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bill and the latest from the cbo on that. we'll talk more about that in just a minute. meanwhile, fox news alert, another republican senator and a longtime critic of president trump is calling it quits. it was on a republican jeff flake announcing on the senate floor he will not seek reelection. and he will retire in his term is up. this is "outnumbered." i'm sandra smith. here today, harris faulkner. a publican strategist and fox news contributor, lisa boothe. from a national security staff or under president bush and obama, gillian turner. and today's #oneluckyguy, brian kilmeade. cohost of fox and friends on the host of the nationally syndicated brian kilmeade show on the fox news radio. also the author of a new book. have you heard about it yet? andrew jackson and the mayor of new orleans, the battle that shaped america's destiny. he is outnumbered and not busy enough. >> brian: i miss the side of the couch. >> harris: i was on friends. you have so many, kill meet and friends.
going to come in, so much artwork, you blend all in from this. >> brian: you put the pictures up. i was with your friend, bill hemmer. he came to the studio. >> harris: welcome. >> brian: i am privileged to be here. great to be back on the couch. it's only my second time doing "outnumbered" from this studio so it will be a new experience. >> sandra: a lot going on so let's get started, another big g.o.p. critic of president trump announcing he will not be seeking reelection. it was on a senator jeff flake telling colleagues on the senate floor he will retire when his current term ends next year. use his remarks to rip into the president. >> reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as telling it like it is. when it is actually just reckless, outrageous, and undignified. because politics can make us silent when we should speak and silence could equal complicity.
i have children and grandchildren to answer to and so, mr. president, i will not be complacent or silent. >> sandra: his comments echo words by tennessee republic and senator bob corker, who was also retiring. trump tweeting this morning. "the reason flake and corker dropped out of the senate race is very simple. if they had zero chance of being elected. now, act so hurt and wounded." the meeting with her publican senators yesterday outside of flake and corker was a love fest with standing ovations and great ideas for usa. former arizona state senator kelli ward wants to win flake's now open seat. she has welcoming his. >> we do need a positive way forward. we need new leadership to my new g.o.p. leadership in washington, d.c., and i look forward to being a part of that class of 2019 who is putting the america first agenda out in the forefront.
>> sandra: democrats say americans should pay attention to the republicans who are speaking out against trump. yours congressman elijah coming. >> i warned the american people, and i'm saying it very clearly. listen to corker. they need to listen to flake. and listen very carefully because they are basically telling what they see and what they believe. >> sandra: what message did this send you, brian kilmeade? >> brian: unbelievable day yesterday and it still resonating today, bob corker baited the president answering back. i knew that was going to happen and then senator flake surprised everyone when he gets to the senate floor and saying emotionally i'm out of here. i think the one thing we keep forgetting about is as much as i like jeff flake and i read his book, he was just an studio during the tour here is he was doing terribly and he could've had the embarrassment of losing a primary but i thought it was also telling that something must've happened because condoleezza rice was lined up to do a fundraiser on thursday.
he had also the former president, president bush was going to help to and raising money. he said he's been working the campaign and doing fundraisers two weeks ago, he was doing a fundraiser in arizona. >> harris: what do you think happened to? he also voted with trump 90% of the time. when you look at a guy like luther strange who we know the president backs, that was more than his 90%. so what happened? >> sandra: he was all along very critical of the president. >> harris: he didn't vote for him, but he bowed along the lines of the president's agenda. so what happened for him suddenly as you say? >> brian: the only thing we can conclude is he talks to the money people and they don't want to write the checks. i've heard the senate money. because of repeal and replace failure and he is trailing badl badly. it must've been strong. >> gillian: if you look at the mainstream media, you're not hearing that. do not even hearing a mention of his election chances not being so good. you're hearing a lot of other things.
>> lisa: mainstream media likes to exploit risks in the republican party. there are risks in the democratic party. issues like abortion when he went to basically do a litmus test on the issue. a huge risk there, nobody talks about it. but jeff flake didn't just have a problem with the republican primary. he also had a problem in the general election. you go back in 2012 when mitt romney romney won arizona by nine points, he only one back by 3%. so he was also facing an uphill battle in that aspect of this as well but if i'm president trump, i wouldn't put all my votes on kelli ward. she got trumped by john mccain which is probably the most vulnerable and republican primary yet could not defeat him. he look at someone like marsha blackburn in tennessee him and she's much more poised to win the republican primary and also go on to win a state as well so i wouldn't necessarily. >> harris: kelli ward, i'll be talking with her next hour pretty she did come within 11 points of john mccain which is closer than anybody in his 30
years, so it was a double digit loss for her, but it was a tighter loss than we've been seeing with other people. >> sandra: and asked a question at the white house yesterday, is president trump remaking the republican party, here's how sarah sanders responded. >> i wouldn't say necessarily he's remaking it because you have a couple of individuals that are no longer running for office. he's got a foot great relationship a number of republicans. he's going to continue working with them and making sure that we get things done for the american people. he wants people to be in the senate that are committed to actually moving the ball down the field and i don't think these two individuals necessarily have been as focused on that. >> harris: a reference that brian kilmeade can appreciate. >> gillian: i think yes, the president is cut from a different cloth than in previous bread he's in outside the box president. now as a result, i think some senators, the president has designed himself and now some senators are defining themselves in opposition to him for that is the game of politics.
senator flake's case is interesting to me, a bit more than the others because -- if we accept the logic here that he dropped out because he was not going to cut it, to me, there's a problem with his messaging yesterday. part of what he said i appreciated, part of it i resented because he set up this false dichotomy where he said rather than stay silent and become pleasant, i'm going to drop out of the race. but those aren't your two choices anyway. you could stay, you could run your campaign and have a bigger platform to voice yourself if you don't agree with people who are in power. your voice and perspective is more important than ever before. that is not the moment to drop out. i don't like that. >> brian: basically this, paul ryan sparred with the president. mitch mcconnell sparred with the president. lindsey graham sparred with the president. don't take it personal, get over it. he doesn't take it personal.
as we talked about on the radio, mr. get on the page, you don't belong here? lindsey graham says you're a disgrace but he got over it. >> harris: these are men, the denim and you just mentioned, lindsey graham and others who have the ability to get on the high road and who else is on there, the american people. they are looking at the bigger view. they are able to do that. not everybody can do that. of the money portion i hadn't thought about until you brought it up. if you're having a hard time raising some cash as the democrats are going to start to learn this lesson, it becomes difficult to walk out what you talk about. >> gillian: the group of senators that are establishing themselves in opposition to president trump, mcgrane, flick, corker, right now the goat don't constitute a direct threat him political he but when they start reaching five, ten, maybe more, then that's a real problem. >> brian: they have the same objective. tax reform, infrastructure, repeal and replace, foreign defense. they have the same objective and when we go into a locker room,
you don't have to like everyone there but it if your goal is winning, that's all you need. >> harris: if we don't want to be in the locker room. >> brian: cafe. i'm not sure i can do that now. >> lisa: the reality is now you have senator corker, senator flake, let's say both of them decide to not vote for tax reform. that puts you at 50. that's where you have to be with vice president pence being the tiebreaker. so these are important. i think the american people don't even care about all the stuff, i just want someone to get done. i need relief. i want to make more money but i want to be able to pay the bills. and these the issues they care about. >> harris: how are they going to vote in the next 15 months? >> lisa: i don't know. i think that's the question. the things that they've even stated that they care about, but real quick back to arizona, i guarantee that republican primary field gets pretty darn crowded now that jeff flake is not going to go. you're going to have other
revoking members of congress throwing their hat in the ring. we are looking at those kelli ward numbers again, and i was a great point that you made in the sense that she did better than previous people dead but there's still a point grade >> harris: the landscape is different now. shall have to do it differently. >> sandra: democrats are blasting the republicans new efforts to investigate the department's decision not to prosecute hillary clinton over her emails. it's just a distraction from a lack of oversight of president trump. is it? or do we need answers? fox news confirming hillary clinton's campaign and the dnc helped fund research that led to the controversial trump-russia.ca. whether this was a concerted effort to smear the president. hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer.
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>> harris: fox news has confirmed hillary clinton and the tientsin helped fund political research into trump then candidates and ultimately produced a controversial dossier of allegations about his ties to
russia. an attorney representing the clinton campaign and the dnc retained fusion gps, washington firm to do that research. the firm hired dossier author christopher steele, a former british spy. meanwhile, just days ago, multiple leaders from fusion gps pleaded the fifth before house lawmakers when asked who financed that work. house oversight committee trey gowdy says he has more question questions. >> it is irrelevant who paid for the dossier. it's much more relevant who relied upon it pretty so my focus has always been whether or not the department of justice and the fbi relied upon in unsourced ci document to launch a counterintelligence investigation. so i want to know whether the nation's premier law enforcement agency relied on the document that looked like the "national enquirer" prepared it. >> harris: money, money, money. before clinton and the dnc kicked in that cash, the dossier was initially financed during the primaries by an unnamed g.o.p. operative.
president trump has denied everything that is in that dossier. meanwhile, former clinton campaign spokesperson brian fallon tweeted this. "i regret i didn't know about christopher steele's high hiring pre-election bread i would've gone to europe to try to help him." playing the part of the british spy is brian kilmeade. the story has a british spy in it. >> brian: christopher steele, bottom line is when he lost his original benefactor at the rnc, i would find out who that candidate is a ripple looking candidate that started the investigation, very curious to see who that is but hopefully that will emerge soon with these documents get exposed. i just think it's a substantial amount of money. he demanded 5.6 million in legal fees for the clinton campaign and the dnc wrote him a $3.6 million check. that's a lot of spying. >> gillian: you're just jealous because you went into the wrong business. >> brian: 's fusion gps is the one thing i am taking the fifth.
>> harris: i just need someone to tell me who is working on the campaign? what exactly is opposition research and i know what it is, but what is it in this context? before you dig up dirt on your opponent. i don't think this is normal in terms of -- here's what i think the big deal about this. the world concern or that's been the narrative of concern of russian disinformation in the united states, here is your disinformation campaign and it was bought and paid for by hillary clinton's campaign and the dnc. in the book shattered, it talks about clinton's source is basically saying that within 24 hours of her concession speech, they came together and came up with the narrative of why she lost. and russia influences part of that. this document has led to a lot of the allegations against president trump and russia collusion which was bought and paid for by the clinton campaign. when you look at the fusion gps which many are saying is an unregistered agent of russia who employed christopher steele who got his information from russian
intelligence sources. this is highly concerning and then you add an extra element which is probably the most concerning of all, is how did this influence of federal investigation and the fbi seeking a warrant? there are elements that are very concerning and we should absolutely get to the bottom of it. >> harris: the next steps are do you get special prosecutor, special counsel on this? >> gillian: i think it would be ideal but we are definitely going to have committees on the hill. this is sketch city. >> harris: are you saying details are sketchy? or shady? >> gillian: the whole story surrounding this dossier shady and reprehensible and nothing highlights just how dirty the american presidential politics has become, but i like maybe unlike lisa, i'm not sure, i think the blame lies with the republicans hereto. they commissioned this dossier and we don't know who it is, but
we don't know where their research ends and hillary clinton's research begins. i just think the whole -- everybody is tarnished. this is just terrible for everyone. >> brian: hillary clinton had a year by herself to raise an amount of money. the rnc saw whoever this republican candidate is. i'm not going to say it, but there's one name that keeps coming up over and over. >> harris: what does it rhyme with? >> brian: i'm not a good rhymer. all i could say is the good part about this is your very upset obviously. >> sandra: i'm upset that we have to say dossier every five seconds. remember how when the story originally broke, by using that word, we are somehow confirming the validity of it. you could call it a report or something. >> brian: so vigilant about foreign investment in our elections from here on in. >> sandra: what about accountability? the dnc is not even owning this. it was the other dnc.
>> gillian: it is possible. [all talking at once] the has been completely been transformed since the election. sandra. it's like saying outnumbered had a terrible show one day. and you're like well that's not my fault. you know what i'm saying? never terrible, it's not what i'm saying. that would never happen. >> sandra: that is fake news. >> harris: i just hallucinated that we are already in the commercial. should we go? don't put the cameras back on me. >> brian: you are staring me down. >> harris: brian kilmeade, good news. is that forever now, we are going to be looking we hope that
how foreign money gets into elections. we hope. >> brian: looking at the positive. try to defuse a little bit of tension. >> harris: republicans set to take a big step in their quest to fast-track tax reform. and put a bill on the desk by the end of the year. of the major steps lawmakers are taking to make sure that tax effort goes far better than their attempts to repeal obamacare. we will talk about that. and the g.o.p. taking aim at hillary clinton over controversial uranium deal. the president called this the story of the decade. was the uranium deal with russians and weather donations to the clinton foundation played any role in that. the answers lawmakers are seeking and even calling for a special counsel in that. stay close. how long do you think we'll keep -- oooooohhh! you stopped!
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>> sandra: the push for tax reform is in high gear as the house expected to vote tomorrow on the senate's budget passage would allow the g.o.p. to fast-track their tax plan. this has political reporting republicans are taking steps to avoid the mistakes that hurt the obamacare repeal effort out of the gate. the publication saying party leaders have prepared rollout plans that include taxing campaigns, multistate tax tour and deep policy dives with caucus members. there also reportedly bringing on board a veteran g.o.p. strategist who helped lawmakers sharpen their talking points. earlier in america's newsroom, the number two has republican congressman kevin mccarthy told me why passing the senate's budget is so important. >> yes, it will pass and a vote for the budget is about to move tax reform forward. what is so important here to realize that the house is taking the senate budget. the senate made some changes in there for the house. that speeds up tax reform by more than two weeks. so it starts the process faster so that we can get this done
this year, to really help the hard-working taxpayers of america could it will keep more of their own money. >> sandra: does this get done? >> brian: yes. >> sandra: talking tax reform. >> brian: i already think they've reached flexibility. i just think the question would be are you going to be able to get any democrats on board because they're not going to find torque corporate tax. it will be good. >> harris: is a different question. >> brian: they have simple majorities. >> harris: are never the day that senator rand paul voted against the budget and then everybody said where does he stand out all the stuff? the president said that's fine, but he's on board for tax refor reform. i don't know, i don't play golf. sandra is an excellent golfer, by the way. >> sandra: picking on me today today. rand paul was on of those who
spoke up and said this is not bringing tax cuts to the entire middle class. that is still a concern and speaking of talking points, when coming from democrats. >> gillian: can i talk about what i know? political communication, i really think it's important to the the trump administration has learned from mistakes in the past but there was the first rollout of the travel ban, the republican party as a whole not getting in front of it, allowing a vacuum for disinformation from the democratic party about obamacare to be able to get into the atmosphere and sort of taint the process, i think that's really important that they're getting in front of this and right now, we don't have the details of that legislation on tax reform. right now, we are dealing with broad strokes. we are dealing with messaging and dealing with the shaping of the process. >> harris: why is that? why hasn't the president shown us in terms what he wants it for that proposal? we still have the income brackets, we don't know what the middle classes. >> lisa: i expect because a lot of the stuff has been worked
out behind closed doors. >> harris: that's great news. >> lisa: that's what i hope. basically right now, everyone is trying to shape the process which is why you have democrats coming forward and saying this is for the rich. you have republicans coming out things for the middle class. that's what's happening right now. if the shaping of the overall process. for publicans to get on front of this be very well thought out and there messaging of this. >> sandra: passage of the budget in the house tomorrow would be key as you heard mccarthy say. that speeds things up, millington would be huge if they could gather some. >> gillian: 's alisa just pointed out some and i want to piggyback off of which is the white house is really working to shape this. there's a lot of press about how capitol hill learned for publicans on capitol hill learned their lesson from the failures to repeal and replace the affordable care act but the white house learned lessons to because one of the big criticisms at least issued from the president's own party was that he kind of outsource the detail to the hill. he was hands-off, he was not
100% is invested as they would've liked him to be in fleshing everything out. so this time i think that we still are left with a broad strokes now, we have a lot more to work. of the white house crafted at 70-point plan that they circulated to the hill a couple of weeks ago. that's a tremendous first a big haul efforts by the administration and it shows that president trump really has skin in the game. >> harris: he does come we just need the exact figures. you heard guys like jim jordan who on the originator of the freedom caucus in the house saying get on board with a lot. we like a lot about what we are hearing but we just need the specifics so you can sell it back home. who is the middle class? >> sandra: he risk his last word. >> harris: really? that never happens. >> sandra: were lawmakers launch an investigation into the justice department handling of the hillary clinton email pro. former fbi director james comey or is this a smoke screen as democrats claim a? plus, the top lawmakers calling for a special counsel to look at
that obama era uranium sale to russia. in the mainstream media virtually silent on this story despite the way the facts seem to be adding up. come on dad!
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benefit the clinton foundation, perhaps other avenues we don't know yet. i don't believe that this informant is lying. i think he was working for the fbi. but that's part of what the initial probe is going to get to the bottom of. >> harris: senate judiciary chairman chuck grassley also calling for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the deal. meanwhile, the mainstream media, some of them virtually silent after last week's initial report from the hill. but the fbi had uncovered a russian bribery plot before the obama administration approved the deal. media research center study found scene and gave the story less than 4 minutes of airtime during the first week of that report, and cbs gave the story just more than a minute of coverage. abc and nbc did not cover it at all, at least through the start of this week. >> gillian: is not a lot of good things to say about this story. one of the things i was thinking about when it first broke is that it has some pretty serious
national security implications because energy sources and supplies is how russia since the dawn of time has controlled large parts of eastern europe and even to this day, continues to cut off supplies at strategic moments and causes tremendous suffering amongst large populations of people. so that's kind of the macro architecture we are looking at here. >> harris: what about you use your uranium for? >> gillian: nothing good. >> brian: how many people had to sign off on this? the attorney general, secretary of state. >> gillian: nine department and agencies. >> harris: the clinton campaign said nine agencies, that's how you know it was vetted. then why would congressman peter king of new york need more vetting? he sent a letter seeking more information because it really wasn't clear. >> brian: what the benefit of selling 20% of our uranium? >> gillian: it's 20% of the
operational capacity, but it actually amounts to more like 11%. that doesn't make the story any better mama but just wanted to clarify. >> lisa: the main question is here's regardless of the percentage, particularly at a time when we know the fbi was investigating this criminals buying scheme by the russian government trying to enter into this marketplace in the first point. i think that's the main question and also, why was capitol hill left in the dark on this very issue? then you look at the other component of this which was actually a concern of the obama administration with hillary clinton and the clinton foundation is was her influence purchased, with a purchase when you look at the $145 million payments to the clinton foundation, the $500,000 by bill clinton. >> harris: that's when perception really bites you because even if it were not, is it enough, the pay for play is what she now is pushing back on
in the media. >> sandra: chuck grassley is asking for things here like lifting the gag order on the fbi informant in this, and if that happens, we are going to learn a whole lot. but there's already a lot to work with here and hillary clinton only response so far as i've heard that before. it's been debunked. >> brian: she doesn't know what happened. still want to find out what happened. they going to be able to do anything except investigate each other? i am still confused. grassley wants an investigation, we don't know about that investigation. both the house and senate have investigations on the russian collusion. both have concluded nothing we found out over the last two weeks. they are frustrated they can't find anything. it's not doing anything. >> harris: they could investigate this. one of the pushback's calling at the story of the decade and i'm quoting him on this because he was alive. [all talking at once]
>> gillian: just to be fair and balanced for a second, what we are hearing from the clintons from the admit obama and administration is that the reason no one on this couch is going to like this but i'm just telling you so viewers can hear this, the reason that they struck this deal at the time was because they were trying to have favor with russia to get them to be party to the iran nuclear deal. i'm just telling you. >> sandra: they sacrificed their entire foreign policy for that. they let a rat go crazy. let's add that to the fray. >> sandra: we have to end on there but we will continue the conversation more across the day and outnumbered over time. democrats are slamming a republican effort to reinvestigate hillary clinton's emails. the house judiciary and oversight committees launching a joint probe into the doj's handling of the investigation. democratic leaders are calling it a smokescreen to divert attention away from the white house rated their also taking aim at former oversight chairman jason chaffetz saying
he did everything in his power to make public the details of james comey's investigation while essentially ignoring the term campaign connections to russia. i want to go to you first. do you buy that? that line of reasoning? >> brian: i do. i think there is that your whole theory is the theory of a foreign policy that president trump had brought up earlier that it is a failed foreign policy under the chairman of foreign relations, corker that left them with this mess, especially in the middle east. and it turns out was james comey, this was all intertwined. my objective is to get this deal to iran. a terrible deal with iran. we have a current president who is trying to fix everything at one time. >> sandra: so there. >> gillian: lisa, i'll get to you next. i know we were going to talk about this anymore but these things are all intertwined. of the subject of the iran deal. is that something you believed was the golden albatross that
someone in the obama administration helped put this together, that would be worth making some sacrifices? may be a bit of your access and control over uranium supplies here in the united states, maybe some other working with some other unsavory regimes? >> lisa: i think you are completely underscoring president trump's point that the iran deal was incredible he wait for the united states and just made the case for him. to that point, i think anyone alleging that somehow connections with president trump and russia hasn't been litigated enough is insane and hasn't been paying attention to the ridiculous claim that the media has been making over the course of the past few months. my question about hillary clinton this entire time as if we are going to believe that somehow russia got the scoop on president trump and got the goods on him, how in the world are we not going to believe that hilly clinton but her national security at risk by having an email server as secure as gmail or less and traveling on international, but how do we
believe that russia has the goods on the united states or hillary clinton what was on her email servers we must begin wit with? i would like congress to get to the bottom of that and what potentially she put at risk in terms of national security. >> sandra: what you say to democrats who say leave it alone? she's not president. she didn't win the election. why are we spending all this time, money, and resources on these investigations? >> brian: i'm glad you asked me that. because the ongoing investigation is taking place and as you look at trump candidate coming up to look at hillary clinton candidate. and it puts her in the forefron forefront. >> harris: you are right about that. she's keeping herself relevant to this investigation by keeping herself out there because she's got books to sell. so how do you cordon yourself off and sam only going to answer these questions? your former presidential candidate. you are part of some of these things. they keeping yourself by trying to make yourself relevant, you make yourself accessible.
>> gillian: the president is tweeting about here on a near daily basis. keeping her in the forefront of national attention. >> brian: so much credit to al gore and mitt romney as much as they wanted to win, they went away. >> harris: mitt romney came back for a minute with that speech that was anti-trump. he did come back for a minute. >> gillian: and was discussed before, a better use of time might be helping to cultivate the next generation of democratic leaders because there's no one lined up. >> harris: it's ironic grow quickly and i use the word irony which is completely overused but i think it fits the scenario with mitt romney. he was the one who try to get everyone to focus on russia back in the day. back in the days of obama. >> brian: is our number one geopolitical flow. >> harris: he said a diffuse ago. >> gillian: as tough as new refugee regulations are about to take effect, there is word that illegal border crossings are set to hit record lows by the end of this year.
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>> sandra: more "outnumbered" in just a moment but first we touch base with harris on what is coming up on "outnumbered" over time in just a few moments. what's going on? >> harris: good to see you, lisa. the day after senator jeff flake's dramatic announcement that he will not run for reelection, kelli ward the conservative republican running for his seat will join me. she says flix retirement shows their establishment days are over so is the president draining the swamp? i'm going to talk to her about that. where does health care stand? now that her new republican plan has put the bipartisan senate bill in question. i will ask the g.o.p. senator mike brown. he back that bipartisan bill, by the way pretty will tell me why. that's the top of the hour, back to you guys. >> lisa: a lot to look forward to. the acting chief of the u.s. customs and border protection says that illegal immigration at the southwest border will hit a 45 year low when this year's numbers are all tallied. he credits president trump's
very clear messaging on immigration for the improvement. meanwhile, a new white house executive order is bringing the refugee camp down to a record low number and beefing up vetting. admissions will be considered on a limited case-by-case basis for those from a live risk nations and palestinians. all refugees will have to submit their previous phone number, email, and addresses going back ten years. and also provide contact information for their parents, siblings, children, current and ex-spouses and their parents. the new order will also suspend the program allowing spouses and children to follow refugees her here. so brian, let's get to the 45 year low. clearly, the customs and border protection is a true bidding president trump's a very clear messaging. question to you, that's a clear win for the trump administration but does this get cloudy with the introduction of daca legislation? >> brian: i think is definitely related. it turns out when unaccompanied minors come through, the present
of united states, president obama at the time said we were going to be open to making the dreamers become citizens or in not face deportation. the message got out inaccurately that now is the time to come. so they screamed across the border unaccompanied minors so now we say just the opposite. they have the president here, the word is out, tough on immigration, we are bolstering it up. the magnet is turned off temporarily. so those on the fence that can't get here, they don't have to be here, this is not the time to take the risk. life and limb to go across the border illegally. >> lisa: do you think this hurts or helps trump in trying to move the border wall forward? >> brian: i think it helps overall. we've already made some progress. we've got to finish the job. they also think if you just get some numbers that would happen in san diego, they put up a barrier, a double and triple fence, it would do a great deal and stopping. it makes it harder. get the word out about the what the wall could do to be effective, get that number down, pick out a prototype and start building it.
>> gillian: who is going to pay for the wall? >> brian: not mexico yet. out of all the budget, what's 1.8 billion? $36 billion check to rebuild texas. where'd we get that money from? >> lisa: onto the refugee aspect of this, things like submitting previous phone numbers, email addresses, that doesn't really seem like too broad of a reach. what's wrong with that? >> gillian: there's nothing wrong with that. i applaud the trump administration forgetting illegal immigration down. i think we can celebrate that. it's understandably a healthy thing for the nation. they lose me on the refugees. record lows of refugees coming into this country does not help americans and we were chatting about this earlier. i was trying to lay out for you the fact that it's important to distinguish in my mind, important to distinguish between immigrants who come to this country and refugees who be accepted to this country who are some of the most vulnerable mistreated people from around the world who themselves in many
instances are fleeing terrorism. the idea that we would sacrifice some of our founding principles which are to accept vulnerable people like that because of the terrorist threat means that we are changing to accommodate terrorism and nobody wins. >> sandra: as far as your question to brian on the border wall, does it feel like the president is gaining some momentum on his immigration policies? >> lisa: i don't know. at the reason i was asking that as i could see the counterargument from democrats saying we are at a 45 year low, why do we need the wall? that was the promise of that question. what i think the argument is still they are saying we are doing the right thing. let's move forward with it. and this is important, but that's where that question was coming from because i could see senator chuck schumer or nancy pelosi making that argument. >> sandra: we need to take some time to talk andrew jackson. more "outnumbered" in just a moment. i was a good soldier.
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>> brian kilmeade's new book "andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans" if you need some new reading material, this is your book why? >> i think if people need a patriotic story to understand how great this country is, you have a guy who fought in the revolutionary war, became a senator, a congressman, obviously a lawyer, a two-term
president. a major general . you needed someone to step up and save a war that was going terribly and he stopped the british in under an hour, under 45 minutes. i think -- i don't like i could do the comprehensive biography on andrew jackson, it's been done too many times by people who are a lot smarter but if i can bring out a battle, indication of how america was destined for this superpower status, i thought this would be the perfect thing. to go on the battlefield and see what took place, roosevelt made sure no one built on it because he looked up to andrew jackson as well. >> do we get free copies? >> discounted. >> i don't see any here today. >> we will have a whole special
on andrew jackson, it's amazing how much he is like the president. >> it's always great to have yo you, brian kilmeade. harris faulkner, outnumbered "overtime," take it away. >> harris: another longtime critic of president trump since he will not seek reelection, "outnumbered overtime," i'm harris faulkner. jeff flake told the senate floor that he would retire when his term was up. a few hours earlier, we found senator bob corker taking verbal aim at the president. president trump reportedly telling his staff that he helped force them out. >> senator jeff flake says he is not ruling ruling out a run for president in 2020 but
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Талица — деревня в Бабушкинском районе Вологодской области.

Входит в состав Миньковского сельского поселения, с точки зрения административно-территориального деления — в Великодворский сельсовет.

Расстояние до районного центра села имени Бабушкина по автодороге — 53 км, до центра муниципального образования Миньково по прямой — 15 км. Ближайшие населённые пункты — Великий Двор, Шилово, Заломье.

Население по данным переписи 2002 года — 4 человека.

В Талице расположены памятники архитектуры баня Князева, дом Слободина, усадьба Власовой (жилой дом, баня), комплекс из амбара и гумна.

В деревне родился генерал-майор Альберт Карасёв.

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Habitat facts:
Date when Habitat started working in the country
Individuals served in FY18
Volunteers hosted in FY18
Housing solutions
New, rehab, repairs, incrementals
* 69,950 served through market development and 22,455 through professional services
Habitat for Humanity in El Salvador
Habitat for Humanity El Salvador was established in 1992 and, since then, it has empowered individuals by developing housing solutions that families can use to build or improve their homes. We focus on serving more than 1.3 million families living in inadequate conditions in El Salvador. For more information, visit: .
The housing need in El Salvador
El Salvador is the smallest and most populated country in Central America, with a population of approximately 6.5 million people. Eight of every 10 Salvadorians live in inadequate conditions (INCAE-HPHI, 2016) and 3 of every 10 families live in extreme poverty (PNUD, 2015). Many of these families do not have access to sanitation, drinking water, education, funding to improve their homes, land tenure, or the opportunity of living in a safe, healthy and stable place.
El Salvador is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world, in face of threats such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and tropical storms. In January of 2001, two earthquakes affected El Salvador, one month apart; they caused destruction and human losses. Risks of natural disasters, along with migration, and a slow economic and social growth pose a challenge for the country's sustainable development.
Habitat's contribution in El Salvador
Persons or communities that need help to build or improve their houses seek help from Habitat for Humanity El Salvador to achieve such goal. Families build their houses along with volunteers and donors. In addition, they pay a loan with accessible installments and terms according to their possibilities. Families now live with the self-reliance and stability they need to build a better future. Habitat El Salvador has worked together with Salvadorans for more than 26 years through housing, community, risk management and financial education projects, among others.
Building homes and communities
Habitat El Salvador builds affordable homes and enables improvements, based on each family's needs. Further, each project is carried out under national and international construction standards. There is a catalogue with house designs and three funding modalities: Credit, Credit-Subsidy and Subsidy. These last two modalities are supported by national and international donors.
Community projects aim at strengthening comprehensive development and expand our work with the help of local and international volunteers, partners and allies, to create long-term impact on families and communities. The projects allow for comprehensive community progress, income generation, health, education and basic infrastructure. These efforts support community development, turning them into safe, decent and lively places for current and future neighbors.
Risk Management and Disaster Response assistance and education is provided. We support families and communities during natural disaster preparation, mitigation, response and reconstruction stages. Habitat El Salvador is founding member of the Humanitarian Country Team, formed by a group of organizations that get organized in case of an emergency.
Housing access services
Habitat El Salvador gives training in financial education, construction, risk management and community development. Strengthening these abilities and knowledge enables building a solid foundation for long- term success.
Meet a Habitat family
"I am motivated to give my entire life. Sometimes I want to cry and I have cried... but I know I am not alone. God is with me, and many other people who, without knowing me, have lent a hand", commented Ana Gloribel, owner of a Habitat El Salvador house, the day she received the keys to her new home.
Ana Gloribel started building her house one morning in May, filled with gratitude, happiness and hope, despite the difficulties she has had to face by not having a safe place to live with her sons Carlos José, Anderson Roberto and Jeremy Orlando.
Now it is a different story. She is one of the first women to be part of the Mujeres Construyendo Viviendas para la Paz (Women Building Houses for Peace) project in Candelaria de la Frontera. When her father passed away, Gloribel inherited a piece of land, where she built her own house. She imagined every detail: the color of the walls, the plants of her garden, the place where her sons would play soccer. Every detail is a gift from God, as she says.
Her motivation is her kids' future. She is determined to provide the best to her family: a place that will always be theirs. Therefore, she works very hard every day in a second-hand clothing stall she owns at the local market. Ana Gloribel enjoys her work and is proud of being an entrepreneur, showing her sons that one "can work honestly and fulfill your dreams."
We build strength, stability and confidence. You can help us do it with the following actions:
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EU Parliament vote on copyright reform
EU Parliament vote on copyright reform Javier Sánchez
Lawmakers in the European Parliament have voted to turn their backs on key principles on which the internet was built; namely openness, decentralisation, and collaboration.
Parliamentarians have given a green light to new rules that will compel online services to implement blanket upload filters, a crude and ineffective measure that could well spell an end to the rich creative fabric of memes, mashups, and GIFs that make internet culture so great. The Parliament's vote also endorses a 'link tax' that will undermine access to knowledge and the sharing of information in Europe. I would like to add some of the facts on why we should be alarmed about this reform and what this means for everyone:
The proposed new copyright rules will harm Europe's open source community.
Mandatory upload filters and copyright licensing provisions in article 13 of the proposed law are unworkable for open source software firms and the open source ecosystem generally. The obligations cover all forms of copyright-protected content, including software. Indeed, the cost and legal risk associated with these new rules would push smaller open source software developers out of Europe and threaten the code-sharing platforms (e.g. GitHub, GitLab...) on which they depend to innovate. The fluid nature of technology and software development means that any carve-outs — say for software development platforms — would still risk creating a risk-laden environment.
The proposed new copyright rules will negatively affect everyday user's internet experiences.
When internet users want to share a witty meme online, or a home movie in which background music is audible, or even a photo of themselves wearing a t-shirt with an album cover printed on it, they may well find that their favourite online service blocks the content upload. Internet services of all sizes will be forced to implement automatic filtering technology, likely suppressing anything that looks like it might be infringing copyright, irrespective of whether the user has a right or permission to use the content. Given the crucial role the internet plays in citizens' everyday lives, the impact on creativity, communication, and free expression from such blanket filtering would be palpable.
The proposed new copyright rules will lead to direct surveillance of users' activities online.
Article 13 demands that online services build or buy specific technology to monitor and categorise each and every user upload. At a time when the EU is showing global leadership on privacy and data protection, it is deeply regrettable that lawmakers are nonetheless seeking to codify a regime that would compel service providers to monitor European internet users' activity with even more vigour.
The proposed new copyright rules will negatively impact independent creators.
Article 13 will be used to restrict the freedom of expression and creative potential of independent artists who depend upon online services to directly reach their audience and bypass the rigidities and limitations of the commercial content industry. Sadly, the fight over this legislation has been construed as giant rights holders versus giant online platforms. But in reality, the true victims will be creators and fans themselves. There's a bitter irony at play: the directors, actors, songwriters, and artists who benefit from the viral sharing of their creations are now pitted against their fans, who in fact do some of the most efficient online marketing artists can hope for.
Smaller online services – and not giant platforms – will be hit hardest by the new rules
In addition to it's impact on user experience, this law will have another, more insidious impact: it will further entrench the power of the biggest online platforms. Only a handful of the largest tech companies have the technical and financial means to operate the sprawling filtering systems that this law demands. Ironically, the companies at which this law is aimed are already filtering content — and so will have a competitive advantage vis-a-vis their smaller rivals and startups, who will need to invest heavily to comply with the law. In addition, the biggest platforms also have the resources and clout to mount legal defences when larger corporate rights holders seek to suppress legal content. This is not an option for smaller players who will face a high-stakes game of legal risk.
More than ever, we need to think about how we build a truly decentralised internet. There's great technologies and ideas out there now such as the utilisation of the protocol dat:// for peer-to-peer websites or the usage of TOR as network. That said, we should raise our voice and let our local governments know that we're not happy with this decision and fight to change it and make our voices hear.
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import React, { useState } from 'react'
import { render, fireEvent, sleep, screen, act } from 'testing'
import InfiniteScroll, { InfiniteScrollProps } from '..'
import { List } from 'antd-mobile'

let count = 0
const time = 1000
export async function mockRequest() {
  if (count >= 2) {
    return []
  }
  await sleep(time)
  count++
  return ['A', 'B', 'C']
}

describe('InfiniteScroll', () => {
  const getBoundingClientRectMock = jest.spyOn(
    HTMLElement.prototype,
    'getBoundingClientRect'
  )

  beforeEach(() => {
    count = 0

    getBoundingClientRectMock.mockReturnValue({
      top: 1000,
    } as DOMRect)
  })

  beforeAll(() => {
    window.innerHeight = 667

    Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'offsetParent', {
      value: {},
    })

    jest.useFakeTimers()
  })

  afterAll(() => {
    jest.useRealTimers()
  })

  const App = (props?: Partial<InfiniteScrollProps>) => {
    const [data, setData] = useState<string[]>([])
    const [hasMore, setHasMore] = useState(true)
    async function loadMore() {
      const append = await mockRequest()
      setData(val => [...val, ...append])
      setHasMore(append.length > 0)
    }

    return (
      <>
        <List>
          {data.map((item, index) => (
            <List.Item key={index}>{item}</List.Item>
          ))}
        </List>
        <InfiniteScroll loadMore={loadMore} hasMore={hasMore} {...props}>
          {props?.children}
        </InfiniteScroll>
      </>
    )
  }

  test('basic usage', async () => {
    render(<App />)

    // mock scroll
    getBoundingClientRectMock.mockReturnValue({
      top: 800,
    } as DOMRect)
    fireEvent.scroll(window)
    // loading
    screen.findByText('加载中')

    await act(async () => {
      jest.advanceTimersByTime(time)
    })
    await act(async () => {
      jest.advanceTimersByTime(time)
    })
    await act(async () => {
      jest.advanceTimersByTime(time)
    })

    // no more
    expect(await screen.findByText('没有更多了')).toBeInTheDocument()
    expect(document.querySelectorAll('.adm-list-item').length).toBe(count * 3)
  })

  test('customized content', async () => {
    render(
      <App>
        {hasMore => (hasMore ? Loading : Baseline)}
      </App>
    )

    getBoundingClientRectMock.mockReturnValue({
      top: 800,
    } as DOMRect)
    fireEvent.scroll(window)
    screen.findByText('Loading')

    await act(async () => {
      jest.advanceTimersByTime(time)
    })
    await act(async () => {
      jest.advanceTimersByTime(time)
    })
    await act(async () => {
      jest.advanceTimersByTime(time)
    })

    expect(await screen.findByText('Baseline')).toBeInTheDocument()
  })
})

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Q: Where are stored Bluetooth devices information connected to a PC? I have some devices charged on a computer via Bluetooth, but I need to add those devices to more than 150 computers more.
I would want to know, where are stored these Bluetooth devices I have already added on the pc, to copy the file in all other computers and save lots of hours of work. In this way, I could do it in less than a minute.
Thank you.

A: do you mean: pairing Bluetooth devices ?
if so, you need to do it manually to all 150 computers...

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Blow for Galway as Clarke hangs up her county boots
Stephen Glennon
A new County Board. A new senior management team. A new era. The landscape of Galway ladies football though continued to change this week with the announcement that the county's greatest ladies footballer, Annette Clarke, has confirmed her retirement from the inter-county game.
Captain of the victorious Galway team that won the county's one and only All-Ireland senior football title in 2004, Kilkerrin/Clonberne native Clarke has won almost every honour in the game, including two All-Star awards in 2004 and 2013, during her 18 seasons in the maroon and white of the Tribeswomen.
"I had been thinking about it for a while. I suppose, for me, it is a good complaint that our club season has been so long, particularly the last two seasons, but I was playing for 11 months each of those years without a break.
"It is very hard for me to turn around again and go back into a county set-up. I am that bit older and I would prefer to keep myself fresh for the club," says the City-based Garda, who has been instrumental in driving Kilkerrin/Clonberne to a hat-trick of county senior titles and two provincial crowns in recent years.
Despite her own club-mate Willie Ward taking over the Galway managerial hot seat from Kevin Reidy this year, she says she didn't even look at taking a break for the National League and returning for the Championship.
"I had made my decision really and I know it is a hard one to make. You don't know if it is the right one or not but I am that bit older and there are a lot of new, young players coming in and I am looking forward to watching those new players develop now.
"I have no complaints whatsoever. I enjoyed every minute wearing a Galway jersey and I am going to miss not doing it. It was a huge part of my life. I had 18 seasons where I would have played at that level and it is going to be a massive, massive change in my life."
She will continue to line out for Kilkerrin/Clonberne's seniors as they chase the elusive All-Ireland club title while the 30-something has also committed to getting involved with underage coaching in the club.
"A lot of people have been very good to me along the way between coaches and managements and I am just looking forward to maybe helping those younger players coming through and giving them those same chances as well."
If Clarke, who is married to Kieran Collins, has one regret from her time with Galway, however, it is that she never added a National League medal to her collection, particularly after coming so close in 2015 when losing to Cork in a replay.
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Tribes water polo team management and coach do the "splashy" in the pool moments after winning the Irish U-17 Cup in Belfast.
Tribes water polo club captured the Girls' U-17 Irish Cup in Belfast last weekend, beating St. Vincents from Dublin 11-3 in the final. What makes this result all the more special is the fact that this same group of girls also captured the 2021 U-15 Cup in Galway back in November.
The club is really beginning to build a dynasty with this team. Some of their players were conceding three years to their older opponents at this age grade, but played with a confidence that belied their age, and their performance last weekend illustrates that the hard work and investment made in both water polo clubs in the city is reaping rich dividends at a national level.
The weekend began on Friday with an early departure for Belfast, and game in mid-afternoon against Bangor Barracudas. The Tribes girls were training all through the Christmas to ensure they were able to compete at the higher age grade, but need not have had any worries, getting off to a flying start with a comprehensive 15-3 victory.
Aoife Nash contributed three goals, and in a remarkable feat, every player in the Tribes team, bar goalkeeper Fiona Mooney, got on the scoresheet. Mooney, the team captain, played her own crucial role, keeping a clean sheet in the first half to allow her side build a comfortable lead.
The second game in their qualifying group on Saturday was against a young Cathal Brugha team. The 29-6 scoreline in favour of Tribes was more a reflection of the strength and experience of the Tribes team rather that the deficiencies of their opponents as, to be fair to Cathal Brugha, their squad is going to through a re-build phase who are using some younger players to gain experience at level.
That being said, Lydia McNicholas and Niamh Connery exploited the Brugha defence with ruthless efficiency with powerful swimming and heads-up water polo. They contributed eight of the nine goals in the first quarter, which broke the spirit of the Cathal Brugha team.
Once again, every member of the squad contributed a goal in a win that secured a semi-final spot on Sunday against local team Clonard.
The semi-final was going to test the character of the Tribes girls, playing Clonard in Belfast who would have strong home support. Tribes were established in 2010 to cater for the growing number of girls looking to play water polo in Galway. Clonard on the other hand, is a long-established club, a celebrated its centenary in 2021, but Tribes showed they are a force in the sport with a brilliant performance.
Salthill are up against it
Darren Kelly
Ger Mulholland of 'Mulholland Windows and Doors' presenting a set of gear bags to Salthill Knocknacarra hurling captain Michael O'Donnell ahead of their All Ireland semi-final on Sunday. Also included, left to right, are vice captains Brendan Moran and Seanie Joyce. Salthill Knocknacarra face Mooncoin of Kilkenny at the Gaelic Grounds.
By Darren Kelly
COUNTY Junior 1 hurling champions Salthill/Knocknacarra will chase their own piece of history on Sunday (1.30pm TUS Gaelic Grounds) when they take on Kilkenny's Mooncoin in the All-Ireland semi-final at the Gaelic Grounds (1.30pm).
Never before has a Galway side reached the national decider in the third tier of club hurling, but they face opponents still on course to become the Marble County's 10th different winner in just the 18th staging of this competition.
It's a formidable task but one the city side will relish. And led by captain Michael O'Donnell and marksman Donal O'Shea, who's impressed in county colours recently, they'll put it up to their Leinster rivals.
Mooncoin have been devastating since overcoming Tullogher Rosbercon 3-19 to 3-11 in the county final in November. Two weeks earlier, they dispatched Slieverue with six goals in the semi.
The green flags continued with eight combined against Westmeath's St. Oliver Plunketts and Wexford's Tara Rocks. And just two weeks ago, they were 4-13 to 0-15 victors over Offaly's Shamrocks in the Leinster Final.
Patrick Walsh was the star that day with 3-6 but over the campaign, there's been a good spread of scorers for Willie Coogan's team. Adam Croke has contributed 3-10 in their last five outings, Máirtin Gannon with 3-2, while centre back Martin O'Neill has tallied 1-11.
O'Neill was a Kilkenny under 20 in 2020 and forms a strong back line with Jim Delahunty and Cormac Daly. Eoin Purcell mans the goal with Shane Walsh in front of him, while at midfield, Sean Gannon has delivered 1-5.
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker flipped the hair of a female official at the EC headquarters entrance in Brussels on Friday, as the heads of EU states and governments arrived for the second day of the European council summit.
Kurz also hailed what he called a "strengthening" of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, or FRONTEX, which occurred during Austria's currently-held rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Heads of state and government are meeting in Brussels on December 13 and 14 for a European Council summit.
The leaders are expected to discuss the EU's long-term budget, the single market, migration, external relations and Brexit.
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Android apps will have to make explicit what customer and device data is being used, for what purpose, and when. If devs don't comply, the apps will be flagged with warnings.
Google has announced new standards for apps and websites that gather or transmit personal details about their users.
The move from Google comes on the heels of rampant Play Store malware, making this new requirement likely an attempt to curb data theft, hidden trackers, and other malevolent software.
Enforcement of the new policy will begin on January 30, 2018, at which time users will see warnings on apps and websites leading to apps that are known to collect user data without consent.
The changes will probably affect legitimate app developers as well—the 60-day mark will be a hard start for warnings to begin appearing, which could drive traffic away from apps and websites that haven't complied with the new policy.
When Google's Safe Browsing changes take effect, any app that handles personal or device data will be required to let users know that it's doing so.
Any time data is transmitted—even crash reports to developers—the user has to be made aware of what is being sent and why. It's reasonable to expect nearly every single app developer to have to make at least some changes to their app design in light of these new requirements.
Anyone who publishes apps for Android—even those released through third-party channels—will feel the effects of this new policy.
It's unclear how Google plans to enforce its new requirements, but developers who don't make required changes may see download rates and website traffic drop if users are being given privacy warnings.
Everyone should review Google's Unwanted Software Policy to see if they're violating any rules.
If an app is being flagged with a warning, its developers can also file a request to have it removed through the App Verification and Appeals process.
That 60-day clock is ticking—don't be caught with an unprepared app or website that costs you or your company money.
Google has updated its standards for the collection and use of user data by apps and websites. The changes, which go into effect on 30 January 2018, will require apps and the websites hosting them to clearly notify users what is being gathered and why.
Any part of an app that transmits user or device data (even something as simple as a crash report) has to be explained to, and accepted by, the user.
Google has provided a number of steps and documents for developers to use in remediating potential problems with apps and sites.


A successful education professor, writer and researcher with many years of experience, Traci Bliss received her Ph.D. from Stanford University. During her time as a doctoral candidate, she focused her dissertation on the history of education reform and completed a minor in political science. Traci Bliss also earned a master of arts in social studies and history from Stanford University, where she finished her California Secondary Teaching Credential in social studies.
Most recently, Traci Bliss worked as a professor at the Idaho State University College of Education. During her time at ISU, she received several national and international awards for her documentaries of accomplished teachers. For nearly a decade she developed innovative programs to support teacher quality as a consultant to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Today, Traci Bliss, a professor emerita, serves as President of the History Forum of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History. She authors articles and gives lectures on environmental history in Santa Cruz County.


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As schools are starting this week in our area I'm reflecting on all the fun activities Nia was involved in this summer including soccer. I played growing up and she took right to it much earlier than I did! When I learned that "Devious Maids" star Ana Ortiz had partnered with the Active Family Project to kick off September's Youth Soccer Month I was excited to learn more especially as I see our family being a soccer family for years to come.
I was introduced to the Active Family Project over a year ago and I really like how they encourage families to get outside and play together! For Youth Soccer Month Ana Ortiz, actress, fellow soccer mom and celebrity spokeswoman, is encouraging families to support bringing soccer to under-served communities by liking and commenting on their Facebook page for donations now through September 30.
Watching Nia play soccer brings back memories of what it was like for me playing in elementary school. Team sports are so important as well as being active to maintain health. And what's great about soccer is that all it requires is a ball! In a year of the World Cup it's fantastic to see so many kids getting introduced to the sport and realizing just how universal the love for soccer is.
To learn more about Active Family Project visit their Facebook page!
Are you a soccer family? How does your family stay active?


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Bio: Hailing from St. Louis, Espinosa has paved a path for success through the Midwest independent wrestling scene.
He has earned a number of championships in various companies, and in 2011, he was named Wrestler of the Year by Missouri Wrestling Revival.
Espinosa used to be known as a high-flyer, but as of late, he's toned down his moveset to focus on his technical skills.
His work on the mat combined with the aerial assault of his Elitism partner Ace Hawkins creates a unique and deadly combination.


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Ronald Raldes Balcázar, conhecido como Ronald Raldes (Santa Cruz de la Sierra, 20 de abril de 1981) é um ex-futebolista boliviano que atuava como zagueiro. Joga atualmente pelo .

Seleção nacional
Raldes integrou a Seleção Boliviana de Futebol a partir de 2001, vindo a ser seu capitão. Em 2015 aposentou-se da mesma.

Ligações externas

Naturais de Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Futebolistas da Bolívia
Futebolistas do Club Deportivo Oriente Petrolero
Futebolistas do Club Atlético Rosario Central
Futebolistas do Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club
Futebolistas do Club Deportivo Social y Cultural Cruz Azul
Futebolistas do Maccabi Tel Aviv
Futebolistas do Club Atlético Colón
Jogadores da Seleção Boliviana de Futebol
Jogadores da Copa América de 2001
Jogadores da Copa América de 2004
Jogadores da Copa América de 2007
Jogadores da Copa América de 2011
Jogadores da Copa América de 2015
Futebolistas do Club Bolívar


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The story so far this December has been one of weather and water. Neither one have been cooperating. The weather has been less than optimal for sight fishing. While there have been a few days with light winds and sun, there have been many more with one or both of those factors working against us. This time of year, the waters of the Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River should be crystal clear. Unfortunately, that is not the case in most parts of the Lagoon system. The water temperatures are still hovering above 65 degrees and the bloom of exotic algae that plagued us most of the summer and fall is still lingering on. To see the fish, you need both sun and clean water, a combination that has been hard to get lately. The good news is that there are redfish around and they have been more than willing to eat well placed lures and flies.
To start the month off, I had fellow FFF Certified Casting Instructor Dan Boggs on board for what I was hoping would be one of the best fly fishing days of the year. The fish had been tailing well the week before and I was certain Dan would be able to hit the target. We arrived to find winds sustained at 19mph, chilly temperatures, and plenty of clouds. Not only do redfish not tail as much in the wind, it is more difficult to spot them when they do. Needless to say, the tailing fish were nowhere to be found. Dan's father reeled in the only redfish of the day.
A few days later, I was joined by fried Rick for a day of fun fishing. We spent the first part of the morning exploring miles of water that held very few fish. After much searching, we found some clean water and plenty of cruising redfish. The black redfish worm fly and the watermelon holographic DOA shrimp were pounced on by most of the fish that saw them. While many of the fish we saw were digging in the grass feeding, we saw very few tails break the surface.
The following morning, I returned to a slick calm flat to find schools of tailing redfish in every direction. The first cast of the day with my 5wt flyrod resulted in a redfish eating my brown and gold bendback fly but the fish broke off. I tied on a green and silver bendback and got 4 bites on the next 5 casts but no hookups. I inspected the fly and discovered the hook had broken just below the eye on the first bite. I grabbed my black redfish worm and quickly began hooking, and landing, fish. About 45 minutes later, the tails all went down, the fished moved off, and I never saw them again. I spent the remainder of the day scouting for some places to fish on what I knew was going to be a windy charter the following day.
Scottish angler, Brian, joined me for another one of the days of 20 mph winds we have had. To go along with the wind, we had morning temperatures in the 40's. The water temperature had dropped thirteen degrees overnight. It was the last day of his trip, however, and he wanted to give it a try. His preference was fly fishing but, due to the wind, he decided a spinning rod might give him a better chance. Unfortunately, none of the fish I had found the previous day were in wind protected areas. We were the only boat in sight when Brian began getting bites on his weedless rigged three inch DOA CAL. For some reason, the fish were not getting hooked so I switched him to a four inch CAL in golden bream color. We were fishing in about 2 feet of slightly cloudy water with both grass and sand patches. A Woodies Rattle in the baits seemed to be helping the fish locate the small lure. Brain caught redfish on the 3, 4, and 5 inch CAL baits. The bite was consistent and he even got out the flyrod and made some blind casts with a brown crab pattern. He landed his flyrod redfish and turned some poor weather into an excellent day of catching.
This week's weather was even less flats fishing friendly with gray skies dominating the days. Steve and Hank joined me on the Lagoon for some sight fishing. The winds were light for a change but the clouds were thick in the morning. Unable to find any tailing fish we tried some trout fishing while we waited for the clouds to clear. I tied on a couple DOA Deadly Combos and we began hitting islands, bars, and dropoffs. They caught a dozen or so and we suddenly had a break in the clouds. We raced off to the flats in search of redfish. We had just located a decent concentration when the clouds. Unable to see the fish until we ran into them, they were forced to change tactics to blind casting for the rest of the day. Both guys had several bites from redfish but failed to set the hook and they never managed to land one.
When the weather cooperates and the fish are tailing, the fishing is excellent. During periods of clouds and wind, finding the fish can be a challenge. Hopefully, as we move towards what is traditionally the coldest time of the year in Florida, the algae bloom will clear and more areas will be open to sight fishing. Clean water and blue skies are at the top of my Christmas wish list.


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Q: React Native: what lifecycle should I look for when I want to refresh ListView whenever I navigate back to it? Pretty much like the official tutorial here https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/tutorial.html:
I have the fetchData method called in ComponentDidMount, but according to this, ComponentDidMountwould only be called once after initial rendering of the component. So should I do call the same fetchData everytime before I navigate back to this ListView, and pass the updated data as props to the ListView, and then update the listView's state parameter accordingly in componentDidUpdate? Or is there any better way to do this?

A: You should register an event listener on componentDidMount and unregister it on componentWillUnmout, and emit events whenever and wherever you change the data your component displays.
Good rundown of this pattern here: https://colinramsay.co.uk/2015/07/04/react-native-eventemitters.html


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Pursuing Big, Fast Results in Climate Change
Popular science educator and children's show host, Bill Nye, appeared on Last Week Tonight Sunday on May 12, 2019 to deliver an extremely blunt and expletive-laden message to hammer in the point that climate change has very real, very dire consequences. By the end of this century, if carbon emissions keep rising, the average temperature could rise another 4 to 8 degrees, or as Nye put it, "the planet's on [expletive] fire."[1] Dire warnings aside, Nye's message is meant as a rallying call to spur countries and companies alike to action: the world is out of time, so what are we going to do about it?
Malaysia's struggle with climate change
Malaysia positioned itself within the global climate change debate as early as 1992. When Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad addressed the Rio Earth Summit then and spoke about the concerns of developing countries having to cut back on development to be more environmentally sustainable, he also advocated Malaysia's willingness to play its part by signing international environmental agreements and pledging to keep 50% of its total forest cover.
However, domestically, these international agreements were not robustly supported by national policies. The question of environmental protection was – and still is – a sensitive issue in Malaysia as part of a larger debate over resource allocation. Malaysia is still a developing country that depends heavily on its natural resources to fuel development and economic performance. Many business groups still pursue profit over sustainability and the need to adhere to environmental policy, but this trend is seemingly changing today. Investors are increasingly focused on sustainable business strategies and pushing businesses to integrate sustainability into their core business strategy.[2] The challenge ahead is turning this talk into big, fast results.
Towards a results-based sustainability agenda
The reality we face is that addressing climate change isn't going to be free or easy; it will take making some very tough choices every day for things to change. As the debate over the Green New Deal rages in the US, other countries are beginning to push their versions of a new green agenda.
And the good news is, governments will not be fighting the good (green) fight alone as companies have also started to incorporate more sustainable habits into office culture and business practices.
The team at PEMANDU Associates have always been driven to address one main question when embarking on any transformational journey with our clients – how can we deliver the biggest results, in the shortest period of time? Why the haste? Because the time we spend with each client is limited, but also because big problems often require radical changes. And this should be no different when it comes to climate change. Governments and companies alike can benefit from a results-oriented approach to their respective efforts to perpetuate the green agenda. All this begins with setting a clear true north.
The game of the impossible
PEMANDU Associates believes that real transformation begins with setting an 'impossible' target or what we call 'the game of the impossible. We encourage our teams and clients to shoot for the stars because even if they miss, they'll at least land on the moon. Once the target is set, the next step is to plan a detailed action plan, prioritising the initiatives that would move the needle quickly.
In the context of climate change, the game of the impossible has already been set: stop global warming. The 'how' has already been answered in two international agreements. The Paris Agreement sets the goal of keeping the global average temperature to below 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) created a blueprint that addresses 17 goals targeting everything from responsible consumption to protecting life on land and below water.
Several Malaysian-based companies have made great strides in using the SDG blueprint to guide their business practice towards a more sustainable future. One of them is conglomerate Sunway Group which issued its first sustainability report in 2011, disclosing the company's performance on economic, social and environmental issues, and has since publicly adopted the SDGs into company policy and public relations. As a conglomerate focusing on property development, one of the goals that Sunway focuses on is Goal 11, building sustainable cities and communities, which has resulted in its flagship township being branded a green, low-carbon city – a first in Malaysia.
Another is DiGi, Malaysia's telecommunications giant which has committed itself to minimising its carbon footprint following Goal 12, responsible production and consumption. Its climate strategy focuses on energy efficiency as a way to manage the use of natural resources and balance growth with sustainability. Conscious of the growing amount of e-waste, DiGi has set a target to achieve 100% recycling rate of decommissioned electrical and electronic equipment to be disposed of safely by licensed vendors.
Track. Review. Tweak. Repeat.
In light of an ever-changing landscape, organisations need to adopt an attitude of what we call 'recursive problem solving' – this means having the self-awareness to know what is working, what isn't and what measures can be put in place to turn things around. To do this requires frequent validating and verifying of results. Keeping track of data and results, whether by the organisation or a third party, will measure how close we are to the true north.
For businesses who are committed to becoming more environmentally sustainable, this is already being done though sustainability reporting, which has been made mandatory for all Malaysian businesses since October 2015. Countries, however, are not obliged to make such reporting public. The UN has set up a voluntary review mechanism as part of the SDG agenda and have encouraged countries to conduct regular and inclusive reviews of progress done as a way to keep track of what has been done so far. However, this process is optional and, in a way, detracts from the momentum created by the blueprint.
There also needs to be a way to track the overall effect that these sustainable development initiatives have had. Currently, there is no mechanism that tracks the overall progress made on the environment as a whole and it is difficult to know whether these changes are making a difference. Without being able to see the overall progress, it is easy to get disillusioned and de-motivated to make those hard choices that climate change action so desperately needs. If we can track how even a small change – like for a business to go paperless or for a family of three to change to a zero-waste lifestyle – contributes to preventing the increase of carbon emissions, we can expect to see a lot more buy-in from companies and communities alike.
Making the tough choices for a greener world
In October 2018, the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report detailing how limiting global warming to just 1.5°C could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for people and ecosystems everywhere. While the report states that the 1.5°C target is possible within the laws of chemistry and physics, it also noted that to do so will require unprecedented changes which are unlikely to happen given today's political climate.
Sustainability is more than just CSR or a philanthropic exercise; it means creating long-term value by considering how we live and, will continue to do so, in the wider ecological, social and economic environment. Bill Nye reminds us that the climate is changing and it's our fault – time to get to work on this. We are already halfway there; the impossible goal has been set and we have (several) roadmaps ready to go. Right now, implementation is on-going but slow in some areas.
Fighting climate change will require everyone to make some tough choices. But the good news is that with the right structured approach in place, we can be better equipped to stay the course towards the end goal of creating a sustainable and green world.
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