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In this July 3, 2018, image taken from video provided by the Royal Thai Navy Facebook Page, a Thai boy smiles as a Thai Navy SEAL medic helps injured children inside a cave in Mae Sai, northern Thailand.
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Rescue workers assisted by Thai navy SEALs started teaching some members of a young soccer team and their coach how to swim and dive Wednesday, nearly two weeks after they became trapped in a cave in northern Thailand.
The boys, ages 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach, have been stranded deep inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand's Chiang Rai province for 12 days. They disappeared when they went exploring after a soccer game June 23 and were found by rescue divers late Monday.
But risky conditions including volatile water levels, challenging terrain and heavy rains forecast for the weekend have complicated plans to safely extract them.
Some of the boys do not know how to swim and flooding in the caves means the boys would likely have to dive to be able to escape, which rescue experts say could be extremely dangerous, especially for people with no experience with scuba gear.
Thai media reported the boys have been practicing using dive masks and other equipment but have not yet tried them out in water.
"The water is very strong and space is narrow. Extracting the children takes a lot of people," Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan told reporters in Thailand on Wednesday. "Now we are teaching the children to swim and dive," he said.
He added if the high water levels fell, the team would be taken out quickly.
The British divers who found the squad said it took three hours to reach them, as they faced fast-moving currents and had to pull themselves along cave walls.
The boys and their coach were trapped in the cave by a sudden influx of water.
More: Thai cave: Boys may have to scuba to safety – even those who can’t swim
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Chiang Rai provincial Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn, the Thai official overseeing the rescue operation, said Wednesday that "all 13 may not come out at the same time. If the condition is right and if that person is ready 100%, he can come out."
But Narongsak said rescue teams are still looking for other ways to rescue the boys, such as locating alternative routes into the cave's network of narrow passageways.
Some cave rescue experts have said it would be safer to keep the team supplied with essential food and medicine where they are for now and wait for the water levels to recede. However, that approach could take months, as Thailand’s monsoon season usually lasts through October.
It's also possible that conditions inside the cave could change. The boys are taking shelter on a ledge surrounded by water more than a mile from the cave's main entrance, and about half a mile below the surface.
Still, the boys and their coach reported they were in good health in a brief video released Wednesday on the Thai navy SEALs Facebook page.
The SEALs, including medics, are staying with the team inside the cave and the boys are mostly in a stable condition after having received high-protein drinks.
The one-minute video shows the team together with the SEALs inside the darkened cave. While the boys are visibly thin, they appear to be in good spirits as they introduce themselves one-by-one to the camera.
In the video, as a light is shone on each boy's face they address the camera with head bowed and hands clasped together in a Thai prayer-like greeting known as "wai."
A few of the boys appear to be wearing soccer jerseys from international teams. One of them resembles the one worn by the England soccer squad in its Tuesday night World Cup victory over Colombia in Moscow.
At one point in the video, the boys laugh in response to an apparent joke made by a member of the rescue team. Experts have said that looking after the boys' mental health will be key to ensuring they are able to safely take part in any rescue plan.
Thai authorities said they are working to install an Internet cable to the cave so that the parents of the boys can talk to their children.
"It’s like he has been given a new life," Kian Kamluang, whose 16-year-old son Pornchai is inside the cave, told the Associated Press. She said she'll never let her son go into a cave or near water again.
The longest time anyone has survived while trapped underground is 69 days, according to Guinness World Records. In that incident, all 33 Chilean miners — known as the "33 of San Jose" — made it safely back to the surface via a rescue capsule after they were trapped 2,257 ft below the surface after the collapse of a mine near Copiapo, Chile, in August 2010. The gold-copper mine collapsed after an earthquake.
Search for trapped soccer team in Thailand Thai officials carry oxygen tanks through a cave complex during a rescue operation for a missing soccer team at the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 1, 2018. Rescuers in northern Thailand looked for alternative ways into a flooded cave as they continued the search for 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing in Tham Luang Nang Non cave after monsoon rains blocked the main entrance. U.S. Forces and British divers joined the search as they worked their way through submerged passageways in the sprawling underground caverns as the search intensifies for the young soccer team, aged between 11 to 16, and their their 25-year-old coach. 01 / 08 Thai officials carry oxygen tanks through a cave complex during a rescue operation for a missing soccer team at the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 1, 2018. Rescuers in northern Thailand looked for alternative ways into a flooded cave as they continued the search for 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing in Tham Luang Nang Non cave after monsoon rains blocked the main entrance. U.S. Forces and British divers joined the search as they worked their way through submerged passageways in the sprawling underground caverns as the search intensifies for the young soccer team, aged between 11 to 16, and their their 25-year-old coach. 01 / 08
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Fireworks to mark the Fourth of July holiday explode as fans sit on the outfield grass of Coors Field after a baseball game Tuesday in Denver.
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Fireworks, food and family: Get the most out of the Fourth of July
Happy birthday, America! Looking to show your love for the red, white and blue? Here's what you need to know to make the most out of your holiday week:
Heat, humidity and perhaps rain on these parades
Across the nation, high temperatures, humid air and thunderstorms are anticipated, possibility putting an end to outdoor Fourth of July festivities and fireworks for some. For northern states such as Minnesota, the upper Midwest and western portions of Wisconsin, severe thunderstorms are a high possibility — and will be accompanied with large hail and damaging winds. From the Rockies to the East Coast, temperatures in the 90s are predicted, with highs of 100 degrees in the Desert Southwest. While temperatures along the West Coast and into the Northwest will range from the 60s to 80s, humidity is expected to remain in form control of the Plains all the way to the East.
Summer's heat starts to sizzle A boy cools off from the heat on the Swann Memorial Fountains in Logan Square Park, in Philadelphia, June 17, 2018. 01 / 07 A boy cools off from the heat on the Swann Memorial Fountains in Logan Square Park, in Philadelphia, June 17, 2018. 01 / 07
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July Fourth is big for America. And for Hollywood. Once you get your fill of sparklers and corn on the cob, here's our movie viewing guide for every mood you might find yourself in. And here's what you can binge-watch from home, whether you are a war-movie buff or you're looking for some fireworks.
Rescuers start to teach boys trapped in Thai cave to dive
Rescue workers assisted by Thai navy SEALs started teaching some members of a young soccer team and their coach how to swim and dive Wednesday, more than a week after they became trapped in a cave in northern Thailand. The boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach, have been stranded deep inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai province for 12 days. They disappeared after they went exploring after a soccer game on June 23 and were found by rescue divers late Monday. But risky conditions, challenging terrain and heavy rains forecast for the weekend have complicated plans to safely extract them.
Search for trapped soccer team in Thailand Thai officials carry oxygen tanks through a cave complex during a rescue operation for a missing soccer team at the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 1, 2018. Rescuers in northern Thailand looked for alternative ways into a flooded cave as they continued the search for 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing in Tham Luang Nang Non cave after monsoon rains blocked the main entrance. U.S. Forces and British divers joined the search as they worked their way through submerged passageways in the sprawling underground caverns as the search intensifies for the young soccer team, aged between 11 to 16, and their their 25-year-old coach. 01 / 08 Thai officials carry oxygen tanks through a cave complex during a rescue operation for a missing soccer team at the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 1, 2018. Rescuers in northern Thailand looked for alternative ways into a flooded cave as they continued the search for 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing in Tham Luang Nang Non cave after monsoon rains blocked the main entrance. U.S. Forces and British divers joined the search as they worked their way through submerged passageways in the sprawling underground caverns as the search intensifies for the young soccer team, aged between 11 to 16, and their their 25-year-old coach. 01 / 08
Stars headline action-packed Wimbledon round
Wimbledon rolls on Wednesday at the All England Club with several marquee names in action. The women’s draw sees both Williams sisters in action as No. 9 seed Venus Williams takes on Alexandra Dulgheru (8 a.m. ET) while No. 25 seed Serena Williams faces Viktoriya Tomova (12:30 p.m. ET). Fellow American Madison Keys, in the No. 10 spot, leads off by taking on Luksika Kumkhum at 6:30 a.m. ET. The big highlight on the men’s side is, who else, No. 1 Roger Federer. The defending champion takes on Lukas Lacko at 10 a.m. ET.
Top shots from the 2018 Wimbledon Championships Heather Watson of Great Britain accidentally throws her racket during first-round match against Kirsten Flipkens. 01 / 21 Heather Watson of Great Britain accidentally throws her racket during first-round match against Kirsten Flipkens. 01 / 21
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Vera Good has been a trailblazer all her long life.
Born in 1915 she earned a university degree when most of her fellow teachers had only a high school education.
She was one of the first female principals in the Toronto school system and the first female inspector of schools in Ontario.
When she left the schools for TV Ontario in 1965, at a time when women were a rarity in administrative roles, she led the conceptual design and was the first executive producer for the long-running children’s series, Polka Dot Door.
When she retired in 1981, she became a consultant, establishing education television in Belize and Jamaica.
But when Good, now 102 and living at Norview Lodge in Simcoe, is asked about the highlights of her life, it’s her early days as a teacher that she recalls.
“If you’d take extra time with children who were struggling to read, they were willing. These are kids who could only read a word at a time. When they’d read a whole sentence and they looked up at you and smiled, that’s what I remember.”
Good’s journey is chronicled in a new biography written by Nancy Silcox called The Exceptional Vera Good, A Life Beyond the Polka Dot Door.
A book launch was held on Sunday at Norview.
The biography is a culmination of interviews Silcox did with Good over more than a year, with the author driving at least once and sometimes twice a week to Simcoe from her home in Kitchener-Waterloo. The two began meeting in March 2015.
“Vera has had more than her share of highlights,” said Silcox. “She lived in India (with the Mennonite Central Committee) during the years when India was gaining independence. She met Mahatma Gandhi and said she was so close to him she said could see the wrinkles on his face. He was assassinated the very next day.”
The book begins at the turn of the century with details of Good’s Swiss ancestors, and her birth into an Old Order Mennonite family in Waterloo County.
Silcox said Good’s life wasn’t without difficulty. She encountered sexism as she climbed the ladder of administration at the board of education.
“She was way ahead of the curve. She had some really tough times. She bumped her head many times against the glass ceiling. It was not a happy part of her life.”
When the government of the day announced the establishment of educational television for children, Silcox said they called on the best educational minds of the time, including Good.
Good, who by then had earned her doctorate, became a significant contributor to the creation of The Polka Dot Door in 1971 for Ontario Education Communications Authority, later known as TVOntario.
The content of the show, which ran from 1971 to 1993, was generally geared towards education and creativity. One of the most well-known elements of the series was the mythical character Polkaroo.
Another feature of the show was “looking through the polka-dot door,” when the camera would zoom into a dot on the door, which would open up to reveal a short educational film.
Silcox believes Good’s legacy is two-fold – as a pioneer for women in positions of higher responsibility, and as an advocate for the education of children.
A resident of Simcoe for about 25 years, Good still has a sharp memory and a passion for current events.
She said she never felt like a pioneer.
“When you look at your own life, it seems very mundane and day-to-day,” she said. “And you think, why in the world would a book be written about me?
“But the more risks you take, the more exciting life is.”
The Exceptional Vera Good, A Life Beyond the Polka Dot Door, published by CMU Press, is available at Coles in Simcoe and at Words Worth Books in Waterloo.
Proceeds from the sale of the book go to Strong Start, a charitable organization that helps young children learn to read. The program is in 90 schools in Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk.
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Honorees include Jason Sanders, superintendent of Ashdown School District; John Ward, superintendent of Magnolia School District; DeMarcus Green, principal of Kilpatrick Elementary in Texarkana, Ark., School District; and Jody Vines, principal of Washington Middle School in El Dorado, Ark. During the ceremony, Beth Anne Rankin, associate director of development at SAU, said the Hall of Fame recognizes the achievements of educators who have "left golden footprints" at their respective schools, greatly supporting the education of students.
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Attorneys for a Texas inmate want the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his scheduled execution for the shooting deaths of a 5-year-old girl and her grandmother during a birthday party 10 years ago outside a Fort Worth apartment.
Former Fort Worth street gang member Erick Davila is set for lethal injection Wednesday evening.
Lawyers for the 31-year-old Davila argue it's improper for the elected Tarrant County district attorney to be involved in the case because she was the judge at Davila's 2009 trial. They also contend evidence that Davila may have been high on drugs at the time of the shooting improperly was withheld from defense attorneys.
State lawyers are contesting the arguments.
Davila was convicted of killing Queshawn Stevenson and her 48-year-old grandmother, Annette Stevenson.

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Upgrade works to Gombungee War Memorial to start soon by Toowoomba Regional Council.
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THE Toowoomba Regional Council will start work on an upgrade to the Goombungee War Memorial on April 30 as part of construction currently underway on Mocatta St.
Parks and Recreation Services portfolio leader Cr Joe Ramia said the plans for the State Heritage listed War Memorial Precinct received extensive consultation with the community and key stakeholders, such as the RSL.
"Council supports the growth and continual improvement of our beautiful regional areas," he said.
"The proposed works preserve the memorial's historical significance, whilst enhancing the memorial setting and the immediate surrounds.
"The plan seeks to remove the garden bed and associated wall surrounding the memorial, which impedes views of the memorial and detracts from its appearance."
Toowoomba Regional Council Infrastructure Committee Chair Cr Carol Taylor said the Mocatta Street works will complement the war memorial enhancements.
"The road around the memorial is intended to be a 'shared' zone for small vehicle traffic only, and the memorial will be protected by a new outer kerb barrier with bollards," Cr Taylor said.

The long-anticipated streetscape project along East Fourth Street in downtown East Liverpool started Monday as construction crews worked on the sidewalk near the entrance to The Review. The scope of the project will take place at the intersection of Broadway and East Fourth streets, near Kent State, the ELHSAA Clocktower and the Carnegie Library.
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FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2015, file photo, Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk delivers a speech at the Paris Pantheon Sorbonne University as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. For years, Tesla has boasted that its cars and SUVs are safer than other vehicles on the roads, and CEO Elon Musk doubled down on the claims in a series of tweets this week. Francois Mori, File AP Photo

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“It’s easy, at a time of rolling scandals and hourly push alerts, to lose sight of how extraordinary this moment is,” CJR Editor and Publisher Kyle Pope writes in the opening pages of our new print issue. The past year has been unlike any the US political world has ever seen. Donald Trump’s rise from reality-TV celebrity to reality-TV president challenged and changed journalism in myriad ways. CJR’s fall magazine looks at the people, moments, and news organizations Trump’s presidency has affected.
From Ivanka to “the dossier” to a moment of reckoning for the political press, the issue tackles some of the biggest personalities and existential questions that have become part of the daily conversation in Washington.
In the days to come, we’ll be posting great pieces, including CJR’s Pope on his time as editor of The New York Observer under Jared Kushner (which publishes on cjr.org at noon today), McKay Coppins on the threat posed by right-wing media, Collier Meyerson on covering a country where race is everywhere, and many more. So keep checking in as we roll out the new issue, and if you’re not already a member, we’d be grateful for your support—$50 gets you a year of access to exclusive content, four issues of the print magazine, and invitations to CJR events.
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Best press he’s ever had : In perhaps my favorite piece in the issue, former New York Daily News gossip columnist Lloyd Grove looks at Trump’s complicated and profitable relationship with tabloid journalism.
In perhaps my favorite piece in the issue, former New York Daily News gossip columnist Lloyd Grove looks at Trump’s complicated and profitable relationship with tabloid journalism. Trump and the Watergate effect : The Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan wonders whether the work being done by journalists today will inspire the next generation of Woodwards and Bernsteins.
The Washington Post’s Margaret Sullivan wonders whether the work being done by journalists today will inspire the next generation of Woodwards and Bernsteins. Can the First Amendment save us? : Columbia University President and First Amendment scholar Lee C. Bollinger writes about battles over press freedom and trust in the Trump era.
Columbia University President and First Amendment scholar Lee C. Bollinger writes about battles over press freedom and trust in the Trump era. When all the news that fits is Trump: Former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson praises the work that journalists have done in the first year of the new presidency, but warns of the pitfalls of the Trump bump.
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China elevated a key confidante of President Xi Jinping to one of the top positions in government on Monday as Beijing cracks down on riskier financing and a debt build-up that may pose systemic risks to the world's second-largest economy. Ciara Lee reports on the challenges ahead for China's new economic team.


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Sarah Blakely recalls feeling some trepidation when she and her husband shelled out more than $300,000 for a modest 1 1/2-storey house in a less-desirable part of Toronto.
Seven years later, they found themselves on the right side of a hot housing market, with values tripling in a ’hood suddenly considered up-and-coming for young families seeking detached homes.
They recently sold that renovated three-bedroom for more than $1 million and now expect to live mortgage-free in a four-bedroom purchase in their hometown of Ottawa.
The 34-year-old says it made sense to cash out of a city that was draining their finances, energy and family time.
“My husband and I saw an opportunity to take advantage of the recent gains in real estate and to move to a less expensive city to live mortgage-free, support our savings for retirement and also to be closer to family,” says Blakely, whose new home has nearly twice the square footage.
And they may have taken action at just the right time.
Blakely’s real estate agent Josie Stern says the market appears to be cooling, and doubts Blakely could fetch that same jackpot sale today.
“A little bit of air has been let out of the bubble,” she says.
Many buyers and sellers are waiting to see what will come of Tuesday’s scheduled meeting between Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa and Toronto Mayor John Tory, who are expected to discuss ways to rein in Toronto’s hot housing market.
Meanwhile, the Ontario government is promising to announce affordability measures soon.
Stern says some buyers are delaying their purchase in anticipation of possible fixes.
“Buyers have been in such a stressful situation for so long that now they think somebody is going to save them and they’re waiting,” says Stern. “They’ve dug their heels in, they’re tired of competition and then there’s those that are still proceeding, but there’s been quite a big pullback from buyers.”
Sellers who’ve bought new homes are rushing to list their old property, she adds, but many are not getting the high bids seen a month ago.
The Toronto market has been astonishing, with the average sale in the Greater Toronto Area skyrocketing last month to $916,567. That’s up 33.2 per cent from a year ago.
With strong demand and limited supply, it wasn’t uncommon for bidding wars to result in sales hundreds of thousands of dollars above asking. And a lot of those sellers took those dollars out of the Greater Toronto Area where they can get more acreage, less congestion and still pocket a fair bit of cash.
“We’re finding that a lot of people are leaving the city,” says Stern, who estimates that about a third of her 35 sales this year involved sellers either downsizing to condos or moving to more affordable markets.
“It’s empty-nesters, it’s (couples with) babies, it’s all kinds of people that are doing this.”
Even with a new uncertainty in the air, it’s still a seller’s market, she adds.
One of her biggest sales was a $2-million listing that went $575,000 over asking in February. The sellers moved to the commuter city of Burlington, Ont.
They’re joining buyers priced out of the Toronto market who have gone looking for cheaper housing in smaller communities across the Golden Horseshoe, spurring other sales spikes in the region — Hamilton-Burlington homes jumped 22.6 per cent during the first two months of 2017 compared to a year earlier.
Still other buyers are looking farther afield.
Remember that relatively inexpensive Nova Scotia mansion that dominated Facebook last month?
Real estate agent Wanda Graves of Eastern Valley Real Estate says it’s sparked more inquiries from Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and B.C. house hunters suddenly hip to Eastern Canada’s charms.
Nova Scotia sellers are taking notice, and are marketing to out-of-province buyers now considered increasingly likely to make an offer.
“They know that there are buyers out there and now it’s, ’How do we reach them?”’ says Graves.
Before selling for $455,000, the mansion in Newport Landing, N.S., drew more than one million views on her company’s website and 36,000 shares on Facebook.
It’s a story Vancouver real estate agent Melissa Wu knows well.
Years of record-setting sales saw Vancouver homeowners cash out for smaller markets with more space.
But that changed after the B.C. government introduced a 15 per cent foreign buyers’ tax last summer, which Wu says especially soured interest in west Vancouver luxury homes priced at more than $4 million.
Detached homes in the $1-million to $2-million range in east Vancouver are doing well and still notching close to record highs, says Wu.
Her recent sales included a $2-million get for a century-old home owned by a retired couple. Their plan is to downsize to an older condo costing less than $500,000. The rest of the proceeds will go to their kids and retirement fund.
She says the sale was a record high for the neighbourhood, but it took an agonizing three weeks to secure — longer than it would have last year, she says.
She advises Toronto homeowners thinking of selling to take advantage while they can.
“There’s always a shift coming in,” she says of this hot market. “Sell before it corrects.”
Stern would like to see a crackdown on real estate speculators in Toronto, citing one buyer who bought 15 properties in the last two years.
And she cautions those tempted to cash out that there’s always a risk the market won’t co-operate.
“People have been asking themselves that question since the year 2000: Should I sell? Should I cash out?
“And there have been people who have cashed out and have regretted it because they’ve seen what the market has (done) — they’ve never been able to rebuy the houses that they’ve sold.”

Georgia special
The special election in Georgia to fill HHS Secretary Tom Price’s old congressional seat could end with a historic Democratic upset. The Sixth District seat has been held by a Republican continuously since Newt Gingrich won it in 1978, but changing demographics and what’s known as a “jungle primary” are giving Democrat Jon Ossoff a shot at winning today’s vote.
Georgia tea leaves
Spanning wealthier and Republican-leaning suburbs north of Atlanta, Tom Price’s old seat is just the kind of place Democrats would love to pull off an upset. They’d point to it as evidence of excitement in their base, and support from the upper-income Republicans and college graduates who eluded them in 2016. But winning will be tough. We look at data from the 50,000 early votes already cast to gauge the contest.
Custody battle
A lawyer for conservative radio show host Alex Jones says his client is nothing more than a showman. He said it in a Texas court, where Jones is fighting for custody of his children. His ex-wife argues the views and conspiracy theories on Jones’ radio show prove he’s unfit for fatherhood.
Silver lining
Whatever your feelings about tax day, retailers want you to know they feel your pain (or relief). The tax day freebie has become something of a modern tradition as corporations angle for new customers. Here’s a sampling of the companies trying to take some sting out of today by offering big discounts and free stuff.
Church cops
Alabama lawmakers could send a bill to the governor this week that would allow a megachurch to establish its own police force. The bill has already passed the state Senate and is awaiting a House vote. We take a look at why the plan is getting mixed reactions.
Corn sole
Reebok is creating its first shoe made entirely from biological materials. The shoe, available this fall, will have a cotton upper and a sole made from Susterra, a corn-based plastic substitute. It’s intended to be completely compostable, and will even use biologically derived glue to join the pieces together.
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Question: PHOTOS: 'Almost Edible' 106-Year-Old Fruitcake Found In Antarctica

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Fruitcake is known to stay fresh for an inordinate amount of time.
But Antarctic conservators say they recently came upon a specimen that tests the limits of the treat: a 106-year-old cake, found in one of Antarctica's first buildings.
This particular cake is believed to have been brought over in 1910 during the Terra Nova expedition of Robert Falcon Scott. According to the Antarctic Heritage Trust, "it has been documented that Scott took this particular brand of cake with him at that time."
The Huntley & Palmers fruitcake was wrapped in paper and housed in a tin-plated iron alloy tin, which is showing signs of deterioration. However, the cake itself is "well-preserved," the conservators say.
"There was a very, very slight rancid butter smell to it, but other than that, the cake looked and smelled edible!" the Trust's Programme Manager-Artefacts Lizzie Meek said in a statement. "There is no doubt that the extreme cold in Antarctica has assisted its preservation."
The century-old dessert was found with nearly 1,500 other artifacts from two huts at Cape Adare.
According to the Trust, the first buildings on the continent "were built by Norwegian Carsten Borchgrevink's expedition in 1899 and later used by Captain Scott's party in 1911." Meek says the team members were finishing up their work collecting objects when they were surprised to find the old dessert.
She adds that even present day explorers love a good fruitcake: "It's an ideal high-energy food for Antarctic conditions, and is still a favorite item on modern day trips to the ice."
The cake's sheer density probably helps. As NPR's Maria Godoy has reported, people doing outdoor work in the Antarctic need about 5,000 calories a day — and more like 6,500 if you're involved in manhauling, which is "pulling sleds across the ice and snow with their bodies."
Maria writes that there's one clear lesson that Antarctic explorers have learned over the years: "When life is stripped down to man versus the most brutal elements, bring plenty of snacks."
This is something Scott's team knew — in fact, Maria says that "his party conducted a study that suggested a high-carb, high-fat diet to be optimal for the harsh climes."
But tragically, explorers on Antarctic expeditions were often hungry. Scott himself starved to death while on the return journey from the South Pole.
The objects recovered from Cape Adare — including a watercolor painting of a Tree Creeper bird by scientist Edward Wilson — are undergoing conservation treatment and will be returned there, because the huts are deemed an Antarctic Specially Protected Area. That will happen after restoration work is finished on the buildings themselves.

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Question: Rahul Gandhi's elevation as Congress president not on performance: BJP

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said Rahul Gandhi’s elevation to Congress’ top post did not take place on the basis of performance, hinting that it was mere a coronation exercise. “I congratulate Rahul Gandhi on his promotion as the Congress president which happened without taking his performance into consideration,” BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told ANI.
“When the Congress party was in power, he used to frequently get out due to hit-wicket, and in the Opposition, he had been throwing ‘no-balls’. It is hoped that since he is a Congress president now, he will watch the pitch carefully and play accordingly,” Naqvi added.
Another BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said the Congress could have had the elevation as a consensus decision or the working committee could have unanimously proposed his name as there was no challenger. “Why so much drama? If they would have wanted to go through a process then they should have gone through a proper system, but they did not do that,” Swamy added.
The 47-year-old Gandhi scion was formally declared as the Congress president on Monday night. Confirming the elevation, Congress’ Central Election Authority Chairman Mullapally Ramchandran said the committee had received 89 nomination papers, all proposing the name of Rahul for the coveted post.
Rahul filed his nomination papers for the post of the party chief at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters on December 4. Rahul has succeeded his mother Sonia Gandhi, who held the post for nearly two decades. He will take over the reins of the party on December 16.

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SC removes BCCI President Anurag Thakur from post
Citing non-compliance of its orders, the Supreme Court on Monday removed BCCI President Anurag Thakur from the post. Ajay Shirke was also removed from the post of the Secretary. The court also issued show cause notices to Thakur and Shirke asking why contempt and perjury proceedings be not initiated against them. The order comes after Lodha Committee’s third status report which recommended the disqualification of office-bearers of the BCCI and all state cricket associations. The Supreme Court is also set to replace the top brass of the cricket board with a panel of administrators.
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The widening rift within the Samajwadi Party worsened Sunday with Akhilesh Yadav being declared as the new national president of the party, thereby effectively splitting it into two factions. Both the Mulayam Singh and Akhilesh camps are set to approach the Election Commission in Delhi at 2 pm on Monday. The EC will decide over their claim of the party symbol. Mulayam Singh has already reached the capital and he has met Amar Singh, Shivpal Yadav and Jaya Prada among other leaders. The one who manages to get EC nod will then get to claim the party’s ‘cycle’ symbol. Former CEC, SY Qureshi, says Election Commission may freeze the ‘cycle’ symbol and give ad hoc names and symbols to both the factions of Samajwadi Party.
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PM Narendra Modi addressed a Parivartan rally in Lucknow on Monday, where he took a jibe at both SP and BSP. He accused them of stagnating the growth and development in the state for the last 14 years. He hit out at Opposition parties for criticising demonetisation and other policies rolled out by the government for the welfare of the poor. He asked people to vote for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, forgetting their caste and creed, as only the BJP can save the people. The rally was a first by the PM after the lapse of the 50-day grace period of demonetisation on December 30. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP President Amit Shah also addressed the gathering.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Embracing the tough penalties favored by global strongmen, President Donald Trump on Monday brandished the death penalty as a fitting punishment for drug traffickers fueling the opioid epidemic.
The scourge has torn through the rural and working-class communities that in large numbers voted for Trump. And the president, though he has come under criticism for being slow to unveil his plan, has seized on harsh sentences as key to stopping the plague.
“Toughness is the thing that they most fear,” Trump said.
The president made his announcement in New Hampshire, a state hit hard by opioids and an early marker for the re-election campaign he has already announced. Trump called for broadening education and awareness about drug addiction while expanding access to proven treatment and recovery efforts. But the backbone of his plan is to toughen punishments for those caught trafficking highly addictive drugs.
“This isn’t about nice anymore,” Trump said. “This is about winning a very, very tough problem and if we don’t get very tough on these dealers it’s not going to happen folks. … I want to win this battle.”
The president formalized what he had long mused about: that if a person in the U.S. can get the death penalty or life in prison for shooting one person, a similar punishment should be given to a drug dealer whose product potentially kills thousands.
Trump has long spoken approvingly about countries like Singapore that harshly punish dealers. During a trip to Asia last fall, he did not publicly rebuke Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, who authorized extrajudicial killings of drug dealers.
Outside a local firehouse that Trump visited before Monday’s speech, someone compared the two leaders with a sign that said: “Donald J. Duterte.”
“Drug traffickers kill so many thousands of our citizens every year,” Trump said. “That’s why my Department of Justice will be seeking so many tougher penalties than we’ve ever had and we’ll be focusing on the penalties that I talked about previously for big pushers, the ones that are killing so many people, and that penalty is going to be the death penalty.”
He added: “Other countries don’t play games … But the ultimate penalty has to be the death penalty.”
The Justice Department said the federal death penalty is available for limited drug-related offenses, including violations of the “drug kingpin” provisions in federal law.
It is not clear if the death penalty, even for traffickers whose product causes multiple deaths, would be constitutional. Doug Berman, a law professor at Ohio State University, predicted the issue would go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
John Blume, a professor and director of Cornell Law School’s death penalty program, said the federal drug kingpin law has yielded few “kingpins” or major dealers, mostly ensnaring mid- to low-level minorities involved in the drug trade.
The president’s plan drew criticism from some Democrats, including Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, who said “we can’t arrest our way out of the opioid epidemic” and noted that “the war on drugs didn’t work in the ’80s.”
Opioids, including prescription opioids, heroin and synthetic drugs such as fentanyl, killed more than 42,000 people in the U.S. in 2016, more than any other year on record, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Much of what Trump highlighted Monday was largely repackaged ideas he’s already endorsed.
He called for a nationwide public awareness campaign, which he announced in the fall, including broadcasting “great commercials” to scare kids away from dabbling in drugs. He announced a new website, http://www.crisisnextdoor.gov, where members of the public can share stories about the dangers of opioid addiction.
Trump said the administration will work to cut the number of opioid prescriptions that are filled by one-third within three years.
The president also discussed how his policies, including building a U.S.-Mexico border wall and punishing “sanctuary” cities that refuse to comply with federal immigration authorities, will help reduce the flow of drugs.
Monday was Trump’s first visit as president to New Hampshire, which has long occupied a special place in his political rise. He captured his first Republican presidential primary here in 2016, though he narrowly lost in the general election to Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Trump drew criticism last year after leaked transcripts of a telephone conversation with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto showed he had described New Hampshire as a “drug-infested den.” The Washington Post published the transcripts.
Though the 2020 election is more than 30 months away, early jockeying already is happening in states that play an outsized early role in choosing a party’s nominee. Retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., a persistent Trump critic, visited New Hampshire, which holds the nation’s first presidential primary, last week. He told Republicans someone needs to stop Trump — and it could be him if no one steps up.
Meanwhile, the president’s daughter, White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump, spent Monday discussing infrastructure and workplace development in Iowa, which traditionally holds the first presidential nominating caucus.

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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.
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Self-driving truck drives with no one on board A startup has upped the ante in the race to develop self-driving vehicles.
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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."
Analysis: Trump's 'Plan B' for Mueller Firing special counsel Robert Mueller would be "the beginning of the end of (Donald Trump's) presidency," predicted South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday.


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Here’s half a dozen great events taking place over the next two days
MUSIC: Dedication breeds the best
Grammy Award-winning multiplatinum guitarist and singer Mark Tremonti continues to commit himself to his craft in his 2018 tour.
Pyramids Centre, Southsea, Thursday, 7.30pm.
CONCERT: Sing for Uganda
Portsmouth Gospel Choir will be performing to raise funds for Kikaaya College School in Uganda. £8, children £5.
St George’s Church, The Hard, Portsea, tonight (Wed), 7.30pm.
STAGE: All for one!
Pupils from Mayville High School will be taking to the stage to put on their very own performance of Disney’s High School Musical.
Kings Theatre, Southsea, tonight (Wed), 7pm.
COMEDY: Laugh your socks off
The Fat Fox presents its monthly stand-up comedy show, so go along for an evening of laughing, drinking and socialising. Free entry and pay what you like on exit.
The Fat Fox, Southsea, tonight (Wed), 7.30pm.
FILM: Moscow. 1953. Panic.
When tyrannical dictator Stalin drops dead in 1953, his power-hungry cronies begin to frantically panic when tasked with finding the new soviet leader in The Death of Stalin (15).
St Vincent College, Gosport, tomorrow (Thurs), 7.30pm .
SOCIAL: Raising cash for charity
Spend the evening with a glass of wine, socialising with others and listening to music to raise funds for the organ repair project.
St Mary’s Church, Fratton, tomorrow (Thurs), 7.30pm .

We have loads of top tips in our definitive guide to what’s on in Belfast and beyond this week.
Kicking off this Friday, October 6 read our list of the top 10 events to enjoy this week in Northern Ireland.


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The Trump administration has broken with decades of Middle East policy by suggesting that that peace between the Israelis and Palestinians may not come in the form of a two-state solution.
The position could represent a dramatic shift from what has been U.S. policy for more than 20 years.
Many attempts have been made to broker a two-state solution between the two countries, involving the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel, which was established in 1948.
According to a number of polls, the majority of both Israelis and Palestinians prefer a two-state solution over any other solution as a means of resolving what has been described as 'the world's most intractable conflict.'
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is due to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House
Speaking to reporters ahead of President Donald Trump's meeting Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an anonymous senior White House official said Trump is eager to begin facilitating a peace deal between the two sides and is hoping to bring them together soon.
But the official, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the meeting beforehand so spoke on condition of anonymity, said it will be up to the Israelis and Palestinians to determine what peace will entail - and that peace, not a two-state solution, is the goal.
For decades, the U.S. position has been that Israelis and Palestinians must work through direct negotiations to establish two states living side by side, with Palestinians to ultimately create an independent state.
Netanyahu said on Sunday he would present 'responsible policies' in talks, signalling to the Israeli far-right to curb its territorial demands in the occupied West Bank. Pictured: Palestinians in the West Bank village of Dwora, with Adora settlements in the background
All serious peace negotiations in that have time have assumed that the two-state solution was the basis for future peace.
In December Trump said he was 'very, very strong on Israel' and claimed that Israel was being treated 'very, very unfairly' when facing reprimands from the United Nations.
Trump told The Associated Press during his campaign that he wanted to be 'very neutral' and try to get both sides together. But his tone became decidedly more pro-Israel as the campaign progressed.
He has spoken disparagingly of Palestinians, saying they have been 'taken over' by or are condoning militant groups. Some of his top aides challenge the legitimacy of Palestinian demands for a state.
Before he left office, Obama angered his successor by ordering his United Nations ambassador to sit out a vote condemning Israel instead of vetoing it.
Trump has toned down his pro-Israel bravado ahead of Netanyahu's visit, a change that could help the prime minister keep in check ultra-nationalist coalition partners calling on him to push a more militant agenda
The outgoing president controversially broke with decades of US policy by declining to veto the anti-Israel resolution at the United Nations.
State Department officials expressed surprise at the White House official's comments and said Tuesday they were not aware of any policy shift on the desirability of a two-state solution.
Three officials said the department was seeking clarification from the White House comments, which came as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was having dinner with Netanyahu.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
During his final White House news conference, Obama warned that the moment for a two-state solution 'may be passing' and said the 'status quo is unsustainable.'
It was not clear if the White House had intended to declare a major shift in policy during the hastily arranged briefing Tuesday night.
Netanyahu, who regularly clashed with Obama, is scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House Wednesday. The two leaders will hold a joint press conference before convening for meetings and a working lunch.
The prime minister will then head to Capitol Hill for meetings with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Trump takes pride in his deal-making skills and said during his campaign that he'd love the challenge of negotiating a Mideast agreement. He has appointed his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to lead the effort.
The official said the visit was meant to mark a new, closer relationship between Israel and the United States, which grew strained during the Obama years.
This map shows the locations of Jewish settlements in the West Bank
Trump and Netanyahu are likely to discuss peace efforts as well as expanded Israeli settlements, Iran and Trump's campaign pledge to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
The latter would signal U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a move that would infuriate Palestinians. They claim the eastern sector of the city, captured by Israel in 1967, as their capital.
American presidents have long struck a delicate balance addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, stressing the close U.S. friendship and lavishing the Jewish state with aid. But recent presidents also have tried to negotiate, and they have called out Israel for actions seen as undermining peace efforts, such as expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank.
After repeatedly clashing with Obama for eight years, capped by a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements, Netanyahu seemed relieved by Trump's arrival. Trump slammed the U.S. decision to abstain from the U.N. vote, saying in December that Israel is being treated 'very, very unfairly.'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting the U.S. for talks with leading officials
Now in office, however, Trump has been forced to reevaluate and revisit his position on a number of issues - including those relating to Israel.
After initially greeting Israel's settlement announcements with a shrug, Trump appears to be having second thoughts. In an interview with a pro-Netanyahu Israeli daily Friday, Trump said, 'I am not somebody that believes that going forward with these settlements is a good thing for peace.'
While the meeting is expected to be much warmer than Netanyahu's famously tense encounters with Obama, the Israeli leader will still need to tread with caution on sensitive issues like Israeli settlement construction, Iran and the war in Syria.
In dealing with such a divisive president, Netanyahu will also face some potential pitfalls. Key constituencies, including congressional Democrats and many American Jews, oppose Trump's policies, while at home Netanyahu is under pressure from his hard-line allies to push for policies that Trump may not support.
The meeting with Trump is expected to be much warmer than Netanyahu's famously tense encounters with predecessor Obama
'Netanyahu seeks to shift the discussion in the U.S.-Israel relationship away from settlements and peace and back to Iran so that he can put off the difficult political decisions that would roil his coalition and put his rule in jeopardy,' said Yousef Munayyer, a political analyst and executive director of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
'The challenge to Netanyahu is domestic,' Munayyer added. 'He spent so much time arguing that Obama was the problem that now that we are in the post-Obama era, his right-wing coalition partners want to exploit the moment and take huge steps that would further isolate Israel, trigger international condemnation from other corners, and potentially destabilize the land and Israeli politics.'
Ahead of the visit, Netanyahu said he would handle ties with the U.S. in a 'prudent manner,' but he steered clear of specifics.
The Israeli prime minister is also scheduled to have breakfast on Thursday with Vice President Mike Pence before departing back to Israel.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who campaigned for office promising to be “the most pro-Israeli president ever,” is scheduled to meet Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“This president looks at Netanyahu as being sort of a natural partner,” said former Middle East envoy Dennis Ross who is now with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. If other summits were doomed to fail, Ross noted, this meeting is “doomed to succeed.”
Relations between President Barack Obama and Netanyahu were notoriously frosty. Obama punctuated the chill in those relations in December when his administration allowed the U.N. Security Council to pass a resolution that condemned the building of new Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory. Any fixation on settlements, said Islamic reformist Zudhi Jasser, “is what the Islamists want” because the controversy puts Israel, not Palestinians, on the defensive.
Wednesday’s meeting presents “an opportunity to reboot the relationship with Israel,” said Jasser, founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy.
Trump defended Jewish settlements as a candidate, but the president tweaked his position recently after Netanyahu announced plans to build 2,500 new housing units in the West Bank settlements. White House spokesman Sean Spicer issued a statement that warned that any expansion of settlements “may not be helpful” to the peace process.
Candidate Trump also said he would move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem “fairly quickly.” But in an interview with an Israeli newspaper, Israel Hayom, published last week, Trump equivocated. Asked when he would move the embassy, Trump answered, “The embassy is not an easy decision. It has obviously been out there for many, many years and nobody has wanted to make that decision.”
Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton abandoned similar campaign promises.
“He’s making it clear he’s going to listen to both sides,” said Jasser.
“Right now we don’t know what Donald Trump’s strategy is” on the embassy or settlements, said Abed Ayoub of the Arab-American Anti-American Committee. He expects more of the policies “we’ve seen in the past,” and that’s “letting Israel get away with whatever it pleases.”
A senior White House official who briefed reporters Tuesday said that Iran will be a critical piece of the discussion. Netanyahu has called the 2015 multi-national nuclear pact supported by Obama “a historic mistake.” Trump has branded it “a disaster.”
Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn put Iran officially “on notice” after Tehran engaged in a ballistic missile test launch. The White House response was to issue new sanctions on 25 Iranians. Both Netanyahu and Trump want to isolate Iran further.
Asked what he plans to do about Iran, Trump told Hayom, “I don’t talk about what I’m planning.”
Former diplomat Elliott Abrams, who served in the administrations of Bush and Ronald Reagan, sees the Trump White House engaging in an “inside-out” strategy: “Instead of using an Israeli-Palestinian deal to improve Israel’s relations with the Arab states, use Israel’s relations with the Arab states to advance an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal,” he explained in The Weekly Standard.
This new emphasis seems likely to replace Foggy Bottom’s decades-long quest for a “two-state solution” — that would create an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel — at a time many see the Palestinians as incapable or uninterested in negotiating a long-term solution.
“A two-state solution that doesn’t bring peace is not a goal that anybody wants to achieve,,” the senior White House official said. “Peace is the goal, whether it comes in the form of a two-state solution if that’s what the parties want or something else, if that’s what the parties want, we’re going to help them.”
Asked his definiton of a two-state solution, the official answered, “If I ask five people what a two-state solution is, I get eight different answers.”
The Review-Journal and Israel Hayom are owned by the family of Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson.
Contact Debra J. Saunders at dsaunders@reviewjournal.com or at 202-662-7391. Follow @DebraJSaunders on Twitter.


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Question: Good news, drivers: Topanga Canyon is open again

Part of Topanga Canyon Blvd. in Malibu is open again in both directions after rain triggered a landslide last week. The nearly 4-mile stretch between PCH and Grand View was expected to be closed until Sunday night, but crews managed to get it back in business ahead of schedule.
Caltrans officials say there was a substantial amount of debris blocking the road.
"Over the course of those three days, we hauled away 180 truckloads of mud and rock and debris, which totaled to about 2,500 tons of material," March Bischoff, a spokesperson for Caltrans, told KPCC.
Crews work to clear Topanga Canyon Blvd. after a mudslide in the early hours of Thursday, March 15, 2018. Courtesy of Caltrans
Thursday's mudslide, which happened around 2 a.m., was the third in an area that had been burned by the Old Fire in January. After that fire, Caltrans installed several hundred feet of K-rail with fence on top to catch mud and rocks.
According to a statement from Caltrans, Thursday's slide "occurred along that K-rail and also outside the parameters of the K-rail" in three separate locations spanning approximately 1,000 feet. Five cars were caught in the flow of mud, rocks and ash.
Caltrans says more debris made its way down the hillside on Saturday, but that didn't deter clean-up efforts.
Crews work to clear Topanga Canyon Blvd. after a mudslide in the early hours of Thursday, March 15, 2018. Courtesy of Caltrans
Caltrans officials are looking at possible long term solutions for mudslide prevention in the area. That could mean installing more K-rails and enlarging drainage pipes in the area.
This story has been updated.

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1.Police are asking for witnesses to a serious crash involving a police officer to come forward this morning. That officer and a mother and two children are waking up in the hospital. APD says the officer was heading north on Eubank just after six last night, responding to a 911 call of a man threatening people with a knife. The other car was traveling south on Eubank. As the driver tried to make a left-hand turn onto Indian school the cruiser hit the passenger side. The family is in critical condition.
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2.Supporters of the ski program at the University of New Mexico are planning a rally Tuesday morning to try to help save it from getting the ax. UNM says slashing the ski program will save $600,000 a year. A big name is backing the ski team online. Olympic gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin took to twitter urging supporters to sign an online petition that’s gaining steam. The rally is scheduled to begin just before the board of regents meeting Tuesday morning.
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3. Morning temperatures in the 30s, 40s and 50s will climb well into the 60s, 70s and 80s by late afternoon – most of us 5°-15° warmer than average.
Full Story: Kristen’s Tuesday Morning Forecast
4. It’s tax day! If you’re among the 40-million Americans that still hasn’t filed yet, the IRS says you have until midnight. The tax filing deadline is late this year because April 15th fell on a Saturday and Monday was a local holiday in Washington, D.C.
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5.A unique bus was found Monday night that went missing near downtown Albuquerque. Tuesday night Mahan Kalpa told us his 1949 school bus was taken from a parking spot on Central and Third Street in the afternoon. Overnight Kalpa called us to let us know that police found it abandoned in a northwest Albuquerque neighborhood.
There is still no word on if anyone is facing charges.
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Question: Canadians must work to reset Doomsday Clock

Marzhan Nurzhan has a mission. The 25-year-old from Kazakhstan is rallying global youth to tackle one of the biggest threats to her generation. But time may be running out.
On January 25, partly in response to North Korea’s recent weapons tests, international scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock — a symbolic gauge that measures the risk of nuclear war — to 11:58. It’s the closest to midnight we’ve been since 1953.
Midnight represents Armageddon.
Nurzhan has been an international advocate for nuclear disarmament ever since she learned of the impact nuclear weapons had on her country. Two million Kazakhstanis still suffer cancer and birth defects, the fallout from decades of Soviet weapons tests.
While many international organizations are active on nuclear disarmament, advocates like Nurzhan face a major challenge getting ordinary people engaged, especially youth. During the Cold War, public demonstrations against nuclear arms were common. Today, not so much. Increased threats haven’t increased public interest, says Nurzhan.
Rob van Riet, peace and disarmament co-ordinator for the World Future Council, says nuclear disarmament “feels too large for a lot of people and they feel powerless.”
Issues like climate change are daunting, but tangible. Ordinary citizens can contact politicians, demanding policies that reduce emissions. More importantly, people have at least some control over their household energy use.
But making superpowers give up their huge arsenals, let alone influencing a rogue state like North Korea, seems unattainable.
Still, Nurzhan and van Riet insist ordinary people can help reduce the global risk of nuclear conflict.
A powerful tool is divestment. The U.S., Russia and China want to upgrade their aging nuclear arsenals, and develop new types of smaller weapons that could be used on the battlefield. The companies that build parts for those bombs are supported by investors like pension funds, and even our personal RRSP funds. We can pressure investors to drop these companies from their portfolios, pushing them to get out of the bomb business.
Canada is uniquely positioned to be a leader in nuclear disarmament. As climate change makes Arctic waters more accessible to submarines, Russia and the U.S. increasingly see the north as a key part of their nuclear strategy, according to van Riet. As a respected Arctic nation, Canada could lead the campaign to make the region a nuclear-free zone.
Likewise, with public pressure, Canada could play a diplomatic leadership role and insist that all nuclear states follow the example of China and India and declare a “no first-use” policy. This would reduce the risk of conventional conflicts escalating into nuclear war.
But if Canada is to be that leader, we have to make it a priority for our government.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been conducting town halls across the country — a great opportunity to raise the issue, notes Douglas Roach, a former Canadian senator and ambassador for nuclear disarmament.
“If he’s is not hearing from people, he’s going to think people don’t care,” Roche pointed out.
The Cold War may be a distant memory, but its terrifying ghost still haunts us. It’s time for us to engage again on nuclear disarmament. The clock is ticking.
Craig and Marc Kielburger are the co-founders of the WE movement, which includes WE Charity, ME to WE Social Enterprise and WE Day. For more dispatches from WE, check out WE Stories.

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Federal government to give provinces 75 per cent of marijuana tax revenues
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Ottawa will hand over most of its marijuana tax revenue to the provinces under a deal reached Monday between Canada's finance ministers. The deal will see the provinces receive 75 per cent of the excise tax levied on cannabis, with Ottawa retaining 25 per cent to a maximum of $100-million a year. Finance Minister Bill Morneau previously suggested it should be evenly split. Ottawa's initial estimates suggest the total pot of tax revenue from marijuana sales could reach $1-billion per year. (for subscribers)
Globe in New York: Suspect in New York pipe bomb explosion was inspired by Islamic State: officials
A man inspired by the Islamic State group set off a crude pipe bomb strapped to his body Monday in a crowded subway corridor near Times Square. The blast injured the suspect, slightly wounded three others and sent New York commuters fleeing in terror through the smoky passageway. Police say it isn't clear if the bomb, which went off at 7:20 a.m. Monday, was set off intentionally or prematurely. The suspect, a 27-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh living in Brooklyn, was apprehended and taken to hospital. As Joanna Slater reports from New York, one senior intelligence official with the police says there's not a lot that can be done to stop a guy with a coat and a pipe bomb.
B.C. to proceed with Site C hydroelectric dam
Despite earlier denouncing the Site C dam as a "boondoggle", British Columbia Premier John Horgan confirmed Monday the project will continue under his minority NDP government. It is B.C.'s most expensive public infrastructure project with a revised budget of $10.7-billion, up from $8.8-billion, and already $2-billion into construction. Mr. Horgan said in a statement the dam had passed the point of no return and said the top deciding factors were the impact that cancelling the dam would have had on the province's finances and electricity rates.
Gary Mason writes about why the decision on Site C is mainly a matter of politics: "While the party's activist environmental wing will be upset, and possibly disillusioned enough to begin drifting toward the Green party, Premier John Horgan's decision to push ahead with the much-maligned project will be a lot less costly to his government in the long run."
Celebrity chef Mario Batali steps down after sexual-misconduct allegations
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The chef has surrendered oversight of daily operations at his restaurant empire following reports of sexual misconduct over at least 20 years. Media reports suggest the incidents involve at least four women, three of whom worked for Mr. Batali. In a statement, the chef took responsibility, apologized for "any pain, humiliation or discomfort" he caused and said the complaints "match up" with his past behavior.
Harvey Weinstein's ouster has brought forward more stories of misogyny and abuse in cinema and other industries, and renewed focus on old accusations against alleged predators. We take a look at who else is accused of sexual misconduct so far.
Last week, The Globe and Mail hosted a symposium on stopping sexual harassment and came up with a list of recommendations and practical solutions on how to make the Canadian entertainment industry better in a post-Weinstein era.
Morneau advisers urge sweeping changes to cope with looming tech disruption
To prevent Canada's economic growth from falling behind that of other nations, Finance Minister Bill Morneau's expert panel of economic advisers is recommending a modernization of Canada's tax and regulatory system to make them more innovation friendly. In a set of reports scheduled for release this week, the group is warning Canada is ill-prepared for the effects of widespread technological disruption reshaping the global economy. In addition, it is calling for a $15-billion spending surge to retrain workers. The reports come as Mr. Morneau crafts his third budget and likely provide a sense of policy themes he's considering. (for subscribers)
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Canada's main stock index ended the session slightly higher on Monday as a jump in oil prices pushed energy stocks up and some miners also had gains. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index closed up 7.44 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 16,103.51. On Wall Street, the major indexes rose on rising technology and energy stocks, and expectations of a rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve later this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.23 per cent to 24,386.1, the S&P 500 gained 0.32 per cent to 2,659.99 and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.51 per cent to 6,875.08.
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WHAT'S TRENDING
The majority of people treated in an Ontario emergency room after a suicide attempt are not seen by a psychiatrist within six months, according to a new study. The large-scale study published Monday in the CMAJ highlights the chronic problem in the country's mental-health care system: The people most in need don't get access to the specialists best trained to heal them – even in times of crisis. As Erin Anderssen reports, it is like showing up in an emergency room with a heart attack and not seeing a cardiologist after you leave.
TALKING POINTS
Is fake news okay if the cause is good?
"Like a lot of climate-change research, it's complicated. The issues are complex, and the data are imperfect and conflicting. Polar-bear researchers themselves disagree about what's going on. The polar bears have survived for 100,000 years or so in the harshest climate in the world, so I wouldn't count them out quite yet. But the doomster narrative is wildly popular – even among people who should know better." – Margaret Wente
Trudeau's shiny stars have a lot of scuff marks now
"There are now a lot of scuff marks. Mr. Sajjan isn't hobbled running defence, but he's less valuable in selling the not-quite-as-advertized Liberal defence policy. Ms. Joly is no longer a glamorous representative in Quebec. Mr. Morneau will not be effective setting finance policy if his own Liberals doubt he can do the politics. And Mr. Trudeau is going to have to recruit again in 2018." – Campbell Clark
No, the so-called war on sex does not exist
"It bears asking why we are so quick to defend a culture that is so willing to place ratings over morals. That places men's right to unbridled "courtship" above women's right to not be propositioned – or worse – at every turn. We fear regressing into an anti-freedom, anti-sex society while ignoring that we currently exist in a society that is apathetic to its own toxicity and abuse. For many women the sex they want is ruined by the sex they never asked for. For many men they believe their only known path to sex is through power, or vice versa. And dare we ask how we've arrived at a place where we so easily conflate flirting and abuse, consent and rape, in the first place?" – Imogen Grace
LIVING BETTER
Scientists have been working on a group A strep vaccine for at least 100 years, to no avail. Group A streptococcus causes more than 600 million cases of strep throat worldwide and is responsible for the continuing outbreak in London, Ont., that has claimed nine lives. While infections are generally treated with antibiotics, the ability to prevent outbreaks remains elusive. However, as Wency Leung reports, new findings are edging scientists closer to beating the bug.
LONG READS FOR A LONG COMMUTE
Unfounded: 37,272 sexual-assault cases being reviewed, 402 unfounded cases reopened so far
In February, after a 20-month investigation, The Globe found that one in five sexual-assault allegations reported in Canada is dismissed as unfounded. Now, law-enforcement agencies are reviewing more than 37,000 case files as part of a nationwide effort to improve how police handle sexual-assault investigations – an unprecedented overhaul of oversight, training and investigative practices designed to address substantial flaws in the way sexual violence is policed in Canada. But, as Robyn Doolittle reports, for some police services, it's still status quo, and depending on where you are in the country, the change looks different.
In order to get a better picture of sexual-assault case reform, The Globe developed an 18-question survey for 177 police services across Canada. Read more about the methodology here.
The stories that go untold when a small town loses its newspaper
By small-town standards, it was a busy week in Orillia, a town of about 30,000, a couple hours north of Toronto. Important decisions were made, problems debated, city leaders pressed ahead with plans to remodel the downtown, cheering volunteers handed out groceries at a food bank, a hockey game was postponed, officials prepared for the Ontario Winter Games and grieving mothers told their stories at a vigil to raise awareness about the city's drug-overdose crisis. And a local pub held a wake for a newspaper that for 147 years used to chronicle all these events. The Packet and Times was just one of many small Ontario papers axed in the Postmedia deal with Torstar. Marcus Gee spends a week in Orillia telling the stories that won't be told anymore.
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Question: Pakistan marks 70 years of independence with fireworks, air show

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ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan on Monday (Aug 14) celebrated 70 years of independence from British India with fireworks and plans for the country's largest air display, as the military's top brass vowed to wipe out terrorists days after a deadly blast.
Celebrations began at the stroke of midnight with fireworks displays in major cities.
At the highly symbolic Wagah border crossing with India, army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa raised a massive national flag as crowds chanted patriotic slogans.
Following the chest-pumping performance, Bajwa said the country was making progress and promised to "go after each and every terrorist in Pakistan".
"We have made a few mistakes in the past, but we are on the road to development under the guidance of our constitution," he added.
A powerful bomb targeted a military vehicle in the restive capital of Balochistan province late Saturday, killing 14 people including several troops.
The military later said the blast, which was claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), was intended to mar independence day celebrations.
Pakistan also faces fresh political turmoil after the Supreme Court last month sacked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif following an investigation into corruption allegations against his family.
In Islamabad his newly-elected successsor Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, along with top generals and foreign dignitaries, observed a 31-gun salute and flag-raising ceremony to mark the holiday.
The air force was also set to host Pakistan's largest air show to date, with fighter jets and bombers on display.
In August 1947, the British Raj was dismantled with the subcontinent divided into two independent states - Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.
Millions were uprooted in one of the largest mass migrations in history, with experts estimating at least one million died in the communal violence unleashed by partition.

Islamabad (PTI): Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday blamed India for the impasse in bilateral ties, saying New Delhi’s “expansionist designs” was the “main hurdle” in constructive relations between the two neighbours.
Addressing the nation on its 70th Independence Day, Abbasi said Pakistan “desires positive and constructive” relations with all countries based on sovereign equality.
Indo-Pak ties nosedived after a series of attacks last year, including the Uri strike, carried out by the Pakistan-based terror outfits. Following the attacks, India boycotted the SAARC Summit, which was scheduled to be held in November last in Pakistan.
“Our government has invariably made efforts to initiate the process of meaningful dialogue and adoption of peaceful means to resolve the issues but unfortunately the expansionist designs of India have remained the main hurdle in this regard,” Abbasi said as Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang attended the celebrations as a “special guest” of the country.
Yang arrived in Pakistan on Sunday for the event.
Abbasi said that China and Pakistan have “always stood by each other in difficult times and their friendship will stand the test of time and grow with coming generations.”
He called on the international community to “play its role” in resolving regional conflicts, “particularly the Kashmir dispute” between India and Pakistan in conformity with the UN resolutions to ensure durable peace in the region.
Abbasi, 58, was sworn-in as Pakistan’s 18th prime minister on August 1 after the Supreme Court disqualified the incumbent Nawaz Sharif for dishonesty following the Panama papers scandal.
“The people of South Asia have suffered enormously in the last fifty years due to the festering conflicts. Until and unless those conflicts are resolved amicably the people of the region cannot achieve prosperity and progress,” he said.
He termed terrorism as the biggest challenge confronting the world in the 21st century and highlighted Pakistan s “unparalleled sacrifices” in the fight against this menace.
In his address, President Mamnoon Hussain called for unity among the people for a developed Pakistan.
He said it is time to forget “personal grievances” and stand by the Constitution, apparently referring to Sharif’s ouster as prime minister and his charge that his removal was “pre-planned”.
The day began with a 31-gun salute in the federal capital Islamabad along with a 21-gun salute in provincial capitals to mark the official Independence Day celebrations.
Major public and private buildings, roads and avenues have been decorated with national flags, portraits of the national leaders, banners and buntings to give a festive look.
Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa hoisted a huge national flag at the Attari-Wagah border with India soon after midnight last night, kicking off the day-long celebration.
The flag flew at 400 feet, the highest in South Asia.
The 120×80 feet flag is also the largest in the history of the country, Pakistani media reported.
Bajwa was apprised of the recent “ceasefire violations from the Indian side and effective response by own troops”.
“There’s no better way to celebrate independence than defending the country,” he told soldiers.
He also said that Pakistan will always stand with the Kashmiri people “in their just struggle against repression”.
Pakistan Air Force (PAF) organised an air show in Islamabad to mark the 70th Independence Day celebrations.
Aerobatic teams from Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia performed before a huge crowd of people who flocked the Fatima Jinnah Park in the heart of the city to witness the show.
The special appearance of “Solo Turk”, the famous aerobatic team of Turkish Air Force, and the internationally acclaimed “Saudi Hawks” of Royal Saudi Air Force alongside PAF aircraft were the main attraction of the show.
Pakistan air force also displayed JF-17 Thunder aircraft, indigenously built with the Chinese assistance.
Tri-Services free fall display of Special Services personnel was another salient feature of the show.
In Karachi, a similar air show by PAF was organised to mark the Independence Day festivities.