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Now that Trump has polished off the plodding Tillerson, who not only called his boss a “moron” but was also the worst secretary of state in history, the national security council is likely headed for a new adviser as well. McMaster, too, has proved to be a dud, but whether his successor would be any better is an open q... |
The likelihood that America will go to war against Tehran has risen. The 2015 Iran nuclear deal is now essentially null and void. In his remarks today, Trump emphasized that he and Tillerson clashed over the Iran nuclear deal: “I guess [Tillerson] thought it was okay. I wanted to either break it, or do something, and h... |
“They abhor Christians,” he said, “and will continue to press against us until we make sure that we pray and stand and fight and make sure that we know that Jesus Christ is our savior is truly the only solution for our world.” Pompeo is also close to Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy. He appeared on his r... |
Add Bolton to the mix and you have what amounts to a war cabinet against Iran. Defense Secretary James Mattis would be outnumbered and outgunned. His ally, Tillerson, wanted to negotiate with Iran and opposed summarily terminating the agreement. |
If this occurs, the irony will be rich. Trump campaigned as someone who would not be George W. Bush redux. In fact, he specifically denounced Bush in the South Carolina debate for lying about the pretext for war in Iraq. But that was then. |
If he goes down the route to war with Iran, he will be George W. Bush on steroids. Bush went to war against Iraq, not Iran, because he knew that it was a much tougher nut to crack. If Trump becomes enmeshed in a new war in the Middle East, his presidency will almost surely go down in history as a catastrophic failure. |
Unfortunately, this scenario is all-too-plausible. Ever since 9/11, American foreign policy has taken a dark turn, substituting fear and hubris for reality. It began under George W. Bush, who tapped into the unilateralist traditions of the Republican party, and could accelerate under Trump. Trump’s vast expansion of th... |
So if Trump goes further down the road of scrapping the Iran deal and hires Bolton, then war looms large. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is surely elated. Could this be springtime for neoconservatism? |
My first memory of food is when I was four and was trying to decide whether I preferred the distinctly different tastes of the chocolate or vanilla sides in a tub of Carvel ice cream. It’s an ongoing decision. I’ve bounced back and forth between the two throughout mylife. |
Others in our family are lighter-skinned, so my mother called me Pud, because I was her chocolate pudding. Her maiden name was Goodman. She was 13 when pregnant with me and I was given up for adoption. Then – with difficulty, after a few months – she retrieved me. So I’m sure I didn’t get the breast but was raised on 1... |
My mother and stepfather Bobby were part of a fairly sophisticated and worldly crowd, including food-wise. But it wasn’t until I was seven that I realised why they’d nod off at the table: because they were junkies. My earliest memory of a day out with Bobby was going for a charlotte russe at a kosher bakery in the Bron... |
The only food I was allergic to was shrimp. I must have had some sort of iodine reaction. Whenever I tasted shrimp I’d become really tingly and numb in and around the mouth. But that never stopped me having shrimp. |
My [paternal] grandmother made me amazing Caribbean food. A lot of fish, okra, fungi, creole combinations and pig knuckles and rice, with very hot sauces which make guests exclaim “Jesus! How can you stand it?” when I steam and cook them today, or my Bulgarian housekeeper does. |
I remember the first time I stepped off a Greyhound to LA. Gran took me straight to a taco stand for hard shell corn tortilla and it was awesome. While on the west coast I skipped school most days, to watch movies, drink Nestle’s Quik chocolate and sniff glue. The best paper bags for sniffing came out of a popcorn mach... |
As a teen I spent a lot of time panhandling and sleeping on the NY subway, or at Woody’s Commune, a crash-pad where you’d pay $2 a night for a bed but also got weed and a great gourmet meal made by Woody’s partner Dave. Then I joined the Black Panthers. They ran a free-breakfasts-for-children programme, using donated e... |
Concentrating on music in the early 70s, I went healthy on macrobiotic and organic, eating brown rice, wheat and noodles at affordable hippy restaurants. But when. But when I made it with Chic I was into cocaine and expensive cuisine or greasy food at 5 or 6am at a 24-hour Chinese restaurant. People say cocaine suppres... |
In the early 80s I was already going to health spas and doing Jane Fonda workouts – detoxing so I could then get wasted again. But I could only take a few days in a retreat each time. The very bland food in retreats didn’t suit my strong palate and I think it’s no coincidence that all those I went to were in Mexico, or... |
Many of my favourite food memories are with Madonna, because we went out a lot when the club scene was changing into a scene where Mary Lou’s and restaurants like that would lock their doors and become after-hours clubs. I remember people saying, “Who’s that girl? Who’s that girl?” over and over again. |
Friends started dying because of the lifestyle. I remember the first friend expired while I was across the street buying barbecued ribs. I had psychotic incidents on cocaine and feared losing my ability to play guitar and I gave cocaine and alcohol up in 1994. I thought it would have a huge effect on my tastebuds. One ... |
Thanksgiving dinners have become a big thing for me. I remember as a kid when my stepfather had his first heroin overdose on Thanksgiving. I came home from playing in the park for this sumptuous meal and they were rolling him out of the house on a gurney. Nowadays the family gathers for Thanksgiving at the house I boug... |
I’ve become completely obsessed with Earl Grey in the morning. I hate to admit it, but I typically have an entire pot. I saw a documentary on the effort that goes into creating commercial tea and almost feel bad throwing used tea away… so I use it to flavour my drinking water. Do you think I’m going a bit far? |
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 44-year-old woman who was teaching her teenage daughter to drive has died after being shot in the head in an apparent road-rage attack outside her Las Vegas home. |
Tammy Meyers died after being taken off life support Saturday night at University Medical Center, family members said at a news conference. Police are still pursuing a suspect in her shooting. |
The mother of four and former California nurse gave her 14-year-old daughter a driving lesson in a school parking lot and was driving back home when she almost crashed with another vehicle Thursday night, police said. |
After an argument, Meyers drove home and asked her adult son for help as her daughter went inside the home. |
The suspect vehicle appeared outside the home, and someone inside fired multiple shots, one of which struck Meyers, investigators said. |
Her husband, Robert Meyers, said their adult son emerged from the house and fired several shots with a handgun at the fleeing car. He told his father that there were three people inside. |
Robert Meyers also said he thinks at least one 9mm shot by his 23-year-old son hit the fleeing car, and he called for the people involved to surrender to police. |
Shortly before the woman's death, Las Vegas police publicly released a sketch of one of the suspects and surveillance video of the suspect vehicle. |
The suspect was described as a 6-foot, 180-pound white man in his mid-20s with dirty blond hair in a spiked style. The suspect vehicle was described as a four-door gray or silver sedan with possible bullet holes and damage to the front driver's side of the vehicle. |
The Walking Dead season 6, episode 11 - "Knots Untie", takes the series into uncharted territory. After last week's cleanup of the zombie onslaught, Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne's (Danai Gurira) coital bliss was interrupted by the crafty Jesus (Tom Payne). He shed his restraints, sized up the group's situation, a... |
The subplot for this episode begins in the prelude with Sasha (Sonequa Martin-Green) and Abraham completing their security rounds. Abraham is stunned when Sasha explains she'll no longer be his partner, that Eugene (Josh McDermitt) will take her place. Their burgeoning romance screeching to a halt. That night, after a ... |
En route to the Hilltop colony, the RV comes across a recent car accident in the road. Jesus recognizes the vehicle and its burnt to a crisp occupants. The team searches the area and rescues the remaining Hilltop scouts. As luck would have it, a former obstetrician - Harlan Carson, is amongst them. He offers to take ca... |
The group reaches the Hilltop colony and is surprised by their sustainability. They have animals, crops, and medical supplies. Just when the Alexandrians feel their prayers have been answered, the Hilltop Colony's leader, Gregory (Xander Berkeley), shuts them down. Smug, arrogant, and condescending, he refuses to deal ... |
The aftermath of the meeting changes the situation dramatically. A returning group from the colony demands to see Gregory. Their tribute to Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) was not sufficient. He killed several of them, kidnapped another, and demanded a penance for their transgression. Gregory is stabbed in the stomach by E... |
Rick demands that Jesus tell them about Negan. He recounts that Negan's group, The Saviors, had been taking half of their supplies since the beginning. They pay up or die, with Negan killing one of their colonists as an example. Daryl chastises them for paying the ransom. He and Rick float an alternative idea. They wil... |
The Alexandrians load up the RV with the Hilltop bounty. Michonne and Maggie are convinced they will pay a price to face Negan. Rick sees no alternative if Alexandria is to survive. Glenn and Maggie get an ultrasound before leaving. As they drive back to Alexandria fully restocked, the group passes around the ultrasoun... |
Knots Untie is a vast territorial expansion by the group. Up until this point, they had always played defense against marauders. From Hershel's farm, to the prison, to Alexandria, they were always on the receiving end of threats. Now that Negan has been identified, Rick and Daryl's confidence that they can neutralize h... |
Abraham's romantic entanglements are also foreboding. Sasha seems to be the clear winner of his near death epiphany. It will be interesting to see how Abraham's choice plays out. The same goes for Rick and Michonne. The power couple is now front and center as leaders. But Rick's lovers always get the worst of it. I hav... |
The biggest stage ever used for the Illuminations Switch-On concert is almost complete, as the countdown to the big night continues. |
The show is headlined by popstars Jonas Blue, after local favourite Alfie Boe does the honours. |
Blackpool Lights switch-on ceremony. MTC Base and Garage Anthems on stage. |
The huge stage will also allow, for the first time in Switch-On history, for a golden circle allowing ticket holders to get extra close to the stars on the night. |
Gates will open at 4pm Friday 31 August, with a Blackpool Introduces showcase on stage from 5pm, featuring local acts Kyle Passmore, Chloe Rose Moyle, Tiger S and The Sound. |
And showing them just how far musicians from Blackpool can go, local lass Rae Morris, whose second album was released to critical acclaim earlier this year, is back in town, with a scheduled set time of 6pm –although timings are subject to change. |
There will then be sets from YouTube star HRVY, R3WIRE and Varski, Ella Eyre and Diversity before the main event as Alfie Boe switches on the Lights at 9.15pm, ahead of Jonas Blue’s headline appearance. |
Once crowds have cleared from the arena tomorrow night, a crew will be in place to make the quick turnaround for Britney Spears’ show on Saturday. |
The megastar pop princess will close her UK and Europe Piece Of Me tour in the resort. |
The tour celebrates her 20-year pop career, as well as the end of her four-year record-breaking headlining residency at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas - and now she comes to the ‘Vegas Of The North’. |
Britney: Piece Of Me starts at 7.30pm, with Pitbull starring as the special guest promising a hit-packed energetic start to the show. |
Britney’s set list is expected to include classic chart-toppers Toxic and Oops! I Did It Again, as well as new hits, such as Clumsy and Change Your Mind. |
The Promenade will be closed from Chapel Street to Pleasant Street, with diversions in place, tomorrow from 10.30am until 12.30am on Saturday to allow for the Switch-On concert preparations and for crowd safety befreo, during and after the show, and in the same place from 10.30am Saturday to 1.30am on Sunday. |
Concert-goers are asked to avoid bringing a bag wherever possible to reduce entry waiting times for security searches. |
No backpacks, large bags, holdalls or suitcases will be permitted into the venue. Bags should be no bigger than an A4 piece of paper. |
Umbrellas, food and drink and chairs are also not permitted in the venue. |
Follow us @The_Gazette and on Facebook for any changes to the above running order. |
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LAKKI MARWAT: Former federal minister and head of Marwat Ittehad Group Salim Saifullah Khan who had earlier announced to contest election as independent candidate for NA 36 has now decided to withdraw from election race and let the field open for young aspirants. |
The decision was taken in a bid to keep alliance between Marwat Ittehad Group and PTI intact and let the new faces to try their lot in electoral politics. The local PTI office bearers had opposed supporting Salim Saifullah Khan as independent candidate for national assembly constituency. |
“If Salim Saifullah Khan wants to win elections with the support of PTI workers he will have to jump into polls arena with PTI ticket”, according to a local PTI leader. He said that local leadership was not happy over electoral alliance with MIG and supporting Saifullah as independent candidate in coming elections. |
“We will press the high command of party to field its own candidate for NA36 or ask Salim Saifullah to be the contender of PTI for the national assembly constituency”, he added. |
A source close to Saifullah says that the former federal minister Salim Saifullah Khan had convened a meeting of area elders, PTI office bearers, local bodies’ members and supports at his residence in Ghaznikhel to discuss poll strategy for coming national elections. |
Former MNAs Humayun Saifullah Khan and Ghulamud Khan, former federal minister Anwar Saifullah Khan and political elite of the district attended the meeting. PPP central executive committee member and former federal minister Mr Anwar Saifullah Khan and former MNA Humayun Saifullah Khan are also not in the race for natio... |
The influential Saifullah family is also not in a mood to field its young members including former Senator Osman Saifullah Khan and Jehangir Saifullah Khan in polls arena. |
“During meeting Salim Saifullah Khan expressed his desire to bring new and young faces for NA 36 on PTI ticket”, according to source, adding that Saifullah brothers will finalise the name of contender for national assembly seat in coming couple of days. |
The source said that influential Saifullahs would pick one among two power aspirants including former district nazim Ishfaq Ahmad Khan Meenakhel and Barrister Sher Afzal Khan to fight for the sole national assembly seat on a PTI ticket. |
Hightower was QB Matt Linehan’s top target with 10 catches for 110 yards, each more than half what he had coming into the game (19 for 190), and Boston added four catches for 32 yards, both his best in a single game thus far, something that no doubt excited his coach. |
Idaho will need the relatively untested group to continue to improve, as some tough defenses lie ahead. Saturday’s opponent, South Alabama (3-4, 1-2) is 13th in the nation in pass defense (175.1 yards per game allowed.), and Nov. 14’s foe, Appalachian State is 18th (179.4 ypg). |
“Just have to keep it moving, that’s the goal, keep getting better,” Hightower said. |
Epps, suspended because of an incident in which he allegedly slapped his girlfriend, will not have charges pressed against him by Whitman (Wash.) County prosecutors, according to the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. |
On Tuesday, Pullman Police forwarded a fourth-degree assault charge, but the alleged victim refused to cooperate and the office felt it had insufficient evidence to move forward, according to the Lewiston Tribune, which reported that Epps did not travel to South Alabama. Petrino said he would wait for the legal system ... |
The Tribune also reported receiver David Ungerer was arrested on Halloween for DUI. He has played in two games and has no catches this season. |
BBC Three and New Talent have announced the winner of the 2007 New Film Makers Awards. |
Hundreds of film makers entered this year's competition to find the best new comedy film makers for BBC Three and all ten shortlisted films were screened at the Encounters Short Film Festival in November. The films were broadcast on BBC Three in December, and now you can watch them online on this site. |
The winning film, 'BigBoy_74', is written and directed by Tom Marshall and features a suicidal man whose attempts to end his life are interrupted by an avid user of adult online dating websites. The two runner-up films are Justin Edgar's 'Special People' and 'Bathtime' by Fiona Cairns. |
All ten films were screened on BBC Three in December. |
You can watch an interview with the three winning directors on the BBC Film Network website. |
You can watch all ten films online. Please note that some of the films contain strong language and adult themes and will only be available post-watershed. |
The winner will have their film considered for a high profile slot on BBC Three and will receive £5,000. The two runners-up will each receive £2,500. |
What were we looking for? |
BBC Three and New Talent were looking for comedy shorts, no longer than ten minutes in length, which would fit into BBC Three's cutting edge style. We wanted scintillating, silly, side-splitting film shorts to inspire and entertain the BBC Three audience. |
You had to be 16 years old or over, and never had your film commissioned or broadcast on TV. |
Even though entries have closed, you can still get some tips from those in the business. |
We've got some advice from BBC creative comedy head Kenton Allen and an exclusive interview with 2005 New Film Makers Award winning director Matt Golding from RONG, whose comedy 'Oedipus' hit the mark with the judges. |
Get inspired by watching the films from some of our former winners and finalists of the New Film Makers Awards or have a chuckle at our new comedy animations. |
You can also see how some of our finalists have progressed in the film making industry since the awards in our success section. |
Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian listens on April 13 as supporters and residents of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park talk about the impact of the park's potential closure. Acknowledging the long odds and the short window of opportunity, county officials on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to avert the like... |
Acknowledging the long odds and the short window of opportunity, Santa Clara County officials on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to avert the likely closure of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park. |
By a unanimous vote, the county Board of Supervisors authorized staff to conduct a competitive process for identifying a partner who would help preserve the mobile-home park as a "permanent source of affordable housing." The partner is expected to be a nonprofit that would join the county and Palo Alto in acquiring the... |
Before the vote, the board acknowledged that time is of the essence. The Jissers' two-year quest to close Buena Vista moved forward last week, when the City Council tentatively approved the closure applications while mandating new home appraisals that take into account the park's safety and the value of having Buena Vi... |
Even so, hope remains for preserving the low-income and mostly Hispanic community, which is home to about 400 residents, including about 125 children. |
The county has already allocated $8 million toward Buena Vista's preservation, and Palo Alto City Manager James Keene followed suit by earmarking another $8 million for the cause, pending council approval. The county also has an additional $3.3 million in affordable-housing funds available through its general-use permi... |
The key now is finding a partner who would join the preservation efforts. And as Supervisor Joe Simitian noted Tuesday, there is not much time left. After May 26, the Jissers would have the ability to post notices of vacancy and begin the six-month process of evicting the park's residents. |
"We're scrambling. Time is our enemy," Simitian said Tuesday. |
Both Simitian and county staff also emphasized that they have no intention of having the county become involved in maintaining a mobile-home park. That task would go to a third-party nonprofit that specializes in preserving such parks. The board's vote allows the county to engage in an "informal competitive bidding pro... |
Gary Graves, the county's chief operating officer, emphasized that the county's role is largely to "facilitate" a partnership between a third party and the property owner. He said his office is talking to county counsel to make sure "we're walking the fine line very carefully" in ensuring that the county's role is limi... |
"There has been some effort in terms of trying to identify who has the experience doing this and how we would arrange an agreement with them in terms of what exactly they would do so as to make sure we are at an arms length and not in any way involved," Graves said. |
Yet even with the tight deadline, Simitian said he is far more optimistic today than he was in January, when he and board President Dave Cortese first proposed allocating $8 million in funds for Buena Vista's preservation. In addition to the city earmarking $8 million of its own money, Palo Alto's state and federal rep... |
There is also the possibility of the Buena Vista residents narrowing the funding gap through a tax-exempt revenue bond and pooling the bond proceeds with county and city funds. Simitian said he would expect such a bond to potentially bring in another $8 million to $10 million for Buena Vista's preservation. |
"If you take the purchase price of the property, which is yet to be determined, subtract the portion of cost that could be borne by a tax-exempt revenue bond and then look to city and county to use affordable-housing fund to split the remaining cost, you're in the ballpark in terms of being able to put the offer on the... |
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