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

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This is shaping up to be a truly miserable week in Washington. Decisions made in the halls of Congress and the chambers of the Supreme Court are dramatically shifting power away from working Americans and toward bosses and banks. To anyone paying attention, it’s clearer than ever who benefits from Trump’s vision of American “greatness.”
On Monday, the Supreme Court released its decision in Epic Systems v. Lewis, ruling 5-4 that employers who steal wages, harass employees, or discriminate on the job can block workers from banding together to pursue justice in the courts. As a result of the ruling, corporations can force workers to sign arbitration clauses that eliminate their right to bring collective legal action. At a company’s discretion, workers who refuse to sign an arbitration agreement can be fired or never hired in the first place. Without the threat of lawsuits, working people have little power to hold their employers accountable for breaking the law. Corporations are freed to violate fundamental workplace protections—from minimum wage laws, to workplace safety protections, to fair employment rules—with near impunity. Laws that cannot be enforced might as well not exist.
As commentators have noted, the ruling is a major blow to the #MeToo movement, as women facing systemic sexual discrimination or harassment will lose the ability to band together to fight their mistreatment in court. Workers of color, who confront pervasive workplace discrimination and face a higher rate of employment violations, will also be hit hard. By pushing workers into individual arbitration processes that favor the employer, lawbreaking corporations can powerfully shield themselves from accountability.
The 5 to 4 decision in Epic Systems was possible only because of the Republican-controlled Senate’s unprecedented refusal to hold hearings on President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, opening the door for Trump to appoint Justice Gorsuch and cement an anti-worker majority on the court.
While working people will have less power, banks are about to get much more. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted 258-159 to approve S. 2155, a bill known as “the bank lobbyist act” because it enacts a big piece of the finance industry’s wish list. By rolling back key elements of the Dodd-Frank Act, the legislation removes public oversight and consumer protection put into place after banks’ reckless lending crashed the U.S. economy in 2008. The bill reduces oversight on 25 of the largest 38 banks in the United States, increasing risks of another financial crisis and public bailout by loosening rules on some of the same banks whose risky bets led to the Great Recession.
The bill also weakens protections against fraud and predatory lending for consumers seeking mortgages, leaving rural homebuyers and people purchasing manufactured homes particularly vulnerable to abuses. In addition, S. 2155 exempts the vast majority of banks from reporting home mortgage data that would help to detect and fight widespread and ongoing racial discrimination in mortgage lending. For more on the bill, see Demos’ letter of opposition.
Unfortunately, the banking industry wish list has bipartisan appeal: the bill passed the House with the support of 225 Republicans and 33 Democrats, while 50 Republicans and 16 Democrats approved the bill in the Senate. Trump is reportedly eager to sign the legislation and enthusiastic about Democrats signing on to his vision for a country where banks have less oversight and more freedom to cheat and discriminate against consumers.
Hope, as always, lies with the demos—the American people. If working people of all races turn out to vote and to engage in the civic life of their communities and our nation, as some recent primary results suggest they are doing in greater numbers, we can elect representatives who will reverse the anti-worker and anti-consumer tides sweeping through Washington. Demos’ new briefing book Everyone’s Economy lays out a policy roadmap that includes ending the type of forced arbitration that the Supreme Court has just blessed as well as strengthening consumer protections and anti-discrimination laws. With a week like this, it should be easier than ever to contrast an authentic, multi-racial populism against the phony populism wealthy elites are using to divide working people today.

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NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reserved sharp words of rebuke against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. The stingers were part of a statement he released responding to allegations raised by BJP leaders that he was part of a meeting with the Pakistani High Commissioner where a conspiracy was hatched to defeat the BJP in the Gujarat elections.
"I sincerely hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will show the maturity and gravitas expected of the high office he holds instead of concentrating his energy solely on erroneously scored brownie points," read Manmohan's statement.
"Sadly & regrettably, Sh. Modi is setting a dangerous precedent by his insatiable desire to tarnish every constitutional office, including that of a Former Prime Minister and Army Chief," he added.
"I reject the innuendos and falsehoods as I did not discuss Gujarat elections with anyone else at the dinner hosted by Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar… Nor was the Gujarat issue raised by anyone present at the dinner. The discussion was confined to India-Pakistan relations," Manmohan Singh said in his statement.
He released a full guest list of all those who attended the dinner, including some journalists, and insisted that "none of them could be accused of indulging in any anti-national activities".
He also attacked PM Modi head on, for visiting Pakistan uninvited after the terrorist attacks in Udhampur and Gurdaspur. "The Congress Party needs no sermon on 'Nationalism' from a party and Prime Minister whose compromised track record in fighting terrorism is well know," read the statement. Manmohan Singh also demanded an explanation from the Modi government on why an ISI team was invited to Pathankot to investigate the attack on the air base.
Manmohan Singh ended his statement with a demand that PM Modi apologise to the nation for his "ill-thought transgression" .

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NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has lashed out at PM Narendra Modi, questioning if the extents to which the BJP is willing to go to ensure it wins the Gujarat elections. Chidambaram took aim at the BJP's decision to bring former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Vice President Hamid Ansari into allegations of conspiracy with Pakistan.
Chidambaram's attack on PM Modi is over his comments at election rallies in Gujarat, where he raised questions over an alleged meeting between senior Congress leader and the Pakistani High Commissioner at Mani Shankar Aiyar's residence on December 6.
"The BJP's campaign in Gujarat in the last few days, especially yesterday, has gone beyond bizarre. Should a political party go to any length to win an election? Is winning an election so important that such allegations can be made against a former Prime Minister and a former Vice President?" Chidambaram, a former Union Minister, tweeted on Monday afternoon.
The BJP's campaign in Gujarat in the last few days, especially yesterday, has gone beyond bizarre. Should a political party go to any length to win an election? — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) December 11, 2017
Is winning an election so important that such allegations can be made against a former Prime Minister and a former Vice President? — P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) December 11, 2017
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and Anil Aggarwal had raised the meeting, and alleged that the Congress could be conspiring with Pakistan to ensure the BJP loses the Gujarat election. This was later pick up by PM Modi.
Did Pak Ambassador meet MS Aiyar and three other Congi leaders at MSA residence five days ago on Gujarat strategy? Palace coup in offing? — Subramanian Swamy (@Swamy39) December 9, 2017
The allegations linked the meeting with Aiyar's 'neech' remark, which the BJP and PM Modi have accused of being a casteist slur. However, Aiyar had clarified that he may have misspoken as Hindi is not his mother tongue. He has been suspended by the Congress party.
The conspiracy allegations are the latest slugfest between the Congress and the BJP in what is being touted by some analysts as a close election in Gujarat, PM Modi's home state.
To further add to this controversy, the BJP also picked up on a comment by a former Pakistan Army official, who appealed for Congress's Ahmed Patel to be made chief minister of Gujarat.


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Somehow they pulled it off. Jirga is about to have its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival, screening in the $60,000 competition for “audacious, cutting-edge and courageous” film-making. The drama, with a title that refers to an Afghani tribal council, is about a former Australian soldier, played by Smith, who returns to Afghanistan to make amends three years after accidently killing a civilian during a raid. It shows a rarely seen side of the country: ordinary Afghans getting on with their lives in dangerous times. And outside the chaotic city of Jalalabad, the countryside is strikingly beautiful but as wild as a Mad Max wasteland. Gilmour, 42, is an unusual filmmaker. For one thing, he has worked as a paramedic for more than 20 years, turning up daily to emergencies in Sydney for most of that time. Jirga is his third film after the warm-hearted 2007 drama Son of a Lion , which he made with the Pashtun people in northern Pakistan, and the 2012 documentary Paramedico , for which he volunteered with ambulance crews in 14 cities including Johannesburg, Mexico City and Lahore. He has also written two books about the making of those films. Shot in secret in Afghanistan: Sam Smith (right) and Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad in Jirga. Photo: Benjamin Gilmour
Born in Germany, Gilmour grew up in a religious family at Lane Cove on Sydney’s lower north shore. His father was an Anglican minister who taught languages at the private school Shore. As a student there, Gilmour rebelled against what he saw as its authoritarian culture. “I was always off writing poetry sitting in a tree somewhere,” he says. “I was the library monitor, not the rugby player.” Some filmmakers grow up immersed in screen culture. But Gilmour’s parents considered television the devil’s work so it was banned from the household. They relented once when he was 16 or 17, renting a set for a week during the school holidays, then sending it back afterwards. Surrounded by religion, Gilmour took what he liked but preferred exploring spirituality to organised faith. When he finished school, Gilmour horrified his mother by using his savings from part-time work in nursing homes and psycho-geriatric wards to head overseas. But rather than a holiday in Bali or an adventure in London or New York, he went to Calcutta to volunteer with Mother Teresa at her home for the dying and destitute. Then he travelled to Darjeeling to work at a clinic in a Buddhist monastery and taught English to a young holy man. Back home in Sydney, with one of Mother Teresa's nuns as a referee, he became an ambulance officer at 19. "You're helping people,” he says of the appeal. “You have a job where people are pleased to see you. You could live dangerously. You live on the edge a little and learn fascinating things about the human body and skills that allow you to potentially turn life-threatening injuries and illnesses around." After Son of a Lion and Paramedico, Gilmour was partly inspired to make Jirga by the Pakistanis and Afghans he had met who were dealing with war on a daily basis yet still managed to be dignified, cultured and generous. And partly by the troubled Australian military veterans from various wars that he treated as a paramedic - good people struggling with drugs, alchohol, divorce and homelessness. He cut down one who tried to hang himself in his garage. Sedated another, a double amputee, who was violently psychotic.
“Eleven thousand kilometres from Uruzgan, on the streets of Sydney, the war is inescapable for a paramedic,” he says. “These former soldiers were so damaged and so broken.” Planning for the film went smoothly for a while. The script was written, Smith had been cast and the shoot was scheduled for Pakistan near the Khyber Pass, which was safer than Afghanistan. A Pakistani investor was putting up $US100,000 and an Australian cinematographer and an English-Pakistani production designer were on the way. But then disaster. Upset with the politics in the script, the Pakistani authorities refused permission to film in the country. The investor dropped out. Gilmour was devastated. “The sensible thing would have been to cut our losses and head home,” he says. “But - and this was a long shot - I thought ‘what if we could pull this off on the fly?’” The bold idea - if Smith was prepared to take the risk - was to shoot the film guerilla-style in Afghanistan. Go for authenticity. Get the country’s wild, dangerous chaos on screen. Use the small sum of money they had - savings, Screen Australia development funding, crowdfunded cash - and work with sympathetic Afghans.
Smith was intrigued by Gilmour's proposition. “He said we can either go home with nothing or you and I can go to Afghanistan and rewrite the film together, cast people from the street and basically wing it," he says. "I was up for it.” Gilmour bought a compact camera at a Pakistan shopping mall and taught himself to use it YouTube. Australian artist and filmmaker George Gittoes, who runs an artists' centre in Jalalabad, put him in touch with Afghans who could help. The duo arrived in Jalalabad the day after Australian aid worker Kerry Wilson, who had been staying at the same hotel, was kidnapped. She was held hostage for four months before being released. It was so-called "fighting season" so Gilmour sought advice about when it was safe to film. When they ventured into the city, one of their cast carried a handgun for security. When word spread that they wanted to shoot in the mountains, the Afghan police and army offered to escort them for a fee. “The way I like to operate is keep it discreet: catch local rituals, dress like a local and cast locals,” Gilmour says. “Suddenly we were in a position where we were thundering through central Jalalabad under lights and sirens in a police convoy with these cowboy Afghan Army guys on back with their AKs, wolfwhistling and carrying on. That made me feel sick."
The danger played on Smith’s mind, especially when he fell ill. “There were times when I'd go into his room and it was like Captain Willard from Apocalypse Now ,” Gilmour says. “I was very concerned about him.” Smith conceeds it was a dark time. Shot in secret in Afghanistan: Sam Smith and Sher Alam Miskeen Ustad. Photo: Benjamin Gilmour "We were staying in a hotel where I had a door with a broken lock," he says. "I was sleeping fully clothed with my passport in my pocket, knife in my hand under my pillow and waking up to gunshots and mortar blasts. Then I'd sit staring at the door with the knife, waiting for morning prayer, because I knew people would be up and about then." One day, the duo had to abandon plans to continue shooting in a cave after learning local militants had planted an improvised explosive device there overnight. Another time, Gilmour was spooked by a military drone hovering five metres above his head.
In two months in Afghanistan, they filmed for roughly 20 days. Throughout, Gilmour was determined that Jirga would be a counter to what he calls "Hollywood war porn". He believes movies such as Lone Survivor , American Sniper and Zero Dark Thirty distort facts and create American heroes in a way that suits the US agenda. "Hollywood has always sold us the lie that we can shoot our way to a happy ending," Gilmour says. "It's very rare there's a happy ending at the end of a war, certainly in the last two decades." Sam Smith and Benjamin Gilmour. Photo: Amirshah Talash As he worked on the film back in Australia, Gilmour decided it was time to move out of the city and work part-time as a paramedic. He and Kaspia relocated to the NSW north coast with children Paloma, 8, Romeo, 5, and baby Bohème. "I got the point where I was burnt out in Sydney," he says. "I got to a tipping point. The violence, the night shifts, the drugs and alcohol [affecting patients]. It's exhausting work."
Two years on from the shoot, Gilmour admits that Smith's fears in Afghanistan were legitimate. "I would not have been surprised if we'd have been dragged out of our hotel and shot," he says. But while praising the courage of Smith and the Afghans who worked on the film, Gilmour insists they were never reckless. "I think I'm more streetwise than that," he says. "There are a lot of transferable skills and knowledge from the paramedic world to this kind of filmmaking - situational awareness, being able to read people and read situations, having a really good instinct for when things are turning in [the wrong] direction." But even so, why risk so much for a film? "I loathed the idea of returning to Australia with nothing in hand then trying to explain that to my partner and kids," Gilmour says. "I think Sam felt the same thing." The more he talks, the more it’s clear how much Jirga is fuelled by the idealism he showed when he volunteered with Mother Teresa as a teenager.

The sublime “Florida Project,” directed and co-written by Sean Baker (“Tangerine”) is an innovative artistic and truly poignant film that opens today in limited release. Mixing amateur and professional actors, Baker tells the story of a precocious six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) and her posse of friends who are grappling with poverty living in a fleabag hotel right next to Disney World.
“The Florida Project” was the name for Disney World when it was in its planning stages. Willem Dafoe plays Bobby, the often times put upon manager of the tacky purple colored ‘Magic Castle’ motel where the kids and their parents — mostly single mothers — live. Bria Vinaite is excellent as the tattooed single 22-year-old mom trying to scrape by doing whatever she must to survive. Vinaite, who never acted before, was found by Baker on Instagram.
Dafoe’s performance is compassionate, gritty and graceful, pretty much guaranteeing him a deserved Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. If A24 can swing it (they did with “Moonlight”) “The Florida Project” could easily be a Best Picture nominee this season. Baker’s direction is so fluid, and the whole movie is so organic, you feel that you’ve lived it through it with all the characters. It’s quite an achievement, akin to another indie hit, “Beasts of the Southern Wild.”
I asked Willem at a recent screening what attracted him to this offbeat part? “That world, which I didn’t know existed.” He continued: “I’m always attracted to a part when I’m the odd man out. Bobby is half in and half out. He’s one of them but he’s not. He’s got this beautiful position that he’s got to run this place and he loves the kids, but they’re also a pain in the ass. So he’s wearing all these hats. There’s not a big dramatic scene or transformation so he’s got to go through all these modes. That’s interesting to me.”
I asked him if a big budget popcorn movie was next? He replied, “You think the popcorn movies pay the bills but that’s not necessarily true. I work all over the world and sometimes an independent movie needs me for financing more than a big movie does. And the big ones can take a hell of a long time. I can do two independent films in the time it takes to do a big one. So for a guy like me, money is a consideration but it’s not the main thing by any means. I’m just a working character actor. But this movie, I just love it. I hope it gets out there. It is a small movie, but people are responding to it.”
North Carolina’s inaugural “Film Fest 919” will be the next festival to tout the film. Founders Randi Emerman and Carol Marshall, along with programmer Claudia Puig, will launch the festival with the sure to be winning tons of awards “The Florida Project,” on October 25th in Chapel Hill.


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The search resumed Monday for 17 people reported missing after a ferry fire off the coast of Indonesia's capital left at least 23 dead, officials said.
The vessel Zahro Express was carrying more than 260 people Sunday from a port near Jakarta to Tidung, a resort island in the Kepulauan Seribu chain, when it caught fire.
Most of the passengers were Indonesians celebrating the New Year's Day holiday, according to local media reports.
Denny Wahyu Haryanto, head of the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency, said the report about the 17 missing was received before the burned ship was towed to the port, where rescuers found 20 bodies inside. He did not rule out that those reported missing could be among the 20 bodies found inside the ship.
Rescuers search for bodies from the wreckage of the ferry after it was docked at Muara Angke Port in Jakarta on Sunday. (Rhana Ananda/Associated Press)
He said that of the 224 passengers who were rescued, 19 were still being treated at hospitals.
The National Search and Rescue Agency deployed at least five ships and a number of speedboats and rubber boats, along with 15 divers, in the search.
Seply Madreta, an official from the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency, said the fire gutted about half the vessel, and that 23 bodies had been recovered.
The 20 bodies found inside the vessel were burned beyond recognition and transferred to a police hospital for identification, said Col. Umar Shahab of the Jakarta police health department.
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Witnesses told MetroTV that the fire broke out about 15 minutes after the ferry left the port of Muara Angke.
The cause of the fire was not immediately clear. Some passengers told local media that they first saw smoke coming from the ferry's engine.
The director for sea transportation, Tonny Budiono, said the initial suspicion was that the fire was "most probably caused by a short circuit in the engine room."
He told a news conference the short circuit might have led to the fuel tank exploding.
A paramedic, at the main police hospital in Jakarta on Monday, collects a DNA sample from a family member to help identify the victims of Sunday's ferry fire. (Achmad Ibrahim/Associated Press)
TV footage showed people in the water with the ferry in flames in the background. A woman in the water can be heard screaming, "Ya Allah! Ya Allah!" ("Oh God! Oh God!").
Another woman told the TV station that she and other passengers were rescued by a small boat.
Captain, crew held for questioning
Minister of Transportation Budi Karya said the chief of the Muara Angke port authority has been removed from the post for alleged negligence in overseeing the voyage.
Despite the high number of people who were rescued, the ferry's manifest showed that only 100 were registered as passengers, along with six crewmen, said Haryanto, the Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency head.
Col. Hero Hendrianto, chief of maritime police, said six people, including the vessel's captain, two crewmen and two port officials, were detained for questioning.
Ferry accidents are common in Indonesia, the world's largest archipelagic nation, with more than 17,000 islands. Many accidents are blamed on lax regulation of boat services.

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At least 47 people die and 22 suffer injuries in road accident outside the town of Anjozorobe near Madagascar's capital. At least 47 people, including 10 children and a newly-wed couple, have been killed in a traffic accident north of Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, according to police.
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Question: Nigeria lost $1 trillion to tax evasion by multinationals in 2016 - Osinbajo

Nigeria lost $1 trillion to tax evasion by multinationals in 2016 – Osinbajo
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- NNPC says the corporation does not know the actual volume of fuel being consumed by Nigerians
- It also claimed that National Executive Council have given the NNPC the mandate to determine actual consumption of fuel
- The corporation also said it would increase the country’s crude oil reserves by one billion barrels yearly to attain 40 billion barrel by 2020
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the actual fuel consumption by Nigerians is not known and has put a machinery in motion to determine the volume of the commodity purchased by Nigerians on a daily basis.
NNPC disclosed this on Wednesday, July 4, at the ongoing Nigerian Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition in Abuja.
Vanguard reports that chief operating officer, downstream of the NNPC, Henry Obih, said the mandate to determine actual consumption of fuel has been given by the National Executive Council to the NNPC.
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He added that the issue of actual fuel consumption had been a controversial issues over the last couple of months.
Meanwhile, Dr Maikanti Baru, the group managing director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the corporation would increase the country’s crude oil reserves by one billion barrels yearly to attain 40 billion barrel by 2020.
Baru gave the assurance during his keynote address titled: “Driving Nigeria’s oil and gas Industry towards Sustained Economic Development and Growth,” at the ongoing 17th Nigerian Oil and Gas conference in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said the corporation was also working towards increasing daily oil production to three million barrels per day (bpd).
The NNPC boss said the corporation would also ensure that the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) grew its production to 500,000bpd of oil and 1.5Bscfd of gas by 2020.
He commended the innovative and bold strides of the organisers of the conference in providing a platform for the interaction and cross fertilisation of oil and gas industry ideas in Nigeria.
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NAIJ.com had reported that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), claimed the NNPC, First E&P and Schlumberger 724 million dollars (N2.6 billion) oil financing deal will enable Nigeria earn 5.60 billion dollars (N2.01 trillion) in taxes and royalty.
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Question: Wimbledon weather forecast: Wednesday temperature with Federer and Williams in action

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Wimbledon enters Day Three of action with all of the top players given later time slots on court. Roger Federer is second on Centre Court as he takes on Lukas Lacko in his second-round clash. He is followed by Serena Williams’s match with Viktoriya Tomova as the American looks to book her place in the third round. Last year’s losing finalist Marin Cilic is one of the favourites to challenge Federer for the title again and he is last on Court 1 against Guido Pella.
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What is the weather forecast? It is set to be another scorching day in south London as the British heat wave continues into its third week. The high for Wednesday is 25 degrees – one degree cooler than Tuesday. However, the main concern is that the BBC report there is a 16 per cent chance of rain between 5pm and 9pm. That would mean there is a strong chance of Federer’s match on Centre Court being effected, along with Williams’.
GETTY Roger Federer is second on Centre Court this afternoon
What is the Heat Rule? The Heat Rule allows a 10-minute break to be taken between the second and third set when the heat stress index is at or above 30.1 degrees Celsius. The heat stress index is a measure which factors together the air temperature, the humidity and the surface temperature and is measured by a heat stress monitor. The heat stress monitor readings are taken 30 minutes prior to the start of play and then at 14.00hrs and 17.00hrs.

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Watch highlights as Venus Williams beats Alexandra Dulgheru 4-6 6-0 6-1 in the second round at Wimbledon.
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Question: Emma Stone Dons Red Bathing Suit While Hanging Out With Justin Theroux

The two continue to fuel rumors of a romance.
Emma Stone and Justin Theroux keep adding fire to those romance rumors.
The actors were just spotted getting cozy in the south of France on Wednesday. According to the Daily Mail, Stone and Theroux were both in the area for a Louis Vuitton event at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. Theroux was one of the few male A-listers invited to the party that had a guest list full of famous names like Sophie Turner and Ruth Negga.
Before the party, the actors soaked up some Vitamin D on the deck of their own private cabin in Saint-Paul-De-Vence. Theroux showed off his toned abs and an impressively-sized back tattoo while Stone strutted around in a red-hot one-piece complete with a generous helping of side-boob. The actress paired the chic suit with cream pleated trousers.
While the paps didn’t manage to get a money-shot — sorry for anyone shipping these two beautiful, talented individuals — they did catch Stone and Theroux lounging together, possibly poring over scripts and having a great time. The pair even took a stroll through the dense woods surrounding their private nook with Stone wrapping up in a denim jacket and Theroux throwing on a white tank (unfortunately). Stone wasn’t the only actress Theroux spent time with in France though. Photogs also caught him hanging out with 28-year-old actress Laura Harrier.
Justin was rumored to have been "pursuing" Emma since March: https://t.co/umaVStnA33 — POPSUGAR (@POPSUGAR) May 30, 2018
Theroux split from wife Jennifer Aniston in February and since then, the actor’s been attached to plenty of single celebs including Stone and Selena Gomez. While the Gomez rumors have been proven false, these latest photos suggest there’s definitely something going on between Aniston’s ex and Stone. The two co-starred in a Netflix film that’s set to stream later this year, but that doesn’t explain sightings of them looking close at Met Gala after parties and on romantic sushi dates in New York City.
Of course, it’s possible the pair just happened to be in town for the same event and decided to spend the day together as friends. It looks like Stone was reading quite intensively while Theroux sun-bathed, so maybe the two are planning their next project together? For her part, Stone hasn’t been seriously linked to anyone since her split from actor Andrew Garfield. The two ended their relationship back in 2015 but they’ve stayed close, with some sources reporting they might be getting back together soon. Of course, that all depends on Theroux and how serious things are between the actor and his co-star. Sun-bathing in the south of France sounds like it might be the new “Facebook official.”

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Question: Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo: 'I am not motivated by money'

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo insists that he is not motivated by money after turning down a lucrative switch to China.
Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has claimed that building a financial fortune is not what motivates him after the Ballon d'Or holder rejected a move to the lucrative Chinese Super League.
The Portuguese star's agent Jorge Mendes recently claimed that an unnamed Chinese club made a £256.6m offer to Real for their star man.
It is also believed that Ronaldo would have been given £85m a year in wages, but Mendes stated that a switch to the Far East is "impossible" for his client.
When asked whether he desires to become the world's best-paid footballer, Ronaldo told Egyptian channel On TV: "In my job I try to be the best, and I work for that.
"So this is important for me, to be the number one, the most valued player, but this is not my motivation. My motivation is to play football, to be the best, and this is what I try to do. I'm looking to money only as a means to become comfortable and independent after I finish football."
Ronaldo has scored 10 goals in 11 La Liga appearances this season.

The former Brazil star feels that his compatriot can't become the best player in the world as long as he stays at Paris Saint-Germain
Neymar must join Real Madrid if he is to be considered the best player in the world, according to former Barcelona and Brazil star Rivaldo.
The 26-year-old left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain last year and has excelled in Ligue 1, but compatriot Rivaldo feels he will not be able to reach his full potential in France.
And amid widespread reports that Madrid are interested in Neymar, the World Cup winner has told the current Brazil forward to push for a move.
"I have even told [Neymar] he could be the best in the world," Rivaldo told GloboEsporte.com. "But I believe that if he stays at PSG, it will not happen. He has to leave PSG.
"The football for him, if he is to be the best in the world, has to be in Spain. If you're going to analyse, there's England, Spain, Italy, Germany - all different - but I'm talking about competitive football.
"Barcelona, because of his situation, is difficult. But I believe that, from what I hear, from people who bring information to me, he has a chance to play for Real Madrid.
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"Then, yes, I think he can be the best in the world."
Neymar is nearing a return from a fractured foot suffered with PSG as he looks to lead Brazil in this year's World Cup and improve on a fourth-placed finish four years ago.


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Question: Little League: North rolls Carbino Club

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Thor Kelly Jr. tripled to lead North Scranton to a 15-3 win over Carbino Club in a District 32 9-11 all-star baseball game Tuesday.
Antonio Keys had a double and Jason Selemba had two hits for North Scranton and Gabe White struck out seven to earn the win.
North Scranton will host Green Ridge in the winners’ bracket final Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Carbino Club will play Archbald in an elimination game at 5:30 p.m. at North Scranton.
Green Ridge 6, Archbald 5
At Green Ridge, Jackson Keating hit a pair of doubles to lead Green Ridge.
Thomas Bartlebaugh had two hits and Henry Bartlebaugh doubled in support of winning pitcher Owen Farro.
Colin Kearney tripled for Archbald and Ethan Williams had a double.
District 32 Little League baseball
Zach Cwalinski homered and Zach Smith had two hits to lead Carbino Club to an 8-3 win over Archbald.
Brayden Davis had two doubles for Archbald and Chris Savkov also doubled.
Carbino Club will play Green Ridge in the winners’ bracket final Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Connell Park. Archbald will play North Scranton in an elimination game at 5:30 p.m. at Connell Park.
Green Ridge 14
North Scranton 7
At Scott Twp., Chase Scanlan homered to lead Green Ridge.
Craig Pabst tripled for the winners and Kyle Rupp had two hits.
A.J. Levandoski, Jimmy Snyder and Brian Kellogg each had two hits for North Scranton.
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Little League softball
Maura Mihalka hit a two-run single in the top of the sixth inning to give Pittston Area a 3-2 win over Tripp Park in the winners’ bracket final.
Cassie Hintze had two hits for Pittston Area and Gianna Adams struck out 12 to earn the win.
Mia Butka struck out 10 for Tripp Park and also had three hits.
Tripp Park will play Back Mountain in the elimination bracket final on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Old Forge.
Back Mountain 4, Old Forge 0
At Old Forge, winning pitcher Victoria Spaciano had six strikeouts and also had two hits, including a double, to lead Back Mountain in an elimination game.
Eliza Distasi had two hits for Old Forge.
District 17
8-10 baseball
Jake Reese and Josh Kalinowski each had two hits to lead North Pocono to a 7-5 win over Old Forge on Monday.
Garrett Chillot earned the win on the mound.
Cam Krushnowski had four hits for Old Forge and Ryan DeMarco and Cam Parker each had two hits.
Dunmore 21
West Scranton 11
At Old Forge on Monday, Carter Grande, Carter Sload and Braden Canaver each had two hits to lead Dunmore.
Evan Mizenko earned the win on the mound.
Kyle Steven and Tyler Scotch each had two hits for West Scranton.
District 32
8-10 baseball
Winning pitcher Frank Church struck out 10 to lead Wallenpaupack to an 11-1 win over Carbondale on Monday.
Greg VanGorder, Ben Anderson, Johnathan Longhenry and Thomas Kiersted each had one hit for Wallenpaupack.
Liam Hebner and Nick Andidora had a hit for Carbondale.
Olyphant 12
Western Wayne 2
At Olyphant on Monday, winning pitcher Joey Connolly struck out nine and had two hits, including a triple, to lead Olyphant.
Brett Yanoski had two hits for the winners.

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Question: Steroid Implants Slow Diabetic Retinopathy

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BOSTON -- Fluocinolone acetonide implants slowed the progression of diabetic retinopathy in treated eyes compared with eyes not treated with the steroid implant, researchers reported here.
Overall, a significantly lower portion of eyes treated with 0.2 μg/day fluocinolone acetonide (FAc) implants progressed to proliferative diabetic retinopathy, a more severe form of the disease, within 36 months compared with fellow eyes (12.5% vs 22.3%, P=0.0027), reported Raymond Iezzi, MD, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and colleagues.
Because these implants deliver a continuous micro-dose of steroid not measurable systemically, fellow-eye controlled studies "allowed us to minimize the effects of inter-subject variation in systemic disease," Iezzi said in a presentation at the American Society of Retina Specialists meeting.
Iezzi's group performed a subgroup analysis of the prospective FAME trials. The original FAME study examined the effect of FAc implants on the best-corrected visual acuity in Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy letter score in patients with diabetic macular edema.
This study examined patients treated with FAc implants with matching bilateral baseline ETDRS multi-step diabetic retinopathy severity scores over the course of 36 months.
Iezzi noted that they looked at diabetic retinopathy scores at baseline and diabetic macular edema was "not considered," nor was bilateral diabetic macular edema an exclusion criteria for the study.
Iezzi said that the FAME trial "allowed the patient to be treated with anything, including anti-VEGF [anti-vascular endothelial growth factor] therapies, laser or steroid."
In addition to less progression in the overall patient group, a significantly smaller portion of patients with a moderate to severe non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (defined as a score from 47 to 53) and treated with low-dose FAc progressed to proliferative diabetic retinopathy within 36 months versus the fellow-eye (15.6% vs 30.1%, P=0.0105).
Iezzi's group also found a significantly smaller portion of patients had worsening diabetic retinopathy based on a ≥3 step change in diabetic retinopathy severity score over 36 months (0.5% in FAc-treated eyes vs 3.8% in fellow eye, P=0.0143). Similar results were seen based on a change in ≥2 step diabetic retinopathy severity score (5.5% in FAc-treated eyes vs 10.4% in fellow eye, P=0.0290). Time to first proliferative diabetic retinopathy event was also significantly shorter in FAc treated eyes vs fellow eyes.
"These effects are as powerful as the effects of anti-VEGF injections," Iezzi said. "A continuous low-dose of fluocinolone acetonide may be neuroprotective, as has been seen in animal models."
He added that before the drug was commercially available as a product for patients, it was available in the laboratory, where he and his fellow researchers were able to insert these implants into rats.
"These implants target an inflammatory pathway, not a VEGF approach," Iezzi added. "Neuroinflammation is not talked about in diabetic retinopathy, but it is one of the key drivers in damage to blood vessels."
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Question: Turkey says will bid to host Euro 2024

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ISTANBUL, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Turkey will bid to host the Euro 2024 soccer tournament after three previous unsuccessful attempts, Turkish Football Federation head Yildirim Demiroren said on Wednesday.
The country previously made bids to stage the finals in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
"On this occasion we believe both as a management board and a country that we deserve to get it," Demiroren said at a meeting to announce the candidacy with sports minister Akif Cagatay Kilic.
Turkey will make its official application on March 2, Demiroren added. UEFA will announce all 2024 bidders on March 10 and its decision on the winning bid in September 2018.
The Turkish federation chief highlighted the country's recent investments in stadiums as an asset to their bid.
"Turkey is the only example of a country in Europe or even the world which has made as many as 32 stadium investments in the last few years," Demiroren said. (Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Ece Toksabay and Ken Ferris)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Friday preparations for the 2018 soccer World Cup were on track and that authorities had no concerns regarding the state of the 12 venues that will host matches.
Mutko told Reuters that authorities were working seriously on curbing racism in Russian soccer and that stadium security had been increased in the run-up to the tournament.
Russia will host the World Cup from June 14 to July 15 in 12 venues spread across 11 cities including Moscow, St Petersburg and Sochi.
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Question: Charlottesville Violence Highlights Cities' Struggle To Balance Rights And Safety

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"How do you reconcile public safety and the First Amendment?" That's the question Charlottesville, Va., Mayor Mike Signer asked in an interview on Sunday.
And it's a question city and state governments are likely grappling with after the weekend's violence in Charlottesville.
Around the country, white nationalists and other groups have protested efforts to remove statues and other symbols of the Confederacy. As counter-demonstrators arrive to protest the white nationalists, the resulting scenes are often tense and brimming with the potential for violence.
State and local officials prepared for Saturday's protests in Charlottesville, which were known about for months. But in the wake of fierce brawling in the streets of the usually quiet college town, and then a driver plowing his car into a crowd of pedestrians, killing one and injuring 19, many are asking what Charlottesville authorities could have done differently—and what could be done to prevent such violence in the future.
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe told NPR's Morning Edition that local authorities had done what they could to head off the fighting that erupted, but that they were foiled by a federal judge's decision to allow the Unite The Right rally to go on in Charlottesville's Emancipation Park.
Charlottesville tried to revoke the permit it had issued for the rally to be held in Emancipation Park, in order to move the protestors about a mile away to McIntire Park, which offered more open space.
"That was the place it should have been. We were unfortunately sued by the ACLU and the judge ruled against us," McAuliffe said. "That rally should not have been in the middle of downtown ... where [people] dispersed all over the city streets, and it became a powder keg. We've got to look at these permits, and we've got to look at where we put these rallies and protesters."
The ACLU responded that the injunction was the city's fault because it mounted a weak legal case.
"The Governor's anger about what happened is understandable," ACLU Virginia Executive Director Claire Guthrie Hastings said in a statement to NPR. "We are angry, too. The situation that occurred was preventable, and our lawsuit challenging the City to act constitutionally did not cause it. ... All we did was ask the City to live up to the requirements of the Constitution. That it failed to do so is on the City, not us."
Charlottesville Police Tactics Scrutinized
Also under scrutiny was the action – or inaction – of the Charlottesville police.
McAuliffe told Morning Edition that the police did "a magnificent job," and said the potential for violence had been high.
"They had to be very careful," the governor said. "We had been planning for this for a while. We had to show tremendous restraint because ... these people all came armed. I've never seen so many weapons. These people were wearing better gear than my own state police were wearing. They had body armor, helmets. I mean people were walking around with semi-automatic rifles through the streets."
"[If] one person fired one shot, it would have been a melee, and I would be talking to you today with a lot of body bags. None of that happened."
"Think of this," McAuliffe said. "Not one window was shattered, not one ounce of property damage, not one shot fired, and not one person went to the hospital, except for the 19 who were hit by a car terrorist. Which, you can't, you know – there's no preparation's that's gonna prepare for some nut, some murderer, who's going to turn his car into a weapon and run through a crowd."
But both protesters and counter-protesters criticized the police response.
"There was no police presence," Brittany Caine-Conley, a minister in training who locked arms with other clergy members in counter-protest, told The New York Times. "We were watching people punch each other; people were bleeding all the while police were inside of barricades at the park, watching. It was essentially just brawling on the street and community members trying to protect each other."
Princeton professor and activist Cornel West, who was also at the protest, told The Washington Post "the police didn't do anything in terms of protecting the people of the community, the clergy."
The Unite The Right rally's organizer, Jason Kessler, was also critical. "Charlottesville refused to honor permit as ordered by a federal judge. CPD didn't even show up until 1.5 hrs into the permit," he tweeted. "Inside the park was peaceful. Outbreaks of violence occurred where police refused to separate or even pushed the feuding groups together."
White nationalist Richard Spencer, another organizer, said the police had failed to protect the people who had gathered for the rally. "We came here as a demonstration of our movement," Spencer told the Post. "And we were effectively thrown to the wolves."
The ACLU's Hastings also criticized the policing on Saturday, which she said "was not designed to be ... effective in preventing violence."
"I was there and brought concerns directly to the Secretary of Public Safety and the head of the State Police," said Hastings. "They did not respond. In fact, law enforcement was standing passively by, waiting for violence to take place, so that they would have grounds to declare an emergency, declare an 'unlawful assembly' and clear the area."
Charles Ramsey, who formerly headed the police in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., told the Post that demonstrators and counter-demonstrators "need to be in sight and sound of each other, but somebody has to be in between .... That's usually the police."
"The whole point is to have overwhelming force so that people don't get the idea they can do these kinds of things and get away with it," he said.
An NPR request for comment from the Charlottesville Police Department was not returned.
Lt. Joseph Hatter, a commander with the Charlottesville police, told the Post that officers tried to create separate areas. "It didn't work, did it?" he admitted. "I think there was a plan to have them separated. They didn't want to be separated."
He told the newspaper that he doesn't know that police waited to react to the violence. "I think we did the best we could under the circumstances."
Public Assembly and Public Space
Questions about how governments manage protests are likely to continue, and to be argued in court.
On Friday, a federal judge granted a temporary injunction, ruling that the city could not revoke the permit it had issued to Kessler to hold the demonstration in Emancipation Park.
In his opinion, Judge Glen Conrad said Kessler was likely to prevail on his claim that Charlottesville's decision to revoke his permit was content-based.
"Kessler's assertion in this regard is supported by the fact that the City solely revoked his permit, but left in place the permits issued to counter-protestors," Conrad wrote. "The disparity in treatment between the two groups with opposing views suggests that the defendants' decision to revoke Kessler's permit was based on the content of his speech rather than other neutral factors that would be equally applicable to Kessler and those protesting against him. This conclusion is bolstered by other evidence, including communications on social media indicating that members of City Council oppose Kessler's political viewpoint."
The judge wrote further that though the city maintained its decision to revoke Kessler's permit was due to the number of people likely to attend his demonstration, "their concerns in this regard are purely speculative." He added, "there is no evidence to support the notion that many thousands of individuals are likely to attend the demonstration."
Following the events in Charlottesville, those worried about potential violence have fresh evidence.
Public protests can become especially complicated when people are carrying guns and dressed in full camouflage, as some did this weekend in Charlottesville.
McAuliffe argues officials need help from the courts if governments are to maintain public safety while allowing people to exercise their First Amendment rights.
"We've got to get a better understanding with these judges to understand our job is to keep our community safe," he said. "The judiciary needs to do a better job of working with us."
And the ACLU's Hastings says that whatever strategies authorities use, they need to be lawful and in keeping with the Constitution: "It is my firm hope and desire that the Governor and other local officials will learn from this past weekend how constitutionally to prevent events like the horror we saw in Charlottesville."

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SINGAPORE: Three young Britons pleaded guilty Monday to sexually assaulting a drunken Malaysian woman during a stag party in Singapore and may now face long prison terms and caning. Khong Tam Thanh, Le Michael and Vu Thai Son, all in their 20s, were originally charged with rape but admitted the lesser offense of sexual assault at the city-state’s High Court after a four-day trial. The men, British citizens of Vietnamese origin, will be sentenced on Tuesday. Sexual assault carries a penalty of up to 10 years jail and caning, a punishment that dates back to British colonial rule. The three were in Singapore in September as part of a group of nine for a bachelor party, and attended an electronic music festival called Ultra Singapore.
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Question: Turkey's election board confirms Erdogan win

Turkey's highest electoral body on Wednesday certified the results of last month's parliamentary and presidential elections, paving the way for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to continue his 15-year rule with expanded powers.
The Supreme Electoral Council confirmed Erdogan's victory in the June 24 presidential race, declaring that he won 52.59 percent of the votes. His closest rival, Muharrem Ince of the main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP, gained 30.64 percent, while the imprisoned, pro-Kurdish candidate, Selahattin Demirtas, garnered 8.40 percent, the council confirmed.
According to the official result, Erdogan's conservative Justice and Development Party won 42.56 percent of the votes in the parliamentary ballot. The CHP's votes stood at 22.65 percent.
Erdogan, who is scheduled to be sworn into his new, five-year term on Monday, is set to rule with substantially expanded powers, in line with constitutional changes that were narrowly approved in a referendum last year.
Erdogan's party retains control of the parliament due to its alliance with Turkey's main nationalist party.
Earlier, the government issued a decree adjusting Turkey's laws to the new presidential system that comes into effect with the elections.
The decree, published in the Official Gazette, changes the wording in some 5,000 laws, removing references to the prime minister — whose office has been abolished — and transferring some powers to the president.
Under the new system, the president takes over the executive branch and forms the government, and appoints vice presidents, ministers and senior officials. The president can also issue decrees, prepare the budget and decide on security policies.
Critics say the new system amounts to one-man rule with few checks and balances.
Erdogan is also expected to form his government on July 9, shortly after he takes the oath of office.
The president has said he plans to streamline the cabinet, reducing the number of ministries from 26 to 16.

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Turkey on Wednesday issued a decree that transfers some powers to the president, as the country moves to an executive presidential system following President Tayyip Erdogan's win in last month's presidential and parliamentary elections.
The decree, issued in the government's official gazette, makes changes to laws dating from 1924 to 2017, removes references to the prime minister — whose office has been abolished and replaces them with "president."
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The changes mean the president can
form and regulate ministries and remove civil servants without parliamentary approval
appoint four members of the Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSK), the parliament can appoint seven
draft the budget and decide on security policies
declare a state of emergency for up to six months (such as the one that has been in effect for roughly two years) without cabinet approval
dissolve parliament, but this would trigger early presidential elections
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When the changes will come into effect: The changes in the latest decree will take effect when Erdogan takes the oath of office, which is expected to happen in parliament on July 8 or 9.
The new presidential system: In a constitutional referendum in April 2017, a slim majority of Turkish voters approved the presidential system. The constitutional change allowed the winner of the 2018 presidential election to assume full control of the government.
Read more: Opinion: Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins, democracy loses
Term limits: The president is limited to two five-year presidential terms, but if the parliament calls early elections during the second term the president may run for a third term.
Erdogan's rise to power: Erdogan served as prime minister of Turkey, formerly the country's most powerful post, from 2003 until 2014. Plans to alter the system to place Turkey's meaningful political power in his new role were already in motion before his job swap in 2014; before the April 2017 referendum, the presidential role was largely ceremonial. Erdogan was reelected president in snap presidential elections in June 2018, having called them more than a year ahead of schedule. That was the final hurdle to implementing his desired reforms, opposition candidates had pledged to repeal some or all of them if they had won.
Who is Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan? The rise of Turkey's Erdogan In Turkey and abroad, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a polarizing effect. He has been described as a neo-Ottoman "sultan" as well as an authoritarian leader. From his early beginnings campaigning for Islamist causes to leading NATO's second largest military as the president of Turkey, DW explores the rise of the Turkish leader.
Who is Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan? Jailed mayor of Istanbul After years of moving up the ranks of the Islamist-rooted Welfare Party, Erdogan was elected mayor of Istanbul in 1994. But four years later, the party was ruled unconstitutional on the grounds it threatened Turkey's secularist nature, and was disbanded. He was later jailed for four months for a controversial public reading of a poem, and consequently lost his mayorship over the conviction.
Who is Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan? Leading the republic Erdogan co-founded the Justice and Development Party (AKP), which won a majority of seats in 2002. He was made prime minister in 2003. During his first years in office, Erdogan worked on providing social services, improving the economy and implementing democratic reforms. But some have argued that his premiership was also marked by a religious shift in the political sphere.
Who is Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan? Islamist causes While Turkey's constitution guarantees the country's secular nature, observers believe Erdogan has managed to purge the "old secularist guard." The Turkish leader has said that one of his goals is to raise a "pious generation." Erdogan's supporters have hailed the Turkish leader's initiatives, arguing that they've reversed years of discrimination against practicing Muslims.
Who is Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan? Surviving a coup In July 2016, a failed military coup targeting Erdogan and his government left more than 200 people dead, including civilians and soldiers. In the wake of the coup attempt, Erdogan declared a state of emergency and vowed to "clean up" the military. "In Turkey, armed forces are not governing the state or leading the state. They cannot," he said.
Who is Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan? Nationwide crackdown Since the failed coup, authorities have launched a nationwide crackdown, arresting more than 50,000 people in the armed forces, police, judiciary, schools and media. Erdogan has blamed Fethullah Gulen, a self-exiled cleric in the US and former ally, and his supporters of trying to undermine the government. But rights groups believe the allegations are a means to solidify his power and influence.
Who is Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan? Divisive politician While Erdogan enjoys significant support in Turkey and the Turkish expatriate community, he has been criticized for his heavy-handed policies and military campaigns against Kurdish militants following the collapse of a peace process in 2015. This January, Erdogan launched a deadly offensive into the northern Syrian enclave of Afrin, an operation that was widely condemned by human rights groups.
Who is Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan? A new era? Having served as Turkey's president since 2014, Erdogan successfully extended his time in office after winning elections in June. The elections marked Turkey's transition to an executive-style presidency. Observers believe the elections will herald a new era for Turkey – for better or worse. Author: Lewis Sanders IV
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Question: Fears remain after evacuation lifted for 200K Californians

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — The stress of evacuation and an uncertain future were enough for Donald Azevedo and his family to opt to stay a few more nights in an emergency shelter rather than risk having to do it all again.
The family was among the nearly 200,000 Californians who live downstream from the country’s tallest dam who were told they could return home but warned they may have to flee again if repairs made to the battered Oroville Dam spillways don’t hold.
The fixes could be put to their first test later this week with the first of a series of small storms forecast for the region expected to reach the area Wednesday night.
“There is the prospect that we could issue another evacuation order if the situation changes and the risk increases,” Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said Tuesday, telling residents they could return home but to remain vigilant.
That’s why Azevedo wasn’t budging yet.
“My plan is to stay here,” said Azevedo, who evacuated from Marysville with his wife, Tasha, their four Chihuahuas and more than 30 relatives. They spent two nights at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, Calif. and he planned to wait out this week’s upcoming storm before returning home. Many at the shelter said a drive that should have taken one hour took six hours on Sunday.
“I’m not trying to risk traffic, being stuck in floods. I’m safe where I’m at,” Azevedo said.
Many other evacuees, such as Oroville resident Margaret Johnston, couldn’t wait to get back home.
“You don’t appreciate home until it’s taken away from you,” said Johnston, 69, who spent the last two nights sheltering at a church in Chico, California. As she packed the blankets, pillows and clothing she had hastily thrown into a black garbage bag, she reflected on the mad rush to leave, the chaos, confusion and bottleneck traffic on the drive out. “It was just frustrating. Very frustrating.”
Residents living below the Oroville Dam were suddenly ordered to evacuate Sunday afternoon after authorities had assured them for nearly a week that the dam was sound despite a gaping and growing hole found in the structure’s main spillway. The order came after authorities feared an earthen emergency spillway used when the lake behind the dam overflows its capacity appeared ready to fail Sunday because of erosion.
Two days after issuing the evacuation order, officials lifted it Tuesday but uncertainty remained.
Over the weekend, the swollen lake spilled down the unpaved emergency spillway for nearly 40 hours, leaving it badly eroded. The problem occurred six days after engineers discovered a growing hole in the dam’s main concrete spillway.
State and federal officials ignored calls in 2005 from environmental groups to armor the earthen spillway in concrete to prevent erosion. Federal regulators concluded the earthen spillway could handle a large amount of overflow after water agencies that would have had to pay for the upgrade argued it was unnecessary.
Others fear the real test is still to come in the weeks ahead when a record amount of snowfall melts in nearby mountains.
The California Department of Water Resources said Tuesday night the Oroville Dam’s water levels continued to decrease but it didn’t say by how much.
State water officials said earlier Tuesday the reservoir’s water level had been reduced 15 feet by Tuesday afternoon. Officials hope to continue using a damaged main spillway to drain the lake another 37 feet in preparation for coming rain. They say they have drained enough water that the emergency spillway will not be needed to handle runoff from the approaching storm.
Forecasts call for 2-4 inches of rain and snow in the foothills and mountains starting Wednesday night. But the storm was looking colder than initially projected, meaning less rain and less runoff than last week’s storms.
Dozens of construction crews were working around the clock dropping 1,200 tons of material on the earthen emergency spillway per hour using heavy equipment and helicopters and the area is being continually monitored with the help of drones carrying cameras, the state water agency said.
Preliminary estimates say permanently fixing the hole in the main spillway could cost $100 million to $200 million, Croyle said. Experts are drawing up plans for repairs that will begin after the spring runoff season ends.
Gov. Jerry Brown said late Tuesday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved his request for federal assistance with the Oroville dam situation.
State officials clearly were on the defensive about their decision to call for mass evacuations Sunday, just a few hours after saying the situation was stable, forcing families to rush to pack up and get out.
Honea, the county sheriff, said Tuesday that the call to order nearly 200,000 people to higher ground protected lives and bought time for water experts to address the problems.
But after two days away from home, tens of thousands of evacuees were growing weary. They welcomed the news they could return home but vowed to heed the sheriff’s warning to remain vigilant.
Rod Remocal said he and his wife would now be ready to leave their Biggs home near the dam at a moment’s notice after fleeing in a rush Sunday.
“We’re all coming back and pack and be ready this time,” Remocal said. “This time we’re going to be on call like they said.”

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Question: Four Continents figure skating championships returning to US

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The ISU Four Continents figure skating championships are returning to the U.S. for the first time in seven years.
The meet is scheduled for Feb. 7-10 at Honda Center in Anaheim, California, home to the NHL's Anaheim Ducks.
The competition in singles, pairs and ice dancing features skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania.
The U.S. team will be made up of three skaters or teams in each discipline and will be named after the U.S. nationals in Detroit on Jan. 19-27.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A woman reported missing in Northern California last November has been found in an unusual, but highly visible place: on a popular reality television program.
Eagle-eyed viewers of “The Bachelor” identified Rebekah Helena Martinez this week as a contestant on the show’s current season after the North Coast Journal showed her photo among 35 people missing in Humboldt County, according to the publication.
Martinez, 22, has been listed as missing on the California Department of Justice’s website since Nov. 12. The date, according to the website, was the last time the young woman was seen.
On Thursday, the North Coast Journal posted a story, accompanied by photographs, about missing people in Humboldt County on Facebook, asking if any of their readers recognized anyone on the list.
And they did.
The first to respond, Amy Bonner O’Brien, said she recognized Martinez as a contestant on the latest season of “The Bachelor”; the long-running reality television series began airing its 22nd season at the beginning of last month.
“I was just scrolling through the 35 missing people and I recognized some of them from news stories,” O’Brien recalled in an interview with SFGate. “When I got to her, I was like wait a minute, she looks so familiar and I instantly thought of ‘The Bachelor.'”
The Journal followed up on the tip, contacting the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office after tracking down an Instagram account belonging to Martinez. The account had been active throughout the time the woman had been listed as missing.
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A short time later, the deputy who took the missing person’s report confirmed to the publication that she had been located. The deputy spoke with Martinez over the phone, according to sheriff’s spokeswoman Samantha Karges.
She told the Journal that Martinez’s mother reported her daughter missing on Nov. 18, six days after she had last been seen. Martinez had told her mother she was going to work on a marijuana farm in Humboldt County.
“As part of procedure, Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office deputies are typically required to make direct contact with the missing person to confirm status and well-being, as geographical and other factors allow,” the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement obtained by the New York Times. “A deputy was not able to make direct contact with Martinez and she was not removed from the Missing and Unidentified Persons System.”
Martinez had posted on Sept. 17 that she was giving up her phone and social media for several weeks. Her next post was dated Nov. 22.
According to her contestant biography on ABC’s website, Martinez — who goes by Bekah M. — is from Fresno and works as a nanny.

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