WASHINGTON Aug 29 - U.S. consumer spending increased for a fourth straight month in July amid strong demand for automobiles, pointing to a pickup in economic growth that
could allow the Federal Reserve to raise interest rate this year.
The Commerce Department said on Monday that consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, rose 0.3 percent last month after an upwardly revised 0.5 percent gain in June.
July's increase was in line with economists' expectations. Spending was previously reported to have risen 0.4 percent in June. When adjusted for inflation, consumer spending also gained 0.3 percent in July after advancing 0.4 percent in June.
Consumer spending appears to have retained some of its momentum from the second quarter, when it grew at a 4.4 percent
annual rate, the fastest in nearly two years. That jump helped to mitigate some of the impact of a sharp inventory drop and
prolonged business investment downturn.
The economy grew at a lackluster 1.1 percent growth rate in the second quarter. July's consumer spending data added to reports on the goods
trade deficit, industrial production, durable goods orders and residential construction that have pointed to an acceleration in
economic growth early in the third quarter.
The Atlanta Fed is currently estimating third-quarter GDP growth rising at a 3.4 percent annual pace. Consumer spending is being driven by a tightening labor market, which is steadily lifting wages. Rising home values and stock market prices, which are boosting household wealth, are also supporting consumption.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen told a gathering of global central bankers on Friday that she believed the case for raising interest rates had been strengthened in recent months by the "solid performance of the labor market and our outlook for economic activity and inflation."
Last month, there was little sign of inflation pressures even as consumer spending firmed. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index,
excluding the volatile food and energy components, edged up 0.1 percent after a similar gain in June.
In the 12 months through July the core PCE increased 1.6 percent. It has risen by the same margin every month since March. The core PCE is the Fed's preferred inflation measure and is running below its 2 percent target. Consumer spending last month was lifted by a 1.6 percent surge in purchases of long-lasting manufactured goods such as automobiles. Spending on services rose 0.4 percent, but outlays on non-durable goods slipped 0.5 percent.
Personal income increased 0.4 percent in July after rising 0.3 percent in June. Wages and salaries advanced 0.5 percent. Savings rose to $794.7 billion from $776.2 billion in June.
(Reporting by Lucia Mutikani; Editing by Paul Simao)

U.S. consumer spending rises in July; inflation remains tame


- U.S. consumer spending increased for a fourth straight month in July amid strong demand for automobiles, pointing to a pickup in economic growth that


Story highlights The FBI plans to make public agent notes from Clinton's voluntary interview at FBI headquarters
Not being released: Interviews of Clinton aides or other investigative materials
(CNN) The FBI expects to publicly release as soon as Wednesday the report the bureau sent to the Justice Department in July recommending no charges in the Hillary Clinton email server investigation, according to multiple law enforcement officials.
The release is in response to numerous FOIA requests including from CNN.
Also to be released is Hillary Clinton's 302, the FBI agent notes from Clinton's voluntary interview at FBI headquarters. The report is about 30 pages, and the 302 is about a dozen pages according to the officials.
Not yet being released are additional notes from interviews of Clinton aides or other investigative materials that were sent to Congress.
Last month, FBI Director James Comey recommended against charges for Clinton for her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state, but he did describe her behavior as "extremely careless" with classified material.

FBI to release Clinton email investigation report as soon as Wednesday


The FBI expects to publicly release as soon as Wednesday the report the bureau sent to the Justice Department in July recommending no charges in the Hillary Clinton email server investigation, according to multiple law enforcement officials.


MIAMI COUNTY — Alive and well, Melissa Smith, 49, of Gettysburg, was sentenced to serve nine months in prison on two counts of fifth degree theft in Miami County Common Pleas Court on Monday.
Smith had told various friends and relatives she was diagnosed with breast cancer and need money for treatments and medication. She also told various victims she only had weeks to live and needed money for travel to Chicago for treatment.
Judge Christopher Gee sentenced Smith to serve nine months on each count of theft. She will serve the terms concurrently.
Judge Gee reprimanded Smith for causing not only economic harm to her victims, but emotional and psychological harm. Judge Gee noted the “extreme lengths” Smith went to humiliate and take advantage of one victim’s humanity and kindness as well as the economic losses the victims suffered.
One victim told authorities that she accompanied Smith to a Piqua funeral home to assist her in making funeral arrangements. Another elderly victim took Smith to the grocery store and bought her more than $410 in food. Smith was ordered to pay the $410 back to that victim as well as $6,473 to the other victim in restitution.
In a plea agreement with the state, prosecutors dismissed one count of second degree felony corrupt activity and a fifth degree felony of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
Prior to sentencing, Smith apologized to the victims and asked for a chance to “make things right.”
Miami County assistant prosecutor Janna Parker said in her 14 years as an attorney, Smith was one of the most deceptive defendants she had prosecuted in her career.
Parker said Smith’s “depraved conduct” manipulated the victims to believing she was dying and they all willingly gave her money which was likely supporting Smith’s “excessive shopping.”
Parker also noted Smith had bilked thousands of dollars from elderly victims in Sept. 2015 and charged with theft in those cases.
Smith was granted 58 days of jail time credit.
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Victims believed she had breast cancer and only weeks to live
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(CNN) HBO's "The Night Of" concluded Sunday night, with a perfect true-life resolution to a criminal prosecution: There were winners, and losers, but, like the criminal justice system, the winners and losers are hard to identify, and winning isn't all that much different from losing.
It would be easy to point out some inaccuracies in the story of an immigrant taxi driver's son Nasir Khan, played by Riz Ahmed, who is charged with killing a woman he meets by chance, but in fairness, a lawyer doing so would just be sniping more to show off -- of course, it's not exactly like real-life criminal practice.
Television dramatizations spice things up for an obvious reason: Real life is often too dull to attract viewers. Yes, real closing arguments can last hours, but who's really going to sit still for that long? Scriptwriters are telling a story; they need to take some liberties.
Would real prosecutors really "throw" a case in the closing arguments? Probably not. But ideally, they would simply withdraw prosecution in a case they didn't believe in, if -- and only if -- they can get approval from their unit chief. The female defense attorney's sudden choice to make out with a detainee and smuggle drugs in her body cavity for him? It felt odd ... but just for that particular character. Defense lawyers do make these bad decisions from time to time. But even when they do, the defense bar is as dumbfounded by this behavior as the rest of the general public.
Frankly, my experience is that defense lawyers are particularly law-abiding because they have seen what happens to an arrestee's life when he or she didn't even break the law but appeared to be doing so to law enforcement. We've seen prison, and no thank you. Nothing is worth that, especially not winning a case. Zealous advocacy has its limits.
But all in all, any legal inaccuracies in "The Night Of" are nothing compared with how the show brilliantly captured the major themes and the culture of the criminal justice system.
John Stone, played by John Turturro, was perfect. Every prosecutor, defense lawyer and even civil litigator across the country knows a John Stone. He's a solo practitioner, a courthouse denizen who shuffles around the halls of the justice center in his only suit, which fit him briefly when it was stylish in the 1980s. Stone's "no tie" policy was a little over the top, but who knows -- some courthouse out there may tolerate even the open-collar, raincoat-as-sport coat dress code, especially from "that guy."
Like Stone, these guys usually carry a huge caseload of court-appointed cases, or high-volume, low-paying traffic and summary offenses. These allow him just barely to survive and work out of his apartment, but they also consign him to innumerable hearings in multiple courtrooms, for which he is in a perpetual state of tardiness. Here's the paradox: The John Stones may be brilliant criminal defense lawyers, because they know every judge and every procedural angle. They've usually tried more cases than anyone else in the building.
Even a schlub who handles 30 cases a day for 30 years is a pro through sheer repetition alone. A defendant might actually be better off hiring a John Stone than a lot of the slick, pinstriped defense lawyers in the building.
Still, rare is the accused person or family who would willingly hire the John Stone over his colleague in the custom-tailored suits, based on Stone's slovenly appearance, and street-crude (but candid) personality.
Detective Box, played by Bill Camp, was fantastic. A law enforcement career can wear a person down, make them jaded and understated. It's understandable: Police spend a lifetime lied to by suspects, investigated by their superiors, complained about by suspects, and have their work often questioned by defense attorneys and even their own prosecutors. And of course, the subject matter of their work can be soul-crushing. The raffish, action-hero police detective trope of the '80s made for great TV and film; it's just not accurate.
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Detective Box is accurate. People imagine police detectives to be shouting in interrogation rooms, throwing chairs, grabbing suspects by the lapels and smacking confessions out of them. That's not accurate: The most successful detectives are pros at getting people to volunteer information willingly -- whether it be witnesses or suspects or just custodians of needed records. That's why the great ones are soft-spoken and avuncular -- they catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. The best detectives are the nicest guys, a mien that belies their ever-vigilant BS sonar, which is constantly pinging away at all of us, looking for anything suspicious. They're good at what they do.
The most accurate moment of the series for lawyers? It will vary widely depending on whom you ask, but for me it was the broken-down plea agreement. Plea hearings can actually be much less predictable than they sound. Unlike at trial, at a plea hearing, the attorneys cede control to the defendant. The judge "colloques" the accused directly, asking him a prolonged series of questions to make sure he freely and willingly is pleading guilty, because he is in fact guilty.
The defendant has what he often misperceives as his one opportunity to argue his case pro se in open court, or dispute certain facts, free of cross-examination. It's understandable. As much as defense attorneys prep their client, the temptation of a last-minute change of heart is often too great for defendants. A judge can't accept a guilty plea of someone who says he's only pleading guilty for the deal, so the case has to go back on the trial calendar.
Plea hearings can feel like a disaster when they go south. "The Night Of" reminds us that they often go south for the right reason: because a defendant isn't willing to say he did something he says he didn't do. "The Night Of" stands as a reminder that a scuttled plea hearing can ultimately be a victory for the falsely accused, if they are acquitted at trial.
The most glaring overall truth of "The Night Of" is this: There are few winners in the criminal justice system. There is rarely a "Shawshank"-style redemption for prisoners, with a big money payday and a retirement to a Mexican resort town. The defense lawyers return to the grind, having earned just enough to hold them until the next client. The prosecutors are usually moving on, picking a new jury the next day. The family doesn't get the attorney fees and costs repaid by the state. Police detectives don't get Wall Street pensions for a noble act. And of course, you can't un-ring the effect of the prison buzzer on a detainee, even after he or she is set free. The series captures the pyrrhic nature of victories in the criminal justice system: They are big wins, to be sure, but for whom, really?

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GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — By air or by ground, it didn’t really matter to the Marauders.
The Meigs football team rolled to 490 yards of total offense — 271 passing and 219 rushing — on Friday night, as the Marauders opened their 2016 campaign with a 42-7 victory over non-conference host Gallia Academy, at Memorial Field.
The Marauders (1-0) marched 60 yards in six plays on the game’s opening drive, but Gallia Academy (0-1) sophomore Cory Call intercepted a pass in the endzone to keep Meigs off the board.
The Blue Devils went three-and-out on their first possession and punted the ball back to Meigs, which began its second drive on the GAHS 49.
Meigs covered 49 yards in four plays and 1:00 exactly, as Bailey Caruthers hauled in a 25-yard scoring pass from Cody Bartrum for the game’s first points. MHS senior Layne Acree kicked home the extra point and gave the Maroon and Gold a 7-0 lead with 6:34 left in the first quarter.
After Gallia Academy’s second straight three-and-out, Meigs setup shop on its own 46-yardline. The Marauder offense needed seven plays and 3:26 to cover the 54 yards and find paydirt. This time, MHS senior signal caller Cody Bartrum ran 13 yards for the score. Layne Acree’s kick was good and the Marauders led 14-0 with 1:29 left in the opening period.
The Blue Devils were forced to punt after a third straight three-and-out, but this time they pinned Meigs deep in its own territory, at the 18-yard line.
The Marauders went 82 yards in eight plays, as Cody Bartrum capped off the 3:03 drive with a 34-yard touchdown pass to junior Christian Mattox. The Maroon and Gold were unsuccessful on the point-after kick, but still led 20-0 with 8:16 left in the first half.
The Blue Devils’ first first down of the game came via a pass interference call on the first play of the ensuing drive. Five consecutive quarterback keepers by GAHS sophomore Justin McClelland gave Gallia Academy two more first downs and set the Blue and White up just eight yards from paydirt.
On second down from the MHS eight-yard line, Meigs junior Matthew Brown jumped in front of a bubble pass, intercepting it and returning the ball to the MHS 32.
From there, a 27-yard run by Meigs junior Lane Cullums, followed by a 41-yard pass play from Cody Bartrum to Zach Bartrum put the Marauders back in the endzone. Cullums ran in the two-point conversion, giving the Maroon and Gold a 28-0 advantage with 5:18 left until halftime.
GAHS was forced to punt after just three plays on its next drive, giving Meigs the ball at its own 37 with 3:04 on the clock. On the seventh play of the MHS drive, a pass from Cody Bartrum to Zach Helton put the Marauders on the GAHS four-yard line, but a personal foul sent Meigs back to the 19.
The Marauders lost three yards on their next run, but on third down, Cody Bartrum found Tyler Garretson for what would have been a touchdown, had Meigs not had an ineligible man down field. A false start then sent Meigs back to the GAHS 32.
On third down, Cody Bartrum found Bailey Caruthers for a 16-yard pass, cutting the distance to paydirt in half. Going for it on fourth down, Cody Bartrum was picked off in the endzone by Colton Campbell, leaving the halftime score 28-0 in favor of the Marauders.
A bit of bad luck hit the Blue Devils after halftime, as on their first play from scrimmage, the ball was fumbled and recovered by MHS senior Trae Hood.
Starting their drive on the GAHS 27, Meigs went to Cullums for back-to-back runs, the second of which went all the way to the endzone, but was called back for holding. However, the penalty didn’t haunt Meigs, as Zach Bartrum came up with a touchdown run on second down from the Gallia Academy 13-yard line. Acree’s kick split the uprights and gave Meigs a 35-0 lead.
Gallia Academy turned the ball over on downs after just four plays, falling one-yard shy of the first down at the GAHS 45. Meigs took just four plays to cover the distance needed, going ahead 42-0 on a 30-yard scoring pass from Cody Bartrum to T.J. Williams and an extra point kick by Acree.
With Meigs’ defensive starters out of the game, GAHS started the ensuing drive on its own 42. Passes by McClelland to Call and Wyatt Sipple gave the Blue Devils back-to-back first downs and the ball on the Meigs 34. McClelland picked up nine yards on a pair of quarterback keepers, and on third down from the MHS 25, Gallia Academy junior Clay Plymale broke loose and found paydirt. The extra point kick by Ty Howell was good, making the margin 42-7 with 2:11 left in the third.
Gallia Academy’s first score of the night was the game’s final points, as neither team even managed to make it into the red zone in the final 14 minutes of play.
“It took us a few years, but we’re finally catching up to the speed of the game,” fifth-year Meigs head coach Mike Bartrum said. “When the game slows down for you its a good thing. I feel like they’re just going out and reacting. They’re not thinking anymore and they’re not worried about their steps, because they have confidence.”
The Marauder offense was led by 2015 AP Southeast District Offensive Player of the Year Cody Bartrum, who was 15-of-22 passing for 240 yards and four touchdowns, while rushing for 86 yards and one score on five attempts. Cory Cox and Landon Acree each completed one pass in the game, for 18 and 13 yards respectively.
Cullums finished with 79 yards on 12 carries, Helton added 25 yards on two attempts, Garretson marked 24 yards on three tries, Zach Bartrum chipped in with one rush for 13 yards and a score, while Landon Acree ran four times for a total of two yards.
Helton hauled in five passes for 38 yards, Caruthers added 60 yards and one score on three receptions, while Zach Bartrum had 58 yards and one score on three receptions of his own. Jared Kennedy caught two passes for 20 yards, Mattox had one 34-yard touchdown grab, Williams had one 30-yard TD catch, while Landon Acree caught one 18-yard pass and Brentten Young added one 13-yard catch.
“Coach Willford has done a great job calling the plays, and the kids are executing,” Coach Bartrum said of his offense. “I don’t want to take anything away from Gallipolis, because they came out and hit us. In the first quarter they were right there, but our kids kept fighting and believing in what we’re doing. We still have some plays that we need to do better.”
As a team, Meigs had 20 first downs, 14 more than GAHS. MHS had two turnovers and punted just once, while Gallia Academy had three turnovers and punted four times.
“We knew we had to play a good Meigs team,” GAHS head coach Josh Riffe said. “They’re well coached, they have good players and a veteran quarterback. You can always count on them to make the right decisions and do the right things with the ball.”
McClelland led the Blue Devils by passing for 52 yards on 8-of-14 attempts, with one interception. McClelland ran 15 times for a net of 29 yards. Plymale was Gallia Academy’s leading rusher with 32 yards and a score on four attempts.
Sipple led all GAHS receivers with 22 yards on three catches, while Campbell had seven yards on two grabs. Call had 13 yards, Plymale had nine and Boo Pullins marked one yard on one reception each.
“We have a lot of young guys playing,” Riffe said. “More important than finding the bad things is finding the good things to point out, because you don’t want this loss to carry over and cost you another game.”
Call and Campbell’s interceptions highlighted the GAHS defensive effort, while Meigs’ defense was charged by interceptions by Brown and Wesley Jones. For MHS, Hood had 1.5 sacks and a fumble recovery, while Jimmy Porter had one sack and Riley Ogdin had a half of a sack.
The Marauders will have their home opener next week against Amanda-Clearcreek, which suffered a 20-19 loss to visiting Lakewood on Friday.
“Amanda-Clearcreek is a powerhouse,” Coach Bartrum said. “Coach (Scott) Hinton will have those kids going. We got lucky and won up there last year, but now we have to put our hard-hats on and get ready.”
This is Meigs’ first win on Memorial Field since 1977, and the first time MHS has won two-straight against the Blue Devils since claiming victories 1978 and 80.
The Blue Devils will play on Memorial Field again next week as in-county rival River Valley visits for the second annual OVB Community Bowl, on Saturday.
“Whether we win or lose, we only get a few hours to be excited or be down before we move on to the next week,” Riffe said. “Our big thing is, don’t let this stick with us. Tomorrow morning when we come in to lift and and watch film we will already have our eyes set on River Valley.”
River Valley defeated Eastern 51-27 at home on Friday.
Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100.
Meigs senior Cody Bartrum (2) delivers a stiff arm to Gallia Academy sophomore Cory Call (10) during the first half of the Marauders’ 42-7 victory, on Friday night at Memorial Field. http://mydailyregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_8.28-MHS-Bartrum.jpg Meigs senior Cody Bartrum (2) delivers a stiff arm to Gallia Academy sophomore Cory Call (10) during the first half of the Marauders’ 42-7 victory, on Friday night at Memorial Field.


GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — By air or by ground, it didn’t really matter to the Marauders.
The Meigs football team rolled to 490 yards of total offense — 271 passing and 219 rushing — on Friday night, as the Marauders opened their 2016 campaign with a 42-7 victory over non-conference host Gallia Academy, at Memorial Field.
The Marauders (1-0) marched 60 yards in six plays on the game’s opening drive, but Gallia Academy (0-1) sophomore Cory Call intercepted a pass in the endzone to keep Meigs off the board.
The Blue Devils went three-and-out on their first possession and punted the ball back to Meigs, which began its second drive on the GAHS 49.
Meigs covered 49 yards in four plays and 1:00 exactly, as Bailey Caruthers hauled in a 25-yard scoring pass from Cody Bartrum for the game’s first points. MHS senior Layne Acree kicked home the extra point and gave the Maroon and Gold a 7-0 lead with 6:34 left in the first quarter.
After Gallia Academy’s second straight three-and-out, Meigs setup shop on its own 46-yardline. The Marauder offense needed seven plays and 3:26 to cover the 54 yards and find paydirt. This time, MHS senior signal caller Cody Bartrum ran 13 yards for the score. Layne Acree’s kick was good and the Marauders led 14-0 with 1:29 left in the opening period.
The Blue Devils were forced to punt after a third straight three-and-out, but this time they pinned Meigs deep in its own territory, at the 18-yard line.
The Marauders went 82 yards in eight plays, as Cody Bartrum capped off the 3:03 drive with a 34-yard touchdown pass to junior Christian Mattox. The Maroon and Gold were unsuccessful on the point-after kick, but still led 20-0 with 8:16 left in the first half.
The Blue Devils’ first first down of the game came via a pass interference call on the first play of the ensuing drive. Five consecutive quarterback keepers by GAHS sophomore Justin McClelland gave Gallia Academy two more first downs and set the Blue and White up just eight yards from paydirt.
On second down from the MHS eight-yard line, Meigs junior Matthew Brown jumped in front of a bubble pass, intercepting it and returning the ball to the MHS 32.
From there, a 27-yard run by Meigs junior Lane Cullums, followed by a 41-yard pass play from Cody Bartrum to Zach Bartrum put the Marauders back in the endzone. Cullums ran in the two-point conversion, giving the Maroon and Gold a 28-0 advantage with 5:18 left until halftime.
GAHS was forced to punt after just three plays on its next drive, giving Meigs the ball at its own 37 with 3:04 on the clock. On the seventh play of the MHS drive, a pass from Cody Bartrum to Zach Helton put the Marauders on the GAHS four-yard line, but a personal foul sent Meigs back to the 19.
The Marauders lost three yards on their next run, but on third down, Cody Bartrum found Tyler Garretson for what would have been a touchdown, had Meigs not had an ineligible man down field. A false start then sent Meigs back to the GAHS 32.
On third down, Cody Bartrum found Bailey Caruthers for a 16-yard pass, cutting the distance to paydirt in half. Going for it on fourth down, Cody Bartrum was picked off in the endzone by Colton Campbell, leaving the halftime score 28-0 in favor of the Marauders.
A bit of bad luck hit the Blue Devils after halftime, as on their first play from scrimmage, the ball was fumbled and recovered by MHS senior Trae Hood.
Starting their drive on the GAHS 27, Meigs went to Cullums for back-to-back runs, the second of which went all the way to the endzone, but was called back for holding. However, the penalty didn’t haunt Meigs, as Zach Bartrum came up with a touchdown run on second down from the Gallia Academy 13-yard line. Acree’s kick split the uprights and gave Meigs a 35-0 lead.
Gallia Academy turned the ball over on downs after just four plays, falling one-yard shy of the first down at the GAHS 45. Meigs took just four plays to cover the distance needed, going ahead 42-0 on a 30-yard scoring pass from Cody Bartrum to T.J. Williams and an extra point kick by Acree.
With Meigs’ defensive starters out of the game, GAHS started the ensuing drive on its own 42. Passes by McClelland to Call and Wyatt Sipple gave the Blue Devils back-to-back first downs and the ball on the Meigs 34. McClelland picked up nine yards on a pair of quarterback keepers, and on third down from the MHS 25, Gallia Academy junior Clay Plymale broke loose and found paydirt. The extra point kick by Ty Howell was good, making the margin 42-7 with 2:11 left in the third.
Gallia Academy’s first score of the night was the game’s final points, as neither team even managed to make it into the red zone in the final 14 minutes of play.
“It took us a few years, but we’re finally catching up to the speed of the game,” fifth-year Meigs head coach Mike Bartrum said. “When the game slows down for you its a good thing. I feel like they’re just going out and reacting. They’re not thinking anymore and they’re not worried about their steps, because they have confidence.”
The Marauder offense was led by 2015 AP Southeast District Offensive Player of the Year Cody Bartrum, who was 15-of-22 passing for 240 yards and four touchdowns, while rushing for 86 yards and one score on five attempts. Cory Cox and Landon Acree each completed one pass in the game, for 18 and 13 yards respectively.
Cullums finished with 79 yards on 12 carries, Helton added 25 yards on two attempts, Garretson marked 24 yards on three tries, Zach Bartrum chipped in with one rush for 13 yards and a score, while Landon Acree ran four times for a total of two yards.
Helton hauled in five passes for 38 yards, Caruthers added 60 yards and one score on three receptions, while Zach Bartrum had 58 yards and one score on three receptions of his own. Jared Kennedy caught two passes for 20 yards, Mattox had one 34-yard touchdown grab, Williams had one 30-yard TD catch, while Landon Acree caught one 18-yard pass and Brentten Young added one 13-yard catch.
“Coach Willford has done a great job calling the plays, and the kids are executing,” Coach Bartrum said of his offense. “I don’t want to take anything away from Gallipolis, because they came out and hit us. In the first quarter they were right there, but our kids kept fighting and believing in what we’re doing. We still have some plays that we need to do better.”
As a team, Meigs had 20 first downs, 14 more than GAHS. MHS had two turnovers and punted just once, while Gallia Academy had three turnovers and punted four times.
“We knew we had to play a good Meigs team,” GAHS head coach Josh Riffe said. “They’re well coached, they have good players and a veteran quarterback. You can always count on them to make the right decisions and do the right things with the ball.”
McClelland led the Blue Devils by passing for 52 yards on 8-of-14 attempts, with one interception. McClelland ran 15 times for a net of 29 yards. Plymale was Gallia Academy’s leading rusher with 32 yards and a score on four attempts.
Sipple led all GAHS receivers with 22 yards on three catches, while Campbell had seven yards on two grabs. Call had 13 yards, Plymale had nine and Boo Pullins marked one yard on one reception each.
“We have a lot of young guys playing,” Riffe said. “More important than finding the bad things is finding the good things to point out, because you don’t want this loss to carry over and cost you another game.”
Call and Campbell’s interceptions highlighted the GAHS defensive effort, while Meigs’ defense was charged by interceptions by Brown and Wesley Jones. For MHS, Hood had 1.5 sacks and a fumble recovery, while Jimmy Porter had one sack and Riley Ogdin had a half of a sack.
The Marauders will have their home opener next week against Amanda-Clearcreek, which suffered a 20-19 loss to visiting Lakewood on Friday.
“Amanda-Clearcreek is a powerhouse,” Coach Bartrum said. “Coach (Scott) Hinton will have those kids going. We got lucky and won up there last year, but now we have to put our hard-hats on and get ready.”
This is Meigs’ first win on Memorial Field since 1977, and the first time MHS has won two-straight against the Blue Devils since claiming victories 1978 and 80.
The Blue Devils will play on Memorial Field again next week as in-county rival River Valley visits for the second annual OVB Community Bowl, on Saturday.
“Whether we win or lose, we only get a few hours to be excited or be down before we move on to the next week,” Riffe said. “Our big thing is, don’t let this stick with us. Tomorrow morning when we come in to lift and and watch film we will already have our eyes set on River Valley.”
River Valley defeated Eastern 51-27 at home on Friday.
Alex Hawley can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2100.
Meigs senior Cody Bartrum (2) delivers a stiff arm to Gallia Academy sophomore Cory Call (10) during the first half of the Marauders’ 42-7 victory, on Friday night at Memorial Field. http://mydailysentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/web1_8.28-MHS-Bartrum.jpg Meigs senior Cody Bartrum (2) delivers a stiff arm to Gallia Academy sophomore Cory Call (10) during the first half of the Marauders’ 42-7 victory, on Friday night at Memorial Field.


Herald Publisher Korrie Wenzel informed the news staff of the decision on the day Steve Wagner left the editor post. Wagner was hired as the Forum News Service director in Fargo earlier this month.
While he was disappointed by Wagner's departure, Wenzel called Stromsodt a "reader-first" kind of journalist.
"That, coupled with her lifetime connection to the Grand Forks region, will mean great things for the Herald," he added.
Stromsodt, a native of Mekinock, N.D., and a 1997 graduate of Midway Public School near Inkster, N.D., said she grew up reading the Herald. Her first newspaper job was working at the Herald in 1998 while attending UND.
"The room is full of talent and energy, so I can't wait to get to work," Stromsodt said. "I care about the work and I care about the community, which is what the Herald is all about."
Stromsodt wore various hats in her 13 years at the Herald, including as city editor. She then spent three years as deputy editor at The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead and 18 months as director of content at Agweek, both of which are owned by the Herald's parent company, Forum Communications Co.
Stromsodt is also president-elect of the Downtown Rotary Club and is on the Women's Fund Advisory Board at the Community Foundation.
"Kirsten has been a fixture in the newsroom at the Herald, the Forum and Agweek for years. Seeing her as editor of the Herald just seemed like a natural progression for her," Wenzel said. "It's very deserved."
Stromsodt's first day as Herald editor is Sept. 19.


For more than a week now, as he's tried to shine the spotlight on his rival, Trump has appeared to wrestle with one of his signature proposals: A pledge to expel everyone living in the U.S. illegally with the help of a "deportation force."
At a Fox News town hall taping last week, in the face of pressing questions, the GOP nominee proceeded to poll the audience at length on the fate of an estimated 11 million people. It was a stunning display of indecision from a candidate who has asked voters to put enormous faith in his gut instincts.
Trump is now planning a major speech Wednesday, during which he's expected to finally clarify his stance. Supporters are hoping for a strong, decisive showing. But the episode underscores how little time his campaign has invested in outlining how he would accomplish his goals as president, especially when compared with the detailed plans of his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. And for critics, many already disposed to vote against him, his wavering on what has been his signature issue seems like a warning that he's unable to handle a central element of any president's job — making decisions.
"It's just puzzling," said Lanhee Chen, who has served as a policy adviser to several Republican presidential candidates. "This is the issue on which he rose to prominence in the primary and the issue on which he continues to stake much of his campaign."
From the start, Trump has never been the kind of candidate to pore over thick policy books.
Indeed, he has mocked Clinton on the subject.
"She's got people that sit in cubicles writing policy all day. Nothing's ever going to happen. It's just a waste of paper," he told Time Magazine in June. "My voters don't care and the public doesn't care. They know you're going to do a good job once you're there."
To date, Trump's campaign has posted just seven policy proposals on his website, totaling just over 9,000 words. There are 38 on Clinton's "issues" page, ranging from efforts to cure Alzheimer's disease to Wall Street and criminal justice reform, and her campaign boasts that it has now released 65 policy fact sheets, totaling 112,735 words.
"I've laid out the best I could, the specific plans and ideas that I want to pursue as your president because I have this old-fashioned idea," Clinton said during a recent speech in Colorado. "When you run for president, you ought to tell people what you want to do as their president."
Trump's new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, has said she's pushing her boss to get more specific. Yet his positions on a host of issues remain vague at best.
For example, while Trump has slammed the Common Core education standards and touts the benefits of local control of education, he has no formal, detailed plans for improving public schools. He talks about student loan debt and the increasing costs of higher education, but has yet to propose solutions. He has teased plans to make childcare more affordable, but has missed his own deadline for unveiling them.
Trump's supporters say questions about his recent waffling on the deportation question are overblown. His running mate, Mike Pence, describes him as "a CEO at work" as he consults with various stakeholders.
"You see someone who is engaging the American people, listening to the American people," Pence told CNN on Sunday. "He is hearing from all sides."
But Chen, the Republican policy adviser, said a President Trump arriving at the White House without detailed plans could be limited in how much he might achieve, since a new president's power is at its apex early on.
"If you're not able to hit the ground running, chances are you're going to run into serious resistance if you sit there studying something for the first 100 days," he said.

Trump's deportation waffle highlights campaign weaknesses


SEATTLE (AP) — Donald Trump and his aides used to say that voters didn't care about the nitty-gritty of policy details. But now those details are tripping up his campaign.


SEATTLE (AP) — Donald Trump and his aides used to say that voters didn't care about the nitty-gritty of policy details. But now those details are tripping up his campaign.
For more than a week now, as he's tried to shine the spotlight on his rival, Trump has appeared to wrestle with one of his signature proposals: A pledge to expel everyone living in the U.S. illegally with the help of a "deportation force."
At a Fox News town hall taping last week, in the face of pressing questions, the GOP nominee proceeded to poll the audience at length on the fate of an estimated 11 million people. It was a stunning display of indecision from a candidate who has asked voters to put enormous faith in his gut instincts.
Trump is now planning a major speech Wednesday, during which he's expected to finally clarify his stance. Supporters are hoping for a strong, decisive showing. But the episode underscores how little time his campaign has invested in outlining how he would accomplish his goals as president, especially when compared with the detailed plans of his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. And for critics, many already disposed to vote against him, his wavering on what has been his signature issue seems like a warning that he's unable to handle a central element of any president's job — making decisions.
"It's just puzzling," said Lanhee Chen, who has served as a policy adviser to several Republican presidential candidates. "This is the issue on which he rose to prominence in the primary and the issue on which he continues to stake much of his campaign."
From the start, Trump has never been the kind of candidate to pore over thick policy books.
Indeed, he has mocked Clinton on the subject.
"She's got people that sit in cubicles writing policy all day. Nothing's ever going to happen. It's just a waste of paper," he told Time Magazine in June. "My voters don't care and the public doesn't care. They know you're going to do a good job once you're there."
To date, Trump's campaign has posted just seven policy proposals on his website, totaling just over 9,000 words. There are 38 on Clinton's "issues" page, ranging from efforts to cure Alzheimer's disease to Wall Street and criminal justice reform, and her campaign boasts that it has now released 65 policy fact sheets, totaling 112,735 words.
"I've laid out the best I could, the specific plans and ideas that I want to pursue as your president because I have this old-fashioned idea," Clinton said during a recent speech in Colorado. "When you run for president, you ought to tell people what you want to do as their president."
Trump's new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, has said she's pushing her boss to get more specific. Yet his positions on a host of issues remain vague at best.
For example, while Trump has slammed the Common Core education standards and touts the benefits of local control of education, he has no formal, detailed plans for improving public schools. He talks about student loan debt and the increasing costs of higher education, but has yet to propose solutions. He has teased plans to make childcare more affordable, but has missed his own deadline for unveiling them.
Trump's supporters say questions about his recent waffling on the deportation question are overblown. His running mate, Mike Pence, describes him as "a CEO at work" as he consults with various stakeholders.
"You see someone who is engaging the American people, listening to the American people," Pence told CNN on Sunday. "He is hearing from all sides."
But Chen, the Republican policy adviser, said a President Trump arriving at the White House without detailed plans could be limited in how much he might achieve, since a new president's power is at its apex early on.
"If you're not able to hit the ground running, chances are you're going to run into serious resistance if you sit there studying something for the first 100 days," he said.


VASCO: Bibijan Shaikh (48), a resident of New-Vaddem, was seriously injured after she was hit by a passenger train near Shantinagar in Vasco on Thursday afternoon.
The incident occurred when the woman was trying to cross the railway track at around 1.30 p.m. She was hit by a Collem-bound Vasco passenger train. The woman sustained grievous injuries to her face and head. She was immediately referred to Cottage Hospital at Chicalim and then shifted to Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital at Bambolim.
Police inspector Chandrakant Talvanekar has registered a case of accident and is investigating into it.
Meanwhile, residents of New-Vaddem and Shantinagar have demanded construction of road over bridge (RoB) or some provision to prevent accidents at Shantinagar. They said that several mishaps have occurred in the past while people attempting to cross the railway track.
Recently, the Divisional Railway Users Consultative Committee (DRUCC) member Chandrakant Gawas had submitted a memorandum to the chairman of DRUCC and the general manager of South Western Railway Hubli Division demanding to make some provision at the Shantinagar railway track to avoid accidents.


SAN FRANCISCO — From the White House to San Francisco police union headquarters, Colin Kaepernick’s name came up Monday as his decision to sit down during the national anthem reached far beyond football.
And many aren’t thrilled with the 49ers quarterback’s strong words about why he is doing it: To instigate change and challenge authority when it comes to race relations and what he considers police brutality.
Even his former coach, outspoken Michigan leader Jim Harbaugh, chimed in from afar in disagreement with Kaepernick’s tactics — clarifying some earlier remarks that questioned the quarterback’s motivation.
“I apologize for misspeaking my true sentiments. To clarify, I support Colin’s motivation. It’s his method of action that I take exception to,” Harbaugh posted on Twitter.
A day after Kaepernick called Donald Trump “openly racist,” the Republican presidential candidate fired back on Seattle’s KIRO radio.
“I have followed it, and I think it’s personally not a good thing. I think it’s a terrible thing,” Trump said. “And you know, maybe he should find a country that works better for him. Let him try, it won’t happen.”
Kaepernick, who has sat through the anthem for all three 49ers preseason games so far, is prepared to keep fighting for what he believes in — even alone.
“The fact that it has blown up like this, I think it’s a good thing. It brings awareness,” Kaepernick said Sunday. “Now, I think people are really talking about it. Having conversations about how to make change. What’s really going on in this country. And we can move forward. …There is police brutality. People of color have been targeted by police.”
Martin Halloran, the San Francisco Police Officers Association president, sent a letter Monday to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and 49ers CEO Jed York denouncing Kaepernick’s “ill-advised” statements and a “naiveté” and “total lack of sensitivity” toward police, along with an “incredible lack of knowledge” about officer-involved shootings.
“There is some depth and some truth to what he was doing,” Seahawks star Richard Sherman said of Kaepernick. “I think he could have picked a better platform and a better way to do it, but every day they say athletes are so robotic and do everything by the book and then when somebody takes a stand like that, he gets his head chopped off.”
The police union invited Kaepernick or anyone else from the league to visit the San Francisco police academy to build communication and understanding about the profession.
“I only wish Mr. Kaepernick could see the emotional and psychological challenges that our officers face following a fatal encounter,” Halloran wrote.
“Some are so affected they never return to the streets. In short, Mr. Kaepernick has embarrassed himself, the 49er organization, and the NFL based on a false narrative and misinformation that lacks any factual basis.”
At the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, top-ranked American John Isner spoke of Kaepernick after winning his first-round match Monday.
“I thought that was pathetic from him. The cause he was going for, fine by me — but don’t do it in that fashion,” Isner said. “For him doing it in that way really irked me. I’m a big Blaine Gabbert fan now.”
Gabbert and Kaepernick are competing for San Francisco’s starting QB job.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said he was confident President Barack Obama is aware of Kaepernick’s actions, but hadn’t spoken directly with the president about it.
“In general, what I can say is that I certainly don’t share the views that Mr. Kaepernick expressed after the game in explaining his reasoning for his actions, but we surely would all acknowledge and even defend his right to express those views in the settings that he chooses,” Earnest said. “That’s what he’s done, and even as objectionable as we find his perspective, he certainly is entitled to express it.”
Kaepernick’s stance, which he further explained Sunday after he was shown sitting on the bench for “The Star-Spangled Banner” before Friday’s preseason loss to the Packers, was still the chatter around the NFL, too.
Steelers left tackle Alejandro Villanueva, who played at Army and served in Afghanistan before forging a job in the NFL, said he agrees that the U.S. “is not perfect” but insists it is the best country and he is unsure how he would react if one of his teammates sat down for the anthem.
“I just know that I am very thankful to be an American. I will stand very proudly, and I will sing every single line in the national anthem every single time I hear it,” Villanueva said. “I will stop whatever I am doing, because I recognize that I have to be very thankful to be in this country.”
As some of Kaepernick’s teammates noted Sunday, many are offended by his bold move — one he plans to continue indefinitely.
“The American flag and our national anthem stand for something, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States salutes all who stand with us,” said Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander Brian Duffy.

Colin Kaepernick’s decision to sit through national anthem scrutinized


From the White House to San Francisco police union headquarters, Colin Kaepernick's name came up Monday as his decision to sit down during the national anthem reached far beyond football.


SAN FRANCISCO | From the White House to San Francisco police union headquarters, Colin Kaepernick’s name came up Monday as his decision to sit down during the national anthem reached far beyond football.
And many aren’t thrilled with the 49ers quarterback’s strong words about why he is doing it : To instigate change and challenge authority when it comes to race relations and what he considers police brutality.
Even his former coach, outspoken Michigan leader Jim Harbaugh, chimed in from afar in disagreement with Kaepernick’s tactics — clarifying some earlier remarks that questioned the quarterback’s motivation.
“I apologize for misspeaking my true sentiments. To clarify, I support Colin’s motivation. It’s his method of action that I take exception to,” Harbaugh posted on Twitter.
A day after Kaepernick called Donald Trump “openly racist,” the Republican presidential candidate fired back on Seattle’s KIRO radio.
“I have followed it, and I think it’s personally not a good thing. I think it’s a terrible thing,” Trump said. “And you know, maybe he should find a country that works better for him. Let him try, it won’t happen.”
Kaepernick, who has sat through the anthem for all three 49ers preseason games so far, is prepared to keep fighting for what he believes in — even alone.
“The fact that it has blown up like this, I think it’s a good thing. It brings awareness,” Kaepernick said Sunday. “Now, I think people are really talking about it. Having conversations about how to make change. What’s really going on in this country. And we can move forward. …There is police brutality. People of color have been targeted by police.”
Martin Halloran, the San Francisco Police Officers Association president, sent a letter Monday to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and 49ers CEO Jed York denouncing Kaepernick’s “ill-advised” statements and a “naiveté” and “total lack of sensitivity” toward police, along with an “incredible lack of knowledge” about officer-involved shootings.
“There is some depth and some truth to what he was doing,” Seahawks star Richard Sherman said of Kaepernick. “I think he could have picked a better platform and a better way to do it, but every day they say athletes are so robotic and do everything by the book and then when somebody takes a stand like that, he gets his head chopped off.”
The police union invited Kaepernick or anyone else from the league to visit the San Francisco police academy to build communication and understanding about the profession.
“I only wish Mr. Kaepernick could see the emotional and psychological challenges that our officers face following a fatal encounter,” Halloran wrote.
“Some are so affected they never return to the streets. In short, Mr. Kaepernick has embarrassed himself, the 49er organization, and the NFL based on a false narrative and misinformation that lacks any factual basis.”
At the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, top-ranked American John Isner spoke of Kaepernick after winning his first-round match Monday.
“I thought that was pathetic from him. The cause he was going for, fine by me — but don’t do it in that fashion,” Isner said. “For him doing it in that way really irked me. I’m a big Blaine Gabbert fan now.”
Gabbert and Kaepernick are competing for San Francisco’s starting QB job.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said he was confident President Barack Obama is aware of Kaepernick’s actions, but hadn’t spoken directly with the president about it.
“In general, what I can say is that I certainly don’t share the views that Mr. Kaepernick expressed after the game in explaining his reasoning for his actions, but we surely would all acknowledge and even defend his right to express those views in the settings that he chooses,” Earnest said. “That’s what he’s done, and even as objectionable as we find his perspective, he certainly is entitled to express it.”
Kaepernick’s stance, which he further explained Sunday after he was shown sitting on the bench for “The Star-Spangled Banner” before Friday’s preseason loss to the Packers, was still the chatter around the NFL, too.
Steelers left tackle Alejandro Villanueva, who played at Army and served in Afghanistan before forging a job in the NFL, said he agrees that the U.S. “is not perfect” but insists it is the best country and he is unsure how he would react if one of his teammates sat down for the anthem.
“I just know that I am very thankful to be an American. I will stand very proudly, and I will sing every single line in the national anthem every single time I hear it,” Villanueva said. “I will stop whatever I am doing, because I recognize that I have to be very thankful to be in this country.”
As some of Kaepernick’s teammates noted Sunday, many are offended by his bold move — one he plans to continue indefinitely.
“The American flag and our national anthem stand for something, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States salutes all who stand with us,” said Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander Brian Duffy.
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AP Tennis Writer Howard Fendrich, AP Sports Writers Will Graves and Larry Lage, and Associated Press Writers Kevin Freking and Paul Elias and AP freelance writer Curtis Crabtree contributed to this report.
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49rs' Kaepernick's decision to sit through anthem scrutinized


CHINCHINIM : Chinchinim gram sabha on Sunday passed a resolution asking the panchayat to file a police complaint over the missing files pertaining to construction of the panchayat ghar cum sports complex under controversial circumstances, after the sarpanch adjourned the meeting till November 27.
The gram sabha also passed a resolution seeking to expedite the process of construction of the panchayat ghar.
The panchayat had passed a resolution to go ahead with the panchayat ghar cum sports complex in June this year, but the sarpanch had not forwarded the proposal and kept it pending to seek gram sabha approval.
Confusion prevailed as two factions of villagers-one supporting the panchayat ghar cum market complex and the other panchayat ghar cum sports complex argued over the proposal as each faction tried to push their case.
Sarpanch Santos Rebello proposed to put the matter for voting, however, the villagers passed the resolution amidst confusion as the sarpanch adjourned the meeting till November 27 and left the hall along with ruling panch members.
However, the opposition panch members opposed, and decided to continue with the meeting by appointing former sarpanch Costancio Fernandes to preside over.
Earlier, the gram sabha raised objection to the proposed budget for 2016-17, saying the panchayat has failed to show from where it was going to raise the funds for development, and also grilled the panchayat on house tax collection.
The villagers also raised objection to implementation of collection of one month’s rent from the people renting out their rooms as the panchayat already has nearly Rs 19 lakh as tax arrears.
They said till such time the panchayat develops a mechanism to effectively collect the house tax, no other tax should be imposed. The sarpanch informed that the panchayat will ask the people to pay their dues through announcement in the church, adding the panchayat is already making efforts to recover the arrears.
The gram sabha also raised the issue of garbage problem in the village, and sought from the panchayat concrete steps to tackle it.
The villagers also expressed displeasure over poor functioning of the streetlights in the village.
The gram sabha under the chairmanship of Costancio Fernandes passed a resolution to revoke NOC issued for installing a mobile tower. They villagers alleged that the tower was erected illegally
Former sarpanch alleged that rules were bent to allow the installation of the tower.
Velim MLA Benjamin Silva, who was invited for the gram sabha, replying to a query on development said, “The village of Chinchinim has not been ignored. Work has been carried out in various wards, however, no major work could be carried out as there was no support from the village panchayat and villagers.”
Later, speaking to reporters after the gram sabha, the sarpanch Santos Rebello charged that the continuation of the gram sabha after it was adjourned was illegal and hence the resolutions passed are illegal. He further said that he has reported the matter to the BDO.

Chinchinim gram sabha seeks police complaint over missing files


BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Top commanders from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia are preparing to gather one final time in mid-September to ratify a peace accord reached this week with government negotiators and map out the group’s political strategy without weapons.
“The historic importance of this event merits that the people of Colombia and the world see firsthand the development and conclusions of what will be the last conference of our armed organization,” the FARC said in a statement Saturday inviting media to cover the 10th conference.
The summit will take place Sept. 13-19 in jungled surroundings of San Vicente del Caguan, an area where the rebels have long been dominant and which was the center of a Switzerland-sized demilitarized zone ceded to the FARC during a previous attempt at peace more than a decade ago.
Some 200 delegates are expected to attend, including 29 members of the FARC’s central command, a top decision-making body. Several foreign dignitaries it didn’t name are also invited.
The 297-page peace accord reached this week in Cuba seeks to bring an end to Latin America’s oldest guerrilla war, which has caused more than 220,000 deaths and driven 5 million people from their homes over five decades. As part of the deal, FARC members must turn over their weapons within six months after the deal is formally signed and instead seek to persuade skeptical Colombians that it’s ready to play by the rules of democracy.
In exchange, the FARC’s still unnamed future political movement will be granted a minimum 10 congressional seats — five in the lower house, five in the Senate — for two legislative periods. In addition, 16 lower house seats will be created for grassroots activists in rural areas traditionally neglected by the state and in which existing political parties will be banned from running candidates, a move critics of the peace process say will further boost the rebels’ post-conflict political power.
After 2026, both arrangements will end and the former rebels will have to demonstrate their political strength at the ballot box.
The FARC last held a major summit in 2007, in the midst of a U.S.-backed military campaign that decimated its ranks and led to the killing of several top commanders.
Colombians will also be given a chance to ratify the accord in a national referendum Oct. 2. Polls say most Colombians loathe the rebel group but will likely endorse the deal anyway.
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Joshua Goodman is on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apjoshgoodman His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/journalist/joshua-goodman

Colombian rebels announce final conference of peace talks


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For all of the people who say the Second Amendment is outdated, I would like to remind you that dictatorships are formed on a people with no ability to defend themselves.


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1:27 Kaine taunts Trump on tax returns — Election Rewind
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1:43 Trump keeps his cool while protesters repeatedly interrupt his economic speech

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GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s tweet that appeared to link the shooting death of NBA star Dwyane Wade’s cousin to his attempt to appeal to African-American voters drew swift criticism online Saturday


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1:43 Trump keeps his cool while protesters repeatedly interrupt his economic speech
1:17 Trump ejects crying baby from rally

Hilton Head, Columbia charged with federal reporting violation


The Town of Hilton Head Island and the City of Columbia are among dozens of states, cities, schools and other entities charged with misleading investors, U.S. regulators announced Wednesday.


LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reports of a gunman opening fire that turned out to be false caused panicked evacuations at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday night, while flights to and from the airport saw major delays.
A search through terminals brought no evidence of a gunman or shots fired, Los Angeles police spokesman Andy Neiman said. The reports were spurred by loud noises only, and police were still investigating to find the source of them, Neiman said.
Airport officials said that a person wearing a Zorro costume was detained during the incident, but it wasn’t yet clear whether the person had any connection to the evacuation.
The incident stirred chaos as hundreds of people rushed from terminals on to sidewalks or the tarmac. And it left a mess with three terminals shut down, roads closed and flights held in the air and on the ground.
All terminals and roads into the airport had been reopened by 11 p.m. PDT, about two hours after the initial reports, officials said. But massive backup faced travelers in their cars and in security lines. Passengers who fled had to be rescreened through security.
When the incident began, scores of people could be seen on social media and on TV news running from the terminal out on to the sidewalks and streets as police with rifles out stormed terminals. Many other evacuees were standing on the airport tarmac, and abandoned bags littered some sidewalks.
“We were on the jetway and someone starts pushing behind us,” Jon Landis, a sales representative from Boston who was boarding a flight home, told The Associated Press. “One man was frantic saying there was a shooter.”
Police officers, including one with a shotgun, eventually led passengers out of the terminal, through a security gate, and into a parking lot — where several hundred waited for the terminal to reopen. Ninety minutes after the scare, Landis said he was still waiting for word on his flight.
Passenger Scott McDonald said he was getting off a plane in the middle of the incident and was told by the crew to get back on. He said looking out the window he could see many evacuees gathered out on the tarmac, a strange sight even for someone who travels almost constantly.
“I’ve never seen passengers, just normal people, on the tarmac anywhere in the United States,” McDonald told KCAL-TV.
Douglas Lee, who was traveling home to Albuquerque with his wife and son, said the greatest danger was being trampled.
“You can imagine hundreds of adults trying to go through an exit door,” he explained. At one point, he said he picked up his young son left their luggage.
Corey Rosenbusch was relaxing inside a terminal club on a layover flight from his home in Washington, D.C., to Sydney, Australia, when the lights went off and the staff told everyone to shelter in place.
“People immediately started looking at social media, where they saw reports that there was an active shooter,” Rosenbusch told the AP.
He said several officers, including some with assault rifles, led the group out of the area.
The incident came just days after another false alarm led to a panicked evacuation of Kennedy Airport in New York.
In that incident, police were investigating whether an overly boisterous celebration of the Olympics on Aug. 14 led to noises that were misinterpreted as gunfire, with the ensuing chain reaction turning into a panic as crowds ran to evacuate.
The Los Angeles airport had an actual shooting in November 2013, when a man opened fire in the terminal, killing a security agent and wounding three other people.

False report of gunman at Los Angeles airport causes panic


LOS ANGELES – Reports of a gunman opening fire that turned out to be false caused panicked evacuations at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday night, while flights to and from the airport saw major delays.
A search through terminals brought no evidence of a gunman or shots fired, Los Angeles police spokesman Andy Neiman said. The reports were spurred by loud noises only, and police were still investigating to find the source of them, Neiman said.
Airport officials said that a person wearing a Zorro costume was detained during the incident, but it wasn't yet clear whether the person had any connection to the evacuation.
The incident stirred chaos as hundreds of people rushed from terminals on to sidewalks or the tarmac. And it left a mess with three terminals shut down, roads closed and flights held in the air and on the ground.
All terminals and roads into the airport had been reopened by 11 p.m. PDT, about two hours after the initial reports, officials said. But massive backup faced travelers in their cars and in security lines. Passengers who fled had to be rescreened through security.
When the incident began, scores of people could be seen on social media and on TV news running from the terminal out on to the sidewalks and streets as police with rifles out stormed terminals. Many other evacuees were standing on the airport tarmac, and abandoned bags littered some sidewalks.
"We were on the jetway and someone starts pushing behind us," Jon Landis, a sales representative from Boston who was boarding a flight home, told The Associated Press. "One man was frantic saying there was a shooter."
Police officers, including one with a shotgun, eventually led passengers out of the terminal, through a security gate, and into a parking lot — where several hundred waited for the terminal to reopen. Ninety minutes after the scare, Landis said he was still waiting for word on his flight.
Passenger Scott McDonald said he was getting off a plane in the middle of the incident and was told by the crew to get back on. He said looking out the window he could see many evacuees gathered out on the tarmac, a strange sight even for someone who travels almost constantly.
"I've never seen passengers, just normal people, on the tarmac anywhere in the United States," McDonald told KCAL-TV.
Douglas Lee, who was traveling home to Albuquerque with his wife and son, said the greatest danger was being trampled.
"You can imagine hundreds of adults trying to go through an exit door," he explained. At one point, he said he picked up his young son left their luggage.
Corey Rosenbusch was relaxing inside a terminal club on a layover flight from his home in Washington, D.C., to Sydney, Australia, when the lights went off and the staff told everyone to shelter in place.
"People immediately started looking at social media, where they saw reports that there was an active shooter," Rosenbusch told the AP.
He said several officers, including some with assault rifles, led the group out of the area.
The incident came just days after another false alarm led to a panicked evacuation of Kennedy Airport in New York.
In that incident, police were investigating whether an overly boisterous celebration of the Olympics on Aug. 14 led to noises that were misinterpreted as gunfire, with the ensuing chain reaction turning into a panic as crowds ran to evacuate.
The Los Angeles airport had an actual shooting in November 2013, when a man opened fire in the terminal, killing a security agent and wounding three other people.


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NEW DELHI
The Centre Tuesday announced a hike in minimum wage for unskilled non-farm workers of the central government to Rs 350 a day, from the current Rs 246, in an attempt to mollify trade unions that have threatened to go on a nation-wide strike on Friday.
Interacting with reporters here, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the bonus for 2014-15 and 2015-16 will be paid to central government employees based on revised norms. The Bonus Amendment Act will be implemented “strictly”.
He gave an assurance that the government will also take necessary steps to resolve the cases on payment of bonus pending in high courts and the Supreme Court.
The likely financial implications of the bonus move translate into Rs 1,920 crore per annum.
“In the last one and a half years, the inter-ministerial committee had meeting with central trade unions. Trade unions placed various demands. Some were labour related and some economic policy issues related. The government has taken some decisions with regard to those on the basis of their recommendations,” added Jaitley.
Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal and Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya were also present.
Jaitley said it has been decided to fix the minimum wages at Rs 350 per day for unskilled non-agricultural workers for ‘C’ category areas keeping in view the modalities of fixing minimum wages.
The decision was taken following deliberations at the meeting of the Minimum Wage Advisory Board under the chairmanship of the labour minister for revising the basic minimum wages in the central sphere.
The registration of the contract workers and their staffing agencies is mandatory and states will be advised to strictly implement the same, the finance minister said.
Errant contractors will face appropriate action for any violation, he warned.
The issue of giving social security benefit to the unorganised sector (like Anganwadi, mid-day meal, Asha volunteers) will be examined by a committee which will give its report at the “earliest”.
Asked about the strike call, Jaitley said: “I think we have responsible trade unions.”
On the opposition to the government’s plans to merge associate banks of SBI with the parent bank, Jaitley said “the merger is not subject of trade unions”.
“Their service conditions are not being hurt adversely or affected at all. There will be no impact of merger on service conditions of any employee. If government decides that we need strong banks, then unions would have to change their approach to the whole issue,” he asserted.
Dattatreya has held meetings with central trade unions wherein detailed discussions were held with regard to their charter of demands.
The issues have been taken up by inter-ministerial committee haded by the finance minister.
As many as 10 central trade unions have given a call for a one-day pan-India strike on September 2, 2016, to protest against the government’s labour reforms and “not paying heed to their demands”.

Govt hikes minimum wage for workers as union strike nears


Road closures on the A1(M) in South Yorkshire have been lifted following two accidents this morning.
Drivers face four-mile queues on the motorway today as emergency services respond to the incidents.
The first accident at the junction 35 northbound sliproad, at around 10.20am, prompted the closure of the northbound carriageway between junctions 35 and 36, near Doncaster.
And a single lane of the southbound carriageway was closed between junctions 36 and 37 following a second collision involving a lorry and a motorcycle soon after.
Highways England said the carriageways had now reopened and traffic was returning to normal.
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Unexpected turnout for junior national championship
A brightly lit arena, twangs from badminton rackets, young talent from across the country and a cheerful, yet noisy, audience! The ongoing ‘All-India Junior Ranking Boys and Girls Badminton Tournament-2016’, for players under 17 and 19, has proved that it has all the necessary ingredients for a fantastic sporting event.
The event, which began post ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu’s triumph at the Rio Olympics, has been drawing steady crowds to the Sri Srinivasa Sports Complex in the temple city. Every shot, be it the jump smash, hairpin drops or slices, in addition to the impeccable rallies, was met with thunderous applause from the crowd - all this being watched by a towering flex banner of P.V. Sindhu, on a side wall.
“We did not expect such a turnout for the event. The sports complex, since day one, has been jam-packed with crowds and we are happy that the support is still continuing,” remarked P. Ramakrishnaiah, treasurer of Chittoor District Badminton Association (CDBA), elated at getting a chance to host the prestigious event.
“These tournaments are held 4-5 times a year to help the players in improving their ‘All India Rankings’. This will further enable them take part in bigger campaigns, both on national and international stages,” he added.
While several parents and coaches were found cheering the players, they were equally vocal in highlighting the need for overhauling the sports infrastructure across the state, if the country were to produce sportspersons of global repute.
“The lack of sports academies and coaches in Chittoor district has prompted me to enroll my son in Pullela Gopichand Academy at Hyderabad. He has been undergoing training for the past five years and he now stands tenth in the country, in the under 17 category,” D. Jayachandra, a badminton player turned national referee told The Hindu.
The parents rued that there were no good sporting facilities for students in the district, despite being the home for seven universities in the region. They also opined that schools, many of them which have no proper playgrounds, have been detrimental towards the overall development of the children and urged the State government to focus on this issue at the earliest.
The event is being organised by the CDBA in association with the Badminton Association of India, Andhra Pradesh Badminton Association, Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh and District Sports Authority – Chittoor. More than 750 aspiring players from across 25 States and representing various sports academies are participating in the event, which concludes on August 27.

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A brightly lit arena, twangs from badminton rackets, young talent from across the country and a cheerful, yet noisy, audience! The ongoing ‘All-India Junior Ranking Boys and Girls Badminton Tournamen


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Bellingham Technical College in Bellingham, Washington, has been approved to offer a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Technology program starting in fall 2017. Students can begin taking prerequisite classes for the degree when fall classes begin Sept. 20. This is the second bachelor’s degree BTC has been approved to offer this year after the college got the OK to offer a Bachelor of Applied Science in Operations Management in March.


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Max Ritvo, a poet who chronicled his long battle with cancer in works that were both humorous and searing, has died. He was 25.
Ritvo died Tuesday morning at his home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, his mother, Ariella Ritvo-Slifka, said Friday.
Ritvo was diagnosed at 16 with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer that affects bones and soft tissue in children and young adults.
Treatment brought about a remission that permitted Ritvo to finish high school and attend Yale University, where he performed in an improv comedy group. His teachers included Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Gluck.
Ritvo's cancer returned in his senior year, but he completed Yale and this year earned a master's degree from Columbia University.
Ritvo's battle with the disease informed his works. A June poem in the New Yorker discussed an experiment in which cells from his tumors were used in cancer-drug treatment experiments with mice.
"I want my mice to be just like me," Ritvo wrote. "I don't have any children. I named them all Max. First they were Max 1, Max 2, but now they're all just Max. No playing favorites."
Ritvo's first book of poetry, "Four Reincarnations," is scheduled to be published this fall.
In radio and podcast interviews, Ritvo spoke about his suffering. But he rejected any idea that he was a victim of the disease — especially a heroic one.
At their wedding last summer, Ritvo and his wife, Victoria, banned words such as "inspirational" from the speeches, his mother said.
"He was about love and compassion, human and animal rights and about writing and sharing himself with the world," she said. "He didn't want people to see him as an invalid."
Ritvo saw humor not as a coping mechanism but as an intrinsic part of dealing with his illness.
"You know, we imagine in our hysteria that it's disrespectful for the sadness. But when you laugh at something horrible, you're just illuminating a different side of it that was already there and it's not a deflection, it makes it deeper and makes it realer," he said last month in the WNYC Studios podcast "Only Human."
Ritvo also inspired people with his attitude, his wife said.
"Max said 'I love you' to everyone. He hugged everyone. He just wanted there to be more love and laughter," she said.
Ritvo was writing until just days before his death and had told his family that the end would be near when he was no longer able to write.
The day before his death, he told his mother and wife: "I can't write anymore, I can't speak, I can't breathe. … I'm not me. … You guys have to be OK with me going," his mother said.
Earlier this month, Ritvo tweeted a link to poem called "The Final Voicemails," which he said was "about goin’ a bit loopy under quarantine and what Death is."
Its final lines: "Red as earth, red as a dying berry, red as your lips, red as the last thing I saw — and whatever next thing I will see."

Max Ritvo, L.A. poet who chronicled his cancer battle, dies at 25


Max Ritvo, a poet who chronicled his long battle with cancer in works that were both humorous and searing, has died. He was 25.
Ritvo died Tuesday morning at his home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, his mother, Ariella Ritvo-Slifka, said Friday.
Ritvo was diagnosed at 16 with Ewing's sarcoma, a rare cancer that affects bones and soft tissue in children and young adults.
Treatment brought about a remission that permitted Ritvo to finish high school and attend Yale University, where he performed in an improv comedy group. His teachers included Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Louise Gluck.
Ritvo's cancer returned in his senior year, but he completed Yale and this year earned a master's degree from Columbia University.
Ritvo's battle with the disease informed his works. A June poem in The New Yorker discussed an experiment where cells from his tumors were used in cancer drug treatment experiments with mice.
"I want my mice to be just like me," Ritvo wrote. "I don't have any children. I named them all Max. First they were Max 1, Max 2, but now they're all just Max. No playing favorites."
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Ritvo's first book of poetry, "Four Reincarnations," is scheduled to be published this fall.
In radio and podcast interviews, Ritvo spoke about his suffering. But he rejected any idea that he was a victim of the disease — especially a heroic one.
At their wedding last summer, Ritvo and his wife, Victoria, banned words such as "inspirational" from the speeches, his mother said.
"He was about love and compassion, human and animal rights and about writing and sharing himself with the world," she said. "He didn't want people to see him as an invalid."
Ritvo saw humor not as a coping mechanism but as an intrinsic part of dealing with his illness.
"You know, we imagine in our hysteria that it's disrespectful for the sadness. But when you laugh at something horrible, you're just illuminating a different side of it that was already there and it's not a deflection, it makes it deeper and makes it realer," he said last month in the WNYC Studios podcast "Only Human."
Ritvo also inspired people with his attitude, his wife said.
"Max said 'I love you' to everyone. He hugged everyone. He just wanted there to be more love and laughter," she said.
Ritvo was writing until just days before his death and had told his family that the end would be near when he was no longer able to write.
The day before his death, he told his mother and wife: "I can't write anymore, I can't speak, I can't breathe...I'm not me...You guys have to be OK with me going," his mother said.
Earlier this month, Ritvo tweeted a link to poem called "The Final Voicemails," which he said was "about goin a bit loopy under quarantine and what Death is."
Its final lines: "Red as earth, red as a dying berry, red as your lips, red as the last thing I saw — and whatever next thing I will see."
Associated Press

Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled cancer battle, dies at 25


Developer set to buy council land at Shelly Bay for 'Sausalito plan'
JOHN NICHOLSON/FAIRFAX NZ. Wellington City Council is understood to have made a deal to sell its land at Shelly Bay to Developer Ian Cassels.
Plans for a revamp of Shelly Bay could be given a new lease of life after developer reached a deal with the Wellington City Council.
Ian Cassels, director of The Wellington Company, has been working on a plan likened to the capital's version of San Francisco's seaside town of Sausalito.
The rundown wharf and derelict air force and naval buildings on the Miramar Peninsula would be replaced with a new seaside community.
CAMERON BURNELL/FAIRFAX NZ Property Developer Ian Cassels, who heads The Wellington Company, looks set to buy Wellington City Council's land at Shelly Bay. He plans to create the capital's version of San Francisco's seaside town of Sausalito.
It is understood Cassels is in the process of buying the council's land at Shelly Bay, which will allow him to proceed with his plans.
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While Cassels would only confirm he was in negotiations, council chief city planner David Chick confirmed an agreement had been reached for Cassels to buy the council land.
SUPPLIED Sausalito, a short ferry ride across the bay from San Francisco, has been talked about as the blueprint for Wellington's Shelly Bay.
The council was working through what a partnership model might look like, he said.
"The idea is for a partnership model, where the council land, iwi land and private land come together to create a better outcome," Chick said.
"I think that we can have a housing outcome and rich layers of different experiences that people will come to see."
Wellington City Council voted in October to expand a previously-established special housing area around Shelly Bay, incorporating the wharf and the slopes overlooking the harbour.
It means the area is part of the Wellington housing accord, which allows for fast-tracked resource consents, with no public notification and limited appeal rights.
Resource consent applications for qualifying developments must be lodged by September when the special housing areas lapse, so a decision was imminent, Chick said.
There were still some decisions on the "look and feel" of a final plan but Chick believed the council would like to see it aligned with Cassels' masterplan.
In the meantime, an important step was an agreement between Cassels and iwi, he said.
In December The Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust announced it wanted to sell its Shelly Bay land to The Wellington Company, but failed to get the 75 per cent mandate needed from members of the Taranaki Whanui ki te Upoko o te Ika to enable the sale.
Chick was aware that Sir Peter Jackson was also in discussions with iwi about developing Matiu/Somes Island and the council was bringing the relevant people together for conversations.
"Could you imagine having a ferry connection from Somes Island to Shelly Bay and how rich it could be from a tourism and culture perspective."
Council city shaper manager Ian Pike said a sale transaction with The Wellington Company was not yet complete and commercial terms were being discussed.
"Hopefully we will reach a satisfactory conclusion and bring it to council before the end of the year."
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(CNN) When Sotheby's listed a 32-bedroom house in Suzhou last month, it was the property's price tag that made headlines.
Valued at 1 billion yuan (over $150 million), the 72,000-square-foot estate -- nicknamed 'utopia' in Mandarin -- was heralded as China's most expensive home.
The story led to familiar commentary about the country's booming demand for luxury living. But it also represented a subtler trend among the super-rich.
Unapologetically Chinese
Despite having the trappings of a modern Western mansion, including a pool and wine cellar, the property was unapologetically Chinese in style.
The house's rock gardens and curved roofs epitomize a historical aesthetic now being replicated -- to varying degrees of authenticity -- across China's luxury market.
While high-end buyers overall still prefer Western-style villas and apartments, demand is changing, says Sunny Liu, general manager of property research firm China Index Academy.
"We can see this trend of traditional styles becoming more and more popular in the market, especially in the very top-end of the luxury sector," he says. "In Beijing, most of the high-value villa products are traditional now."
'New is better' mentality
Despite this growing fondness for antique design, the history of a home is of less concern to the luxury market.
This is particularly evident in in China's oldest cities, where heritage preservation has taken a backseat to urban regeneration. In Beijing's ancient 'hutong' alleyways, for instance, developers often demolish centuries-old buildings, only to construct tacky replicas of traditional courtyards in their place.
This tendency may be, in part, a legacy of the Cultural Revolution , which saw countless historic buildings and monuments destroyed as part of Chairman Mao Zedong's war on the 'Four Olds' (old customs, culture, habits and ideas). To this day, local governments across China continue to sanction and carry out the demolition of heritage areas in the name of modernization.
But as well as developers' reluctance to spend time and money on restoration, Chinese consumers also associate luxury and livability with 'newness,' says Samuel Liang, associate professor of urbanism at Utah Valley University and author of 'Remaking China's Great Cities'.
"In China, new is definitely better," he says.
"Even if it's in a traditional style, you have to buy brand new. I think the Chinese learned this from America -- especially the West Coast -- and they now basically have the same mentality when it comes to real estate."
Evolving taste
The popularity of traditional-looking homes among the country's most well-to-do stems in part from its expensive construction costs.
Liu notes that the hand-crafted materials and ornate decorations used in Chinese architecture are often worth more than their Western designs, pricing certain classes of buyer out.
But this cannot fully account for the recent change in taste.
China Index Academy is yet to collect data on architectural styles, but industry insiders like Guo Yi, a marketing executive at the Beijing-based real estate consultancy Yahao, say the shift has taken place within recent years.
"It's been in the last two or three years that traditional design elements have been increasingly employed in high-end properties," she explains. "Fifteen years ago, typical luxury properties in Beijing all took their names from Western buildings. Now, Chinese words with traditional cultural meanings are used more often."
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Traditional architecture's rising stock may instead reflect new expressions of status. Owning Chinese-style properties allows high-end buyers to distinguish themselves from the country's middle class, who often aspire to western ideals of luxury. If the rich reside in developments with names like "Central Park" and "Orange County" (both of which can be found in Beijing), then the super-rich increasingly eschew mock-Western design.
"A Chinese buyer with this much money has likely traveled extensively and probably already owns property abroad -- maybe even a French château," says Liz Flora, editor-in-chief of Jing Daily, a website covering luxury consumer trends in China.
"It will take something unique to get them to spend huge amounts on property within mainland China. There is a certain segment which sees the 'copycat' European architectural style as a gimmick aimed at nouveau riche buyers."
These new demands are being felt in the real estate market, says Jon O'Brien, founder of luxury property development company Domvs London.
Less than 10 years ago, he was being approached to build European-style villages. Now his firm is considering a trophy "mega-development" near Hangzhou. As well as incorporating the principles of feng shui, the plan includes traditional pavilions on a man-made lake, and a "Chinese-inspired Great Wall" around the perimeter of the complex.
"Buyers are becoming more design savvy," O'Brien says. "As the Chinese market becomes more sophisticated, and [people] travel globally, they quickly learn that pastiche, ill-conceived, mock-Western 'Disneyland' architecture has no longevity in terms of design or investment. That's why there is a recent trend toward Chinese traditional exterior architecture, albeit with contemporary interiors and amenities."
Enduring appeal of a home abroad
But while China's high-end buyers have a new taste for their culture's old styles, design cannot trump the golden rule of property: 82% would pay more for location.
For the country's super-rich, the most desired locations still lie overseas, which can often offer a better quality of life and access to top schools for their offspring.

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Traditional-looking luxury homes are now popular among elite Chinese.


The derailment of a freight train in the middle of Toronto last Sunday is an urgent warning for us to rethink how dangerous goods are shipped through the most populated neighbourhoods in Canada.
We need immediate action by the federal government to improve rail safety – action which would also improve public transit.
Quite simply, we need a viable plan to separate freight and passenger rail traffic in Canada.
A plan to keep dangerous goods out of urban centres which would also increase the capacity to run more public transit on existing rail lines in urban centres.
It’s 2016 and our Canadian cities have expanded and grown. More people live closer to freight train lines than ever before.
This same train that derailed in Toronto travelled through Mississauga, Ontario’s third largest city.
In the 1800s railways were used to connect our provinces and cities and allowed us to create a Canada.
Cities used railway trains as the engines of their economies to connect people and products. Major cities expanded through the use of trains.
But in today’s modern digital economy we need those same railway lines to move people within an urban centre and between cities, while keeping freight and dangerous goods outside of the urban core.
Last year there was a plan announced by some local governments to fix this problem but there has yet to be urgent action to make it a reality.
The plan is called the “Missing Link”.
In 2015, the cities of Brampton, Cambridge, Guelph, Milton, Mississauga, Toronto, Kitchener and Waterloo developed a business case for the Missing Link.
It is a new rail corridor to connect two exiting freight lines.
The result removes freight traffic from the southern CP and Canadian National Rail (CN) lines, and diverts it to a freight-only rail line.
Then the existing CN and CP freight lines would be free for more commuter service by GO Transit and VIA Rail.
It is a simple plan -- the Missing Link diverts dangerous freight from many cities while expanding commuter transit.
All-day, two-way electrified GO Train service on the Milton and Kitchener lines would become possible, as would high-speed rail.
This idea is not a new one or unique to Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area. It can be implemented in other urban centres across Canada.
In the 1970s new freight-only rail lines were built north of Toronto.
This was done to increase capacity for passenger lines along the shore of Lake Ontario.
This led to development of the Golden Horseshoe and now the Lakeshore rail line is the busiest passenger rail line in Canada.
Population growth in the biggest cities like Toronto has led to unaffordable housing prices combined with some of the worst traffic in the world.
Government knows this growth will only continue.
Yes, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced an enormous infrastructure program. New programs for subways, street cars and other critical infrastructure will start to follow. Those plans will help.
But gridlock is a growing and complex problem.
And sometimes, the most complex problems can have the simplest solutions.
Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie told me the Missing Link would allow the Ontario government to achieve its vision for Regional Express Rail.
"Dangerous freight would no longer travel through communities, and most importantly, residents could arrive to their destination more quickly and easily.
“The Missing Link is an ambitious project, but one that will fundamentally change how we live and work in the GTA for a generation to come,” said Crombie.
The federal Liberals need to act now to make the best use of existing rail lines to move more people efficiently, while protecting them from potentially dangerous train derailments in the process.
Warren is a Liberal political strategist and media commentator. He worked for former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman and former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty and is currently a principal at grgadvisors.ca and CEO of Riseley Gaming Inc.

Time to separate freight and passenger rail lines


The derailment of a freight train in the middle of Toronto last Sunday is an urgent warning for us to rethink how dangerous goods are shipped through the most populated neighbourhoods in Canada.