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RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS: GET 'EM OUT OF HERE! | WEEKEND FORECAST: STORMY WITH A SIDE OF THUG LIFE | KREMLIN CLAIMS BOLTON, BOLTON CLAIMS HE'S LENIN, MATTIS + KELLY CLAIM CAN'T WORK WITH BOLTON + TIM KAINE CLAIMS BOLTON CAN'T GET A SECURITY CLEARANCE | CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA RAIDED
MANY EUROPEAN NATIONS WILL 'LIKELY' EXPEL RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS
CNN reports in the context of advice that Trump will likely ignore from his National Security Council to expel Russian diplomats over Sergey Skripal's poisoning with Novichok in the U.K. that "Germany, France, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Czech, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Ireland and several others will 'likely' expel the Russians on Monday". Good. A nation with less Kremlin scum wandering about is a far better, healthier nation, but it is just a start we must hope against hope.
From CNN.
MAFIA TACTICS: NOBODY PUTS STORMY IN A CORNER
Because America must live on in our hearts, porn stars take precedent over all other things. CBS News reports, "A week and a half before the 2016 election, Donald Trump's personal attorney paid a porn star named Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged relationship with the Republican candidate for president. Today, that arrangement is well on its way to becoming the most talked-about 'hush agreement' in history, with potential legal and political implications for the president." A full half of "60 Minutes" Sunday night was devoted to Stormy's airing of grievances and it was truly a thing of beauty. TRUMPISTAN WATCH had a taco bowl and enjoyed the fine art of schadenfreude and hope many of you did as well. To bolster her claims, her lawyer, Michael Avenatti showed FedEx receipts addresses to Michael Cohen, Trump's personal attorney, at his Trump Tower address with Trump's name on it. Most important, Stormy and Avenatti made the case to the nation that, in Avenatti's words, "This is about the cover-up. This is about the extent that Mr. Cohen and the president have gone to intimidate this woman, to silence her, to threaten her, and to put her under their thumb. It is thuggish behavior from people in power. And it has no place in American democracy." As TRUMPISTAN WATCH is headquartered in Chicago, there was an exciting hat tip to "The Chicago Way" as Avenatti was asked directly by Anderson Cooper about his ties to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, something he did not exactly deny, stating, "I haven't done anything in politics in over 20 years". When pressed about how he was "a former Democratic operative" and how it "sounds political," Avenatti said the most Rahm Emanuel thing of all: "No, it sounds righteous." That's a response where you can literally smell Rahm.
From CBS News.
TRUMP'S PERSONAL ATTORNEY THREATENS STORMY WITH C + D
Fox News reports, "The lawyer for Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, sent adult film star Stormy Daniels a cease and desist letter late Sunday following her interview with '60 Minutes' where she spoke about her alleged affair with Trump and claimed she faced threats to her safety." Fox News adds, "Brent Blakely, Cohen's attorney, demanded that Daniels apologize for insinuating that his client was behind the threat she described that allegedly took place in a Las Vegas parking lot in 2011. Daniels said in the interview that an unidentified man told her: 'Leave Trump alone. Forget the story.' She said she was with her daughter at the time and the man continued, 'That's a beautiful little girl. It'd be a shame if something happened to her mom.'" Fox News notes, "The letter, which was also sent to Daniel's attorney, Michael Avenatti, demanded that the actress refrain from making 'false and defamatory statements' about Cohen in the future." And in response to the cease and desist letter, Avenatti went on "CBS This Morning," and said, "We're only getting started. Michael Cohen has zero credibility. We're going to prove it. His statements thus far in connection with this matter are laughable. This is a man who has a history of thuggish behavior, using intimidation tactics, and trying to step on little people. And as it relates to my client, it's going to come to an end and we're going to show the American people exactly who Michael Cohen is." Additionally, "Avenatti said on Monday that he is in the process of trying to discover the identity of the man Daniels claims threatened her. 'You can imagine how terrifying that was for my client,' he said," adding Stormy "receives threats on a near-hourly basis".
From Fox News and CBS News.
KREMLIN CLAIMS BOLTON BY SAYING IT IS AFFAIR OF US ADMINISTRATION
Reuters reports, "The Kremlin said on Friday the appointment of John Bolton as U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser was the affair of the U.S. administration." Wink, wink in case you miss it, this is the old, "Never believe anything until the Kremlin denies it," nod that in fact, they are indeed heavily involved in replacing McMaster with John Bolton, one might say overjoyed in fact if they are willing to do this little arrogant dance about it. On a daily call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, "That is not a question for us, it is for the U.S. administration". Bullshit. Trend News Agency in Azerbaijan adds, "Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has told reporters that he knows new US National Security Adviser John Bolton from when he served as Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, TASS reports. 'I worked with him, as he was the United States' acting permanent representative to the United Nations back then,' Lavrov said. 'He was an acting envoy, the Senate did not approve his appointment. He worked there for less than a year,' he added." Lavrov added, "We used to have occasional phone conversations. Once he came to New York from Washington and we met to discuss the situation at that moment," you know, asshole-to-asshole dialoguing that is in no way indicative of the fact that Bolton is as horrific as Flynn but on steroids.
From Reuters and Trend News Agency.
JOHN BOLTON ALREADY IMAGINES HE IS LENIN NOW
Foreign Policy reports, "Incoming National Security Advisor John Bolton and people close to him are expected to launch a massive shake-up at the National Security Council, aiming to remove dozens of current White House officials, starting with holdovers from President Barack Obama's administration". He and Foreign Policy mean civil servants loyal to this country, but whatever. Remember the goal of active measures is to capture the state so foreign policy, defense and the economy and remember John Bolton is on video praising a new era of freedom in Vladimir Putin's Russia. He is sworn in April 9, if the regime lasts that long. Circle the date on your calendar and remember to throw the kitchen sink at this problem before then.
From Foreign Policy.
MATTIS + KELLY UNENTHUSED ABOUT BOLTON; REGIME COULD COLLAPSE
The New York Times reports, "Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the retired general who has argued for keeping the Iran deal intact and warned that military confrontation with North Korea would result in 'the worst kind of fighting in most people's lifetimes,' told colleagues on Friday that he did not know if he could work with Mr. Bolton. The White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly, another retired four-star general, was also unenthusiastic about Mr. Bolton's hiring." So this means that without a Chief of Staff or a Defense Secretary, in American terms, you pretty much do not have a government and would have regime collapse. Not the worst thing given that our fake Russian bullshit president is really just Russian bullshit as fake and president cancel each other out. It also means we could be on the eve of destruction.
TIM KAINE QUESTIONS WHETHER BOLTON CAN GET SECURITY CLEARANCE
Fox News reports, "Incoming national security adviser John Bolton defended himself Sunday after a Democratic senator questioned whether he would be able to obtain the necessary security clearance over a video speech Bolton gave to a Russian pro-gun rights group in 2013." Fox News adds, "On Saturday, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., tweeted out a National Public Radio report about the group Bolton spoke to, known as The Right To Bear Arms. The NPR report described one of the group's founders, Alexander Torshin, as an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who served as the deputy speaker of Russia's parliament for more than 10 years. 'Can John Bolton even get a security clearance?' Kaine asked rhetorically. 'Ties to Russian allies of Vladimir Putin?'" Fox News notes, "According to the NPR report, Bolton was named to the NRA's international affairs subcommittee in 2011."
From Fox News.
TRUMP CAMP APPROVED OF PAPADOPOULOS MEETING RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
The Washington Post reports, "When a Russian news agency reached out to George Papadopoulos to request an interview shortly before the 2016 election, the young adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump made sure to seek approval from campaign headquarters. 'You should do it,"'deputy communications director Bryan Lanza urged Papadopoulos in a September 2016 email, emphasizing the benefits of a U.S. 'partnership with Russia.'" The Washington Post adds, "Papadopoulos had more extensive contact with key Trump campaign and presidential transition officials than has been publicly acknowledged. Among those who communicated with Papadopoulos were senior campaign figures such as strategist Stephen K. Bannon and adviser Michael Flynn, who corresponded with him about his efforts to broker ties between Trump and top foreign officials".
From The Washington Post.
FRIDAY NIGHT RAID ON CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA
After days when they had the opportunity to destroy or at least move sensitive materials to the Russian Embassy, The Guardian reports, "Investigators from Britain's data watchdog have spent nearly seven hours searching the London offices of Cambridge Analytica. Eighteen enforcement officers entered the Cambridge Analytica headquarters in London's West End on Friday night to search the premises after the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) was granted a warrant to examine its records. The officials concluded the search at about 3am on Saturday." The Guardian adds, "The focus of the data watchdog's investigation includes the acquisition and use of Facebook data by Cambridge Analytica, its parent company, SCL, and Dr Aleksandr Kogan, the academic who developed the app used to gather the data. The growing scandal stems from claims over the harvesting of personal data and whether it was used to affect the outcome of Donald Trump's US presidential campaign and the EU referendum," known as Brexit in the media. Meanwhile, CNN adds, "In a statement Friday, the company reiterated its previous claims that it did not use any of the data during its work for Trump. The firm also said it is 'now undertaking an independent third-party audit' to verify to the public it complied with a Facebook request in 2015 to delete the data." Do you believe any of that? Don't.
From The Guardian and CNN.
CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA VIOLATED US ELECTION LAW WITH FOREIGNERS
The Washington Post reports, "Cambridge Analytica assigned dozens of non-U.S. citizens to provide campaign strategy and messaging advice to Republican candidates in 2014, according to three former workers for the data firm, even as an attorney warned executives to abide by U.S. laws limiting foreign involvement in elections." The Washington Post adds, that Christopher Wylie "provided The Washington Post with documents that describe a program across several U.S. states to win campaigns for Republicans using psychological profiling to reach voters with individually tailored messages. The documents include previously unreported details about the program, which was called 'Project Ripon' for the Wisconsin town where the Republican Party was born in 1854." Of course, "U.S. election regulations say foreign nationals must not 'directly or indirectly participate in the decision-making process' of a political campaign, although they can play lesser roles."
GIULIANI'S FIRM WARNED CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA BROKE US ELECTION LAW
The Washington Examiner reports, "Rudy Giuliani's law firm warned Cambridge Analytica, which worked with the Trump campaign, in 2014 that foreign citizens could not play 'substantive management' roles in the running of U.S. election campaigns unless they were permanent residents". The Washington Examiner adds, "Lawyers from the firm formerly known as Bracewell & Giuliani, of which the former New York mayor and Trump campaign surrogate was a named partner, detailed their advice in a memo dated July 22, 2014, per MSNBC's Ari Melber on Friday. The document was addressed to Trump mega-donor Rebekah Mercer, Trump campaign CEO Steve Bannon, and Cambridge Analytica's suspended head, Alexander Nix, Melber said."
From The Washington Examiner.
JOHN BOLTON ALSO GETS HIS DATA FROM FIRM WITH KGB TACTICS
The New York Times reports, "The political action committee founded by John R. Bolton, President Trump's incoming national security adviser, was one of the earliest customers of Cambridge Analytica, which it hired specifically to develop psychological profiles of voters with data harvested from tens of millions of Facebook profiles, according to former Cambridge employees and company documents. Mr. Bolton's political committee, known as The John Bolton Super PAC, first hired Cambridge in August 2014, months after the political data firm was founded and while it was still harvesting the Facebook data." The New York Times adds, "'The data and modeling Bolton's PAC received was derived from the Facebook data,' said Christopher Wylie, a data expert who was part of the team that founded Cambridge Analytica. 'We definitely told them about how we were doing it. We talked about it in conference calls, in meetings.'" Wylie adds, "The Bolton PAC was obsessed with how America was becoming limp wristed and spineless and it wanted research and messaging for national security issues". The New York Times notes, "Using the psychographic models, Cambridge helped design concepts for advertisements for candidates supported by Mr. Bolton's PAC, including the 2014 campaign of Thom Tillis, the Republican senator from North Carolina, according to Mr. Wylie and another former employee," who spoke anonymously. Bolton wants people more militaristic to better hide the gay. What the hell is that about?
CONGRESS SNUCK IN RUSSIA SANCTIONS INTO SPENDING BILL
The Daily Beast reports, "Buried in the massive $1.3 trillion spending bill that Congress is considering this week are strict new punishments against Russia, in what lawmakers and aides say is a message to President Donald Trump to reconsider his relaxed posture toward Moscow." The Daily Beast adds, "The legislation, which Trump was always expected to sign, includes restrictions that bar many federal agencies from engaging financially or otherwise with the Kremlin and its backers on a number of fronts. Lawmakers from both parties viewed those provisions and others as an opportunity to enshrine new punishments against Vladimir Putin's regime at a time when the Trump administration has taken heat for its refusal to immediately and fully implement mandatory sanctions and other punishments." The Daily Beast notes, "Multiple lawmakers and congressional sources from both parties said the new financial barriers aimed at punishing Russia are both robust and significant, and were crafted in light of Russia's continued aggression in eastern Europe and the Middle East in addition to the likelihood that the Kremlin tries to meddle in the 2018 midterm elections." The Daily Beast adds, "The spending bill bars the use of federal funds for 'enter[ing] into new contracts with, or new agreements for Federal assistance to, the Russian Federation,' and allocates $250 million to the Countering Russian Influence Fund—a 150 percent increase from last year. Additionally, it authorizes significant new sanctions against Russia over its actions in eastern Europe and the Middle East."
From The Daily Beast.
ZUCK SUMMONED TO APPEAR BEFORE CONGRESS, AGAIN!
Business Insider reports, "The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Friday requested public testimony from Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder and CEO, adding to the list of congressional panels looking to haul in the company's top executives." The committee is lead by Republican Sen. John Thune and Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. Business Insider adds, "The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has also requested Zuckerberg's testimony, while the Senate Judiciary Committee has been mulling doing so since two senators asked its chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley, to bring the billionaire in for a public hearing."
From Business Insider.
RANSOMWARE ATTACK AGAINST CITY OF ATLANTA
CNN reports, "Atlanta's mayor on Thursday urged anyone with personal information in city information systems to check their financial records as an investigation continues into a ransomware attack on the city." CNN adds, "Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms advised city employees to contact credit agencies and monitor their bank accounts in case their personal data was compromised. She urged the public to take the same precautions while investigators work to determine the scope of the attack." CNN notes, "Atlanta Chief Operating Officer Richard Cox confirmed that the city received a written demand related to the attack. When asked in the news conference if the city was going to pay a ransom, Bottoms said, 'We can't speak to that right now.'"
TUMBLR BREAKS SILENCE ON DISINFO ON ITS SITE
Wired Magazine reports, "After months of silence, Tumblr Friday released a list of 84 usernames and their aliases that it says were connected to 'state-sponsored disinformation and propaganda campaigns.' It's the first time the company has publicly acknowledged what journalists and researchers have known now for months: Russian trolls also used Tumblr to spread their divisive memes and gifs, reportedly to the tune of hundreds of thousands of interactions." Wired adds wryly, "'Democracy requires transparency and an informed electorate, and we take our responsibilities very seriously,' Tumblr wrote in a brief introduction to the list. 'We aggressively monitor Tumblr for signs of state-sponsored disinformation campaigns, and take the appropriate action when we uncover anything.' A company spokesperson declined to answer follow-up questions about what form that monitoring takes, how comprehensive the current list is, and what took Tumblr so long to make this information public." Yes, Tumblr is so serious about transparency it will not answer follow up questions just as Mark and Sheryl so want the truth after being white knuckled shaking in anger for two years that they were literally paralyzed to inaction. Furthermore, Tumblr is so committed to transparency that "when researcher Jonathan Albright told Buzzfeed about IRA-related content on Tumblr, the blogging company and its parent business Oath offered no comment at all, despite reportedly opening Buzzfeed's emails more than 290 times." Wired Magazine notes, "Among the accounts are names like bleepthepolice, blacknproud, blackness-by-your-side, and black-to-the-bones. One particularly disturbing post Albright unearthed from 4mysquad featured a GIF of a black girl being sexually assaulted by a police officer. The description for the video said that the officer in question was a member of NYPD; he was in fact a police officer in South Africa."
From Wired Magazine.
RUSSIA CREATING ISSUES WITH SOVIET ERA BULLSHIT IN NORTH CAROLINA
The AP reports, "Back in World War II when the U.S. and Russia were allied against the Nazis, hundreds of Soviet aviators were trained on the North Carolina coast as part of a secret spy project — but now, an effort to honor their mission has triggered a miniature Cold War in a small American city. The Russian Ministry of Defense wants to place a 25-ton bronze monument in Elizabeth City, where the recently declassified 'Project Zebra' was carried out. Russia would pay for the 13-foot tall monument, with the city footing the bill for improvements to the as-yet undeveloped park on the Pasquotank River where it would be located." You know what the Russian Defense Ministry can do with its 25 ton bronze monument? Luckily, "amid international tensions and fears about Russian hacking of U.S. elections, Elizabeth City elected officials have rejected a memorandum of understanding that was to be the next step," the AP adds. From the AP.
EASTERN EUROPEAN ALLIES SUMMON RUSSIAN AMBASSADORS
Citing reports in Russian news agencies, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports, "The Russian ambassadors to Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have been summoned to meetings at those countries' foreign ministries". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty adds, "The reports on March 26, which cited various named and unnamed Russian diplomats, did not say whether reasons were given for the summonses. They came amid signs that several European Union countries are preparing to expel Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia with a nerve toxin in England." Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty notes, "Officials in the three Baltic states, Poland, and the Czech Republic said they are considering expelling Russian diplomats."
From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
TRUMP'S MONEY ALWAYS TIED TO THUGS
The New York Times reports on "investor and defense contractor" Elliot Broidy who "became a top fund-raiser for Mr. Trump's campaign when most elite Republican donors were keeping their distance, and Mr. Trump in turn overlooked the lingering whiff of scandal from Mr. Broidy's 2009 guilty plea in a pension fund bribery case." The New York Times adds, "After Mr. Trump's election, Mr. Broidy quickly capitalized, marketing his Trump connections to politicians and governments around the world, including some with unsavory records," such as, "a Congolese strongman accused of funding a lavish lifestyle with public resources," "an Angolan politician," and, "a Romanian parliamentarian facing corruption charges, who posted a photograph with the president on Facebook." The New York Times notes, "Broidy was so aggressive, some associates said, that they warned him to tone down his approach for fear that he might run afoul of the president, clients or American lobbying and anti-corruption laws."
TRUMP'S NEW LAWYER DIGENOVA WILL NOT BE JOINING LEGAL TEAM
CBS News reports, "Former U.S. attorney Joseph diGenova and his wife and law partner Victoria Toensing will not be joining the legal team representing President Trump in the Russia probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller. Mr. Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow said Sunday morning that 'conflicts' prevented the pair from formally joining the legal team, but said they would assist in other areas." CBS News notes, "Sekulow had announced diGenova's addition to the legal team last week, saying in a statement that he had 'full confidence that he will be a great asset in our representation of the President,'" and, "Trump denied Sunday morning that he was having trouble finding lawyers to represent him in the Russia probe". Do not believe your eyes and ears; just believe what the illegitimate fake Russian bullshit president and the Russian mafia state and their proxies tell you. Bonus problem for extra credit: this means Scaramucci lasted how many diGenovas?
CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA SUPER SECRET PITCH PRESENTATION REVEALED
The Guardian reports, "The blueprint for how Cambridge Analytica claimed to have won the White House for Donald Trump by using Google, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube is revealed for the first time in an internal company document". The Guardian notes, "The 27-page presentation was produced by the Cambridge Analytica officials who worked most closely on Trump's 2016 presidential campaign." The Guardian adds, "Intensive survey research, data modelling and performance-optimising algorithms were used to target 10,000 different ads to different audiences in the months leading up to the election. The ads were viewed billions of times, according to the presentation. The document was presented to Cambridge Analytica employees in London, New York and Washington DC weeks after Trump's victory, providing an insight into how the controversial firm helped pull off one of the most dramatic political upsets in modern history." The Guardian cites, "Brittany Kaiser, 30, who was Cambridge Analytica's business development director until two weeks ago, when she left over a contractual dispute," as the source, describing her as "the second former employee to come forward in less than a week, talking exclusively to the Guardian about the inner workings of the firm, including the work she said it conducted on the UK's EU membership referendum." Kaiser told The Guardian, "Everyone wanted to know: past clients, future clients. The whole world wanted to see it. This is what we were allowed to confidentially show people if they signed a non-disclosure agreement." The Guardian adds, "Kaiser claims to be committed to human rights, but many would argue her career at Cambridge Analytica tells a different story. She has worked extensively for the firm, pitching business to clients in countries that have a history of exploitation by western political mercenaries, including Lithuania, Benin, Ethiopia and Libya." There are no saints in politics, only degrees of whoring.
From The Guardian.
COLLEAGUES RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT KOGAN'S USE OF DATA
The Cambridge Student reports, "Former colleagues of Dr Aleksandr Kogan, the man at the centre of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, expressed concern for the way Kogan used data gathered through university research for the benefit of political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica." Citing a Financial Times story, The Cambridge Student notes, "a Cambridge academic, who wishes to remain anonymous, claims that Kogan, during his employment as a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Psychology, used Facebook information 'in ways that we might not have approved of and clearly threatened to undermine liberal democracy.'" The Cambridge Student adds, "Cambridge Psychometrics Centre was at the time working on developing tools that would be able to analyse anonymised Facebook data for political and psychological research. At the time, Kogan claimed that fears surrounding the ethics of his work were unfounded and he had developed his own tools without using university resources. Concerns were later passed to the university. Following a series of hostile messages between the university's legal team and the psychometrics department, the University was forced to employ an external lawyer to arbitrate the dispute. The case was eventually abandoned due to its complex nature". According to The Cambridge Student, "Kogan's app, downloaded by over 220,000 users, allowed him access to over 50 million facebook profiles." Of note, "Kogan has not been suspended from his university position, but has been removed from his Russian government-funded role at the University of Petersburg and suspended from Facebook."
From The Cambridge Student.
JOHN BOLTON LOVES HATEFUL FAKE NEWS WHEN IT'S ABOUT MUSLIMS
The Intercept reports, "John Bolton, President Donald Trump's pick to be his new national security adviser, has a long association with a group infamous for its role in publishing 'fake news' and spreading hate about Muslims." According to The Intercept, Bolton is "chair of the Gatestone Institute, a nonprofit that focuses largely on publishing original commentary and news related to the supposed threat that Islam poses to Western society. He has served in that role since 2013." The Intercept notes, "The website routinely portrays Muslim migrants and refugees as an existential threat to Europe and the United States, claiming that immigrants bring 'highly infectious diseases,' genital mutilation practices, and terror to any nation that accepts them. The site spent years sharply criticizing the Obama administration for having a 'traditional Muslim bias' against Christians." The Intercept adds, "Bolton has made no effort to conceal his close ties to the forces of Islamophobia. As reporter Eli Clifton noted, Bolton wrote the foreward to a book authored by Robert Spencer and Pamella Geller, two American activists that have led the charge in protesting mosques and spreading conspiracy theories about the threat posed by Islam."
From The Intercept.
DETRUMPIFICATION WATCH: JEFF ZUCKER FEELS NO RESPONSIBILITY
ABC News reports no-self awareness "CNN chief Jeff Zucker sharply attacked the network's rivals at Fox News Channel on Thursday, saying that it has become a propaganda machine that is 'doing an incredible disservice to the country.'" Excuse me, sir, who was the president of NBC when "The Apprentice" aired? Who cut out of Hillary rallies to go direct to Trump rallies because you never knew what Trump might say? He probably also blames rural voters into whose living rooms CNN pumped Trump rallies unfiltered during the campaign because those people should have really known better. When the hour for deTrumpification arrives, no one forget about Jeff Zucker.
From ABC News.
ZUCK IS NOT REALLY SORRY, HE'S JUST SORRY HE GOT CAUGHT
Business Insider reports, "Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took out full page ads in several British and American newspapers to apologise for the Cambridge Analytica scandal that has roiled the company over the past two weeks." Do you think he means it? Business Insider notes, "'We have a responsibility to protect your information. If we can't, we don't deserve it,' says the ad, which ran in papers including The New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal."
RUSSIAN OUTLETS BOYCOTT DUMA OVER SEX ABUSE CLAIMS RESPONSE
The New York Times reports, "Numerous Russian news media outlets vowed on Thursday to curtail their coverage of the State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament, a day after its ethics commission exonerated a lawmaker accused of sexual harassment by several female journalists." The New York Times adds, "Some two dozen publications have declared a boycott of the 14-member commission and of the lawmaker, Leonid E. Slutsky, a member from the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia, a right-wing nationalist group, who is the chairman of the international affairs committee. Some organizations said they were stopping all professional interaction with Mr. Slutsky, while others like the popular Ekho Moskvy radio station announced a broader ban, withdrawing reporters from the Duma altogether. 'Ekho Moskvy considers the State Duma an unsafe work location for journalists of both sexes,' said Aleksei A. Venediktov, the station's editor in chief." Pay attention as this is important since, "The Parliament is widely viewed as a rubber stamp for the Kremlin".
ORANGE SNOW IN EASTERN EUROPE
BBC News reports, "People in eastern Europe have been wondering at the appearance of orange-tinted snow. Pictures of the snow have been posted on social media from Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Romania and Moldova." BBC News adds, "Meteorologists say the phenomenon is caused by sand from Sahara desert storms mixing with snow and rain. It occurs roughly once every five years but concentrations of sand are higher than usual this time. People have complained of sand in their mouths."
From BBC News.
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My name is Conor Donnellan and I am a student at St. John Bosco Community College, Kildysart, Co. Clare.
I travelled to South Africa with the charity Missionvale Ireland in January,2015. For me this was the best experience I have encountered to date. It was a very productive ten days both mentally and physically. I really learned a lot from this trip.
When we arrived in Missionvale on Sunday evening, we got a tour of the Missionvale Care Centre and we got a briefing on what would happen for the week ahead. Our work started the following morning and we had to get up a 6.15 am and be out of the hotel, on the bus for 7.00am that was a task in itself!
On arrival in Missionvale we were greeted by the people of Missionvale with songs and dances. That for me was something I won't forget. The work started immediately and I was sent to the gardens where I worked for the day under the blistering sun. This was good because I gained the knowledge on how to sow and how hard it is to have a garden with fruit and vegetables in Summer time in South Africa with very little rain.
The next day I spent the day in the clothes warehouse folding and putting clothes on the shelves. The people of Missionvale get thousands of bags of clothes from a lot of countries.
Wednesday I went to the Father Christmas warehouse where I wrapped presents all day for the children of Missionvale. Father Christmas comes to over 7,000 children in Missionvale.
Thursday I handed out food to the people of Missionvale. It was a fantastic experience seeing the people's faces light up after giving them food. A food parcel consisted of a half a loaf of bread, five teabags, soup powder and two bars of soap.
Friday for me was the hardest day both mentally and physically. In the morning we went out into the township of Missionvale. It certainly was an eye opener to see the conditions the people live in and to say the least it was an overwhelming experience. In the afternoon I barrowed concrete and for me that was physically tiring underneath the hot sun.
Looking back on this trip there were many positive moments like seeing the smiles and energy of the children even though they have very little. What I found difficult to take was not alone the poverty but I realise some people have great potential to achieve better things but can't because they have no money to get them out of the poverty circle.
Over the week I had the pleasure of meeting one of the most inspirational women I now know, Sr. Ethel Normoyle. She had great love for us as we did for her. I find it hard to describe her as she is just amazing in the work she does and I really learned a lot from her. I hope I can return in the future and help again once more.


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Here's a quandary. At the outset of my romance, my heroine hardly knows my hero. Or does she scarcely know him? Or should I say barely? And how do I figure this one out? My ear tells me that scarcely is not quite right. We don't know people scarcely. My heroine may have scarcely two dimes to rub together, but not knowing the hero well is more a matter of barely knowing him. Or hardly knowing him. Which is it? I would like to be sure.
I turn to my well-worn Webster's Tenth Collegiate for advice, to barely, and am cross-referenced to hardly and scarcely, as if they are synonyms. Oh dear. The very notion of synonyms misleads people. Synonyms--words of similar meaning--are never exactly interchangeable. Language is efficient. Virtually every word in English is unique. With these three words I want the fine shadings of difference.
The two slim definitions of barely don't help much. The first equates it with scarcely and hardly as if they were identical. The second compares it to plainly, as in a meager manner.
On to hardly. This is encouraging. It gives five senses of the word, two of which apply. Hardly is "used to emphasize a minimal amount" as in "I hardly knew her" or "almost new with hardly a scratch upon it." It can also mean "Certainly not" as in "that news is hardly surprising."
The first example is right on target.
Not the senses that I need. I think.
After going to all this trouble, I hope that hardly fits the sense I mean. But don't the cross-references suggest the words are interchangeable? Uncertain still, I turn to a useful primer on matters of style and usage, the Harbrace College Handbook. To my consternation, it doesn't consider my dilemma (oops, wrong word)--my quandary important enough to list among its Words Frequently Confused (e.g., allude/ elude, clothes/ cloths, conscience/ conscious, elicit/ illicit, lightening/ lightning, and many more pitfalls for the conscientious writer).
It does mention hardly and scarcely in its usage glossary, with a caution against using them in double negatives. But I can't hardly imagine myself doing that.
Looking for a definitive answer, I take out Webster's Dictionary of English Usage, a guide that almost never lets me down. Barely is not defined. We're cautioned to use it with when, not than (he had barely begun to fight when it was over) and to avoid the double negative. And it cross-references us to hardly. There, the same issues are discussed, and we're cross-referenced to scarcely for more of the same.
I should have been more patient with the definitions and examples in the dictionary. My heroine hardly knew him. The example gave me the model I needed. Whew. My journey has taken me through three different, equally valid, reference works, and shown me that language is very slippery in the end. Another time, I might find the answer in Harbrace, another time in the usage dictionary. After all this effort, perhaps I should lie down. Or is that lay?


Learn more about WW1 America with MNHS collections, educational offerings and publications, which will be accessible through a new website at www.mnhs.org/WW1America.
Daily posts during the centennial of America's involvement in the war will feature MNHS collection items, including soldiers' diaries and letters, government records, artifacts, local newspapers, publications and photographs.
MNHS holds many materials covering the efforts of Minnesotans during WW1, both at home and abroad. The State Archives include military service records, photographs and records regarding Minnesota's war effort at home. MNHS also holds photographs, letters, diaries, newspapers, reminiscences, posters and war-related objects. A new WW1 library guide can help researchers navigate these resources.
A new primary source kit for use in grades 6-12 includes a curated set of primary sources supplemented with discussion questions and activity suggestions. Sources relate to the American experiences of war. In addition, a section of the MNHS education website will feature online resources, including digitized primary sources and teaching resources related to the exhibit themes and to broad social studies topics including suffrage, temperance, immigration, labor and the war itself.
MNHS Press offers "Alice in France: The World War I Letters of Alice M. O'Brien" by Nancy O'Brien Wagner (April 2017), the story of a young woman who forgoes a privileged life to volunteer for service in war-torn France. In addition, acclaimed newspaper reporter Curt Brown is working on a manuscript about Minnesota in 1918, due in 2018. Backlist titles include "Food Will Win the War" by Rae Eighmey and "Watchdog of Loyalty: The Minnesota Commission of Public Safety During World War I" by Carl Chrislock.
Discover an extensive list of WW1 articles with MNopedia, the free online encyclopedia of people, places, events and things relating to Minnesota history.
Upcoming articles include "Anna Gilbertson and the Gold Star Mothers Pilgrimage after World War I" by Susan L. Schrader (Spring 2017) and "Loyalty within Racism: the Segregated Sixteenth Battalion of the Minnesota Home Guard During World War I" by Peter DeCarlo (Summer 2017). Plus explore the "Minnesota History" archive for stories about anti-German sentiment, how Minnesotans supplied food to win the war and WW1 shipbuilding in Duluth.


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Oxford atlas of the world
Authors: Philip's (Firm) (Cartographer, Author), Keith Lye (Author), Wil Tirion (Cartographer), Oxford University Press (Publisher)
Summary: "The only world atlas updated annually, guaranteeing that users will find the most current geographic information ... Full of crisp, clear cartography of urban areas and virtually uninhabited landscapes around the globe, the Atlas is filled with maps of cities and regions at carefully selected scales that give a striking view of the Earth's surface. It opens with a fascinating look at world statistics, a six-page special on 'Land and Maritime Boudaries, ' and satellite images of earth, including 8 x 10 stunning new images sourced from NASA's latest Earth Observation Satellite, Landsat 8, launched in 2013. The extraordinarily extensive front matter continues with a 'Gazetteer of Nations' that has been comprehensively checked and updated to include recent economic and political changes. The 48-page 'Introduction to World Geography' is beautifully illustrated with tables and graphs on numerous topics of geographic significance, such as climate change, world religions, employment, industry, and a new 2-page feature tourism and travel, including information on air travel and major airports, the importance of tourism to the economy, and tourist earnings and spending. The hundreds of city and world maps that form the body of the Atlas have been thoroughly updated for this 25th edition"--Publisher's description
Map, English, 2018
Edition: Twenty-fifth edition View all formats and editions
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA, New York, NY, 2018


SAN MARINO — It was the final game of the regular season for the La Cañada High girls' basketball team and it needed to finish with a victory to guarantee a repeat Rio Hondo League title.
Although the Spartans came into the finale tied atop the Rio Hondo with South Pasadena, the Tigers were finishing on the road against a winless Blair squad, which they beat by 74 points in the first meeting. Thus, anything less than a win for the Spartans would almost assuredly mean even a share of the league crown would be out of reach.
Standing in the way Thursday evening was host San Marino, but despite playing what Spartans Coach Tamar Hill labeled "an ugly game," La Cañada overcame the Titans with relative ease to stake its claim to the Rio Hondo crown and repeat as league champion with a 58-31 win.
La Cañada (21-5, 9-1) was led to victory by Bessho, who had a stellar all-around game and was key in the second quarter that saw the Spartans outscore San Marino (7-19, 4-6), 21-1.
Bessho led all scorers with 18 points, including 12 in the second quarter after going scoreless in the first. This also meant she had outdistanced the home team, which trailed, 36-9, at half. All of the junior's points came inside, as she tormented the Titans in the paint while going eight of 14 from the field.
"Honestly, it was more my teammates working really hard and I was just the one putting in the lay-ups. I give all props to them," Bessho said.
The La Cañada guard also pulled down 12 rebounds, two steals, one assist and one block.
Senior guard Courtney Chen joined Bessho in double digits with 10 points. Senior forward Alyssa Miller chipped in nine points via three makes from beyond the arc.
Past the halfway point of the opening quarter, La Cañada held a slim 9-8 lead over San Marino when the Titans called a timeout. Hill could be heard in the huddle telling her team they were trying to "get ready for the playoffs and not take a vacation." After that, the Spartans scored the last six points of the first quarter and then the first 14 points of the second to complete a 20-0 run.
Titan Jacqueline Chou, who scored all of her team's points in the first quarter, led San Marino with 13 points.
The win means that La Cañada, ranked No. 2 in CIF Southern Section Division IIIA, wins a second consecutive Rio Hondo league title with the identical record it achieved in last season's run to the outright crown. Additionally, in both league championship seasons, the lone Rio Hondo defeat for the Spartans was at the hands of South Pasadena, which currently sits at No. 6 in Division IIIA.
Next for the Spartans will be the CIF-Southern section playoffs, where La Cañada will look to match or improve upon its semifinal run of last season.


(Page 1 of 25) - Caribbean Negritos: Ram�n Rivero, Blackface, and �Black� Voice in Puerto Rico authored by Rivero, Yeidy.
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}}Michael (Mike) Offenberg''' (Amsterdam, 26 februari 1976) is een voormalig Nederlands profvoetballer die voor HFC Haarlem uitkwam. Na het beëindigen van zijn voetbalcarrière kwam hij in het criminele circuit terecht.

Biografie

Jeugd
Offenberg werd geboren in Amsterdam, als kleinzoon van bekende Amsterdamse hasjhandelaar Gijs van Dam sr. Zijn vader onderhield vriendschappelijke banden met Heinekenontvoerders Willem Holleeder en Cor van Hout. Nadat in 1984 Offenbergs vader overleed bij een auto-ongeluk, ontfermden Holleeder en Van Hout zich over Offenberg.

Jeugdopleiding
Op jonge leeftijd werd Offenberg gescout door AFC Ajax. Hij kwam in de jeugdopleiding van de Amsterdamse club terecht, waar hij onder andere samenspeelde en bevriend raakte met Clarence Seedorf. Offenberg doorliep alle jeugdelftallen bij Ajax en gold binnen de opleiding als groot talent. Een van zijn toenmalige trainers, Co Adriaanse, noemde hem de beste speler die hij ooit bij Ajax onder zijn hoede had gehad. Offenberg kwam daarnaast uit voor diverse vertegenwoordigende elftallen. Tot een debuut in het eerste elftal zou het echter nooit komen.

Toen Offenberg de A-jeugd had bereikt, ontwikkelde hij een moeilijke relatie met Hoofd Jeugdopleidingen Co Adriaanse. Adriaanse kreeg maar slecht grip op Offenberg, die door onbezonnen gedrag diverse rode kaarten haalde. Ondertussen was Offenberg wel uitgegroeid tot een van de dragende spelers bij het Nederlands voetbalelftal onder 17. In de zomer van 1993 escaleerde de situatie. Naar aanleiding van Offenbergs houding en gedrag verzocht Ajax bondscoach Dick Advocaat hem niet meer op te roepen. Het was uiteindelijk Gerard van der Lem, de rechterhand van hoofdtrainer Louis van Gaal, die Offenberg een kans bood in het tweede elftal. Hierop werd ook het verzoek aan de KNVB weer ingetrokken. In september 1993 werd Offenberg, die nog immer op amateurbasis speelde bij Ajax, uitgenodigd door de Franse topclub AS Monaco voor een oefenstage. Offenberg besloot op de uitnodiging in te gaan, maar vertelde Van der Lem dat hij vanwege privéomstandigheden een week afwezig was. Na terugkomst biechtte hij de stage op aan Van der Lem, die dagenlang vergeefs contact met hem probeerde te krijgen. Hierop besloot de club, mede om een voorbeeld te stellen voor andere jeugdspelers, Offenberg, die nog steeds te boek stond als een van de grootste talenten, uit de opleiding te verwijderen.

Voetbalcarrière
Na zijn plotselinge vertrek bij Ajax dook hij in november 1993 op bij PSV, dat er als de kippen bij was om de jeugdinternational over te nemen. Offenberg was echter niet speelgerechtigd voor de rest van het seizoen 1993-1994 in Nederland. Hij speelde een oefenduel met de reserves mee tegen VV Dinteloord, maar de club besloot hem niet vast te leggen. Vervolgens was hij op proef bij FC Volendam, Roda JC en Port Vale. Roda leek er met de spits vandoor te gaan, maar op het laatste moment besloot de club Offenberg, vanwege zijn contacten met de Heinekenontvoerders, geen contract aan te bieden en hun interesse te verleggen naar de Pool Tomasz Iwan. Aan het begin van de competitie was het Offenberg nog niet gelukt een nieuwe club te vinden. Aan het begin van het seizoen 1994-1995 toonde PSV via hoofdtrainer Aad de Mos, die Offenberg nog kende uit de Ajaxjeugd, opnieuw interesse in de spits. De club bood hem een stage aan, maar na De Mos' ontslag bij de Eindhovense ploeg besloot Offenberg hiervan af te zien.

In november 1994 vond Offenberg uiteindelijk emplooi bij HFC Haarlem, dat uitkwam in de Eerste divisie. In Haarlem hij werd herenigd met Donny Huijsen, een oude vriend uit de jeugd van Ajax. Offenberg bracht tevens Holleeder en Van Hout mee naar de club, die zich er gedurende het seizoen 1994-1995 regelmatig lieten zien. Waar Huysen zich ontwikkelde tot een revelatie, kwam Offenberg, mede door enkele blessures, nooit terug in vorm. Offenberg speelde in het seizoen 1994-1995 enkele wedstrijden voor Haarlem, voor zijn contract in de zomer van 1995 niet verlengd werd. Hij liet zich hierop overschrijven naar Zwarte Schapen.

In 1996 lonkte een laatste kans om terug te keren naar het voetbal. Clarence Seedorf, die inmiddels bij Real Madrid speelde, vernam dat Offenbergs carrière op een dood spoor was geraakt en vroeg zijn trainer Fabio Capello of Offenberg een tijdje met hen zou mogen meetrainen. Capello stemde toe en Offenberg reisde af naar Madrid, waar hij zou intrekken bij Seedorf. Tijdens een medische keuring trof de cardioloog echter een ernstige hartafwijking aan. Offenberg, die bij Ajax vaak vermoeidheidsklachten had en regelmatig het predicaat lui had gekregen, bleek een slecht functionerende hartklep te hebben. Bij grote inspanningen stond het hart soms zelfs enkele seconden stil, wat grote risico's met zich meebracht. Een terugkeer naar het betaald voetbal werd hiermee uitgesloten.

Criminaliteit
Na het beëindigen van zijn voetbalcarrière werd Offenberg steeds vaker met de criminaliteit in verband gebracht. Hij werd veroordeeld voor deelname aan een gewapende overal, verboden wapenbezit, bedreiging en oplichting. Daarnaast werd hij in verband gebracht met drugshandel. Zo kwam zijn naam voor in de onderzoekdossiers rond Holleeder.

Nederlands crimineel
Nederlands voetballer


SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Jonathan Rinehart has been named president of the Salt Lake City Stars, the Utah Jazz's NBA G League affiliate.
Rinehart has been a member of the Jazz staff for 12 years and served as vice president of communications the last three seasons. He was also on the NBA's Public Relations Advisory Board the last six seasons. The new president officially takes over on Sept. 1.
Rinehart will continue as executive director and the primary organizer of the Utah Jazz Summer League.
The Stars organization moved from Boise, Idaho, to Salt Lake City last season to be closer to the Jazz operations and make it easier for players who spend time on both rosters.


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This project involved a 1,500 SF renovation/fit-up of an existing space. The North Dakota Ballet Company moved into a portion of the former Sears Department Store in the former Grand Cities Mall, now known as Hope Mall, in 2001. At the time, minimal work was done to make the space suitable for dance and no modifications were done in the lobby space. The new design included an updated lobby plus additional offices and a locker room. New LED lighting was added throughout and the dance studio spaces were painted.


Our mission, in partnership with parents and the community, is to become the best educational system in America so all students demonstrate they are caring, responsible, and knowledgeable citizens.
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Католическая колонизация Прибалтики — совокупность действий немецких, датских и шведских крестоносцев для завоевания земель современной Прибалтики, под флагом обращения населения в христианство, в конце XII — первой половине XIII столетия. В результате этой кампании на землях прибалтийских племён — ливов, леттов (латгалов), куршей, земгалов, эстов, пруссов и других — возникло государство Тевтонского ордена, находящееся в подчинении Римско-католической церкви и Священной Римской империи. Также возникла Датская Эстляндия.

Хроника колонизации
В 997 году польский король Болеслав I послал чешского епископа Адальберта Пражского с миссией в Пруссию. Миссия обернулась провалом, а Адальберт был зверски убит. Его последователь, Бруно Кверфуртский, также был убит пруссами в 1009 году.

В 1157 году состоялся первый крестовый поход шведского короля Эрика в Финляндию и было учреждено первое епископство в этих землях под началом Генриха.

В мае 1164 года шведы осаждают Ладогу, но терпят поражение от новгородцев 28 мая.

Колонизация Ливонии и первые притязания на Эстонию
В 1184 году в устье Даугавы прибывает немецкий миссионер Мейнард фон Зегеберг. Он обращается к полоцкому князю Владимиру за разрешением проповедовать в землях его вассалов ливов и получает согласие.

Летом 1185 года Мейнард приглашает каменщиков с Готланда для строительства каменных замков Икскюль и Гольм.

В 1186 году учреждена католическая Икскюльская епархия.

В 1193 году папа Целестин III объявил крестовый поход против прибалтийских язычников с целью обратить их в католичество и вывести из-под влияния православия.

В 1195 году заканчивается строительство замков Икскюль и Гольм, местные жители изгоняют католических проповедников из Ливонии. В 1196 году умирает Мейнард.

Весной 1197 года в Ливонию уже с вооружённым отрядом прибывает 2-й икскюльский епископ Бертольд Шульте. 24 июля 1198 года ливы убивают его в бою на месте будущего города Риги.

В 1198 году создаётся Тевтонский орден, 19 февраля 1199 года папа Иннокентий III утверждает его устав своей буллой.

В 1199 году ливы полностью изгоняют со своей земли католических проповедников и немцев.

Весной 1199 года епископом искюльским назначается бременский каноник Альберт фон Буксгевден, племянник Бременского архиепископа Гартвига II. Он собирает в северогерманских землях Священной Римской империи внушительное войско, которое прибывает в Ливонию на следующий год.

В 1201 году епископ Альберт переносит свою резиденцию ближе к устью Даугавы, основывая там укрепление Рига, куда перенесен официальный центр Рижского епископства, главой которого Альберта назначил своей буллой 1202 года папа Иннокентий III.

В 1202 году образовано Ливонское братство воинов Христа (более известное как «Орден меченосцев» — военная сила для борьбы с язычниками под флагом их обращения в христианство.

В 1203 году Владимир Полоцкий, стремясь получить контроль над ливами, ввторгся в Ливонию, где захватил замок Икскюль, заставив платить ему дань. Однако вскоре ему пришлось столкнуться с сопротивлением крестоносцев. После неудачной попытки захватить замок Гольм Владимир отступил. Это была первая схватка князей Руси с крестоносцами на земле, которая ранее платила дань Руси.

В 1204 году папа Иннокентий III уполномочил лундского архиепископа объявлять крестовые походы в Прибалтику, создав своеобразный противовес растущему влиянию рижской епархии в этом регионе.

Весной 1205 года немцы разгромили литву при Роденпойсе. В том же году крестоносцы начинают двигаться вверх по течению Даугавы и захватывают Икскюль, Леневарден, Ашераден.

В 1206 году немцы совершают поход на Торейду и захватывают её. Племенной вождь Каупо был первым из ливов, про которого известно, что он принял крещение. Когда немецкий гнёт стал усиливаться, ливы восстали против крестоносцев и их духовных вождей, но восстание было подавлено. Каупо оставался союзником крестоносцев вплоть до своей гибели в сражении при Вильянди в 1217 году. Его потомки образовали остзейский аристократический род фон Ливенов.

4 июня 1206 года крестоносцы наносят разгром ливам у Гольма. Летом того же года полоцкий князь Владимир предпринимает второй поход в Ливонию.

В 1206 году датчане под водительством короля Вальдемара II делают первую попытку захвата Эзеля.

В 1208 году Орден меченосцев и рижский епископ захватывают Кукейносское княжество. Князь Вячко уходит на Русь.

Колонизация Эстонии и отказ Руси от Ливонии и Эстонии

В 1209 году начинается проникновение ливонских миссионеров на земли эстов. В том же году немецкие крестоносцы вместе с латгалами предпринимают поход на эстов.

В 1209 году происходит подчинение Герцикского княжества ливонским рыцарям. Князь Всеволод признаёт себя вассалом рижского епископа Альберта Буксгевдена.

В 1210 году новгородский князь Мстислав Удатный после победоносного похода на Медвежью голову (Оденпе) заключает мир с ливонцами, которые были заинтересованы в спокойствии на своих северных границах, так как подверглись нападению куршей на юге и стремились не втянуться в межэтническую войну эстов и латгалов, продолжавшуюся с 1208 года. Мстислав поделил с рижским епископом Альбертом сферы влияния: за Новгородом были закреплены права на северные области Латгалии (Талава и Очела) и на эстонские земли вдоль Чудского озера: Вирония, Вайга, Уганди. Права рижского епископа признавались на Ливонию, Нижнее Подвинье и Латгалию (без Талавы и Очелы). Одновременно был подписан мирный договор с Полоцком с обещанием епископа Альберта о выплате «ливской» дани, которую ранее получал Полоцк. Признав права Риги на земли по Двине (возможно, также Кукейнос и Герцике), Мстислав усугубил положение полоцкого князя Владимира, лишившегося поддержки новгородско-псковских соотечественников. Однако для возвышения роли Новгорода и Пскова в торговле это было выгодно. Согласно мирному договору с Новгородом, большая часть Эстонии (Сакала, Гервен, Гария, Рявала и Приморье (нем. Maritima или Wiek, Вик; эст. Läänemaa, Ляэнемаа), Роталия (Rotalia, эст. Ridala) и Сонтагана (Sontagana; эст. Soontagana) оставалась не покорённой ни русскими, ни немцами.

1210 — заключение первого русско-немецкого матримониального альянса — брака племянницы Мстислава, дочери псковского князя Владимира Мстиславича, и младшего брата епископа Альберта, Теодориха Буксгевдена. Этот брак закрепил мирный договор новгородцев и ливонцев и обусловил особую политику Пскова в отношениях с Орденом меченосцев и рижским епископом на последующие 40 лет. Уже в декабре 1210 года псковская дружина участвует в походе рыцарей на эстонскую область Сонтагана.

В феврале-марте 1211 года немцы захватывают Феллин. Эсты отвечают большим походом на Ригу, где терпят сокрушительное поражение в битве на Койве, после которой немцы становятся главными претендентами на власть в Прибалтике. В Эстонию назначается первый католический епископ Леальский, сподвижник икскюльских и рижского епископа Теодорих, однако в свои права он так и не вступил. В том же году немцы вместе с латгалами совершают поход на эстов, опустошая Уганди.

В январе 1212 года немцы вместе с ливами и латгалами вторгаются на земли эстов до Юрьева и Гервена.

В 1212 году епископ Альберт и полоцкий князь Владимир встречаются в Герцике, после чего подписывается новый мирный договор между сторонами, по которому рижский епископ уже снимает с себя обязательство платить «ливскую» дань. Посредничал при заключении договора изгнанный псковичами князь Владимир Мстиславич, получивший в награду от епископа Альберта замок Вольмар и Идумею в управление.

В 1213 г. папа Иннокентий III уполномочил лундского архиепископа назначать епископов для земель Сакала и Уганди в Южной Эстонии, чем были недовольны и Альберт, и меченосцы.

В конце 1214 года немцы начинают большую войну за Эстонию (1214—1224) с похода в Вик (Роталия, Ляэнемаа).

В 1215 году немцы совершают поход в Сакалу, на который эсты отвечают походами в Ливонию из Эзеля и Вика, из Сакалы и Уганди. Затем немцы предпринимают три опустошительных похода на Уганди.

Зимой 1215-1216 года немцы проводят крестовые походы на эстонские земли Роталия и Эзель. Полоцкое княжество начинает подготовку к большому контрнаступлению в Ливонии, которое не состоялось из-за смерти князя Владимира весной 1216 года.

Летом 1216 года немцы идут на Сакалу и Гарию.

В январе 1217 года немцы и эсты нападают на псковские земли по Шелони. В феврале Владимир Мстиславич Псковский разбивает крестоносцев при Оденпе.

В марте 1217 года папа Гонорий III издал буллу с призывом к крестовому походу против пруссов.

21 сентября 1217 года происходит битва крестоносцев с эстами около Феллина.

В августе 1217 года новгородский князь Всеволод Мстиславич совершает первый поход в Ливонию (первое разорение Ливонии).

В феврале 1219 года немцы идут походом в северную Эстонию. В июне того же года на побережье Эстонии высаживаются датчане, основывая крепость Ревель. Начинается открытое соперничество Ордена меченосцев и рижского епископа с одной стороны и датчан с другой за покорение Эстонии.

Летом-осенью 1219 года немцы развивают инициативу в Эстонии походами в Гервен и Гарию.

В начале 1220 года заключён мирный договор между Ригой и Новгородом. В том же году брат рижского епископа Альберта Герман Буксгевден становится вторым епископом Леальским, а с 1224 года — Дерптским (умер ок. 1248 года, пережив брата почти на 20 лет).

В 1220 году к попыткам захватить Эстонию подключаются шведы, предприняв неудачную попытку основать колонию в Роталии.

В 1221 году русское войско осаждает столицу Ордена меченосцев Кесь.

Зимой 1221—1222 года крестоносцы совершают нападение на новгородские земли.

Летом 1222 года датчане высаживаются на Эзеле.

В начале 1223 года разгорается большое антинемецкое восстание в Эстонии, эсты захватывают Феллин и Дерпт и обращаются за военной поддержкой к Новгороду, получая её согласно заключенному тогда же договору.

Весной того же года немцы идут большим походом против эстов, разоряя Уганди. Эсты отвечают походом в Ливонию и Латгалию. Летом немцы разгромили их на реке Имере.

1-15 августа 1223 года немцы осаждают эстонско-русский гарнизон в Феллине. Взяв крепость, они пощадили эстов, но повесили русских воинов в назидание «другим русским». После этого немцы осаждают замок в Пале, который сдаётся без боя. «И даровали им христиане жизнь и свободу и отпустили их по деревням, взяв всю огромную добычу, коней, овец, быков и всё, что было в замке; восхвалили бога за овладение двумя замками и за подчинение вновь этого лживого народа, а потом с большой радостью возвратились в Ливонию», — сообщает Генрих Латвийский. После этого старейшины из Сакалы отправляются в Новгород «с деньгами и многими дарами попытаться, не удастся ли призвать королей русских на помощь против тевтонов и всех латинян. И послал король суздальский (Susdalia) своего брата, а с ним много войска в помощь новгородцам; и шли с ним новгородцы и король псковский (Plescekowe) со своими горожанами, а было всего в войске около двадцати тысяч человек».

В сентябре 1223 года войско во главе с Ярославом Всеволодовичем осаждает Дорпат (нынешний Тарту) и основывает там Юрьевское княжество во главе с князем Вячко, который до 1208 года был правителем Кукейносского княжества. Затем Ярослав захватывает Оденпе и направляется в Ливонию. «Там его встретили эзельцы и просили направить войско против ревельских датчан, чтобы после победы над датчанами тем легче было вторгнуться в Ливонию, между тем как в Риге, говорили они, много пилигримов, готовых дать отпор, — повествует Генрих. — И послушался их король, и вернулся с войском другой дорогой в Саккалу, и увидел, что вся область уже покорена тевтонами, два замка взято, а его русские повешены в Вилиенде. Он сильно разгневался и, срывая гнев свой на жителях Саккалы, поразил область тяжким ударом, решил истребить всех, кто уцелел от руки тевтонов и от бывшего в стране большого мора; некоторые однако спаслись бегством в леса. Пройдя со своим большим войском в Гервен, он созвал к себе гервенцев, виронцев и варбольцев с эзельцами. Со всеми ими он осадил датский замок Линданисе, четыре недели бился с датчанами, но не мог ни одолеть их, ни взять их замок, потому что в замке было много балистариев, убивавших немало русских и эстов. Поэтому в конце концов король суздальский возвратился со всем своим войском в Руссию».

Осенью 1223 года немцы в первый раз неудачно осаждают Юрьев. Весной 1224 года повторяют эту попытку и наконец, в августе-сентябре 1224 года захватывают Юрьев и убивают князя Вячко. После этого Новгород заключает с Ригой мирный договор, отказываясь от претензий на Эстонию.

 1343-1345 — Крестьянская война в Эстонии

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Figlio dell'avvocato Jean Baptiste Vernier e di Claudine Lecrerc, divenne anch'egli avvocato ed in seguito entrò nella politica francese durante il periodo della Rivoluzione, lavorando per il consiglio d'amministrazione e per il Consolato.

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Dopo aver rifiutato il sacerdozio proposto dal padre, entrò nell'arma della polizia per alcuni anni. Avvocato in Parlamento della Franca Contea, Vernier svolse un ruolo politico importante in questo periodo cruciale nella storia della Francia. Nel 1788 pubblicò Le Cri de la Vérité, in cui attaccò gli ordini privilegiati. Venne eletto nel 1789 membro degli Stati generali, presiedendo l'Assemblea nazionale costituente dal 27 agosto al 10 settembre 1791. Membro del Club dei Giacobini, presiedette la corte di Lons-le-Saunier come ruolo secondario.

Vernier era molto interessato al problema delle finanze pubbliche e ha difese l'idea di una tassa equa. I suoi scritti in questo settore hanno avuto una grande influenza e sono stati i migliori scritti sull'argomento nel corso di questo periodo. Nel 1790, pubblicò un testo di 46 pagine, Nouveau plan de finances et d'impositions, formé d'après les décrets de l'Assemblée nationale, considerato da alcuni commentatori come una grande opera nel riesaminare l'intero sistema fiscale, l'imposta fondiaria e la concessione personale delle basi, così come le vecchie tasse.

Nel 1792, in un altro testo, di 26 pagine, Impôt sur le luxe et les richesses, établi d'après les principes qui doivent diriger des législateurs républicains, propose un sistema fiscale molto progressivo simile a quello che conosciamo oggi. Questi scritti ebbero qualche influenza sullo sviluppo della rivoluzione del sistema fiscale.

Theodore Vernier divenne Deputato della Giura e presiedette la Convenzione Nazionale dal 5 al 24 maggio 1795. Dal 5 maggio al 1º settembre 1795, divenne membro del Comitato di Salute Pubblica, dove ricoprì il ruolo di responsabile del commercio e di fornitura.

Sotto il direttorio, è stato membro del Consiglio dei Cinquecento. Divenne senatore dopo il 18 brumaio, carica abolita a causa del colpo di Stato di Napoleone Bonaparte.

Infine, prese il titolo di Conte di Montorient da Luigi XVIII di Francia e si ritirò dalla scena politica. Alla morte, avvenuta nel 1818, venne sepolto nel cimitero di Père-Lachaise.

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Geneva, 4 December 2018: Today, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) publicly launched Aligning Retirement Assets Toolkit #1 - The responsible retirement plan opportunity to help companies understand how retirement plans are governed and operated, as well as how social and environmental responsibility might be considered in different plan structures and contexts.
Responsible investing, which involves taking a broader perspective on environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities compared to traditional investment approaches, has been shown to potentially lead to positive investment outcomes over the long-term.
A growing number of companies have been evaluating how to integrate responsible investment approaches into the retirement plans they offer. However, developing and implementing an effective and durable responsible retirement plan requires both dedication and a careful, thoughtful approach.
Since its launch in mid-2018, WBCSD's "Aligning Retirement Assets" (ARA) project has been working to help make the responsible investment process as straightforward and transparent as possible by dispelling myths and empowering engaged employees to better understand their possible options to begin saving for retirement responsibly.
The project's collaboration partners – including Allianz Global Investors, BlackRock, Legal & General Investment Management, Mercer, Natixis and the Principles for Responsible Investment – also contribute best practices and innovative thinking on ESG, while helping to educate member companies on incorporating responsible strategies in their retirement plans.
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When to buy and when not to buy, military surplus: Should you buy it?
Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn is a prime location for military surplus.
It's just two blocks from the Brooklyn Bridge, where a bridge crossing is built every year to bring water to Brooklyn.
But in 2017, the mall's website says, the facility was closed due to the flooding that year.
The website also lists the mall as being "closed indefinitely" for the next four months.
"The grand army park is open, but will not be accessible until further notice due to a water event," the site says.
So, while Grand Army Mall is open to the public, how much is worth it to you?
Well, according to an article on the US Army website, "there is a good chance that you'll be able to find military surplus on the streets of Brooklyn, with lots of options."
The article, titled, "Military surplus or not, Brooklyn's best buys," says, "the borough has a strong military community, which includes a thriving and well-organized military community."
According to the article, Brooklyn is home to "several of the best military stores in the US, and many of the largest surplus vendors and retailers in the country."
For example, you can get military surplus from "Marlboro," the former Army base, where you can buy military uniforms and weapons, uniforms and armor, and other military items.
"Army surplus stores are located throughout Brooklyn, and you can find everything from military surplus clothing, footwear, and military equipment," the article says.
You can also buy military surplus in bulk at a local military surplus store, which can sell you a variety of items, including military surplus food, weapons, ammunition, and much more.
The article says, in addition to military surplus, Brooklyn has a number of other military surplus retailers that cater to the needs of military members, military families, and their families.
"Military-owned and operated military surplus stores can be found throughout Brooklyn," the website says.
Brooklyn is also home to a number military surplus companies, such as a Brooklyn Army Depot and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
You may be able find a surplus military vest at a military surplus warehouse.
The Army also has a huge selection of military surplus military uniforms, as well as other military products.
The military also has an array of civilian clothing stores, which you can also find at military surplus warehouses, such the Army's War Boot, and the US Navy's War Shirt.
The US Army also sells civilian clothing for military families in Brooklyn.
For example: There are several Brooklyn Army Reserve stores that sell civilian clothing, including the Brooklyn Army Supply and Supply Command.
The Brooklyn Army Repair Center, located in Brooklyn, is also a military repair facility, but is a civilian store.
The War and Peace Reserve, located near Williamsburg, is a reserve reserve.
The Military Recruit Depot, located on West 12th Street, is home of a "small number" of civilian military recruiters.
The Brookhaven Police Department is home for the department's civilian recruitment office.
The Long Island Military Academy is home.
"Brooklyn is home, if you're in the military, to a huge variety of military and civilian surplus items," the Business Insider article says of Brooklyn.
"You can find military-type uniforms, combat boots, and even tents, for sale."
There are also plenty of military items in the Brooklyn area.
The most famous military surplus item in Brooklyn comes from the NYPD's Long Island headquarters.
The NYPD's collection of surplus NYPD uniforms, including many of its uniform-carrying NYPD officers, are auctioned off on eBay.
The items include NYPD uniform number 14 and NYPD uniform #4, which were sold at auction for a cool $1.4 million.
In Brooklyn, you'll also find military apparel, from t-shirts, hats, socks, and more.
There's also an extensive selection of civilian clothes, including clothing for families and soldiers, as opposed to military-specific items.
Brooklyn has also a large military surplus retailer, Brooklyn Army Store, which is located on the west side of the city.
Brooklyn Army Stores is home in Brooklyn to all kinds of military-related items.
In fact, the Brooklyn Air National Guard also has stores, such Brooklyn Army's Military Recruiting Center, which specializes in civilian recruiters and military recruit training.
The BANGBOAT Military Recruits Depot also sells military-themed apparel, including jackets, pants, and t-shirt, which range from $50-$150.
The NY Times reported that there were some 500 people working at the Brooklyn Soldiers' Recruit Training Depot in 2017.
"There is a large amount of military stuff going on," said Brooklyn Army Training Center Director of Public Affairs, Robert T. Littman.
"But it's not necessarily military.
We don't know who the buyers are yet, but we know that a lot of these guys are looking to buy military-style
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Pelosi Receives Birthday Blessing
On her birthday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke at AIPAC and then received a blessing from Chanina Sperlin. Full Story, Photos, Video
By COLlive reporter
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi excitedly received a traditional Jewish blessing bestowed upon her after her prominent speech at the AIPAC Conference in Washington, DC, on Tuesday.
"To be antisemitic is to be anti-American," she stated in her public remarks and pledged continued bipartisan backing of Israel. "Support for Israel in America is bipartisan and bicameral — relentlessly bipartisan," Pelosi said.
"We will never allow anyone to make Israel a wedge issue," the California congresswoman vowed, according to the Algemeiner. "That pledge is proudly honored in this Congress where support for Israel remains iron-clad and bipartisan."
"We're proud to have so many champions of Israel serving as leaders and committee chairs," she noted. "These leaders deeply understand the importance of the bonds between America and Israel, and they are working tirelessly to make those bonds even stronger."
Her declaration of support for Israel and the Jewish community comes at a time when progressive members of the Democratic party chip away at the conventional support of the Jewish state.
Thanking her for taking a stand at AIPAC was Rabbi Chanina Sperlin, Vice President for Governmental Affairs for the Crown Heights Jewish Community Council (CHJCC) in Brooklyn, NY.
The meeting was set up by Congresswoman Yevette Clarke who represents Crown Heights and was also joined by Yoel Lefkowitz, a Satmar community activist, and Jacob Kornbluh, national politics reporter for Jewish Insider.
"I thanked the Speaker for her support of Israel," Sperlin said, and emphasized Pelosi's statement that support for Israel should be ironclad and bipartisan in the United States.
Sperlin also thanked Pelosi for her support to commute the former kosher meat executive Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin and said her input was essential for President Donald Trump to move forward with the release of Rubashkin from a 27-year sentence.
Pelosi thanked him for his kind words and if he is a rabbi and would he be willing to give her a blessing because Tuesday was her birthday. Sperlin responded back that he was in fact a Kohen and went on to bestow the priestly blessing of "Yevarechecha."
Pelosi said she was moved that "Rabbi Sperlin gave me a blessing," and added that when speaking to her Jewish grandchildren, "I'll teach them about that."
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Q: ASP .NET MVC 5 Checkbox loop for new created values I have three entity classes:
namespace App.Data.Models
{
    public class Employee
    {
        [Key]
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
        public virtual ICollection<Project> Projects { get; set; }

    }

    public class Project
    {
        [Key]
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public string Description { get; set; }
    }
     public class EmployeeProject
    {
        [Key]
        public int Id { get; set; }
        [ForeignKey]
        public int EmployeeId { get; set; }
        [ForeignKey]
        public int ProjectId { get; set; }

    public virtual Employee  Employee{ get; set; }
    public virtual Project Project { get; set; }
    }

}

And one view model class
namespace App.Data.Models
{
public class EmployeeViewModel
    {
        public Employee Employee { get; set; }
        public List<SelectListItem> Projects { get; set; }
    }
}

Right now I am able to add new employees and new projects. I am using localDB and Entity Framework. This is the link to my code https://github.com/IzaGorska/Project
What I want to do is to have checkbox for each project(need to have in mind that I don't have any hard coded projects - creating new project would mean extra checkbox) in EmployeeCreate view.
Also in EmployeeDetails view I want to display only checked projects. How can I do that?
I have db for employees and for project. Db for projects:
namespace App.Data.Services
{
    public interface IProjectData
    {
        IEnumerable<Project> GetAll();
        Project Get(int id);
        void Add(Project project);
        void Update(Project project);
    }
public class InMemoryProjectData : IProjectData
    {
        List<Project> projects;

        public void Add(Project project)
        {
            projects.Add(project);
            project.Id = projects.Max(e => e.Id) + 1;
        }

        public void Update(Project project)
        {
            var exist = Get(project.Id);
            if (exist != null)
            {
                exist.Name = project.Name;
                exist.Description = project.Description;

            }
        }
        public Project Get(int id)
        {
            return projects.FirstOrDefault(e => e.Id == id);
        }

        public IEnumerable<Project> GetAll()
        {
            return projects.OrderBy(e => e.Name);
        }

    }
public class SQLProjectData : IProjectData
    {
        private readonly AppDbContext db;

        public SQLProjectData(AppDbContext db)
        {
            this.db = db;
        }

        public void Add(Project project)
        {
            db.Projects.Add(project);
            db.SaveChanges();
        }

        public Project Get(int id)
        {
            return db.Projects.FirstOrDefault(p => p.Id == id);
        }

        public IEnumerable<Project> GetAll()
        {
            return from p in db.Projects
                   orderby p.Name
                   select p;
        }

        public void Update(Project project)
        {
            var entry = db.Entry(project);
            entry.State = EntityState.Modified;
            db.SaveChanges();
        }
    }

}

A: Controller:
public partial class EmployeeController : Controller
{
private readonly AppDbContext _db;

  public EmployeeController(AppDbContext db)
    {
    _db = db;
}
 private List<SelectListItem> GetProjectListItems()
    {
        return _db.Projects.Select(p=>
            new SelectListItem {
                         Text = p.Name,
                          Value = p.Id.ToString()
                               }).ToList();
     }

  public IActionResult CreateEmployee()
  {
   var employeeViewModel=new EmployeeViewModel
   {
   Employee=new Employee(),
   Projects=GetProjectListItems()
   }
 return View(employeeViewModel);
 }
}

In the view you can use this code to create list of checkboxes:
@using App.Data.Models
@model EmployeeViewModel

.... @Model.Employee input controls

        @for (var i = 0; i < Model.Projects.Count; i++)
        {

   <input type="checkbox" asp-for="@Model.Projects[i].Selected"  />
    @Model.Projects[i].Name
   <input type="hidden" asp-for="@Model.Projects[i].Value" />
   <input type="hidden" asp-for="@Model.Project[i].Text" />

        }

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The Next Spider-Man/Peter Parker is….. Andrew Garfield!! Whaaaa? Who is this?
July 1, 2010 Michelle Alexandria
It's official, Sony Pictures just sent over the press release announcing that Andrew Garfield is the next Peter Parker. How do you go from Tobey Maguire to this guy? He looks too old for the part, since rumor has it's going to be yet another origin story. Who is this guy, you all ask? I have no clue. He was in The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus and he's in several upcoming movies including something called The Social Network. So I actually think it's good that they went with an relative unknown for this, but he doesn't look the part – maybe a post high school Spider-Man, then I could see it. I'm sure Sony is going to make a huge splash at Comic Con to roll this guy out. The full gushing press release is after the break.
CULVER CITY, Calif., July 1, 2010 – After a comprehensive worldwide casting search, Andrew Garfield has been chosen to portray Peter Parker when Spider-Man swings back onto the screen in 3D on July 3, 2012. The new film will begin production in early December directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt. Laura Ziskin and Avi Arad will produce the film from Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios.
Today's confirmation culminates what has been one of the most eagerly anticipated casting announcements in recent memory. Bloggers, pop culture speculators, and everyday fans have pored over and analyzed every conceivable online rumor in an attempt to discover the identity of the next actor to play Peter Parker. Garfield will immediately begin preparing for the coveted role.
The Spider-Man franchise is one of the most successful in film history and the three previous motion pictures have collectively grossed more than $2.5 billion in worldwide box office.
On selecting Garfield, director Marc Webb said, "Though his name may be new to many, those who know this young actor's work understand his extraordinary talents. He has a rare combination of intelligence, wit, and humanity. Mark my words, you will love Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker."
Commenting on the announcement, Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Matt Tolmach, President of Columbia Pictures said, "Spider-Man is a classic superhero — a young man who balances his responsibility to serve humanity and crush evil with the shyness and normalcy of someone struggling to find himself. The role demands an extraordinary actor. You need someone who can magically transform himself from Peter Parker into Spider-Man. An actor who will depict the vulnerability of youth and the strength and confidence of a legendary figure at the same moment. We have found that actor in Andrew Garfield. From the first time we saw him in the upcoming film The Social Network, to his glorious screen test, which floored all of us, we knew that we had found our new Peter Parker."
Producer Avi Arad added, "I'm incredibly excited about Andrew Garfield. In the Spider-Man tradition, we were looking for a smart, sensitive, and cool new Peter Parker who can inspire us and make us laugh, cry, and cheer. We believe we have found the perfect choice to take on this role and lead us into the future."
Producer Laura Ziskin said, "We are thrilled to have Andrew Garfield for this new incarnation of Spider-Man under Marc Webb's direction. We were fortunate enough to meet with a group of fantastically talented young men. In the end, we all agreed that in addition to being an extraordinary actor, Andrew had the right mix of humor, youth, and pathos, along with an underlying sense of strength and power necessary to bring Peter Parker and Spider-Man to life on screen."
The selection of Garfield was revealed at a press event in Cancun, Mexico for international journalists attending a media tour promoting upcoming films from Sony Pictures Entertainment. B-roll footage of the announcement will be available via satellite later this evening — see uplink times coordinate information below.
Garfield is fast becoming one of the most respected and sought-after young actors working in the industry today. In a short career, spanning only five years, he has already been directed by, and starred alongside, some of the greatest names and received a BAFTA for a role that won him international praise.
Garfield most recently worked with director David Fincher on the upcoming film The Social Network. He previously starred for Spike Jonze on his robot love story I'm Here, which premiered at Sundance this year. He plays the lead male opposite Keira Knightley and Carey Mulligan in Mark Romanek's Never Let Me Go, due for release later this year.
Other notable screen credits include Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus playing opposite Christopher Plummer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law and the late Heath Ledger, Robert Redford's Lions For Lambs, where he starred alongside Redford, Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep; Revolution Films' "Red Riding Trilogy – 1974" directed by Julian Jarrold, where he lead a stellar cast including Rebecca Hall and David Morrissey, and his unforgettable portrayal of a young ex-con in John Crowley's "Boy A," for which he earned the best actor BAFTA in 2008.
Garfield's career began in theatre and in 2006 his performances in "Beautiful Thing" (Sound Space/Kit Productions), "The Overwhelming," and "Burn / Chatroom / Citizenship" (Royal National Theatre) won him the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard awards and the Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer at the Critics Circle Theatre Awards. Other notable theatre credits include "Romeo and Juliet" (Manchester Royal Exchange) and "Kes" (Manchester Royal Exchange), for which he received the Most Promising Newcomer Award at the Manchester Evening News Awards 2004.
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Following suspension, Olympic skating champion wants to enjoy competition again
South Korean speed skater Lee Seung-hoon speaks to reporters after competing in the men's 5,000m race at the Korea Skating Union (KSU) President's Cup National Speed Skating Championship at Taeneung International Rink in Seoul on Wednesday. (Yonhap)
Two-time Olympic speed skating gold medalist Lee Seung-hoon returned to the ice on Wednesday, hoping to enjoy being on the ice again after serving his one-year suspension over allegations of physically assaulting teammates.
Lee skated in the men's 5,000m race at the Korea Skating Union (KSU) President's Cup National Speed Skating Championship at Taeneung International Rink in Seoul. It was his first race since the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics. He finished fourth at 6:53.28, well off his competition record of 6:32.91 set in 2013.
"Having been away from ice for so long, I didn't have the proper feel," Lee said. "But I am not in any rush. I will try to improve my speed and conditioning and get ready for the Olympics (in Beijing in 2022)."
Lee was slapped with a one-year suspension in July last year for allegedly assaulting two younger teammates on multiple occasions. Those allegations surfaced in May 2018, following the sports ministry's probe into the KSU. Lee at first denied all allegations but has since apologized for his actions.
Lee is one of South Korea's most decorated Winter Olympic athletes, with two gold and three silver medals in four different disciplines across three Winter Games.
He shot to stardom by capturing the gold in the men's 10,000m and the silver in the 5,000m at Vancouver 2010. Four years later in Sochi, Lee added a team pursuit silver. Then at PyeongChang 2018, Lee won the men's mass start gold medal in the event's Olympic debut and also earned silver in the team pursuit.
Lee, 32, said he has learned how to let things go a bit and enjoy the competition, rather than getting caught up in pursuit of titles.
"I wasn't happy with my time today but I had fun out there," Lee said. "I think I'll be able to just enjoy myself and not worry too much about results."
Lee said he has maintained good relationships with the two teammates that he allegedly assaulted.
"I apologized to them on multiple occasions," Lee said. "After some point, they told me to stop apologizing so much. We're really on good terms." Lee said he wasn't too pleased with the timing of his punishment, adding it came a few years after the alleged incidents and that he had already mended fences with those teammates.
"It is what it is, and I did the wrong thing," Lee said. "I accept the punishment."
Ultimately, it was his love of skating that brought him back to ice.
"Skating is so much fun," he said. "It'd be great just to make it to the Beijing Olympics. I know I let many people down after PyeongChang. I will not do that again, and I want to finish my career on a better note." (Yonhap)
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