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Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday announced an increase of 15,000 per year for the next two years in the number of refugees the country takes in. He did not say how many would be from Syria.
Under current law, Congress does not have to approve the Democratic administration's plan. But the House of Representatives and Senate, both controlled by Republicans, would have to appropriate money to pay for any expanded effort.
There is support for the effort in Congress, but it would not be an easy sell.
"I think this is a matter of conscience for this country. But I also think admitting more refugees is critical to maintaining and gaining credibility in the region" Senator Chris Murphy, the top Democrat on the Senate's Middle East subcommittee, said.
But many Republicans, and some Democrats, worry that Islamist fighters posing as refugees might sneak into the country.
Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, chairman of a Senate immigration subcommittee and a critic of President Barack Obama's immigration policy, called the plan expensive and dangerous.
"Our schools, job markets and public resources are already stretched too thin. And, even at current rates, we have no capacity to screen for extremist ideology," Sessions said.
Some Republicans running for president in the November 2016 election have also invoked terrorism fears as they warned against admitting more people. Murphy said such "demagoguery" is itself dangerous.
"Our enemies make the claim that America is at war with Islam. When people hear that the reason that we're not admitting Syrian refugees is because we think that there's an inherent connection between being Muslim and being a terrorist it lends unfortunate power to their argument," he said.
Rights activists say the Obama administration is doing too little to alleviate a crisis that has displaced half of Syria's population.
U.S. officials respond by noting Washington is the biggest donor of humanitarian aid. On Monday, the administration announced it was providing $419 million more, bringing U.S. humanitarian assistance to over $4.5 billion during the crisis.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama wants to "scale up" the number of refugees admitted, but security concerns and cost mean Congress would have to get behind a more extensive plan.
The House Judiciary Committee said it will have a hearing in early October on admitting Syrian refugees.
Five Republican senators and one Democratic senator wrote to Kerry and Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson last week, urging even tighter screening. The current screening process for Syrians is so strict that only 1,500 have been allowed into the country since the civil war began in 2011.
Representative Michael McCaul, the Republican House Homeland Security Committee chairman, introduced legislation that would give Congress the right to review, and potentially reject, plans to admit refugees.
McCaul's bill would also require officials to prioritize Christians and members of other religious minorities when admitting Iraqis and Syrians.
Q: I love corn on the cob. But how healthy is it? Does corn count as a vegetable?
This summer staple – in season July through September – often gets a bad rap. Many people (mistakenly) think that corn is fattening and has little to offer on the nutrition front.
People also associate corn with ingredients that aren’t nutritious.
Corn is processed into high fructose corn syrup, cornstarch, maltodextrins, dextrose, polydextrose, maltose and sugar alcohols, ingredients added to baked goods, breakfast cereals, snack foods, salad dressings, condiments, soups, candy and hundreds of other packaged foods.
The truth is, unless you cook all of your foods from scratch, you’re eating plenty of corn year-round.
Back to summer’s sweet corn, which has an impressive nutrition profile.
One cup of corn delivers 143 calories, five g of protein and 31 g of carbohydrate. One large ear of corn (eight to nine inches long) yields about one cup of corn kernels.
Sweet corn has a low glycemic index value, meaning its carbohydrates don’t spike blood sugar or insulin levels.
Corn is also a decent source of fibre, providing 3.5 g per one cup. Research has found that the bran in corn promotes satiety, helping you feel full longer.
The fibre in corn also acts as a prebiotic, feeding and fuelling the growth of beneficial gut bacteria.
There’s more. Sweet corn serves up niacin, folate, vitamin C, magnesium and potassium.
Scientists speculate that consuming at least six mg of lutein a day is optimal for eye health; one cup of yellow corn delivers 22 per cent of that.
When eaten fresh, sweet corn is considered a vegetable.
The kernel itself, though, is actually a whole grain made up of three layers: the outer bran layer, the inner nutrient-rich germ layer and the starchy endosperm layer. Dried corn, including popcorn, is classified as a whole grain.
Once corn is milled to remove the bran and germ, it becomes a refined grain. When buying foods made with corn such as tortillas, breakfast cereals and cornmeal, look for “whole corn” or “whole grain corn” on the ingredient list.
Fresh sweet corn doesn’t take long to cook – just five minutes in boiling water. Don’t add salt to the water, which will toughen the corn.
Or, place shucked ears of corn directly over a medium-hot grill and cook, rotating occasionally, until charred and cooked through, about 10 minutes. You can also wrap shucked corn in aluminum foil and cook directly on the grill or hot coals.
Naturally sweet, corn doesn’t need much – or anything at all – to make it taste delicious. If you want extra flavour, add a squeeze of lime juice and sprinkle with chili powder or smoked paprika.
Or, add chopped fresh herbs such as parsley, basil, thyme, cilantro or mint to softened butter and brush over corn. Dried herbs work well, too.
Go easy on the butter, though. Consider that one tablespoon adds 120 calories and seven g of saturated fat to your cob of corn.
Instead of butter, you may prefer to baste corn with a teaspoon extra virgin olive oil for fewer calories and heart-healthy monounsaturated fats.
There are more ways to enjoy fresh corn this summer than eating it on the cob. Bake cooked corn into savoury muffins, toss into salads, make into salsas and stir into soups.
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To those who think about life through sports metaphors, the real score is something like Putin 10, Trump 0.
In the first hours after the press conference between President Trump and President Putin following their “private meeting,” criticism of Donald Trump’s performance rose sharply. Serious people said that it was “shameful,” and more than one called it “treasonous.” Some of this was about optics, and video footage of Tru...
1. In the summit photo-ops, Putin came across as “serious,” “informed,” “prepared.” In other words, he seemed to be what we know him to be — a successful former KGB operative. Putin 1, Trump 0.
2. On geopolitics — Syria, North Korea, the Middle East and Africa, where Russian interests have diverged sharply from American interests during the past decade — Trump made no defense of his country’s interests. Putin 2, Trump 0.
3. President Trump seemed not to record any objection to Putin’s expansion in March 2014 into Crimea, despite previous unanimity in NATO’s condemnation of that policy. Putin 3.
4. The United States imposed harsh economic sanctions against members of the Russian economic and political elite following the Crimean aggression. Trump did not mention these sanctions, even though his own government had added to them earlier this year. Putin 4.
5. Partly as a consequence of the Crimean aggression, Russia has engaged in low-intensity military conflict with Ukraine since the spring of that year. While Trump had opportunities to be attentive to Putin’s sensitivity about Russian influence in states on Russia’s borders, did he get any real guarantees that Russia w...
6. The American intelligence community concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 American presidential election. A grand jury has seen the evidence against 12 Russian intelligence operatives and returned an indictment. Judging from media reports, these indictments are incredibly specific about the details of Russian...
7. Did he condemn Russia’s use of military-grade poison against former Russian citizens on British soil? No. Putin 7.
8. There are serious dangers on military matters. On strategic nuclear weapons, the two sides are farther apart than at any time since the first SALT negotiations in the era of President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. In early March, Putin announced in his own “State of the Union” that Russia has...
9. The Russian military has engaged in a dangerous, Cold War-like game of “chicken” in the Eastern Baltic, where three of NATO’s newest members are. Did Trump raise these issues or press Putin to reduce the military danger in the Baltic? No. Putin 10, Trump 0.
Such score cards over-simplify, but the one-sided nature of the score on asserting American interests in Helsinki demonstrates why so many Americans found President Trump’s actions embarrassing, or worse. For a man who fancies himself a great negotiator, his performance in Helsinki was simply awful. Why? There is lots ...
Larry Caldwell is professor emeritus of Russian history at Occidental College, and has worked in United States-Russian relations for many years, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, the National War College, the RAND Corporation, JPL and the CIA.
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After almost 20 years serving commuters in the town a popular station cafe has announced its closure.
Solo Caffe at Horsham Station is set to shut up shop next month as its lease comes to an end.
In June Southern Rail confirmed the lease covering both units - inside the ticket office and on the platform 2 - were up in August and it was listening to offers.
Duncan Guthrie, who operates the family-run business, announced on Facebook the cafe would be closing on August 23.
He said: “To all the people that have used our cafe and worked in our cafe - the legend otherwise known as the Solo Caffe - I am sorry to have to tell you that it is now official we will be closing down most likely on the 23rd of August.
“As everyone knows we never ran the Solo Caffe for profit we ran it for customer service to the people of Horsham. Unfortunately in the end this has been our downfall. While we were thinking about customer service others were thinking about profit and how much they could squeeze out of us. Something had to give. Sadly ...
“As I said recently myself and my wife Roberta walked into this job with nothing and I mean nothing and I am afraid to say after nearly 20 years of paying out and paying out that’s how we are leaving. But we had some fun on the way.
As Coachella has grown into the festival behemoth it is today, the word itself has come to symbolize a certain sun-bleached style — floppy hats, flower-print dresses, copious denim. And if any brand best represents that style, it’s probably Urban Outfitters.
But that doesn’t mean Urban Outfitters can use the trademarked “Coachella” name to brand its clothes — though that’s exactly what Goldenvoice, the company behind the Coachella festival, is accusing it of doing.
In a lawsuit filed March 14 in the U.S. Central District Court of California, Coachella and Goldenvoice allege that Urban Outfitters — and, namely, its “mature, contemporary” subsidiary, Free People — is infringing on Coachella's trademark and violating trademark law by selling items branded with the Coachella name.
The suit also mentions the company’s “Bella Coachella” line, which is sold at various third-party outlets including Amazon, Zappos and Macy’s, and includes bras, crop tops and seamless dresses.
The lawsuit goes on to accuse Urban Outfitters of misleadingly using the word “Coachella” in its website metatags to return festival-oriented product results. A search for “Coachella” on the Free People website turns up several items, including a “classic frayed bandana” and a festival survival kit. Coachella also says...
Coachella already has a licensing deal set up with department store H&M, and the company notes in the suit that it is "extremely selective" with its licensing agreements, and that "sponsorships and licenses are very limited."
Coachella's lawsuit demands that the court prevent Urban Outfitters from continuing to use the Coachella trademark in its products, and to award damages to Coachella that include all profits Urban Outfitters has made from those products.
It’s all a bit ironic, given that Urban Outfitters is basically Coachella in a big, white box. (The suit describes Urban Outfitters' look as drawing largely "from bohemian, hipster, ironically humorous, kitschy, retro and vintage styles," which is pretty spot-on.) But Coachella isn’t one to let other companies get away...
The company also sued the L.A. marketing firm Particle LLC last year for scalping wristbands. Meanwhile, the festival was itself sued last year for requiring ticket buyers to forfeit all previous payments on layaway tickets if they were more than 10 days behind on payments, a lawsuit that was later settled out of court...
The storied Manhattan institution has amassed a staggering collection of rock memorabilia and instruments from superstars including Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Prince, Joan Jett, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Presley for the show "Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll," set to ...
The exhibit put on in partnership with the Cleveland-based Rock & Roll Hall of Fame celebrates "tools of innovation and outstanding artistic innovation," Max Hollein, the Metropolitan Museum's director, told journalists at a preview.
A guitar that was smashed by Pete Townshend of The Who in the new Met exhibit "Play It Loud"
"Instruments are some of the most personal objects connected to musicians, but as audience members we are primarily used to seeing them from far away, up on a stage in performance." said Jayson Kerr Dobney, the show's curator.
"This exhibition will provide a rare opportunity to examine some of rock and roll's most iconic objects up close."
"Number One" belonging to Jimmy Page shown in the Met exhibit "Play It Loud"
Steve Miller -- whose Steve Miller Band is known for such hits as "The Joker" and "Fly Like An Eagle" -- told journalists that "he was stunned by the power and the elegance and the intelligence" of the show, which he loaned several guitars to.
He praised curators for their work to "cut through years of nonsense designed to trivialize these instruments."
Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, whose iconic "Stairway to Heaven" guitar is on display, voiced awe at making it into the Met, which he dubbed "the holy grail."
"For me to be here... I never would've even dreamt about it, even as a kid," Page said. "I was really keen to be able to loan whatever I could to make it come alive."
Indie rockstar Neko Case voiced her anger, tweeting "Do you really think NO OTHER WOMEN, OR FEMALE IDENTIFYING performers contributed to rock n' roll?"
But the show was ultimately more inclusive than it first appeared, and Dobney addressed the gender issue in the show's catalog: "Rock and roll was for many years a boys' club," he writes with Hall of Fame curator Craig Inciardi.
"In the 1950s and 1960s, and even beyond, the women in rock and roll bands, were primarily limited to vocals, the reason they were under-represented in these pages."
At the show's preview Don Felder of The Eagles played the intricate solo from the band's hit "Hotel California." He said that after arriving in New York as a 20-something, "the very first thing I did the following day is I came to the Met."
"It's such an incredible honor that 50 years later, this guitar would be hanging" here, Felder said of his double-neck Arctic White instrument.
Skies will be mostly sunny Wednesday with a little bit warmer temperatures. But the high of 68 will still be well below average.
It will be mostly clear Wednesday night with a low of 47.
The temperature will reach during the day 71 Thursday, when skies will be mostly sunny.
But rain is back in the forecast for Thursday night when there is a 30 percent chance of storms and a low of 53.
NEW YORK — Fall fashion used to be the time for shades of falling leaves — rust, yellow, brown and orange colors that have traditionally predominated in clothing as the season automatically turns cooler. But designer Thakoon Panichgul is among a growing number of fashion designers who sees no need to revert to such sha...
With a nod to season less dressing, Panichgul has created a fall collection of bold prints in colors usually more associated with spring.
With a nod to seasonless dressing, the 39-year-old Thai-American designer, who is a favorite of first lady Michelle Obama, has created a fall collection of bold prints in colors usually more associated with spring — pastel pink, bold fuschia and deep blue — for his namesake Thakoon line.
The collection should appeal to the Texas shopper, who loves bright colors and bold prints — and lives in a climate that never gets that cold, so she's more receptive to a colorful wardrobe all year long.
Jackets in embroidered blooms, V-neck sweaters in eye-popping shades of fuschia, a below-the-knee cobalt blue dress with "slashes" of orange flowers and layered puffer coats that combine floral prints in various shades highlight the eye-catching styles in the Thakoon fall collection.
For the runway show, many looks came with knit pullover shrugs or "ponchitas" that restricted the model's arm movement and seemed clearly intended more for fashion editors than everyday women — or even a first lady.