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THE LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER
New Protests in Baltimore; Preliminary Autopsy Shows Freddie Gray's Death in Police Van; Driver of Police Van Has Not Given Statement; New Timeline for in Gray's Arrest; Interview with Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley. Aired 4-4:30p ET
Aired April 30, 2015 - 16:00 ET
[16:00:02] BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: And Arwa and her team will continue their trek to the epicenter. Thanks to Arwa for that report.
THE LEAD with Jake Tapper live in Baltimore starts right now.
JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR: Someone want to give me a time? Welcome to THE LEAD. I'm Jake Tapper. We're coming to you live from Baltimore, Maryland. We have some breaking news in our National Lead today. New protests at the start any minute, and a bombshell report in local news revealing new details about how Freddie Gray may have died.
According to WJLA-TV, the preliminary autopsy shows that Freddie Gray's neck was broken in the police van when his head slammed into the back of that vehicle. This is new information emerging just in the last few minutes from WJLA. The latest news on a day full of developments.
I want to bring in CNN justice reporter Evan Perez right now. Evan, tell us what's in this medical report according to this report from WJLA?
EVAN PEREZ, CNN JUSTICE REPORTER: They say this medical report shows, it's a preliminary report that was provided to the police department, and it's part of this report that went to the state attorney's office, shows that he suffered a head injury and the telltale sign of that is that there is an injury in the head of Freddie Gray that matches a bolt that's in the back of the van. Now, again, we haven't seen this report and don't know whether it's completely accurate, what they're reporting, but that is what they say this preliminary report that was provided to the police says.
TAPPER: And also, the report from WJLA says the driver of the van -- there's six police officers in question here -- and we've been told that five of them gave interviews to the police that night, I think even. That day, within the 24-hour period of Freddie Gray being arrested and becoming paralyzed and this report from the WJLA says the sixth police officer is the driver of the police van.
PEREZ: And has not provided a statement, according to this. Now we're heard, you know, different -- Who is the person who hasn't provided that statement, it's been all over the place today, frankly. And we've been kind of trying to check that out ourselves, and so we haven't verified whether that is indeed the case.
TAPPER: Evan Perez, thank you so much. This major new piece of possible evidence that Gray reportedly broke his neck in the back of that police van, according to WJLA, reporting from the medical examiner. This new information comes on top of another startling admission police made this morning.
Let's go to CNN justice correspondent Pamela Brown. Pamela, what did police say and do we know when more details on Gray's case will be officially released?
PAMELA BROWN, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: That's not clear, but we know that the investigation, the findings have been handed over to the state's attorney. But today the police came out and gave new information about the timeline, revealing today that the fatal trip after Freddie Gray's arrest included yet another stop. That is considered significant by investigators. Police say they didn't find out about this stop until very recently. Still missing from the picture is what happened in that newly discovered stop.
BROWN (voice-over): A surprise revelation from Baltimore police that this van carrying Freddie Gray made a previously unknown second stop.
KEVIN DAVIS, BALTIMORE DEPUTY POLICE COMMISSIONER: We discovered this new stop based on our thorough and comprehensive and ongoing review of all CCTV cameras and privately owned cameras.
BROWN (voice-over): The new information coming from a private camera at this intersection, not from the police officers transporting him who had talked to investigators.
BILL YEOMANS, FORMER DOJ OFFICIAL, CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION: Obviously, it raises all kinds of questions. Somebody in the police department knew about this stop, and what it suggests is that whoever was driving the van, whoever was involved in the van trip, was not forthcoming.
BROWN (voice-over): It was one of a series of stops after Gray was arrested. First, the policeman pulled over here. This video shows police putting leg irons on Freddie Gray. And then the new stop revealed today. After that, the van made a third stop to, quote, "deal with Gray." Police say that's when he asks for medical attention. There would be another stop before an ambulance got to him. It was at a fourth and final stop when police put another prisoner in the van. A week ago the police commissioner said the other prisoner could not see Gray, but could hear him.
ANTHONY BATTS, BALTIMORE CITY POLICE COMMISSIONER: What he has said is that he heard Freddie thrashing about.
BROWN (voice-over): According to a police document obtained by "The Washington Post," the prisoner also told investigators Gray was intentionally trying to injure himself.
YEOMANS: It's a very shaky statement and the fact that it was released is, I think, a transparent effort to try to influence the public discussion of the case.
BROWN (on camera): Even though the initial report is now in the hands of the state's attorney, a significant clue remains missing; that is the medical examiner's report, which could hold the key into what caused Freddie Gray's death. An attorney for the Gray family told CNN Gray did not have any previous injuries that he was aware of. Jake?
[16:05:03] TAPPER: All right. Pamela Brown, thank you so much. As all of this new information is coming in, there are new protests going on right now.
Miguel Marquez is out reporting in the middle of the thick of it all as he has been all week. Miguel, how are people reacting to this new information? Are they even aware of it?
MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, they're just starting to absorb it and I don't think it's going to be heard well. One thing to remember, police have said from the get-go, that its officers did nothing wrong.
Police here at North and Pennsylvania Avenues, you can see that they're no longer in riot gear. They are just protecting the block, basically. We expect a big march to set off from here. These are the signs that they're already hanging out for the march. Political accountability now. They want to turn this into a real movement.
MARQUEZ (voice-over): In a shocking admission, Baltimore police now say they've discovered a fourth stop along Freddie Gray's transport from his arrest to the Western District Police Station, where the 25- year-old had to get emergency care.
DAVIS: We discovered this new stop based on our thorough and comprehensive and ongoing review of all CCTV cameras and privately owned cameras, and, in fact, this new stop has been -- was discovered from a privately owned camera.
MARQUEZ (voice-over): The report handed up a day early to Maryland State Attorney, who will decide whether to charge officers. The new information about the fourth stop will not be well-received.
REV. JAMAL BRYANT, PASTOR, EMPOWERMENT TEMPLE CHURCH: This additional stop lends credence to their suspicion that something is absolutely off-track. And so for the police to just give out little parcels of information, I believe is absolutely irresponsible. Give us everything or don't give us anything.
MARQUEZ (voice-over): Police here also insist the investigation is not over and they are still seeking information. BATTS: If new evidence is found, we will follow it.
MARQUEZ (voice-over): Many here concerned police are stacking the deck with selective information leaked about how Gray was injured. "The Washington Post" quoting a Baltimore police report says Gray was, quote, "intentionally trying to injure himself." An attorney for Gray's family disputes that, saying police are strategically leaking information and that they've been given none of the info to check the claims.
ANDREW O'CONNELL, FREDDIE GRAY FAMILY ATTORNEY: What I would like to know and what we have been asking for from the beginning are the radio runs that are recorded during these stops. Whenever a police officer makes a stop, they are supposed to radio it in. Those are recorded in this building right over my right shoulder. We haven't seen those. Those are usually the best way to get an accurate picture of what happened during an arrest event.
(CHANTING)
MARQUEZ (voice-over): All this as protests, both here in Baltimore and around the country --
PROTESTERS: (Chanting) We're young, we're strong, we're marching all night long.
MARQUEZ (voice-over): -- is gaining steam, demanding justice for Freddie Gray and for other African-Americans in cases of police brutality.
MARQUEZ (voice-over): In New York, nearly 150 people arrested in a rise up and shut it down with Baltimore demonstration. Demonstrators also took to the streets in Minneapolis and Washington, D.C. -
PROTESTERS: (Chanting) We're marching all night long!
MARQUEZ (voice-over): -- on Wednesday night.
MARQUEZ (on camera): Now, clearly, the demonstrators here are getting much more organized. We expect one to leave from here and a couple of other locations in town, they're all going to merge and head down to City Hall. They want more justice, but these reports, they believe that they are strategically leaked. They think that they are trying to set him up, basically, so that no one will ever be held accountable for Freddie Gray, and this neighborhood and this town is going to have is a real problem with that. Jake?
TAPPER: All right. Miguel Marquez in the thick of it. Thank you so much.
The former Mayor of Baltimore, two terms, and potential 2016 presidential contender rushed back to his city after Monday's riots -- he was in Ireland -- only to face some angry residents, some of whom blame him for the tension between the police here in Baltimore and the community. I meet up with Martin O'Malley in an exclusive TV interview and ask him to respond.
[16:09:15] That interview coming to you, next.
TAPPER: Welcome back to THE LEAD, live from Baltimore.
Scenes from Baltimore Monday compelled us to watch the chilling spectacle of a major American city literally burning with rage. But this week has brought other scenes as well, rows and rows of boarded up, abandoned houses. Young, African-American men and women, citizen, standing united against a police force that they say has targeted them, unfairly, for the better part of two decades.
This is all part of the complicated legacy of Martin O'Malley, the former two-term mayor of Baltimore, former two-term governor of Maryland, and potential future challenger to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination.
I just sat down minutes ago with Governor O'Malley to talk to him about what's happened in his city.
TAPPER: Governor O'Malley, thanks so much for joining us. Really appreciate it.
MARTIN O'MALLEY (D), FORMER MARYLAND GOVERNOR: Thank you, Jake. Good to be with you.
TAPPER: So, there's this report in "The Washington Post" today, the Baltimore Police Department apparently leaking to them that the other prisoner in the police van according to him, according to police, says that Freddie Gray was banging himself around inside the van. This is, as I'm sure is not a surprise to you, being met with a lot of skepticism from people in Baltimore who think the police are doing selective leaks to try to clear their name. There's a cover-up, et cetera.
O'MALLEY: I think the entire leadership of Baltimore city from the mayor to the state's attorney to the police commissioner want to make sure that a thorough investigation is done, and that justice is done in this case, and I think that all of our leaders are anxious to get to the bottom of exactly what happened with the best evidence possible as quickly as possible. And I think that's what's happening right now.
[16:15:10] TAPPER: But you know this from your experience as a two- term mayor and governor, there are a lot of people skeptical of the police --
O'MALLEY: Oh, absolutely.
TAPPER: -- and skeptical that the power structure can investigate itself in a fair way?
O'MALLEY: Look, I served as mayor here for two terms. Beginning in 1999, a year we had become the most violent and addicted city in America. There is no issue more intertwined with a brutal racial legacy that we have an Americans than that of law enforcement and race.
So, this -- that's what makes these cases so very, very difficult, and that's why (AUDIO GAP) transparency are so very, very important. And -- so, look, we are a system of laws. We have grand juries. We have elections. The people that are responsible for investigating this case and seeing that justice is done is the state's attorney, who herself stands for election.
So, look, we will -- I know that the leaders of Baltimore City are committed to doing justice in this case, and want to do it with all deliberate speed.
TAPPER: You talk about race as being part of this. The mayor is African-American. The police commissioner is African-American. The state's attorney is African-American. In part because of your efforts as mayor, much of the police force is African-American, Caucasians are a minority on the police force?
O'MALLEY: Right. We're a much more diverse and representative force now.
TAPPER: And yet, there's still mistrust of the police and mistrust of power structure of people especially in West Baltimore.
O'MALLEY: Well, there's something else is going on here, Jake. I mean, we must constantly improve policing and also how we police the police and train the police. A network needs to be constant, ongoing. We're not going to solve this legacy in just a few years. I mean, you have to constantly be working on this.
But there's something deeper going on here in our country and that is the anger, the seething anger that people feel when they're working harder, falling further behind, when they're marginalized by a brutal economy, when they see no hope for themselves, no hope for their kids, and this is not the way our country is supposed to work.
Yes, the touchstone, the flashpoint here is the tragic death of Freddie Gray, and law enforcement and race, but it's deeper than that. And that's what we need to face up to as a nation and have a larger conversation even as we do these individual case, the justice that Freddie Gray's life deserves.
TAPPER: When you ran for mayor and city councilman and then you were mayor, you were tough on crime. You instituted some assertive police practices, and criticized for being too aggressive, alienating the population from the police force. When you were walking through Baltimore, somebody said, "I know a lot of people were nice, some were not", and somebody said, "F that. He's to blame."
Do you shoulder any of the blame here? Are you responsible at all?
O'MALLEY: Well, we're all responsible. I was responsible when I decided to run for mayor in 1999 and I told people all across our city, vote for me and together, we will not only improve policing of our streets, we'll improve the policing of our police, we'll expand drug treatment and we'll save a lot of young lives by intervening earlier.
And these were the things that we did every day and went on to achieve a record reduction in violent crime and there are probably now 1,000 mostly young, poor African-American men who did not die violent deaths in our city who would have if we'd have continued at the trajectory and level of violent crime we had before. But --
TAPPER: Was that a trade-off worth it? Because there are people, as you know, African-Americans who say that policing, whether it's the NAACP and ACLU, which sued you for arresting individuals, your administration, for arresting individuals without probable cause, or Al Sharpton who said that the police practices alienated the population from the police. Are we now seeing the flip side of the success you had in reducing crime?
O'MALLEY: Well, he's -- I mean, look, let's acknowledge this. I don't think that there is a trade-off. In fact, we never used the term aggressive policing. We were very clear with police officers. We wanted them to be assertive when necessary, proactive in restoring -- you know, to the good people in every neighborhood their streets from open-air drug dealing.
But we also worked every single day on policing our police. We encourage people, Jake, to call about excessive force and discourtesy. We, for the first time, gave our civilian review board their own detectives to investigate these cases and the people in Baltimore on more than one occasion -- actually, I was elected, won every district in the city after having this conversation and you talk about someone heckling you, I don't think there's a day when a mayor goes out and does his or her business in a major American city when that doesn't happen.
TAPPER: Right.
O'MALLEY: But when people had the opportunity to go to the polls, I won every single district of the city, was elected in the general election with 91 percent of the vote. Four years later, the people of our city re-elected me with 88 percent of the vote. And I would not have become governor if people across the city had not voted for me twice for governor.
But the real issue here is about policing, it is about policing the police, and about the state of justice and injustice in the United States of America.
TAPPER: When your police were assertive, there was one year, 2005, when there was something like 100,000 arrests in a city of 600,000 people. That seems like a lot of arrests.
O'MALLEY: Yes, and a lot were of the same people again and again and again.
We also put mechanisms in place so that we would -- so that we could spare at many people as we could from having a blemish on their record if it, indeed, were just a one-time event.
We also reduced violent crime -- the three cities in America that reduced violent crime by the greatest amount were three you wouldn't have guessed 20 years ago. They were New York, Los Angeles and the city of Baltimore. Greatest reductions of violent crime over a ten- year period of time.
Look, every mayor I think tries to get the balance right. I never once in my years as mayor ever had a single leader of a community, black or white, ever say to me, Mr. Mayor, I want less police presence in my neighborhood. In fact, we had a waiting list of neighbors who said we want you to close down the open-air drug markets in our neighborhood and we wanted you to do it last month.
So, that was the reality in 1999. I think even if you talk to some of those that were critical and concerned at the time, and they're legitimate concerns, they were legitimate concerns we had as a people, and they were concerns that I had to answer every single day in order to maintain the public trust necessary to actually effectively police, because the greatest protection for any police officer is not their gun or their badge. It's the trust. It's the respect that they have from the community.
So, look, we're never done with this, though. I mean, now, everybody has a cell phone, cell phone cameras that brings a degree of openness and transparency --
TAPPER: You think that's a good thing?
O'MALLEY: I think it's a very good thing. In fact, we should go to body cameras, we should require all police departments to report in a timely and accurate fashion police-involved shootings, by the way during our seven years were the lowest seven years on record for police-involved shootings, we should require the reporting of discourtesy, excessive force, body cameras -- all of those things, because the cell phone cameras have proliferated, that's raised the bar for what we expect of a public institution, like law enforcement, especially with its intertwined history with race in the United States.
TAPPER: Stay right there if you would, Governor. We're going to take a very quick break.
When we come back, I'm going to ask the governor about his potential presidential campaign and perhaps some of his possible opponents, including a certain former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Stay right there. We'll be right back.
JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back to THE LEAD. I'm Jake Tapper. We are with former or two-term mayor and two-term governor, Martin O'Malley.
Thanks again for joining us again.
MARTIN O'MALLEY (D), FORMER MARYLAND GOVERNOR: Thank you, Jake.
TAPPER: It's no secret you're contemplating a run for president, for the Democratic presidential nomination -- and Baltimore, and the changes to Baltimore, the positive ones are a big part of your pitch. You recently told Democrats, quote, "Baltimore went on to achieve the biggest reduction in crime of any major city in America, in this battle between our violent past and our better, safer future, the future won, the dream lives on."
The dream lives on. What do you say to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina who are looking at Baltimore in these last couple of weeks and they're saying, "That's not a dream, that's a nightmare"?
O'MALLEY: Well, it's been a huge setback. What I say and I've been saying to my neighbors all around the city is, look, we're going to -- we're going to come back.
This is a setback. It's one of our darkest days. The last time that I think our entire city was gripped by this sort of grief and sadness would have been probably about ten years ago when an entire family, mom and dad, five kids, were fire-bombed in their sleep, just for believing that we could make our city safer for calling 911 about drug dealers.
Progress rarely moves in a straight line, and sometimes we have setbacks. And very few of them have been as heartbreaking to all of us who have done so much over these years to make Baltimore a safer and better place than the scenes that we saw, that are now, you know, indelibly, they're seared into our memories. They've been broadcast all around the world, and we have to do better -- not only as a city, we have to do better as a country.
TAPPER: Your record as mayor and then governor includes millions more for public school, programs, mentoring programs, intervention with at- risk youth, drug treatment. What do you say to conservatives who say, this shows that liberal policies are failing urban America? Everything -- this is a Democratic city in a Democratic state, everything that they want to do they do here and look at West Baltimore. It's still horrible.
O'MALLEY: Well, what I would say to them is, beyond the -- beyond the tangible progress of nation-leading crime reductions, beyond the fact that we made our schools as a state the best in America for five years in a row, I think the real question, or the real conclusion we draw, from Baltimore, from Charleston, from Ferguson and other places is that America is failing America. We are failing to live up to the sort of people that we expect ourselves to be, that our grandparents expected us to be and that our kids need for us to be.
You cannot create an economy that treats people and labor and human beings as if they're worthless commodities. You cannot create pockets of unemployment and extreme poverty without creating extremely dangerous conditions. And that's what we've done in our country.
It doesn't have to be this way, but we have to change how we approach our economy. It's not money. The economy is not money. It is people.
And right now, we've told a lot of people in America that they're marginal, unheard and the results you see from that are incidents like this one, that boil up with young men who feel like their country doesn't care about them, their country doesn't want to look at them, their country wishes they would go away, their country wishes that they can't go away, that they would get instead locked up. And that's not the sort of country we should be building for our kids.
TAPPER: Hillary Clinton, who you will likely be running against sometime soon, gave a speech yesterday in which she talked about calming for body cameras for police and an end to the era of mass incarceration. You've been slightly critical of her for being a Johnny come lately on some issues, including drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants, on same sex marriage being a human right, not a state by state issue.
On this issue, when you look at her comments yesterday, and you look at Clinton record, and she was a big part of pushing for the Clinton crime bill including three strikes you're out, which a lot of critics say led to mass incarceration, do you have a similar criticism for her? Is she finding Jesus on her way to Des Moines?
O'MALLEY: Well, I spoke to Al Sharpton's group, National Action Network, in New York and made many of the same points about openness, transparency, the body cameras, differently than Secretary Clinton. I've actually had experience on the ground making police departments more transparent, and more open.
And we also -- when I finished my term as governor, we had the lowest incarceration number in our state that we've had in 20 years. So I think over the years, we have to constantly be evolving and putting forth new iterations and figuring how to do policing in smarter ways, how to be smarter in criminal justice. Some of the things that were attempted in the '80s or '90s no longer serve us today.
However, there are things that we can improve upon, like protecting the public from repeat violent offenders. In other words, there are people who deserve to be behind bars, and they are the repeat violent offenders, but there are people who need drug treatment, who need job training. And we're told also, by the way, it's a lot more cost effective, as we've found here.
TAPPER: Last question. Rand Paul made a comment how he was happy his Amtrak train did not stop in Baltimore. First of all, it's not true. Every Amtrak train stops in Baltimore. But beyond that, did that offend you as a Baltimorean?
O'MALLEY: Look, the -- this is -- this is what pains me most deeply as Baltimorean. I feel a tremendous amount of sadness, as every one of my neighbors does, about the incidents that unfolded here. About the setback that this has caused to a proud city whose longer arc and longer and bigger story is about black and white people coming together to accomplish really difficult things. That's what I'm most concerned about, and as far as Republican candidates for president, you know what they say, and -- you know, that's their choice.
My choice is to be here with my neighbors and our choice as a city is to rise from this event and be stronger afterwards and that's what I'm focused on.
TAPPER: And our thanks to Governor O'Malley for that interview.


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Video of Alleged US spy crucified in Yemen
August 30, 2012 sooth·say·er	4 Comments
Video of the genocidal trash Muslims handiwork…all the reason this religion needs outlawed and destroyed once and for all
An Al-Qaeda-affiliated group in Yemen crucified an alleged US spy, and posted a video of the crucifixion on YouTube, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) said on Wednesday.
MEMRI posted the clip, but only to subscribers and with a viewer discretion warning.
Yemen crucifixion (photo credit: MEMRI)
The Washington, DC-based media watchdog said the man had been crucified by Al-Qaeda-affiliated Ansar Al-Shari'a for allegedly directing US drones targeting terrorists in Yemen. It said the YouTube clip was posted on Monday.
The victim was crucified on an electric pylon in south Yemen's Abyan province.
A sign above the man's head showed the flag of the Al-Qaeda-linked group and text from verse 5:33 of the Koran: "The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and do mischief in the land is only that they shall be killed or crucified or their hands and their feet be cut off from opposite sides, or be exiled from the land. That is their disgrace in this world, and a great torment is theirs in the Hereafter."By Times of Israel staff
the video..
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Fatah names summer camp after jihad terrorist who murdered 37 Israeli civilians in bus attack
July 18, 2012 sooth·say·er	2 Comments
These are the "moderates" to whom the world is demanding that the Israelis make endless concessions. "Fatah summer camp named after female terrorist Mughrabi, who led killing of 37 in bus hijacking," by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik for Palestinian Media Watch, July 17:
Fatah has named a summer camp for youth "Sisters of Dalal Mughrabi," after female terrorist Dalal Mughrabi. In 1978, Mughrabi led the most lethal terror attack in Israel's history, in which 37 civilians were killed, 12 of them children. The Governor of the Jericho district said to participants in the summer camp that Mughrabi and others who "sacrificed" "should be a beacon for us in our activities."PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is also head of Fatah.
The camp was cosponsored by the Women's Association of Qalqilya and the Farmer's Association.
Palestinian Media Watch has documented that the PA glorifies Mughrabi by naming events and places after her. Summer camps and tournaments have been named after her, as have teams and groups in camps. One such summer camp with a Dalal Mughrabi group was sponsored by PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad last year. Music videos honoring her and her terror attack have been broadcast on official PA TV. PA leaders and institutions often present her as a role model for Palestinians and particularly for Palestinian youth….
"Palestinian" summer camp named after Muslima mass murderer Mughrabi, who led killing of 37 in bus hijacking (atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com)
PA Names Boy Scout Group After Female Terrorist Mastermind (iranaware.com)
Obama's Moral Compass (iranaware.com)
Gaza presents: 'Prisoners' summer camp' (iranaware.com)
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Happy Jerusalem Day
May 20, 2012 sooth·say·er	6 Comments
How many cities can be said to embody an idea? Athens, the cradle of the Western tradition of scientific inquiry, comes to mind. So does Rome, the seat of humanity's most far-flung empire, instrumental in disseminating both Greek culture and Christianity.
Some cities' legacies have been tainted by recent history – Vienna and Berlin, for instance. Others – Nagasaki, Guernica, Dresden – are known primarily as the site of horrible battles. African or Far East cities such as Timbuktu, known for its gold, slave trade and the Great Mosques of Djenne, or Qufu, the location of the Temple of Confucius, seem too exotic and inaccessible to be truly relevant to the Westerner. And American cities are, as writer Cynthia Ozick put it, places "where time has not yet deigned to be an inhabitant.
The flea market in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. עברית: השוק העיר העתיקה בירושלים. השוק מורכב ממערכת סמטאות ארוכות, החוצות את העיר העתיקה ועוברות בגבול בין הרובע הנוצרי, הרובע המוסלמי והרובע הארמני. הטובין הנמכרים בשוק מגוונים מאד, ונעים ממזון ומגדנות ועד בגדים, רהיטים ומוצרי אלקטרוניקה. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
In contrast, Jerusalem, quoting Ozick again, is a "phoenix city" with a "history of histories" where "no one is a stranger."
According to Jewish tradition, Abraham nearly sacrificed his son Isaac in Jerusalem. Seven hundred years later – around 1000 BCE – King David turned the city into the capital of a united Jewish state and his son Solomon built the First Temple there. Jerusalem has been sacked and razed and rebuilt and destroyed yet again for dozens of centuries. Assyrians, Babylonians, Seleucids and Romans have come and gone. In the past millennium, Muslims and Christians – each with their own ideas about Jerusalem's meaning – have killed each other for the right to rule the city.
Since the destruction of the Second Temple, Jews yearned to return to Jerusalem. They prayed for the rebuilding of the Temple and the ingathering of the exiles. A built Jerusalem was conceived not principally as a physical place so much as an ideal, a symbol of Jewish resurgence preceding the Messianic era.
But Jerusalem was never so completely spiritualized that it became nothing more than a metaphor. Jews never lost sight of yerushalayim shel mata – the earthly, material Jerusalem of bricks and concrete. Except for exceptional periods in history there has been an unbroken Jewish presence in Jerusalem throughout the long years of exile. This ember of hope that one day the city of Jerusalem like the mythological phoenix would one day rise up helped fuel the Jewish national movement.
In the 1930s the Jewish population in Jerusalem exceeded 50,000. By 1948 it had doubled. And 19 years later in 1967 it had nearly doubled again to 295,000.
But it was not until the reunification of Jerusalem 45 years ago today, on the 28th of Iyar, that the city truly began to flourish. No longer shackled by oppressive Jordanian rule over its eastern half, it could thrive and develop.
Though the Temple remains in ruins, the earthly, material city has truly been rebuilt. Just wander the streets around Mamilla or visit the outlaying neighborhoods of Pisgat Ze'ev and Neveh Ya'acov.
Jerusalem, Israel's largest city, was home to 801,000 at the end of 2011. Never before has Jerusalem thrived so impressively. It should not be a surprise that it is the most desired place to live among new immigrants, according to a Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies report released on Jerusalem Day.
Street in Jerusalem Old City (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This is not to say that Jerusalem as a city does not face challenges. It has a huge haredi population (65 percent of Jewish children are enrolled in ultra-Orthodox elementary schools) and its Muslim population, presently 35% of the total, is growing only slightly slower than the Jewish population. According to Central Bureau of Statistics data, Jerusalem is the poorest of the six large cities. Monthly expenditures per capita were just NIS 3,223. Just 45.7% of work-age Jerusalemites participate in the labor market compared to a national average of 57.4%. And Jerusalem is at the center of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
But integral to the Jewish people's return to Jerusalem is the need to grapple with the nitty-gritty endeavor of shaping reality in the image of the idea.
On Jerusalem Day we should feel thankful for living in a generation that has witnessed a rebuilt Jerusalem, and daunted by the many challenges that yerushalayim shel mata presents. By JPOST EDITORIAL
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As we mark the 45th anniversary of the Israeli conquest of east Jerusalem on the third day of the Six Day War, it is timely that we explore the concept of Jerusalem as the eternal, undivided capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish people.
This is a statement that leaders from across the political divide love to espouse – it is perhaps one of the most popular political declarations of Israeli and Diaspora leaders – but in order to fully appreciate Jerusalem Day today, we must analyze this statement critically. It is easy to champion slogans, but they do not necessarily help us understand reality.
A few weeks after Israel conquered east Jerusalem it unilaterally expanded the boundaries of the city – to its north, east and south – making it the size of the city of Paris, and incorporating within its population tens of thousands of Arabs.
These people were residents not only of Jordanian-held east Jerusalem itself (the Old City and a half-dozen Arab neighborhoods adjacent to it), but also of surrounding Arab villages, which previously had never been part of Jerusalem.
Along with the passage of the 1980 Basic Law Jerusalem, Capital of Israel, this action remains unrecognized by the entire world. Along with the fact that the Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as their future capital, it is logical to assume that any future comprehensive peace agreement will necessarily involve some element of Israeli concessions in Jerusalem.
Any proposed Israeli concession in Jerusalem must rest on three foundations: a) the recognition of the Jewish religious and historical connection to Jerusalem, and the implications of recent Israeli history in Jerusalem; b) a realistic acceptance of facts on the ground, and c) the moral imperative to care for all residents of the city, Jew and Arab alike.
Any calls for changes to Israeli control in Jerusalem must take into account the historic Jewish religious connection to the city. The Psalmist exclaims, "If I forget you O Jerusalem may my right hand wither," and Jews have directed their prayers towards the city for 2,000 years.
Jews also leave a corner of their new homes unfinished, and smash a glass at their weddings, in order to remember the destruction of Jerusalem. This symbolizes our yearning to return to a rebuilt Jerusalem, which we call for explicitly at the conclusion of the Passover Seder and the Yom Kippur Neilah service. Of course, Jerusalem's Temple Mount, surrounded by its retaining walls, remains the holiest site of our religion.
Moreover, the security-military element of any Israeli concessions in Jerusalem must also be considered. The agonizing fall of the Jewish Quarter on May 28, 1948, including the expulsion of its residents to the western sectors of the city, and/or their being led into captivity in Jordan, cannot be dismissed as history of little import. For one to truly understand Israelis' embrace of the notion of Jerusalem as the eternal, undivided capital of Israel today, we need to recognize the trauma which the nascent state experienced with the fall of Zion.
Temple Mount and Western Wall during Shabbat (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
This was compounded by the destruction of the Hurva Synagogue two days later, ultimately along with that of all but one of the Jewish Quarter's synagogues, the desecration of gravestones on the Mount of Olives and the refusal to grant access to the Western Wall – all in contravention of the armistice agreement signed with Jordan.
Likewise, the fragility of Jerusalem's residents in 1948, surrounded on all sides by Arabs, alone and besieged, understandably enhances Israeli support for a greater Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel.
In "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" Naomi Shemer wrote "and in its heart – a wall."
The wall which divided Israeli-held west Jerusalem from Jordanian-held east Jerusalem for more than 18 years, separating Jews from the Old City, and allowing them to see it, but not touch it, was experienced as a wall dividing not only a physical city, but also the very heart of the Jewish people.
It would be easy to argue that because of these events the Israeli nation suffers from a collective sense of post-traumatic stress disorder, and that this leads Israelis to embrace cheap sloganism without regard to reality. But this trauma was, and still is, real. A solution in Jerusalem will not be found through denying its significance and its validity – even today.
Nevertheless, it would be foolish to oppose all Israeli compromises in Jerusalem. To do so would be to ignore the reality of the situation – the facts on the ground, so to speak. Any eighthgrade student standing at the Haas Promenade can easily distinguish between west and east Jerusalem. He can identify the difference in Jewish and Arab housing and, sadly, the clear distinction in infrastructure investment and development between the different sectors.
Notwithstanding Israelis' favorite slogan, the city of Jerusalem is already de facto divided. Nothing illustrates this more than the three Palestinian neighborhoods which lie within the boundaries of municipal Jerusalem – the eternal, undivided capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish people – but which find themselves on the other side of the separation barrier; "And in its heart – a wall" indeed!
Or, to put it in simple terms, Jews never prayed towards Beit Safafa, or for Sur Bahir to be rebuilt, speedily in our days. We do not go to most parts of east Jerusalem, not only because of security considerations, but first and foremost because large sections of east Jerusalem interest us about as much as downtown Amman – and probably less. It is, for all intents and purposes, a foreign city. Jerusalem is anything but "a city that is joined together."
The third and final element that needs to be discussed is the moral dimension. How can the eternal united capital of the Jewish State be one thousand classrooms short for students from the Arab demographic? (The Barkat administration has been working on resolving this issue; it claims that four hundred of these classrooms will be in various stages of planning and/or construction by the end of its term.) How can Jerusalem as a Jewish city – which should mean a city filled with Jewish values, not just a city with a Jewish majority – possibly countenance such a disgrace?! And this is simply one example of the endemic discrimination in funding between the different sectors.
One could argue that the ongoing boycott of Jerusalem municipal elections by the city's Arab residents, and therefore their lack of representation in city hall, is an explanation for this. It is certainly an explanation, but it is not an excuse!
Try explaining to a seven-year-old boy that his community's refusal to acquiesce to the Israeli annexation of east Jerusalem is to blame for the fact that he has no place in the education system of the eternal, undivided capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish people. A people which places real value on education should ensure that all residents of Jerusalem have access to education. A Jewish city should act Jewishly!
But we cannot replace the acceptance of one meaningless slogan with another. It is too easy, and has become too fashionable, to parrot Bill Clinton's "Jewish neighborhoods to Israel, and Arab neighborhoods to Palestine," or talk of a "special administration" for the Old City and Holy Basin. Whether such principles could be realistically implemented on the ground is unclear.
Western wall in Jerusalem at night (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It is questionable whether an international administration of the Old City, measuring just one square mile, could accommodate the needs of several million tourists each year, when one considers that under such a scenario, crossing through a city gate would need to involve the security mechanism which is currently in place at any international frontier – and that is exactly what the gates of the Old City would become under such a plan.
To support the notion of Jerusalem as the eternal, undivided capital of the State of Israel and the Jewish people represents the adoption of a slogan empty of any real meaning. To agree to the Clinton Parameters without researching whether they can be successfully implemented in reality on the ground is also seriously problematic. Any change to the status quo – a city currently united in declarations only – must be true to the historical Jewish spiritual link to Jerusalem, and accept the implications of the trauma of 1948; must recognize the reality of Jerusalem today, and must ensure a morally just future for all current residents of the city. To proffer empty slogans is neither intellectually honest nor politically useful.
Ilan Bloch is the director of Teaching Israel.
Former Israel PM on 'Jerusalem Day': The holy city must be partitioned (foxnews.com)
Jerusalem Day: celebrating 45 years of reunification (cifwatch.com)
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Nakba of the Holy Temple (iranaware.com)
Palestinians hurl objects during Jerusalem Day protest (timesofisrael.com)
Jerusalem: The Media Myth of Two Cities (cifwatch.com)
Jewish Birthrate Exceeds Arab in Jerusalem (jewishpress.com)
Jerusalem Mayor: Netanyahu Government Providing 'Unprecedented' Resources For Jerusalem's Growth (jewishpress.com)
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Le championnat du monde de Formule 1 1955 a été remporté par l'Argentin Juan Manuel Fangio au volant d'une Mercedes. À la suite du dramatique accident des 24 heures du Mans impliquant la firme allemande cette année-là, Mercedes se retire définitivement du sport automobile après ce titre, et ne reviendra en tant que constructeur de F1 que cinquante-cinq ans plus tard.

Règlement sportif

 Seuls les cinq meilleurs résultats sont retenus.
 L'attribution des points se fait selon le barème 8, 6, 4, 3 et 2 points avec 1 point pour l'auteur du meilleur tour en course.
 Plusieurs pilotes peuvent se relayer au volant d'une même voiture. Les points sont alors divisés, sans tenir compte du nombre de tours bouclés par chacun.

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Dominatrice dès leur arrivée en championnat du monde l'année précédente, les Mercedes sont les grandes favorites de la saison. La firme allemande a mis toutes les chances de son côté en enrôlant aux côtés du champion du monde Juan Manuel Fangio, le jeune Anglais Stirling Moss, révélation de la saison 1954 sur sa Maserati.

Tentant de s'opposer à Mercedes, on retrouve un trio de marques italiennes à la santé chancelante :
 La Scuderia Ferrari qui éprouve quelques difficultés financières et n'a pu retenir Mike Hawthorn parti chez Vanwall, tandis que José Froilán González a été plus ou moins écarté. Seuls restent le vieillissant Giuseppe Farina (49 ans) et Maurice Trintignant.
 Maserati qui, en un an, a successivement perdu Fangio, Marimón et Moss. C'est donc essentiellement autour des Français Jean Behra et de l'Italien Luigi Musso que s'articulera le programme 1955.
 Lancia, qui semble la mieux armée pour résister à Mercedes même si on parle de graves difficultés financières. La Lancia D50 a toutefois fait une telle impression pour son unique apparition en 1954 que tous les espoirs semblent permis pour Alberto Ascari épaulé par Luigi Villoresi et le jeune espoir Eugenio Castellotti.

Liste complète des écuries et pilotes (hors Indianapolis) ayant couru dans le championnat 1955 de Formule 1 organisé par la FIA.

Résumé du championnat du monde 1955

En Argentine, à domicile, Fangio ne laisse pas passer l'occasion de remporter la manche inaugurale du championnat du monde. Autant il avait profité de la pluie pour s'imposer l'année précédente, il s'impose désormais sous une épouvantable canicule. Sur une piste surchauffée, Fangio montre qu'il est un athlète accompli : alors que la plupart de ses concurrents exténués, se relaient au volant d'une même voiture à la manière d'une course d'Endurance (jusqu'à trois pilotes par voiture), Fangio boucle les  en solitaire.

Quatre mois plus tard, le championnat reprend à Monaco qui effectue son retour au calendrier pour une course historique à plusieurs points de vue. Inexistantes en Argentine, les Lancia semblent en mesure de rivaliser avec les Mercedes. En essayant d'échapper à Ascari, Fangio et Moss cassent successivement leurs Mercedes mais Ascari n'aura pas le temps de savourer sa première place : il perd le contrôle de sa Lancia (vraisemblablement sur l'huile crachée par le moteur cassé de Moss) à la sortie du tunnel et plonge dans les eaux du port. Sonné, Ascari parvient néanmoins à refaire surface rapidement grâce à l'aide des hommes-grenouilles. La course est remportée par Maurice Trintignant sur Ferrari qui réalise un exploit : c'est la première victoire d'un Français en championnat du monde. Cerise sur le gâteau, Trintignant prend les commandes du championnat. Miraculé, Ascari se sort de son bain forcé avec un simple traumatisme crânien et une grosse entaille sur le nez. Mais quatre jours plus tard, on apprend avec stupeur qu'Ascari, tout juste sorti de l'hôpital, décède à Monza en essayant une Ferrari sport.

Comme un écho à la mort d'Ascari, les 500 Miles d'Indianapolis sont endeuillés par la mort de Bill Vukovich, vainqueur des deux précédentes éditions. La course reprend ses droits à Spa-Francorchamps, avec un doublé des Mercedes : Fangio précédant Moss et reprenant ainsi la tête du championnat.

Mercedes réalise un nouveau doublé aux Pays-Bas dans une ambiance lourde : une semaine plus tôt, aux 24 Heures du Mans, la Mercedes de Pierre Levegh, en s'écrasant sur le talus qui sépare la piste des tribunes, a semé la mort. Plus de 80 spectateurs ont été tués par des éléments de la Mercedes projetés dans le public. De quoi remettre en question l'avenir sportif de la marque. Lancia voit aussi son avenir compromis : alors que la firme italienne est au plus mal financièrement, la mort d'Ascari sonne le glas du programme F1 entamé moins d'un an plus tôt et les prometteuses Lancia D50 s'apprêtent à rejoindre le musée. Tandis que Villoresi, éprouvé par la mort de son ami Ascari s'accorde une pause, Eugenio Castellotti trouve refuge chez Ferrari, où il retrouve Hawthorn, de retour après un bref intermède chez Vanwall.

À Aintree, Mercedes triomphe encore en s'offrant un quadruplé, Moss s'imposant devant Fangio pour lequel cette seconde place est synonyme de titre mondial.

Le championnat se termine à Monza où on constate le retour des D50 désormais badgées Ferrari D50 puisque Lancia a offert ses monoplaces à la Scuderia Ferrari. Au sortir d'une saison très difficile pour cause de grandes difficultés sportive et financière, ce cadeau est un véritable bol d'air. L'ultime rendez-vous de la saison est remporté par Fangio qui signe la dernière victoire de Mercedes en Formule 1 jusqu'à celle de Nico Rosberg en 2012 après le retour de l'écurie en 2010. Très marquée par le drame du Mans et n'ayant plus rien à prouver en F1 après quinze mois d'une écrasante domination, la firme à l'étoile annoncera peu de temps après son retrait du sport automobile.

Grands Prix de la saison 1955

Initialement prévu sur onze manches (dix Grands Prix et les 500 miles d'Indianapolis), le calendrier de la saison 1955 a été amputé de quatre épreuves à la suite du terrible accident des 24 Heures du Mans. Les Grands Prix de France, d'Allemagne, d'Espagne et de Suisse ont ainsi été annulés sur décisions des gouvernements nationaux concernés.

Classement des pilotes

 En italique : meilleur tour en course (1 point, partagé si plusieurs pilotes partagent le meilleur tour en course).
 En gras : pole position.
 † : Indique un résultat obtenu simultanément par plusieurs pilotes ayant partagé la même voiture.
 L'attribution des points se fait selon le barème 8, 6, 4, 3 et 2 points avec 1 point pour l'auteur du meilleur tour en course.
 Seuls les 5 meilleurs résultats comptent pour le championnat du monde des pilotes. Les résultats entre parenthèses indiquent le score total.

Liste des Grands Prix disputés cette saison ne comptant pas pour le championnat du monde de Formule 1

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Sunday, January 11th: We are participating in the Friends of White Rock clean up and vegetation clearance on the Smith's Canal in Llandore. Meet at 10.30am at the White Rock car park on the east bank of the Tawe River opposite the Liberty Stadium. Feel free to come or go any time between 10.30 and 2.30. Please bring wellies, and waterproof gloves. Chest waders optional.
Tuesday, 14th January: Work Party meets at the Brownsters Cafe High Street Clydach at 8.15 or at the BW depot, Hebron Road Clydach at 9.15. We will be making one last push to finish the off side thinning out of the vegetation and the clearance of invasive weeds in the canal. Work will concentrate on the final fifty yards south of Clydach Lock. Cassie, Phil and Kevin will be visiting us from CRT.
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It is a brand new, long sleeve sweetheart neckline dress. Never worn before, brand new with tags and and wrapper. When I picked it up I never even tried it on.
Favorite memory in dress: I never got to wear my dress, it is still in the plastic and wrapper with tags and everything. I hope it will make someone very happy!


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Syrian air defence intercepts Israeli missiles near Damascus - Daily News Egypt
Politics Syrian air defence intercepts Israeli missiles near Damascus
Syrian air defence intercepts Israeli missiles near Damascus
Israel has conducted 200 air raids against Syria
Syria's military forces announced on Friday that Israeli aircrafts have launched a bunch of missiles toward the Syrian capital city Damascus, and that Syrian air defence forces have intercepted a number of them.
"The results of the aggression so far were limited to a strike on one of the warehouses at Damascus airport," according to the Syrian News Agency SANA, citing a military source. It added that the attack took place at 11:15 pm.
SANA broadcast footage of the interception of the Israeli missiles by the Syrian air defence. The footage shows the firing process and explosions could be heard from the video.
The last Israeli raid against Syria was late in December 2018, and the attack resulted in wounding three Syrian soldiers.
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that the strikes hit three targets in the western and southern rural areas close to Damascus. The targets are used as stocks for the Lebanese armed militia Hezbollah and the Iranian forces, according to the observatory.
Israel justifies its aggressive actions by countering the Iranian influence in the region and targeting the Iranian military bases. It has conducted 200 air raids against Syria.
Moreover, the US military forces started withdrawing some equipment but not yet troops from Syria following US President Donald Trump statement about withdrawing US forces from Syria after years of the battle against the Islamic State (IS) group.
According to US media, two military officials said that he number of US troops "might actually increase slightly in Syria, to help protect the final process of pulling out — an operation that is still expected to take at least four to six months to complete."
In December, Trump announced the withdrawal of US troops from Syria in a surprise for the US's allies in the international alliance against the IS. The number of US troops in Syria is about 2,000 who are mostly army soldiers and marines.
The US troops in Syria are located in northeast Syria and in the Middle Euphrates River Valley, aiming to eliminate the remaining pockets of IS fighters and secure newly-liberated areas from their return.
Topics: Israel Syria Syrian air defence
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Ford drives into town with new plan to ease Austin's terrible traffic
Katie Friel
Jun 26, 2019 | 10:14 am
The answer to Austin's traffic woes may come from an unlikely source: you.
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Ford is driving forward with an innovative new idea to tackle Austin's terrible traffic. On June 24, during a press conference at Austin City Hall, the car company, along with the City of Austin and Planet M, announced the local launch of the City:One Challenge, a new program that asks residents to reimagine mobility.
The idea, says Ford, is that the answer to Austin's woeful traffic issues may come from an untapped source: you.
Over the past decade, as the city's population continues to grow, little has been done to enhance infrastructure or improve public transit, creating an increasingly critical issue.
"While Austin continues to be one of the fastest growing cities in the country, that growth has also impacted mobility in the city," says Ford in a release, adding that the average Austin driver spends more than 50 hours a year in traffic.
"The challenge will invite residents, community organizations, and businesses to explore dynamic mobility options, including making biking and walking more inviting, helping residents move to and from the neighborhoods to destinations throughout Austin, and providing additional access to transportation."
To participate, log onto the challenge website and create an account. Residents are then asked to explain a recent journey through Austin, share inspiration for new mobility solutions, talk about what a healthy lifestyle means to them, or ask a question. The first phase, called "explore," will culminate in a community workshop on July 18 at the Asian American Resource Center.
Then, on August 28, the project will open up applications for solutions to Austin's most pressing mobility solutions. Anyone, from community members to startups to design firms are invited to pitch an idea. In October, a panel of Ford stakeholders and city leaders will pick 12 finalists. Those lucky dozen will compete to be named the winner, potentially earning $100,000 from Ford, along with partners at Dell Technologies, AT&T, and Microsoft.
"Austin has distinguished itself as both a city on the cutting edge of technology and one where community input helps shape solutions," says Mayor Steve Adler in a release. "The City:One Challenge program is perfect for a city like ours. Austin is where great ideas become real."
Hopefully, the mayor is right, and an Austin resident has the bright idea to begin tackling the city's crippling mobility issues. That way, the city can move forward, and our leaders can return to other pressing projects, like putting queso on the moon.
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Texas-based Cinemark theater chain hosts Oscars-themed movie marathon
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Tom Cruise in Top Gun: Maverick.
The Cinemark movie chain is giving movie buffs an opportunity to brush up on the Oscars.
Plano-based Cinemark Holdings, Inc. will host its annual Oscar Movie Week festival, this year running from Monday, March 6 through Sunday, March 12, in anticipation of the 95th Oscars ceremony, which airs on March 12 on ABC.
The theater chain will air all of this year's Best Picture and Best Live Action and Animated Short Film nominees, at more than 120 participating Cinemark theaters nationwide.
According to a release, passes are now on sale now at Cinemark.com/movieweek.
A full Digital Festival Pass is $40 and includes showings for all Best Picture and Best Live Action and Animated Short Film nominees. There's a perk! If you purchase a festival pass, you get 50 percent off any size popcorn during Oscar Movie Week.
Individual showtime tickets will be available starting January 27 at standard pricing, with showtimes beginning March 6.
All Best Live Action and Animated Short Film nominees are bundled into one viewing for just $10 from March 10-12.
For other brushing up, take a look back at what CultureMap's film critic, Alex Bentley, had to say about each of the nominees (listed in alphabetical order) when they were originally released.
Cinemark has been hosting other similar marathon events such its collaboration with ESPN to bring college football games to the big screen.
The event takes place at these theaters across the U.S., including the following locations in Texas:
Austin: Cinemark Southpark Meadows
Denton: Cinemark 14
Fort Worth: Ridgmar Mall
Grapevine: Cinemark Tinseltown
Houston: Cinemark Memorial City
Plano: Cinemark Legacy
Plano: Cinemark West Plano
San Antonio: Cinemark San Antonio 16
The Woodlands: Cinemark 17
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Barry Grunow Scholarship
LWHS Alumni
Scholarship Committee Report August 13, 2015
The due date for submission of scholarship applications was extended to March 20, 2015 to insure the completion of the application process on line with the inclusion of the guidance counselor portion. The review, evaluation and selection process was completed April 2 by the Scholarship Committee consisting of: Paul Blockson, Ed & Jane Whitaker, Scott Curry, Mike Woods, MaryAnne Hedrick, Maggie Cooper and Doris Welsh.
The 17th Annual Awards Ceremony was held on May 5, 2015. A total of $68,000 was awarded to 43 recipients at that time.
The awarding of scholarships was as follows:
Dollars for Scholars Scholarships: 37 recipients – $58,500
Grunow Memorial Scholarships: 6 recipients – $9,500
Total recipients for 2015: 43 – $68,000
Since its beginning in 1999, DFS has awarded $933,700 in scholarships. In memory of Barry Grunow, $156,250 has been awarded. Dollars for Scholars continues to provide deserving students at Lake Worth High School and throughout Palm Beach County with the opportunity to further their education and reach for their dreams.
A special thanks to the members of the scholarship committee for their time, dedication and diligent efforts throughout the review and selection process. Mrs. Maggie Cooper, once again went above and beyond the call of duty by continuing to assist students even after her retirement. The invaluable support and assistance of Dr. George Lockhart and Pete DiDonato is greatly appreciated, and without whom the awards ceremony would have been difficult to make happen.
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We exploit spatial variation in randomized anti-corruption audits related to government procurement contracts in Brazil to assess how corruption affects resource allocation, firm performance, and the local economy. After an anti-corruption crackdown, regions experience more entrepreneurship, improved access to finance, and higher levels of economic activity. This is inconsistent with corruption acting as "grease in the wheel." We find that two channels explain these facts: Allocation of resources to less efficient firms, and distortions in government dependent firms. Using firms involved in corrupt business with the municipality, i.e. "corrupt firms," we find that the second channel is more important. Difference in difference estimation suggests that, after audits, the performance of corrupt firms improves relative to a similar set of unaffected firms. Corrupt firms invest more, increase borrowing and leverage, reallocate labor inside the firm, restructure the organizational design by increasing hierarchical layers, rely less on government contracts, and grow faster. Our findings provide novel micro-evidence on why corruption acts as an institutional failure that is detrimental to firm performance and economic growth.


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He was a jerk, but she loved him; that was the first problem. The second? He was her stepbrother. Dante Hix. An alpha male. A billionaire at 21. A god. It had been three years already, and she still wasn't over him. What the hell was she thinking going back again now?
As soon as she gets him back, Dante disappears again.
This time he's on a business trip to California, and although he's left Sash with his credit card, and as much money as she wants to spend, two weeks has passed and he still hasn't called.
Sash wants to follow Dante's rules and demonstrate that she can trust him, but the wait is agonizing and she has her limits.
When she can't take it anymore, she knows what she needs to do. She decides to fly to L.A. and surprise him.
With her hand held protectively over her belly, she knows it's time to tell him her secret.
If she has his baby, he'll have to come back to her.
Dante has secrets of his own, however, and a surprise in store that will rock Sash's world.
I can't get enough... this story holds the reader captive with action,feelings and anticipation. Awesome!


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A cool story about my son & Led Zeppelin
By Beijoguy
July 15, 2010 in Led Zeppelin Newbies
Beijoguy
I wanted to share a story with you fans, in the hopes you will appreciate it as much as I do
Now, I have always been a huge music fan of all different types of genres, (mostly classic rock, pop, & R& , but have not had too much of an opportunity to expose my son to a lot of it due to the fact that he lives with his mother most of the time...and she is a Mormon who disapproves of preeeety much everything I do, and severely limits the amount of exposure he gets to most music and movies (sorry if this offends anyone).
I see him once a month.
I was with my son one day a couple of years ago (who was 8 at the time), and as we were driving home, he commented on a song he had heard on the radio that he really liked ("Listen To The Music" by the Doobie Brothers). I thought this was neat, because I was sure he had never heard it before, and it showed he had an ear for good music. This gave me an idea to make up a list of songs we would listen to during our video gaming sessions...a list we have come to call the "Gaming Kick-Ass List!"
Realizing that most of the songs on the list (which were pretty much rock & funk songs) he would be hearing for the first time, I figured I would just put on many of my 'typical' favorites, but not get too 'out there' yet. After an initial trial run at the first version of the list (which was only about 2 hours), and seeing that we were both enjoying the music-but-no-game-sounds aspect, I made a larger version of the list for the next session.
Okay...so we are sitting there playing, and I am trying to pay attention to his reactions to each song (if any) to gauge how my selections are faring. About 30 minutes into this, a song comes on and I noticed him kind of space out for a few seconds looking away from the TV screen, and then watched his little thumb pause his game from his controller. The first thing that ran through my mind was that he couldn't deal with the song that was now playing, since he had yet to officially comment on any song I had played for him. So I asked him if he was okay, to which he said "Yes". I then said "What's up, bud? Do you not like this song?"...and I'll never forget the look on his face. His eyes got really big, but still a bit spaced-out because he was still listening to the song, and then he turned to me and said in a very emphatic tone "Yeah...I like it a LOT! Can You start it again?"
The song was Kashmir.
I thought that was SO freaking cool! I kid you not, we listened to that song about 8 times that day. He LOVES that song!
Since then, it was always the very first song he pulled up on my iPod when I picked him up...until recently when he made a rare request that a new song must be added to the "Gaming Kick-Ass List!" - When The Levee Breaks.
I can't tell you how thrilled I am that he loves this music, especially since I have allowed him to pick the music he likes from a variety of types I play around him.
Anyway, I thought you all might all enjoy this little story, especially as Led Zeppelin fans
Maxwell Edison
Location:East Coast Canada
That's so sweet. He obviously has very good taste!
Well I would say that young man knows music. Thank you for sharing the story.
Tripmender
That's fantastic Beijoguy, and I can totally relate to it as my ex-wife is a full-on faux-Christian 'Mother of Prevention' nutter. Keep up the good work! Sounds like there are two happy winners here, and one sad loser who will only have herself to blame. But she'll still blame you anyway
Sadly, neither of my sons (now 13 and 11) are into rock. I've tried, but I don't want to push it. There was a time about 6 or 7 years ago when I had high hopes - my elder son was heavily into planets, black holes & constellations etc. I thought, 'Hey, I must have a song or two about that', and foolishly introduced him to Cygnus X-1 by Rush. If you know the song, and how quickly & seriously childhood obsessions can take hold, you'll know what I mean when I say foolishly - it's quite a disjointed piece, to say the least, and doesn't exactly scream 'play me on constant repeat all the way across England'. This inevitably led on to Hemispheres (= Cygnus X-1 Book Two) - I could and should have kept stumm about this particular masterpiece, but sadly I didn't, and I was soon having to try to explain Neil Peart's preposterous lyrical cop-out to a baffled 6 year-old who, like me, was bitterly disappointed by the crap sequel. Nevertheless, he still forced me to burn the two songs onto a single CD, and play that on endless repeat instead.
Looking on the bright side, I suppose it could've been worse - I nearly chose Dark Star by the Dead . Phew.....
BlackDog71
Location:Illinois, United States
Great story. I too know the power of that song. It was the very song that made me fall in love with the music of Led Zeppelin and gave my musical tastes a 180. "Kashmir" is still a song that blows me away every time that I heat it. It's good to know that not all of this younger generation is lost. I am glad that he has such an open ear to music.
You must be proud as a father.
Magic Fills the Air
Location:The English Countryside
Great story, thanks for sharing it. Kashmir is one powerful song, it's just a shame it's so under-played, and therefore not that many people are exposed to it. Beats Lady Ga Ga (or whatever she's called) any day (and, yes, I know she's a Zeppelin fan!).
imPLANTed
Location:US (Wisconsin)
Fantastic story. It really warms my heart! Thanks for sharing that with us!
Location:northern california
Thats pretty cool, I have a five year old granddaughter who's father raps ,and he is darn good ! But when I have my earphones on listenning to Zep she always grabs them from me and puts it on her head, and Rocks Out !!!
Kiwi_Zep_Fan87
Wow! This is such an awesome story! Thank you for sharing this Beijoguy!
I can completely relate to your post because my dad who happens to love Led Zep, was the one who introduced me to my first Led Zep song at the age 12 : "Black Dog"
Thanks to Led Zep, my dad and I have had some really awesome father-daughter moments!


Having local knowledge will really help you browse the markets because you'll have a rough idea of the wonderful things available – and costs. This is especially useful if visiting a foreign country where you may be unfamiliar with currency or exchange rates.
Don't be intimidated by a title – lots of Christmas markets are run by locals and are cash only, which may mean the opportunity to haggle. You never know, the vendor may be willing to negotiate or make you a deal. If buying for family and friends, why not quote another price you've seen – or ask if they'll do a bulk discount? Familiarising yourself with the local language can be a big benefit when haggling because the locals will respect the effort and may reduce the price. Brush up on exchange rates before a barter so you know exactly what you're paying.
While there's nothing better than the delicious smell of Bratwurst and Gluhwein, there is such a thing as buying too much. Figure out the foods you'd like to try before you go or do some research into the local delicacy, you might try something you've never tasted before!
4 And don't worry if you're charged for a mug deposit!
It's fairly common for market stalls to take a deposit for the mug, so don't be shocked if the drink seems more expensive than you originally thought. You will get the money back when you return the mug – just enjoy your drink and relax!
For lots of market stalls, cash is still the primary method of payment. Whilst there's often a cashpoint on site, this can leave you with an unnecessary transaction charge. Best to visit a local cashpoint before you go or, if visiting a Christmas market abroad, plan ahead and order your money online in advance. You can then collect locally before you head off or, better still, take advantage of free secure home delivery.
Travellers can lock in a foreign exchange rate for a trip before Christmas by adding currency to a prepaid card or visiting a Thomas Cook store.
We're all guilty – you're browsing for a gift, and you end up finding something for yourself! A lot of the time it ends up being something you don't really need. Resist the urge to treat yourself, however enchanting the markets might be. Even the most careful planners sometimes get swept up in the moment!
If you're abroad, there's a lovely opportunity to buy family and friends a present they might not find in the UK. Ask locals for recommendations on where to buy souvenirs or mementos which are unique to the destination, and within your budget.
This is the simplest, yet most effective way to control your Christmas market spending. Make a list of family members or friends you're looking to buy gifts for and how much you're willing to spend. It will become much easier to resist impulse spending on unnecessary presents (or the extra hot chocolate!) if you have it written down.
No matter which Christmas market you choose to visit, Thomas Cook Money has you covered.


Deep Red Creative recently completed a project filming and editing a 75-second sting to promote Rileys Sports Bars. The focus of the film was to showcase the Fanzone facilities in-club - giant 3 metre HD screens, great seating, bar & food - a perfect venue for sports fans. The video also features the Dartzone and of course Pool and Snooker. Rileys Sports Bars are all about people and so Deep Red chronicled four 'lads' visiting one of the sports bars and generally having a good time. Interspersed with the footage was a series of key phrases which form part of Rileys Sports Bar general brand messaging.


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Homebuilder Sentiment Defies Endless Recession Calls by the Media
Jon C. Ogg
Last Updated: January 30, 2020 3:43 pm
The National Association of Home Builders has released its latest Housing Market Index (HMI), with a reading of 68 for September. That is a high in 2019, higher than the 67 reading from August and the 65 from July, as well as higher than the 67 from September of 2018.
Econoday had published a consensus estimate for builder sentiment to drop to 66 rather than rise in September, and the report is after August's preliminary reading of 66 was revised up to 67.
While the association is expected to be pro-housing, this reflects very strong current single-family sales and a strong single-family sales in the coming six months. While the sub-reading of "traffic of prospective buyers" was flat at 50 in September (versus August), that is a tie for the highest level of 2019 and is still a point higher than it was in September of 2018.
It is easy to assume that low interest rates are helping builders be more confident. That said, the media has been throwing around "recession" in its headlines and communications so much that some people probably thought the United States was already in a recession. There was still the pesky trade concerns noted in the commentary, but that is to be expected at this point.
As for the expansion versus contraction, levels above 50 represent expansion. According to the NAHB website:
The HMI is a weighted average of separate diffusion indices for these three key single-family series. The first two series are rated on a scale of Good, Fair and Poor and the last is rated on a scale of High/Very High, Average, and Low/Very Low.
Despite the overall market indexes remaining lower, the iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) was last seen trading up $0.12 at $42.15, in a 52-week range of $28.25 to $42.73. The SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEARCA: XHB) was last seen trading down three cents at $43.27, and it has a 52-week range of $30.56 to $44.04.
That iShares ETF is up about 39% so far in 2019, compared with about 33% for the SPDR ETF. The year-to-date gain in the S&P 500 is about 20%.
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US Dressage Finals
US Festival of Champions
Allison Brock Wins Back to Back Grand Prix Specials
North America, Wellington
April 2, 2016 by Annan Hepner
Allison Brock and Rosevelt
Wellington, Fla. – April 2, 2016 – The past two weeks have been full of blue ribbons and victory laps for Allison Brock and Rosevelt, a 14-year-old Hanoverian stallion owned by Fritz and Claudine Kundrun. The pair clinched the CDI4* Grand Prix Special during Week Ten of the Adequan Global Dressage Festival, and they won the CDI3* Grand Prix earlier in Week Twelve. In the scorching Florida sun, Brock continued her winning streak by topping the competitive CDI3* Grand Prix Special class with a 74.333 percent, a new personal best.
"He was very good today," Brock said. "I was really careful in the warm-up to not over do. I wanted to touch on a few things to make sure he was reacting well and not to burn him out. I actually felt like I took more horse in today, in a way. He is producing a very consistent, clean test. He is solid. I think that counts for a lot that he goes in and hits it no matter what."
While her freestyle's choreography is being tweaked before going to Europe, Brock made the decision to enter the Grand Prix Special to prove to herself that her previous success was not a fluke.
"I am very happy with the consistency of him," Brock explained. "Last year he was scoring over 70. He would get a little better here and there, but we knew we had to take it to another level. Then I sort of lost that when we were really going for it, and we started having mistakes. For me, the growth [of the season] has been to be able to ride with more expression and be clean."
Lars Petersen and Mariett
Lars Petersen of Denmark placed second with a 70.529 percent on Mariett, an 18-year-old Danish Warmblood mare co-owned by Marcia Pepper and Petersen. The pair placed third in the large Grand Prix class earlier in the week. Petersen decided to ride in the Grand Prix Special instead of the Freestyle because he had not competed in a Special since the World Equestrian Games in 2014.
"It is normally a good test for her, and I am really happy with her," Petersen said. "She has gone two days with no mistake with little gas in her tank, but today she was actually fresher than the other day."
Rounding out the top three was American Lisa Wilcox on Galant, a 10-year-old Belgian Warmblood gelding, with a 70.451 percent. Wilcox believes that the main highlight over her season has been the confidence Galant has had in the movements of the test.
"Before we had some misunderstandings, and it was a bit of a struggle between both of us trying to figure it out," Wilcox explained. "Now he is feeling more confident in what he is doing and understanding it. I would like more than a 70, but right now we are seeing what he is capable of doing. You can only build them so fast."
Lisa Wilcox and Galant
She hopes to qualify for the top eight for the United States to travel to Europe for the Olympic selection trials.
"If I don't make it in the top eight, I'll stay and train," Wilcox said. "I have a lot of horses in the barn right now so I will train for next season. Then my goal is to apply for grants and hopefully take a handful of horses over [to Europe] next year."
Results: Grand Prix Special
Judges: E:Wysocki (USA)/H:Lang (AUT)/C:Storr (GBR)/M:Jena (SWE)/B: Clarke (GBR)
Rider/Country/Horse/Total Score
1. Allison Brock/USA/Rosevelt/74.333
2. Lars Petersen/DEN/Mariett/70.529
3. Lisa Wilcox/USA/Galant/70.451
4. Chris Von Martels/CAN/Divertimento/70.314
5. Catherine Haddad-Staller/USA/Mane Stream Hotmail/68.941
6. Anna Marek/USA/Unico G/68.882
7. Michael Poulin/USA/Thor M/68.216
8. Olivia LaGoy-Weltz/USA/Rassing's Lonoir/67.824
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As legislators in Tallahassee wrangle about letting funding for Visit Florida run out, the potential disbanding of the Sunshine State's official tourism marketing agency could have repercussions for St. Johns County.
"It could be a very, very negative impact for us," Richard Goldman, president and CEO of St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra and The Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau, told The Record on Wednesday.
Visit Florida is stuck in the middle of a budget battle between the Senate and the House, which in and of itself is not unusual — as recently as two years ago, the two bodies found themselves in the same situation — but this time there is more at risk. The state's agreement with the organization is set to expire on Oct. 1 if not reauthorized by lawmakers.
Dana Young, Visit Florida's president and CEO, said in an interview Monday with the travel news site Skift: "It makes our job a little harder. Because rather than just dealing with the budget, we actually need to affirmatively pass a piece of legislation."
Florida's statewide marketing agency was created in 1996. Its budget has gone up and down through the years and was funded at $76 million in 2018, when the number of visitors to the state reached a record 126.1 million, according to Visit Florida.
While neither the VCB nor the county's Tourist Development Council receives money directly from Visit Florida, they do get the benefit of low- or no-cost marketing services such as cooperative advertising programs, trade shows, press publicity and a social media presence, according to Goldman.
"It's at a much lower cost than we could ever be able to do," said Goldman, who previously served as chair of the board of directors for Visit Florida.
Philip McDaniel, co-founder and CEO of the St. Augustine Distillery, said not extending funding to Visit Florida would be "devastating" to his business.
"The funding of Visit Florida, to me, is essential for not just St. Augustine but all of Florida," McDaniel said. "We're competing against other destinations, be they Arizona or the Caribbean. ... Those other destinations would love to have the 110 [plus] million people who come to Florida every year and have their money."
With the TDC and County Commission using a new reallocation formula for the bed tax, it is possible fewer dollars could be directed to promote out-of-county tourism based on the amount of bed tax money collected.
"So that could affect us, too," Goldman said.
Gov. Ron DeSantis has gone on the record as saying he wants to keep Visit Florida's funding intact at current levels.
Goldman is hopeful it will work out as it has in previous years, calling the political in-fighting an "assault" on the travel industry.
"The harm would be profound," said Goldman, "and we hope they'll find a way to avoid this. We've been down this road before."
In the meantime, leadership at Visit Florida has launched a public campaign to bring awareness to the issue, along with others in the tourism industry. The state's legislative session ends May 3.


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Cops in Brooklyn find carjacked SUV with three kids inside
By Elizabeth Keogh and Kerry Burke
Three children who were taken in a stolen car are found by police on East 78th Street and Farragut Road in Brooklyn, New York City on Friday, December 7, 2018. (Gardiner Anderson / for New York Daily News)
Three children kidnapped by a car thief were reunited with their parents in Brooklyn on Friday evening, police and witnesses said.
The kids were found at the corner of E. 78th St. and Farragut Ave. in Canarsie, several blocks from where they and the family car went missing.
Three children who were taken in a stolen car are found by police on East 78th Street and Farragut Road in Brooklyn, New York City on Friday, December 7, 2018. (Gardiner Anderson for New York Daily News)
Their ordeal began around 4:30 p.m. when their mom popped into Feel Beauty, at the corner of Flatlands Ave. and E. 78th St., leaving her husband and their three kids in the family's white 2005 Acura SUV.
The kids' dad got out of the car to smoke a cigarette — leaving the car's engine running, said sources.
The suspect walked past the car — and then, liking whatever he saw, backtracked, hopped into the driver seat, and drove off, with the three kids in the back.
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Frightened and worried, the parents flagged down a police officer, who put out a citywide broadcast that described the car and the kids. The NYPD's 69th Precinct tweeted a picture of the family — including the children, a 1-year-old girl, a 2-year-old boy, and an 8-year-old girl.
Cops distributed this picture of the three children kidnapped in a car theft in Canarsie on Friday, with their father. (NYPD 69th Precinct via Twitter)
During the ordeal, the 8-year-old grabbed her dad's cell phone, which he'd left in the car, and tried to call her parents, said cops. The suspect soon grabbed the phone from her.
Soon the suspect pulled over the car, and ran off.
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Around 5:15 — about 45 minutes after the heist — cops scouring the area found the car with the kids safe and sound inside.
"When we arrived, the kids looked very scared and nervous," said Officer Matthew Woods, one of the cops who found the children.
Woods and his partner asked the kids how they were doing. "Were OK," answered the 8-year-old. "I tried to call Daddy."
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"I felt relieved the kids were OK," said Woods, a parent.
Todd Heskins, who lives near East 78th and Farragut, said he saw police racing to the scene.
"I saw the mother with the 2-year-old. The little one was in the mother's arms," Heskins said.
"I'm just happy for the kids."
A highway patrol officer carries a baby who was found in a stolen car on East 78th Street and Farragut Road in Brooklyn, New York City on Friday, December 7, 2018 (Gardiner Anderson for New York Daily News)
The children were taken to Kings County Hospital for a checkup.
The car was undamaged and parked legally on E. 78th St., a residential area.
Police late Friday were still looking for the carjacker, who they describe as a black male in his 20s. He wore a gray hoodie, black jacket, black pants and construction boots.
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It's unclear if the carjacker knew there were kids on board when he took the vehicle, sources said.
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