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Walk the boardwalks along the marsh, watch the osprey dive for fish, enjoy the forest canopy. This quiet place in southern Anne Arundel County is just 40 miles south of Baltimore City, 22 miles east of Washington, DC, and 22 miles south of Annapolis.
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Map of all JBWS properties and the surrounding areas.
Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary Proper (all trails)
Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary Proper (yellow loop & Marsh Boardwalk zoom)
Glendening Nature Preserve, Patuxent Wetlands Park, and Nature Preserve at Waysons Corner
Try our Audio/Visual Self-Guided tour of the Yellow Loop. It is a downloadable PDF document with text and pictures and/or an audio playlist. Formerly the QR code tour. Each stop is indicated by green dots on the trail map.
Paddle-In Campsites
There are 2 paddle-in only campsites available at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary's Emory Waters Nature Preserve. We do not provide overnight parking at the Sanctuary. There is a port-a-potty available on site. No fires. No pets.
Book Emory Landing Campsite Here
Field Trips and Private Group Programs
Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary is a natural and cultural treasure in Anne Arundel county creating unforgettable experiences for both students and citizens.
To request a field trip to Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary, please fill out this form.
To request a private group program (land or river) at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary or another one of our locations, please fill out this form.
Host Your Next Event at Jug Bay!
Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary is an inspiring setting for nature-based programming. Home to 1,700 acres of woodlands, wetlands and meadows, and 15 miles of trails, our facility and grounds are ideal for nurturing connections with the natural world. There are several rental options available both at the Sanctuary Proper and the Glendening Nature Preserve.
To inquire about our rental locations or to make a reservation, please call Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary at 410-222-8006 or email jugbay@aacounty.org.
Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary Conference Room
Located inside the Visitor Center at the Sanctuary Proper, this large, open, multi-purpose room - rented for professional activities only - is ideal for lectures, hands-on workshops, and professional retreats. The conference room is 37' x 18'.
Visitor Capacity: 20 people seated with tables; 30 people seated in chairs alone.
Parking Capacity: Twenty vehicles in the main lot with additional parking space available in an overflow field.
Audio/Visual: Use of a computer, projector, and screen is included in the room rental rate. Speakers are not included. Wi-Fi is available. Users are welcome to bring their own hot spots if Internet access is required, but signal strength may be weak.
Restrooms: Separate men's and women's bathrooms with flushing toilets are available. Please note that bathrooms are shared with public visitors on days the Sanctuary is open to the public (Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday*).
Food: Users can serve food and would have access to the kitchen containing a refrigerator, microwave, stove, and counter space.
Fees: $55 half day (up to four hours), $110 full day (between four and eight hours).
*Sanctuary Proper is closed on Sundays from December through February.
Paw Paw Pavilion
Located at the Sanctuary Proper, this large, outdoor, covered structure has several uses with the following prioritization: (1) education programs; (2) public and community events; (3) private family activities. If private family use is of interest, please contact the Sanctuary via the information below to learn about additional guidelines for this type of use. The Pawpaw Pavilion is available for rentals on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays*.
Capacity: 30 people seated at picnic tables.
Audio/Visual: No audio/visual amenities are included in this rental.
Restrooms: Restrooms are available a short walk away in the McCann Wetlands Center. Separate men's and women's bathrooms with flushing toilets are available. Please note that bathrooms are shared with public visitors on days the Sanctuary is open to the public (Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday*).
Food: Users can serve food. No kitchen space is available in this rental, and no cooking is permitted.
Fees: $30 half day (up to four hours), $60 full day (between four and eight hours).
Plummer House - Lower Level
Located at the Glendening Nature Preserve and accessible from the entrance on Plummer Lane, this stand-alone house is ideal for smaller meetings and working sessions, or makes an ideal headquarters location for programs that lead participants on outdoor experiences. Rented for professional activities only.
Capacity: 15 people.
Parking Capacity: Limited to ten vehicles.
Audio/Visual: Wi-Fi is available at this location along with a projector screen. A computer, projector, and speakers are not included.
Restrooms: Two unisex bathrooms with flushing toilets are available. Bathrooms are shared with public visitors Monday through Saturday.
Food: Users can serve food and would have access to the use of the kitchen containing a refrigerator, microwave, and counter space.
Fee: $30 half day (up to four hours), $60 full day (between four and eight hours).
To Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary and Wetlands Center
1361 Wrighton Road, Lothian, MD 20711
From Annapolis
From West St. at Parole, take Route 2 south 18 miles. At the Lothian "circle" go 3/4 of the way around and stay on Route 2. Go past the fire station, schools and St. James Church (on left) until the next stoplight at Route 258; go right (west) on Rt. 258. Continue on Route 258 for 4.5 miles until this ends near the "Park and Ride" just after crossing over Route 4. At the stop sign, turn onto Wrighton Rd. and continue for 1.5 miles to Sanctuary entrance on LEFT. Follow the gravel drive about 1 mile to the parking area for the Wetlands Center.
From Baltimore at the Baltimore Beltway (Route 695)
From Route 695, take I-97 south. I-97 ends at Route 50. Take Route 50 West/301 South. 301 South will split from Route 50. Continue on Rt. 301 south to Route 4 at Upper Marlboro. Go east/south on Rt. 4 for 3 miles (1.5 miles after crossing over the Patuxent River) to the "Plummer Lane" exit on right. Follow Plummer Lane for 1/2 mile to Wrighton Road. Go right on Wrighton Rd. and continue for 1/2 mile to Sanctuary entrance on LEFT. Follow the gravel drive about 1 mile to the parking area for the Wetlands Center.
Take Pennsylvania Ave. east to Capital Beltway (Route 495). At the Beltway, Pennsylvania Ave. becomes Route 4; follow Route 4 east/south for about 10.5 miles to the "Plummer Lane" exit. (Plummer Lane is 3 miles east of Rt. 301 and 1.5 miles east of the Patuxent River). Exit right at Plummer Lane and go 1/2 mile to Wrighton Road. Go right on Wrighton Rd. and continue for 1/2 mile to Sanctuary entrance on LEFT. Follow the gravel drive about 1 mile to the parking area for the Wetlands Center.
From Calvert County
Take Route 4 north and exit at the "Bristol-Deale" exit (Route 258). At stop sign go left over Route 4, and continue to stop sign at Wrighton Road (near "Park and Ride"). At the stop sign, turn onto Wrighton Road and continue for 1.5 miles to Sanctuary entrance on LEFT. Follow the gravel drive about 1 mile to the parking area for the Wetlands Center.
To Parris Glendening Nature Preserve at Jug Bay
5702 Plummer Lane, Lothian, MD 20711
From West St. at Parole, take Route 2 south 18 miles. At the Lothian "circle" go 3/4 of the way around and stay on Route 2. Go past the fire station, schools and St. James Church (on left) until the next stoplight at Route 258; go right (west) on Rt. 258. Continue on Route 258 for 4.5 miles until this ends near the "Park and Ride" just after crossing over Route 4. At the stop sign, turn onto Wrighton Rd. and continue for 1 mile to a stop sign. Turn right onto Plummer Lane for ¾ of a mile to the entrance to the Glendening Nature Preserve on the left just before the intersection with Rte 4.
From Route 695, take I-97 south. I-97 ends at Route 50. Take Route 50 West/301 South. 301 South will split from Route 50. Continue on Rt. 301 south to Route 4 at Upper Marlboro. Go east/south on Rt. 4 for 3 miles (1.5 miles after crossing over the Patuxent River) to the "Plummer Lane" exit on right. Look for a sign almost immediately on your right for the Glendending Nature Preserve entrance.
Take Pennsylvania Ave. east to Capital Beltway (Route 495). At the Beltway, Pennsylvania Ave. becomes Route 4; follow Route 4 east/south for about 10.5 miles to the "Plummer Lane" exit. (Plummer Lane is 3 miles east of Rt. 301 and 1.5 miles east of the Patuxent River). Exit right at Plummer Lane. Look for a sign almost immediately on your right for the Glendending Nature Preserve entrance.
Take Route 4 north and exit at the "Bristol-Deale" exit (Route 258). At stop sign go left over Route 4, and continue to stop sign at Wrighton Road (near "Park and Ride"). At the stop sign, turn onto Wrighton Road and continue for 1 mile to a stop sign. Turn right onto Plummer Lane for ¾ of a mile to the entrance to the Glendening Nature Preserve on the left just before the intersection with Rte 4.
To enter the Glendening Preserve via the Wrighton Road parking area, follow the directions above to Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary. The parking area is on the RIGHT, just before the Sanctuary driveway (which is on the left).
To Patuxent Wetland Park
1426 Mt. Zion Marlboro Rd, Lothian, MD 20711
Patuxent Wetland Park is located at the edge of the Patuxent, off Marlboro Road (Route 408), three miles up river from the Sanctuary.
From West St. at Parole, take Route 2 south 4 miles until the intersection with Central Ave (MD-214). Turn right and continue 5 miles. Then turn left on Patuxent River Road for a little over 2 miles. Finally turn right on Sands Rd and continue for almost 4 miles to Waysons Corner. A sign for Patuxent Wetlands Park will appear on your right just after the gas station and before the Rte 4 overpass.
From Route 695, take I-97 south. I-97 ends at Route 50. Take Route 50 West/301 South. 301 South will split from Route 50. Continue on Rt. 301 south until a right onto Queen Anne's Bridge Road. Continue for just over 2 miles until making a left onto Central Ave (MD-214). Follow Central Ave for 1 mile and make a right on Patuxent River Road. After two miles, turn right on Sands Rd and continue for almost 4 miles to Waysons Corner. A sign for Patuxent Wetlands Park will appear on your right just after the gas station and before the Rte 4 overpass.
Take Pennsylvania Ave. east to Capital Beltway (Route 495). At the Beltway, Pennsylvania Ave. becomes Route 4; follow Route 4 east/south for about 8 miles to the MD-408 exit on right. At the stop sign, make a left and cross the Rte 4 overpass. The entrance to Patuxent Wetlands Park is the first left after the bridge, before the gas station.
Take Route 4 north and exit at 408 E towards Waysons Corner. Turn left onto Southern Maryland Blvd and continue for about 0.2 miles until the intersection with MD-408. Make a left Continue onto Southern Maryland Blvd for 0.3 miles. Turn right onto Sands Rd and drive just over 4 miles. Wootons Landing Wetlands Park will appear on your left. A sign for Patuxent Wetlands Park will appear on your right just after the gas station and before the Rte 4 overpass.
To Wootons Landing Wetland Park
4550 Sands Road, Harwood, MD 20776
Wootons Landing is a 140-acre park along the edge of the Patuxent, off Sands Road, seven miles upstream from the Sanctuary.
From West St. at Parole, take Route 2 south 4 miles until the intersection with Central Ave (MD-214). Turn right and continue 5 miles. Then turn left on Patuxent River Road for a little over 2 miles. Finally turn right on Sands Rd and continue for almost 3 miles. Wootons Landing Wetlands Park will appear on your right.
From Route 695, take I-97 south. I-97 ends at Route 50. Take Route 50 West/301 South. 301 South will split from Route 50. Continue on Rt. 301 south until a right onto Queen Anne's Bridge Road. Continue for just over 2 miles until making a left onto Central Ave (MD-214). Follow Central Ave for 1 mile and make a right on Patuxent River Road. After two miles, turn right on Sands Rd and continue for almost 3 miles. Wootons Landing Wetlands Park will appear on your right.
Take Pennsylvania Ave. east to Capital Beltway (Route 495). At the Beltway, Pennsylvania Ave. becomes Route 4; follow Route 4 east/south for about 8 miles to the MD-408 exit on right. At the stop sign, make a left and drive one mile to the intersection with Sands Rd. Make a left onto Sands Rd and drive just over 3 miles. Wootons Landing Wetlands Park will appear on your left.
Take Route 4 north and exit at the "Southern Maryland Blvd" exit. Continue onto Southern Maryland Blvd for 0.3 miles. Turn right onto Sands Rd and drive just over 4 miles. Wootons Landing Wetlands Park will appear on your left.
PLEASE NOTE: There are no restroom facilities at Wootons Landing.
Drive to within 50 yards of the floating canoe dock and launch your boat. Please call our office (410 741-9330 for access information). After off-loading your boat, please drive your car back to the parking lot next to Sands Road to ensure that the space near the launch is accessible for other paddlers.
Sands Road runs north/south along the river between Routes 408 (Mt. Zion Marlboro Road) and Harwood Road. Parking is on the west side of the road, across from the Maryland Manor mobile home community.
To the Nature Preserve at Waysons Corner
From West St. at Parole, take Route 2 south 12 miles until the intersection with Sands Rd about a mile up from Waysons Corner. Make a left on Sands Rd. A parking lot entrance will appear on your right about one half mile down the road.
From Route 695, take I-97 south. I-97 ends at Route 50. Take Route 50 West/301 South. 301 South will split from Route 50. Continue on Rt. 301 south to Route 4 at Upper Marlboro. Go east/south on Rt. 4 for 2 miles (0.5 miles after crossing over the Patuxent River) to the MD-408 exit on right. At the stop sign, make a left and drive one mile to the intersection with Sands Rd. Make a right on Sands Rd. A parking lot entrance will appear on your right about one half mile down the road.
Take Pennsylvania Ave. east to Capital Beltway (Route 495). At the Beltway, Pennsylvania Ave. becomes Route 4; follow Route 4 east/south for about 8 miles to the MD-408 exit on right. At the stop sign, make a left and drive one mile to the intersection with Sands Rd. Make a right on Sands Rd. A parking lot entrance will appear on your right about one half mile down the road.
Take Route 4 north and exit at the "Southern Maryland Blvd" exit. Continue onto Southern Maryland Blvd for 0.3 miles. Turn right onto Sands Rd. A parking lot entrance will appear on your left less than one half mile down the road.
PLEASE NOTE: There are no restroom facilities at the Nature Preserve at Waysons Corner.


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Unsane Review
Jeremy Lebens	 March 25, 2018 Leave a comment
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Steven Soderbergh's Unsane is a nerve-wrecking thriller that ups the paranoia and claustrophobia thanks to its iPhone-shot approach. It's not perfect or always needed, but it gives the film a unique set of vibes that will keep you engaged from start-to-finish.
"Retired" director Steven Soderbergh (Logan Lucky) is back yet again with another unorthodox film experience, titled Unsane. The film's plot sounds familiar, a victim of stalking that goes in for a mental health checkup and soon realizes that she's been involuntarily locked up. Things only get worse as she starts to see her stalker appear as a worker at the hospital. What makes this film even more bizarre is Soderbergh's dedication to shoot the film entirely on an iPhone, which gives it a gritty and claustrophobic visual structure that's accompanied by narrow sounds and dark lighting. Unsane is an unsettling dose of nerves and paranoia, laced with a little social commentary for good measures. Do you have what it takes to swallow the pill?
As previously mentioned, Unsane follows Sawyer (Claire Foy) as she has troubles transitioning in her day-to-day life after a move caused by a serious stalker. She's changed her address and phone number and moved away from friends and family. Life isn't exactly sunshine and rainbows for her as she suspects her stalker is never too close behind.
One day, she goes in for what she thought was an honest mental evaluation or a place to air out some stuff on her mind and suddenly she finds her self locked up in a mental institution against her will.
She pleads with the nurses and doctors to let her go, but soon finds out that this sort of treatment is not uncommon. Hospitals need to meet quotas, so they snatch up mostly innocent people and lock them up until their insurance companies stop footing the bills.
This unique spin on an otherwise procedural thriller is eye-opening and disturbing, revealing an ugly side of America's health world that I hope is not true. Soderbergh picks and pokes at the helplessness of the patients and the all-encompassing power of the hospital and their staff.
That alone is enough to send chills up the spine, but Soderbergh takes it a step further and follows Sawyer's possible delusions or possible truths as she soon recognizes a member of the hospital staff as the very man that stalked her for nearly two years.
Now, Sawyer is battling not only her own wits, but the hospital staff and other patients as she attempts to unravel the truth behind this man and the key to her head.
Is she insane? Is she really seeing this guy or is it all made up in her head?
Director Steven Soderbergh does a great job dancing around these questions and giving the audiences responses that will stimulate your mind and make you squirm in your seat.
Shooting the entire film on an iPhone definitely gives it a distinct look that sometimes works wonders and sometimes becomes an annoying eyesore. The visual approach works best when Sawyer is navigating the dark and narrow corridors of the hospital hallways or even sitting alone at lunch, with a zoomed up camera attached to her head, but slowly pulling back to reveal those around her.
It really does make you get a sense of the space around her and the over-the-shoulder feel of her everyday life. It's essentially a more effective way of capturing a POV approach without going full-on. It's less restrictive and allows for more visual flare.
Now, the film's video compression takes a hit and some of the more colorful and planned out sequences feel a little dull and boring, but perhaps Soderbergh wanted you to feel every bit as confused and ugly as Sawyer?
The audio also feels isolated and remote, which adds to the creepy effects of the film's presentation.
These techniques, combined with Claire Foy's performance help drive Unsane past the point of being just another silly thriller. Unsane looks and feels just as unique as its writing and performances.
Some might bicker about the ending, but I thought it was absolutely perfect, closing most of the doors, yet still leaving a little mystery for those wanting more.
Unsane isn't Soderbergh's best or most unique film, but it's one that shows his ability to adapt and dive into the unknown. He's always growing and challenging himself as a filmmaker, which is one of the many reasons why I love watching his films.
Not one Soderbergh film is the same as the last, minus maybe his Ocean's trilogy, which sort of had to feel similar. The rest of his work always speaks independently and Unsane is no different.
Those that stumble upon this one theatrically are going to be in for a real treat. Unsane is the type of film that would normally skip theaters and go straight to Netflix or Hulu and yet here we are with a chance to see something unique and creepy on the big screen, where it shines the brightest and takes advantage of the dark room full of strangers.
James Greer
Jonathan Bernstein
Joshua Leonard
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If you want to know what libertarianism is all about, don't ask a libertarian, because most of them don't know.
A new poll from Pew Research found that only 11 percent of those surveyed who identified themselves as libertarian were correctly able to identify the very basic meaning of libertarianism as "someone whose political views emphasize individual freedom by limiting the role of government."
Even though that's often an oxymoron, that's what libertarians say, and their followers apparently don't know it.
Weirdly, that same poll found that 41 percent of libertarians believe that the government should regulate business, 46 percent of libertarians believe that corporations make too much profit, and 38 percent of libertarians believe that government aid to the poor is a good thing.
Similarly, of the so-called libertarians polled, 42 percent believe that police should be able to stop and search people who "look like criminals," and 26 percent think "homosexuality should be discouraged."
What happened to limited government and more individual freedoms?
Basically, people in America who call themselves libertarians have absolutely no idea what libertarianism is really about.
So, let's go over it for a second.
Back in 1980, David Koch, one half of the Kochtopus, ran as the Libertarian Party's vice presidential candidate.
And the platform that he ran on back in 1980 provides a great summary of what libertarianism is really about.
First, libertarians want to "urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws, and the immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission."
In other words, they want to make it as easy as possible for corporations and wealthy billionaires to flood our democracy with corruptive cash and buy even more politicians.
They want Citizen's United on steroids -- and then some.
Next up, libertarians "favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid programs."
Instead, they want to privatize healthcare in America, so that their billionaire friends in the healthcare industry can get even richer, while working-class Americans are getting sicker and sicker.


When the irresistible pre-race pasta dinner meets the immovable low-carb diet craze, something has to give. One of Northeast Florida's leading dietitians says it's an easy choice: Keeping pace in the long run takes carbohydrates. Registered dietitian Sherry Mahoney, the director of the Department of Nutrition at Mayo Clinic, says there's strong scientific backing for a well-planned pre-race diet featuring carbohydrates.


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CARMAGEDDON, A PRICE BAGUIO HAS TO PAY ON FESTIVE SEASON
It's that time of the year again – that time in Baguio City's coldest months when the festive fever comes to a peak and when tourism and business must run into a frenzy before the season of rains douse the economic opportunity the season brings.
But it comes with a heavy price though – such as the horrendous traffic now being experienced in Baguio which also dampens the most exciting part of the Yuletide season.
Baguio residents and tourists are now suffering from the traffic gridlock which becomes unbearable by the weekend when all major routes within the central business district and roads leading to tourism sites turn literally into wide parking spaces, as private and public vehicles are barely moving.
The usual 15 to 20-minute travel time of residents from the various loading stations in the barangays toward the CBD now takes more than an hour, or in worst case scenario – close to two hours.
Increase in private vehicles and tourists coming up to Baguio and the resumption of face-to-face classes when thousands of college students enrolled in various institutions have greatly contributed to the worsening traffic situation in the city.
Traffic obstructions, which include illegally parked vehicles in city roads and streets in nearby barangays which serve as alternate routes, also contribute to the problem.
In spite of the horrendous traffic at the CBD, the city government still chooses to close both lanes of Session Road on Sundays purposely for the public to enjoy outdoor spaces in the city and to cater to the micro, small and medium entrepreneurs and other community events.
We do not question the wisdom or intent of closing Session Road on Sundays but it might also consider studying the possibility of reopening both lanes during the peak season.
Yes, Baguio residents must brace themselves for a hellish traffic situation towards the Yuletide season up to the first quarter of 2023 when this city resumes the full-blown celebration of the annual Panagbenga Festival.
Previous surveys show that close to 50,000 vehicles come in and out of Baguio daily. Traffic thus becomes inevitable and road expansion in the densely populated barangays might no longer be feasible.
Mobilizing all deputized traffic auxiliaries to serve citation tickets to all vehicles obstructing any public road and street even in the barangay level day and night is one of the short-term solutions seen by concerned quarters.
Delegating traffic management to the police is not a solution, as the job is limited to enforcement and confiscation of license plates and not traffic engineering. What the city needs are experts with firsthand experience in traffic and transportation management.
We understand the city has its own Traffic and Transportation Management Division under the City Engineering Office but it can only do so much, owing to its limited number of personnel deployed in strategic sites within the CBD and tourism sites.
It is our hope that the completion of the outer ring of the BLISTT circumferential road projects and the sustained government's efforts to decongest traffic flow within the CBD and other tourism sites will ease traffic and propel socio-economic activities from Baguio to the outlying towns of Benguet.
Meantime, we appeal to Baguio residents to stretch their patience and extend the warmest hospitality to the countless domestic and foreign visitors, as tourism and education are among the economic drivers of this highly-urbanized city, the former being at its peak this festive season.
We also pray that city officials can find the balance between tourism and carrying capacity in this city designed for a 25,000 population.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Gets An Art Show During Anime Expo 2019
Los Angeles-based Gallery1988 to hold exhibition with Konami Cross Media NY
June 18, 2019 4:00pm EDT (6/18/19)
To celebrate 20 years of the smash hit franchise Yu-Gi-Oh!, Los Angeles based art gallery Gallery 1988 has teamed up with Konami Cross Media to curate a new art exhibition to open during Anime Expo 2019, being held next month.
Over 50 of the gallery's most popular artists have been commissioned to create artwork inspired by Yu-Gi-Oh!'s colorful and iconic characters. Opening on the same weekend as Anime Expo, one-of-a-kind pieces and prints have been created, inspired by the work of Yu-Gi-Oh! creator Kazuki Takahashi, and they are all set to debut at the exhibit's opening reception on July 4th. Six different limited-edition screen prints will be available for purchase at the gallery, and a once-in-a-lifetime installation from Pretty In Plastic will also be displayed at the gallery during the exhibition, making it a must for any Yu-Gi-Oh fan.
The show opens to public on Friday July 5th starting at 7PM and runs through Sunday July 14th with free admission. The schedule is as follows:
Friday July 5 th 7PM-10PM
Saturday July 6 th -Sunday July 14 th 11AM-6PM*
*closed Monday and Tuesday
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Well it was nothing to write home about, was it?
Franck started way down the grid, 16th. He stayed out longer than everyone else, which meant he was leading the race for a moment until he came into the pits. He wasn't about to win the race, but he might have made up a few places.
Unfortunately, there was a delay in the pitstop which meant he finished the race in 15th. As ever, the only good news is he starts the next race further up the grid. We'll hope for better things then.


BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:00 P.M.) – The Turkish-backed rebels unleashed a heavy assault across the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate this afternoon.
Led by the National Liberation Front, the Turkish-backed rebels hammered the towns of Salhab, Suqaylabiyeh, Mhardeh, Aziziyeh, and Karee with a plethora of artillery shells and missiles.
As a result of the NLF's attack on northern Hama this afternoon, at least two children were badly wounded and transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
In response to the NLF's attack, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) fired a large number of missiles and artillery shells towards the opposition-held areas in the Al-Ghaab Plain.
A source in the town of Mhardeh said the Russian Air Force may launch airstrikes in response to these attacks by the National Liberation Front.
According to the source, the Russian Air Force is now flying over the NLF's positions in northwestern Hama and southwestern Idlib.
Despite the presence of a demilitarized zone, northwestern Syria has experienced an increase in hostilities between the Syrian Army and militants.
Both sides have repeately accused one another of violating the September 17th Sochi Agreement, which established the demilitarized zone and called on all parties to exit the designated area.
Hora de intervenir la fuerza aérea Siria.


You may pay for targets in advance and, upon arrival at the Joe Foss Range, choose from our great selection in the Retail Center.
You may pay in advance for Ear Plugs and, upon arrival at the Joe Foss Range, pick them up in the Retail Center.
While on the range eye and ear protection are required.
You may pay in advance for Ear Muffs and, upon arrival at the Joe Foss Range, pick them up in the Retail Center.
You may pay in advance for these Electronic Ear Muffs and, upon arrival at the Joe Fos Range, pick them up in the Retail Center.
You may pay in advance for Safety Glasses and, upon arrival at the Joe Foss Range, pick them up in the Retail Center.
You may pay in advance for a Chamber Flag and, upon arrival at the Joe Foss Range, pick it up in the Retail Center. Chamber Flags visually communicate a SAFE firearm from afar.
You may pay in advance for the use of a Spotting Scope and, upon arrival at the Joe Foss Range, pick it up in the Retail Center.
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Wimbledon 2019: Chris Evans, 53, and wife Natasha Shishmanian, 38, enjoy a rare day with out the kids as they attend the men's semi-finals
By Sara-aisha Kent For Mailonline
They added to their brood when they welcomed twins Walt and Boo in September 2018.
And Chris Evans, 53, and his wife Natasha Shishmanian, 38, looked the picture of happiness as they arrived at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in south-west London to watch the Wimbledon Championships on Friday.
The broadcaster put on a quirky display for his day date in an eye-catching ensemble of a printed T-shirt layered below a polka dot shirt and blue canvas jacket as the couple prepared to watch the men's semi-finals.
Love match: Chris Evans, 53, and wife Natasha Shishmanian, 38, arrived at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club to watch the Wimbledon Championships on Friday
The radio presenter completed his look with beige chinos rolled up to expose his ankles, navy suede loafers and Ray Ban sunglasses.
Professional golfer Natasha showcased her sartorial flair in a floral shirt dress that featured a flattering smock design.
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Ensuring she was ready for the sunshine, the mother-of-four strode around in nude leather sandals that tied up her lower leg and covered her eyes with shades.
Natasha exposed her natural beauty by slicking her hair back in tight ponytail and enhanced her features with a slick of low-key make-up.
Cute: The couple wrapped their arms around one another and smiled from ear to ear as they posed for snaps together
Style: Professional golfer Natasha showcased her sartorial flair in a floral shirt dress that featured a flattering smock design
The couple wrapped their arms around one another and smiled from ear to ear as they posed for snaps ahead of enjoying the delights of the Evian Live Young suite.
Once seated court side, Chris and Natasha rubbed shoulders with TV presenter Declan Donnelly, 43, and his talent manager wife Ali Astall, 40.
No doubt the two couples shared stories on their little tots as Dec and Ali became first time parents 10 months ago to a little girl named Isla.
Chris announced his wife's pregnancy on his Radio 2 Breakfast Show in April last year, after revealing that she was undergoing IVF in a bid to have a 'fourth ankle-biter'.
Pals: Once seated court side, Chris and Natasha rubbed shoulders with TV presenter Declan Donnelly, 43, and his talent manager wife Ali Astall, 40
The couple also have two sons, Noah, 10, and Eli, seven, and the DJ has a daughter Jade, 33, with his former fiancée Alison Ward.
Chris revealed the couple underwent IVF as they wanted to add to their family unit for 'one last hurrah'.
At the time of trying to conceive, he told listeners: 'Mrs Evans has gone into hospital this morning at 7am - she is the field and there's a harvest taking place this morning. It's a nice thing, we're having one last hurrah, one last attempt at a fourth ankle biter
Chris and Natasha tied the knot in a romantic ceremony in Faro, Portugal, in August 2007 and they have been happily married ever since.
The broadcaster was previously married to pop princess turned acclaimed actress Billie Piper, 35, from May 2001 to September 2004.
Billie famously popped the question to Chris on his 35th birthday when she was the tender age of 18.
Parenting tips? No doubt the two couples shared stories on their little tots as Dec and Ali became first time parents 10 months ago to a little girl named Isla
The former flames went onto tie the knot in a ceremony in Las Vegas at the time.
Prior to his union with the Because We Want To hitmaker, Chris was married to TV and radio personality Carol McGiffin, 58, from 1991 to 1994.
Day 11 at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is expected to be full of drama, as tickets for Rafal Nadal and Roger Federer's historic clash were sold for up to £13,000 each.
It comes as the pair - who have 10 Wimbledon titles between them - prepare to face each other at Wimbledon for the first time since their epic 2008 final which has been described as the greatest at SW19 in history.
Cheery! Dec looked excited as they watched the thrills and spills of the tennis match unfold
Going strong: Chris and Natasha tied the knot in a romantic ceremony in Faro, Portugal, in August 2007, and now have four children
Nadal, 33, won that day in a five-set thriller and excitement is rapidly building for a similar encounter this afternoon with the Swiss sportsman, 37.
Djokovic was first up on Centre Court for his semi-final against Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, and after a lengthy match over four sets, came out on top to make it to his sixth Wimbledon Final.
Agut, 31, had shocked many by reaching his first grand slam semi - including himself as he planned his stag party for Ibiza this weekend.
Instead, he has cancelled the event and brought six of his best friends to Wimbledon to watch him in action, while his ex-beauty queen fiancée Ana Bodi Tortosa cheers on from the stands.
Out-there: The DJ put on a quirky display for his child-free day date in an eye-catching ensemble made of a printed T-shirt layered below a polka dot shirt and blue canvas jacket
Wimbledon 2019: Chris Evans, 53, and wife Natasha Shishmanian, 38, look the picture of happiness


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'Dinosaur Mummy' Emerges From the Oil Sands of Alberta
By Craig S. Smith
A 110 million-year-old fossil of an armored, plant-eating dinosaur called a nodosaur is the best-preserved specimen of its kind.Credit...Robert Clark/National Geographic
The animal probably died as it lived — defying predators with its heavy armor and size — and after 110 million years, its face remains frozen in a ferocious reptilian glare.
How the animal, a land-dwelling, plant-eating nodosaur, died is not known, but somehow its body ended up at the bottom of an ancient sea. Minerals kept the remains remarkably intact, gradually turning the body into a fossil. And when it was unearthed in 2011, scientists quickly realized that it was the best-preserved specimen of its kind.
"It's basically a dinosaur mummy — it really is exceptional," said Don Brinkman, director of preservation and research at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta. The dinosaur, with fossilized skin and gut contents intact, came from the Millennium Mine six years ago in the oil sands of northern Alberta, once a seabed.
That sea was full of life, teeming with giant reptiles that grew as long as 60 feet, while its shores were traversed by massive dinosaurs for millions of years. The area has been coughing up fossils since the beginning of recorded time.
"The shovel operator at the mine saw a block with a funny pattern and got in touch with a geologist," Dr. Brinkman said. "We went up and collected it." The fossil, photographed for the June issue of National Geographic, went on display on Friday.
Alberta law designates all fossils the property of the province, not of the owners of the land where they are found. Most are discovered after being exposed by erosion, but mining has also proved a boon to paleontologists.
Dr. Brinkman said the museum was careful not to inhibit industrial activity when retrieving fossils so that excavators weren't afraid to call when they found something. "These are specimens that would never be recovered otherwise," Dr. Brinkman said. "We get two or three significant specimens each year."


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Skiing and snowboarding can be expensive activities. Smaller ski areas throughout the state sacrifice high-end amenities for a less-expensive, intimate, friendly experience. For a cheaper large-resort experience, check for discounts, promotions and packages that often include free lift tickets.
Colorado, with some of the highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains running through it, hosts more than two dozen ski resorts, from world-class venues such as Aspen and Vail to small community ski areas such as Eldora near Boulder and Sunlight near Glenwood Springs.
At most resorts, the snow sports season runs from mid- to late-November until early- or mid-April, with a handful of high-elevation areas staying open into May and June, according to Colorado Ski Country, a trade and industry marketing organization representing all Colorado resorts except Vail-owned properties.
Nine of the state's smaller resorts with lower prices market themselves together as the Colorado Gems. They offer "shorter lift lines, smaller crowds, down-to-earth prices and a great family atmosphere," according to the Colorado Ski Country website. The organization offers a "Gems Card" that gives holders access to special pricing and discounts at Arapahoe Basin, Echo Mountain, Eldora, Loveland, Powderhorn, Monarch Mountain, Ski Cooper, Sol Vista and Sunlight.
Even without the Gems Card, the smaller resorts offer slightly lower to significantly lower season-pass prices compared with the larger resorts. Echo Mountain, the closest resort to metropolitan Denver, in summer offers an advance-purchase adult season pass for a discounted rate, whereas Winter Park Resort, with much more and varied terrain than Echo Mountain, sells advance-purchase adult season passes for discounted rates.
Colorado resorts set daily lift ticket prices just before they open for the season. That's also the time when discounted lift tickets become available from a variety of outlets. Purchasing lift tickets in advance through individual resort websites saves as much as 20 percent from the walk-up window rate.
Denver-area grocery stores, including the King Soopers and Safeway chains, as well as sporting goods stores such as Colorado Ski and Golf, sell discounted lift tickets for many Colorado resorts.
Colorado resorts offer promotions, special deals and age-specific discounts throughout the snow season, including free lift tickets when booking lodging and deep discounts for groups. Resort association and travel company websites also offer discounts. Colorado Ski Country's Passport program allows fifth-grade students to ski or snowboard for free for up to three days at each of its member resorts, according to the association's website.
Prices increase during peak periods including the week between Christmas and New Year's, long holiday weekends and spring break in March. Most resorts prohibit the use of discount cards and other promotional pricing during those periods.
Season-pass prices increase significantly at all resorts after opening day each season. Resorts offer the lowest pass prices in the spring for the following season.
Jan Day's career as a writer and editor started in 1978 in Tennessee and continued through her work with major news organizations, including "The Denver Post" and Bloomberg News. She now focuses on travel, fitness, wine and food writing. She holds a Master of Arts in journalism from Pennsylvania State University.
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13 Shocking Facts About Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller
by George Washington
Talking heads act like Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller is fair, impartial and unbiased.
But the facts are a wee bit different ...
Failure to Aggressively Prosecute the BCCI Scandal
The BBC noted:
[Mueller] is also known for leading the probe into the 1991 collapse of the Luxembourg-registered Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI).
Williams Safire wrote in the New York Times:
The B.C.C.I. scandal involves the laundering of drug money, the illicit financing of terrorism and of arms to Iraq, the easy purchase of respectability and the corruption of the world banking system.
For more than a decade, the biggest banking swindle in history worked beautifully. Between $5 billion and $15 billion was bilked from governments and individual depositors to be put to the most evil of purposes -- while lawmen and regulators slept.
Now the fight among investigators is coming out into the open. Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, who gave impetus to long-contained probes, told a Senate subcommittee headed by Senator John Kerry that he is getting no cooperation from the Thornburgh Justice Department.
Justice's Criminal Division chief, Robert Mueller, tells me he will have a hatchet-burying session with the independent-minded D.A. next week, and vehemently denies having told British intelligence to stop cooperating with the Manhattan grand jury.
Mueller's handling of the BCCI scandal as the point man for the Justice Department was widely criticized. As noted by a Senate report written by Senators Kerry and Brown:
Over the past two years, the Justice Department's handling of BCCI has been criticized in numerous editorials in major newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, reflecting similar criticism on the part of several Congressmen, including the chairman of the Subcommittee, Senator Kerry; the chief Customs undercover officer who handled the BCCI drug-money laundering sting, Robert Mazur; his superior at Customs, Commissioner William von Raab; New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau; former Senate investigator Jack Blum, and, within the Justice Department itself, the former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Dexter Lehtinen.
Typical editorials criticized Justice's prosecution of BCCI as "sluggish," "conspicuously slow," "inattentive," and "lethargic." Several editorials noted that there had been "poor cooperation" by Justice with other agencies. One stated that "the Justice Department seems to have been holding up information that should have been passed on" to regulators and others. Another that "the Justice Department's secretive conduct in dealing with BCCI requires a better explanation than any so far offered.
Under Assistant Attorney General Mueller, the Department assigned nearly three dozen attorneys to the case. During 1992, the Department brought several indictments, which remained narrower, less detailed and, at times, seemingly in response to the efforts of District Attorney Robert Morgenthau of New York, the Federal Reserve, or both
Suddenly, on August 22, Dennis Saylor, chief assistant to Assistant Attorney General Mueller, called Lehtinen and, according to the US Attorney, "indicated to me that I was directed not to return the indictment."
The Senate Report also noted:
While the Justice Department's handling of BCCI has received substantial criticism, the office of Robert Morgenthau, District Attorney of New York, has generally received credit for breaking open the BCCI investigation.
In going after BCCI, Morgenthau's office quickly found that in addition to fighting off the bank, it would receive resistance from almost every other institution or entity connected to BCCI, including at various times, BCCI's multitude of prominent and politically well-connected lawyers, BCCI's accountants, BCCI's shareholders, the Bank of England, the British Serious Fraud Office, and the U.S. Department of Justice.
Squashing Warning Signs that May Have Stopped 9/11
Larry Klayman writes:
Robert Mueller first hit my radar ... just months before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center.
I came to meet and later represent FBI Special Agents Robert Wright and John Vincent, of the agency's Chicago Counter-Terrorism Field Office. During our meeting, both Special Agents Wright and Vincent revealed to me that they had been conducting a counterterrorism investigation of Saudi money laundering into and in the United States, and they both believed that a massive terrorist attack was imminent.
In the course of this investigation, both special agents had asked a fellow FBI agent who was undercover, one of Muslim descent, to be wired to turn up further evidence of this terrorist operation. The Muslim agent refused, indignantly telling both Wright and Vincent that Muslims don't spy and rat on other Muslims. In shock, my soon-to-be clients reported this to their supervisors at the FBI, but no action was taken. To make matters worse, Wright's and Vincent's FBI supervisors quashed their investigation. They both believed that the order to kill the investigation came from the highest reaches of the FBI, and, upset it not outraged by this cover-up, Wright then decided to write a book detailing this breach of FBI honor.
The only way I could explain this cover-up was that then-FBI Director Robert Mueller was sensitive to the ties between the family of President George W. Bush and the Saudi royal family.
Director Mueller, along with his "yes men" supervisors at the agency, not only quashed my clients' investigation and ignored the disloyalty of the Muslim undercover agent, but then missed the warning signs leading up to September 11 – the biggest intelligence failure in American history, even surpassing Pearl Harbor.
But shamelessly, despite this historic intelligence failure and the World Trade Center terrorist attacks that ensued, Mueller later led an effort to drum both Special Agents Wright and Vincent out of the FBI, in part by attempting to remove their security clearances, as a "reward" for their candor.
FBI special agent – and a 2002 Time Person of the Year – Colleen Rowley points out:
The FBI and all the other officials claimed that there were no clues, that they had no warning [about 9/11] etc., and that was not the case. There had been all kinds of memos and intelligence coming in.
But overwhelming evidence shows that 9/11 was foreseeable. Indeed, Al Qaeda crashing planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon was itself foreseeable. Even the chair of the 9/11 Commission said that the attack was preventable.
Mueller was one of the people who dropped the ball and let 9/11 happen.
Allowing Escape of Saudi Persons Connected to Bin Laden
Right after 9/11, American airspace was closed down. Yet Mueller was one of the people who allowed relatives of Bin Laden and other persons of interest fly back to Saudi Arabia.
Entrapping Innocent People for P.R. Purposes
After dropping the ball, Mueller then went on to entrap innocent people for P.R. purposes.
And Rowley notes:
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, Mueller directed the "post 9/11 round-up" of about 1,000 immigrants who mostly happened to be in the wrong place (the New York City area) at the wrong time. FBI Headquarters encouraged more and more detentions for what seemed to be essentially P.R. purposes. Field offices were required to report daily the number of detentions in order to supply grist for FBI press releases about FBI "progress" in fighting terrorism. Consequently, some of the detainees were brutalized and jailed for up to a year despite the fact that none turned out to be terrorists.
9/11 Cover Up
Rowley says:
TIME Magazine would probably have not called my own disclosures a "bombshell memo" to the Joint Intelligence Committee Inquiry in May 2002 if it had not been for Mueller's having so misled everyone after 9/11.
In addition, Rowley says that the FBI sent Soviet-style "minders" to her interviews with the Joint Intelligence Committee investigation of 9/11, to make sure that she didn't say anything the FBI didn't like. The chairs of both the 9/11 Commission and the Official Congressional Inquiry into 9/11 confirmed that government "minders" obstructed the investigation into 9/11 by intimidating witnesses (and see this).
Mueller's FBI also obstructed the 9/11 investigation in many other ways. For example, an FBI informant hosted and rented a room to two hijackers in 2000. Specifically, investigators for the Congressional Joint Inquiry discovered that an FBI informant had hosted and even rented a room to two hijackers in 2000 and that, when the Inquiry sought to interview the informant, the FBI refused outright, and then hid him in an unknown location. See this and this.
Harper's notes:
Bob Graham, the former chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told me recently that Robert Mueller, then the FBI director (and now the special counsel investigating connections between Russia and the Trump campaign) made "the strongest objections" to Jacobson and his colleagues visiting San Diego.
Graham and his team defied Mueller's efforts, and Jacobson flew west. There he discovered that his hunch was correct. The FBI files in California were replete with extraordinary and damning details …
Nevertheless, Mueller adamantly refused their demands to interview him, even when backed by a congressional subpoena, and removed Shaikh to an undisclosed location 'for his own safety.'
Graham also wrote that the FBI also "insisted that we could not, even in the most sanitized manner, tell the American people that an FBI informant had a relationship with two of the hijackers."
And Kristen Breitweiser - one of the four 9/11 widows instrumental in forcing the government to form the 9/11 Commission to investigate the 2001 attacks - points out:
Mueller and other FBI officials had purposely tried to keep any incriminating information specifically surrounding the Saudis out of the Inquiry's investigative hands. To repeat, there was a concerted effort by the FBI and the Bush Administration to keep incriminating Saudi evidence out of the Inquiry's investigation. And for the exception of the 29 full pages, they succeeded in their effort.
Rowley notes:
When you had the lead-up to the Iraq War … Mueller and, of course, the CIA and all the other directors, saluted smartly and went along with what Bush wanted, which was to gin up the intelligence to make a pretext for the Iraq War. For instance, in the case of the FBI, they actually had a receipt, and other documentary proof, that one of the hijackers, Mohamed Atta, had not been in Prague, as Dick Cheney was alleging. And yet those directors more or less kept quiet. That included … CIA, FBI, Mueller, and it included also the deputy attorney general at the time, James Comey.
Rowley also points out:
Mueller was even okay with the CIA conducting torture programs after his own agents warned against participation. Agents were simply instructed not to document such torture, and any "war crimes files" were made to disappear. Not only did "collect it all" surveillance and torture programs continue, but Mueller's (and then Comey's) FBI later worked to prosecute NSA and CIA whistleblowers who revealed these illegalities.
Anthrax Frame-Up
Mueller also presided over the incredibly flawed anthrax investigation.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office says the FBI's investigation was "flawed and inaccurate". The investigation was so bogus that a senator called for an "independent review and assessment of how the FBI handled its investigation in the anthrax case."
The head of the FBI's anthrax investigation says the whole thing was a sham. He says that the FBI higher-ups "greatly obstructed and impeded the investigation", that there were "politically motivated communication embargoes from FBI Headquarters".
The FBI's anthrax investigation head said that the FBI framed scientist Bruce Ivins. On July 6, 2006, he filed a whistleblower report of mismanagement to the FBI's Deputy Director pursuant to Title 5, United States Code, Section 2303, which noted:
(j) the FBI's fingering of Bruce Ivins as the anthrax mailer; and, (k) the FBI's subsequent efforts to railroad the prosecution of Ivins in the face of daunting exculpatory evidence.
Following the announcement of its circumstantial case against Ivins, Defendants DOJ and FBI crafted an elaborate perception management campaign to bolster their assertion of Ivins' guilt. These efforts included press conferences and highly selective evidentiary presentations which were replete with material omissions.
In other words, Mueller presided over the attempt to frame an innocent man (and see this).
Unsure If Government Can Assassinate U.S. Citizens Living On U.S. Soil
Rather than saying "of course not!", Mueller said that he wasn't sure whether Obama had the right to assassinate Americans living on American soil.
Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley commented at the time:
One would hope that the FBI Director would have a handle on a few details guiding his responsibilities, including whether he can kill citizens without a charge or court order.
He appeared unclear whether he had the power under the Obama Kill Doctrine or, in the very least, was unwilling to discuss that power. For civil libertarians, the answer should be easy: "Of course, I do not have that power under the Constitution."
Crippled Investigations of Financial Fraud ... Helping to Allow the Great Recession
In a 2013 piece entitled "Mueller: I Crippled FBI Effort v. White-Collar Crime", the country's top white collar crime expert, William Black – who put over 1,000 top S&L executives in jail for fraud, and is a professor of law and economics at the University of Missouri - wrote:
The FBI never developed "an intelligence operation" "to analyze threats" of even epidemic fraud.
White-collar crime investigations and prosecutions are massive money makers that reduce the deficit, but Mueller, Holder, and Obama refuse to make these points and refuse to prosecute the elite bank fraudsters. On substantive and political grounds their actions are either inexplicable or all too explicable and support my readers' belief that the FBI leadership no longer wants to investigate and prosecute the elite bank frauds.
This is important because:
Fraud CAUSED the Great Depression and the 2008 financial crisis
Numerous Nobel prize winning economists say that we need to prosecute fraud, or else the economy will never truly stabilize
After the Great Depression, the government cracked down on Wall Street fraud. But Mueller and other Bush and Obama administration officials let it slide
(There are a lot of people more responsible for the Great Recession - and for lack of reform afterwards - than Mueller. For example, Mueller's boss (the FBI is a part of the Department of Justice) made it more or less official policy not to prosecute financial fraud. But this is another example of Mueller dropping the ball.
Spying on Americans
Mueller participated in one of the greatest expansions of mass surveillance in human history.
As we noted in 2013:
NBC News reports:
NBC News has learned that under the post-9/11 Patriot Act, the government has been collecting records on every phone call made in the U.S.
On March 2011, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee:
We have put in place technological improvements relating to the capabilities of a database to pull together past emails and future ones as they come in so that it does not require an individualized search.
Remember, the FBI - unlike the CIA - deals with internal matters within the borders of the United States.
On May 1st of this year, former FBI agent Tim Clemente told CNN's Erin Burnett that all present and past phone calls were recorded:
BURNETT: Tim, is there any way, obviously, there is a voice mail they can try to get the phone fcompanies to give that up at this point. It's not a voice mail. It's just a conversation. There's no way they actually can find out what happened, right, unless she tells them?
CLEMENTE: "No, there is a way. We certainly have ways in national security investigations to find out exactly what was said in that conversation. It's not necessarily something that the FBI is going to want to present in court, but it may help lead the ainvestigation and/or lead to questioning of her. We certainly can find that out.
BURNETT: "So they can actually get that? People are saying, look, that is incredible.
CLEMENTE: "No, welcome to America. All of that stuff is being captured as we speak whether we know it or like it or not."
The next day, Clemente again appeared on CNN, this time with host Carol Costello, and she asked him about those remarks. He reiterated what he said the night before but added expressly that "all digital communications in the past" are recorded and stored:
NSA whistleblowers say that this means that the NSA collects "word for word" all of our communications.
Colleen Rowley writes:
Mueller's FBI was also severely criticized by Department of Justice Inspector Generals finding the FBI overstepped the law improperly serving hundreds of thousands of "national security letters" to obtain private (and irrelevant) metadata on citizens, and for infiltrating nonviolent anti-war groups under the guise of investigating "terrorism."
Covering Up for Turkish Terrorists
Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator who has been deemed credible by the Department of Justice's Inspector General, several senators (free subscription required), and a coalition of prominent conservative and liberal groups, who the ACLU described as "The most gagged person in the history of the United States of America", and who famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg says possesses information "far more explosive than the Pentagon Papers", says that Mueller covered up a Turkish terror network.
Gagging Whistleblowers
Edmonds also said that Mueller gagged her and other whistleblowers.
Rather than being "above the fray", Mueller is an authoritarian and water-carrier for the status quo and the powers-that-be.
As Coleen Rowley puts it:
Mueller was chosen as Special Counsel not because he has integrity but because he will do what the powerful want him to do.
Mueller didn't speak the truth about a war he knew to be unjustified. He didn't speak out against torture. He didn't speak out against unconstitutional surveillance. And he didn't tell the truth about 9/11. He is just "their man."
It's sad that political partisanship is so blinding and that so few people remember the actual sordid history.
George Washington's blog


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New Fjord Trends report reveals organisations much rethink their fundamentals
Following an unprecedented streak of fast-paced growth and profitability, businesses are beginning to feel the need for deep soul searching. As a new decade approaches, they must look inwards for a total re-examination of their purpose and place in the world, says a new report by Accenture (NYSE: ACN). Now in its 13th year, Fjord Trends 2020 takes its annual look ahead to the future of business, technology and design, according to Fjord, design and innovation from Accenture Interactive.
2019 has been a year of climate crisis activism, Big Tech accountability, the booms and busts of the gig economy, and the commitment of 181 top CEOs to redefine the Statement of Purpose of a Corporation. Changing mindsets, accelerated by rising digital adoption, have reached the C-suite, forcing leaders to reconsider the very principles their organisations are built on. The report notes that economics and politics, capitalism and resources, and technology and society have long been entwined, but only now have the consequences of their entanglement burst into the public consciousness. "Protests about capitalism's trajectory of endless growth defined by profit alone are moving from shouting in the streets to conversations in the boardroom. With this comes an imperative to find new ways to measure growth," said Mark Curtis, co-founder and chief client officer at Fjord. "These new values may change how we perceive the meaning of business in the decade ahead. One thing is clear: winners will be those organisations with sustainable business models and a long-term view of themselves and their impact on the world."
Ben Morgan, Accenture Interactive New Zealand Managing Director added: "We're starting to see our clients reorienting towards purposeful transformation. The decade ahead will see a challenging of fundamentals, which provides an opportunity for businesses to transform their offerings into something more mindful, meaningful and forward-thinking. The shift from a 'me' to a 'we' mindset will prompt a need for design to switch from a user-centered to a life-centered approach."
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Q: Riddle (simple arithmetic problem/illusion) I'm not sure how well known this "riddle" is but here it goes.
3 people go to a restaurant, each buy food worth 10.00.  When they're done, they give 30.00 to the waitress.  She gives the money to the manager, manager says they paid too much, gives 5.00 back to the waitress.  She comes back to the table, gives a dollar back to each person and then puts the remaining 2.00 in her pocket for tip.
So now, each person has paid 9.00.  9.00 x 3 = 27.00.  Plus the 2.00 in the waitresses pocket is 29.00.  What happened to the 30th dollar?
So what's the issue with this way of calculating (since if you backward it works fine), that doesn't give us the correct result?

A: I am not sure how 'mathematical' the riddle part of this story is. :) Each guest paid \$9 because together they paid \$30, and got back \$27. Of those \$27, the manager got \$25, and the waitress got the other \$2 -- there is no sense/reason in adding \$27 to \$2 -- though you might have a gut feeling that you are headed in the 'right direction' of getting the initial \$30 that way. But take a look -- there really is no extra dollar left, that's all it should be -- \$25+\$2. In other words, each guest paid 9 dollars with the tip included into that.
Another, possibly more insightful way to look at things:
The guests initially paid 30 dollars. The waitress returned them 3 dollars. So the guests ended up paying \$27 (not thirty!). Of those 27 dollars, 2 dollars were pocketed as a tip by the waitress, so you could also say that they paid \$8.333... each and then added a two dollar tip. I think it's a question of order of operations (and using it with respect to appropriate quantities) that could be confusing here.
Punchline: the waitress' 2 dollars were part of 27 dollars paid by the customers. They saved the other 3 dollars of the initial \$30  because of what the manager said, so if you are wondering 'what happened to \$30?' it's more of 27+3, or 25+2+3, where \$25 is what they paid without a tip, \$2 is the tip, and \$3 is the amount they saved.

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Tribute to the steel magnolia
Miangul Shaharyar Amirzeb
In the death of Zeb Gohar Ayub Khan, a life is lost that exhibited the good characteristics of both the Eastern and Western woman
I am using the word steel, associated with strength and flexibility and magnolia with fragrance and beauty to describe the life, character and personality of a formidable, exceptional and extraordinary woman, Zeb Gohar Ayub Khan.
A woman of immense qualities from whose refreshing scent, captivating smile and delightful presence we have been unfortunately deprived by the cruel hands of death. I have yet to come across a personality that has a combination of so many qualities and attributes. She was a caring and protective mother, a loyal and supporting wife, a sympathetic sister, a friend and confidant to the rest of the family and friends. Her loss will not only be felt and mourned by her immediate family, but even by those who were merely acquainted with her. I for one will sorely miss her warm smile, motherly embrace and soft mesmerising voice.
Any individual who has inner goodness in the form of human virtues such as compassion, sympathy, empathy, love and affection will no doubt acquire an outer pleasantness as well, which in her case further complemented her God given pristine beauty. In her life she exhibited the good characteristics of both the Eastern and Western woman -- a fully emancipated woman, yet working within the bounds of decency and honour. By her husband's side when he was member, speaker National Assembly and as foreign minister, she won the hearts of many with her graceful conduct and humble nature.
She used her position to support and run a number of charitable causes, yet another proof of her passion and desire to help humanity in general. A conservative at heart, cherishing and upholding the conduct becoming of a Muslim and Pathan woman, a strong and forceful advocate of moral and ethic values, she is no doubt a role model for the women of Pakistan.
The daughter of Lt Gen Habibullah, daughter in-law of President Ayub Khan and wife of Gohar Ayub Khan, she saw and experienced a lot of important and crucial decisions and events. She also got the opportunity to mix with a lot of people who were or subsequently became the major players in Pakistan's political arena.
How these things helped shape and developed her political sense was reflected in discussions on politics in Pakistan in general and KP in particular with people including myself. I admired her for her grasp of political realities and their dynamics. It was after her death that it became known how she had in her own unique way befriended people from different segments and strata of society and each in turn has a fascinating tale to tell about her, how she had helped them in times of difficulty and distress both emotionally and financially, and not a word to anybody. She did not seek publicity, in all probability she felt this to be a matter between herself and her Creator.
The serene look on her face which she bore throughout her life had to be the result of this very feeling of fulfillment; it had a holy and pure aura to it. After all what is the purpose of life? To strive for the betterment of society by contributing what little we can in our individual capacity. "Share God's bounty with others," this saying seems to have been her motive, and she shared freely and liberally.
Even in her illness, she continued her tradition or rather habit of hospitality and inquiry into the wellbeing of others. I pray and hope that her soul finally finds its elysium in the Hereafter.
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2013 was the year when the coalition government's austerity campaign and local authority cuts really began to bite. The council officers and councillors overseeing Children and Family Services asked all stand-alone nursery schools in the Borough to produce business plans charting how they could remain financially sustainable; difficult decisions were expected to be made by all settings.
RBKC nursery schools were invited to explore the option of moving to local primary schools and delivering their nursery school offers from there. Maxilla governors strongly believed this was not an option, and that it was important for Maxilla to remain as a stand-alone centre – a centre of excellence with a staff of early years specialists. After much exploration and discussion, it was felt that federation with another nursery school was a way to ensure stand-alone provision was maintained in North Kensington. Maxilla already worked closely with Golborne Children's Centre and shared a similar ethos, so this felt like a 'good fit'. Governors consulted with the community and the decision to federate was made in April 2013. A new single governing body was formed to take the Golborne and Maxilla Federation forward.
Throughout this time, it was clear the building was coming to the end of its life; a completely new heating system and partial roof replacement were required. However there was no capital funding and without support from the local authority governors could not take responsibility for continuing indefinitely on the site. Simultaneously, Westway Trust (WWT) approached Maxilla and began informal discussions about how the planned development phase under the motorway would affect the provision, exploring ways to secure Maxilla's future on the land. The governors met with council officers and councillors and were given the go ahead to explore possible options with WWT.
But at a meeting held in November 2014 with WWT, the Borough and the governors of Golborne and Maxilla, the Borough announced they would no longer lease property from a third party. With further planned cuts, running two sites on the proposed budgets was no longer an option. As the Borough would no longer lease property from a third party, and as the governors wanted to maintain the quality of services, it was clear the time had come to make that difficult decision.
Other than closing both sites or running services into the ground, the only viable option was to amalgamate the nursery provision onto the Golborne site. This decision was not taken lightly and the last thing the governors wanted was to see the closure of this successful, outstanding, integrated service. However, they were left with little choice.
The news was shared with parents and the community in February 2015 and unsurprisingly many were in shock. Here was an outstanding, popular provision, in a disadvantaged area of North Kensington, being effectively shut down.
A Parent Forum meeting was called and borough officers, councillors and representatives from WWT attended. This was an opportunity for the community to have their concerns debated, but without an impartial Chair, it turned into an unproductive Q & A session, with well-rehearsed stock answers from the borough representatives and no opportunity for challenge or interrogation by parents.
In light of this, parents campaigned and protested. Over 1500 signatures were gathered and a petition was presented at a meeting of the Council where the motion was debated. The request for Maxilla parents to have their questions heard in front of a Scrutiny Committee was granted. Although concerns were investigated fully by both Conservative and Labour councillors, the committee was unable to alter the decision to move Maxilla Nursery School to the Golborne site and to close the Children's Centre.
There is no longer a fully integrated nursery school, day care and family support service for 0 to 5-yearolds and their families in North Kensington. Maxilla Nursery School shares a site with Golborne Children's Centre, based in the east side of Ladbroke Grove, and with the restructuring of children's centre services into a locality model, the services previously run from Maxilla have been much reduced.
Golborne and Maxilla Federated Children's Centre now has a short-term lease from Westway Trust on the Maxilla garden and has set up as a forest school provision, enabling all early years classes in primary schools and stand-alone nursery schools in North Kensington to access the space and experience some of the magic that was Maxilla.


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Q: StratifiedShuffleSplit: ValueError: The least populated class in y has only 1 member, which is too few. I'm using the StratifiedShuffleSplit cross validator for predicting the house prices in the Boston dataset. When I run the below sample code.
def fit_model_S(labels, features,step, clf,parameters):
  cv = StratifiedShuffleSplit(n_splits=2,test_size=0.10, random_state = 42)
  print (cv)
  for train_index, test_index in cv.split(features,labels):
    labels_train, labels_test = labels[train_index], labels[test_index]
    features_train, features_test = features[train_index], features[test_index]

I get the below error. The code works with ShuffleSplit.Does this mean that StratifiedShuffleSplit cannot be used with numeric labels.
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ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-141-b290147edcbf> in <module>()
     33 dt_steps = [('decision', clf)]
     34
---> 35 fit_model_S(labels, features,dt_steps,clf,parameters4)
     36
     37

<ipython-input-141-b290147edcbf> in fit_model_S(labels, features, step, clf, parameters)
      8     cv = StratifiedShuffleSplit(n_splits=2,test_size=0.10, random_state = 42)
      9     print (cv)
---> 10     for train_index, test_index in cv.split(features,labels):
     11
     12         labels_train, labels_test = labels[train_index], labels[test_index]

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\sklearn\model_selection\_split.py in split(self, X, y, groups)
   1194         """
   1195         X, y, groups = indexable(X, y, groups)
-> 1196         for train, test in self._iter_indices(X, y, groups):
   1197             yield train, test
   1198

C:\ProgramData\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\sklearn\model_selection\_split.py in _iter_indices(self, X, y, groups)
   1535         class_counts = np.bincount(y_indices)
   1536         if np.min(class_counts) < 2:
-> 1537             raise ValueError("The least populated class in y has only 1"
   1538                              " member, which is too few. The minimum"
   1539                              " number of groups for any class cannot"

ValueError: The least populated class in y has only 1 member, which is too few. The minimum number of groups for any class cannot be less than 2.

Dataset sample as below.
      RM  LSTAT  PTRATIO      MEDV
0  6.575   4.98     15.3  504000.0
1  6.421   9.14     17.8  453600.0
2  7.185   4.03     17.8  728700.0
3  6.998   2.94     18.7  701400.0
4  7.147   5.33     18.7  760200.0

The MEDV is the label in this case.

A: Boston Housing data is a dataset for regression problem. You are using StratifiedShuffleSplit to divide it into train and test. StratifiedShuffleSplit as mentioned in docs is:

This cross-validation object is a merge of StratifiedKFold and
  ShuffleSplit, which returns stratified randomized folds. The folds are
  made by preserving the percentage of samples for each class.

Please look at the last line :- "preserving the percentage of samples for each class". So the StratifiedShuffleSplit tries to see the y values as individual classes.
But it will not be possible because your y is a regression variable (continuous numerical data).
Please look at ShuffleSplit, or train_test_split to divide your data.
See here for more details on cross-validation: http://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/cross_validation.html#cross-validation


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THE LAW SCHOOL EXPERIENCE
CHARLES WIDGER SCHOOL OF LAW
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The Road Less Travelled: Legal Aid Work in East Africa
Caitlin Lambert with her business partner, Idiris Muhammed
Since graduating from Villanova Law, Caitlin Lambert '15 has been working in Somaliland, a self-declared sovereign state in East Africa, as a human rights lawyer. Most recently, she founded the Children's Legal Defense Center in Somaliland's capital city of Hargesia, to provide legal assistance to imprisoned children and their families. Originally from rural Dushore, Pennsylvania, Lambert was first inspired to begin her work in Africa while she was an undergraduate student at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts.
"I had a really great professor at Mount Holyoke who I'll never forget said to me in an advising session, 'When you graduate, you should have one big idea,'" said Lambert. "And my one big idea at the time was moving to Rwanda and working there, because in reading and learning about Rwanda it was the first time that schoolwork didn't feel like work for me."
Armed with her "big idea," Lambert set her sights on Rwanda where she spent two years as a researcher with the non-governmental organization, African Rights. Her work focused on interviewing survivors and perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide to create a collection of testimonies and reports, as well as coordinating a micro-grant program for 11 women survivors who were raped during the genocide and were living with HIV/AIDS as a result.
"I worked with one woman in particular who was raped during the genocide and because of some training went on to buy two homes and establish a shop," said Lambert. "It showed me the good an individual can do if they have skills, and it got me thinking about law school and the skills that I needed to really do the work I wanted to do. Working in Rwanda is what pushed me to go to law school."
Back in the United States, Lambert applied and was accepted into the Public Interest Scholars Program at Villanova Law, receiving a full-tuition scholarship to pursue her law degree and future career in public interest law. "When I received the scholarship the late Professor John Murphy reached out to me," said Lambert. "He was such a wonderful person and my interaction with him was a big reason why I came to Villanova. He supported me and my interest in human rights during all three years at law school."
Lambert, who also holds a Master's in International Human Rights Law from the University of Oxford, found Villanova to be a very supportive community and the Public Interest Scholars Program was full of "like-minded individuals." She was also associate editor of the Villanova Law Review and held numerous varied internships during her law school career, including as a legal intern at both the Nationalities Service Center in Philadelphia and the International Justice Project in Newark, NJ.
During the summer after her 2L year and into the fall semester of her 3L year, Lambert completed a six-month legal internship in the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands where she conducted legal research on questions of international criminal law. "It was a fantastic opportunity and the staff at Villanova helped me figure out what credits I could take to make it happen," said Lambert. I worked with judges from Finland, Botswana and Nigeria on a variety of different cases, and they really liked me because I was so good at source checking and citations from my experience and work of being on the Villanova Law Review."
After she completed her law degree, she passed the Pennsylvania bar exam and realized that her heart was still in East Africa. She landed a position with Horizon Institute, where she worked for more than five years, first as a legal officer and then as a legal advisor. Her work included developing and managing a criminal justice paralegal program that provided legal assistance and education to over 3,000 vulnerable detainees in police stations and prisons in Somaliland, eventually leading to the secure release of nearly 1,900 detainees.
"The legal system in Somaliland is still evolving and developing," said Lambert. "There is a shortage of lawyers in the country and there is no public defender program. The majority of individuals who go before the court are unrepresented and don't know the system and how to advocate for themselves. Through the paralegal program, we taught imprisoned people the law, how it applies to their situation and then we worked with them to defend themselves."
Lambert's prison work was a real turning point for her career. Time and time again she met people in prison who she did not expect to be there. "They are teenagers who stole a mobile phone and didn't have representation, poor mothers who sold alcohol to support their families (illegal in this Muslim country), people accused of stealing goats and couldn't afford the $25 fine," she said. "For me it was a radical shift in my thinking about the system and if it's really about justice in any sense."
Imprisoned children, in overcrowded and poorly maintained prisons, struck a chord with her. In Somaliland, a child must be 15 years old before the criminal justice system can hold them accountable, however most do not have birth certificates or other identification to prove their age. "Age is not important culturally so people often don't know how old they are, but it is important when trying to prove they are a minor and cannot be wrongfully held in jail for years."
Inspired to focus solely on helping wrongfully imprisoned children, in November 2020, Lambert, founded the Children's Legal Defense Center. Along with her business partner Idiris Muhammed, a native of Somaliland, Lambert provides free legal defense for poor families who otherwise would not be able afford the legal assistance to get their children out of prison. They strive to assist children and their families to understand the law and how it applies to their situation, and then work with them to use it. This is not just about teaching people their rights. Lambert and Muhammed work alongside those who society marginalizes and disfavors, like young people accused of crimes, to ensure they receive the legal protections they are entitled to.
"These children are spending time in prison when they should be in school learning and trying to better their lives," she stated. "They have hopes and dreams, but it's being taken from them while they wrongfully serve long prison sentences just because they didn't understand the legal system or have legal representation."
So far, the pilot program has helped more than 90 individuals, mostly children, either get out of prison or have their sentences reduced. Her goal is to grow the program into an official nonprofit organization with additional legal advocates so they can have an even greater impact and make a difference in more Somaliland children's lives.
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The women's 10,000 metres event at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Gävle, Sweden, at Gavlehof Stadium Park on 12 July.

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