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Facebook could ease users' worries with more privacy tools related to search, such as the ability to hide your location, photos, or status updates from certain groups of people. That way, users could still keep their profiles somewhat open on a standalone basis without letting those details be aggregated. But I wouldn't count on Facebook making any big changes.
Keep in mind that users can still hide their Facebook timelines from other search engines, such as Google. To do so, click the gear icon at the top-right corner of the site, click to “Privacy Settings” and look for “Do you want other search engines to link to your timeline?” in the “Who can look me up?” section.
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s pardon of conservative activist Dinesh D’Souza, a number of former staffers to Barack Obama mocked the move — subsequently forgetting their old boss was responsible for letting a convicted terrorist who murdered Americans walk the world freely.
D’Souza’s admitted behavior aside, the supposed awfulness of an individual’s character didn’t seem to stop Obama from commuting the sentence of Oscar López Rivera, leader of the terrorist Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN).
That group was responsible for more than 120 bombings in the United States, leading to the deaths of five people. Rivera proudly confessed to committing all the crimes he was indicted for and was subsequently sentenced to 55 years in prison.
Lopez’s incarceration has been a pet cause for Democrats over the years, with Bill Clinton offering a pardon during his second term — only to be subsequently rejected in an act of defiance.
Former adviser Dan Pfeiffer joined Lovett by saying Trump only commuted D’Souza to “own the libs.” Indeed, one can only hope that the purpose behind Obama’s mercy on Rivera was to ruffle the feathers of conservatives.
Another Obama speechwriter, Jon Favreau, highlighted that D’Souza “pleaded guilty to making illegal campaign contributions,” implying that his felon-status was just.
If Favreau wishes to get into the politics behind pardons, we certainly can. Lopez was not just a blood thirsty mad man, but someone who carried out his destruction for the purpose of turning Puerto Rico into an independent communist nation.
Here one can see some true contrasts: While D’Souza wished to elect candidates through illegal straw donations, Lopez believed in political change by terrorism and murder.
Perhaps if D’Souza detonated a pipe bomb at a local IRS branch, he’d be considered sexier by the left and garner more sympathy. After all, how is he any less of a freedom fighter?
There’s no doubt that D’Souza has been caught saying a variety of kooky and abhorrent things over his years as a right-wing activist. It would be wise for Trump’s critics not to conflate a pardon with an endorsement of those views.
After all, what would that say about Obama?
Summit co-chair Patrick Wachsberger told Variety that response was strong for both titles during the American Film Market. “There was a lot of competition with multiple offers,” he added.
“Now You See Me,” directed by Louis Leterrier, stars Mark Ruffalo, Jesse Eisenberg, Morgan Freeman, Isla Fisher and Melanie Laurent in a tale of a squad of the world’s greatest illusionists who pull off a series of daring bank heists during their performances, then shower the profits on their audiences. Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are producing via their shingle Kurtzman Orci Paper Products.
“It’s a big studio-type high-concept movie available to independent distributors at a time when the economic crisis has limited those kind of titles,” Wachsberger noted.
“Now You See Me” sold to EOne for the U.K., SND for France, Telemunchen for Germany, Arum for Spain, and Nordisk. Summit is weighing multiple offers for Japan with that deal likely to close within a week.
“Twelve Years a Slave,” with River Road producing and financing, stars Michael Fassbender — who toplined McQueen’s “Shame” — along with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Brad Pitt. McQueen will direct from a script he co-wrote with John Ridley, based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a New York citizen kidnapped in Washington in 1841 and rescued from a cotton plantation in Louisiana in 1853.
Pitt is also producing through Plan B with partners Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner along with Pohlad. CAA is arranging financing and representing U.S. rights for the pic skedded to start production early next year.
“Slave” told to EOne in the U.K., Tobis in Germany, Planeta in Spain, Mars in France, Svensk in Scandinavia and Icon in Australia.
Wachsberger also said Summit will bring four films for sale to the Berlin market in February but he isn’t revealing the titles yet.
The King of Twitter Trolling is back at it again.
The King of Twitter Trolling, Ryan Reynolds, is back at it again. At this point, it'd be fair to say he never has a day off.
But for once he wasn't dragging his wife, Blake Lively. Instead, he turned his sights to Kanye West.
Of course Ryan wasn't going to simply ignore the tweet. No no, instead he replied to Kanye in the only way he knows how – through trolling.
For those not in the know, Celine has a song on the Deadpool 2 soundtrack. The song happens to be a ballad, which isn't exactly a Kanye vibe.
Celine also chimed in with a tweet of her own.
An interesting thing to remember is that Kanye has been in a feud with Taylor Swift, who just so happens to be good friends with Ryan. Ryan even wore a t-shirt with Taylor Swift's cats on the front in the latest Deadpool movie.
So what're the chances of seeing Kanye appear on the next Deadpool sountrack? I'm gonna say slim, but you just never know!
DENVER (AP) — The debate over whether parents should be required to get their children vaccinated against measles has created strange alliances, putting some liberal parents on the same side as Republican conservatives.
While the two parties are not cleanly divided on the issue — various individual Democrats and Republicans stand on either side — in the nation's state legislatures, it is increasingly the GOP that resists efforts to stiffen requirements on vaccinating kids.
In Maine, Republicans are objecting to an effort to make it harder to avoid vaccinating children. Last year in Colorado, it was largely Republicans who squashed an effort to make it harder for mothers and fathers to choose not to inoculate their children.
"This boils down to, does the government force everyone to conform or do we empower everyone to make decisions on their own?" said Colorado state Sen. Kevin Lundberg, a Republican who did not fully vaccinate his children and led the fight against last year's bill.
"There is a long history to the fight against vaccination, and it does seem to break down along liberal versus conservative lines," said Kent Schwirian, a sociology professor at Ohio State University. He surveyed people during a 2009 swine flu scare, asking whether they would get vaccinated, and found that conservatives who distrusted government were less likely to support inoculation.
The government recommends that all children get the measles vaccine, receiving the first dose when they are about 1 and a second dose between the ages of 4 and 6. States have made vaccination a requirement for attending school.
Twenty states allow for personal-belief exemptions and 48 allow for religious exemptions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Modern-day vaccine skeptics are hard to pigeonhole politically.
"We're the bridge between the granola moms and the stiletto moms," said Dotty Hagmier, a nurse whose group Moms In Charge includes vaccine skeptics.
The administration of Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder last year required parents to go to a local health department before they could skip vaccinations for their children. In Vermont, Democrats and Republicans alike scaled down a bill in 2012 that would have limited parents' options. Still, people on both sides see a divide forming.
"I don't feel this should be a partisan issue in any way, and it's disturbing that it is," Peterson said.
"This has always been a bipartisan issue," said Fisher, whose organization fights vaccine mandates. "The demographic spans the political spectrum."
In Maine, Democratic state Rep. Ralph Tucker has proposed legislation to end that state's exemption for parents who are personally opposed to vaccinating their children. But Republican Rep. Deborah Sanderson said her party dislikes the idea.
"If you're going to mandate that a parent do something that philosophically they are opposed to, that's a tremendous overreach of government," Sanderson said, adding that she still thinks vaccinations are important.
In Colorado, Democratic state Sen. Irene Aguilar, a doctor who sponsored the bill making it harder to opt out of vaccinations, said it was mostly Republicans who scuttled her proposal, but she acknowledged that a few Democrats were wary too because they had grandchildren who were not vaccinated.
"This is another of those far left-far right issues," she said.
But he's also spoken widely about what he sees as the risks of vaccination, and he was happy to publicize the statements by Christie and Paul — two politicians he does not normally support — on Facebook.
"I'm very happy there's a segment of the conservative party that supports the rights of parents to make these decisions," Miller said.
Associated Press writers Brian Bakst in St. Paul, Minnesota; Lisa Baumann in Helena, Montana; Alana Durkin in Augusta, Maine; David Gram in Montpelier, Vermont; Rachel La Corte in Olympia, Washington; and Juliet A. Williams in Sacramento, California, contributed to this report.
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At WMed, we offer an array of research resources for students, residents, faculty and staff.
At WMed, we are continuing to grow a breadth of resources for our students, residents, faculty and staff and providing expertise to assist – and foster – streamlined, successful outcomes.
Within the medical school’s Center for Clinical Research, for example, Dr. Krishna Jain, a retired and renowned vascular surgeon, is working as a clinical investigator and keenly focused on helping students, residents, faculty and staff find projects and scholarly activity that will grow their research knowledge and portfolios.
Dr. Jain serves as a mentor for students, residents, faculty and staff in clinical studies and scholarly activity, and he is working to foster broader participation in clinical studies, as well as growth in oral and poster presentations, and publications, at WMed. Dr. Jain can be contacted at krishna.jain@med.wmich.edu.
The medical school's work to build its research footprint has also been boosted by the evolution of WMed's Center for Immunobiology and the Center for Neuropathology, as well as the acquisition in 2016 of the WMed Innovation Center.
Work within the Center for Immunobiology is being led by nationally renowned researcher and physician, Dr. Tom Rothstein, and is designed to achieve cutting-edge discovery of immune cell activity, behavior and function. The Center for Neuropathology, meanwhile, is a national referral center for the diagnostic interpretation of autopsy brains and biopsy specimens, as well as a research center dedicated to scientific investigation of causes and consequences of diseases of the human nervous system.
Additionally, the medical school’s Sponsored Program Administration (SPA) is available as a liaison with external agencies that provide funding for projects at WMed. SPA supports the entire life cycle of funding.
The WMed Office of Research is soliciting applications for a second round of program support for pilot research projects. Funding will be reserved for projects that are in their initial or early stages of development, are not currently funded, and that engage WMed medical students or residents in the research activities. Applications will be due Monday, September 24, 2018. Applicants will be notified of funding decisions by Monday, October 15, 2018. Funds will be available pending notification of appropriate review by the IRB (human subject protection), IACUC (animal welfare protection), and/or IBC (biosafety committee) as needed to carry out the proposed research. A additional round of proposal submissions may be announced in early 2019 depending upon availability of funds.
Note: Projects that received funding in the first round of the pilot research program are not eligible for additional funding at this time.
Funds must be used for new initiatives that are not currently funded.
Projects must engage medical students or residents in the proposed research activities.
Funds may be used for supplies, support services, support staff salaries, equipment, fees, data analysis, data collection, and other direct costs associated with the proposed research activities.
Funds may not be used for faculty, resident, or student salary support or travel.
Proposed budgets may not exceed $10,000, however, it is expected that the average funded project budget will be approximately $5,000.
Proposals will be peer reviewed by WMed faculty appointed to the pilot research review subcommittee, of the Research Committee.
Funding must be utilized within one year of the award date.
A summary of the project results will be required at the end of the funding period describing any plans for publication and efforts to seek extramural funding based upon the utilization of the pilot project funds.
Funds may be used for purposes that foster or facilitate the generation of new research initiatives.
Matching funds may be available for early stage proof of concept proposals with potential for commercialization (contact Sandra Cochrane, assistant dean for the Innovation center for more information).
Proposals will be accepted addressing any relevant area of clinical, basic science, community, or educational research.
Complete the Pilot Research Proposal Form and submit it to the Office of Research by e-mail at office.research@med.wmich.edu prior to the deadline of midnight on September 24, 2018.
Award decisions will be announced by October 15, 2018.
Earliest availability of funds to begin October 22, 2018, pending any required approval(s) by the IRB, IACUC, or IBC.
TEMPLE CITY – Temple City High School routed visiting Blair, 56-13, in a Rio Hondo League football game Thursday night.
Rams running backs Max Ruckle and Joey Stewart combined for 444 yards rushing and seven touchdowns as Temple City (3-4, 1-1) earned its first league win.
Ruckle rushed for 309 yards on 27 carries. The junior used speed and tenacity to gain a lot of his yardage after initial contact with the Blair defense. The tailback scored three touchdowns with one coming in each quarter he played.
“Max is a tremendous talent. He’s a slasher. He makes people miss. He runs hard. He never quits on a run and he’s always getting positive yards after first contact,” Backus said.
Stewart, who scored two touchdowns in the first six minutes of the game, finished with four TDs, lining up at different times at both fullback and tailback. The senior finished with 135 yards on 12 carries. Stewart also covered for his running mate by recovering a Ruckle first-quarter fumble on Temple City’s opening drive. Stewart was then rewarded with a carry and produced a 9-yard touchdown run.
The Rams scored the first three times they had the ball in both the first and second half.
After Rams reserve running back Keith Conner ran for a 1-yard touchdown with 4:47 left to make the score 56-13 the coaches and officials mercifully allowed the clock to run for the rest of the third and all of the fourth quarter.
The Rams defense held Blair (1-5, 0-2) to a three-and-out possession the first time the Vikings had the ball.
Rams defensive back Christian Cano then intercepted Blair quarterback Deon Geary on Blair’s next offensive opportunity. Two plays later, Ruckle ran right and into the end zone for a 9-yard touchdown and a 21-0 lead.
Blair scored 13 consecutive points from late in the first quarter and into the second quarter to cut into the Temple City lead.
Thaddeus Brown ran for a 1-yard touchdown for Blair’s first points. On the drive, Brown (13 carries, 78 yards) rushed for a 39-yard gain taking the ball down the left side of the field. Terrill Jones rushed for 20 yards on the next play.
That was quick. And relatively painless.
LeBron James is a Los Angeles Laker and all is well in the world of professional basketball in Los Angeles. Maybe. Maybe not.
James agreed to a four-year maximum deal with the Lakers July 1, which can’t be officially announced until July 6 under the weird rules of the National Basketball Association.
In the aftermath of the James signing, the Lakers relinquished their rights to Julius Randle (who subsequently signed with New Orleans) and signed point guard Rajon Rondo, swingman Lance Stephenson and center Javale McGee. So long salary cap space and good luck with those three, coach Luke Walton.
James is a difference-maker, the best player on the planet. With him, the Lakers are a playoff team. If Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma and Lonzo Ball continue to develop, the Lakers could turn into a team that contends for the conference finals.
But Rondo, Stephenson and McGee may cause more headaches for Walton than they will help the Lakers win games.
Rondo is a pass-first point guard who will compete for playing minutes with Ball. Rondo was not a happy camper in his early days with the Celtics when he had Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett as teammates and has continued to be a lousy teammate as he has bounced around the league. This will be his sixth team in the last six years.
Unless he is playing 30 minutes a night, he probably will be an unhappy camper with the Lakers, too.
Stephenson appeared to be headed on a path to stardom with the Indiana Pacers in 2013-14 when he averaged 13.8 points and more than seven rebounds a game in the regular season and then famously got under James’ skin in a playoff series that featured him blowing in James’ ear before a crucial free throw.
But Stephenson has bounced around the league since then, playing for six different teams before returning to the Pacers last year.
He will probably be a role player off the bench, provided he doesn’t blow in James’ ear anymore.
McVale is another player who has bounced around the league. A first-round pick with the Washington Wizards (18th overall) in the 2008 draft, he has played on six teams in 11 seasons with two stops each in Toronto and Denver.
He has good basketball genes, being the son of Pamela McGee who starred at USC in the 1980s with twin sister Paula, Cheryl Miller and Cynthia Cooper, but he has only averaged more than 10 points a game in two of 11 seasons.