12-11 14:16 3KB www.aol.com
63 2.4 'I suppose he's right!' Chris Pratt admits his four- year-old son thinks acting is 'kind of stupid' When asked if his son still thinks he's a firefighter, the father-of-one responded: 'no he knows i'm an actor. But he thinks it's kind of stupid. haha! I suppose he's right!!!' 2016-12-11 14:08 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk
64 0.7 ‘Elle’: Paul Verhoeven’s Demented Sex-Positive Caveman Feminism To say that Isabelle Huppert is sweeping up accolades for her performance in “Elle,” Paul Verhoeven’s gonzo deadpan feminist romantic psycho thriller, would be something of an understat… 2016-12-11 14:04 964Bytes variety.com
65 3.8 Right to work, education reform top GOP priorities Crafting the next two-year state budget will dominate the conversation when New Hampshire lawmakers return to Concord for the new session in January. 2016-12-11 14:02 4KB www.washingtontimes.com
66 4.2 Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle season 3 offers 2 standout episodes amid a bunch of fluff The show sometimes follows its muse over a cliff. But when it connects — look out. 2016-12-11 14:00 8KB www.vox.com
67 1.4 North London suburb Stoke Newington is submerged under three feet of water Residents in Stoke Newington, north London, were forced to flee their homes after the water main ruptured. Dramatic photographs show gallons of water flowing down the high street. 2016-12-11 13:54 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk
68 0.4 Scalp Cooling Devices May Just Prevent Chemo Hair Loss In Patients Hair loss is one of the more common, and unpleasant, effects of chemotherapy. But scalp cooling devices, or cooling caps, just may be what chemo patients need 2016-12-11 13:53 2KB www.inquisitr.com
69 2.9 Unheralded committee seeks ‘monumental change’ to the way First Nations get billions in federal funds First Nations leaders and federal politicians hope to make several government departments work as one while fixing reporting and financial transparency at hundreds of individual band councils 2016-12-11 13:51 7KB news.nationalpost.com 70 2.2 Pope Francis compares media focus on scandals to fecal fetish
Pope Francis went there. 2016-12-11 13:49 2KB rssfeeds.usatoday.com
71 2.8 Inside the Welsh factory which produces 650,000 ft of Christmas tinsel a MONTH Festive Productions, in Cwmbran, Wales, allowed photographers to take snapshots of the factory during its busiest time of year. It produces 656,000ft of tinsel a month. 2016-12-11 13:47 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk
72 3.6 Step into a Victorian Christmas at Tyntesfield stately home in north Somerset Tyntesfield House near Wraxall, north Somerset, will be celebrating the festive period the old fashioned way this year with a recreation of Christmas past. 2016-12-11 13:46 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk
73 2.9 Why Carrie Lam is Beijing’s real preference for chief executive There is no one as acceptable to both Beijing and Hong Kong people as Lam at this time. She might not be ideal but the rest are less than desirable 2016-12-11 13:41 3KB www.scmp.com
74 0.5 Activist push City Council to declare Long Beach a sanctuary city Activists are demanding the City Council follow the lead of their counterparts in nearby Santa Ana and declare Long Beach a sanctuary city, which generally means refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. Representatives of the 2016-12-11 13:35 8KB www.presstelegram.com
75 2.8 MSM Takes Fake News To The Next Level Media claims Jones accused Hillary of chopping up children as part of the Media claims Jones accused Hillary of chopping up children as part of the "PizzaGate" controversy. 2016-12-11 13:31 832Bytes www.infowars.com
76 2.4 Christmas treats from same suppliers can cost twice as much from luxury retailers Festive food from luxury retailers can cost up to twice as much from luxury retailers than they do at budget supermarkets such as Aldi and Lidl even they come from the same suppliers. 2016-12-11 13:31 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk
77 0.7 Doutzen Kroes debuts racy new lingerie range for Dutch brand Hunkemöller In four new images Doutzen showcases the latest range of racy undergarments from her popular Doutzen’s Stories collaboration with the Dutch label. 2016-12-11 13:31 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk 78 5.0 NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida
Winter weather is causing a ripple effect on Southwest Florida travel. 2016-12-11 13:30 1KB www.nbc-2.com
79 2.2 The Psychology of Motivation: Build Purpose, Respect Contributions, Give Credit | Dan Ariely Published on Dec 11, 2016 We shouldn’t have to be told that people’s hearts and souls are not piñatas, and yet here we are. Duke psychology professor and behavioral economist Dan Ariely says when it comes to increasing motivation, there’s … 2016-12-11 13:25 4KB www.valuewalk.com
80 3.1 Prince's ex-girlfriend Carmen Electra and others share their memories of pop star Those who had a chance to known Prince (left), including Van Jones (top right) and ex-girlfriend Carmen Electra (bottom right) are sharing their most vivid memories of the legendary performer. 2016-12-11 13:17 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk
81 1.5 If We Were ‘Staggered’ by Police Brutality, Wouldn’t Walter Scott Mistrial Have Knocked Us Over? Corporate media reported the mistrial in the case of South Carolina police officer Michael Slager, whom video showed shooting unarmed African-American Walter Scott eight times in the back in April 2015, handcuffing him on the ground, and then dropping a taser alongside his body—this after Slager... 2016-12-11 13:14 3KB www.commondreams.org
82 4.0 Kaley Cuoco Talks Plastic Surgery And New Love Karl Cook Kaley Cuoco opens up about her plastic surgery procedures and her love life in the new issue of Women’s Health. 2016-12-11 13:09 4KB www.inquisitr.com
83 2.4 Jeremy Clarkson and James May enjoy boozy night in Scotland as they film The Grand Tour Having been on location at Fort August and the lake for a number of days, the 56-year- old and James May, 53, headed out to toast the success of their new show. 2016-12-11 13:04 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk
84 1.7 From the “Battle in Seattle” to Donald Trump: Remember when the anti-globalists were left-wing radicals? There has long been a current of popular resistance to capitalist globalization — and it used to be on the left 2016-12-11 13:00 6KB www.salon.com 85 3.8 Oregon Trail Interpretive Center getting 170-year-old map The Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will be the new home of a book of historic pioneer maps thanks to Sen. Ron Wyden. 2016-12-11 13:00 5KB www.washingtontimes.com
86 0.0 Bob Schieffer, electors, Time magazine, Donald Trump, tweeting The media got it wrongRe: An election like no other -- Schieffer says campaign 'left a stain' on everything it touched, Dec. 1 Metro story. I... 2016-12-11 13:00 5KB www.dallasnews.com
87 3.2 20 years ago: Utah Jazz set franchise mark with 15th straight victory Editor's note: Every Sunday, the Deseret News takes a look back into our archives. The Utah Jazz notched their 15th str 2016-12-11 13:00 1010Bytes www.deseretnews.com
88 1.4 Son of popular Brazilian funk singer shot dead in Rio slum RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro authorities say the son of a popular Brazilian funk singer has been shot dead during a police raid in the City of God slum. ... 2016-12-11 12:54 644Bytes article.wn.com
89 1.2 Megyn Kelly And Roger Ailes Getting Their Own Movie About Fox Sexual Harassment From “The Big Short” Writer The sexual harassment allegations against former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes will be made into a movie written by renowned “The Big Short” writer Charles Randolph 2016-12-11 12:53 3KB www.inquisitr.com
90 0.0 Trump and Truth “And lying she knew was a sin.” Tom Lehrer, — An Irish BalladA number of parents have written asking for suggestions as to how they can explain to young children why the life of the lie has improved so dramatically in the United States in recent months... 2016-12-11 12:53 6KB www.commondreams.org
91 3.7 Modi releases book on Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday released "Rashtrapati Bhavan: From Raj to Swaraj" and presented the first copy of 2016-12-11 12:53 841Bytes article.wn.com
92 5.3 University program helps underserved first-year students A Winona State University mentorship program aims to help traditionally underserved first-year students find success on campus. 2016-12-11 12:48 2KB www.washingtontimes.com 93 0.9 Lube warmer, out of Seattle startup, another gem in sex tech industry The convenience of the Keurig disrupted the coffee industry with its pods. Now the Pulse lube warming and dispensing device is looking to do the same for the burgeoning sex tech industry. 2016-12-11 12:47 3KB www.thedrum.com
94 1.1 Dubai Film Connection Announces Arab Projects Prizewinners DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Projects exploring issues of identity and exile were the standouts at the Dubai fest’s Dubai Film Connection co-production market where Lebanese director E… 2016-12-11 12:42 2KB variety.com
95 3.2 Candace Cameron Bure Talks ‘Fuller House,’ The Olsen Twins, And Scott Weinger Candace Cameron Bure is opening up about her ‘Fuller House’ castmates, and why she’s done talking about the Olsen twins. 2016-12-11 12:41 3KB www.inquisitr.com
96 1.6 Report: Some Fla. political committees operate 'in shadows' A significant number of the nearly 1,000 political committees active in Florida provide information to the public that is often vague and doesn’t fully explain what they do. 2016-12-11 12:39 3KB www.washingtontimes.com
97 0.5 Topeka suicide prevention center raises funds to stay open A financially-struggling suicide prevention center that serves nearly all of Kansas will remain open after raising $90,000 between private donations and an unexpected grant from a state agency. 2016-12-11 12:34 3KB www.washingtontimes.com
98 0.0 'La La Land' costume designer spills secrets on Emma Stone's dreamy movie fashions Costume designer Mary Zophres talks about the movie's bold colors and classic vibes 2016-12-11 12:18 3KB rss.cnn.com
99 2.3 A simple but effective mental strategy can keep you from overeating this holiday The holiday season is always an uphill battle against candy, cookies and carbs -- but having this mentality could help. 2016-12-11 12:07 2KB www.aol.com 100 1.7 ‘The First Noel’ Opens For Limited Holiday Engagement At Apollo Theater "The First Noel" is now open for a limited engagement from Dec. 10 through Dec. 18. 2016-12-11 12:05 1KB newyork.cbslocal.com Articles
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1 /100 0.6 Trump: reports that Russia influenced US election are ‘ridiculous’ – video (14.99/15) Donald Trump says the CIA’s conclusion that Russia interfered in the presidential election is ‘ridiculous’ and is being used by Democrats as ‘just another excuse’ for his defeat of Hillary Clinton. Speaking in an interview with ‘Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace’, the president-elect questions whether the CIA was behind the reports that indicated Moscow wanted him in the White House
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2016-12-11 12:07 Source: www.theguardian.com
2 /100 0.4 Boeing sells 80 jets to Iran Air in biggest U. S.-Iran deal since 1979 (8.66/15) CHICAGO — Boeing has finalized its agreement to sell 80 airplanes to Iran Air, despite staunch opposition from many lawmakers, including President-elect Donald Trump.
Iran Air will be getting 50 737 airplanes and 30 777s, the first of which will be delivered in 2018. The deal was originally signed in June.
The total value of the deal is $16.6 billion — by far the biggest between U. S. and Iranian businesses since the 1979 revolution, which shut off normalized relations between the countries.
The sale was made possible by the Obama administration’s lifting of economic sanctions on Iran in September. Shortly after the deal was signed, the Treasury Department approved the delivery of Boeing and Airbus passenger planes to Iran.
Boeing needed special approval to ensure that Iran doesn’t use the planes for military purposes. In addition to the 80 planes that Boeing will make for Iran Air, Boeing also received a license to “help Iran Air find” 29 other Boeing aircraft from leasing companies.
European aviation giant Airbus, which is Boeing’s principal business rival, has a deal with Iran Air for 118 planes.
Iran is working to modernize a fleet that is among the oldest and most dangerous in the world. Years of sanctions left Iran’s airlines with outdated and unsafe aircraft. The sanctions were lifted after Iran agreed to curtail its nuclear program.
Many sanctions against Iran still remain. For example, the U. S. continues to block companies from doing business with Iran in U. S. dollars. This has complicated the financing of these huge plane contracts, since many banks are concerned about working with Iran.
Trump has been among the loudest voices of opposition to the lifting of sanctions on Iran, calling it “one of the worst deals the U. S. ever negotiated.”
Earlier this week, Trump threatened to cancel Boeing’s contract to build the next generation Air Force One, claiming it cost too much. Boeing and other U. S. companies fear Trump’s campaign promises of protectionist trade policies, which could undermine efforts by American manufacturers to sell products to new markets around the world.
Boeing said the airplane sales to Iran Air will directly support tens of thousands of U. S. jobs. The company noted that 100,000 Boeing employees will be involved with making good on the deal. Boeing will sell 80 jetliners Iran seals $17 billion Boeing Boeing finalizes deal with Iran seals $17 bln Boeing worth $16.6 billion to Iran Air deal, close to Airbus order Iran to sell 80 jets for deal, close to Airbus order rssfeeds.usatoday.com cnbc.com commercial use dailymail.co.uk upi.com
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2016-12-11 14:11 CNN Wire myfox8.com
3 /100 1.4 Delta MD-80 slides into grass at snowy Detroit airport
(4.22/15) A Delta Air Lines flight slid into the grass after landing at the Detroit Metro Airport around noon ET on Sunday, according to local media.
WXYV TV of Detroit reports the incident came after Delta Flight 724 arrived from Buffalo, saying the MD-80 aircraft landed safely but slid into a grassy area as it was turning on to a taxiway. No injuries were reported.
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Snow grounds 1,500 flights in Chicago, Midwest
The incident happened as snow fell in Detroit and at other airports across the Great Lakes region. It was not immediately clear whether the snow contributed to the mishap, though the storm had forced airlines to ground more than 1,500 flights in the region.
Numerous passengers from Delta Flight 724 took to social media with tales of the incident; many included photos from the scene.
“We got to exit off the tail of the plane. That was kind of cool,” a passenger identified on Twitter as Isaac Price said in a tweet sent at 12:12 p.m. ET.
Images shared on social media showed passengers exiting the aircraft from the tail-area emergency exit of the MD-80.
Some excitement in Detroit trying to get home from MLS Cup #ebfgawayMLSCup everyone's ok, but definitely not making the connecting flight pic.twitter.com/As8ZNajpvK We got to exit off the tail of the plane. That was kind of cool. pic.twitter.com/TC2XJZgCPe
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4 /100 2.0 Italian FM Paolo Gentiloni tapped to be premier, form next government (3.29/15) ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni was chosen Sunday to be the country’s next premier and pledged to get straight to work on forming a new coalition with the same Democrat Party-led majority.
“I’m aware of the urgency to give Italy a government in the fullness of its powers, to reassure the citizens and to face with utmost commitment and determination international, economic and social priorities, starting with the reconstruction of the quake-hit areas,” the 62- year-old Gentiloni said.
Bloomberg's Clive Crook joins CBSN to explain the implications of Italy's referendum vote and the resignation of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Fellow Democrat Matteo Renzi has been staying on as premier in a caretaker role since he offered his resignation on Dec. 7 after his nearly three-year-old government suffered a stinging defeat in a referendum on reforms.
The populist 5-Star Movement and other opposition forces have been clamoring for an early election, but Italian President Sergio Mattarella noticed that Renzi’s outgoing government still commands a majority in Parliament.
On Saturday, the day before he gave Gentiloni the mandate at the Quirinal presidential palace, Mattarella said Italy’s next government must deal with several urgent priorities, including bad loans that are burdening several Italian banks, an economy that has resisted growing for years and an ambitious construction program for several towns destroyed by earthquakes.
The president also noted there was wide political consensus for a rapid overhaul of Italy’s electoral law before Italians vote in a new election.
Gentiloni said he’d make the president’s priorities his top concerns too, as he puts together his proposed Cabinet. He told reporters he considered Mattarella’s entrusting him with the task of forming a new government “a high honor, and I’ll try to carry out the task with dignity and responsibility.”
Gentiloni had emerged as a likely pick after the president held three days of consultations with political and parliamentary leaders.
While serving as foreign minister in Renzi’s nearly three-year-old center-left coalition, Gentiloni had lobbied for an international support to help end years of violence and fighting in Libya. The North Africa nation’s lawless coast has turned into a vast launching pad for smugglers, who collect millions in profits as they send hundreds of thousands of migrants out in unseaworthy boats toward Italian shores.
Gentiloni also spearheaded Italy’s demands that the Egyptian government work to learn who tortured and killed a young Italian researcher in Cairo this year.
The 5-Star populists, who back letting Italians decide if they want to stay in the 19-nation shared euro currency, want elections soon, to capitalize on the angry mood of voters who have punished ruling parties in much of Europe.
It is up to the Italian president to decide if or when to dissolve Parliament and call for a new election ahead of a spring 2018 due date.
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5 /100 0.9 Syrian troops pull out as Islamic State militants sweep back into ancient Palmyra (3.27/15) Syrian troops pulled out of the ancient city of Palmyra on Sunday as Islamic State militants claimed they had regained full control of the area less than a year after being driven out. Victory in the symbolically significant city would mark a startling reversal of the militant group's fortunes......
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6 /100 3.9 President names Paolo Gentilo new prime minister
(3.19/15) Following Matteo Renzi's resignation over referendum defeat, foreign minister is tasked with forming a new government.
Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has been named the country's new prime minister following Matteo Renzi's resignation in the wake of a referendum defeat. On Sunday, the 62-year-old Gentiloni was asked by President Sergio Mattarella to form a new centre-left government that will guide Italy to the elections that are due by February 2018. A close ally of the outgoing premier, Gentiloni now has to put together his own government team ahead of a parliamentary approval vote expected on Wednesday.
In a brief statement, Gentiloni said there was an "urgent need for a fully functioning government" to address a series of pressing international, economic and social issues. Among those is a looming crisis in the troubled banking sector as well as the ongoing relief efforts after a series of deadly earthquakes between August and October.
Mattarella turned to Gentiloni after opposition parties rebuffed overtures about a possible national unity government. The president rejected opposition demands for an immediate election. "Not by choice but out of a sense of responsibility, I will be forming a government based on the outgoing majority," Gentiloni said. Renzi, who had been in power for two years and 10 months, resigned last week after voters overwhelmingly rejected a package of constitutional reforms on which he had staked his future.
The populist Five Star Movement, which has led calls for immediate elections, said it would boycott Wednesday's vote because the new government would have no legitimacy. "This government is not even worthy of a vote against it," said Giulia Grillo, head of the Five Star group in the Senate. All major parties have called for election as soon as possible.
But before any vote can take place, Mattarella has said Italy needs a new electoral law to replace one that applies only to the lower house and could be declared illegitimate in January by the Constitutional Court.
Elections are not due until 2018 but could be called as soon as parliament finishes rewriting the electoral law. Gentiloni said he would "facilitate, if possible, the parliamentary forces' task of quickly defining new electoral rules".
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2016-12-11 15:22 Agencies mwcnews.net
7 /100 3.0 Donald Trump will live in the White House once he becomes president (2.17/15) President-elect Donald Trump shed more light on his plans for his living and working arrangements once he officially becomes president of the United States. Talking to 'Fox News Sunday's' Chris Wallace, the incoming commander-in-chief- said he was going to live in the White House with his family, wife Melania and 10-year-old son Barron. 'We will be staying in the White House,' the president-elect confirmed. He also told the Sunday show host that he was actively pursuing how to include his eldest daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner in his administration. Scroll down for video 'Barron's going to finish up school because he's got just a couple of months to go so it's a little hard to take him out of school,' Trump explained. 'And Melania will be back and forth the that first couple of months.' Wallace asked the Republican if he wouldn't get 'lonely rattling around the White House' all by himself. 'No, I'll be working. I'll be working. It's a very special place and it represents so much and there's a lot to do, there's a lot to do, more than I ever thought,' Trump replied. 'There's so many thing we can do to "Make America Great Again" and that's what it's all about,' the president-elect continued, repeating his campaign slogan. 'I'll be working, I won't be lonely at all,' Trump added. While Trump told Wallace that he still planned to hand over his businesses to his three adult children, Ivanka, Eric and Donald Jr., the president-elect said his transition team was working on figuring out how Ivanka and Jared Kushner could play a role in his administration. 'We will have to see how the laws read,' Trump said. There's a federal nepotism law that could make official roles for the couple legally and politically problematic. 'If you look at Ivanka, you take a look and she's so strong, as you know, on the women's issue and childcare and so many things, she would be so good – nobody could do better than her – we'll have to see whether or not we can do that,' Trump acknowledged. Politico reported last week that Ivanka planned to hire a chief of staff and several aides to assist her as she moves into the role of first daughter, which historically has been an un-official role. 'And I'd love to have Jared helping us with deals with other nations,' Trump said. 'Let's see if we can do peace in the Middle East and other things.' Kushner, a real estate developer and media tycoon in his own right, helped his father-in-law run a lean and data-centric campaign, which allowed for his Electoral College victory using fewer resources than Clinton's team. Calling his son-in-law 'very talented,' Trump said his team was looking at what could be done from a legal standpoint right now. The president-elect also maintained that his kids, including Ivanka, would be taking over his business – and that it wouldn't present a conflict of interest. 'They're not president,' Trump responded, when Wallace pointed out that Trump had bashed his rival Hillary Clinton, suggesting she was using the Clinton Foundation as a way for donors to pay to play while she was serving as secretary of state. 'Oh, I see what you're getting at,' the president-elect acknowledged. He told Wallace that the kids won't be making deals for the company while he's in office. 'They're not making deals. And they're going to run my company – I have a lot of property and great stuff. They're going to run it,' Trump said. 'Hopefully they're going to run it properly.' 'But I'm not going to do deals,' he added. 'And I think – you know, I think that's going to be good.'
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8 /100 1.2 Chris Christie turned down offers to join Trump administration (2.13/15) WASHINGTON — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie turned down several positions in President- elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
Christie rejected Trump’s offers of Homeland Security secretary, secretary of veterans affairs and ambassador to Italy and more, sources familiar with the offers told CNN, confirming a report by NJ Advance Media.
The one position Christie wanted — and had been promised, the sources said — was attorney general. That nomination ultimately went to Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions.
Christie, a longtime Trump friend, was among Trump’s closest advisers and top surrogates during the campaign.
But Christie hasn’t been a fixture at Trump Tower during the transition, and his political stock was damaged by convictions in the “Bridgegate” scandal in New Jersey.
Christie has also faded from the list of potential candidates to replace Reince Priebus — Trump’s incoming White House chief of staff — as chairman of the Republican National Committee.
His fade from Trump’s orbit comes as Christie enters his final year in office in New Jersey.
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2016-12-11 15:58 CNN Wire myfox8.com
9 /100 (2.11/15) 9.7 Update: Winter storm warning in effect A winter storm warning is in effect for Livingston County through Monday morning.
Six to nine inches of snow is expected to fall across the region, with the heaviest snowfall coming during the afternoon hours, the National Weather Service said. Some areas might see more than nine inches forecasters said.
Brighton, Howell, Fowlerville and Pinckney have already declared snow emergencies. Brighton is under the emergency until further notice, according a press release emailed to local media at 7:53 a.m. The snow emergency took effect at 9 a.m.
Howell, Fowlerville and Pinckney declared snow emergencies Saturday evening, effective until 4 p.m. Monday.
Howell City Manager Shea Charles announced his city's alert at 5:10 p.m. in a press release.
"Please help us keep our roads safe," Charles said in the release.
During the emergency, all vehicles must be removed from streets to allow public works employees to clear streets and perform other winter maintenance in a safe and efficient manner. Brighton police will make reasonable attempts to contact the owners of vehicles parked along a designated snow emergency route.
Vehicles not moved will be towed at the owner's expense.
For updates on the Howell snow emergency, visit www.cityofhowell.org. Brighton residents should visit www.brightoncity.org for updates.
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2016-12-11 15:27 Noe Hernandez rssfeeds.livingstondaily.com
10 /100 4.2 Macedonia queen of gypsy music dies at age 73
(2.06/15) SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Esma Redzepova, one of the most powerful voices in the world of Gypsy music, has died in Macedonia’s capital after a brief illness, according to local media. She was 73.
Called the “Queen of Gypsy music,” Redzepova in 2010 was ranked among the 50 greatest voices in the world by National Public Radio.
News website Sakam da kazam reported that she died Sunday, citing family members.
She started singing in the early 1950s and was active almost to the end. Redzepova was the leading voice of her husband Stevo Teodosievski’s ensemble, which performed Roma and Macedonian folk music. In 2013, she represented Macedonia at the Eurovision song contest.
Redzepova and her husband had fostered 47 children. She was also known as an advocate for Roma women’s rights.
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2016-12-11 16:22 Associated Press chicago.suntimes.com
11 /100 1.1 Rand Paul Gives Glimpse of Trouble Trump May Face With His Party Over Government Spending (2.05/15) Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul gave an indication today of the trouble that President- elect Trump may face from his own party in trying to fulfill campaign promises that cost money.
The former GOP presidential candidate said on ABC News' "This Week" that he "won't vote for a budget that never balances" and that he is working to find a few other conservative GOP senators to join him.
"The current budget that the Republicans are looking at never balances. How can that be fiscally responsible? And how can we look at the public with a straight face and say, yes, we ran on balanced budgets, we're for the balanced budget amendment , and yet the budget we're going to introduce, that we're going to repeal Obamacare with never balances? " Paul said.
Trump this week repeated his promise that he wants a trillion-dollar infrastructure program and he promised during the campaign to repeal Obamacare.
Paul said that with the help of other conservative senators he might be able to block a budget that he considers irresponsible.
"All it takes is a couple of us. If there are a few conservatives in the Senate wing of the Republican Party that will say no to a budget that never balances, we could have the power to say to the leadership, you know what, we need a better budget," Paul said. "I don't know if it will happen, but I know that I will be one that won't vote for a budget that never balances," he said.
Paul also addressed reports that ExxonMobile CEO Rex Tillerson has emerged as a likely pick for secretary of state, saying that he is "going to reserve judgment on Tillerson. "
But the Kentucky senator had strong warnings about former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, who is a possible contender for secretary of state or deputy secretary of state.
"I'll do anything to try to prevent John Bolton from getting any position because I think his world view is naive," Paul said. "He still believes in regime change. He's still a big cheerleader for the Iraq War. He's promoted a nuclear attack by Israel on Iran. He wants to do regime change in Iran. "
"John Bolton doesn't get it," Paul said.
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2016-12-11 12:58 By abcnews.go.com
12 /100 0.5 Trump: Outsourcing Is 'Dumb Market,' Not 'Free Market' (1.08/15) President-elect Donald Trump described the outsourcing of American business operations as outside the domain of free market economics in a Sunday-aired interview with Fox News Channel.
In a prerecorded interview with Chris Wallace for Fox News Sunday, Trump described the importation of products manufactured abroad by America-based companies as the "dumb market".
Trump also repeated his call for a thirty-five percent tariff to be imposed on imports of products manufactured abroad by American companies. “There are going to be consequences for that,” said Trump, referring to American companies who outsource their business operations.
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13 /100 2.9 Clinton leads tributes at Reno memorial service
(1.04/15) Former US President Bill Clinton led tributes to ex- Attorney General Janet Reno at a memorial service, saying she never took the easy way out when making the tougher decision was the right thing to do.
Mr Clinton delivered a eulogy at the service for Ms Reno, who died on November 7 aged 78. He had appointed her the nation's first female attorney general.
He said Ms Reno was unafraid to take responsibility if decisions turned out wrong. Current US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Ms Reno was a trailblazer for women and minority lawyers.
The service took place at a Miami-Dade College campus not far from the Reno family home. Ms Reno died of complications from Parkinson's disease.
She was involved in many major 1990s issues, including the deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. AP
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14 /100 0.0 Kellyanne Conway Sets The Record Straight On Russia
(1.04/15) Kellyanne Conway told CBS’ John Dickerson Sunday morning that the idea the Russian government influenced the 2016 election in favor of Donald Trump is “ridiculous.”
Kellyanne Conway speaks to reporters at Trump Tower (Getty Images)
“Let’s be fair,” Trump’s former campaign manager stated. “What President-elect Trump said is ridiculous is this idea that it was meant to help him become president of the United States.”
“There is no evidence of that,” she argued. “And if you go back and you listen to Clinton campaign spokespeople on your program and others, if you listen to their private briefings to media and others, they said very little about this.” (VIDEO: RNC Spokesman Slams WaPo, NYT Reports — Russia Didn’t Hack Us)
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Conway continued that the Clinton campaign “were talking about how they were going to win the election before Election Day because of the early voting.”
Kellyanne Conway speaks to reporters at Trump Tower (Getty Images)
“False. They were going to have record turnout. If that were true, we would have won, and we did win.”
“So, I think the President-elect’s point is that the conclusions all are making, some are making here that the interference went to affecting the election results to try to defeat Hillary Clinton, that is what he is calling ridiculous.”
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15 /100 0.0 Dem Sen McCaskill: Russian Involvement in Election a ‘Form of Warfare’ (1.04/15) Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said the Russian interference in the 2016 U. S. presidential election was “a form of warfare.” McCaskill said, “This should be not only about protecting us going forward but this is a form of warfare for Vladimir Putin who is a thug and a bully and has the friends around the globe that we don’t want to be friends with, for him to be trying to impact our elections, we have to — there has to — he has to be held accountable.”
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16 /100 (1.03/15) 0.9 The Three Worst Cabinet Picks Ever The WEEKLY STANDARD Podcast with literary editor Philip Terzian on the three worst cabinet picks of all time.
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17 /100 3.1 Tillerson choice raises questions of corporate vs national interest
(1.02/15) By Valerie Volcovici and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The central question facing Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Rex Tillerson if he becomes U. S. secretary of state is whether a lifelong oil man with close ties to Russia can pivot from advancing corporate interests to serving the national interest. Tillerson, 64, got his start as a production engineer at Exxon in 1975 and has worked there ever since, running business units in Yemen, Thailand and Russia before being named chief executive in 2006. He was expected to retire next year. Critics suggested that if President-elect Donald Trump were to choose Tillerson - as a source familiar with the situation said he was expected to do - it would continue a trend of selecting some aides who may favor a softer line toward Moscow. Among these is Trump's pick for national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who raised eyebrows when he sat beside Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Moscow banquet last year and who has argued that the United States and Russia should collaborate to end Syria's civil war and to defeat Islamic State militants. Tillerson's emergence as the front-runner for the post has raised concern among Republican and Democratic senators over his ties to Russia. "It's a matter of concern to me that he has such a close personal relationship with Vladimir Putin and obviously they've done enormous deals together. That would color his approach to Vladimir Putin and the Russian threat," Republican Senator John McCain told CBS. McCain added that Tillerson would, nonetheless, get a fair confirmation hearing. Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a former Republican presidential rival to Trump, was even more forthright. "Being a "friend of Vladimir" is not an attribute I am hoping for from a #SecretaryOfState," Rubio said on his Twitter account. 'A STRAIGHT ARROW'? Many U. S. officials are worried by Russia's increasingly aggressive behavior. It annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, has supported Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian civil war and is accused of interfering in U. S. domestic politics. U. S. intelligence analysts have concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Trump defeat Hillary Clinton, and not just to undermine confidence in the U. S. electoral system, a senior U. S. official said. In his role at Exxon Tillerson maintained close ties with Putin and opposed U. S. sanctions against Russia for its incursion into Crimea. Daniel Yergin, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Prize: the Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power," said Russia represented a relatively small portion of Exxon's overall operations and played down its significance. "It was a business relationship," Yergin said. "The whole Russian thing is so much front and center now so it's inevitable that those questions be asked but, obviously, if you are a major oil company, you want to go to where your resources (are). You have to replace your reserves," he added. "If he becomes secretary of state, the interests he will pursue will be U. S. interests. This is an Eagle Scout kind of guy. He was president of the Boy Scouts," he said. "He is a straight arrow. If that's his mission, that's what he'll do. " Trump praised Tillerson, saying on his Twitter account on Saturday: "Whether I choose him or not for "State"- Rex Tillerson, the Chairman & CEO of ExxonMobil, is a world class player and dealmaker. Stay tuned! " Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman who has been tapped to serve as White House chief of Staff, praised Tillerson's relationship with Putin. "... the fact that he actually has a relationship with people like Vladimir Putin and others across the globe is something that ... we shouldn't be embarrassed by it. It's something that I think could be a huge advantage to the United States," Priebus said on ABC This Week. However, Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, a senior Democratic member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that would weigh Tillerson's nomination, was unsparing in his criticism of the possible appointment. "Reports that Rex Tillerson could be nominated to be our nation's top diplomat (are) alarming and absurd," he said. "With Rex Tillerson as our secretary of state the Trump administration would be guaranteeing Russia has a willing accomplice in the president's cabinet guiding our nation's foreign policy. " CLIMATE CHANGE Tillerson would be one of the few people selected for major roles in the Trump administration to believe that human activity causes climate change. After Trump's election, Exxon came out in support of the Paris Climate Agreement. It has also advocated for a carbon tax and internally factors in a theoretical price on carbon as it weighs manufacturing and exploration costs of projects. But some environmental groups are alarmed at the prospect of Exxon's CEO as the country's top diplomat. Exxon is under investigation by the New York Attorney General's Office for allegedly misleading investors, regulators and the public on what it knew about global warming. "Donald Trump appears intent to undo a century of environmental and social progress and return America to the age of robber barons and corporate trusts," said Carroll Muffett, president of the Center for International Environmental Law. "Who better to turn to than Exxon, the granddaddy of them all? " (Additional reporting by Steve Holland, John Walcott, Lindsey Dunsmuir, Howard Schneider and Dmitry Zhdannikov; Editing by Robert Birsel and Phil Berlowitz)
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2016-12-11 16:03 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk
18 /100 4.2 Hong Kong votes to elect panel to choose next leader
(1.02/15) Polling under way to elect committee which will be responsible for choosing the city's next chief executive.
Voting is under way in Hong Kong to elect a committee, which is tasked with choosing the next leader of the Chinese-administered city in the upcoming election slated to be held in March next year.
Sunday's vote comes only two days after the semi-autonomous city's pro-Beijing Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said he would not run for office again when his term ends in July 2017.
While jubilant at his announcement, Leung's critics fear another hardline Beijing-backed leader will be assigned to the role by the Election Committee.
This year, some 1,239 candidates are competing for 733 seats on the 1,200-member Election Committee.
A total of 461 members of the committee have already been automatically elected, including those who faced no contest and those who are ex-officio members.
The remaining six seats, which will be left vacant for various reasons, include the seats of two pro-independence MPs who were disqualified from taking office after their oaths of allegiance were deemed invalid.
The vote, in which 230,000 voters - six percent of the total electorate, will be allowed to cast ballots is widely criticised as "undemocratic".
The voters, who are selected to represent prominent sectors and interest groups in Hong Kong, are mostly seen as pro-China.
There are increasing fears that China is tightening its grip on the city it inherited from the UK in 1997, particularly after two pro-independence lawmakers advocating a complete split from Beijing were barred from taking up their seats .
The Hong Kong government is also taking four other pro-democracy legislators to court on Thursday, in a bid to unseat them after an intervention from Beijing.
Protests continue
Around a thousand protesters rallied in Hong Kong on Saturday against what they view as a continuous crackdown on pro-democracy lawmakers and an electoral system skewed towards Beijing.
"The direct message we hope to send to Beijing is we will not forgive and we will fight for democracy and freedom," said Joshua Wong, who led mass pro-democracy rallies in 2014.
"We will not allow Beijing to disqualify one more legislator, because they are democratically elected," Wong, 20, told the AFP news agency at Saturday's rally, which took place in gardens in the central commercial district.
The city's youngest lawmaker Nathan Law, 23, who is one of the four the government is seeking to unseat, addressed the crowd saying: "We need to use our legs, our bodies, to tell the regime they can't oppress us.
"They might be taking away my seat, but they are [also] imprisoning the people's minds. " Protest leaders also slammed the Election Committee which they see as an institution Beijing uses to control the government of the city.
Veteran pro-democracy lawmaker Leung Kwok-hung, also among the four legislators the government are trying to unseat, told reporters the leadership system was a "tragedy". Protester Jack Chan, 18, said Leung was not the root of the problem. "It's China interfering with Hong Kong's development," he said. Another protester at the rally, Mary Lam, who is in her 40s, said Hong Kong was being "mainlandised" by China.
"The pro-establishment camp is hurting Hong Kong, so we need to come out," she said.
This year in Hong Kong, electing the electors proves a relative stab in the dark scmp.com
2016-12-11 14:54 Agencies mwcnews.net
19 /100 1.7 ‘Pretty Little Liars’ star Troian Bellisario marries ‘Suits’ actor Patrick J. Adams (1.02/15) The secret is out — one of the stars of "Pretty Little Liars" is officially married.
Actress Troian Bellisario tied the knot with "Suits" actor Patrick J. Adams on Saturday at a scenic outdoor wedding in southern California, People magazine reports.
The two stars exchanged vows in front of approximately 200 guests in a tree-covered ceremony complete with wooden benches and an aisle adorned with candles and greenery.
Fellow "Pretty Little Liars" stars Lucy Hale, Ashley Benson, Ian Harding and Sasha Pieterse were among the attendees at the picturesque soiree, as was actor Chris Pine and "Suits" star Sarah Rafferty, according to People.
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Meghan Markle, another star on "Suits" who has made recent headlines as Prince Harry's new girlfriend, reportedly did not attend. Shay Mitchell — who has starred on "PLL" with Bellisario since the start — also missed the wedding but shared will wishes for her co-star in a lengthy Instagram tribute on Saturday.
"I love that we were able to close one very important chapter of our lives together and I am devastated not to be there as you embark on your next one," she wrote. "As I sit here thinking about our friendship and journey I am reminded of how much I love, cherish and admire you. "
"I know you and Patrick will have the most special day and I can't wait to celebrate you two as a married couple. "
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Bellisario and Adams dated for three years before getting engaged in February 2014. The longtime couple pledged to keep details of their ceremony private in the months leading up to it.
"We're going to make sure that everyone finds out about that long after it happens," Adams told Entertainment Tonight in August. "That's kind of our game plan … but obviously we're both incredibly excited. "
Adams and his new bride asked their guests to make a donation to David Suzuki Foundation — which strives to benefit the environment — and the SickKids Hospital instead of purchasing wedding gifts.
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2016-12-11 13:51 Peter Sblendorio feeds.nydailynews.com
20 /100 0.3 Obama's egomania and his crowning achievement Contact WND (0.10/15) Re: “A narcissistic, anti-American, congenital whiner”
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I enjoyed your recent column concerning Mr. Obama’s embarrassing inability to recognize how being born half black was his crowning achievement as president of the U. S. I sometimes wonder if Mr. Obama’s egomania is a form of overcompensation. Perhaps late at night, he secretly realizes he’s a “hologram,” a transparent and superficial figurehead.
By the way, I am the daughter of immigrants (half Japanese, half European), college educated, socially liberal and an avid Trump supporter and voter. Tess Smith
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21 /100 0.0 SHOWCASE-Soccer-Antonio hails West Ham's big 'show of character' (0.08/15) LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Struggling West Ham United put on a "massive show of character" to come away from Anfield with a 2-2 draw against high-scoring Liverpool on Sunday, according to forward Michail Antonio. The point lifted the Hammers out of the relegation zone to fourth from bottom, a point ahead of Swansea City and Hull City. "We showed we have determination and grit and what happened in the past doesn't affect us," said Antonio who scored just before halftime to put the visitors 2-1 up. "A great point away and we have to push on and build on this...we are working week in week out to move forward and we have to keep building," added man of the match Antonio whose team have not won in the Premier League since October. "It's a massive show of character today. We have shown we have the players to do it," he told Sky Sports television. Third-placed Liverpool have scored the most goals (37) in the league this season but they have also conceded 20. Last weekend they let in four second-half goals to lose 4-3 at Bournemouth and at Anfield they were again on the back foot. "I think we just have to cool down, evaluate the game. We let them come into the game and get the lead. Maybe our push was too late but we gave everything," said striker Divock Origi who scored their 48th-minute equaliser. "Next time we have to work harder and make the luck for ourselves. "When you let a team lead it's always difficult. They scored a second goal, it's tough, and I think we just have to stay focused. We got a point and next time must get three. " West Ham goalkeeper Darren Randolph was upset with the way he fumbled a Sadio Mane cross that led to Origi's goal, even though he made a sensational save from Jordan Henderson to redeem his error. "We battled hard and managed to get ourselves ahead in the game but I'm upset with the equaliser," he said. Former Ireland and Everton midfielder Kevin Kilbane, now a pundit for BBC radio, said it was a "superb result" for West Ham. "Randolph has his head in his hands because he knows he cost his side two points," Kilbane added. "There was a lack of spark from Liverpool today. They did push on in the second half but after the initial 10 minutes West Ham were quite comfortable. " (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Tony Jimenez)
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22 /100 (0.03/15) 0.0 Donald Trump: Improviser in Chief (Opinion) If his 40-year career is a clue, the odds are you are seeing a man who is improvising as he has throughout his long life in the public eye. As a businessman/ entertainer Trump improvised narratives that could close a sale or make a TV show succeed. In the process he often staked out extreme positions as the first step in a negotiation that ended with him getting most of what he wanted. And if he didn't, he was always willing to walk away.
The elements of Trump's approach are constant -- his ego, his flamboyance, his scorn for those who oppose him, his readiness to strike back at any criticism, no matter how justified or well intended. When challenged in the past, by New York Mayor Ed Koch or the likes of Rosie O'Donnell or Cher, he defined them with insults. He prevailed in the 2016 election with similar name-calling -- Lyin' Ted, Little Marco, Crooked Hillary -- that defied convention and gave him the reward he sought.
To his credit, Trump's record shows that he can back up his aggressive talk. During his feud with Mayor Koch he declared that he could renovate the ice skating rink in Central Park. The Koch administration's renovation of the famous Wollman Rink had been a disaster, with costs rising and deadlines missed. In addition to criticizing the mayor, Trump boasted that he could do the job for less and ahead of schedule. Koch gave him the job and Trump performed as promised.
As president-elect, Trump has shown he is willing to follow his instincts and continue defying convention by choosing a recently retired general to head the Department of Defense and putting the CEO of ExxonMobil atop his list of candidates for secretary of state. The same is true of his decision to break with decades of US policy and presidential practice by speaking with Taiwan's president. The Trump team's explanations for this departure from the longstanding "One China" policy wavered between the idea that it didn't mean much of anything and that it was an intentional effort to change the diplomatic dynamic. In this light, the Taiwan outreach could be interpreted as something similar to President Obama's move to normalize relations with Cuba.
A genuine original
Staying true to form, Trump trusts his instincts and understands that almost anything can be explained after the fact. Indeed, the explanation can be changed, as it was in the case of the call to Taiwan, to fit whatever story works best after the world reacts.
As a genuine original who has been a Democrat, and independent, and a Republican , Trump may be less driven by ideology than any Republican president since Nixon. His talk of punishing companies for exercising their right to move facilities abroad is anathema to GOPers who worship the free market but if Trump sees he has public support for this or any other policy, he'll press forward.
When he becomes president, Trump will have the world's attention for whatever stories he will tell to support his policies. In the past Trump's improvisations led to a significant number of failures, including several massive bankruptcies, to go with his achievements. In the Oval Office his moves will have far more serious effects on the economy, public safety, and even global security. And the world is such a complex and unmanageable place that Trump will soon discover the limits of his freewheeling style.
Although the volume was turned down slightly compared with his campaign events, President- elect Donald Trump's recent thank-you tour included his usual bragging, distortions and attacks on the press. A clear example was the claim that "we won a landslide. " This was both a shameless boast and a misrepresentation, since Hillary Clinton actually beat him in the popular vote by more than 2 million votes.
Nuance, like a 2-point loss in the popular vote, has never burdened Trump and the victory tour crowds savored his performance. It was his style -- loose, emotional, spontaneous -- that won him the electoral college and the White House. Thus far, Trump-in-transition has stayed true to form. By attacking companies and individuals like a local union leader who accused him of lying, Trump is demonstrating that even the weight of the presidency won't move him to change his ways.
From image to reality
A natural and practiced showman, Donald Trump's personality is a character he created and then refined to appeal to great masses of people. In his earliest days, when he had accomplished nothing but sought recognition as a young tycoon, he conspicuously tooled around Manhattan in a Cadillac driven by a chauffeur who carried a gun.
Trump dressed in mod suits with shoes dyed to match and brandished a mobile phone at a time when almost no one else had one.
The wealthy playboy act of Trump's youth won him lavish attention in the press, which he used to build his business brand. His first two projects, New York's Grand Hyatt Hotel and Trump Tower, were smashing achievements that proved that his base instincts and natural abilities were the truest guides to success. As he told me in 2014, "I consider talent much more important than experience. Much more important. Not even a contest. " The President-elect's main talent is for playing on emotions to produce something tangible in the real world. His campaign was a lurching display of rage and fearmongering against immigrants and Muslims. When crowds chanted "Lock her (Clinton) up! " Trump basked in the taunt and once even said, "I'm starting to agree with you. "
The result, besides division, was an election victory. For the first time in his life, Trump went for a job outside of the family empire and it turned out to the most powerful office in the world. What more evidence does he need to confirm that style -- or to be more accurate, his style -- works?
Trump believes in himself
When Trump tweets his complaints about how Alec Baldwin portrays him on "Saturday Night Live," he diminishes the dignity of the office he was elected to fill and affirms the idea that he is thin-skinned and emotionally over-reactive. This is precisely the quality called into question by critics who wonder if Trump's temperament is suited to the Oval Office. His response during the campaign -- "My strongest thing is my temperament" -- reflected his belief that the White House doesn't need someone who fits a familiar template of sobriety, care, and maturity. It needs him.
According to the circular logic in Trump's approach, the president-elect is justified in going after union rep Chuck Jones , who criticized him, because his methods have made him rich, and famous, and now the future chief executive of the United States.
Trump sees his winning ways as proof that he is right, even if side effects included threats by his followers against Jones and his family.
Earlier in the week, Trump's personal tweet about abruptly canceling plans for two new, more efficient and technologically capable presidential jets sent Boeing's stock value tumbling briefly. The tweet followed a press report on Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenberg's defense of international trade. Muilenberg noted his company's huge export business with China. Trump campaigned on a promise to disrupt current trade arrangements, especially those involving China.
Is Trump affected by the idea that his comments can damage a major American exporter like Boeing or cause Chuck Jones to fear for the safety of his family? It is hard to say that he would be moved by these events.
Throughout his life, Trump has sought to steamroller those who oppose him and has expressed little regret for innocent bystanders whom he has harmed, whether they were creditors in his bankruptcies or neighbors he tried to bully as he developed properties. All is fair in love and war and Trump believes, as he told Bill O'Reilly of Fox News, "My life is war. "
In love Trump has also practiced a self-interested style that justifies going to extremes. His first marriage ended in a blaze of tabloid scandal. After his second came apart he engaged in another messy and public battle over the terms of the divorce. In his third marriage he has reached a kind of stability where his public image is concerned, but it didn't keep him from engaging in the kind of grotesque banter that any wife would find extremely painful to hear.
When it was made public, the "Access Hollywood" tape of Trump making lewd comments about women shocked people with tender sensibilities but it showed Trump in typical form, playing to his audience and acting on gut instinct.
We should expect to see more of Trump acting on instinct and improvising as he settles into the presidency. He won't likely be caught saying anything as gross as his comments to "Access Hollywood," but other politicians have been caught in so-called "hot mic" moments. If Trump has his own, we should expect him to confidently sell us on the idea that he planned it all along.
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2016-12-11 13:03 Michael D rss.cnn.com
23 /100 4.2 CNN Heroes 2016 – An All-Star Tribute Live Stream: How to Watch the Show Online (0.02/15) Tonight, Anderson Cooper and Kelly Ripa host CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute , the 2016 edition of the event. It’s the 10th annual show, which devotes itself to honoring those who are helping “improve the lives of others.” It airs live tonight at 8 p.m. from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. If you’d like to watch the show live online tonight, we have all the options for you below.
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You can also watch the show live online via CNN Go , which you can check out by clicking here. You will need to have a cable log-in and to sign in with your TV provider.
Read on for all the details on Anderson Cooper's partner Benjamin Maisani to hear all about who he's dating.
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24 /100 1.0 Ambassador steps in for Bob Dylan at Nobel ceremony STOCKHOLM -- Bob Dylan has expressed awe at receiving the Nobel Prize in literature and thanked the Swedish Academy for including him among the “giants” of writing. He had to do it from a distance, however, as he was a no-show at the ceremony.
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Dylan was absent from Saturday’s award ceremony and banquet in Stockholm. But in remarks read by U. S. Ambassador to Sweden Azita Raji, he alluded to the debate about whether the award should go to a songwriter.
Dylan said when Shakespeare wrote “Hamlet,” he probably was thinking about which actors to pick and where to find a skull.
In his words: “I’m sure the farthest thing from Shakespeare’s mind was: ‘Is this literature?’”
Dylan said he too focuses on “mundane matters” such as recording in the right key, not on whether his songs are literature.
He thanked the Academy for considering the question and “providing such a wonderful answer.” Despite his absence, the crowd still gave Dylan a standing ovation after a Swedish Academy member praised his work in a speech.
An awkward moment ensued as American singer-songwriter Patti Smith, performing Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” forgot the lyrics midway through. “I apologize. I’m sorry, I’m so nervous,” Smith said, asking the orchestra to start over, as the formally dressed audience comforted her with gentle applause.
2016-12-11 17:34 AP www.cbsnews.com
25 /100 3.3 Memorial concert honors youngest Oakland fire victim Draven McGill As tributes continue for those who lost their lives in the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire , a concert was held Saturday for the youngest victim. The Ruth Asawa School of the Arts in San Francisco held a memorial concert to honor Draven McGill, 17. Former classmates and ensembles performed during the concert to honor McGill who was a student and vocalist at the school. "A choir is a team sport. And this was his team. This was his family," Ruth Asawa School of the Arts vocal music director Kristen Grzeca said. Grzeca was McGill's teacher and says the teen loved electronic dance music and hip hop, but was trained in classical. The memorial concert included songs that McGill loved and part of "Brahm's Requiem. " "Having to say goodbye to him has been very, very difficult. And this is our way to honor him and to remember him doing what we've done together for the last three years, which is make music together," Grzeca said. Classmates hung notes on the wall outside the theater to share memories and say thanks. The school collected donations to help McGill's family, including his father who is an Alameda County Sheriff's Office deputy. The school is planning a full performance of "Brahm's Requiem" on January 13 to honor McGill and another victim named Johnny Igaz. Igaz is an alumni of the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts and was playing music at the Ghost Ship warehouse the night of the fire.to make a donation to help the families of the victims who died in this tragic fire.
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26 /100 0.4 You could have used the chimney! Homeowner furious as van delivering surprise Amazon Christmas present crashes into her garage A Christmas delivery ended in disaster after a van on an Amazon delivery dropping off a surprise present crashed into a home. The self-employed driver collided with a garage in Bucklebury, Berkshire - home of the Middletons - and his vehicle became embedded in the property. Homeowner Kirsty Adams said she has since spent hours negotiating both with the driver and Amazon, who commissioned the delivery, over the insurance but claims she has 'not even received an apology' from the global giant. The 43-year-old said: 'The insurance is being dealt with. The kind of polite apology that one might expect when an offending party has partially demolished a portion of one's home is what I am after. 'It has been easier to extract a van from a crash site than an apology from the supplier. Mrs Adams said she and her husband spent two days trying to make the garage safe because he has an office above it. But she said the only contact she has had with either the delivery company or Amazon was a phone call from the van driver's manager to see if the vehicle could remain 'wedged in the building'. The couple has also involved their own insurance company and hired builders to ensure the building is safe. Mrs Adams has since criticised Amazon in a post on the company's Facebook page. She said: 'Dear Amazon, Here is one of your delivery vans. Yes, you are right - it does look remarkably like it has been driven with some considerable forward momentum through the wall of my property! 'I'd just like to check a couple of things. Firstly, last night when the incident happened (and I am willing to take a guess that any delivery driver who is out in the dark and wet at nearly 8pm on a Friday night is not going to be feeling at the top of his game,) no one involved in this accident was able to produce any public liability insurance documents. 'After two hours of fannying (sic) around (this is a Northern turn of phrase) your driver, his manager and his manager's manager were still not able to provide us with any insurance details as "the servers were down". 'Today I've had a little private correspondence with you, where I have explained that we have had to call out our own builders in our own time (and believe me, I was not intended to spend this morning picking up rubble!) call our own insurers and start our own clean up job. 'Our insurers have assured us that when you do find out what public liability insurance covers this van and driver, you will pay up for the building work (oh, yes you will!)' She added: 'However this - to put it politely - is a massive inconvenience to us just before Christmas. 'My husband's work desk sits directly above the hole where your van is sitting - aren't we all lucky that your driver was having a very long day and hit our garage at 8pm instead of any time between 8am and 5pm when my husband was at his desk and would have quite possibly have joined the pile of bricks on your van! 'I have asked really nicely for a goodwill gesture to cover the b*** ache that getting this fixed is going to be (did I mention the van hit the garage with such momentum that there are cracks in the other end of the garage 25ft away from the hole? That is going to take some fixing!) 'And to my surprise you have said no. So I wrote back to you and double checked and you said no again. 'Really, Amazon? REALLY? You send out tired drivers who cause £1000s of damage, waste our time and remove our home office from use (which my husband needs to make his living) and you don't even offer a sorry? 'Yes, that is right you have not even offered an apology, blaming the driver and telling us that you will pass on our details in order for us to extract an apology from him instead. 'Apparently the feedback I have offered so far will be used in "reviewing the services provided by Amazon Logistics" (your words from your email here.) 'Why don't you take some corporate responsibility for the situation? Because, let's face it, however it happened this hole is here purely because we ordered something from your website. 'I could rant away here for hours about how disgusted I am, but having failed to garner any kind of acknowledgment of responsibility for the van jammed into the wall of my garage, I am hoping that my own review of the services provided by Amazon Logistics causes you to take a moment to consider how you might be handling this better. 'I look forward to reading a more compassionate reply from you than the emails I've received so far.' Amazon responded to message and a worker known as Ben replied: 'I know you mentioned that you don't wish to fill out a form but we would greatly appreciate it if you would. 'This will allow us to stay in contact with you while we investigate, Ben.' The incident has split opinion among other Amazon customers, with some supporting Mrs Adams and others defending the company. Facebook user Martin Wood said: 'Amazon was not driving the van and neither was one of their employees. It was an outside contractor so having a go at Amazon for no apology is having a go at the wrong person. 'All the van drivers are hired as contractors/owner drivers.' Chris Nelson added: 'Her complaint actually lies with Amazon Logistics, which is a subparty to Amazon. 'Like has been said previously, it's a hire van. Contact the company on the side for insurance purposes. Coming from a courier, who drives a hire van.' But other customers said it was for Amazon to sort out. Martyn Webb said: 'Even if your company lacks an understanding of moral responsibility, any modicum of business sense would see the potential damage of 'fannying about', and the goodwill to be gained by sorting it double quick with a huge additional gesture. Gem Final added: 'Wow still no apology and the least compassionate reply ever! 'Whether the guy was a contractor in a hired van or not, they were responsible for outsourcing the work to him. 'Kirsty didn't get the choice who delivered her parcel. They should be giving her their support in getting it all sorted.' Today Mrs Adams confirmed she had contacted Amazon directly to let them know what had happened. She said: 'I did want an a) an apology and b) maybe free Prime for a bit. I filled out a form and it was sent to India and I got an automated response saying they would take it into condiseration when looking at delivery contracts in the future. 'I thought 'really is that your response' and sent another email with photographs and basically got the same reply. 'It takes a long time for me to get cross and don't often put pen to paper but its just the sheer brase neck of the response. 'In my eyes an order was placed with Amazon, they take the payment, they ask you to leave reviews and we are good customers with Amazon, how they get the product to A to B is up to them. 'Ultimately we know that there will be inconvenience caused trying to find builders to come and quote over a Christmas period, then supervising that work when it is carried out. There are things that the insurance won't cover too.'
2016-12-11 16:17 Joseph Curtis www.dailymail.co.uk
27 /100 1.4 Friends for now! X Factor finalist Saara Aalto poses for sweet selfie with rival Matt Terry just hours before facing off in tense finale... as she reveals her hopes to come second Coming second would be better than the number one spot, as it would mean having the freedom that the winner does not.” Her reasoning came from the idea that the loser would have a 'useful career in screen time and more publicity than the winner.' Ahead of the show, Matt was seen giving his all to rehearsals as he put on a typically brooding performance while looking dashing in a pinstripe blazer and plain trousers. Matt revealed before the final that he will be belting out Sam Smith's Bond theme Writing's On The Wall, ahead of which the crooner threw his support behind him. He revealed Sam had been in contact and said: 'Sam messaged me afterwards saying it was unreal and how proud he was that I smashed it. To have his support is amazing.' Saara meanwhile announced she is belting out Bjork’s 1995 hit Oh So Quiet, which she first sang in Divas week. The show kicked off with host Dermot O'Leary spinning onto the stage in a red convertible car while tuxedo-clad and surrounded by a bevy of beauties. The judges burst onto the stage looking sensational, with Louis, Sharon and Nicole joining Simon Cowell - the only judge with no acts left in the show. Looking fabulous in a sheer gown, the Pussycat Dolls songstress staggered onto the stage in the tight fishtail number - seemingly struggling to walk in the stunning gown. Kicking off the all star appearances of the evening was Kylie Minogue, as the Australian icon was lowered from the ceiling on a huge glittering bow while sporting an androgynous ensemble. She covered Rozalla's legendary 1992 hit as she was brought onto the station and surrounded by glitter suit clad dancers in a snow boots before she introduced the finalists to the stage. Saara put on a typically kooky display in an A-line silver mini dress with a thick waist belt while Matt wore his trademark winter coat - this time in a grey coat.
2016-12-11 16:11 Ciara Farmer www.dailymail.co.uk
28 /100 2.1 9 things your startup doesn’t need to reach $10 million in revenue As an early stage entrepreneur, you’ll rarely be short of people offering their (often unsolicited) advice, and many of them will tell you that you can’t succeed as a startup without doing X, Y, and Z. Don’t listen to them. From my experience of bootstrapping a company to over $25 million ARR and 3,800 percent revenue growth over the last five years, I’ve found there are rather a lot of supposedly indispensable things you can do without, as long as you get the basics right. Here are some of them:
If you can avoid taking on venture capital, then you should do so for two main reasons. First, and most obviously, if you don’t have partners, then you retain ownership of your business. Second, forgoing VC funding means you avoid the conflicts that inevitably arise with investors, whose opinions about the company’s direction may not align with your own. Not accepting venture capital early on allowed my startup to take a long view and focus on our customer’s needs. That said, we recently announced a partnership with Elephant and Highland Europe to accelerate our growth. (And if you’re wondering how that differs from accepting VC funding, check out the story of Basecamp and this video explaining why they sold a small chunk of their business to Jeff Bezos.)
If you can’t afford to hire a marketing department, or even one marketing person, then don’t, because you don’t need one right away. Focus on the fundamentals. Figure out the average lifetime value (LTV) of your customer, work backwards to a customer acquisition cost (CAC) that makes you profitable from day one, and then look for the opportunities that are going to provide the biggest bang for your buck. One of the things we did was sign up as sponsors of leading trade shows, which made sense for us because of the high concentration of targets in attendance.
Press is probably the one thing on this list I wish I’d done, but it was an area in which I had no background or experience, and hiring a PR firm wasn’t feasible at the time. Yet too many founders want to be written about just for the sake of it instead of focusing on building a good business. So while I admit I’d love to appear in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and the rest (who wouldn’t?), your personal profile matters far less than time spent on product, sales, and customers.
When considering fancy SaaS products, always think about total cost of ownership. Not only do companies have to take on the upfront costs of such products, but those costs tend to skyrocket when you factor in managing and customizing them. We still use a $20-a-month accounting system, for example. Yes, we looked at all the expensive ones, which can cost anything up to $100k-a-year, but for the stage we are at, our $20 system, so far, suits us just fine. I’ve got nothing against Slack, and it’s an impressive tool, but we don’t use it. Maybe we will eventually (my employees have asked for it several times), but don’t listen to anyone who tells you need it. You don’t.
While it has its attractions, becoming overly-involved in the local startup community can quickly turn into just another distraction; an echo chamber of people talking at each other at drinks and events.
Government grants are time-consuming to apply for and almost always come with strings attached. So instead of spending two months applying for a $100k grant, why not spend that time trying to generate $100k in sales instead?
For an early stage company, renting an office is a luxury. Sure, there are downsides to not having a base – you’re heavily reliant on self-motivated team members who can work from anywhere, for one thing. And of course, there comes a point when the disadvantages outweigh the benefits. But a bit like getting written about in magazines, having your company name on an office building door may make it feel like you’ve created a business when you’ve really just created the image of one.
Literally the only people that really matter are your customers — the people using your platform/service/product every single day — and what they think about you. If they think the support is crap and the features functionality isn’t up to scratch, then, as a startup, you’re not going to be around long enough to get the chance to improve them.
Ross Andrew is founder and CEO of digital marketing company Maropost.com .
2016-12-11 22:16 Ross Andrew feedproxy.google.com
29 /100 0.0 Bella Hadid shows off slender figure in a teeny black bikini after her Victoria's Secret debut Earlier this week fans watched Bella Hadid strip to her lingerie and strut down the catwalk in her very first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. And the 20- year-old was flashing the flesh yet again on Sunday while enjoying a getaway at an undisclosed tropical location. Bella shared a snapshot to Instagram which showed her posing on the beach in a black bikini. The model showcased her slender figure in the teeny two-piece, which featured a crocheted top and tassel ties on the bottoms. Bella stood in the shadow of a palm tree with a stunning backdrop of white sand and turquoise waters behind her. She also posted a close-up photo of her wet hair and pretty face as she went make-up free. The previous day Bella had hinted about her sunshine getaway on Instagram. The daughter of Yolanda Hadid posed on the wing of a small plane with Victoria's Secret Angel Elsa Hosk, teasing that they were off to 'warmer weather'. It seems the model friends are enjoying some time off after the excitement of the lingerie giant's annual fashion show. The catwalk extravaganza took place in Paris on November 30, and aired on December 5. Bella stormed the runway in two skimpy looks, and modelled during her ex-boyfriend The Weeknd's performance. Meanwhile the brunette beauty has admitted that she auditioned to take part in the show last year, alongside sister Gigi and pal Kendall Jenner - but didn't make the cut. Speaking about how she felt about being cast this year, she told Paper magazine: 'I was really surprised, but definitely excited. I tried last year [to be cast in] the show [but] I think everything happens for a reason.'
2016-12-11 16:08 Iona Kirby www.dailymail.co.uk
30 /100 0.0 Chocolate-cinnamon reindeer chow treat Have you had Puppy Chow or Muddy Buddies? It's made with cereal like Chex™ squares that gets covered in a mixture of melted chocolate, peanut butter, and butter, and then coated in powdered sugar. Apparently, in the Midwest where I'm originally from (and my husband and nephew, too), this snack is known as Puppy Chow. Elsewhere, Muddy Buddies. Who knew!
Whatever you call it, it's a fun and fabulous treat that's perfect for holiday get togethers, parties, and potlucks. Everyone loves it – with good reason, right?
This wasn't the type of thing we made in my house when I was growing up, so I'm a little late to the Puppy Chow party. I thought it would be fun to add in a few different flavors – cocoa powder and cinnamon – and give it a holiday theme.
Ingredients
- 9 cups Chex™ cereal, or similar cereal squares
- 1-1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1-2/3 cups powdered sugar
- 7-8 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 6 ounces M&Ms candy, more or less based on preference (I used red and green M&M's)
- 4-6 ounces small pretzels, more or less based on preference
- Aluminum foil or parchment paper - 2 (1-gallon-sized) zippered plastic bags
Instructions
The post Chocolate-Cinnamon Reindeer Chow Treat first appeared on Grab A Plate .
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2016-12-11 16:07 AOL Staff www.aol.com
31 /100 6.7 The District opens in downtown Raleigh Raleigh, N. C. — A new restaurant and bar opens Sunday in downtown Raleigh.
The District is the newest venture of Christopher Michael and Jermaine Landon, who have a combined 25 years in the restaurant and nightlife industry in the Triangle.
Michael said the location at 317 W. Morgan St., which was home to The Borough for many years, has meant a lot to him and Landon over the years.
"We'd love nothing more than to make it a hot spot for people to come and enjoy great food and beverages in a 'come as you are' atmosphere," Michael said in a previous interview.
The District will be open 4 p.m. until 2 a.m. Sunday with a limited menu. The restaurant's normal hours are seven days a week, 4 p.m. until 2 a.m.
The location was most recently Hadley's Cafe. Hadley's closed in June after being open less than four months.
2016-12-11 16:03 WRAL www.wral.com
32 /100 0.0 Badgery's Creek: Malcolm Turnbull to sign off on second Sydney airport The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull , is expected to sign off on Sydney’s long-awaited second airport on Monday.
The 1,800ha site at Badgerys Creek in western Sydney will initially service about 10 million passengers a year, making it the size of Adelaide airport, from the mid-2020s.
A sitemap for “stage one” includes a 3,700m east-west runway, a domestic, international and cargo terminal, and a tunnel earmarked for a future underground rail link. It would take eight years to build and take 10 million passengers annually at a cost of $4bn.
By 2050, a second 3,700m runway would be complete, with the airport forecast to take 80 million passengers annually – about twice the number who now pass through Sydney airport.
The federal minister for infrastructure, Paul Fletcher, said: “The new airport will be a major generator of jobs and economic activity for western Sydney, both during construction but also once it is operational,”
Previous government estimates claimed the initial construction phase would generate about 4,000 jobs, while the airport development will create 35,000 jobs by 2035, increasing to 60,000 jobs over time.
Sydney’s second airport has been stuck in a mire of politics for 40 years. Successive governments have refused to make a decision because of political sensitivities over noise, infrastructure and amenity.
Badgerys Creek was first recommended in 1979 but it was not until the mid-80s that the Hawke government began acquiring land at the site. But the political appetite waned and both parties ruled it out.
A second site at Wilton was considered but was ruled out because it was further from the Sydney central business district and required greater development.
A joint federal-state report released in 2012 found the result of doing nothing about a second airport was lost jobs, lost economic growth, traffic gridlock, nationwide aviation delays and increased aircraft noise.
The report concluded: “If action is not taken quickly the chance to secure the future of aviation for the Sydney region may be lost altogether … the option of doing nothing is no longer available and the costs of deferring action are unacceptable.”
The report found Kingsford Smith airport would run out of space by 2027, with peak times in the morning and late afternoon filled by 2020. The authors said by 2060 the lack of capacity would result in almost $60bn in forgone expenditure and 57,000 jobs forgone in that year alone.
2016-12-11 16:02 Guardian staff www.theguardian.com
33 /100 0.6 Mariah Carey flaunts her assets in plunging lace-up leotard and tights after holiday concert performance She sure knows how to make a grand exit. Mariah Carey flaunted some serious assets on Saturday night after finishing her fourth performance in New York City's Beacon Theater as part of her nine-day holiday concert series. Appearing unphased by the winter weather, the 46-year-old star dressed in a lace-up black leotard and fishnet tights while making her way into the car. Scroll down for video The All I Want For Christmas hit-maker was all smiles after her performance, being led by three bodyguards while she was shielded by a large umbrella. Mariah kept it edgy in a plunging black leotard, laced up along the front, that she paired with fishnet tights and thigh-high black leather boots. The mother-of-two thew on a short fitted leather jacket to cover up as she sported black sunglasses over her make-up full face. Her dark blonde locks were styled in loose waves as she topped off her look with a dazzling diamond necklace.
2016-12-11 16:02 Dailymail.com www.dailymail.co.uk
34 /100 0.0 MMA Movies In 2017 Include 20 Fight Scene Films And One TV Show 2017 is going to be an exciting year for action movies that feature MMA fight scenes, and there are 20 that have potential. In addition, there is also an MMA-packed action television show that is getting a reboot.
Movie Web and Internet Movie Database (IMDb) provide useful information about movies that will be released in 2017, but it can be difficult to find information pertaining to how much MMA action these movies will bring.
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2016-12-11 16:00 Maryam Louise www.inquisitr.com
35 /100 35 /100 0.0 Nigel Farage is not ‘controversial’ – he is toxic. Why do we keep giving him airtime? A few weekends ago, if one had the misfortune of timing it so, it was possible to be reading a front-page story on how Nigel Farage feared for his life while listening to him on his two- hour weekly LBC radio show as he spoke about how he feared for his life, and watching a TV news bulletin reporting on how Nigel Farage feared for his life.
It is sinister how ever-present Farage has become in the public domain. His constant appearances are uncorrelated to incident or relevance. Impervious to plane crashes , seven failed attempts at election to parliament, and even his own resignations, Farage bellows from every medium about how Britain is intolerant of his views and how he receives so little airtime compared with mainstream politicians who are constantly muzzling him and muscling him off his podium.
And then there are his appearances on Question Time. Over the past decade, Farage has appeared on the show 31 times, placing him just out of its top 10 most frequent guests. His most recent appearance only last week was a testament to how Farage is now television’s default resident troll. The EU referendum is concluded, his party has elected a new leader, and his MEP role, never one he took that seriously in the first place, is now reduced to trolling Brussels with British flag gimmicks, metaphorically sticking two fingers up to the parliament, and securing about £85,000 a year for the privilege.
In his grand capacity as ex-Ukip leader and current MEP, Farage appeared on Question Time under a new guise, Trumpsplainer to the British. Just when we thought Farage had reached the end of the line, Donald Trump gets elected and Nigel, as the panel of relevance swings shut, wedges his foot behind the door and forces it wide open, basking in the golden light of the Trump Tower lift. Opportunism abhors a vacuum and Farage will fill it. And the media will not only indulge him, they will confect and contort to position him in the spotlight. From the BBC to LBC, the future is Farage for ever, irrespective of his achievements or tangible relation to events. Farage’s inevitability is now as wearying as the excuses by those who give him a platform. His views need to be challenged; we need “balance”; he represents six million people who voted with legitimate concerns about immigration. And there’s also freedom of speech, as if Farage were some political dissident who dare not speak out for fear of imprisonment and torture. These justifications are now wearing thin under the footsteps of Farage stomping in and out of interviews. I am hoping that, one day, someone will give up the pretence, simply sigh and admit: “He’s just really good value.”
And that he is. He has utility. He is accused of being racist without being an ethnic-cleansing eugenicist; he is belligerent and provocative without being particularly bad-tempered. He is a bigot whose edges are softened by his buffoonery and golf-club-bore bluster. If life were a comic, Farage would be the enthusiastic but inept right-hand man to the actual villain, never the main man. The mainstream’s tolerance of him is because his prejudice is leavened with an air of incompetence and lack of polish.
Remember when Nick Griffin made his debut on Question Time? (And also, nostalgically, how scandalised we all were at the time, before fascism was a street style.) It didn’t quite work. He was too grotesque, too untelegenic, his views so unpalatable that he was banished, never to be seen again. He failed the dinner-party test.
These people are not “controversial”; they are not “enlivening the debate”. They are people who have made extreme views mainstream, views that have contributed to the toxicity of public discourse. The false equivalence of the Farages of this world has inflicted a mortal wound on the concept of a public debate. They are the progenitors of Milo Yiannopoulos and Tomi Lahren. The point is now not to further public understanding of an issue by contrasting two different opinions that are still in the same dimension, but to inspire hate-watching, listening and reading. Since Brexit and the election of Trump, journalists have been trying to trace the origin of fake news, trying to figure out how we got here. But it is not the Breitbarts or Facebook feeds of the world that got us here. It is the respectable channels that have provided a platform and dictated the terms, all the while polishing a gloss of respectability over the lies, cants and manipulations of Farage and his ilk.
Next time you see him on TV or hear him on the radio, don’t roll your eyes and switch the channel. Understand that, in the UK, Farage is the godfather of falsity and bigotry – and that the media appointed him.
2016-12-11 16:00 Nesrine Malik www.theguardian.com
36 /100 9.1 Keeping the Japanese beat Get ready to experience a stunning display of drumming athleticism and artistry as the Yamato Drummers of Japan return to Israel to perform two concerts. The 17-piece ensemble makes contemporary music filled with the fierce, ancient sound of Japanese taiko drums that were traditionally played at sacred Shinto ceremonies and to spur soldiers to battle. Yamato uses more than 20 drums ranging in size from the size of a plate to the huge barrel-like odaiko drum, over a meter in diameter, hewn from a single tree over 400 years old. Yamato was founded by Masa Ogawa, who still directs the group, in 1993 in Nara Prefecture, considered the birthplace of Japanese culture. They made their international debut at the 1998 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where their frenetic performance earned them the Spirit of the Fringe award. Since then, they have been invited to 53 countries around the world, playing in more than 3,000 performances, and attracting 6 million viewers.
Be the first to know - Join our Facebook page. The heart is a recurring theme in Yamato’s tours. Their 2008 show was called Shin-on , which translates to “heartbeat,” while the most recent spectacle, Bakuon , is subtitled The Legend of the Heartbeat.
Yamato will be performing tonight (8:30 p.m.) at the Charles Bronfman Auditorium in Tel Aviv and at the Beersheba Performing Arts
Center on December 14. For tickets visit www.leaan.co.il.
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2016-12-11 15:55 Shawn Rodgers www.jpost.com
37 /100 1.1 Angelina Jolie Reportedly Scarily Thin And Putting Strain On Children As Custody Battle With Pitt Ensues The world was shocked when Angelina Jolie announced she was filing for divorce from actor Brad Pitt, after a 12- year relationship and 2-year marriage. The announcement, which was made on September 19, was then followed by an FBI investigation against Pitt to rule out any abusive treatment by the actor towards the couple’s six children after an incident on a private jet. Brad allegedly was intoxicated and lunged at Maddox, 15, while the teen was protecting his mother.
???? Angelina Jolie leaving the hotel, in Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/CFsXoqji7k
— Angelina Jolie (@joliestweet) December 9, 2016
“Brad Pitt and Angelina Joliearen’t the only ones suffering during their divorce — their six children are being put through the wringer with all the changes — including living at a hotel! The 41-year-old actress, who has already removed her wedding ring, was spotted arriving at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles on Dec. 8 with her children in tow — Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 11, Shiloh, 10, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.”
The most recent sighting of Jolie marks only the second time the UN special envoy and actress has been seen in public since filing for divorce from the 52-year-old actor. The only other time Angelina was seen was when she arrived with their six children at the Malibu beach home she is renting, which is costing $95,000 a month. Angelina files papers revealing therapist decides on Brad Pitt’s visits with kids https://t.co/ovLCV6PFue
— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) December 5, 2016
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt — Child Visitation Changes in Hands of Therapist https://t.co/6hnJmVywrX
— TMZ (@TMZ) December 5, 2016
“I am extremely concerned that if court records regarding custody are not sealed, information contained therein will cause irreparable damage to our children’s privacy rights. In order to protect our children from irreparable damage,” Pitt added, “I am respectfully requesting that all custody-related pleadings be sealed.”
Following the judges denial, the battle seems to be taking a negative turn, seeing as Pitt has reportedly broken some rules that were in place during their temporary custody arrangement by demanding more time with his kids and inviting a therapist for visits that had been unapproved.
The publication states that Jolie is looking extremely thin, yet in photos she does not appear any thinner than she has previously, although both stars do appear more stressed and worn in recent snaps, which is entirely understandable given the circumstance.
[Feature Image by Jason Merritt/Getty Images]
2016-12-11 15:47 Jessica Dafoe www.inquisitr.com
38 /100 3.7 Christmas reminds us Jesus was migrant, like today's refugees, pope says VATICAN CITY -- As Pope Francis officially opened this year's Christmas Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square, he said Jesus was a "migrant" who reminds us of the plight of today's refugees. Francis told donors who contributed both the Nativity set and an 82-foot tree that the story of Jesus' birth echoes the "tragic reality of migrants on boats making their way toward Italy" from the Middle East and Africa today.
"The sad experience of these brothers and sisters recalls that of baby Jesus, who at the time of his birth could not find a place to stay when he was born in Bethlehem," the pope said Friday (Dec. 9) during a brief address in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall. "He was then taken to Egypt to escape threats from Herod. "
This year's Christmas tree is an evergreen from northern Italy. The Nativity scene was donated by the government of the Mediterranean island nation of Malta and that country's Catholic bishops. It was produced by Maltese artist Manwel Grech and features 17 figures dressed in traditional Maltese costumes as well as a replica of a typical Maltese boat.
The pope invited those who visit this Nativity scene to rediscover its "symbolic value," which he called "a message of fraternity, of sharing, of welcome and solidarity. " Francis also thanked the children who decorated the tree with the support of a foundation that organizes ceramic therapy workshops in Italian hospitals for children undergoing treatment for cancer and other illnesses. The pontiff told them that "the multicolored ornaments you have created represent the values of life, love and peace that Christ's Christmas proposes to us anew each year. "
The pope has spoken out in support of refugees many times and said there were many stories of migration in the Bible. "Today the current economic crisis unfortunately fosters attitudes of closure instead of welcome," he said during a weekly audience at the Vatican in October.
"In some parts of the world walls and barriers are being built. It appears that the silent work of men and women who, in different ways, do what they can to help and assist refugees and migrants is being drowned out by the noise made by those who give voice to an instinctive egoism," he said.
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Story by Josephine McKenna.
2016-12-11 15:45 Religion News www.nola.com
39 /100 0.5 ‘Suicide Squad’ Was Just Nominated For A Surprising Award 1. “Purple Lamborghini” (Skrillex & Rick Ross) Skrillex & Beat Billionaire
2. “Sucker for Pain” (Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons with Logic, Ty Dolla $ign featuring X Ambassadors) Alex Da Kid
3. “Heathens” (Twenty One Pilots) Mike Elizondo & Tyler Joseph
4. “Standing in the Rain” (Action Bronson, Mark Ronson and Dan Auerbach) Mark Ronson
5. “Gangsta” (Kehlani) JMIKE & Djemba
6. “Know Better” (Kevin Gates) JMIKE & T-Collar
7. “You Don’t Own Me” (Grace featuring G-Eazy) Quincy Jones & Parker Ighile 8. “Without Me” (Eminem) Eminem, Bass (co.), DJ Head (add.)
9. “Wreak Havoc” (Skylar Grey) Jason Evigan
10. “Medieval Warfare” (Grimes) Grimes
11. “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Panic! at the Disco) Butch Walker
12. “Slippin’ into Darkness” (War) War
13. “Fortunate Son” (Creedence Clearwater Revival) John Fogerty
14. “I Started a Joke” (ConfidentialMX featuring Becky Hanson) John Samuel Hanson & Kyle Biane
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2016-12-11 15:41 Gregory Wakeman www.inquisitr.com
40 /100 0.9 Incredible eye-popping images show insects appearing to glow in the dark after being exposed to ultraviolet light These unrecognisable critters have been put under the spotlight to reveal their true colours, usually invisible to the naked human eye. The eye- popping images show the beautiful side of various critters appearing to glow in the dark after being exposed to ultraviolet light. The series of images have exposed luminous blue scorpions, spiny orb weavers, spiders and net- winged beetle larva. Another image shows a fluorescent yellow and green stink bug nymphs crowding together on a leaf. The ultraviolet pictures were skilfully captured by software engineer and macro photographer, Nicky Bay, 38, from Singapore. He took the pictures using a Nikon D800 and a tripod, a set-up he has used for more than four years.
2016-12-11 15:39 Rebecca Taylor www.dailymail.co.uk
41 /100 0.0 Your Dreams: Analyst Lauren Lawrence reveals the secrets behind Daily News readers’ dreams SHE WANTS TO BE IN HIS SHOES
When I was thirteen, I dreamed I was older, dancing with JFK Jr. in a beautiful marble palace. The floors and walls were pristine. Jackie, his mother, was pacing frantically, saying she was making arrangements for our marriage. He took me to a room and had me sit on a stool and take off my shoes. When I looked down at my shoes I realized I was wearing a potato sack and became self-conscious. I wondered what he saw. Like in Cinderella, he carefully placed these glass slippers on my shoes. Please decode this dream.
Carmen Cruz, Lafayette, Oregon
ANALYSIS: In that rooms define the inner view of the individual, this wish-fulfillment dream reveals a grand, palatial sense of self: You are envisioned as beautiful and sought after, as one who is worthy of greatness. The taking off of the shoes is a significant symbol. On some level, you want to step in JFK’s shoes and live the high life. In this view, the potato sack of the exterior world is meaningless. What matters most is the inner self concept.
SHE HAS A SHARKING REVELATION
I dreamed I was on a boat dock looking at some sea otters. When I bent over to get a better view of them, a huge shark raised its head from under the water. I saw the huge mouth full of teeth. What does this mean?
Allison L., Manhattan, NY
ANALYSIS: Anything that comes from under the water reveals the wish to see what is beneath surface consciousness. In this view, the shark lurking below is the repressed unconscious material re-surfacing into the light of day. The mouth and the teeth signify that something must be chewed over to be understood. The symbol of bending is revelatory: It warns not to kowtow or acquiesce. Nothing good will come from stooping.
LET LAUREN INTERPRET YOUR DREAM! Send your name, address and dream details to [email protected].
2016-12-11 15:34 Lauren Lawrence feeds.nydailynews.com
42 /100 1.0 Three cheers to Parkland, the film 'Moana' and Preston Place Retirement Center 1 To Parkland -- Re: "House calls to homeless -- Parkland's big blue buses bring medical care to those who may need it most," Dec. 5 news story.
Bravo, bravo to Parkland Memorial Hospital for its interest in community health. Even the poorest people in our community need to have medical services available to them, and Parkland is doing that with its mobile medical clinics. Bravo to the blue buses!
Arlene Leibs, Dallas
2 To the film 'Moana' -- It was so great to watch the movie Moana. In the background singing, you could easily tell the sounds of Polynesia. Also, the Samoan fales, the coconuts and breadfruit and Samoan tattoos were all great to see.
Then, as the movie ended, I read "Fiji" and the "University of the South Pacific. " I was so proud of Fiji and Samoa.
The last time I read "Fiji" in a big movie was in Castaway with Tom Hanks when he thanked the villages of Yasawa. It's the first time I have seen Fiji listed in a Disney production. It is really great for Fiji.
Taitusi Sokiveta, Phoenix
3 To Preston Place Retirement Center -- A magical Christmas will be possible for a number of needy children because residents in a retirement center attended a Thankful Thanksgiving Luncheon. Preston Place Retirement Center provided the luncheon without charge to residents, suggesting they do something for charity.
The director made this possible with a turkey dinner and all the trimmings. At the luncheon, donations were taken and now approximately 100 needy children will receive clothes and toys for Christmas. After the collection, the funds were given to St. Vincent de Paul of All Saints Catholic Church, which secured the names of needy children of all faiths. The church's Men's Club will purchase and deliver the gifts. I am a resident and couldn't be more proud of Preston Place in Plano.
Carl McKoon, Plano
Three Cheers is a collection of upbeat letters that inspire readers to think and act positively. Share your own timely story or observation by submitting a "Three Cheers" letter at www.dallasnews.com/sendletters
2016-12-11 15:30 Letters To www.dallasnews.com
43 /100 0.4 Postmates hires former Circa CEO Matt Galligan as vice president of product design Postmates will be getting a new executive tasked with boosting the on-demand delivery service’s product design. The company has hired serial entrepreneur Matt Galligan as its new vice president of product design. Previously, he was the cofounder and chief executive of news startup Circa (prior to its purchase by Sinclair Broadcasting ) and also location- based offering SimpleGeo.
Galligan announced the move on Facebook and said his first day will be in January.
The role at Postmates seems to be a good fit for him, especially since he has a keen interest around product. In July, he revealed plans to launch a new consultancy around product design and strategy. “Product is my absolute passion, ideas are my oxygen, and seeing something through the whole process gives me an immense amount of energy. It would be great if I could fill most of my week with continuing that passion, especially if it’s not with my own ideas,” Galligan wrote.
Whether that consultancy took off or not remains unclear, but something happened in-between that caused him to find something appealing about Postmates. Largely because it fits in with his focus around mobile apps, consumer plays, “market disruption”, messaging and conversational user interface, and enterprise tools. Many of these are areas where Postmates fits in.
His understanding around location and, of course, design, could also be an advantage to the company, improving response and logistics to make service, and the overall app, better.
Galligan’s last company, news organization Circa, shut down in June after serving readers for three years. It wasn’t able to raise an additional round, after its initial $6 million in funding. His cofounder was entrepreneur Ben Huh, who also stepped away from the site he’s most famous for Cheezburger. Huh has since joined Y Combinator after spending a year away for an “unscripted adventure.”
Postmates last raised funding in October, bringing in $141 million at a valuation of $600 million. That investment round was reportedly described by company CEO Bastian Lehmann as being “ super, super difficult.” But while Lehmann sought to paint a rosy picture for investors, it’s believed that Postmates won’t turn a profit until 2018 , according to a leaked presentation obtained by Quartz.
In that same presentation, the company is said to have lost $47 million in 2015 before interest and taxes on revenue of $52 million. This year, those loses will increase to $60 million with $200 million in revenue. And in 2017, loses will be “much smaller” according to Quartz with $90 million in earnings in 2018.
We’ve reached out to Postmates for additional comment and will update if we hear back.
2016-12-11 22:16 Ken Yeung feedproxy.google.com
44 /100 3.6 Harold Rubin is still going with the flow As we all know, the Israeli jazz scene has been in extremely rude health for over 20 years now. Local schools, such as the Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts in Givatayim, ensure that teenagers get a good initiation into the mysteries of jazz. Then, after they leave the army, the older and wiser but still budding jazz musicians can take their craft several steps further by attending college level institutions such as the Rimon School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, or the Stricker School. Many subsequently head for the States and elsewhere, and Israelis now make up a substantial part of contemporary jazz goings on in the Big Apple and, to a lesser extent, in Europe. But when Harold Rubin made aliya from his native South Africa, back in 1963, such jewels of musical education were not even a twinkle in the eyes of the first wave of jazz artists over here, such as pianist Danny Gottfried – later to initiate the still extant Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat – drummer Areleh Kaminsky and saxophonist Albert Piamenta. The nearest thing they had to a bone fide mentor was US saxman Mel Keller, who sowed the seeds of the entire Israeli jazz community when he made aliya in the 1950s.
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Rubin, now 84, had led an adventurous musical life in South Africa, often mixing it with his black colleagues in defiance of the apartheid-era ban on such synergies. Curiously, Rubin made the sharp transition from swing-style jazz straight to avant garde, without dipping into the interim modern jazz idiom of bebop. Unfortunately, that meant that when he made it to the Promised Land he was bitterly disappointed to find there were no like-minded jazz artists with whom to perform, or even jam. “It was really difficult,” Rubin recalls. “There was no one I could really play with here, back then.” His clarinet, sadly, largely stayed at home for over a decade, before he finally came across a handful of locals who shared his passion for out-the-box sonic exploration, such as now 76-year-old musicologist, educator and keyboardist Yossi Mar-Haim. Rubin subsequently got up and running, and found a measure of commercial success, when he founded the Zaviyot jazz quartet, which put out records with the Jazzis Records label, including Unexpected which featured stellar American saxophonist Dave Liebman, and performed at festivals and clubs here and around Europe for a few years, until it eventually disbanded in 1989. “When I came to Israel, I went to listen to all kinds of people, because I didn’t know anybody here,” Rubin notes. Kaminsky was one of the central figures of the incipient jazz scene here back in the Sixties and Seventies, and he and Rubin came across each other at some juncture. “We chatted and he said I should come over in the evening and we’d play together,” says Rubin. But the two had very different approaches to the jazz idiom. “We didn’t find a common language,” Rubin states, “but it was okay.” It was certainly a step up from what Rubin had mostly been doing since he made aliya, which was basically practicing on his own with only the occasional foray to a music venue in the hope of finally finding a kindred creative spirit. It is safe to say that the Israeli avant garde jazz scene would have been a very different, and probably more diminutive, kettle of fish without Rubin. The retired architect’s contribution to the freer side of Israeli jazz endeavor will be duly noted, and saluted, at this year’s Jerusalem Jazz Festival (December 14-16). On December 15 the Surrealism Gallery of the Israel Museum – a definitively apt setting for the gig – will resound to the unfettered vibes of Rubin’s clarinet, with a veritable who’s who of the leading members of free improv community in tow, such as saxophonist Assif Tsahar and pianist Daniel Sarid – who also run the Levontin 7 venue in Tel Aviv – Mar-Haim, seasoned saxman Albert Beger, pianist Maya Dunietz and former Zaviyot bassist Mark Smulian. The tribute event will also feature video clips, and Rubin, who is also an accomplished painter, will regale the audience with readings of some of his own poetry. After the initial disappointment of the Israeli chapter of his musical progression Rubin gradually began to expand his collaborative domain, becoming a mainstay of the Hagadah Hasmalit (Left Bank) alternative cultural venue in Tel Aviv through the 1990s, and the early part of the current millennium. He also struck up fruitful working relationships with the likes of Tunisian-born bassist Jean Claude Jones who himself had made the switch from straight ahead jazz to free improv. Jones also put together the Kadima Collective Recordings label, and he produced and released a bunch of discs with Rubin front and center, such as Muse & Music which came out in 2005 and featured Jones on electro acoustic bass and live electronics, and the delightfully entitled A Mono Musical Suite for Three Manic Musicians , which also came out in 2005 and, in addition to Rubin on clarinet, had Dunietz on piano and Yoni Silver on bass clarinet. In addition to his emotive and intriguing instrumental work, Rubin also does a convincing turn at poetic declamation, a la Lawrence Olivier, such as on “Remember,” from 1996 release Blue Bag. For the occasion, Rubin put together a – for him – pretty sizeable cast of cohorts, with Assaf Sirkis on drums, Amit Carmeli on bass, Rafi Malkiel and Reut Regev sharing the trombone role, Gani Tamir on vocals and old pal Smulian in an appearance on bass guitar. It is, possibly, Rubin’s most wide-ranging release and his oratorical delivery on the aforesaid number, which referenced the Rabin assassination, is nothing short of spellbinding. The establishment eventually got around to recognizing Rubin’s sterling efforts at pushing the jazzy envelope here, and the then 77-year-old clarinetist was presented with the 2008 Landau Prize in recognition of his contribution to the Israeli jazz scene. Rubin has carved a singular path over the past four decades or so here, and has not compromised on his artistic principles.
The Jerusalem Jazz Festival salute is nothing more than Rubin deserves, and those who prefer their improvisational fare to come from the wild and woolier side of the rhythmic and textural tracks should enjoy an evening to remember on December 15.
For tickets and more information: www.jerusalemjazzfestival.org.il.
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2016-12-11 15:18 BARRY DAVIS www.jpost.com
45 /100 0.7 Stephen Bannon found inspiration in ancient thinkers, Ronald Reagan and Nazi propaganda In the 1990s, long before Stephen K. Bannon became the chairman of Breitbart News and one of Donald Trump’s top advisors, he was just another guy in Beverly Hills who liked Shakespeare and wanted to make movies. The Navy veteran and former Goldman Sachs investment banker was a feverish reader who......
2016-12-11 15:14 system article.wn.com
46 /100 0.6 Wanda Chairman Warns Trump: 20k US Jobs at Risk China’s richest man urges the Motion Picture Association of America to send a message to President-elect Donald Trump. “I’ve invested over $10 billion in the U. S., employing over 20,000 people,” said Wang Jianlin, film mogul and chairman of the Wanda Group.
“If something goes wrong, these 20,000- plus people might be out of jobs,” he warned during a Q&A in Beijing on Saturday — repeating a message he asked MPAA chairman Chris Dodd to pass on to Trump.
Also Read: Chuck Schumer Latest to Weigh in on China's Hollywood Invasion
The president-elect has threatened to place restrictions on China’s business with the U. S. and conversations on Capitol Hill have been bubbling up around curbing China’s latest inroads into Hollywood — all threats to Wang’s latest business moves.
Wang is the founder and CEO of China’s Wanda Group, which will own the largest movie theater chain in the U. S. once its subsidiary AMC Entertainment completes its acquisition of Carmike Cinemas. The Wanda chief has also made clear his designs on buying one of Hollywood’s big six studios.
Also Read: China's Wanda Group Buys Dick Clark Productions
This year Wanda also acquired Legendary Entertainment for $3.5 billion and is in talks to add Dick Clark Productions for another billion. The company also formed an alliance with Sony Pictures last month and is on pace to spend $30 billion in deals this year — half in sports and entertainment.
“Other things aside, in the film and entertainment industry, you have to understand that English- language films are relying on the Chinese market for growth,” added Wang of the world’s second-biggest movie market, just behind the U. S.
You can read more of Wang’s latest comments here (with the suggested help of Google Translate).
Read original story Wanda Chairman Warns Trump: 20k US Jobs at Risk At TheWrap 2016-12-11 15:12 Meriah Doty www.sfgate.com
47 /100 1.5 Erdogan's AK Party submits bill to empower presidency Proposed changes seek to give president extended powers as head of executive while abolishing the prime ministry.
Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) has submitted to parliament a bill granting extended powers to the presidency and abolishing the prime ministry, among other major changes.
The 21-article constitutional change, if adopted, would take Turkey away from its current parliamentary system, and introduce an executive presidency, a move that worry critics of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Saturday’s proposed constitutional changes are expected to be discussed at the relevant parliamentary commission first, before the bill is brought to a parliamentary hearing and if passed there, put to a referendum. Government officials have pointed at the spring of 2017 for a possible referendum.
Erdogan became Turkey's first president to be elected by popular vote in 2014 , after serving three terms as prime minister.
He said numerous times that the popular vote had transformed his presidency compared to the past presidencies, which were seen as largely ceremonial.
According to Ahmet Iyimaya, the chairman of the parliament’s Constitutional Commission where the bill will be debated, Turkey already has a "partial executive presidency", and therefore constitutional changes in this direction are necessary.
"Turkey has moved away from the parliamentary system towards a presidential system following the constitutional changes in 2007 and 2010. So this is necessary move," Iyimaya, who is also an AK Party MP, said.
"The coalition governments in the Turkish parliamentary system took so much from this country, wasting so much time. They could not solve any of the issues this country faced," he said.
Erdogan has repeatedly blamed coalition governments for what he calls Turkey's political instability and economic downfall, which was the situation when his party came to power the first time in 2002.
"This will be the start of a new era," he said of the bill, in an address in Istanbul on Saturday.
Prime Minister Binali Yildirim recently called Turkey a "de facto" executive presidential system.
Saturday's bill is backed by the far-right National Movement Party (MHP), but opposed by the centre-right main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the pro-Kurdish People’s Democracy Party (HDP). The AK Party and MHP were engaged in talks over the draft legislation for months before they could finalise it.
The MHP is the fourth largest party in parliament with the lowest number of seats, but the AK Party, which holds 317 MPs in the 550-seat assembly, needs the party’s support to get 330 MP, votes to take constitutional changes to a referendum.
'Dangerous'
Opposition CHP MP Mustafa Sezgin Tanrikulu said that the constitutional changes aim to "pool power in one person at a dangerous level and pave the way for an authoritarian regime.
"This text gives one person the state's whole executive power, some legislative powers through decrees and judicial powers - through appointments. This is a bill that will move Turkey away from the principles of democracy and the rule of law," Tanrikulu, who is also a human rights lawyer, said.
He added that his party would challenge the bill in the legislative process, and if it is passed, will campaign against it before the referendum.
The proposed constitutional changes allow the president, who is currently constitutionally neutral, to be a member of a political party.
The bill also seeks to remove the prime ministry, and make the president the head of the executive, allowing him or her to appoint the government ministers and vice-presidents.
Under the draft legislation, the president would be able to appoint half of the 12 members of HSYK, Turkey's highest judiciary board and would hold comprehensive powers to govern the country by decree.
If the changes are approved, Turkey would head to general and presidential elections together in November 2019, and proposed powers would be granted to the president elected.
The bill indicates that a person can be elected president for two five-year terms. Erdogan's existing time as president will not be counted in this.
2016-12-11 15:11 Agencies mwcnews.net
48 /100 1.4 Eva Longoria stuns in a drip design black and white dress at the Dubai International Film Festival She has proven herself to be one of the industry's most well-dressed stars. And on Sunday, Eva Longoria dazzled in a glamorous, tea-length dress while at the Solitaire premiere at the Dubai International Film Festival. The Decline And Fall star chose timeless over trendy in a classic, black, white and red look. Eva's toned arms were on display in a paint-drip-inspired frock, created by designer Ieena Duggal. The 41-year-old added a pair of black, frayed heels and accessorized with stud earrings and her wedding ring. The All-Star Weekend actress paired a classic red lip with loosely-volumized hair, styled to one side. For the event, Eva was joined by pal Melanie Griffith, 59, and singer Anastacia, 48. The ladies undoubetedly enjoyed their evening, as they posed for pictures in various locations, including on a cheetah-print staircase. Eva took to Snapchat to document their playful adventures, including dancing around a globe, as Beyonce's Run the World (Girls) played in the background. The wife of Jose Baston is currently filming All- Star Weekend, a movie directed by Jamie Foxx and co-starring Jeremy Piven. She's also set to star in the TV mini-series, Decline and Fall, set for a 2017 release. As a producer, a documentary surrouding Latino voters, Ours is a Future, is currently in post production.
2016-12-11 15:09 Brittany Valadez www.dailymail.co.uk
49 /100 1.1 The benefits of confidentially filing for an IPO Recently, Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc., made news with an announcement that it had confidentially filed for an initial public offering (IPO). As expected, news about the company’s potential on the public markets has caused lots of chatter from a wide-ranging audience, including investors, financial analysts, entrepreneurs, business leaders and consumers – but it also put the spotlight back on the popularity of confidential IPO filings.
Almost immediately after being signed into law in 2012, this new option for “emerging growth” companies (with less than one billion dollars in revenue) to privately file papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the U. S. JOBS Act became a popular path of private companies pursuing an IPO.
As the moniker suggests, a confidential filing lets a company privately file a Form S-1 registration statement for an IPO with the SEC for review, delaying the public filing until much closer to the actual IPO date. This period of secrecy enables a company to withhold sensitive information from competitors, customers, and employees until much further down the road; in some cases, it even gives the option to withdraw a registrations statement without alerting the public.
With the option of a confidential IPO filing being back in the news cycle, it’s worthwhile to examine the benefits of this approach and why so many tech companies are embracing the power that comes with being clandestine. When considering the benefits of going the confidential route, optionality is the important word to remember. Opting to file confidentially – and under the radar – enables a company to choose to go public at a time when both the company is ready and the market is most supportive. Since there is no public knowledge of the filing, there will be no questions asked, no media or investor scrutiny, and no rush to commit to a date. Prior to the JOBS Act, the moment a company filed for an IPO, the company’s complete registration statement (which includes financial history, details on the company’s operations, and strategy, as well as business and financial risk disclosures) was available to the public – and the clock started ticking.
This flexibility is important, because choosing the best date for a company to IPO is like choosing a date for your outdoor wedding in two years, with no option for a tent. Sure, you can make an informed decision based on geography and time of year, but ultimately it is an impossible assignment to truly predict what the weather will be like.
The option to file confidentially allows you to either move the date, or get a tent. For example, during Everbridge’s confidential IPO process, we moved from the original date that we selected, to a later date of September 2016 because the market appeared to be more receptive during this later timeframe. There was optionality available to us that would have been more limited and potentially sent mixed messages to the Street had we chose the standard IPO route.
For a company that publicly files for an IPO, pushing back the date can cause a lot of detrimental speculation. Is something wrong with the company, its product, or its financials? Those are the types of whispers that might form – and follow a company around – if a company remains in public IPO limbo.
Keeping with wedding analogies, it’s similar to the period of time a couple is engaged. If a couple dated for five years, got engaged, then stayed engaged for another five to 10 years, people would question if their intention to marry was genuine.
However, if that couple had not announced to the world that they were engaged and had waited to tell everyone of their engagement closer to their wedding date, no one would have questioned their long engagement. That’s the beauty of filing under the radar – it buys you time to be better prepared for the event.
At this point, it is almost the exception rather than the rule when a business decides not to file confidentially under the JOBS Act. One alternative is that some companies issue a press release to announce the confidential filing – which may seem counterintuitive, except for the fact that by doing so, the company generates buzz that can benefit recruiting and can even attract the attention of potential investors or acquirers, without having to share their complete financial history as they would in a public registration statement. The downside to this strategy is that, similar to a public IPO filing, once the news is out, the clock starts. With a confidential filing and no accompanying press release, you have the power to control timing and public perception all at once.
It’s clear that confidential IPOs are incredibly popular among the technology industry because technology companies are highly astute and tend to make bigger bets. Confidentiality presents optionality, which is critical when making a big bet. For our company, Everbridge, this route made the most sense and we remain pleased that we decided to enter the public markets in this fashion.
Time will tell if Snapchat will have the same reaction after it ultimatelycompletes its IPO. Kenneth Goldman is Senior Vice President and CFO at Everbridge .
2016-12-11 22:16 Kenneth Goldman feedproxy.google.com
50 /100 0.0 Palestinian Authority officers bar IDF vehicles entry to Jenin Palestinian Authority security forces barred Israeli military vehicles from entering the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday. In a video that went viral on Facebook, Palestinian officers can be seen blocking the road and preventing IDF vehicles from entering the city amidst shouting and blaring traffic.
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The IDF spokesperson's office told The Jerusalem Post that the IDF was going on a routine patrol in Jenin, which was announced to PA forces in advance, but some of the vehicles accidentally attempted to enter from a route different from that planned. PA soldiers at that entrance were not expecting the vehicles. The IDF vehicles then turned around and entered Jenin via the originally planned route without incident. The IDF was still investigating the incident. Jenin has seen considerable strife in recent years. In July, Palestinian Authority Security Forces launched an effort to restore security to West Bank villages and cities, focusing on arresting wanted individuals and confiscating unregistered weapons in light of recent deadly violence between Palestinian families in the Jenin area, and gunmen and PASF officers in Nablus.
Adam Rasgon contributed to this report.
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2016-12-11 15:05 ANNA AHRONHEIM www.jpost.com
51 /100 1.5 'Women are saying he's amazing!' Frankie Bridge reveals husband Wayne has gained a legion of female fans after I'm A Celeb... as she rules out Saturdays reunion His tender sentiments toward his wife touched the hearts of I'm A Celeb viewers. And Frankie Bridge has now revealed her husband Wayne's loveable appearance on the ITV show has gained him a bevy of female fans as she admitted to The Sun's Fabulous magazine that women are gushing about the 'amazing' footballer.
The 27-year-old pop star's hilarious confession comes shortly after she admitted she is not prepared for a reunion with her band The Saturdays, after the group embarked on an indefinite hiatus last year.
While Frankie, who shares two children with the footballer, has lived her life in the spotlight for most of her teenage and adult life, having soared to fame in S Club Juniors in 2001, Wayne has limited his exposure to the sports world.
Her camera-shy husband's decision to sign up for the show, in which he finished in fifth place, left her in shock and has since unveiled his personality to the public.
She admits to being stunned now people know more about her husband, as she explained: 'It's weird because people normally don't know much about him, and now I'm getting loads of messages from women saying: "You're so lucky! Your husband is amazing! "'
Since Wayne's stint on the show, Frankie has moved to the backseat of the spotlight for now, which appears to be a place she will stay, in light of a Saturdays reunion.
Frankie, who stars in the group alongside Una Healy, Mollie King, Rochelle Humes and Vanessa White, enjoyed huge fame with the group where the girls accumulated a string of chart- topping hits.
Despite their success, the brunette beauty is hesitant to cut short their hiatus as she would like to explore musical theatre as her next career move.
She said: 'I was getting to the point where I’d be performing and thinking about what I was going to have for lunch... But not so much music – unless I get the bug back. At the minute that’s just not what I want to do. "
Despite her protestations, her bandmate Una recently claimed the group will reunite when the "time is right" and if their fans want them to.
The Saturdays have been on hiatus since March last year, but the 'All Fired Up' hitmaker hasn't ruled out the possibility of getting back together, despite three of them launching solo careers.
Speaking to BANG Showbiz of a possible reunion, she said: 'It's definitely not off the cards. We haven't made any definite plans but we always said we would come back together when the time is right.
'Right now is not the time for any of us because we are all starting out on our own ventures. 'We all support each other and when the time is right, If our fans want to see us back together again, I for one hope that day comes but I don't know when that will be.'
2016-12-11 15:05 Ciara Farmer www.dailymail.co.uk
52 /100 1.6 'I'm sorry I can't be with you in person' Stockholm - Bob Dylan's speech at the Nobel Banquet was delivered by the US Ambassador to Sweden Azita Raji. "Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmest greetings to the members of the Swedish Academy and to all of the other distinguished guests. " I don't know if these men and women ever thought of the Nobel honor for themselves, but I suppose that anyone writing a book, or a poem, or a play anywhere in the world might harbor that secret dream deep down inside. It's probably buried so deep that they don't even know it's there. If someone had ever told me that I had the slightest chance of winning the Nobel Prize, I would have to think that I'd have about the same odds as standing on the moon. In fact, during the year I was born and for a few years after, there wasn't anyone in the world who was considered good enough to win this Nobel Prize. So, I recognize that I am in very rare company, to say the least. I was out on the road when I received this surprising news, and it took me more than a few minutes to properly process it. I began to think about William Shakespeare, the great literary figure. I would reckon he thought of himself as a dramatist. The thought that he was writing literature couldn't have entered his head. His words were written for the stage. Meant to be spoken not read. When he was writing Hamlet, I'm sure he was thinking about a lot of different things: "Who're the right actors for these roles? " "How should this be staged? " "Do I really want to set this in Denmark? " His creative vision and ambitions were no doubt at the forefront of his mind, but there were also more mundane matters to consider and deal with. "Is the financing in place? " "Are there enough good seats for my patrons? " "Where am I going to get a human skull? " I would bet that the farthest thing from Shakespeare's mind was the question "Is this literature? " When I started writing songs as a teenager, and even as I started to achieve some renown for my abilities, my aspirations for these songs only went so far. I thought they could be heard in coffee houses or bars, maybe later in places like Carnegie Hall, the London Palladium. If I was really dreaming big, maybe I could imagine getting to make a record and then hearing my songs on the radio. That was really the big prize in my mind. Making records and hearing your songs on the radio meant that you were reaching a big audience and that you might get to keep doing what you had set out to do. Well, I've been doing what I set out to do for a long time, now. I've made dozens of records and played thousands of concerts all around the world. But it's my songs that are at the vital center of almost everything I do. They seemed to have found a place in the lives of many people throughout many different cultures and I'm grateful for that. But there's one thing I must say. As a performer I've played for 50,000 people and I've played for 50 people and I can tell you that it is harder to play for 50 people. 50,000 people have a singular persona, not so with 50. Each person has an individual, separate identity, a world unto themselves. They can perceive things more clearly. Your honesty and how it relates to the depth of your talent is tried. The fact that the Nobel committee is so small is not lost on me. But, like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with the pursuit of my creative endeavors and dealing with all aspects of life's mundane matters. "Who are the best musicians for these songs? " "Am I recording in the right studio? " "Is this song in the right key? " Some things never change, even in 400 years. Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, "Are my songs literature? " So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, both for taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, for providing such a wonderful answer. My best wishes to you all, Bob Dylan I'm sorry I can't be with you in person, but please know that I am most definitely with you in spirit and honored to be receiving such a prestigious prize. Being awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature is something I never could have imagined or seen coming. From an early age, I've been familiar with and reading and absorbing the works of those who were deemed worthy of such a distinction: Kipling, Shaw, Thomas Mann, Pearl Buck, Albert Camus, Hemingway. These giants of literature whose works are taught in the schoolroom, housed in libraries around the world and spoken of in reverent tones have always made a deep impression. That I now join the names on such a list is truly beyond words. I don't know if these men and women ever thought of the Nobel honor for themselves, but I suppose that anyone writing a book, or a poem, or a play anywhere in the world might harbor that secret dream deep down inside. It's probably buried so deep that they don't even know it's there. If someone had ever told me that I had the slightest chance of winning the Nobel Prize, I would have to think that I'd have about the same odds as standing on the moon. In fact, during the year I was born and for a few years after, there wasn't anyone in the world who was considered good enough to win this Nobel Prize. So, I recognize that I am in very rare company, to say the least. I was out on the road when I received this surprising news, and it took me more than a few minutes to properly process it. I began to think about William Shakespeare, the great literary figure. I would reckon he thought of himself as a dramatist. The thought that he was writing literature couldn't have entered his head. His words were written for the stage. Meant to be spoken not read. When he was writing Hamlet, I'm sure he was thinking about a lot of different things: "Who're the right actors for these roles? " "How should this be staged? " "Do I really want to set this in Denmark? " His creative vision and ambitions were no doubt at the forefront of his mind, but there were also more mundane matters to consider and deal with. "Is the financing in place? " "Are there enough good seats for my patrons? " "Where am I going to get a human skull? " I would bet that the farthest thing from Shakespeare's mind was the question "Is this literature? "When I started writing songs as a teenager, and even as I started to achieve some renown for my abilities, my aspirations for these songs only went so far. I thought they could be heard in coffee houses or bars, maybe later in places like Carnegie Hall, the London Palladium. If I was really dreaming big, maybe I could imagine getting to make a record and then hearing my songs on the radio. That was really the big prize in my mind. Making records and hearing your songs on the radio meant that you were reaching a big audience and that you might get to keep doing what you had set out to do. Well, I've been doing what I set out to do for a long time, now. I've made dozens of records and played thousands of concerts all around the world. But it's my songs that are at the vital center of almost everything I do. They seemed to have found a place in the lives of many people throughout many different cultures and I'm grateful for that. But there's one thing I must say. As a performer I've played for 50,000 people and I've played for 50 people and I can tell you that it is harder to play for 50 people. 50,000 people have a singular persona, not so with 50. Each person has an individual, separate identity, a world unto themselves. They can perceive things more clearly. Your honesty and how it relates to the depth of your talent is tried. The fact that the Nobel committee is so small is not lost on me. But, like Shakespeare, I too am often occupied with the pursuit of my creative endeavors and dealing with all aspects of life's mundane matters. "Who are the best musicians for these songs? " "Am I recording in the right studio? " "Is this song in the right key? " Some things never change, even in 400 years. Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself, "Are my songs literature? "So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, both for taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, for providing such a wonderful answer. My best wishes to you all,Bob Dylan
2016-12-11 15:05 www.digitaljournal.com
53 /100 2.4 Jenna Coleman and Tom Hughes confirm their relationship as they go hand-in-hand to meet Doctor Who's Peter Capaldi He was by her side on-screen for the popular royal drama and love story, Victoria. But new boyfriend Tom Hughes was playing the supporting role for a different drama last weekend, as he joined Jenna Coleman in meeting her former Doctor Who co-star Peter Capaldi. Jenna, who played The Doctor's assistant Clara Oswald between 2012 and 2015, went hand-in-hand with Tom for a romantic Christmas shopping trip in Primrose Hill, London, confirming that things are going strong for the acting couple. Scroll down for video The couple didn't seem to have come across 12th Doctor Peter by chance, since he seemed to be taking a break from filming at the time. Familiar with the acting great, Tom greeted Peter with a hug and even stood to one side while fans asked for a selfie for the TV veteran. To keep warm, Peter wore a padded jacket over the top of what appeared to be nurses' scrubs, worn with trainers. The trio stopped to chat for some time before hot new couple Tom and Jenna departed to complete their festive shopping spree. Fans will remember that Jenna was seemingly killed off in Series 9 of Doctor Who, but talk of a return started again as soon as June when he hinted that he had filmed a scene with the actress. He said: 'I’m not sure how successfully Clara was able to wipe his mind,' speaking of the final scenes in which Clara was supposed to be wiped from The Doctor's memory. He added: 'I just… I was about to tell you something I can’t tell you,' before teasing: 'I just shot something that Clara was still there in.' Pearl Mackie, 29, was pictured filming scenes for the popular sci-fi drama in woodland in Cardiff, as Series 10 commenced work in November. Pearl was cast in April to replace Jenna - who quit the sci-fi series after its ninth outing - when the show returns in spring 2017. She was first seen filming for the show in June. Pictured on set at a late-night shoot at Cardiff University, she showed off her svelte figure in a striped vest top and jeans. Elsewhere, the ITV drama Victoria has just been commissioned for a second series, starring Jenna and her on and off-screen love interest Tom. The drama is likely to air in Autumn 2017 after ratings averaged 7.7 million viewers and the show took a 29.7% share of viewing figures. Alongside its success, it was the backdrop for actress Jenna's real-life love story with Tom, which they are yet to confirm in person. Speculation that they were an item began in September when The Mail On Sunday revealed that they had been enjoying a private romance for almost a year. The source said: 'They’ve been together for months, on and off since last summer.' Another source added: 'The reason the chemistry is so tangible is because they are dating in real life. Those scenes are very real. They are completely hooked on one another.' It was even reported in late September that the duo had moved in together, having known each other in separate acting circles for as long as three years. The pair are said to have first met on BBC2 drama Dancing On The Edge but Jenna was in a long-term relationship with fellow actor Richard Madden at the time. Tom has also had a high profile relationship with Ophelia Lovibond and they had been living together at that time too.
2016-12-11 15:03 Becky Freeth www.dailymail.co.uk
54 /100 2.5 New viral threat to bees discovered A newly discovered virus called Moku poses a threat to bee colonies. The virus is spread by an invasive species of wasp and the potential is for the virus to threaten bee colonies worldwide. The virus has been named Moku, which relates to the Hawaiian Island where it was first detected. The virus was identified through different tests conducted at different research centers. The data was collated by the Platforms & Pipelines Group at the Earlham Institute, led by Dr. Purnima Pachori. The most complex aspect involved prizing out the genetic material and to separate the viral material from that of the host organism. This was helped through the application of next generation gene sequencing techniques. The virus is a member of the The significance of the virus is that while incidences remain low the potential for the virus to be spread is high, given that a wasp is the vector. The patterns of viral transmission and the implications require further study. The research has been The virus is transferred by the wasp western yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica) and it presents a risk to all types of bees, although honeybees appear to be at a greater risk. Honeybees are similarly at risk to the more established deformed wing virus (which is spread by the mite Varroa destructor.)The virus has been named Moku, which relates to the Hawaiian Island where it was first detected. The virus was identified through different tests conducted at different research centers. The data was collated by the Platforms & Pipelines Group at the Earlham Institute, led by Dr. Purnima Pachori. The most complex aspect involved prizing out the genetic material and to separate the viral material from that of the host organism. This was helped through the application of next generation gene sequencing techniques. The virus is a member of the family Iflavirus. This is a family of positive sense RNA insect-infecting viruses. For the analysis isolates from several different wasps were studied. It was found that the variation between strains of Moku across the wasp samples studied was small (only a 98 percent sequence difference.) This provides an additional indication about the likely future spread of the virus. In his research note , Dr. Purnima states: "It's brilliant that our computational biology expertise at EI could contribute to the characterisation of a new virus which can be a threat to pollinator health worldwide.”The significance of the virus is that while incidences remain low the potential for the virus to be spread is high, given that a wasp is the vector. The patterns of viral transmission and the implications require further study. The research has been published in the journal Scientific Reports. The research is titled “Moku virus; a new Iflavirus found in wasps, honey bees and Varroa.”
2016-12-11 15:00 www.digitaljournal.com
55 /100 3.2 PRESS DIGEST-New Zealand newspapers - Dec 12 SYDNEY, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Following are some of the lead stories from New Zealand media. Stories may be taken from papers or Internet editions. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. DOMINION POST(www.stuff.co.nz) Millionaire dairy farmer try to have son sectioned http://bit.ly/2hmaXdK Ageism poses threat to New Zealand retirements http://bit.ly/2hj3zlr Christmas spending plans of rich and poor http://bit.ly/2gA9DVQ NEW ZEALAND HERALD (www.nzherald.co.nz) Bye Auckland: Great escape to regions http://bit.ly/2gsWNdy Kiwis blame investors, migration for housing crisis http://bit.ly/2hmbf47 Plan to get tourists back to Kaikoura http://bit.ly/2hsq4Fm
2016-12-11 14:49 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk
56 /100 0.0 Megyn Kelly Blames Trump for Americans Not Trusting Mainstream Media Anymore Megyn Kelly, the pretty face of Fox News, blames Donald Trump for Americans not trusting the mainstream media anymore, saying “they need us,” and it’s “dangerous” we don’t believe them anymore.
She also threw Breitbart under the bus as well, as she’s demanding more than $20 million dollars a year to stay at Fox News.
2016-12-11 14:45 Mark Dice www.infowars.com
57 /100 1.7 Watch: Louis Tomlinson Holds Back Tears After “Just Hold On” X-Factor Performance My mother looking gorgeous before the Brits earlier this year. I love you and miss you so much!
A photo posted by Louis Tomlinson (@louist91) on Nov 18, 2016 at 11:59am PST
Johannah was the mother of seven children and she was only 43 when she died. Earlier this year, Johannah was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia that took her life on Wednesday. After her death, Tomlinson’s family released a statement which read: “It is with immeasurable sadness that Johannah Deakin’s family said goodbye to Johannah in the early hours of Wednesday 7th December 2016. Earlier this year Johannah was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of leukemia that required immediate and continuous treatment. We respectfully request that the family are given time and space to grieve in private.”
“I’ve known you now for six years,” Cowell said. “What you’ve just done, and the bravery, I respect you as an artist. I respect you as a person. Your mum was so proud of you, Louis, and she was so looking forward to tonight. She’s watching down on you now. You’ve done her proud.”
Although Tomlinson’s debut was shadowed with sadness after his mother’s passing, the tragic event acted as a catalyst to bring together members of One Direction and helped raise up Tomlinson. As Cowell said, Tomlinson’s mother would be proud of his accomplishments both on the stage and in his life.
“Just Hold On,” the dual venture of Tomlinson and Aoki, is now available on iTunes and Spotify.
[Featured Image by Chris Jackson/Getty Images]
2016-12-11 14:32 Lisa Sanchez www.inquisitr.com
58 /100 0.0 Look Again: The week’s most compelling images from around the globe Petr David Josek/AP Saint Nicholas Day is a pre-Christian gift-giving holiday celebrated across Europe on December 5, during which a benevolent figure dressed in some variant of the universally recognizable garb of father Christmas doles out treats to good children. Then there’s this guy. In the evening during the week leading up to Saint Nicholas Day Krampus roams the town rattling rusty chains and bells, often carrying a sack into which he is said to deposit naughty children who are never to be seen again. Rather than, gifts Krampus delivers lumps of coal and rotten bundles. Martin Meissner/AP Thank goodness our country has national healthcare and paid parental medical leave. Tim P. Whitby/Gettyike
2016-12-11 14:30 Salon Staff www.salon.com
59 /100 3.7 Asians in Hollywood Honored at 15th Annual Unforgettable Gala The Unforgettable Gala lived up to its name Saturday night, delivering memorable speeches and performances.
The annual event — now in its 15th year — celebrated Asian-American trailblazers and their achievements in the entertainment industry. The gala was created by James Ryu , founder and publisher of the award-winning magazines KoreAm Journal and Audrey Magazine, and now the website Kore (a subsidiary of London Trust Media). “Star Trek” actor George Takei joked on the red carpet about receiving the ICON Award. “Well all the icons I know are dead, I’m very much alive,” he told Variety . “I’m going to redefine what they mean by icon.”
Indeed, not only is the veteran actor alive, he’s had a career resurgence with his play “Allegiance,” cameos on “Hawaii Five-0,” and preparing for a revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Pacific Overtures.”
But it’s his political statements — as a citizen who was forced into internment camps during World War II — that have perhaps had the biggest impact this year.
Broadway Musical ‘Allegiance’ Starring George Takei to Screen in Cinemas
John Cho , who reprised the role of Sulu that Takei originated, noted Takei’s activism when presenting the award. “You’ve always reminded me of the ideals of ‘Star Trek’ — infinite diversity in infinite combinations — [which] is being assailed in our country right now,” Cho said somberly. “This is a dark time for people of color, for non-Christians, for LGBT citizens, for our ecology, and for our Constitution itself. We are being tested as a people in a historically unique way. I want to thank George for always using his prolific platform and in turn risking to speak out when he has seen injustice. In this way, George, you have never been a model minority.”
Takei kept his acceptance speech apolitical, instead recognizing how far Asians have come in the industry. The rest of the night was lighthearted, with host Jeannie Mai joking between awards, with some help from her mom. At times it seemed to be a forum for their funny mother- daughter comedy act.
Other winners included Ken Jeong , who was name Actor of the Year; Wong Fu Productions , recipients of the Digital Influencer Award; Brian Tee , winner of the BMW’s Ultimate Drive Award; Jennifer Yuh Nelson , Director of the Year for “Kung Fu Panda 3”; and Steve Aoki , who received the Music Vanguard Award.
Performers included K-Pop artists Eric Nam , Boys in Groove , and Dean , singer Kina Grannis, and the East West Players theater troupe.
Other celebrities in attendance included the casts of “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Dr. Ken,” “Empire’s” Terrence Howard , Ming-Na Wen , “Edge of Seventeen’s” Hayden Szeto , and “Moana” herself, Auli’i Cravalho. Perhaps Cravalho, a Pacific Islander who burst on the scene this year and is ruling the box office, put it best. “We’re certainly a minority but we’re beautiful and we’re strong and we’re making a really big impact in the entertainment industry.”
The Unforgettable Gala was sponsored for the first time by BMW of North America
2016-12-11 14:28 Lawrence Yee variety.com
60 /100 0.0 Madonna and Hillary: ‘Witch’ and ‘Nasty Woman’ as Sisters in Arms “I was called a whore and a witch,” Madonna said on Friday in a searing speech about the sexism and bullying that women face in the music industry and the culture at large.
“Such a nasty woman,” Donald J. Trump interjected in October as Hillary Clinton pointed out holes in his Social Security plan during their final presidential debate.
Madonna and Mrs. Clinton: both trailblazers, both polarizing figures, and both attacked for actions, choices and behavior that are broadly accepted — even applauded — when done by their male peers. Madonna herself made a connection between the two women before her speech Friday, saying it was “really important to make a stand and speak my mind” about women’s rights after Mrs. Clinton’s loss in November.
Our pop music editor, Caryn Ganz, and deputy Culture editor and former political correspondent Patrick Healy looked at how Madonna and her speech put Mrs. Clinton’s candidacy in fresh perspective.
PATRICK HEALY: Caryn, I’m coming off 18 months covering the presidential campaign, and frankly I’ve been wondering if Mrs. Clinton would ever give a speech like Madonna’s on Friday — calling out sexism in America and the rules that trap women but not men. “If you’re a girl, you have to play the game,” Madonna said. “Don’t have an opinion that’s out of line with the status quo.” Madonna and Mrs. Clinton have been controversial in part because they didn’t play “the game.” It’s easy to forget, amid their celebrity and longevity, that Madonna and Mrs. Clinton were once renegades: speaking out and pursuing power in ways that were considered overly ambitious for women. They fought for equality and respect — and they sought the kind of influence and money and fame that men have. Mrs. Clinton’s place and legacy in our culture is just starting to be considered and debated. But only after her speech yesterday did I start to think about her and Madonna as sisters in arms.
CARYN GANZ: Mrs. Clinton is so buttoned up and Madonna is so, well, unbuttoned , that I think many people have been hesitant to make this connection. And because Madonna has used sexual expressiveness as code for all kinds of liberation, she hasn’t been courted as a political ally. But now that both of them have reached a certain age, the sexism they’ve faced for decades has become something more insidious, paired with ageism.
HEALY: A lot of people don’t see sexism hurting Mrs. Clinton — after all, she won the Democratic nomination — but she and her advisers did. As for the sort of “liberation” that Madonna pioneered, Mrs. Clinton has a complicated relationship with it. She came of age in the era of women’s lib, and yet — to help Bill Clinton’s career in Arkansas — she changed her last name from Rodham to Clinton and got new hairstyles and glasses. And when she was most visibly liberated, including in her hard-charging performances in political debates, she got called “likable enough” by Barack Obama in 2008 and a “nasty woman” by Mr. Trump this fall. Madonna, in her speech Friday, recalled that she got so much abuse after releasing her “Erotica” album and “Sex” book in 1992 that she felt like “the most hated person on the planet.”
GANZ: In a 2008 “Weekend Update” segment about Mrs. Clinton’s initial presidential run, Tina Fey said: “Maybe what bothers me the most is that people say that Hillary is a bitch. Let me say something about that: Yeah, she is.” (Ms. Fey later proclaimed, “Bitch is the new black.”) I thought about this when Madonna put the song “Unapologetic Bitch” on her most recent album, “Rebel Heart,” the record where she started to speak openly about the discrimination she’s faced as a female artist over 55. Madonna has referred to herself in many ways in songs over the years, but she waited until 2015, on her 13th album, to reclaim “bitch.”
HEALY: Mrs. Clinton knew some people used that word about her. Like Madonna, she answered the haters with a strong work ethic. Mrs. Clinton put in 18-hour days, thought deeply about policy, and was a tireless campaigner even if she wasn’t the world’s most natural politician. Madonna is no Adele: She wasn’t born with a once-in-a-generation talent and voice. But she succeeded through work, grit and guts.
GANZ: But she was born with a once-in-a-generation ability to understand and command the power of connecting her voice to her image. Nobody did this the way Madonna did before her, though many have followed her example. Knowing that as a woman, her appearance would be a talking point, Madonna co-opted this scrutiny as a weapon from the beginning of her career, forcing everyone to talk about what she looked like by evolving — it was a conversation she essentially started herself. But as she has gotten older, the commentary about her work is almost entirely centered on how she looks rather than how she sounds, and whether what she is wearing or saying is “appropriate for a woman her age” — a question that musicians like Mick Jagger, who is 15 years older than Madonna, have never had to answer. And certainly no other candidate was the subject of stories about what he wore to the debate and what his clothes meant. ( Continuing investigations into Mr. Trump’s hair aside.)
HEALY: I remember Mrs. Clinton telling me during the 2008 race that she probably woke up two hours earlier than Barack Obama each day because she had to do her hair and makeup, and he could just roll out of bed and into a suit. She has had no room for error in what she says or how she looks, her advisers felt, while a candidate like Mr. Trump could sound like a crazy man on Twitter, and many voters shrugged. Then again, Mrs. Clinton is far more of a perfectionist than Mr. Trump, as is Madonna.
GANZ: But Madonna and Mrs. Clinton have had their perfectionism interpreted as a pathology. As women cutting a path no woman had traveled before, they had no choice but to be as precise and detail-oriented as possible, knowing the slightest failure would invite a deluge of criticism. Madonna is known to control every aspect of rooms in which she will appear, down to the color of the lampshades. While Mr. Trump was making brash statements, Mrs. Clinton was tweeting point-by-point policy plans and rigorously preparing for the debates.
HEALY: But Mrs. Clinton could also take control too far, like keeping her State Department email on a private server. “I don’t want any risk of the personal being accessible,” she wrote in 2010. And in 2008, she rarely talked about being a woman because she wanted to control her image — she wanted voters to think she would be as tough as any male commander in chief.
GANZ: Trailblazing is a solitary game. They’re both lonely warriors who reached a critical moment this year: the time when they had to speak up for their achievements and call out their haters.
HEALY: As Madonna said in her speech, “I remember wishing I had a female peer I could look to for support.” But she and Mrs. Clinton have a mixed record as allies of feminists. Mrs. Clinton put aside her career to support her husband’s, and stood by him during his extramarital affairs, and she supported some policies, like a welfare overhaul, that critics regarded as anti-family. She was also a champion of women’s rights as human rights — even as she opposed gay rights like same-sex marriage. Do Mrs. Clinton and Madonna bear any responsibility for being polarizing figures, Caryn?
GANZ: Oh, certainly, although Madonna has always been a steadfast supporter of gay rights (something Mrs. Clinton can’t claim). Madonna designed herself to be a polarizing figure, and her breed of feminism has evolved over the years — at times she’s been more focused on self- satisfaction than the advancement of womankind. She has defended Sean Penn from accusations of domestic abuse. She wrote one of the most famous songs about not having an abortion. And she’s also often been a covert feminist: On “Material Girl,” a song still cited as an ode to consumerism, Madonna is the winner because “experience has made me rich, and now they’re after me.” It wasn’t the objects she was after, or the men — it was the power. And that was in 1984.
HEALY: Mrs. Clinton has been labeled power-hungry since she was a young woman. And it drove her crazy, advisers said, because Mr. Trump and other men never faced that accusation. She felt held to the double standard that Madonna spoke about on Friday. I can imagine Mrs. Clinton listening to that speech and just saying “Yaaaas” over and over.
2016-12-11 14:25 CARYN GANZ www.nytimes.com
61 /100 0.0 ANC has lost support, needs to regain it: Nathi Mthethwa Durban – Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has called on members of the ANC to focus on issues on the ground saying the party has lost votes.
"The fact is that in some areas we lost support. We need to go back and regain that same support," he said on Sunday.
Mthethwa was speaking at a KwaZulu-Natal ANC Youth League lecture at the Durban City Hall.
Mthethwa addressed a packed hall of various youth league branches in the province calling on members to come together and stop infighting. "Do not fall into traps of people who conduct themselves through insults. Ours should be the supremacy of our argument. "
He urged members of the youth wing of the party to focus on communities and issues on the ground.
"The revolution is about the people. If you forget about the masses you are lost. We want to reconnect with the branches of the ANC to reconnect with the people on the ground. "
He further cautioned members of the party to not think individualistically.
He said that during party conferences, the main focus should be an agenda that "talks to the people".
Mthethwa said that during conferences, members should be allowed to lobby themselves.
However, he urged lobby groups not to become factions.
"The mistake you should not make is after conference you continue working through these lobby groups. If you do that, you are no longer lobby groups, you are now factions. "
Mthethwa added that the ANC would declare 2017 the year of anti-apartheid hero Oliver Tambo. He would have been 100 years old.
2016-12-11 14:16 www.news24.com
62 /100 6.7 Hot chocolate affogato Treat yourself to something special with decadent Hot Chocolate Affogato. Rich and thick Italian-style hot chocolate poured over gelato for a winter treat to look forward to on a cold day!
There are a great many things that I love – cheese, chocolate, bourbon, my pug, sleep. . .just to name a few.
In the winter what I look forward to the most is a big steaming mug of hot chocolate. Not just any type, it needs to be thick, rich dark hot chocolate. My husband teases me about my hot chocolate preferences all the time – he tells me you really just like drinking melted chocolate don't you? Maybe have a little milk with your chocolate? It's all true, if it's milky or thin or comes from a pouch I'll pass on that drink. I need real melted chocolate in my drink! Yes sure I can have this any time I want but with something so rich, it's better to savor and enjoy on those truly cold and freezing winter days.
In most cases I find it hard to improve my hot preferred hot chocolate method but where there is a will there is a way.
That way involves ice cream.
Affogato or translated from Italian "drowned" is traditionally a coffee-based dessert with a scoop of vanilla gelato that is topped or drowned with a shot of espresso. Try as hard as I might I'm not just a coffee drink.
Why should I miss out on my affogato fix though?
Hot chocolate seemed like as good of a replacement for espresso as anything else.
After all tea affogato doesn't really sound all that appetizing.
Chocolate and ice cream, now that goes together just as much as coffee and ice cream goes together.
As impossible as it may seem, I even thickened up the hot chocolate a bit more to stay with our Italian theme for an Italian-style hot chocolate to pour over a scoop of gelato. If you've never had the pleasure of sipping on Italian hot chocolate it leans more pudding like consistency with a big bold chocolate flavor. Some recipes can call for added sugar but I felt like there was enough additional sweetness with the ice cream. You can go ahead and use milk, semi-sweet or dark chocolate when making this recipe but not that the dark you go the bitter it will taste.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups whole milk
4 ounces semi-sweet or bittersweet chocolate
2 tablespoons good quality cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon coffee extract (optional)
1/4 teaspoon salt
Vanilla Gelato (or your flavor of choice)
Instructions
-In a medium saucepan combine the milk, chocolate, cocoa powder and cornstarch. Whisk until the chocolate has melted and is complete smooth. Bring up to a boil and cook 30 seconds to 1 minute or until the hot chocolate has thickened.
-Whisk in the salt and coffee extract if using. -Place a scoop of gelato in a cappuccino cup and pour over the hot chocolate. Serve immediately.
-Makes 4 servings
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2016-12-11 14:16 AOL Staff www.aol.com
63 /100 2.4 'I suppose he's right!' Chris Pratt admits his four-year- old son thinks acting is 'kind of stupid' We were sitting in our chairs waiting for the next shot and a big set light bulb exploded nearby and she screamed. high pitched. very feminine. Then she immediately looked over at me and said, "Jesus Chris! You scream like a woman! Did everyone just hear Chris? " and for the rest of the shoot i couldn't convince anyone it wasn't me. I just had to own it.' Passengers hits theaters on December 21.
2016-12-11 14:08 Dailymail.com www.dailymail.co.uk
64 /100 0.7 ‘Elle’: Paul Verhoeven’s Demented Sex-Positive Caveman Feminism I enjoyed the movie even though there were parts that I may have missed in the subtitles. I have been a fan of Verhoeven since he directed Spetters and The Fourth Man. another addicted to outrage columnist. paul likes to make good old fashioned entertaining movies. who cares what you uptight weenies think. isabelle huppert rocked this role!
2016-12-11 14:04 Owen Gleiberman variety.com
65 /100 3.8 Right to work, education reform top GOP priorities CONCORD, N. H. (AP) - Crafting the next two-year state budget will dominate the conversation when New Hampshire lawmakers return to Concord for the new session in January.
But with Republicans in control of the House, Senate and governorship for the first time in a dozen years, GOP initiatives that have been stalled will get fresh attention.
“We have great opportunities,” Republican Gov.-elect Chris Sununu told House members last week. “Let’s get it done.”
A look at those initiatives:
RIGHT TO WORK
Sununu and Republican leaders say passing a right-to-work law, which bars workers from being forced to join unions, is a key part of improving New Hampshire’s business climate.
Even with Republican lawmakers in charge, right-to-work has had mixed success in past sessions, as some GOP House and Senate members are against it. That may be different next year because some of right-to-work’s harshest Republican critics have retired. Several dozen of the 226 GOP House members could defect and the bill would still pass. Likewise in the Senate, one Republican, sure to be Sen. Sharon Carson, can oppose the bill without killing it.
Former Democratic Gov. John Lynch vetoed such legislation when it came to his desk in 2011. It never passed during outgoing Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan’s four-year tenure.
Beyond right-to-work, Republicans will focus on reducing regulations and possibly cutting taxes as a means to attract more businesses.
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EDUCATION REFORM
Pulling out of the Common Core state standards, promoting school choice and fixing the public school funding formula will be on the table.
State budget writers will debate if more money should be provided for full-day kindergarten and whether the formula that determines how much money schools receive per student should be rewritten.
Republican Rep. Neal Kurk, a budget expert, says the funding formula is outdated and fixing it should be a priority. Several districts have sued the state in recent years because they think the existing formula is unfair.
Legislative proposals include prohibiting the use of Common Core, reducing standardized testing and requiring teachers to notify parents if they plan to use “objectionable” course material.
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ELECTION LAW
Changing key provisions of New Hampshire’s election law is a top goal for Republicans. Proposals on the table including eliminating same-day registration and adding a so-called “residency requirement” for voting. Right now, people can vote here if they consider New Hampshire their “domicile,” even if they hold a driver’s license in another state. Republicans want to require someone to be a “resident” of the state for at least 10 to 30 days before they can vote.
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GUN RIGHTS
Repealing the licensing requirement to carry a concealed gun has a strong change of passing the Legislature. Unlike outgoing Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, Sununu is likely to sign it.
New Hampshire has some of the nation’s laxest gun laws but also sees less gun crime than most other states.
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ABORTION
As always, a handful of abortion-related bills will be up for debate. House Speaker Shawn Jasper, a Republican, said that while he is against abortion rights, bills to restrict abortions will not be a legislative priority for House Republicans.
Sununu has said he is pro-abortion rights, but he does favor some restrictions.
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MARIJUANA
New Hampshire remains the only state in New England where marijuana possession hasn’t been decriminalized. That could change this year, especially given successful efforts to legalize marijuana in neighboring Massachusetts and Maine. Sununu has said he would sign a bill removing criminal penalties for possessing small amounts of the drug.
2016-12-11 14:02 By KATHLEEN www.washingtontimes.com
66 /100 4.2 Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle season 3 offers 2 standout episodes amid a bunch of fluff “Why am I still watching this show?” I asked a Vox colleague, as I plodded through the first half of the third season of. It was, I suppose, a good question. My colleague is the only person I know, other than myself, to have made it through the first two seasons of the show. She and I reminisced about the show’s finest episode — the , which was an effervescent standalone short film set during a fundraiser at an opulent country estate. It had attained some of the buoyancy of a great European art comedy. And though the show had always been, at the least, interesting, it had failed to ever reach that height again. It was, in many ways, an exemplar of peak TV. Why on earth would any network program a not- particularly-funny comedy about life in a New York City orchestra? Well, because there was money to burn and awards to be won, that’s why. And yet in season three, even seemed a little befuddled by what to do next, spending the first half of its season on a tedious trip to Venice that seemed to exist mostly to spend a bunch of Amazon’s money. Season three, ultimately, is the show’s weakest yet, though still perversely watchable in spite of itself. And since “not great but very watchable” is this show’s sweet spot, fans will likely enjoy themselves. And then I watched episodes six and seven, and I remembered just why I watch. Many, many, many TV critics (including this one) have brought this up at this point, but one of the biggest problems with the binge-release model Netflix and Amazon prefer is that it tends to regard a full season as “one episode.” That leads to bloat, and to formless storytelling. Each hour of the show ends up feeling largely interchangeable. Yet curiously, has never been as afflicted by this as other shows. While it’s ultimately pretty serialized, every single episode has some little core that it mostly revolves around, and some have nothing to do with the season’s storyline whatsoever. Take the show going to Venice this season, for instance. Yes, it sometimes seemed like an excuse to burn a lot of Amazon’s cash, but it was also a chance to examine what might go into staging even a very small-scale opera (in this case, a one-night-only comeback concert for a reclusive diva). Did it work? Not really. But each episode built steadily to the performance in episode five. Amusingly, this jaunt to Venice meant that the second-season cliffhanger — in which the orchestra went on strike and various characters were scattered to the winds — didn’t get resolved until episode six of season three, when chastened conductor Rodrigo ( ) made his way back to New York and demanded, while officiating a wedding, no less, that management and labor get their shit together and hammer out a deal. (Before then, the series offered periodic check-ins on what the striking musicians were up to.) “Symphony of Red Tape,” season three’s sixth episode, ends up being more or less the platonic ideal of a “normal” episode: There’s a single story (the union negotiation), there are fun little things for every character to do, director camera never stops roving among the various groups of players, and the show drinks in the New York atmosphere like it’s a first-time tourist. When the two sides of the dispute come to a tentative agreement, they ring a bell in the church where the wedding is being held; outside, Rodrigo, perched on a bike and lazily drifting down a Manhattan byway, spreads his arms wide in triumph. It’s a lovely slice of New York life. These are the moments that keep me coming back to. If you were to simply happen upon this episode while someone else was watching season three, you wouldn’t get all of the nuances, of course. But you might appreciate it for what it was — something loose and free and often fun, when it gets out of its own way. And then episode seven might convince you were watching one of the most exciting shows on television. (You wouldn’t be.) There is no real reason for “Not Yet Titled” to exist. In the grand scheme of the show’s overall narrative, it’s a hiccup. But that hiccup also underscores everything the series tries to say about art and its necessity. In the overall story of , yes, it’s necessary to show the first time the orchestra comes back together to perform after the strike. But beyond that, it’s a swooning attempt to make an argument not just for this fictional orchestra, or this TV show, or even classical music, but for the necessity of art in general. It feels like a one-episode rebuke of anybody who would shrug their shoulders at the show and wonder what’s so important about this particular milieu. “Maybe you don’t care about classical music,” the episode says, pushing its glasses up on its nose, “but surely you care about !” “Not Yet Titled” takes the form of a faux documentary — commonly called a mockumentary — which is directed by recurring character Bradford Sharpe (played by series co-creator ). Sharpe, a podcast host and classical music gadfly, has decided to make his very first documentary about the orchestra’s return to performing, their first show back at , the famously brutal New York City correctional facility. Sharpe turns out to be a surprisingly natural director for somebody making his first film. But he’s actually just a mask for the episode’s actual writer and director, , another of the series’ co-creators and a filmmaker who’s a great mimic of a variety of styles and other films. (He was behind the first season country house episode, too.) Coppola has clearly studied performance documentaries very closely, and this gives “Not Yet Titled” a loose spine: At first, the characters fret over their relationship to music, having been gone from it so long. Then they arrive to play and fret even more. And then they perform, realizing that the true purpose of their art does not lie in them, nor in their listeners, but somewhere in between — in the space between instrument and ear, where vibrations haven’t yet solidified into sound. If that sounds pretentious, it is, I assure you, but in the best possible way. “Not Yet Titled” is a half-hour wallow in the idea that there are few things more interesting, more inspiring, and more necessary than great art. When Bradford goes to interview Rikers prisoners, they talk about how the music lifted them from their existence, if only for a moment, and that, in and of itself, made the concert worthwhile. Now, of course, all of this loses a little something once you ponder that this is a fake documentary. Coppola and the team are stacking the deck in favor of artistry. These people and this orchestra are not real. This concert didn’t really happen as presented — though a version of it happen, and the inmates interviewed are real. (Read more about the making of this episode .) Still, it’s mostly an artful trick, a big wink at all of the ideas outlined above. Does that make it dishonest on some level? I don’t really know. I do know I enjoyed it in the moment, if only for its audacity. The episodes that follow “Not Yet Titled” explore this idea in other ways. What about love? Is that more important than art? How about finding meaningful work? Is that more important than art? What about pursuing a personal passion? And on and on and on. (Tellingly, one of these later episodes was co-written by , co-creator of the great Canadian drama , which is set at a Shakespearean theater company and pretty much perfected the “artistic endeavor as workplace dramedy” form still struggles with. She also wrote an earlier episode in the season.) But even when clumsily engages with these questions, it at least remains secure in its answer: Art, it believes, is important precisely because it doesn’t need the artist. Long after the artists are dead and gone, if their work has any meaning, it will endure. It will belong not to them and not to us, but to time. And isn’t that a marvel? Isn’t that, ultimately, worth watching this silly little TV show for? Mozart in the Jungle
2016-12-11 14:00 Todd VanDerWerff www.vox.com
67 /100 1.4 North London suburb Stoke Newington is submerged under three feet of water Absolute carnage outside our flats! #stokenewington #flood #stranded!' Bob Collington, director of Thames Water, said: 'It has been an extremely difficult week and, having visited and spoken to a number of those impacted, I am personally devastated for those customers who have suffered flooding so close to Christmas. 'We are doing everything we can to help them and will make sure they are not left out of pocket for what has happened. 'The bursts are a clear reminder that we need to keep investing in our ageing and sometimes fragile network, with many pipes in London well over 100 years old. 'I have started a full investigation into recent events to understand what has gone wrong and, as a top priority, will look at every single way possible to reduce the risk of any further disruption.' A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said several basements in the area were underwater following the burst pipe. She added that emergency teams were working to divert water away from homes and businesses. Hackney Police advised the public to avoid the area following the flooding.
2016-12-11 13:54 Emily Chan www.dailymail.co.uk
68 /100 0.4 Scalp Cooling Devices May Just Prevent Chemo Hair Loss In Patients Hair loss is one of the more common, and unpleasant, effects of chemotherapy. But scalp cooling devices, or cooling caps, just may be what chemo patients need to avoid losing their hair while undergoing the treatment.
https://t.co/0CY8mpAEzK : #BreastCancer #Chemotherapy – Scalp- Cooling Cap Reduces #HairLoss In Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Chemotherapy pic.twitter.com/SijQPnt1x8
— Anto IHQ (@AntoIhq) December 11, 2016
This common fear of hair loss in female cancer patients was shared in a statement from lead researcher Julie Rani Nangia, an assistant professor of medicine at Houston’s Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center. She appeared Friday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium to reveal the results of trials done with scalp cooling devices, and discussed why avoiding hair loss, or alopecia, is especially important to women who go through chemo.
“Chemotherapy fights cancer by attacking rapidly dividing tumor cells. However, hair cells also divide rapidly so the drugs target them as well, which is what causes alopecia. Hair is important, especially to women. Hair loss can really affect how a patient feels.
If you have a heart attack, you won’t look different, but if you have cancer and lose your hair, everyone knows what you are going through. Some people embrace it, but for others, having something so private made public is embarrassing.”
Fantastic coverage of the Paxman Scalp Cooler on The One Show – @3MBIC 3D Printed the moulds, great to be involved! https://t.co/cnB8V14dEi
— 3MBuckley Innovation (@3MBIC) August 9, 2016
Although the researchers believe that the cooling caps can work on any cancer patient with a solid tumor, Nangia said that her team went with breast cancer patients because of the bigger impact chemo hair loss could have on women. It bears mentioning, though, that the caps cannot be used by anyone suffering from leukemia or other blood cancers, as it works by limiting blood flow.
The scalp cooling device used in the trial is called the Orbis Paxman Hair Loss Prevention System. While the cap is currently under review by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, it will be pushed as an alternative to the FDA-approved DigniCap Scalp Cooling System, should it get the green light from the government.
[Featured Image by Chris Hondros/Getty Images]
2016-12-11 13:53 Lorenzo Tanos www.inquisitr.com
69 /100 2.9 Unheralded committee seeks ‘monumental change’ to the way First Nations get billions in federal funds OTTAWA – A small committee of federal politicians and indigenous leaders is quietly figuring out how to pull off one of the most radical changes to the way Canada deals with its First Nations since the passage of The Indian Act.
The committee’s objective is to transform the means by which Ottawa transfers billions of dollars a year to the country’s 634 First nations.
If it works, it could be the single most significant thing the Trudeau government will have done for its oft-promised “reset” of the relationship between the Crown and First Nations.
“This is going to be a monumental change in terms of what happens in Canada,” Perry Bellegarde, the national chief of the Assembly of the First Nations, in an interview. “People are sometimes wary of change but I think this will be in the best interests of Canada as a whole.”
The committee’s work also promises to transform a federal bureaucracy long set in the way it delivers services to all Canadians, ways that have been recently criticized by the Auditor General Michael Ferguson for being too concerned with itself and indifferent to improving the lives of its citizens.
But First Nations themselves may also have much work to do to prepare for that new future.
A National Post analysis of the 2014-2015 financial statements filed by 559 First Nations that complied with the First Nations Financial Transparency Act showed found that 172 of them posted financial statements that violated generally accepted public sector accounting standards. Some of those violations were relatively minor while others were serious enough that the band’s auditors were unable to provide an opinion about the accuracy of the financial statement.
The Trudeau government suspended the First Nations Financial Transparency Act for the 2015- 16 financial year so it is unclear how some First Nations governments will be compelled to improve their financial reporting and controls.
The catalyst for changes in governance and accountability by both the Crown and First Nations could be this little-known committee, known as the “First Nations-Canada Joint Committee on the Fiscal Relationship,” created by a memorandum of understanding signed on July 13 by the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and the federal department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC).
The committee consists of just four individuals. Bellegarde and David Jimmie, chief of the Squiala First Nation in British Columbia, represent the AFN. Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett has been a constant member for the federal government but, despite repeated requests last week, her department could not identify the other federal government member.
The AFN is hopeful that it will be a “senior person” from either the department of finance or the Treasury Board.
At its last meeting, on Nov. 24, Treasury Board President Scott Brison sat on the federal government’s side but it is not clear if Brison is to be a regular member of that committee.
The committee has also brought in experts for advice. Don Drummond, a former deputy minister at the department of finance, joined a recent meeting of the committee. Ferguson, the auditor general, also joined a meeting.
The committee next meets on Feb. 8.
Bennett’s department failed to answer questions last week about the committee’s work but the AFN says its objectives are threefold:
The current system, both sides agree, is deficient in all three of those ways.
For example, First Nations have had annual increases in core funding from INAC frozen at two per cent for 20 years even though population growth has been running higher than that. Justin Trudeau, a month after he was sworn as prime minister, vowed to lift that funding cap “immediately” in his first budget.
That funding cap, though, has not yet been lifted and, at last week’s annual assembly of the AFN in Gatineau, Que., several chiefs expressed frustration that promise had not been fulfilled. One of Bellegarde’s chief objectives at last week’s meeting seemed to be managing expectations of frustrated chiefs, trying to show progress while explaining the complexity of what seems like an otherwise straightforward promise.
The committee has given itself until Dec. 31, 2017 to complete its work.
That work is expected to create a template for individual First Nations to negotiate a new fiscal framework with the federal government. So, instead of dealing with as many as five federal government departments — each of which may have two, three or more individual funding programs — the First Nation would get a single annual transfer which would represent the entire federal contribution to its operating and capital programs.
We want it to be a government-to-government transfer.
To do so, the federal government has to figure out a way for INAC, Health Canada, Public Safety Canada, Employment and Social Development Canada and other agencies to work as a one- stop shop for First Nations. Re-organizing Ottawa’s bureaucratic plumbing makes this a tall order.
“We’re looking at a single, whole-of-government approach,” Bellegarde said. “We want it to be a government-to-government transfer. We really need the institutions of government to be around that table, that can make the necessary internal changes to allow that one-agreement model.”
But just as the federal government will be forced to make significant changes, so too could many participating First Nations.
The National Post analysis of the 559 First Nations financial statements filed in fiscal 2015 found that individual band councils provided vastly different details in their financial statements when it comes to itemizing details of their sources of income and how they spent that money. All report a bottom line number for revenues and expenses but the details of how each got to that bottom line varies widely.
Some refused requests by their auditors for information on individual expenses or revenue sources.
Variability for expense reporting by First Nations makes it difficult to compare spending priorities among First Nations. Many report spending by segment, i.e. Health, Education, Economic Development, etc. while some report it by object, i.e. Postage, Electricity, Heat, Water, Salaries, etc. Even where there is reporting by segment, some First Nations have different descriptions of what constitutes “health” or “social services.”
That variation or lack of standardization will make it difficult for a “whole-of-government” approach to measure outcomes and accountability of federal transfers to First Nations.
The analysis also found that 72 of the country’s 643 First Nations filed little or incomplete financial reporting data with the federal government.
2016-12-11 13:51 David Akin news.nationalpost.com
70 /100 70 /100 2.2 Pope Francis compares media focus on scandals to fecal fetish Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been updated to clarify Pope Francis' comments.
Pope Francis joined the chorus of condemnation of media organizations that spread disinformation and compared their focus on "ugly things" to one of the more unsavory fetishes.
Francis said, although positive "in themselves," communications media can be harmful and used to slander people, "especially in the world of politics," during an interview Wednesday with the Belgian Catholic weekly Tertio. He added that anyone who uses means of communication to defame someone is committing a sin.
His comments came amid growing controversy over "fake news" — including one involving him: a false report online that he had endorsed Donald Trump.
"A thing that can do great damage to the information media is disinformation: that is, faced with any situation, saying only a part of the truth, and not the rest," Francis said.
"Disinformation is probably the greatest damage that the media can do, as opinion is guided in one direction, neglecting the other part of the truth," he said. "I believe that the media should be very clear, very transparent, and not fall prey — without offense, please — to the sickness of coprophilia, which is always wanting to communicate scandal, to communicate ugly things, even though they may be true. And since people have a tendency towards the sickness of coprophagia, it can do great harm. "
Merriam-Webster defines coprophilia as a "marked interest in excrement, especially the use of feces or filth for sexual excitement. " And coprophagia? That's people who eat feces.
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2016-12-11 13:49 William Cummings rssfeeds.usatoday.com
71 /100 71 /100 2.8 Inside the Welsh factory which produces 650,000 ft of Christmas tinsel a MONTH Tinsel was invented in 1610 in Nuremberg. The glimmering must-have was first introduced to reflect the candle lights that were placed in Christmas trees. It was created from silver which was then cut into thin strands, making the sparkly product very expensive to produce and to buy. Today tinsel is made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC). To obtain the shiny effect, the PVC base is metallised before being cut into bands.
2016-12-11 13:47 Isobel Frodsham www.dailymail.co.uk
72 /100 3.6 Step into a Victorian Christmas at Tyntesfield stately home in north Somerset Visitors to a Gothic stately home will get the chance to rub shoulders with its 19th century owners after the National Trust hired a team of actors to give them a Downton Abbey style Christmas experience. Tyntesfield House near Wraxall, north Somerset, are celebrating the festive period the old fashioned way with a recreation of Christmas past. The Pantaloons acting group will allow people to step back in time, as they play the manor house's Victorian owners, the Gibbs family and their servants. Visitors can see how the family enjoyed Christmas with dances, singing carols and guided walks around the house. They can also stroll around the Tyntesfield's manicured grounds and experience a service inside its abbey. Servants will be working around the palatial home, busying themselves with decorations, while the gentlemen of the family will be hiding away from the hustle and bustle. Tyntesfield was purchased by the National Trust in June 2002, after a fundraising campaign, and is now open to the public throughout the year.
2016-12-11 13:46 Alex Matthews www.dailymail.co.uk
73 /100 73 /100 2.9 Why Carrie Lam is Beijing’s real preference for chief executive If Plato is right that the only people who should rule are those who don’t want to, then Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor is miles ahead of the other chief executive wannabes. It would be hard to find a more mournful public figure announcing she might reconsider her intention to retire and run for the top job after all. Watching her on television, I thought she was on the verge of tears. She said Leung Chun-ying’s shock announcement not to seek a second term had left her with no choice but to consider running. Poor woman, she thought she could retire and live happily ever after. Hong Kong politics just doesn’t allow such happy endings. It swallows people whole and spits them out mercilessly. “It is tragic that at this time in Hong Kong,” she said, referring to Leung’s decision, “serving the community and protecting your family cannot both coexist and that those in politics would have to make such a difficult decision.” She might as well be talking about herself. Her predicament is that there is no one as acceptable to both Beijing and Hong Kong people as Lam at this time. She might not be ideal but the rest are less than desirable. Retired judge Woo Kwok-hing might once have been the go-to person to head a public commission or investigation, but no one seriously thinks he could make it as a chief executive. Legislative and Executive councillor Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee has been referred to as the “female 689”, Leung’s moniker for the low number of people on the election committee who voted him into office. Like Hillary Clinton, she came with too much political baggage. Many people loathe and distrust her instinctively the way they do with Leung. Finance secretary John Tsang Chun-wah’s chief virtue is that he hasn’t upset too many people in Hong Kong. Other than that, there seems to be little else to recommend him. Perhaps the only real potential rival to Lam is Tsang Yok-sing, the former Legco president. He is a Beijing loyalist but also a moderate who is on reasonably good terms with most pan-democrats. You can already hear Beijing, through intermediaries in Hong Kong, offering inducements and veiled threats for Lam to run. Once you ride on a tiger, or a panda, you don’t get off so easily.
2016-12-11 13:41 Alex Lo www.scmp.com
74 /100 0.5 Activist push City Council to declare Long Beach a sanctuary city Activists are demanding the City Council follow the lead of their counterparts in nearby Santa Ana and declare Long Beach a sanctuary city, which generally means refusing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Representatives of the liberal Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice , or CLUE, and the Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition , called on Long Beach’s council to deem Long Beach – California’s seventh most populous city – a sanctuary in anticipation that President-elect Donald Trump will follow through on campaign promises for more stringent enforcement of immigration laws.
“This election has caused a lot of fear in the community,” CLUE organizer Grecia Lopez-Reyes said in a telephone interview.
CLUE, which has a governing board that includes the leaders of Southern California Christian and Jewish congregations, as well as labor and immigration activists, want Long Beach to resist any potential federal movement toward deporting undocumented immigrants and Muslims. CLUE and Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition are also calling for support for youths, sometimes referred to as Dreamers, who want to stay in the United States after being brought into the country illegally.
The Trump campaign differentiated itself from past presidential campaigns in large part by the candidate’s call for new restrictions on immigration. High-profile campaign proposals included making Mexico pay for a wall on the U. S.-Mexican border and suspending Muslims’ entry into the United States, the latter framed in an early campaign ad as a way of preventing radical Islamic terrorists from committing acts of violence here.
The weeks since Trump’s election have been filled with considerable speculation as to what he and the Republican-led Congress will actually do. And if activists supporting undocumented interests’ are filled with consternation, advocates who want the government to enforce immigration controls are looking forward to the prospect of Washington acting against sanctuary cities.
“I think we will see a push for withholding certain federal funds,” said Ira Mehlman, spokesman for Federation for American Immigration Reform .
Mehlman went on to predict city leaders across the United States will prefer to receive federal grants that help pay for police officers and other services than to enact protections for people who entered the United States illegally.
“I think that for most of these jurisdictions, the threat that they may lose federal funding may be sufficient,” Mehlman said.
Yet in the absence of more concrete proposals from the incoming administration or Congress to outline what how Washington may define and punish sanctuary cities, it can be hard to tell exactly what the stakes are.
“At this point, I think it’s a battle of symbolism,” said UC Irvine political scientist Louis DeSipio, who studies immigration.
The sanctuary city argument runs parallel to the question, not always as controversial, as to what should happen to undocumented immigrants who were still children when their parents brought them into the United States. President Barack Obama issued an executive order in 2012 that allowed Dreamers to stay. Prior legislative proposals known as the Dream Act that would have allowed such people to obtain legal status, however, failed to become law. Maribel Cruz of the Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition, described her past in a way that could fit that description. Cruz, 28, said she was born in Mexico and brought to Long Beach at the age of 2.
Cruz said she applied for relief under Obama’s just about as soon as he announced it in 2012 .
“I always knew that DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the policy’s formal name) was a temporary program. It’s not a law. There’s nothing to make it permanent,” she said. “I think with the recent election, there’s definitely a greater chance of it being taken away.”
Cruz also said the kind of sanctuary city declaration that she wants Long Beach to make would amount to a proclamation that “we have your back” from city officials.
Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and Cal State Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley said they met with about a dozen students from Cal State Long Beach and Long Beach City College who have benefitted from the Obama Administration’s policy and are now worried about their futures.
“They don’t know anything more than the U. S. To them, this is their country,” Garcia said.
Conoley said about 1,000 undocumented students attend Cal State Long Beach and that there are resources on campus to help them receive advice on immigration matters.
“What we’ve said for the past several weeks is, we will do what we can to help you find legal pathways,” she said.
Trump himself has signalled that he may be willing to compromise on the immigration issue, at least in regard to Dreamers.
“They got brought here at a very young age, they’ve worked here, they’ve gone to school here. Some were good students. Some have wonderful jobs. And they’re in never-never land because they don’t know what’s going to happen,” Trump said in his Person of the Year interview with Time magazine.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois have introduced a bill to aid Dreamers in the event that Trump revokes Obama’s 2012 order.
Before the Santa Ana vote this past Tuesday , top officials in big, liberal cities like San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago have similarly pledged to uphold heir sanctuary city policies. What’s more, the California higher education leaders issued a joint declaration in late November imploring the president-elect to retain Obama’s policy of allowing undocumented immigrants who came into the United States as minors to remain in the country.
Also in the San Gabriel Valley, Bassett Unified School District’s governing board declared their campuses to be “sanctuary schools,” The district has campuses in the La Puente and Industry areas.
Long Beach officials have expressed sympathy for immigrants, but only one elected official who commented for this article declared outright that she wants to make a sanctuary city declaration.
“Long Beach residents deserve to know they are safe here,” Councilwoman Jeannine Pearce said in a written response Saturday. “I support declaring Long Beach a sanctuary city, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.”
From others on the council, Councilman Roberto Uranga said in a message that he is “cautiously optimistic that the President-elect will come to realize the positive economic impacts all immigrants bring to this country, especially the stabilizing impact that our DACA youth provide by their contributions to the workforce.”
Councilwoman Suzie Price also provided her views, saying that she embraces Long Beach’s diversity but also acknowledged her concern over the prospect of losing federal funding.
“It is and will always be the responsibility of the city to protect all residents from threats of violence and intimidation,” she said in writing. “However, any consideration of a change to city policy that puts us at odds with the federal government and threatens funding or support the city depends on could represent a significant impact to the city’s ability to provide basic services,” she said.
Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna has previously affirmed city officers will continue to be subject to the California Trust Act , which prohibits officers from handing anyone in custody over to federal immigration officials when that person would otherwise be eligible for release until he or she has committed certain serious crimes.
Garcia, Long Beach’s mayor, said the city will continue to abide by the guidance set by state law when it comes to the city’s involvement with the feds on immigration matters.
“Long Beach is right now working with our state partners and we follow the California Trust Act,” which is incredibly progressive,” he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
2016-12-11 13:35 By www.presstelegram.com
75 /100 2.8 MSM Takes Fake News To The Next Level The Washington Times has launched a “fake news” smear against Alex Jones by mischaracterizing his quote to suggest that Jones accused Hillary Clinton of chopping up children as part of the “PizzaGate” controversy.
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2016-12-11 13:31 Infowars.com - www.infowars.com
76 /100 2.4 Christmas treats from same suppliers can cost twice as much from luxury retailers Shopping for a Christmas feast for the family can leave just as big a dent in your wallet as presents - but not if you know where to buy. Now an investigation has found that festive fare from the same suppliers costs up to three times more from higher end retailers than it does from budge supermarkets. One of the most outrageous mark ups was found on Maynard's 40- year-old Tawny Port, which costs £69.69 a bottle from the online retailer Uvinum, but just £29.99 from Aldi. The findings reveal customers could end up paying more than double for the exact same product if they fail to shop around. Waitrose Christmas 200g Freshly Crumbed Smooth Stilton Jar costs £6, while Lidl's Long Clawson Blue Stilton ceramic pot costs just £3.79 - and you get an extra 25g for your money. The investigation by the Sunday Mirror found both cheeses are supplied by the prestigious Long Clawson dairy in Leicestershire. Another saving on cheese can be made by buying Iceland's 200g Wookey Hole Cave Aged Cheddar from Iceland for £2. A 600g block of the same cheese costs £9.95 from Harrods, meaning the same quantity from Iceland would cost £6. East London smokehouse H. Forman & Son supplies Aldi with its Exquisite Scottish smoked salmon with gin and tonic, which costs £3.99 for a 100g pack. But if you go to Selfridge's food hall, you will have to pay £11.99 for 200g of gin and tonic smoked salmon from the same supplier, meaning you could save around £4 by buying the same quantity at Aldi. The piece de resistance of any Christmas dinner is of course the turkey, so you might want to play it safe by opting for a bird from a higher end retailer. However, both Farm Gate Hatcheries supply turkeys to Aldi and Waitrose, and the latter charges more per kilo. One of the Hatcheries' dry-aged bronze free range birds costs £12.99 per kilo from Waitrose, but just £8.99 per kg from the budget store. Another price difference is evident when you look at a pack of mixed charcuterie from the firm Woodall's, which can cost more than twice the price if you buy from luxury retailer Harrod's. The 100g selection from Harrod's costs £6.95, but Aldi is selling a similar 70g pack of the company's produce for just £2.79, which works out at £2.97 per 100g. Your Christmas pud can also end up costing you unnecessary pennies if you don't shop wisely. The Carved Angel Christmas pudding is £15 from Waitrose while a pud of the same size in different colour packaging is just £13.95 from Costco. And a tipple to wash down the meal may also hit your wallet if you opt for posh brand Gin Mare from Waitrose. A bottle costs £39.50 from the supermarket, while you can snap one up for just £29.99 from Aldi. Boss Paul Kelly, based in Danbury, Essex, confirmed birds from his Farm Gate Hatcheries Ltd business are also sent to the Binder family at Rumburgh Farm, Suffolk. They use them to supply Aldi with their Exquisite dry-hung bird which costs £8.99kg - a difference of £20 on a 5kg turkey. However Mr Kelly explained the hatchlings sent to the Binders are just a day old and are then reared in different conditions. He said: "Farm Gate Hatcheries supplies nine different breeds of bronze turkeys. " The Carved Angel restaurant was opened in Dartmouth, Devon in 1974 by Joyce Molyneux, who began to steam Christmas puddings and ended up producing them commerically. Waitrose is selling a 680g version for £15 but one the same size can be picked up at Costco for £13.95. Commenting on the variations in prices, Tony Baines, Aldi's joint managing director of corporate buying, said: "Many shoppers are unaware they are spending more than they should. "At Aldi many of our products are sourced from exactly the same suppliers as more expensive food retailers. " A spokesman for Waitrose said: "Our blue Stilton is made to an exclusive recipe which we have jointly developed with our supplier over several years. "Rumburgh Farm is a completely different farm. Our turkeys are farmed on Paul Kelly's farm to our high welfare standards with natural daylight, fresh air, room to move around and are always fed a diet free from GM soya protein. " H. Forman declined to comment on the salmon but Tesco fish buyer Steve Brooks said: "We work hard to provide great quality and value for customers, and this is just one example. " Selfridges added: "While it is the same supplier, our products are totally different. Our smoked salmon is freshly produced every single day. " Costco vice- president Steve Pappas said: "We work very hard at providing outstanding quality goods and services to our members at the lowest prices". A spokesman for Lidl added: "It is our core objective to provide our customers with the highest quality products at the most competitive prices. " No one at Harrods was available to comment.
2016-12-11 13:31 Siofra Brennan www.dailymail.co.uk
77 /100 0.7 Doutzen Kroes debuts racy new lingerie range for Dutch brand Hunkemöller Recent conservational endeavours on behalf of the Elephant Crisis Fund were momentarily put on hold as Dutch model Doutzen Kroes returned to her day job this week. The former Victoria’s Secret Angel, 31, proved just why she’s one of the most desirable women on the planet in a series of stunning new promotional shots for Netherlands based lingerie brand Hunkemöller. In four new images Doutzen showcases the latest range of racy undergarments from her popular Doutzen’s Stories collaboration with the Dutch label. Scroll down for video Revealing her perfectly proportioned physique, the model strikes a coquettish pose in a black lace bra and stockings. A second shot finds Doutzen in an equally revealing state while modelling a bold blue variation with intricate chain embellishments. Reclining on a large double bed, the mother of two is in a playful mood as she debuts a third design from the new range - a simple but no less striking black two-piece. Doutzen ends the set in a midnight blue two-piece teamed with sheer black stockings and suspenders. The model, a Hunkemöller brand ambassador, ended her contract with Victoria's Secret in late 2014 due to a conflicting woork schedule. The news of her departure was only confirmed the news following fellow Angel Karlie Kloss’ exit in February the following year. There were mixed reports about the reasons for the Dutch beauty's exit, with Page Six claiming the pay 'isn’t what it used to be'. An insider told the website at the time: 'Older contracts like Alessandra Ambrosio were in the millions, now they’re like $100,000.' However, CMO Ed Razek slammed the speculation on his Instagram account with a heartfelt post. He shared: 'After I posted the news about @karliekloss leaving VS I got a number of texts asking me why I hadn't said anything about @doutzen leaving at the end of last year. Fair question. 'The simple answer is I should have. Doutzen had a lucrative opportunity in Europe and it would have conflicted with her VS obligations. 'So, at her agency’s request, we released her from contract. There was no conflict. No animosity. None of the nonsense I've read on Instagram. 'She had a great business opportunity, and I wanted to be fair to someone I adore and respect. That's all. ] 'I honestly believe Doutzen is one of the most stunningly beautiful people in the world. And I always will. I have told her that many times. Now you know.' More recently the model has devoted her time to wildlife preservation and the Elephant Crisis Fund, with whom she has collaborated on the #KnotOnMyPlanet campaign. Doutzen was inspired to get involved after meeting wildlife conservationists during a trip to Kenya with her husband, Dutch DJ Sunnery James, and their two children. 'I don’t want my kids to grow up in a world without elephants in the wild,' she told Vogue magazine. 'This could become a reality if we don’t do something.'
2016-12-11 13:31 Jason Chester www.dailymail.co.uk
78 /100 5.0 NBC-2.com WBBH News for Fort Myers, Cape Coral & Naples, Florida Winter weather is causing a ripple effect on Southwest Florida travel. Storms in the Midwest have grounded flights to and from Detroit and Chicago with more than 1,200 cancellations.
At least seven flights were canceled Sunday morning at RSW in Fort Myers – six of them going to Chicago and one to Detroit.
The wintry weather mostly moved out of the Plains overnight, leaving parts of Minnesota with up to a foot of snow, and pushed into Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana.
The National Weather Service said Chicago will see an additional 3 to 5 inches Sunday. The city's aviation website said more than 1,200 flights had been canceled at O'Hare and about 160 at Midway as of Sunday morning.
Temperatures 15 to 30 degrees below average will follow the cold rain and snow in the coming days through much of the Midwest and East.
Detroit could see the heaviest amount of snow Sunday, about 8 inches. To the east, Cleveland could see up to 6 inches, while Burlington, Vermont, could get up to three.
A winter storm is could drop at least a foot of snow in some areas. With a blanket of snow expected to reach across the Midwest, airlines are canceling more flights leaving many people stranded.
If your flight has been canceled due to the weather, check with your airline as they could be offering alternate flights, refunds, hotel stays among other options.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
2016-12-11 13:30 Winter weather www.nbc-2.com
79 /100 2.2 The Psychology of Motivation: Build Purpose, Respect Contributions, Give Credit | Dan Ariely Published on Dec 11, 2016
We shouldn’t have to be told that people’s hearts and souls are not piñatas, and yet here we are. Duke psychology professor and behavioral economist Dan Ariely says when it comes to increasing motivation, there’s a precursor lesson many managers, teachers and parents miss: stop crushing spirits. Ariely’s latest book is “ Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations ”
Video below followed by more on the book
Transcript – So the first lesson is don’t kill motivation. You know businesses are often not about just increasing it, it is by stop decreasing it. I’ll tell you a story I gave a talk at a company in Seattle a few years ago. It’s a big software company and I was giving a talk and I was in this room with 200 really depressed engineers talking to them. It turns out they were working on whatever the next version of the – they were working on something really important and big for that company and the week before I showed up the CEO of the company came to them and canceled the project. And they were incredibly devastated. This was a group that worked for two years on something that they felt would be the next great thing for that company and the week before he just canceled it. And they did not show up on time. They were just devastated. They were just morally devastated and by the way after that many of them just left the company. They were very good people. They were just so demoralized. And I asked them I said okay, let’s just assume the CEO had to cancel the project. Let’s assume he had to cancel for whatever reason. Let’s not question that.
What could the CEO have done not to get you to be so depressed? And they came up with all kinds of ideas. They said what if he allowed them to make a few working prototypes and distribute them within the company for a few years. Just kind of see what people do with them. They say what if he allowed them to take parts of this new technology that we’re developing and see which parts will be useful in other parts of the organization, right, have some kind of leftovers from the project. They said what if you would allow them to do a workshop for the whole company to show them the journey of the last two years.
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Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations
Bestselling author Dan Ariely reveals fascinating new insights into motivation—showing that the subject is far more complex than we ever imagined.
Every day we work hard to motivate ourselves, the people we live with, the people who work for and do business with us. In this way, much of what we do can be defined as being “motivators.” From the boardroom to the living room, our role as motivators is complex, and the more we try to motivate partners and children, friends and coworkers, the clearer it becomes that the story of motivation is far more intricate and fascinating than we’ve assumed.
Payoff investigates the true nature of motivation, our partial blindness to the way it works, and how we can bridge this gap. With studies that range from Intel to a kindergarten classroom, Ariely digs deep to find the root of motivation—how it works and how we can use this knowledge to approach important choices in our own lives. Along the way, he explores intriguing questions such as: Can giving employees bonuses harm productivity? Why is trust so crucial for successful motivation? What are our misconceptions about how to value our work? How does your sense of your mortality impact your motivation? Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations
2016-12-11 13:25 VWArticles www.valuewalk.com
80 /100 3.1 Prince's ex-girlfriend Carmen Electra and others share their memories of pop star The death of iconoclastic pop star Prince at the age of 57 earlier this year shocked the world. Now those who had a chance to meet the legendary performer are sharing their most vivid memories. Prince was found dead at his Minnesota estate on April 21st from what an autopsy report later revealed to be an overdose of fentanyl, a powerful opioid painkiller that is up to 50 times more potent than heroin. His friends and acquaintances remembered him as an unusual celebrity who spoke softly and did ordinary things like make scrambled eggs and shopping for locks in hardware stores. ‘He smelled like lavender,’ singer Kandace Springs told GQ . ‘Dude, I'm not even kidding you. Overtime. My sister burns lavender in my house and I'm, "Oh God, it smells like Paisley Park. " That's Prince.’ Springs befriended Prince on Twitter after he first heard her cover version of a Sam Smith song online in 2014. A member of Prince’s band, Morris Hayes, recalls one instance in which the singer, clad in a turtleneck sweater and fuzzy boots, walked in to a hardware store to the shock of locals in Minnesota. ‘People are looking like, "Oh my God, Prince is in the hardware store! ",’ Hayes said. ‘He comes and finds me and he's got a handful of crap— like, "Can we buy this? "’ Hayes then recalled how Prince had walked into the Ace store even though the car they drove was still in the parking lot with the keys in the ignition. ‘I'm [saying to him], "What did you do with the car? "’ ‘He says, "It's out there—it's just running".’ ‘I said, "Prince, you can't leave the car running—somebody could just steal the car".’ ‘He said, "This is Chanhassen—nobody's gonna steal the car".’ ‘So we get out to the car and sure enough it's out there, just running, smoke coming out of the tailpipe.’ ‘And he's like, ‘I told you".’ Prince’s ex- girlfriend, the former Baywatch star Carmen Electra, remembers him as industrious. ‘He never slept—he couldn't sleep,’ she said. ‘I would wake up alone: Where'd he go? And his housekeeper said, "He's in the studio".’ ‘Or he would leave the sweetest little notes on the stairs that would say: "Had to work! Couldn't sleep. Come see me”.’ Electra shared personal anecdotes about the pain she felt at seeing Prince pursued by other women. ‘I don't know one beautiful woman who didn't want to be with him. But it did hurt me. It hurt me really bad. And I was too young to really communicate with him, so I just kind of pulled away,’ she said. At one point, Prince wrote a song about her titled ‘I Hate U’ after he learned that she was dating someone else. ‘It was hard to hear,’ she said. ‘And it was even harder to hear the parts of the song that said it could have been a completely different way.’ ‘Then to say, "I hate you because I love you"—I literally cried in front of him. I think he just wanted me to hear it and know that he was really upset. Then he flew me back to Los Angeles.’ No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani said that Prince inspired her to write her own music. ‘He said to me [one time], "Have you ever tried to write a hit? Why wouldn't you just try to? "’ ‘I was like, "Okay.…" It was something that never really dawned on me. Like, how do you write a hit?’ ‘And for me, I'm not one of those arty album- track kind of girls that likes all the obscure songs—I live by hits. That's what I love. And I think when he said that, it just kind of resonated with me. ‘I was, "Wow, that's interesting".’ Van Jones, a former aide to President Barack Obama, remembered Prince as someone who had a remarkable sense of humor. ‘This dude was ridiculously hilarious,’ Jones said. ‘He would have been one of the most famous people in the world if he had never touched an instrument, just as a comedian.’ ‘We would sit up and just laugh and laugh. You know, his particular kind of black comedic sensibility that you see with Kevin Hart or Eddie Murphy or Dave Chappelle.’ ‘Prince was as funny as those guys, or funnier, easily. Because that sense of timing is so important for music or for sex or for comedy, and his comedic timing was just ridiculous.’
2016-12-11 13:17 Ariel Zilber www.dailymail.co.uk
81 /100 1.5 If We Were ‘Staggered’ by Police Brutality, Wouldn’t Walter Scott Mistrial Have Knocked Us Over? Mostly there were dry headlines like “Mistrial Declared in Black Motorist’s Shooting by Officer.” (Photo: David Geitgey Sierralupe /flickr/cc)
Corporate media reported the mistrial in the case of South Carolina police officer Michael Slager, whom video showed shooting unarmed African- American Walter Scott eight times in the back in April 2015, handcuffing him on the ground, and then dropping a taser alongside his body—this after Slager stopped Scott for a broken tail light.
Mostly there were dry headlines like “Mistrial Declared in Black Motorist’s Shooting by Officer.” An AP piece got the headline that many were “at a loss” at the outcome; other headlines had them “stunned.” The story itself included comments that started to get at the depth of folks’ despair: “There’s a jury full of people and they cannot decide if it’s illegal to shoot someone who is running away from you?” asks one source. “What do you say about a country that feels this way about black people?” “Do we really have anything that can seriously be called the administration of criminal justice?” asks another.
Indeed. Corporate media keep referring to how the country has been “rocked” or “staggered” by revelations of police brutality in black communities—evoking the question, if we were really staggered, wouldn’t something like this knock us over?
Instead, we got only media gestures toward documented research on how hard it is to convict police officers and bland references to “racial tensions.” The Daily News ( 12/5/16 ) was the only paper I found editorializing on the mistrial: Headlined “Believe Your Eyes,” the paper acknowledged that they don’t generally weigh in on questions of guilt, but that measured against the video evidence, Slager’s testimony—that he was gripped by “total fear” and “fired until the threat was stopped as I was trained to do”—”can only be described as emanating from a parallel universe.”
The New York Times ( 4/8/16 ) did run an editorial last April, saying the quick charging of Slager was “encouraging,” along with FBI and Justice Department involvement. Such wrongful deaths “present a clear danger to the civic fabric. The country needs to confront this issue directly and get this problem under control.” The paper’s editorial silence on the mistrial suggests the important gap between the relative ease of calling for change and the difficulty of examining why it doesn’t come.
© 2016 Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR)
Janine Jackson is FAIR's program director and producer/co-host of FAIR's syndicated radio show CounterSpin. She contributes frequently to FAIR's magazine, Extra! and co-edited The FAIR Reader: An Extra! Review of Press and Politics in the '90s (Westview Press).
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2016-12-11 13:14 Janine Jackson www.commondreams.org
82 /100 4.0 Kaley Cuoco Talks Plastic Surgery And New Love Karl Cook The actress and equestrian graced the December 2016 cover of Women’s Health , in which she admitted to the fitness magazine that she went under the knife “years ago” to achieve her good looks.
“I had my nose done. And my boobs – best thing I ever did,” she said. “Recently I had a filler in a line in my neck I’ve had since I was 12. As much as you want to love your inner self … I’m sorry, you also want to look good. I don’t think you should do it for a man or anyone else, but if it makes you feel confident, that’s amazing.”
The 31-year-old actress also revealed that horseback riding “gave her space to rebuild” after her split from tennis professional player Ryan Sweeting in September 2015. The couple ended their relationship after 21 months of marriage, according to the Daily News.
“For a month straight I would talk to my horse and just bawl. Finally, I went out and the crying didn’t come. I was like, ‘I think I actually got through this.'”
Kaley is now dating equestrian champ Karl Cook and it appears that the two are very happy together. The two even competed alongside each other back in October at the Longines Masters Horseback Riding Event in Long Beach, California. It seems like this new couple doesn’t mind having some friendly competition between them. Sources told E! News that Kaley is “in love, head over heels” with her boyfriend.
“They seem to be in a good spot right now,” the insider told the outlet. “She is always traveling with him. It’s not as much as her schedule but more so his. She never knows when she’s going to be in town because she goes whenever and wherever he goes. She is super smitten.” Cuoco and Cook were last spotted together on Wednesday night (Dec. 7) shopping at a Gucci store and then heading to Villa Blanca restaurant in Beverly Hills while holding hands. The couple was casually dressed for their romantic night out. Cuoco was photographed wearing a navy blue puffy coat over her black hooded zip sweatshirt and leggings. Meanwhile, Cook wore a gray hooded zip sweatshirt, which he paired with a blue T-shirt and gray pants.
Last Friday, two days after Cuoco celebrated her 31st birthday, the pair were photographed looking a bit more dressed up at Craig’s Restaurant in West Hollywood. Cuoco was spotted wearing a black leather jacket over a black T-shirt and black leather pants while Cook wore a pastel plaid blazer over a light blue T-shirt and black jeans. The couple first sparked the dating rumors back in March. A month later, Cuoco took to Instagram to share a photo of herself with her new boyfriend, writing, “That’s what happy looks like.”
That's what happy looks like????
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She also congratulated Cook at his equestrian competition, writing in the caption , “When bae wins its a good night for this girl [sic].”
“I finally found my horse guy,” she gushed.
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“Then I knocked into Karl – literally, we bumped arms at a horse show,” she said. “And we each said, ‘Oh, I’m sorry’ – and everything changed. I looked at him, and he looked at me…”
The actress also told the publication that she would “absolutely” reconsider getting married again and having kids one day.
“I’m meant to be a mom,” she added.
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2016-12-11 13:09 Chanel Adams www.inquisitr.com
83 /100 2.4 Jeremy Clarkson and James May enjoy boozy night in Scotland as they film The Grand Tour They've been hard at work filming a number of high-octane scenes in recent weeks. And after The Grand Tour had wrapped up their filming on the shores of Loch Ness, Scotland, it seems that Jeremy Clarkson and co. were in the mood to celebrate. Having been on location at Fort August and the lake for a number of days, the 56-year- old and James May, 53, headed out to toast the success of their new show. Scroll down for video Heading to the aptly named Lock Inn last week, Jeremy and his co- star looked to be in very high spirits as they sat down to enjoy a boozy meal. The former Top Gear presenters looked to have left their co-star Richard Hammond at home, as they laughed and joked the night away together with some friends. Dressing down for a meal out in the comfy surrounds of the homely pub, Jeremy and James (nicknamed Captain Slow) enjoyed a bottle of white wine. Clearly having chosen a vintage to their liking, the pair raised their glasses and then proceeded to tuck into their meal. Following their grub Jeremy headed outside with his glass, presumably to indulge in a post-supper cigarette. Whilst the Yorkshire-born presenter kept his cool as the duo departed the pub and headed for home, James couldn't suppress a roguish grin. Jeremy, James and Richard had all arrived in Scotland earlier in the week, and had been filming scenes around the town and at the Loch - where the Grand Tour studio tent had been pitched. Locals were able to witness some of trio's famed motor-based hijinks unfold on their quiet roads, as three masked men - dressed up like the trio - sped around the town in some classic cars. Other locations used for filming the series so far include California, Johannesburg in South Africa and Whitby on the Yorkshire coast.
2016-12-11 13:04 Jj Nattrass www.dailymail.co.uk
84 /100 1.7 From the “Battle in Seattle” to Donald Trump: Remember when the anti-globalists were left-wing radicals? Topics:
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Exhibit A was the legendary Battle in Seattle , during which 30,000 to 50,000 protesters shut down the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle from Nov. 30 through Dec. 3, 1999. While a wide range of different organizations were involved — more than 300 overall — spearheaded by the Direct Action Network, the signature convergence was that of “Teamsters and turtles,” as the alliance of labor and environmental activists dubbed itself. DAN’s message was simple :
That’s exactly what they did — with an added twist from the out-of-control police response that generated massive chaos and a welter of false and misleading narratives.
There were solidarity actions across the globe, with thousands of participants in the Narmada Valley and in Karnataka in India, in the Philippines, Portugal, Pakistan, Turkey, Korea, Canada, other American cities and elsewhere. In France, 75,000 people marched in 80 different French cities. It was, in short, a global anti-globalist movement — a movement on behalf of bottom-up democratic self-determination, for all people everywhere.
Major protests mounted by that movement in the next several months included the A16 demonstrations against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington in April of 2000, two protests in Canada in June (against the Organization of American States in Windsor, Ontario, and the World Petroleum Congress in Calgary), the R2K protests at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia from July 31 to Aug. 3, and the D2K protests at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles from Aug. 14 to 17 — the last two in conjunction with a broader array of groups typically involved in domestic issue protests. Each case saw an evolving pattern of police repression and violence, justified and supported by misleading elite media coverage.
As I noted in a long-form overview at the time, tactics used included:
All these things actually happened. They were not the stuff of Alex Jones-style fantasies. They were documented at the time by independent journalists, as well as local reporters, ACLU lawyers and others. They informed a major lawsuit and sweeping police practices reform Washington, and even led to an apology by Seattle police chief Norm Stamper in his book “ Breaking Rank: A Top Cop’s Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing.”
Despite all the repression and bad press, there was far more sympathy with the goals expressed than elites were prepared to admit. In Monthly Review , economist William K. Tabb observed :
This should not have come as news. The dangers of neoliberal globalization and its unanticipated consequences had been noted by two top Business Week authors , chief economist Bill Wolman and Anne Colamosca in their 1997 book, “ The Judas Economy: The Triumph of Capital and the Betrayal of Work ,” which warned that globalization’s pernicious effects on blue-collar workers was inevitably starting to impact white-collar workers as well.
That same year, in “ Has Globalization Gone Too Far? ,” economist Dani Rodrik argued that the growing fissure between globalization’s winners and losers threatened the winners as well, writing that “social disintegration is not a spectator sport ― those on the sidelines also get splashed with mud from the field. Ultimately, the deepening of social fissures can harm all.” Two years before that, in the bestseller, “ Jihad vs. McWorld: How Globalism and Tribalism Are Reshaping the World ,” Benjamin Barber made a similar argument in a higher octave: Unfettered neoliberal globalization feeds into its extreme opposite in tribal forms of ethno- nationalism and religious fundamentalism. These weren’t the only warning voices. That’s just a prominent sample to show that outsider critics weren’t the only ones raising serious concerns. Yet the warnings were still overwhelmingly ignored.
Everything about that earlier anti-globalist movement was strikingly at odds with the anti- globalism of today — except for the difficulty the elite media had in comprehending them, which was similar, but far more profound. There were no deep-pocket oligarchs behind the anti- globalization movement of 2000, for one thing; it was profoundly democratic, based on open, consensus-based decision making. And it was aligned with oppressed people around the world, rather than demonizing them.
It was also intensely issue-focused and reality-based, rather than relying on fantasies, fake news and conspiracy theories. It was rooted in decades of previous protests. There were hundreds of “ IMF riots” against austerity in dozens of countries across the global South, beginning in 1976. And there was counter-organizing in the developed world highlighted via “ The Other Economic Summit ,” first organized to counter the 1984 G7 meeting in London — on the basis of which protesters challenged a wide range of specific policies and practices.
Not only were the protesters well-informed, they created their own media, centered around the online Indymedia platform, involving hundreds, even thousands of audio and video correspondents and documentarians, as well as print and online reporters. (At the DNC in August alone, more than 1,000 independent media producers registered with Indymedia’s parent group, meaning they actually outnumbered the officially credentialed media.) Protesters also created or participated in highly informed counter-events, continuing the tradition of “The Other Economic Summit.” At the RNC and DNC, they took part in “shadow conventions” organized by Arianna Huffington, which brought them into contact with a broad array of people dissatisfied with the dominant political options of the time.
2016-12-11 13:00 Paul Rosenberg www.salon.com
85 /100 3.8 Oregon Trail Interpretive Center getting 170-year-old map BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) - The Oregon Trail Interpretive Center will be the new home of a book of historic pioneer maps thanks to Sen. Ron Wyden.
Through a partnership between the Library of Congress and the office of the Oregon Democrat, the 170-year-old, seven-section topographical map of the Oregon Trail that is bound into a book, has been secured for display at the Interpretive Center on Flagstaff Hill about five miles east of Baker City.
Center Director Sarah LeCompte is excited to receive the map.
“It’s a great document to have,” she said. “It’s something that is really authentic and original that our visitors can see. Our visitors always love that - not a duplicate or a replica of the real thing, but the real thing.” The Interpretive Center, which is operated by the BLM, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in May. More than 2.2 million visitors have toured the center since it opened on May 23, 1992.
Wyden stated in a press release that as the son of a librarian, he is always gratified when a significant piece of history finds its proper home.
“That’s why I am so pleased to play a part in bringing this book of maps to Baker City where it can be appreciated for generations to come.”
The map was developed by cartographer Charles Preuss, who accompanied frontiersman John C. Fremont and his wife Jesse Benton on an expedition along the route of the Oregon Trail from Missouri to Oregon in 1843. Fremont and his wife wrote a book about the expedition, “A Report of the Exploring Expedition to Oregon and California,” for the U. S. Congress that was published in 1845.
It included another version of the map also created by Preuss. The Interpretive Center has a copy of that report on display but does not have the map that was included with it. The map Wyden’s office has procured for the center is a larger and more detailed version of the one that was published with Fremont’s report.
Congress ordered the creation of this seven-section map in 1845 from the field notes and journal of Fremont along with the sketches and notes of Preuss. It was published in 1846.
LeCompte said the map will complement the center’s exhibits.
“(Fremont) was one of the first explorers to really document the route,” LeCompte said. “He followed the route that was later used by the Oregon Trail pioneers. Essentially those maps are the first accurate maps of the way out West.”
Wyden’s spokesman Hank Stern said the senator has interns who occasionally select books to fulfill requests from Oregon schools, libraries and eligible nonprofits. Almost all of these selections are recently published books. But occasionally the Library of Congress discards surplus books that are much older. The book of maps is one example of that.
“Wyden’s office recognized the historical value of the item and the office offered it to the Interpretive Center,” Stern said. “Senator Wyden strongly believes that history comes alive when people can see firsthand such unique documents as this book. And when it comes to the history of Oregon’s pioneers, the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center struck him as the perfect home for this 170-year-old treasure.”
LeCompte said the map will be on display at the Center in June.
The map’s debut at the Center will coincide with a temporary exhibit that depicts Fremont’s expedition along the Oregon Trail and includes items and artifacts from the journey and personal items that belonged to him. The exhibit originates from the Nevada State Museum in Carson City, Nevada, and the Deschutes Historical Museum of Bend.
“The timing is perfect,” LeCompte said.
The Interpretive Center is renting the exhibit for the summer of 2017.
LeCompte said the map is one of the first to show the route of the Oregon Trail. The map includes temperature readings, elevations and weather patterns for each day of the journey, as well as extensive notes describing the terrain, flora and fauna, and the Native American tribes encountered on the 14-month journey.
“(The map) is a pretty important document,” LeCompte said. “(Fremont’s) writings and those maps were the first accurate information that was available for Americans making their way out West.”
According to Stern, the book of maps is quite rare. One copy that is not in great condition is for sale online at Arader Galleries for $6,800.
Fremont was an American military officer and an early explorer and mapmaker of the American West, who was one of the principal figures in opening up that region to settlement and was instrumental in the U. S. conquest and development of California. He was also a politician who ran unsuccessfully for the U. S. presidency in 1856 as the first candidate of the newly formed Republican Party.
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The original story can be found on The Baker City Herald’s website: http://bit.ly/2h7OijL
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2016-12-11 13:00 By JOSHUA www.washingtontimes.com
86 /100 0.0 Bob Schieffer, electors, Time magazine, Donald Trump, tweeting The media got it wrong
Re: "An election like no other -- Schieffer says campaign 'left a stain' on everything it touched," Dec. 1 Metro story.
I respect Bob Schieffer as a responsible journalist, have watched him over the years, and can think of no inaccurate or false reporting imbroglio involving him. But he nonetheless constitutes membership in the larger media echo chamber that "informed" the public regarding the candidates and campaigns in this year's election. The cold truth is that the majority of the established media got things dead wrong and in a multitude of cases was outed online with clear evidence of biased agendas. This reminded me of Ross Perot's comment during his presidential campaign against George H. W. Bush faulting the media for "telling us what to think. " With so much information available online, the establishment media emperor now has no clothes. Please take note, Dallas Morning News. I am one small blip out here and a longtime and loyal subscriber. All things considered, regarding your election cycle reporting of late, my desire to pay you for information has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.
Eric Reaves, Garland
Elector, vote for Trump or resign
Re: "GOP elector vows to reject Trump -- President-elect not qualified, says Dallas man who likes Kasich," Tuesday news story.
As a condition of being named an elector at the Texas Republican convention, Chris Suprun pledged to vote for the party candidate. He violated that pledge and says he will not cast his vote for Donald Trump -- first time ever for Texas having a faithless elector.
Suprun should definitely resign or be removed and replaced. His responsibility is to represent the expressed will of the 4.6 million Texas voters whose votes for Trump decisively outvoted Hillary Clinton by 20.8 percent, and not his personal prejudices. Contrary to Suprun's statements that "I'm looking for someone we can all unify behind" and "I am here to elect a president, not a king," it appears that, in actuality, Suprun is the one attempting to be the king.
Republicans won the election. Based on the voting outcome, it would certainly appear that we are very unified in our selection of Trump and he is very presidential. One has to think that Suprun either enjoys the publicity or has been bought off -- or both. For certain, he is representing his personal will and not that of the Texas voters -- and he should resign immediately.
David Marcontell, Midlothian
Electors must protect the nation
Two ethics lawyers and a Harvard constitutional law expert have concluded that Donald Trump's worldwide business dealings "would make him the recipient of constitutionally prohibited 'Emoluments' from 'any King, Prince, or foreign State' -- in the original sense of payments and not necessarily presents or gifts -- from the very moment he takes the oath," and that "[T]o vote for Trump in the absence of such complete divestment ... would represent an abdication of the solemn duties of the 538 Electors. " Therefore, the issue is no longer one of conscience; it is a legal and constitutional issue.
Some electors are willing to be "faithless electors" but are taking the wrong approach. If they vote for a third candidate and Trump falls below 270 votes, the House of Representatives has the right to select a president from the top three candidates. The House, however, is full of Republicans who have not stood up to Trump or who support him. Therefore, a third candidate may still leave this nation in the hands of Trump.
The electors must take the course of action that will protect the nation from Trump -- the exact kind of tyrant that Alexander Hamilton said should never be president of these United States.
Susan Tamanaha, Honolulu
Deserving person of the year Time magazine finally named Donald Trump "Person of the Year. " The reason he was named is because he not only defeated Hillary Clinton at the 2016 presidential election, but he also promised to "make America great again. "
Congratulations to him!
Paul Bacon, Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Trump should stop tweeting
Lately, Donald Trump has taken to Twitter for various reasons. However, one of the latest times, he took to Twitter to lash out against Saturday Night Live. SNL is responsible for jokingly making fun of a bunch of well-known celebrities. Trump does have the right to be upset, but he is also a huge celebrity, so what does he expect?
People are going to take advantage of the opportunity and mock him just for entertainment. So, lashing out on Twitter just proves how much more he needs to let it go -- especially when the skit is about how he focuses too much on Twitter. Trump should not tweet and instead focus more on the presidency.
Johanna Mondragon, Dallas
2016-12-11 13:00 Letters To www.dallasnews.com
87 /100 3.2 20 years ago: Utah Jazz set franchise mark with 15th straight victory Editor's note: Every Sunday, the Deseret News takes a look back into our archives.
The Utah Jazz notched their 15th straight win with a 110-86 victory over the Indiana Pacers to break the franchise record.
Karl Malone led the Jazz with 22 points and had 12 rebounds.
The streak would end against the Danny Ainge- coached Phoenix Suns. The Jazz would match the record a year later.
The 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers won 33 straight games, the longest in professional sports history.
2016-12-11 13:00 Every Sunday www.deseretnews.com
88 /100 1.4 Son of popular Brazilian funk singer shot dead in Rio slum RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro authorities say the son of a popular Brazilian funk singer has been shot dead during a police raid in the City of God slum. ...
2016-12-11 12:54 system article.wn.com
89 /100 1.2 Megyn Kelly And Roger Ailes Getting Their Own Movie About Fox Sexual Harassment From “The Big Short” Writer The sexual harassment allegations against former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes will be made into a movie written by renowned “The Big Short” writer Charles Randolph and feature the stories of Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson. Ailes was forced to resign from Fox News in 2016 after numerous sexual harassment allegations surfaced against the CEO, spearheaded by Carlson and corroborated by Kelly.
One accuser, an 18-year-old model in 1963, said Ailes forcefully kissed her during an audition then said, “I need you to be receptive. We only hire girls who are cooperative.” That pattern of workplace sexual assault allegedly continued throughout Ailes’ expansive career.
The allegations against Ailes came to the forefront in the summer of 2016 when Fox News host Gretchen Carlson reported that Ailes had subjected her to sexual harassment and psychological torment for years during her time at Fox. Carlson alleged that Ailes punished her for not submitting to his abuse when Carlson lost her co-host job in 2013.
After Carlson’s job changed at Fox, she confronted Ailes who allegedly told the former Fox News host, “I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago, and then you’d be good and better and I’d be good and better.”
Kelly apparently played an integral part in Ailes departure from Fox. “Settle For More,” Kelly’s recently released memoir, details how she kept records of Ailes sexual harassment, which she eventually turned over to internal investigators. Kelly’s memoir also alleges that Ailes’ tried to intimidate the Fox News star into staying quiet. During a book tour interview with Dr. Phil Kelly commented about Ailes , “In my mind I had attributed it to he was interested in me, that he was having a marital difficulty, perhaps he was just interested in having an extramarital affair. It was very on the nose and then it culminated in a physical attempt to be with me which I rejected in his office. He tried to kiss me three times, so I rejected that and when I rejected that he asked me when my contract was up.”
Kelly has continued to work at Fox News after Ailes was fired and has enjoyed success as a political pundit and author. Details are scant about Randolph’s Kelly-Ailes film and there is no indication who will play Kelly’s character at this time.
Annapurna Pictures is still looking for a director for the yet unnamed Kelly-Ailes movie. There is also another television production in the works based on the same story unrelated to the Randolph, Annapurna Pictures production.
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2016-12-11 12:53 Lisa Sanchez www.inquisitr.com
90 /100 0.0 Trump and Truth "Since they were very young, children have been told that becoming friends with the lie is a bad thing. Times have changed. " (Photo: mathiaswasik /flickr/cc)
“And lying she knew was a sin.” Tom Lehrer, — An Irish Ballad
A number of parents have written asking for suggestions as to how they can explain to young children why the life of the lie has improved so dramatically in the United States in recent months. That is because since they were very young, children have been told that becoming friends with the lie is a bad thing. Times have changed.
The lie has acquired an air of respectability of which it could not have dreamed ten years ago. Its success and prominence are attributable to two things: the internet, that has not only given the lie new respectability but facilitated its promulgation; and the election of Donald Trump, who can be counted as one of the lie’s best and most prominent friends. That is not to suggest, however, that there is nothing but good news for the lie. There is in fact a cloud on the horizon. But first, its successes, and there have been many.
Almost all children have seen first-hand how the internet has enabled the lie to instantly and widely spread its message. All that is needed is that the lie be placed on a computer, followed by the depression of the “send” key. More difficult to explain to the child will be the battle between the lie and the truth, a battle that the lie is clearly winning. That is because the lie’s biggest proponent is about to become the president of the United States. The lie’s friendship with Mr. Trump is well known. Mr. Trump has given prominence to the lie of which it could only dream before he was elected.
One of Mr. Trump’s best known collaborations with the lie involved the invasion of Iraq. When the invasion took place, Mr. Trump publicly expressed support. When it became obvious that the invasion has been a mistake, he and the lie simply said what he’d said he’d not said. Another successful Trump collaboration with the lie occurred after the election. Acting as the lie’s spokesman, Mr. Trump said with some self-satisfaction on November 27, 2016, that: “In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.” By actual count, of course, Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by more than 2.6 million votes and there was never a suggestion, nor proof, that there were people who voted illegally in large numbers. To give this lie an aura of respectability, the lie invoked the assistance of none other than Mike Pence, who will soon be vice president of the United States. Speaking of the lie’s success in recruiting Mr. Trump as its spokesman, Mr. Pence said: “The American people find it refreshing that they will have a president who is willing to tell them what’s on his mind.” (When counselling a child on the child’s relationship to the lie, the parent should explain that if caught in a lie in school, it will be of little help to explain to the teacher that the child was simply trying to be refreshing.) The collusion between the lie and Mr. Trump is well documented and hundreds of examples of their successes can be found on countless websites.
Although the foregoing suggests that the lie is alive and well and prospering with its presidential friend, it has cause for concern. There is a growing body of thought that says we live in a fact- free world. This was revealed to us by Scottie Nell Hughes, a CNN commentator and Donald Trump supporter. She was interviewed on The Diane Rehm Show and, in that interview, made the astonishing statement that: “One thing that has been interesting this entire campaign season to watch is that people that say facts are facts, they’re not really facts. Everybody has a way, it’s kind of like looking at ratings or looking at a glass of half-full water. Everybody has a way of interpreting them to be the truth or not true. . .. There’s no such thing, unfortunately, anymore of facts.” It is obvious that in a fact-free world there is no place for the lie.
Reince Priebus, soon to be Trump’s chief of Staff, was asked in an interview, about Trump and the lie describing non-existent voter fraud. Mr. Priebus responded that the lie and Mr. Trump, working together: “pushed the envelope and caused people to think in this country.”
Thanks to Mr. Trump, people in this country have been forced to think repeatedly. Ninety-two things said by the lie and Mr. Trump, were catalogued by the Washington Post. Sixty-four out of 92 were given Four Pinocchio ratings. Of course, in assigning Pinocchio ratings to Mr. Trump and the lie, the newspaper is relying on facts. If, as Ms. Hughes suggests, there are no more facts, then the lie will no longer be a player because there will be no more facts that can be used to refute the lie. It will be enough to make one long for the day when the lie had a role to play because there were facts.
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Christopher Brauchli is a columnist and lawyer known nationally for his work. He is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Colorado School of Law where he served on the Board of Editors of the Rocky Mountain Law Review. He can be emailed at [email protected]. For political commentary see his web page at http://humanraceandothersports.com
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2016-12-11 12:53 Christopher Brauchli www.commondreams.org
91 /100 3.7 Modi releases book on Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi , Dec 11 ( IANS ) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday released " Rashtrapati Bhavan : From Raj to Swaraj" and presented the first copy of the book to President Pranab Mukherjee.
2016-12-11 12:53 Prime Minister article.wn.com
92 /100 5.3 University program helps underserved first-year students WINONA, Minn. (AP) - A Winona State University mentorship program aims to help traditionally underserved first-year students find success on campus.
The Success Coach program, now in its fourth year, pairs first-generation and racially diverse students with coaches to discuss topics relating to life or school. The majority of the coaches are professors.
Sixty-eight percent of the university’s racially diverse freshmen return for their sophomore year, and only 29 percent of those students graduate in four years, the Winona Daily News (http://bit.ly/2h9WB2H) reported.
The purpose of the program is to assist those students and reverse those trends.
“I’m glad I got pulled into this,” said Gabby Rivera, a nursing major. She meets with her coach, child advocacy professor Mary Kirk, about once a month.
“Mary is super cool,” Rivera said. “She asks how my home life is going, how school is going. I ask her about how school works, things like paying for college and picking classes.”
The students the university considers “underserved” are 10 times more likely to drop out after their freshman year compared with white students.
Eighty-five percent of the students who participated in the program last year returned for their sophomore year, and 83 percent of the students ended their freshman year in good academic standing.
“We’re helping them feel integrated at a predominantly white campus,” said Dia Yang, who coordinates the program. Currently, there are 48 students and 20 coaches enrolled in the program this semester, Yang said. Coaches can mentor as many as four students at a time.
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Information from: Winona Daily News, http://www.winonadailynews.com
2016-12-11 12:48 By www.washingtontimes.com
93 /100 0.9 Lube warmer, out of Seattle startup, another gem in sex tech industry The convenience of the Keurig disrupted the coffee industry with its pods. Now the Pulse lube warming and dispensing device is looking to do the same for the burgeoning sex tech industry.
While sex tech might not be as advertiser-friendly as coffee, it’s a huge industry, and the tech world is helping take sex mainstream. The pornography industry is estimated to be worth $97 billion and growing globally, and with internet-enabled sex toys, VR sex, hookup apps and female-friendly movements like “Make Love Not Porn” out there, sex is fast becoming socially acceptable.
That’s why startups with sex on the brain are making rapid inroads on the disruptive front. Toaster Labs out of Seattle is one startup that’s helping the disruption. It’s Pulse personal lubrication warmer has garnered plenty of attention since launching in October. It uses individual Pulse Pods, kind of like Keurig coffee pods, and warms the either silicone-based or water-based lube so you can wave your hand under the Pulse motion sensor dispenser and get warm-to-the-touch lube on demand. The company talks about its lube with these user-friendly words:
“We offer a choice of two FDA cleared, safe, deliciously slick formulations created exclusively for Pulse. In fact, we don't want you putting anything near your body that's not the cat's meow, so our top-of-the-line ingredients – developed under the careful guidance of a physician – create the healthiest experience ever. Each discreet, recyclable pod – our patented delivery system – gives you nine sensual ‘servings’ that promise a silky, plush experience. Pulse does your body's own lubricant one better.”
The Toaster Labs company boasts a team with an impressive pedigree. With Pulse, advisors range from a former NASA scientist trained at MIT who helped design medical devices, another NASA scientist who helped develop the Sonicare toothbrush, a naturopath who works alongside chemists, and a Ph. D. professor of sociology. The impressive team is led by Amy Buckalter, who held leadership positions at Nike and K2 Sports before starting the Pulse movement. Buckalter got the idea for Pulse as she approached menopause and wasn’t pleased with the experiences of market lubricants, according to a story on GeekWire.
“I thought, ‘oh my goodness, is there nothing that’s been modernized in this category since the beginning of time?’ Lubricant came into use a hundred years ago and it’s still the same old, messy, cold, inconvenient buzzkill,” she said in the story.
With Millennials being more sexually emancipated than previous generations, the time is right for sex to come out of the proverbial closet and reach regular people. Pulse is an indication of that trend, having raised $7 million from private investors before its first shipment in spring of 2017. The cost is $249 for the dispenser and four Pulse Pods. The company also plans to introduce a massage oil next year.
2016-12-11 12:47 All Kyle www.thedrum.com
94 /100 1.1 Dubai Film Connection Announces Arab Projects Prizewinners DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Projects exploring issues of identity and exile were the standouts at the Dubai fest’s Dubai Film Connection co-production market where Lebanese director Eliane Raheb’s “The Great Family,” about a Palestinian woman brought up in France by adoptive parents, and France-based Algerian director Omar Haffaf’s “Algeria is Still Far Away,” about Chinese workers in a remote area of Algeria, were the works in development that took the top prizes.
In total the DFC, which has become the only bona-fide co-production platform in the Middle East, dished out $50,000 to six Arab filmmakers, plus opportunities to connect with international and local industry experts to help bring their projects to the screen.
Five of the producers of the films who won cash also got complimentary accreditation to the prestigious Producers Network at Cannes.
The DFC winners were selected based on a range of criteria including quality of ideas, ability to reflect the diversity of filmmaking voices across the Arab world, project feasibility, ability of the production team to deliver the proposed project and the project’s potential for both international and Arab production partners.
Dubai Film Connection Award Winners – 2016
DIFF Award – USD 12,500
Winning Project: THE GREAT FAMILY Director: Eliane Raheb
Producer: Lara Abou Saifan
DIFF Award – USD 12,500
Winning Project: ALGERIA IS STILL FAR AWAY
Director: Omar Haffaf
Producer: Marie Balducchi
ART Award – USD 10,000
Winning Project: FARHA
Director: Darin J. Sallam
Producer: Deema Azar
Cinescape/Front Row Award – USD 10,000
Winning Project: HAIFA STREET
Director: Mohanad Al Hayal
Producer: Hala Alsalman
International Organisation of La Francophonie – Euros 5,000
Winning Project: TOUDA
Director: Daoud Aoulad Syad
Producer: Lamia Chraibi
The Tribeca Partnership
Winning Project: HAIFA STREET
Director: Mohanad Al Hayal
Producer: Hala Alsalman
Sorfond Partnership
Winning Project: GIRL MADE OF DUST
Director: Hiam Abbass
Producer: Sabine Sidawi
2016-12-11 12:42 Nick Vivarelli variety.com
95 /100 3.2 Candace Cameron Bure Talks ‘Fuller House,’ The Olsen Twins, And Scott Weinger Candace Cameron Bure spoke to Vanity Fair about the second season and why the special holiday episodes were the perfect way for the Tanners, Fullers, and Gibblers to reunite.
“I think the whole legacy cast is in three episodes this season, and that’s when they come back,” Bure said. “Because that’s what’s natural for a family – you do get together on Thanksgiving and Christmas, and maybe New Year’s if you’re really close. Also, because of the release, it just lines up so perfect with the holidays. I think it would have been silly … not to celebrate them.”
Candace says she’s excited about the new season and she hopes that fans feel the same way.
“I’m hoping they love it even more than the first season,” she said. “I’m hoping it begins to build and grow. I love hearing the stories. It’s this show that is generational, and it has a legacy of its own.”
Candace Cameron Bure was asked her thoughts on how long the show could last. Some critics have jabbed at the reboot, but it could still break streaming records like the first season.
“I hope there’s a *Fullest House*,” Cameron Bure added. “I hope it never ends. We’ll just keep rebooting it. And then our kids will grow up, and we’ll get to be grandparents. Who knows. As long as people love it, and as long as it’s producing good content, is as long as I’ll be on it.”
Earlier this month, the former child star took to Instagram to show a throwback photo of her alongside her on-screen boyfriend Scott Weinger at her “real life senior prom,” according to People .
#TBT to my real life senior prom with @scottweinger. Yup, this really did happen (Awwwww.) Should DJ and Steve be together or is this ancient history? #TeamSteve #TeamMatt The drama continues on season 2 of #FullerHouse coming to @netflix December 9!! Who's ready?! ????
A photo posted by Candace Cameron Bure (@candacecbure) on Dec 1, 2016 at 12:05pm PST
“#TBT to my real life senior prom with @scottweigner. [sic] Yup, this really did happen (Awwwww.),” she wrote.
In the flashback photo, Candace is seen wearing a black spaghetti strap floor-length dress, a black pendant choker, a bob haircut, and a corsage on her right wrist while Scott wears a black tuxedo complete with a bow tie. The actor played D. J. Tanner’s boyfriend Steve Hale on the ’90s sitcom and took her to prom in the original series.
“Stop asking us about Mary-Kate and Ashley,” she said. “There are no hard feelings at all, but let’s just move on. It’s been two seasons already. If they show up, great, but if they don’t, we have this awesome, amazing show that the audience isn’t missing anything because it’s so full as it is.” Andrea added that the Olsen twins probably would want to move on from the speculation over their appearance on the show.
“I think if you were doing this interview with Ashley and Mary-Kate, they would want to move on too,” she added. “They don’t want to talk about it, and everybody’s happy for each other in their mutual decisions. We’re good.”
[Featured image by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images]
2016-12-11 12:41 Chanel Adams www.inquisitr.com
96 /100 1.6 Report: Some Fla. political committees operate 'in shadows' JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A significant number of the nearly 1,000 political committees active in Florida provide information to the public that is often vague and doesn’t fully explain what they do.
An analysis by The Florida Times-Union (http://bit.ly/2goTuyR ) revealed Sunday that 1 out of 7 political committees are operating in what the newspaper describes as “the shadows.”
The newspaper says it is difficult to figure why these committees were created and whom they are intended to benefit, even after combing through public records and state databases.
While the income and expenses may be reported in public records, the details of the expenditures are not, and it is also unclear in many cases who is making decisions for the committees.
In many cases, even the names of the committees obscure what their true purpose is. They have names like “Citizens Alliance for Florida’s Economy,” ”Citizens First,” and “Citizens for Florida Prosperity.”
“They all put these nice-sounding names on it, but what these political committees are is nothing more than private committees that legislators and others use to raise unlimited amounts of money and skirt campaign finance limits,” said Bob White, a Melbourne, Florida resident who is spokesman for a coalition of right-leaning groups pushing for campaign finance reforms.
In documents that the committees file with the state, officials with committees who want to obscure their true purpose fill in “To be determined” where it asks for disclosure of the candidates or issues the committee supports.
Adding further to the lack of transparency, the “dark money” committees are frequently interrelated and pass money on to each other.
Of the 10 “dark money” committees that raised the most money from 2014 to November 2016, eight had financial connections to each other and the state Republican Party. At least $2.2 million flowed among them, the newspaper said.
Newly elected state Sen. Greg Steube said he experienced firsthand how these committees work. “They would raise money for PC No. 1 and move it to PC No. 2, and PC No. 2 would do attack pieces in my race,” Steube said.
There have been calls for years to make the political committees more transparent.
House Speaker Richard Corcoran is vowing to make transparency a hallmark of his two-year term. He has in the past said he would support rules that prohibit state representatives from forming or raising money for political committees.
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Information from: The (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union, http://www.jacksonville.com
2016-12-11 12:39 By www.washingtontimes.com
97 /100 0.5 Topeka suicide prevention center raises funds to stay open TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A financially-struggling suicide prevention center that serves nearly all of Kansas will remain open after raising $90,000 between private donations and an unexpected grant from a state agency.
Headquarters Counseling in Topeka was in danger of closing next year after it lost a major federal grant and other anticipated funding sources, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported (http://bit.ly/2h0987R). It had raised $60,000 in private donations as of late last week when the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services last Friday offered $25,000 in grant money and suggested it could be used as matching funds for more donations, Headquarters executive director Andy Brown said.
That met the goal of raising $90,000 by Dec. 5 but the online fundraising campaign will continue to try and raise the matching funds by Dec. 31, Brown said.
“We have raised over $10,000 of the $25,000,” Brown said, “and we’re on pace to raise the remaining $15,000 before the end of the month.”
Brown said Headquarters and the state agency have worked together for years on suicide prevention efforts.
“We’re grateful for this financial support from the Secretary for our agency’s mission,” he said. “The grant was both unexpected and timely.”
Tim Keck, head of the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services, said in a statement that Headquarters Counseling provided a critical service in Kansas and the agency was happy to be able to help.
Agency spokeswoman Angela de Rocha said her department is “analyzing ways to provide a stable funding stream for Headquarters’ suicide prevention efforts.”
In 2014, the state consolidated its suicide, alcohol and substance abuse, mental health and gambling prevention programs into one initiative called the Kansas Prevention Collaborative. Headquarters Counseling handles phone calls from 104 of the state’s 105 counties, while ComCare, serves Sedgwick County.
If Headquarters closed, most Kansas callers to the suicide line would go to a back-up call center in St. Louis, which could mean longer waits on the phone, and the St Louis staff wouldn’t have access to the same level of local information and referrals to Kansas mental health resources.
Brown said Headquarters Counseling handles about 20,000 calls a year through 1-800-273- TALK. Its volunteers take calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week and the agency offers online counseling on its website.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline hotline is (1-800-273-Talk).
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Information from: The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, http://www.cjonline.com
2016-12-11 12:34 By www.washingtontimes.com
98 /100 0.0 'La La Land' costume designer spills secrets on Emma Stone's dreamy movie fashions More accurate? Perhaps, choreographer of color.
Because when your director -- in this case, "Whiplash" director Damien Chazelle -- sets out to make a movie that pays tribute to the technicolor films of the late '40s and early '50s, the task of creating clothing to achieve the vision becomes something akin to a complicated dance.
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"We talked about where we would place color and in which scenes and we really worked very closely," Zophres told CNN at the "La La Land" Los Angeles premiere. "I also worked very closely with the production designer and we almost choreographed where we would use color and how. "
In one scene, Emma Stone's Mia -- an actress who falls for Ryan Gosling's Sebastian -- wears a rich royal blue dress, as she and three roommates dance in a desolate residential street at dusk. The blue pops against the sporadically lit streets. Mia's friends all wear colors that compliment -- but don't overshadow -- her.
In another scene, the one depicted in the movie's whimsical poster, Mia wears a canary yellow dress with hand-painted pattern detail as she and Sebastian dance with a purple and blue Los Angeles sky as their backdrop. Again, the whole setting is visual candy -- sweet and appealing.
The clothing had to compliment and enhance the locations and story and even the emotional tone of the characters.
"It was really a vision of Damien's that he sort of brought us into and let us come along for the ride," Zophres said. Like the movie itself, the fashions, ebb and flow.
The aforementioned yellow dress has only slight volume to the skirt, for example, whereas a white, flowy number used for the film's bittersweet epilogue is "endless volume," Zophres said.
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"There's a progression," she said.
When it came time to dress Gosling, Zophres said she, Chazelle and the actor agreed that jazz musician Sebastian was a guy whose appreciation for the classics would be reflected in his fashion choices.
"I think his character has such a respect for the past and past musicians, my proposal for Damien was, 'I don't think he should ever be in jeans and a t-shirt.' Ever. And never in sneakers," she said. "And he was like, 'Great,' and Ryan loved that idea too. "
All the clothing seen in the film were custom made for Stone and Gosling. But Zophres was careful not to make the dresses unrelatable.
"I didn't want it to feel like an average girl like Emma, who wasn't making a ton of money before she was famous, couldn't actually go and buy these dresses," she said. "So even though there's an element of fantasy, I did want them to feel like real dresses. "
Zophres previously worked with Gosling and Stone on 2013's crime thriller "Gangster Squad. " So she felt like she had an edge when it came to find looks that were right for the movie and the people bringing the characters to life, especially Stone.
"[The clothes] are very classic and somewhat demure," she said. "It was just classic and beautiful and graceful and I think Emma embodies those kinds of things and looks good in that kind of dress. "
"La La Land" is in theaters now.
2016-12-11 12:18 Sandra Gonzalez rss.cnn.com
99 /100 2.3 A simple but effective mental strategy can keep you from overeating this holiday So you made the decision to completely overhaul your eating habits — you're cutting your calories, eating fewer carbs, and reducing your fat intake.
Things were going well enough for you during the first few weeks of your new plan to eat better, but then the holiday season arrived, and now you're facing an uphill battle of resisting extra helpings of ham, freshly-baked cookies, and sugary cocktails.
How could you possibly say no to seconds and thirds when it would be a personal affront to Grandma?
Thankfully, Gretchen Rubin, a renowned habit expert and author of " Better Than Before " and " The Happiness Project ," offers a simple but effective technique to keep new habits on track: anticipate failure .
This doesn't mean you should accept that you are destined to fail. Instead, it's about anticipating your barriers to success and planning ways to circumvent them.
"Most of the problems that come up with our habits are foreseeable," Rubin told the audience at the Fast Company Innovation Festival. "We know the kinds of things that tend to trip us up and the kinds of interruptions that can happen in our routines, so you can anticipate them. "
This method of anticipating failure is often referred to as "if/then planning," and, according to social psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson , hundreds of studies have shown it to double or even triple your chances for successfully reaching your goals.
The technique is simple: Recognize your trigger — " If X happens" — and plan a way to circumvent it — " then I will do Y. "
Having a plan in place from the beginning eliminates the need to make a decision when temptation rolls around and our willpower might not be at its optimal level.
Rubin provides a useful example of how it could work during the holiday season: " If I go to a holiday party, then I will stand very far away from the buffet table, then I will have one drink and not more drinks, then I will hold a drink in one hand and a napkin in the other so I can't take anything from the hors d'oeuvres tray — whatever you need to do. "
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2016-12-11 12:07 AOL Staff www.aol.com
100 /100 100 /100 1.7 ‘The First Noel’ Opens For Limited Holiday Engagement At Apollo Theater NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — For many, the holidays are a time to spend with the ones we love.
This weekend, the Apollo Theater is putting the spotlight on one family’s attempt to preserve the true meaning of the season.
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“The First Noel” is now open for a limited engagement from Dec. 10 through Dec. 18.
Ty Jones, the producing artistic director of the Classical Harlem of Theater, and Kamilah Fobes, the executive director of the Apollo Theater, stopped by CBS2 on Sunday morning to give a preview of what to expect.
Click on the video above for the full interview.
For more information, click here .
2016-12-11 12:05 newyork.cbslocal.com
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