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Rep. Bobby Rush (D.-Ill.) has summarized what it would do in a statement posted on his congressional website.
THOMAS LEMAR is set to stay at Monaco this summer, despite strong interest from Arsenal.
Arsenal are keen on the French midfielder but are set to miss out on his signature, Sky Sports reporter Dharmesh Sheth claims.
He said on Sky Sports’ Transfer Centre: “One man likely to be staying at Monaco is the winger Thomas Lemar.
“Arsenal are still interested, but talks have halted for now.
“The priority at the Emirates is to trim the squad before making any more signings."
Arsenal have signed Sead Kolasinac on a free transfer and Alexandre Lacazette for a club-record £52m so far this summer.
Gunners legend David Seaman is keen on the club adding a few more new faces before the end of the month.
“I’ve no idea who is coming in. There's so much speculation it's so hard to keep up with it," the former goalkeeper told The Daily Express.
“But if they can add players like [Thomas Lemar], great.
“Hopefully they will do more business. Hopefully they can get one or two because it'll be a boost for the squad as well.
“In Alexandre Lacazette they've got a guy who looks like a great signing. He's a box player and his goalscoring record speaks for itself.
“He's a guy who takes half chances when he's in the right place at the right time - and hopefully he can carry that on."
The transfer window closes at 11pm on August 31.
In the first nine months of 2013, white men dominated the guest lists on the broadcast network Sunday shows and CNN's State of the Union. MSNBC was the only network achieving notable diversity in its guests, particularly on Melissa Harris-Perry's show. Republicans and conservatives are hosted significantly more on the broadcast Sunday shows than Democrats and progressives.
Media Matters has continued its monitoring of the Sunday morning talk shows on broadcast and cable networks. Following up on our previous studies, we've added data for July, August, and September to the existing data collected for the first six months of this year on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, CBS' Face the Nation, Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, NBC's Meet the Press, CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley, and MSNBC's Up with Steve Kornacki and Melissa Harris-Perry. Unless otherwise specified all charts and analysis below are based on the full nine months of data.
White Men Still Represent The Largest Proportion Of Guests Except On Melissa Harris-Perry. Six of the seven shows analyzed -- This Week, Face the Nation, Fox News Sunday, Meet the Press, State of the Union, and Up -- have hosted white men at a significantly higher rate than their 31 percent portion of the population. Melissa Harris-Perry provided the greatest diversity among guests, providing a much higher rate of white women and African-American guests than the other programs; Up also hosted a higher percentage of people from those demographics than CNN or the broadcast programs. Latino, Asian-American, and Middle Eastern guests have been largely absent from the Sunday shows. Native Americans fared even worse, with only two appearances (one on Melissa Harris-Perry and one on Up) out of a total of 2,436 appearances over the nine-month period studied.
White Men Were An Even Larger Proportion Of Solo Interviews. On the broadcast Sunday shows and CNN, white men were most often hosted for one-on-one interviews by a significant margin. 75 percent of Face the Nation and Fox News Sunday solo interview subjects were white men. Once again, only Melissa Harris-Perry demonstrated any reasonable diversity in this measure. Guests who were Latino, Asian-American, or Middle Eastern were hardly present at all. No Native American has received a one-on-one interview this year. Up did not have enough solo interviews in the period studied to be included in the comparison.
White Men Still Overrepresented On Broadcast And CNN. When compared to U.S. Census data, white men on broadcast and CNN were hosted signficantly more than their representation in the general population. Only MSNBC had guest proportions more closely matching the census data.
Gender Diversity Still Abysmal On Broadcast And CNN. Our data shows little difference between gender representation over the last three months and over the year. MSNBC, to its credit, has hosted women at a much closer parity to men than the other networks.
Ethnic Diversity Improved Over The Course Of The Year. While the first three months of 2013 were particularly problematic for broadcast and CNN, This Week, Face the Nation, Fox News Sunday, and Meet the Press have made marginal improvements over the last three months, where the proportion of white guests dropped slightly from 85 percent in the second quarter to 80 percent in the third quarter. State of the Union, though, has made significant improvements over the last six months, dropping the proportion of white guests from 83 percent in the first quarter to 64 percent in the third quarter. MSNBC continued to provide the most ethnically diverse programming in the period studied.
Broadcast Networks Continued To Host A Majority Of White Men. While dropping slightly from 66 percent to 62 percent between the first and third quarters of 2013, the proportion of white men on broadcast continued to be significantly higher than the proportion of all other guests. CNN maintained its improvement from quarters one to two, with its split between white men and all other guests being about equal. And MSNBC was still the best performing network as far as gender and ethnicity diversity in this measure, with only 31 percent of guests -- the same proportion of white men in the U.S. Census data -- being white men in the third quarter of 2013.
White, Conservative Men Still Made Up The Largest Proportion Of All Guests. White, conservative men were hosted on the Sunday shows more than any other demographic by a large margin. Twenty-eight percent of guests were white, conservative men. The next largest group -- white, neutral men -- were only 19 percent of guests by comparison.
White, Conservative Men Were An Even Larger Proportion of Solo Interviews. More than one-third of all solo interviews were with a white, conservative man. The next largest group -- white, progressive men -- were only hosted about one-fifth of the time.
Broadcast Sunday Shows Still Hosted A Republican And Conservative Majority. The data collected over the last three months was very similar to the data collected during the entire nine-month period studied. Overall, Republicans and conservatives enjoyed a significant advantage on Fox News Sunday and slight advantages on Face the Nation and Meet the Press.
Panels Still Likely To Host More Conservatives Than Progressives. During segments with two or more guests, all four broadcast Sunday shows were more likely to have Republicans and conservatives outnumber their Democratic and progressive counterparts. Fox News Sunday's panel disparity was particularly striking, with 44 percent of all panels tilting right and only 4 percent tilting left.
Elected And Administration Guests More Likely To Be Republicans Than Democrats. Representatives, senators, governors, members of the President's administration, and other elected officials hosted on the broadcast Sunday shows were more likely to be Republican. On Fox News Sunday and Face the Nation, Republicans outnumbered Democrats -- significantly so on Fox News Sunday. Meet the Press hosted nearly the same number of Democrats and Republicans while This Week was the only show to host more Democrats.
Conservative Journalists Outnumber Progressives On Broadcast. Again, Fox News Sunday was particularly egregious, with 46 percent of all journalists being conservative while only 16 percent were progressive. Conservative journalists led on This Week (22 percent to 12 percent), Meet the Press (21 percent to 13 percent), and Face the Nation (7 percent to 1 percent).
Republicans And Conservatives Received More Time During Solo Interviews. On three of the broadcast shows -- Face the Nation, Fox News Sunday, and Meet the Press -- Republicans and conservatives received more time than Democrats and progressives for one-on-one interviews. Again, Fox News Sunday's disparity was particularly striking: 60 percent of time spent on solo interviews went to Republicans and conservatives while only 19 percent went to Democrats and progressives.
Republican Elected Guests Received More Time During Solo Interviews Than Democratic Elected And Administration Guests. While not as pronounced as all solo interview guests, a similar disparity was present for elected and administration guests' solo interview time. Again, on Fox News Sunday, Face the Nation, and Meet the Press, Republicans received more time for solo interviews than Democrats, with Fox News Sunday still having the largest disparity of any broadcast show.
Ranked By Time Received, Seven Of The Top Ten Guests For Solo Interviews Were Republicans. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) led with more than two and a half hours of time received for his solo interviews, which numbered 17 in total, much more than any other guest in the full nine-month period studied. The top Democrat in this ranking was White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough, who received nearly an hour less time than McCain for solo interviews.
We reviewed every edition of ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, CBS' Face The Nation, NBC's Meet The Press, Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday, CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley, and the Sunday editions of MSNBC's Up with Steve Kornacki (previously Up with Chris Hayes prior to April 13, 2013) and Melissa Harris-Perry during the first nine months of 2013. Guest appearances for all seven programs were coded for gender and ethnicity. Guests appearing on the four broadcast networks were also coded for whether they appeared in solo interviews or as part of a panel; whether they were journalists, administration officials, or elected officials; and for their partisanship or ideology.
These classifications do not represent an analysis of what guests actually said when they appeared on a show on a given date. Coding each guest's comments for their ideological slant would have introduced enormous difficulties and opportunities for subjectivity. Instead, we simply classified guests based on their own ideological self-identification or public affiliation with an openly partisan or ideological organization or institution.
In the vast majority of cases, guests are clearly identifiable by their party or ideology (or as having none). Of course, in a few instances, these decisions were not as simple to make. We therefore constructed rules that could be applied as strictly as possible. Where a guest's identification was in question, Media Matters chose to err on the side of listing that guest toward the left.
The party designations (Democratic and Republican) are reserved for current and former officeholders, candidates, campaign staff, political consultants associated with one party or the other, and administration officials. All others are labeled conservative, progressive, or neutral.
The neutral category does not necessarily imply strict ideological neutrality but, rather, might better be understood as neutral/centrist/nonpartisan -- we use the term "neutral" for the sake of brevity.
When guests served in both Republican and Democratic administrations in the past, they were coded as neutral barring any compelling reason to do otherwise. In a few cases, however, a former official who had served under presidents from both parties became clearly identified with one ideology and were coded accordingly.
Our "Journalist" classification applies not only to daily reporters but also to opinion columnists, magazine writers, etc.
In the case of foreign officials and journalists, we labeled all as neutral -- even though the political ideology of some might be identifiable -- to avoid the need to analyze the politics of other countries. Foreign nationals were also excluded from the diversity analysis.
Active duty members of the armed forces were classified as members of the Obama administration. Retired officers were coded as neutral absent any other affiliation.
The maximum temperature on Wednesday was 33.0ºC (91.4ºF) and the minimum 25.8ºC (78.4ºF).
The maximum relative humidity was 86 per cent and the minimum 61 per cent.
Rainfall: Rain/thundershowers have occurred at most places in Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal and many places in Himachal Pradesh, at a few places in Haryana and east Rajasthan and at isolated places in Punjab. Weather remained mainly dry in west Rajasthan. The chief amounts of rainfall in cm. are: Haryana: Delhi Ridge, Faridabad, New Delhi (Safdarjung) and Rewari 2 each and Ayanagar and New Delhi (Palam) 1 each, Himachal Pradesh: Shimla 3, Sunibhaji 2 and Kumarsain, Nurpur, Pandoh, Paonta, Rampur Bushahar and Sundernagar 1 each, Jammu and Kashmir: Srinagar 6, Kupwara 3 and Banihal 2, Punjab: Moga 2, East Rajasthan: Bharatpur 1, East Uttar Pradesh: Trutipar 22, Bansi 13, Mohana and Regoli 9 each, Hanumansetu and Neemsar 8 each, Khadda and Lucknow 7 each, Kakrahi 6, Ballia and Lucknow (Control Room) 5 each, Kanpur 4, Hamirpur 3, Allahabad, Bahraich, Bhatpurwaghat, Chillaghat, Gorakhpur and Sultanpur 2 each and Ghazipur 1, West Uttar Pradesh: Ankinghat, Etawah, Gomatia ad Mathura 4 each, Dabri, Fatehgarh, Hindn, Kalpi, Narora and Shahjina 3 each and Jhansi 1 and Uttaranchal: Dehradun 3, Joshimath and Uttarkashi 2 each and Banbasa, Kalagarh, Mukteshwar and Rishikesh 1 each.
Forecast valid until the morning of July 15: Rain/thundershowers will occur at many places in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal, at a few places in Punjab and east Rajasthan and at isolated places in the rest of the region.
Heavy rainfall warning: Isolated heavy rain is likely in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu division of Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal during the next 48 hours.
Forecast for Delhi and neigbourhood valid until the morning of July 15: Generally cloudy sky with a few spells of rain/thundershowers. One or two may be heavy in some areas.
Farmers weather bulletin for Delhi forecast valid until the morning of July 15: Moderate to heavy rain will occur at many places.
Want more than bunnies and dyed eggs this Easter? These big- and small-screen options may answer your prayers.
For those celebrating Easter, it's possible to have Jesus in your heart and on your screens all weekend long.
Swedish legend Max von Sydow plays the Messiah in this four-hour 1965 drama, which tracks Jesus' life from the Nativity through the Resurrection. Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston and Claude Rains co-star, while John Wayne, Sidney Poitier and Angela Lansbury also make appearances.
Kelsey Grammer (Frasier) and Stephen Moyer (True Blood) headline this 2015 adaptation of Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's best-selling non-fiction book, which examines the political and historical conflicts that led to Jesus' execution by the Romans.
Nominated for seven Academy Awards including best picture, this 3½-hour 1956 epic follows Moses (Heston) in his quest to free the Israelites from Egypt and lead them to Canaan. Come for the plagues, stay for the parting of the Red Sea.
A box-office wonder with $91.4 million, this 2014 family drama centers on the 4-year-old son (Connor Corum) of a pastor (Greg Kinnear) who claims to have experienced heaven during emergency surgery. Adapted from Todd Burpo and Lynn Vincent's 2010 best seller.
G Nicolas Batum is in line to make his regular-season debut on Wednesday after tearing his ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow last month. Batum will be in the starting lineup against the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers barring a “drastic” setback, Hornets coach Steve Clifford said on Tuesday. The 28-year-old Batum injured his elbow just 34 seconds into a preseason game against the Detroit Pistons on Oct. 4. Batum averaged 15.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists last season in his second campaign with Charlotte. He is entering the second season of a five-year, $120 million contract.
OTTAWA — It’s common knowledge that fish is good for your body and brain and that it’s a healthy alternative to meat. But it can also be bland. Fortunately, it is possible to up your fish intake without sacrificing flavour. John Scratch, a chef for 27 years, who does all of the smoked fish at Whalesbone Sustainable Oyster and Fish Supply on Kent Street, gives his tips for buying and cooking six popular fresh fish.
Taste and texture: There are more than 300 species of this delicately flavoured white fish that is medium firm.
Nutrition facts: Perch is very lean and rich with omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, as well as potassium and iron.
Taste and texture: Cod has a strong flavour. Its firm and flaky texture makes it a perfect fish for frying. It has been used for hundreds of years because it is also easily dried and smoked.
Nutrition facts: Cod is lean and packs a lot of protein for very few calories. It is rich in vitamins A and B and is a good source of phosphorus.
Best way to prepare: John Scratch says this very versatile fish can be cooked in many ways. The most common is deep-frying, like classic fish and chips, but it can also be used for chowder or fish pie.
Taste and texture: John Scratch says Arctic char tastes mild and buttery and is a firmer white fish.
Nutrition facts: It’s high in calcium and vitamin A.
Taste and texture: Halibut is a light, mild and fluffy white fish with a slightly sweet flavour.
Nutrition facts: Halibut is a great source of protein and vitamin B3. It is also high in omega-3 fatty acids.
Best way to prepare: Seared in a hot pan with a minimal amount of oil to lock in flavour.
Taste and texture: Rainbow trout is related to salmon and has flesh that may be white, pink, red or orange. It is flaky with a mild flavour. It is a smaller fish and will cook relatively quickly.
Nutrition facts: Fattier than other fish, but high in omega-3 fatty acids and a good source of vitamin B12.
Best way to prepare: Fried in a hot pan with a little oil. Trout is often cooked with lemon and the skin on to ensure it stays moist.
Taste and texture: Walleye is a dense white fish with a strong flavour.
Nutrition facts: Walleye is low in saturated fat and contains significant amounts of magnesium, potassium and vitamin B12.
Best cooking method: Pair walleye with your favourite spices and pan-fry it with a breading.
1. Look at the eyes if you can. Clear, bright eyes are signs of the freshest fish; the eyes of a less fresh fish will be dull or greying.
2. If the fish still has its skin on it, check it for shine and brightness. A fresh fish should look metallic and clean. Dull or discoloured scales could be a sign of a less fresh fish.
3. Fresh fish should not smell fishy. An overwhelmingly strong smell is a sign the fish is past its prime.
4. If the fish is in fillets, press your finger gently against the flesh. The indentation should disappear quickly as the fish springs back into form. A lasting indentation could mean the fish is no longer good.
5. The flesh of the fish should be moist and not spongy. Fish that is yellowing or discoloured is past its best before date.
LSI, the company behind the popular SandForce SSD controllers, has been ranked number one in the world for SSD controller revenues. This ranking is based upon data released by Forward Insights and is for revenues from 2012. The data showed that SLI increased its revenue share to 38 percent, or almost double that of the closest competitor.
SSDs continue to take the world by storm, showing up in more and more systems as the default device. Prices continue to drop and demand responds accordingly. The fact that LSI has moved into the number one position goes to show just how popular their SSD controllers are.
Our leadership in SSD controllers reflects our comprehensive solutions portfolio and the multiple ways we can engage with customers to help them rapidly gain the benefits of flash for their applications. FSPs with LSI DuraClass technology provide best-in-class endurance, performance and power efficiency and are seeing wide adoption as customers in enterprise, cloud and client computing increasingly turn to flash.
The Ocean’s 8 cast has some great outerwear.
By Alo Ceballos/GC Images/Getty Images.
Between all the cast members of the upcoming Ocean’s 8 is a closet full of great coats of many colors and textures. While Rihanna tends to be a leading force on set, wearing oversized puffers and enormous hooded fur jackets, Cate Blanchett is here to remind the world that she shouldn’t be forgotten. While out in Tribeca on January 9, Blanchett was wearing her own version of Rihanna-inspired outerwear in a long, furry, emerald-green Dion Lee coat. The texture resembled that of a shaggy Muppet, a style her co-star has popularized.
As for Rihanna, she's been sporting furry and shaggy coats for years. From her elaborate (and absolutely humongous) cape at the 2015 Met Gala designed by Guo Pei, to the now iconic, ultra-furry green Versace coat she wore to the 2015 iHeartRadio Music Awards, Rihanna’s set a precedent for channeling your inner (but very cool) muppet, and that influence seems to have spilled over on to the Ocean’s 8 set.
Though Blanchett wasn’t on the Oceans 8 set at the time she wore the green outerwear, she might as well have been. The cast seems to share a mutual love for statement coats, or perhaps they’re a pivotal force in the movie—only time will tell. Blanchett has also been spotted wearing a brown fur cape, while Sandra Bullock has been seen wearing a crisp, white fur coat, both while hanging out on set. Then there are the non-furs running around, which include Mindy Kaling’s black, double-breasted version and Sarah Paulson’s oversized cardigan. If anyone is on the fence about seeing the film when it comes out, they might as well go just for the coats.
NSW is at risk of long-term blackouts unless energy company AGL firms up its commitment to replace the Liddell coal-fired power station, the federal government has been advised.
However, Labor says any uncertainty is the result of the Turnbull government not having an energy policy, and AGL says the shortfall will be met.
The Australian Energy Market Operator said in a report released on Friday an extra 850MWs of power are needed to ensure reliability in NSW following the closure of Liddell.
It noted that if all three stages of AGL's proposed post-Liddell plan are delivered "the resource gap will be eliminated".
However, given that AGL has only firmly committed to installing 100MW of additional generation "there remains a significant resource gap of 850MW".
In December last year, AGL outlined plans - at the request of the prime minister - to address a predicted 1000MW gap in electricity capacity following the closure of the 1970s-era power station in 2022.
On Friday AGL welcomed the confirmation from AEMO that its plan addresses the potential shortfall.
"AGL is already implementing our NSW Generation Plan, which proposes a mix of high-efficiency gas peakers, renewables, battery storage and demand response as well as the efficiency upgrade at Bayswater Power Station," it said in a statement.
"Decisions for the investments are staged to enable flexibility to respond to the changing needs of the market and improvements in technology over the next five years."
AEMO chief Audrey Zibelman said if only the first stage of AGL's proposal was delivered there would still be a gap of 590MW "exposing the power system to a high risk of involuntary load shedding".
"AEMO can only include those resources for which there is a clear commitment to construct," she wrote in her review of the plan.
She said the solution lay in the federal, state and territory governments reaching an agreement on the national energy guarantee by the end of 2018.
However, if the national agreement could not be reached, a specific market mechanism should be put in place to find enough generation to replace Liddell via other projects. That should be done in consultation with the NSW government.
Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg said it would be preferable for AGL to commit as soon as possible to stages two and three of its plan.
"The existence of a major shortfall in dispatchable power following Liddell's closure would clearly present an unacceptable situation undermining the stability of the system," Mr Frydenberg said.
The situation made it all the more important for the national energy guarantee to be endorsed by all governments, he said.

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