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Kathy Marika, a 60-year-old who worked for Bangarra Dance Company, was offered hundreds of dollars in Myer and Coles vouchers to convince her to hand over contact details of family, friends, and colleagues, as part of an aggressive push to sell funeral insurance that she didn't want.
Even though Ms Marika explicitly told one of the salesmen from Let's Insure she did not want funeral insurance as she already had some, she was called back anyway and later was persuaded to take out cover for herself, three children, and five grandchildren.
Kathy Marika said she didn't want funeral insurance but Let's Insure were "really pushy." Photo: Glenn Campbell
Recordings of the repeated calls that Ms Marika received were played to the royal commission on Wednesday, as it probed the high-pressure sales tactics used by Let's Insure, a Sydney business that sold funeral policies on behalf of St Andrew's insurance.
The Bank of Queensland owned St Andrews until it announced it was selling the business in April this year.
In 2015, Ms Marika, a Yolngu woman from north-east Arnhem land who now lives in Orange, received a call from an agent, whose name was suppressed, offering her a "free comparison."

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Russia’s indefatigable president stormed to victory for his fourth term on a wave of admiration — or by stamping out all opposition, depending on which way you look at it. But in his Sunday night victory speech, given in a frosty Red Square, Vladimir Putin talked about unity. He told a cheering crowd they were part of a ‘big national team’ who would realise his grand vision for the motherland and that he would not be guided by ‘daily political calculations’. Western observers might take some convincing while diplomatic rows rumble on over the deployment of nerve agent on the streets of the UK and the question of Russian interference in the last US election.
But how dangerous is the Russian leader really? Perhaps less so than we imagine, says Gideon Rachman in his column. For while he is reckless, he is not irrational, and history suggests he can be deterred. It may be, argues Gideon, that Mr Putin is willing to take big risks when he believes that the west is not paying attention — Russia’s annexation of Crimea is a case in point. But when he meets clear resistance, he backs off.
While the president’s fans believe him to be a brilliant strategist who can get away with anything, the truth is that Mr Putin is prone to mistakes and makes calculations that often backfire. The result is that Russia is much poorer and more isolated than it should be, whatever the president’s grandiose rhetoric suggests.
Our digital cesspit:
The allegation that Cambridge Analytica accessed the Facebook profiles of millions of US voters and targeted them with personalised messages to help Donald Trump’s chances of election show us how connected devices can be abused and polluted to manipulate their users, argues John Thornhill. But before we assign all the blame to internet platforms we should take a look at our own complicity in fanning false news and fuelling a market for stories that stoke disgust and fear.
Pulling strings:
The revolving door between EU institutions and the private sector shows the Brussels lobbying industry at its worst, writes EU ombudsman Emily O’Reilly. The problem is more noticeable as Brexit-related consultancy work is booming — the uncertainty around the negotiations provides lucrative opportunities for EU insiders with good networks. Brussels officials are particularly attractive for their detailed and technical knowledge.
Advice to disgruntled centrists:
The mood is dark among the UK Labour party’s moderate MPs, says James Kirkup. Exasperated by opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn’s apparent remaking of Labour in his leftist image, they whisper about the creation of a new centrist party. But they are not ready yet. A new party needs a new image, agenda and policies — especially economic ones — to sell to voters.
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Adapt or die: a new breed of trade union can save the fossils of old — John Harris in the Guardian
Jordan Peterson and fascist mysticism — Pankaj Mishra in the New York Review of Books
How Russia meddled in its own elections — Alina Polyakova in the Atlantic
Donald Trump and the craven firing of Andrew McCabe — Jeffery Toobin in The New Yorker
And now, the Nancy Pelosi drama — Gail Collins in The New York Times
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Restrictive ownership hobbles audit industry — letter from Paul Boyle
In 2005 I noted that the restrictive ownership rules that apply to audit firms (in essence they need to be majority-owned by qualified auditors) made it effectively impossible for there to be a well-capitalised new entrant into the market. Had there been similar ownership rules in the airline industry (ie if airlines had to be owned by qualified pilots) then many of the disruptive new entrants would not have been able to get off the ground — literally.
Comment from ArmyMba on Gina Haspel, the undercover spy picked to head the CIA
This is the type of agency that needs a morally and ethically sound individual to lead it, not someone who has risen to the top via the grey zones that it operates in. She was an active participate in some of the dark work the agency did post 9/11 and then led the charge to white wash and cover the situation up. She may know “how that building works better than anybody” and “really knows her stuff” but she has not demonstrated that she has the character to make the morally tough decisions.
I can’t persuade Dropbox to take more of my money — letter from Christian Nielsen
You note that Dropbox’s revenue per subscriber has been flat for three years. That is unsurprising as I have for years been trying to give Dropbox more of my money without luck. It is quite simply not possible to purchase more storage once you hit the absurdly low limit of one terabyte. To start taking free money from existing customers might help the declining valuation.
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Economists are taught trade wars are almost always damaging. The question for investors is: how damaging?
Instant Insight: Facebook’s floundering response to scandal is part of the problem
As the Cambridge Analytica storm worsens, Mark Zuckerberg must lead from the front
Lex: Barclays bosses should not underestimate Edward Bramson
Any public fight between the veteran activist investor and the UK bank would be hot
A revolving door for Brussels lobbyists damages trust in the EU
There is a lack of scrutiny of those who move between the public and private sectors
Free Lunch: Why Italy’s Five Star Movement should embrace bank bail-ins
A ‘Nixon in China’ move would bring great rewards
After Cambridge Analytica, politicians must act to save the web
A wondrous informational resource is turning into a cyber cesspit
Vladimir Putin is not as scary as he looks
The danger comes when Russia’s leader miscalculates with interventions that backfire
Why I don’t have an electric car
To make it a practical choice there needs to be more than goodwill and targets
Centrists are not ready to take on Jeremy Corbyn
Challenging populists on the right and left requires a different agenda and new policies
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A road map to lead the solar energy industry to its brightest future
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1. Apocalypse chow
You’ve got the storms and the hurricanes. You’ve got the fires and the floods. And you’ve got a generalized (and not-unfounded) anxiety that 2017 has been coming for you—and that 2018 might be worse. In other words, it’s a good time to be in the survivalist food business. From Bloomberg: Delightful Holiday Dinner Ideas for the Apocalypse. “The scene evokes Willy Wonka’s factory in part because the workers are achieving Wonkian ends. As a kid, I spent hours imagining the sensations of Roald Dahl’s three-course chewing gum invention “made of tomato soup, roast beef and baked potato, and blueberry pie.” This, too, is an attempt to create an all-in-one meal that bears little resemblance to the foods it conjures—a product that when combined with a serving of hot water simulates a home-cooked dinner.” Just give me an everlasting gobstopper and some decent WiFi, and I’ll be fine…
2. Victim and criminal
“Even rape victims are sometimes killed by their own relatives, who believe the shame attached to rape is worse than the suffering of the rape victim. ‘In Afghanistan, we are both the victim and the criminal. I can’t even tell my own family that I quit because of sexual harassment. Western women are so lucky.'” The NYT: Harassment All Around, Afghan Women Weigh Risks of Speaking Out.
+ “The use of rape by Myanmar’s armed forces has been sweeping and methodical.” AP: 21 Rohingya women recount rape by Myanmar armed forces.
3. Sign of the Times Square
“One suspect is in custody after detonating a pipe bomb strapped to his body in a busy corridor of New York City’s subway system on Monday morning, injuring himself and three other people in what officials have called a terror attack.”
+ “A law enforcement source says suspect Akayed Ullah told investigators recent Israeli actions in Gaza are the reason he carried out this morning’s attack in New York City.” Here’s the latest on the Times Square subway incident from CNN.
4. Coup de Louisville
“Perhaps more than any other place in America, Louisville came to embody the contradictions of college athletics — a multibillion-dollar industry built on amateur athletes. The Adidas partnership was supposed to be a crowning achievement that validated the university as a national power.” ESPN’s look at how a midlevel school became The University of Adidas at Louisville. (It’s worth noting that while Louisville took a hit, Adidas is hotter than ever…)
5. The crimson tidal wave
“When Beverly Nelson told her story on CNN about the night in the 1970s when she says Roy Moore sexually assaulted her, her voice quavered, and tears streamed down her face. ‘Instead of stopping, he began squeezing my neck,’ Nelson said, ‘to force my head onto his crotch.’ … Laughter breaks out around me.” Vox’s Brian Resnick spent the weekend talking to Roy Moore supporters in Alabama. Here’s how they see the world.
+ “I didn’t vote for Roy Moore. I wouldn’t vote for Roy Moore. I think the Republican Party can do better.” Alabama’s Richard Shelby speaks out against Roy Moore. Will that be enough? The splits among voting blocks are major and look pretty intractable. WaPo: Alabama’s desire not to be embarrassed may be the best thing going for Doug Jones.
+ Trump is less determined not to be embarrassed. Between a rally Friday night and a robocall over the weekend, the president has gone all in for Roy Moore.
+ “For us to put ourselves out there to try and show America who this man is and especially how he views women, and for them to say ‘meh, we don’t care,’ it hurts. And so now it’s just like, alright, let’s try round two. The environment’s different. Let’s try again.” Three Women Who Accused Trump Of Sexual Misconduct Speak Out Again.
+ “Despite all his bluster, he views himself less as a titan dominating the world stage than a maligned outsider engaged in a struggle to be taken seriously.” As a crazy year comes to a close, the NYT takes you inside Trump’s hour-by-hour battle for self-preservation. He spends 4-8 hours a day watching TV, and often Tweets at the same time. (I do the same. But I watch better TV and my Tweets haven’t set America back several decades.)
6. It’s a Vlad Vlad Vlad Vlad world
“The United States intelligence community is unanimous in its assessment not only that Russians interfered in the U.S. election but that, in the words of former FBI Director James Comey, ‘they will be back.’ It is a stunning escalation of hostilities for a troubled country whose elites still have only a tenuous grasp of American politics. And it is classically Putin, and classically Russian: using daring aggression to mask weakness, to avenge deep resentments, and, at all costs, to survive.” Julia Ioffe in The Atlantic: What Putin Really Wants.
+ For a quick overview of Putin’s strategies, listen to this excellent discussion between Preet Bharara and Garry Kasparov. Like all good prosecutors, Preet can get an amazing amount of information out of people with just a few questions. (And Kasparov is a particularly willing witness…)
7. Bone spur
Its “incredible run ended this morning with the release of a cheaper, generic version of the world’s first impotence-fighting pill. And what a run it was.” (It was more of a stand, than a run, but you get the point.) An Oral History of the little blue pill that changed sex and made billions. (Hey, you wanted more uplifting news…It’s just too bad I already used my everlasting gobstopper joke in today’s top item.)
8. The fire down below
“This could be something that happens every year or every few years. We’re about to have a firefighting Christmas.” Governor Jerry Brown calls the fires ripping across Southern California “the new normal.”
+ The fires “have destroyed more than 800 homes and buildings, forced at least 190,000 people to flee.” Here’s the latest from Buzzfeed.
9. Golden global
“The first movie theatres will be opened by March and it is intended that up to 2,000 screens will be in place within 12 years.” Saudi Arabia is lifting a 35-year ban on cinemas. (Too bad all the good stuff is on Netflix and HBO…)
+ Shape of Water and Big Little Lies lead the Golden Globe nominations. The Big Sick and Wonder Woman are among this year’s snubs and surprises.
10. Bottom of the news
“One day, he asked me, ‘How come I’m not on YouTube when all the other kids are?’ So we just decided — yeah, we can do that. Then, we took him to the store to get his very first toy — I think it was a Lego train set — and it all started from there.” Meet the
6-year-old who made $11 million in one year reviewing toys on YouTube.
+ “If I can go back over there … you’ll see me talking to him, and sitting down and having dinner, a glass of wine, laughing and doing my thing. I guess things will settle down a bit and everybody can rest at ease.” Dennis Rodman asks Trump for formal role as North Korea envoy. (Trump could name Rodman as the ambassador to North Korea and it wouldn’t even crack this year’s top hundred weirdest stories…)
+ For the Good of Society—and Traffic!—Delete Your Map App.
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All babies in Scotland due from tomorrow (August 15) will be gifted a Box full of essential items aimed at tackling inequality and promoting health.
The boxes are a strong signal of the Scottish Government’s determination that every child, regardless of their circumstances should get the best start in life.
Each Baby Box contains a large number of items which are not only practical but designed to help tackle inequality and improve health. The Box itself also doubles up as a safe sleep space, awarded British Safety standard accreditation as a crib for domestic use.
Mark McDonald Minister for Childcare and Early Years said: “We are committed to doing everything we can to give every baby born in Scotland the best possible start in life and the Baby Box is just one of the range of measures we are using to help babies and parents thrive in the crucial early months.
“The Box includes a large number of items which are not only practical but designed to help tackle inequality and improve health. It can also be used as a safe sleep space and has been awarded British Safety standard accreditation as a crib for use at home.
“We will continue to listen to feedback as the Baby Box reaches more families and work with parents and healthcare professionals to keep the contents under review.
“The national roll-out is the result of months of hard work and engagement with healthcare professionals, stakeholders and parents and I would like to thank everyone involved in helping us reach this momentous occasion.
“The Baby Box has certainly captured the public’s imagination and we are extremely proud to introduce it to Scotland.”
Chief Medical Officer Dr Catherine Calderwood said: “All the evidence shows that the early years are crucial for children’s development. What happens then can be linked to outcomes much later in life. So we know that measures undertaken in the 0-3 years age range have the opportunity to make the biggest impact.
“That is why we have been working hard to enhance the existing infrastructure available to support families in these crucial early years from before birth all the way up to school age and beyond.
“Over and above the practical benefits the items within the Baby Box provide, the box itself also offers healthcare professionals a unique opportunity to introduce expectant parents to a wide range of health promotion information.”
All babies due on or after 15 August will be eligible for a Baby Box.

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Question: Kochadaiiyaan Controversy: Supreme Court Pulls Up Latha Rajinikanth For Non-payment Of Dues

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In a rather shocking development, the Supreme Court recently pulled up Tamil star Rajinikanth's wife Latha for failing to pay the Rs 6.20 Crore she owes a noted advertising company. While rebuking the former playback singer, the Supreme Court also asked her to either clear her dues or face trial. The SC has given her nearly a week to make it clear whether she plans to clear the dues. The advertising firm was associated with the highly ambitious 2014 release Kochadaiiyaan and had given nearly Rs 10 Crore to Latha's company.
The lady's company was supposed to refund the amount and pay an additional Rs 1.2 Crore as 'guaranteed profit'.
Latha's troubles started when a trial court asked the Police to look into the matter. In 2016, the Karnataka High Court quashed the order. Following this, the advertising company approached the Supreme Court. Earlier this year, the 'apex court' made it clear that she would have to clear the dues.
In case you did not know, Kochadaiiyaan was directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth and marked her directorial debut. Shot using motion capture technology, it featured Rajinikanth and Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone in the lead. The supporting cast featured names such as Jackie Shroff, Nassar and R Sarathkumar. Released on May 23, 2014, it opened to a good response at the box office but ultimately failed to live up to the expectations. Its distributors suffered losses and this proved to be an embarrassment for 'Thalaiva'.
Interestingly, this controversy involving Latha comes at a time when the Superstar is busy with his political commitments. On the film front, he currently has 2.0 and a film with Karthik Subbaraj in his kitty. 2.0 is a Shankar directorial and will see Rajini reprise his Chitti character from the 2010 hit Enthiran. Recently, it was reported that the makers of 2.0 are in a fix because of the unsatisfactory performance of Kaala. As such, it is not very clear when the sci-fi thriller will ultimately hit the screens.

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Question: Facebook rules at a glance: What's banned, exactly?

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NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook has revealed for the first time just what, exactly, is banned on its service in a new Community Standards document released on Tuesday. It's an updated version of the internal rules the company has used to determine what's allowed and what isn't, down to granular details such as what, exactly, counts as a "credible threat" of violence. The previous public-facing version gave a broad-strokes outline of the rules, but the specifics were shrouded in secrecy for most of Facebook's 2.2 billion users.
Not anymore. Here are just some examples of what the rules ban. Note: Facebook has not changed the actual rules — it has just made them public.
CREDIBLE VIOLENCE
Is there a real-world threat? Facebook looks for "credible statements of intent to commit violence against any person, groups of people, or place (city or smaller)." Is there a bounty or demand for payment? The mention or an image of a specific weapon? A target and at least two details such as location, method or timing? A statement to commit violence against a vulnerable person or group such as "heads-of-state, witnesses and confidential informants, activists, and journalists" counts here too.
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Also banned: instructions on "on how to make or use weapons if the goal is to injure or kill people," unless there is "clear context that the content is for an alternative purpose (for example, shared as part of recreational self-defense activities, training by a country's military, commercial video games, or news coverage)."
HATE SPEECH
"We define hate speech as a direct attack on people based on what we call protected characteristics — race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, and serious disability or disease. We also provide some protections for immigration status," Facebook says. As to what counts as a direct attack, the company says it's any "violent or dehumanizing speech, statements of inferiority, or calls for exclusion or segregation."
There are three tiers of severity, ranging from comparing a protected group to filth or disease to calls to "exclude or segregate" a person our group based on the protected characteristics. Facebook does note that it does "allow criticism of immigration policies and arguments for restricting those policies."
GRAPHIC VIOLENCE
Images of violence against "real people or animals" with comments or captions that contain enjoyment of suffering, humiliation and remarks that speak positively of the violence or "indicating the poster is sharing footage for sensational viewing pleasure" are prohibited. The captions and context matter in this case because Facebook does allow such images in some cases where they are condemned, or shared as news or in a medical setting. Even then, though, the post must be limited so only adults can see them and Facebook adds a warnings screen to the post.
CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
"We do not allow content that sexually exploits or endangers children. When we become aware of apparent child exploitation, we report it to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), in compliance with applicable law. We know that sometimes people share nude images of their own children with good intentions; however, we generally remove these images because of the potential for abuse by others and to help avoid the possibility of other people reusing or misappropriating the images," Facebook says. Then, it lists at least 12 specific instances of children in a sexual context, saying the ban includes, but is not limited to these examples. This includes "uncovered female nipples for children older than toddler-age."
ADULT NUDITY AND SEXUAL ACTIVITY
"We understand that nudity can be shared for a variety of reasons, including as a form of protest, to raise awareness about a cause, or for educational or medical reasons. Where such intent is clear, we make allowances for the content. For example, while we restrict some images of female breasts that include the nipple, we allow other images, including those depicting acts of protest, women actively engaged in breast-feeding, and photos of post-mastectomy scarring," Facebook says. That said, the company says it "defaults" to removing sexual imagery to prevent the sharing of non-consensual or underage content. The restrictions apply to images of real people as well as digitally created content, although art — such as drawings, paintings or sculptures — is an exception.

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Facebook has put in place new verification requirements for political advertisements. Aiming to increase transparency for campaigns, users will now be able to see who paid for sponsored ads, how much it costs, and who it is targeting.
Similar changes are coming to Twitter.
Plus: Secret Alexa recordings? Here's how you can protect your privacy.
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Question: SNOW ALERT: Met Office issue yellow weather warning for ice on Monday morning

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for tomorrow as drivers are being warned of treacherous conditions on the roads due to ice.
Heavy snow fell throughout Sunday morning across Northamptonshire and forecasters have predicted more snow will fall in the early hours of Monday morning from about 1am to 3am.
With temperatures at zero degrees centigrade, the Met Office has warned of icy conditions on the roads.
Over in the East Midlands, some 47 gritting crews have been on patrol over the past 24 hours on roads including the M1.
And with temperatures set to plummet overnight, Highways England will be working around the clock this evening to treat roads and keep them free from disruption.
Highways England’s Head of Road Safety, Richard Leonard, said: “We’re working around the clock to keep our motorways and major A-roads open following the heavy snowfall in the past 24 hours. With further snowfall and temperatures set to plummet overnight, we will be working continuously to treat our roads and keep them free from disruption.
“We are encouraging road users, particularly in the north of England and Midlands, to drive only if it’s necessary – your safety is our top priority and our advice is to work at home, travel by public transport or to wait until the weather and road conditions have improved.
“If this is not possible then plan your journey carefully, monitor weather reports and pack a snow kit of blankets, food, water and a shovel and before you set off, make sure vehicle is ready for your journey and is clear of snow.
“Anyone thinking of using the roads should be advised to keep their distance and reduce speed, because even in conditions that seem normal, and the snow is not settling, it can be slippery if ice patches have formed, or where fresh grit has not been worked into the carriageway.”

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Up to two inches of rain is predicted to fall in just one hour today, with weather bosses warning people to stay indoors in the worst affected areas. A yellow weather warning for rain has been issued from 11am until midnight tonight in the south and east of England, the Midlands and south-west England and Wales. The warning states: “Flooding of homes and businesses could happen quickly, with damage to some buildings from floodwater, lightning strikes, hail or strong winds. “Fast flowing or deep floodwater is possible, causing a danger to life.”
A separate yellow weather warning for rain will come into effect at midnight, lasting until 9pm on Friday. Will there be more thunderstorms today? Weather bosses warned thunderstorms and lightening are expected to accompany the intense downpours later today. Met Office Chief Meteorologist Andy Page said: “The worst impacts are likely during the afternoon and evening on Thursday with the potential for 30-40 mm of rain to fall in an hour, and a chance of some isolated places seeing as much as 60 to 80 mm over two to three hours.
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"Some will see frequent lightning and large hail as well. “This could result in flash flooding, transport delays and dangerous driving conditions, especially on the M4 and M5. “We’d advise anyone with outdoor plans over the next few days to keep updated with the forecast and warnings, and consider their plans if the risk of thunderstorms or heavy rain may affect them”. The latest deluge follows extreme thunderstorms earlier this week and over the bank holiday.
PA/Met Office UK weather forecast: Will there be more thunderstorms today? Latest Met Office weather warnings
More than 60,000 lightning strikes tore apart the skies on Tuesday, while more than a month’s rainfall fell in just one hour in London. Today’s thunderstorms in the south and west will be slow-moving, said the Met Office. However, they are predicted to move through eastern England and the north Midlands more swiftly. The north of the country will remain dry with highs of 24C in Manchester, 20C in Newcastle and 16C in Edinburgh.
WXCharts UK weather forecast: The latest band of heavy rain has moved north through Europe
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Question: Burger King grows; Tim Hortons to get makeover

NEW YORK — A new burger and a spicy chicken sandwich sold well at Burger King, helping boost profits for its owner Restaurants Brands. But the company’s other chain, Tim Hortons, didn’t do as well, and Restaurant Brands plans to remodel those stores to try to get more people to come in to buy its coffee and doughnuts.
“We’re not happy with our sales growth and overall financial results at Tim Hortons,” said Restaurant Brands CEO Daniel Schwartz, in a call Tuesday.
Tim Hortons, where sales fell 0.3 per cent at existing locations, will renovate most of its nearly 4,800 stores in the next four years. Increasing competition from other coffee sellers hurt sales, Schwartz said.
At Burger King, sales rose 3.8 per cent at existing restaurants after the launch of the Double Quarter Pound King and the spicy chicken sandwich. Sales at its fried chicken chain Popeyes, which the company bought last year, rose 3.2 per cent.
Restaurant Brands, based in Oakville, Ontario, also reported first-quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations.
The company said it had net income of 59 cents per share during the three months that ended March 31. Adjusted earnings came to 66 cents per share, 10 cents above what analysts expected, according to Zacks Investment Research.
It had revenue of $1.25 billion in the period, beating the $1.13 billion analysts expected.
Shares of Restaurant Brands International Inc. rose 5 per cent to close at $56.30 on Tuesday.
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Stinky workout clothes are a problem so big that people might decide to hit the gym naked. At least that's the premise that got Drew Westervelt, founder and chief operating officer of Hex Performance detergent, to join others for naked workouts in new hidden-video-style ads running in social media from BigEyedWish and creative director Ian Wishingrad. Naughty bits are pixilated to avoid running afoul of Facebook filters. Hex, now in about 4,000 stores and Amazon, is formulated specifically to remove filth from the synthetic fabrics of workout clothes, then leave behind a protective layer, unlike other "sport" detergents that just cover up the stench, Wishingrad said.
Beer can't shake the blues
In a new report called "A Very Long and Painful New Year's Hangover," Sanford C. Bernstein shares more bad news for the beer industry. The "market has taken a turn for the worse in 2017," states the report, noting that shipments of U.S. domestic beers dropped 5.3% in the three months ending in April, the worst level in more than 10 years. Trends look particularly bad for Anheuser-Busch InBev. Budweiser is experiencing a "distinct slowdown" while there is "accelerated weakness" on Bud Light, according to the report. AB InBev is declining faster than MillerCoors for the first time in a few years, the report states. Even craft beers are slowing, with the top 12 craft brewers now experiencing a decline in combined volumes year-over-year.
Pistachio lotion?
It's summer, which means pop-up store season, but here's one that hasn't been tried before: Unilever's St. Ives will open a Mixing Bar June 16 in New York letting people create more than 50 combinations of face scrubs and body lotions with new-to-St. Ives ingredients like volcanic sand, papaya and pistachio. The store will be open Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 577 Broadway, corner of Prince, in Soho. Scrubs and lotions are $12, with candles going for $10.
Wings, beer, sports -- just smaller
Rendering of B-Dubs Express, a small-format concept from Buffalo Wild Wings. Credit: Buffalo Wild Wings Inc./Business Wire
Buffalo Wild Wings has long positioned itself as the place to be to watch games while eating wings and drinking beer. But as more people chose to dine at home, the chain decided it might be time for a new format to cater to that clientele: B-Dubs Express. A pilot of two small-format locations begins this summer near the company's Minneapolis headquarters, with restaurants in Edina and Hopkins, Minnesota, and it is looking for other sites in markets nationwide. B-Dubs Express will each be about 2,500-square feet, or less than half the size of the company's typical locations. They'll have TVs, counter service and limited seating. The menu will include fewer items but still include staples like wings and beer. Delivery will be handled by DoorDash.
Swipe up to work at McDonald's
McDonald's USA is taking its recruitment message to Snapchat Credit: McDonald's
McDonald's is putting new money into Snapchat -- not to sell burgers, but to fill jobs. The "Snaplications" program hit the U.S. this week after McDonald's Australia used a similar program earlier this year. After being served a quick McDonald's ad featuring employees, people can swipe up to start the application process through the Snapchat app. McDonald's and franchisees at its 14,000 U.S. restaurants aim to hire up to 250,000 workers this summer. At the company's own locations (most are run by franchisees), more than 50% of the new hires are expected to be 16-to-24-year-olds. McDonald's said it would also use Spotify and Hulu in the recruitment push. It's a different approach than the one being used in Sweden, where a McDonald's ad at first appears more like a military recruitment push.
Relief in sight for chronic over-packers
Packing for Cannes and worried you brought too many sunglasses and strappy sandals? Samonsite has a solution for you. The luggage brand worked with McGarryBowen Mexico on a new Weight Tag— a paper tag/handle attachment that allows travelers to test the weight of their baggage. The handle attachment can hold up to 50 lbs—the maximum weight for most airlines. Anything over that, and the tag will break and you'd better rethink that extra pair of stilettos. Released this month in Latin America, the tag has a patent pending in the U.S.
Number You Need to Know
$1 billion - The threshold that Panera Bread's digital sales, on an annualized basis, have now passed. About 1.2 million digital orders are placed weekly and digital sales accounted for 26% of total sales at the end of the first quarter, a rate Panera said is the highest in the restaurant industry other than in the pizza category
Would You Buy This?
Kind Fruit Bites Credit: Courtesy Kind Snacks
Kind Snacks, best known for nutty snack bars, is getting fruity. Kind Fruit Bites contain only fruits, a message Kind is stressing after seeing several other fruit snacks with plenty of sugar or other sweeteners.
Tweet of the Week
Raid Introduces New Box To Cover Bug Until You Work Up Emotional Strength To Kill It https://t.co/xYzlOGvnWu pic.twitter.com/igOSOkZglt — The Onion (@TheOnion) June 13, 2017
Moves
No big executive moves to report this week. Everyone must be on vacation … or packing for Cannes.
Contributing: E.J. Schultz, Jack Neff, Jessica Wohl, Adrianne Pasquarelli


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Question: Dam evacuees relieved but frustrated as they head home

Catalina Rosales, from left, her daughter Kelly, 3, and husband Armando, of Gridley, Calif., leave a shelter after a mandatory evacuation was lifted Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, in Chico, Calif. Authorities lifted an evacuation order Tuesday for thousands of California residents who live below the nation’s tallest dam after declaring that the risk of catastrophic collapse of a damaged spillway had been significantly reduced. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
(AP) — At churches, fairgrounds and other makeshift shelters, thousands of Californians packed what belongings they had into garbage bags and suitcases to return home Tuesday, two days after they were told to flee the threat of massive flooding from a dam’s damaged spillway.
They expressed relief as authorities lifted an evacuation order for nearly 200,000 residents who live below the nation’s tallest dam. Some voiced frustration at how authorities handled the disaster that never happened. Most were just happy to be heading home.
“You don’t appreciate home until it’s taken away from you,” said Oroville resident Margaret Johnston, 69, one of hundreds who had sought shelter at the Neighborhood Church of Chico, northwest of her town.
Johnston and others huddled around televisions to watch a live broadcast where Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said the risk of the spillway collapsing was significantly reduced. But he said the region would remain under an evacuation warning, meaning residents needed to be ready to flee again if conditions worsen.
“It was just frustrating. Very frustrating,” Johnston said about the back-and-forth from officials and the mad rush to get out of Oroville after the evacuation order Sunday.
She fled with her two sons, packing a few blankets, pillows and clothes into a black garbage bag.
“It feels great to be going home,” Johnston said.
State water officials said they had drained enough of the lake behind Oroville Dam so that its earthen emergency spillway will not be needed to handle runoff from an approaching storm.
“It’s great, all of us can finally go home,” said Pedro Mota of Gridley, who has been staying at a Red Cross shelter at a fairground in Chico with his wife and four young children. He wasn’t concerned by the on-again, off-again evacuation.
“They’re doing their job. They’re going to know more than me,” he said by telephone. “I’m just going to listen to them and follow their advice on it.”
Mota said he would be prepared if the sirens sound again.
“I’m still going to play it by ear, head back home but still have things packed and ready to go just in case they make it mandatory,” he said.
Rod Remocal and his wife, Kelly, were taking the same cautious approach.
“This time we’re going to be on call like they said,” said Remocal, who lives in Biggs, west of Oroville.
When the couple left in a rush Sunday night, they grabbed their four dogs, blankets and a few important papers as sirens sounded and a fire truck’s loud speaker told them to flee immediately.
“We’re all coming back and pack and be ready this time,” he said by telephone after leaving the Red Cross shelter earlier in the day.
On his drive back, Remocal noticed law enforcement stationed at every major intersection as officers prepared to guide the expected parade of vehicles back home. He said traffic was flowing smoothly, in sharp contrast with the chaotic mass flight of thousands of vehicles two days earlier.
He praised the Red Cross and other emergency workers and said he was happy when the evacuation order ended.
“It just took a big load off me, man, just the thrill of relief,” he said.
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Thompson reported from Sacramento. Associated Press writer Jocelyn Gecker contributed from San Francisco.

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1:35 Crews working to patch a leaky levee at Tyler Island Pause
3:58 Boulders, concrete flown in to strengthen damaged Oroville spillway
1:43 Yolo prosecutor announces arrest of Davis woman in hate crime targeting Islamic Center
0:58 Watch: Drone flies over auxiliary spillway at Lake Oroville
0:45 Helicopters work to fortify damaged Oroville spillway
1:59 Oroville evacuees given the green light to return home, evacuation warning remains
0:40 Oroville dam break would flood almost 200,000 California residents in 7 hours
1:57 Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom says spillway failure a wake-up call
0:07 Streams of cars seen fleeing Oroville area


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Question: FAA Investigating After Harrison Ford Flies Over Jetliner Awaiting Takeoff

Noted aviator and actor Harrison Ford flew his private plane over a jet airliner on the ground at a Southern California airport Monday. It's not the first time the Star Wars and Indiana Jones star has had problems landing.
The 74-year-old Ford was instructed to land on a runway at Orange County's John Wayne Airport but mistakenly landed on a parallel taxiway, passing over a Boeing 737 carrying 110 passengers and six crew members.
On a recording, Ford asked air traffic controllers, "Was that airliner meant to be underneath me?" according to NBC News, which first reported the incident.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the pilot heard and read back the correct landing instructions, according to The Associated Press. Gregor did not confirm it was Ford who was piloting the plane, a single-engine Aviat Husky. The AP reports that he didn't say how close Ford's plane came to hitting the jet on the ground.
No one was injured and the jet, American Airlines Flight 1456, took off for Dallas shortly after without incident.
The FAA is now investigating, which "could result in a simple warning letter to a suspension of Ford's pilot's license," NBC reports.
Ford collects vintage planes and has been flying for decades. According to NPR's Russell Lewis, Ford is "a highly-skilled and highly-rated pilot. He's qualified to fly single and twin engine planes, sea planes, helicopters and he's also an instrument-rated pilot." In 2015, Ford said he owned "eight or nine various types of airplanes," according to NTSB documents posted on AirSafe.com.
Ford reported on a medical certificate application that he had logged at least 5,200 flight hours, according to the NTSB.
He was a 2008 honoree and received the Legends Aviation Legacy Award from Kiddie Hawk Air Academy, and subsequently had an award named after him.
Ford was seriously injured in March 2015 when he crash-landed a restored World War II-era trainer plane on a golf course near the Santa Monica Airport shortly after takeoff. A National Transportation Safety Board report found the crash was caused by a loose engine part.
In 2000, Ford's plane "departed" a runway in Lincoln, Neb., because of a gust of wind, according to AirSafe.com. He was flying a Beechcraft Bonanza which "sustained minor damage," though Ford and his passenger were not injured.
And in 1999 he crash-landed a helicopter during a training flight in Ventura County, near Los Angeles, according to the AP. "Although the helicopter rolled over on its left side, neither Ford or the instructor were injured," AirSafe.com notes.

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Question: Restaurant Brands unveils plan for Tim Hortons

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"We really want to work with our owners to accelerate the pace of renovations and the quality of the restaurant image in Canada," Swartz said.
"We're really encouraged by the initial results that we've had, both quantitative and qualitative, in testing with our guests."
RBI's previously announced $700-million renovation plan to spruce up its restaurants is one of the factors in its feud with GWNFA, which claims to represent more than? half of all the franchisees.
The franchisees say that the company has effectively changed the rent and royalty structure by saddling franchisees with increasing costs and requiring them to renovate stores at their own expense.
The dissident franchisee group was quick to point out it believed the plan was ill-conceived and would cost individual restaurant owners about $450,000.
During the conference call, however, Swartz said "we have managed to increase average franchise profitability in Canada by a significant amount since we first acquired Tim Hortons."
The company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, earned US$147.8 million or 59 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended March 31. That compared with a profit of $50.2 million or 21 cents per diluted share a year ago. Revenue totalled $1.25 billion, up from $1 billion in the same quarter last year.
On an adjusted basis, Restaurant Brands, which also owns Burger King and Popeyes, says it earned 66 cents per share for the quarter, up from 36 cents per share a year ago.
Analysts on average had expected a profit of 56 cents per share, according to Thomson Reuters
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Question: Massive fire destroys Charles City County home

CHARLES CITY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — No one was injured after a massive fire destroyed a home in Charles City County Monday afternoon.
A spokesperson for Henrico County Fire, which assisted Charles City County in battling the blaze, said the fire is located in the 8200 block of Little Elam Road.
A photo of the scene shows a home burnt to the ground with flames spreading to the nearby woods.
It’s unclear at this time what caused the blaze.
This is a developing story. Stay with 8News online and on air for the latest updates.

Firefighters are still battling a huge grass fire which destroyed part of a munitions factory in Melbourne's west.


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Question: 'Westworld' promotional error on Facebook sends fans to someone's DMs

UPDATE: May 29, 2018, 11:47 a.m. EDT The original tweet has been deleted and Messenger released a statement apologizing for the mistake.
Somebody over at Facebook's Messenger didn't double check their links.
As a promotion for the HBO show Westworld, the official Twitter account for Messenger tweeted out a link that was intended to direct you to talk to a bot and partake in a little promotional game/conversation with a host from the show. Instead of that, though, the link mistakenly takes you to the account of an actual real woman named Lisa.
Here's a screenshot of the original tweet, which has since been deleted:
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The link in that tweet sends you right to the DMs of Lisa McKinley West, a woman from Kentucky who happened to take the custom URL "westworld" for her Facebook page long before Westworld hit HBO. The link that Messenger should've tweeted is this: m.me/westworldHBO.
Luckily the tweet from Messenger didn't get too much action, only receiving a couple of likes and one retweet in the span of an hour. Nevertheless, West received a few messages from fans who were no-doubt hoping to get a clue about next week's episode.
Asked if she had any connection at all to the show, West unequivocally denied any involvement.
"I do not and I have never watched it," she said in a message to this reporter. "My last name is West and we refer to our home as Westworld lol."
So if you're looking to chat about Westworld, take your messages elsewhere.
Over an hour after the tweet was sent out and almost an hour after someone replied saying Messenger had the wrong link, the tweet still stood, uncorrected.
About an hour after this story published, a spokesperson for Facebook reached out with a statement: "For a short time this morning, a tweet from the Messenger Twitter account incorrectly linked people to message an individual person, instead of the intended bot for Messenger. As soon as we became aware of the error, we immediately corrected it. We’re very sorry for any trouble or confusion this caused."

Netflix has been compared to Big Brother after posting a 'creepy' tweet in which it shared very detailed information about customers' viewing habits - while using it to rather cruelly poke fun at people for watching a Christmas movie.
After publishing its year-end report, in which it celebrated its most successful day as a result of the popularity of Stranger Things, the streaming service has been posting certain pieces of very specific information on its social media account, with one tweet in particular sparking a flurry of concerned, and angry, replies.
'To the 53 people who've watched A Christmas Prince every day for the past 18 days: Who hurt you?' the tweet read, referring to Netflix's original festive movie which was released on the site just a few weeks ago.
A big hit: Netflix has revealed that 53 of its subscribers have watched A Christmas Prince every day for the past 18 days
On blast: The particular stat about the popular Christmas film prompted Netflix to call out the users on Twitter
Outrage: People were quick to respond to the tweet, accusing Netflix of 'creepy' tactics, and blasting the site for using data to 'laugh' at its customers
Scary tactics: One person even compared Netflix to 'Big Brother'
Hot take: Journalist Hugo Rifkind called the Netflix tweet 'f*****g creepy'
And while some were quick to see the attempted humor within the post, happily replying with their own embarrassing viewing habits, others blasted the much 'creepier' aspect, calling out the fact that the site is not only monitoring its viewers incredibly closely, but that it is also using this data to troll its customers.
'Hot Take: Netflix tweeting this is f*****g creepy,' journalist Hugo Rifkind shared.
Christian Christiensen then chimed in: 'Good to know @netflix staff are sitting around their offices looking at private user data, laughing about it, then sending out a tweet to millions.
'Creepy and a complete violation.'
'So unknown creepy Netflix staff have access to your viewing data, use it to creep on you, laugh at you, maybe publicly,' Ben Goldacre shared on his Twitter account.
'I guess it's like video store staff, except a massive database means it's easier for creepy Netflix staff to find and creep on individual people they know.'
'I liked this tweet because it's good to be reminded that huge unaccountable companies use our personal data to dunk on us both literally and figuratively,' wrote another Twitter user.
Seeing the light side? One person also made the Big Brother reference, but added some humor in the form of a winking face
A question: Some people decided to engage in witty conversations with the site, however
The big one: Stranger Things gave the service its biggest streaming day of the year after coming out with a second season on October 29
An interesting choice: One UK-based viewer was found to have Bee Movie a total of 357 times
There were some users, however, who seemed happy to engage with the streaming site's tweet, snapping back with their own witty replies, and even joining the Netflix account in a war of words in some cases.
'Why are you calling people out like that Netflix?' asked one user, to which the account responded: 'I just want to make sure you're okay.'
The user quickly retorted: 'You're not my mom.'
Another chimed in: 'Does Netflix actually pay attention to how often I watch or re-watch things? Because if so, I'm sorry.'
But the A Christmas Prince fans weren't the only ones called out by the year-end review, such as the single Netflix user in the UK who has watched Bee Movie a total of 357 times.
One serious Johnny Depp fan watched Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl every single day this year, while another Canadian user watched the third Lord of the Rings movie 361 times.
Other data released by the streaming service revealed that Greenleaf, a series about a family and their sprawling megachurch in Memphis, was the most 'devoured' show in 2017 - meaning the program had been watched for more than two hours per day.
The Crown was named the most savored show, and Narcos was named the show customers were more likely to 'cheat' and watch ahead of their partner.


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Question: Iranian president threatens to restart nuclear program

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president has issued a direct threat, claiming his country is capable of restarting its nuclear program within hours.
Hassan Rouhani says it could be done “in an hour and a day” if Washington continues with “threats and sanctions” against Iran.
He says that once restarted, the program could quickly be brought to a much more advanced level than it was back in 2015, when Iran signed the nuclear deal with world powers. That agreement capped Iran’s uranium enrichment levels in return for the lifting of international sanctions.
Rouhani’s remarks to lawmakers on Tuesday offered no evidence of Iran’s capabilities but are likely to ratchet up pressure further with the Trump administration.
Rouhani also tempered his threat, adding that Iran seeks to remain loyal to its commitments under the deal.

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Republican congressman from New York says the nuclear deal is a pathway for Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.


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While many of us are in constant touch electronically with friends and family, the old tradition of sending (and receiving) Christmas cards to far-flung places is one that we still hold dear.
But a physical letter’s journey is still subject to the delays caused by the huge distances between here and our far-away relatives and acquaintances.
So, it’s best to get your cards and presents in the post good and early, to avoid disappointment.
And Royal Mail has published its recommended latest Christmas posting dates for air mail.
Post to the Middle East and Africa should be dispatched by Saturday, December 2, while cards or gifts to Australia or New Zealand should be mailed by Saturday, December 9.
The last recommended posting date for the United States and Canada is December 14, while cards and presents to Denmark, Norway, Slovakia and Switzerland can be posted up to Friday, December 15.
Closest to home, letters and parcels going to the The Republic of Ireland and France have a final sending date of Saturday, December 16 if they’re to arrive in time for Christmas.
These last posting dates apply to both standard international services and those which have tracking and signature.

Dates to remember if you want your stuff to arrive BEFORE Christmas day.
US Postal Service
Dec 15 – Deadline for Standard Mail shipments…
Dec 20 – Deadline for First Class Mail and Priority Mail shipments.
Dec 23 – Deadline for Priority Express Mail shipments.
Fed-EX
Dec 15 – Deadline for FedEx Ground shipments.
Dec 18 – Deadline for FedEx Home Delivery shipments.
UPS
Dec 18 – Deadline for UPS 3 Day Select shipments (delivery on Dec 22).
Dec 20 – Deadline for UPS 2nd Day Air shipments (delivery on Dec 22).
NOTE: Christmas falls on a Monday this year , and many carriers do not deliver on weekends. Therefore, the final day to order items and get them in time for Christmas is earlier this year compared to typical years.
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Question: Egypt election sacrifices democracy for stability

CAIRO (AP) — When the sole candidate running against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi held a rally in downtown Cairo recently, all of 30 people showed up. And that wasn't even the biggest sign of the hollowness of his campaign.
Even more telling was one of the chants by the supporters of Moussa Mustafa Moussa, a virtually unknown politician who surfaced just so el-Sissi wouldn't run alone. It was hardly a resolute victory cry.
"Whether Moussa wins or el-Sissi wins, either is our president!" they shouted.
There is no question the general-turned-president el-Sissi will win a second four-year term. But the March 26-28 election will likely be remembered as the event that signaled Egypt's break with the little pretense it had left of democratic rule, seven years after a popular uprising toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in the name of democracy.
The election was preceded by a purge of would-be opposing candidates, unprecedented even under Mubarak's nearly 30-year rule. Authorities also clamped down on the media, even egging the public to report anyone they feel is depicting Egypt in a bad light.
The question raised by many observers is why such extreme measures were taken to ensure a vote el-Sissi would probably win anyway.
El-Sissi seems convinced a genuinely contested election could destabilize the country, allow Islamists a back door into politics or interfere with his drive to revive the battered economy.
El-Sissi was first elected in a 2014 landslide after, as army chief, he led the military's ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. He kept much of that popularity while ferociously cracking down on Islamists and secular dissenters.
He has insisted stability must take priority over freedoms as he carried out large-scale infrastructure projects and painful austerity reforms. With those reforms, el-Sissi has succeeded in bringing some life back to the economy, though at the cost of inflation. El-Sissi has also made a name for himself on the international stage as a champion against Islamic militancy.
After the election, el-Sissi and his supporters will very likely attempt to get rid of the constitution's two term limit on the presidency, said Paul Salem, a senior Middle East expert from the Washington-based Middle East Institute.
"It might be the view of el-Sissi and his administration that this is needed for stability for economic and security reasons," Salem told The Associated Press. "My own personal view is that this buys stability for the short term but makes any transfer of power which has to happen sooner or later much more difficult."
El-Sissi hasn't bothered to campaign in person. Instead, the streets of Cairo and other cities have been swamped in a tidal wave of billboards, banners and posters with his image declaring: "He is the hope."
A decent turnout is the one thing left to give the election a measure of respectability. El-Sissi's supporters have organized rallies urging the public to vote. Pro-government media proclaim that voting is a religious duty and failing to do so is "high treason." Moussa's supporters chanted at his rally that would-be boycotters are traitors and cowards.
Imad Hussein, the pro-el-Sissi editor of Al-Shorouk newspaper, criticized the handling of the election, not because the field was engineered but because it wasn't done smoothly.
"We, of course, hoped to have a genuinely contested election," he wrote last month. "But since we don't have that, the government was supposed to at least prepare the stage to make it look democratic."
The methodical elimination of opponents suggested el-Sissi felt a vulnerability, particularly to a candidate rooted in the military who could exploit possible cracks in his popularity, whether over pain from economic reforms, resentment over crackdowns or frustration over continued militant violence.
Several candidates dropped out citing intimidation and harassment. But the harshest treatment was dealt out to two former generals: former military chief of staff Maj. Gen. Sami Annan and former air force general Ahmed Shafiq, who came a close second in the 2012 presidential election.
The 70-year-old Annan was arrested three days after he announced his candidacy in January and is still in a military prison. One of his top aides, Hisham Genena, was beat up by thugs and later arrested as well.
Even before his arrest, Annan was under surveillance for months and was directly advised to not to run, said senior security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.
"He was fully aware of the consequences ... The warnings were crystal clear," one official said.
Shafiq was living in the United Arab Emirates when, in November, he announced plans to run. The Emiratis promptly deported him to Egypt, where he was immediately detained in a hotel. For days, security officials berated him to drop out of the race as pro-government media launched a campaign to discredit him, warning of corruption cases and exposure of alleged sexual indiscretions.
Shafiq buckled, announcing his withdrawal on Jan. 7. He remained effectively under house arrest, the officials said.
Annan and Shafiq would have offered an alternative for voters seeking change but wary of parting company with the military.
But more worrisome, their candidacies fueled speculation about possible fissures within the military, which prides itself on iron-clad unity and secrecy.
It is not known whether their bids to run against el-Sissi had any support among senior officers. But other developments have raised question marks, such as unexplained dismissals in past months of the military's chief of staff and the head of the General Intelligence Directorate, Egypt's version of the CIA, who also hails from the military. Government-controlled media have briefly mentioned conflicts among security and intelligence agencies, and there have been unconfirmed reports of top generals being sidelined.
"The regime is super sensitive," said Michael W. Hanna, an Egypt expert from New York's Century Foundation, "but it may also be facing internal tensions and rivalries that are seeping out into the public domain."

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. envoy for Iraq is urging political leaders in this "crucial" post-election period to swiftly form an inclusive new government that works across sectarian and ethnic divides.
Jan Kubis told the Security Council on Wednesday that it's essential the new government "works as one" to pursue political, economic and social reforms.
He urged Iraq's "political elites to draw the necessary conclusions" from this month's electoral turnout, the lowest since Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003. He cited "the need for improved representation, justice for all, democratic accountability, and good governance void of corruption, sectarian quota system, nepotism and patronage."
U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley also called this "a key moment in Iraqi history," saying the next government will make important decisions "that will set Iraq's course for decades to come."


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Question: Brian Bowen ruled ineligible for 2018-19, remaining in NBA Draft

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Brian Bowen's career at South Carolina is over before it started.
Bowen announced Wednesday he will remain in the NBA Draft after the NCAA ruled he’d be ineligible to play for the Gamecocks in 2018-19.
“I am completely devastated by the NCAA’s ruling,” Bowen said in a statement. “All I ever wanted to do was continue my education and play college basketball, however, after learning of the ruling, and discussing it with my family and attorney, I’ve decided to pursue my professional career.”
Bowen was a five-star recruit out of high school and originally enrolled at Louisville, but he never appeared in a game there. He was suspended indefinitely in September following an FBI investigation that alleged his family received payments from Adidas prior to his commitment.
Bowen was granted permission to transfer to South Carolina in January but he was never cleared to play.
South Carolina coach Frank Martin said he enjoyed having Bowen as part of his program.
“Brian dreamt of playing college basketball and selflessly contributed to helping his team get better each day while he was here,” Martin said in a statement. “Participating in college basketball gives young people a tremendous opportunity to learn and grow while enjoying the surroundings being part of a University. I wish Brian had this opportunity.”
Bowen is not project to be selected in Sporting News’ latest NBA mock draft.

Marvin Bagley III, the consensus top recruit in the nation, commits to Duke after reclassifying to the 2017 class. Time Sports


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Question: Fighters, refugees leave Lebanon enclave for Syria

Syrian refugees and members of Ahrar Al Sham, connected with the Free Syrian Army, are seen on the way back to their home country in buses and vehicles after a ceasefire was announced between Hizbollah and a local armed group in Arsal district of Baalbek, Beqaa, Lebanon, on Monday (Anadolu Agency photo)
BEIRUT — A group of Syrian rebels and refugees began to leave a border enclave in Lebanon for Syrian territory on Monday under a deal worked out with Lebanese and Syrian authorities, a TV station affiliated to Hizbollah said.
The departure of rebels from a group called Saraya Ahl Al Sham will leave a Daesh extremist group enclave as the last militant stronghold straddling the border near the Lebanese town of Arsal, which is home to tens of thousands of refugees.
About 300 rebels from the group as well as about 3,000 refugees are to leave Lebanon under the deal that followed an assault by the Lebanese Shiite group Hizbollah on insurgent positions last month.
A convoy of 40 buses had left for the Syrian border, Al Manar TV, which is linked to Hizbollah, said. Television footage showed buses very slowly moving through the dry hills of the border area.
The transfer involving Saraya Ahl Al Sham rebels and another one early this month of Nusra Front fighters and refugees, are similar to deals struck within Syria in which Damascus has shuttled rebels and civilians to opposition areas.
On Friday, the Lebanese security official overseeing the arrangements, General Abbas Ibrahim, said a group of civilians would go to Assal Al Ward, an area just across the border from Arsal and held by the Syrian government.
The fighters and their families will go to another part of Syria which he did not identify. Al Manar said last week they would go to the rebel-held town of Al Ruhaiba in the Eastern Qalamoun region.
Hizbollah is a Lebanese Shiite group that has played a big battlefield role in Syria’s civil war on the side of President Bashar Assad.
Last month it defeated rebels in the insurgent enclaves near the border in Lebanon and forced the hardline Islamist Nusra Front group to leave. About 7,000 refugees departed with them for a rebel-held part of northwest Syria.
The Lebanese army is expected soon to assault the Daesh pocket in the same area. The United States helps arm the Lebanese army and on Monday delivered eight new armoured vehicles, its embassy said.
Defeating the Daesh pocket would end a period of several years in which armed groups from inside Syria held positions in the hills around Arsal, the most serious spillover of the civil war into Lebanon.
More than 1 million Syrian refugees are sheltering in Lebanon, about a quarter of its total population. Hizbollah has stepped up calls for the Lebanese government to engage directly with Damascus over the return of refugees to Syria.
Syria’s opposition has criticised previous evacuations of civilians under ceasefire deals as amounting to the forced transfer of populations, something Damascus denies.
The growing number of evacuation deals for fighters and civilians from besieged rebel areas inside Syria over the past year has helped Assad solidify his hold in several parts of the country.
Lebanon’s General Security, the government agency that negotiated Monday’s transfer, said all the civilians returning were doing so voluntarily.

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An airstrike on a school in Syria’s eastern Ghouta late Monday killed 15 children and two women who were using its basement as a bomb shelter, a monitor said.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the bombing raid hit Arbin, a key town in the dwindling rebel-held enclave of Ghouta that has been under attack by government troops for over a month.
“Three missiles from a single airstrike hit the school, where the underground level was being used as a shelter,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, who heads the Britain-based monitor.
“Rescue workers are still searching for survivors,” he told AFP.
The Observatory, which identifies airstrikes based on flight patterns, munitions used, and aircraft, said Monday night’s raids were suspected to have been carried out by Russia.
Moscow has said it is helping Syria’s government “finish off” fighters in Ghouta but has denied carrying out airstrikes against civilians.
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Since Feb. 18, Syrian troops and allied militia have been waging a ferocious ground and air assault to oust rebels from Ghouta, just east of Damascus.
They have captured more than 80 percent of the former opposition and have splintered the remaining territory into three sections, each held by a separate rebel group.
The pocket where Arbin lies is held by the Faylaq al-Rahman Islamist faction.
Syrian troops have made sweeping advances against them in recent days, opening a “corridor” for terrified civilians to flee into government-controlled territory.
Other residents have opted to flee deeper into the shrinking rebel-held areas.
The White Helmets rescue force, which works to extract people out from the rubble after air strikes, said Monday its teams in Arbin were responding to a strike on a “basement” there.


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Question: Puerto Rico's new gov seeks statehood to help end crisis

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Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rossello (C) arrives for a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Students of the University of Puerto Rico protest as a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is taking place at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Chairman of Puerto Rico's fiscal control board Jose Carrion III (2nd L), members of the board Ana Matosantos (L) and David Skeel attend a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rossello (L) addresses the audience during a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Students of the University of Puerto Rico protest as a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is taking place at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Police stand behind a barricade, with the writing 'Peace' on it, to block protesters as a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is taking place at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
Students of the University of Puerto Rico protest as a meeting of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico is taking place at the Convention Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico March 31, 2017. Picture taken March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Alvin Baez
NEW YORK Bankruptcy for Puerto Rico is looking ever more likely as the clock ticks down toward a May 1 deadline to restructure $70 billion in debt, ramping up uncertainty for anyone betting on returns from the island's widely held U.S. municipal bonds.
When U.S. Congress last year passed the Puerto Rico rescue law dubbed PROMESA, it froze creditor lawsuits against the island so its federally appointed oversight board and creditors could negotiate out of court on the biggest debt restructuring in U.S. municipal history.
The freeze expires on May 1, however, and an extension by Congress is "not going to happen," said a Republican aide to the House Committee on Natural Resources, which is in charge of territory matters.
A round of mediated talks is scheduled to begin on Thursday. But absent an agreement soon, a growing number of analysts say Puerto Rico will seek protection from creditors under PROMESA's court-sanctioned restructuring process, akin to U.S. bankruptcy.
Forbearance deals could let negotiations continue past May 1, but a source directly involved in the talks said avoiding an eventual bankruptcy is "impossible."
The source, who declined to be named because the talks are private, said parties have grown further apart since Governor Ricardo Rossello took office in January.
The negotiating tactics of Rossello and the board have jarred investors who expected more creditor-friendly approaches from both. The board is pushing debt repayment cuts more than double those proposed by former Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla, a populist whose policies had already alienated creditors.
Disparate stakeholders have united to question the legality of a fiscal turnaround blueprint approved by the board, and to resist mediation efforts.
Hector Negroni, whose Fundamental Credit Opportunities fund holds Puerto Rico debt, said he recalled "constructive comments" from Rossello and board members "about protecting the priorities of creditors" during the board's early days. "But their words are not being followed up by their actions," Negroni said.
Bankruptcy is now "the most likely outcome," said Height Securities analyst Ed Groshans, who increased loss projections for bond insurers like MBIA Inc and Assured Guaranty Ltd in an April 3 note.
Elias Sanchez, Rossello's liaison to the board, said the government holds out hope for at least partial compromise. "We feel very confident we can strike some deals by May 1, maybe not all of them," Sanchez said.
The oversight board is committed to pursuing agreements out of court, its spokesman, Francisco Cimadevilla, said. "A transaction is always better than a lawsuit," he said.
But with myriad creditor classes competing for priority, compromise over Puerto Rico - once a rising star of U.S. high-yield muni funds - could be tough.
"The more creditors insist that part of their position is that no one fare better than they do, the more difficult that is to effectuate outside of bankruptcy," said restructuring expert Melissa Jacoby, a professor at the University of North Carolina School of Law.
Puerto Rico is trying to escape a crisis marked by a 45 percent poverty rate and rampant emigration.
Since bankruptcy gives debtors the ability to impose payment cuts over creditor objections, it is seen as a negative for bond markets, Jacoby said.
Trading prices of Puerto Rico's benchmark 2035 general obligation bonds have reflected that concern, falling precipitously in recent weeks.
But risk cuts both ways and Sanchez said the government wants to avoid bankruptcy as much as creditors.
Putting Puerto Rico's fate in the unpredictable hands of a judge "could go really bad for the government too," he said.
(Reporting by Nick Brown; Editing by Tom Brown)


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Question: Christopher Plummer Receives Golden Globe Nomination for Kevin Spacey Role

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After replacing Kevin Spacey in the eleventh hour, Christopher Plummer has received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in All the Money in the World; Plummer is competing in the Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture category against The Florida Project's Willem Dafoe, Call Me by Your Name's Armie Hammer, The Shape of Water's Richard Jenkins and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri's Sam Rockwell. Spacey had completed filming the historical drama months before he was accused of sexual misconduct in October; director Ridley Scott recast the role of the role of J. Paul Getty in November and completed re-shooting in nine days total. Ridley's re-shoots cost millions—but he did so with the blessing of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
As promised, All the Money in the World is still on track for its Dec. 25 release.
Scott received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director, competing with Guillermo del Torro (The Shape of Water), Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk) and Steven Spielberg (The Post). Michelle Williams, who plays Gail Harris in All the Money in the World, received a Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama nomination alongside Jessica Chastain (Molly's Game), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Meryl Streep (The Post).

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Perhaps the first sign that something was amiss at the Golden Globe nominations this morning was that neither Get Out nor Call Me by Your Name—both considered Oscar front-runners—received nominations for their lauded screenplays. Instead, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association opted for more mainstream fare like The Post and Aaron Sorkin’s Molly’s Game. Or maybe the real sign of trouble was Get Out’s Jordan Peele and Lady Bird’s Greta Gerwig getting passed over in the best-director category in favor of famous old white guys Ridley Scott and Steven Spielberg. I’d say it’s baffling, except, come on, it’s the Golden Globes.
The real first sign that something was amiss at the Golden Globes probably came at the first Golden Globes, back in 1944. It’s a weird awards ceremony, and almost always has been. Presided over by some 90-odd international journalists who make their living in Hollywood, the Globes are often used as a predictor of the Oscars, or at least a temperature-taker of the season—despite the fact that they consistently do wild things that aren’t repeated at the Oscars.
Part of that has to do with the division of categories. Separating films and leading performances into drama and musical/comedy introduces plenty of chaos into the season. This year, that comes in the form of Helen Mirren in The Leisure Seeker, a Sony Pictures Classics comedy that very few people have seen, or even know exists. More instructive for our Oscar-predicting purposes (see, we’re still doing this, even though we know we shouldn’t, because the Globes are nuts) is that Saoirse Ronan was listed in the comedy category, freeing up a spot in the highly competitive best actress in a drama pool.
Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water, Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Meryl Streep for The Post are all likely to repeat when Oscar nominations are announced in the middle of next month. But that leaves two spots open, one of which Ronan presumably will swing into. The other one? Well, conventional wisdom at the moment suggests it will be Ronan’s fellow best actress in a comedy nominee Margot Robbie for I, Tonya. But check out that Jessica Chastain nomination for Molly’s Game, in drama. She seemed like a potential front-runner when the film premiered back in Toronto, but has since fallen out of the conversation. She’s back in now, to some extent. Again, the Globes are nuts.
How nuts? Well, the fifth nominee for drama actress this year is Michelle Williams for Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World, a beleaguered film which almost nobody has seen. Whether the H.F.P.A. really loves the movie or is just bragging that it’s seen it is unclear, but they also—in the shadiest of nominations—gave a supporting actor nod to Christopher Plummer, who eleventh-hour replaced the heavily touted Kevin Spacey in the wake of the latter actor’s alleged sexual misconduct scandal. Perhaps that’s a message to the industry’s myriad abusers: not only will we replace you, we’ll nominate the new guy for awards. Or maybe it’s just the Golden Globes being nuts again.
Full ScreenPhotos: 1 / 70 The 2018 Golden Globe Acting Nominees in Photos Nominated for Best Actor, Drama Photo: Courtesy of Focus Features. Nominated for Best Actor, Drama Photo: Courtesy of Sony Picture Classics. Nominated for Best Actor, Drama Photo: Courtesy of Focus Features. Nominated for Best Actor, Drama Photo: Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox. Nominated for Best Actor, TV Movie or Miniseries Photo: Copyright 2017, FX Networks. All Rights Reserved. Nominated for Best Actor, TV Movie or Miniseries Nominated for Best Actor, TV Movie or Miniseries Photo: By Dusan Martincek/National Geographic. Previous Next Nominated for Best Actor, Drama Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Courtesy of Focus Features. Nominated for Best Actor, Drama Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name Courtesy of Sony Picture Classics. Nominated for Best Actor, Drama Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread Courtesy of Focus Features. Nominated for Best Actor, Drama Tom Hanks, The Post Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox. 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Nominated for Best Actor, Comedy Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out From Universal Pictures/Everett Collection. Nominated for Best Actor, Comedy Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver Courtesy of TriStar Pictures. Nominated for Best Actress, Comedy Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Courtesy of A24. Nominated for Best Actress, Comedy Margot Robbie, I ,Tonya Courtesy of Neon. Nominated for Best Actress, Comedy Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox. Nominated for Best Actress, Comedy Judi Dench, Victoria and Abdul Courtesy of Focus Features. Nominated for Best Actress, Comedy Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name Courtesy of Sony Picture Classics. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox. Nominated for Best Supporting Actor Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox. 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We can maybe actually extract some real insight from the H.F.P.A.’s broad list of honorees. Last year, the supporting-actress category at the Globes matched up five-for-five with the Oscars later in the season, so maybe Lesley Manville not getting a nomination for Phantom Thread and The Big Sick’s Holly Hunter being overlooked should tell us something. On a larger scale, the Globes were supposed to be where The Big Sick flourished—there’s a whole separate comedy category! But that lauded and successful film—a Sundance breakout turned summer counterprogramming hit—failed to get any nominations this morning. That may mean dire things for its Oscar campaign (which has been subtle but consistent so far). Or it could just mean that the Globes have five fewer screenplay nominees than the Oscars or Writers Guild of America awards, which divide adapted and original—and that’s where The Big Sick will find its recognition down the road. Who knows!
That’s often the dominant feeling one has looking at Golden Globe nominations each year: a half-amused, half-annoyed shrug emoticon. Maybe there is some method to the H.F.P.A.’s apparent madness for The Greatest Showman and All the Money in the World. Or maybe this erratic group of people—at least some of whom have honored Angelina Jolie in The Tourist or Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Nocturnal Animals in the past—are just weird outliers who’ve muscled their way into the Oscar conversation despite there often being a distinct lack of overlap between how the two shake out. The less exciting guild awards are surely better indicators of Oscar fortunes. If only they gave nominations to Ansel Elgort, maybe more people might pay attention.
Oh, and there’s also TV, of course! Over on that cluttered side of things, Amazon picked up a nice nomination for the truly great Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in the best-comedy category, while Jessica Biel scored big for USA’s The Sinner, as we predicted she would. The Sinner also picked up a nod in best-limited series or TV movie, which may have contributed to the surprising denial of Twin Peaks in that category. Kyle MacLachlan’s limited-series actor nomination is that critically praised, esoteric curiosity’s lone nomination. Another surprise is Katherine Langford beating out This Is Us star Mandy Moore for her leading role in the Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why. Both shows were huge this year, but 13 Reasons is very teen, whereas This Is Us seems to have had broader appeal. But, hey, the Globes are nu—well, you get it.