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This week’s Monday Verdict looks at why Jose Mourinho cannot be trusted with a summer warchest, Conte’s future and Liverpool’s goalkeeping situation.
MOURINHO CAN’T BE TRUSTED TO SPEND MORE OF MAN UTD’S MILLIONS
Jose Mourinho has made it very clear that if Manchester United want to challenge rivals City for the Premier League title next season then they will have to spend, spend, spend – yet again.
Wonder if it has ever dawned on him that if you sign the right type of players in the first place and work to make them better than it might just save the club a few quid and also – potentially – your job.
Mourinho came out fighting after United’s Champions League exit at the hands of Sevilla last week, going on an incredible 12-minute press conference rant that did not make a massive amount of sense, while he has also started digging out individual players for criticism.
Since arriving at Old Trafford in the summer of 2016, Mourinho has spent £295million to try and restore United to the Fergie ‘glory days’, and while trophies have been won the gap to City has grown even larger since Pep Guardiola arrived at The Etihad.
United have at least been more consistent in the league this season but the brand of football is getting more and more negative and it is becoming more evident that the players are not enjoying the way they are playing under the Portuguese tactician.
Mourinho has brought in seven players since his arrival and you can only really argue that two of them have been successful thus far – Nemanja Matic and Romelu Lukaku.
The fall-out between Paul Pogba and Mourinho is there for all to see, but for the club’s record signing to say that he can only be truly effective in one specific midfield position seems crazy when the club have forked out so much to get him back to Old Trafford.
Mourinho has not managed that situation at all well but that one cannot all be thrown at the manager’s door.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan has been and gone without anyone really seeing how good a player he could have been – perhaps Arsenal will give us the answer to that conundrum, while Eric Bailly looked good when he first arrived but has been hit by injuries and also made some glaring errors at the heart of United’s defence.
The less said about Victor Lindelof the better. Let’s just leave it at £30million and just 12 Premier League appearances this season.
And finally Alexis Sanchez, who looks completely and utterly lost in Mourinho’s system and does not suit his style of play in anyway shape or form.
The Chilean has turned from one of the Premier League’s most dangerous attackers into a misfit who constantly gives up possession and now has virtually no threat to his game.
So why exactly would United trust Mourinho to spend another £200-300m this summer?
Not only that but from the outside looking in, would any of the world’s top talents be itching to play for Jose – especially when he has taken to criticising players on an individual basis again and is seemingly sending his team out to play safe rather than express themselves.
This is a testing time for United and for Mourinho himself, but the way things are heading it could all get very messy very quickly if he doesn’t wind himself in a bit and find a formula that will be keep everyone at Old Trafford happy.
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COULD THE FA CUP SAVE CONTE?
It wasn’t pretty, but they did it. Chelsea eventually got past Leicester in extra time on Sunday thanks to goals from Alvaro Morata and Pedro in what was not their most convincing of performances.
Morata scored for the first time since Boxing Day to give Chelsea a half-time lead, but Jamie Vardy equalised 14 minutes from time to force the additional periods at the King Power Stadium.
And Pedro headed in as the Blues ended a five-match losing streak away from home to reach the last four, where they were drawn to face Southampton.
Conte’s Chelsea of course succeeded Leicester as Premier League champions last term and also reached the FA Cup final, losing to Arsenal.
The competition represents the Blues’ final trophy chance of an at-times tumultuous season after their midweek Champions League exit at Barcelona.
The omens appear good. They had beaten Leicester in all five prior FA Cup meetings and the last three times – in 1997, 2000 and 2012 – they went on to lift the trophy.
As positive as that sounds, it has not been the best of campaigns for Conte’s side.
Constant speculation that the Italian will leave Stamford Bridge either by being removed from his position or simply because he favours a move back to Serie A or the Italian national team job haven’t helped the overall stability at the club after what was one of their more memorable seasons in 2016/17.
Chelsea sit in fifth place too, five points away from the top four, something which may be a result of the uncertainty surrounding Conte, or may simply be a reflected of the fact they over-achieved last season.
The Sun stated last week that there is a possibility that the Italian could still be at the helm at Stamford Bridge come next season.
However, their report claimed that it will only happen if he stops complaining to the club’s board about their transfer activity (or lack of).
Conte has caused friction with the Chelsea board after publicly questioning their commitment to bringing in top players.
Is there a chance that he could stay? Well, it likely won’t be his decision. Surely the bare minimum for him to keep his job, when considering his spending, would be to win the FA Cup and finish in the top four somehow.
Are either of those achievable? They should reach the FA Cup final, and who knows what could happen then, but can anyone really see them winning six more points than Spurs between now and the middle of May?
It has shades of when Louis van Gaal thought he could save his job at Manchester United by winning the FA Cup in 2016. Sure, it’s a nice theory to suggest that winning a trophy per season is enough to keep owners happy, but in practice we know that the biggest trophy is Champions League football.
What a difference a year makes.
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LIVERPOOL MUST MAKE EARLY MOVE FOR ALISSON
Avid Serie A viewers will have taken some pleasure in seeing Roma join Juventus in the last eight of the Champions League this past week.
While the capital club lack the experience and class of Juventus, they have proved a tough side to beat having eased through a group that contained Chelsea and Atletico Madrid. Having just edged Shakhtar to reach the quarter-finals they were paired with Barcelona…. many will feel this will be the end of the road for Roma, and while that may well prove the case, the clash will be far from the forgone conclusion many are expecting.
In many ways, the Roma side can compare to Manchester United. Second or third best in their respective top leagues, but with one very familiar thing in common: one of the world’s best in goal.
If David De Gea is lauded as the world’s best (and who are we to argue), then the Roma custodian cannot be too far behind.
Aerially dominant, a fine shot-stopper, good distribution – Alisson has it all – as his whoscored observations point to.
And it’s no surprise to see Liverpool repeatedly linked with a move for the keeper, with reports on Saturday suggesting the Reds are preparing an early €80million offer to Roma.
It certainly makes sense for Liverpool to get the deal done early if they can. While any move for the Brazilian is likely to represent a world-record fee for a keeper, getting it done now could save them millions. With a clash with Messi and co on the horizon and a World Cup just months away, Alisson has a real chance to raise his profile even higher. So agreeing a deal for him now – before that fee escalates a little more – makes perfect sense.
Aside from rival interest from PSG and Real Madrid, the biggest danger to Liverpool tying up an early deal might be themselves and the shrewd move they made last summer in tying up the Mo Salah swoop early in the window.
Roma obviously won’t want to be stung by the same club twice – and that could ultimately prove their downfall. An alleged €80million offer for the keeper might seem like a huge offer now, but might we see his fee higher if Roma can hold out…?
Liverpool will certainly hope not, but get this deal done and we may just see the Reds transformed into genuine title contenders next season.
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SEXY FULHAM HAVE IT ALL – BUT KEEPING PRIZED ASSETS COULD PROVE TOUGH
It’s now 17 Championship matches since Fulham last lost – and while their first 45 minutes against QPR on Saturday showed exactly why they’re the league’s form side, it will feel very much like two points lost as the visitors fought their way back to draw 2-2.
Yet despite Saturday’s setback, sexy football is most definitely back at Fulham.
During their unbeaten run, the Cottagers have dispatched of fellow promotion contenders Wolves, Middlesbrough, Cardiff, Derby and Aston Villa with relative ease – and, but for their slow start to the season, would surely be sure-fire bets to go up now. It’s that kind of form that made Saturday’s collapse – the Cottagers had led 2-0 after 42 minutes – even more surprising.
Nonetheless, you’d back Slavisa Jokanovic’s side to overcome this and it’ll likely take something special to prevent this particular corner of south-west London celebrating a Premier League return this season.
Beaten in the play-off semi-finals last season, it seems last season’s heartbreak has galvanised Fulham. There’s a steel about this side, but in the mix there’s also some huge talents of whom they’ll do well to hang on – regardless of whether promotion is achieved or not.
The talents of Ryan Sessegnon have been well documented and despite his tender years, must be considered an outside bet to earn a call-up to the England squad this summer. Earning his corn as first a left-back, then a left wing-back, the player – this week called up by England U21s for the first time, now operates on the left side of Fulham’s attack. He’s a talent, make no mistake, and the £35million links to Man Utd, Spurs and Liverpool look fully vindicated. The boy will only get better and already looks a polished performer despite still only being 17.
In midfield, Tom Cairney has used the disappointment of early rejection by Leeds to blossom into one of the division’s finest performers. He has a wand of a left foot and it’s easy to see why Newcastle tried – and failed – with a £20m bid last summer.
If Fulham don’t go up this season, we will certainly see Cairney, now 27, in the top flight next season.
In attack, Aleksander Mitrovic’s arrival from Newcastle in January has reaped fine rewards – and the goals he has scored have proved vital. Signing him on a permanent deal in the summer will be of top priority to the Cottagers.
But while these three grab the headlines, the likes of Ryan Fredericks, Lucas Piazon, Tim Ream, Stefan Johansen and Marcus Bettinelli have all been solid and consistent performers.
But the one asset they’d arguably be most loathe to lose would be Jokanovic. The Serbian was cruelly dispensed of way too soon by Watford where he impressed and led the Hornets to promotion. After the heartbreak of last season’s play-offs, Jokanovic and Fulham look well placed to go better this time around. He’s tactically astute, has good contacts, plays football the right way, and most importantly gets results. With or without Fulham, Jokanovic will be Premier League bound before too long.


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that's it for us tonight. see you back here tomorrow night. our coverage continues now with john vause and zain asher at the cnn center in atlanta. >> hello and welcome to our viewers all around the world in the united states. i'm zain asher. >> and i'm not john vause, but i'm errol barnett. coming up, the u.s. president goes to congress asking for approval for the war on isis. >> three muslim students are murdered in the united states. the father of one of the victims calls it a hate crime. and an argument over a bag of nuts leads to a major court case. now a former top korean airlines
executive will soon learn her fates. we want to begin this hour with u.s. president barack obama, now saying that isis is on the defensive, and he's formally asking congress to use military force against isis. this would be the first war vote in congress in 13 years. >> the president authorized air strikes against isis months ago under the same authorization used for the invasion of iraq. but his new request calls for a mission lasting no more than three years. so very different from what happened in afghanistan and in iraq. >> that's the point. it also does not call for the deployment of u.s. combat troops to iraq or syria. however, mr. obama says he'll only send troops when it's absolutely necessary for national security. >> congress will be debate thing request and approval could take self-requests, but the president is confident that isis could be
defeated. >> our coalition is strong. our cause is just. and our mission will succeed. and long after the terrorists we face today are destroyed and forgotten, america will continue to stand free and tall and strong. >> meanwhile, as the political story line continues, we have new details to bring you about the latest american killed in isis captivity. >> while kayla mueller's friends and family mourn her death, officials are talking about what she may have gone through in her years of captivity. here's our pamela brown. >> reporter: intelligence suggests 26-year-old kayla mueller was given to a male isis fighter, possibly as a bride, after she was kidnapped in syria in 2013 according to u.s. government officials. officials say there are also indications mueller converted to islam. >> these hostages are under severe duress for a very long time and threatened with death and so forth. for them to say that we're going to convert to the religion of
our hostage takers suggests that maybe they can curry favor that way. >> reporter: cnn learned that pictures sent privately to mueller's family from isis helped confirm her death. pictures included mueller wearing muslim garb and a picture of her wrapped in a burial shroud, a stark contrast from the brutal beheadings of other male hostages. it's clear isis treated mueller differently. >> because she was remarkably decent human being and because she was a woman, that it wouldn't be surprising to treat her with more respect in life and death. if they covered her in death, that shows they respected her. >> reporter: the u.s. military says there is no evidence showing she was killed in a jordanian air strike. there were several foiled rescue attempts to save mueller, and one attempt, a man claimed to be
her husband from prescott, arizona and demanded her release but turned away after mueller denied being anyone's wife. >> she said she wasn't married and she didn't lie to her captors. so it foiled that plan. >> reporter: we learned from a family spokesperson that the man who thosed as her husband at that terrorist training camp was her boyfriend who she was kidnapped with in the city of aleppo. apparently he was released but risked his life to go back to rescue her. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> it's a heartbreaking story, adapting to life in captivity? that's something that most of us will never have to do, but reuters reported that david rhode has been there. >> he spoke with anderson cooper about how kayla mueller may have coped with the horrors of her captivity. take a listen. >> she talks about prayer and there was a bit in the report about her maybe converting to
islam. i think it's impossible and sort of irrelevant. there's no one anyone can freely convert to any faith when you're under duress. jim foley talked about he was kidnapped twice. he was in libya first, then in syria. between those two kidnappings, he talked about how he prayed as a muslim to create camaraderie, but he was sort of praying as a christian to jesus. >> now to get you to news out of the u.s. state of north carolina. 46-year-old man there facing three murder charges after what investigators believe was likely an argument over a parking space. however, police are not dismissing the possibility that this was a hate crime. many believe that's exactly what it was. [ singing in foreign language ] ♪
>> he's saying, those killed are rejoicing in our grace and bounty. mourners gathered in chapel hill, north carolina wednesday night to pay their respects to three victims. all three of them were muslim. >> they were all shot execution style tuesday night. you see them here. >> i want to show you a picture of the suspect, craig steven hicks. on his facebook page he referred to himself as an atheist and made derogatory comments about several religions. cnn cannot confirm the authenticity of the posts or his facebook page, but as jason carroll reports, the father of
the two women says that hicks had scared them in the past. >> i don't think there's a word to describe the pain. if it wasn't for honoring my children and wanting to tell the world their story, i would not be talking. >> reporter: muhammad says he's numb, still in shock over the loss of his two daughters and his son-in-law. >> no matter how much i grieve, i cannot grieve like my wife does. i don't think we can feel it now until we see the bodies and have the burial. we're in shock. two children of ours and our son-in-law. >> reporter: all three shot execution style, a bullet to the head. a frantic 911 call tuesday night of shots fired at the apartment complex near the university of north carolina's chapel hill campus where they lived. >> i just heard gunshots.
i don't know what building it came from, but i heard kids screaming. >> how long ago did you hear snit >> how long? >> uh-huh. >> probably 30 seconds ago. >> how many shots did you hear? >> multiple. at least five and ten i would say. >> reporter: later that night, the victim's neighbor, 46-year-old craig hicks, turned himself in to police, they charged him with three counts of first degree murder. all three victims were muslim. the women's father called the attack a hate crime, saying his daughters and son-in-law were targeted because of their faith. >> my daughter, honest to god, told us on more than two occasions that this man came knocking on their door and fighting about everything with a gun on his belt more than twice. she told us, daddy, i think he
hates us for who we are and how we look. >> reporter: investigators say the shooting was the result of a long-standing dispute between neighbors. >> i wanted to make sure that folks knew that based on all the information that our office and that law enforcement has at this time, that the events of yesterday are not part of a targeted campaign against muslims in north carolina or anything other than an individual event. >> reporter: hicks' wife expressed her condolences, also saying her husband's motive for the murder had nothing to do with religion. >> i can say with my absolute belief that this incident had nothing to do with religion or the victim's faith. but in fact was related to the long-standing parking disputes that my husband had with the neighbors. >> reporter: he was a second year dental student. his wife set to begin her studies at the same school. her sister was also a student in
raleigh. he was raising money to provide dental care to syrian refugees. mohammed called them the kind of children parents wish for, now gone. >> they leave a scent of flowers and a breeze and a light in our lives. they will be missed. i don't think i can feel my sadness yet. it will come when i'm by myself. when i'm overcome at night. it will come when i see their faces and the blood and the stitches. >> reporter: jason carroll, cnn, chapel hill, north carolina. >> and how do you possibly make sense of something that is absolutely senseless? immediately after these killings took place, the story trended, didn't it? it's been talked about well beyond u.s. boarders. >> for example, chapel hill shooting has been tweeted from
almost every corner of the globe more than a million times. that number is climbing fast. another hash tag, muslim lives matter is also spreading on social media like wildfire. breaking news to report to you from belarus. reuters is reporting that the leaders of ukraine, russia, france, and germany are preparing to sign a document following all-night talks on the crisis in ukraine. we know that the ukrainian president petro poroshenko, russian president vladamir putin quickly shook hands before the meeting. at this issue is withdrawal of heavy weapons, the creation of a demilitarized zone, and the status of the area surrounding donetsk, those are the key areas being debated. no word yet on the specifics of the document.
fighting in the region has intensified recently. and by the way, so far more than 5,000 people have been killed in this fighting. errol? >> zain, it's with a heavy heart we report this news. cbs announced the death of one of its own on wednesday. >> we have some sad news tonight from within our cbs news family. our "60 minutes" colleague bob simon was killed this evening. it was a car accident in new york city. >> bob simon earned countless awards for his work on "60 minutes," including 27 emmys. police say simon was a passenger in the back of a town car when it collided with another vehicle at a red light and then hit a traffic divider. police are still investigating this accident. it only happened a few hours ago. simon leaves behind his wife and daughter. he was 73 years old. something was noticeably absent from wednesday's
broadcast of nbc's "nightly news." brian williams' name was cut from the graphics on the first edition of the news cast since williams' six-month suspension was announced tuesday. lester holt had this to say. >> brian is a member of our family, but so are you, our viewers. we'll work every night to be worthy of your trust. >> now, many in the industry are wondering if brian williams will ever be able to return to the anchor chair. but according to sources close to williams, he's determined to earn back public trust. zain? >> coming up next on cnn, certainly an emotional day in court as the widow in the so-called "american sniper" trial is called to testify. also ahead, the captain of the costa concordia learns his punishment after 32 cruise passengers were killed on his watch. stay with us. why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people?
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we do things differently. we'll take care of it. we put members first. join the nation. thank you. ♪ nationwide is on your side as many as 300 migrants are feared dead after trying to cross the mediterranean sea from libya to italy. the italian coast guard rescued more than 110 people from three rubber dinghies. the passengers say there was also a fourth dinghy, which is still missing. many of those who died suffered from hypothermia. survivors say they left saturday night without any food or water. of course, rough seas have
complicated efforts. also in italy, the captain of the "costa concordian" has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. a panel of judges found him guilty wednesday of manslaughter and abandoning ship. 32 people were killed when the cruise ship crashed into the rocks back in 2012. before the verdict, he said he died along with them that day, metaphorically speaking, of course. his lawyers argued he didn't abandon ship, but slipped and fell into a lifeboat. errol? in the u.s., there were some tearful system from chris kyle's widow on the first day of the so-called american sniper murder trial. eddie ray roth is accused of killing the two at a gun range in 2013. our martin savidge has more on this gripping testimony.
>> reporter: like the blockbuster movie about his life, the trial over how american sniper chris kyle died is also packing them in. the line to get into the small town courtroom in stevenville, texas began forming before the sun came up. >> how does the defendant plead? >> not guilty, your honor. >> reporter: there is no debate over this -- 27-year-old former marine eddie roth killed kyle and littlefield in 2013. the legal question is why. the district attorney said he knew what he was doing when he shot both men multiple times in the back and head. he used two different guns. even taking the time to reload before fleeing in kyle's pickup truck. the same truck he was driving when he was arrested after a police chase.
>> he intentionally caused the death of these two men, and when he did so, did he know what he was doing was wrong? >> reporter: the defense argues that he's innocent by reason of insanity. >> not only is he suffering from a severe disease andmental defect, not only did he not know his conduct was wrong, he thought he had to take their lives because he was in danger. >> reporter: then the defense delivered a bombshell. chris kyle's own words in the form of a text, at the time they were in the front seat of the truck on the hour and a half
drive to the gun range that deadly day. >> he says, this dude is straight up nuts. this dude is straight up nuts. >> reporter: moments later. >> and chad littlefield texted chris kyle back, right behind me. watch my six. >> reporter: "watch my six" is military speak for watch my back. a short time later kyle and littlefield would be dead. and the messages they shared could be a defense to the man who killed them. the first witness was chris kyle's widow. even without words, it was emotional. as the mother of two choked up and wiped her eyes as the courtroom was shown pictures of her husband. chris kyle is known as a hero, who watched over his troops in iraq as a sniper. ands a civilian reached out to
those who struggled with the after lath of war. a life so remarkable, it would become a hollywood hit. "american sniper" has broken box office records. >> i just want to get the bad guys, brother. >> reporter: and continues to play just three miles from the courtroom why a jury must decide if kyle's killer is a villain or victim. martin savidge, cnn, stevenville, texas. >> okay, everyone. still to come on cnn, after a couple of aborted attempts, a space x rocket finally lifts off. >> we'll talk to an expert about its mission after this short break. stay with cnn. t-mobile's network puts data where you need it most. it's a network designed data strong.
four space x -- for space x, the third time was a charm. as the falcon nine rocket blasted off from cape canaveral, florida at sunset on wednesday. >> one, zero. and liftoff. the falcon takes flight. >> just takes your breath away. the rocket carried a research satellite on its way to deep space where it send back images of earth and advanced warnings of solar storms. but there was rough seas that forced space x to scrub its attempt to land a booster stage of the rocket on a barge at sea.
early i spoke with dave brody about the successful liftoff. here he is. >> third time was a charm and it was a beautiful launch for spacex's rocket. this time delivering a science satellite. it's normally going to the space station with supplies and cargo. but today went really well. >> and the falcon rocket is carrying the discover satellite. how does it work? >> it detects earth climate change and the climate of the solar system. this satellite sits about a million miles out from earth, but as we go around the sun, this satellite always has the satellite at its back looking
down at earth. it will monitor vegetation cover, dust in the air. but it will also look at the sun and when the sun sends a blast of energy, a solar flare in our direction, it will give us some warning time before that charge of energy intersects with earth's magnetic field, which causes beautiful nor lights in the northern and southern latitudes, but can cause electrical problems to lodge telephone lines, power grids, pipelines, railroads, that sort of thing. >> and the journey is about a million miles long, about 110 days. so they decided not to attempt to drone ship landing today. how bad were the weather conditions for that? >> bad enough so that barge it lands on a barge out in the ocean, was pitching up and down in waves that were 25 feet high and more. those are just not conditions where you would want to be on the barge. so they didn't want their rocket on it, either.
they did complete a soft landing on the surface of the ocean within ten meters of their intended target at a speed that would have been comfortable to land on the large had it been nonstormy weather. >> the last time we saw that explosion. so this company is trying to develop technology to allow it to reuse its rockets potentially reducing launch costs. how does that work? >> so if you get the hardware back, you don't have to rebuild it. and if you get the hardware back when it hasn't had a bath of saltwater, it's in better condition. so this is going towards turning rockets into airplane-like operaability. if you threw the airplane away every time you flew from new york to london, imagine what air travel cost. so the idea is to make every single part reusable and to scale the rocket up. spacex really wants to go to mars.
>> we appreciate your interview subject there, dave brody with the models and displays. >> enthusiastic. >> weather prevented this from happening the first few times. >> it prevented the drone ship landing. >> the waves were so choppy just off of jacksonville, florida. but we should be happy that this took off, because this satellite is now 1 million miles above earth, looking for storms and the potential to knock out g.p.s. communications across the world. so very important device on falcon nine rocket. you can see that conditions were picture perfect in cape canaveral, florida. not a cloud in the sky for that particular launch. visibility was a major factor in seoul, korea. some of the people on the ground experiencing this 100 car pileup
said that visibilities were reduced to ten meters at times, just causing such a chaotic scene. you can just see how thick that actual fog was as it piled up over this bridge near seoul. we head back to the graphics. you can see why this took place. seoul just on the west side of south korea. the bridge was located near the airport, which is on an island. so a lot of times we get this temperature differential between the ocean water and the land, creating a fog that drifts over places like bridges and the coastal areas, creating the reduced visibilities. starting to clear up in seoul at the moment, but we've had another area where visibility was a concern. this is in the middle east, the gaza strip and into jerusalem. we have had reduced visibility, but because of a sand storm. this is all thanks to sand that was actually picked up from the western sahara in northern
africa, blown in across parts of egypt and making its way into jerusalem as well as gaza city. reducing visibilities there, and creating a health concern, as well. you can imagine sand, just inhaling that. >> and it just chokes a city when those things roll in. >> absolutely. >> interesting that the rocket launch is going to help us learn so much more about climate change. >> we need that stuff. >> thank you. we are getting word from reuters that possibly there's been a diplomatic solution reached for the crisis in ukraine. we'll chase that for you this hour. still no letup in fighting in eastern parts of the country. we'll get you a report from the scene, next. and new details on the attempts that were made to save kayla mueller. the latest american that was killed in isis captivity. stay with us. nose. [coughs] better take something. theraflu severe cold won't treat your runny nose. really?
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document following all-night talks on the crisis in eastern ukraine. no specifics are available yet, but among the issues to resolve is the removal of heavy equipment. u.s. president barack obama has formally asked congress for the authorization of military force against isis. the request does not call for the deployment of u.s. combat troops to iraq or syria. congressional approval could take several months. greek and eurozone leaders will talk monday after they failed to reach a deal over greece's debt. the biggest disagreement is over whether greece should request a bailout extension. it expires at the end of this month. greece blames the bailout for the country's economic woes. now we have new details on the attempts to rescue american aid worker kayla mueller from isis. her family was told of her death in a private message this week from the islamic militants in
syria. >> some wonder whether enough had been done to save her life. but those who did try admit they failed. brian todd reports. >> reporter: kayla mueller was in captivity at an isis camp in syria. out of nowhere, a man appeared in the camp. he told her captors he was her husband and appealed for her release. it was a ruse mueller wasn't in on. >> she said she wasn't married and she didn't lie that she was mare yesterda married, so that foiled that plan. >> i think this was orchestrated from the folks she was soci associated with. people concerned for a young lady caught behind militant lines, so they wanted to get her home. >> reporter: he's had extensive contact with her parents since she was captured in 2013.
gosar was briefed on that attempted rescue and tonight, cnn is learning of exhaustive and daring efforts to win the release of kayla mueller. john mccain himself traveled to iraq, qatar, met with syrian rebel leaders to get mueller out. his own chief of staff ventured into a refugee camp to try to get information on mueller. it was an enormous risk. >> it was overrun with a number of terrorist soldiers. so from that standpoint, he was being watched very closely. >> reporter: the aide came up empty. the u.s. military took on a rescue mission to rescue kayla mueller. >> i deployed an entire operation at significant risk to rescue not only her but the other individuals that had been held and probably missed them by
a day or two. >> reporter: july 2014. navy s.e.a.l.s and commandos move in by helicopter to an abandoned oil refinery near raqqa, syria. they get to a build bring they think the hostages are being held. no one is there, but they find strands of hair believed to be mueller. a firefight ensues. former s.e.a.l. john mcgwire was not on that raid but knows how risky it was. >> intelligence, we do the best we can with what we have. the situations and the training are not exactly perfect. >> reporter: even with all the risks involved, they have told reporters they failed kayla mueller's family. because despite their efforts, she wasn't returned home safely. brian todd, cnn, washington. former cia operative and current cnn security analyst bob baer joins us to talk about this. kayla mueller possibly paired with an isis fighter while in
captivity. how unusual is that, considering these are jihadists on a so-called religious campaign? >> well, if it's true, it would be highly unusual. for instance, the doctors without boarders female employees were taken hostage were treated very civilly in the sense they were hostages. and i know for the first part of her captivity, she was treated quite well, considering she was a prisoner by the islamic state. they understood she had a syrian boyfriend. she wasn't tortured. she wasn't offered up as a wife. so if in fact she was paired with an isis member, it happened after may of last year. >> all right. now, separately, the campaign against isis continues. president obama now requesting the authorization for the use of force by congress, essentially saying there will be no ground
troops and he wants to limit this to just three years. but there's a mechanism in there for plenty of wiggle room. what do you make of this plan at this time to get the authorization? >> well, i mean, first of all, it's a bit disingenuous. there are american troops in kurdistan and iraq right now, delta force, which are bombarding isis positions. i think he just wants to -- wants some sort of legal backup for this. but what he's telling me is, this is an enduring conflict. we're talking about a 30 years war, a 100 years war. isis is part of a pandemic. it's all over the world. and no one knows when it's going to come to an end. will it sustain itself? i don't know. they keep saying there's thousands of fighters flowing into iraq and syria from central asia, from europe. where does this stop? will ground troops stop it?
will the air campaign stop it? it's difficult to tell. >> you get the sense that the u.s. is leading the way, but it needs to do something. you could argue that isis wouldn't exist if -- during the bush years, the u.s. didn't invade iraq. how responsible is the u.s. for the creation of isis? how much blame should the u.s. shoulder here? >> we should take about 90% of the blame. isis and the islamic state, al qaeda in iraq or syria, didn't exist before 2003, before the invasion. we are responsible for it, but that doesn't mean we can fix it. you look at yemen. it has an islamic state problem, al qaeda problem. and that place is about ready to blow up. this is really, truly a mess. i've spent 40 years in the middle east and i've never seen it come this close to being this bad. it's -- and i don't have an obvious solution for it. in three years of combat, of
special forces and bombardment isn't going to stop it either. >> you get these uncomfortable relationships, syrian president assad interviewed by the bbc recently and asked why there has not been any clashes between syrian and coalition air forces. the reporter posing the question, are you in communication with the u.s., and assad saying no, but they are in communication through third parties like iraq. what is happening there? >> errol, in effect, we are serving as the air force of iran and syria. we have taken sides in this conflict. you know, there may be no direct communication or military coordination, but the fact is, we are supporting the shia in iraq and the shia in syria, ie, bashar al assad. >> it is certainly a mess. bob baer, former cia operative, giving us insight. bob, thanks a lot. >> thank you.
>> bob briefly mentioned it there, the united states, britain and france have closed their embassies in yemen, one of the many hot spots in the middle east. the u.s. embassy is shut down indefinitely, but u.s. special forces will stay behind to carry out counterterrorism operations as needed. demonstrators turned out carrying banners and chanting b anti-houthi slogans. four leaders are ready to sign a document on ukraine. although it's still unclear what it will say or whether or not it will stick, the presidents of ukraine, russia, and france, as well as germany's chancellor held all-night crisis talks to be decided the status of donetsk
and luhansk. the previous peace deal was signed in september, but that quickly fell apart. as the talks were under way, the fighting raged on. nick paton walsh is on the ground in eastern ukraine and has filed this report. take a listen. >> reporter: it couldn't have been more central or worse timed. the shell torched the bus driver, killed three others, right at rush hour on the morning peace was supposed to break out. blood is now common on donetsk streets. but not before in the very heart of separatist territory. yet separatists too are firing shells. these artillery pieces facing the besieged town. they clean and load, a busy day. rocking the farmland. this air defense system, more
evidence of the kind of modern firepower the separatists have got from somewhere. nearby, ukraine uses artillery, as well. on the other side, civilians who have nowhere to run to. when you cross through here, and down into this village, you are truly in no-man's land, between the two armies, a buffer zone where locals say the village here is shelled nearly every day. serge says they fired this morning. there is little to do here. they sit and wait for the shells. this man lost his windows to a blast and points to the north. from where he says they're always firing. her husband yefgeni was killed
in november here in his backyard. he said run, she says, get down in the basement. but he said up here and the shell hit. he lived for a moment, she adds, but died just here and it tore up everything. how can we live? alina shows us how she and her mother try to live in the basement. she sleeps on the table, her mother in the back. when the shelling starts, she says we pray and beg for peace. her mother seems shell shocked. she says, those who love give love to. come on, grandchildren, let's love.
everything will be okay. down the road is ukrainian army checkpoint. but the traffic is mostly this way. a ti nick paton walsh, eastern ukraine. now other stories we're following. u.s. president barack obama has about a week and a half to decide whether to veto a bill on construction of the keystone excel pipeline. >> the u.s. house passed a time version of the bill on wednesday. 278-152. 29 democrats voted with republicans. >> mr. obama has repeatedly said he will disallow this bill. environmentalists say it would create pollution and supporters say it would create jobs. >> the proposed pipeline would provide a more direct way to get oil from canada's oil sands to existing u.s. pipelines that
lead to the gulf of mexico. at least three workers are dead, another six are missing at this hour after an explosion in an oil and gas platform in brazil. >> ten people were taken by helicopter to hospitals. the company says no oil spilled. the company is mired in a that is save corruption scandal in brazil. last week, the ceo and other company leaders resigned. still to come for you on cnn, you could call it the grand finale, a verdict could be handed down soon in the so-called nut rage trial. and a former korean air executive could be headed to yale all for behaving badly over a bag of nuts. [engine revving] [engine revving] ♪ introducing the first-ever 306 horsepower lexus rc coupe
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scandal. within the next couple of hours, we should know the verdict for the woman at the center of this infamous incident. the former vice president of korean air ordered a plane to go back to the gate at new york's jfk airport because her macadamia nuts were served in a bag instead of a plate. that on board tantrum could put heather cho mind bars for up to three years. she's pleaded not guilty, defending her actions saying they indicate devotion to her job. paula, just break down what the prosecutors are pushing for here. >> reporter: well, zain, what prosecutors want is to see heather cho serve thee years in prison. this is what they said a couple weeks ago. she's being charged with aviation security, violating
that with assault, with also changing flight plans, interference in a government official's duty. so it's not just what happened on board, but mrs. allegations that she had tried to interfere with the investigation after the event. she denied all the charges, though she did admit she assaulted the flight attendant who served her the nuts. that flight attendant told the court that she was shouted at, cursed at, and pushed before ms. cho allegedly through a galaxy tab at her. ms. cho did order the flight to go back to the gate so she could kick the chief flight attendant off and that chief flight attendant testified that they were treated like futile slaves, in his words. he said he's been on medical leave for much of the time since. ms. cho's father has apologized
in front of the media, the court, as well. but we will see in the next 15 minutes when this trial starts once again exactly what three judges decide her punishment should be. zain? >> i know that people in south korea there are hooked, fixated on this case. let me ask you, for viewers that don't know, tell us a bit more about heather cho and her background. she comes from a very wealthy and powerful family there in seoul. >> reporter: that's right. this trial is about so much more than just one woman's alleged crimes. this is a woman who is part of a very powerful family run business. korea air is owned and run by one family, the cho family. and this is the norm here in south korea. there are so many of these conglomerates that are run by family-owned conglomerates.
there's an increasing amount of resentiment in south korea that these families are allowed to act as badly as they want and get away with it. we've seen court cases with tax evasion, embezzlement, with the chiefs of some of these companies, when they have been convicted, they've had suspended prison sentences and then presidential pardons. so the resentment is growing. this is about so much more than one woman. zain? >> for our viewers watching around the world, a lot of people find it hard to believe that an airline executive could order a plane to go back to a gate because of how her macadamia nuts we are served. paula hancocks live for us there in seoul. and as soon as we get a verdict, we'll bring it to you live and reconnect with paula there. now to this. reports say dominic is fed up
with questions about his admittedly rough sexual practices. the former chief of the international monetary fund is on trial in france for allegedly supplying prostitutes for sex part yis. he denies knowing the women were prostitutes. his reportedly said he was not on trial for dooef yenlt acts. still to come, a polar bear is sporting a brand new collar around her neck. why scientists say it could change the way they study this endangered species. we live in a pick and choose world.
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collar. >> her handlers say she's been a good sport. scientists say it will help them track the bear like never before. here's our rosemary church. >> reporter: what to get a 14-year-old girl for valuen type's day. accessories are a good idea. and the collar given to this polar bear at the san diego zoo may be the greatest gift for the future of her species. >> what we're doing is calibrating data to be able to identify discrete behaviors for polar bears in the wild, how often they rest, how often they walk, how often they're swimming. >> reporter: the reason she's sporting the neckwear is scientists want to know all about her energy needs. charting her behavior will help them understand how and if polar
bears can adapt to climate change. inside the collar tracks her movements up and down, side to side and back to front. 16 times per second. >> a similar type of technology that athletes are using for quantifying how far they're walking, how many steps they're taking and what the calories are that they're burning. it's a very similar type of technology. they're just applying it in this case to polar bears. >> reporter: getting this kind of data in the wild is nearly impossible. and with the population down nearly 40%, this project is not only important but urgent. the collar is held together with zip ties, so the bear could easily get it off if she wanted to. but this proud bear chooses to wear it well. >> she's wearing this collar and she's a rock star pro. she teaches us things every day.
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Prologis, Inc. (NYSE:PLD) announced today the pricing of its 30 million-share common stock public offering at $33.50 per share.At that price, the company would raise just over $1 billion, before expenses and not including the 4.5 million shares granted to underwriters to cover over-allotments.Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan (NYSE:JPM), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB), Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) acted as joint book runners for the public offering.Subject to the customary conditions, the share sale is expected to close on or about June 28th.Shares of ProLogis are trading down 2.13% at $33.54.

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The UNC baseball team can be seen around campus sporting a new look. But the clean-cut style is not the result of a fashion statement. Rather, the Tar Heels celebrated their inaugural Cuts for a Cure program by shaving their heads. The effort raised more than $5,000 to help N.C. Children's Promise combat cancer and will be donated in honor of assistant coach Chad Holbrook's son Reece and student manager Chase Jones, both of whom are battling the illness.
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Acura NSX Prototype Hits Race Track
Global development expected to begin in 2015 at Honda R&D Americas
• Acura NSX prototype to appear at Mid-Ohio for Honda Indy 200 on August 4th
• Styling and proportions resemble NSX Concept
• Global development expected to begin in 2015
Since 2005, when the last production NSX came into North America, fans of the ever-popular tuner platform have been awaiting the next generation. That time is nearing as global development of the new Acura NSX is planned to begin in 2015. Leading the charge are engineers at Honda R&D Americas, Inc. in Raymond Ohio. This past May, it was announced the next-generation Acura supercar would be produced at the newly established Performance Manufacturing Center in Marysville, Ohio.
The prototype NSX will show its face on the racetrack very soon. It is slated to break cover just before the Honda Indy 200 IndyCar series at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio on August 4, 2013. The race will be broadcast live by NBC Sports Network starting at 3 p.m. EDT.
The NSX Concept, debuted at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, sheds light on the prototype’s styling and proportions. Expect the vehicle's mid-mounted V-6 engine to be mated to Acura's innovative new three-motor Sport Hybrid SH-AWD (Super Handling All Wheel Drive) system.
As quoted by Motor Trend during the 2012 NSX Concept unveiling, “The NSX will make the driver one with the car to enhance dynamic driving abilities without getting in the way," said Honda CEO Ito. "Like the first NSX, we will again express high performance through engineering efficiency -- but even as we focus on the fun to drive spirit of the NSX, I think a supercar must respond positively to environmental responsibilities."
For the nostalgic types, take a look down memory lane at a Motor Trend 1991 Acura NSX feature that placed the Japanese supercar against a now very outdated-looking 1991 Lexus LS400. The photos alone are worth a look not to mention the old-school spec sheet below for a car that even decades later still looks futuristic.
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Model: 1991 Acura NSX
Engine 181.7-cu-in/2977cc DOHC V-6, Honda PGM-FI fuel injection
Power and torque 270 hp @ 7100 rpm, 210 lb-ft @ 5300 rpm
Drivetrain 5-speed manual, RWD
Brakes front: vented disc, rear: vented disc, ABS
Suspension front: control arms, coil springs, anti-roll bar; rear: control arms, coil springs, anti-roll bar
Dimensions L: 173.4 in, W: 71.3 in, H: 46.1 in
Weight: 3010 lb
Performance 0-60 mph: 5.5 sec, quarter mile: 13.9 sec @ 104.2 mph, 60-0 mph: 119 ft (Motor Trend, September 1990)
Price when new: $60,000
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Cadmium is among the toxic and hazardous metal widely dispersed in the environment in high levels. Current studies have provided new insights into antioxidant properties of bioflavonoid which have emerged as probable therapeutic and nutraceutical agents. The present study is geared to investigate the possible role of Cymbopogon schoenanthus (L.) Spreng. (or Ethkher) on heavy metal cadmium (Cd) induced oxidative stress in mice. Mice were randomly divided into four groups and treated for 15 days as follows: group 1: normal control-treated (saline); group 2: Ethkher leaves extract-treated (100 mg/kg); group 3: cadmium chloride (CdCl2) treated; group 4: CdCl2 plus Ethkher leaves extract. The results showed a significant reduction in hemoglobin, RBC and hematocrit in cadmium-treated mice as compared to control. Exposure to Cd caused a significant increase in the number of white blood cells (P < 0.05) indicating the occurrence of systemic inflammation. The results of this study also revealed that the mice intoxicated with Cd showed a significant increase in bilirubin, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine transaminase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGTP) activities. Cd intoxication leads to suppression in humoral immunity. However, pretreatment with Ethkher extract reversed almost all the abnormalities in the blood parameters showing noteworthy protection against cadmium induced toxicity in mice. The outcome of the present study revealed that the Ethkher possessed significant immunomodulatory activity and had a preventive effect on the hematological alterations in Cd intoxicated mice.
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These words have been very wisely penned by Isaac Newton, the legendary mathematician and scientist of the 16th and 17th century. Credited as one of the greatest minds this world has ever encountered, today, it is the 376th birth anniversary of the legend whose revolutionary discoveries have moulded our modern day world.
Known mainly for his three laws of motion & his discovery of Gravity, Isaac Newton was born on 25th December of 1942 at Woolsthorpe Manor in the United Kingdom. From the age of twelve to seventeen, Newton was educated at The King's School, Grantham, which taught Latin and Greek and probably laid a significant foundation of mathematics for him. Newton was partly motivated by a desire for revenge against a schoolyard bully, which made him the top-ranked student, and he mainly distinguished himself by building sundials and models of windmills in the school. In June 1661, he was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge. He started as a subsizar and paid his way by performing valet's duties until he was awarded a scholarship in 1664, guaranteeing him four more years until he could get his MA.In 1665, he discovered the generalised binomial theorem and in 1667, he was elected a fellow of Trinity.
Well known for his laws of motion,Newton worked out that if the force of gravity pulled the apple from the tree, then it was also possible for gravity to exert its pull on objects much, much further away. Newton’s theory helped prove that all objects, as small as an apple and as large as a planet, are subjected to gravity and this remained the basis of classical mechanics until Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity in the 20th century.To help explain his theories of gravity and motion, Newton helped to create a new, specialized form of mathematics, ie Calculus.Hence, In mathematics, along with discovering the generalised Binomial theorem, he was also the original discoverer of the infinitesimal calculus. Newton’s Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1687) was one of the most important single works in the history of modern science. In this book, he has explained his three laws of motion, the basic principles of modern physics, which resulted in the formulation of the law of universal gravitation and revolutionised the field of classical mechanics.
Newton used his mathematical description of gravity to prove Kepler's laws of planetary motion, to account for tides,the trajectories of comets, the precession of the equinoxes and other phenomena, eradicating doubt about the Solar System's heliocentricity. Newton also demonstrated that the motion of objects on Earth and celestial bodies . Newton was responsible for building the first practical reflecting telescope. He developed a sophisticated theory of colour based on the observation that a prism separates white light into the colours of the visible spectrum. His work on light was collected in his highly influential book Opticks, which was published in 1704. Newton also formulated an empirical law of cooling, and made the first theoretical calculation of the speed of sound, and introduced the notion of a Newtonian fluid.
As well as being a scientist, Newton also spent a major part of his life investigating religious issues.Taking into consideration his ground breaking revelations about the nature, Newton was elected the Fellow of Royal Society in 1672. It has been claimed that as devoted as he was to his work, he remained single throughout his life and died in his sleep in London on 20 March 1727. Isaac Newton was really one of the finest brains this mankind has ever witnessed and it would not be wrong to say that his contributions have changed the way we see and understand the world around us.
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Dutch domain investor Herakles has built a Dutch version of the Chinese marketplace Taobao.com so that Dutch consumers can also do business on the Chinese site.
Taobao.com's parent company, Alibaba, did not order Taobao.nl, but has given its approval however. "Alibaba has provided API's and we have been given permission to use these on the Dutch market", initiator Sander Scholten told RetailNews.
Orders that Dutch consumers have placed, are actually handled by a Chinese intermediary, who will act as the one who takes care of the purchases on the Chinese website. This intermediary will also check every order prior to its delivery. The biggest advantage for Dutch users is that all product descriptions will automatically be translated and that the iDEAL payment option is available.
Scholten sees a future for Dutch entrepreneurs to bring Chinese websites to the Netherlands. "It would not surprise me that if 3 out of the 10 largest Dutch web shops are actually Chinese", he says.

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NICE guide on neuropathic pain
26 March 2010
NICE has published the first national clinical guideline for treating neuropathic pain.
Writing in GP this week, Professor Blair H Smith, a member of the guideline development group, says: 'The recommendations will help GPs determine the best treatments for adults with this very difficult and distressing condition.
'The guideline also raises awareness of the diagnosis and the capacity in which neuropathic pain can be successfully treated in non-specialist healthcare settings.' He writes that the condition is not recognised in primary and community care.
The guideline includes a three-line approach for prescribing treatment for the condition and it advises on the most effective drugs for GPs to prescribe for neuropathic pain, which is estimated to affect 1 to 2 per cent of adults in the UK.
Dr Fergus Macbeth, director of the centre for clinical practice at NICE, said: 'Around 95 per cent of all patients with neuropathic pain are given medication to manage their pain, so it is important that health professionals are supported in providing the right treatments.'
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UPDATED August 3, 2021 and June 2023. FPF released the white paper, The Spectrum of AI: Companion to the FPF AI Infographic, to provide additional detail and analysis for use of this Infographic tool as an educational resources for policymakers or regulators.
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AI is the computerized ability to perform tasks commonly associated with human intelligence, including reasoning, discovering patterns and meaning, generalizing knowledge across spheres of application, and learning from experience. The growth of AI-based systems in recent years has garnered much attention, particularly in the sphere of Machine Learning (ML). A subset of AI, ML systems “learn” from the success or accuracy of their outputs, and can adapt their programming over time, with minimal human intervention. But there are other types of AI that, alone or in combination, lie behind many of the real-world applications in common use.
General AI – truly human-level computational systems – does not yet exist. But Narrow AI exists in many fields and applications where computerized systems enhance human output or outperform humans at defined tasks. This chart is designed to identify and explain the main types of AI, their relationship to each other, and provide some specific examples of how they are currently in place throughout our day-to-day lives. It also demonstrates how AI exists within the timeline of human knowledge and development. Building on knowledge from philosophy, mathematics, physics, ethics, and logic, and more recently, statistical analytics and modeling, it also reflects the foundational role of computer design and security.
There is not 100 percent consensus around the labels for the various types of AI, but for our purposes, we have adopted the following categories as representing generally accepted terms in common use.
- Symbolic AI, including subsets: Expert Systems, Search, and Planning & Scheduling
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- Machine Learning, including Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Reinforcement Learning, and General Adversarial Networks (GANs)
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- Finance – Tax Compliance programs that allow you to fill out your tax forms and ensure your information included and provided in a way that is within current legal requirements of the tax code.
- Healthcare – Ambient Charting, where conversations between doctors and patients are recorded and added to the patient record as they happen, with key words and followups noted as appropriate.
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[Hello December] December is made for kissing in the mist, warm nights of magic rush and cold pink dawn, foreseen epiphanies, and perhaps, most importantly, mulled wine. A short welcome to this new month, because – believe me or not – some things are better left unsaid. Yes, at times, silence is golden. So are […]
[Hello November] Is it just me, or do you also feel like that – more than any other month – tarts belong to November? It usually happens without a warning. And without a calendar. A day or so after waiting on the sidewalk – jumping, whistling, screaming – for a cab to have its light […]
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For days when the sky feels like a cloud, of the gigantic kind. And our homes are made warm with gas ovens.
I’ve yet found what dough will become a cloud in my kitchen. Perhaps, my very favourite matcha shortbreads. Or the cinnamon cookies that made my childhood a forever-Christmas.
Thank you Nikole for making such beautiful objects that – waiting to be used – sit on my bedside table, as a collection of treasures.
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This is what happens when it’s summer. Or at least when it feels like it. We swim in the sea, or more accurately, we’re forced by that wave which chose the exact moment we stepped into the water to break into – what feels like – a herd of horses. It’s cold. For a second. […]
[The ultimate chocolate fondant] In London, we’ve had winter in July. Air damp with rain. Kitchens warm with soup on the stove. Oven smelling like chocolate cake. And now, in the south of France, we’re having summer in September. Walks through the markets. Sirops d’orgeat at the terrace of the village café. Afternoons at the […]
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Retail is one of the most important sectors in today’s economy. Since the year 2000, the global trade volume has almost tripled from 6.4 trillion Euro to 18.4 trillion Euro in 2012. Of course, this enormous amount does not arise out of nowhere but involves thousands of companies with millions of employees. Based on this, complex structures arise due to various links between and within companies. Therefore, it is necessary to have a look at the whole supply chain as well as the value chain within companies. Whereas the supply chain allows several types of retail which can differ in terms of, for instance, invoicing or the goods delivery between companies, the value chain of a company focuses on internal company processes.
Although the application of the processes differs from company to company, their underlying structure is similar. Retail companies comprise departments for their supplier and customer relationship management, their order management and selling, their logistics and their accounting. The value chain of a retail company is a large cross-functional process from purchasing through selling products instead of a simple series of functional executions. The departments fulfill subprocesses of the overall process. The integration of the processes and the data often depicts one of the most difficult barriers to overcome. At this point, retail information systems can provide a remedy as they integrate processes and data from different departments for an efficient process execution. Thus, it is necessary to have an integrated process perspective on the company and to understand how integrated retail information systems can help to efficiently support the company’s business.
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I am making a Nemo sign for class. Im sharing how to do what i did to this community. You don't need to follow the design but these are basic steps towards your final goal.
Step 1: Design
So to start we need to design our sign in inventor. If you want to draw it first go ahead but i find it easier to go straight into inventor. If you don't have inventor use whatever 3D programming/CAD application you have. you can use whatever design you desire.
Step 2: File Transfer
After we finish our design in your CAD program, then you must make the file a DXF. In order to do that you must first transfer the file into a IDW. Since i use inventor i will explain how to do this on inventor. From the screen you are on with your design select click the drop down menu in the top left corner (the big I). Then select new drawing , from there just input your part and save the file now you have an IDW. From the IDW menu you can select SAVE, then SAVE AS, SAVE AS DXF. then you are ready for the next step.
Step 3: Plasma Cut
Once you have your DXF put that file on a flash drive and load the file up in Plasma.cam. Be sure to load the correct type of metal onto the plasma cutter. Then use the program to move the gantry to a spot where you have space to cut. Connect all geometry and select cut points. Once done highlight and initialize the program. Dont look into the sparks and wait for the machine to be done. Clean up any splatter that is left on the sign and wait for it to cool down before moving on.
Step 4: Painting
The final step to complete our sign is to paint it. You can paint all of it or none, however much you paint is up to you. I painted my fish the colors of a clown fish to represent NEMO. I used orange black and white spray paint. Tape over which ever part you don't want to get paint on. Once the paint dries you are down and ready to hang it up.
Step 5: Vinyl
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Community Action's VITA program is now recruiting volunteers to serve as tax preparers, site coordinators, quality reviewers, greeters, schedulers, interpreters, and food resource navigators. Volunteer positions are available at sites throughout the County. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old.
To learn more about volunteer opportunities, please contact Volunteer Maryland Coordinator Yinka Taiwo via e-mail or by calling 240-777-1123.
Posted by Montgomery County Community Action Agency at 12:00 PM
Free Workshop on Dec. 6 - Aging in Montgomery County: Creating an Inclusive Community for a Lifetime
Community Action will co-sponsor the Asian American Health Initiative's ECHO workshop along with DHHS Office of Community Affairs partners the African American Health Program and the Latino Health Initiative.
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Aging in Montgomery County: Creating an Inclusive Community for a Lifetime
Tuesday, December 6, 5:30 - 8 PM
Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Place
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Monday, October 24, 2016
Congratulations to the TESS Center!
On October 23, Community Action's Takoma-East Silver Spring (TESS) Center was honored at the New Americans Expo with the Community Heroes Award. TESS was honored with other local organizations for its role in aiding the victims of the Flower Branch Apartments fire this summer.
Following the Long Branch Apartments fire, TESS was immediately transformed into an emergency response center, providing critical services to those impacted by the fire. TESS continues to support the victims of the fire as they begin to rebuild their lives.
Pictured left to right: TESS Center Manager Maureen Larenas, County Executive Ike Leggett, and County Council President Nancy Floreen
Posted by Montgomery County Community Action Agency at 9:52 AM
Community Action Agency’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Partnership Recognized at Maryland’s 33rd Governor’s Service AwardMontgomery County Community Action Agency’s (CAA) VITA Partnership received the prestigious “Community of Service” award at the 33rd Annual Governor’s Service Awards for its “significant volunteer contributions to the state and its people, changing Maryland for the better.” The award category recognizes Maryland cities, town, townships or other identified communities that mobilize volunteers to meet pressing needs.
The Community Action Agency’s VITA Partnership, part of the County’s Department of Health & Human Services, was recognized for engaging 122 volunteers who served 2,543 households in the last year, including 1,881 households during tax season. Taxpayers received more than $4.9 million in refunds or credits, including approximately $2 million in federal Child Tax Credits (CTC) and Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC), the Maryland EITC, and Montgomery's Working Families Income Supplement. Taxpayers, including the self-employed, were expected to return over $1 million in state and federal taxes (owed). Taxpayers participating saved almost $700,000 through VITA’s free tax services.
The VITA Program is now recruiting volunteers for the upcoming 2016 tax season. Volunteers may serve as tax preparers, greeters, interpreters, hunger resource navigators, schedulers, site coordinators, and quality reviewers. To volunteer, call 240-777-1123, or visit http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/cashback/volunteer.html
Pictured L to R: Ron Jennings, vice-chair of the Community Action Board and chair of CAFE Montgomery; Adeyinka Taiwo, Volunteer Maryland coordinator (AmeriCorps), Bruno Marujo, VITA community fellow, Maryland CASH Campaign; Abiola Abodunrin, VITA site coordinator; Ron Hayes, VITA volunteer; the Hon. Boyd K. Rutherford, Lt. Governor of Maryland; Sharon Strauss, executive director, Community Action Agency; Taunya Johnson, VITA coordinator; Steven McAdams, executive director, Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives. http://gosv.maryland.gov/governors-service-awards-recipients-2016/
Posted by Montgomery County Community Action Agency at 9:35 AM
Monday, October 17, 2016
PUBLIC ROUNDTABLE ABOUT EITC & FREE TAX PREPARATION
Wednesday, Oct. 26
8 – 11
Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Plaza
Please join the Maryland CASH Campaign, Montgomery County Community Action Agency, and County Councilmember Hans Riemer's Office for a free roundtable discussion about expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and free tax preparation services.
Please RSVP to Francesca Jean Baptiste at email@example.com
Please call 240-777-1697 for more information.
Posted by Montgomery County Community Action Agency at 11:52 AM
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Community Action is moving from Wheaton to Rockville!
When: October 8, 2016
New Address: 1401 Rockville Pike, 3rd Floor, Rockville, MD 20852
Telephone Numbers: All office telephone numbers will remain the same.
Community Action's New Office Building in Rockville
Posted by Montgomery County Community Action Agency at 9:41 AM