MEDLEY (CBS4)- It was a surreal scene captured on surveillance camera and a day Yamil Gutierrez said he will never forget after a fight erupted between two men at an auto store. Meanwhile, police are reaching out to the public in hopes that someone can identify the men involved.
Gutierrez said it could have been a deadly situation at the business where he works when an angry suspect waved around a handgun at fellow employees before a violent fight erupted between two men. In the video you can see that the fight escalated when one of the employees grabs a lead pipe to end the brawl.
It is all captured in color and on surveillance tape that was released Tuesday afternoon by the Medley Police Department. The violent episode unfolded in six minutes, between 2:47 and 2:53 p.m. on Wednesday, October 5th of this year inside the MOP Foreign Car Parts Division at 8300 NW 74th Street in Medley.
Police the tape on Tuesday because they have exhausted all of their leads and need help from the public in identifying the men, who are described as white Hispanic males, with medium to heavy builds, short dark hair. Both men are between the ages of 35 and 40. One man is clean shaven; the other has very thick eyebrows and a goatee.
They fled in a newer model black Toyota Camry with four doors and has dark black tinted windows.
Police said it all started when the men are seen pulling up to the store in their car and one of them goes inside to ask for the yard manager. That man is asked to wait a few minutes and then becomes agitated and starts to argue with that employee. The man is asked to leave the business. Police said he then goes back to his car and gets his handgun and places it in his waistband.
On the surveillance tape, he is seen removing it from his waistband, loading a round in the chamber and then waving the gun in the air in front of nearly a half dozen employees, including Gutierrez.
“He got in an argument with one of the employees and then went outside and got his gun and he started yelling at everyone inside the office,” said Gutierrez. He told CBS4’s Peter D’Oench, “When he went inside he brought his gun. He loaded the chamber and said I’m going to shoot somebody. This guy is a lunatic. We need to get him off the street. Like I say you can’t be waving a gun around like this for no reason.”
Gutierrez and other employees told D’Oench they did not recognize the men and have no idea what made them so angry. Gutierrez said he was sure that they never worked at the store and that they had not been there before.
“We have no idea why they asked for the yard manager or why the one suspect lost it,” said Medley officer Natalie Buissereth. “We are very concerned because someone could have been seriously injured. We are very concerned that he actually went out to his car and got a gun and came back. This could have been a deadly situation and we need to get these people off the street.”
Anyone with information about this case or recognize the men in the surveillance tape is asked to call Medley Police at (305) 883-2047 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at (305) 471-TIPS (8477).


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MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday said he agreed with senators’ opinion that the time has come to abolish the Road Board which he called “a depository of money and corruption”.
“I agree with the others and senators that it is time to abolish it and return that function to the DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highway). I side with the Senate,” Duterte said in his speech during Philippine Air Force (PAF) Change of Command ceremony in Villamor Air Base in Pasay City.
Duterte said the Senate has decided the right thing when it adopted on September 12 the House version of the bill seeking abolition of the Road Board which manages the Motor Vehicle User’s Charge (MVUC).
However, the House of Representatives, now under the leadership of House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, has later withdrawn its approval of the bill that was passed during the time of former House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.
The MVUC funds are supposed to be spent exclusively for road maintenance and improvement of road drainage, traffic lights and road safety devices installations and air pollution control.
“Ever since I assumed office, I’ve always been wary about this office because it has been the milking cow of people who are corrupt in government,” Duterte said.
“Ever since, I’ve really questioned the existence of this office. It’s nothing but a depository of money and for corruption. Walang ibangpurpose ‘yan (It has no other purpose),” he added.
Duterte denied claim by House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. that the President wanted to maintain the Road Board.
“I had a talk with president Arroyo and apparently there was a misunderstanding because all along I really wanted to abolish the road tax. And Andaya says now that I — was one of those who said that it should be maintained. No, nagkamali sila doon (They are wrong),” Duterte said.
“My feelings about that board is — was at the strongest against its being there. Kasi walang ginawa ‘yan kung hindi ma-corrupt. (It has no other purpose but source of corruption) And I see now that it’s about time na buwagin nila ‘yan (they abolish it) because if not and if I side, which I am on the side of the Senate, it would create another constitutional issue and maybe crisis,” he added.
Meanwhile, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office has received the bill abolishing the Road Board.
“The problem is according to the House, it was not signed by Speaker Arroyo but ES (Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea) was saying that that’s ministerial,” Panelo said in a Palace press briefing on Friday.
“Siguro (Perhaps), if the President really wants to end this, he will sign it and then they (House) will go to the court. Those in the House, they may question it,” he added.
The MVUC has a balance of PHP45 billion, according to media reports. PNA-northboundasia.com

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A verdict was expected
Monday in the trial of three Danish journalists accused of publishing
classified intelligence reports about Iraq's former weapons
Niels Lunde, chief editor of the Berlingske Tidende newspaper, and reporters Michael Bjerre and Jesper Larsen, were tried on charges of publishing confidential Danish government documents, an offense punishable by fines or up to two years in prison.
Based on the leaked documents, the newspaper published a series of articles, in February and March 2004, that said there was no evidence Iraq had weapons of mass destruction during Saddam Hussein's rule - one of the main reasons cited for the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
A former Danish intelligence officer has been sentenced to prison for leaking the documents in the case, viewed in Denmark as a landmark test of media freedom.
"If a conviction should happen, it would move the freedom of press in the
wrong direction," Mogens Blicher Bjerregaard, president of the Danish Union of Journalists said before the verdict.
During the trial, which began Nov. 13, Prosecutor Michael Joergensen told the Copenhagen City Court that the newspaper, one of Denmark's largest, violated a law that prohibits media from publishing classified information that could harm national security.
Joergensen recommended the three each get four months in prison - the same sentence as former intelligence officer Frank Grevil, who was convicted last year of leaking the documents to the reporters.
Defense lawyers said their clients had done nothing wrong, and that they had acted in the public interest. The defense also noted that the Danish Defense Intelligence Service did not attempt to stop the newspaper from printing articles based on the leaked reports.

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Australia could hit 10 million cases of COVID-19 by the end of August.
The nation is also closing on 13,000 deaths from coronavirus since the pandemic began in early 2020.
As of Monday, the total number of new cases racked up since early 2020 was 9.8 million, including 14,623 recorded in the previous 24 hours.
The national death toll currently stands at 12,886, including 27 new deaths recorded on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Australian Medical Association says the decision to set up a Moderna mRNA vaccination production factory in Melbourne will be an asset in years ahead.
The factory will be based at Melbourne’s Monash University under a 10-year deal inked by the Victorian and federal governments.
Up to 100 million mRNA vaccine doses will be produced annually under the manufacturing partnership signed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on Monday.
Moderna will also set up its headquarters and a regional research centre in Victoria.
The factory will be the only Moderna facility of its kind in the southern hemisphere and first to be based at a university.
AMA President Steve Robson said Australians may have noticed shortages of critical medications and health supplies at the moment, due to global supply chain issues.
“The AMA is very interested in improving sovereign capacity to manufacture so many surgical supplies and medications and things right here,” Prof Robson said.
“We could be a hub for the Pacific. So, the idea that we’re manufacturing vaccines here is fantastic and we hope it expands to lots of other critical medical things for Australians’ health.”


When Buckingham Palace said Queen Elizabeth won't be going to Sri Lanka for a Commonwealth meeting this fall, the decision was more than a reflection of how a robust but aging monarch will be taking things a little bit easier after 61 years on the throne.
Opting out of the Commonwealth heads of government meeting and having her eldest son, Prince Charles, attend instead gives him a high-profile role and suggests that the 87-year-old Queen is helping him prepare for his eventual role as king.
Charles has stepped in to represent the Queen in the past, and more frequently in recent years. But attending the Commonwealth heads of government meeting would be one of the more significant roles, particularly because being head of the Commonwealth is not a hereditary positon and he would likely be seen as signalling his interest in taking it on.
This move comes as the Queen has "carefully prepared her children for public duties and Prince Charles for his future role,' says Carolyn Harris, a Toronto-based royal historian and blogger. But no one is suggesting at this point that Elizabeth has any intention to abdicate in favour of her son, as the Dutch Queen did last week.
Along with the announcement Tuesday that the Queen will miss the meeting in Sri Lanka, Buckingham Palace said it is reviewing long-haul travel for the Queen and her husband, Prince Philip, who turns 92 in June.
"Really the crux of the matter is that this is all to do with the toll that long-haul journeys take on elderly people," royal commentator Rafe Heydel-Mankoo said in an interview from London.
"What we have seen in recent years is an effort to try to ensure that there's a smooth transition to Prince Charles.… If anything is to be read into it, it's really also part of the deliberate effort to make sure that the public are more used to him taking on these functions."
The decision for the Queen to opt out of the summit in Sri Lanka, the palace also noted, has nothing to do with the political situation in the country, which has been widely condemned by many in the international community over alleged human rights abuses.
"The Queen's devotion to the Commonwealth would never let her become politically partisan in any way," says Heydel-Mankoo.
That devotion has been a priority throughout her reign. She's been at all the heads of government meetings except the inaugural session in Singapore in 1971 — her first appearance was in 1973 in Ottawa — and Harris says her attendance has been seen as significant.
Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are seen before the Queen's Banquet for the Commonwealths Heads of Government in Kampala, Uganda on Nov. 23, 2007. (Ian Jones/Associated Press)
In 2011, in Perth, Australia, for example, "when succession reform was discussed, her presence … was seen as an endorsement of the succession reform and the introduction of absolute primogeniture so that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s first-born child, whether a boy or girl, would succeed to the throne," says Harris.
Charles has been at one meeting, attending that 2007 session with his mother.
"Now with the Prince of Wales attending this meeting, that's also being interpreted as highly significant because the role of head of the Commonwealth is not automatically hereditary," says Harris.
"So the Prince of Wales' increasing involvement with the Commonwealth heads of government is demonstrating his interest in the institution and suitability to be the next head of the Commonwealth."
Charles became heir to the throne at age three, and has been waiting longer than anyone in British history to receive the crown.
Longtime royal watcher Ninian Mellamphy says it "must be kind of tough on Charles when you consider he's old enough to retire and he hasn't actually come into his domain yet."
In helping prepare Charles for his role as king, Elizabeth is taking an approach that differs considerably from the way in which the last long-serving monarch set up her eldest son for the throne
"It's a marked contrast to Queen Victoria's approach," says Harris, who noted Victoria had "a very difficult relationship with her eldest son, the future Edward the Seventh, and really excluded him from any situation where he would be seen as representing her."
Public expectations were low when Edward came to the throne in 1901.
"He was seen as an idler who had mistresses, who went to the races. But he actually carved out a diplomatic role for himself," says Harris, and by the time he died nine years later, there was significant public mourning.
"He was very well-regarded, but in 1901, there were real concerns that the 60-year-old Edward the Seventh would be able to step into his mother's role. This happens whenever there's a very long reign that the monarch becomes synonymous with the office and it's difficult to imagine anyone else in that role."
While the Queen may be giving Sri Lanka and any other long-haul travel a pass, there's no indication she's taking a significant step back from a vigorous public schedule in the U.K.
Queen Elizabeth arrives for the rededication of the newly refurbished Temple Church organ at Temple Church in London on May 7, 2013.(Anthony Devlin/Associated Press)
"It's very much business as usual. The Queen is going to continue taking on as many duties as she has in the past," says Heydel-Mankoo.
"Last year, she took part in over 400 engagements and when you think most people would have retired 20 or 25 years earlier, that's a pretty impressive achievement."
Many of those engagements were part of the Diamond Jubilee celebration marking her 60 years on the throne. That celebration, however, also revealed significant hints of an international retreat in Elizabeth's activities, as her children and grandchildren fanned out on Jubilee trips throughout the Commonwealth.
"That really sent the first signal that we had that she would be restricting her long-haul trips," says Heydel-Mankoo, who noted there's no sense yet that the Queen will not be making any return visits to Canada.
Prince Philip himself returned to Canada for a two-day visit late last month, a trip that came as something of a surprise.
"One of the reasons Prince Philip's visit to Canada in April attracted so much attention was that he was undertaking an overseas visit, whereas during the Diamond Jubilee both the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh had remained in the United Kingdom while their children and grandchildren travelled to the Commonwealth realms," says Harris.
While the Queen may be easing up on some of her royal duties, there is no sense she would ever abdicate, as the 75-year-old Dutch Queen Beatrix did last week, in favour of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander.
"In contrast to the Netherlands, where abdication is an accepted custom, there's a public celebration where one monarch abdicates and the new one comes to the throne, in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, abdication is viewed as a destabilizing event," says Harris.
"The Queen vowed on her 21st birthday on her first Commonwealth visit to South Africa that she would devote her whole life, whether it was long or short, to the service of her people and she shows every sign of fulfilling that vow."


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barton. this is the european close. we are going to take you from new york to london in the next hour. here is what we are watching for you today. european shares have fallen every day this weekend are poised to do it again as slumping commodities are weighing on the market. we will follow the action leading up to the close. and how do you say merger in italian? to banks come together to form the world's largest lender. scarlet: should it stay or should it go? for the european union -- it may depend on the undecided. we are midway through the u.s. trading day.
equities. across let's check in with julie hyman. it is a down week for u.s. stocks. as we can see, down today but not deep declines. stocks.lower for u.s. financials and banks are the biggest drag. down more than 1%, accounting for 40% of the s&p's decline because of their weight in that group following information technology. there were a couple of analysts calls dragging them down. one analyst there has the lowest price target on the street, $45 a share. willue and credit risks
weigh on it as well as high valuation. seasonre among the first to report their numbers today with macquarie saying for u.s. banks, it is a perfect storm for first quarter earnings. earnings will be week because of the things we are talking about. you see the banks down today. the analysts at ubs are not the only folks getting more pessimistic on earnings. , looking ats fargo its earnings estimates. how much we have seen those earnings estimates come down. definitely some pessimism and the is the stock price over past three months which has come down and the decline in financials, which has lagged the s&p 500 is one of the reasons it has been difficult to gain traction.
the dow has managed to hold on but the banks have not. the other big correlation is commodities and the dollar. julie: now the dollar has been the spoiler more recently. down 2.5% as the dollar index has gained in its best weekend since october. you will see a similar movement with oil fall and gold fall. itsre seeing gold have worst week since a trade that has been in effect has sharply reversed. commodities isin hurting basic resource stocks. this is the four-day chart, falling every single day this week.
the longest losing run since february 9 and the dow down, for the week down by 4.7%. -- noding tomorrow trading on monday because of the easter holiday. this is the sterling against the dollar. this is actually a mini fit because sterling has turned up against the dollar. over the five-day, it has fallen and at least 11 billion pounds have been waged on options that -- it hasn'tif fallen far, we are at one dollar 41 for the referendum on june 23. have a look at the victim and a story in europe today -- the aalian lender agreeing to buy
bank in an all stock dealer -- deal to create the third largest bank. a great chart him and normalized at 100 so it shows both shares since the height of the financial crisis have lost a big portion of their value. the othere 80% in lender down 95% since the height of the financial crisis. the next biggest decline are today across europe -- shares since 1998.owest it has lowered its sales target, saying it may face the toughest year since the financial crisis of 2008. how the mighty have fallen because shares were at a record high. since then, they have fallen by 29%. did you just say i was 20?
we appreciate that. some news ihave want to add in here. a chief global strategist at deutsche bank says the u.s. stock market, the s&p 500 specifically could rise to 2300 by year and. chinese selloff in august and the u.s. dollar appreciation -- this will not likely happen until the stock high-back blackout time ends in april. out: a note that came yesterday talked about what would break u.s. stocks out of range.ining -- trading you will have sentiment get and it is a huge support of the market as outflows have s&p quite high and the stays range bound. the combination will help to
boost those stocks. let's get to bloomberg's first word news with mark crumpton at the news desk. the united states has accused iranian-backed hackers of carrying out an 18 month ciber were against wall street. prosecutors say the group targeted the new york stock exchange, nasdaq, bank of america, and capital one among others. unsealed an have indictment against seven alleged experience hackers employed by computer security companies iranianon behalf of the government, including the islamic revolutionary guard corps. jury inl grand manhattan found the seven individuals conspired together and with others to conduct a series of cyberattacks against targets in the united states financial services industry that cost victims tens of millions of dollars. mark: attorney general lynch says there were occasions cyber
attacks prevented hundreds of thousands of customers from accessing their accounts. a former bosnian serb leader has been convicted of genocide and sentenced to 40 years in prison. the war crimes tribunal found him guilty of orchestrating serb atrocities throughout the 1992-19 95 war that left at least 100,000 people dead. in argentina, president obama and the argentine president visited the monument to the victims of state terrorism. the monument similar to the vietnam war memorial in the u.s. contained the names and ages of 20,000 victims of argentina's so-called dirty war under the former military leadership. today's the 40th anniversary of the start of that war. vice president biden will speak at georgetown law school today, trying to move past her marks he made in 1992 when some say he endorsed the idea of blocking a
u.s. supreme court nominee at the height of an election season. republicans say they are following the titan rule in blocking the nomination of judge merrick garland. biden says gop leaders are distorting his remarks. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. i'm mark crumpton. coming up and that staff hour of the european close, banko poppel ari -- and all stock deal creating italy's third-biggest bank's. could it is more a renaissance. and have recent event suede undecided voters in either direction? stocks falling around the world -- our markets signaling a global slowdown in store? ♪
mark: live from london and new york, it is easter weekend. i'm here with alex -- with alix steel and scarlet fu. scarlet: time for a look at some of the biggest stories in the news right now. star board value has nominated nine directors to the struggling board. yahoo! has been mismanaged under marissa mayer. the board is looking to sell its core business. volkswagen has failed to said where it stands on bringing 6 million cars into compliance. was ae progress, there disagreement over the deadline.
volkswagen allegedly rigged omissions tests and put ready vehicles on the road. a deal would merge tivo and rosie, which holds patents for tv programming guides. and that is your business flash for this hour. in europe, it's the first major --l in years with banko creating italy's third-biggest lender. regulators have been pressing for more m&a because they believe there are too many banks in italy with skyhigh expenses and rock bottom revenues. will they get their wish?
why are shares of both lenders down today? guest: this is what investors are looking at. they're looking beyond the news which creates the third-biggest lender. they are looking at the long-term synergy at how it can be achieved, particularly given that they are pointing to not -- and they are looking at long-term profit ability of the group in an environment that remains difficult. alix: i was going to add on to the other difficulties those nonperforming loans that have legs italian banks. this unites a good bank and a dad tank.
bank and a bad bank. what are they going to do about that? guest: they will be bringing those down and selling some of those that --but banco popolare will be raising a billion euros. this has come right from the top , from the european central bank, which took over the oversight of european banks just a year-and-a-half ago. they are sending a strong message, saying don't -- that it doesn't make a strong bank and that's why the capital increase has to happen before the deal takes place and sends a message to the wider industry to banks considering a tie up in the country and banks more generally that the bar for capital keeps raising. scarlet: senior executives of the two banks will be at the top of these companies, so there won't be any fresh lead here.
what is really going to change when they combine these two wings? this is precisely what the market seems to be asking itself today. it's looking at the longer term trend that has plagued the industry. it is quite interesting that the bank chairs -- bankshares are not trading above the level where they were when a year and half ago, they pushed through reforms precisely to generate these kind of accommodations which spurred strong rallies across the industry. the shares are below those levels which indicate investors have taken stock and the return to profitability is taking a long time. mark: i want to come back to a story from yesterday. there is day to spillover with credit suisse. the initial bump up in shares did not last too long. shares are down today.
the new chief executive is being where does thed ?uck stop with this guest: it seemed in remarks made later on today that there was trading in place and there were no breaches, so it's hard to tell. he said there had been some consequences in terms of personnel. i guess people are looking at the fact that the cuts he is making, some investors had been expecting those at the outset in october, so investors are looking at it as a catch up. the: taking a look at broader sector, it is still struggling with this vague merger here.
what does the ecb need to do to give support to these banks to lend more than they have already done? i think the message from the authorities is the push is now toward the banks getting capital and building up the capital bases which will .nevitably make them stronger they will be a bull to sustain economic growth by boosting lending, so it is up to the banks to clean up the legacy assets they are sitting on. to bring them down and make them leaner wherever possible. mark: thank you for joining us. still ahead on the european brexitas the so-called
mark: you are watching the european close. i'm here with alix steel and scarlet fu. scarlet: george osborne is facing the toughest test of his political career, yet still defended his unpopular plan before the financial policy committee today. >> i am prepared to take to improveecisions the state of public finances. i have set a date for when we see that coming into effect. the united kingdom went out of its way to praise the transparency of our rule. our european government
reporter is here. [inaudible] osborne has had a tough week or so defending his budget. in trying to defend what many would say is indefensible, has whenmaged his credibility he tried to defend britain's position within the eu? guest: ben is a good question. has beenhis leadership damaged and his reputation for being a canny political operator -- he now has a budget with a 4.4 ill you and pound hole in it and he will not address it until he and of the year. this is bound to come up and bound to be used for the other camp being blamed for the resignation of colleagues in the cabinet who started.
lot here in the u.s. about the meltdown of the republican party as trump has emerged as the front-runner. what has happened in the tory party in the u.k.? this is slightly different. this is a problem that has plagued the tory party for a long time. these divisions are very very old. it's a bit like a blood feud. you have those me tory party who will not be happy unless britain leaves the european union. cameron was hoping to get rid of the problem. this has coincided with a huge refugee crisis which has brought questions of immigration and that whole debate into the fold, which means tensions at the moment as we are closer to the vote on june 23 are getting
particularly strong. mark: it is unfortunate and david cameron called it not u.k. party that the made a link between event in brussels two days ago and the upcoming referendum. also madecy investors that link because we have seen sterling hammered this week against the dollar. there has been made a link, hasn't there? uncertainty to the surrounding the referendum. if you look at the other side of the coin, the government has used this to boost their case and say security and dialogue would be better. line would be that the general public don't care about the eu per se. what hinges on this is how successfully both camps will
.ake the link with immigration so they are really pushing this point because it is a point that resonates with voters, whether you like it or not. over the longer-term, based on your conversations with people, how do people think it will play out? what kindh depends on of verge we see. at the moment, polls are saying it would be quite close. you might see something like you saw in the scottish referendum which was very close, indeed. have ae s&p went on to resounding win in the general election. unless it is a real positive , it will be an issue that stays in the conservative party. it just won't go away. mark: thank you very much. have a look at what is happening
to european equity markets. the fourth day of declines, the largest stretch since february. europe 600 is on track for its decline as well and this is what is happening in the currency and bond markets. we saw yield on the u.k. 10 year and german tenure decline earlier. there's the euro against the dollar, about .1% lower. the big story today is the big banking merger taking place in italy, banco popolare agreeing to buy banco popolare di milano . we will speak to the chief executive of one of those banks, next. don't miss it. ♪
led by retail commissioners -- retail, insurers. the longest losing stretches since february, the second weekly losing run as well. one reason stocks fell today was the rising dollar, hurting shares of energy companies and basic resource companies. sterling volatility has been rising this week, the highest level of implied volatility telling us investors expect volatility on the sterling-dollar exchange rate to rise in the coming six months. the highest level since 2010. volatility has risen in the wake of the brussels bombing two days ago. banco popolare agreeing to buy banco popolare di milano. it is an all stock deal, it will create italy's third-biggest
lender. shares sinceboth 2007. this is being normalized at 100. you can see clearly what the heard -- what the trend has been. banco popolare shares down by 95%. banca popolare di milano shares down by 80%. news, not just in the italian banking industry, but across europe as well. banco popolare agreeing to buy banca popolare di milano. this is an all stock deal, it will create italy's blurred -- third-biggest lender. a lot of hurdles. let's chat about this. with thefuture is,
chief executive of banca popolare di milano. he joins us on the phone from elan. -- milan. think you for joining us on "the european close." you've had months of talks with the regulators. what has been the main hurdles with the regulator? are you satisfied with the outcome? satisfied.e are very we could not have a better situation to have this first european deal and ecb supervision. combination, being the first corporate bank merger in italy after the reform made by the government last year. at the same time was also the first authorization by ecb.
the ecb was very focused on ,trength of the new banks strengthening the capital of the bank is one worry is that the ecb has had in the last year. this ended up with the willingness of banco popolare, reassess andto make strong and solid capital positions. mark: will this prompt whole wave of consolidation among the country's banks? could we see overseas interest in some of those lenders? giuseppe: maybe. lower.cks are trading one of the lowest prices in the
markets. , wear as bpm is concerned have gained a lot beside be our partner. -- vis-a-vis our partner. it is a 50-50 merger. we are proud of it. saying theree should have been, there could have been changes at the top. we needed fresh blood at the top. is that reflected in the shareprice decline today? what you say to those who say maybe the combined lender needed a dose of new blood at the top? giuseppe: frankly speaking, i don't know. the banking industry yesterday time lookingspent
at the market. yesterday, our banks were suspended from the market. get the lows that happened yesterday. i would not put these in correlation with what you were saying. we will show how we will manage the bank. the governance was one of the main points the ecb was pointing out and we have shown that we the implements. we have to follow the governance part very clear and transparent. mark: how far are we from a
total cleanup of the balance sheet of the banking industry in italy? it's been estimated 360 billion euros of consolidated loans. how far away is that process? you were the fear mentioning, there are provisions that cover 60% of the global allowance. than 80 billion, which is still a considerable figure. in our business plan with the merger, we are considering to decrease 10 billion in three years time. credit inovision our order to find the proper price in the market and be able in three years to reduce dramatically our mps portion.
the bank has capital strength and should do it this way to reassure the markets. mark: thank you very much for joining us today on "the european close." the chief executive of banca popolare di milano. scarlet: european markets are done for the day, but u.s. market still open right now. they have been in the red for most of the day. volume has dried up. the nasdaq is doing the better of the three, down by only .4%. abigail doolittle is live at the nasdaq. haveil: shares of tesla pulled a u-turn today, reversing higher. the stock had been down more than 3% earlier on a downgrade to sell by s&p. they cited valuation in a secretion risk. the stock is now higher by 1%. thistors are siding with year's big turnaround after the committee gave a better-than-expected model s --
shares have been down 40% year-to-date, now down just -- paypal, the stock is down has gene munster reiterates his underweight rating, citing a recode report that apple pay may go mobile by the end of the year. one analyst saying this will likely have no impact on paypal, but he does concede that there could be headline risk. alix: let's get to the first word news. mark crumpton is at our news desk. the samere are signs islamic state network that carried out the terrorist attack in both brussels and paris. many of those blamed in the violence linked in brussels. they're are trying to coordinate a response to the glowing that's growing wave of terrorism.
-- response to the growing wave of terrorism. russia's foreign minister touting cooperation with the u.s. on the civil war in syria. they are trying to find ways to have peace talks to end the five-year-old war. an alleged sexual abuse victim of dennis hastert could testify next month. he pleaded guilty in october to violating bank laws when he allegedly tried to pay $3.5 million to a person to stay quiet about past misconduct which is alleged to have occurred when he was a high school wrestling coach. that sentencing hearing is scheduled for april 27. opposition to free trade is a unifying concept, even in a deeply divided electorate. americans thirds of favor more restrictions on
imported goods. large majorities favored policies protecting domestic jobs over lower prices. many described in nafta as being bad for the united states. global news 20 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. back to you in london. mark: still ahead, stocks falling around the world. our markets signaling a global markets -- are signaling a global slowdown? ♪
i guessed guest says the markets could be pricing in a recession. joins us withe more. are we in a recession? brett: that would be the case before we had ecb and the fed. since then, i'm particular to the credit markets. credit spreads were at non-recession wides. the ecb asset purchases brought credit spreads back down. they've gone from being very cheap and very attractive to merely attractive. mark: could the risk premium had backed where it was on february 11? brett: it depends on your outlook for global growth. we are not seeing a recession for the u.s. 2% growth for europe, 1.5% growth is not spectacular. means our portfolio
is important and we want to have securities that are more robust, that means owning developed market credits, investment-grade credits. scarlet: one of your views as the central bank has not done much to ease the macro pressures that are out there. the dollar has not recovered this week to higher than it was before the c meeting -- before the fomc meeting. what is your preference there as he position for this? leadings, the u.s. is the global economic recovery. got interest rate hikes priced in. there is a limit to which the dollar can actually follow against other currencies. it is difficult to see the euro going up sharply without these be reacting. -- the ecb reacting. likewise with the yen. we have reduced the size of our
underweight and commodity currencies because they have moved a long way. our main underweight u.s. dollars against the end -- the yen. of the biggest movers also today in particular had been banks. are so low, margins europe in particular had a lot of problems. under what conditions would you be buying banks? myles: it's about valuation. capital ratios are much higher. are much more focused about the risks banks are taking. they are deleveraging. that has created problems for equity holders. as a bond investor come in
meantime investing in a more utility like vehicle, which makes me more comfortable that i will get my money back. for us, it is about valuations, comparing what we get paid for financials compared to other credit markets such as , investment-grade or emerging markets. mark: is anyone long pound? : for us, the brexit boat is a key point of uncertainty. the polls show 50-50. -- the brexit vote. many will vote with their pocketbook and remain instead of facing uncertainty. a vote to leave will be increased uncertainty for all markets. hedging that position through sterling to us, make sense. -- makes sense. there are other ways in which you can hedge.
i want to get back to the u.s. for a moment here. boosts. recovery will between now and 2017. we've already seen peak profitability. talk about the drag that will -- on the recoveries in the in europe and china. their estimate is that trend growth is coming down and u.s. economic growth will come down with that. it is not so much a negative story. it, to when we look at keep or the unemployment rate and the inflation rate, the actual mandate. what does it mean for china and asia? to keep you in china is what is going on in china rather than the u.s. -- the key view in china.
if u.s. growth slows significantly, it will be back for the global economy, period. we see signs that china is beginning to restimulated its economy. our expectation is that chinese growth will begin to slow in the 6.5% range. mark: have you got your gloves on? it's battle of the charts. the recent divergence between global currency volatility and the yen. it is up next. stick around. ♪
james bullard says the central bank could begin getting closer to raising rates again. the relatively minor downgrades contained in march suggests the next rate increase may not be far off divided the economy revolves as expected. fed officials are discussing how quickly they should raise rates for the second time following their move in december. the federal reserve bank of new dealers toing establish backup locations that could be used in the event of a disaster. the damage done by hurricane sandy in 2012 highlighted the vulnerability of a financial system heavily concentrated in a single geographic area. the primary dealers will be allowed to transition to put new systems in place.
jeff is retiring after three decades on wall street. he helped rebuild the markets after the financial crisis. he announced his plan to step down. that's according to a memo from citigroup's chief executive. time now for our global battle of the charts where we take a look at some of the most telling charts of the day. what they mean for investors. you can access the charts on the bloomberg by running the function featured at the bottom of your screen. here we go. scarlet, kick it off. scarlet: i will focus on foreign exchange. we are looking at the global volatility index and dollar-yen. a lot of volatility is usually risk off. that means the yen strengthens.
that's pretty much what we've been seeing. the correlate nicely together come except since february 11. that is when we went risk on. yet, the yen continues to strengthen. there is a bit of a divergence here. specialist.our be i he says the volatility is reverting to the mean. the yen could be strengthening for a number of reasons. one of which may be that we are seeing some repatriation of fors by japanese companies the end of the fiscal year. once againpicks up and the yen starts to lose some of its steam. mark: where can you find your chart? #btb 666
here is what contango means, when oil prices right now are cheaper than they are in the -- typically what we've seen over the last couple of years has been contango, so much supply in the world. this is the dubai to month to one month spread. when you wind up seeing it move higher, that is contango. that two-month prices higher. what we've been seeing right now is a bit of a decline. that means the one-month oil prices actually strengthening. once you reach this zero level right here, that is backwardation. you typically see backwardation in a world where you have tighter supply and stronger
demand come a which does not seem to reflect the fundamentals we've seen. demand, which does not seem to reflect the fundamentals we've seen. we have seen tightening in the but we are not tight yet and the oil prices move ahead of themselves. why do you talk about the jargon? charts like these will show investors if the oil market is finally rebalancing and stabilizing prices. boom. g #btv 673. mark: we love it. scarlet last time set the bar very high when she added a multimedia element. because she set the bar so high last time, she did not match it.
the facebook ceo running in the middle of china -- by not matching her prior levels which i've come to expect, i have to hand it to alix steel. alix: in my winning because she that --have scarlet: because i failed to include something. quick peek atve a how the european markets ended the day today. a fourth day of declines, the longest losing stretch since february. the stocks 600 down by 1.5%. the kleins and all the major equity indices. that's it for "the european close." "bloomberg markets" continues. stick around. ♪
good afternoon. i'm scarlet fu. alix: i'm alix steel. here's what we are watching at this hour. stocks drop around the world as the dollar extends its gains into a fifth day. the easter vacation looms. scarlet: copper prices have climbed 5% this month. one analyst says that relationship with oil is about to decouple. alix: the second smartphone revolution is underway. delivering essential services to people who did not have them before. how will small businesses cash in? torlet: let's first had over the markets desk where julie hyman has been tracking the trade. the trade has been slow, but there is a direction to this. julie: a downward direction, for sure. catching up with


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Things have changed a lot after 71 years of independence, we have achieved a lot of growth and freedom in various sectors of our nation, we have become the top producers in many and initiated a lot of positive change but still we are far away from complete independence of our nation but the positive news is that , that day is not far away to be achieved, it will be that day when there will not be a single person sleeping empty stomach, when women of our nation would be safe even in the darkest corners of our nation, when farmers will be the happiest beings in our nation, when many young minds will be bringing laurels to our country name, when there will be no place for crimes and people from all religion , caste, races , gender will be tied with the unbreakable yarn of fraternity.
The dream of complete independence is not impossible to achieve, it is already half done only half needs to be achieved ….so let’s celebrate the achievements of our nation on this auspicious day Happy Independence Day to all

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Viruses that attack the BIO are possible, but they are very rare. Are you having issues with the BIOS, or are you just trying to protect your system? BIOS viruses were much more common in the early days of DOS and Win 1. With Windows 95 and later systems, BIOS viruses became harder to develop, although they can still be made by having the virus piggyback on another system and can become harmful if you flash the BIOS to a more recent copy without getting rid of it on the hard drive first.
If you think that you might have a boot sector virus, you can use the fixmbr command in the Recovery Console in Windows XP. You will usually see symptoms of a boot sector virus - you will probably unable to start the operating system and will usually see error messages. If you want to use the fixmbr command, follow these steps:
- Put the Windows Setup CD in the CD ROM.
- Make sure that your computer starts from the CD.
- Press R to start the Recovery Console.
- You will need to select the installation that you want to repair - usually it is 1 if you only have one installation on your machine.
- Enter the Administrative Password. If you don't have one, leave it blank and press Enter.
- At the prompt, type in: fixmbr. The program will run and fix your master boot record.
Flash the BIOS
You can flash the BIOS to an updated version and that should get rid of any nasties that are residing in your BIOS. This is a rather involved process that requires that you reinstall your operating system, so don't do this if you only suspect you have a problem. If you need information about your BIOS system, you can download BIOS Agent from the web. You want to make sure that you disconnect your hard drive when you do this so that it doesn't simply overwrite any viruses onto the new BIOS version. Follow these steps:
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- Back up your data to a disk or USB drive.
- Shut down the affected computer.
- Find a clean computer and go to the website for the motherboard for a desktop, or the laptop manufacturer and find the BIOS update on the site. Download this to the disk or USB drive.
- On the affected computer, open the case and disconnect the hard drive. You don't have to remove it completely.
- Insert the CD or flash drive and make sure it is booting from that device.
- Reboot the system and wait for the reboot to finish completely - interrupting the process can be deadly for your computer.
- Once the computer has finished the process, you can reconnect the hard drive and reboot the computer.
- You can then reformat the hard drive and reinstall your operating system.
- It should now run normally once again.
Unless you are experiencing major computer problems, you are probably not infected with a BIOS virus. Running your normal virus scans and antimalware programs should keep you well protected.


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When you are choosing a location for the outdoor compressor unit, it's preferable to use a shaded area. The unit will operate more efficiently to cool your home if the intake air is cooler to begin with.
Before you go out there and hire an HVAC contractor, find out the length of time they've been in the industry. Companies that are well established have track records that can help you decide if they're worth your money and time. Taking risks is not something that you want to do in this area.
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If you want to ensure your air conditioner offers you great performance, keep it dry. If it is located in a dry, cool area, you'll find that the efficiency goes up and the unit lasts a long time. You can even buy a water vapor cooler to cool it as it is running.
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How To Clean An Air Conditioner If you're still sweating through summer even with your air conditioner seemingly on full blast, you might be scratching your head as to why. Furthermore, if visit the following site own an air conditioner, you might notice that after a while it appears to be pumping out less air, and is becoming less effective at cooling your home. While there's a wide range of things that could potentially be causing this, if you want to try and restore your air conditioner to its full capacity, the first thing on your to-do list should be a full and thorough clean.
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While price should be one of the considerations you make when you are hiring an HVAC contractor, do not allow it to cloud your judgement. There are other factors that need to be considered in order to make a sound decision. Experience level, work ethic and positive reviews are a few things that should be considered as well.
Be sure to check your Filter Check light frequently on any stand-alone units. If it is on, turn the unit off as you can't operate it without a filter in place. Clean the filter carefully and return it to its proper location, but don't operate the unit if the filter is still wet.
Make sure you wipe up any water that is close to the air intake of the vents of your HVAC system. Clean up any water that is standing around because water can cause mold to easily expand. Some water buildup is normal but if you're picking up water more than once every six months you might have a problem, so contact a HVAC technician.
When you are looking to buy a new air conditioner, consider your climate. If you live in a hot, dry area, then an evaporative cooler will be your best bet. If you live in a humid area, opt for a compressor-style unit as it's the only one which will work.
Any contractor that gives you a quote over the phone shouldn't be trusted. To truly evaluate your needs, they must come into your home and check it out basement to attic. If they make promises without even seeing your house, there is no way they'll be able to keep them.
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Friends! The past few weeks we’ve been looking around with mission-minded eyes from our back yards to our front yards, perhaps plopping down turquoise picnic tables in them.
This week we’re going to mosey on inside, and try a few recipes in the kitchen, making some unsuspecting guests at our table very, very happy.
Even if you’re challenged in the cooking department like me, you’ll be so inspired to try what author Shauna Niequist suggests in her super fun book, Bread and Wine—A Love Letter to Life Around the Table (with recipes).
Shauna’s honest, no-nonsense style and wit make this book a page-turner. Divided into three parts, most chapters, which are lovely vignettes, include a recipe.
All her chocolate recipes call for my favorite ingredient: dark chocolate. The one I most desperately wish to try ASAP is her three-ingredient “Simplest Dark Chocolate Mousse”. I know… She dubs it “cheater mousse”. LOL.
Sensing some of her readers may be cooking impaired, Shauna offers entertaining tips, a list for what to stock your pantry with, and menu ideas. It’s the best! Plus, for those of you who need to eat gluten free, she either shows you how to make the dish GF, or it already is GF.
You’ll become acquainted with Shauna and her husband, Aaron, their two boys, Henry and Mac and many of their unique friends. Her Supper Club sounds like a blast.
Her extended family makes cameos as well and you’ll get a feel for how real they are. In reality, I’m sure it’s tough to escape from under the microscope of her Dad’s mega church, Willow Creek. (www.willowcreek.org )
Also an accomplished author, Shauna’s Dad, Bill Hybels, clearly loves his family. Getting a peek into their family is so sweet. Their devotion to one another is beautiful.
I love how Shauna calls her Mother, Lynne, “a global soul: a poet, an activist, a woman of creativity and conviction and vision, a woman I aspire to be like in a million ways.” Lynne is also a fantastic author.
Just as author Kristin Schell showed us easy ways to be hospitable via a turquoise table, Shauna does the very same at her dining room table. She proclaims, “Fuss not!”, blissfully chucking perfectionism out the window.
This is how she puts her foot down: “You can decide that every time you open your door, it’s an act of love, not performance or competition or striving. You can decide that every time people gather around your table, your goal is nourishment, not neurotic proving…” I need to make that quote into a sign and hang it in our kitchen!
My Mother was a long-suffering perfectionist. When John and I would go home to Lexington for dinner, she’d spend the entire afternoon in the kitchen. We’d serve our plates and she insisted we “go on and eat.” We complied, but by the time she fixed her plate and came in to eat, we were all nearly done. There we sat.
One petite example: Jelly was never served in a jelly jar, it was presented in a crystal bowl, silver spoon at the ready. To this day, I still laugh when I whip out the ketchup and barbecue sauce bottles, salad dressing bottles, etc. and set them on the counter for everyone to self-serve. (Mother would be horrified. Shauna would say, “Yes! You can do this!”)
Above and beyond striving for simplicity, Shauna and I could be buddies on many levels. In addition to being a mom of boys, I adore her love for bread. I’d go one step further and confess my love for bread and butter. (Any of you Whole 30 advocates out there are cringing.)
Shauna explains her title beautifully: “…I am a bread-and-wine person. By that I mean I’m a Christian, a person of the body and blood, a person of the bread and wine…The two together are the sacred and the material at once, the heaven and earth, the divine and the daily.” To me, that makes communion that much more special.
Another of many favorite quotes in the book is: “Many of the most sacred moments in my life, the ones in which I feel God’s presence most profoundly, when I feel the goodness of the world most arrestingly, take place around the table.
Something extraordinary happens when we…
Open our homes,
Look into one another’s faces, and
Listen to one another’s stories around the table.”
We also learn early on Shauna bravely put herself in a culinary boot camp. I applaud her effort. Her experience filters throughout the book in an encouraging if-I-can-do-this-you-can-do-this way.
One statement from the Intro’ seems to be a goal of the book. We readers get to see it in action in each of the meals Shauna serves. I see it in three parts:
“What makes me feel alive and connected to God’s voice and spirit in this world is creating opportunities for the people I love to
(1) Rest and
(2) Connect and
(3) Be fed at my table.” (I added the numbers.)
Dash to your local bookstore. Find this book and flip thru’ it. My guess is you’ll see enough recipes you’ll want to try, especially when you learn the stories behind them…even better! Bread and Wine would make a great gift as well.
‘Til next time!


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The best way to travel to Peru, tailor-made and privately, without restrictions or fixed itinerary. Between the ruins of large pre-Columbian cities and the white Andes mountain range, the fascinating and diverse land of the Incas is born.
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Peru. Admire the constellations and stars of the Southern Hemisphere
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Peru embraces multicultural diversity and Lima is its port of entry. . It was here that the Andean ancestors first met the Spanish conquerors, who were later joined by Asian, African, Arab, European and American immigrants. Several centuries later, the fusion of their culinary expressions gave birth to one of the best cuisines in the world.
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Recommended season: Summer
Peru enjoys a temperate climate with no excessively low temperatures in the winter or excessive heat in the summer, so you can travel all year round. However, due to its extensive geography, considerable climatic variations can be observed. Along the coast, the climate is subtropical arid and with little rain. In the Andes there are two seasons, the rainy season in summer and the dry season in winter. The Amazon region has a tropical climate, with rainfall throughout the year and a small dry season during the months of June and August.
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U.S. Maternal Death Rates Increased Significantly in 2021, CDC Reports
Federal health officials warn that maternal death rates have significantly increased since 2020 in the U.S., especially among Black women; highlighting a nationwide problem that is much worse than other developed nations.
More than 1,200 U.S. women died of maternal causes in 2021, according to new national health statistics released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on March 16, which represents sharp increases from the 861 maternal deaths in 2020, and 754 in 2019.
The report warns that, compared to other developed nations, maternal death rates are much worse in the United States, and that problem was likely exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The data comes from the National Vital Statistics System, which indicates the U.S. had a maternal mortality rate of 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births. That compares with 23.8 in 2020 and 20.1 in 2019, which the CDC warns is a significant increase.
Maternal deaths have skyrocketed for number of reasons in recent years, with health experts blaming increasing rates of preeclampsia and other maternal blood pressure disorder complications as well as drug overdoses. Past research indicates maternal death rates in the U.S increased nearly 30% from 2019 to 2020.
U.S. Maternal Death Rate Disparities
The highest increases in maternal death rates in the U.S., and the highest rates overall, are seen among Black women, the CDC found. In 2021, the maternal death rate for Black women was 69.9 per 100,000. This is 2.6 times the rate for white women during the same time period, which was 26 per 100,000 women.
In addition, the CDC found the maternal death rate for women over the age of 40 is seven times higher than that of women under the age of 25, at nearly 139 per 100,000 women compared to 20 per 100,000 women for women under 25, and 31 per 100,000 women for ages 25-39.
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In a prior report, the World Health Organization found that more than 800 women die every single day from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. The numbers highlight the lack of progress in improving maternal death rates especially among industrialized and high-income countries which have the means to combat this problem, but are not putting them to effective use.
However, the CDC indicates the numbers usually change significantly from year-to-year, and called for improved data collection to get a clearer picture of the problem.
“Maternal mortality rates fluctuate from year to year because of the relatively small number of these events and possibly due to issues with the reporting of maternal deaths on death certificates,” CDC researchers noted. “Efforts to improve data quality are ongoing, and these data will continue to be evaluated for possible errors.”
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Babachir Lawal And His Roving Hands!
Alhaji Babachir Lawal the current Secretary to the Federal Government has gotten himself involved in cruel scams as he employs ingenious methods to steal taxpayers' monies in Nigeria and breach the trust of his people.
After much public cry regarding the atrocities of this felon who was definitely being shielded by the executive arm of government that he directly serves, a belated and reluctant presidential order was issues to investigate him.
While an integrity-deficient Abubakar Malami was mandated to investigate Lawal, a swift verdict of Not Guilty was returned thus compelling the Senate to constitute another committee of its members to look into the matter.
Senator Shehu Usman from Kaduna central was mandated by the Nigerian Senate to chair this committee.
He appeared on AIT today and these were pertinent points in his submissions:
The ever upright senator from Kaduna central...who headed the Senate committee on investigation into IDPs and the role of SGF Babachir Lawal.
Their findings : Lawal had several bank accounts forgetting that his BVN would show up in all . He registered several companies ostensibly for those contracts . Those companies lacked requisite competence to execute allotted projects. Bidding processes were flawed as one owner of several companies would present all for bidding...ensuring that one of his many companies is picked ! Many of such companies bore ingenious names.. Elephant Nigeria Limited. Lion Nigeria Limited! As for IDP camps, not only monies but also food items were stolen. Foreign donors whose donations which ran into hundreds of millions of dollars were stolen are concerned...compelling the federal government to act.
Babachir Lawal failed to honour several invitations by the Senate and even chased senate emissaries away from his house!
Conclusions. Civil servants steal more public funds because their actions are hidden.
Babachir Lawal feels more comfortable with the Osinbajo committee whose activities are done behind closed doors than the Senate committee whose inquiries are conducted in the open.
The current AGF still a member of Osinbajo committee who exonerated Lawal earlier may not be allowed by Osinbajo to stain his name so, reports from this nescient committee may likely be credible.
Dr Tosin Akindele is a medical practitioner and public affairs analyst.


THE director and founder of a Loughborough amateur dramatics group has told the Echo he is to step down after working on almost 100 productions.
John Lewin, 66, of Christchurch Theatre Club, is retiring after more than 50 years of directing the group.
Mr Lewin formed the company in 1969 when rehearsals and performances were originally held at Christchurch Methodist Church in Shepshed.
The company moved performance venue to Hind Leys School in 1975 and then moved to Hind Leys College when it opened in 1977.
Christchurch performed there until 1992 but, due to the ticket demand, moved to Loughborough Town Hall and to this day still perform two shows a year.
Mr Lewin, who has had the honour of working alongside the late Danny la Rue and many other big names, has directed all but three of the 101 shows the company has presented and last year was granted special permission out of 400 applicants to stage Evita.
His last production, Gypsy, hit the stage last month and received great critical acclaim.
Mr Lewin told the Echo: “I’ve enjoyed it and I’ve loved it but it’s come to that point now where I have to have a bit of a break.
“I’ve been doing this for over 50 years and it’s been non-stop, at one point we were doing three shows a year too.
“When I started the company there were no opportunities for young people to engage in theatre in this area - there were no extra curricular theatre activities at school or local stage schools.
“I had to battle to do shows at Hind Leys, it was quite pioneering stuff at the time.
“There was no money and we had to make stuff from things out of the tips and we were dying blanket sheets for costumes, it was humble beginnings.”
He continued: “I’ve had so many local people support me over the years, in Shepshed in particular, and now Christchurch has become one of the most successful groups in the area.
“I’ve worked with some of the best people and people who have gone on to become stars and they never forget Christchurch.
“Christchurch is going to carry on but they may be re-branding as CTC. I don’t know who’s going to be directing but I’ll support them all the way.”


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Taylor out to rain on hero’s parade
ASH Taylor will put aside personal sentiment for 80 minutes on Saturday as he attempts to rain on the parade of the man he one day hopes to emulate.
Johnathan Thurston will play his final game against the Titans at Cbus Super Stadium on Saturday, lining up against Taylor - once a starry-eyed indigenous kid who hero-worshipped the Cowboys and Maroons great.
Regarded by most as an immortal-in-waiting, it is not just an on-field legacy that Thurston will leave.
The way he has conducted himself as a role model in the community has had just as much of an impact on Taylor as any move he has made for the Cowboys, Queensland or Australia.
"It'll go down as one to remember, his last game - and hopefully we beat him in his last game," Taylor said of the Titans' hopes to end their season on a high.
"That's our goal, is to rain on his parade.
"But to look over his career, it's been massive for himself and his family, and to be able to run out against him in his last game will be something to remember for a long time."
As a kid growing up in country Queensland, Taylor was a Broncos fan who idolised Darren Lockyer.
But seeing Thurston position himself as a role model on an off the field - especially in the indigenous community - had a massive impact on Taylor.
"It meant so much," Taylor said.
"He's done a lot of great things over the years and that's why he's become a role model for my generation and the next generation coming through - they're still looking up to him.
"He'll go down as one of the best and to be able to play against him has just been a dream - and to play alongside him was even more of a dream.
"He's such a role model for us (players) and he'll still be a role model off the field for young indigenous people."
Taylor became the game's latest million-dollar man last year when he signed a deal that keeps him on the Gold Coast until at least 2021.
But rather than splash out on flashy cars or wild spending sprees, the youngster hopes to form his own foundation to help players - especially indigenous youngsters - from western Queensland.
"I think everyone's dream is to (have an impact like Thurston)," Taylor said.
"I've had dreams to play State of Origin and just play NRL, so to be looking up to players and get to play alongside them - people like Justin Hodges, Corey Parker, Sam Thaiday - hopefully young people look up to me and they do get to play against me or with me at some time."
The Titans will honour Thurston on Saturday - but after the match is finished.
"We've got to do our job first, that's what every week has been about - the last few weeks has been about ourselves and making sure we play our best footy," Taylor said.
Taylor himself is back on track again after a rough patch earlier this season when he said he played "probably the worst I've had in my career".
"People have such high expectations but don't' really know what you're going through when you go through those low points," he said.
Concentrating only on his own job has helped Taylor bounce back through and he will slug it out with Thurston on Saturday as the pair vie to finish the season as the league's try assist leader.
"My biggest focus (over the past few weeks) has been doing my job and doing my job the best I can rather than worrying about other people's job on the field," he said.
"And I'm going to keep doing this weekend as well. It's been a learning curve for me massively and I'll benefit from it."


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Jordi Constans, the man who took over as CEO of Louis Vuitton just last month, stepped down as the headman due to health reasons.
The hair and makeup was something resembling inspiration from his own collection in New York; a fresh twist on 60’s mod revealed ladylike beehive updos topped with delicate satin ribbon wrapped around the hair.
Louis Vuitton’s latest collaborator artist Yayoi Kusama is happy that the label “appreciates” her art.
A series of mixed illustration by Daryl Feril of some of the worlds most famous designer brands done with graphite and watercolor and some digital work. “The design aim to illustrate and create a very feminine mood yet still converse the sophistication and identity of each brand” says Daryl.
Marc Jacobs has discussed the “comfortingly luxuriousness” in Louis Vuitton’s new collection.
Louis Vuitton is releasing it’s first fragrance in over 20 years
It was certainly no surprise that the Louis Vuitton SS2012 Womenswear show would be an opulent affair, but the beautiful macaroon-colored dresses showcased on a white carousel took it to the next level.
After a dark and tight lineup for fall, Marc Jacobs and his Louis Vuitton team did a huge about-face with a sugary and light collection for spring. Jacobs, a big fan of the fashion show-in-the round model, set up an enormous carousel in the Louvre’s Cour Carree, his delicate and very lady-like models sitting side-saddle, some of them looking like picture-perfect Monet subjects with their parasols in hand.
Angelina Jolie takes a trip around Cambodia for the latest images for Louis Vuitton, shot by Annie Leibovitz in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province.
In this editorial spread and cover for Vogue Italia, Steven Meisel shoots some of the new faces for this fall, for a photo-shoot titled Pret-A-Porter.
Lara Stone is back on the scene and looking more seductive than ever. Without mentioning our obsession for the Dutch bombshell, we’ll give a quick rundown of the shoot.
Angelina Jolie is the new face of Louis Vuitton. As you recall sometime back in April 2011 Bloginity.com reported that it has been confirmed that Angelina Jolie has signed a $10 million deal with Louis Vuitton.
Now I know that you produce low quality products, have abhorable customer service, and I recommend anyone who reads this article to not waste their money at Louis Vuitton. If you are looking for a good pair of shoes, perhaps you should try going next door.
It’s the Summer, and it’s Arizona Muse (correct me if I’m wrong) but the beauty is being showcased for the 2012 Louis Vuitton Resort Look Book against a green grass wall.
The Louis Vuitton Fall 2011 Campaign is here. And it’s shot by Steven Meisel. Starring Zuzanna Bijoch, Daphne Groeveld and Anais Pouliot.
Angelina Jolie has reportedly signed a deal with Louis Vuitton. The multi-talented ‘Salt’ star and mother of six is believed to have secured a $10 million deal with the fashion label – which has been endorsed by Madonna and Jennifer Lopez in the past – to star in its latest commercial. E! revealed celebrity photographer Annie Leibowitz will be in charge of shooting the campaign, which is expected to begin within the next two weeks
It wasn’t obvious that Marc Jacobs was working a fetishistic cycle for fall 2011 until he showed his latest for Louis Vuitton right at the end of Paris Fashion Week.

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Wild Horse Sanctuary Open House
Enjoy a day in the country at the Wild Horse Sanctuary!
Fun for all ages! Join us in celebrating 45 years of providing range sanctuary for wild horses and burros. Admission is FREE!
Wild horse viewing, live music, kids crafts and face painting, author Terri Farley (Phantom Stallion Series of Books for Young Readers), food and craft vendors, demonstrations, and more!


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Words & Stories is a book that contains a collection of timeless nursery rhymes that have been loved by children for decades and passed down through generations as a cultural tradition. Using only expressive typographic interpretations and simple shapes and elements, I have reimagined these stories with a playful new vision.
April Mattox was born in Episcopal Hospital, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she currently still lives. As a child she loved to draw but wanted to do much more. Time went by and in high school she was introduced to graphic design and Adobe. She learned how to use Adobe programs and she was inspired by women graphic designers that came to visit her high school. She was inspired by the way they used their creativity and applied it to real life. She used this inspiration to make art by using shapes, big typography, and colorful color palettes. Mattox’s love for graphic design grew and her goal is to become a graphic designer: to create artworks, bring them to life, and to share her work with the world.


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LONDON- Russia is considering arming its Baltic fleet with nuclear warheads for the first time since the cold war, warned senior military sources late August 17.
The Sunday Times wrote that under the Russian plans, nuclear warheads could be supplied to submarines, cruisers and fighter bombers of the Baltic fleet based in Kaliningrad.
A senior military source in Moscow said the fleet had suffered from insufficient funds since the collapse of communism.
"That will change now," said the source. "In view of America's determination to set up a missile defense shield in Europe, the military is reviewing all its plans to give Washington an adequate response."
The proposal to bring back nuclear warheads was condemned by Kurt Volker, the US ambassador to NATO, who said he knew of the threat.
The warnings came 24 hours after Russia told Poland that it could face a nuclear strike for agreeing to let the United States station components of the missile defense shield on its soil.
The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry finds this plan completely unacceptable.
"This could be viewed as Russia's harsh pressure against sovereign neighboring states, which it would still prefer to consider its zone of influence," the Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
The Sunday Times cited an unnamed Russian officer as saying that Russia was for the first time after the end of the cold war considering the possibility of deploying arms with nuclear warheads in its Baltic Fleet in the Kaliningrad region.
Russia has informed Poland that its permit for the US deployment of missile defense elements in its territory could lead to a threat of nuclear attack.
Russia has also mentioned that the nuclear missiles in its bases in Kaliningrad and Belarus could be targeted at Western Europe, pledging to consider the possibility of again dispatching troops to Cuba.
US envoy to NATO Kurt Walker has criticized the plans of supplying nuclear weapons to the Russian Baltic Fleet.


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Cardinal Peter Erdo, Metropolitan archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, celebrated his 70th birthday Saturday at a time talk is mounting the primate of Hungary will eventually succeed Pope Francis as leader of 1.34 billion Roman Catholics worldwide.
“The boss is not going to be around for long,” a Vatican insider who requested anonymity told Newsmax last week, referring to widespread reports that the 85-year Francis is in failing health. “At the most, he will be there until December.”
The same source told Newsmax to closely “watch Cardinal Erdo … he is the one who [the College of Cardinals, who will elect the next Pope] are beginning to talk about. And he will be great.”
Talk of Erdo as a future Pope is nothing new. But it has recently been heightened by the growing rumors that Pope Francis is in failing health or that he may retire following the consistory (meeting) Aug. 27 at which he will formally install 21 new cardinals (16 of whom are under the age of 80 and thus eligible to vote for the next Pope).
Considered a traditionalist in the mold of Popes John Paul II and Benedict, sources say Erdo shows respect to those who prefer the Mass in Latin, celebrated universally for 500 years until 1970 (and with whom Francis has created tremendous animosity by attempting to limit the Latin Mass through his document “Traditiones Custodes,” issued last July).
Erdo is fluent in Latin as well as Italian, French, English, and his native Hungarian.
His traditionalist pedigree aside, Erdo is also respected by the so-called “modernist” or “liberal” faction in the church embodied by Francis. The current Pope appointed Erdo as the “relator general” of the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in October of 2014. The theme of the synod was “The Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization.”
Where Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires was a relatively unknown figure to the public and to his fellow church leaders when he became Pope Francis in 2013 (he had reportedly been out of Argentina only a handful of times), Erdo is a familiar face within the hierarchy of Roman Catholicism. Named as the youngest member of the College of Cardinals by John Paul in 2003 when he was 51, Erdo participated in the conclaves that elected Benedict in 2005 and Francis in 2013. He holds degrees in theology and canon law and is a past president of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe.
With Francis scheduled to give his 21 candidates the traditional red hat as cardinals Aug. 27, he will have appointed 62% of 132 cardinals who will elect his successor. Some Pope-watchers say his last round of cardinals — which included noted liberals such as archbishops Robert McElroy of San Diego and Arthur Roche (currently Francis’ prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship) — is designed to “pack the next conclave” and elect a successor in his own mold.
The name most frequently mentioned as Francis’ man is Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, widely considered the closest associate of the current Pope.
But conclaves are conducted in seclusion and under oaths of silence, and the next Pope is elected by secret ballot (with cardinals voting until one receives a majority and ballots burned after each ballot). Under these circumstances, the elections of three of the last four Popes — John Paul I (who died in 1978 after 30 days in the Vatican), John Paul II (the first non-Italian Pope in 500 years), and Francis (the first-ever non-European Pope) — were near-complete surprises to the world.
All that can be said is talk of a vacancy in the papacy is growing and talk of Erdo to fill it is out there.
John Gizzi is chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax. For more of his reports, Go Here Now.


The five hottest issues at Redskins Park this week
- Can't live without Shawn Springs, can't live with him: The Washington Redskins' defense was generally at its best when cornerback Shawn Springs was in the lineup. There was a big dropoff when Kenny Wright had to start in his place, especially since that would force the likes of Mike Rumph or Ade Jimoh into the nickel back positions. However, there are questions as to whether or not Springs will be return in the same capacity in 2007 or if he'll be back at all. Springs stated just eight games due to a groin injury early in the season and a broken shoulder blade late. He will take up $7.4 million of the team's '07 cap dollars and that's a lot for a guy who has an injury bug problem. The team may ask him to move to safety. Gregg Williams has addressed that possibility in theory on several occasions and he has stated that it may be a good way for Springs to extend his career in Washington.
- New Digs? FedEx Field is just 10 years old but there already is talk of the Redskins moving back into the District of Columbia. According to an article in the Washington Post Daniel Snyder has had some talks with DC officials about the possibility of building a new football stadium where RFK Stadium currently stands. There are no details of what the building would look like but one would have to think that it would have to be a considerable upgrade over FedEx to justify abandoning a stadium that has lived out about a third of the normal life of such a facility. Think retractable roof, making it suitable for Super Bowls and Final Fours.
- When was Brunell's arm injured? Mark Brunell had surgery to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Redskins.com reported that the injury occurred during the second game of the season. Since Brunell is a left-handed quarterback many wondered what in the world Joe Gibbs was doing starting a quarterback with such an injury in his throwing arm for as long as he did. As it turns out it was a miscommunication between the team's head of sports medicine Bubba Tyer and the PR department. The injury actually happened in the second game against Dallas, on November 5, not in the second game of the season, which also was against the Cowboys. Brunell started just one more game with the injury before Jason Campbell took the reigns.
- No help wanted: In contrast to last year when some assistant coaches were hot properties around Redskins Park there doesn't seem to be much of a possibility of any of the team's assistant coaches getting hired away by other teams. There are still four head coaching vacancies out there but Williams' phone is not ringing in the wake of the considerable loss of luster in his resume after being the "guru" behind the NFL's second-worst defense. It was reported that the Raiders were seriously considering Al Saunders when they had an opening last year but the fact that they have an opening again this year would cause him to rebuff any interest there may be from Al Davis. There is a possibility that some assistants will be offered coordinator jobs when the other vacancies are filled but nobody seems to want to raid the staff of a 5-11 team.
- Easing up? The offseason program at Redskins Park may be altered. The players have expressed a desire to be able to lift weights and to other conditioning at places other Ashburn. They say it's a matter of getting away for a while to mentally recover from the season and of being able to tailor their workouts to their individual needs. Of course, they can now as such workouts are technically voluntary but Gibbs strongly encourages participation. The offseason schedule and how much participation will be emphasized is something that Gibbs and his staff are evaluating right now. They have to weight the players' concerns against the fact that nobody was complaining when the Redskins had virtually the same program in '05 and they were still playing a year ago this weekend.


One instance was Tuesday for the school's annual Holiday Assembly, where the band, string ensemble, orchestra and chorus belted out seasonal tunes for the many traditions this time of year.
"It is great because the kids love the music. It is highly motivating," said string instrument teacher Rosemary Montgomery. "The great thing about this is all the groups are together this one and only time, and you can see the whole spectrum of musicians at Nash."
Montgomery said the assembly has become a big part of the school year. Students are handed their music on the first day of school to prepare for the event, Montgomery said.
Not only were the musical groups brought together, but holiday traditions as well.
By instrument or voice, songs about Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa filled Nash's auditorium and the ears of more than 300 parents, students and faculty.
"The show is all inclusive," Montgomery said.
The band led off the day with tunes like "Frosty" and "Jingle Bell Rock."
The Suzuki Strings, kindergarten students first learning an instrument, received applause for "Andantino" and "Allegro."
Montgomery took a seat in the orchestra for a couple of songs as sixth-grader Jon Eckhart assumed conductor duties.
"For normal shows, sixth-graders can conduct if they want to," Eckhart said. "You just move your hands."
This was the third holiday assembly for fifth-grader Brittany Gallagher.
As a third-grader two years ago, she was not able to be part of the string ensemble.
Now, she is able to play instead of just pluck, something she credits to her older sister.
"I wanted to play the violin because of my older sister," Gallagher said. "I heard her play and she inspired me."
The string ensemble serenaded the audience with familiar favorites like "Jolly Old St. Nick and "All I Want for Christmas."
The chorus ended the event singing almost 10 songs, including the Kwanzaa song, "Changamano" and the Jewish song, "This is my Dreidel."