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This fresh, homemade Garden Fresh Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce is a delicious meatless sauce made from scratch. This Whole30/Paleo recipe creates magic from fresh tomatoes and herbs.
Have you ever thought "can I make spaghetti sauce in a crockpot" to yourself?
Heeeeeeck yes you can! And you should because then you don't have a to stir a pot all day long for hours and hours. Snoooooore.
The slow cooker heats evenly and gently and does its thing without burning the sauce. Pure magic my friends. Pure magic.
What Kind of Tomatoes Work Best in Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce?
Heartier paste style tomatoes are the easiest to work with for homemade sauce. They are easy to peel and have fewer seeds. They also have a lower moisture content which means they take less time to cook down.
But sometimes you have 18 different tomato plants that are all ripening at the same time and you need to do something with them. This crockpot spaghetti sauce is the perfect home for those rando tomatoes.
Yeah, it looks pretty time intensive but it is all related to removing the skins and seeds from your fresh garden tomatoes. Removing the tomato skin and seeds keeps the sauce from becoming bitter which means you don't need to add sugar to your sauce to balance it all out.
Don't want to take that extra step? I got you covered. Cut the tomatoes in half, push the seeds out with your thumb and then grate the tomato using a box grater discarding the skins. It's not foolproof as some skin will still get mixed in, but that's ok.
Rinse your tomatoes and drop them in a pot of boiling water for one minute.
Scoop them out with a slotted spoon and put them in a bowl of ice water. Now the skins will slip off easily. Yay!
Cut in half (quarters for larger tomatoes) and push out the seeds out with your thumb.
Add the tomatoes and all the ingredients (except baking soda) to your slow cooker. Cook on low for 10 hours or high for 7 hours.
If you want a less chunky sauce, pulse it a few times with an immersion blender or mash it a bit with a potato masher or large spoon. Add the baking soda and salt and pepper to taste.
What's with the baking soda? Baking soda helps to neutralize the acidity of the tomatoes without adding sugar. I am kind of obsessed with the awesomeness of using baking soda as a kitchen hack. You'll see it in play in my Homemade Pizza Sauce, Healthy Sweet Tea Recipe, Whole30 Tomato Soup, and Healthy Orange Chicken.
I used my Instant Pot on the slow cooker function with the slow cooker lid for this recipe.
Making this all day and then refrigerating it overnight gives it an extra kick of awesome in the flavor department. Kick in the flavor pants?
You can freeze this sauce in a wide mouth canning jar. Make sure to leave 1 inch of space between the top of the sauce and the top of the jar to allow for expansion during freezing.
Feel free to add meat if you'd like. Just make sure you cook it before incorporating it into the sauce.
If you hate yourself and love fungus, add some mushrooms. Barf.
This fresh, homemade Garden Fresh Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce is a delicious meatless sauce from scratch. This Whole30 recipe creates magic from fresh tomatoes.
Scoop them out with a slotted spoon and put them in a bowl of ice water. Now the skins will slip off easily.
Add the tomatoes and all the ingredients (except baking soda) to your slow cooker. Cook on low for 10 hours or high for 7 hours. The sauce should be reduced by about half.
If you want a less chunky sauce, pulse it a few times with an immersion blender or mash it a bit with a potato masher or large spoon. Add the canned tomato paste at this point if you'd like a thicker sauce.
Add the baking soda (it will foam a bit) and salt and pepper to taste.
Making this all day and then refrigerating it overnight gives it an extra kick of awesome in the flavor department.
Giiiiiirl, baking soda is my favorite kitchen hack!
It neutralizes the acidity of the tomatoes without using sugar. I also use in it batches of iced tea, pizza sauce, and tomato soup for the same reason.
I keep a small container of baking soda in the car for bee and wasp stings and if I get an ice tea at the coffee shop it's always to bitter.
We always used powdered meat tenderizer growing up for bee stings, but I suppose there is a lot of baking soda in there! How many times do you get stung that you have to carry around baking soda?
Okay, 1) Buffalo Bill said that?, 2) I *personally* like mushrooms but alas my son's on your side, and 3) I haven't seen / heard the baking soda before — what's up with that?
Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs. Ha!!!
Baking soda neutralizes the acidity of the tomatoes and allows you to enjoy a balanced product without sugar. I use it in pizza sauce, tomato soup, and iced tea. I'm Team Baking Soda all the way!
Having a garden full of rando tomatoes might be my new top goal in life. This looks crazy good!
It is a good life goal! Would be amazing on those delicious tacos you posted this week.
Love homemade tomato sauce!! This looks so good.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it Cynthia and that you were able to adapt it to your preferences!
I'm shocked you hadd to add water to the sauce during the cooking process. You must have had some amazingly "meaty" tomatoes.


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The Corporate Tax Rate in Lebanon stands at 17 percent. Corporate Tax Rate in Lebanon averaged 15.13 percent from 2004 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 17 percent in 2018 and a record low of 15 percent in 2005.
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Even if it's raining in Las Vegas, which it was.
Gretchen Pearson, president/owner of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Drysdale Properties takes the mic.
I'm backtracking back in time because that whole concept of glow-in-the-dark mile markers for women leaders came into sharp focus last week during the "Women Who Lead: Reinventing Leadership in the 21st Century" session at the 2019 Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Sales Convention. It was a gray and drizzly Monday but no matter the weather, spirits in the conference room at Caesar's Palace radiated pure sunshine.
Tiffany Curry – Top agent at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Anderson Properties.
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Zalmon Storrs (December 18, 1779 – February 17, 1867) was an American judge and politician.

He was the son of Dan and Euth (Conant) Storrs, and was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, December 18, 1779. He was a descendant of Samuel Storrs, who emigrated from Nottinghamshire to Connecticut in 1663. He was a distant cousin of Charles and Augustus Storrs, after whom Storrs, Connecticut is named.

He graduated from Yale College in 1801.  He began, in 1802, the study of law, with judge Thomas Scott Williams, of Hartford, Connecticut, then a resident of Mansfield; but the death of his brother threw upon him the care of his father's store, and led him to relinquish his law studies.

During his long life he several times represented his native town in the Connecticut State Legislature, was for a period of six years Judge of Probate for the district of Mansfield, for twenty years Postmaster at Mansfield Center, and for thirty-five years Justice of the Peace, holding the latter office until he reached the age of seventy years, the limit fixed by the law of the State.

He ran as an Anti-Mason for governor four times, in 1831, 1833, 1834, and 1835. None of these attempts were successful.

He died at Mansfield, Connecticut, February 17, 1867, aged 87 years. He was the last survivor of the Yale Class of 1801.

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Q: Find the coordinates of the points where the line $4y = 7x + 1$ intersects the curve $x^2 - 2x + y^2 - 4y = 60$ I have tried equating the two equations to each other and then solving for x; however, I believe this is not correct.  I also tried factorizing the curve equation but I could not see a way through.
Thank you for your help.

A: Your first approach is fine. Since$$4y=7x+1\iff y=\frac74x+\frac14$$you can replace $y$ with $\frac74x+\frac14$ in the second equation, thereby getting $\frac{5}{16} \left(13 x^2-26 x-3\right)$. And now you solve the equation$$\frac{5}{16} \left(13 x^2-26 x-3\right)=60,$$which has two solutions: $-3$ and $5$. So, the intersection points are $(-3,-5)$ and $(5,9)$.

A: Given  $\space\mathbf{4y} = 7x + 1 \quad\land\quad
 x^2 - 2x + y^2 - 4y = 60\implies \mathbf{4y}= x^2 - 2x + y^2 -60$
$$ 7x + 1 =x^2 - 2x + y^2 -60\\
\implies x^2-9x+y^2-61=0\\
\implies y = \pm\sqrt{61-x^2 + 9 x}
\quad \text{for}\quad (9-x)x\le 61
$$
There are $12$ integer solutions easily verified with a spreadsheet or WolframAlpha
$(x,y)\in\big\{(-4,\pm3)\quad (-3,\pm5)\quad (4,\pm9)\quad
(5,\pm9)\quad (12,\pm 5)\quad (13,\pm3)\big\}$

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Star Wars Episode VII is out in theaters and breaking records across the world, but the one thing it isn't doing is filling in all the gaps from the 30 or so years that passed between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. As savvy movie goers, we know that not everything is going to be explained in the first of three new Star Wars films, but some of the Star Wars The Force Awakens setups are too big to not discuss. Like, who are Rey's parents? And what's up with Luke? Did he retire? Is there a Jedi 401K? You'll find these questions and more on this very curious list of Star Wars The Force Awakens unanswered questions.
With a (mostly) brand new cast of characters popping up in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, there are also a slew of mysterious backstories to wade through, and questions that may or may not be answered in Episodes XIII and IX. We wouldn't be so worried about whether or not our questions would be answered if J.J. Abrams didn't also make Lost, which answered like, none of the questions. Some of the questions on this list are definitely going to be answered in the following films, but we're worried that a few things (like the construction of Starkiller base) might go unanswered forever. Although, we'll take a few unanswered questions if it means we get three more awesome Star Wars films.
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During the flashback sequence in The Force Awakens we get a little bit of backstory about Luke and Kylo Ren, but it's hardly comprehensive, and it asks more questions than it answers. We're not asking for a prequel trilogy about a young Ren being trained by Luke, but a little more exposition would be nice. It's possible that Luke "had a bad feeling" about Ren and refused to teach him any of that dark force magic.
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Donald Trump has pushed lies and misstatements to an extreme that can no longer be tolerated. (Photo: ScreenCap)
Donald Trump is ending his presidency marred by a new election scandal and continued mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis.
"Any of this familiar?" wrote Ashish K. Jha, a medical doctor, on Twitter.
He was comparing the national COVID-19 testing debacle, and now the scramble to distribute and administer a potentially life-saving vaccine.
The Trump administration promised that 20 million people would be vaccinated by the end of the year. But the actual number was around one-tenth of that.
The effort represents the same shuffle-the-deck mismanagement that marked testing. The Feds are deflecting to the states, which are putting the onus on overworked hospitals to get the vaccine into people's arms.
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A two-day US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirement to assess each shipment of vaccine for quality control has slowed down distribution, according to CNN.
"To be sure, many states are taking real responsibility LOTS of overburdened public health folks are still making this work. Heroically But now hospitals trying to figure out where to set up vaccination sites. And folks sorting out who can do vaccinations in care facilities," wrote Jha.
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The problem, he noted, "appears to be no investment or plan in the last mile [and] no effort from Feds to help states launch a real vaccination infrastructure.
"Public health has always been a state/federal partnership. States are stretched. Feds are suppose to help. But same folks who blamed states for testing mess now ready to blame states for vaccine slowdown They are again setting states up to fail."
Meanwhile, Trump is nowhere in sight on the issue. To the contrary, he continues to call the pandemic "fake news" on Twitter.
The number of cases and deaths of the China Virus is far exaggerated in the United States because of @CDCgov's ridiculous method of determination compared to other countries, many of whom report, purposely, very inaccurately and low. "When in doubt, call it Covid." Fake News!
Trump on Sunday (Jan. 3) said the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, led by his own appointees, is publishing inaccurate coronavirus cases and death rates.
He called the numbers "far exaggerated," a claim disputed by Dr. Anthony Fauci and other health experts.
Fauci appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" the same day and directly refuted the president. "The numbers are real," he pronounced.
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Health experts for months have said case and death toll rates are actually much higher than known.
"All you need to do is go out into the trenches," Fauci said on ABC's "This Week" also on Sunday.
"Go to the hospitals and see what the healthcare workers are dealing with. They are under very stressful situations in many areas of the country. The hospital beds are stretched, people are running out of beds, running out of trained personnel who are exhausted."
"That's real," Fauci asserted. "That's not fake. That's real."
Trump's remarks come just as the number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States surpassed 350,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Meanwhile, the president has been obsessed with overturning certified election results that showed President-elect Joe Biden the winner of the 2020 election.
After more than 60 failed legal challenges, many before judges he appointed, the president also lost two cases before the Supreme Court.
With his legal options foreclosed, Trump attempted to strong-arm Georgia election officials into changing votes to give him a victory.
An hour-long call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger mirrored his attempt to coerce Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky into investigating Biden during the election.
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The latter resulted in Trump's impeachment by the House of Representatives. He was acquitted in a Senate trial.
Legal scholars described the Georgia call as a flagrant abuse of power and a potential criminal act, according to The Washington Post.
Trump went so far as to flatter, beg and threaten Raffensperger with potential criminal charges, if he refused to pursue false claims of election fraud.
Then, he suggested simply "recalculating" votes to precisely give him 11,780 votes, just enough to carry the state.
"There's nothing wrong with saying, you know, that you've recalculated," Trump said.
"Well, Mr. President, the challenge that you have is, the data you have is wrong," Raffensperger replied.
"So what are we going to do here, folks? I only need 11,000 votes. Fellas, I need 11,000 votes. Give me a break," Trump cajoled.
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Raffensperger told ABC's "Good Morning America" that an Atlanta-area district attorney's office could investigate the Trump's phone call.
"I understand that the Fulton County district attorney wants to look at it. Maybe that's the appropriate venue for it to go," he said.
Georgia State Election Board member David Worley, who supports President-elect Biden, asked Raffensperger to open an investigation into the call, according to The New York Times.
With a little over two weeks left in his term, Trump's last gasp effort to overturn the election will come Jan. 6 when Congress convenes to certify Electoral College votes.
Although the effort has traditionally been symbolic Republicans in the House and Senate plan to protest the votes. But they lack majority support in both houses to stop the certification.
Beside the potential Georgia investigation, Trump is also facing a civil and a criminal investigation in New York when he leaves office– an ignoble end to his presidency.
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When someone asks about the women of hip-hop, many people may think of those that paved the way like Queen Latifa, Missy Elliott, Lil Kim or MC Lyte.
Some people may think of present day, popular women in the genre like Nicki Minaj, Cardi B or Doja Cat.
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One up and coming female hip-hop artist that is ready to have her story listened to is Zion "Zee" McThomas, a first year music theory graduate student at Kent State University.
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McThomas, a Mississippi native, began writing poetry around the age of 13. She used poetry as a creative outlet to deal with her parents divorcing.
"I was telling [my cousin April] everything," McThomas said. "Like, 'it's getting crazy. I don't know what to do.' And [my cousin told me], 'just write it all down.' And so I just starting writing and I couldn't stop."
Since then, McThomas has been putting her pain and struggles to paper, using poetry as a way to deal with all of it.
Poetry helped her with her father's passing in October of 2014, the struggle of coming to terms with her sexuality and her generalized anxiety.
"I like to say I am a sad poet," McThomas said. "When I write about the stuff that I've gone through, it makes it easier to deal with and cope with."
he started to turn her poetry into music in July of 2018.
McThomas had just graduated from Alcorn State University with a music teaching license when she went to a little underground hip-hop show that some of her previous students were performing in.
The group of her students that performed that night is called A.M. WyseLove. They inspired her to make her first song. Together, they did a cover of Big Krit's song "The Light."
A.M. WyseLove member Christian Killpatrick said that McThomas has the potential to make it big,
"There's a crowd of people out there that's praying for music like hers," Killpatrick said.
After her first collaboration, McThomas made her first independent project, "Self Medication." She received a wave of positive feedback, especially from her students.
"[What made me want to continue was] the sheer fact that I had people that believed in me," McThomas said. "I was working full time as an assistant band director in a high school, and my [students] had found out…And so when I dropped my mixtape and had my students quoting me…It was so amazing. I was like, 'This is what Kanye feels like!'"
Since then, McThomas has collaborated with several other aspiring hip-hop artists and has four released projects.
"I'm very passionate about my art when it comes to poetry writing and music, and I saw that passion in her," said William Barrett, a freshman integrated social studies major.
Barrett collaborated with McThomas the day after they first met each other at an open mic event at Cleveland State University.
She has performed in 10 shows with her music and over 30 shows with her spoken-word poetry.
She has performed in Memphis, New Orleans, Atlanta, Detroit, Cleveland and throughout Mississippi. Her song "Try" has been played on some radio stations in Texas.
The largest crowd she performed in front of was as an opener to an original play in Meridian, Mississippi. There were 200 people that watched her perform her poetry that night.
The topics that McThomas raps about are wide-ranging and diverse. In addition to writing about her struggles of being a black lesbian woman, McThomas also writes about life in general.
"Everything from hangovers and intoxicated nights to love and heartbreak," she said. "[From] Black Lives Matter issues, to family memories and to stuff that I've never even been through."
Zhenel Rawlinson, a music major at Ohio State University, said that the content that McThomas was putting out was what interested her and made her want to collab with McThomas on their song "Clickbait".
"She's not like a lot of other people that are in the industry right now," Rawlinson said. "She's doing her own thing and moving to the beat of her own drum."
Rawlinson respects that McThomas is confident in her identity and willing to share that with the world through her music.
"It's one thing to have the music," Rawlinson said. "But also, when she is in love with who she is, and her identity…I feel like that also goes hand in hand with the music, and that makes it so much better."
McThomas has formed a creative team, Nomad Productions, comprised of other aspiring hip-hop and rap artists like Zhenel and Killpatrick.
She hopes to someday make it big in the music industry, spreading her story and messages of love and self-acceptance.
"Rapsody and Lauryn Hill are some of my biggest influences," McThomas said. "I also look up to Oshun and Noname for inspiration. These women are true and honest with themselves. They make music that makes them happy, and their lyricism is beyond amazing."
She added, "I just hope to be that for someone else one day."
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Prostate cancer patients who are prescribed oral erectile medication before and after radiation therapy have improved sexual function, according to a research team at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. This prospective, randomized, double-blind study is the first to analyze the use of such medications in this setting, and is meaningful to men who are concerned about their quality of life after treatment. These findings will be presented during the Plenary Session on October 29 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) 54th Annual Meeting.
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The South Loop was originally settled by wealthy residents. During the Gilded Age, it was Chicago's first "Gold Coast," with residents like George Pullman, Marshall Field, and Potter and Bertha Palma settling in vast mansions on Prairie Avenue. One such mansion, the Glessner House, was built in 1887 and still stands today as a National Historic Landmark.
By the twentieth century, the South Loop was full of freight and passenger railroad yards. According to the Encyclopedia of Chicago, the high-traffic area also gave rise to a notorious vice district, well known for brothels and gambling houses. The wealthy decamped to the present day Gold Coast on the North Side. By the mid-twentieth century, the decline in both the printing industry (see Printer's Row below) and the railroad industry left much of the area vacant. But the city's renewal efforts in the 1980s revitalized the area.
Since then, housing has boomed in the neighborhood, with chic high-rises, townhomes, shopping, and restaurants popping up all over the South Loop. The area is also home to the Museum Campus, featuring the Field Museum, Adler Planetarium, and Shedd Aquarium. Also nearby is Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears.
The Green, Orange, and Red lines all meet at Roosevelt Station, which is the primary 'L' stop near the South Loop.
Dearborn Station, once a major railroad terminal in Chicago, is now retail and office space in Printer's Row. Photo: Meredith Francis
Neighborhood Spotlight: Printer's Row
Just a short walk from the Loop are a few blocks packed with industrial buildings that once housed some of the biggest publishing houses in the country. Today it is an affluent community with a few shops and restaurants and many of the old printing plants have been adapted as residential lofts.
In 1885, trains started rolling into Dearborn Station. Proximity to the station allowed the printing companies to boom. Publishers such as Rand McNally, Franklin Printing, and R. R. Donnelley and Sons all set up shop in the area.
As the automobile and interstate system outpaced the railroad companies in the mid-twentieth century, Dearborn Station saw less traffic. In addition, changes in the publishing industry meant that big printing machines and the large buildings required to house them were no longer necessary, so publishers started leaving the area, as well. Printer's Row was mostly abandoned until the 1970s, when urban renewal efforts redeveloped the area, converting some of the old printing buildings into stylish apartments.
Today, a city map marks Printer's Row between Clark and State streets, bordered by Harrison Street on the north and Roosevelt to the south. The last publisher, Palmer Printing, moved out in 2018. As a nod to its past, the community hosts the Printers Row Lit Fest every summer.
Grab a bite of Northern Italian cuisine — including homemade pasta – at Sofi. If you're over 21, head to Adler After Dark, where you can enjoy a beer or cocktail while you explore the planetarium. You can also visit the Clark House Museum. It's the city's oldest house and was built in 1836.
Story by Meredith Francis
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Donald Trump has left Finland for the US, bringing an end to a whirlwind day.
Donald Trump was condemned as "treasonous" for siding with the Kremlin in a press conference that included discussions about election meddling, oil pipelines, Syria, Crimea and nuclear power.
Putin presented Trump with a football from the World Cup. Trump said he would give it to his son, Baron. Republican senator Lindsay Graham, however, warned this could be a bad idea. "I'd check the soccer ball for listening devices and never allow it in the White House," Graham said.
After the press conference, Putin and Trump spoke to Fox News hosts. Putin's interview will air some time today, but there is not yet a confirmed time. And Trump's two interviews will air at 9pm ET tonight and 8pm ET tomorrow.
The director of National Intelligence under Donald Trump, Dan Coats, released a statement in response to Trump's summit with Putin today. Trump said today he has confidence in Russia and the US intelligence community.
One of the big questions pre-summit was whether Trump would call for the extradition to the US of the 12 Russian spies indicted by Mueller. He didn't. When the subject came up in the question and answer session Putin sought to throw the accusation back. He said he would investigate the report and even offered to "cooperate". The Kremlin, he said, would allow Mueller's team to visit Moscow and to question suspects. In return, however, it wanted access to Bill Browder, a US-born British financier who is a Kremlin bogeyman. Putin was well aware that Mueller's investigators won't be visiting Russian anytime soon. He extended a similar offer in 2006 to Scotland Yard following the radioactive murder of Alexander Litvinenko using a cup of tea. The detectives who flew to Moscow found themselves in a PR pantomime, with their efforts to get evidence thwarted by the state.
Seconds before the press conference began, a man in the audience, Sam Husseini, was forcibly removed from the hall. More details are emerging about Husseini and the circumstances surrounding his removal.
The Nation editor and publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, confirmed Husseini was the man removed from the conference and said he received press accreditation from the news magazine to cover the summit.
"As Trump administration consistently denigrates media, we're deeply troubled by reports that he was forcibly removed from press conference," vanden Heuvel said on Twitter.
Husseini is a communications director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, which seeks to expand the reach of progressive organizations in the media.
He was temporarily suspended from the National Press Club in 2011 after questioning the Saudi ambassador.
Just several days ago, 12 Russians were indicted for attacking our democracy.
Today, America's so-called leader embarrassingly failed to stand up to the person who spearheaded the attack.
Seriously, what does Putin have on Trump that's he's so afraid?
Horrifying that @POTUS ends summits with brutal despots who menace our country with a warm embrace, and seemingly ends every interaction with our western allies in bitter discord.
Trump is on his way to the airport, set to fly back to Washington DC.
But first, he spoke with Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson, according to the White House pool.
Fox News is also set to air an interview with Putin later today.
Putin said the two outlined the "first steps for improving this relationship and to restore an acceptable level of trust".
Trump said the US relationship with Russia had "never been worse" than it was "until four hours ago," just before the two spoke.
Trump and Putin agreed there was "no collusion" between his campaign and Russia in the 2016 election.
Trump rejected an opportunity to publicly condemn Putin for Russia's attempts to meddle in the election.
Putin did say he supported Trump in the election. "I wanted Trump to win because he spoke about normalizing Russian relations," Putin said.
Putin said the US president introduced the topic of Russian election meddling during their meeting. Putin reiterated that Russia has not and "doesn't plan" to interfere in US domestic politics.
Trump said Putin "has an interesting idea" about the issue of election meddling, but did not elaborate.
Trump repeatedly defended his win in the 2016 election, attacking people who raised questions about Russia's role.
Trump says the two countries "could save hundreds of thousands of lives" in the country.
Putin says a major concern there was how many refugees have been displaced from their home country.
Putin said the US and Russia will put together a "working group" of Russia and American businessmen.
Trump said Putin is a "good competitor," in response to a question about Germany's plans to build the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
The US Senator from South Carolina has a warning about the football Putin gifted to Trump.
Graham also said Trump missed an opportunity to hold Russia accountable for election meddling. "This answer by President Trump will be seen by Russia as a sign of weakness and create far more problems than it solves," Graham said.
Anderson Cooper calls that press conference one of the most "disgraceful performances by an American president" ever.


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Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr. Admits to Leading Vast Drug-Smuggling, Money Laundering Empire
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Anaheim Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Conspiracy
FRESNO, Calif. — Jose Reyes-Pineda, 48, of Anaheim, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to distribute methamphetamine, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, Reyes and co-defendants Genaro Serrato-Calles, 51, and Antonio Valencia-Hernandez, 65, both of Modesto, and Antonio Castellanos, 38, of Whittier, were charged with conspiring...
El Cajon Resident Pleads Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Pills Causing 19 Year Old's Death
SAN DIEGO – Olatunde James Temitope Akintonde of El Cajon, California pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday, admitting that he sold fentanyl-laced pills that caused the death of a nineteen-year-old Santee, California man, identified in court records as S.J.G., in March of 2019. According to his plea agreement, Akintonde admitted...
Sixty Defendants Charged in Nationwide Takedown of Sinaloa Cartel Methamphetamine Network
SAN DIEGO – An indictment was unsealed today in federal court charging 60 members of a San Diego-based international methamphetamine distribution network tied to the Sinaloa Cartel with drug trafficking, money laundering and firearms offenses. During the last month, hundreds of federal, state, and local law enforcement agents and officers...


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Outrage Over New Delhi Bus Rape Galvanizes Legal Reform
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Several thousand women held a silent march to the Mohandas K. Gandhi memorial in New Delhi this morning, demanding justice for the 23-year-old victim of last month's brutal gang rape who died from injuries to her intestines in a Singapore hospital over the weekend. There's reason to believe the unnamed physiotherapy student — known as Damini, or lightning — might get some.
The six men arrested in the case are expected to be charged Thursday with kidnapping, rape, and murder, according to the AP, with prosecutors calling for the death penalty (with the exception of one of the accused, who may be underage). The case is also positioned to incite broader legal changes in India, where women say sexual harassment, known locally as "eve-teasing," and rape are a daily threat. Worse, women are often blamed for their attacks (something Americans know a thing or two about), for daring to walk alone or not carrying chili powder to throw on their attackers, and shamed into marrying their rapists.
Now the government has set up a task force to monitor women's safety in New Delhi, and two other groups have been formed to look into the handling of the rape case and suggest changes to national rape laws. India's chief justice agreed to hear a petition to fast-track the thousands of rape cases lost in the country's clogged legal system and suspend all lawmakers from the national and state legislatures who are facing prosecution for crimes against women. While we scratch our heads over the fact that legislators with abhorrent views on rape managed to get elected here in the U.S., six state lawmakers in India have outstanding rape charges, and two national parliamentarians face charges of crimes against women short of rape, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms. In the past five years, political parties across India nominated 260 candidates awaiting trial on charges of crimes against women, and parties ran six candidates facing similar charges for the national parliamentary elections.
Longtime New Delhi resident Sonia Faleiro summed it up nicely in today's New York Times. "In retrospect it wasn't the brutality of the attack on the young woman that made her tragedy unusual," she wrote. "It was that an attack had, at last, elicited a response."
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India Bus Rape Protests Galvanize Legal Reform


Ami met her Prince Charming and went away to his castle on the stormy sea-cliffs--and that should have been her happily ever after. Instead, her husband lies dead and a war rages. Her middle sister has been taken into a demon land, turned into a stranger. The priests and her father are revealing secrets and telling lies. And a power is rising in Ami, too, a power she hardly recognizes, to wield her beauty as a weapon, and her charm as a tool to deceive. . .
Amelia has never had to be anything but good and sweet and kind and lovely. But the chess game for the Twelve Kingdoms has swept her up in it, and she must make a gambit of her own. Can the prettiest princess become a pawn--or a queen?
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I am going to admit something… This is my least favorite sister of the series but her book is well done. I didn't dislike her as strongly after this as I did by the end of the last book but she still isn't the favorite one of the trio. I also found the way this story unfolds to be intriguing and it left me ready for MORE.
We know Ami as the spoiled one… the favorite daughter of the High King who has always gotten what she wanted. She's managed to find a man who adores her but then has her perfect life ruined by his death. She's driven to find out who killed her precious true love and when she finds out it was her sister… well then her sister is evil. I got why she was upset but her refusal to even listen to those around her trying to get her to understand what happened just served to enforce the spoiled rotten view of her. Her adoration and devotion to being the spoiled princess devoted only to her Goddess and her now-deceased love takes a bit of a beating as she starts to be intrigued by a monk in white that seems to push her to be more than just a pretty face. As she finally starts to open her eyes to the world around her we finally get to see a woman emerge that may prove to be a formidable foe for the challenges that lie ahead. I enjoyed seeing her finally realize that her actions have true consequences and that she needs to make her own mind up in order to truly see what is waiting for her in her future. She's stronger than I expected once the worst of the bratty child goes away.
Ash… I enjoyed this scarred man who wasn't swayed by the bratty princess but pushed her to be something more. He's such a sweet man under the scars and attitude but mainly his heart shines thru to show a man driven by duty and love. His strength and unique talents serve this tale well plus set up some action we see in the next book. I loved how he didn't accept her originally and actually wasn't afraid to show her how badly she has acted over the years. He shows her that life didn't end when Hugh was killed but that she not only could live again… she could find a love that in most respects is truer than the one she thought was perfect. He wants her not the avatar… not the beautiful princess.. not a woman to be spoiled and worshipped but… a woman with flaws and all that is true to herself and not a puppet on a string. His sacrifices for her were amazing and beautiful.
Overall this is a good story with a few surprises but mainly I found this to be a big redemption for a character I wasn't fond of in any way, shape, or form from the last book. I liked how she was changing and was very glad to see her come out of her spoiled background.


What are the most popular dropshipped items in Australia?
Starting your own online store can be exciting and exhilarating. If you don't have experience with a particular product line, you might want to look into which products are the most popular for selling online. For a number of reasons, certain merchandise is better for dropshipping in Australia.
It might be due to availability, size or cost. The best eCommerce sites can reach more consumers with more products at a lower price. Australian dropshipping can serve under-served market niches.
Your online store can benefit from the following characteristics: 1. Australia, 2. eCommerce or 3. Merchandise type. We will discuss how each can impact your business plan. By leveraging all three, you give yourself the highest chance for success.
Due to being in the Asia Pacific region, Australia can benefit from the rise of manufacturing juggernauts, like China, Japan and South Korea. These Asian tigers provide cheap manufactured goods, you supply the markets.
An estimated 85% of the Australian population has Internet access. An eMarketer survey for February 2017 discovered that 66% of Australians use a desktop PC for surfing the Web, while 23% use smart phones. You can list numerous cheap goods from Asia on your website.
Dropshipping allows entrepreneurs to live their dreams for running a business with a very low budget. You don't need to be a computer programmer, but your website can look great with all the product descriptions, shopping carts and payment systems, you need. You can fit into special niches not served by the global brands.
How can you be profitable?
The best eCommerce store can offer a great deal of variety. You can upload images for merchandise that you hope will sell. This gives you a key advantage over the brick and mortar retailers who must stock their shelves with numerous merchandise, which will never sell. Your online store is more efficient.
The aforementioned eMarketer firm estimates that Australia retail eCommerce sales were about $20 billion for 2017, representing about 7.3% of all retail sales. A Roy Morgan study found that 40% of Australians purchase something online each month.
Online purchases are becoming more normal for a larger sector of the population. Basically, online-shopping is becoming main stream in Australia. You can help Aussies shop faster and more efficiently by giving them another online outlet to obtain their goods via your drop-shipping store.
Know your drop-ship suppliers inventory, even if it is items that you are not stocking at this time in your own drop-shipping store. There are ways in modern eCommerce software to track your customers behaviours and what they are looking for. By identifying what your customers are looking for you will be able to quickly list those items. In a way this sort of stock customisation and scale-ability to meet the consumer demand is only possible with an online store.
Products will differ by size, cost and market. Remember that shipping is a big part of your online store. Most customers want free shipping.
Tip 1: Retail backgrounds are essential.
The Digital Nomad believes that some dropshipping stores fail because the owner lacks a retail background. It helps you deal with numerous customer service problems without losing your cool.
Tip 2: Solve problems using phone calls.
The email message system is a great invention, but suffers from a few weaknesses. Many emails systems are so full of Spam that owners are not checking them regularly. Moreover, emails can be very impersonal. People say things, they probably shouldn't in emails.
Therefore, the Digital Nomad prefers direct phone calls. He believes that most modern customers won't wait for 24 hours to get a call back from your customer service representatives, they will simply go to a different online vendor.
You can get real problems resolved within 15 minutes using a phone call. Phone calls are more personal and effective.
Tip 3: Sell expensive merchandise.
The Digital Nomad suggests that you sell expensive items. He estimated that if you sell a few expensive items, then it might justify the time you will spend on personal customer service. Selling expensive items gives you more wiggle room. Your time is more valuable with big-ticket items.
Anyone who knows the story of Amazon, knows that they started with books. No one needs to explain books, the content is key – kind of like a website. There are no complicated users manuals with books, so returns are at a minimum.
Most books are rectangles that fit nicely in boxes, so shippers can use standardised packaging. United States shipping also has a "book rate" (or media mail), so Amazon got an immediate discount. Most books are fairly durable, so damage is rarely an issue.
Dropship Tip: Books are small and rectangular – perfect for shipping.
By selling books, you can tap into tech-savvy buyers. They understand the World Wide Web, how to use shopping carts and are more likely to be shopping online. Books are always in demand.
Students will need to purchase textbooks for their classes. College and university graduates will tend to be better educated with higher incomes.
Within the overall book market, there are plenty of niche specialties, like romance or mystery. Buyers of these books might like a certain author and patiently wait for the next installment. Customers return to shop again.
Books are easy to "suggest." If someone likes this author, then they might like his other book. Amazon can use computer algorithms to predict book buying patterns.
And, paper books dove tail nicely into e-books. That is why Amazon invented the Kindle. Amazon can position itself as a leader in the knowledge industry because it has developed experience in selling books.
Electronics used to be a luxury item, but are becoming a must-have for many consumers. Even young children are running around with the latest smart phones. Electronics can be functional, entertaining or innovative.
China, Japan and South Korea are churning out electronics 24/7/365. You could offer the name brands or knock-offs.
Online stores can upload more images with more electronics products to choose from, than brick-and-mortar stores. You can offer lower prices too. Provide personalized customer service to explain how the products work.
Electronics tend to be more expensive, so you can enjoy higher profit margins. You can justify spending more time answering customer questions when you complete these big-ticket sales.
Holiday sales for electronics can also be quite lucrative. People love to get the latest electronics in large boxes with wrapping and a colourful bow. Large-screen televisions, radios, cameras, laptops and smart phones offer hours of entertainment for the entire family. Electronics are very popular dropshipped items in Ausralia.
Everyone needs clothing. Men need rugged work overalls. Women want to stay current with the latest fashion.
Many fashion industry trends are set in Paris. The Australian upper class might appreciate the cache of wearing Chanel or Gucci. These luxury brands are well-made and difficult to duplicate.
Women might watch what the British Royals or their favorite actresses wear. This apparel becomes must-haves. A good eCommerce store can cater to wealthy clientele who wear luxury clothing brands.
Or, they can cater to a wide variety of clothing needs. Clothing is a necessity, so there will always be high demand.
Online stores don't need to carry every single item in their inventory. They can offer more variety and lower prices.
The e-Commerce experts can use their dropshipping software to quickly upload the latest fashion images onto their websites. In the "immediate gratification" culture, customers can get what they want, when they want it.
One trouble with fashion is that people will browse brick-and-mortar stores and then go online for a cheaper price. Of course, that is a great advantage for your online store. How can online store owners "capture" Web surfers, so they purchase from you?
Kate Hudson's Fabletics activewear clothing brand has created a great way to keep their customers interested, called the reverse storeroom technique. What this entails is trying to sign up customers online to clubs, where they can discuss their "Wish Lists" or receive invites to important fashion events.
Dropshipping stores can keep their website content fresh with stories and images about the latest celebrity fashion trends. You could discuss the top Australian actresses and suggest apparel (that you sell) that might look good on them.
Dropshipping stores can help a woman complete her wardrobe or add unique accessories. With dropshipping stores, females can find one-of-a-kind fashion items. It is no wonder that clothing is popular dropshipped items category.
The top global liquor, beer and wine brands might have their own vast distribution networks. The local Australian distillers, brewers and vintners cannot really compete with them; unless, they sell their products online.
Birthdays, concerts and sporting events are good times for alcohol sales. Some people feel more relaxed when they are imbibing adult beverages. They feel like they can interact better with strangers.
Try a new local craft beer each month. Aussies are well-known for making good beer. If people like the beer, add it to your product line.
The best alcohol can also be more expensive. This can give you better profit margins. You might also get regular customers planning for weekend parties.
Health is wealth. Beauty is a way to get noticed. Health and beauty stores might include natural herbal supplements, vitamins and alternative medicine products.
Some of those Old Wive's recipes really work. Everyone has a nagging health ailment or concern that they want to improve. As people age, these increase.
Natural, organic and herbal stores are rising to counteract the artificial, man-made products. For some, organic is simply another name for natural food – fresh milk from the cow or fresh vegetables from the garden. These natural foods just taste better.
An estimated 85% of Australians are urban dwellers. They might want to buy fresh food from an online store. You could satisfy the demand from the health-conscious, who don't live near farms.
Dietary supplements can help people achieve their body image goals. Weight lifters and athletes are trying to increase muscles using protein supplements, vitamins and minerals.
As Australians become more affluent, they are eating more junk food, full of salt, sugar and fat. Weight loss supplements are big business.
Vaping enthusiasts might want to buy essential oils to blend their own concoctions. Some hypo-allergenic beauty products are better for those with sensitive skin.
Chinese Traditional Medicine includes acupuncture, herbal concoctions and chi energy (life force) products. Practitioners believe that health problems might be due to physical, spiritual and emotional blockages. Chinese herbal products remove these obstacles, so the life force can flow more freely.
You could also sell exotic spices. Australian mothers are watching YouTube videos and might want the ingredients for some new meals.
When people get sick and traditional medicine fails them, they will look for alternatives. Doctors and hospitals can be very expensive. You could upload informative videos discussing the benefits of your health and beauty products.
What was your favorite toy growing up? Can you name the closest brick-and-mortar toy store to you? Online toy stores can fill an important need.
Toys and games are functional, entertaining and educational. Toys can teach girls how to care for their future babies and teach boys how to fix an automobile.
Parents understand the absolutely necessary functionality of toys – they keep your child busy, so they do not start crying and wake up the neighbors. Children demand immediate gratification.
Toys and games can stimulate the mind and body. Games can teach teamwork, competition, goal setting and goal achievement. Toys can teach motor skills. Educational games give children a head start.
The toy market is age-specific and requires marketing to parents and children. Children must like the games, but parents purchase them.
There are many reasons why you can't find certain merchandise elsewhere. It might be old and discontinued. This could include antique car parts for a vintage Rolls-Royce.
Certain items, like toys or music albums were very popular for a very short period of time. They might be instant collector's items that could be available on eBay. These classics are timeless.
When people want gifts for those who have everything, online gift stores can be a great resource. They can list more items and help people discover what they want with product images. Sometimes, people are only going off of a memory.
Tech-savvy, first adopters like to claim to own something cutting-edge. They understand how the technology works and might be able to fiddle around with it.
This specialty gift customer base will tend to be smaller, but very passionate about what they want. They will also be willing to pay more for scarcity.
Naturally, you will have higher demand for popular merchandise. Although, selling rare items could deliver higher profits, the demand will be less. Choose your product line carefully and provide excellent customer service to achieve dropshipping store success.