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9. Would you rather live in a library or a bookstore? |
10. Would you rather lose your place or get a paper cut every time you read a book? |
11. Would you rather have to always read in the dark, or always read books with tiny text? |
12. Would you rather read by a fireplace, or on the beach? |
Pete Buttigieg Peter (Pete) Paul ButtigiegColbert links large 2020 Dem field to Avengers: 'A group of every available person in the universe' The Hill's Morning Report - Trump tells House investigators 'no' Buttigieg draws new scrutiny, criticism MORE can win the Democratic nomination for president, top party strategis... |
Buttigieg has become an early primary sensation, coming out of nowhere to be seen as a real contender for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
Rivals are taking him seriously, and even a second-place finish in Iowa — where he held events Tuesday — could give the South Bend, Ind., mayor a significant boost, say Democratic strategists closely following the jockeying among candidates. |
“If he has a strong showing in one or both of those states, it's a game-changer,” Lynda Tran, a founding partner at 270 Strategies, said of the contests in Iowa and New Hampshire. |
“If he does well in those early states, even if he comes in second, it’ll cause a domino effect with the other states,” the strategist said. |
Once a dark horse candidate with a surname few could pronounce, Buttigieg has soared in the polls in recent weeks, bypassing, at least in some polls, previously better-known political figures and candidates such as Sens. Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Ann WarrenColbert links large 2020 Dem field to Avengers: 'A group of ev... |
That success is critical in a crowded Democratic race with 19 candidates, and former Vice President Joe Biden Joseph (Joe) Robinette BidenElection analyst says Biden could face uphill battle attracting small-dollar donors Biden's announcement was a general election message, says political analyst Gillibrand 'not worrie... |
More and more people are hearing his name — and learning to pronounce it. The political website fivethirtyeight.com said he was the second most-mentioned candidate on cable news last week. |
Since officially announcing his candidacy on Sunday, the openly gay Buttigieg has appeared on MSNBC’s “Rachel Maddow” show to talk about the difficulty of remaining in the closet into his 30s. |
Smaller interviews have gone viral. |
After the fire at Notre Dame in Paris on Monday, Buttigieg — who knows seven languages — spoke to a reporter in French. |
The clip of Buttigieg speaking with French news outlet BFM TV had been viewed nearly 3 million times as of Tuesday morning. |
“To the people of France, I would like to say that Notre Dame Cathedral was like a gift to the human race. We share in the pain, but we also thank you for this gift to civilization,” he said to the channel, according to a Business Insider translation. |
An Emerson poll out this week showed Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernard (Bernie) SandersElection analyst says Biden could face uphill battle attracting small-dollar donors Gillibrand 'not worried' about being 'discounted' in 2020 race Biden's sloppy launch may cost him MORE (I-Vt.) in first place with 29 percent from Democrat... |
Buttigieg, while significantly behind those two candidates, came in third place with 9 percent — a dramatic uptick for the mayor that put him ahead of Sen. Kamala Harris Kamala Devi HarrisThe symbol of 'Wakanda' and black political vision Seven big decisions facing Biden in 2020 primary Sanders dominates, Buttigieg sur... |
Two polls last week in Iowa and New Hampshire also showed Buttigieg in third place behind Biden and Sanders in those two critical states. |
Buttigieg has aced an initial test of the crowded primary, winning attention and dollars for his campaign. |
The mayor raised $7 million for his campaign in the first fundraising quarter, $1 million of which was in the first 24 hours of his campaign announcement, according to his campaign. He also hasn’t spent much of the money yet, allowing him to invest in early state infrastructure. |
Democrats do warn that Buttigieg’s upward trajectory will be difficult to maintain without the right strategy. |
The days between now and the first Democratic debates on June 26 and 27 will be critical. |
“The transition from phenom to leading candidate is a delicate path, and you want to time it right — some strong debate performances, holding your own in tough interviews, a couple of early state wins — that could help him rack up sustained momentum, prominent endorsements and a path to victory,” said Ben LaBolt, a Dem... |
It remains to be seen whether Buttigieg can win over the voters in Iowa and New Hampshire — an electorate that trends over 50. |
“They’re more focused on experience in those states,” said one strategist. |
“Pete checks all of those boxes and then to win he has to show he can put together a campaign which from a prescriptive sense can be broken down into three M’s: message, mobilization and money,” said Lehane. |
Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University said winning the primary shouldn’t be seen as a stretch for the 37-year-old mayor. |
“Not out of this world at all,” Zelizer said. |
“Think Jimmy Carter 1976, Iowa and New Hampshire. Or more recently think Barack Obama Barack Hussein ObamaBiden's sloppy launch may cost him Nagging misconceptions about nudge theory The Hill's Morning Report - Trump tells House investigators 'no' MORE in 2008. Both were unknown candidates, both faced major, well known... |
Charles Mahdi, owner of Hagerstown-based SMU Entertainment LLC, admitted he knew he was supposed to have a liquor license, but did not have one, according to charging documents filed in Washington County District Court. |
The party was advertised on the Internet as running from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. with a $10 admission charge, according to charging documents. About 11 p.m., Anne Arundel County Deputy Sheriff Mike Harris arrived at the party and bought a Corona beer at the rear bar, then called in an arrest team. |
"Illegal activity such as this hurts hardworking, law-abiding Maryland businesses that pay their fair share of taxes," Franchot said in the release. |
Mahdi also owns a nightclub at Jonathan Street and Way Avenue, according to the SMU Entertainment Web site, which says the nightclub is under construction, but will open soon. |
It is not usual that when a politician gets used to being in the public eye and too loose with his or her words or begins thinking of himself or herself as a celebrity rather than a leader, that they become too relaxed, trip up, and blunder their way into embarrassment. It is at that point that a politician has to expl... |
Congressman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is running against Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA). During comments to the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, the Congressman and Senate candidate said that those without health insurance tend to be “illiterate,” and many of them are his patients. Did he really mean that people without heal... |
Republicans are not immune from misspoken statements. Just ask Hillary Clinton. The Clintons like to portray themselves as one of the folks. Bill likes to be viewed as Bubba, someone you would like to have a beer with and chew the fat. Hillary, on the other hand, struggles with the role that Bill has so artfully create... |
Mrs. Clinton’s statement was meant to make Bill and her look like regular folks working hard to make ends meet. Her claim was not believable on its face since the Clintons receive a six figure income from having spent eight years in the White House and a book deal for Hillary worth a reported $8 million. It has also be... |
Gaffes like these occur and occur often because politicians want to look like the average guy, understanding their problems, and appearing to be sympathetic to the real life problems of raising a family and paying the mortgage and monthly expenses. Sometimes politicians want to sound deeply intelligent but make stateme... |
When politicians act like someone they are not or speak without thinking, their words can be twisted or misconstrued. That’s when further explanations are needed. The problem is that by the time the explanation is given most people will not hear the explanation and are left only with the impression created by the initi... |
The Juneau-Douglas High School hockey team showed no signs of rust from three weeks of no play on a three-game road trip in the Interior. |
The Crimson Bears, who have set high goals since the start of the season, roughed up North Pole and Tri-Valley in three lopsided wins beginning Thursday at the Polar Ice Center in North Pole. |
Senior Bill Bosse scored three of the Crimson Bears’ first four goals in a 9-3 win Thursday. Three other seniors (Ronan Lynch, Finn Yerkes, Owen Squires) also scored in the game, which included power play strikes by freshman Sam Bovitz and junior Ethan Welch. |
JDHS swept a rare hockey doubleheader the next day, putting away North Pole, 9-1, at the Polar Ice Center, and Tri Valley, 7-1, at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Patty Center. |
“It was a good way for warming us back up after about three weeks of no hockey,” JDHS senior Cameron Smith said. |
In the first game of the doubleheader, senior Logan Ginter deflected a shot from the blue line for a goal. The Crimson Bears were already in control of the game by that point, leading 5-1, but Boline said it was awesome to see everyone contribute to the win. Ginter was “grinning ear-to-ear for about 10 minutes,” the co... |
“He might’ve been on his belly when he shoveled it in even, so it was a very hard-working goal,” Boline added. |
It was JDHS’ only trip of the season to Fairbanks and North Pole, two communities with strong ties to the 14-year program. JDHS belonged to the Interior-based Mid-Alaska Conference up until this season, when they and five other teams (Soldotna, Homer, Palmer, Kenai, Houston) joined the Southcentral-based Railbelt Confe... |
“I think we’ve been up to Sophie Station upwards of 20 to 25 times now,” Boline said. |
JDHS hosts Homer at 8 p.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Treadwell Arena. |
Down the hill from UAF, the Juneau-Douglas High School girls basketball team defeated East Anchorage 54-41 on Saturday to claim fourth-place in in the 2019 Ice Jam. |
It was the best result the team could have hoped for after a Thursday loss dropped them to the loser’s bracket at the West Valley High School tournament. The competition in Fairbanks also included West Valley, Bartlett, Anchorage Christian Schools, Valdez, Lathrop and Eagle River. |
JDHS lost to Bartlett 55-47 on Thursday before routing Eagle River 53-22 on Friday. |
“I think that our defense was the key to us winning,” coach Steve Potter said of Saturday’s game. |
In December, JDHS lost to East Anchorage 57-55 at the Princess Cruises Capital City Classic in part because of East guards slipping behind the Juneau defense for layups. |
Pusich scored 19 points, Alyxn Bohulano had 14 points and Sadie Tuckwood 11 points on Saturday. |
JDHS (6-2) plays at Ketchikan next Friday and Saturday. |
“We just have to keep improving every game, it’s just a learning point every game,” Pusich said. |
• Contact sports reporter Nolin Ainsworth at 523-2272 or nainsworth@juneauempire.com. Follow Empire Sports on Twittar at @akempiresports. |
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Robocalls are on the rise. |
According to the Robocall Index, last year alone, 26.3 billion robocalls were made nationwide. |
“They’re basically just using a computer to call your phone and they just generate these call lists and they’re looking for people that answer their phone," Sgt. Jeff Davis, with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, said. |
Just this February, 4.9 billion robocalls were made in the United States and in Montgomery, 26.3 million robocalls were made. |
“Most people just get annoyed with them and just hang up on and they don’t take any action to prevent it in the future," Davis said. |
But there are some things you can do to stop receiving robocalls. |
“There are apps that you can use to try to avoid the robocalls,” Davis said. |
Apps like Truecaller, Hiya and Nomorobo. |
“If you’re able to, on your phone, and you’re able to go in and block that call, just go in and block that phone number and continue to do it any time you receive those type of phone calls," Davis said. |
According to Davis, the best thing you can do is not to answer the call. |
At least 100 people created fake LinkedIn profiles and used bots to gobble up data on user accounts. |
LinkedIn is going after dozens of bots that it says unlawfully scraped user data. |
As reported by TechCrunch, the professional social network last week filed suit in California district court, alleging that at least 100 people created fake LinkedIn profiles and used bots to gobble up as much data on user accounts as possible, in violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. |
At this point, LinkedIn doesn't know the identity of the bot creators, so the lawsuit asks the court for permission to identify them and force them to delete data. |
Since December 2015, "unknown persons and/or entities employing various automated software programs (often referred to as 'bots') have extracted and copied data from many LinkedIn pages," the lawsuit says. "To access this information on LinkedIn's site, the Doe Defendants circumvented several technical barriers employe... |
LinkedIn has features in place that attempt to stop such bots in their tracks, but in some circumstances, it "whitelists" services to be able to access some data, like "reputable service providers, search engines, and other platforms so as to permit them to query and index the LinkedIn website, without being subject to... |
The news come just weeks after Microsoft announced plans to acquire LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. |
For more, check out How to Research Prospects and Leads on LinkedIn. |
Duncan was active in fighting homeless sweeps. |
Rick Duncan, as he's been known in veterans' circles, had his act together. |
Talking with a slight stutter, he often described in detail how, as a Marine Corps captain, he was nearly killed by a roadside bomb blast in Iraq. The resulting brain injury let people make sense of his tendency to constantly misplace his cell phone or lose track of his schedule. |
For more than a year, he used his story and experiences to raise money and rally people to veterans' causes. As head of the Colorado Veterans Alliance, a group he founded, he championed wounded vets, the Colorado Springs homeless community and other disadvantaged groups. |
He volunteered for Hal Bidlack's campaign for U.S. Congress and seemed to have a growing political profile. |
Now, veterans who worked with Duncan are wondering what, if anything, in his colorful past is true. |
"We think this is a stolen valor case," says Dan Warvi, a board member for the Colorado Veterans Alliance. |
The alliance, under Duncan's leadership, was on its way to becoming a fully functioning nonprofit. As part of that process, Warvi says, he started checking into everyone's background, calling the U.S. Naval Academy to confirm that Duncan, as he claimed, graduated in the late '90s. |
Warvi says he learned, and the Naval Academy confirmed Wednesday, that it has no record of anyone named Rick Duncan graduating there since 1948. He says he contacted the FBI, and that Duncan was taken into custody Tuesday evening in Denver, with an investigation underway. |
FBI Special Agent Kathy Wright confirmed Wednesday that Duncan was arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant out of Colorado Springs, but says she cannot confirm any investigation is ongoing. Calls to Duncan's cell phone were not returned. |
In January, Duncan filed alliance documents with the Colorado Secretary of State using the name "Strandlof." According to Nevada court records, a Richard Strandlof completed 24 months probation in 2006 in an "unlawful taking" of a motor vehicle case in Reno. A MySpace page bearing only the first name Rick shows Duncan'... |
Warvi says he and others are outraged, and worried that the Colorado Veterans Alliance will be stained by its founder's past. He explains his fear that Duncan may have used the veterans group to solicit contributions, either of cash or grocery store cards, which were never recorded as official donations. |
"I am a disabled vet, which makes me particularly angry," Warvi says. |
If Duncan's story is proven false, he will have fooled many people, including reporters with the Independent. Since late 2007, his name has cropped up in the Denver Post, the Rocky Mountain News, the Boulder Daily Camera and the Gazette, and he has been interviewed in a "lawmakers thank veterans" piece on KCFR-FM in De... |
Bidlack, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Air Force, frequently appeared with Duncan at events during his congressional campaign last fall. If Duncan's past turns out to be false, Bidlack says, he will be "profoundly disappointed." |
Duncan knew how to push Bidlack's buttons. Bidlack was in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, and Duncan said he was also, prompting Bidlack at one point to put an arm around the other man when he choked up talking about the experience. |
"He was also a friend," Bidlack says. |
Anyone who may have donated to the Colorado Veterans Alliance is asked to call the Denver FBI at 303/629-7171. |
My grandfather named the Cubs. That’s what my dad told me when I was a kid growing up on the South Side. |
Of course, I told this to everybody I knew. And since this was the South Side, nobody believed it, and nobody cared. After all, in the late ’50s and early ’60s, the Cubs stunk, and the Sox didn’t — they won the pennant in 1959. |
But now it seems like a good time to tell the story. |
There are two reasons behind the Cubs’ name. One is straightforward, even obvious, and the other has nothing to do with baseball. My grandfather was central to both. |
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