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Cambridge Analytica, a company that profiled voters for Donald Trump’s campaign, allegedly harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook profiles, which they used to influence and wage a "culture war" during the 2016 election.
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie, who helped found Cambridge Analytica and served as their director of research until 2014, told NBC News' U.K. partner ITN Channel 4 News that the company helped develop an application on Facebook that paid individuals to take a survey. If users had not adjusted their privacy settings on the social media outlet, however, the app didn’t just capture the survey responses — it also gathered as much data from each account as possible.
That data included information from Facebook users’ friends and contacts, as well.
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"So by you filling out my survey I capture 300 records on average right," Wylie told ITN Channel 4 News. "And so that means that, all of a sudden, I only need to engage 50,000, 70,000, 100,000 people to get a really big data set really quickly, and it’s scaled really quickly. We were able to get upwards of 50 million plus Facebook records in the span of a couple of months."
Similar stories based on the same reporting also appeared in the New York Times and the Observer of London.
According to Wylie, the project was of particular importance to Steve Bannon, who later served as the chief executive of Trump's campaign. He added that the former head of the right-wing media organization Breitbart wanted to use the data netted by Cambridge Analytica to influence and galvanize the views of the American public.
"Steve wanted weapons for his culture war, that’s what he wanted," Wylie said.
"We offered him a way to accomplish what he wanted to do, which was change the culture of America," Wylie added.
A Cambridge Analytica spokesman refuted all of Wylie's claims, calling his decision to speak to the media "a malicious attempt to hurt the company."
"We were forced to take action against Mr. Christopher Wylie to prevent his misuse of the company's intellectual property and he is the subject of restraining undertakings in this regard," the spokesman said. "It is clear that he has a grudge to bear and appears set on trying to damage the company."
But Wylie said in the initial interview that this wasn’t about getting back at Cambridge Analytica, noting that "if it was about revenge I could have done this years ago."
Instead, Cambridge Analytica’s former director of research calls his whistleblowing a crisis of conscience.
"It weighs on me that I played a pivotal role in setting up a company that I think has done a lot of harm to the democratic process in a lot of countries," Wylie said.
The idea behind the project was that political preferences can be predicted by personal details people voluntarily provide on their social media accounts. By analyzing the details that users share online, Cambridge Analytica could predict individual behavior, which included voter preferences and how to influence that preference.
CEO of Cambridge Analytica Alexander Nix speaks at the 2016 Concordia Summit - Day 1 at the Grand Hyatt New York on Sep. 19, 2016 in New York City. Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for Concordia Summit
"Whenever you go and you like something you are giving me a clue as to who you are as a person," Wylie said. "And so all of this can be captured very easily and run through an algorithm that learns who you are."
Wylie said that "almost none" of the people whose profiles were tapped were aware that Cambridge Analytica had harvested their data.
The research all began in 2013 at Cambridge University, according to ITN Channel 4 News, where the university's psychometrics center began to examine the psychology behind Facebook and what information could be gleaned by pulling the data from user profiles.
According to Wylie, Bannon hoped to use that research and replicate it on a massive scale across the American electorate to buoy his influence campaign in 2014 and again in the 2016 presidential campaign. Billionaire Republican donors Robert Mercer and his daughter Rebecca — who own a portion of Cambridge Analytica — put Bannon in contact with the founder of the method, Cambridge University academic Aleksandr Kogan, ITN Channel 4 News.
"Kogan didn’t make any money off of it, he didn't," Wylie said. "He did it for free, and what he got out of it was the giant data set and what [Cambridge Analytica] got out of it was also data, everyone got data. But Cambridge Analytica paid for it directly."
Cambridge Analytica appeared to lay the blame on Kogan and his company Global Science Research (GSR), which is not associated with Cambridge University.
"This company, Global Science Research (GSR), was contractually committed by us to only obtain data in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act and to seek the informed consent of each respondent," Cambridge Analytica said in a statement issued Saturday.
"When it subsequently became clear that the data had not been obtained by GSR in line with Facebook’s terms of service, Cambridge Analytica deleted all data received from GSR," the statement added.
According to ITN Channel 4 News, Kogan said he held the right to use the data for commercial purposes and did nothing wrong.
Meanwhile, the Trump campaign paid Cambridge Analytica $5 million to help target voters. The company told NBC News mere days before the 2016 election that it held data on 230 million American adults with approximately 4,000 “data points” on each of them.
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The company denied, however, using any data that was harvested from Facebook via Kogan’s methods to help the Trump campaign.
"No data from GSR was used by Cambridge Analytica as part of the services it provided to the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign," the company added in Saturday's statement.
Facebook said in a statement that "Protecting people’s information is at the heart of everything we do, and we require the same from people who operate apps on Facebook." The social media provider added that Cambridge Analytica, Wylie and Kogan had told the company that all the data initially obtained by the app had been destroyed.
"In light of new reports that the data was not destroyed, we are suspending these three parties from Facebook, pending further information," Facebook said. "We will take whatever steps are required to see that the data in question is deleted once and for all — and take action against all offending parties."
The social media company also insists that this did not constitute a data breach, as users technically consented — via their privacy settings — to allow Cambridge Analytica to harvest their data.
Related: Facebook suspends Cambridge Analytica, which worked for Trump campaign
But Wylie does not think Facebook is completely innocent, as the social media giant first knew of the data gathering in 2015.
"Why Facebook didn't, you know, make more enquiries when they started seeing that, you know, tens of millions of records were being pulled this way? I don’t know you’d have to ask Facebook that," Wylie said. "But Facebook at least in a technical sense facilitated the project because they had applications that had these permissions in the first place."
According to Wylie, Facebook never checked that they had deleted the data, only requiring that Cambridge Analytica fill out a form.
And thanks to the lack of oversight, this influence-peddling company was able to "move into the hearts and minds of American voters in a way that had never been done before."
And they did it in a way that entered a more than ethical grey area, according to Wylie, who claims they attempted to manipulate voters by latching onto their vulnerabilities.
"This gets at the heart of, you know, why is it that you’re taking this psychological approach?" he said. "Why is it that you need to study things like shame proneness in people? Why do you need to, you know, study neuroticism in people? What’s going to make them fearful?"
CORRECTION (March 17, 2018, 7:50 p.m.): An earlier version of this article misstated the position Steve Bannon held in the Trump campaign. He was the chief executive, not the campaign chair.

Facebook's chief operating officer has rejected Apple CEO Tim Cook's characterization of how the social media giant handled the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Cook made some fiery comments last month about Facebook's massive privacy row, saying he wouldn't be caught up in such a situation, while touting Apple's commitment to protecting user data.
But Sandberg isn't letting Cook have the last laugh, as she said she and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg 'strongly disagree' with Cook's view of the situation.
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (pictured) isn't letting Cook have the last laugh, as she said she and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg 'strongly disagree' with Cook's view of the situation
'It won't shock you to know that Mark and I strongly disagree with their characterization of our product,' Sandberg said at Recode's Code Conference in California.
'We're proud of the business model we built. We have an ad supported business that allows people all around the world to use a product for free.
'If you're trying to connect the world, that's pretty important. So we respectfully disagree,' Sandberg said.
She tempered her comments by saying the 'stuff Apple's saying is important to them,' and that Cook clearly feels strong about Apple's products.
But Facebook's CTO Mike Schroepfer gave a much more candid assessment of what Cook said one month earlier.
'I think the thing that I wish we could spend more time on is the substance of these issues,' Shroepfer said at the Code Conference.
Apple CEO Tim Cook made some fiery comments about Facebook's privacy row, saying he wouldn't be caught up in such a situation, while touting how Apple protects user data
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apparently also disagreed with Tim Cook's comments about how the firm handled the Cambridge Analytica scandal, COO Sheryl Sandberg said
'There's times when you can get nice quippy soundbites and kick someone when it's popular and they're down and that's us right now'
'And I get it, we do in many ways deserve it,' he added.
The comments come after Cook criticized Facebook for how it reacted to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
When asked what he would do if he were in Zuckerberg's shoes, Cook replied with a smirk: 'I wouldn't be in this situation.'
He also criticized Facebook's well-documented data collection techniques, which involve scraping vast amounts of personal user information, using it to build detailed user profiles and selling them to advertisers.
'We could make a ton of money if we monetized our customers,' Cook explained.
'If our customers were our product. We've elected not to do that.'
There has been talk of Facebook rolling out a subscription-based product that would require users to pay to avoid advertisements in the wake of its Cambridge Analytica scandal
WHAT IS THE CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA SCANDAL? Communications firms Cambridge Analytica has offices in London, New York, Washington, as well as Brazil and Malaysia. The company boasts it can 'find your voters and move them to action' through data-driven campaigns and a team that includes data scientists and behavioural psychologists. 'Within the United States alone, we have played a pivotal role in winning presidential races as well as congressional and state elections,' with data on more than 230 million American voters, Cambridge Analytica claims on its website. The company profited from a feature that meant apps could ask for permission to access your own data as well as the data of all your Facebook friends. The data firm suspended its chief executive, Alexander Nix (pictured), after recordings emerged of him making a series of controversial claims, including boasts that Cambridge Analytica had a pivotal role in the election of Donald Trump This meant the company was able to mine the information of 87 million Facebook users even though just 270,000 people gave them permission to do so. This was designed to help them create software that can predict and influence voters' choices at the ballot box. The data firm suspended its chief executive, Alexander Nix, after recordings emerged of him making a series of controversial claims, including boasts that Cambridge Analytica had a pivotal role in the election of Donald Trump. This information is said to have been used to help the Brexit campaign in the UK.
'We're not going to traffic in your personal life,' Cook said.
'Privacy to us is a human right, a civil liberty,' he added.
Cook also said Facebook is beyond the point of being able to regulate itself and may require government oversight to get the platform under control.
However, Schroepfer said he believes there are 'tradeoffs' when a site provides a free service and that that often goes unrecognized.
'How do you build a product the whole world can use?,' Schroepfer continued.
'Can every consumer afford a $10 subscription or a $700 device? For billions of people around the world, no, not yet.
'So I think there are trade-offs,' he said.
HOW TO CHECK IF YOUR DATA WAS SHARED WITH CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA All 2.2 billion Facebook users began to receive a notification automatically at the top their newsfeed after it was launched on Tuesday, April 10, a day later than expected. Titled 'Protecting Your Information,' it contains a link to let you see what apps you use and what information you have shared with them. Affected users are automatically presented with a notice that says: 'We have banned the website "This Is Your Digital Life," which one of your friends used Facebook to log into. 'We did this because the website may have misused some of your Facebook information by sharing it with a company called Cambridge Analytica.' Users can then click on a 'See how you're affected' button to find out more as well as to remove permission for apps and websites you've logged into via Facebook to have access to your profile. For those not affected by the Cambridge Analytica incident the message reads: 'You can go to the Apps and Websites section of your settings anytime to see the apps and websites you've used Facebook to log into.' The 'Go to apps and websites' button will provide quick access to review and amend these permissions. A separate 'How can I tell if my info was shared with Cambridge Analytica?' tool will also resolve the question for you. To manually access this tool, click the link here. Users not believed to be affected will see the message 'Based on our available records, neither you nor your friends logged into "This Is Your Digital Life." 'As a result, it doesn't appear your Facebook information was shared with Cambridge Analytica by "This Is Your Digital Life".' Affected users will see a different message and they will be asked to to change their app settings, available here. This is something that is still advisable for the security conscious, removing permissions for apps you no longer need or don't recognise. Facebook is not notifying individual users of the identify of friends who may have used the 'This Is Your Digital Life' app.
There has been talk of Facebook rolling out a subscription-based product that would require users to pay up each month in order to avoid being served targeted advertisements.
Facebook collects mountains of data on users, ranging from phone numbers and text messages, to addresses and other demographic information, down to your specific interests.
That information is then made available to a wide network of brands who can use it to serve up targeted advertisements both on and off Facebook.
These practices have come under scrutiny in recent months after it was revealed in March that 87 million users' data had been harvested without their knowledge and shared with Trump-affiliated research firm Cambridge Analytica.
Sandberg gave few details about whether a paid product is in the works and only suggested Facebook is looking at the idea.
'We've looked at a paid service,' Sandberg explained.
'We're looking, we've always looked. But the heart of the product is a paid service'.


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The former nurse charged in the deaths of eight long-term care patients made a brief court appearance in Woodstock.
Elizabeth Wettlaufer, 49, appeared by video link from the Vanier Centre for Women in Milton.
It was the first time she's been in court since additional four charges of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assault were laid against her last month.
She is due back in court March 3, court heard Wednesday.
The bodies of two of Wettlaufer's alleged victims, including that of Londoner Arpad Horvath Sr., were exhumed in January.
Wettlaufer faces eight murder charges, four attempted murder charges and two charges of aggravated assault.
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Convicted coast physician Dr. Albert Diaz was back in court seeking to become a free man before his sentencing in May.


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“What’s the first story that pops into your head about our years together?” I asked my husband at our 30th-anniversary celebration dinner.
Putting down his forkful of filet mignon, he said, “The man in the hat shop in Sacramento.”
I remembered, too. Twenty years ago, on a road trip to celebrate the end of my chemotherapy, we wandered into a hat shop in Old Town Sacramento. My hair was just starting to grow back, and it was the first time I had gone out in public without a head covering.
It was a very sunny day and a hat was starting to sound like a good idea. George bought a classic Tilley hat, with a wide brim perfect for keeping the sun off your head. I wanted a lady’s version of George’s manly hat.
“We’ll be twins,” I joked. There was only one left and it fit perfectly.
“I’ll take it,” I said gleefully to the shop owner.
“May I ask if you always wear your hair that short?” he responded politely. I briefly explained my situation.
“Ma’am, I’m sorry but I can’t sell you this hat.”
“Why not?”
”Because it won’t fit when your hair grows back.”
This was the part of Sacramento designed to separate tourists from their cash. We were tourists. He knew he likely would never see us again. It would have been easy for him to just make the sale and be done with it. But he did the right thing. He even directed us to another shop that had Tilley hats.
Instead, we strolled over to a riverboat restaurant and reflected on that simple gesture of honesty as we shared a hot fudge sundae. We considered: Maybe he was a cancer survivor himself; maybe a family member was; maybe he was just a good guy. In any case, he had reinforced our faith in the goodness people are capable of.
As we reminisced about the hat man just before sharing our anniversary dinner dessert, I said to George, “It’s the little touches of life we always remember, isn’t it?”
“That, and shared desserts,” he said.
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Chris Randle loses his voice but not his passion to give back to the community with a free youth football camp in Merced on Saturday at Veterans Stadium. (


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When hunting season for upland birds began on Monday, many of us began making plans to head afield — maybe with a loyal bird dog — and enjoy one of our favorite times of the year.
For others, bird season means slowly riding the dirt roads, watching for the tell-tale silhouette of a ruffed grouse.
And none of us — none — ever head into the woods thinking that this might the day that we shoot another hunter. But unless we consciously think about that possibility, and make plans to avoid situations that could cause a tragic mishap, we’re asking for trouble.
Two cautionary tales to consider: On Monday, opening day, Maine game wardens responded to a scene in Gorham where a 55-year-old Casco hunter had been shot in the face by another bird hunter or hunters.
According to a news release from the Maine Warden Service, “the victim had a brief interaction with two men after he was shot. The two men, who were not identified, quickly fled the area.”
The man was taken to the hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries, and the two men were eventually found and questioned.
On Tuesday, wardens scrambled to a hunter-involved shooting in Township 15, Range 9, southwest of Fort Kent.
According to the news release, a 67-year-old woman was hit in the leg by birdshot fired by her husband.
The woman was hit by three dozen pellets when her husband fired through heavy foliage. She, too, was treated for non-life threatening injuries. Neither the husband nor the wife was wearing hunter orange clothing, which was not required. (Bird hunters are not required to wear hunter orange except during the firearms season for deer or when hunting in a wildlife management district that is open to moose hunting).
Two incidents in a season is too many. Two in two days is downright alarming.
And I’m certain that none of those involved headed into the woods thinking they’d finish their hunts would go so drastically wrong.
That’s why it’s incumbent on all of us to make safety a priority every time we head afield.
It’s our responsibility to know our targets, and what lies beyond. Our shotguns or hunting rifles shouldn’t be pointed in a direction that we don’t intend to shoot.
And while the law doesn’t always require hunter orange, donning an orange hat or vest is often a good idea.
These autumn weeks can be among the most glorious of the year. Go outside. Enjoy them.
But do yourself a favor. Make safety a priority, too.
Got moose?
On Monday morning, the second wave of moose hunters will hit the woods for a six-day season. In all, 1,095 hunters will be hunting, making this second session the busiest of all Maine moose seasons this year.
The hunters will be spread across 19 of the state’s 29 Wildlife Management Districts, and each of the hunters will be focusing on bull moose — there were no cow or any-moose permits allotted for the season.
As I’ve previously mentioned a time or 10, I’ll be among those lucky hunters. My sub-permittee, Chris Lander, and a sizeable pack of friends and family members will head up to Brassua Lake in WMD 8, and hope to have a memorable trip.
Our goals are flexible — we’ll look for a big moose for a day, but will reevaluate and look for smaller critters as the week progresses — but one thing is certain: Our menu is well-planned, and we’ll eat like kings.
And if we’re successful early in the week, and fill our moose tag, we’re fully prepared to switch gears and spend the rest of the week looking for grouse … and eating the remainder of our food stash.
Here’s wishing good luck to all of the moose hunters.
Send in your local meals
Since we’re talking about hunting and food, it seems like a great time to mention hunter’s breakfasts. And lunches. And dinners.
Each year, many civic organizations and clubs sponsor hunter’s meals, and plenty of hungry folks (hunters and non-hunters alike), flock to them.
As has become our tradition, we’ll do our best to make sure that nobody misses out on their own local hunter’s meal.
But we need your help. If your club is holding a meal during deer season, send us the details so that we can let our readers know.
You can email those notices to the address below. Be sure to include the time and date of the meal, and the price. Menu items are optional, but if your feed is especially epic, including those details might help you draw an even bigger crowd.
John Holyoke can be reached at jholyoke@bangordailynews.com or 990-8214. Follow him on Twitter: @JohnHolyoke

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In response to the most recent mass school shooting at a Florida high school Feb. 14, 2018, South Mississippi gun shop owners weigh in on the national gun control debate saying they hope lawmakers think before taking action.


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If you're a fan of Kip Moore, you know that if there's one thing he loves more than music, it's surfing. The country star sat down with Runaway June earlier this month in Las Vegas to prepare the trio for lessons.
The "Last Shot" singer is quite certain he is more than qualified to be Naomi Cooke, Hannah Mulholland, and Jennifer Wayne's new coach. However, which member of the country trio would learn the quickest?
Due to her athletic background and previous workout together, Moore thinks Wayne would be a pro in no time. He also revealed his predictions of how the other ladies would perform out on the water as well.
Kip Moore is currently out on the road for his Plead The Fifth Tour with special guest Drake White.

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SPARTANBURG CO., SC (WSPA) – They are the questions many parents face when their child gets sick during flu season: How do I know it is the flu? When is it time to take them to see a doctor?
7 News posed the question to Dr. Jack Cleland at North Ridge Medical Park.
Cleland says almost always the flu starts with a fever. Anything 100.4 degrees and higher is considered a fever. Any temperature registering in the 104 to 105 degree range is considered a high fever.
Cleland says parents may want to wait and see if the fever starts to tick down..
Cleland says just as important is to listen to their breathing and ask yourself “are they struggling?”
Also, pay attention to what they’re drinking. Cleland says staying hydrated is key to flushing out the flu.
“If they’re breathing okay, drinking okay, and that fever’s trending down then they’re done. They’re probably okay to stay out.”
Even with the flu shot, they can still get the flu.However, Dr. Cleland says the shot helps weaken the symptoms.
How long should you expect the flu to stick around? Cleland says it depends. Children who received the flu shot may get over the flu in three days. Others may take five to seven days to fully recover.
Cleland also stresses you should wait a full 24 hours after they no longer have a fever before you sent them back to school or daycare. But, even then, Dr. Cleland says if they are still congested you may want to keep them at home a little longer. That congestion can mean they are still contagious.

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You can count on a number of seen-'em-before staples to roll back around when the middle of April arrives. One? You'll probably be paying the post office a visit, if you have a check to send into the government and you haven't sent it yet.
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It takes one to spot one.
The OPP is taking an unconventional approach to a trucking safety blitz that launched Monday – officers are conducting patrols in truck tractors to better spot drivers who are distracted behind the wheel.
The strategy is being used for the first time during Operation Safe Trucking, which runs through Friday and aims to reduce the number collisions involving commercial vehicles on OPP-patrolled roads.
The five-day blitz tackles speeding, following too closely, seatbelt use, hours of service violations, and distracted, aggressive and impaired driving. Vehicles with mechanical, load security or other safety issues will be tackled with the help of Ministry of Transportation inspectors.
So far this year, the OPP has investigated more than 6,200 transport-truck related collisions and 87 people died in 72 of those crashes, commissioner Vince Hawkes said Monday.
“Every year, collisions that involve commercial motor vehicles are in the thousands and they result in significant loss of life,” Hawkes said. “Adding truck tractors to our list of enforcement tools will enhance our officers’ observation and investigative skills during Operation Safe Trucking and future initiatives that focus on commercial motor vehicle safety.”
Distracted driving accounts for more than a quarter of crashes involving commercial vehicles, and the OPP warns motorists aren’t off the hook during the blitz.
“Officers will also be addressing dangerous behaviours on the part of all drivers,” the force warned.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Pflugerville man was forced to trade in his racing bike for a wheelchair after an inattentive driver hit him earlier this month. As he recovers, he is calling for greater awareness about the dangers of distracted driving.
Fifty-year-old Tommy Levario set out on a bike ride after work in the bike lane along Wells Branch Parkway on Sept. 5, headed east. He doesn’t remember the crash itself, but the Department of Public Safety report said that a white truck heading eastbound on Wells Branch Parkway swerved into the bike lane, striking Levario’s bike. Near the intersection with Killingsworth Lane, Levario was thrown to the sidewalk and rushed to the hospital.
According to DPS, the driver said he didn’t see the bike. Troopers found driver inattention to be a factor in the crash, though they did not list a phone, food or any other reason for the distraction.
The driver was cited for expired plates and has another citation pending for failure to stay in a single lane. Both citations come with fines which would amount to no more than a couple hundred dollars.
Levario, on the other hand, was told by medical professionals that he may never walk again.
“Tommy currently pretty much doesn’t have use of anything pretty much chest and below, he’s able to move his arms, but he did suffer injury to his left shoulder which he’s still dealing with, and he did have rib fractures,” said his nurse at St. David’s Rehabilitation Hospital, Holly Cronin.
She explained that as with all patients with spinal injuries, it will be tough to tell exactly how much of Levario’s old range of movement he’ll get back.
“At first I feel a sense of loss because it feels like I wont be able to do [triathlons] that way anymore, but I also feel a sense of hope, because I know I can do it — I will do it again,” Levario said. “Maybe at a different capacity again with a wheelchair, but I will do it again. ”
Levario began doing triathlons with his two brothers to lose weight. It soon became his passion, leading him and his brothers to compete together in several Ironman triathlons.
While his family members are used to supporting Levario through twice-a-day workouts and grueling races, now they are supporting him through an intense therapy schedule. Levario’s therapists at St. David’s say he channels his Ironman determination to his recovery.
Besides learning how to get around the world in a wheelchair, Levario also wants to spread awareness about the dangers of distracted driving.
According to TxDOT’s crash report numbers from 2016, there were a total of 98,847 crashes in the state where driver inattention was a factor, 319 of those were fatal. By comparison, in 2016, there were 1,086 crashes in Texas where texting was a factor, 15 of those were fatal.
“Distracted driving can hurt or kill somebody, and something needs to be done about it, something more than just trying to educate the public,” he said.
Parker Polan, Levario’s attorney, said that he’s seen plenty of lawsuits with defendants with multiple distracted driving citations.
“I think there should be some enhanced penalties that go along with the distracted driving statute, kind of like DWI, your first DWI is a Class B misdemeanor, your second one is a Class A misdemeanor, your third one is a felony,” Polan said. “I think the legislature could do a little bit more.”
Polan added that improved cell phone data has given attorneys a window into just how much people use their phones while driving as well.
Local bike advocacy groups feel similarly.
“The charges issued are not severe enough where a person is seriously injured, whether on a bike or not. A person who drives dangerously and causes a crash should be charged with a more serious violation than a Class C misdemeanor, to reassure the community that all vulnerable road users — pedestrians, bicyclists, driver, wheelchair users, transit riders — are protected. The state of Texas should adopt policies and build infrastructure to eliminate all road fatalities and injuries and to prevent further traffic violence in our communities,” said Mercedes Feris, executive director of Bike Austin.
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INDIANAPOLIS – A woman who was badly burned in an accident is receiving international attention after an interaction she had with a curious orangutan at the Indianapolis Zoo, according to WXIN.
Darci Miller was working in her backyard on May 5, 2015 when she tried to clear out some garbage by burning it, accidentally igniting some gas fumes in the process.
She was hospitalized for three weeks and underwent multiple surgeries.
"I was in a coma for nine days," Miller said.
The majority of the burns were on her upper arms, chest and face. She recovered well, and she was eventually allowed to go home as long as she was under 24-hour care.
She’s had numerous surgeries since then in order to get more range of motion in her neck and arms.
On June 14, 2017, she traveled to Indianapolis with her fiancé Jason Costello for an appointment at the burn center. They had some free time, so they decided to go to the Indianapolis Zoo. Miller told WXIN it had been years since she last visited the zoo, so she wanted to check out the new orangutan exhibit.
That's where Miller met Rocky. The orangutan appeared to be fascinated with Miller and her injuries.
"He immediately spotted me and came over to the window and was very engulfed in everything I had going on," said Miller. "It was kind of a guessing game. He was just pointing to everything so I was just showing him the bandages on my neck, and my tattoos and the burns on my arms."
One of the zookeepers told Miller that Rocky is very inquisitive, and he’s very interested by tattoos or anything out of the ordinary.
Miller told WXIN she was thinking, “There is no way this is possible. Is this real?”
Miller says she spent 20 minutes in the exhibit interacting with Rocky. She left with Costello to explore other areas of the zoo, but they stopped by the orangutan exhibit one last time before leaving. She said Rocky immediately came to the window to greet them, and it was clear he recognized her.
Miller says the past few years have definitely been filled with ups and downs, and this interaction was definitely one of the ups.
“This day made me feel really good about myself,” Miller said.
Zoo officials have also seen the video. A spokesperson issued the following statement about the interaction between Rocky and Miller:
"Like all orangutans, Rocky is observant and curious. Our orangutans eagerly interact and communicate with people they know well, such as their caregivers. Rocky is a bit different. He regularly interacts with people he may not know. The exchange in the video is a great example of this. Rocky is communicating with the woman in the video, and shows a clear sense of urgency when he gestures towards her injury. We can’t say what was going through his mind at the time, but his behavior demonstrates strong interest and concern. There is no doubt that this was an important interaction for him, and his gestures to the woman clearly communicate that."
The attention is nothing new for Rocky. The 12-year-old orangutan has gotten national attention for mimicking human sounds, the first known orangutan to do so. He's also had a photo shoot where he was paired up with the singer Fergie.
Miller said she has offered to help firefighters show young students the dangers of fire. She's also looking forward to meeting Rocky again and seeing if she gets a similar reaction.

Talk about running wild!
A giraffe named Thabisa escaped her enclosure at the Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo in Indiana, leading to some frolicking around in one of the zoo’s parking lots for the animal and a couple tense hours for staff.
Video from the Associated Press shows workers trying to herd the calf with large sheets.
The zoo announced via their Twitter account Monday afternoon, “It was a zoo here today (pun intended), but we are happy to report that Thabisa is safe and sound.”
Thabisa the Giraffe Cathie Rowand/The Journal-Gazette/AP
“As many of you may know, Thabisa decided to have a little adventure today,” they said in a statement. “Thanks for all of your concern, but after realizing our nonpublic parking lot near the giraffe barn wasn’t all that exciting, she decided to go back into the barn all on her own. She remained on zoo property for the duration of her adventure, and is now resting safely behind the scenes.”
It was a zoo here today (pun intended), but we are happy to report that Thabisa is safe and sound. pic.twitter.com/fuipLdoTtS — Fort Wayne Kid's Zoo (@fwkidszoo) April 23, 2018
The Associated Press reported that it is unclear how Thabisa, who joined the zoo’s giraffe herd in November, escaped.
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Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo said this was their first such incident in the four decades of having giraffes.
“We will re-evaluate our giraffe exhibit and take extra precautions to ensure the continued safety of our animals and staff,” the facility said.
Sorry folks, but with her little face and big ears, Thabisa definitely takes the cake for world's cutest baby. #NoImCuter @zoos_aquariums pic.twitter.com/APvnZQFnLc — Fort Wayne Kid's Zoo (@fwkidszoo) December 21, 2017
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Perhaps the zoo should take a cue from Japan’s Ueno Zoo and their famous (and viral) escaped animal drills. Each year, the zoo has a keeper dress up in an animal costume and run “rampant” before being “brought down” by their coworkers.


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PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia took the 4th spot in the list of European countries with the lowest avarage salaries, data published by the analytical center Texty.org.ua revealed.
According to the study, the average net salary in Armenia totals €251, while the gross salary in the country amounts to €359.
With an average of €190, Ukraine heads the anti-rating of salaries in Europe, closely followed by Moldova (€216) and Azerbaijan (€232).
Georgia comes in the 5th (€293), Belarus is sixth with €320, while Russia follows in the 11th spot with €474 as the average net salary.
Citizens of Switzerland, Iceland and Norway have the highest average of net salaries in Europe - €4,421, €3,440 and €3,045, respectively.

YEREVAN, June 13. /ARKA/. The Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of Armenia and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Armenia have opened an official representation office in the Chinese city of Ningbo, the Armenian Ministry of Economic Development and Investments said today.
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NEW YORK — The new year at the box office is starting where 2016 left off: with Disney on top.
The "Star Wars" spinoff "Rogue One" led the box office for the third straight week, taking in an estimated $64.3 million over the four-day New Year's weekend, according to studio estimates Monday.
The success of Gareth Edwards' "Rogue One" has only further cemented a record year for the Walt Disney Co., which ran up $2.7 billion in domestic ticket sales in 2016 and accounted for more than 25 percent of the market.
"Rogue One," which has now grossed about $440 million in North America and nearly $800 million globally, currently slots in as the year's No. 2 movie, following "Finding Dory" (also from Disney). The studio notched four of the five top films and has, in a year marked by franchise struggles, made a routine of churning out well-reviewed, hugely profitable blockbusters.
The weekend pushed the industry to $11.4 billion in ticket sales in 2016, topping the $11.1 billion record set in 2015. The record revenue, propelled primarily by the Disney juggernaut, masks undeniable challenges in the business. Attendance was largely flat. Streaming and television continue to grow as competitors. Some glaring failures ("Suicide Squad") and flops ("Independence Day: Resurgence") showed considerable franchise fatigue with audiences. And several studios (Paramount, Sony) endured much leaner years.
But Hollywood's 2017 is starting out with brisk business. In its second week of release, the animated "Sing," from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment, again came in second with $56.4 million.
The poorly reviewed science-fiction romance "Passengers," starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, came in third with $20.7 million over the four-day weekend. It's made $61.4 million thus far, a somewhat disappointing total for a film that cost north of $100 million to make. Another Disney title, "Moana," came in fourth with $14.3 million in its sixth weekend.
A pair of Oscar contenders is also packing theaters. Despite playing in more limited release, Damien Chazelle's Los Angeles musical "La La Land" grossed $12.3 million over the four-day weekend. The lead Golden Globe nominee has grossed $37 million and yet is playing in only 750 theaters. (Wider releases play in 3,000-plus theaters.) It's the year's top limited release title.
Denzel Washington's acclaimed August Wilson adaption, "Fences," also took in $12.7 million over the holiday weekend. Since opening wide on Christmas, the Paramount release has made $32.4 million, making it one of the more lucrative stage-to-screen adaptations in recent years.
Debuting in a handful of theaters was Mike Mills' family drama "20th Century Women," starring Annette Bening, and Jim Jarmusch's poetic "Paterson," with Adam Driver. Each drew strong per-theater averages playing on four screens. They joined a large contingent of films in limited release making awards-qualifying bows before expanding in January. Among them: Martin Scorsese's Christian epic "Silence," the grief-filled fantasy "A Monster Calls," Peter Berg's Boston Marathon drama "Patriot's Day," Ben Affleck's crime thriller "Live By Night," and the 1960s NASA tale "Hidden Figures" (which earned $1.1 million over the weekend in 25 theaters).
In the coming weeks, those films will try to kick start the box office of 2017. On tap in the new year are new installments from "Guardians of the Galaxy," ''The Fast and the Furious," ''Alien" and, of course, "Star Wars" -- a new (and yet very familiar) fleet of blockbusters that will hope to drive the industry to even higher revenue records.
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Monday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Where available, the latest international numbers for Friday through Sunday are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Tuesday.
1. "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," $64.3 million ($45.8 million international).
2. "Sing," $56.4 million ($24.5 million international).
3. "Passengers," $20.7 million ($21.7 million international).
4. "Moana," $14.3 million ($21.3 million international).
5. "Why Him?" $13 million ($10.1 million international).
6. "Fences," $12.7 million.
7. "La La Land," $12.3 million ($6 million international).
8. "Assassin's Creed," $10.9 million ($22 million international).
9. "Manchester by the Sea," $5.5 million.
10. "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," $5.4 million ($8.8 million international).
Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Monday at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada), according to comScore:
1. "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," $45.8 million.
2. "Sing," $24.5 million.
3. "The Great Wall," $24.4 million.
4. "Assassin's Creed," $22 million.
5. "Passengers," $21.7 million.
6. "Moana," $21.3 million.
7. "Some Like it Hot," $20.7 million.
8. "Master," $11.2 million.
9. "See You Tomorrow," $10.3 million.
10. "Why Him?" $10.1 million.
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Marvel's "Black Panther." Marvel Studios Ahead of the release of Marvel's "Avengers: Infinity War," the studio's first blockbuster of the year, "Black Panther," continues to rake in money at the domestic box office.
Currently leading the year's ranking of the top five highest-grossing films in the US, "Black Panther" has made over 5 times as much money as any other film released (at the domestic box office).
And as the highly anticipated "Avengers: Infinity War" looks to dethrone "Black Panther" following its release on Friday, Marvel and its parent company, Disney, are set to continue their domination of this year's box office.
Here are the top 5 highest-grossing films of the year at the US box office, according to Box Office Mojo:


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Usually, people don’t pay too much attention to time-out performances during basketball games, but JD McCrary may have changed that narrative.
The young actor, and the voice of young Simba in the Lion King movie, blew LA Clippers audience away with his rendition of the Jackson 5‘s classic, “Who’s Loving You” in a game of Finish The Lyrics.
If you thought that was dope, hit the flip to see JD master the vocals that is New Edition’s “Can You Stand The Rain”.
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Question: Committee votes to help rural hospitals

The biggest bill of the session, which could free up millions of dollars for rural hospitals, schools and roads, cleared its first and one of its most important hurdles last week. It's been at least three years in the making.
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Tourism bosses are anticipating a bumper period of trade in spring 2017 as holidaymakers take advantage of a pair of bank holiday weekends just two weeks apart.
Many workers in the UK will be able to take an 18-day break by using just nine days of their annual leave allowance between Good Friday on April 14 and the May Day bank holiday on May 1.
This quirk of the 2017 calendar means a number of destinations holding events during that period could see a boost in visitors.
Celebrations to mark the anniversary of William Shakespeare's birthday are taking place in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire on April 22 and 23, while the six-day Cheltenham Jazz Festival in Gloucestershire begins on April 26.
Scottish whisky lovers can head to Strathspey for the Spirit Of Speyside festival starting on April 27, and cycling fans can cheer on the riders in the Tour de Yorkshire from April 29.
Patricia Yates, director of national tourism agency VisitBritain, said : " Record numbers of Brits have been taking holidays at home this year and we anticipate that this will continue in 2017 due to the certainty of budgeting for a domestic holiday and the sheer diversity of events and attractions on offer.
"The Easter break and May bank holiday weekend are a chance for people to make the most of their annual leave dates and enjoy a great British holiday whether on a seaside, countryside or city break."
Holidaymakers will also be able to take advantage of a favourable time off to annual leave ratio over the 2017 festive period.
With December 23 and 24 falling on a weekend, many workers will be able to enjoy 10 days off between Christmas and New Year by booking just three days off from December 27-29.
Bank and public holidays do not have to be given as paid leave, meaning employers can choose to include them as part of their employees' statutory annual leave allowance of 28 days per year.

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After a relaxing Christmas break and the bank holiday we're having in lieu of New Year's Day being on a Sunday, it's now going to be only natural for us to starting wondering when the NEXT bank holiday is.
Unfortunately there's a bit of a long wait ahead as the next one is not until April, for Easter.
But we do of course get a double whammy then, with Good Friday (Friday April 14) and Easter Monday (Monday April 17) making for a nice long weekend.
There are eight bank holiday days in total in 2017.
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BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - General Motors Co’s vehicle sales in China increased 0.7 percent in the April-June period from the same period a year earlier to 858,344 vehicles, the company said on Wednesday.
The Detroit automaker has stopped reporting monthly China vehicle sales, saying the monthly snapshot does not accurately reflect the market. The company now issues sales reports only on a quarterly basis.
In the first-half of 2018, GM and its local Chinese joint venture partners posted record sales, selling 1.84 million vehicles, up 4.4 percent from the first-half a year ago.
The previous first-half record was during January-June 2016 when they sold 1.81 million vehicles. (Reporting By Norihiko Shirouzu, Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)

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European Enlargment Commissioner Johannes Hahn is optimistic that the name dispute between Skopje and Athens over the use of the name “Macedonia” may be solved in the next 15 days, it emerged on April 24 2018.
“There must be at least one solution which would give way to the start of the EU accession talks for FYROM,” Hahn told the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament.
“I believe that everyone agree that this will be good for the country, society and the entire Western Balkans,” he said.
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GETTY European Parliament President Antonio Tajani and Serb President Aleksandar Vučić
Both want to join the EU but Brussels is demanding a legal framework enshrining relations between Belgrade and Pristina before Serbia is accepted as a member state. The EU also insists on the resumption of dialogue between the two governments that stalled more than a year ago, stressing that improved relations are vitally important for the region's stability. European Parliament President Antonio Tajani said: “It is important for the EU to see a legally binding agreement reached before admission to the EU and all is clear there.” Mr Tajani did not use the term “full recognition” which is a concept rejected by most Serbs. US-led NATO bombing forced Serbian forces to pull out of mainly-Muslim Kosovo in 1999, and the state declared independence in 2008 with the backing of the US and many EU nations.
It is important for the EU to see a legally binding agreement reached before admission to the EU Antonio Tajani
Belgrade has vowed it would never recognise an independent Kosovo and enlisted Russia's support to keep the young country from joining the United Nations. But Serbia has so far opened only 12 of the 35 negotiating chapters as part of its accession to the EU and the legally-binding agreement is a key requisite for its membership. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said: “The EU expects from Serbia a legally binding agreement with Pristina, after which it may join the Union.” He admitted that the issue of Kosovo was “the hardest part of the work left” for Serbia to do on the road to the EU. Mr Vučić has cast himself as pro-Western and has been trying to convince Brussels that shedding his nationalist past is a sign that he is willing to make painful compromises. But he has to show a proven track record of improved relations with Kosovo, whose population is 92 percent ethnic Albanian and 4 percent Serb, when if anything ties between the two have soured in recent years.
GETTY Aleksandar Vučić admitted the Kosovo issue was 'the hardest part of the work left'
Bekim Collaku, chief of staff of Kosovan president Hashim Thaci and the country’s former minister for European integration, said: “Concessions will have to be made by both countries in order to achieve a historical agreement for peace and reconciliation between the two. “At the same time, it is unthinkable to continue with the status quo where five EU member states do not recognise our independence because Serbia will not face realities on the ground and let go of the past. “Kosovo will not be able to join the EU if relations with Serbia are not settled now. The EU has so far made wise decisions by including normalisation of relations with Kosovo as a separate condition for Serbia's EU accession. “Kosovo is fully committed to the implementation in good faith of all the agreements reached so far, including the agreement on the Association of Serb majority municipalities in accordance with the ruling of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo. “Our Serbian counterparts must implement agreements reached on energy and the recognition of diplomas, and to stop their proactive efforts to block Kosovo's membership in international organisations such as UNESCO and INTERPOL.”
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Question: Reconstructing What Makes Us Tick

Newswise — WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2018 -- Cardiac arrhythmia results when the usual symphony of electric pulses that keep the heart’s muscles in sync becomes chaotic. Although symptoms are often barely noticeable, arrhythmia leads to hundreds of thousands of deaths from unexpected, sudden cardiac arrest in the United States each year. A major issue that limits modeling to predict such events is that it is impossible to measure and monitor all the hundreds of variables that come together to make our hearts tick.
A pair of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization developed an algorithm that uses artificial intelligence in new ways to accurately model the electrical excitations in heart muscle. Their work, appearing in Chaos, from AIP Publishing, draws on partial differential equations describing excitable media and a technique called echo state networks (ESNs) to cross-predict variables about chaotic electrical wave propagations in cardiac tissue.
“In this case, you have to try to get this information about those quantities that you can’t measure from quantities that you can measure,” said Ulrich Parlitz, an author on the paper and a scientist at the Biomedical Physics Research Group at Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization. “This is a well-known but challenging problem, for which we provided a novel solution employing machine learning methods.”
Because machine learning techniques have become more powerful, certain neural networks, such as ESNs, can represent dynamical systems and develop a memory of events over time, which can help understand how arrhythmic electrical signals fall out of sync.
The model that the researchers developed fills in these gaps with a dynamical observer. After training the algorithm on a data set generated by a physical model, Parlitz and his partner, Roland Zimmermann, fed a new time series of the measured quantities to the ESN. This process allowed the observer to cross-predict state vectors. For example, if researchers know the voltage in a certain area of the heart at a point in time, they can reconstruct the flow of calcium currents.
The team verified their approach with data generated by the Barkley and Bueno-Orovio-Cherry-Fenton models, which describe chaotic dynamics that occur in cardiac arrhythmias, even cross-predicting state vectors with noise present. “This paper deals with cross-prediction, but ESNs can also be used for making predictions of future behavior,” Parlitz said.
Understanding the electrical properties of the heart is only one part of the picture. Parlitz said that he and his colleagues are looking to include ultrasound measurements of the heart’s internal mechanical dynamics. One day, the group hopes to combine different forms of measurements with models of a beating heart’s electrical and mechanical features to improve diagnosis and therapies of cardiac diseases. “We broke a big problem down into many smaller ones,” Parlitz said.
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The article, "Observing spatio-temporal dynamics of excitable media using reservoir computing," is authored by Roland S. Zimmermann and Ulrich Parlitz. The article will appear in Chaos April 24, 2018 (DOI: 10.1063/1.5022276). After that date, it can be accessed at http://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.5022276.
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Question: Letters: Dignity in death, shortsighted politicos

Re: Dying a good death with dignity (The St. Catharines Standard July 28)
We are blessed to have The Stabler Centre and it’s oh-so-wonderful staff and volunteers. What Hospice Niagara provides our community goes way beyond those 10 beds, meeting the needs of those with a life-limiting illness - and their loved ones - with a day program, home visits, grief work, and more. Much more.
However there is a missing piece. Sadly, it denies its residents their legal right to choose medical assistance in dying (MAID). That’s wrong. You see, it’s their life, their choice.
Miriam Gersho,
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Niagara Chapter, Dying With Dignity Canada
Greenspace being sacrificed for money
So like good boys and girls we are to share in the joyous fact that another chunk of Niagara region is going under the shovel.
Thorold Mayor Ted Luciani is ecstatic Toronto people are coming and he says “developers are wasting no time with current projects” - translation , they’re slapping them up.
Greed has replaced commonsense.
The tax base is the creed of the day, politicians spout it steadily.
Wildlife, nature are not important, it’s money folks, money.
Pelham, once a unique special place, has been transformed by Mayor Dave Augustyn into a predictable concrete sterile place. Wainfleet Mayor April Jeffs, along with Couns. Ted Hessels and Terry Gilmore, recently gave a 41-unit condo development the green light on property which was home to endangered Fowler toads, bald eagles, etc. Lowbanks, Fenwick, Port Robinson and Welland are all being bulldozed under.
Take note that in Niagara politicians’ puff pieces there is no mention of destroying wildlife habitats, green spaces, healthy living for those of us who have paid taxes for years. No, all these shortsighted politicians continually discuss is the “tax base.”
Toronto people choose their way of life to make fortunes in the city and now like the ants running to the land of plenty the grasshopper worked so hard for, they will overtake and devour what we once were.
Forget your children and grandchildren’s right to a healthy happy future, it is about the tax base.
Faye Suthons
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So proud of the students here and abroad leading the movement denouncing gun violence with the March for Our Lives, National School Walkouts, voter registration drives, etc., and bringing to the forefront what many of us have been saying for years.
The Second Amendment pertains to a “well-regulated militia” defending the “security of a free State” not the use of weapons of war such as assault rifles by civilians to attack innocent victims in schools, churches, concerts, etc.
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MIAMI — A Florida nightclub that was shut down after a scantily clad woman rode bareback on a white horse through a crowd will be allowed to reopen.
A Miami Beach code official ruled Monday the city should reinstate the Mokai Lounge’s business license after its owners acknowledged five violations and agreed to pay $12,150 in fines. The club also will make a $10,000 donation to Peaceful Ridge Horse Rescue and promises no more animals will be used in the club.
The city suspended the club’s license earlier this month, a day after video went viral showing the woman riding the horse inside the club. As the animal moved through the crowded space, it appeared to panic, and the woman fell off. No injuries were reported to humans or the horse.

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Question: How Monopoly Man Won The Internet

Monopoly Man became the Internet crush of the day on Wednesday, after upstaging former Equifax CEO Richard Smith at a Senate hearing on the company's massive data breach.
The board game character, whose name is Rich Uncle Pennybags, was brought to life by Amanda Werner, an arbitration campaign manager for Public Citizen and Americans for Financial Reform, groups that advocate for consumer rights and protections.
Almost immediately, the monocle, mustache, top hat, pillow case-sized bag of (#fake) Benjamins became a social media sensation.
The most unlikely viewers tuned in to the Senate Banking Committee hearing to watch Werner troll Smith, who was facing a roomful of angry senators after a hack that may have exposed the personal information of more than 145 million people.
People loved it.
"It was a very calculated move," said Werner, who prefers the pronouns "they" and "them," adding that it was hilarious to watch the scene become a meme in real time.
Werner mugged and preened for the camera and somehow, in a week dominated by sad and distressing news, gave people what they didn't know they wanted: a delightful reprieve.
Here's how Werner staged the viral protest — without getting kicked thrown out of the Capitol.
An alarm and an intern
Werner has attended a slew of Senate hearings and has even provided pro-consumer rights testimony in some cases. That is how the activist knew that getting on TV is all about location, and staying within the camera's frame.
The problem is that seats in the audience tend to fill up quickly, Werner explained.
"Luckily we have a very dedicated intern here," Werner said. "He showed up at 7 a.m. and held a spot in line for me so that we could get that prime seat." The one directly behind Smith, who was the target of the grilling.
Apparently, the intern was the first person in line.
During the hearing, Werner followed #MonopolyMan's rise to stardom in real time on a phone. Over Twitter Werner was able to figure out the best angles as their head floated in and out of the camera's view — at one point Werner peered over Smith's shoulder using the monocle to inspect the back of the millionaire's head; at another point they knowingly stroked the perfectly shaped mustache glued to their face.
Honed tone
Werner set out to garner as much publicity as possible for the type of advocacy work Public Citizen does on behalf of consumers.
"We wanted to do something to get people's attention," Werner said of the hours-long photobomb, adding that people's eyes tend to glaze over when anyone utters the words "forced arbitration."
Knowing that is the catalyst for coming up with creative protest ideas, Werner explained.
They added that given the somber tone of news coverage around the deadly shooting in Las Vegas this week, the goal was to inject a little humor into public discourse.
"I think this week has been a particularly rough week on the American psyche so I think people needed a little bit of levity," Werner said.
It certainly inspired tens of thousands of happy face crying emoji's on Twitter and on Facebook.
The decision to go the funny-route is in stark contrast the health care protests on Sept. 25 during a hearing on the most recent Republican plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. Demonstrators began chanting, delaying the start of the hearing. Fifteen people were arrested and charged with "Disruption of Congress," according to U.S. Capitol Police. Dozens, staging die-ins in the hallway, were arrested and charged with "crowding, obstructing or incommoding."
"There are a lot of different methods of protest and they all work for different instances," Werner said. "You have to decide which is the best for your particular situation."
Ultimately, Werner argued, a good protest leads to action. The notoriety is great to call attention to the cause, they said. But Werner added, "I hope that the effort [Wednesday] will make people not only laugh at the Monopoly Man and retweet these funny pictures but also to call their senators and tell them to vote no on SJ Res 47."
The bill would overturn a new rule intended to ban financial service providers, including banks and credit card companies, from using mandatory arbitration clauses to resolve their disputes and avoid class action lawsuits.
Fashion statement, not statement statement
There are certain lines that members of the audience at committee hearings cannot cross. They do not appear to be listed on the Capitol Police website, but here are a few guidelines that Werner has collected.
Wearing a costume? That's allowed.
Werner was a little concerned that the Capitol Police would not allow the top hat, but they didn't give it a second look.
In fact, Werner recalls hearing a story about another demonstrator who dressed as Abraham Lincoln, complete with the beard and requisite foot-long stove pipe hat, and legend has it he was also allowed to wear throughout the proceedings.
Holding up a sign? That is against the rules and can get people thrown out.
Werner knew that going in, but that didn't stop them from briefly holding up a yellow "Get out of jail free" card that appeared on screen a few times. "I didn't hold it up long," Werner confessed.
"I was a little afraid that as I was wiping my forehead with the $100 bill or doing other things that were calling a lot of attention to myself, that I might get warned," they said.
But the only warning Werner received was for holding a giant bag of money on their lap, which they immediately set on the floor.
Another word-of-mouth tip Werner has received: Writing messages on one's clothing is permitted.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kyle Lowry scored 20 of his season-high 41 points in the fourth quarter, and the Toronto Raptors held on to stop a two-game skid with a 123-114 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.
Lowry also had nine rebounds and seven assists, while DeMar DeRozan scored 31 points in another big game in his hometown as the Atlantic Division-leading Raptors got back in winning form on the fifth stop of their six-game road trip.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. — New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia was diagnosed with Grade 2 left hamstring strain Wednesday and could be out at least four weeks.
The Yankees have yet to place Sabathia, whose next scheduled start would have been Sunday, on the disabled list. He injured the hamstring pushing off the mound Tuesday.
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Grade 2 hamstring strains can take four to eight weeks to fully recover. Though normally associated with runners, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said they also can be a difficult challenge for pitchers.
"It can be an issue when it's a push-off leg," Girardi said. "That's the leg you're using to drive downhill and push off on."

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Today, CIBM Bank announced the promotion of four employees to Executive Vice President, including: Mr. Mark Wilmington - EVP & Director of Retail Banking, based in Peoria, Illinois; James Mullaney - EVP & Director of Corporate Banking, based in Wheaton, Illinois; Mr. Gary Maughan - EVP & Mortgage Banking Director, based in Naperville, Illinois; and Ms. Joanne Blaesing - EVP & Director of Community Development, based in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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Halloween came early for some people.
Residents in Gresham, Ore., received a scare Thursday after spotting a person impersonating the fictional horror character “Slender Man” walking around town.
Fox 12 Oregon reported residents witnessed a man walking around town in daylight wearing a suit with gloves on his/her hands and a white mask over their face. Some residents called the police out of fright.
“You see heads just turning; people freaked out. He just kept looking at us,” Randi Wicht, a Gresham resident, told Fox 12 Oregon.
“At that time I called the non-emergency number for Gresham, just with everything going on…it’s really creepy,” said Wicht.
Slender Man started with an online post in 2009, as a mysterious specter whose image people edit into everyday scenes of children at play. He is typically depicted as a spidery figure in a black suit with a featureless white face. He was regarded by his devotees as alternately a sinister force and an avenging angel.
Rosa Higdon, another resident, said the sighting made her feel tense.
“I kinda froze, I wasn’t sure if I was really seeing what I was seeing,” Higdon said. “You couldn’t tell if it was a joke or serious, you didn’t know whether to laugh or to be worried, it was kind of confusing.”
“I went to get in my car and he was like right here. He didn’t say anything he just stared at me. And I get Halloween, it’s funny and all, but I’m kind of tense right now,” said Higdon.
Gresham Police confirmed that they received a few calls regarding the sighting of Slender Man and told the man to cut it out.
However, the media outlet discovered that the spooky character would be back as a promotion for a haunted house.
“We don’t mean any harm we just have our characters out there having fun, that’s what they are, they’re actors. We wanted to create an uproar, people to go ‘hey, there’s a guy on the street, what’s he doing,’” said Nate Fultz, who works for the House of Shadows, which has used the actor to promote the attraction.
“We can’t stop what we’re doing, we understand people are upset about it, but we can’t stop doing what we do, it’s Halloween season,” Fultz said.
Police confirmed the man did not harm anybody but said the actor should confirm that he worked for a haunted house.
The House of Shadows said they were considering putting a sign with the name of attraction on the costume.
“Slender Man” has made headlines including a case where two 12-year-old Wisconsin girls stabbed a classmate to impress the fictional character in 2014.
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IOWA (KRON) — A creepy-looking clown is scaring Iowa residents by delivering surprise donut orders.
A visit from the Hurts Donuts Ambulance would appear to be a good thing, unless you’re afraid of clowns.
“It’s just something fun that we’re doing to get everybody in the Halloween spirit a little bit,” co-owner Kyle Howard said.
“Wives have called us to go out and scare their husbands. Some people are scared of it and they run. Other people don’t really know quite what to think,” Howard said.
One unsuspecting college student was more surprised by the delivery than the clown.
“I wasn’t really scared because I’m not really afraid of clowns. I was just more surprised what the treat was that my mom sent for my birthday. I was expecting an edible arrangement or something,” student Trevor Cardenas said.
But not everyone is as brave as this kid.
“We had one individual that decided to take off running from us and we never did get to deliver the donuts to her so we had to give them to her friend. She’s just afraid of clowns, her husband sent us,” Howard said.
It’s more fun for the man behind the mask when it comes to scaring people
“And then they get donuts too on the other side of it so it’s kind of like comfort food,” Howard said.
Hurts donuts will be making more clown deliveries, scaring innocent bystanders throughout the Halloween season.
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Per a new public poll issued by the Angus Reid Institute, Canadians are split right down the middle when it comes to the federal government’s decision to purchase the proposed TransMountain pipeline project. (Black Press files)
Twinning the B.C. section of the Trans Mountain pipeline will begin in the North Thompson by this fall, the company says in its latest six-month work schedule filed to the National Energy Board.
Work is underway along the entire line from Edmonton to Burnaby to set up temporary construction yards and camps with worker accommodation and construction offices, as well as pipe stockpile sites in Valemount, Blue River, Clearwater, Merritt and Hope.
Work is scheduled to begin in September to clear and survey a 120 km section of pipeline route between Mt. Robson Provincial Park and Blue River, connecting to a longer section between Edmonton and Jasper National Park in Alberta.
Work includes wildlife surveys, weed control and relocation of rare plants to comply with the 157 conditions required by the NEB and a further 37 conditions in the B.C. government’s environmental certificate. Despite federal and provincial approvals and what the company calls “unprecedented scrutiny,” the project continues to be dogged by orchestrated protests.
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Spending on the project has resumed after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in May the federal government is buying the project assets for $4.5 billion, to ensure the twinning of the 65-year-old pipeline that delivers synthetic heavy crude and refined fuels from the Alberta oil sands to B.C. and Washington state refineries.
Kinder Morgan Canada negotiated the sale after setting a deadline of late May to have assurances that the project would proceed without interference from the B.C. government.
Work continues this summer on expansion of the Sumas terminal at Abbotsford, Burnaby terminal and Westridge marine terminal, which includes a tunnel through a portion of Burnaby Mountain.
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Alberta Premier Rachel Notley will give a speech about the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in the community where the Kinder Morgan project originates.
Notley will speak at the Sherwood Park & District Chamber of Commerce to reinforce the government’s commitment to the project.
The $7.4-billion project would triple the capacity of the existing line from Strathcona County to Burnaby, to get more oil to overseas markets and fetch a better price.
The tension between Alberta and B.C. over the line remains high, as B.C. Premier John Horgan’s government continues to try to block the already green-lit expansion, which Notley says “will be built.”
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The project was approved by the federal government in 2016 but has since faced court challenges and permit delays in B.C. Horgan’s government says it still has concerns over the impact of the expansion on the potential for oil spills in its waterways and on its coastline.
READ MORE: Support for the Trans Mountain expansion grows amidst pipeline dispute
Horgan’s opposition to Trans Mountain is rooted, in part, in the fact that his NDP government depends on the support of the Green Party, which opposes the project. This opposition is the main reason Kinder Morgan put the brakes on non-essential funding for the project earlier this month.
Kinder Morgan announced April 8 it was scaling back construction, citing obstruction by B.C. that put the financial viability of the pipeline in question. It gave a deadline of May 31 for a clear signal the project can get built.
READ MORE: Kinder Morgan CEO says Trans Mountain pipeline may be ‘untenable’
Earlier this month, Horgan and Notley met in Ottawa with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Trudeau has said Ottawa will join talks with Alberta and Kinder Morgan to work out a financing arrangement to ensure the project gets built.
— With files from Ian Bickis and Dean Bennett, the Canadian Press, and Jessica Vomiero, Global News