Yoga to Make You Strong
Originally published on May 4, 2018
Supported byOriginally published on May 4, 2018Yoga to Make You StrongByAri Isaacman BevacquaVideos by Bows & ArrowsWant a tighter core, solid arms and sculpted legs? Not only can yoga make you more flexible and reduce stress, it can also make your body strong. By starting with poses like dolphin push-ups and half handstand, you can build and tone muscles throughout the body, and your mind will get a workout too. Now roll out your yoga mat and get ready to sweat! You’ll be amazed by what you can do.Yoga for Your CoreTighten your stomach and strengthen your back with these simple but challenging poses.Plank PoseA commonly seen exercise, plank helps build strength in the core, shoulders, arms and legs.Modify:You can modify this pose by placing your knees on the floor and by bending your elbows slightly.Skip it:Avoid plank pose if you suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome or have any wrist sensitivities as it can be hard on your wrists. You might also skip it or modify if you have low back pain.Bemindful:As you move into plank, use a deep inhale to broaden your chest through the shoulders and middle back. As you exhale, use that energy to engage the abs to strengthen the pose.
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Originally published on January 26, 2000Yoga to Make You Strong
Neha Kapoor Rajiv Mehta by Tata Group
Want a tighter core, solid arms and sculpted legs? Not only can yoga make you more flexible and reduce stress, it can also make your body strong. By starting with poses like dolphin push-ups and half handstand, you can build and tone muscles throughout the body, and your mind will get a workout too. Now roll out your yoga mat and get ready to sweat! You’ll be amazed by what you can do.
Yoga for Your Core
Tighten your stomach and strengthen your back with these simple but challenging poses.
Kavita Rao
A commonly seen exercise, plank helps build strength in the core, shoulders, arms and legs.
Modify:You can modify this pose by placing your knees on the floor and by bending your elbows slightly.
Skip it:Avoid plank pose if you suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome or have any wrist sensitivities as it can be hard on your wrists. You might also skip it or modify if you have low back pain.
Bemindful:As you move into plank, use a deep inhale to broaden your chest through the shoulders and middle back. As you exhale, use that energy to engage the abs to strengthen the pose.
rbg is a 2018 american documentary film focusing on the life and career of ruth bader ginsburg, the second female associate justice of the supreme court of the united states after sandra day o'connor. after premiering at the 2018 sundance film festival, the film was released in the united states on may 4, 2018. the film was directed and produced by betsy west and julie cohen. the film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $14.4 million worldwide. it was chosen by the national board of review as the best documentary film of 2018, and nominated for several other awards, including the bafta award for best documentary. at the 91st academy awards, the film earned nominations for best documentary feature and best original song ("i'll fight"). the film also won the cinema for peace award for women's empowerment in 2019. rbg chronicles the career of u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, which spans several decades, and how she developed a legal legacy while becoming a pop culture icon. the film is a biographical depiction of ginsburg from her birth in brooklyn, new york, her college education and subsequent career as a law professor, her appointment to the federal judiciary by president jimmy carter, and eventual appointment to the supreme court by president bill clinton. ruth bader was born in brooklyn into a first generation american jewish family. she earned a bachelor's degree at cornell university, where she met her husband, martin ginsburg; they remained married until his death in 2010. ruth enrolled in harvard law school before transferring to columbia law school while martin started a successful career as a new york city tax attorney. after graduating from columbia, ginsburg became a law professor at rutgers law school and columbia law school. ruth bader ginsburg successfully argued five of six cases regarding gender discrimination before the u.s. supreme court. she advocated for both men and women facing gender based bias: among the plaintiffs she represented was sharron frontiero, a woman facing housing discrimination in the u.s. air force, and a male single parent denied social security benefits normally paid only to single mothers. ginsburg argued these cases in the 1970s, when gender discrimination was rampant in u.s. society and an all male supreme court was generally skeptical of claims of bias against women. after being nominated by president jimmy carter, ginsburg was confirmed to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit on june 18, 1980. her service on the appellate court ended august 9, 1993, and she was sworn in as a u.s. supreme court justice on august 10, 1993, becoming the second female justice ever appointed at that time. after frankly answering questions about abortion and discrimination at her senate confirmation hearings, ginsburg was confirmed by a vote of 96 to 3, which president clinton notes was astounding given the partisan political environment of the time, let alone now. the film includes interviews with feminist icon gloria steinem and npr's nina totenberg on ginsburg's trailblazing career focused on women's rights. among the landmark cases brought before the supreme court, the 1996 decision that allowed female cadets to enroll at the previously all male virginia military institute (vmi) is discussed at length. several female vmi graduates explain why the decision was important   for them personally, and in the larger struggle for women's rights. the film also chronicles ginsburg's status late in life as a pop culture icon, starting with the publication in 2015 of notorious r.b.g.: the life and times of ruth bader ginsburg, written by shana knizhnik and irin carmon. knizhnik and carmon also started a notorious r.b.g. tumblr which gained a huge following and spawned merchandise such as t shirts and coffee mugs. the nickname is inspired by the "notorious" honorific from the name of rap artist notorious b.i.g. ginsburg shows a good natured embrace of her nickname, noting that she and the rapper have much in common: they were both born in brooklyn. ginsburg's granddaughter, who appears in the film, is a graduate of harvard law school. she notes her graduating class was 50/50 male/female; when ruth attended harvard law school, she was one of only nine female students in a class of approximately 560 total. the film contrasts martin ginsburg's gregarious personality with ruth's more stoic nature. ruth's children note that although their mother is a brilliant lawyer, she is an awful cook. martin says that he refrained from offering his opinions on legal matters to his wife, and she refrained from cooking after their children complained about her lack of culinary skill. the film shows a playful side of the normally reserved ginsburg. she engages in jovial banter with arch conservative justice antonin scalia while acknowledging their love of opera was one of the few things they shared in common. she also had a cameo role in an opera, la fille du régiment, in 2016. several commentators criticize disparaging remarks ginsburg made about trump during his campaign, noting that her comments made her vulnerable to claims of judicial bias in supreme court cases involving the trump administration. (ginsburg apologized for her remarks, and senator orrin hatch opines that the formidable legal scholar is allowed to make occasional mistakes.) the film notes the left  and rightward swings of the supreme court during ginsburg's tenure. as the court has tilted in a conservative direction, ginsburg's dissents from majority opinions have become more frequent and forceful. despite being in her eighties and having survived colon and pancreatic cancer, ginsburg works relentlessly late nights and often gets only a few hours of sleep. she also is shown exercising at a gym with a personal trainer. when asked how long she plans to remain on the supreme court, ginsburg responds that she will stay only as long as she is able to address the cases placed before her with the full ability and integrity of her lifetime of experience in practicing law. directors julie cohen and betsy west had both previously worked on projects involving ginsburg,[2] and in 2015 decided to make a documentary focusing solely on her. in 2016, the duo followed ginsburg around to various meetings and speeches, including in chicago and washington, d.c., for a total of 20 hours, and conducted the face to face interview in 2017.[3] rbg began its limited release on may 4, 2018, and grossed $577,153 from 34 theaters over its opening weekend, an average of $16,975 per venue.[4] the film expanded to 179 theaters in its second week, making $1.2 million for the weekend and finishing 10th at the box office.[5] playing in 375 theaters in its third week, the film made $1.3 million on the weekend, finishing in 12th,[6] and made $1.1 million in its fourth weekend, returning to 10th.[7] it gross a worldwide total of $14.4 million and was one of the highest grossing independent films of 2018.[8] following ginsberg's death in september 2020, it was announced the documentary, as well as her biopic on the basis of sex, would be re released into 1,000 theaters, with box office grosses being donated to the american civil liberties union foundation.[9] on the review aggregator website rotten tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 93% based on 178 reviews, and an average rating of 7.4/10. the website's critical consensus reads, "rbg might be preaching to the choir of viewers who admire supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, but it does so effectively."[10] on metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 71 out of 100, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[11] a. o. scott of the new york times wrote, "the movie's touch is light and its spirit buoyant, but there is no mistaking its seriousness or its passion. those qualities resonate powerfully in the dissents that may prove to be justice ginsburg's most enduring legacy, and rbg is, above all, a tribute to her voice."[12] in her review for the hollywood reporter, leslie felperin wrote, "..there is something deeply soothing about rbg, a documentary that, like its subject, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, is eminently sober, well mannered, highly intelligent, scrupulous and just a teeny weeny bit reassuringly dull."[13]

attention attention is the sixth studio album by american rock band shinedown. it was released on may 4, 2018, through atlantic records. it is a concept album, depicting an individual overcoming negativity and related problems to be reborn as a new person. the first single, "devil," was released on march 7, 2018. the first promotional single, "the human radio," was released on april 6, 2018. the second single, "get up," was released on august 8, 2018. the third single, "monsters" was released on march 1, 2019. the fourth single, "attention attention" was released on september 24, 2019. all four singles reached number one on the us billboard mainstream rock songs chart. the album was certified gold by the riaa and music canada.[1][2] initial work on the album began in late 2016, after the band had finished the tour in support of their prior album, threat to survival.[3] in february 2017, smith announced that they had begun work on their sixth studio album.[4] bass had been working on writing 22 separate pieces of music over the course of their 2016 tour, separate from the rest of the band, who wanted to just concentrate on touring.[5] bass had just begun presenting the material to smith, who, while unsure how much exactly would go into the future album, did say that he was very impressed, and that the material may fit together into a concept album, a first for the band.[5] they joined iron maiden on tour in europe in april and may, and began recording soon after.[6] upon the resuming work on the album and beginning work in the studio, the band decided to actually only use one of the 22 originally proposed songs by bass, but the work of the original 22 songs still inspired them to press forward in sticking with the concept album idea overall, just with different songs.[3] in january 2018, myers announced that the band had finished the recording the album and that bass was working on finalizing the production and mixing of the album.[7] attention attention has been described as hard rock,[8][9][10] pop rock,[11] alternative rock,[11] and arena rock,[12] with electronic elements.[13] the sound of the album has been compared to bands like imagine dragons, awolnation, and x ambassadors.[14] attention attention is a concept album. the album tells a story of an individual in a very negative mental and emotional place and, over the course of the fourteen songs, has them work through their issues, becoming a completely changed person by the end of the last song.[3] smith outlined the album's progression: "at the beginning of the record, you can feel this intensity and these bold statements that are being made, but as the record progresses, you hear the individual and the record start to shift, and they start to get their confidence back, and they start to understand what's going on, because they're having to face emotions that they've never really faced before. we call it digging in the dirt mentally. this person has to flush it out. in order to be able to get out of this room and out of this chair and go back into the world, they have to train themselves mentally. they have to accept the fact that it's not always going to be great. it's not always going to be exactly the way you want it."[3] myers also described the album's sound as "heavier than threat to survival".[7] the band tentatively planned to finish the album in late 2017, release a first single in january 2018, and then release the album in april.[15] plans were eventually pushed back; on march 7, 2018, the title was revealed and the album was announced for release on may 4, and its first single "devil", was released.[16] the band announced that there would be a video created for every song on the album, and that the video project would be led by bill yukich, the lead editor on beyoncé's lemonade film for hbo.[3] the band also embarked on a co headlining tour with godsmack to promote the release, as part of live nation's "ticket to rock" program of tours.[17] on april 5, a second song, "the human radio" was released as a promotional single, accompanied by a music video.[18] on august 8, "get up" was released as the second single, accompanied by a music video.[19] a third single for the song "monsters" was released to radio on march 1, 2019 followed by a music video.[20] later, an animated video for the song was also released.[21] a fourth single for the song "attention attention" was released on september 24, 2019 followed by a music video. all four songs have made it to the top of the active rock charts. the band plans to release a video for every song on the album.[22] the band released a film based on the album. the film was directed by bill yukich and was released on september 3, 2021.[23] attention attention received generally positive reviews from critics. at metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 75 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 4 reviews.[24] allmusic described the album as "expertly crafted" album that "maintain[s] high energy on 14 tracks of fuel injected might", concluding that it was a "fun, engaging ride" that "maintain[s] shinedown's power".[14] mark stoneman, writing for altwire said, "attention attention is an easy step up from the band’s previous effort and offers something that is generally fun and rewarding; it’s nothing revolutionary or ground breaking, but then it was never going to be."[25] jessica howkins, writing for distorted sound, stated that "shinedown have released their best album to date." howkins calls the album "incredible, raw and strong with very minor flaws."[27] joshua leep, writing for salute, commenting, "the overall vibe of attention attention still has that slightly dated mid/late 2000s post grunge vibe to it. leep also said, rather than recycling an old sound...shinedown manage[s] to use this sound to drive home the message of the album even further."[32] the sputnik music staff review described the album as the band's true follow up to sound of madness (2008), stating that "there were moments on amaryllis (2012)   and certainly throughout threat to survival (2015)   that smith’s talents were underutilized, misplaced, and flat out squandered...with attention attention placing the impetus behind shinedown’s aggressive rock tendencies, brent smith is back in his element in a way that hasn’t happened since, well, the sound of madness...they both excel at balancing the group’s heavy, southern rock roots with their infectious pop sensibilities."[33] matt mills, writing for metal hammer, was a little less positive calling songs like "black soul" and "kill your conscience" "hilarity inducing head scratchers." mills was more positive towards songs like "devil", "evolve", and "brilliant" saying, "the anthems’ bouncing energy already feels destined to ignite live crowds."[29] music existence wrote, "overall, it’s a very interesting concept to explore in an album, and one that many listeners can relate to."[30] rock 'n' load complimented the production and saying "[it will leave] you to enjoy every nuance."[31] classic rock gave the album a positive review saying that the album is "punchier" and "angrier even, than previous records."[26] kerrang! was a little less positive writing, "a couple of tracks...could probably have been left on the side of the road," but praised the album for its "immense vocals" and "thunderous, thirst quenching melod[ies]."[28] all tracks are written by brent smith and eric bass, except where noted adapted from the album's liner notes.[35] shinedown additional personnel ‡ sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

few of the dozens of books written about what happened at kent state may 4, 1970 have the emotional impact of john backderf’s graphic novel kent state, four dead in ohio. the cleveland based comic artist, who goes by derf, spent two years researching and another two years drawing the book. derf depicts the final days of the four students before they were shot down on a campus parking lot 50 years ago. like his previous graphic novel my friend dahmer, kent state has a personal connection for derf. "the ohio national guard was in my hometown of richfield, before the events of may 4th," he said. "they were camped actually right across from my elementary school. i'd be staring out my classroom window as these jeeps and trucks passed by, and it completely freaked me out," said derf. the guard was intervening in a bitter struggle between the teamsters and the many trucking companies located in richfield. derf was an akron beacon journal paper boy in richfield. "so i was delivering those papers, looking at the headlines about four dead at kent state, and realizing that it was the same soldiers that i had seen in the truckers' strike." "so i've carried this story with me ever since," said derf. forces collide at kent statederf said that many people have the perception that kent state was simply a protest that got out of hand, and the shootings were an unlikely accident where kids were killed. "that is not the story," said derf. "there are so many threads and so many secret machinations going on in the background," he said. "and these great forces all came crashing together, inexplicably, on that grassy hillside by taylor hall." those forces include nixon's war on student protests. "it really hasn't been discussed a lot, the vast secret war between the nixon administration, his intelligence agencies, and the radical left, particularly the anti war left in 1970," said derf. "it involved sweeping constitutional violations, illegal wiretaps, smear campaigns, and so i think that played a huge role in what happened at kent state," said derf, "particularly in generating the paranoia that took over everyone in the state, and the town, and certainly in washington." the personal lives of the fourmore than half of the book revolves around the day to day lives of the four students who were killed. the meticulously detailed historical events are told through their eyes. the personal narrative includes the budding relationship between two students, jeff miller and sandy scheuer, in the days before they were both gunned down. the irony is remarkable. "the tragedy of it," countered derf. "one of jeff miller's friends told me that if you knew them both, it wouldn't be a surprise because they were so much alike." the book includes a few evenings they spent together gettting to know each other, moments all the more poignant for the reader knowing they both are fated to die at the book's conconclusion. derf said, "there're a lot of quiet moments in the book, that's where you find the humanity in the story." the book also follows one of the guardsman. "he gave his account anonymously," said derf. "it's in the may 4th collection and it's a great account, full of details over the course of these four days." the guard member is present at every part of the story, said derf. "he was in richfield, and he took part in all the actions at kent state, and he was one of the shooters." derf says "kent state" tested his skills as an illustrator. "this was a very, very challenging book to draw," he said. "you've got crowd scenes, you've got night scenes, you've got military scenes, you've got night, military crowd scenes... these things are just really difficult to draw." the turning pointderf said the tragedy of may 4 could have been avoided if officials had acted differently on may 3. "this is the pivotal moment in the entire story, because the students were really frustrated with this martial law that's been imposed on them," he said. but he said, the night of may 3 and the peaceful campus protest, "was an opportunity for the authorities, particularly the guard, to ease tensions, to ratchet it down." "instead," he said, "they attacked." the guard carried out a brutal sweep of the off campus area, and of campus. "they bayoneted people and clubbed people and they arrested people, and they gassed people from above," he said. "and that was the pivotal moment when the whole thing flipped on its head." "it became less about students versus the war and became students versus the guard," said derf, "and the stage was set for disaster." derf depicts scenes that have never been seen before. "this is the power of comics," he said. "we have photos of the moment when the guard turns, that iconic moment," said derf. "and we have a few minutes later, we have images of the carnage. but we don't have what happened in between." "i can create those images," said derf. "i don't spare any of the violence because i thought it was important for people to really understand just what happened here," he said. derf's images depict what it's like when bullets over an inch long go tearing through a parking lot full of 500 students, "fired from a weapon so powerful it can send one of those bullets clean through a two foot thick tree trunk. this was a very violent event." the release of kent state, four dead in ohio and derf's book tour have been postponed to september due to the coronavirus outbreak. editor's note: editor's note: the graphic novel kent state: four dead in ohio by cleveland comics author derf is offficially being released today. this story was originally published on april 28, 2020.

discover the cosmos! each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2018 may 4 explanation: big, beautiful spiral galaxy m101 is one of the last entries in charles messier's famous catalog, but definitely not one of the least. about 170,000 light years across, this galaxy is enormous, almost twice the size of our own milky way galaxy. m101 was also one of the original spiral nebulae observed by lord rosse's large 19th century telescope, the leviathan of parsontown. m101 shares this modern telescopic field of view with spiky foreground stars within the milky way and a companion dwarf galaxy ngc 5474 (lower right). the colors of the milky way stars can also be found in the starlight from the large island universe. its core is dominated by light from cool yellowish stars. along its grand design spiral arms are the blue colors of hotter, young stars mixed with obscuring dust lanes and pinkish star forming regions. also known as the pinwheel galaxy, m101 lies within the boundaries of the northern constellation ursa major, about 23 million light years away. ngc 5474 has likely been distorted by its past gravitational interactions with the dominant m101. authors & editors: robert nemiroff (mtu) & jerry bonnell (umcp) nasa official: phillip newman specific rights apply. nasa web privacy policy and important notices a service of: asd at nasa / gsfc & michigan tech. u.

the swedish academy has said it will postpone this year's nobel prize in literature but plans to award it next year. the decision makers cited the "crisis" around sex abuse that has caused some academy members to resign. the swedish academy, which organizes the nobel prize in literature, announced friday that it will not award the 2018 honor due to sex abuse allegations that have raised turmoil among the academy members and cast critical light upon the prestigious annual award. to view this video please enable javascript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports html5 video "the present decision was arrived at in view of the currently diminished academy and the reduced public confidence in the academy," the academy's press release read. the group's permanent secretary, anders olsson, said: "we find it necessary to commit time to recovering public confidence in the academy before the next laureate can be announced." he added that the cultural institution also made the decision to delay the 2018 award "out of respect for previous and future literature laureates, the nobel foundation and the general public." the academy said it intended to bestow the 2018 literature award in 2019. read more: how a #metoo scandal is rocking the nobel literature academy nobel prize foundation supports delay the nobel prize foundation, which manages the assets for the row of nobel prizes, said it backed the decision to postpone this year's literature prize. "the crisis in the swedish academy has adversely affected the nobel prize," carl hendrik heldin, president of the foundation's board, said in a statement. the decision of the academy "underscores the seriousness of the situation and will help safeguard the long term reputation of the nobel prize. none of this impacts the awarding of the 2018 nobel prizes in other prize categories," he added. however, heldin underscored that the academy should now undertake all it can to recover its integrity in the aftermath of the sex scandal: "the nobel foundation presumes that the swedish academy will now put all its efforts into the task of restoring its credibility as a prize awarding institution and that the academy will report the concrete actions that are undertaken." the nobel prize foundation was created in 1900 to administer the will investor alfred nobel, which funds the prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. the institution's rules allow a prize to be postponed for a year. read more: the nobel prizes   what you need to know #metoo scandal engulfs the academy the swedish academy's decision to delay the 2018 award and bestow it in 2019   alongside that year's winner   came after the cultural and linguistic body had been engulfed by crisis at the end of last year following revelations of alleged rampant sex abuse perpetrated by a high profile figure associated with the organization. in november, a swedish newspaper published testimonies of 18 women who claimed to have been raped, sexually assaulted or harassed by jean claude arnault, the french husband of academy member katarina frostenson and an influential voice on the swedish cultural scene. he and his wife ran a cultural club that received funding from the academy. arnault has also been accused of leaking the names of literature prize nominees. he denies all accusations. the revelations threw the academy into turmoil, causing several members of the 18 person group to disassociate themselves or resign, including sara danius, the first female head of the academy that was founded in 1786. frostenson also agreed to step down. while the academy has admitted that "unacceptable behavior in the form of unwanted intimacy" took place internally, the admission has not been enough to stem the fallout to the group's damaged reputation. "the academy needs time to regain its full complement, engage a larger number of active members and regain confidence in its work," the body said in its press release on friday. an institution divided   like any other in an april statement to spanish daily el pais, the 2010 literature nobel prize winner, mario vargas llosa, described the affairs plaguing the academy as "a great scandal that has led to a major break up." however, he simultaneously said that, as terrible as the scandal is, it is a local affair happening within a body of global significance. "the division [of the academy] has brought to light rivalries that exist in all institutions," vargas llosa said. he called for justice regarding the accusations but underlined that "the scandal should not affect an institution that has always enjoyed respect and an international audience." the academy has chosen the winner of the nobel prize in literature starting in 1901. japanese born british author kazuo ishiguro won the prize last year. the swedish academy pointed out that this year is not the first time it has decided to delay the prize: the group declared a "reserved prize" in 1915, 1919, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1936 and 1949, with five of those postponed prizes being awarded at the same time as the following year's prize. additionally, no nobel prizes at all were awarded during the world war ii years of 1940 42.

in an interview with rudy giuliani and a series of tweets thursday morning, donald trump’s team reversed itself on some key questions of how it handled a payment to porn star stormy daniels. speaking with fox news host sean hannity, the former new york city mayor and new member of the president’s legal team admitted that trump repaid personal attorney michael cohen for the $130,000 in hush money given to daniels. trump then essentially confirmed that account in a series of tweets. this came after weeks of denials to the contrary, including one from trump himself. trump continues to deny that he had an affair with daniels. here’s a timeline of the official line on the payments. in response to a complaint to the federal election commission that the payment violated campaign finance law, cohen sent a statement to reporters claiming that he paid out his own pocket and was not reimbursed. “in a private transaction in 2016, i used my own personal funds to facilitate a payment of $130,000 to ms. stephanie clifford. neither the trump organization nor the trump campaign was a party to the transaction with ms. clifford, and neither reimbursed me for the payment, either directly or indirectly. the payment to ms. clifford was lawful, and was not a campaign contribution or a campaign expenditure by anyone.” in an interview with vanity fair published on feb. 14, cohen said that he paid the $130,000 from his own pocket and was not reimbursed by either the trump campaign or the trump organization. as for the other questions, he reiterated that the $130,000 came from his own bank account and that he was not reimbursed by either the trump campaign or trump organization, but would not answer more on the record. “i am not on trial, nor am i sitting for a worldwide deposition,” he said. “i was responding to a complaint within a timely manner.” speaking at the daily press briefing, white house spokeswoman sarah huckabee sanders said that trump did not know about any payments to stormy daniels, citing a conversation she’d had with him. reporter: you were asked about whether the president knew about this payment his longtime lawyer made to   facilitated, rather   to stormy daniels. you said then, and again today, not that you’re aware of. have you asked the president this question? sanders: yeah, i’ve had conversations with the president about this. and, as i outlined earlier, that this case has already been won in arbitration and that there was no knowledge of any payments from the president, and he’s denied all of these allegations. speaking to reporters on air force one, trump said curtly that he did not know about the payment, referring questions to cohen. reporter: did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy daniels? trump: no. reporter: then why did michael cohen make this, if there was no truth to the allegations. trump: well, you’ll have to ask michael cohen. michael is my attorney and you’ll have to ask michael cohen. reporter: do you know where he got the money to make that payment? trump: no, i don’t know. in a phone interview with “fox and friends,” trump says that no campaign funds went to cohen for the payment. it was the first time trump publicly used daniels’ name. but, michael would represent me and represent me on some things. he represents me   like with this crazy stormy daniels deal he represented me. and, you know, from what i see he did absolutely nothing wrong. there were no campaign funds going into this … which would have been a problem. in an interview with fox news host sean hannity, giuliani said that trump personally reimbursed cohen for the money in installments as a monthly retainer. giuliani: having something to do with paying some stormy daniels woman $130,000? which, i mean, is going to turn out to be perfectly legal. that money was not campaign money. sorry, i’m giving you a fact now that you don’t know. it’s not campaign money. no campaign finance violation. hannity: they funneled it through a law firm. giuliani: they funneled through a law firm, and the president repaid it. hannity: oh. i didn’t know that. he did. giuliani: yep. hannity: there’s no campaign finance law. giuliani: zero. just like every   sean, sean   hannity: so this decision was made by   giuliani: everybody was nervous about this from the very beginning. i wasn’t. i knew how much money donald trump put into that campaign, and i said, “$130,000? he could do a couple of checks for $130,000.” when i heard of cohen’s retainer for $130,000, he was doing no work for the president. i said, “well, that’s how he’s repaying it, with a little profit and a little margin for paying taxes for michael. in a follow up interview with the new york times, giuliani said that cohen was reimbursed for the stormy daniels payment as well as other “incidental expenses,” adding up to a total of $460,000 or $470,000. “some time after the campaign is over, they set up a reimbursement, $35,000 a month, out of his personal family account,” mr. giuliani said. he added that over all, mr. cohen was paid $460,000 or $470,000 from mr. trump through those payments, which also included money for “incidental expenses” that he had incurred on mr. trump’s behalf. in a series of tweets, trump confirmed that he kept cohen on a monthly retainer which reimbursed him for the non disclosure agreement, but argued that no campaign money was used. mr. cohen, an attorney, received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non disclosure agreement, or nda. these agreements are..... ...very common among celebrities and people of wealth. in this case it is in full force and effect and will be used in arbitration for damages against ms. clifford (daniels). the agreement was used to stop the false and extortionist accusations made by her about an affair,...... ...despite already having signed a detailed letter admitting that there was no affair. prior to its violation by ms. clifford and her attorney, this was a private agreement. money from the campaign, or campaign contributions, played no roll in this transaction. speaking to reporters before boarding marine one, trump said that giuliani got some of his facts wrong when speaking about the daniels payment and promised a statement would come shortly. i tell you what   rudy is a great guy, but he just started a day ago. but he really has his heart into it. he’s working hard. he’s learning the subject matter. and he’s going to be issuing a statement too. but he is a great guy. he knows it’s a witch hunt. that’s what he knows. he’s seen a lot of them. and he said he’s never seen anything so horrible. as an example, 33,000 emails requested by congress with a subpoena, and they get burned, they get deleted. and nobody says anything. give me a break. so rudy knows it’s a witch hunt. he started yesterday. he’ll get his facts straight. he’s a great guy. but what he does is he feels it’s a very bad thing for our country, and he happens to be right. in a statement issued to reporters, giuliani said that the payments were made to resolve a “personal and false allegation” and that his “references to timing” were about his understanding and not trump’s. this is intended to clarify the views i expressed over the past few days. these are my views: first: there is no campaign violation. the payment was made to resolve a personal and false allegation in order to protect the president’s family. it would have been done in any event, whether he was a candidate or not. second: my references to timing were not describing my understanding of the president’s knowledge, but instead, my understanding of these matters. third: it is undisputed that the president’s dismissal of former director comey   an inferior executive officer   was clearly within his article ii power. recent revelations about former director comey further confirm the wisdom of the president’s decision, which was plainly in the best interests of our nation. contact us at letters@time.com

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"may the 4th be with you" went from a pun to a hashtag to a holiday fans celebrate the day worldwide in a number of ways it’s not just a pun. “may the 4th be with you” is the phrase marking a full fledged unofficial holiday, star wars day. actually, as far as lucasfilm and disney are concerned, it’s quite official. so, why this day, and what is there to do other than watch it trend on twitter? as legend has it, and according to the origin story recognized by lucasfilm, the phrase was first used on may 4, 1979, the day margaret thatcher took office as uk prime minister. the conservative party reportedly placed an ad in the london evening news that read, “may the fourth be with you, maggie. congratulations.” it took off in the age of social media (there’s even a star wars day snapchat filter), and now events around the world celebrate the day. there are online and in store deals on “star wars” merchandise and gaming, “star wars” food galore, and other events, where fans are encouraged to dress up, play “star wars” trivia or just enjoy their favorite film franchise. here are five other things you can do on star wars day: 1) go watch a baseball game. seriously. you’ll get some swag. if you’re at yankee stadium on friday night, the new york yankees will give away an aaron judge jedi bobblehead. ( if you can’t be in new york, some other teams are expected to celebrate star wars day, too). 2) get ready for the release of the han solo prequel by watching new content. if you’ve watched the “solo” trailer so much that you could navigate your way around corellia, maybe you’re in the mood for something else for a while. disney’s youtube channel is expected to have seven animated shorts from the “star wars forces of destiny” series available. ‘star wars:’ revenge of the myth 3) visit some of the spots made famous by the “star wars” movies. 4) roar like chewbacca, for a good cause. lucasfilm and star wars: force for change invite fans to share their own versions of the wookiee’s cry on social media. through may 25, star wars: force for change us will donate $1 to unicef usa (up to $1 million) for each public post, like or share on twitter, instagram or facebook that includes #roarforchange. 5) throw your own party   with “star wars” themed food. this is a time to get in the kitchen and show your friends and family how deep your “star wars” love goes. you could make porg puffs, or even porg chops. how about porgin pie? ok, we’ll stop now. cnn’s anika myers palm contributed to this report. © 2025 cable news network. a warner bros. discovery company. all rights reserved. cnn sans ™ & © 2016 cable news network.

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on this date in the year 2070, someone will be writing about how the great coronavirus pandemic of fifty years earlier changed the world and why we are better off for it in some ways, worse off in others, and how mystifying it is that there are still those lingering issues that haven’t yet been settled. and, isn’t it about time we finished the job and stopped repeating history? anniversaries are important to make sure we ask those questions. it’s why, over the past two years, i’ve written posts about the anniversaries of so many events that shaped the world during the time frame of my novel the fourteenth of september and still resonate today: the bobby kennedy assassination, the 1968 democratic convention, the moratoriums to end the war in vietnam: october 15, 1969 & november 15, 1969, the first draft lottery and the kent state shootings. this will be the last anniversary post on the history behind my novel; the cycle is done. the story takes place roughly between the first vietnam draft lottery and the kent state shootings, two seminal events that book ended a six month period wherein i’ve always felt the character of my generation was formed, including its early feminism. the novel ends shortly after kent state when the country fired on its children, the turning point incident in support of the war when the country went too far and knew it. fifty years sounds so long, but in many ways has gone by so fast. what we haven’t learned in that time frame is legion. just this past december, the washington post published a report, “at war with the truth,” about the war in afghanistan, that sounded like the playbook for vietnam: falsified data to show we were “winning,” admissions that the strategy wasn’t working, and the objective unclear. on the positive side, we learned to treat our vets with respect, to never have another draft, and we keep coming close to electing a woman president. two steps back, one step forward, another we just can’t seem to get quite right. we are still so in the thick of this pandemic that, yes, it’s difficult to focus on anything else. but it’s illustrative, on today’s anniversary, to consider how we might try to learn the lessons of how to be the admirable country we consider ourselves to be, the first or the fifth or the fiftieth try instead of so often falling back into the hamster wheel of history. a high school friend of my vintage found this recently among his late mother's things. he had no idea she'd been a protester. "right on, mrs. gustafson," it worked. following is a post i wrote on this day two years ago, that includes the story of what happened at kent state university on may 4, 1970, and why it still matters today. in rereading it, i see that we were only thirteen months into the new administration, dealing acutely with school shootings and already hearing about alternative facts and incredible re interpretations of reality. i asked readers to look ahead and think about what would be on the conscience of the country on this fiftieth anniversary date to which we should also be saying “no, that’s not who we are.” the issues have changed, but not the question. how we’re dealing with acceptable percentages of pandemic deaths and knee jerk 180 turns in policy that impact lives and livelihoods. i ask again. haven’t we learned how to be better than this. are we ready again to stop and say, “no, that’s not who we are?” the iconic kent state photo recently, while promoting the fall publication of my novel, the fourteenth of september, which takes place during the pivotal 1969 1970 years of the vietnam war, i was asked if of the many iconic moments in american history that happened during that time period  one had impacted me more than any other. i paused to consider the word iconic... icon   a symbol. no question. it was the kent state massacre, a symbol at the time of the total chasm between the government and the youth it was supposed to be protecting: the bridge too far that blew away most of the remaining support for the war, though it’s death throes dragged on another five years. every may fourth since 1970 there has been media coverage of the shootings, always featuring the pulitzer prize winning photograph of fourteen year old mary ann vecchio with arms outstretched in agony and disbelief, kneeling above the body of twenty year old jeffrey miller. an iconic image of how we felt. agony and disbelief. this is america? how had it come to this? we know the facts: the national guard fired into a crowd of students protesting the war’s expansion into cambodia. sixty seven rounds over thirteen seconds killing four, wounding nine, permanently paralyzing one. the massive national student strike after. a turning point in how the country viewed the war. it was just too much to kill kids. it all began with a lie and it was bald faced. nixon was elected because he said he'd end the war something his predecessor, johnson, hadn't been able to do. his administration said we were winding down. hard as it may be to believe from the vantage point of today, media was limited. we only heard one side and assumed what we were told was true though obviously that was disavowed later on many levels, most recently in the ken burns documentary the vietnam war. but, suddenly, on april 30, 1970, it's announced we just bombed cambodia. it was earth shattering. the war was being accelerated, not contained. of course, there were protests; of course, they were full of anger; of course, those protests would be on a campus where the populations of draft age men were among the largest. we had just been through the roulette of the draft lottery and the news about my lai. nerves were raw, the rage was high. above all, trust was waning, and this cambodia lie just wiped it out. how could we believe anything the government told us ever again? and then, to top it off, unbelievably, students were shot dead at one of those protests. it was the very definition of a word we were just beginning to use to describe what we thought were mind expanding experiences: surreal. the memorial to jeffrey miller, bordering where he fell, on the kent state campus i think many people of my generation can tell you where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about kent state, just like all the assassinations that punctuated that time king, the two kennedys. i remember walking into the student union with a few others and being shocked to hear my friend, tommy aubry, screaming from the top of the stairs, “they’re shooting us! they’re shooting us!” we didn’t know what he was talking about. he pointed to the only television set in the union and ran past us to shout the news to others. we didn’t believe it at first. who would? they must have shot over their heads. it had to be an accident. surely no one was actually dead. it was too fantastic to comprehend... until we had to. the truth of it was horrible. it wasn’t enough that we could be sent to vietnam to die; we could die here. i came across a quote by the survivor, gerald casale, that summed up a student’s point of view. “it completely and utterly changed my life. i was a white hippie boy and then i saw exit wounds from m1 rifles out of the backs of people i knew...” abraham and isaac sculpture in commemoration of the kent state shootings, at princeton university in an era of embryonic diversity awareness, it was astounding that supposedly the most cherished of us all were now being killed just outside a quiet midwestern town. anything could happen next. casale founded the band devo, creating music and a movement as a result of his experience. i have a chapter in my book you can read here that’s based on what happened at the campus i was on. it was not something i had to research. i still remember every second. within days after the shootings, the national guard actually did arrive on my campus, and we thought we were also going to be killed another chapter, another iconic situation. we were still teenagers and most of us had been pretty sheltered, but now we understood what it must be like for those fighting for civil rights in the south, for anyone living day in and day out in any country at war. it was a sobering lesson. we were truly in what we called "the war at home." according to the final report on the kent state massacre by the president’s commission on campus unrest: “it was unnecessary, unwarranted, inexcusable” an iconic symbol of the war that caused it. the subtitle of my novel is “a coming of conscience,” because it was a time when we weren’t just growing up and coming of age. in addition by the way we chose or were forced to cope with the situations presented by the vietnam war we were each defining our own character. we were each faced with decisions where integrity could or should trump consequences (pun intended). would i go to vietnam or to canada? if i join rotc (reserve officers' training corps) am i being realistic or complicit? if i put my head in the sand and try to ignore it all am i being apathetic, cowardly or just understandably self preserving? we’re in a period now where we’re questioning our leadership and taking our positions on matters to the streets in massive marches. it’s our right and our privilege, and they don't fire on us we feel safe. one reason is that on may 4, 1970, the country looked aghast at the bodies of those dead children and decided that this was not who we were. this was not our character. it was a coming of conscience moment for the country. it all reminds me of watching apocalypse now, a brilliant film that i admired greatly but could never see a second time. viewing it made me feel i’d personally been through the war. it told the heart of darkness story of colonel kurtz, who embodied "the horror," as he put it, of how we would actually have to behave to win such a war. in the movie, the government has sent an assassin to eliminate him, because as a people we couldn’t accept that krutz is what we’d have to become to do what washington considered so essential continue as the country that had never lost a war. with kent state, the horror rang through every level of america. is this what it’s come to? we answered, “no.” may 4, 2020, will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the massacre. over the coming years, let’s remember and honor what happened at kent state. and, in this current moment of dubious facts, incredible re interpretations of truth and never again, let’s think of what else is on the conscience of the country to which we should also be saying, “no, that’s not who we are.” © 2019 rita dragonette. all rights reserved.

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rbg is a 2018 american documentary film focusing on the life and career of ruth bader ginsburg, the second female associate justice of the supreme court of the united states after sandra day o'connor. after premiering at the 2018 sundance film festival, the film was released in the united states on may 4, 2018. the film was directed and produced by betsy west and julie cohen. the film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $14.4 million worldwide. it was chosen by the national board of review as the best documentary film of 2018, and nominated for several other awards, including the bafta award for best documentary. at the 91st academy awards, the film earned nominations for best documentary feature and best original song ("i'll fight"). the film also won the cinema for peace award for women's empowerment in 2019. rbg chronicles the career of u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, which spans several decades, and how she developed a legal legacy while becoming a pop culture icon. the film is a biographical depiction of ginsburg from her birth in brooklyn, new york, her college education and subsequent career as a law professor, her appointment to the federal judiciary by president jimmy carter, and eventual appointment to the supreme court by president bill clinton. ruth bader was born in brooklyn into a first generation american jewish family. she earned a bachelor's degree at cornell university, where she met her husband, martin ginsburg; they remained married until his death in 2010. ruth enrolled in harvard law school before transferring to columbia law school while martin started a successful career as a new york city tax attorney. after graduating from columbia, ginsburg became a law professor at rutgers law school and columbia law school. ruth bader ginsburg successfully argued five of six cases regarding gender discrimination before the u.s. supreme court. she advocated for both men and women facing gender based bias: among the plaintiffs she represented was sharron frontiero, a woman facing housing discrimination in the u.s. air force, and a male single parent denied social security benefits normally paid only to single mothers. ginsburg argued these cases in the 1970s, when gender discrimination was rampant in u.s. society and an all male supreme court was generally skeptical of claims of bias against women. after being nominated by president jimmy carter, ginsburg was confirmed to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit on june 18, 1980. her service on the appellate court ended august 9, 1993, and she was sworn in as a u.s. supreme court justice on august 10, 1993, becoming the second female justice ever appointed at that time. after frankly answering questions about abortion and discrimination at her senate confirmation hearings, ginsburg was confirmed by a vote of 96 to 3, which president clinton notes was astounding given the partisan political environment of the time, let alone now. the film includes interviews with feminist icon gloria steinem and npr's nina totenberg on ginsburg's trailblazing career focused on women's rights.