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TT salutes gold-winning quartet
KESTON CHARLES Monday, August 14 2017
THE TT men’s relay team was praised yesterday by both Minister of Sport Darryl Smith and Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) President Brian Lewis after their spectacular showing in the last race of the IAAF 2017 World Championships yesterday in London.
The quartet of Lalonde Gordon, who ran the anchor leg, Machel Cedenio, Jereem Richards and Jarrin Solomon stunned the heavily favoured US men’s team to snatch gold in the Men’s 4x400M finals.
Contacted minutes after the race shortly after 4 am, Minister Smith said that on behalf of the government, he was extending deepest congratulations to the team.
“It was an excellent race, I think it was well deserved. The team has worked hard to come from where they came from.” With the mighty Jamaicans not qualifying and no other Caribbean island in the final, the onus was on Trinidad and Tobago to bring pride to the region and they did not disappoint.
“I am very, very happy.
We are happy, the Prime Minister is happy and we wish all the other athletes the best of luck,” Smith said.
The minister would not comment on what rewards would be considered for the team, but TTOC President Lewis was not shy on that issue. It is no secret the TTOC has recently come under much scrutiny and criticism because of the performance of TT athletes on the world stage and Lewis made sure to highlight hardships the committee had to face to get the athletes to where they are.
“I hope Trinidad and Tobago realize that sports is like that.
There will be good days and there will be bad days. Last year we were criticized but only a year later, the country is in a joyous and rapturous mood. It is the same committee now being praised a year later,” Lewis said.
Asked about rewards for the team, Lewis was adamant.
“Everyone wants to ask about rewards but nobody wanted to help with preparations, and now everybody wants to talk about reward? I don’t know what rewards would be in store because we were struggling to get funding to properly prepare these athletes.” Lewis said despite his feelings on the love/hate relationship the TT public has with the TTOC, he would not vent too much since he does not want his thoughts to overshadow the undeniable, unbelievable achievement of the athletes. He commended their performance which he described as gutsy.
He said the athletes really dug deep.
“I know the guys were hungry for it, they dug deep and had made up their mind to let it all out again in that race,” Lewis said.
“One has to take these things with dignity and grace, notwithstanding the challenges and of course the band wagon would now roll in, but I am glad that the athletes had an opportunity to bring the kind of glory that we deserve. It’s a great moment and I want to focus on the tremendous adversity, resilience, courage and guts of our athletes to overcome every obstacle to bring glory to Trinidad and Tobago.” “In all the gloom and doom, sports once again has painted a positive image of Trinidad and Tobago to the world and my heartiest congratulations go out to the boys,” Lewis said.

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From bureaucrat, to banking whiz, to head of Ontario’s monopoly liquor and – soon – legal marijuana seller: Ed Clark, who helped turn London-based Canada Trust into a financial powerhouse, is a retailer at heart.
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Asked if he ever imagined heading a huge company that sells legal pot, Ed Clark laughs heartily.
“When you start off in life, you have no idea what you’ll end up doing,” says the retired chief executive of TD Bank and before that Canada Trust.
At 70, the business whiz — who for the better part of a decade oversaw London-based Canada Trust — soon will take over as chairperson of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO). The move comes just as the provincial Crown corporation, one of the world’s largest alcohol retailers, dives into the thorny business of setting up legal cannabis stores.
Well known to many in London business and finance circles, Clark isn’t exactly a household name — but his fingerprints are on many files familiar to Ontarians, including the Liberal government’s controversial sale of a majority stake in Hydro One, the provincial electricity distributor.
Once Canada’s highest-paid banking executive, he admitted later he probably was paid too much.
And while he rose fast in an earlier public service career, even winning an award as the nation’s outstanding civil servant, he began working in government not in Canada, but in Tanzania, in east Africa, where his eldest son was born.
On legal pot, Clark calls himself a “conservative” and says he doesn’t promote the use of the drug.
But, he notes, it’s time to impose order and safety on a chaotic business and dry up the cash stream for illegal drug dealers.
“People buying cannabis don’t know what they are buying — and they’re buying from people engaged in criminal activity. That doesn’t sound like a good idea to me.”
Clark said the LCBO has taken a dramatic turn in his lifetime, evolving from a grim government bureaucracy where customers filled out a form at a counter and were handed a bottle tightly wrapped in brown paper.
The LCBO now has all the trappings of a modern retailer, with 650 outlets complete with product tastings, slick displays and glossy magazines.
But that model won’t be applied to pot — at least not yet.
Ontario plans to set up about 150 stand-alone cannabis stores by 2020, with the first wave of 40 stores opening this summer after the federal Liberal government’s avowed move to legalize recreational pot use.
Clark favours a cautious approach, reverting to the LCBO’s old “brown-paper bag” days, with cannabis customers filling out a form and picking up a package at a counter.
“Generally, in life when you haven’t done something before, do it carefully” he said, adding cannabis sales may “evolve” as the LCBO gets more experienced with customers and their needs.
Andy Brandt, LCBO chairperson and chief executive from 1991 to 2006, said he doesn’t envy Clark in the job he faces.
“It’s going to be extremely challenging. They are still struggling with how to set it up. I suffer with the guy, because I know he will have a problem doing it properly,” said Brandt, who served as Sarnia’s mayor, Progressive Conservative MPP, cabinet minister and interim party leader before heading the LCBO.
Brandt agreed government control of the cannabis trade is a step forward, but says the consumer-friendly retail format for alcohol sales may not apply to cannabis.
“This is a different product — cannabis is not the same as alcohol. It’s obviously going to have to be controlled to handle it in a legitimate fashion,” he said.
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Ed Clark, then president and chief executive of Canada Trust, cuts a confident profile during the company’s annual meeting in Calgary in 1997, three years before TD Bank bought the innovative financial services company that grew out of London and Southwestern Ontario. (File photo)
Though he spent most of his career in the financial sector, Clark is well suited to the LCBO because, he says, he has the heart of a retailer.
“Instead of starting with the bank and go out, why not start with the customers and come in? That may seem obvious, but that’s not how banks were run,” he said.
Canada Trust, with London roots going back to 1864, shook the banking sector in 1976 with innovations like extended hours — “Eight-to-eight, six days straight” was the slogan — and Clark carried on the tradition when he joined Canada Trust in 1991.
He said the customer-friendly model helped make Canada Trust a tempting takeover target when TD Bank bought it for $8 billion in 2000.
In 2002, Clark was tagged to take over as TD’s chief executive, just as the financial giant was bleeding red ink partly because of bad loans to the telecom sector.
Under Clark’s tenure, TD became Canada’s second-largest and North America’s sixth-largest bank, with a major expansion into the U.S. market.
Clark attributed much of the growth to the retail-style Canada Trust model “exported from London.”
Under his leadership, TD steered clear of the U.S. mortgage meltdown in 2008 that battered other Canadian banks, like the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
Tim Hockey worked with Clark at Canada Trust and TD for about 25 years. He said that on top of his sharp intellect, Clark has superb people skills.
“He is remarkably down-to-Earth . . . People feel connected to him,” said Hockey, now the New York-based chief executive of TD Ameritrade.
Hockey said Clark is remarkably suited to steering the LCBO into the new era of legal cannabis.
“Given his government experience and all of his business acumen, there are probably very few people as qualified to work through any thorny issue,” he said.
In “retirement,” Clark has advised the Ontario government for a salary of $1 a year.
He’s handled hot-button issues, including the sell-off of Hydro One, the restructuring of Stelco Steel in Hamilton and Toronto’s bid to land the new Amazon headquarters.
Clark already has had a major influence on the LCBO. In a 2015 review of Ontario’s public assets, he recommended keeping LCBO publicly owned, but expanding consumer access to wine and beer through grocery stores — two ideas the Liberal government adopted.
Clark said the LCBO model works efficiently, offering good prices and selection to consumers and generating a steady stream of cash for the province. But he added it’s time for the LCBO to follow banking and retail and plunge even further into online sales.
“Every retailer in the world is adapting to online. With the LCBO having a large base, they could have an online site that’s the best in the world.”
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TD Bank CEO Ed Clark speaks during the company's annual general meeting in Calgary, on Thursday, April 3, 2014. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal)
Clark didn’t start in banking, but in the public sector. He was born and raised in Toronto and educated at the University of Toronto and Harvard University, where he did his economics doctoral thesis on socialism in Tanzania. He worked for the Tanzanian government for two years.
He became a deputy minister in Pierre Trudeau’s Liberal government and was one of the architects of the controversial National Energy Program that gave Ottawa more control over the energy sector.
That policy drew a backlash in energy-rich Western Canada, earning Clark the nickname “Red Ed.”
He left the federal government after Brian Mulroney’s Tories took over, joining Merrill Lynch.
But those early days in public service still surface, because Clark has set himself apart from other bankers by speaking on out on social issues.
He had the rare double distinction of winning Canada’s Outstanding Civil Servant award in 1982 and Canada’s Outstanding CEO award in 2010.
During his time at TD, he became Canada’s highest-paid bank executive, making about $11 million a year.
But in an interview upon his retirement, he conceded he was paid too much.
He said he’s tried to give back by becoming a philanthropist, funding programs such as EGALE, which provides support for LGBT street kids. Clark considers this a duty for successful business people.
“We have income inequality and homeless issues and LGBT issues we have to deal with. It helps with social issues if business people step up and fight for them.”
He said that attitude should carry over to corporate culture.
“If you want employees to be engaged and committed to a company, they have to believe their company is on the right side of social issues. People want to be proud of where they work.”
That philosophy helped Clark earn the Business Leader of the Year Award in 2011 from Western University’s Ivey School of Business.
Carol Stephenson, a former Ivey dean who emphasized ethical leadership in business after the financial crash of 2008, said Clark was criticized when he headed TD for not jumping into the lucrative U.S. subprime mortgage market. But she said Clark followed his instincts and steered clear.
“He held his ground. He said, ‘If I can’t understand this, we’re not going in.’ He’s a highly principled guy,” she said.
Stephenson also recalled Clark giving Ivey students a frank lesson on the realities of corporate leadership. “He told them, ‘The real culture is what people do when you’re not looking.’ ”
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Clark comes by his social justice perspective honestly. His father, Del Clark, founded Canada’s first sociology department at the University of Toronto and delved into issues such as urban poverty and social development. Ed Clark’s brother, Sam, followed in his father’s footsteps and is now a sociology professor at Western. One of Sam Clark’s students was Deb Matthews, who went on to become a London MPP and deputy premier to Kathleen Wynne.
“Ed grew up in a family that really valued social responsibility,” said Matthews. Besides his private- and public-sector success, she said, Clark is a standout philanthropist, bringing his banker’s bottom-line perspective.
“He looks for the difference that his money will make in a measurable way,” said Matthews.
She said Clark once took the unusual step of putting out a business-style request for proposals to the non-profit sector when he and his wife had money to donate. The winner was a project called Homeward Bound, which provides housing and employment for single moms.
But unlike some philanthropists, Matthews said, Clark isn’t keen on having anything named after him.
Matthews, who has handled some huge jobs in government herself, including stints as health minister and treasury board president, said Clark is fine wading into tricky terrain: “He loves hard jobs. He loves challenges.”
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Geoff Smith, chief executive of global construction giant EllisDon, counts himself an unabashed Ed Clark fan.
“He is one of the finest Canadians I’ve ever met. I would say that without hesitation,” said Smith, whose father and uncle founded the company in London in 1951.
Smith said EllisDon had business dealings with Clark over the years and is now a sponsor of one his latest ventures, the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence, which Clark chairs.
Smith said Clark has the common touch and is plain-spoken, avoiding the jargon and buzzwords common in corporate circles.
“It’s my experience that the smartest people are those that can talk in the plainest language. He can take important issues and sum them up in a way that everyone understands,” said Smith.
Smith said he’d love to have Clark on his corporate board, if Clark had the time.
Smith said he’s not surprised the former banker is willing to take on the potentially tough LCBO job.
“He doesn’t want to sit around. He doesn’t want to go fishing. This is important to society and he’s saying, ‘This sounds like fun.’ ”
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Clark’s LCBO appointment is still subject to a review at Queen’s Park. In the meantime, he’s on an nostalgic, three-week trip to Tanzania, where his career began.
So, why take on such a big and potentially nasty job at his age?
He said it still feels good to apply his business experience to tough issues, such as the deal to restructure Stelco, which saved thousands of jobs and preserved pensions.
“I think it is hard to find people in government who would know how to do that . . . I bring a private-sector view of how to get things done that works for the public good,” he said.
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ED CLARK
• Born in Toronto in 1947.
• Bachelor of arts degree from University of Toronto (1969).
• Master’s degree (1971) and doctorate in economics (1974) from Harvard University.
• Worked for the government of Tanzania for two years after graduation.
• As a federal deputy minister in Canada, he helped to formulate the National Energy Program.
• Left government for private sector in 1985, joining Merrill Lynch.
• Worked for Canada Trust in London from 1991 to 2000 (as CEO from 1994-2000).
• After TD bought Canada Trust in 2000, joined TD Bank Group as chairperson and chief executive of TD Canada Trust. In 2002, he was named president of TD Bank.
• Retired in 2014.
• Lives in Toronto with his wife, Fran. They have four children and nine grandchildren.
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AWARDS
• Named Canada’s Outstanding Civil Servant, 1982
• Named Canada’s Outstanding CEO, 2010
• Order of Canada, 2010
• Numerous honorary degrees, including one from Western University

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SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon's annual shareholders meeting in Seattle’s funky Fremont neighborhood went off as expected Wednesday, with about 150 people inside and another 75 or so outside protesting.
After the shareholders and staff entered the building around 8:30 am, drag queens outside posed, pilots stood in steely lines, activists carried giant puppet-signs depicting CEO Jeff Bezos as a robot and the Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke to the crowd.
The protests were anticipated to be raucous enough that the Washington State Department of Transportation listed two potential traffic issues in the region in its Wednesday morning tweet — the Amazon demonstrations in Seattle and band Maroon 5 performing in Tacoma.
Multiple, varied groups congregated outside the building where the meeting took place.
The shareholder meeting itself was drama-free. The nine current board members running for reelection all won handily and a shareholder proposal to split the the CEO and board chair jobs failed.
Outside was more carnival-esque than angry. A line up of drag queens posed and strutted in support of No Gay, No Way, a campaign urging Amazon to place its second headquarters only in a state with strong gay rights laws.
Pilots for Amazon Air protesting what they say is a lack of staffing for Amazon's air cargo system.
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Pilots for Amazon Air cargo, who fly Amazon cargo jets for Atlas Air and ABX Air, arrived in a large bus, attired in their uniforms. They were protesting inadequate staffing levels, which they say makes for difficult working conditions.
An activist consumer group called SumOfUs came out in support of a proposal to separate the roles of CEO and chairman of the board at Amazon. Jeff Bezos holds both positions.
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It hired a plane to fly over the meeting trailing a banner that read, “Bezos Needs a Boss.”
It’s not uncommon for one person to hold the position of both CEO and board chair in a company, especially in the case of companies that have grown quickly and in which the founder is still serving in those positions, as is the case with Amazon.
Protesters outside of Amazon's 2018 shareholder meeting in Seattle, May 30, 2018.
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However, corporate governance activists have been pushing companies to separate the jobs of board chair and CEO, especially when the CEO owns a large stake in the company as Bezos does.
A board led by an independent chair is presumed to be better able to focus on the mandate of the corporation to serve the needs of all shareholders, including independent ones, and hold the CEO accountable.
Just 26% of shareholders voted in favor of the resolution.
However SumOfUs calculated that because Amazon counts abstentions as votes and Jeff Bezos owns 16% of the company’s shares, approximately 40% of independent shareholders had actually supported the resolution.
“Amazon’s profits come at the expense of our communities, and that’s because of a lack of accountability up at the top. The lesson is simple: Jeff Bezos shouldn’t be his own boss,” said Salma Mirza, SumOfUs campaign director.
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Other groups protesting at the shareholders meeting include the Service Employees International Union, climate justice group 350 Seattle, the Socialist Alternative socialist political party and community members angry at the negative impacts they say Amazon has had on their communities also plan to demonstrate.
The Jackson attended in support of a proposal that Amazon enacted earlier this month after pressure from members of Congress. It asked the company to commit to a version of the Rooney Rule, which would require it to include women and minorities when it interviews for open board positions. Currently Amazon’s board is made up of seven men and three women, all white.
Air cargo pilots for Amazon Air arrive by bus at Amazon's 2018 annual shareholders meeting to protest what they describe as understaffing issues.
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Amazon had originally opposed the measure but two weeks ago the board shifted course, adopting as policy the inclusion of a diverse slate of candidates for director openings.
Jackson told USA TODAY "leadership comes from the top down," and that he was eager for Amazon to make sure its board wasn't all white.
Amazon declined to comment on the protests.
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Reports indicate that FCC Chairman Ajit Pai wants to change Obama-era internet rules by having service providers regulate themselves. Michael Beckerman, CEO of the Internet Association, joins us to discuss why he thinks the existing rules are important for consumers. Afterwards, we'll look at the war for autonomous car talent, which has led to lawsuits, talent poaching and absurd salaries.


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BEIJING - China’s embassy in Washington has issued a security advisory to Chinese nationals travelling to the United States, the latest such warning as trade tensions escalate between the two countries.
The embassy warned Chinese tourists to be aware of issues including expensive medical bills, the threats of public shootings and robberies, searches and seizures by customs agents, telecommunications fraud and natural disasters. “Public security in the United States is not good. Cases of shootings, robberies, and theft are frequent,” the embassy said in the alert published on Thursday to its website.
“Travellers in the United States should be alert to their surroundings and suspicious individuals, and avoid going out alone at night.”
Aside from an additional warning about the risk of natural disasters, the advisory was similar to one the embassy posted in January.
Tensions are high between the two countries over the threat of tariffs.
US President Donald Trump’s administration is set to impose tariffs on $34 billion worth of additional goods from China on Friday citing unfair Chinese trade practices, and has threatened successive waves of duties on up to $450 billion in Chinese imports. China has vowed to retaliate in kind with its own tariffs on US agricultural products and other goods and to take more “qualitative” measures if Trump escalates the conflict.
China’s Foreign Ministry, when asked on Tuesday if the timing of the alert was politically motivated, said the summer was the high season for Chinese going to the United States and that Chinese embassies had an obligation to warn citizens about potential risks abroad. “This kind of reminder from the Chinese embassy in the relevant country, I think this is absolutely a matter that is in the scope of our duty,” ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a regular news briefing.
There was little mention of the latest embassy alert on Chinese social media. China frequently issues travel warnings for Chinese abroad, generally in war-afflicted regions.
But some foreign governments have argued that Beijing uses other means, such as curtailing outbound tourism, to settle political or trade scores, though the Chinese government typically denies such issues are linked. China banned all group tours to South Korea for part of 2017 in the wake of Seoul’s decision to install the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD), which has a powerful radar Beijing worries can penetrate Chinese territory.

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Rustenburg - The bus strike will be intensified if a resolution is not reached, the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) said on Tuesday.
"If there is no resolution by 6pm today [Tuesday] the strike will be intensified, there is a one percent difference between us and the bosses," Puseletso Molise, Saftu North West Convener said.
"The strike is on. We have mobilised forces, the taxi industry will join the strike, the truck drivers will park trucks on the roads and leave them there, mineworkers will down tools, the general public will support the strike," he said.
"What ever happens from today onwards, Saftu will not be held responsible."
Bus drivers went on a strike on April 18, demanding a minimum salary of R8 000 pay per and better working conditions.
"We requested a 9.5 percent increase for the first year. We moved from 15 percent to this because we want stability in the country. But our employers are stuck on eight percent refusing to give us that one percent to meet our nine percent demand," he said.
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The Teachers' Union announced Monday evening that it was canceling the strike in about 110 high schools that had been planned for Tuesday.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - At least 11 soldiers were killed and 13 wounded on Saturday in a suicide attack near an army base in northern Pakistan, officials said, in a region that was once controlled by a local faction of the Taliban.
Attacks have decreased sharply in the picturesque Swat Valley but can cause alarm in a region where Pakistani Taliban insurgents took partial control in 2007, before being ousted two years later in a major military operation hailed as an important blow against Islamist violence.
Swat was the first sizeable region outside Pakistan’s lawless tribal regions bordering Afghanistan to fall to the militants. More than 2,000 Taliban fighters have been driven out of the region, government officials say.
The Pakistan Army’s public relations wing said in a statement that the “suicide attack” in the Swat Valley took place at the “army unit sports area”.
“The soldiers were playing volleyball in the evening outside the military base...when a suicide bomber managed to blow himself up,” said a security official who asked not to be identified.
The match was also being watched by civilians, and the casualty count could rise as a large number of people had gathered in the area, he said, adding that wounded were being shifted to a nearby military hospital.
The attack was claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, in a statement sent to the media.
“God willing Tehreek-e-Taliban has started the process of revenge attacks,” Taliban spokesman Mohammad Khurasani said in the statement. “Wait for more (attacks) to follow.”
The military has been on alert for signs of a Taliban resurgence as it seeks to rebuild civilian institutions and win over the local population as a bulwark against radical ideology.
Since being chased out the region, the Taliban have carried out revenge attacks against anti-militancy activists and attempted to extort money from business owners in a region where Pakistan has stationed more than 4,000 soldiers.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi condemned the attack.
“No cowardly attack can deter us in pursuing our struggle against the menace of terrorism to its logical conclusion. We will continue our fight till the last trace is rooted out,” the prime minister said in a statement.

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CAIRO Islamic State claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an attack on an armoured convoy used by NATO that killed eight people in the Afghan capital Kabul.
It said in a statement on its Amaq news agency that a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged car as the convoy passed an area near the U.S. embassy, killing eight American soldiers.
Public health officials in Kabul said the eight dead were civilians and that at least 28 people were wounded in the blast that took place during the morning rush hour in a busy part of the city. Three U.S. service members were among the wounded.
(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba,; Writing by Lin Noueihed)


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Question: South Wales Echo letters: Wednesday, February 15, 2017

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Our visitors and workers deserve so much better
Saturday last saw thousands of people as ever pour into our beautiful city – a place many refer to as the Big City.
The city had a huge variety of people from rugby fans, tourists, the usual Saturday crowd and of course those who quite literally have to come into the city because they work there – me included.
With all this going on I wondered what would happen when it came to getting everyone home again, I envisaged a well organised plan, taxi marshals, extended bus services etc. – after all we’ve known about this event day for months.
How wrong I was.
I finished work at 8pm. My bus service that somehow manages to run every 15mins until 7pm went down to one an hour – that’s if that one actually shows up. I wasn’t alone with many of the large estates left completely threadbare in terms of a bus service.
The taxis as ever were doing whatever they wanted to do. One stopped and offered to take me from Churchill Way to home for £50. Before I could take a number he’d driven off. My experience was one of many. I went and stood on a taxi rank – no taxi marshal, and in fact the majority of times no taxis either. I watched as taxi after taxi came into Park Place was stopped – a negotiation went on and off the taxi went, completely ignoring the ever growing queue on the rank. These are the same taxis that constantly moan they don’t have enough rank space in the city, and the same ones that constantly claim they do not stop and do deals at the side of the road.
I did eventually get home, I shared a cab with a couple that lived just around the corner from me – now there’s a novel idea! It had however taken an hour wait on a rank.
I find myself looking at all the great events ahead, more Six Nations, Champions League football, Coldplay, Justin Beber and so so much more in my home City. I am concerned that our supposed Big City won’t cope, that after wonderful experiences within the city people will be left transport less or even worse robbed blind just for wanting to get back home.
I don’t understand why on event days taxi marshals aren’t the norm, that cabs should be told to go to ranks, where were the licensing department ensuring that drivers do what their licence compels them to do? Why when there are such late events can’t we have an improved bus service – even one every 30 minutes would’ve done!
Come on Cardiff we have to get this right, the eyes of the world are upon us and we need to be able to get people home to hotels and places safely. This isn’t rocket science, like Christmas these dates are in our diaries months sometimes years in advance.
Please please get it sorted before the feedback we get says don’t go to Cardiff – our reputation is at risk here.
A Big City deserves Big Public Transport – and it can’t wait for this tram system and all that’s promised for the future. We need action and action now.
Our visitors, our workers deserve better.
Andrew J McCarthy
Llandaff North, Cardiff
Lies, damn lies and statistics on homes
I refer to the news report in the Echo on Monday February 13 that Cardiff Council want to stop offering the people of Cardiff the right to buy their council homes for a period of five years.
It is reported that the council needs to stop the scheme because housing stock has decreased from 23,000 homes in 1985 to 13,807 today and most of the reduction is due to right to buy.
I wonder what Cardiff council over the last 31 years have done with the proceeds of sale of all the houses sold in that time. Would they like to publish figures giving a breakdown of what happened to the money? I imagine it was mixed together with all other council money and then disappeared down “a black hole” without a thought given to “ring fencing” the right to buy receipts to help replenish the housing stock. There has clearly been no forward thinking. Why not? This situation did not suddenly happen overnight.So, there is no point crying about it now and unfairly denying the right to buy to people at the present time when the right was granted to many others over 30 plus years.
It is also reported that a public consultation gave 57% backing to the council’s plans. That made me smile.
You know what they say. There are lies, damn lies and statistics!
Jeff Fifer
Cyncoed, Cardiff
This was not a Cardiff referendum
I am, like Bryan Prescott of Caerphilly (South Wales Echo letters, February 13 headed “MP reflected the majority in Cardiff”), tired, but of the remoaners, of which he is a classic example, refusing to accept the vote of a UK-wide referendum.
May I remind him that a simple majority of those voting in a referendum in 1975 took us into the then EEC, and there is absolutely no reason why an identical referendum last year shouldn’t take us out of the EU. In fact, if he wants to argue that the 2016 vote is not democratic, I have two simple points to make: first, Parliament gave overwhelming support for this referendum; and second, if the vote had been 52:48 to remain, would he still be seeking to argue it was undemocratic?
Finally, may I reiterate that this was not a Cardiff Referendum. It was a national referendum, and I do expect my MP to take an active role in getting the best deal for the UK, which is a course of action I understand that his own MP in Caerphilly is pursuing.
Nicholas Neal
Penylan, Cardiff
17.4 million voted to leave the EU
Once again more shocking announcements from B Prescott.First of all he is now saying he is tired of us Brexiteers who dare challenge the so called will of the people.
He goes on to state percentages and does the vote to leave, reflect the majority view of the British people.
Forget percentages, your argument is rubbish, the only figures you should concentrate on are the 17.4 million people including Wales who voted to leave the EU.
You can argue all day about this percentage that percentage it won’t make any difference at all.
Then he rants on about trade deals, he states that anyone who believes that making trade deals with 160 countries post Brexit is living in cloud cuckoo land.
So I must assume he has been to America, Canada, India, Pakistan, Japan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, to name just a few, he must have spoken to all these countries and they must have told him that trade deals will take years
Wow well done for talking to the Presidents and Ministers of these countries.
He then goes on to rant about the rights of his children and grandchildren to live, work,and study anywhere in the EU, so when did the British Government and the EU announce this I must have missed it.
Theresa May has already announced that the workers from the EU and those from the UK working in Europe will be protected. He then finishes by saying that Brexit will leave EU and the UK less prosperous, less secure and less cooperative, once again he is throwing his remoaning scaremongering out the pram again.
Once again no facts or proof. If he is that worried about his future perhaps he should pack his bags and move to Greece and see what his precious EU has done to the poor people there.
DJ Radford
Barry

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Question: Wrexham's leisure centres and 3G pitches in £2.7m upgrade

LEISURE facilities are being upgraded across Wrexham county borough.
Keen gym users, swimmers and exercisers will have noticed a raft of improvements at leisure centres and outdoor pitches in Wrexham.
The changes come as part of £2.7million worth of investment made by Wrexham Council and Freedom Leisure into all four leisure facilities and new 3G pitches across the county borough.
Many of these centres have already had upgrades and there are more improvements on the way.
The final touches are being put to improvements at Waterworld Leisure Centre in the town centre.
Last weekend the gym underwent closure for new flooring to be installed.
The gym will be closed from today until Friday with new equipment to be installed on the site during the week.
While the gym is closed, users could take the opportunity to visit updated facilities at Queensway, Chirk, or Gwyn Evans, all three of which have seen upgrades to their own equipment.
The facility will see an official re-opening event in the autumn.
Also taking shape are the dual use facilities at Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, with a new 3G pitch to be completed soon.
Along with Chirk Leisure and Activity Centre and the Queensway Stadium, Morgan Llwyd is one of three sites across the county borough to have new pitches installed.
Morgan Llwyd is the largest pitch of all three, with £140,000 in investment.
The new pitch will be able to cater for all levels of matches, including adult matches.
Cllr Paul Rogers, lead member for youth services and anti-poverty, with responsibility for leisure, said: “Work on all these facilities is coming on at an excellent pace and the whole set of works has just flown by – it won’t be long before a completely new gym is in situ at Waterworld.
“And the soon to be complete work at Morgan Llwyd will crown more than £300,000 in investment at dual use sports pitches across the county borough, with work also having taken place at Chirk and Queensway.”

A MAJOR project to transform a 'much-loved' outdoor pool in Abingdon is set to begin.
Building works for the £1.3m refurbishment of Abbey Meadow pool should start later this month, Vale of White Horse District Council has announced.
The smaller pool will be combined with the main pool to create a beach-style area, which can be used to gain easy access to the water, and there will be a deep-water area for more experienced swimmers.
Council leader Matthew Barber said the investment would help to create a 'must-visit venue', adding: “I’m sure people will be very pleased to see work start at the pool."
Contractors are expected to take 28 weeks to complete the improvements, and the council hopes to reopen the facility in time for the summer 2018 season.
The changing rooms will also be refurbished and equipment used to run the swimming pool will be replaced to boost energy efficiency.
New public toilets and an accessible path will also be delivered in the pool scheme, which comes after a makeover of the neighbouring Abbey Meadow play park.
Charlotte Dickson, the district council's cabinet member for leisure, said: “The outdoor pool in Abingdon really is a much-loved local facility. The current pool area has seen better days.
"This refurbishment work will ensure that the pool can remain in operation for future generations and that it provides a much better environment for residents and visitors to the area.”
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Edmonton Oilers' Oscar Klefbom (77) and Connor McDavid (97) wait for hats to be picked up after Connor McDavid scored a hat trick against the Calgary Flames, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017, in Edmonton, Alberta. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
The hats were flying at a historic pace on the first two nights of the NHL season.
Connor McDavid, Alex Ovechkin, Wayne Simmonds and Brandon Saad each recorded a hat trick in his team's season opener. It's the first time four different players scored at least three goals in his season opener in 100 years, since the NHL's first two games back in 1917 when hockey was a very different game.
"Other than it was a puck and three periods and you were keeping score, there was really no similarities," author and historian Liam Maguire said. "You had goaltenders who were basically wearing cardboard, you had no red line, you had the rules in terms of how you could pass a puck up the ice. The guys would routinely play 50 or 55 out of 60 minutes, so it wasn't like you had systems or backchecking or anything."
That was reality when Joe Malone of the Montreal Canadiens, Harry Hyland of the Montreal Wanderers, Cy Denneny of the Ottawa Senators and Reg Noble of the Toronto Arenas each scored three-plus goals in the first two games in NHL history on Dec. 19, 1917. All four are Hockey Hall of Famers and were alive more than 100 years before McDavid was born.
When McDavid, Ovechkin, Simmonds and Saad got their hat tricks this week, they came against well-thought-out defenses and goaltenders with real pads. The same goes for Auston Matthews, who scored four goals in his NHL debut a year ago.
Ovechkin's hat trick that led the Washington Capitals to a 5-4 shootout victory at Ottawa on Thursday was the 18th of his career, most among active players and tied for 20th-most all time. It was also Ovechkin's quickest succession of three goals in his career as he got them all in a span of 6:33 in the third period.
"It's insane," former teammate and current Canadiens defenseman Karl Alzner said. "The thing that doesn't surprise me (from playing with him) is how he can do it in bunches like that, just out of nowhere."
Reigning MVP McDavid was clocked skating at a speed of over 25 mph during his second goal on the way to his second career hat trick at age 20. Edmonton Oilers coach Todd McLellan said McDavid "doesn't go from first to second to third to fourth gear. He just goes from first to fourth and he's gone."
The hat tricks by McDavid and Simmonds were the first in franchise history for the Oilers and Philadelphia Flyers, respectively, in a season opener. Saad's hat trick in a 10-1 drubbing of the Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins was the first by a Chicago Blackhawks player in a season opener since Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull in 1965.
McDavid and Saad were showered with hats on home ice, a tradition that dates to the 1940s. Author and historian Eric Zweig said it started with Blackhawks player Alex Kaleta, who went into Sammy Taft's hat shop in Toronto in 1946, admired a hat, scored three goals that night and was presented with it.
"It sort of became a thing after that," Zweig said.
But Zweig and Maguire agreed that the term hat trick actually originated in cricket in the 1800s for when someone bowled three successive wickets and got a hat. It became part of the hockey lexicon for three consecutive goals in the early 20th century and has morphed in meaning.
"That time, it had to be three straight goals (scored by) one player," Maguire said. "Natural hat trick, as we call it today. No interruption at all. Over time, the term as we now refer to it is just three goals in the game in any way, shape or form other than the shootout."
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This story has been corrected to show Malone played for the Montreal Canadiens.

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Question: Trump Guts Requirement That Employer Health Plans Pay For Birth Control

The Trump administration is rolling back the Obama-era requirement that employer-provided health insurance policies cover birth control methods at no cost to women.
According to senior officials with the Department of Health and Human Services, the goal of the new rule is to allow any company or nonprofit group to exclude the coverage for contraception if it has a religious or moral objection.
"This provides an exemption and it's a limited one," said Roger Severino, director of the HHS Office of Civil Rights. "We should have space for organizations to live out their religious identity and not face discrimination."
He said he expects most companies will continue to provide coverage for birth control and that the changes will only affect a tiny percentage of U.S. women. The new rules are being published Friday in the Federal Register and go into effect immediately.
But some health policy analysts say the new rule creates a huge opening that lets any employer claim an exemption, leaving their female workers to pay the full cost of any birth control out of pocket.
"It is a huge loophole for any employer that does not want to provide birth control coverage to their employees," says Dania Palanker, a professor at Georgetown's Center on Health Insurance Reform.
The change fulfills a promise Trump made in May to the Catholic religious order The Little Sisters of the Poor in a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden. The nuns had sued the Obama administration over the birth control requirement.
The Affordable Care Act requires employer-provided health insurance policies to include coverage for preventive health care. After the law passed, HHS used its regulatory authority to specify what has to be included in those preventive services, and birth control, including "all Food and Drug Administration approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity."
But the policy was controversial from the start.
Several companies and religious groups sued, saying the rule infringed on their religious freedom.
The Obama administration created an exemption for churches, and allowed other "religious employers" to opt out by notifying the government. When they did so, the administration would arrange with their insurance companies to provide the coverage directly, without the employers' involvement.
But the Little Sisters of the Poor weren't happy with that workaround and sued.
The group's case, and a second one involving private businesses including the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, went to the Supreme Court.
The court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby in 2014, saying privately held companies could object on religious grounds. And then, last year, the court issued a split ruling in the Little Sisters case, saying the government shouldn't fine the nuns, but also ordering the two sides to work out an arrangement that accommodates their religious beliefs.
Before a deal was reached, Donald Trump became president.
At the Rose Garden ceremony in May, he told the Little Sisters of the Poor that he planned to change the rules. "You're long ordeal will soon be over," he promised.
Under the new rule, women who work for Hobby Lobby or the religious group may no longer have access to birth control coverage through the Obama-era workaround. A Hobby Lobby spokesman said the company would have no comment on Friday, and the Little Sisters of the Poor didn't respond to NPR's emails seeking comment.
Hobby Lobby's founder and CEO David Green told reporters in 2013, "Our family is now being forced to choose between following the laws of the land that we love or maintaining the religious beliefs that have made our business successful and have supported our family and thousands of our employees and their families."
HHS officials said they don't expect many companies to seek waivers. They said the group seeking waivers will likely be limited to those approximately 200 companies and nonprofits that have already sued.
But Palanker says the impact could be a lot bigger. There are a lot of large private companies, she says, whose owners may hold strong religious beliefs but did not want the publicity and expense of suing the federal government.
Hobby Lobby has 32,000 employees.
"A lot of women will retain birth control coverage," Palanker says, "but there will be a lot of women who will lose that coverage."
That means they'll find themselves paying out of pocket. A one-month's supply of birth control pills can cost anywhere from $4 to $55 or more, according to GoodRX.com.
Longer-acting contraception, like an IUD, can cost more than $1,000, says Sarah Lipton-Lubet, a vice-president of the National Partnership for Women and Families. She says the new rule is a tool for discrimination against women.
"Women shouldn't be denied access to basic health care based on their employers' religious beliefs," she says. "We all have the right to our religious beliefs. But the way that this rule treats religion is really an excuse to discriminate."
HHS officials say they also plan more stringent enforcement of a provision in the Affordable Care Act that prohibits federal subsidies from being used for insurance policies that cover abortion. The agency will issue guidelines for insurers today on how they have to charge women who want abortion coverage at least $12 a year more for such a policy, and they have to keep that money in a separate fund to be used only to pay for abortions.
The Trump administration's rule is likely to face its own legal challenges from groups that favor contraception.

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His ex-partner, Sharon Graham and friends Greg Lee Roser and Peter John Koenig have now been charged with murder and perverting the course of justice.
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I've given him plenty of praise for this years turn around. I've also had a go when he's done stupid things, like not using subs at widnes when players were struggling to walk let alone run.
I call it as I see it. unlike some who have agenda's both for and against him I don't.
for me this is a wasted opportunity. if anyone things fev have a chance they are deluded. even they are thinking of resting players because of fixture congestion.

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Question: Fourth of July gas prices: Don't fill up in these states on your roadtrip

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So, you're taking a road trip for the Fourth of July weekend, and you're about to leave the state.
Do you fill up on gas now, or do you wait to fill up after you cross the border?
Making the wrong decision could cost you more than $10 a tank, depending on where you're heading.
"Watch out for those state lines," says Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at fuel-station-finding app GasBuddy.
Gas prices averaged $2.86 per gallon Tuesday, according to AAA, hitting a four-year high for Independence Day travel.
Here's some advice before you head out – all prices according to GasBuddy:
1. Fill up in Arizona, not California
The price disparity between these two states is extreme.
Arizona averaged $3.06 per gallon as of Tuesday, while California averaged $3.73, according to GasBuddy.
At those prices, a 15-gallon fill-up is $10.06 more expensive in California.
2. Fill up in Texas, not New Mexico
If you're road-tripping in the Southwest, price differences can be significant. This is another good example.
The price of fuel in Texas, where oil refineries are clustered, averaged $2.66 on Tuesday. In New Mexico, it was $2.91.
That means you'd save $3.75 in Texas on a 15-gallon tank.
3. Fill up in Louisiana, not Texas
But Texas is more expensive than Louisiana, which is also a hot spot for refineries.
Prices averaged $2.59 in Louisiana on Tuesday, compared with $2.66 in Texas.
Generally, though, "anywhere in the South" is a good place to fill up, DeHaan said. "They’re right in oil’s backyard. Plus, low taxes."
4. Fill up in Ohio, not Michigan
Ohio is much more forgiving on the pocketbook than its rival to the north.
With prices averaging $2.79 on Tuesday, Ohio was sharply lower than Michigan's $2.96.
5. Fill up in Virginia, not West Virginia
Going white-river rafting in West Virginia? Sounds fun.
But fill up first in Virginia, where prices are 21 cents lower at $2.61.
6. Fill up in West Virginia, not Pennsylvania
West Virginia doesn't look so bad when you see prices in Pennsylvania, which averaged $3.01 on Tuesday, compared with West Virginia's $2.82.
7. Fill up in Massachusetts, not Connecticut
At $2.91, Massachusetts isn't exactly an oasis of cheap gas.
But it's still cheaper than neighboring Connecticut at $3.08.
8. Fill up in South Carolina, not North Carolina
North Carolina is 14 cents higher at $2.66.
Come to think of it, fill up in South Carolina no matter where you're heading. It's the cheapest gas state in the country, according to GasBuddy.
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With the New York City skyline in the background, fireworks explode over the Hudson River during the Jersey City Fourth of July fireworks celebration last year. AAA predicts that a record number of people will travel over Independence Day this year.
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A record-breaking 46.9 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Independence Day, according to AAA.
That’s a five percent increase over last year and the highest number since AAA started tracking July 4th travel 18 years ago.
INRIX, a global transportation analytics company, predicts that travel times in the most congested U.S. cities could be twice as long as normal. The Tuesday before the holiday will be the busiest day.
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“This Independence Day will be one for the record books, as more Americans take to the nation’s roads, skies, rails and waterways than ever before,” Bill Sutherland, senior vice president of AAA Travel and Publishing, said in a written statement. “Confident consumers with additional disposable income will look to spend on travel this holiday, building on an already busy summer travel season.”
One reason for the increase is that this year the holiday falls on a Wednesday, giving people the flexibility to take a long weekend before or after. The Independence Day holiday period runs from Tuesday, July 3 to Sunday, July 8.
The majority of travelers– 39.7 million – will drive to their destinations this Independence Day, 5.1 percent more than last year.
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A record-breaking 3.8 million people will travel by plane, a 7.9 percent increase over last year. It’s the ninth year of consecutive air travel volume increases.
Another 3.5 million people will go by train, bus or cruise ship. That is a 5.8 percent year-over-year increase.
For those who decide to drive, commutes will be worse in Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C.
“Although travel times are expected to nominally increase throughout the week, Tuesday afternoon will hands down be the worst time to be on the road,” says Scott Sedlik, general manager and vice president for the public sector of INRIX. “Our advice to drivers is to avoid peak commuting hours altogether or consider alternative routes.”
Seven cities perfect for a three-day weekend Portland, Ore.: Oregon’s City of Roses is a gourmand’s dream, and has enough biking paths, trolleys and cable cars for visitors to cover it almost completely without getting in a car. Stroll Pearl District cafes and shops, hop the Aerial Tram at Oregon Health and Science University or bike to Pittock Mansion for the best views, and hike Forest Park within the city limits for a mix of urban and natural scenery. Mississippi Avenue eateries and McMenamins’ brew-and-view movie theaters offer a way to slow down and relax, or you can hop a tour to nearby Mount Hood and bike to Multnomah Falls if you’re looking for more adventure. Portland proper and the Columbia River Valley are close enough to fit both into a three-day weekend. 01 / 07 Portland, Ore.: Oregon’s City of Roses is a gourmand’s dream, and has enough biking paths, trolleys and cable cars for visitors to cover it almost completely without getting in a car. Stroll Pearl District cafes and shops, hop the Aerial Tram at Oregon Health and Science University or bike to Pittock Mansion for the best views, and hike Forest Park within the city limits for a mix of urban and natural scenery. Mississippi Avenue eateries and McMenamins’ brew-and-view movie theaters offer a way to slow down and relax, or you can hop a tour to nearby Mount Hood and bike to Multnomah Falls if you’re looking for more adventure. Portland proper and the Columbia River Valley are close enough to fit both into a three-day weekend. 01 / 07
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Question: Lawsuit linking Trump to leak of Democratic emails tossed out on procedural grounds

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President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he arrives at the Greenbrier Valley Airport in Lewisburg, West Virginia.
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A federal judge in Washington has tossed out a lawsuit claiming President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign conspired with Russian agents and WikiLeaks to publish emails hacked from the Democratic National Committee.
However, Judge Ellen Huvelle wrote that her ruling was "not based on a finding that there was no collusion between defendants and Russia during the 2016 presidential election."
The ruling came hours after the Senate Intelligence Committee said it agreed with U.S. intelligence agencies that the Russian government tried to undercut Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton while promoting Trump during the 2016 presidential election.
Huvelle, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, said the conspiracy claims in the lawsuit centered around meetings between Trump staffers and Russian operatives in New York, making New York the proper place for the lawsuit. New York, however, does not recognize the specific tort claims pressed in the suit.
The suit was filed on behalf of DNC donors Eric Schoenberg and Roy Cockrum and former DNC staffer Scott Comer. It claims the hack invaded their privacy, attempted to inflict emotional distress and violated their right to support the candidate of their choice.
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The lawsuit alleges that computer hackers working on behalf of the Russian government hacked into the email systems of the DNC and obtained "voluminous amounts of data," including emails and other documents sent to and from thousands of individuals.
They claim the hack was "part of a deliberate campaign to interfere in the U.S. election and tilt its outcome in favor of Donald Trump" and that the Trump campaign, specifically former operative Roger Stone, conspired with unidentified Russian agents and WikiLeaks to publish hacked emails.
Almost 20,000 emails were published in July 2016, days before the start of the Democratic National Convention. Some suggested that the Democratic National Committee had been working behind the scenes to ensure Clinton was nominated over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz ultimately resigned under pressure amid the ensuing controversy.
Protect Democracy, which filed the suit, said it was examining its options regarding an appeal or refiling somewhere else.
"While we are disappointed in and respectfully disagree with today’s decision from the District Court to dismiss this case on the grounds that it does not belong in Washington, D.C., this case is far from over," the group said in a statement.
U.S. intelligence agencies, in a 2017 report, wrote that Russian President Vladimir Putin "ordered an influence campaign backing Trump in the 2016 election. The report said Moscow had a "clear preference" for Trump and sought to undercut Clinton while also undermining the U.S. democratic process.
Trump has conducted an unrelenting social media attack on a separate, criminal investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into the allegations.
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Americans are slowly warming up to self-driving cars The fear factor surrounding self-driving cars appears to be slowly receding.
Toyota will invest billions in new self-driving car company Toyota is stepping on the gas to develop a commercially viable autonomous car.
Self-driving truck drives with no one on board A startup has upped the ante in the race to develop self-driving vehicles.
Trump pushes death penalty for some drug dealers President Donald Trump officially proposed imposing the death penalty for certain drug dealers on Monday.
Trump blasts Russia probe as 'WITCH HUNT' President Donald Trump on Monday continued his Twitter attack on special counsel Robert Mueller, calling the ongoing investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election a "witch hunt."
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Screenshot from a video provided by Pacific Yellowfin Charters shows an astute seal seeks shelter on the swim grid of a tourist boat in Frederick Arm, north of Campbell River.
A seal escaped the jaws of hungry orcas by hitching a ride on a nearby tourist vessel on July 1, and the encounter was caught on video.
A pod of transient orcas were hunting the harbour seal in Frederick Arm, an inlet north of Campbell River, when the savvy animal swam up to the boat and climbed aboard.
Footage provided by Pacific Yellowfin Charters shows the worried-looking seal hiding behind the boat’s outboard motor on the swim grid, a low platform at the stern of the vessel.
The clever seal occasionally glances up at passengers aboard the 26-foot boat. But it’s mostly focused on its hungry hunters, which circulate below and breach menacingly just meters away.
The boat eventually navigated away from the scene, and the seal slipped away.

This male lion who was spotted hitching a ride on the back of a 4×4 as it drove though a safari park in South Africa.(Picture: Jukin Media)
Lions clearly get tired too if this is anything to go by..
Just take a look at this male lion who was spotted hitching a ride on the back of a 4×4 as it drove though a safari park in South Africa.
The lion had been part of a group of other lions when he took a leap and pounced on the spare tyre attached to the back of the vehicle.
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Footage shows his devoted followers dutifully lining up behind the lion as he hitched the ride.
Dog owner filmed beating, kicking and threatening pet with weapons
Using it’s two hind legs, the animal slowly walks behind the car as it drove through the park near Pietermaritzburg.
It is unclear how long the lion hitched a lift but the footage lasts at least a minute before the car rolls to a stop.
Footage shows his devoted followers dutifully lining up behind the lion as he hitched the ride (Picture: Jukin Media)
This is not the first time a lion has jumped on the back of a car for a free ride.
In June last year, a family was faced with a hungry lion sinking its teeth into their car’s spare wheel at a safari park.
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Question: Neurostimulation Devices Market is Set to Witness Robust Growth till 2020

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A recent study by Hexa Research revealed that limited range of treatment choices relating to medical conditions like epilepsy, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, migraine headaches, etc. is one of the key drivers of the global Neurostimulation Devices Market. An upcoming application area is the use of neurostimulation devices for therapeutic purposes, commonly referred to as neuromodulation. The neurostimulation devices market is benefitting from technological advancements like the transdermal neuromodulation technology by Neurowave Medical Technologies and MRI safety-enabled devices by Medtronics, Inc.
Rising elderly populace – a high risk demographic for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, is also driving market growth. Accelerated demand for neurostimulation devices in the future years is expected to result from untapped market opportunities in emerging economies of Asia as well as Latin America and the growing number of externally funded clinical programs for development of new products.
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Hexa Research identifies spinal cord stimulation devices, vagus nerve stimulation devices, gastric electric stimulation devices, deep brain stimulation devices, and sacral nerve stimulation devices to be the key product segments in the neurostimulation devices market. Spinal cord stimulation devices, with a contribution of more than half to the total revenues, were the dominant product segment in 2012.
Pain management proved to be the largest application of neurostimulation devices in 2012 and contributed more than 65% to the total demand that year. This was chiefly due to high incidence of conditions characterized by chronic pain and notable therapeutic effects offered by neurostimulation devices.
While North America contributed around 64% to the total revenues in 2012, Asia Pacific is likely to grow the fastest in future. Fast-developing economies like India and China will result in the Asia Pacific neurostimulation devices market growing at CAGR higher than 16% from 2013 to 2020.
Hexa Research observes that the neurostimulation devices industry exhibits outsourcing of expensive manufacturing activities. This enables industry participants to achieve cost efficiency and better profitability. Key industry players include Boston Scientific Corporation, Cyberonics, Medtronic Inc., and St. Jude Medical.
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Question: AWS launches Migration Hub to make cloud moves even easier

Companies looking to move their applications to the public cloud have an easier path to Amazon Web Services’ data centers. The cloud provider launched a new Migration Hub today that’s designed to help businesses more easily track their moves.
The hub is a web-based portal that lets customers set up migration tasks like discovering applications and moving them to AWS. After that, they’ll be able to revisit the hub to check up on the progress of those tasks, since migrations aren’t instantaneous.
It ties together a group of existing AWS migration services, including the Application Discovery Service, Database Migration Service, and Server Migration Service. The Migration Hub should make it easier for users to navigate those services and get their applications running on AWS.
Making migrations easier is key to AWS’s success, since it’s competing for enterprise customers with companies like Microsoft, Google, and IBM. Those companies often have large numbers of legacy applications, and moving them to the public cloud can be a challenge. The easier a migration is the better, at least as far as Amazon’s business is concerned.
There are already a bunch of companies interested in moving workloads to AWS. Thus far, the company’s Database Migration Service has been used to move more than 34,000 databases to the cloud.
In addition to AWS’s services, the Migration Hub also supports third-party migration services from members of the Amazon Partner Network. CloudEndure and Racemi are the first companies with tools integrated directly into Migration Hub, with more coming in the future.
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Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Web Services announces Amazon Macie, a machine learning security service that helps prevent data loss and gives AWS a security tool similar to what Microsoft’s Azure offers.
Macie recognizes sensitive data such as passwords, personally identifiable information, and intellectual property then issues alerts for abnormal access of the information.
The service seems based on the Macie tool from Harvest.ai, a start-up Amazon acquired early this year for $19M.
AWS has also made AWS Glue available to all customers. Glue is a fully managed extract, transform, and load service that makes it easier for customers to prep and load data into the cloud.
Amazon shares are up 1.41%.
Previously: Amazon Web Services reportedly acquires data security startup Harvest.ai (Jan. 9)


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Question: PREVIEW: Star Wars Identities exhibition is star attraction for Father's Day

The force is strong in the UK with a new Star Wars exhibition world tour bringing a whole new experience to fans - and set to be a top Father's Day destination this weekend.
For almost 40 years, audiences around the world have followed the adventures of Anakin and Luke Skywalker, cinema’s most famous father and son duo.
Now comes STAR WARS Identities, a redefined modern exhibition experience in which visitors can rediscover the unforgettable characters of Star Wars in a whole new way.
Developed and produced by Montreal’s X3 Productions in collaboration with Lucasfilm Ltd., the exhibition - at London's O2 to September 3 - makes use of an extensive archive collection from the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art to explore the sciences of identity through the characters of StarWars.
The stunning collection of some 200 props, models, costumes and artwork from the original Star Wars films, an interactive identity quest, and insightful scientific content, will all work together in STAR WARS Identities to follow the dramatic journeys of Luke and Anakin Skywalker.
TICKETS: For full details, schedule and ticket information, visit, www.theo2.co.uk/starwars or www.starwarsidentities.com.
Visitors can develop a better understanding of what makes the characters of Star Wars who they are, and at the same time explore their own identity with one question: What forces shape you?
“This exhibition offers a fresh perspective on the beloved characters of Star Wars,” says Jacques-André Dupont, President and Executive Producer of X3 Productions.
“We get a deeper understanding of their identities, and, at the same time, we get a deeper understanding of our own.
The collection, the interactive components, and the scientific content work hand in hand here to create a seamless and exciting experience for our visitors. It’s a character-driven adventure into identity.”
STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition: Photos: Lucasfilm Ltd & TM 2017
Working with the Montréal Science Centre and a committee of scientific advisors, exhibition developers of STAR WARS Identities divided the study of identity into three major themes: the origins of the characters, the influences that shape them, and the choices they make during their life. Within these three themes, ten components of human identity are explored: species, genes, parents, and culture in Origins; mentors, friends, and marking events in Influences; and occupation, personality, and values in the final zone,Choices.
These components form the backbone of the exhibition, exploring the complex notion of identity both in the real world and in creative fiction. Original content throughout the exhibition will shed light on each of the components of identity; simultaneously, “making-of” featurettes explore the stories behind the development of many iconic Star Wars characters, explaining how they became who they are, and showing how different creative choices could have made them different characters altogether.
The vast and exclusive collection of some 200 objects from the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art features props, models, costumes, and artwork from the original Star Wars films. This rich collection spans the original Star Wars canon, drawing from the classic (1977-1983) and prequel (1999-2005) trilogies, the animated series The Clone Wars, as well as a few artefacts from the recently released StarWars: The Force Awakens. Fan favourites like Darth Vader, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Boba Fett, Yoda, and the Millennium Falcon – among many others – are sure to delight visitors of all generations.
STAR WARS Identities puts the visitor at the centre of the exhibition experience with an interactive identity quest that spans the duration of the visit.
Yoda at STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition: Photos: Lucasfilm Ltd & TM 2017
Closely interwoven with the collection and the educational content, this unique interactive experience will use technology to help visitors of all ages create their own personal and original Star Wars identity by incorporating elements of their own identity with fictional elements. Visitors will then leave with their own unique character inspired by the Star Wars universe and with a deeper understanding of the exhibition’s central theme.
In order to develop the exhibition's scientific content, X3 Productions has collaborated with the Montréal Science Centre content experts to gather a team of specialists from a variety of scientific fields, including genetics, neuropsychology, health sciences, and psychology. Their knowledge and expertise have shaped the exhibition's structure, and their input has been essential in developing its scientific content and in ensuring that its investigation into identity is up to date and firmly grounded in the sciences.
The Star Wars movies have broken box office records and won countless awards over the decades, but it is in the public’s imagination that the franchise has truly made its mark by enchanting audiences of all ages and establishing itself as a cultural touchstone across the world. The films continue to resonate today because of their universality: we identify with the characters of Star Wars, and we recognise ourselves in their journeys.
TICKETS: For full details, schedule and ticket information, visit, www.theo2.co.uk/starwars or www.starwarsidentities.com.
Costumes on display at STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition: Photos: Lucasfilm Ltd & TM 2017
STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition: Photos: Lucasfilm Ltd & TM 2017
STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition: Photos: Lucasfilm Ltd & TM 2017

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Question: Korean unity at Vatican? Not so fast, but pope cheers anyway

Pope Francis thanked the athletes for their exhibition “which was a show of the will for peace, the two Koreas together.”
Taekwondo athlethes from South Korea perform for Pope Francis during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
South Korean taekwondo athletes have performed for Pope Francis, after a planned show of Korean unity at the Vatican fell apart when the North pulled out at the last minute.
Pope Francis didn’t seem to notice or mind, thanking the athletes Wednesday for their exhibition “which was a show of the will for peace, the two Koreas together.”
South Korea’s World Taekwondo organization, the Seoul-led international body, said last week that a demonstration team from the North withdrew from the performance over the U.S.-South Korean military drills.
The performance had been planned to ceremonially open the World Taekwondo’s Grand Prix competition this week in Rome.
The South’s team performed for thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and featured a young girl releasing a dove in a sign of peace.
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China and the Vatican are close to reaching a historic deal regarding the appointment of bishops, according to media reports.
An agreement could be signed in a few months, said a senior Vatican source. If reached, it would be a breakthrough in relations for both parties.
But what exactly is in the pipeline and what would it mean for the country's 10 million Catholics?
What are relations between China and the Vatican like?
Ties between two have long been strained by disputes over who can appoint bishops in the country.
China first broke off diplomatic ties with the Holy See in 1951, and many Catholics were forced to go underground during former communist leader Mao Zedong's rule, emerging only in the 1980s when religious practices were tolerated again.
Today, Catholics in China face the choice of attending state-sanctioned churches approved by Beijing or worshipping in underground congregations.
The underground churches recognise only the Vatican's authority, whereas the Chinese state churches refuse to accept the authority of the Pope.
There are currently about 100 Catholic bishops in China, with some approved by Beijing, some approved by the Vatican and, informally, many now approved by both.
Image caption People praying at an underground church
Relations between both parties appear to be thawing.
Last year, Pope Francis made his thoughts about China known, saying that he would like to visit China "as soon as they send me an invitation". The pontiff also added that he hoped there was the "possibility to have good relations with China".
Chinese and Vatican officials have met at least four times since 2016 over the issue of the appointment of bishops, state media report.
What is in the agreement?
Under the agreement, the Vatican would be given a say in the appointment of future bishops in China, a Vatican source told news agency Reuters.
For Beijing, an agreement with the Vatican could allow them more control over the country's underground churches.
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Father Dong Guanhua has been kicked out of the Chinese Catholic church for calling himself a bishop
Globally, it would also enhance China's prestige - to have the world's rising superpower engaging with one of the world's major religions.
Symbolically, it would the first sign of rapprochement between China and the Catholic church in more than half a century.
The Vatican is the only European state that maintains formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan. It is currently unclear if an agreement between China and the Vatican would affect this in any way.
What will this mean for the country's Catholics?
There are currently around 10 million Roman Catholics in China.
It's not certain how such an agreement will affect the community, though some are sceptical.
Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong had on Wednesday criticised the Vatican for its attempts at diplomacy with China, accusing the Church of forcing bishops to retire in favour of replacements picked by Beijing.
"Do I think that the Vatican is selling out the Catholic Church in China?" he wrote on Facebook. "Yes, definitely."
Others however, are slightly more hopeful.
Father Jeroom Heyndrickx, a Belgian priest who has spent 60 years trying to help Chinese Catholics, said that he believed China was "ready to have a dialogue."
"For 2,000 years in China, the emperor was emperor and pope at the same time," he told the BBC. "But China has changed and the Church has changed and this is what constitutes a new opportunity for this dialogue to succeed."


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Fair play to Toronto for showing the ambition. They initially stated that they wanted to be a superleague team within 5 years but they could be very serious contenders at the end of this season. As a Warrington fan getting that kind of transfer fee for a player coming into the last year of his contract was an offer we couldn't refuse. For Toronto they obviously decided that they needed to strengthen the loose forward position. If they had managed to get the deal for Sean o loughlin over the line then I would have made them almost certainties for promotion this year.

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Question: California man sues over water used in Olympia beer

Olympia beer’s Facebook page includes a photo of actor Clint Eastwood drinking a can of the beer. A new lawsuit questions where the brewery’s water comes from. Screen grab from Facebook

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