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Question: New draft to be made for decision of PSL final in Lahore, told Najam Sethi

KARACHI: Chairman of PSL Najam Sethi has said that a new draft will be presented to respective franchises and their players on Feb 22 to make a decision on whether the league's final will be held in Lahore or not.
Speaking in a talk show last night he said that the board is in contact with International Cricket Council on the spot-fixing scandal and in light of it, Test cricketer Nasir Jamshed was suspended.
He said that PCB`s Anti-Corrouption-Unit, which have former officers of intelligence agencies, pursued investigations against Sharjeel Khan and Nasir Jamshed in a very responsible manner, further adding that the PSL authorities have solid proofs against the duo cricketers.
Najam Sethi informed that Sharjeel has admitted his role in the fixing and he is apologising for his role. He would be handed over the charge sheet in two days.
He informed that the PSL authorities have the mobile phones of the duo and have received many other valuable information in relation to the case from it.
“If we had not stopped it now, these issues would have been coming up regularly,” he said. “The franchise is concerned of the developments but they are with us on the same page to eradicate corruption from the league. Sangakara and Dean Jones have appreciated our actions.”
Sethi added that he would go to extra mile to make sure that the league is transparent.

KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team captain Sarfraz Ahmed has said that departmental cricket has played a big part for sports in the country and the news of it shutting down is not a good sign. The cricketer was speaking about the news of United Bank Limited disbanding its cricket team. He said that departmental cricket should be promoted and this decision would let players face uncertainty. According to reports, UBL has decided to shut down its cricket team and has apprised the administration of the decision.
PCB’s governing board member Mansoor Masood Khan said that there is no truth in this news and the administration is reviewing several options. Masood Khan said that it isn’t the right time for speculation and they want to expand their academy. Earlier in 1997, the UBL team was shut down all of a sudden. Sources said that in the aftermath of the current decision, 25 players and other employees can be affected. These players include Yonus Khan, Umar Akmal, Shan Masood, Romaan Rais, Saad Ali, M Asghar and Ahsaan Adil, M Nawaz, Mir Hamza, Sohail Khan, and Sohaib Maqsood are included. In the previous season, UBL had won the one-day tournament.
Published in Daily Times, May 31st 2018.


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Question: Drive to stamp out ‘revenge porn’ offences

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With the new year now underway, it is just three months until a landmark law comes in to force in Scotland, making so-called ‘revenge porn’ disclosures a criminal offence.
The new law under the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm Act will mean that, from April 1, being convicted of the offence of disclosing or threatening to disclose an intimate photo or video will carry a maximum penalty of five years imprisonment.
The offence will cover situations where someone shares either filmed and still images of another person in an intimate situation. This includes images taken in private where someone is nude or clothed only in underwear or showing a person engaged in a sexual act.
The specific new law is being introduced to address a growing problem – as easy access to devices like smart phones mean pictures and videos taken with the expectation of privacy can now far more easily be shared publicly online through, for example, social media.
Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said: “We will not tolerate domestic abuse and harassment in a progressive and modern Scotland, which is why we have taken these measures to create this new criminal offence.
“Recklessly disclosing private and intimate images taken when privacy is expected can be extremely cruel and degrading for victims, as well as causing fear and alarm. It may also be symptomatic of highly abusive and manipulative behaviour towards an ex-partner.
“This new offence, which comes into force very soon, sends out a strong warning to anyone considering sharing such images. This move reflects technological changes and acknowledges the distress inflicted by this serious crime.
“We know legislation alone is not enough to tackle abusive behaviour and sexual violence. That is why we are taking forward a whole range of work in our drive to eliminate it in all its forms from Scottish society.”

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The Sun reporter Nicola Bardon set up a decoy profile pretending to be a 13-year-old girl in Ireland on a teen forum to see what would happen. The response was worse than she imagined.
Pat Kenny discusses the experience with her and how these vigilante paedophile hunters are potentially saving children from online groomers.


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

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

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Question: Broward sheriff's deputies cowered behind cars, tree with Parkland shooter believed in school, report says

The deputies who were among the first to arrive to the scene of the Florida school massacre were found cowering behind their cars and a nearby tree and had no idea where the gunman was, according to an official report released Tuesday.
The report from Coral Springs Officer Bryan Wilkins details how he arrived at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School within minutes of the active shooter alert — only to find Broward County Sheriff’s Officers hadn’t entered the school, but were instead taking cover.
“I saw approximately four Broward County Sheriff’s Office vehicles parked in the west bound lane with their personnel taking up exterior positions behind their vehicles,” Wilkins wrote. “I drove up just west of the campus building 1200, exited my vehicle, grabbed my AR-15 rifle and donned on my tactical/medical gear. As I was advancing on foot through the chain-link fence, I was advised by an unknown BSO Deputy taking cover behind a tree, ‘he is on the third floor.'”
Wilkins added he was joined by two others officers to enter the building, where he saw the dead and wounded. The police officer’s report was first revealed by the Miami Herald.
Seventeen people were killed in the Valentine’s Day shooting, during which alleged gunman Nicholas Cruz opened fire and then fled five minutes before officers went into the building.
In the wake of the shooting, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office received heavy criticism for its handling of the situation, including the actions of Scot Peterson, the school’s resource officer, who stood outside the building as the attack unfolded.
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The former deputy denied wrongdoing and retired from the office before an investigation was launched. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office released footage of the shooting that showed Peterson spending most of the time during the shooting standing outside the school with his gun drawn.
The report released Tuesday indicates it wasn’t just Peterson that couldn’t find Cruz, as Wilkins noted in his report the other officers at the scene couldn’t locate where the shooting took place.
Meanwhile, school safety issues are being revealed, too.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office told the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission at its first meeting on Tuesday that teachers couldn’t lock their classroom doors from the inside as they tried to lock down their students on Feb. 14. Instead, teachers had to open their doors and use a key to lock them from the outside.
The doors also had small windows, which allowed Cruz to fire into the locked classrooms.
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Broward sheriff’s radios were also not on the same channel as Coral Springs police, the two primary agencies that responded, officials said Tuesday.
Attempts to merge the radio channels failed, which prevented the two departments from sharing information. Coral Springs and Broward are also on separate 911 systems and calls were coming into both, the commission heard.
Fox News’ Kathleen Joyce, Elizabeth Zwirz and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

Federal agents are trying to determine why a man pulled over for speeding in Washington County, Tennessee was carrying a cache of weapons including two submachine guns and 900 rounds of ammunition.
Federal agents are trying to determine why a man pulled over for speeding in Washington County, Tennessee was carrying a cache of weapons including two submachine guns and 900 rounds of ammunition.
Investigators found this cache of weapons and ammunition in Edmisten's car. (Source: Washington Co. Sheriff's Department)
Investigators found this cache of weapons and ammunition in Edmisten's car. (Source: Washington Co. Sheriff's Department)
If you've found yourself saying "Dang you, autocorrect!" a lot lately, know you're not alone and that Apple is working on a fix.
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The victims of the Marshall County High School shooting were laid to rest on Sunday, January 28.
The victims of the Marshall County High School shooting were laid to rest on Sunday, January 28.
Victims of the Marshall Co. School shooting laid to rest
Victims of the Marshall Co. School shooting laid to rest
An angry father rushed at Larry Nassar at the beginning of court Friday and had to be tackled by deputies. Nassar was in court for his third and final sentencing hearing.
An angry father rushed at Larry Nassar at the beginning of court Friday and had to be tackled by deputies. Nassar was in court for his third and final sentencing hearing.
Martin County Sheriff's Office deputies and Port St. Lucie police officers tried to save a suicidal man who drove his SUV into a canal Friday afternoon.
The incident happened on SW Citrus Blvd.in Port St. Lucie.
According to Port St. Lucie police, before the crash, the man was sitting in his parked car on Port St. Lucie Blvd attempting to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Police tried to intervene, but they say the man sped off. Police followed the man into Martin County, but shortly after crossing the county line, the man drove into the canal.
Martin County deputies and Port St. Lucie police officers on scene jumped into the canal and pulled the victim from the submerged car. They began CPR immediately after pulling the man to the bank. He was then transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The victim's identity has not been released.


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Question: Shonda Rhimes is leaving ABC for Netflix

Shonda Rhimes, one of the best-known producers in television, is making the leap from ABC to Netflix. And the timing could not be more significant.
Rhimes' existing hit shows like "Grey's Anatomy" will keep airing on ABC. But she will develop new shows exclusively for the streaming service.
This is what's known as a production deal in Hollywood. Right now the Shondaland production company is affiliated with ABC Studios. But Rhimes and her producing partner Betsy Beers will move Shondaland to Netflix, where they will conceive "new series and other projects," according to an overnight announcement by Netflix.
Rhimes' biggest shows -- "Grey's Anatomy," "Scandal" and "How to Get Away with Murder" -- already stream on Netflix in various parts of the world after premiering on ABC.
Netflix wants Rhimes' future shows premiering on its streaming service, giving families even more reason to sign up and stay subscribed.
Rhimes said in a statement that she was looking for an "opportunity to build a vibrant new storytelling home for writers with the unique creative freedom and instantaneous global reach provided by Netflix's singular sense of innovation." She said "the future of Shondaland at Netflix has limitless possibilities."
Netflix is no doubt paying a huge sum of money to poach Shondaland. But the terms of the multi-year deal were not disclosed.
Related: Disney to pull content from Netflix
The Wall Street Journal, which broke the news, called it "the latest twist in a battle between Disney and Netflix for entertainment-industry supremacy."
That's because just last week Disney (DIS), which owns ABC, confirmed it will let its existing deal with Netflix (NFLX, Tech30) expire in 2019 and go its own way by launching Disney-owned streaming services.
Others in Hollywood are plotting similar moves, entering more direct competition with Netflix, which is by far the biggest streaming service.
Part of Netflix's plan is recruiting A-listers like Rhimes to make exclusive shows.
Related: Streaming wars: Why Disney won't kill Netflix
Shondaland has had some misses along with hits.
"The Catch" and "Still Star-Crossed" both failed to gain enough of a following on ABC.
But "Grey's Anatomy" is one of the tentpoles of the network. It launched more than a decade ago and led Rhimes to take over an entire night of ABC's prime time lineup.
"Scandal" is coming to an end on ABC after one more season. But Rhimes and Beers have a "Grey's Anatomy" spinoff in the works for ABC.
"I'm proud to have given a home to what have become some of the most celebrated and talked about shows on television," ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey said in a statement reacting to the Netflix news.

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Investors eyeing a comeback: Many stock markets in Asia and Europe pointing solidly higher. And here in the U.S. too, investors building on Friday's modest gains by buying the dip and putting money back to work in sectors that have rallied in 2017, namely: technology, consumer discretionary and health care.
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Hackers that penetrated HBO's network have leaked even more episodes, including some from the highly anticipated October return of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” as well as Sunday night's episodes of “Insecure,” “Ballers” and others. HBO says it’s not in communication with the hackers.
And the Disney (DIS) and Netflix (NFLX) war heats up. Netflix has now poached Disney star-producer Shonda Rhimes, creator of ABC's “Scandal” and “Grey's Anatomy.” Just last week, Disney said it will be pulling its movies from Netflix in 2019 as it starts its own streaming service.


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Question: Barack Obama to attend funeral for former Steelers owner Dan Rooney

A spokesman for Barack Obama said the former president will attend Dan Rooney’s funeral on Tuesday, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune.
Obama is not expected to speak during the service for the former Pittsburgh Steelers owner, Obama spokesman Kevin Lewis told the Tribune. Rooney was appointed ambassador to Ireland by Obama in 2009, a post he held until 2012.
“Michelle and I offer our condolences to the Rooney family, some of the most gracious and thoughtful people we know — even as we celebrate the life of Dan Rooney: a championship-caliber good man,” Obama said in a statement.
Rooney died last Thursday at the age of 84.

The Salt Lake Tribune) Congresswoman Mia Love speaks with Kristine and Gene Hughes, two of the three original founders of Natures Sunshine at a 45th anniversary celebration at the company headquarters in Lehi Tuesday April 11. The Salt Lake Tribune) Congresswoman Mia Love speaks with Kristine and Gene Hughes, two of the three original founders of Natures Sunshine at a 45th anniversary celebration at the company headquarters in Lehi Tuesday April 11. Utah's members of Congress offered their prayers and support for a Louisiana congressman and others shot by a gunman in a ballpark just outside Washington on Wednesday. Utah's members were not at the scene of the shooting.
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Question: New Cuba leader praises Maduro in ‘solidarity’ visit to Venezuela

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Cuba’s president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, flew into in Caracas on Wednesday for his first foreign visit as head of state, a show of solidarity for Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro, whose controversial re-election this month drew fire in the West.
“Venezuela now needs our solidarity,” Mr Diaz-Canel told Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly, a pro-government legislative superbody set up last year. “The aggression against Venezuela harms all of America.”
The United States, the European Union and major Latin American nations have condemned Mr Maduro’s May 20th re-election, saying it did not meet democratic standards. Two of his rivals were barred from standing and the election board is run by loyalists. The US government imposed new sanctions on the crisis-stricken oil-producing country.
But China and Russia have warned against meddling in the socialist-run nation, and fellow leftist governments in the region from Cuba to Bolivia have offered warm support.
“Your words express the best of the Cuban people, and we are forever grateful for the support you have given us,” said Delcy Rodriguez, a senior Maduro ally who heads the assembly, which has been criticized by foes for undermining the opposition-controlled National Assembly legislature.
Mr Maduro was the first foreign leader to meet Mr Diaz-Canel last month after he succeeded Raúl Castro to become president of the communist-run island.
Venezuela, which holds the world’s largest oil reserves, exchanges crude for Cuban medical and other technical services, though deliveries have dropped over the past few years during an economic implosion in the OPEC member of 30 million people.
“We felt [Mr Maduro’s] victory as our own,” Mr Diaz-Canel said. “Venezuela has supported Cuba in many ways throughout its history. We have a debt of gratitude.”
Mr Diaz-Canel flew to Venezuela with his wife Liz Cuesta as first lady, in a break with custom during the nearly 60 years’ rule by the Castro brothers Fidel and Raul, who generally traveled without their wives.
He was later expected to meet Mr Maduro at the Miraflores presidential palace.
Mr Diaz-Canel’s visit came as Cuban authorities faced the chaos of flooding in the wake of subtropical storm Alberto that has killed four people and prompted the evacuation of tens of thousands. – Reuters

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While U.S. Vice President Mike Pence travels to Latin America tamping down concern over his boss's threat of possible military action in Venezuela, the country's leader Nicolas Maduro sought to capitalise on local outrage by holding an "anti-imperialist" protest on Monday.
CARACAS: While U.S. Vice President Mike Pence travels to Latin America tamping down concern over his boss's threat of possible military action in Venezuela, the country's leader Nicolas Maduro sought to capitalise on local outrage by holding an "anti-imperialist" protest on Monday.
The march started with a late morning rally and was expected to end at the presidential palace where Maduro will address the crowd, while a conciliatory Pence continued a tour of the region that began in Colombia on Sunday.
In Cartagena, Pence backpedaled from President Donald Trump's statement last week that a "military option" was on the table for Venezuela.
The vice president said the U.S. administration is confident that a peaceful solution could be found to the crisis in oil-rich but economically ailing Venezuela, where more than 120 have died in anti-Maduro protests since April.
Trump's comments may be a political lifeline for the unpopular Maduro. Like his predecessor and mentor, the late Hugo Chavez, Maduro says the country must be unified by socialism in order to defend against a U.S. invasion aimed at stealing Venezuela's vast oil resources.
The march started at a downtown square, where hundreds of "Chavistas" moved to the rhythms of a local folk band playing on a makeshift stage. "Venezuela and Latin America united against the empire!" a marcher shouted, while the Socialist Party promoted Twitter hashtags #StopTrump and #TrumpGoHome.
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Television interrupted coverage of the march to broadcast an address by the Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino. With dozens of battle-ready troops behind him at an army base, including one soldier with a shoulder-fired missile launcher pointed skyward, Padrino warned that the United States wants to steal Venezuela's oil reserves.
Venezuela's opposition coalition on Sunday rejected foreign threats to the country, without specifically identifying Trump or the United States while criticizing Maduro's close relationship with Communist-run Cuba.
Padrino criticized the opposition's position as ambivalent.
"This is a time of reflection," Padrino said. "You are either a Venezuelan patriot, or pro-Yankee."
Last month Venezuela elected a "constituent assembly" with sweeping powers, including the writing of a new constitution and allowing Maduro to rule by decree. In 2015 the opposition won control of Congress, but its decisions have been nullified by Maduro's loyalist Supreme Court.
Maduro and his allies say the constituent assembly is Venezuela's only hope for securing peace and prosperity.
The opposition boycotted the assembly, calling it a step toward dictatorship as the nation suffers from triple-digit inflation and acute shortages of food and medicine.
(Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)


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Question: T.O. van attack suspect charged

TORONTO — Accused Toronto van attack suspect Alek Minassian made a brief court appearance Tuesday and has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 of attempted murder.
Minassian, 25, dressed in a white forensic jumpsuit, showed no emotion as he stated his name for the Finch Ave. court.
Justice of the peace Stephen Waisberg ordered him remanded in custody until he appears by video May 10.
Minassian was also ordered to not contact any of the 13 people he’s accused of trying to run down on Yonge St. during the horrific attack.
His father, Vahe Minassian, was escorted out of the court by police officers.

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Dorothy Sewell was one of 10 people who were killed in the deadly van attack in Toronto on Monday.


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Question: Who gets the money? Questions raised about official GoFundMe account for Las Vegas shooting victims

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — One way people are honoring the lives lost in the shooting at the Route 91 music festival is by opening up their wallets.
MGM Resorts already donated a whopping $3 million to the victims and their families and Sheldon Adelson and the Las Vegas Sands Corporation donated $4 million.
Zappo’s, the UFC, and Station Casinos have all pledged $1 million each.
Many individuals are also donating what they can, including more than $9 million raised in a GoFundMe campaign started by Clark County Commissioner Steve Sisolak and Sheriff Joe Lombardo. But exactly how will the money will be put into the hands of those who need it?
The LasVegasNow.com I-Team tried to find out.
The outpouring of generosity has been inspirational and astounding. The GoFundMe effort is perhaps the best example of that.
As of Thursday evening, that fund stood at $9.5 million raised in just a few days from 77,000 donations. So, how will the money be spent, and who will administer the funds?
“We set up a GoFundMe account because the sheriff and I thought that we could maybe help some of these victims with funeral expenses, with travel expenses,” Sisolak said.
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Commissioner Sisolak’s idea to team up with Sheriff Joe Lombardo in starting a fund to help shooting victims quickly exceeded expectations.
It is not clear how the millions of dollars in the fund will be dispersed. At Wednesday’s county commission meeting, the discussion focused on whether a third party such as the National Center for Victims of Crime could be brought in to handle the administrative duties. Those duties include getting the money into the hands of those who need it most by paying for ongoing medical treatments, travel expenses for the wounded and funeral expenses for those who died.
On Thursday, the I-Team learned another potential partner surfaced. Discussions were held behind the scenes between Commissioner Sisolak’s staff and individuals with experience in administering funds raised in the wake of a tragedy. In particular, the Boston Marathon bombings of 2013. Three people were killed and hundreds were injured. Donations exceeded $60 million.
Boston’s experience could serve as a model, however, no agreement has been reached.
“We are in the process now of deciding strategy and structure, how to give out the money. We had people today who flew in to meet with county staff to try and coordinate this. The sheriff and I are not involved with this. We started it, but that’s the extent of what we plan to do,” Sisolak said.
It is not known how and to whom the Las Vegas money would be distributed, but a large chunk of the donated money will stay with GoFundMe, the company which hosts the fundraising webpage.
GoFundMe charges a standard 7.9 percent of all the money raised plus a fee of 30 cents per donation. As of thursday evening, 77,000 individual donations have been made from 75 countries around the world.
That means the total fee charged by GoFundMe for hosting the Las Vegas page could exceed $776,000 dollars.
Whether GoFundMe can be talked into cutting some slack on its fees is unknown.
Commissioner Sisolak said, that in addition to a group from Boston, county staff also met with groups who managed similar funds following tragedies in New York and Orlando. Whoever administers the Las Vegas fund must agree to allow for local control in vetting which people qualify to receive some of the money.

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Question: Report: Broward County Sheriff’s officers in Parkland had taken cover behind cars, tree

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Andrew Pollack, who lost his daughter Meadow in the Valentine’s Day mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, linked to a report on Fox News claiming that officers from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office were taking cover behind cars and a tree when officers from the Coral Springs Police Department arrived at the shooting.
Broward Sheriffs Deputies cowered behind cars and trees with Parkland shooter believed to be in the school. This is unacceptable and someone needs to be held accountable! We need better security. Now. #FixIt https://t.co/oALCyBzRxa — Andrew Pollack (@AndrewPollackFL) April 24, 2018
The report comes from Coral Springs Officer Bryan Wilkins, who described the scene when he arrived at the school:
“I saw approximately four Broward County Sheriff’s Office vehicles parked in the west bound lane with their personnel taking up exterior positions behind their vehicles,” Wilkins wrote. “I drove up just west of the campus building 1200, exited my vehicle, grabbed my AR-15 rifle and donned on my tactical/medical gear. As I was advancing on foot through the chain-link fence, I was advised by an unknown BSO Deputy taking cover behind a tree, ‘he is on the third floor.'”
WPLG News in South Florida reported Feb. 22 that it was the Coral Springs Police Department and not the Broward Co. Sheriff’s Office that was the first to try to help save students at the school.
Disgusting, pathetic why does that sheriff still have a job?? https://t.co/ivZiqHesbo — TC (@magmony) April 24, 2018
Beyond disgusting. — Jack Dingess (@DingessJack) April 24, 2018
So sorry Andrew. This action must just add to be extreme heartache you and your family are going through. Please keep doing what you are doing. — Harriet Rooney (@MicroSuperFan) April 24, 2018
Andrew, my heart breaks for you. There are so many of us who are outraged and stand behind you — betterthanyou (@cgmilmom) April 24, 2018
Why hasn't this been the focus of this tragedy since day one? #gungrabcrazies https://t.co/0MFKxOBqxP — Grace (@GraceStrength) April 24, 2018
Sheriff Israel, had he been a man of integrity and honor, should have stepped down. Instead he went on an anti gun crusade and media blitz until the truth started coming out; now he's just hiding. Runcie & him should be fired. — SSGRedPillJew 🇮🇱 🇺🇸 (@Berner954) April 24, 2018
Andrew – Looking at the animation that was released in the Sun Sentinel today, it seemed that deputies could have sneaked up the stairs and taken the shooter down, especially if they came from both sides. The incompetence is staggering. Very sorry for your loss, it is not fair. — Jimmy New York (@JimmyNY88) April 24, 2018
Here are portions of that animation showing Nikolas Cruz’s movements:
A newly released animation is shedding light on how accused Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz moved through Stoneman Douglas during the massacre https://t.co/WhWnebQfii pic.twitter.com/qWP3WjMLqT — South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) April 24, 2018
“I knew which dot was my daughter so it was pretty brutal for me to watch,” said Andrew Pollack, whose 18-year-old daughter Meadow was murdered. https://t.co/0KiOHTBvPV pic.twitter.com/nqnWP8GD4Q — South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) April 24, 2018
This chilling animation shows just how long Nikolas Cruz was inside Stoneman Douglas during the massacre — and how freely he was able to move through the halls and up and down the stairs https://t.co/onMeMVNViG pic.twitter.com/nhaAjbwixD — South Florida Sun Sentinel (@SunSentinel) April 24, 2018
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PARKLAND, Fla. (CNN) – The Broward County Sheriff says while people were being shot during the deadly school rampage, one of his armed deputies waited outside of the school.
“What I saw was a deputy arrive and he never went in,” Sheriff Scott Israel said.
The only armed police officer stationed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School resigned, amid revelations that he waited outside as the massacre unfolded.
Sheriff Israel says he should have gone in addressed the killer and then killed the killer.
Sheriff Israel says surveillance video shows the deputy Scot Peterson taking a position outside the building for four minutes as gunshots rang out but failed in his duty to stop the attacker.
“Devastated. Sick to my stomach. There are no words. These families lost their children. We lost coaches. I’ve been to the funerals. It’s just, there are no words.”
Peterson retired Thursday after being suspended without pay.
Records show he was recently nominated twice for Deputy of the Year.
Two other deputies now on restricted duty and are being investigated for how they handled tips warning about the killer.
Authorities announced that they have received twenty-three calls involving the killer and his family, starting in 2008 when the killer was just nine years old.
The most serious warnings began two years ago when an anonymous caller alerted police that the killer threatened “to shoot up the school” on Instagram and posted pictures of himself with a gun.
The Miami Herald reports that seven months later a peer counselor reported that the killer possibly ingested gasoline, wanted to buy a gun and attempted to commit suicide by cutting himself.
Days later an investigator for Florida’s Department of Children and Families determined that he was low-risk.
Later that month the family that initially took the killer in after his mother’s death and called the police to report a fight.
The family revealed this disturbing detail.
“He also dug in the backyard because he knew he was not allowed to bring it here and we found that he did… he was going to bury the gun there.”
The next day a tipster from Massachusetts called the sheriff’s office to report that the killer was collecting guns and knives.
The tipster told police he “will kill himself one day and believes he could be a school shooter in the making.”
Acting FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich said Thursday that proper protocols weren’t followed on a January tip about Cruz.
The FBI revealed last week that someone close to Cruz reported concerns, including information about Cruz’s gun ownership, his desire to kill people, erratic behavior, disturbing social media posts and the potential of him conducting a school shooting.


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Question: Yeti Snubs NRA, Competitor Had Simple Answer

A cooler company popular among sportsmen abruptly severed its ties with the National Rifle Association, according to a recent statement posted by the lobbying group’s Institute for Legislative Action.
Marion Hammer, the executive director of Unified Sportsmen of Florida, wrote an advisory explaining that Yeti announced without explanation it will no longer sponsor Friends of NRA Foundation Banquets and other events.
Hammer, who previously served as NRA president, wrote that these functions “raise money to support youth programs and educational programs nationwide.”
He used the public statement to denounce the manner in which Yeti delivered the news.
‘”They will only say they will no longer sell products to The NRA Foundation,” he wrote. “That certainly isn’t sportsmanlike.”
Hammer went on to assert that the company “should be ashamed” for making the decision to divest from an organization that has continued to shed corporate support across multiple industries in the wake of a deadly school shooting in Florida earlier this year.
“They have declined to continue helping America’s young people enjoy outdoor recreational activities,” Hammer wrote. “These activities enable them to appreciate America and enjoy our natural resources with wholesome and healthy outdoor recreational and educational programs.”
Where one company saw a demand to cut ties with the NRA, another saw an opportunity to reach out to new customers.
By posting a Facebook image of the Second Amendment’s text, RTIC Coolers sparked its own conversation on the issue.
Within two days, the post had been shared nearly 75,000 times. Many of the thousands of responses offered words of support for the company’s post.
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“The fact that Rtic posted this will ensure my purchases from them in the future,” one user wrote. “I respect the fact that they have not yet folded to liberal pressure.”
Another said he recently “liked” the company’s Facebook page, but is now more likely to be an actual customer.
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“I probably wasn’t going to buy anything,” he wrote. “However now that I know what side of the fence you stand on, I guarantee you that I will be making a purchase in the near future from you.”
Others identified a potential profit motive in the post’s timing.
“The NRA posted earlier that the ‘Y’ Company is no longer a sponsor,” a Facebook user wrote in response to a previous comment. “I think that is why RTIC posted this today to show they are available LOL.”
As for Yeti, a number of previous customers have expressed support for a boycott. As WCMH reported, one South Carolina man staged a dramatic statement of his displeasure.
Bryan Atkinson of Hartsville reportedly packed his Yeti cooler with explosives and detonated it in a field.
“Yeti can’t stand behind the NRA, I ain’t standing behind Yeti no more,” he said in a video of the explosion. “Y’all get ready. It’s going down.”
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Question: Phoenix and The Lemon Twigs Kickstarted Our Hearts at Marquee Theatre

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Wait, we’re already halfway through August? Yikes. Before the weather gets cold, check out this week’s concert line up. As always, Denver will be hosting multiple national acts in many of the city’s famous venues as well as numerous local acts spread out across the city. Use this week’s concert guide to support local Colorado talent or one of Denver’s multiple venues. Either way, you won’t be disappointed.
Monday, August 14
Recommended: Logic w/ Joey Bada$$, Big Lenbo @ Red Rocks
Logic was gone for a minute but he’s back now and will be playing Red Rocks to kick off the week. Logic is coming off the 2017 release of his latest album Everybody. The east coast chopper is known for his energetic lyricism and his abilities behind the microphone as an MC. With support from rappers Joey Bada$$ and Big Lenbo, this will be a bumping Red Rocks show. Be logical and get tickets.
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Hold Close w/ In My Room @ The Moon Room at Summit Music Hall
Barbarian w/ Peucharist, Nekrofilth, Morgue Whore @ Lost Lake
Tuesday, August 15
Recommended: Ed Sheeran w/ James Blunt @ The Pepsi Center
If you’re looking for some recognizable songs to dance around to, catch Ed Sheeran at the Pepsi Center on Tuesday. The English singer-songwriter is headed to the 303 with fellow English singer-songwriter, James Blunt. Sheeran is known for his musical diversity and his ability to perform both with a band and by himself. In 2017, Sheeran released his sixth studio album, Divide. The two acts will have the crowd singing along to all of their hits and you can be a part of that crowd.
Get tickets here.
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Mew w/ Monakr @ The Bluebird Theater
The Melvins w/ Spotlights @ The Gothic Theatre
Young The Giant w/ Cold War Kids & Joywave @ Red Rocks
Talking Dreads w/ Special Guests @ Cevantes’ Other Side
Post/War @ Larimer Lounge
Laney Jones and The Spirits @ Lost Lake
The Lituation @ Hi-Dive
“Keyboard Counterpoint” w/ Neil Bridge & Steve Denny @ Dazzle Jazz
Open Mic w/ Soul Daddy and His Band @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Freddy & Francine w/ Matt Skinner (of Tallgrass) @ Globe Hall
Wednesday, August 16
Recommended: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue w/ The Record Company, Jamestown Revival @ Red Rocks
There’s no better way to spend a Wednesday than at Red Rocks. This Wednesday, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue will be headed out to Morrison to rock the Rocks. Trombone Shorty’s music is diverse, fun and funky as fuck. In addition to Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, The Record Company and Jamestown Revival are on the bill as well. We had the chance to sit down with Trombone Shorty last week, so check out that interview here and be sure to grab some tickets to the show.
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Hundred Suns w/ Fox Lake, Samsara (CO), Too Many Humans @ The Moon Room at Summit Music Hall
Phaeleh w/ SuperVision, Mux Mool, Mikey Thunder, Jubee @ Cervantes’ Other Side
Unwritten Law w/ Lost In Society @ Larimer Lounge
Hangman’s Hymnal w/ The Claudettes, Kerry Pastine & The Crime Scene @ Lost Lake
Møme @ Bar Standard
Eliane Elias Quartet (2 Sets) @ Dazzle Jazz
Moderno Afro Cubano @ Nocturne Jazz
Aurelio Vultaire + Bella Morte w/ Radio Scarlet, DJ’s Mr. & Mrs. Hoodbats @ 3 Kings Tavern
The Whiskey Gentry @ Goosetown Tavern
Tokyo Rodeo w/ The Federalists, Last Chance Texaco @ Globe Hall
David Cook w/ Kathryn Dean @ Soiled Dove Underground
Yosh and Yimmy w/ Jimmy Willden, Chainsaw Rodeo, Rachel and The Callgirls @ Herman’s Hideaway
Thursday, August 17
Recommended: Snailmate w/ The Milk Blossoms, Pretty Mouth, Princess Declaw @ Seventh Circle Music Collective
What happens when you mix an Arizona based electro rock group with three local Denver acts? You get one killer show at Seventh Circle Music Collective. Temple, Arizona band Snailmate are making a stop at Denver’s DIY music space with support from all local acts. The Milk Blossoms, Pretty Mouth and Princess Dewclaw are all making moves in the Denver music scene. This show will be a great way to support up-and-coming talent. Oh, and it’s free.
More info here.
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Ray Reed w/ NaPalm, Connor Ray, Yung June, 2une Godi, Special Guests DJ KTone, DJ Topshelf, DJ Squizzy Taylor @ The Bluebird Theater
Robert Randolph and The Family Band @ The Gothic Theatre
The Piano Guys @ Red Rocks
The Ongoing Concept w/ Eidola, Save Us From The Archon @ The Moon Room at Summit Music Hall
Lyle Divinsky’s Soul Survivors w/ The Deer, Drunken Frenchmen ft. Special Guests @ Cervantes’ Other Side
Big Dopes w/ Card Catalog @ Larimer Lounge
Height Keech w/ Curta, Felix Fast4ward, Mirror Fears @ Lost Lake
The Shivas w/ the band ICE CREAM, The Kinky Fingers @ Hi-Dive
Feed Me + No Mana @ Beta Nightclub
Rajdulari @ Dazzle Jazz
Allout Helter w/ Special Guests @ 3 Kings Tavern
Ghost Tapes w/ Twin Flame Medicine @ Globe Hall
Korby Lenker, Jeff Cramer, Ali Sperry @ The Walnut Room
Jon Wayne & The Pain + Mile High Allstars w/ Stinky Gringros, Audic Empire, P-Nuckle @ Herman’s Hideaway
The Haunted Windchimes w/ Edison @ Levitt Pavilion
Friday, August 18
Recommended: Slightly Stoopid w/ Iration, J Boog, The Movement @ Red Rocks
Kick back, relax and enjoy some reggae vibes. Slightly Stoopid, Iration, J Boog and The Movement will be performing at Red Rocks on Friday in a show that will have you grooving down to your soul. All four acts on the roster know how to jam out in the most infectious way. We guarantee you will be dancing and smiling through the whole show. End the work week the right way.
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Kill Paris w/ V!RTU, Joyzu @ The Gothic Theatre
Idina Menzel @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
Diverje + Kill Minus Nine (CD Release) w/ eHpH, Midnight Marionettes @ The Moon Room at Summit Music Hall
John “JoJo” Hermann of Widespread Panic w/ Naughty Professor and Special Guests @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece
The Rocket Summer w/ 888 @ The Marquis Theatre
Tethys w/ The Caveat, Ritual of Ascension, We Are William @ Larimer Lounge
Pink Hawks (Album Release) w/ Kitty Crimes @ Lost Lake
Ages and Ages w/ Jennifer Niceley @ Hi-Dive
Moody Good @ Beta Nightclub
Project Pablo @ Bar Standard
City and Colour @ The Paramount Theatre
Jux County ft. Julie Monley, Colin Bricker (Evening Set) @ Dazzle Jazz
Little Creatures ft. Julie Monley (Late Set) @ Dazzle Jazz
Eli Young Band @ Grizzly Rose
Charly Beaux & The Broken Band w/ The Raritans, Near Dusk @ 3 Kings Tavern
Mr. Majestyk’s 8 Track Revival w/ DJ Alf @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Weaponizer (LP Release) w/ Throne of Belial, Rotstrotter, Chemically Crippled @ Seventh Circle Music Collective
Elizabeth Rose @ Goosetown Tavern
Stereo No Aware w/ Open To The Hound, Cocordian, Wazee @ Globe Hall
Love Stallion, The Hits, Thousand Frames @ The Walnut Room
KALIMBA – The Spirit of Earth, Wind and Fire @ Herman’s Hideaway
My Body Sings Electric w/ Chemistry Club @ Levitt Pavilion
Saturday, August 19
Recommended: Gov’t Mule & Yonder Mountain String Band w/ Marcus King Band @ Red Rocks
You can never see enough Red Rocks shows. That being said, Gov’t Mule & Yonder Mountain String Band will be an excellent addition to your “shows I’ve seen at Red Rocks” list. The concert will definitely be diverse. Gov’t Mule and Marcus King Band will have their blues rock sound balanced by the gentle folk sounds of the Yonder Mountain String Band (who are also local). Catch this show for a rockin’ weekend.
Get tickets here.
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Gov’t Mule & Yonder Mountain String Band w/ Marcus King Band @ Red Rocks
Foghat, Eddie Money (Jeff Foxworthy & Larry The Cable Guy) @ Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
The Black Dhalia Murder w/ Special Guests @ Summit Music Hall
Tatanka w/ Red Sage (Album Release Show), OffSteady (Late Set), I Conscious (PATIO SET), Selecta Razja @ Cervantes’ Other Side
Cat Power (Late Set) @ The Marquis Theatre
S1LENCER w/ Fat Lee, Johnny James, Six O’ clock, Poedic & Nexkin, Travellers Music, UFO (CO), DJ Mr Willis @ Larimer Lounge
Throttlebomb w/ Master Ferocious, Smolder and Burn @ Lost Lake
Bad Licks, Last of The Easy Riders, Extra Gold, Eye and The Arrow @ Hi-Dive
Ron Miles & Rudy Royston Quintet (2 Sets) @ Dazzle Jazz
The Lurchers, Grass, Night Of The Living Shred @ 3 Kings Tavern
La Pompe Jazz (Morning Set) @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Brazilian Girls w/ Fun Factory (Night Set) @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Joe Strummer Tribute Night @ Goosetown Tavern
LYFTD w/ Impact @ Globe Hall
Daphne Willis w/ Decibel Sound Company, Larry Nix @ The Walnut Room
School of Rock Denver Tributes (2 Sets) @ Soiled Dove Underground
Lowdown w/ End of Eves, Corrupt Carnage, ONE FROM NONE, Lord Sandwich @ Herman’s Hideaway
Smooth Hound Smith w/ Anthony Ruptak & The Midnight Friends @ Levitt Pavilion
Sunday, August 20
Recommended: Die Antwoord @ Red Rocks
Do we really need to say more? Round out the week in the craziest way possible by attending Die Antwoord’s debut Red Rocks performance on Sunday. Die Antwoord, the eccentric South African hip-hop group, are known for their incredibly unique image and music to match. It’s always great to see artists move up in venue sizes when they perform in Colorado, and Die Antwoord has done just that. From the Ogden to Red Rocks, Die Antwoord is sure to put on a show.
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Drayco McCoy w/ SIDMFKID, Trip Phontaine, Staxx, Awka @ The Moon Room at Summit Music Hall
The Schwag @ The Marquis Theatre
Downtown Boys w/ Surf Mom, Cheap Perfume @ Larimer Lounge
Pig @ Beta Nightclub
Ron Miles & Rudy Royston Quintet (2 Sets) @ Dazzle Jazz
La Pompe Jazz (Morning Set) @ Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox
Denver Beatniks w/ The Skeleton Crew @ Globe Hall
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Question: Poet Imagines Life Inside A 1910 Institution That Eugenics Built

Growing up in southwestern Virginia in recent decades, poet Molly McCully Brown often passed by a state institution in Amherst County that was once known as the "Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded."
Since 1983 the facility, which was founded in 1910, has been called the Central Virginia Training Center, and it is now a residential home for people with various intellectual disabilities. But in the early 20th century, the place Brown now refers to as "the colony" was part of the eugenics movement taking hold in the U.S., and a variety of treatments now considered inhumane were practiced there — including forced sterilization. Brown, who has cerebral palsy, notes that had she been born in an earlier era, she might have been sent to live at the institution herself.
"It is impossible to know that for sure," she says. "I can look at my life and look at my family and look at my parents and think, No, never. That never would have happened. But I also understand that if I had been born 50 years earlier, the climate was very different."
She hopes to give voice to those early generations of residents, in her book of poetry, The Virginia State Colony For Epileptics And Feebleminded.
For Brown, the themes of disability and poetry have been constant throughout her life: "In my life, there has always been my body in some state of falling apart or disrepair or attempting to be fixed, and there has always been poetry. And I couldn't untwine those things if I tried."
Interview Highlights
On seeing the buildings and grounds of the old facility
It was incredibly moving and incredibly powerful. The place is interesting because it is still an operational facility for adults with really serious disabilities, although it is in the process of closing. But like a lot of things in Virginia, it was initially built on an enormous amount of land. And, so, a really interesting thing happened, which is that as the buildings that were originally part of the colony fell into disrepair, they were largely just moved out of — and new buildings were built on accompanying land, but those original buildings were not necessarily torn down. So the place itself is this really strange combination of functioning facility and ghost town of everything that it has been. I've never been in a place that felt more acutely haunted in my life.
On how some people assume her physical disability means she also has an intellectual disability
We do have a strange tendency in this country to equate any kind of disability with less intellectual capability and with even a less complete humanity. Certainly as a child and as a teenager — and even now as an adult — [I] encountered people who assumed that just because I used a wheelchair, maybe I couldn't even speak to them. I often get questions directed at people I'm with, as opposed to me, and that's a really interesting phenomenon.
On the connection between poetry and theology
Both poetry and theology for me are about paying attention to the world in a very intentional way, and about admitting a mystery that is bigger than anything that I rationally understand. ... I think poetry has always been for me a kind of prayer. So those things feel very linked for me. And, again, poetry does feel like the first — and in some ways best — language I ever had for mystery and for my sense of what exists beyond the world we're currently living in.
On how Catholicism has helped her accept her body
One of the things that I find so moving about Catholicism is that it never forgets that to be a person is inherently and inescapably and necessarily to be in a body — a body that brings you pain, a body that brings you pleasure, a body that can be a barrier to thinking more completely about your life and your soul — but [that it] can also be a vehicle to delivering you into better communion with the world, with other people and to whatever divinity it is that you believe in.
What Catholicism did for me, in part, is give me a framework in which to understand my body as not an accident or a punishment or a mistake, but as the body that I am meant to have and that is constitutive of so much of who I am and what I've done and what I hope I will do in the world.
More and more ... I've come to see my body as a place of pride and potential, and as something that gives me a unique outlook onto the world. And I'd rather that, I guess, than be infuriated by it.
On her twin sister, who died shortly after birth
She lived about 36 hours after we were born. ... It's a phenomenon in my life that I have not a lot of rational explanation for, ... but it is true that I miss my sister with a kind of intense specificity that has no rational explanation, and that I feel aware of her presence in this way that I can't exactly explain or articulate, but which feels undeniable to me. ...
I do think that that sort of gave me no other option than to believe in some kind of something beyond this current mortal life that we're living. Because what is the explanation otherwise for the fact that I feel like I miss and I know this person who only lived a matter of hours? And for the fact as much as I know that she is dead and is gone in a real way, she doesn't feel "disappeared" to me.
On how her physical disability and her poetry are intertwined
I think the easiest way I have of describing it is I have two [early] memories. ... One of them is of sitting on a table in a hospital room in the children's hospital in St. Louis, choosing the flavor of the anesthetic gas I was going to breathe when they put me under to do my first major surgery. I was picking between cherry and butterscotch and grape. And the second memory that I have is of my father reading a Robert Hayden poem called "Those Winter Sundays."
Roberta Shorrock and Therese Madden produced and edited this interview for broadcast. Bridget Bentz, Molly Seavy-Nesper and Deborah Franklin adapted it for the Web.

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Question: Peru's Minsur lines up financing to start work on Mina Justa this year

LIMA, May 30 (Reuters) - Peruvian miner Minsur expects to secure $800 million to $900 million in financing from a group of banks in August that will put it on track to start building its $1.6 billion Mina Justa copper project toward the end of the year, the company said on Wednesday.
The banks - from Germany, Canada, Australia and South Korea - will likely offer financing to be repaid in eight to nine years, Minsur President Juan Luis Kruger said in an interview at the International Gold & Silver Symposium in Peru.
Last month Chilean industrial conglomerate Empresas Copec bought a 40 percent stake in Mina Justa from Minsur for $168.5 million.
The company will use its own capital to finance the rest of the project, which should start annual production of about 100,000 tonnes of copper in 2020, Kruger added.
Minsur, one of the world’s biggest tin producers, is also carrying out a $200 million expansion of its San Rafael tin mine that should extend its life by nine years and raise its output to 23,000 tonnes per year from 18,000 tonnes, Kruger added.
Minsur wants about 40-45 percent of its production to be tin, another 40-45 percent copper and the rest gold, Kruger said.
“When Mina Justa and expansion of San Rafael are producing...we’ll probably be able to venture into new opportunities,” Kruger said. (Reporting By Marco Aquino, Writing By Mitra Taj; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)

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SANTIAGO, April 5 Peru will likely gradually increase its copper production to 3.1 million tonnes in 2021 from an annual 2.35 million tonnes expected for both this year and next, the country's energy and mines minister told the CRU World Copper Conference in Chile.
Peru surpassed China as the world's No. 2 copper producer last year on the back of a surge in production from MMG Ltd's Las Bambas project and an expansion at Freeport-McMoRan Inc's Cerro Verde mine. (Reporting By Mitra Taj)


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Question: Flynn, Hawkinson lead Washington State past Washington 79-74

SEATTLE (AP) — Malachi Flynn scored eight of his 16 points in the final 2:13 and Washington State rallied in the closing moments for a 79-74 win over Washington on Sunday night.
Washington State (8-5, 1-0 Pac-12) closed the game on a 12-3 run thanks to Flynn and Josh Hawkinson. Trailing 71-67, Flynn and Hawkinson took over, combining to score the final 12 points for the Cougars and give them their first conference victory in nearly a calendar year.
Hawkinson finished with 26 points and eight rebounds, while Flynn made 6 of 10 shots and added six assists.
Markelle Fultz led Washington (7-6, 0-1) with 26 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds, falling just short of the first triple-double in Washington history. But after carrying Washington for most of the second half, Fultz went scoreless in the final 2 ½ minutes.
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Noah Dickerson added 19 points for the Huskies.
Washington led by as many as 13 in the first half, only to see Washington State surge in the opening moments of the second half. The Cougars scored the first 14 points of the half and built a 49-41 lead before David Crisp finally knocked down the Huskies first shot of the half.
Washington’s rally was on the shoulders of Fultz. He spent the first 25 minutes getting others involved, before taking over to rally the Huskies. Fultz scored nine of 13 points during a 5 ½ minute stretch to pull Washington even at 64-64 with 7:37 remaining after a layup by Dickerson.
Washington State briefly took a 67-66 lead after Hawkinson split a pair of free throws with 4:20 remaining, but Fultz’s 17-footer with 3:22 remaining put the Huskies ahead 68-67. Less than a minute later, Fultz’s 3-pointer over Hawkinson as the shot clock expired extended the lead to 71-67.
Flynn answered quickly with a driving layup and Hawkinson’s basket underneath with 1:36 left pulled the Cougars even at 71-71.
Fultz turned the ball over on Washington’s next possession and Flynn beat Crisp off a screen and scored with 48.6 remaining to give Washington State the lead. Fultz missed a driving layup with his left hand and rather than foul, Washington played out the remaining time. Flynn beat Dickerson off the dribble and scored at the rim with 13.9 seconds left for a four-point lead.
BIG PICTURE
Washington State: The Cougars snapped an eight-game losing streak in conference openers. Washington State’s last conference opening victory came in the 2007-08 season when the Cougars beat Washington 56-52 in Seattle.
Washington: Fultz got little help from his supporting cast outside of Dickerson. Washington’s other three starters — Crisp, Matisse Thybulle and Malik Dime — combined for just 18 points.
UP NEXT
Washington State: The Cougars face Oregon State in Spokane on Wednesday.
Washington: The Huskies host No. 21 Oregon on Wednesday.

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Question: Students explore opportunities to study abroad

Carrying brochures advertising adventure and pamphlets promising world-class experiences, Wake Forest students wandered between displays and representatives that shared information concerning study abroad programs available to undergraduates.
On Tuesday, Sept. 26, the Center for Global Programs and Studies held its fall Study Abroad Fair. Advocates from Wake Forest and affiliate programs shared information and answered questions concerning study abroad programs. While students can conduct research independently, the fair offered more personal advice tailored to each individual students’ needs.
“I met with an ambassador and looked online a bit, but I’m trying to figure out what preference is best for me here,” said sophomore Kate Cowie. “My priority is to find classes that fullfil my major requirements, and then I’ll decide on the location.”
Sophomores Perry Myers and Abigail Anderson expressed that they were happy Wake Forest has so many options but feel overwhelmed with the number of programs and trying to find the right ones for their schedules.
“Some locations are only compatible with certain majors, and I’m trying to find a study program that really helps me get credit toward my degree,” Myers said.
The fair not only offered informational outlets to answer questions students like Myers had about abroad opportunities, but offered games with prizes available to participating students, including a $2,000 scholarship.
Wake Forest English professor Omaar Hena participated at the fair as a representative for the Worrell House in London during the activities fair. As the resident professor during the fall 2016 semester, Hena explained why abroad programs — particularly Wake-sponsored programs — are valuable to one’s undergraduate experience.
“The beauty of the Wake Forest program is that one is immersed and surrounded both with students and the professor in a resident environment such as London,” Hena said. “There’s a beautiful interweaving of what’s happening in the classroom, and then the day-to-day life of living in London.”
The Worrell House is one of three abroad properties owned by Wake Forest for the benefit of students. The Casa Artom in Venice and Flow House in Vienna also offer opportunities for students and resident professors to live and study together. Still, there are more than 400 compatible study abroad programs in more than 200 cities and 70 different countries for students to take advantage of while earning their degree.
Sophomore Annabel Grunebaum expressed that she narrowed down her study abroad location preference to somewhere in Europe so she can easily travel to many different countries on weekend excursions while still fulfilling academic credit.
“I always knew I wanted to study abroad my junior year, so when applying to colleges, the study abroad opportunities I saw Wake Forest had were definitely a decision-making factor,” Grunebaum said.
Wake Forest’s ample amount of study abroad opportunities can attract many prospective students.
A 2016 report published by the Institute of International Education ranked Wake Forest sixth among U.S colleges and universities in the percentage of students studying abroad.
Hena encourages students to study abroad to open their world outside of the “Wake Bubble.” Hena, a Wake Forest alumnus who studied abroad as an undergraduate student abroad in 1996, said that after he studied at the Worrell House, his goal after getting tenure was to return and lead that same trip he experienced as a student.
“There’s a time before you go and a time after you go abroad, and after you go, nothing is the same and gain a new perspective of what it means to live in the U.S.,” said Hena.
Students seeking opportunities to study abroad can visit studyabroad.wfu.edu for lists of Wake Forest and affiliate approved programs.

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In her early teenage years, Nwamaka Godwin Iduh started to notice the right side of her rib cage and left side of her hip protruding in a way it hadn’t before. Months later, a doctor diagnosed her with scoliosis. Both Nwamaka and her mother had previously never heard of this condition, which causes an abnormal curvature of the spine in many teenage children. The Beyond A Curved Spine (BACS) website shared her story, along with others, to raise awareness of scoliosis in Nigeria and throughout Africa.
Abisola Oni and Abimbola Oladapo started the Beyond A Curved Spine (BACS) initiative because they realized that, despite the importance of getting diagnosed early, there was little information available on scoliosis-related issues in Africa. To work toward the broader goal of awareness, they are taking specific actions such as providing screenings, making speaking arrangements and providing a platform for people to share their stories. And, when it comes to scoliosis, awareness can mean the difference between a teenager possibly having to get surgery and getting treated early instead.
Erika Leaf is another grantee who recognizes the importance of speaking up and decided to work toward greater political engagement through postcards. She began The Collective Vision postcard project in to empower ordinary Americans to take political action and communicate what they care about. The project's first step was to offer the “Democracy Pack,” a set of 20 postcards with tips on how to write effective messages to elected officials as well as suggestions for what to write about. Collective Vision is creating a new set of postcards that will combine quotes about social justice with artwork and photography. The grant will allow the project to offer stipends to artists whose work is chosen for publication.
Sometimes awareness can seem like an abstract concept. Grantees like Abisola, Abimbola and Erika remind us that even the most elusive goals can be broken down into specific steps.
Today we honor 14 incredible projects that are taking concrete actions to make the world a more compassionate place.
One Stitch at a Time teaches community members how to sew in Jacmel, Haiti. Along with valuable technical skills, students also learn about business management from project management to marketing.
Betty Abah’s project benefits girls, teenage mothers and other vulnerable young women in Makoko and surrounding slums in Lagos, Nigeria. They will use natural materials from the local environment to create products such as bags, shoes, purses and other materials.
Volta Free School helps young boys and girls in Sovie, Ghana who are out of school for different reasons acquire the knowledge and skills they need to go back and join their colleagues in school.
The Purple Pearls Women’s Entrepreneurship Development Programme works with women in Nigeria, especially those that have been displaced due to terrorist activities, who have acquired vocational skills or have businesses. The project helps them develop their entrepreneurial and business development skills to become successful entrepreneurs and reintegrate into society.
Umijoo is an environmental art book about the connections between our daily life decisions and the health of our planet. Environmental activist Casson Trenor and painter Caia Koopman joined forces in the United States to create this illustrated tale, which is designed to ignite interest in ocean conservation and responsible food choices.
The Let’s Talk English program in Ouzio Mitsamiouli, Comoro Islands encourages young people to learn how to speak English all over the Cembenoi Region. Five advanced students from the Urango English Center, who are training to become teachers, will volunteer in neighboring villages where they will teach English to young people like themselves.
The Skill Builders Project is starting the first-ever photography class for Washington Correction Center in Washington State. Through regular workshops, the inmates will learn to express themselves visually and share their stories with the public.
Founded by Shakera Bramwell, an undocumented immigrant from Kingston Jamaica, Rebel Cause’s mission is to facilitate the collaboration of groups of young adults of color seeking to improve the quality of life in their communities. One of their programs, Rebel Food Cart, is a mobile meal program that provides smoothies as a meal alternative for Boston’s food insecure population.
The Veteran’s Voice Project is an initiative in Texas, which provides storytelling classes for veterans who are currently incarcerated, allowing for the processing of previous traumas.
Spreading Peace In Communities Everywhere (SPICE) is committed to empowering youth in Austin, Texas to be confident and comfortable in their communities by encouraging healthy lifestyles, gender equality and human rights.
Engaging the Latino Community Through Dance is a program in Southampton, New York providing low cost dance parties and classes for the Hispanic and Latino community to help combat isolation and improve health through affordable, family friendly events where members of this community can dance, socialize and share their culture.
Charles Orgbon in Bogota, Colombia will partner with the organization People and Earth to provide workshops turning what could be seedlings of interest in environmental activism from Colombian youth into full-fledged community campaigns that solve the root cause of local environmental issues.


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Question: Dozens missing, 29 dead in garbage collapse

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MEETOTAMULLA, Sri Lanka — Rescuers on Monday were digging through heaps of mud and trash that collapsed onto a clutch of homes near a garbage dump outside Sri Lanka’s capital, killing at least 29 people and possibly burying dozens more.
Hundreds of people had been living in the working-class neighbourhood on the fringe of the towering dump in Meetotamulla, a town near Colombo, when a huge mound collapsed Friday night during a celebration for the local new year, damaging at least 150 homes.
By Monday morning, authorities had pulled 29 bodies from beneath the debris, according to lawyer Nuwan Bopage, who has worked with local residents to protest the dump. Authorities were unsure how many more people could still be trapped, but about 30 were reported missing, Bopage said.
Soldiers were digging with backhoes and shovels, as relatives of the missing pointed out where their houses once stood amid coconut, mango and banana trees. Those homes now lay in piles of collapsed concrete walls encased in a wall of mud up to 8 metres (25 feet) high and mixed with plastic bags, broken glass and other trash. Bicycles and auto-rickshaws, the three-wheeled vehicles used as local taxis, were crushed or lying topsy-turvy.
More than 600 of the area’s residents were sheltering in nearby schools, while 11 people were being treated at a hospital for injuries.
One auto-rickshaw driver described a narrow escape. He was returning home with his wife, two sons and daughter when they stepped out from his rickshaw and his daughter said the ground seemed to be moving beneath her feet.
“There was a strong wind from the side of the dump, and my daughter shouted that the mound is splitting,” Rasika Sanjeewa, 41, said Monday. “Suddenly, one slice of the mound came crashing down. The whole area was shaking.”
Debris blocked them from fleeing immediately, but eventually they found a way out, Sanjeewa said. When they arrived later at their friends’ home, where they had planned to celebrate the new year, they found it buried and their friends dead — a mother and daughter who worked as daily wage labourers.
The prime minister vowed over the weekend to shut down the dump, which has absorbed much of Colombo’s garbage over several years amid heavy construction and renovations in the capital. As the garbage piled up, it began threatening the nearby homes, prompting residents to stage regular protests while complaining of health hazards.
“These people did not choose to live next to a dump. But they brought the garbage in and made this place horrible,” said rickshaw driver Dilip Mirmal, 34, whose home was spared while those surrounding were completely subsumed. He counted 23 of his neighbours among the dead.
“This is a government-made disaster,” he said. “I have a mix of feelings — of anger, frustration and sorrow. We have been trying to protest and raise these issues, but no one was listening.”

Heavy monsoon rains have caused landslides and floods that have killed at least 160 people and displaced millions of others across northern India, southern Nepal and Bangladesh.
Officials said they are still trying to determine the scale of the disaster, with casualties and damage reported in multiple locations across the Himalayan foothills of South Asia.
The seasonal floodwaters damaged bridges, toppled power lines and washed away thousands of homes in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam.
Officials say people have been killed by drowning or being caught inside collapsing houses or beneath falling trees.
In neighbouring Nepal, police spokesman Pushkar Karki said rescuers were searching for 85 people reported missing after rivers burst their banks and killed at least 75.
Another 20 people died over the last few days in Bangladesh.
Army soldiers and rescue workers search for bodies of landslide victims even as they try to pull out two buses that were covered in mud after a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rain in India.
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Question: Amid criminal case, Cosby fighting lawsuits by 10 women

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) " As Bill Cosby awaits a verdict in his sexual assault case in Pennsylvania, the comedian's civil lawyers are fighting civil lawsuits against him by 10 women around the country.
Currently, seven women have defamation suits pending in Massachusetts, while three more have defamation or sexual battery suits pending in California. Cosby has denied any wrongdoing.
The criminal case against Cosby partly stems from the accuser's related civil lawsuit. Prosecutors reopened a criminal investigation and filed charges in 2015 after Cosby's deposition in the woman's 2005 lawsuit was unsealed, and they realized the 12-year statute of limitations for felony sexual assault had not yet expired.
A recap of the pending civil cases:
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Cosby is being sued in Los Angeles by Judy Huth, who accuses the comedian of forcing her to perform a sex act on him in a bedroom of the Playboy Mansion around 1974, when she was 15. A trial date may be set later this month for the sexual battery case. Cosby has given a sealed deposition in the case. Huth's lawyer, Gloria Allred, says the scheduling of a second deposition is on hold because of the criminal trial.
Chloe Goins, a former model who claims Cosby drugged and sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion in 2008, is also suing the comedian on sexual battery and other claims. Prosecutors rejected filing a case against Cosby based on Goins' allegations, which they said investigators could not corroborate. A judge recently denied Cosby's motion to dismiss the case and a trial has been scheduled for June 2018.
The comedian also faces a defamation lawsuit by model Janice Dickinson, who claims Cosby drugged and raped her in Lake Tahoe, California, in 1982. Cosby is appealing a ruling allowing Dickinson's case to proceed.
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Seven women are suing Cosby for defamation in separate lawsuits pending in Massachusetts, where Cosby has a home in Shelburne Falls. They say he sexually abused them decades ago, and then defamed them after they went public by having his agents deny the claims and brand them liars.
An eighth woman had withdrawn her lawsuit. And a federal judge dismissed a ninth accuser's case, finding her complaint inadequate.
The remaining plaintiffs are Tamara Green, Therese Serignese, Linda Traitz, Louisa Moritz, Barbara Bowman, Joan Tarshis and Angela Leslie. Cosby is seeking to have their cases dismissed. Serignese and Bowman have been attending the criminal trial near Philadelphia.

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PHILADELPHIA — The start of Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial is being pushed back a few days to give both sides more time to wrangle over pretrial issues.
Judge Steven O’Neill issued an order Monday moving the start of jury selection to April 2. It had been scheduled for March 29.
O’Neill says he’ll instead hold final pretrial hearings March 29 and 30.
Cosby has pleaded not guilty to charges he drugged and molested Andrea Constand at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004.
O’Neill hasn’t ruled on whether jurors can hear about Cosby’s settlement with Constand or if his lawyers can mention another accuser by name in their opening statement. Cosby’s lawyers are objecting to O’Neill’s ruling allowing up to five other accusers to testify.
Cosby’s first trial last year ended in a hung jury.
The Associated Press does not typically identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault unless they grant permission, which Constand has done.
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Question: Woman kills son over assisted living plans, Arizona cops say

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Anna Mae Blessing, 92, faces a murder charge in Arizona after allegedly shooting and killing her son, who reportedly wanted to place her in assisted living. She then allegedly went after his girlfriend, who was able to knock the gun away. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office

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Question: 8 dead after knife attack in China's western Xinjiang region

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BEIJING —
Eight people were killed in China’s far western Xinjiang region, including three knife-wielding assailants, in the latest outbreak of violence in the volatile territory, authorities said Wednesday.
According to a statement posted on the local government’s website, the attack occurred Tuesday evening in Pishan county in southern Xinjiang, home to China’s Uighur ethnic minority. It said the three also injured five others before being shot dead by police.
Uighurs are predominantly Muslim, Turkic-speaking people distinct from the Chinese-speaking Han national majority. They have long chafed under the rule of Beijing, more than 1,800 miles (3,000 km) away from the provincial capital of Urumqi.
While Xinjiang is one of China’s five autonomous regions, its Uighur residents are often prevented from leaving the region and face other restrictions enacted by Beijing, which has ratcheted up security dramatically since deadly anti-government riots broke out in Urumqi in 2009.
China says it is battling separatists and the militant East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), while Uighur activists based abroad say Beijing is cracking down on peaceful religious and cultural expression in the name of fighting terrorism.
The statement did not say whether Tuesday’s assailants were linked to ETIM, which has carried out a string of attacks inside and outside China. It called the assailants “thugs” and said officials had restored “social order” while continuing to investigate the incident. The ethnic backgrounds of the attackers and their victims were not specified.
Dilxat Raxit, an overseas spokesman for Uighurs in contact with residents of the region, said local security forces have put Pishan under lockdown, with more armed officers guarding roads and residents county residents barred from leaving the area. At least two Uighurs have been detained for sharing videos of the scene, Raxit said.
Authorities typically respond to violence or unrest in Xinjiang with lockdowns, raids on homes, and restrictions on phone and Internet communications.
Calls to local police went unanswered Wednesday.
Pishan county is in the far south of Xinjiang, bordering Pakistan. While China has encouraged Han Chinese to move in Xinjiang as part of broader efforts to settle the region, Han Chinese comprise just 1 percent of Pishan’s nearly 300,000 people.
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PARIS (AP) -- French police said an 8-year-old girl was killed and at least five people were injured when a driver slammed his car into the sidewalk cafe of a pizza restaurant in a small town east of Paris.
An official with the national gendarme service said the driver was arrested soon after the incident Monday night in the town of Sept-Sorts.
The official said it is unclear whether the act was deliberate. The official was not authorized to be publicly named according to police policy.
An Algerian man drove his car into a group of French soldiers last week, and a truck attack in the French city of Nice left 86 people dead a little more than a year ago. Several other countries have seen cars used as weapons in recent years.
France (AP) - JUST IN: One girl is dead and at least five people are injured after a driver rammed into patrons at a pizza restaurant, located east of Paris.
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Question: B.C. VIEWS: Cannabis Day celebration put off until October

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Canada Day 2018 was supposed to be Cannabis Day, as we became the first industrialized country to officially legalize recreational marijuana.
Alas, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s bold vision has once again bumped up against reality, and it will be mid-October beforeprovinces pull together the systems required to take over distribution and regulation.
All Ottawa had to do was pass a law and slap an excise tax of a dollar a gram on recreational sales. B.C. has to create and regulate a production, warehouse and retail store system, enforce an age limit of 19, a public possession limit of 30 grams, a home growing limit of four plants, and step up its existing efforts to control drug-impaired driving.
B.C. has chosen to mirror its alcohol sales system for the new era. The Liquor Distribution Branch will have a wholesale monopoly and open stand-alone “BC Cannabis Stores” staffed by unionized liquor store employees with additional training. But as with liquor retailing, private stores will be allowed to compete, as long as they can get provincial and local approval.
The province is about to experience a reality check too. Walking around downtown Victoria, I see a pot store every couple of blocks in some places. Some have city licences, some don’t. Most pretend to be medical dispensaries, selling buds with nameslike “Bubba God” and “Gorilla Glue” because they’re, you know, medicine.
These dispensaries claim their pot comes from federally licensed medical producers, but that’s often fiction too. B.C. has something that is now called a “craft cannabis” industry that the B.C. government is trying to keep from killing off, while somehow weeding out our world-famous organized crime producers.
Kootenay MLAs are worried that legalization is going to collapse a large part of their local economies, as big greenhouse factories take over. The recently formed B.C. Independent Cannabis Association is predicting there will be a huge shortage of legitimate product, starting the day legalization takes effect. And no one expects the drug gangs to go quietly.
There is still no approved roadside test for pot impairment, although police in B.C. have been given the same 90-day roadside suspension authority they have for drinking and driving. And there is another problem, with the state of the Liquor Distribution Branch.
The government quietly released a report in late June, detailing the struggles of craft beer, cider and spirits producers with the provincial distribution monopoly. The NDP government, like the B.C. Liberals, loves the craft industry like it loves B.C. wineries, but you wouldn’t know it from the way they’re being treated.
Craft cider producers describe the out-of-date system they deal with. Those who produce cider with only B.C. apples are lumped in with the LDB’s “pre-mixed cocktails and coolers” in the “refreshments” category.
“It finds itself categorized with products such as Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Growers and other ‘cooler’-style beverages that are generally made with high levels of sugar, artificial flavouring and the addition of spirits,” craft producers say in the report.
The “refreshments” category comes with a 73 per cent wholesale markup, which is the government’s cut. For a bottle of commercial vodka, by the way, it’s 124 per cent. This tells you why the LDB hasn’t yet comprehended what “craft cider” actually is. It took years of political attention to bring the wholesale markup for craft beer down to 12-14 per cent.
What will the LDB’s wholesale markup be for craft cannabis, or for that matter any cannabis? They’re still working on that, but so far they haven’t figured out they’re killing craft cider.
Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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