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1 Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson can’t name foreign leader he admires — RT America Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson could not name a foreign leader he (4.36/5) admires, w hen asked during a televised tow n hall meeting. 2016-09-29 02:36 1KB www.rt.com

2 15 rescued from landslide caused by Typhoon Megi, but others missings Rescuers have pulled 15 people alive from a landslide that slammed into a village in China's eastern Zhejiang province after a typhoon but 32 people are still missing there (3.63/5) and in another nearby village, state media said on Thursday. ... 2016-09-29 03:31 840Bytes article.wn.com

3 Philadelphia man fatally shot by police after stabbing 8- year-old son, wounding four others

(2.16/5) A motive for the grisly stabbings w as not immediately know n. 2016-09-29 01:05 2KB feeds.nydailynews.com

4 Samsung in talks with US regulator on washing machine safety issues

(2.16/5) Samsung said it w as w orking w ith a U. S. consumer product safety regulator to address safety issues related to some of its w ashing machines. 2016-09-28 23:21 1KB www.cnbc.com

5 World briefs: OPEC agrees to cut oil production for first time in 8 years OPEC agreed Wednesday to cut production for the first time in eight years, according

(2.09/5) to a delegate briefed on the matter, sending oil prices more than 6 percent higher as Saudi Arabia and Iran w rong-footed traders w ho expected a continuation of the pump- at-w ill policy the... 2016-09-29 00:00 7KB www.post-gazette.com

6 Congress approves deal to keep government open, fight Zika

(2.08/5) The Senate approved a stop-gap spending deal Wednesday to avert a government shutdow n this w eekend and provide $1.1 billion in long-aw aited aid to combat the Zika virus. 2016-09-28 23:07 5KB rssfeeds.usatoday.com

7 UPI Almanac for Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 On Sept. 29th, 1992, Earvin "Magic" Johnson announced he w as returning to the Los Angeles Lakers less than a year after he retired because he had the AIDS virus. A 2016-09-29 03:30 3KB (2.06/5) month later, Johnson announced his retirement for a second time. www.upi.com

8 Tropical storm Matthew LASHES the Caribbean with heavy wind and rain as it's set to become a hurricane this week (2.06/5) Tropical storm-force w inds extended out for 185 miles (295 kilometers) as Matthew crossed through the southernmost islands of the Lesser Antilles and headed into the open Caribbean Sea. 2016-09-29 01:13 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 9 Despite harsh reviews, Trump resists new debate approach COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iow a — Unmoved by harsh debate review s, a defiant Donald Trump

(2.06/5) show ed no sign Wednesday of making any big changes before his second faceoff w ith Hillary Clinton, pressing ahead w ith a strategy focused on speaking directly to his w hite w orking-class loyalists across the Midw est... 2016-09-28 23:27 5KB www.post- gazette.com

10 Donald Trump Zones in on Populist Contrast with Hillary Clinton Post-Debate: ‘Follow the Money’ Donald Trump Zones in on Populist Contrast w ith Hillary Clinton Post-Debate: ‘Follow the Money’ 2016-09-29 00:13 8KB feedproxy.google.com (1.06/5)

11 Wells Fargo chief Stumpf heads to Hill with pressure mounting By Lisa Lambert and Patrick Rucker Sept 29 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co's Chief

(1.04/5) Executive John Stumpf returns to Capitol Hill on Thursday w ith his job still... 2016-09-29 01:01 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk

12 Key dates since Russian intervention in Syria Russia one year ago carried out its first air strikes in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, in a major turning point in a multi-sided civil w ar. 2016-09-29 00:40 4KB www.digitaljournal.com (1.04/5)

13 Families of 9/11 victims deserve to know the truth, hold Saudi Arabia accountable

(1.04/5) JASTA allow s people affected by acts of terror to sue foreign states involved in terror plots and learn the truth. 2016-09-29 00:12 2KB feeds.nydailynews.com

14 California Life Sciences Association opens L. A. office In a sign of grow ing interest in the Los Angeles area as a major biomedical hub, the California Life Sciences Association has opened an office in Monrovia. 2016-09-29 01:50 (1.03/5) 7KB www.sandiegouniontribune.com

15 DIVIDED AMERICA: Minorities hopeful, whites sour on future KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Consider tw o w omen in their 70s, both residents of the Kansas City area. One is w hite and affluent; the other is black and w orking class. ... (1.02/5) 2016-09-29 03:31 712Bytes article.wn.com

16 Colombia's road to peace marred by multiple obstacles CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) -- The contrast couldn't be more dramatic: As Colombia's president and the head of its largest guerrilla movement w ere putting the 2016-09-29 03:05 6KB mynorthwest.com (1.02/5)

17 One in 10 children has ‘Aids defence’ Image copyright SPL A 10th of children have a 2016-09-29 00:00 4KB headlinenewstoday.net (1.02/5) 18 She's back! Lady Gaga debuts creepy new character in American Horror Story: Roanoke with freaky sex scene SPOILER ALERT: Lady Gaga got freakish in American Horror Story: Roanoke, Chapter (1.02/5) 3, on Wednesday night. 2016-09-29 01:53 5KB www.dailymail.co.uk

19 Brad Pitt skips film premiere to focus on 'family situation' A producer says "w e all respect his privacy" as Brad Pitt skipped his first public (1.02/5) appearance after last w eek's split w ith Angelina Jolie Pitt. He didn't attend the premiere of Terrence Malick's new documentary Wednesday night as scheduled. 2016-09-29 01:39 3KB www.heraldonline.com

20 Amitabh Bachchan: Has this Bollywood icon become India's number one feminist? India's Bollyw ood mega star Amitabh Bachchan is redefining pink. In Bachchan's view, (1.02/5) the color stands for courage. 2016-09-29 01:16 3KB www.cnn.com

21 No statewide standard for operating police body cameras - Story They are popular and very necessary. That is w hat police chiefs across georgia are (1.02/5) saying about the body camera program. 2016-09-29 00:44 1KB www.fox5atlanta.com

22 Military, Vets Ask Obama Hard Questions at Town Hall The commander in chief faced sometimes tough questions at a CNN tow n hall at Fort Lee in Virginia on Wednesday, w ith current and past members of the military. 2016-09-28 23:07 3KB www.newsmax.com

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23 Poe’s panel wraps up FOI hearings, sees passage before year ends After conducting tw o hearings, the Senate committee on public information and mass

(1.00/5) media chaired by Senator Grace Poe concluded on Thursday its public hearings on the Freedom of Information 2016-09-29 01:10 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net

24 Poland - Factors to Watch Sept 29 Sept 29 (Reuters) - Follow ing are new s stories, press reports and events to w atch that may affect Poland's financial markets on Thursday. ALL TIMES GMT (Pola... 2016-09-29 02:22 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk (0.01/5)

25 North Carolina gun group raffling AR-15, Clinton photo The w ebpage for the raffle says "w e heard it w as very popular at the range. " 2016-09-29 04:20 1KB www.cbsnews.com

26 Meet Didik: shot and orphaned baby orangutan highlights crisis Abandoned w ith a bullet w ound in a local shop, an orphaned orangutan named Didik is just one of thousands of victims of the ecological destruction of Borneo. 2016-09-29 03:52 6KB www.theguardian.com 27 Early votes: High interest buoys Clinton in key states More people are seeking or casting early ballots in the critical states of North Carolina and Florida than at this point in 2012, w ith Hillary Clinton the likely benefactor, as early voting show s signs of surging nationw ide. 2016-09-29 03:38 6KB www.thenewstribune.com

28 WHY IT MATTERS: Russia THE ISSUE: Russia cannot be ignored. Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has never posed such a vexing problem to U. S. policymakers as it does now. From Eastern Europe to the Middle East and increasingly Asia and the Americas, Russia... 2016-09-29 03:38 4KB www.thenewstribune.com

29 SC shootings: Suspect allegedly made call before opening fire A minute before a teen allegedly opened fire at an elementary school playground in South Carolina, he called his grandparents' cellphone, sobbing. 2016-09-29 03:24 4KB www.cnn.com

30 Cellphones spill into Yellowstone's wilds despite park plan Adventure seekers encounter untamed w ilderness w hen they enter the backcountry of Yellow stone National Park. How ling w olves. Deadly grizzly bears. Steam-spew ing geysers as seen now here else on earth. 2016-09-29 03:14 3KB www.thenewstribune.com

31 Majority of Americans think Hillary Clinton won first debate as she rise in polls A majority of Americans say Democrat Hillary Clinton w on Monday night's presidential debate, but her performance doesn't appear to have immediately boosted her support among likely vote 2016-09-29 02:55 4KB www.independent.ie

32 EXCLUSIVE: Islamic group blast leader for speaking publicly about his desire for a second wife - but at the same time claim that polygamy 'is a NON ISSUE' An Australian Muslim leader is under fire from one of the most senior members of his ow n organisation after opening up about his search for a second w ife and soppy love poetry. 2016-09-29 02:53 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk

33 TI Fluid Systems to raise 600 mln euros in London debut Sept 29 (Reuters) - Automotive firm TI Fluid Systems said on Thursday it w ould raise about 600 million euros ($673 million) in an initial public offering of... 2016-09-29 02:46 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

34 Joey Essex is a lucky man! Made in Chelsea's Stephanie Pratt displays her trim figure as she stars in a sultry fashion campaign Wearing an array of flattering dresses and colourful midi skirts, Stephanie w orks the camera like a pro in the Sistaglam campaign. 2016-09-29 02:42 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk

35 Hello, gorgeous! Eiza González is glamorous in strapless white gown at Variety Latino bash On Wednesday night, Eiza González w as honoured at the London Hotel as one of this year's '10 Latinos To Watch' as designated by Variety Latino, and sw ung by the Pow er Of Latino cocktail event in LA. 2016-09-29 02:39 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 36 Roxas describes Miriam as ‘sui generis’ Former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas paid tribute to Miriam Defensor-Santiago, w ho became his rival for the presidency last May, describing the late former Senator as a “one of a kind” public 2016-09-29 02:36 1KB newsinfo.inquirer.net

37 Is There A Black Moon Prophecy That Says The End Of The World Will Be... A rare lunar phenomenon, a black moon, w ill occur on Friday, September 30, and w ill be the first one since March 30, 2014. Those w ho believe that rare celestial events can somehow foreshadow the end of the w orld are taking to social media in... 2016-09-29 02:33 941Bytes article.wn.com

38 Blackberry: How did we get here? 28 September 2016 Last updated at 21:12 BST Blackberry is to end production of its handsets and w ill outsource development to partners. The BBC's Chris 2016-09-29 00:00 723Bytes headlinenewstoday.net

39 Brexit: Italian PM Matteo Renzi warns UK over EU rights Image caption Matteo Renzi gave a w arning to British 2016-09-29 00:00 4KB headlinenewstoday.net

40 Mum’s dilemma: ‘It can occur to anyone’ Karen, Meagan and Jo (from left to right) met w ith Bill Shorten to raise w hat impact the proposed same-sex marriage plebiscite w ould have on their transgender 2016-09-29 00:00 8KB headlinenewstoday.net

41 Three months on: Life after Brexit for marketers It w as a day of mixed feelings at the Institute of Directors Annual conference earlier this w eek(27 September) w here the topic of Brexit w as never far from conversation. The morning offered a bleak outlook on business challenges in the coming years, w ith Scottish first minister Nicola... 2016-09-29 02:22 5KB www.thedrum.com

42 Dentsu Aegis opens first R&D centre to build next generation tech Dentsu Aegis has opened its first R&D centre in Singapore, a new operation for the netw ork that w ill build technology for the next generation of marketing. 2016-09-29 02:16 2KB www.thedrum.com

43 Arctic Is Being Transformed, We're Just Staring To Learn Its Consequences It's the fastest-w arming part of the planet -- and the impacts w ill be felt far, far afield. Among many other assorted impacts, the rapidly melting Arctic is expected to flood shorelines as Greenland... 2016-09-29 02:16 741Bytes article.wn.com

44 Lily not seen in 104 years blossom on Sunshine Coast, Queensland A tiny and 'very delicate' native lily called a Wurmbea biglandulosa, not seen for over 100 years, w as spotted in the Peregian region on Queensland's Sunshine coast earlier this month. 2016-09-29 02:02 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 45 Meet Donald Trump's 12-year-old campaign chair: 'I know what I’m doing' – video Weston Imer is the co-chair for Donald Trump’s campaign in Jefferson County, Colorado, and has big plans for the future 2016-09-29 02:00 1KB www.theguardian.com

46 Raindance:‘Growing Up Coy’s Eric Juhola on Pre-Teen Transgender Rights LONDON – Eric Juhola came to the Raindajnce Festival w ith “Grow ing Up Coy,”one of the more timely documentaries in the selection, covering the increasingly explored issue of gender identity (know n … 2016-09-29 02:00 7KB variety.com

47 Alexa PenaVega shows off her baby bump in shiny polka dot dress with husband Carlos in LA The actress, 28, w ho found fame in the Spy Kids movies, is expecting her first child w ith husband Carlos PenaVega, 27. 2016-09-29 01:55 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

48 New streetcar line along historic New Orleans neighborhoods NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- New Orleans' new est streetcar line w ill open Sunday, carrying riders along the edge of the French Quarter and part of an adjacent neigh 2016-09-29 01:53 3KB mynorthwest.com

49 Shannen Doherty praises husband Kurt Iswarienko for his support in breast cancer battle 'Kurt has stood by my side thru sickness and makes me feel more loved now than ever,' the Beverly Hills, 90210 star said in an Instagram post w ith an image from their October 15, 2011 w edding. 2016-09-29 01:50 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk

50 South Australia limps back to life as more storms threaten Pow er w as slow ly being restored to the state of South Australia on Thursday after "unprecedented" thunderstorms knocked out supply to the entire population. 2016-09-29 01:50 3KB www.digitaljournal.com

51 What to watch out for This year’s Paris Motor Show w ill see many of the largest companies in the autos industry exhibiting their latest models and technology. 2016-09-29 01:46 1KB www.cnbc.com

52 Alex Meyer makes some progress with delivery in Angels' 8-6 victory over the A's Seeking to recapture his form from earlier this month, Alex Meyer resorted to the earliest captures he could find on the Internet: YouTube. 2016-09-29 01:40 3KB www.latimes.com

53 K-pop star T. O. P. curates #TTTOP, a Sotheby's auction K-pop star T. O. P. of Big Bang invites CNN Style to preview a special auction he has curated for Sotheby's, w hich w ill take place in Hong Kong on October 3rd. 2016-09-29 01:39 2KB rss.cnn.com

54 For 17-0 Mike Lee, it's what's inside that matters If you w ere w atching undefeated light heavyw eight Mike Lee fight for the first time, it w ould be fair to w onder w hat all the fuss is about. 2016-09-29 01:34 3KB chicago.suntimes.com 55 Storm Warning Discontinued For Barbados (Government of Barbados) (Source: Government of Barbados ) Director of the Department of Emergency Management, Kerry Hinds listens to a question from a member of the media during a press briefing to give an update on Tropical Storm Matthew this evening. (A. Skeete/BGIS) The... 2016-09-29 01:06 1023Bytes article.wn.com

56 'Our hearts are broken': NCIS showrunner Gary Glasberg dies in his sleep in Los Angeles at age 50 Gary Glasberg joined NCIS as a producer and w riter in 2009 and became its show runner in 2011. He launched the New Orleans version of the show in 2014. 2016-09-29 00:59 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

57 Reece Rebetzke posted about suicide prevention before taking his own life Reece Rebetzke, 23, posted a photo on Facebook as part of a social media campaign for suicide prevention just w eeks before he took his ow n life at his home at Mackay in Queensland. 2016-09-29 00:49 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk

58 Middle-aged mothers are drinking more to cope with stress Mothers are turning to alcohol and social media to cope w ith their stressful lives. This creates a culture of dependence that could harm kids, an Australian alcohol counsellor has w arned. 2016-09-29 00:48 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

59 Buffalo Bills are just glad it won't be Tom Brady at QB ORCHARD PARK, N. Y. -- The Buffalo Bills have a somew hat tricky w eek of planning and practicing in front of them. 2016-09-29 00:47 8KB www.upi.com

60 China promises cooperation with United Nations on human rights BEIJING, Sept 29 (Reuters) - China w ill cooperate w ith the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body it has had testy relations w ith over the years, and in... 2016-09-29 00:43 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk

61 'Welcome to the world:' Mad Men's Sam Page and wife Cassidy Boesch announce birth of son Logan The 39-year-old actor took to social media to announce the birth of his son Logan. 2016-09-29 00:39 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

62 Seven Year Switch's Jackie opens up about her four hour labour as she shares intimate image from the water- birth Seven Year Sw itch's Jackie has opened up about her four hour labour as she shared an intimate image of herself and Tim follow ing the w ater-birth. 2016-09-29 00:38 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk 63 'Black tax' blocks road to success for many employed South Africans Latest new s from South Africa, World, Politics, Entertainment and Lifestyle. The home of The Times and Sunday Times new spaper. 2016-09-29 00:29 2KB www.timeslive.co.za

64 How about a sneak peek at Leon and Lulu's new store? The ow ners of Leon and Lulu are at it again: they've expanded their store into a rehabbed movie theater. 2016-09-29 00:14 3KB rssfeeds.freep.com

65 Arrieta isn't his ’15 self, but promises 'trouble' for NLCS foe Even the most starry-eyed Cubs fans have to face the fact: The postseason is nigh, but the Jake Arrieta of 2015 isn’t here. 2016-09-29 00:12 4KB chicago.suntimes.com

66 Insider: Snyder aide Baird steps out of the shadows Rich Baird, Gov. Snyder’s “transformation manager,” is adopting a more public role after w orking behind the scenes 2016-09-29 00:09 5KB rssfeeds.detroitnews.com

67 Gardening: DIA lecture has Great Dixter head gardener Key element in the iconic English gardens is contrast, and size, shape and form, as w ell as color in the mix 2016-09-29 00:05 2KB rssfeeds.detroitnews.com

68 High Blood Pressure May Limit Children’s Cognitive Skills, Study Suggests While not conclusive, the research added to a grow ing body of evidence indicating that hypertension may reduce children’s ability to remember, pay attention and organize facts. 2016-09-29 00:02 5KB www.nytimes.com

69 Discovery Place to unveil planetarium, new attractions Celebrating its 70th anniversary, the science center is seeing increased attendance and expanding offerings. 2016-09-29 00:01 6KB www.charlotteobserver.com

70 Facebook stream shows northern lights from Upper Peninsula One man perched high in the U. P. gives us a look at the northern lights. 2016-09-28 23:54 1KB www.mlive.com

71 'Unliveable dump' on the market for $1million in Fitzroy North, Melbourne A derelict former milk bar covered in graffiti w ith paint peeling off the w alls in the trendy Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy North has gone on the market for $1million. 2016-09-28 23:43 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

72 Huma Abedin's father claimed governments should uphold Sharia law and that Islamic institutions were the only ones acceptable in the Muslim world Syed Abedin, the father of Hillary Clinton's aide Huma Abedin, believed governments should uphold Sharia law, w hile also arguing that Islamic institutions should have to validate cultural change. 2016-09-28 23:39 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk 73 What Time Warner Cable customers need to know about Spectrum rollout Time Warner Cable’s transition to Spectrum has begun in force, w ith the cable and internet service provider stepping up its marketing campaign and offering updated pricing tiers and bundling options for new and existing customers. Charter 2016-09-28 23:36 5KB www.presstelegram.com

74 Howes: Mobility ‘gold rush’ disrupts auto expectations The markers are mind-boggling. The move into ride-sharing and autonomous vehicles is expected to transform the $3 trillion-a year global auto industry into a $10 trillion global transportation services industry, the makings of a 21st-century gold rush this business hasn’t seen since... 2016-09-28 23:32 5KB rssfeeds.detroitnews.com

75 MS sufferer from Queensland writes a letter to pro euthanasia group Exit International before committing suicide MS sufferer Jules Hunter, from Queensland, took her ow n life w hen the pain of her debilitating condition became too much to bear. She w rote a letter explaining her decision to a pro euthanasia group 2016-09-28 23:26 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk

76 Lady Gaga is engrossed in Grateful Dead magazine as she loiters in Malibu Her mother used to sneak into her bedroom to cut her hair during her rebellious Grateful Dead stage. 2016-09-28 23:25 856Bytes www.dailymail.co.uk

77 Hope for the future? Millennials have 'very little' confidence in major institutions, new survey finds The results come from Ernst & Young and the Economic Innovation Group's The Millennial Economy report. They surveyed 1,200 Millennials for the findings. 2016-09-28 23:22 3KB www.dailymail.co.uk

78 Corset braids are the latest hair trend taking off on Instagram Thousands of w omen and girls the w orld over have taken a liking to the 'corset braid' - a technique that sees them interlacing ribbons through their plaits and pigtails. 2016-09-28 23:19 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

79 Poe says feisty but maternal Santiago gave her sleepless nights Being a new bie in politics, Senator Grace Poe recalled how she had “sleepless nights” to face feisty constitutionalist, former Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago. Poe w as the one w ho 2016-09-28 23:16 2KB newsinfo.inquirer.net

80 A-list make-up artists detail the products they are currently using on star clients Make-up artist Hung Vanngo, w ho w orks w ith celebs like Selena Gomez and Kaia Gerber (right) shared his current beauty obsessions on Instagram earlier this w eek. Shop his and other top artists' picks. 2016-09-28 23:15 4KB www.dailymail.co.uk

81 Rachael Taylor reveals the alternative holistic skin treatment she loves She's big on sharing makeup free selfies to her Instagram follow ers. And, speaking to WHO magazine this w eek the Australian starlette Rachael Taylor revealed her take on natural beauty. 2016-09-28 23:14 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk 82 More than half of Flint homes could have lead lines, report shows There are likely many more lead service lines in the city that originally anticipated, according to a new report. 2016-09-28 23:12 7KB rssfeeds.freep.com

83 Iconic San Francisco home in 'Mrs. Doubtfire' on market for $4.5M The historic home w here Mrs. Doubtfire w as filmed is for sale. It's a valuable piece of property that's also a piece of history. 2016-09-28 23:11 2KB abc7news.com

84 'It's my best friend': Tori Spelling connects with late pal Jeremy on Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry The 43-year-old actress connected w ith her deceased best friend Jeremy on Wednesday w ith the help of a celebrity clairvoyant. 2016-09-28 23:10 2KB www.dailymail.co.uk

85 Dwayne Johnson urges people to vote with 94-second song — the same amount of time it takes to register (WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE) Rock the vote. 2016-09-28 23:05 1KB feeds.nydailynews.com

86 In response to society’s demand to adapt to the new reality, the Mexican State has been a promoter of transformation in the country: EPN (Presidency of the Republic of the United Mexican States) (Source: Presidency of the Republic of the United Mexican States ) It is an opportunity not to overlook w hat w e have managed to do and advance regarding the rule of law and the consolidation of democratic institutions that are now enabling our country to move in different... 2016-09-28 23:05 1KB article.wn.com

87 Paris Hilton looks glamorous in London wearing a colourful embroidered bomber jacket The 35-year-old hotel heiress looked stylish as she paired the jacket w ith a low -cut pale blue top and figure-hugging black pants. 2016-09-28 23:04 1KB www.dailymail.co.uk

88 Research work could be criminalised under George Brandis data changes Attorney general says he w ill amend the Privacy Act to ensure data published in anonymised formats cannot be reidentified 2016-09-28 23:03 5KB www.theguardian.com Articles

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1 /88 Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson can’t name foreign leader he admires — RT America (4.36/5) On Wednesday, Johnson and his running mate Bill Weld were being interviewed by MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, who posed the question: “Who’s your favorite foreign leader?”

“Anyone, in any country, name the one foreign leader that you respect and look up to. Anybody,” the journalist added.

There was a tense pause.

Weld then decided to help the struggle and said, “Mine was Shimon Perez.”

Matthews, however, insisted that Johnson answer the question.

“You gotta do this. Anywhere. Any continent. Canada, Mexico, Europe over there, Asia, South America, Africa – name a foreign leader that you respect.”

After yet another tense pause, Johnson said, “I guess I’m having an Aleppo moment, ” and then said, “The former president of Mexico.”

“Which one?” the journalist inquired.

Weld finally helped Johnson out, saying, “Fox,” referring to Vicente Fox, who has recently voiced his opposition to Trump’s plan to build a wall on the border between the US and Mexico.

It is not Jonhson’s first gaffe this month: about three weeks ago, he was asked what he would do about Aleppo if he becomes president.

A truly surreal dialogue followed.

“About Aleppo. And what is Aleppo?” he responded.

“You’re kidding?” was the reaction of the MSNBC reporter.

“No,” Johnson said.

The reporter then went on to explain that “Aleppo is in Syria… It’s the epicenter of the refugee crisis.” Libertarian candidate Gary Libertarian Party presidential Gary Johnson has 'Aleppo ‘I guess I’m hav ing an Johnson has another nominee Gary Johnson is moment' when asked to Aleppo moment’ – Gary "Aleppo moment" stumped again name f av orite f oreign leader Johnson can’t name a single cbsnews.com dailymail.co.uk article.wn.com world leader article.wn.com

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2 /88 15 rescued from landslide caused by Typhoon Megi, but others missings (3.63/5) Rescuers have pulled 15 people alive from a landslide that slammed into a village in China's eastern Zhejiang province after a typhoon but 32 people are still missing there and in another nearby village, state media said on Thursday. ...

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3 /88 Philadelphia man fatally shot by police after stabbing 8-year- old son, wounding four others (2.16/5) A knife-wielding Philadelphia man who critically wounded his 8- year-old son, 12-year-old daughter and three others in a "very violent rampage" was fatally shot by police Tuesday evening, authorities said.

The unidentified knifeman reportedly walked into a home in the city's Cobbs Creek neighborhood where he choked his daughter before stabbing his son in the chest and neck around 7 p.m., according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The man then turned the knife on a 13-year-old boy who was also in the house at the time.

The two boys were in critical condition at an area hospital late Wednesday and a motive for the grisly crime was not immediately known.

"We don't know why. We only know from interviews that the daughter indicated she thought her father was high on drugs," Police Commissioner Richard Ross said at a press conference. "We know he assaulted all those people in a very violent rampage. "

Random stabbing spree in Philadelphia leaves 1 dead, 2 hurt

After the harrowing stabbings, the crazed knifeman ran over to a nearby family friend's home where he asked to come inside, police said.

Two women, 70 and 42, allowed the man inside. But the man immediately attacked them, slashing the younger woman across the face and beating the other woman.

Police officers responding to a 911 call from the daughter arrived on the scene shortly thereafter.

The man was observed coming out of the two women's house with his hands in his pockets. Officers demanded him to surrender, at which point Ross said he made an abrupt motion.

3 men bound, stabbed then dumped in Philadelphia river: police Several officers opened fire, fatally striking the man. Ross said police were under the impression that the man was armed with a gun, but no firearms were retrieved.

Several knifes were, however, taken into evidence from both scenes, police said.

Police Fatally Shoot Police f atally shoot suspect Man shot by DC police died Suspect in Philadelphia in Philadelphia stabbings of wounds to neck, back Stabbings mynorthwest.com mynorthwest.com abcnews.go.com

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4 /88 Samsung in talks with US regulator on washing machine safety issues (2.16/5) Samsung Electronics said it was working with a U. S. consumer product safety regulator to address safety issues related to some of its top-load washing machines.

The world's top smartphone maker is already reeling from a global recall of at least 2.5 million Note 7 smartphones in 10 markets due to faulty batteries causing some phones to catch fire .

Samsung said it was in " active discussions " with the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to address potential safety issues of some of its top-load washing machines manufactured between March 2011 and April 2016.

"Affected units may experience abnormal vibrations that could pose a risk of personal injury or property damage when washing bedding, bulky or water-resistant items," the company said.

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5 /88 World briefs: OPEC agrees to cut oil production for first time in 8 years (2.09/5) OPEC agreed Wednesday to cut production for the first time in eight years, according to a delegate briefed on the matter, sending oil prices more than 6 percent higher as Saudi Arabia and Iran wrong-footed traders who expected a continuation of the pump-at-will policy the group adopted in 2014.

In two days of round-the-clock talks in Algiers, the group agreed to drop production to 32.5 million barrels a day, the delegate said, asking not to be named because the decision isn’t yet public. That’s nearly 750,000 barrels a day less than it pumped in August.

The deal will reverberate beyond the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. It will brighten the prospects for the energy industry, from giants like Exxon Mobil Corp. to small U. S. shale firms, and boost the economies of oil-rich countries such as Russia and Saudi Arabia. For consumers, however, it will mean higher prices at the pump.

“The cut is clearly bullish,” said Mike Wittner, head of oil-market research at Societe Generale SA in New York. “What’s much more important is that the Saudis appear to be returning to a period of market management.”

The agreement also signals a new phase in relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which have clashed on oil policy since 2014 and are backing opposite sides in civil wars in Syria and Yemen. The deal indicates that Riyadh and Tehran, with the mediation of Russia, Algeria and Qatar, were able to overcome the differences that sunk another proposal to cap production earlier this year.

Secretary of State John Kerry sought to raise the stakes Wednesday in the debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, warning that U. S. leadership and credibility in Asia would be severely damaged if Congress fails to approve the largest regional trade accord in history.

The fate of the 12-nation pact, known as the TPP, will go a long way toward determining “whether the United States of America is an Asia-Pacific power or whether we are not - and the ‘not’ carries with it serious consequences,” Kerry said in a speech at the Wilson Center.

Kerry’s impassioned defense of the agreement came two days after the two major-party nominees for president, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, criticized the impact of multilateral trade pacts on American workers and denounced the TPP in a nationally televised debate.

Though polls show that a majority of Americans favor international free trade, widespread skepticism in manufacturing-heavy swing states, including Ohio and Pennsylvania, has put the future of one of President Barack Obama’s top economic priorities in doubt. Republican leaders in Congress have said it is unlikely that the pact would be considered for a ratification vote before Obama leaves office in January.

Mr. Kerry called on lawmakers to approve the deal in an expected brief lame-duck congressional session after the Nov. 8 elections. Without naming Mr. Trump or Ms. Clinton, he said that trade skeptics who have warned of economic “doom and gloom. . . have consistently been proven wrong.”

TOKYO -- The South Korean man who slashed U. S. Ambassador Mark Lippert last year was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison for attempted murder.

Kim Ki-jong, apparently a North Korean sympathizer, attacked the U. S. ambassador to South Korea at a breakfast forum in central Seoul in March last year, while joint U. S.-South Korean military drills were taking place. “No war! The two Koreas should be unified,” Kim, now 56, reportedly shouted.

Lippert needed more than 80 stitches in his face, arm and leg, and he still has a visible scar on his cheek.

“Kim, in order to widely publicize his views on wanting to halt the South Korea-U. S. military drills, committed a very serious crime by targeting the U. S. ambassador and attacking him with a knife,” South Korea’s Supreme Court said in its sentencing ruling.

The magnitude of the attack and size of the knife - it was almost 10 inches long - left no doubt that Kim intended to kill Lippert, the court said, according to local media reports. They also noted that Kim showed no repentance for the crime.

The court confirmed the sentence recommended by a lower court. It also upheld the decision not to punish Kim, as prosecutors wanted, with violating South Korea’s national-security law, which bans citizens from praising or supporting the North.

JALALABAD, Afghanistan — At least 13 people were killed by an airstrike in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Wednesday, with officials describing the victims as members of the Islamic State, while some residents claimed the dead were civilians.

A United States military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Charles H. Cleveland, said that a “counterterrorism airstrike” had taken place in the area on Wednesday but that he could not discuss details. He added that the military “takes all allegations of civilian casualties very seriously” and that a review of the strike was underway.

Afghan officials said the victims of the strike, in the Achin district, were members of the Islamic State. The district has long been a hotbed of Islamic State activity, one of the few in Afghanistan.

The provincial police in Nangarhar issued a statement saying that 18 Islamic State members were killed in the strike, in the Shadal Bazaar area of the Achin district, including an Islamic State judge and a local commander.

Local Afghan news organizations quoted residents and elders as saying the victims were civilians.

BEIJING — A massive typhoon left one person dead in eastern China on Wednesday, a day after killing four and injuring 260 in Taiwan.

Typhoon Megi weakened to a tropical storm after hitting the coastal city of Quanzhou in Fujian province before dawn, packing winds of up to 74 miles per hour, China’s National Meteorological Center said.

One person died after several structures collapsed in Quanzhou, state-approved news media reported. In Fuzhou, Fujian’s provincial capital, people were shown on state television walking through knee-deep waters that had swamped major roads. Schools were closed and dozens of flights were canceled. At least 32 people were reported missing Thursday after rain-saturated hillsides collapsed onto villages.

The storm was forecast to move northwest Wednesday and fade gradually.

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Matthew will likely become a hurricane by Friday as it pushes across the Caribbean Sea, posing a serious threat to vulnerable islands in a region prone to deadly flooding and mudslides.

At 8 p.m. Wednesday, National Hurricane Center forecasters said Matthew was located about 90 miles west of St. Lucia and had slowed to about 15 mph as it continued moving west. Sustained winds increased to 65 mph.

The storm was expected to move away from the Windward Islands Wednesday night and keep slowing down.

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WASHINGTON — Congress approved a stop- gap spending deal Wednesday to avert a government shutdown and provide $1.1 billion in long- awaited aid to combat the Zika virus.

The House voted 342- 85 to pass the legislation, which will keep the government funded through Dec. 9 and give lawmakers time to work out a long-term spending bill for the fiscal 2017 year that begins Saturday. The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 72-26 earlier in the day, clearing the way for Congress to leave town until after the Nov. 8 election. The White House issued a statement Wednesday saying that it supports the compromise bill, which President Obama is poised to sign into law no later than Friday.

Without congressional action, federal agencies would have run out of money to operate at midnight Friday, forcing a costly and politically unpopular shutdown just weeks before the election.

"This is an acceptable compromise," said Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, the senior Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee. "Is it perfect? No. Is it necessary? Absolutely... I look forward to keeping the government open. "

Democrats had demanded that any funding deal include money to help replace the water system in Flint, Mich., where thousands of children have been poisoned by the city's lead- contaminated water supply and residents have been forced to bathe in bottled water. Most Democrats, along with a dozen Republicans, defeated efforts Tuesday to pass a government funding bill that did not include Flint aid.

However, Democrats agreed to drop their demand Wednesday after receiving assurances from Republican leaders in the Senate and House that Flint will receive money after the election in a sweeping water bill called the Water Resources Development Act.

"I'm convinced that there is going to be help for Flint," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., after conferring with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

The Senate-passed version of that bill includes $220 million to replace Flint's water system. The House voted 399-25 on Wednesday to approve its own bill, including an amendment by Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., to provide $170 million for Flint. Negotiators from the House and Senate will work out a final bill in November or December. Senators and House members would then vote on the compromise.

"I made it clear (to House leaders) that I was very serious about defending the Senate position...and ensuring that Flint funding remains in the bill," McConnell said.

Michigan Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters, both Democrats, voted against the compromise spending bill Wednesday, saying it's unfair that Flint residents have to wait longer for help than other disaster victims. The bill provides $500 million in immediate aid to flood victims in Louisiana, West Virginia and Maryland.

"My position on the government funding bill remains the same: I will vote no on any (bill) that does not treat communities equally," Stabenow said. "It is wrong to ask families in Flint to wait at the back of the line again. "

The controversy over Flint was the last major stumbling block to an agreement to keep the government open.

An earlier dispute between Republicans and Democrats over Zika funding was resolved last week when Republicans agreed to provide $1.1 billion to combat the virus without "poison pill" provisions that would have prevented Planned Parenthood clinics in Puerto Rico from receiving federal funds and waived environmental laws governing the use of pesticides. Zika is spread by mosquitoes and through sexual contact.

President Obama has been calling on Congress since February to approve Zika funding. He had sought $1.9 billion.

The bill approved Wednesday includes full 2017 funding of more than $82 billion for military construction and veterans programs and about $7 million over the next 10 weeks to begin paying for new programs approved by Congress to fight heroin addiction and prescription painkiller abuse.

Mikulski said Democrats were not able to convince Republicans to remove a provision that blocks a Securities and Exchange Commission regulation from taking effect. The proposed rule would have required corporations to disclose their political campaign contributions in their annual financial reports to stockholders.

"Americans are fed up with dark money dominating our elections, and the least we can do about it is require public companies to give an accounting to their own shareholders about how much they’re spending on campaigns," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who voted against the funding bill because of the provision.

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7 /88 UPI Almanac for Thursday, Sept. 29, 2016 (2.06/5) Today is Thursday, Sept. 29th, the 273rd day of 2016 with 93 to follow.

The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Uranus and Venus. Evening stars are Mercury, Neptune and Saturn.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include Spanish poet-novelist Miguel de Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote," in 1547; Italian artist Caravaggio in 1571; Adm. Horatio Nelson, British naval hero, in 1758; pioneer nuclear physicist Enrico Fermi in 1901; actor Greer Garson in 1904; singing movie cowboy Gene Autry in 1907; film director Michelangelo Antonioni in 1912; film director Stanley Kramer in 1913; actor Trevor Howard in 1913; British writer Colin Dexter in 1930 (age 86); actor Anita Ekberg in 1931; rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis in 1935 (age 81); former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in 1936 (age 80); actor Larry Linville in 1939; singer/songwriter Tommy Boyce in 1939; actor Madeline Kahn in 1942; actor Ian McShane in 1942 (age 74); Polish leader/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa in 1943 (age 73); composer Mike Post in 1944 (age 72); TV personality Bryant Gumbel in 1948 (age 68); rock guitarist Mark Farner in 1948 (age 68); Olympic gold medal-winning runner Sebastian Coe in 1956 (age 60); former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 1961 (age 55).

On this date in history:

In 1789, the U. S. War Department organized the country's first standing army -- 700 soldiers who would serve for three years.

In 1923, Britain began to govern Palestine under a League of Nations mandate.

In 1936, in the U. S. presidential race between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alf Landon, the Democratic and Republican parties used radio for the first time.

In 1941, the Babi Yar massacre of nearly 34,000 Jewish men, women and children began on the outskirts of Kiev in Nazi-occupied Ukraine.

In 1992, Earvin "Magic" Johnson announced he was returning to the Los Angeles Lakers less than a year after he retired because he had the AIDS virus. A month later, Johnson announced his retirement for a second time.

In 2005, John Roberts Jr. easily won confirmation by the U. S. Senate and was sworn in as chief justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. He succeeded the late William Rehnquist.

In 2006, U. S. Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., resigned in the wake of revelations he sent inappropriate email messages to an underage former Capitol Hill page.

In 2008, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped almost 778 points , its biggest one-day point decline.

In 2011, a special court in India convicted 269 police officers and others for their roles in a 1992 raid on a small village that resulted in multiple rapes and beatings.

In 2014, Ashraf Ghani was sworn in as president of Afghanistan , succeeding Hamid Karzai.

A thought for the day: British statesman Edmund Burke said, "Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. "

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8 /88 Tropical storm Matthew LASHES the Caribbean with heavy wind and rain as it's set to become a hurricane this week (2.06/5) Tropical Storm Matthew lashed islands in the eastern Caribbean with heavy wind and rain Wednesday night as it gained strength and headed west into open waters. Tropical storm-force winds extended out for 185 miles (295 kilometers) as Matthew crossed through the southernmost islands of the Lesser Antilles and headed into the open Caribbean Sea. There were no immediate reports of damages or injuries as businesses, airports, schools and government offices remained closed throughout the area. Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit told people on that island, where tropical storms have turned deadly in the past, to stay indoors as heavy rain caused flooding in some areas. 'We want to advise people to stay home as much as possible so as not to be exposed to the possible hazards out there. Be safe everyone and let us all pray for better weather conditions,' Skerrit said. Many trees were down across the island of Barbados and there were isolated power outages, according to its National Emergency Operations Center. The National Emergency Management Organization of St. Vincent said about 90 people were moved into emergency shelters because their homes were in low-lying areas that were expected to flood as the area received up to 8 inches (15 centimeters) of rain. The U. S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Matthew had maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (100 kph) with higher gusts. A wind gust of 89 mph (143 kph) was reported in Martinique. The storm was on track to head across the southeastern Caribbean Sea, an area that gets relatively few storms compared to the rest of the region. A tropical storm warning was in effect for the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Vincent, and the Grenadine Islands, and a tropical storm watch was up for Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao. Matthew was expected to become a hurricane by Thursday evening while staying out to sea, but over the weekend it likely would turn north and pose a threat to land in Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti. Late Wednesday, Matthew was centered about 370 miles (595 kilometers) south-southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and 410 miles (665 kilometers) east-northeast of Curacao and was moving west at 15 mph (24kph).

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9 /88 Despite harsh reviews, Trump resists new debate approach (2.06/5) COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — Unmoved by harsh debate reviews, a defiant Donald Trump showed no sign Wednesday of making any big changes before his second faceoff with Hillary Clinton, pressing ahead with a strategy focused on speaking directly to his white working-class loyalists across the Midwest.

Democrat Clinton, meanwhile, pushed to improve her standing among younger voters with the help of the president, Sen. Bernie Sanders and other key allies, 48 hours after her debate performance that seemed to spark badly needed enthusiasm. Those closest to Mr. Trump insisted the Republican presidential nominee was satisfied with Monday night’s debate, even as prominent voices within his own party called for more serious preparation next time following an opening confrontation marked by missed opportunities and missteps.

“Why would we change if we won the debate?” former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a key Trump ally and traveling partner this week, told The Associated Press. “Donald Trump is going to prepare for debates the way Donald Trump prepares for debates.”

The next debate is 11 days away.

Unlike Ms. Clinton, Mr. Trump is not planning to participate in any mock debates, although he is likely to incorporate what one person described as “tweaks” to his strategy.

Specifically, Mr. Trump is likely to spend more time working on specific answers and sharpen his attacks after spending much of the first meeting on defense, said that person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal campaign strategy.

That may not be enough to satisfy concerned Republicans.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Mr. Trump should have been better prepared and he recommended that the candidate work harder with skilled coaches. He said, “What you need is people who are professional debaters.”

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said simply: “The only advice I could give him, and take it for what it’s worth: Prepare better.”

The New York businessman struggled to attack Ms. Clinton consistently on the debate stage Monday night, but he has lashed out at her aggressively in the days since. He attacked her record as the nation’s chief diplomat during a Wednesday appearance in Chicago. He went further at a later rally in Iowa.

Throughout his outsider presidential bid, Mr. Trump has refused to deviate from a strategy hinged on an ambitious travel schedule packed with massive rallies that draw overwhelmingly white crowds.

Ms. Clinton, meanwhile, sought Wednesday to parlay her widely praised debate performance into stronger support from women, young Americans and other critical voter groups. She got help from her party’s biggest stars.

President Barack Obama hammered the billionaire over his business practices and treatment of women in an interview aired on Steve Harvey’s radio show, which is particularly popular among black audiences. The Democratic president said his own legacy was “on the ballot” in November. He also suggested that Ms. Clinton wasn’t getting enough credit, possibly because she’s a woman.

And his wife, first lady Michelle Obama, accused Mr. Trump of trying to undermine her husband’s presidency for years by questioning his birthplace. Mr. Trump publicly admitted the president was born in America for the first time earlier in the month after spending years raising questions about the authenticity of Mr. Obama’s birth certificate.

Hoping to broaden her appeal among “millennials,” Ms. Clinton joined her primary rival, Vermont Sen. Sanders, on the trail for the first time since they held a “unity” rally in July in an attempt to heal divisions within the Democratic Party. Since then, Ms. Clinton has struggled to win over young Americans who formed a critical pillar of the coalition that twice elected Obama.

In other campaign developments:

• Hillary Clinton has gained another endorsement from a prominent Republican: retired Sen. John Warner of Virginia. Appearing Wednesday with a fellow Virginian, Ms. Clinton’s running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, Mr. Warner praised Ms. Clinton’s preparation and experience.

• While Donald Trump won’t publicly release his income tax returns, the New York businessman has turned them over when it suited his needs — if he stood to make a profit, needed a loan or when a judge forced him.

Pennsylvania gaming regulators were given at least five years’ worth and eight boxes full of Mr. Trump’s tax documents. Nevada, Michigan, Missouri, Indiana and other state gaming officials also had access to multiple years of his returns. Large banks that lent Mr. Trump money over the years have also obtained Mr. Trump’s returns.

One common thread ties all those who have seen the documents: They can’t talk about them.

• Penn State University is dedicating an entire course this fall to one person: Donald Trump. WNEP-TV, in Moosic, Pa., reported that the one-credit course called Trump allows students to meet for two hours a week to analyze the Republican presidential nominee’s campaign, the democratic process and previous presidential candidates.

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10 /88 Donald Trump Zones in on Populist Contrast with Hillary Clinton Post-Debate: ‘Follow the Money’ (1.06/5) Angel Mom Michelle Root, whose daughter Sarah Root was killed by an illegal alien, joined Trump on stage in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to help paint the picture of what the world be like if Hillary Clinton were elected president.

“I just wanted to say thank you everybody for turning out for Mr. Trump,” she said. “Hillary called me deplorable and irredeemable. She is not a friend to women, I just want to tell you that right now. The Obama-Clinton policies released the man that killed my daughter after he showed up at the borders. Then after he killed my daughter, they released him again. Now where is he? Nobody knows. Donald Trump is the only person that cared about us when no one else could and would. If Hillary wins, how many more girls are going to die? How many more women will die at the hands of their policies? Thank you, thank you Mr. Trump.” When Trump took the stage, he lit into Hillary Clinton with a stronger-than-ever line of attack focused on her deep corruption related to the Clinton Cash narrative—a narrative that Clinton and debate moderator Lester Holt conveniently avoided on Monday night—honing his new key phrase: “Follow The Money.”

“We are going to take on the special interests, the lobbyists, and the corrupt corporate media that have rigged the system against every single American,” Donald Trump said on stage in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

He continued:

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After noting he’s spent tens of millions of dollars of his own money of his campaign, he says it’s because “we’re not going to be controlled.”

“We’re not going to be controlled,” Trump reiterated. “We’re not going to be controlled. We’re going to take our country back and it’s going to be a beautiful thing. This is a movement. We have a movement going on like I think they’ve never seen before.”

From there, Trump noted that his vision for the country is a government that serves the people— not one that serves the politicians like the way the Clintons have used government to their own personal benefit.

“We are going to create a new government that serves you, your family, and your country,” Trump said. “We’re going to lower taxes by a lot, less regulation, more affordable childcare, fair trade deals, secure borders, thriving family farms—millions and millions of new jobs. We are going to end the Clinton Corruption—total corruption—“

After Trump had to stop for nearly a full minute as the crowd of thousands chanted “LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP! LOCK HER UP!” Trump continued by noting it’s “horrible, horrible what’s happened to this country” and that he, unlike Clinton will “restore dignity and honesty to government service.”

“Hillary Clinton is an insider fighting for her donors and her insiders,” Trump said, but “mostly fighting for herself. I am an outsider fighting for you. We’re fighting together. We’re fighting together.”

From there, he launched his new campaign theme: “Everything you need to know about Hillary Clinton can be understood with this simple phrase: Follow The Money.”

“Follow The Money,” a reference back to investigators who look for motive in a certain wrongdoing by someone, is what several Trump aides tell Breitbart News going to be a huge new focus of the campaign. Trump is going to, since Monday night’s debate at Hofstra University an hour away from here on Long Island leading up to the next debate in St. Louis, they say, highlight the contrast of how Hillary Clinton stands up for special interests so as to enrich herself while he stands up for ordinary American workers. The populist pitch has been common throughout his campaign, but aides say to expect a reinvigorated triple down version of it in the coming weeks.

Trump is fighting for the everyman, while Clinton is fighting for herself, they say will be the message. And all of Clinton’s actions to take the conversation off the economy and jobs and national security—and onto trivial personal squabbles that Trump has had over the years—play right into their hands: He’s the serious candidate, they say, fighting for Americans and talking about real issues.

While the dishonest mainstream media may believe Hillary Clinton won the debate because she landed a couple decent punches on Trump on nonsense issues, Trump spent the night and the days since showing he’s concerned about Americans’ economic prospects, their safety, their security and their families.

And as such, he’s expanding his chances electorally and is planning a western trip that will focus on several states he’s doing well in so far—like Nevada and Arizona—as well states nobody in politics thought he had a chance in before like New Mexico and Colorado. Trump’s succeeded, they believe, in Monday night’s debate at one thing for sure: He connected to many Americans who feel like the system is broken and nobody cares…except for him.

“In her campaign for President, Hillary Clinton has received $100 million dollars in contributions from Wall Street and the hedge funds,” Trump continued in his Council Bluffs speech. “She received $4.1 million in speaking fees from financial firms. I’d like to see what she said. Where are the papers? Bernie—Bernie was asking for the papers, but Bernie gave up.”

As Trump was saying this, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders—who failed his bid to beat Clinton for the Democratic nomination thanks to a lopsided effort by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to tilt the scales in Clinton’s favor, as evidenced by leaked emails published right before the Democratic National Convention—Clinton and a defeated and surrendered Sanders appeared together in New Hampshire.

“The same groups paying Bill and Hillary for their speeches were lobbying the federal government,” Trump continued:

Trump campaign sources tell Breitbart News to contrast what Trump laid out in Iowa—and later on Wednesday in Wisconsin—back to what he detailed in Melbourne, Florida, on Tuesday in an uplifting policy-focused speech. That combination, they say, will help paint a picture of someone who is fighting for American workers against what Trump says is the “rigged political system.” The everyman warrior, if you will, is taking on all comers: The media, the politicians, the lobbyists, foreign influence agents, and anyone or anything else that represents a threat to America. In other words, it’s Trump against the world.

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“Our country is filled with so many amazing people, people who lift us up and inspire us,” Trump said at the Florida rally with thousands in attendance, before calling out to his friend former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani in the audience. He then contrasted Clinton’s defense of the status quo with his specific policy plans that he’s been laying out in detailed policy-laden speeches throughout the past several months, while Clinton has run a policy-free campaign.

“Ours is truly a special country,” Trump added a moment later:

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Trump detailed several polls that showed he won the debate, before he again laid out the contrasts with Clinton. “I watched last night, I found it so interesting—I knew I was going into a situation where you were going to have one of the largest audiences in the history of television and I took a deep breath and I pretended I was talking to my family, I just blocked it all out,” Trump said.

He continued:

After walking rally goers through how “we can’t let that happen,” because “we know her too well,” Trump called Clinton “the candidate of yesterday.”

“And ours is the campaign and we are the people of the future,” Trump said, adding:

Trump then detailed how Clinton’s “only experience is at failure,” and how she “bragged” about having “traveled all over the world.”

“It’s true, she traveled all over the world,” Trump said. “And you know what it got us? It got us nothing. It got us debt and it got us death. We have death and debt. And unemployment. We have all bad things. And I said last night, I said ‘You know, Secretary: You are experienced. But it’s bad experience because everything you did turned out bad.’”

Trump, later in the speech, “summed up” his “economic agenda” in “three beautiful words”— “jobs, jobs, jobs”—and then explained his positive change policy agenda:

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11 /88 Wells Fargo chief Stumpf heads to Hill with pressure mounting (1.04/5) By Lisa Lambert and Patrick Rucker Sept 29 (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co's Chief Executive John Stumpf returns to Capitol Hill on Thursday with his job still under threat and the bank facing rising political pressure over a sales scandal that has become a major issue in Washington and on Wall Street. The bank's move earlier this week to claw back $41 million in stock awarded to Stumpf, an unprecedented rebuke for a major U. S. bank CEO, is unlikely to silence calls for him to resign over revelations Wells Fargo's branch staff opened as many as two million unauthorized credit card and deposit accounts to meet sales quotas. The scandal has triggered lawsuits, investigations and wiped more than $20 billion off the bank's market value. California, Wells Fargo's home state, suspended business relationships with the bank for a year on Wednesday and said it would work with the state's two giant public pension funds to change the management structure at the bank, including separating the roles of CEO and chairman. The episode has been a stunning reversal for Stumpf, long regarded as a safe pair of hands in the industry for navigating Wells Fargo successfully through the financial crisis. "I don't know that he will survive this. I don't think there's any way to come out of this with the same leadership," said Patricia Lenkov, CEO of Agility Executive Search. Stumpf will appear before the House Financial Services Committee, his second congressional appearance in under 10 days. Thursday's hearing may be softer on Stumpf than the bipartisan tongue-lashing he took from the Senate Banking Committee on Sept. 20, in which Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren called him a "gutless leader" who should be criminally investigated. Warren said on Wednesday that Wells Fargo's decision to launch an internal investigation and claw back bonuses paid to Stumpf and Carrie Tolstedt, the former head of the retail division at the center of the scandal, were "important first steps," but still insufficient. "The reduced compensation represents only a fraction of the total pay and bonuses received by Mr. Stumpf and Ms. Tolstedt during the years that their compensation was based in part on inflated retail account growth and cross-selling success," she wrote in a letter to Wells Fargo's board of directors. Andrew Duberstein at public relations firm Sard Verbinnen, which is representing the board, did not respond to requests for comment on the letter. Stumpf will tell lawmakers on Thursday that Wells Fargo will eliminate sales quotas for branch staff from Oct. 1, accelerating a previous plan to halt the practice by Jan. 1, according to prepared testimony he will deliver. Federal regulators will also be in focus at the hearing. Since the scandal broke, Texas Republican and chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Jeb Hensarling has asked why they did not act sooner and he is expected to raise that point again. U. S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen promised the committee on Wednesday that the central bank will scrutinize all big banks in the wake of the Wells Fargo scandal. Some Democratic committee members said it showed that some banks are too big to manage and should be broken up. The most powerful Democrat on the committee, Representative Maxine Waters of California, said she had not reached that conclusion, and wanted to hear Stumpf's answers first. She declined to say whether steps taken by Wells Fargo, including the $41 million clawback, were sufficient. "We will ask some of the basic questions about how this fraud took place and why did it happen and whose decision it was," she said. (Additional reporting by Ross Kerber in Boston; Writing by Dan Freed in New York; Editing by Carmel Crimmins and Bill Rigby)

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12 /88 Key dates since Russian intervention in Syria (1.04/5) Russia one year ago carried out its first air strikes in support of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces, in a major turning point in a multi- sided civil war.

A timeline:

Start of Russian intervention

- September 30, 2015: Russia, at the Damascus regime's request, launches air strikes on Syria, saying it has hit Islamic State (IS) targets.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow must act preemptively to destroy jihadists in Syria before they present a threat closer to home. Syrian rebels and their overseas supporters accuse Moscow of targeting mostly non-jihadist groups to come to the aid of the Syrian army, which had suffered a series of resounding defeats since March 2015.

Air strikes intensify

- October 7, 2015: Russia's defence ministry says that for the first time Russian warships in the Caspian Sea fleet joined in strikes in Syria with a volley of 26 cruise missile attacks against 11 targets in Syria.

- December 9, 2015: The Russian army strikes Syria from a submarine deployed in the Mediterranean.

Diplomatic offensive

- October 20, 2015: Putin launches a diplomatic initiative and invites Assad to Moscow for a high-profile visit -- his first official trip abroad since Syria's conflict erupted in March 2011.

- From October 23, 2015: The US, Russian, Saudi and Turkish foreign ministers hold unprecedented talks in Vienna to try to find a way out of the Syrian crisis.

- November 14, 2015: After a first meeting on October 30, the big powers, including Russia, the United States, France, and for the first time Iran meet in Vienna where they agree on a fixed calendar for Syria but remain sharply at odds over the future of Assad.

Regime forces retake territory

- February 1, 2016: Syrian regime forces, backed by Russian air strikes, launch an offensive against rebels around the northern city of Aleppo. Rebels lose stronghold after stronghold.

- March 15, 2016: Russia's Putin announces a partial withdrawal of Moscow's forces from Syria which is widely publicised despite lack of details of how much of the contingent remains.

- March 27, 2016: The Syrian army, backed by its Russian ally, retakes the ancient city of Palmyra from IS.

- June 18, 2016: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu meets with Assad in Damascus to discuss anti-terrorist "cooperation" and inspects Russia's air base in Hmeimim in the Syrian coastal province of Latakia.

Russia-Turkey reconciliation

- August 9, 2016: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose country backs the Syrian rebels, meets Putin in St Petersburg in a bid to heal ties, strained by the Syria conflict.

Tensions had soared in November 2015 between the two rival players in the Syria war when Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on the Syrian border, saying it had violated its airspace.

First strikes from Iran

- August 16, 2016: Russia says its warplanes flew out of an Iranian airbase for the first time to bomb jihadist groups in Syria.

- September 21, 2016: Shoigu says that Moscow is dispatching its flagship aircraft carrier to bolster its forces in the eastern Mediterranean off Syria.

The announcement comes as a new truce reached on September 9 between Moscow and Washington collapses after being in force for only a week.

Blitz of Aleppo

- September 22, 2016: The Syrian army announces a major offensive aimed at retaking rebel zones in Aleppo.

The rebel-held east of Aleppo has since come under a deadly bombardment by the regime and Russian airstrikes.

Moscow and Washington have traded blame over the truce's collapse, amid heavy international criticism of Russia's participation in the Aleppo offensive.

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13 /88 Families of 9/11 victims deserve to know the truth, hold Saudi Arabia accountable (1.04/5) The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorists Act allows people who have been affected by acts of terror to use all of the tools of U. S. civil litigation to get the truth about the involvement of foreign governments in terror plots. In this case, the statute would allow the families of 9/11 victims to get the truth about the involvement of the government of Saudi Arabia in the 9/11 conspiracy.

With JASTA in place, family members of the 9/11 victims will now be able to use civil litigation tools in U. S. courts — like document requests, depositions and subpoenas for banking records and electronic communications.

And if, through these tools, enough information comes to light about the involvement of the Saudi government in the 9/11 conspiracy, it would now be possible for Saudi government officials to be held liable. Congress overrides Obama’s veto on 9/11 bill

The law’s essential operative section would strip sovereign immunity away from the Saudi government. Doing so allows families of 9/11 victims to legally bring the complaint in U. S. courts and use civil discovery tools to try to prove their case.

Prior to this law, sovereign immunity — the legal doctrine in international law under which foreign states are immune from civil litigation and criminal prosecution — would have prevented individuals from suing foreign governments, even if everything alleged in the suit could be proven to be true. This law creates an exception to that for terrorism.

President Obama has said this law will be harmful. He points to the possibility that it will open up members of the U. S. military and the U. S. government to suits from families of victims of U. S. military action, or covert action, abroad, or from foreign governments, like the Yemenis or Pakistanis. That concern is real.

But based on my experiences representing American families who lost loved ones in acts of terror perpetrated by the Palestine Liberation Organization in Jerusalem, I believe people like the families of the 9/11 victims deserve a chance to learn the truth.

Senate to vote on override of President Obama's veto of JASTA

Yalowitz is a lawyer in New York City.

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14 /88 California Life Sciences Association opens L. A. office (1.03/5) In a sign of growing interest in the Los Angeles area as a major biomedical hub, the California Life Sciences Association has opened an office in Monrovia.

It also this week announced partnerships with two organizations in the L. A. region — LA BioMed , a nonprofit research institute in Torrance, and the biotech incubator Lab Launch in Monrovia.

The association said its latest undertakings will help new biomedical businesses in greater Los Angeles organize their operations, assist companies in getting their products commercialized, boost political advocacy for the industry and provide professional resources for people looking to advance in the life-sciences field.

These moves follow an expansion by the San Diego-based life science trade group Biocom , which opened its L. A. office this summer.

The two entities were criticized by the Los Angeles-based Southern California Biomedical Council. The council’s president and CEO, Ahmed Enany , said Biocom and the association are interlopers more interested in gaining turf than in helping the region.

Such rivalry among industry groups is relatively new to the sprawling Los Angeles biomedical community. While the region has noted research universities and hospitals, it has long been overshadowed by the massive life science hubs in San Diego and the San Francisco Bay Area.

For years, government and business leaders in greater Los Angeles have tried to increase biomedical activity there, and Biocom has joined such efforts. In addition, the University of Southern California has pushed a plan to create a “ biotechnology park ” near the campus.

The California Life Sciences Association was formed last year by the merger of a trade group, the Bay Area Bioscience Association, which represented Northern California, and the San Diego-based California Healthcare Institute, which devoted itself to health care policy. It doesn’t have an official headquarters among its multiple offices.

Sara Radcliffe, the association’s president and CEO, said the expansion and partnerships in the Los Angeles region bring two prime benefits: stronger direct assistance for local companies along with greater advocacy in Sacramento, Washington, D. C. and elsewhere for policies that foster biomedical growth.

“Both LA BioMed and Lab Launch are focused on helping advance exciting research,” Radcliffe said. “That’s something we’re really passionate about. We focus on making sure entrepreneurs have access to advice, informational resources, networking — experts to help them with every aspect of development of drugs, devices and diagnostics.”

Services include legal advice, counseling on how to talk with investors, tips for building relationships with patient-support groups and insights on how to make sure projects indeed address unmet medical needs.

The association’s new office increases the geographic overlap between it and Biocom. In addition to the Los Angeles region, both groups have offices in San Diego and the nation’s capital. The association also has offices in Sacramento and South San Francisco. Biocom also has an office in Tokyo (it calls Japan the most important international partner), and has a lobbying presence in Sacramento.

Biocom promotes Southern California as a mega-region for life sciences. It champions Los Angeles as providing benefits that San Diego lacks, such as a more global profile and easier access to key centers around the world.

For its part, San Diego offers a geographically compact and highly organized biomedical community, Biocom said. Along with Orange County in the middle, it also boasts a wide range of research and commercialization services.

Biocom was formed in 1995 from the merger of two San Diego groups — the Biomedical Industry Council and the San Diego Biocommerce Association.

Enany, the head of the Southern California Biomedical Council, said Biocom and the California Life Sciences Association are expanding out of self-interest.

“In response to Biocom moving north, [the association is] coming south. There’s a competition between the two organizations on who’s going to dominate California’s public policy and advocacy” in the life science sector, he said.

The council will continue to focus on serving local entrepreneurs and remain “above the fray” as Biocom and the association vie for turf, Enany said.

CLSA said that while it is strengthening its presence in Los Angeles, it has always been a statewide organization.

Leaders for Biocom and the association said they value the council’s expertise and would like to cooperate with that organization.

“Ahmed is a longtime L. A. presence in biotech,” said Joe Panetta, Biocom’s president and CEO. “We respect [the council] and believe there is opportunity for both associations, Biocom and SCBC, in the L. A. region.”

Panetta declined to comment directly on the California Life Sciences Association , saying he isn’t familiar with its plans for Los Angeles.

“We can say that Biocom was invited by the Los Angeles Economic Development Council and the L. A. County Board of Supervisors to be a part of an economic development bid to help build a Los Angeles County biotechnology cluster, due to our 20-year history of successful cluster building in San Diego,” Panetta said. “Our team in LA has grown to five as we’ve worked with the local community to establish the programs that will help the large number of life science companies in the region thrive.”

Radcliffe said her association appreciates the chance to work with Biocom on projects such as the BIO International Convention , which is scheduled to take place in San Diego next June 19 through 22.

“Just [Monday], I was down at Biocom’s offices, sitting around a table with them and other partners, thinking about how to make that international convention a huge success,” Radcliffe said.

“So our aim is absolutely not to do any work that Biocom is already doing and doing well, but to bring our unique capabilities to these particular partnerships, with LA BioMed and Lab Launch,” she added.

Protesters seek video, federal probe of police shooting

Power lines and poles to be replaced in national forest

Former hospital reborn as large language school

Protesters seek video, federal probe of police shooting

Power lines and poles to be replaced in national forest

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15 /88 DIVIDED AMERICA: Minorities hopeful, whites sour on future (1.02/5) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Consider two women in their 70s, both residents of the Kansas City area. One is white and affluent; the other is black and working class. ...

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16 /88 Colombia's road to peace marred by multiple obstacles (1.02/5) CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — The contrast couldn’t be more dramatic: As Colombia’s president and the head of its largest guerrilla movement were putting their signatures on a historic peace deal, a 6-year-old boy was killed when he chased a soccer ball into a field and stepped on a land mine left behind during the half-century conflict.

Even as this nation celebrates the end of hostilities with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, the harsh reality that fueled the long conflict is settling in. From the security challenges posed by surging coca crops and dangerous criminal gangs to the difficult task of removing land mines and reintegrating guerrillas blamed for numerous atrocities, the work ahead is daunting.

The first test is getting sufficient political support to implement the lofty accords, signed Monday in this Caribbean resort city despite widespread distrust of the guerrillas. Polls show that a referendum on the deal is expected to pass Sunday. But the margin of victory is still in play and nobody expects the sort of strong turnout that would put the war-torn country firmly on the path to reconciliation.

Most of Colombia’s challenges are in its vast, long-neglected countryside, where the guerrilla group long held sway and criminal activity remains rampant. The challenge is made all the more difficult by stiff opposition to the peace deal from the country’s powerful former president, Alvaro Uribe, architect of the U. S.-backed military offensive that forced the rebels to the negotiating table, and a collapse in oil prices that has drained government coffers.

“The smooth part is going to end pretty abruptly,” said Adam Isacson, a long-time observer of Colombia and analyst at the Washington Office on Latin America. “When you hit the second half of 2017 and you really do kind of fall off the edge of the Earth, it’s going to get very confusing.”

The land mine tragedy took place Monday in a plantain field in the town of Algeciras in southern Colombia, one of 700 settlements where land mines have been detected, most planted by the rebels and blamed for more than 11,000 deaths since 1990. Besides killing 6-year-old Yorman Gonzalez, whose body was riddled with shrapnel, the blast injured his friend, who is recovering in a nearby hospital.

“This saddens us and obviously tarnishes the happiness we feel over the signing of the accord,” said Javier Rivera, the town’s mayor.

Much of Colombia’s attention has focused on the creation of special peace tribunals to judge the crimes of the rebels and state actors. For many families touched by the violence, the accord’s provision sparing the rebels jail time if they confess to their crimes and surrender their weapons is an insult too far. It’s also unclear to what extent the FARC will cooperate and compensate victims, as called for by the deal, following the poor example given by far-right paramilitary troops that disarmed a decade ago.

But if healing the wounds from a conflict that has left 220,000 people dead and almost 8 million homeless isn’t daunting enough, there’s the challenge of preventing the next outbreak of violence.

The FARC is the most powerful and best-organized illegal armed group in Colombia but it isn’t the only one. Authorities say there’s already evidence that criminal gangs and a smaller guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army, are moving into areas being vacated by the FARC.

They are drawn by Colombia’s lucrative cocaine trade, which shows no sign of losing steam. The FARC has long demanded hefty payments from coca growers in areas they dominated in exchange for providing protection from U. S.-backed forced-eradication efforts. The drug profits strengthened the group even as other leftist insurgencies in Latin America were defeated.

As part of the peace deal, FARC leaders have committed to assisting the government in alternative development and eradication. But there’s fear that some rebels, especially mid-level commanders who have no real political future, will resist abandoning the cash cow. And even if they do, others are willing to step in.

Getting it right matters beyond Colombia’s borders. The world’s largest supplier of cocaine, the country saw six straight years of declining or steady production reversed when the amount of land under coca cultivation jumped by 39 percent in 2014 and by another 42 percent last year, to 392,000 acres (159,000 hectares), according to U. S. government figures.

For those among the FARC’s estimated 7,000 fighters who do disarm, the journey back to gainful employment and acceptance by society is likely to be a long one. The experience following the defeat of insurgencies in neighboring Central America is a cautionary tale: many former rebels, whose only marketable skill was firing an assault rifle, ended up joining criminal gangs.

Despite the many hurdles and uncertainties, Colombians for now can hold their head high, says Michael Shifter, president of the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue.

“The fact that the military and FARC will no longer be killing each other is a big deal. It opens up a real opportunity to transform Colombia,” said Shifter, who was present at Monday’s signing ceremony. “Whether the country will rise to the occasion and take advantage of the opportunity remains to be seen.”

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Associated Press writers Libardo Cardona in Bogota and Hannah Dreier in Caracas, Venezuela, contributed to this report.

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17 /88 One in 10 children has ‘Aids defence’ (1.02/5) A 10th of children have a “monkey-like” counterclaim complement that stops them building Aids, a investigate suggests.

The study, in Science Translational Medicine , found a children’s counterclaim systems were “keeping calm”, that prevented them being wiped out. An untreated HIV infection will kill 60% of children within dual and a half years, though a homogeneous infection in monkeys is not fatal.

The explanation could lead to new immune-based therapies for HIV infection.

The pathogen eventually wipes out a counterclaim system, withdrawal a physique exposed to other infections, what is famous as acquired tellurian immunodeficiency syndrome (Aids).

The researchers analysed a blood of 170 children from South Africa who had HIV, had never had antiretroviral therapy and nonetheless had not grown Aids.

Tests showed they had tens of thousands of tellurian immunodeficiency viruses in each millilitre of their blood.

This would routinely send their counterclaim complement into overdrive, perplexing to quarrel a infection, or simply make them severely ill, though conjunction had happened. Keep ease and lift on

Prof Philip Goulder, one of a researchers from a University of Oxford, told a BBC: “Essentially, their counterclaim complement is ignoring a pathogen as distant as possible.

“Waging fight opposite a pathogen is in many cases a wrong thing to do.”

Counter-intuitively, not assertive a pathogen seems to save a counterclaim system.

HIV kills white blood cells – a warriors of a counterclaim system.

And when a body’s defences go into overdrive, even some-more of them can be killed by chronic levels of inflammation .

Prof Goulder said: “One of a things that comes out of this investigate is that HIV illness is not so most to do with HIV, though with a counterclaim response to it.”

For scientists, a approach a 10% of children cope with a pathogen has distinguished similarities to a approach some-more than 40 non-human monkey class cope with ape immunodeficiency pathogen or SIV.

They have had hundreds of thousands of years to develop ways to tackle a infection.

“Natural preference has worked in these cases, and a resource is really identical to a one in these kids that don’t progress,” Prof Goulder said. War or peace?

This counterclaim opposite Aids is roughly singular to children.

Adult humans’ counterclaim systems tend to go all-out to finish off a pathogen in a debate that scarcely always ends in failure.

Children have a comparatively passive counterclaim system, that becomes some-more assertive in adulthood – chickenpox, for example, is distant some-more serious in adults due to a approach a counterclaim complement reacts.

But this does meant that as a stable children age and their counterclaim complement matures, there is a risk of them building Aids.

Some do, some sojourn Aids-free.

Dr Ann Chahroudi and Dr Guido Silvestri, from Emory University in a US, pronounced a investigate might have found a “very beginning signs of coevolution of HIV in humans”.

In a commentary, they added: “It is not famous either it would be clinically protected for these newly identified HIV putrescent paediatric non-progressors to sojourn off-therapy.

“This comment is serve difficult by a fact that impediment of HIV delivery to passionate partners becomes applicable in adolescence.”

People with HIV can have normal life-expectancy if they have entrance to antiretroviral drugs.

But their super-heated counterclaim complement never earnings to normal, and they face larger risks of cardiovascular disease, cancer and dementia.

Prof Goulder believes these explanation in children could eventually assistance rebalance a counterclaim complement in all HIV patients.

He told a BBC: “We might be identifying an wholly new pathway by study kids that in a longer tenure could be translated to new treatments for all HIV putrescent people.”

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18 /88 She's back! Lady Gaga debuts creepy new character in American Horror Story: Roanoke with freaky sex scene (1.02/5) Lady Gaga got freakish in American Horror Story: Roanoke, Chapter 3, on Wednesday night. In one particularly disturbing scene, her ghoulish character apparently bewitched a man into copulating with her, while hillbillies watched. The show had opened with boozy cop Lee, played by Angela Bassett, talking about the 'primal and wrenching' fear of losing her daughter Flora. Flora was missing and Lee became increasingly worried as authorities pulled the kid's yellow hoodie from the top of an impossibly tall tree. She was suspicious of the cops: 'For all I knew they were in bed with the hillbillies that took my Flora,' she said as the search party set out in earnest. Lee and her brother Matt, played by Cuba Gooding Jr, found what appeared to be a Flora's dismembered doll, with a pig's head, in a pool of blood. One hundred yards later they found a barn and more mutilated dolls and pigs. As they perused rotting animals in the fridge they heard an inhuman scream. They discovered two feral children suckling milk from the carcass of a dead pig. The family who abandoned the feral boys were presumed to be in possession of Flora. The grotesque boys kept repeating the same word 'Croatian', which is the word found carved into a tree after the real life Roanoke colony disappeared around 1590). After Flora had been missing for over 72 hours they began to give up hope and realized they might be now searching for a body. Flora's father Mason became angry at Lee, blaming her for abducting their child. He aggressively pushed her to the floor and stormed out. Later that night Matt, his wife Shelby, played by Sarah Paulson, and Lee were called to a sacrificial scene – a charred corpse strung up on a wicker star. The cops handed Lee a signet ring. 'Oh my God, it's Mason,' she gasped. CCTV footage in the creepy home revealed Lee leaving a few moments after Mason, and returning four hours later. 'She was desperate, desperate people can do desperate things,' said Shelby. Lee overheard, and vehemently denied all accusations. Straight after a very strange little man named 'Cricket, played by Leslie Jordan, enters. He claimed to be able to help them find Flora. Cricket had been eating beignets in New Orleans when 'a spirit' had told him to get involved with the case. The psychic, who claimed to be in touch with 'the other side,' had a history of helping the FBI with their investigations. 'She was here hiding,' he said, opening the cupboard where the child had been during the last episode. 'Flora is not dead, and she was not taken by the living, she was taken by Pricilla… she died in the late 1500s' he explained. The mystic performed a ritual to speak with Pricilla, but he summoned a 'dark woman' instead. Kathy Bates appeared, playing the leader of the strange cult that lives in the forest. She split their candle down the middle and smashed the room to pieces. 'She has a cleaver, she's called the butcher,' said Cricket. As Bates' character began smashing windows Cricket yelled CROATOAN a few times to stop her. The psychic claimed to be able to take them to Flora and the 'dark and malevolent' spirits – for $25,000 - cash, cheque or credit card. Lee pulled a gun to draw the answers out of him for free. Matt talked her down and threw Cricket out, branding him a charlatan and a 'piece of sh*t'. As he left Cricket whispered something to Lee about her other daughter, Emily, who is dead. Apparently Emily had been abducted from Lee's car at age four. 'I never saw her again,' sobbed Lee. Desperate Lee then paid the 25K, and Cricket told her about 'the enemy'. The Butcher's husband was the governor of Roanoke, entrusted with caring for its starving population. The 116 settlers then vanished without a trace. A flashback to the late 1500s showed The Butcher being shackled in irons and abandoned by the colony in the forest. Just as she was about to be eaten by wild pigs Lady Gaga's character emerged to save her (and make her eat the still beating heart of the animal) 'Purified' by her time in the wilderness The Butcher found her colony and slaughtered some of the men. The colony then moved inland, to the place where Matt and Shelby reside. 'For this land she will kill you all,' warned Cricket. Out in the woods the crew searched for Pricilla, but came across The Butcher. As they bargained with The Butcher Matt vanished. Shelby found him having vigorous sex with Lady Gaga's weird character, while two hillbillies watched. Afterwards Matt claimed no recollection of the incident. 'I saw you with her, screwing her up against this tree,' she yelled. 'I don't know what you're talking about,' he said. Cops then came to arrest Lee, apparently because Shelby had told them she was responsible for Mason's death. 'What did you do?' Asked Matt. 'I don't know what you're talking about,' she said dryly. The sixth season of American Horror Story continues next week on FX. The show's creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk have promised a complete 'game changer' in the sixth episode, on October 19th. The finale of the 10 episode season will air in November.

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19 /88 Brad Pitt skips film premiere to focus on 'family situation' (1.02/5) A producer says "we all respect his privacy" as Brad Pitt skipped his first public appearance after last week's split with Angelina Jolie Pitt. He didn't attend the premiere of Terrence Malick's new documentary Wednesday night as scheduled.

Pitt, who narrates "Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience," said in a statement Wednesday that he's grateful to have been part of the project, but is "currently focused on my family situation and don't want to distract attention away from this extraordinary film. "

Producer Sophokles Tasioulis said outside the California Science Center IMAX Theatre that he understood Pitt's absence. "Right now, he's in a very difficult situation personally. And we want people to come here for the movie, not for what is going on behind the scenes in Brad's personal life," Tasioulis said. "So I think it was a good decision by him. And we all respect his privacy. "

Pitt is also credited as producer on the film. Malick directed him in the Oscar-nominated 2011 family drama "Tree of Life" and producer Sarah Green said the two are "great friends. " Tasioulis said producers had not been in direct contact with Pitt for more than two weeks.

"We last spoke to him when he was still in France. Because the 90-minute (version of "Voyage of Time") premiered in Venice, so it was like a one hour hop over from the south of France to Venice. (We asked) whether he would like to come or not," Tasioulis said. "And he wanted to focus on his family. So he didn't come there as well. "

Pitt has yet to file a response in the divorce case. Jolie Pitt cited irreconcilable differences in her Sept. 20 filing to end their two-year marriage, and she is seeking sole custody of the couple's six children.

The FBI says it's continuing to evaluate whether to investigate Pitt's reported involvement in a fight aboard a private jet carrying his family on Sept. 14. The incident led to allegations that Pitt was abusive to his 15-year-old son, and several media outlets have also reported the actor is under investigation by a child welfare agency.

The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services will not say whether it is investigating the incident.

Jolie Pitt's divorce filing lists the day after the flight as when the couple separated. Her lawyer said the actress decided to divorce "for the health of the family. "

Pitt's next film after "Voyage of Time" is Robert Zemeckis' World War II drama "Allied," set for release in November.

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20 /88 Amitabh Bachchan: Has this Bollywood icon become India's number one feminist? (1.02/5) Amitabh Bachchan: India's 'angry young man'

"Pink" is a gripping courtroom thriller in which Bachchan plays a lawyer representing three young women who are the victims of unwanted sexual advances. In a highly charged scene, Bachchan questions his client about the incident. "What did you say? " he thunders. She replies: "I said no. "

No means no, the lawyer repeats in the courtroom. Those three words are resonating across India, a country that's trying to fight rampant sexual violence against women. Bachchan says he stands by all the dialogue in the film.

"No is an entire sentence in itself," he says. "No means no and when somebody says it you need to stop. And the woman could be your friend, your partner, your girlfriend, or a sex worker, or even if it's your own wife," he tells CNN.

India rallies behind Bachchan's message

The message has struck a chord with the Indian public. Social media is full of stories of people leaving the cinema halls feeling empowered.

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"Tears still rolling down. So moved. Such a powerful film," tweeted the Bollywood singer Shreya Ghoshal.

Even the men aren't holding back. "Congratulations on creating such powerful cinema," tweeted the cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. "What a fantastic film and an even more important message. "

The film mirrors several uncomfortable truths in Indian society -- the pressure women face for the clothes they wear, for the time they come home at night, and for being independent. "'What will people say?' Is a feeling every Indian girl grows up with," says Bachchan.

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Bachchan's letter to his granddaughters

Bachchan recently wrote a letter to his granddaughters that was the subject of much debate in India. It was an open letter to all young women in India, with the basic message that young girls should have the confidence to be themselves.

He urges them not to let others dictate their lives for them. "Because you are women people will force their thinking on you, their boundaries on you. They will tell you how to dress, how to behave, who you can meet and where you can go. Don't live in the shadows of people's judgement. Make your own choices in the light of your own wisdom. "

In our interview Bachchan said he strongly supported pay parity - even if he was making less than his female co-stars. Bachchan admitted that he was paid less than his co-star Deepika Padukone in the movie "Piku" since she was the lead character -- a bold revelation from the man who is idolised by a nation of a billion people.

As with many Bollywood films, "Pink" ends with justice being delivered - victory. Will it create real change in India? Perhaps that is an ambitious goal.

But it is shining a light on a pressing issue. It's engaging the country. It's creating a conversation around 'no means no'. And for a country that has been in the news for many a gruesome rape story, that's a big win.

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21 /88 No statewide standard for operating police body cameras - Story (1.02/5) Posted: Sep 28 2016 05:24PM EDT

Updated: Sep 29 2016 12:44AM EDT

They are popular and very necessary. That is what police chiefs across Georgia are saying about the body camera program.

DUNWOODY, Ga. - They are popular and very necessary. That is what police chiefs across Georgia are saying about the body camera program.

Agencies large and small are purchasing the recording devices.

Most departments are depending on their officers to operate the cameras manually -- switching them on when they are about to have an interaction with a citizen.

In other cases, they can be activated electronically by a trigger, such as each time the officer leaves his cruiser, the camera comes on.

Dunwoody chief Billy Grogan says there's nothing wrong with the inconsistency regarding how the cameras are turned on. He says varying departments have different needs.

The important thing, he says, is that the equipment be used accurately and honestly by the officer. He says police managers make sure of that by periodically conducting an audit of each camera in the field.

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22 /88 Military, Vets Ask Obama Hard Questions at Town Hall (1.02/5) The commander in chief faced sometimes tough questions at a CNN town hall at Fort Lee in Virginia on Wednesday, with current and past members of the military.

A chaplain in the West Virginia Air National Guard noted "a substantial increase in terror attacks around the world" and in the United States since Obama took office in 2009.

"Sir, my question to you, are we doing anything now greater to combat islamic jihadists? " he asked.

Obama said the number of terrorist incidents has not increased, but there have been some high-profile attacks, "mostly in the Middle East" and in Europe.

The emergence of the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) has underscored that fact, he said.

The mother of a 19-year-old killed in Baghdad in 2007 asked Obama, "Why do you still refuse to use the term 'Islamic terrorism'?

Obama said while terrorists do claim to be killing in the name of Islam, using the term would serve to legitimize their claims while also lumping in the billion Muslims around the world who are peaceful.

"What I learned from listening to some of these Muslim families, both in the United States and overseas, is that when you start calling these organizations Islamic terrorists, the way it is heard, the way it is received by our friends and allies around the world is that somehow Islam is terroristic," he said, "And that then makes them feel as if they're under attack. In some cases, it makes it harder for us to get their cooperation in fighting terrorism. "

A female officer questioned the expanding roles of women in combat. She quoted statistics about women in combat, saying they perform worse in combat and suffer more injuries.

"Why were these tangible negative consequences disregarded? " she asked.

Obama said much talent has been gained by opening up more roles to women, and it was not done strictly for political correctness. A mortuary affairs officer asked about NFL players who are refusing to stand for the national anthem.

Obama said "Part of what makes this country special is that we respect people's rights to have a different opinion. "

One woman told Obama her husband waited for a year for a medical appointment with Veteran's Affairs, and when he finally saw a doctor hew was misdiagnosed, and his cancer was not treated.

Obama said his heart went out to her, and he had increased the VA budget by 85 percent during his time in the White House. But more remains to be done, he added.

President Obama town hall: 'The role has changed' f or nation's military upi.com

2016-09-28 23:07 Greg Richter www.newsmax.com

23 /88 Poe’s panel wraps up FOI hearings, sees passage before year ends (1.00/5) After conducting two hearings, the Senate committee on public information and mass media chaired by Senator Grace Poe concluded on Thursday its public hearings on the Freedom of Information bill.

“As I have mentioned in my opening remarks, we have already unanimously passed the FOI bill in the last Congress in record time. I think that we will be able to immediately come up with a committee report and sponsor this soon,” Poe said before adjourning the second hearing of the committee.

The committee held its first hearing last September 19.

READ: Senate begins FOI hearings; Poe cites reasons why it should be passed

“With this, I think it is safe to say that this should be our final public hearing for the Freedom of Information before we submit our recommendation to the plenary. This hearing is happily adjourned,” said Poe.

The senator said she hopes to pass the bill at the Senate before the year ends. “Sa tingin ko maisusumite na natin dahil sa tingin ko naman hindi malalayo ito doon sa bersyon na naipasa na sa Senado kaya ako’y umaasa na ito’y mapapasa bago matapos ang taon,” she said in an interview after the hearing.

(I think we will be able to submit it because the version is not far from the one passed in the Senate, that’s why I am hoping that this would be passed before the year ends.)

The same measure was passed by the Senate during the 16th Congress but not in the House of Representatives. CDG

READ: FOI is for the people, not just the press–Poe

FOI is f or the people, not just the press–Poe newsinfo.inquirer.net

2016-09-29 01:10 Maila Ager newsinfo.inquirer.net

24 /88 Poland - Factors to Watch Sept 29 (0.01/5) Sept 29 (Reuters) - Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch that may affect Poland's financial markets on Thursday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): GOVERNMENT Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo sacked her finance minister on Wednesday and gave the job to the influential economy minister, saying a reshuffle was needed to make a wide-reaching economic stimulus plan more effective. PLAY Mostly private equity funds were invited to participate in the auction to buy Polish mobile operator P4 which operates under the Play brand, Rzeczpospolita daily said, quoting unnamed sources. The initial bids in a deal valued at 2 billion euros ($2.25 billion), are expected within days, the paper said. Separately, Parkiet daily said that five PE funds are expected to submit initial offers. INVESTMENTS Poland's Deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told Rzeczpospolita daily in an interview that a dozen big international financial institutions see moving some of their business segments to Poland as reasonable. AZOTY Poland's state-run chemicals group Azoty plans to launch graphene production, Gazeta Polska Codziennie daily said, quoting the company's chief executive officer. ZE PAK Poland's private coal and energy group ZE PAK said late on Wednesday that it will not take a decision this year regarding the 650-million zlotys investment in a gas-fuelled 120-MW power plant in Konin due to unfavourable market conditions. ENERGA Bondholders at Poland's state-run utility Energa resume their meeting on Thursday. Earlier this year local media said that the company may start talks with its debtholders over its debt covenants. ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish media and does not vouch for their accuracy.**** For other related news, double click on: Polish equities E. Europe equities Polish money Polish debt Eastern Europe All emerging markets Hot stocks Stock markets Market debt news Forex news For real-time index quotes, double click on: Warsaw WIG20 Budapest BUX Prague PX ($1 = 0.8909 euros) (Editing by Adrian Croft) Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Sept 29 dailymail.co.uk

2016-09-29 02:22 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

25 /88 North Carolina gun group raffling AR-15, Clinton photo A North Carolina gun rights group is raffling off an AR- 15, ammunition and a photo of Hillary Clinton that they say is “very popular at the range.”

Grass Roots North Carolina, a political lobbying group, is calling the raffle “ The Hillary Clinton Special .” On the webpage for the raffle, it says “Of course, we won’t tell you what to do with the photo, but when we ran a picture of Hillary on the front of our newsletter, we heard it was very popular at the range.”

A gun rights group is raffling an AR-15 and a photo of Hillary Clinton.

The drawing will be held on Election Day. Money from the raffle will be used to fund candidates campaigns against Democrat state office-holders Roy Cooper, Josh Stein and Deborah Ross.

2016-09-29 04:20 Caroline Linton www.cbsnews.com

26 /88 Meet Didik: shot and orphaned baby orangutan highlights crisis When International Animal Rescue (IAR) staff found Didik, he was emaciated and near death. The 18- month-old orangutan, who had been dumped at a local store in Ketapang, Indonesia, had a bullet in his shoulder and had very likely seen his mother killed by the same people who put it there.

“Our team deals with so many cases like Didik’s in which the baby has ended up as someone’s pet but the true fate of the mother remains unknown,” said Lis Key, Communications Manager for the IAR, adding that “orangutan mothers are very protective of their babies and wouldn’t let go of them without a fight. “

The fact that Didik was found alone almost certainly means his mother is dead, according to the IAR. In the wild orangutans live with their mother for seven to eight years, longer than any other mammal except humans.

Didik was rushed to the orangutan facility where the IAR team spent several weeks focusing on Didik’s recovery from severe malnutrition. Once he was strong enough, the team operated on the young orangutan.

“Fortunately the bullet was lodged close to the surface of the skin so it was a straightforward procedure to remove it,” said IAR vet Ayu Budi Handayani. “No one could call Didik lucky after all he’s been through but certainly he was fortunate to suffer only a fairly superficial wound.”

Didik is now on the road to recovery and the centre hopes to soon introduce him to other baby orangutans in their care. Located in Ketapang, the IAR facility currently houses 106 orangutans, all victims of deforestation.

“With the continuing, relentless destruction of their forest home, orangutans are becoming more and more vulnerable to hunters and increasingly at risk of coming into conflict with humans,” said Key.

This summer, the Bornean orangutan was up-listed by the IUCN Red List to critically endangered, the last step before extinction. No one knows for certain how many Bornean orangutans survive today, but experts estimate the population has dropped from around 288,500 individuals in 1973 to just over 100,000. Moreover, experts believe that around 2,000- 3,000 orangutans are killed in Indonesian Borneo every year. Unfortunately, the Bornean orangutan’s closest relative, the Sumatran orangutan, is also categorised as critically endangered.

The island of Borneo – split between Indonesia , Malaysia and Brunei – has undergone drastic change in the last few decades. Industrialized logging came to the island in the 1970s, decimating ancient rainforests. Then came palm oil: over the last few decades large swathes of the island have been planted with vast oil palm plantations.

Since the 1970s, Borneo has lost around 40% of its forests in total. Indonesia deforestation rate is higher than Brazil’s.

The destruction of much of Borneo’s forests has pushed orangutan populations into increasing contact with humans, frequently leading to conflict. Orangutans, many of which have lost their food resources, are forced into palm oil plantations where they are viewed as pests and often shot. Orangutans can be destructive to the young palms, but the exotic palm fruit is also not enough to sustain a great ape which in the wild consumes hundreds of different types of fruit. Orangutans are often found stuck in plantations slowly succumbing to starvation and dehydration.

Whether-or-not Didik was a victim of the palm oil industry or simply caught by poachers in a forest remains unknown. But as the orangutan crisis goes on, year-after-year, facilities like IAR’s are filling up with orphans and injured adults.

“Sadly there has been no let up in the number of young orangutans coming into our rehabilitation centre and, should there be more fires in Indonesia in the near future, our team could be kept busy once more in the months ahead,” said Key. Last year, large areas of Indonesian Borneo burned. Farmers and plantations often set fire to clear vegetation in Indonesia. But 2015 turned into a conflagration. Experts estimate that the country lost 2.1 million hectares, much of it rainforest and peat forest, to the fires.

Dry conditions, likely exacerbated by climate change and El Niño, worsened the crisis and covered much of the country in a yellow, toxic pall. Recently scientists estimated that this haze – which spread to Malaysia and Singapore as well – may have led to 100,000 early deaths in the region.

No one has tried to estimate how many orangutans – or other animals – may have perished. The island, more than twice as large as Britain – is home to thousands of other species found no-where else including pygmy elephants, proboscis monkeys, the Bornean bristlehead and a nearly extinct subspecies of the Sumatran rhino.

Indonesia is working hard this year to crackdown on any burning and not allow a repeat of last year.

As for Didik, he’s been lucky – at least considering what has happened to thousands of orangutans on Borneo. Still, Karmele Llano Sanchez, Programme Director of IAR Indonesia, said Didik continues to suffer from psychological impacts.

“For an animal like an orangutan, witnessing the death of its mother is a profoundly shocking experience. That is undoubtedly why Didik looks so sad and depressed. It will take a long time for him to recover from the terrible trauma he has been through and start to take an interest in his surroundings.”

Key said there is still hope that one day Didik will leave the centre and return to his forest home. “We are very optimistic that he, like the many babies in our care, will have the chance to live back in the wild as nature intended,” she said. “They just need time and patience to help them develop all the behaviours and skills of wild orangutans.”

The main difficulty in freeing captive orangutans back into the wild, however, is finding enough suitable forest to re-release hundreds of orphans.

2016-09-29 03:52 Jeremy Hance www.theguardian.com

27 /88 Early votes: High interest buoys Clinton in key states More people are seeking or casting early ballots in the critical states of North Carolina and Florida than at this point in 2012, with Hillary Clinton the likely benefactor, as early voting shows signs of surging nationwide.

Clinton may also benefit from an increase in ballot requests in Georgia, a traditionally Republican state where Democrats have made inroads. But Donald Trump is showing signs of strength in Iowa and parts of Maine, states won by Barack Obama in the last two presidential elections. The latest snapshot of ballot data offers a glimpse into a key question: How much of a vote advantage can Clinton run up before Nov. 8, when more Republicans tend to vote? Traditionally Republicans have done better initially with early mail-in ballots, before Democrats surpass them once in-person early voting begins. While the ballot sample to date remains small, Clinton so far is hitting guideposts in several battleground states compared to 2008 and 2012.

Though preliminary, data compiled by The Associated Press suggest that advance voting could reach 40 percent of all votes cast nationally — up from 35 percent in 2012. It may also indicate a higher overall turnout in an election that has generated enormous public interest despite — or because of — the unpopularity of both major party candidates.

In Ohio, nearly 806,000 voters had submitted absentee ballot applications. That's up from nearly 723,000 during a similar period in 2012, when a record 1.87 million early ballots ultimately were cast by mail and in person.

In Greensboro, North Carolina, Brandon Starkes, 28, cited the state's unsuccessful bid to impose a voter ID law in his decision to vote early. The law was struck down as racially discriminatory.

"I want to make sure I don't have to deal with issues at the polls on Election Day," he said. Starkes plans to vote for Clinton.

In-person early voting begins Thursday in Iowa, while Florida, Arizona and New Hampshire mail out ballots beginning early next month.

In North Carolina, a must-win state for Trump, more than 69,150 ballots have been requested and 8,541 have been returned, according to AP data. That's up from 8,326 ballots returned during a similar period in 2012.

By party, Democrats made up 40 percent of the ballots returned compared to 35 percent for Republicans. At this point in 2012, Republicans had opened a wide lead over Democrats in returned ballots, 49 percent to 32 percent, leading to Mitt Romney's narrow win that state. While Romney was boosted by older whites who voted early by mail, white voters so far have been down this year, to 82 percent from 86 percent of submitted ballots. Black voters, more likely to cast ballots in person, were higher at 12 percent.

"Voters appear to be listening and changing behavior in reaction to changes in laws," said Michael McDonald, a University of Florida professor who runs the U. S. Election Project.

Florida doesn't start absentee balloting until Tuesday, but already a record 2.5 million voters have requested ballots. Republicans are ahead in ballot requests, 43 percent to 38 percent.

That's a much narrower gap than in 2008, the most recent in which comparable data was available. At that time, the Republicans held a solid lead in requests, 51 percent to 32 percent, according to data analyzed for the AP by Catalist, a Democratic firm that helped run data operations for Obama's 2008 race. Obama won the state by 2.8 percentage points.

The 2016 improvement can't be wholly attributed to fresh Democratic enthusiasm. A change in Florida's laws meant that voters in 2014 who requested absentee ballots could automatically receive them this year. Still, Democrats welcomed early gains, saying it will free them to target more undecided voters.

Elsewhere, Republicans showed promise.

In Iowa, Democratic requests for ballots continued to outpace Republicans, 63,880 to 24,700. Despite the 3 to 1 advantage, that's a drop from 2012, when Democrats at this point led 119,318 to 24,909. Clinton plans to visit the state Thursday, the first day of Iowa's early voting.

"Democrats need to run up the score in Iowa, and so far they are not," said Lindsay Walters, spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee.

In Maine's rural 2nd Congressional District, requests for ballots are down 18 percent, mostly among Democrats. Trump is counting on that district's one electoral vote as part of his narrow path to the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. If he succeeds, he would be the first Republican since 1992 to win the district in the mostly Democratic state. Maine and Nebraska are the only states that allocate electoral votes by congressional district.

In Georgia, the state does not provide breakdowns of ballots by party, but overall ballot requests are up 5 percent to 82,504.

By race, requests for ballots by whites rose to 62,732 while those from blacks were down slightly to 16,937, according to Catalist's analysis for the AP. However, Asian-Americans, who in recent elections have leaned Democratic, nearly doubled to 1,588. Hispanics were lower at 761.

Voter modeling by Catalist found that ballots broken down by party were at similar levels to 2012. Obama lost Georgia that year by roughly 8 percentage points. That means to win the state Clinton will have to make up more ground among African-Americans and Hispanics when in-person early voting begins Oct. 17.

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AP's Election Research and Quality Control Group in New York contributed to this report.

2016-09-29 03:38 By HOPE www.thenewstribune.com

28 /88 WHY IT MATTERS: Russia THE ISSUE: Russia cannot be ignored. Since the end of the Cold War, Russia has never posed such a vexing problem to U. S. policymakers as it does now. From Eastern Europe to the Middle East and increasingly Asia and the Americas, Russia is making its voice heard and its presence felt.

After a brief period of looking inward during much of President Barack Obama's first term, Russia has returned to the international stage with zeal under Vladimir Putin. Russia is militarily involved in Syria, supports separatists in eastern Ukraine and areas of Georgia and has even been accused of trying to meddle in the U. S. presidential race. At the same time, the Obama administration has been forced to accept that working with Russia is probably the only way to achieve results on many complicated international issues. Thus, Russia was central in the Iran nuclear negotiations and is a player as well as negotiator in the Syria truce effort. ---

WHERE THEY STAND

Republican Donald Trump advocates improved relations with Russia — "Wouldn't it be nice if we actually got along with Russia? " has been a standard line in his campaign speeches — and has been strikingly complimentary of Putin's strong leadership style, contrasting it favorably with that of Obama. Some of Trump's current and former top advisers have been criticized for being too close to Putin, and Democrats have accused the businessman of pandering for Russian praise. Trump, however, is not the first politician to champion better U. S. ties with Russia.

In fact, one of Hillary Clinton's first initiatives as secretary of state in 2009 was to "reset" relations with Moscow, an effort that produced decidedly mixed results.

The "reset" policy had some successes while Putin was taking a break from the Russian presidency. On Putin's return, though, the reset began to unwind and Russia started to take positions directly opposed to the U. S., notably in support of President Bashar Assad in Syria and then in Ukraine. Clinton has had direct negotiating experience with Putin and his aides and that has left her wary of cooperating with Moscow. Her campaign says she will "stand up to Vladimir Putin," "deter Russian aggression in Europe" and "increase the costs to Putin for his actions. "

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WHY IT MATTERS

Relations between the former Cold War foes — the owners of the most nuclear weapons on Earth — are arguably some of the most important to leaders in both the White House and Kremlin. Animosity or cordial friendship can bring profound changes in international affairs and the next president will have to engage or confront Russia on a variety of matters, not least of which are allegations that Russia may have been behind the hacks of Democratic National Committee emails.

The conflicts in Syria and Eastern Ukraine will not end without Russian buy-in, and Russia will have to be involved in any new effort to bring North Korea back to denuclearization talks. In the meantime, Russia is a driving force behind the co-called BRICS group of nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — that sees itself as a balance to the U. S. superpower and may also present problems for the U. S.

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This story is part of AP's "Why It Matters" series, which will examine three dozen issues at stake in the presidential election between now and Election Day. You can find them at: http://apne.ws/2bBG85a

EDITOR'S NOTE - One in an AP series examining issues at stake in the presidential election and how they affect people.

2016-09-29 03:38 By MATTHEW www.thenewstribune.com

29 /88 SC shootings: Suspect allegedly made call before opening fire It was 1:44 p.m. local time. His grandparents could barely hear the 1 4-year-old because of his crying , CNN affiliate WYFF reported. So they headed next door, where he lived, to check on him.

But instead of the teen, the grandparents found the body of their son -- his father. Their grandson was nowhere to be found, according to the affiliate.

At about 1:45 p.m., a teacher called 911 to report a shooting at the playground behind nearby Townville Elementary School.

What happened?

The teen allegedly drove a Dodge Ram onto school property and jumped a fence to access the playground, according to CNN affiliate WNHS. It said he never entered the school.

By the time the gunfire stopped, he'd wounded two students and a teacher, authorities say.

The teen, who was not identified because he is a minor, was taken down by a volunteer firefighter and detained by deputies.

3 wounded, father dead

The father, who was identified as Jeffrey Osborne, 47, suffered gunshot wounds, Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore said.

Away from the home, at the elementary school 2 miles away, one male student was critically injured with a gunshot to the leg and another boy was struck in the foot. A female teacher was wounded in the shoulder, sheriff's Capt. Garland Major said.

The teacher and one student were treated at a local health center and released Wednesday evening, hospital spokesman Ross Norton told CNN. A third victim was transported to a hospital in critical condition, officials said.

'There was a bunch of kids crying'.

The boy started firing after getting out of his vehicle, Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said. It appeared he was headed toward the school, but teachers locked doors to prevent him from getting in, police said.

Jamie Meredith, the mother of a student at the school, told WYFF that her daughter and classmates hid in a bathroom.

"I don't know how they knew to go in the bathroom, but I know her teacher was shaken up. I know all the kids were scared. There was a bunch of kids crying. She didn't talk for about five minutes when I got her. "

It is unclear whether the alleged shooter knew any of the school victims. While his motive is unclear, terrorism has been ruled out, authorities say. CNN has not determined whether the suspect has an attorney.

Veteran firefighter helped save lives

School nurses and emergency responders saved the life of the boy who was shot in the leg, said Scott Stoller, the director of EMS in Anderson County.

"Training, proper equipment is absolutely critical and without their early intervention the outcome would have been very different," he said.

One of the people credited with saving lives is firefighter Jamie Brock, who declined to talk to the media. The 30-year veteran volunteer firefighter, who was not armed, took down the suspect on the playground, the affiliate reported.

Active shooter training

The school has no video cameras, according to Joanne Avery, superintendent for Anderson County District 4. She told WYFF that the staff has had a lot of active shooter training, which came in handy during the incident.

"We are heartbroken about this senseless act of violence," Avery said

Townville Elementary has canceled classes for the rest of the week, and is providing counseling services.

The school is southwest of Greenville -- near the Georgia line -- and has about 280 students and 30 school employees, according to its website.

2016-09-29 03:24 Faith Karimi www.cnn.com

30 /88 Cellphones spill into Yellowstone's wilds despite park plan Adventure seekers encounter untamed wilderness when they enter the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park. Howling wolves. Deadly grizzly bears. Steam-spewing geysers as seen nowhere else on earth.

A refuge from ringing cellphones? Not so much anymore.

In the popularity contest between Yellowstone's natural wonders and on-demand phone service, park administrators appear to have lost ground on a 2009 pledge to minimize cell phone access in backcountry areas.

Signal coverage maps for two of Yellowstone's five cellphone towers show calls can now be received in large swaths of Yellowstone's interior, such as the picturesque Lamar Valley and other areas until just recently out of reach. The maps were obtained by a Washington, DC-based advocacy group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which has for years fought against new telecommunications infrastructure in the first national park in the U. S.

"The ability to disconnect, the serenity value of that, is a park resource that they've given away without a thought," said Jeff Ruch, PEER's executive director. "They have ceded the telecommunications programs to the companies. "

Yellowstone technology chief Bret De Young acknowledged the occurrence of "spillover" cellphone signals into backcountry areas, but suggested the coverage maps — released by the park to Ruch's group under a public records request — exaggerated the quality of coverage in parts of the park.

In 2009, Yellowstone issued a wireless and telecommunications management plan that said cellphone coverage "would not be promoted or available along park roads outside developed areas, or promoted or available in any of the backcountry. "

"No cell phone service will be allowed in the vast majority of Yellowstone," park officials said in a statement issued when the plan was adopted.

De Young said while it is not the intent to cover backcountry areas, the park is taking steps to limit cell service as much as possible to developed areas. That's being done with the installation of more modern antennas that can direct signals more precisely.

Two of the park's five cellphone towers now use those antennas, and De Young said a third is due to be converted this fall.

"This will allow the service providers to keep up with new phone technology while limiting unintentional coverage areas," De Young said. The park service "will continue to limit cellular service to developed areas to the extent possible," he said.

Legislation introduced last week in the U. S. House seeks to encourage even greater cellular and broadband coverage within national parks and other public lands.

The measure from California U. S. Rep. Jared Huffman is known as the Public Lands Telecommunications Act.

It would impose rental fees on telecommunications companies with cell towers or other infrastructure on public lands. Money raised would be used by the U. S. Interior and Agriculture Departments to obtain additional communication sites and take other steps to foster greater coverage.

2016-09-29 03:14 By MATTHEW www.thenewstribune.com

31 /88 Majority of Americans think Hillary Clinton won first debate as she rise in polls A majority of Americans say Democrat Hillary Clinton won Monday night's presidential debate, but her performance doesn't appear to have immediately boosted her support among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll released on Wednesday.

The online poll, which gathered responses from more than 2,000 people on Tuesday, found 56 percent of American adults felt that Clinton did a better job than Trump in the first of their three televised debates, compared with 26 percent who felt that Trump did better. Of those who thought Clinton emerged the victor, 85 percent were Democrats and 22 percent were Republicans.

Mrs Clinton has also seen her support rise three points in polls conducted after the debate.

U. S. presidential debates have historically been seen as a crucial test of candidates' poise and policies. Monday's was watched by a record 84 million viewers and was billed as a rare prime-time opportunity for two unpopular candidates to convince millions of undecided voters to back them.

Afterward, both candidates claimed victory.

""Every single online poll had me winning," Trump said at a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa on Wednesday. "You sit back and you hear how well she did in the debate. I don't think she did well at all. "

Clinton campaign spokesman Jesse Ferguson said the Democrat clearly won the debate as Trump "was unprepared, became unhinged and was incoherent throughout. "

Among those who are expected to take part in the Nov. 8 general election, 34 percent said they felt that the debate changed their view of Clinton in a positive way, compared with 19 percent who said the same of Trump.

DELAYED REACTION

Some 31 percent of likely voters said the debate improved Clinton's chances of winning the White House, while 16 percent said the debate benefited Trump.

Even so, Clinton's performance seemed to have little impact on her support among America's likely voters. The poll showed 42 percent supported Clinton while 38 percent supported Trump. Over the past few weeks Clinton has maintained a lead of between 4 and 6 points over Trump.

Narrowing the focus to likely voters who watched the debate, Clinton led Trump 44 percent to 39 percent.

One possible reason for the lack of movement in her support is that it usually takes several days to measure the full impact of a single event, like a debate, said Donald Green, a political scientist at Columbia University.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll is conducted every day in English in all 50 states. Monday's sample of 2,036 American adults included 1,336 people who were considered to be likely voters from their voting record, registration status and stated intention to vote in the election. Among those likely voters, 1,026 said they watched some portion of the debate on live TV, online or in media clips that were circulated after the debate.

The poll has a credibility interval, a measure of accuracy, of 3 percentage points for the entire sample and the sample of likely voters. It has a credibility interval of 4 percentage points for the likely voters who watched the debate.

National opinion polls have differed this year in how they measure support for Clinton and Trump. Some polls, like Reuters/Ipsos, try to include only likely voters, while others include all registered voters. The Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll gathers responses every day and reports results twice a week, so it often detects trends in sentiment before most other polls.

Polling aggregators, which calculate averages of major polls, have shown that Clinton's lead over Trump has been shrinking this month to about 2 percentage points.

2016-09-29 02:55 www.independent.ie

32 /88 EXCLUSIVE: Islamic group blast leader for speaking publicly about his desire for a second wife - but at the same time claim that polygamy 'is a NON ISSUE' An Australian Muslim leader is under fire from one of the most senior members of his own organisation - after he confessed to wooing women with 'love poetry' in an attempt to marry a second wife.

Keysar Trad, the president of the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils (AFIC), this week spoke about his longing for another bride. He is searching for a second bride with the blessing of his wife of 30 years and mother of his nine children.

But AFIC's Treasurer has gone public with his 'disappointment' in Mr Trad, saying the longtime Islamic community spokesman is doing a 'disservice' to the Muslim community by speaking about the issue.

'We're facing some grave issues... and to go out and speak about polygamy and love poetry is just a disservice to the role of leadership,' said Ali Kadri.

Mr Kadri, who is also the president of the Islamic Council of Queensland, said he had spoken to others who felt similarly.

'They are of the same opinion that unfortunately Keysar should be talking about other issues while he's chosen to speak about something which is a non-issue as far as AFIC is concerned'.

Pointing to Daily Mail Australia's story where Mr Trad opened up about his love poetry, he said he should refrain from speaking about the topic as president of AFIC.

'His story about love and talking to women about his poetry - and sending poetry to women he's not married to - I think it's just his personal life.

'It shouldn't be brought out in public as the president of AFIC. He can do whatever he wants in his personal life.

'But as a president of AFIC it's unsuitable, it does a disservice to the organisation and the Muslim community and I'd say the wider community as well.'

He said Mr Trad should be speaking about issues like rising Islamophobia and social division.

He pointed to the recent Essential Research poll which showed 49 per cent of Australians now oppose Islamic immigration.

'We are basically fighting for the existence of multiculturalism in this country,' Mr Kadri said.

'I think that is much more important that talking about polygamy or second wife or his love affairs'.

He said 'a large section of the Muslim community' was disappointed Mr Trad had chosen to talk about polygamy.

However, he said Mr Trad had 'potential' if he used his authority wisely.

Responding to the claims, Mr Trad - who is currently in Malaysia on a work trip - fired back that he was responding to the issue after the media had raised it.

'I addressed the issue openly and honestly as my religion requires me to do - to be honest and to be open.

'I made it very clear Islam puts strict limitations on this issue and I was talking about personal experience.

'And I made it very clear I'm not seeking any changes to the law - I was merely addressing the issue honestly and as required by the religion'.

He said he wasn't talking about the issue as a 'representation of the organisation' and said he was discussing the issue because it had become a matter of public interest.

'It would be a disservice to Islam and society not to speak honestly about an issue which impacts on the lives of people which has become public interest.'

Mr Trad said Mr Kadri was entitled to his opinion.

Both men - each long-time community spokesman - were appointed to their roles in the organisation this year.

2016-09-29 02:53 Daniel Piotrowski www.dailymail.co.uk

33 /88 TI Fluid Systems to raise 600 mln euros in London debut Sept 29 (Reuters) - Automotive firm TI Fluid Systems said on Thursday it would raise about 600 million euros ($673 million) in an initial public offering of its stock on the London Stock Exchange. TI Fluid, whose first contract was in 1922 supplying fuel lines for the iconic Ford Model T, did not clarify how many shares it would sell, or their expected price. The company said the offer would include a partial sale of shares held by funds advised by Bain Capital Private Equity, LP, members of the management team and other individual shareholders. TI Fluid reported revenue of 3.1 billion euros in 2015. Deutsche Bank AG, Goldman Sachs International, J. P. Morgan Securities and Citigroup are acting as joint bookrunner. ($1 = 0.8909 euros) (Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Sunil Nair)

2016-09-29 02:46 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

34 /88 Joey Essex is a lucky man! Made in Chelsea's Stephanie Pratt displays her trim figure as she stars in a sultry fashion campaign She's come a long way from her partying days on The Hills and as she lands a new fashion campaign, Stephanie Pratt proves that her career is stronger than ever. The Made in Chelsea star, 30, showcases her trim new figure as she smoulders in the style shoot. Wearing an array of flattering dresses and colourful midi skirts, Stephanie works the camera like a pro in the Sistaglam campaign. Stephanie follows in the footsteps of Mark and Jessica Wright's sister, Natalya, who also lent her good looks to the campaign. Joining panelist Gino D'Campo's team for this week's episode, Stephanie was immediately quizzed on her relationship with the Educating Joey Essex star, 26, by host Keith Lemon. She said: 'I learn a lot from him. It’s amazing. It gets quite international… don’t get me wrong, I love where I live but I’ve never met anyone like him before. I think it says a lot about the Essex boys compared to the Chelsea boys.' However, the besotted beauty did admit that the fact they had to keep the romance quiet until the series had ended was difficult. She admitted: 'We had to be in hiding for a long time. We couldn’t go public until the show ended.' Continuing on the secrecy, she recalled a time the pair almost found themselves in a rather steamy close call. The blonde revealed: 'We’d just done a girls scene in the bathroom and there were cameras on the wall and we had some down time so I said (to Joey), ‘meet me in the bathroom’. 'So I was in the bathroom waiting, 10 minutes go by and then he doesn’t come, he thought I was kidding.' She continued in relief: 'Anyway thank god, he never came because then I looked up and realised there were cameras. Can you imagine!' The couple were even called into a therapy session with Judi James on the show after their whirlwind romance took off. 'We've called Joey and Steph in because they've only had one date but it's already got very intense very quickly,' the agency explained. However, the reality show lovers have been putting on a defiant united front against the haters, declaring to OK! magazine that their feelings are sincere. The former TOWIE star said: ‘I know it’s genuine, she knows it’s genuine. I trust her, she trusts me. It works and it’s perfect. I don’t care what anyone says or thinks.’ Celebrity Juice airs tonight at 10pm on ITV2

2016-09-29 02:42 Bianca London www.dailymail.co.uk

35 /88 Hello, gorgeous! Eiza González is glamorous in strapless white gown at Variety Latino bash She's been making headlines over her rumoured romance with DJ Calvin Harris. But singer and actress Eiza González was honoured for her career achievements at the London Hotel, Los Angeles on Wednesday. The talented beauty was named one of this year's '10 Latinos To Watch' as designated by Variety Latino. The actress looked glamorous as she attended the Power Of Latino cocktail event in West Hollywood. Eiza was a vision of elegance in a white off-the-shoulder gown that tightened about her svelte physique. has worked both in Spanish in her native Mexico and in English stateside. The actress was photographed in Los Angeles walking on the arm of the 32-year-old DJ, igniting speculation they were an item after his split from Taylor Swift. On September 7, Variety Latino ran an interview with Eiza in which she declined to comment on the rumours whatsoever and insisted: 'I like to keep my private life private.' 'One time I heard Kevin Spacey (her co-star in the aforementioned film [Baby Driver, slated for a 2017 release]) say something that really resonated with me,' said the Caborca native. 'He said, 'If people know way too much about me, then when they see my characters they'll only see Kevin. I want them to see whoever I am interpreting.' So that's what I want to do in my future.' Letting her wavy brown hair fall behind her head, she exposed only the faintest hint of cleavage as she posed on the carpet for photographs. A metallic clutch gleamed in her hand, matching her silver-painted nails. Her white dress flared out in frills mid-calf, allowing a full view of her navy ankle-strap stilettos, which were adorned with black false marigolds. Carlos PenaVega, also among the ten, was the most casual of the attendees, wearing black and white trainers with a grey and navy hoodie. For good measure, did throw a dark green jacket with a bit of sheen over the ensemble. Rather than his wardrobe, the 27-year-old's attention was preoccupied by his wife of two years, Alexa PenaVega, who stood beside him heavily pregnant. Her husband rested a hand on the Spy Kids star's belly as she grinned in a silver dress that accentuated her enhanced cleavage. In the tradition that devised celebrity baby names like Apple Martin and Moon Unit Zappa, the couple have decided to call their impending son Ocean King, a name inspired by the passage from Genesis in which God creates the sea. The iconic Rita Moreno spellbound in zaffre, having arrived to be garlanded with the magazine's Legacy Award. Still slender and sprightly at 84, the Academy Award winner pulled a cream-coloured floral coat over her gown, which she wore with matching high-heeled shoes. Bead drop earrings and an elaborate pendant with a flower- shaped medallion accessorised her outfit, along with a bracelet on one arm, a watch on the other and several rings. Blanca Blanco, though not one of the '10 Latinos To Watch,' wore a showstopping red outfit with a striking sheen. Her cleavage was on full display as she posed, as was much of her enviably toned midriff. The sloping design of her hem allowed for quite the view of her knockout legs, and her hair was wound over her head in a tight, high bun. Other names who did make it on the '10 Latinos To Watch' were Anabelle Acosta, Richard Cabral, Alfonso Herrera, Allen Maldonaldo, Eric Ochoa, Melissa Fumero, Jorge Granier and Alicia Sanz, González fellow actress on From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series. González had been spotted out in West Hollywood earlier on Wednesday. The 26-year-old bared her own enviably flat midriff as she stepped from the pavement onto the street. This month, rumours have flown that she's romantically entangled with Calvin Harris, though she has refused to comment on the matter. As she strolled onto Melrose Avenue, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series actress carried her phone and a cool beverage. Her midnight blue tube top matched a fabric choker. Light blue jeans draped about her impressively svelte legs. She complemented the black belt cinched about her tiny waist with a black purse and a pair of black high-heeled boots.

2016-09-29 02:39 Sameer Suri www.dailymail.co.uk

36 /88 Roxas describes Miriam as ‘sui generis’ Former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas paid tribute to Miriam Defensor-Santiago, who became his rival for the presidency last May, describing the late former Senator as a “one of a kind” public servant who had always been “kind and gracious” to her fellow Ilonggo.

“Maayo nga panglakaton palangga inday Miriam. Sui generis talaga siya, she was always kind and gracious to me. One of a kind [0f] public servant, fiery fighter against the corruption she saw, warm friend and supportive mentor, loving mother and wife,” Roxas said in a Facebook post on Thursday.

“Indeed she lived in life what she often orated on the campaign – Captain of her ship, Master of her soul,” Roxas said.

“We are all diminished by her loss. Adios inday Miriam. Halong pirme.”

READ: Roxas says Miriam best person to judge his capabilities

Roxas also posted photos of him and Santiago during their term at the Senate.

Roxas and Santiago ran for presidency last May but they both lost to President Rodrigo Duterte, then Davao City Mayor. JE/rga

2016-09-29 02:36 Julliane Love newsinfo.inquirer.net

37 /88 Is There A Black Moon Prophecy That Says The End Of The World Will Be... A rare lunar phenomenon, a black moon, will occur on Friday, September 30 , and will be the first one since March 30, 2014. Those who believe that rare celestial events can somehow foreshadow the end of the world are taking to social media

2016-09-29 02:33 system article.wn.com

38 /88 Blackberry: How did we get here? 28 Sep 2016 Last updated during 21:12 BST

Blackberry is to finish prolongation of the handsets and will outsource growth to partners. The BBC’s Chris Foxx takes a demeanour during the rough history.

2016-09-29 00:00 admin headlinenewstoday.net

39 /88 Brexit: Italian PM Matteo Renzi warns UK over EU rights It will be “impossible” for Brexit talks to outcome in a understanding that gives Britons some-more rights than others outward a EU, Italy’s PM has told a BBC.

Matteo Renzi warned that withdrawal a EU would be a “very formidable process” – though a problems could be solved usually after a UK began a exit procedure.

He pronounced a Brexit opinion had been “a bad decision” though had to be respected.

Mr Renzi pronounced he was prepared to work with UK PM Theresa May to build a “best alliance” between a UK and a EU.

Mr Renzi pronounced he had been repelled and saddened by a EU referendum result, though steady Mrs May’s vouch that “Brexit is Brexit”, observant democracy had to be respected.

Asked about either there could be “flexibility” over EU manners on leisure of transformation and entrance to a single-market, he pronounced “I consider this is a really engaging debate, since this discuss will be a discuss about a judgment of manners in a EU.”

But he pronounced that discuss could usually start once a UK had triggered essay 50 – a central procession for it to start withdrawal a EU – and he warned: “It will be unfit to give to British people some-more rights than other people outward a EU.” ‘Best alliance’

“The people of a UK motionless a approach for a future,” Mr Renzi said. “Now a conditions is that we can – and we have to – build a best fondness between a UK and a EU for a destiny since we will be a best friends for a subsequent years. “And during a same time we consider this preference could pull European leaders to deposit in a new approach for Europe.”

Mr Renzi pronounced Brexit discussions would be rubbed by a European Commission – not particular leaders or countries.

However, he combined that he was prepared to work with Mrs May “to support this really formidable process”.

He pronounced questions over a UK’s depart from a EU need to be solved “as shortly as possible”.

Mr Renzi also blamed Brexit on David Cameron, observant a former UK PM had attempted to solve inner problems within a Conservatives by called a EU referendum.

The Italian primary minister, who has called his possess referendum in Italy on either to restructure a country’s parliamentary system, said: “The problem was one problem.

“When David Cameron motionless to use a referendum to solve some inner problems of a Conservative Party, this was a problem. We can't use unfamiliar affairs to solve inner problems.” Analysis

B y Katya Adler, BBC Europe editor

Matteo Renzi was in a hurry.

He’s always in a hurry. One of his nicknames is “frenzied Renzi” and this is a quite bustling week for him.

Here in Rome, Italian TV blustering out from bars and cafes facilities back-to-back unruly studio debates about “Renzi’s Referendum”.

It’s now set for 4 Dec – all partial of a Italian Prime Minister’s reformist expostulate to streamline and, he says, brace Italy’s mercantile and domestic landscape.

Still, notwithstanding a chaotic schedule, he managed to lay and rivet with me in a debate, not usually about his possess domestic fortunes though about Brexit and a possibility he believes it offers to reboot a uneasy European Union.

Italy’s inherent conundrum

Mr Renzi’s comments come as Mrs May has been urged to stamp out feud between a supervision ministers she has allocated to understanding with Britain’s exit from a EU.

Mrs May’s has put David Davis, Brexit Secretary, Liam Fox, International Trade Secretary, and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, in assign of a process.

However, a Institute for Government pronounced her preference risks formulating fragmentation and irrationality about who does what.

The consider tank – that has really tighten links to Whitehall – pronounced a miss of clarity had already caused distractions that had squandered profitable time.

It called for another 500 officials to be hired to understanding with Brexit – during a cost of £65m.

Meanwhile, a conduct of a business organisation representing German attention – a BDI – has called on a British supervision to pursue a “hard Brexit”.

Markus Kerber told a BBC a UK opting to leave a EU and a singular marketplace wholly was a usually picturesque option.

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40 /88 Mum’s dilemma: ‘It can occur to anyone’ Karen, Meagan and Jo (from left to right) met with Bill Shorten to lift what impact a due same-sex matrimony plebiscite would have on their transgender children.

RIGHT now, in homes all over Australia suburban mums are waging an almighty travel fight. One day, someone will substantially make a underline film about it. But for now, they are fighting in schools, courts, medical clinics, sporting clubs and even in a corridors of energy in Canberra.

These are a mothers of transgender children.

The approach they see it, there’s no other choice. The futures of their kids hang in a change and multitude contingency change to accept them.

Meagan is a stay-at-home silent of five. One of those children, 11-year- aged Evie, is transgender.

“The approach a LGBT village is being discriminated opposite and a approach they are treated, there was no approach in ruin we was going to let my child to grow adult and have a same treatment.

“I will do all in my energy to change that now, so when she’s aged adequate she doesn’t have a same jive that they do,” Meagan says.

This doesn’t meant Meagan found it easy to accept Evie was transgender — or disciple for her. She didn’t.

“My father was gender opposite and he killed himself so for me, Evie’s destiny looked unequivocally scary,” she says, “I thought: ‘If we don’t accept her, I’m going to have a passed kid’.”

Gender opposite children who are not upheld by their family and village are during great risk of self-murder and self-harm, as news.com.au has formerly reported.

Meagan and dual other mums of transgender children — Jo and Karyn — final week juggled babysitters, done packaged lunches, got everybody fed and dressed and did a propagandize dump off. Then a 3 mums trafficked into a centre of Melbourne to accommodate with Federal Opposition personality Bill Shorten and his entourage. During a contention a 3 women explained that, in their view, a due same-sex matrimony plebiscite had effectively put their kids in a banishment line of a infamous and relentless open debate.

Jo says a mums told Mr Shorten it’s “unethical” that on a one hand, reputable doctors and psychologists are revelation them their transgender kids are normal. On a other hand, a Government “is appropriation a plebiscite that would concede extremists to tell a children … that they are not normal.”

With nods of agreement from Karyn and Jo, Meagan says: “He unequivocally listened to us.”

Meagan and Scott with their children, including Evie (far left). Source: news.com.au

This isn’t a initial time these mums have brushed with politics and it won’t be a last. In February, Jo, Karyn and Meagan were among a many families who trafficked to Canberra from around a nation to run a domestic leaders to change a law for transgender children requiring second-stage sex hormones.

Don’t be fooled, though. For these mums, this isn’t about politics. It’s about harsh adore for their kids.

“When we see your child ripped detached in a media and their rights being positively stomped on and we know that child can’t mount adult for themselves since they are too young, [and] we will do positively anything to change that,” Jo says.

Emerging investigate out of a United States shows that mothers — a primary carers of many transgender children — are fast forcing governmental change.

Sociology researcher Krysti Ryan from a University of California, Davis, confirms both “love and fear” motivates a mums of transgender children.

“Mothers in my investigate are good wakeful of a dangers their children might face, and they are fiercely committed to creation certain that their child — and others like them — don’t spin statistics,” Ms Ryan says.

Despite a startle and grief a mom might feel during carrying a gender opposite child, Ms Ryan says “one impossibly common response … is to chuck themselves into a work of apropos lay experts in gender diversity.”

Ms Ryan describes a approach these mums are coaxing village acceptance of gender farrago as “compassionate education.”

“Mothers are changing a landscape of gender beliefs and politics in a series of critical ways, including holding on schools, governments and word companies to safeguard that their children are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness.

“This tactic … has good intensity for changing amicable perceptions about gender, and how it matters in a lives,” she says.

Karyn describes this special code of advocacy as “mumsplaining.”

“We are changing a universe for a trans kids one cuppa during a time,” she says.

Yet even armed with information and goodwill, carrying a transgender child can infrequently land we in a wily situation. When Evie was certified to sanatorium with appendicitis in Nov 2015, Meagan was forced to sensitively tell countless particular doctors and nurses: “My daughter is transgender. You might come opposite some masculine genitals, yet Evie is a girl.”

At a same time as diplomatically advocating for her daughter, Meagan was unwavering of not “outing” Evie to a other kids on a ward.

In a past few years, both Karyn and Meagan have been forced to pierce their trans daughters from schools that refused to accept their gender identities.

Meagan says a marginalisation Evie gifted during propagandize final year was a arise adult call.

“It was a trail that led me to be a disciple that we am now,” she says.

Evie always knew she was meant to a lady and has oral publicly about her journey. Source: news.com.au

Despite their initial discomfort, all 3 mums have been in a media spotlight during opposite times over a past 18 months.

Reflecting on her preference to film a story about Evie’s tour for Channel 9 a few months ago, Meagan says a some-more gender farrago is publicly oral about “the some-more manifest it becomes.”

“If we can see a happy small lady using around or swimming in her pool, it only normalises it,” she continues.

Media coverage can be a double-edged sword, though. Earlier this year Jo found herself drawn into a nasty domestic stoush when a children’s book she wrote for her immature son, The Gender Fairy , was used on an choosing flyer constructed by a Australian Christian Lobby.

Even now Jo says she wakes “up each morning not meaningful if there is going to be something terrible about me or my book in a paper and it’s unequivocally stressful.”

When travelling in a automobile with her children, Jo has to be prepared to fast spin a radio off if politicians George Christensen or Cory Bernadi start observant adverse things about transgender children.

“They try and tie me into this outrageous domestic game. I’m only a mum,” Jo says.

She says as mums, it can be intimidating to find themselves adult opposite “right wing politicians or eremite extremists, who are fundamentally carrying a pretension about something they don’t know only since it’s different.”

However, she says that mothers have a singular ability set when it comes to domestic tantrums.

“We have all had undiscerning toddlers. We are unequivocally gifted with this behaviour,” she jokes.

Meagan agrees that being a plain-talking, frank silent in this conditions unequivocally helps.

“I’ve had people contend to me they didn’t trust that anyone could be transgender until they’ve seen a family go by this situation. “I’m an typical mom and a good mother. If it can occur to me, it can occur to anyone,” she says.

From a outside, a ongoing conflict these mums have on their hands seems overwhelming. They are fighting on so many fronts. But maternal adore is a absolute force.

“We contend we’re only like mamma bears safeguarding a cubs. It unequivocally feels like that sometimes, generally when people start aggressive a kids. They are too immature to pronounce for themselves. We are their voices. There’s no one else,” Meagan says.

Ginger Gorman is an endowment winning imitation and radio journalist, and a 2016 TEDx Canberra speaker. Follow her on Twitter @GingerGorman

Speaking on Q and A, Kerryn Phelps wants to see a Safe Schools module for all children. Courtesy: Q and A

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41 /88 Three months on: Life after Brexit for marketers It was a day of mixed feelings at the Institute of Directors Annual conference earlier this week(27 September) where the topic of Brexit was never far from conversation. The morning offered a bleak outlook on business challenges in the coming years, with Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon urging business leaders not to “accept inevitability of a hard Brexit”. The afternoon, however, sought to show that ambition can overcome adversity, with Martha Lane Fox saying that this crisis point should not go to waste.

The contrasting views at the event are somewhat indicative of just how much is at risk for businesses and nations the longer the Brexit uncertainty continues. Three months on from the momentous decision, the government has said little on how it will manage the split, with prime minister Theresa May insisting that it will not give a “running commentary”.

And as uncertainty prevails, consumer’s relationships with brands is being twisted and forcing marketers to be mindful of the the precarious position the UK finds iteslf in.

As a result, business directors have remained cautious in the face of numerous reports claiming that companies could leave Britain in their droves and that the country as a whole is losing its global competitiveness. According to an IoD poll in the aftermath of the result, over a third of the organisations' members said the outcome would cause them to cut investment in their business.

Taking to the conference stage at the Royal Albert Hall, secretary of state Greg Clark remained tight lipped on exit plans but talked about how important it was to “burnish the strengths” of Britain’s businesses to the wider world after suffering embarrassment as a result of the political turmoil which ensued post-vote. “We’ve have enough drama in British politics. I want us to recover our reputation for predictability and reliability,” he said, pointing to the professional services industries – including advertising – as those that “set the global standards.”

And while there has been much speculation, particularly among marketers, about what Brexit means for talent coming in and out of the country Clark promised that the government would “create the conditions to make [Britain] open".

“Don’t accept the inevitability”

However, this was met with fighting talk from Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, an ardent Remain campaigner, who she would work with the prime minister “as constructively as possible” while still protecting the interest of Scotland, which as a whole voted to remain.

“I don’t believe we should accept the inevitability of a hard Brexit,” she said. “We should take a course of action that will deliver the least amount of damage.”

Sturgeon reiterated comments previously made that another Scottish referendum emainsr an option if the approach by Westminster is damaging to the country’s interests.

Wider concerns

But of course Brexit is just one of a myriad of challenges facing both global and local businesses in the coming years. Economist Dr. Dambisa Moyo warned that it is just one of some 20-30 global issues that pose a significant risks to growth, among which is the “very real risk” of the jobless underclass which is emerging as technology advances.

“As much as 47 per cent of the US economy could be disrupted in 20 years. These stats are not new, but from a public policy perspective we need to address that,” she urged.

In emerged during the conference that this is indeed a problem on the mind of most business leaders, who are consequently trying to reengineer how people can work.

'More creative uses of technology will help the UK prosper'

Lastminute.com founder and former government adviser Baroness Martha Lane Fox provided some positivity and said that the country is at a post-Brexit “crisis point” where there is the opportunity to hit the reset button and really think about what it means to be a modern business. Chief executives across the board have only just woken up to the fact that being a business with a social purpose is good for the bottom line, with the likes of Unilever and P&G all trying to show what they do for local communities.

But Lane Fox said that with 12.5 million adults in the UK unable to use the internet to do basic tasks is a huge opportunity for brands to help address this problem, and in turn open up new demographics of people who will engage with them in new channels.

And as for the swathe of businesses that don’t use the internet at all, there is a wider government responsibility to “grab this question, own it and drive forward leadership," she advised.

“If we powered up all the businesses that don’t use the internet and contributed to it in that way – we’d have £76bn to play with. Just think about what that would mean for society,” she said.

2016-09-29 02:22 Jennifer Faull www.thedrum.com

42 /88 Dentsu Aegis opens first R&D centre to build next generation tech Dentsu Aegis has opened its first R&D centre in Singapore, a new operation for the network that will build technology for the next generation of marketing.

The global data innovation centre will be specifically tasked with building tech that answers business problems. It will create new application of technology and act as the global hub for the network’s data scientists and technology talent.

Audrey Kuah, managing director of Dentsu Aegis Network Global Data Innovation Centre, said: “The fourth industrial revolution requires the augmentation of our human expertise with intelligent technology in order to achieve the next level of growth in our industry. As the world of data continues to grow exponentially in the advent of connected devices, IoT, industrialised digitization of the economy and the way people move through digitized networks, Dentsu Aegis Network seeks to develop future forward products that will enable marketers to leapfrog competition, connect more powerfully with their audiences and ultimately to power their business.”

The centre has been created in partnership with the Singapore government, via the Economic Development Board (EDB).

Nick Waters, CEO Dentsu Aegis Network Asia Pacific, said: “Singapore is a competitive global business hub and partnering with EDB gives us a huge strategic advantage. We now have access to the world’s best talent, world-class technology and business infrastructure, and be situated close to the world’s most dynamic markets.”

It’s not the first time the EDB has worked alongside agencies and brands to create innovation hubs in Singapore. Mindshare, for example, set up its five sector-specific ‘FAST’ services (future adaptive specialist team) with support from the EDB.

2016-09-29 02:16 Charlotte Mceleny www.thedrum.com

43 /88 Arctic Is Being Transformed, We're Just Staring To Learn Its Consequences It's the fastest-warming part of the planet -- and the impacts will be felt far, far afield. Among many other assorted impacts, the rapidly melting Arctic is expected to flood shorelines as Greenland...

2016-09-29 02:16 system article.wn.com

44 /88 Lily not seen in 104 years blossom on Sunshine Coast, Queensland An extremely rare flower not seen for over 100 years has blossomed in Queensland. A tiny and 'very delicate' native lily called a Wurmbea biglandulosa was spotted by the team at Coolum Community Native Nursery while exploring the Peregian region on the Sunshine Coast on September 5. The white lily has not been seen in the area since 1912, but is more common in New South Wales. When Nursery Manager Fuschia Collard first saw the flower she didn't realise it was rare, but took a photo because it was 'a little bit different.' After sending the photo to a flora expert and the Queensland Herbarium it was confirmed the find was the rare lily. Upon returning to the area the following weekend Ms Collard found a total of six flowers. 'I was really excited,' she said. 'It's just one of the many benefits of working for a community group.' Ms Collard described the flower as a 'beautiful, delicate and tiny white flower with pink flecks- which distinguish it from other lilies.' She said her team will leave the flowers to grow naturally.

2016-09-29 02:02 Peter Devlin www.dailymail.co.uk

45 /88 Meet Donald Trump's 12-year-old campaign chair: 'I know what I’m doing' – video Weston Imer is the co-chair for Donald Trump’s campaign in Jefferson County, Colorado, and has big plans for the future. ‘I’m headed politically to run for the presidency in 2040,’ he told the Guardian’s Paul Lewis. Weston has been involved in politics since he was very young and can’t imagine a world in which Hillary Clinton is president

2016-09-29 02:00 Tom Silverstone www.theguardian.com

46 /88 Raindance:‘Growing Up Coy’s Eric Juhola on Pre-Teen Transgender Rights LONDON – Eric Juhola came to the Raindajnce Festival with “ Growing Up Coy ,”one of the more timely documentaries in the selection, covering the increasingly explored issue of gender identity (known medically as “gender dysphoria”) from the lesser seen perspective of the civil rights angle. The subject is Coy Mathis, a six- year-old from Colorado Springs who, at the age of four, decided that she wasn’t happy with her birth gender. Initially, Coy’s penchant for female clothing and rejection of stereotypically “male” toys was seen as a phase, but Coy proved so stubborn that her parents were forced to accept that there was much more to it.

Juhola’s film covers this backstory in the run-up to the decision by Kathryn and Jeremy Mathis – who have three other children – to go public with the story after Coy was forbidden to use the girls’ bathroom at school. Which brings us to the timeliness of the documentary – there are currently 12 states in the United States that are suing the U. S. government, after the Obama administration came out in support of trans students’ rights. Though the film is currently playing the festival circuit, Juhola has strategic plans for the film once those bookings have ended.

“We’re not moving onto another project right away,” Juhola says. “We really want to take our time into the world in the right way and give [this film] all our attention and energy. So for the rest of the fall we’ll continue to do festivals around the world, but we also want to do a little bit more fund-raising for a community screening tour. We really want to get the film seen in those 12 states, and not only have screenings but also community conversations afterwards, so that we can really start a dialogue about these issues. I think if we get this film out there in the right way we might be able to change some hearts and minds and affect some laws and policy. That would be best-case scenario.”

How did first get involved with the Mathis family?

I had been in touch with the family’s attorney, who is based in New York, and I had been wanting to make a film about transgender rights for while. This attorney only does civil rights litigation for transgender clients, so we had been talking for years about potential cases that we could make a film about. So when he told me about the Mathis family, they had only just contacted his office about what happened with Coy at school, so that allowed us to get there about six weeks before they went public with the case.

So it was perfect timing?

Yes. And it was actually really good that we started filming before the Mathis family went public, because as soon as they did, they were being contacted by reality television shows, by other documentarians…. Every media from all over the world wanted to tell their story, but because we were there early we were able to have conversations about what our intentions were, what we wanted to do, and so we were able to build up that trust before things got really crazy.

How did you convince them?

It was really just about explaining to them what our intentions were with making a feature-length documentary and how we really wanted to tell their story in a way that was real and honest, with the common goal of educating people about transgender issues. Which, in the long run, hopefully will make the world a better place for people like Coy and their families. Which was different from the news media – they would come and talk to them for an hour on camera, then put together a news piece that night and bring their biases to the reporting.

How long was the process?

I guess we started filming with them in January 2013, and we just finished in May this year, so about three years from start to finish. I think we filmed with them for two and a half years, because for the last six months we were just in the edit room.

Did you ever have second thoughts, because, obviously, there’s a child involved?

I think there was something about [the subject] being a child that was very interesting to us, because it’s impossible when you meet Coy to confuse gender identity with sexuality, because she is so young. When you meet her and spend an hour and a half with her in the film, you can see that this is just a little kid who wants to be like any other little kid, who barely knows what the word “transgender” – or any of these adult labels – means. So that made it interesting for us. But of course we were concerned about the fact that she was six, so we took a lot of precautions while were filming.

What kinds of precautions?

For example, we never put a microphone on Coy. We never asked her questions directly about her gender identity that might make her feel different or singled out. We filmed with her siblings just as much as we filmed with her, even though we didn’t use a lot of that footage, just so the other kids wouldn’t become jealous or feel like it was all about Coy. And the truth is, we really did try to make it a film about the family and not just about Coy.

Were you surprised by the media storm?

It did surprise us. I didn’t know how big this story was going to get. I certainly didn’t think it would get worldwide media attention. And the truth is, the film, in essence, sort of became about the media and the intense scrutiny that it put the family under. In fact, it was the media and the criticism of the parents that really put pressure on their relationship. And it was very uncomfortable, when all that was happening, to film. Our approach was just kind of fly-on-the- wall, and we let events play out as they happened. It was hard to witness the family go through that, but we just had to [accept that] we were there to document the story and ask, “What does it mean when you stand up for your rights in a civil rights case?” And what the film shows is that there are sacrifices that come with that. It’s not all happy and inspirational. When you put yourself out there you become a sacrificial lamb and a poster child.

Did anything surprise you?

When I first flew out there to meet Coy and her family I really did not know what to expect – I had never met anyone at that age who was transgender. And as soon as I walked into the house and started speaking with the Mathis family, Coy came up to me and gave me a big hug. And it just melted away any preconceived notions, and it made me realise what’s was really at stake in this case. Because it’s just a little kid who doesn’t really understand all the fuss that these adults are making, in her life and on the news. In terms of what I learned, I guess I put myself in [Coy’s] shoes, and in her parents’ shoes – which is what I hope everyone else can do when they see the film.

Are you planning to revisit the story at a later date? No, this is all I want to say for now. A lot of people have said that we should keep filming Coy until she goes through puberty, but my feeling is that there are already many documentaries and television shows about transgender kids going through puberty. To me this is a story about a six-year-old and this particular time in her and her family’s life. And if people want to see other stories about transgender kids getting older, then I think there are other resources out there for that. I feel that this is the story I wanted to tell.

2016-09-29 02:00 Damon Wise variety.com

47 /88 Alexa PenaVega shows off her baby bump in shiny polka dot dress with husband Carlos in LA Alexa PenaVega glowed as she paraded her baby bump on the red carpet at a Variety- sponsored event in Los Angeles on Wednesday night. The actress, 28, who found fame in the Spy Kids movies, is expecting her first child with husband Carlos PenaVega, 27. She wore a shiny silver polka dot dress with a v- neckline and a ribbon tied under the bust above her growing belly. Alexa wore a pair of matching shiny heels and proudly cradled her baby bump as she beamed with happiness. She kept her make-up very light and left her long dark blonde hair loose in tumbling curls. Her excited husband also posed for photos with a big grin as he placed a loving hand on his wife's tummy. Their baby is due at the end of November and the ultra-prepared couple have already decided on a name. Revealing they're having a boy, they announced they are naming him Ocean King. Alexa explained in an Instagram post that the choice of name was inspired by their Christian faith. 'God called the dry ground 'land' and the water the 'seas'. And God saw that it was good. That is why we went with Ocean. And he is a son of the one true 'King'. For us it has a beautiful biblical meaning,' she wrote.

2016-09-29 01:55 Rachel Mcgrath www.dailymail.co.uk

48 /88 New streetcar line along historic New Orleans neighborhoods NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ newest streetcar line will open Sunday, carrying riders along the edge of the French Quarter and part of an adjacent neighborhood.

The 1.3-mile route along Rampart Street and St. Claude Avenue also passes historic neighborhoods where French, Spanish, free people of color and former slaves built homes in the 1800s, just outside the original city limits of New Orleans.

It’s the city’s first new streetcar line since 2013 and will extend that downtown line, which connects the Amtrak train and Greyhound bus station, the Superdome and the French Quarter along Loyola Avenue.

It will pass between the French Quarter and Treme (truh-MAY), which has been described as the nation’s oldest black neighborhood — St. Augustine Catholic Church was built there in 1841 for free people of color. The neighborhood was dramatized in the HBO series “Treme” and described in the documentary “Faubourg Treme — The Untold Story of Black New Orleans.”

The line ends where the Faubourg Marigny and the St. Roch neighborhood meet. “The Marigny,” between the Mississippi River and the streetcar line just east of the French Quarter, was developed in 1805 as New Orleans’ second suburb. Just north of that is St. Roch, another antebellum neighborhood of free people of color.

In the 1920s, New Orleans had 225 miles of streetcar lines. Only one of them survived: the route where 93-year-old cars with mahogany seats rumble beneath the huge oaks along St. Charles Avenue. That 13.2-mile line and its streetcars were placed on the list of National Historic Landmarks in 2014.

New Orleans Regional Transit Authority said the Rampart Street line’s opening is among several changes to begin Sunday. Those include adding buses to several routes and doubling the Canal Street streetcar route from a car every 20 minutes to one every 10 minutes. The route runs from the aquarium at the foot of Canal Street to the New Orleans Museum of Art in City Park.

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Online:

St. Augustine Catholic Church: http://www.staugchurch.org/Church-History

Treme: http://www.nola.gov/nola/media/HDLC/Historic/Districts/Treme.pdf

St. Roch: http://www.datacenterresearch.org/pre-katrina/orleans/7/24/snapshot.html

Faubourg Marigny: http://www.faubourgmarigny.org/aboutneighborhood.html

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This story has been corrected to show the neighborhoods were settled in the 1800s, not the 1700s and 1800s.

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2016-09-29 01:53 By Associated mynorthwest.com

49 /88 Shannen Doherty praises husband Kurt Iswarienko for his support in breast cancer battle Shannen Doherty has praised her husband Kurt Iswarienko for the unending support he's provided her as she battles breast cancer. 'Kurt has stood by my side thru sickness and makes me feel more loved now than ever,' the Beverly Hills, 90210 star said in an Instagram post Wednesday. She posted an image from their October 15, 2011 wedding, as part of the viral Love Your Spouse Challenge sweeping the social media site. The Charmed star, who was previously married to actor Ashley Hamilton and poker playing playboy Rick Saloman, continued: 'I would walk any path with this man. Take any bullet for him and slay every dragon to protect him. He is my soul mate. My other half. I am blessed.' She said that her Malibu wedding to Iswarienko 'was exceptional because we committed for better or worse, in sickness or in health to love and cherish one another. 'Those vows have never meant more than they do now,' said Doherty, who has had her loyal spouse at her side as she undergoes chemotherapy in addition to alternative treatments in the health battle of her life. Shannen was also seen out with her mother Rosa in Malibu on Wednesday. The actress wore sporty red tank top and white tennis skirt. She added a dark green head wrap and sunglasses. The vivid sentiments came after Doherty's pal Sarah Michelle Gellar suggested she take part in the viral challenge, as Doherty said the Cruel Intentions star sold her on the merits of 'going thru old photos and the memories and emotions they evoke. 'This morning, I felt that and I'm thankful Sarah challenged us,' the 45-year-old Heathers star said. Shannen was initially diagnosed with breast cancer in February of 2015 and came out publicly with her diagnosis about six months later. The revelation came amid a lawsuit she had filed against her ex-business managers after she said their lapse in renewing her health insurance caused critical delays in receiving the diagnosis. She settled the suit last month. Doherty has shared her journey in detail on her social media: Last month, she revealed that the cancer was spreading despite hopes that a single mastectomy she underwent in May would curb its effect. In addition to the backing she's received from her better half, she's also gotten plenty from Gellar, who in August posted a moving statement about her friendship with her fellow actress. 'I've always said she is one of the most loyal friends I've ever known,' Gellar said, 'and now while she is facing the toughest journey of her life, she is sharing it with friends she has never met in the hopes of helping other people who are going through the same struggle.'

2016-09-29 01:50 Adam S www.dailymail.co.uk

50 /88 South Australia limps back to life as more storms threaten Power was slowly being restored to the state of South Australia on Thursday after "unprecedented" thunderstorms knocked out supply to the entire population.

The blackout caused chaos and widespread damage was reported as authorities warned of more wild weather to come.

State premier Jay Weatherill described the conditions as "unprecedented" and "so extreme that cyclones in Queensland have caused less damage. "Twenty-three transmission towers have been ripped out of the ground by the force of this storm event," he told Sky News.

"We had 80,000 electricity strikes that hit various pieces of electricity infrastructure. "

That led to "massive surges in the frequency in the system and what that did is destabilise the system to the point where... it shut itself down to protect the rest of the network. "

South Australia -- about one and a half times the size of France and with a population of 1.7 million -- lost power Wednesday afternoon after severe thunderstorms struck with destructive wind gusts of up to 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph), torrential rain and large hailstones.

Trees were torn down, roofs ripped out, thousands of homes and business were without power and cars were gridlocked on flooded roads as traffic lights failed.

Mobile phone coverage was also disrupted and the loss of power at pumping stations affected water and sewerage systems, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.

"We now have over 90 percent of power restored to homes," Weatherill said Thursday morning.

However 75,000 homes were still without power and it would take a couple of days to resume services to about 40,000 of them, he added. The other 35,000 were expected to have electricity again later Thursday.

The Bureau of Meteorology termed it a once-in-50-years event but warned of more severe weather and heavy rain as an intense low-pressure system crosses the state Thursday.

Gale-force winds are again predicted to reach speeds of 75 kph and gusts of up to 120 kph with the Eyre peninsula risking gusts up to 140 kph.

Weatherill said there were no reports so far of serious injuries or deaths.

Federal Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg said "serious questions" would be raised about how a major state's entire electricity supply could be knocked out by severe weather.

But Weatherill accused Frydenburg of "playing politics" with a crisis and said it could have happened anywhere.

"This would have happened whatever the system looked like in whatever state had this damage occurred in another place," the premier said.

2016-09-29 01:50 www.digitaljournal.com

51 /88 What to watch out for Both the Audi Q5 and the Land Rover Discovery 5 will be on show at Paris. Large SUVs like these are still big sellers, according to Jürgen Korzer, global account director at research agency Kantar TNS.

"Until (alternative energy fulfils our needs), classic cars and buying behavior will remain the same in most markets. This means that the big SUVs will still be attractive, especially when optimized hybrid versions like the new Q5 and potentially also the Discovery 5 with a much higher share of light-weight constructions are produced that are more environmentally friendly," he told CNBC via email.

BMW will also get in on the action, displaying the new BMW X2 concept car, aiming to capitalize on the compact coupé-SUV niche in the market.

2016-09-29 01:46 Luke Graham www.cnbc.com

52 /88 Alex Meyer makes some progress with delivery in Angels' 8-6 victory over the A's Seeking to recapture his form from earlier this month, Alex Meyer resorted to the earliest captures he could find on the Internet: YouTube.

“Yeah, I literally just hopped on YouTube,” he said. “I was talking to one of the trainers and they wanted to see some old footage, so I thought, ‘Let’s see what we can find on there.’"

There, the 26-year-old found his highlights from his junior season at the University of Kentucky, in 2011. He grew an inch every year of college and worked specifically on staying tall while on the mound, for keeping his arm slot high.

On the video, the Angels' 6-foot-9 right-hander looked different. He knows now that his arm slot dropped as he returned from two months on the disabled list because of shoulder discomfort. So he went to work reverting it.

“You can see my arm slot was a little bit higher, my mechanics were a little bit different, my stride wasn’t quite as long,” he said. “It’s going to be hard to get muscle memory without doing it for so long, but it’s just an adjustment that needs to be made and hopefully build consistency and in the long run hopefully keep me healthy and try to not get so sore. "

Early results are positive. Meyer made his final start of the season Wednesday night in the Angels' 8-6 victory over Oakland and yielded two runs on two doubles and a single in the first inning. He then threw three more scoreless innings, and might have started the fifth inning if not for the Angels’ efforts in the bottom of the fourth, when they sent 14 batters to the plate and scored eight runs. There were four doubles, three singles, two walks, and one Kole Calhoun home run.

Garrett Richards faced hitters for the first time in four months Wednesday afternoon at Angel Stadium. As most of his teammates crowded around to observe, he threw 20 pitches and broke two bats.

“I felt good on the mound,” he said. “The ball is coming out of my hand good. It’s got the same action...

Garrett Richards faced hitters for the first time in four months Wednesday afternoon at Angel Stadium. As most of his teammates crowded around to observe, he threw 20 pitches and broke two bats.

“I felt good on the mound,” he said. “The ball is coming out of my hand good. It’s got the same action...

Meyer logged a 4.57 earned-run average in 21 2/3 innings as an Angel, in five abbreviated starts since his Aug. 1 acquisition. He struck out 24 and walked 13, for him an encouraging beginning.

“It’s just a matter of consistency,” he said. “With that, I literally try to watch it before I go to bed at night, to have that in my mind and try to feel that a little bit. ... It’s just going to take time. I know it’s not going to happen overnight.”

Mike Trout took a 96-mph fastball off his left shoulder in the eighth inning. He was immediately removed from the game, with no diagnosis immediately available. … Left-hander Tyler Skaggs (flexor-pronator strain) is on track to start either Saturday or Sunday. …Right-hander Jered Weaver might or might not start over the weekend after exiting his Monday night start because of back tightness. If he doesn’t, his Angels career could be over.

2016-09-29 01:40 Los Angeles www.latimes.com

53 /88 K-pop star T. O. P. curates #TTTOP, a Sotheby's auction His photos speak widely of a developed interest in art and design -- a quick glance sees T. O. P. (whose real name is Choi Seung Hyun) posing in tribute to a lanky Alberto Giacometti sculpture , lounging in a metallic chair by Ron Arad and palling around with the likes of Takashi Murakami .

RELATED: The world's most expensive art goes to auction: Why records keep being broken More prominent posts of late nod to the star's new project with Sotheby's. Over the past year, he has collaborated with the auction house on #TTTOP , an upcoming sale of Asian and Western contemporary art.

The auction will feature 28 works from renowned artists as well as lesser known, emerging talents.

Yuki Terase, a contemporary Asian art specialist at Sotheby's Hong Kong, describes T. O. P.'s tastes as "eclectic" and identifies "Infantry" by the late American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and a commissioned piece by T. O. P.'s friend, Japanese artist Kohei Nawa , as auction highlights.

"It reflects and represents what young Asian collectors are starting to collect," Terase says. "They don't collect according to categories, culture, or schools of thought, they just collect what appeals to them aesthetically. So, it's very personal. T. O. P. is not bound by any books or series of how the collection should be. "

RELATED: Decoding the thrilling world of digital art

Partnering with a big personality is part of Sotheby's -- one of the world's oldest auction houses -- efforts to draw in a younger demographic through social media. Terase says the #TTTOP auction campaign has already generated more than 13 million impressions online.

In this episode of the Invitation , CNN Style speaks to T. O. P. in Seoul, ahead of the October auction, where a selection of highlights were shown at The Shilla Seoul.

There, amongst some of his favorite artists, T. O. P. reveals his deep appreciation for art.

Sotheby's evening auction #TTTOP will be held Oct 3 in Hong Kong.

2016-09-29 01:39 Stephy Chung rss.cnn.com

54 /88 For 17-0 Mike Lee, it's what's inside that matters If you were watching undefeated light heavyweight and on-the-cusp contender Mike Lee fight for the first time, it would be fair to wonder, initially, what all the fuss is about.

Make no mistake: Lee, born and raised in Wheaton, is 17-0 as a pro and objectively viewed as possessing considerable promise entering his fight Friday against Chris Traietti at the UIC Forum. But if you’re looking for a single star- making skill — Mayweather’s hand speed, Pacquiao’s rapid-fire punching or Klitschko’s wilting power — you won’t find it in Lee. Not on the surface, anyway.

What’s intriguing about Lee — what eventually might make him special — are other aspects that he and trainer Jamaal Abdullah value immensely: intelligence and adaptability.

“Jamal has found a way for me to open my mind up,” Lee said Wednesday during a workout at Franklin Street Gym. “He’s taught me that there’s no rules. You can move how you want. He’s got me mixing it up a little bit, which I like.”

Lee said he and Abdullah lately have studied some of boxing’s most nimble ring generals — champions Vasyl Lomachenko and Guillermo Rigondeaux, for instance — in hopes of picking up tips to refine Lee’s defense and turn his counterpunching into a world-class weapon. Abdullah, who has worked with Lee for only four fights, already senses progress.

“The growth that I see is, we’re not satisfied getting hit,” Abdullah said. “I tell him, ‘A lot of people got heart. But they also take a lot of punishment to get the job done.’ I don’t believe in that.”

Now that the stakes have jumped — the main event is a 10-round bout that will be contested for a minor belt, the IBF-USBA light heavyweight title — Lee, who previously fought as a cruiserweight, said he’s at 175 pounds to stay. He’s also confident the move down will amplify his power without other compromises.

“I have power. I know it,” Lee said. “Everybody I fight tells me I have the hardest punching they’ve ever been hit by. I feel good at 175.”

After making adjustments from amateur boxing to the pros and recovering from a 2013 lost to injuries, Lee indeed seems to be growing into his power. Three of his previous four fights and four of his last six ended in stoppage wins.

But his opponent represents the most dangerous test yet for Lee. Traietti (21-3), of Quincy, Mass., is a gritty fighter with knockout power (17 KOs) who hasn’t lost since 2011, to former world super middleweight title challenger Edwin Rodriguez. And in Traietti’s first fight away from the East Coast, he won’t be alone — a large contingent of family and friends is expected to attend.

“I brought home to me,” Traietti said. “It’s gonna be just like fighting at home, not any different.”

Lee acknowledges the step up — he has fought only four opponents with as many rounds under their belts, and none on Traietti’s level — but he’s embracing the challenge. He’s also excited by the prospect of what amounts to a hometown fight and the thought of helping christen the UIC Forum as a boxing venue.

Will it be a one-night-only affair? A win could begin clearing a short path to a more established boxing hotspot — and a world title shot.

Said Lee: “I’m ready to elevate to that next level.”

Follow me on Twitter @JasonLangendorf.

2016-09-29 01:34 Jason Langendorf chicago.suntimes.com

55 /88 Storm Warning Discontinued For Barbados (Government of Barbados) ( Source : Government of Barbados ) Director of the Department of Emergency Management , Kerry Hinds listens to a question from a member of the media during a press briefing to give an update on Tropical Storm Matthew this evening.

2016-09-29 01:06 system article.wn.com

56 /88 'Our hearts are broken': NCIS showrunner Gary Glasberg dies in his sleep in Los Angeles at age 50 The executive producer of TV's NCIS and creator of NCIS: New Orleans has died. Gary Glasberg died in his sleep Wednesday, CBS said in a statement. He was 50. Glasberg joined NCIS as a producer and writer in 2009 and became its showrunner in 2011. He launched the New Orleans version of the show in 2014. The NCIS cast and crew said in a statement: 'Gary was our rock, our cheerleader, our team captain. 'He inspired us with his leadership, his creative instincts and keen insight. 'NCIS will not be the same without him, and each of us will miss his smiling face and unwavering humor, which lifted us every day.' Former NCIS actor Michael Weatherly, as well as current stars Pauley Perrette and Wilmer Valderrama, tweeted about Glasberg's death on Wednesday. CBS Television Studios President David Stapf said 'We are devastated by the passing of our dear friend and colleague Gary Glasberg. 'He epitomized the word mensch and brought kindness, integrity and class to everything he did. 'His remarkable talent as a writer and producer was only matched by his ability to connect with people. 'Gary was a beloved member of our family and we are so honored that he called CBS his home for so many years. 'Our hearts go out to his wife, Mimi, two sons, his entire family and all those who loved him.' CBS Entertainment President Glenn Geller said in a statement: 'Today is an overwhelmingly sad day for NCIS, CBS and anyone who was blessed to spend time with Gary Glasberg. 'We have lost a cherished friend, gifted creative voice, respected leader and, most memorably, someone whose warmth and kindness was felt by all around him.' Glasberg is survived by his wife, Mimi Schmir, and their two sons, Dash and Eli. He is also survived by his father and sister. A memorial service is planned for next month.

2016-09-29 00:59 Associated Press www.dailymail.co.uk

57 /88 Reece Rebetzke posted about suicide prevention before taking his own life A young man tragically took his own life just weeks after he posted a photo on Facebook trying to raise awareness for suicide and mental health. Reece Rebetzke, from Mackay in Queensland, posted the photo on Facebook on August 22 as part of a viral social media campaign for suicide prevention. The 23-year-old was pictured smiling and making an okay gesture with his hand. 'The single biggest killer of men aged under 45 is suicide! In 2014, 4623 men took their own life. That's 12 men everyday, One man every 2 hours!!! Let's show all men across the world that #itsokaytotalk,' he wrote alongside the photo. But just weeks later, Reece took his own life at home on September 20. He was found by his girlfriend Vanessa Shelley. Reece's aunt Stacey Heath has now spoken out about the family's grief and guilt over the young man's death. They hope that by speaking out about his tragic suicide they can help stop at least one person from 'inflicting this level of pain and hurt' on their families. Ms Heath said she got a call from her hysterical sister just before 11pm on the night of September 20 telling her that Reece was gone. The entire family frantically rushed to his home. She said there was nothing more soul destroying than watching Reece's parents break through the police guard at his front door so they could get to him. 'I witnessed broken grandparents and parents sobbing over their own flesh and blood willing him to wake up. Grown men, tough, strong men who have seen so much in their lifetimes broken and sobbing,' Ms Heath said. She begged those who think others would better off without them to consider who might find them after they take their own life. 'Reece loved his girlfriend, he cherished her, adored her and that's who found him,' she said. 'That's who rang 000, that's who performed CPR until the ambos got there, that's who carries the guilt of what happened. 'That's who was interviewed by the police that night because she was the one that found him. She had to relive every single detail to them through the fog of a fractured heart and soul. 'Even though it was obvious what had happened, there's a process to be followed and its clinical and heartless.' Ms Heath described Reece as having a huge heart and someone who was fiercely loyal. 'He was charismatic and cheeky and people were drawn to him. He was an asset to our lives not a burden,' she said. 'Every single person touched by Reece's death is carrying guilt. We are all asking ourselves why. We are all wondering if we did enough. We are all thinking that maybe if we just did something extra he could still be here. That we could wake up from this nightmare. 'I wish Tuesday night he had of just taken one moment to think about what he was doing instead of making a split second decision with life long consequences for those he loved and cherished most. 'Once that decision is made there is absolutely no way back. I know this isn't what he truly wanted for his family and friends.' Ms Heath said Reece had become one of the man faces of the Mackay suicide epidemic. 'To think that I can be considered 'lucky' because in the last 12ish months I have 'only' been affected by two suicides and one attempted suicide is absolutely ludicrous!' she said. She begged those in a dark place to take a moment to ask themselves if they truly wanted to inflict the life sentence of their loved ones. 'When you're desperate, when you're in a dark place please, please just take a moment to think. You are important, you are loved and you're very much needed by so many,' Ms Heath said. If you or someone you know needs help, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

2016-09-29 00:49 Emily Crane www.dailymail.co.uk

58 /88 Middle-aged mothers are drinking more to cope with stress For many mothers there is nothing more satisfying than putting the kids to bed and pouring a glass of vino or two. But Australian drug and alcohol counsellor Tabitha Corser warns that more mums are using the bottle as a crutch and turning to 'anxiety-based' drinking to get through the day. '''Wine O'Clock'' is that moment of peace and quiet that most mums are looking for at the end of the day to de-stress,' Ms Corser told Daily Mail Australia. She said social media in particular was making it normal for parents to pour a drink at the end of the day and share their frustrations with each other online. 'There’s a breakdown of traditional support mechanisms and mums are just a lot busier,' she said. 'So they are going online and trying to get that connection with other mums.' Ms Corser said social media posts - such as humorous memes - made it seem okay for parents to use alcohol as a coping strategy. This, in turn, could create a dependence on alcohol to get through stressful and awkward situations. Ms Corser said: 'It’s an indicator of how bad your day was. What they are doing is normalising it, saying it’s quite OK to have a glass of wine to be able to relax.' A 2015 study by the University of Western Sydney found that middle-aged woman between 35 and 59 were drinking more to calm their nerves. These woman felt 'sandwiched' by the pressures of work and home life and felt they had nowhere else to turn, the study found While a glass of wine every few nights might seem harmless, it could ultimately end up having a detrimental effect on children, Ms Corser said. 'Children get their attitudes towards drinking by watching us,' she told Essential Kids . 'So if it's seen as an effective coping tool for stress, then children will automatically think it's okay to do the same.' Parents should keep in mind how they were acting around children and what behaviours they signalled as normal, she said.

2016-09-29 00:48 Steven Trask www.dailymail.co.uk

59 /88 Buffalo Bills are just glad it won't be Tom Brady at QB ORCHARD PARK, N. Y. -- The Buffalo Bills have a somewhat tricky week of planning and practicing in front of them because there remains some mystery regarding who will be the starting quarterback for New England on Sunday at Gillette Stadium.

Jimmy Garoppolo, who sustained a shoulder injury in Week 2 against Miami, and Jacoby Brissett, who suffered a thumb injury in Week 3 against Houston, both are practicing, but there's no indication of which one might get the call against Buffalo.

All Ryan knows is that Tom Brady won't be out there, and that's fine with him.

"You've got the best quarterback in history, and these guys are good, but I don't know if they'll rank quite up there with Tom Brady," coach Rex Ryan said Wednesday of Brady, who is the final week of his four-game suspension stemming from the Deflategate scandal.

There is a perception that Ryan has always fared well against Brady, but it's not really true. Since Ryan became a head coach in 2009, first with the New York Jets and now with the Bills, Brady has completed 60.1 percent of his passes and has averaged 282 yards passing per game with 27 touchdowns and eight interceptions against his teams.

Among quarterbacks who have played at least five game against Ryan, Brady's 91.2 quarterback rating is the best.

To be fair, Brady has regularly tortured every opponent he has faced, although none more so than the Bills.

Since Brady became New England's quarterback in 2001, the Patriots have won 27 of 30 games against Buffalo, and one of the losses came in 2014 in the season finale when Brady only a quarter and the game was finished by none other than Garoppolo, then a rookie.

Ryan said he thinks he knows who will play, but no matter who it ends up being, the Bills aren't altering their preparation all that much because the basic tenets of the New England offense aren't going to be that much different.

"The passing game is the passing game, New England hasn't changed its passing attack, so all that stays the same," Ryan said of the Patriots' maddeningly effective short-to-intermediate scheme.

"The rushing attack, let's just say there's going to be more options and all that. The main thing is just stopping what they do. "

Ryan is willing to deal with that uncertainty because the bottom line is that Brady will be watching from his living room couch.

"They're going to game plan specific for the quarterback, so we understand that and we'll be prepared," Ryan said. "It might take a little more time than normally what it would, but I'd rather do that than face Tom Brady, so I'm OK with it. "

The Bills know who their quarterback is going to be, and if they are going to pull off the upset, Tyrod Taylor has to be more effective than he has been the first three weeks of the season.

Last week in the win over Arizona, Taylor passed for only 119 yards, and the Bills have to get more from their passing game, especially against an opponent like New England.

One thing coach Bill Belichick pf the Patriots specializes in is taking away a team's primary strength, and there's no doubt that with wide receiver Sammy Watkins possibly out again, the Bills will have to rely on LeSean McCoy and their running game.

If the Patriots shut that down, Taylor has to have a big game.

"Our passing attack, we haven't had a whole lot of success," Ryan said. "We've thrown some deep balls which is good, but we need to be more consistent in the passing game. "

SERIES HISTORY: 113th regular-season meeting. Patriots lead, 69-42-1. New England has beaten up on the Bills like no team ever has, winning 23 of the last 25. The Patriots are 14-1 all- time at Gillette Stadium against the Bills. The only Buffalo victory came in 2014 when Tom Brady played only the first quarter and was replaced by Jimmy Garoppolo.

--One of the keys to the Bills' sterling defensive performance against the Arizona Cardinals was the use of seven defensive backs in several packages which had Arizona quarterback Carson Palmer confused. The Bills sacked Palmer five times and intercepted four of his passes -- two by Stephon Gilmore and one each by Corey White and Corey Graham.

Coach Rex Ryan said he has used seven defensive backs in the past, but what made this different is that he had four safeties on the field -- Aaron Williams , Corey Graham, Duke Williams, and Robert Blanton.

"I don't think we have ever used the four safeties, though," Ryan said. "That was something I thought would give us a better opportunity to free someone up, maybe change the count up a little bit. So it worked out pretty good.

"A lot of pressure on the back end to learn those spots and quite honestly, we were going to have Colt Anderson back up a bunch of things, but then he couldn't go later in the week. Our guys did a really good job mentally in preparing for that system. "

--Throughout his head coaching career, Rex Ryan has always called the plays on defense, but he said last Sunday that he turned those duties, for the most part, over to defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman. Ryan said he let his former defensive coordinator in New York, Mike Pettine, call plays on occasion as well, but this seemed a bit different because Ryan has always said he's the guy making the calls on game day.

"I was doing more of the head coach deal like everybody else, I think," Ryan said. "So that was, when the offense had the ball, I was on the offensive headset and same thing with the defense and even special teams. I just started to do that a little bit more.

"I want everybody to understand that the responsibility is the same regardless of who the play caller is. My input is going to be all over that, so I don't want all of a sudden the criticism to be, 'Oh it's Dennis Thurman.' No, it's not. It is my defense, it has always been my defense, and that is the way it will be. "

NOTES: QB Tyrod Taylor's 77 passes are the fewest of any quarterback who has started three games this season. ... RB LeSean McCoy, who had 110 rushing yards against the Cardinals, ranks 10th in the NFL in rushing with 227 yards. ... RB/PR Reggie Bush did not play last week, and he has been on the field for only six snaps this season. ... WR Marquise Goodwin has scored only four touchdowns in his NFL career, but the average length of the scores in 56.5 yards. ... S Aaron Williams scored the first touchdown of his six-year NFL career, although it came on special teams, as he scooped a bad long snap and ran 53 yards to the end zone against Arizona. ... LB Preston Brown totaled 20 tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in two games against the Patriots last year. ... LB Zach Brown leads the Bills 34 tackles and that ties him for the NFL lead. ... K Dan Carpenter remains the Bills' all-time leader in field goal accuracy (88.5 percent) with only 12 misses in 105 attempts, but he has missed seven extra points since the line was pushed back to the 33. ... T Cyrus Koaundjio sat out practice Wednesday because of an ankle injury and he may be questionable for the Patriots game. ... OL Michael Ola was signed off the Giants practice squad, mostly as insurance because both Cordy Glenn and Cyrus Kouandjio are slowed by ankle injuries. ... TE Charles Clay continues to be bothered by a sore knee and he did not practice Wednesday.

2016-09-29 00:47 www.upi.com

60 /88 China promises cooperation with United Nations on human rights BEIJING, Sept 29 (Reuters) - China will cooperate with the United Nations Human Rights Council, a body it has had testy relations with over the years, and invite its representatives to visit the country as appropriate, the government said in a policy paper on Thursday. President Xi Jinping's administration has tightened control over civil society, citing a need to boost security and stability, in what activists say is the most sweeping crackdown on dissent in decades, with dozens jailed. China frequently faces censure at the U. N. rights body, and has refused to allow in some U. N.-appointed envoys. Others have complained that when they are allowed to visit the government interferes with their work and blocks access to interviewees. China's latest National Human Rights Action Plan, which runs to 2020, promises that China "will cooperate with the Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council". This includes "answering letters from it, inviting, as appropriate, representatives of the body to visit China, and continuing to recommend Chinese experts for posts in the Special Procedures", said the paper, released by the official Xinhua news agency. "China will conduct exchanges and cooperation with the Office of the U. N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, and hold dialogues on human rights with relevant countries on the basis of equality and mutual respect," it added. China will also offer developing countries assistance in the human rights field, the paper said. China frequently says that it does not believe the issue of human rights should be politicised, and has for example rejected efforts by the United Nations to investigate alleged rights abuses in reclusive North Korea, which has close ties with China. Reuters reported last year that Beijing was using intimidation tactics at the rights council, based in Geneva, to silence critics there. China routinely rejects foreign criticism of its rights record, and says that guaranteeing things like the right to education and freedom from hunger, where it has been very successful, show its commitment to a more broader definition of human rights. Particular opprobrium has been directed at China's treatment of ethnic minorities, especially in restive Tibet and Xinjiang. The paper said China would put more efforts into prioritising the development of minority areas and protect their "lawful rights and interests". It did admit some problems, though. "The rule of law in safeguarding human rights needs to be further promoted and more efforts are required to realise higher levels of human rights protection," the paper said. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Michael Perry)

2016-09-29 00:43 Reuters www.dailymail.co.uk

61 /88 'Welcome to the world:' Mad Men's Sam Page and wife Cassidy Boesch announce birth of son Logan Sam Page took to social media to announce he and wife Cassidy Boesch have welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Logan. The 39-year-old Mad Men actor posted an Instagram snap on Tuesday of the smiling infant cuddled up next to the family's dog. 'The newest, best and brightest part of my life hanging out with the chillest and hairiest part. These two are going to learn a lot from each other. Welcome to the world, my son Logan,' Sam wrote in the caption. The former Mad Men actor also posted a tender snap on Wednesday showing himself in a chair holding the sleeping infant. 'The new normal,' Sam wrote in the caption. Sam and Cassidy were married in November 2014 at Villa Sevillano in Montecito, California. The wedding party included Mean Girls star and former Dancing With The Stars contestant Jonathan Bennett. Sam had a memorable nine-episode run on Mad Men from 2008 to 2012 as Greg Harris, the doctor ex-husband of Joan Harris, played by Christina Hendricks. The Wisconsin native also was featured on multiple episodes of Gossip Girl, Desperate Housewives, Greek, Shark, Switched At Birth and House Of Cards. He also appeared earlier this year in an episode of the hit Netflix show Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Sam last appeared on the big screen in the 2015 sci-fi action film Self/less starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Kingsley. He also had a featured role in the 2016 comedy/drama The Tiger Hunter that premiered in April at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Cassidy's father Phil is a prominent Los Angeles-area attorney and her mother Vivian operates The Venice Beach House boutique hotel in the Venice area of Los Angeles.

2016-09-29 00:39 Paul Chavez www.dailymail.co.uk

62 /88 Seven Year Switch's Jackie opens up about her four hour labour as she shares intimate image from the water-birth She welcomed her first child four weeks ago. And on Thursday, Seven Year Switch's Jackie opened up about her four-hour labour as she shared an intimate image of herself and Tim following the water-birth. Alongside the image, which captured her first cuddle with son, Chadwick, the reality TV star admitted 'there were moments [during her labour' where I doubted myself'. Jackie explained her waters broke at 8.30pm the night before the arrival of her tiny tot and she was close to not making it to the hospital. 'I wanted to have a really natural birth with no intervention,' she said, adding: 'I was also lucky enough to have a water-birth which was the most amazing experience! 'It really took a lot of determination to have the birth I wanted, there were definitely moments where I doubted myself and could have been easily influenced by others.' The new mother admitted she was 'petrified that I might have to have a Caesarean' because she has 'a major phobia of surgery, hospitals, blood tests and drips'. 'I found labour to be very empowering and a little bit "I am woman - hear me roar". It felt like this is what our bodies are made to do,' the blonde admitted. The day before sharing the detailed information with her followers, she and Tim posted their first photo of their son to their joint Instagram account. 'Introducing our beautiful baby boy: Chadwick Wolf Naughton,' they wrote, along with a family portrait that was published in this week's New Idea. The first-time parents also added that they call their boy either Chad, Chaddy or Wolfie 'for short' and he was born weighing 3.745 kg and 54 cm long. Jackie went on to gush about motherhood, saying: 'Loving being a mother so much, wish I had of started earlier so that I could have ten more children! 'Best thing I've ever done. Whole new level of love, anxiety and protectiveness.'

2016-09-29 00:38 Bianca La www.dailymail.co.uk

63 /88 'Black tax' blocks road to success for many employed South Africans The term is used to describe the obligation of employed black South Africans to provide for their extended family.

Other factors include a lack of jobs, a lack of assets, which prevents access to credit, and lack of access to quality education. These are just some of the findings of the UCT Unilever Institute aspirations report, which was released in Durban yesterday.

The report revealed that South Africans' aspirations include financial stability; belonging; freedom; comfort; health; experiences; the need to "give back"; and respect.

The results showed that people believed they would be respected when they got a good education (46%), owned a house (45%) and could support a large family (43%).

The white middle class typically had access to generational property assets as security for loans, whereas many in the black middle class were first generation and trying to play "asset catch-up", the Unilever report said.

They also faced financial pressure from the so-called "black tax".

A respondent was quoted saying: "If you are a human being you need to give back, but you needn't be looked at like an ATM. "

The study, based on 14000 interviews across five different income groups, revealed that there is a crisis of aspirations.

John Simpson, professor of advanced marketing at the institute, said the crisis was being fuelled by "economic, political and educational turmoil facing the country".

According to the report's findings when asked "what is holding you back", 45% of respondents said lack of jobs; 45% said a lack of education and 38% said family responsibility.

2016-09-29 00:29 SHELLEY SEID www.timeslive.co.za

64 /88 How about a sneak peek at Leon and Lulu's new store? A link has been posted to your Facebook feed.

The owners of Leon and Lulu — who turned a roller rink in Clawson into a successful high end furniture store, gift shop and women's clothing boutique — are at it again: they've expanded their store into a rehabbed movie theater.

The new store annex, located on 14 Mile, next door to the original store, is to open at 10 a.m. Friday.

Called The Show at Leon and Lulu, it features an extensive greeting card selection — most by independent or small makers; this is not the place to find Hallmark cards. It also features a big selection of Michigan and Detroit-centric products (cups, platters, coasters, flags, food, pillows, a cast iron skillet in the shape of Michigan's mitten for $130 and lots more), a framing department and home furnishings — including new and antique pieces.

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Quick bites: Leon & Lulu celebrate Michigan-made foods

In a few weeks, the store expects to open a cafe with baked goods and other light fare. It will use the fresh herbs that are growing inside the store, in an antique planter box.

The Free Press got a sneak peek at the store on Wednesday. The decor is eclectic and quirky. If you're a fan of old trucks, you may be interested and amused by the 1940s-ish Chevy pickup parked in the center of the store on Wednesday.

Husband and wife team Mary Liz Curtin and Stephen Scannell opened Leon and Lulu a little over 10 years ago, rehabbing the former Ambassador Roller Rink and making it a destination for shoppers (who are encouraged to take a free cup of coffee and hang out) and a bright spot in Clawson's business district.

As their business grew, Curtin and Scannell realized they needed more space. The old theater next door was for sale — it's last picture show was sometime during the early 1960s (no one seems to know for certain), but in more recent years it served as an auto parts store, a warehouse and a coffee bar, among other things. The couple bought it five years ago.

After a $350,000-ish renovation that included restoring the lighted theater sign that says Clawson, the 8300-square-foot store is ready to open. Prices start at about $1.50 for a pin. Vintage-looking Polaroid cameras range in price from $175-$549. And furniture can go into the thousands. (The down-filled sofa of my dreams is $2400.)

The Show at Leon and Lulu is at 116 W. Fourteen Mile. For info: leonandlulu.com

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2016-09-29 00:14 Georgea Kovanis rssfeeds.freep.com

65 /88 Arrieta isn't his ’15 self, but promises 'trouble' for NLCS foe PITTSBURGH — Sooner or later, even the most sanguine, starry-eyed Cubs fans are going to have to come around and accept it.

The postseason is nigh, but the Jake Arrieta of 2015 isn’t here.

Those words probably could’ve been written after Arrieta’s previous start against the Pirates. That was Aug. 29 at Wrigley Field, and it was the second straight time the Pirates hit him hard for six earned runs.

Then came Wednesday — Arrieta’s final regular-season start — when Pittsburgh did itself one better by lighting into the reigning N. L. Cy Young winner for seven.

Wednesday night wasn't much fun for Jake Arrieta. Can he find his way back to top form in the playoffs? (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

Oof. That’ll leave a mark.

It was the first time in 72 starts, dating back to 2014, that Arrieta surrendered that many earned runs. Not to mention the first time in 72 starts that he gave up 10 hits.

More damaging that that, the Bucs’ big night catapulted Arrieta’s ERA from 2.85 to 3.10 — his first time all season in the threes — and left him less than three innings shy of 200. It’s a far cry from the 1.77 ERA and 229 innings he gave the Cubs in 2015.

Arrieta’s 18-8 record and 11 road victories still look mighty good, but enough about his numbers, right? The next time he takes the mound, the stakes will be huge.

“We’re moving on. We’ll prepare for the next one,” said Arrieta. “I don’t like giving up seven runs. I’m pissed about that. But moving forward, everything is fine.”

It helps that Arrieta can bank on the Cubs putting their best team on the field in the playoffs. Manager Joe Maddon’s decision to pull veteran catcher Miguel Montero for rookie Willson Contreras after the fourth inning Wednesday didn’t play well with Arrieta.

“Switching catchers just felt like we were trying to do a little too much instead of win a ballgame,” he said.

For Maddon, the regular-season-ending road trip has been about lining up his pitching staff just so and keeping his players not only sharp, but fresh. But starting pitchers want to win — imagine that — and Arrieta knew going in that Maddon planned to have the turnstiles going with his reserve position players.

“It felt like a spring training game from the get-go,” Arrieta said.

Prior to the game, Maddon waxed fancifully about where Arrieta might be headed. The ace version of Arrieta had prowled the mound in his previous start, a seven-inning, no-run gem against the Cardinals.

“This might sound nuts,” Maddon said, “but I think he might be peaking at the right time.”

In hindsight, yes, that does sound a little nuts. Four of Arrieta’s last six starts have been subpar by his standards. He goes into the postseason not only not “peaking,” but clearly being the Cubs’ third-best pitcher.

Not that that’s such a bad thing. Let’s be real here: Jon Lester and Kyle Hendricks have made pretty much every other pitcher in baseball pale in comparison in 2016. They have the top two ERAs in the game, respectively, and are the top two candidates for the Cy Young. Arrieta needn’t apologize for failing to wedge his way into that precious space.

“My season was good,” he said. “I would’ve liked to be better, obviously, but we are where we are because of our [starting staff].”

There are a whole lot of Nos. 1 and 2 starters around the league who’d love to trade regular- season numbers with Arrieta. The Cubs’ former ace might not be quite the same pitcher this time around, but let it be noted that his confidence is in top form.

“Whoever I face in the first round,” he said, “they’re going to be in trouble.”

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2016-09-29 00:12 Steve Greenberg chicago.suntimes.com

66 /88 Insider: Snyder aide Baird steps out of the shadows Rich Baird , the enigmatic “transformation manager” for Gov. Rick Snyder, continues to take on a more public role in the administration after years of working behind the scenes.

The former PricewaterhouseCoopers executive showed a playful side of his private-sector past Tuesday as he addressed more than 400 state workers during a “talking transformation” event featuring Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan .

Baird began the event with an Oprah-like surprise, telling state employees seated in the front row of the auditorium to look under their seats for an “extra bonus,” which turned out to be gift cards taped to the bottom of a few chairs.

When he traveled the world for the global accounting firm, Baird said “nobody wanted to sit in the front row, so I got in the habit of putting five or 10 Euro notes, or Won notes or Francs or whatever we had” under seats.

In a rare public address, Amway President Doug DeVos announced that attendees at the West Michigan Policy Forum ranked restructuring government employees’ retirement benefits as the No. 1 priority in Michigan policy.

In the past, the powerful DeVos family and others have helped persuade the Republican- controlled Legislature to make Michigan a right-to-work state and reform the state’s business tax system.

“And we take these (votes) very seriously; we move them forward with all of our might,” DeVos said. “Obviously all of you felt that we need to go in a different direction.”

Grand Rapids policy forum attendees on Monday voted in favor of restructuring government employees’ retirement benefits to a 401(k)-style plan, which takes financial burden from the government employer and requires employees to contribute more money to their plans.

Groups will likely lobby GOP lawmakers to make that happen.

“I think you can kind of get a good feel from there about where we’re going,” DeVos said.

“And our group is pretty simple,” he continued before introducing former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican, and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson , a Democrat. “We can only have about five topics we can deal with” at a time. “What this does, is it sends a message to all of our elected officials. It helps clarify the issues.”

The DeVos family is a major donor to Michigan and national and Republican causes. In the months leading up to the August primary, the DeVos family funded two of the state’s top six most active political action committees, according to the Michigan Campaign Finance Network. That’s $1.45 million in contributions to state candidates, PACs and Republican organizations.

Donald Trump ’s sniffle throughout the first presidential debate Monday was “distracting” and added to an appearance that he was “unprepared” to take on seasoned debater Hillary Clinton , according to a University of Michigan debate analyst.

The 70-year-old Republican businessman’s sniffing was pronounced throughout the first debate at Hofstra University and may be the one thing voters remember about it, said Aaron Kall , director of debate at UM-Ann Arbor.

“It was very distracting,” said Kall, who watched the debate in a massive media center adjacent to the debate hall. “It’s not the right time to not be at 100 percent when the stakes are so high, and it hurt him.”

Democrat Clinton looked more prepared, Kall said, countering recent doubts Trump has cast about the 68-year-old former Secretary of State’s stamina to be the nation’s commander-in- chief.

“She looked like she could go another two debates at the end, and he looked like if this debate went another half hour that he might not make it,” Kall said.

Trump denied Tuesday that he had a head cold or even sniffled.

A robo call featuring Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump ’s daughter Ivanka mispronounces Novi while inviting people to attend the businessman’s 5 p.m. Friday rally at the Suburban Collection Showcase.

In a message paid for by the Donald J. Trump for President Inc., Ivanka Trump urges people to register for the event.

“This is Ivanka Trump calling on behalf of my father, Donald J. Trump. I’m incredibly excited to invite you to a campaign event in your area. For more information and to RSVP, stay on the line.” An unidentified female voice then gives information for attending the campaign rally while identifying the showcase’s location as being in No vey .

Contributors: Jonathan Oosting, Michael Gerstein, Chad Livengood and Richard Burr

2016-09-29 00:09 Detroit News rssfeeds.detroitnews.com

67 /88 Gardening: DIA lecture has Great Dixter head gardener Having spent 20 years doing my own thing in my garden in the country, taking on a display in the city was a challenge. The grounds would be open daily for all to see so it needed to be weeded, watered and manicured throughout the season. But more important was coming up with a design that would be as inspiring to those who view it through the third floor windows of the building as well as those enjoying their lunch on the patio.

To learn the basics of developing a public garden with panache, I attended “The Art of Gardening,” a weeklong symposium with Fergus Garrett at Great Dixter in East Sussex, England.

When Christopher Lloyd passed away in 2006 and handed the reins of his world-renowned house and gardens of Great Dixter over to head gardener Fergus Garrett, he also gifted his legacy of change. While many of the famous gardens of England look much the same from year to year, the plantings of Dixter are in a constant state of flux, and change is the name of the game.

The key element in the gardens is contrast, and size, shape and form, as well as color are all part of the mix. Rather than use the classic placement of tall at the back, medium height in the middle and low in front in a border, Fergus Garrett mixes heights to create movement and added excitement. And Fergus and Christo agreed, when it comes to interest, contrast of shapes rules over color.

To see the ever-changing gardens at Great Dixter and learn how to artfully update the design of your garden don’t miss Fergus Garrett’s lecture at the DIA in October.

At 2 p.m. Oct. 15 at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Friends of Art and Flowers will present the “Betsy Campbell Lecture: Great Dixter and Designing With Plants” by its iconic CEO and head gardener, Fergus Garrett. The lecture is free with museum admission. To guarantee a seat reserve your free ticket online at dia.org or through the DIA box office (313) 833-4005. General admission to the DIA is free to residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.

2016-09-29 00:05 Nancy Szerlag rssfeeds.detroitnews.com

68 /88 High Blood Pressure May Limit Children’s Cognitive Skills, Study Suggests Increasing numbers of children have high blood pressure, largely as a consequence of their obesity. A growing body of evidence suggests that high blood pressure may impair children’s cognitive skills, reducing their ability to remember, pay attention and organize facts.

In the most comprehensive study to date, published on Thursday in The Journal of Pediatrics, 75 children ages 10 to 18 with untreated high blood pressure performed worse on several tests of cognitive function, compared with 75 peers who had normal blood pressure.

The differences were subtle, and the new research does not prove that high blood pressure diminishes cognitive skills in children. Still, the findings set off alarm bells among some experts. “This study really shows there are some differences,” said Dr. David B. Kershaw, the director of pediatric nephrology at C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan, who was not involved with the research. “This was not just random chance.”

Dr. Marc B. Lande, a professor of pediatric nephrology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and his colleagues had children tested at four sites in three states, matching those with and without high blood pressure by age, maternal education, race, obesity levels and other factors.

The researchers excluded children with learning disabilities and sleep problems, which can affect cognitive skills. Children with elevated blood pressure performed worse than their peers on tests of memory, processing speed and verbal skills, the researchers found. But all the scores were still in the normal range.

Because of increased obesity, elevated blood pressure, also called hypertension, is no longer rare in children, though it is underdiagnosed. In a recent survey, about 3.5 percent of 14,187 children ages 3 to 18 had hypertension.

“Most people don’t understand that cardiovascular risk factors — in this case, hypertension — can affect thinking and memory, and certainly they don’t think there could be an effect in childhood,” said Dr. Kristine Yaffe, a professor of psychiatry, neurology and epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco, who has researched the effects of cardiovascular risk factors on cognition.

Dr. Lande and his colleagues noted that children with high blood pressure tended to have other risk factors that might negatively affect cognition, including insulin resistance and obstructive sleep apnea.

Children who had a formal diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea were excluded from the new study, but some adolescents with poor sleep participated. Dr. Lande said the study found “that the presence of hypertension made the effect of poor sleep on cognition even worse.”

Lower scores on cognitive tests do not necessarily indicate that a child is struggling in everyday life, experts cautioned.

“Yes, there are certain differences, but what they mean in terms of life functioning isn’t clear,” said Dr. Julie R. Ingelfinger, a professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a senior consultant in nephrology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

But, she added, “We know from other studies that problems with memory, attention and cognitive function have a lot to do with how well you do in your job and at school.”

Children may be uniquely susceptible to cognitive deficits, Dr. Kershaw said. “One of my concerns is, if you have high blood pressure and you’re 10 to 18 years old, it may impact your cognitive function more than if you’re 40 or 50,” he said.

The areas of the brain that control executive function mature until a person’s early 20s. So the idea is that perhaps hypertension could hinder that function, Dr. Kershaw said.

Observational studies have shown that having high blood pressure in one’s early 40s to 60s increases the risk of cognitive decline later in life. Clinical trials have not shown, however, that controlling high blood pressure with drugs or lifestyle changes can prevent cognitive problems.

More research is needed to decipher whether treating children who have high blood pressure with dietary changes, exercise or medication could improve their cognitive ability. The work is already underway: The 75 children with hypertension in the latest study are being treated and followed for a year. The last child will finish the study early next year, Dr. Lande said.

“Then we’ll be able to know if subtle neurocognitive differences between hypertensive kids and the controls go away with treatment or not,” he said.

Dr. Ingelfinger applauded the “carefully done” research, but said she was more interested in seeing the follow-up research. “The most important thing is, if blood pressure is controlled, do these cognitive changes go away?”

2016-09-29 00:02 By www.nytimes.com

69 /88 Discovery Place to unveil planetarium, new attractions Celebrating its 70th anniversary, Discovery Place is poised to announce Thursday a series of improvements – including a health laboratory and a new planetarium.

“Planetariums have come back in vogue,” says Catherine Wilson Horne, CEO of Discovery Place.

Equipment has been purchased to project sky shows, and the planetarium should be in use in early 2017. It will be in the Charlotte Nature Museum, one of Discovery Place’s four campuses, using a space that held the center’s original planetarium that installed in 1965 and decommissioned in the late 1980s.

Other innovations coming to Discovery Place and its satellites:

▪ A new website debuts Thursday at DiscoveryPlace.org with more imagery, video and science features, designed for easy viewing on mobile devices.

▪ Development of a health lab focusing on human health and medicine and a second laboratory dedicated to innovation and design thinking.

▪ A new branding and marketing strategy to unify the center’s four sites open to the public – the North Tryon Street museum, the nature museum beside Freedom Park and Discovery Place Kids satellites in Huntersville and Rockingham.

▪ An upgraded grocery market space is being installed at the Huntersville children’s center focusing on nutrition. Discovery Kids in Rockingham is beefing up outreach to schools in the Sandhills region.

▪ Signage on buildings will be changed to conform to a standard and cleaner Discovery Place logo. Charlotte Nature Museum will become Discovery Place Nature, the Tryon Street center will be known as Discovery Place Science and the children’s museums will continue to be called Discovery Place Kids.

▪ A new advertising campaign developed with the Charlotte creative agency Wray Ward pegged to curiosity will be rolled out with the tag line, “We Wonder. Do You?”

Discovery Place traces its roots to 1946, when a science teacher named Laura Owens persuaded prominent community leaders to open a nature center in a house at 315 North Cecil St.

It was a repository for animal specimens, rocks and minerals – the kinds of things Charlotte children could find in their own yards.

With money raised by the Junior League of Charlotte, the center moved to its present location in 1951 at 1658 Sterling Road and became Charlotte Nature Museum.

After the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite Sputnik in 1957, interest in science and technology surged. Charlotte Nature Museum outgrew its walls.

By the late 1970s, money was raised and appropriated to build one of the first science exhibition centers in the Southeast.

It was placed in a then-derelict block of North Tryon that the city was trying to infuse with development. “It was a bold move to put it here,” says Horne, “as a catalyst to help develop uptown.”

Discovery Place was radically different than museums of the day – it stressed hands-on learning, encouraging visitors to interact with exhibits.

Thousands turned out on Halloween 1981 for a walk-through inspection on the eve of Discovery Place’s opening.

“It was probably the only day in our history where you couldn’t touch anything,” says Debra Smul, vice president of marketing at Discovery Place.

“Up until that time, going to a museum meant walking with a docent,” she said. “This was hands-on and had a rainforest and an aquarium, all novel in the ‘80s.”

Over the years, the uptown museum added exhibition space, The Charlotte Observer IMAX Dome Theatre and a parking deck.

Admissions peaked in the late 1990s, then began to fall back. Discovery Place’s exhibitions had fallen out of date.

It faced increasing competition from nearby cultural institutions drawn to the part of North Tryon that Discovery Place had rejuvenated, including a small uptown satellite branch of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design and the Tryon Center for Visual Art.

By 2001, president John Mackay – who had taken over only five months earlier without a detailed understanding of the center’s financial problems – cut 15 percent of staff to balance the center’s budget.

It took years to get the financial house in order, but Discovery Place persevered and began growing again.

In 2010, the center finished an 18-month, $32 million renovation with new interactive exhibits. Discovery Place Kids opened in 2010 in Huntersville and another such center was added in 2013 in Rockingham.

In 2014, a center opened behind Discovery Place to train teachers from both Carolinas in science and technology education. Called the Education Studio at the Bank of America STEM Center for Career Development, it serves educators from pre-K to 12th grade.

In its last fiscal year, which included the debut of the popular “Body Worlds” exhibition uptown, admissions were up 12 percent over all four campuses to 828,000. Discovery Place remains one of the leading attractions in the Carolinas and is the most-visited museum in Charlotte.

Measuring “dwell times” – the amount of time visitors spend engaged in various environments in Discovery Place – shows that the new laboratories should be a popular addition, says Horne. Dwell time in the existing labs – where topics like physics, chemistry, life science and classifying artifacts – is about 30 to 45 minutes, two or three times the amount of time spent in a regular exhibit. In “Body Worlds,” the average stay was an hour.

“In the labs,” Horne says, “the magical thing that happens is to see families come in and work together.”

Horne says the mission of raising awareness about technology is key in society today.

“Science is about understanding where the future is taking us,” she says, “and our job is to help the public understand what that means in their lives.”

2016-09-29 00:01 By Mark www.charlotteobserver.com

70 /88 Facebook stream shows northern lights from Upper Peninsula All eyes are on the sky tonight as northern lights chances have been placed at moderate.

So Akash Wadhwani left the Chicago area yesterday and is now perched on a high spot east of Marquette, MI.

And at 10:30 p.m. Eastern he reports the northern lights are starting.

Here is a facebook live broadcast of his that shows the northern lights in his camera display.

Here is a time-lapse of the northern lights on September 28, 2016, also shot by Akash Wadhwani.

As the night wears on, if you can any pictures of the northern lights, please upload them here.

2016-09-28 23:54 Mark Torregrossa www.mlive.com

71 /88 'Unliveable dump' on the market for $1million in Fitzroy North, Melbourne A derelict former milk bar in a trendy Melbourne suburb has gone on the market for close to $1million. The property at 2 Scotchmer Street in Fitzroy North has the trademarks of a classic Melbourne fixer-upper. The 'unliveable dump' is covered in graffiti, next door to a pub and metres from the tramline, Domain reported. Pictures of the property show the paint peeling off the walls and the cracks in the foundation, but agent Tom Roberts from Nelson Alexander said there has already been buyer interest. There are very few un-renovated homes left in the area, he told the publication. 'Sites like this are just getting harder and harder to find.' The two-bedroom house is next to Nicholson Street's Empress Hotel, a gentrified hipster pub serving beer and pizza. The property was last sold 30 years ago for just $60,000. It is now on the market for $900,000 to $990,000- a sign of how much the suburb has changed. Fitzroy and Fitzroy North have become known as hipster havens for Melbournians and have median house prices of $1,226,500 and $1,225,500 respectively.

2016-09-28 23:43 Peter Devlin www.dailymail.co.uk

72 /88 Huma Abedin's father claimed governments should uphold Sharia law and that Islamic institutions were the only ones acceptable in the Muslim world Syed Abedin, the late father of Hillary Clinton's closest aide Huma Abedin, believed governments should uphold Sharia law, while also arguing that Islamic institutions should have to validate cultural change. The Washington Free Beacon discovered never- before-seen interviews with Syed Abedin, who passed away in 1993, and was a professor at Western Michigan University's college of general studies. The elder Abedin, had appeared on Western Michigan University television on a show called The World of Islam in 1971 where he used the medium to talk about Islam's 'hostile' response to the West and the state's role in the keeping of Sharia law. Not much has been known about Syed Abedin, though Huma Abedin has been pulled into the limelight again because of her highly-publicized split with disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner, who's embroiled in his third sexting scandal. Scroll down for video As for her father, the scholar argued that Arab states should make sure its citizens are abiding by Sharia, or Islamic law, in the decades-old television interviews. 'The state has to take over,' he said, according to the Washington Free Beacon's reporting. 'The state is stepping in in many countries ... where the state is now overseeing that human relationships are carried on on the basis of Islam.' 'The state also under Islam has a right to interfere in some of these rights given to the individual by the Sharia,' Abedin added. Moving to the power struggle between the Arab world and the Western the professor explained that 'the response to the West has been of two kinds.' 'By and large the response has taken more of a hostile form,' he continued. 'The first impulse of the average Muslim in the Islamic world is that this kind of borrowing [culturally] would be somehow an alien factor into our social fabric and thereby destroying the integrity of our ethos … the integrity of our culture,' he added, according to the Free Beacon. Abedin said that 'suspicion' runs rampant in the Muslim world, which is why Western ideologies like communism and socialism don't stick and are considered 'foreign importations.' 'In the contemporary Islamic world, religious leadership is of very crucial significance because any change that will be abiding, that will make any positive contribution to the development of Muslim life, must come from that source, and that is one reason why ideologies like socialism or communism that have been introduced into the Muslim world have never really taken root,' Abedin said. Other modern ideas, too, he explained, may have trouble taking root because they'll have to be accepted through the prism of the faith. 'When you talk of an Islamic state … does it have to have a caliph?' he asked. 'What does it mean? What is the Islamic concept of good in the present day world?' Cultural change then, Abedin concluded, would have to be validated by Islam. 'The main dynamics of life in the Islamic world are still supplied by Islam,' he said. 'Any institution, as I said before, any concept, any idea, in order to be accepted and become a viable thing in the Islamic world has to come through … Islam,' he said.

2016-09-28 23:39 Nikki Schwab www.dailymail.co.uk

73 /88 What Time Warner Cable customers need to know about Spectrum rollout By Hannah Madans, [email protected]

Posted: 09/28/16, 8:36 PM PDT | Updated: 36 secs ago

Time Warner Cable’s transition to Spectrum has begun in force, with the cable and internet service provider stepping up its marketing campaign and offering updated pricing tiers and bundling options for new and existing customers.

Charter Communications in May acquired the Time Warner Cable – and its 11.4 million residential and business customers – along with Bright House Networks, for roughly $67 billion.

The deal makes Charter the nation’s second-largest cable operator behind Comcast Corp.

The mega-merger recalled for some customers the recent deal between Verizon and Frontier Communications in which thousands of area subscribers went offline during the transition.

The decoupling from Verizon was fraught with technical and hardware issues. TWC subscribers might wonder if their fate will echo that of those frustrated Frontier customers. So far, no major disruptions have been reported.

Here’s what we know this week:

The Spectrum rollout will not be a repeat of Frontier. At least, that’s the message from Charter. Company spokesman Justin Venech said TWC customers should not expect any changes.

“We purchased all of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. With this transaction we acquired everything,” he said. “We’re able to take more time in the integration process and not rush to make changes.”

Charter has started converting Time Warner’s aging infrastructure into a wholly digital system. The process will take about 18 months, Venech said.

TWC customers might have seen an uptick in Spectrum TV commercials in recent weeks as the company rolls out new packages and pricing options.

Spectrum perks include no data caps and free modems under certain bundles.

“The Spectrum pricing and packaging is a better value” than TWC, Venech said.

Better value might not mean better pricing for everyone. Existing customers will have to call Spectrum to change or adjust plans. Here’s how some of the tiers price out for new customers, according to the TWC Spectrum website:

--The lowest advertised monthly bundle, Triple Play Select, costs $29.99 for each tier but must be combined into a three-part set that includes internet, 125 cable channels and phone services. A high-definition cable box, with no DVR service, is an additional $4.99 per month. The grand total for this stripped down monthly package is $94.96. Add a DVR and its related fees and the price rises to $109.94.

--The Triple Play Silver option is similar but costs $49.99 per month for a TV package that includes 175 channels. Internet and phone bundles are $29.99 each. This also is bundled as a set. While DVR service is included, users will pay $4.99 monthly to rent a DVR box. Rent an additional DVR and customers will spend $4.99 for the box and $9.99 for the DVR service. The grand total for monthly usage, before taxes and fees, is $129.94.

--The gold (200 channels) TV tier costs $69.96 and includes premium movie networks, On Demand services, and more entertainment and Sports channels. Bundled with phone and internet at $29.99 each, the base monthly rate is $149.

--An internet ($29.99) and cable TV ($59.99) bundle costs $94.97 with one set-top box required at $4.99 a month. Add an HD DVR box and the price goes up to $99.96. Add a second DVR and the price grows to $109.95 to include a $9.99 monthly DVR service fee for the extra box.

--An internet-only service costs $39.99 per month with a free modem included for new customers. The monthly total is $44.99. First-time customers will be charged a $10 activation fee. Current customers will pay $59.99 for an internet-only package. “Home WiFi” can be added for $5 monthly.

--If a new customer wants only cable TV, they’ll pay $39.99 per month. Equipment is extra, and costs $4.99 per set-top box. Add a DVR and the price goes up $12 to include a monthly DVR service fee for a grand total of $56.97.

--Existing customers also can opt to stay with the package and price they currently have. --Spectrum said it will not require customers to sign a 12 month contract. The promotions above, however, cover a 12-month period.

--The Pac-12 Network is available to all Spectrum customers.

--Whole house DVR options will be supported for current customers.

TWC customer info

For TWC customers, here is information to help with the transition to Spectrum:

Phone: 1-855-243-8892

Time Warner Cable Residential Customers: 800-892-4357

Time Warner Cable Business Class Customers: 855-580-8540

Website: www. Spectrum.com

2016-09-28 23:36 By Hannah www.presstelegram.com

74 /88 Howes: Mobility ‘gold rush’ disrupts auto expectations Maybe they should have dubbed it “Welcome to the Gold Rush.” That’s because the race in the mobility space really is a mad scramble to gain competitive advantage — and to make a whole lot of money — in the business of ride-sharing and self- driving vehicles.

The free-for-all pits the traditional automakers and suppliers defining this town against Silicon Valley heavyweights, innovative start-ups, even government regulators. It’s also forging cooperative relationships because neither the hard manufacturers nor the software sharpies alone possess the technology, the know-how or the resources to go it alone.

“We’re going to have everything questioned and many things turned upside down,” says Jose Viegas, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s International Transportation Forum. “We just don’t know which. Companies are quicker and smarter than governments in knowing what is changing.”

The markers are mind-boggling. The move into mobility is expected to transform the $3 trillion-a year global auto industry into a $10 trillion global transportation services industry, the makings of a 21st-century gold rush this business hasn’t seen since the days of Henry Ford.

Lyft Inc., the San Francisco-based ride-sharing firm, estimates 50 percent of its rides will be performed by autonomous vehicles within five years. It says private car ownership in big cities will be a thing of the past by 2025 (less than 10 years from now). It says the familiar model of owning, insuring, fueling, maintaining and parking our own vehicles will go from private hands to ride-sharing companies, first in the nation’s largest cities. Talk about a paradigm shift.

That could radically reshape everything from the auto and finance industries to insurance, health care, even public transportation. It could increase access to inexpensive transportation for the poor, the elderly, children too young to drive. And it could effectively increase disposable income when people choose ride-sharing over the larger expense of private cars.

“It will no longer make financial sense for people to own cars,” predicts Emily Castor, Lyft’s director of transportation policy. No wonder Lyft sees the coming shift as “the third transportation revolution.”

The transition will have serious implications for the winners; for the losers who could see trillions in value migrate to other sectors; for the automakers and suppliers whose design and engineering, manufacturing and sales, still define Michigan and its largest city.

“It’s all just different,” says Doug Rothwell, CEO of Business Leaders for Michigan, organizer of the mobility forum convened by Ford Motor Co.’s executive chairman, Bill Ford Jr. “You’re still going to need all these individual vehicles. It’s just who’s going to drive them.

“I have to think there’s great potential for growth. If half what they say is true, it’d be the biggest change in our lifetimes” outside the telecommunications revolution enabling the software of ride-sharing, self-driving cars and so much more.

Want to know why General Motors Co. pumped $500 million into Lyft. Or Ford Motor Co. created a Ford Smart Mobility LLC? Or Toyota Motor Corp. now is billing itself as a “mobility company” with its own Collaborative Safety Research Center?

Two reasons: to be part of, instead of spectators to, a transformation that promises profound implications for the traditional auto industry, its employment base, its market capitalization and its standing with investors. And, second, to compete for the gold.

In theory, the steps into mobility should be natural progressions for global automakers. They have the scale. They operate globally, tailoring solutions to regional needs. They have massive repositories of customer contacts and preferences.

Lyft provided 1 million rides in 2013, its first full year of existence. This year, it’s averaging 14 million rides a month, annualized to 168 million rides a year — and Lyft’s smaller than Uber Technologies Inc., the industry heavyweight.

The average vehicle today is in use just 4 percent of the time. The other 96 percent of the time, it sits. And depreciates. And still must be insured. And serviced. And cleaned. And stored. And financed.

What if the likes of Lyft or Uber or a subsidiary of Ford wrapped all that cost into a captive fleet of electric vehicles, developed a smartphone app and sold the service by subscription — kind of like Verizon sells phone plans? No way? Think again.

Yes, the likes of GM, Ford and the rest of their rivals will continue to reap the bulk of sales and profits from the traditional car and truck business. But the coming mobility shift is an opportunity they cannot afford to miss, and that’s why they aren’t ignoring it.

2016-09-28 23:32 Daniel Howes rssfeeds.detroitnews.com

75 /88 MS sufferer from Queensland writes a letter to pro euthanasia group Exit International before committing suicide Jules Hunter took her own life on the eve of her 50th birthday. As a previously-active middle- aged woman who loved sport and exercise, she was forced to move to a nursing home as her body slowly deteriorated under the ravages of multiple sclerosis. But before she passed away, she wrote a confronting letter to euthanasia advocacy organisation Exit International explaining her decision and her fight to die with dignity. The group is campaigning for a change to voluntary euthanasia laws. 'My name is Tehlia but I'm known as Jules. I have multiple sclerosis and a rare disease called erythromelalgia,' Ms Hunter wrote in her letter. 'I live at a nursing home in Noosa. 'I'm excited with this decision knowing it's time for my big sleep, to be free of pain and suffering. 'I'm in constant excruciating pain but never show it.' Jules grew up on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, and was diagnosed with MS in 2004 at the age of 38. Multiple sclerosis is an incurable disease that slowly wears down the nervous system. Erythromelalgia is a vascular condition which causes intense burning in the hands and feet. 'I need to maintain my dignity while I can,' Jules continued. 'I can't cry as it hurts physically. As does to laugh, talk and to smile. I constantly need to distract my brain from the intense pain which is exhausting.' Although she said she could see the end of her life approaching, Jules was content with all that she had seen and done. 'My life has been an unpredictable mix of highs and lows. Exhilaration one minute, agony the next, with a good dose of monotony to balance out the extremes. 'Attaining contentment was a more logical aspiration until the pain became unbearable. 'However, it's also about being satisfied, grateful and realising, perhaps, that what we have is enough.' As a late 40s-something woman she was forced to live in a nursing home. In this context she turned to Exit,' Dr Stewart said. 'But Exit volunteers too are in a difficult position and assisted suicide in Queensland attracts life in prison. 'She was clearly a person who loved life as much as possible. 'She also clearly knew that she had to act before she lost all movement, such is the progressive disease of MS. 'In this sense she died early, because she was forced to do what she could before she became totally paralysed.' Jules signed-off her tragic note with a word of thanks to all who had helped her through her pain. 'Finally, I would like to thank both Mum and Papa for watching over me with unconditional love and unwavering devotion. 'I have learned and continue to work on eliminating negative barriers. This is certainly helping in my wellbeing and... giving me serenity and peace of mind. 'Self- belief has helped to enhance confidence in myself and create realistic goals to motivate and achieve whatever I need to do. 'This also assists in finding ways for my wishes and dreams to take me to beautiful places. 'My life has been good. So very, very good. 'I am finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.' Jules Hunter would have turned 50 on Monday, September 19. For confidential help, call Lifeline at 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636

2016-09-28 23:26 Steven Trask www.dailymail.co.uk

76 /88 Lady Gaga is engrossed in Grateful Dead magazine as she loiters in Malibu She said: I was really into the Grateful Dead for a little while and I thought I was so fabulous because... I would grow my hair really long and I wouldn't cut the ends.

2016-09-28 23:25 Mike Larkin www.dailymail.co.uk

77 /88 Hope for the future? Millennials have 'very little' confidence in major institutions, new survey finds Millennials say they have 'some or very little' confidence in a number of institutions, including banks, the criminal justice system, and the federal government, it's been revealed. The results come from Ernst & Young and the Economic Innovation Group's The Millennial Economy. They surveyed 1,200 Millennials for the report. The report said: 'True to reputation, Millennials are skeptical of the establishment. 'While not as overtly iconoclastic as some of their parents might have been at similar ages, Millennials put very little confidence in established institutions—perhaps because established institutions have yet to deliver for them. 'The establishment aside, Millennials remain fiercely patriotic and supportive of a leading role for the United States in the world.' According to the report, 'Corporate America, governors, and the news media inspire the lowest levels of confidence, with only one-fifth of Millennials placing a lot or a great deal of stock in them. 'Silicon Valley, for its part, ranks near organized religion, mayors, and the criminal justice system with roughly one-quarter of Millennials expressing a lot of a great deal of confidence in it.' 55 per cent of those polled said they had 'a great deal or quite a lot' of confidence in the military, while 39 per cent had 'some or very little' confidence and six per cent were unsure. For Corporate America, 20 per cent said they had 'a great deal or quite a lot' of confidence, while 72 per cent said they had 'some or very little' confidence and eight per cent were unsure. Researchers also found: 'Skepticism reigns across all demographics, but men tend to buy into established institutions more than women and Hispanics tend to be more optimistic than blacks and whites. 'Black women, for their part, place the least confidence in the establishment but tend not to let that mistrust cloud their relative optimism about the direction of the country.' The report said: 'Men have greater confidence in U. S institutions than women with, on average, 34 per cent of men expressing confidence in the institutions polled compared to only 25 per cent of women.' Researchers also revealed that 'Blacks reserve their lowest levels of confidence for Silicon Valley and Hispanics for governors and Corporate America.' For millennial men, 33 per cent think the US is headed in the right direction, and 57 per cent of men think it's on the wrong track. For women women, 17 per cent think the US is headed in the right direction, and 68 per cent think it's on the wrong track. Researchers wrote: 'Hispanic men and black women are the most optimistic group within each gender, with 41 per cent of the former and 27 per cent of the latter believing the country is headed in the right direction.' The full report can be found online here .

2016-09-28 23:22 Zoe Szathmary www.dailymail.co.uk

78 /88 Corset braids are the latest hair trend taking off on Instagram Forget rainbow dye and pastel highlights, the latest hair trend is possibly the most simple one yet. Thousands of women and girls the world over have taken a liking to the 'corset braid' - a technique that sees them interlacing ribbons through their plaits and pigtails. Despite being a relatively uncomplicated addition, the colourful ribbons make for a striking and vibrant twist to any traditional hairstyle. Most recently, a number of models rocked the edgy yet feminine look at Vancouver Fashion Week. The models, who stormed the runway for designer Lesley Hampton on Saturday, all wore pale blue and green ribbons weaved through their braids - the elegant look balancing out their edgy get-ups. Hundreds of others have taken to social media to share their own take on the unique trend. Some have weaved thin black lace through their braids before finishing the ends off with buns, while others have used different coloured laces to complement their cornrows. Some also worked brightly coloured ribbons, bobby pins and laces through their dutch braids, ponytails and french braids. Mothers also jumped on board the trend and showed off their handwork after successfully completing corset braids on their daughters. 'I love braiding with wet hair. Back to school prep for tomorrow. Dutch braids look so neat,' one woman wrote on a snap of her daughter's perfect corset braids. Another woman tried out 'diagonal corset braids' on her young daughter who rocked bright red ribbons throughout her braided do. Whether it's viewed as over-the-top, stylish, bizarre or beautiful, it's likely this unusual yet strangely satisfying hair trend will be a hit both on and off the runway this season.

2016-09-28 23:19 Laura House www.dailymail.co.uk

79 /88 Poe says feisty but maternal Santiago gave her sleepless nights Being a newbie in politics, Senator Grace Poe recalled how she had “sleepless nights” to face feisty constitutionalist, former Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.

Poe was the one who defended the proposed Freedom of Information (FOI) as chair of the Senate committee on public information and mass media during the 16th Congress. And Santiago was among those who interpellated her on the floor. “I was already defending the FOI bill, it was the first bill that I defended on the floor and I was quite scared to be interpellated then by Senator Santiago,” she recalled during the hearing of the committee, which she still chairs this 17th Congress.

“I remember having sleepless nights preparing for that particular time when she would actually interpellate me,” said Poe.

Before interperelatting her, Poe recalled Santiago telling her that: “Senator Poe, I feel very maternal towards you.”

“So instead of actually interpellating me, she lectured me on the importance of having a Freedom of Information bill and I will never forget her for that,” she said.

“She stressed that the presidential communications privilege should not be abused by any sitting president and I think that’s a valid point that we really took into consideration and so this bill is also dedicated to her and hopefully we pass it also in her memory,” the senator added.

Santiago’s husband, Jun Santiago, confirmed that she passed away in her sleep Thursday morning. She was 71.

READ: Miriam Defensor-Santiago passes away at 71

Poe confirmed Santiago’s passing during the hearing when she paused and asked everyone to offer a moment of silence and pray for the late senator’s soul.

She described Santiago as a “respected,” “courageous” woman, who helped the chamber passed the FOI bill in the past 16th Congress.

Both Poe and Santiago ran for president in the May 2016 elections, but lost to President Rodrigo Duterte. IDL

2016-09-28 23:16 Maila Ager newsinfo.inquirer.net

80 /88 A-list make-up artists detail the products they are currently using on star clients We've got good news for your beauty game and bad news for your wallet: Celebrity make-up artist Hung Vanngo, who works with names like Selena Gomez, Emily Ratajkowski and Kaia Gerber, revealed the products he's currently obsessed with on Instagram this week, making sure to note that none of his picks were sponsored. From a $42 blush to a $7 lipstick, the pro will have you sold on every single one of them. Hung isn't the only celebrity artist who's been in a sharing mood recently. Nick Barose, who works with Lupita Nyong'o, and Pati Dubroff, whose client list includes Margot Robbie, both also took to Instagram to shout out their favorite products. Read on below for product picks and honest reviews from Hung, Nick, Pati and more A-list make-up artists. Marc Jacobs Beauty Air Blush Soft Glow Duo Hung Vanngo, who used it to warm up Kaia Gerber's complexion ahead of the Fashion Media Awards earlier this month, is a fan of the blush because of its' 'satiny multi-dimensional finish'. Plus, he said, 'the texture allows you to apply a very soft wash of color, but is buildable for brighter color.' EX1 InvisiwearLiquid Foundation 'Finally a line of foundations which is mostly yellow based,' wrote Melanie Inglessis on her Instagram account before using a shade to perfect Britney Spears' complexion for her Apple Music Festival performance in London yesterday. 'As a make-up artist, I would say, 98 percent of the time, I use a yellow/cool base foundation versus pink/warm,' she added. Bobbi Brown Retouching Wand 'It's a very sheer, fluid veil of color that your skin sucks right up,' detailed make-up artist Mary Phillips , who works with Chrissy Teigen and Jennifer Lopez. She noted that she also loves the 'natural highlighted' finish it leaves behind on the complexion. Anastasia Beverly Hills Stick Foundation This foundation made Hung's list thanks to its inclusive range of shades (30 in total) and reasonable price tag ($25). 'It can be applied sheer or to achieve full coverage if needed,' he said. Covergirl Katy Kat Lipstick 'Sometimes matte lipsticks can be dry. This one looks matte but still has enough moisture that it's comfortable to wear,' said Hung. Bonus: It's only $7. Benefit Cosmetics They're Real! Lengthening & Volumizing Mascara 'Hands down my favorite mascara,' revealed Pati Dubroff on her feed. The make-up artist has used the product recently to create stand-out eye looks on clients like Margot Robbie. Natasha Denona Blackest Black Eye Shadow Matte 'One of the blackest eyeshadows I've seen', said Hung. He recommends trying it 'with a damp brush for even more intensity or as an eyeliner'. Nars Unrestricted Matte Eyeliner Stylo 'Sometimes when a liquid liner is too shiny, it can appear imperfect on the red carpet due to the patchy reflection of flash photography. This one photographs exactly as it's applied,' said Hung. It Cosmetics Tightline Full Lash Length Black Mascara Primer Make-up artist Nick Barose ,who is responsible for Lupita Nyong'o's most colorful looks, uses this to get close to the base of the lashes and to ensure a feathery, not spiky finish. 'It's also perfect for short bottom lashes that can look stubby with too much mascara,' he said. Shop all of these celeb-approved products below!

2016-09-28 23:15 Sarah Ferguson www.dailymail.co.uk

81 /88 Rachael Taylor reveals the alternative holistic skin treatment she loves Earlier this month the Australian leading actress was announced as the new face of skincare brand Neutrogena. To coincide with the announcement she shared details of her unusual hair treatment with The Daily Telegraph. She said she uses avocado oil for when she has a bad hair day. 'My hair is coloured and a bit fried. A little on the ends does the trick.' Rachael - who is the ex of Matthew Newton - also revealed she uses a Cle De Peau concealer which averages around AU $134.00. While Rachael's professional life is going well, so too is her personal life, with the Tasmanian native dating photographer Mike Piscitelli.

2016-09-28 23:14 Candice Jackson www.dailymail.co.uk

82 /88 More than half of Flint homes could have lead lines, report shows Embed

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More than half of Flint's homes could be connected to the city's water system through a lead service line, a figure much higher than originally estimated, according to University of Michigan researchers.

In the report issued Wednesday, four researchers from across several university departments in U-M's Ann Arbor and Flint campuses wrote that they have collected and reviewed the results of 171 water-line replacements completed in the city since the start of its lead-tainted water crisis, now more than two years old.

"We can now conclude from this data set that the city records are highly inaccurate and incomplete," the researchers wrote. "The bad news is that lead has been found in nearly every home that has had its service line excavated, and nearly all of the lead pipes were found in the public portion of the line. "

This is significantly higher than estimates used by the city and state based on the municipal records. Those documents suggested 40% of the city's water service lines contained lead; 55% were made of copper, galvanized steel or another non-lead material; and 15% had a blank record, researchers wrote.

There are about 56,000 parcels in Flint. Based on estimates from city records, Flint had 4,500 service lines with at least one lead portion, while about 13,000 had a missing entry. The price tag to replace as many as 10,000 lines could have been as high as $55 million, according to Flint's mayor.

When contractors dug up the 171 service lines, they found very different results, according to the report by U-M computer science professor Jacob Abernethy, along with geography professor Marty Kaufman, business professor Eric Schwartz and Troy Rosencrants. Almost all —165 out of 171 homes — had lead in the public portion of the service line.

The pipes were removed from three neighborhoods in different wards so they "are geographically disparate, and fit a profile typical of many regions of the city," the researchers wrote. "If the rate of lead discovery continues at a similar pace then, even under optimistic assessments, the latest data suggests that more than half of Flint’s homes have a service line that is partially lead. "

The state has allocated $27 million so far for the city's Fast Start program to replace lead service lines. But the $27 million "will only solve a small fraction of the problem," the U-M academics wrote.

Researchers said they wanted to get the word out about their new findings because of the ongoing debate about future funding for the Flint water crisis. Faced with the potential for a government shutdown, Republican leaders in the U. S. House reached a deal with Democrats that led to a 284-141 vote putting the funding for Flint in legislation that authorizes spending on other water infrastructure.

The Flint water crisis drew widespread attention last fall when government officials acknowledged that a dangerous level of lead in the water supply was likely caused by failing to add corrosion controls to a new water source from the Flint River. Flint reverted to Detroit's water system late last year. The city had been under a federal state of emergency from January through August. But the crisis continues, and state officials said recently that they will pick up the costs of providing bottled water and filters to Flint residents while elevated lead levels in the water supply continue to concern experts.

Gov. Rick Snyder said Wednesday that the state has made great strides in addressing the public health crisis, but has much more to do.

State and federal officials say Flint water is safe to drink for all when it has been filtered. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver , however, has said she wants all water service lines containing lead to be removed from the city before she will recommend that citizens drink unfiltered water from their taps.

City officials said the U-M findings were not a surprise.

"We knew the data we were working with after the state and city declared a water crisis emergency were based on incomplete surveys and outdated records," retired Brig. Gen. Michael McDaniel, manager of the Fast Start project, said in an e-mail Wednesday. "That said, we also selected areas for service line replacement where we had the greatest certainty, based on the information at hand, that we would find lead lines to replace. After all, that is our reason for being there. "

He added that Weaver was forced to rely on the outdated data initially to ask for $55 million to replace an estimated 12,000 lead and unknown service lines. "That was before we knew that most of the galvanized steel service lines also would need to be replaced because they’re collecting lead leaching into the drinking water supply," McDaniel said.

He said that the city's ambitious efforts could be limited by insufficient funds.

State officials say their efforts remain somewhat handicapped by incomplete information about the city's lead pipes.

"That’s what delayed some of the initial work and why so much more investigatory work needs to be done before anyone knows for certain how many lines in the city need to be replaced," Snyder spokesman Ari Adler said Wednesday in response to the report.

Adler noted that only a small portion of the $27 million allocated to the city had been spent so far.

"As the project progresses and more lines are replaced, the state will review the city’s financial needs," he said. "If more lines are identified than anyone previously realized, then that would trigger a review of financial needs, as well. "

Adler added that lead service lines remain a problem in Flint and beyond. "And to exacerbate the problem, there are many places besides Flint where a solid inventory does not exist," he said. An ongoing governor's commission on infrastructure is trying to come up with broader solutions on lead pipes across Michigan, he said.

2016-09-28 23:12 Matthew Dolan rssfeeds.freep.com

83 /88 Iconic San Francisco home in 'Mrs. Doubtfire' on market for $4.5M The historic home where "Mrs. Doubtfire" was filmed is for sale. It's a valuable piece of property that's also a piece of history. It's on just about every map and tourist guide, the house where Robin Williams starred in "Mrs. Doubtfire. " The movie used the real street address, even real San Francisco food prices. And it also used something else: "He encouraged the producer to hire all his local friends actors, musicians, comedians," said band leader and actor Dick Bright. Bright played a waiter, a bit part where you don't often improvise. "Hit your mark, do a good job and get out. And Robin was like no,'Let's have some fun here,'" Bright said. It was the playful spirit for which he so well- loved. And that's why the trees and pavement outside that house have become a memorial. The owner explained a couple of years ago why he's left it there. "I'm not about to change anything, and it's all deserved, isn't' it," said the homeowner. Some have speculated that one reason the house became an unofficial memorial is there is no official memorial to Robin Williams in San Francisco. Some of his oldest friends are trying to change that. "We want to rename Sharon meadow Robin Williams Meadow since he spent a lot of time here at Comeday Day," said San Francisco Comedy Day producer Debi Durst. In fact, he secretly funded the free comedy show for years. Comedy Day's organizers are now taking donations to change signs to say Robin Williams Meadow. "Because everybody misses him. And Comedy Day just hasn't been the same without him," Durst said. The four bedrooms, four and a half bath home is listed at $4.5 million. The seller, quite fittingly, is a retiring surgeon who specialized in facial feminization. The new owners will have to embrace the home's history. "I don't think it matters who owns it, it's iconic no matter who lives there," Bright said.

2016-09-28 23:11 (Copyright abc7news.com

84 /88 'It's my best friend': Tori Spelling connects with late pal Jeremy on Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry Tori Spelling connected with her deceased best friend Jeremy on Wednesday with the help of a celebrity clairvoyant. The 43-year-old actress received messages from beyond the grave on the season finale of Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry. The 20-year-old clairvoyant medium opened his psychic session on an apologetic note. Scroll down for video 'There is a reference, in his own way, to a bit of an apology in his passing. Does that make sense to you?,' Tyler said. 'It's my best friend. He died of a heart condition,' Tori revealed. The Beverly Hills, 90210 star offered more details in a side confessional. 'Jeremy was my best friend. He also dated my other best friend, and it was the three of us always. We did everything together,' Tori explained. Tyler then referenced a bathroom and a feeling of regret. Tori admitted going to a bar with Jeremy the night before he died and sharing a bathroom together. 'It wasn't like I knew Jeremy was going to die, but I remember thinking something wasn't right,' Tori explained. 'I don't think you ever get that feeling back. You always wish you had that extra moment, that extra night. If I had played that night out before differently, I would have had an extra moment with him. I could have done things different,' she added. Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry premiered on the E! network in January 2016. It was renewed in March for a second season that concluded on Wednesday with Tori, Dr. Paul Nasif and Metta World Peace getting in touch with people from their past. A clip for the next season showed Tyler meeting with Janice Dickinson, Reza Farahan, Dr. Drew Pinsky and Marlee Matlin.

2016-09-28 23:10 Paul Chavez www.dailymail.co.uk

85 /88 Dwayne Johnson urges people to vote with 94-second song — the same amount of time it takes to register (WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE) Rock the vote.

Dwayne Johnson wants you to register to vote — and he’s not accepting any excuses.

“Did you know, on average, it takes approximately a minute and 34 seconds to register to vote?” Johnson asks in a new PSA. “Ninety-four seconds to register to vote! Ninety-four seconds, guys! Can you believe that s---?”

The rest of the ad is a video music montage from his Seven Bucks Production team, a 45-second song about everything else you can do in the time it takes to register: “You can tie your shoes, you can sing the blues, you can go out and b---- slap a candy-ass jabroni if you choose.”

The Rock, 8-month-old daughter talk philosophy on Labor Day

The song ends with an ominous threat.

“So do it now or he’ll come find you.”

2016-09-28 23:05 Kate Feldman feeds.nydailynews.com

86 /88 In response to society’s demand to adapt to the new reality, the Mexican State has been a promoter of transformation in the country: EPN (Presidency of the Republic of the United Mexican States) ( Source : Presidency of the Republic of the United Mexican States ) It is an opportunity not to overlook what we have managed to do and advance regarding the rule of law and the consolidation of democratic institutions that are now enabling

2016-09-28 23:05 system article.wn.com

87 /88 Paris Hilton looks glamorous in London wearing a colourful embroidered bomber jacket She's been a social butterfly for years. And Paris Hilton sealed the deal on Wednesday as she stepped out in London in a black bomber jacket embroidered with colorful flowers and insects. The 35-year-old hotel heiress looked stylish as she paired the jacket with a low-cut pale blue top and figure-hugging black pants. The beauty showcased her slim figure in the PVC trousers. She radiated uber-glamour with giant dark glasses, even though it was night time, and vertiginous heeled boots. Her long blonde tresses were worn in her preferred long, straight style, over one shoulder. She's been in the limelight for over a decade. But has traded in her reality television days for a career as celebrity DJ and recently spun the turntables for Philipp Plein's cocktail party in Milan, Italy. She also recently returned from Serbia where she played in a club in Belgrade on Saturday. Paris - who is also launching more real estate property in Dubai, Las Vegas and New York - is expanding to the tech world as well where she is planning to create content and games for VR, according to Adweek.

2016-09-28 23:04 Dailymail.com www.dailymail.co.uk

88 /88 Research work could be criminalised under George Brandis data changes George Brandis will move to make it a criminal offence to publish or disseminate “reidentified” government datasets, in a move that digital rights groups say could criminalise important research and security work. The attorney general announced on Thursday that he would amend the Privacy Act to make it an offence to reidentify government data that had been published in anonymised formats.

“With advances of technology, methods that were sufficient to de-identify data in the past may become susceptible to reidentification in the future,” he said.

“The amendment to the Privacy Act will create a new criminal offence of reidentifying de- identified government data. It will also be an offence to counsel, procure, facilitate, or encourage anyone to do this, and to publish or communicate any reidentified dataset.”

The impetus for the release appears to be a Medicare dataset which could be used to identify particular doctors and service providers which was published by the Department of Health relating to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme on the data.gov.au website.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has announced an investigation into the circumstances of the data breach and the department’s processes for de-identifying data.

In a release from the department also issued on Thursday, a group of researchers led by Dr Vanessa Teague from the department of computing at Melbourne University discovered it was possible to reidentify some service providers and doctors using the dataset. “The dataset does not include names or addresses of service providers and no patient information was identified,” the release said. “However, as a result of the potential to extract some doctor and other service provider ID numbers, the Department of Health immediately removed the dataset from the website to ensure the security and integrity of the data is maintained.”

The chair of Digital Rights Watch, Tim Singleton, has expressed concern about the move, because the offence could capture a range of innocent activities – including research and security testing.

“This move is extremely concerning and seems to be pre-emptive of the work of the Productivity Commission and its inquiry into data availability and use,” he said. “The minister is alluding to potentially a very broad offence of ‘facilitating’ reidentification.

“The specific wording of ‘counsel, procure, facilitate or encourage’ will need to be framed carefully to exclude innocent acts, such as rigorous penetration testing of encryption software.

“Likewise the whole area of research into de-identification research, such as that undertaken by the CSIRO, could be jeopardised through heavy-handed legislation.”

He urged Brandis to consult broadly with privacy groups to examine how the legislation would be introduced.

Teague, who led the research team that informed the department of the breach, told Guardian Australia the research had been conducted to examine the department’s protection of the data.

A copy of an article published by the researchers outlines how every single Medicare data code was able to be reidentified by linking the dataset with other available information.

“Publishing data can bring great benefits to research but also great risks to privacy,” it said.

“The mathematical details matter: it’s a technically challenging task to understand whether a particular algorithm securely encrypts data or not.

“Datasets containing sensitive information about individuals clearly deserve more caution than others, and may not always be suitable for open public release.”

Teague responded with caution to Brandis’s legislative response.

“The best thing that government could do is encourage Australian cyber security researchers to examine data security,” he said. “To the extent that this proposal is the opposite of that, then the proposal is a mistake.

“If we discourage Australian security researchers to undertake this kind of research then it makes it more difficult for government to ensure that data is protected.”

The health department has contacted the privacy commissioner to inform his office of the breach.

On Wednesday Brandis appointed Timothy Pilgrim permanently to the role of Australian information commissioner. He has been acting in it for more than a year.

He also appointed Pilgrim privacy commissioner, suggesting the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner will continue at a reduced capacity from the previous three statutory office holders. Brandis said the legislation would be introduced in parliament’s spring sitting to amend the privacy laws.

2016-09-28 23:03 Paul Farrell www.theguardian.com

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