Senate advances bill warning against 'precipitous withdrawal' from Syria and Afghanistan
WASHINGTON – The Senate delivered a rare rebuke to President Donald Trump's foreign policy Thursday, opposing his plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria and shrink American forces in Afghanistan.
In a bipartisan vote of 68-to-23, lawmakers advanced a measure sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., warning against a "precipitous withdrawal" of American forces from Syria and Afghanistan. It was a particularly notable move coming from McConnell, who has been reluctant to criticize or cross Trump. Forty-three Republicans and 25 Democrats voted in favor of the resolution.
"The United States is engaged in Syria and Afghanistan for one simple reason: because our enemies are engaged there," McConnell said from the Senate on Wednesday. "Dangers to us and to our allies still remain in both these nations, so we must continue to confront them there."
McConnell's resolution is nonbinding, but it showcased a public rift between hawkish congressional Republicans and Trump, who campaigned on a promise to bring American troops home from far-flung conflicts. Trump announced his decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Syria in December, declaring on Twitter that the Islamic State had been defeated.
GOP critics say Trump has minimized the ongoing threat from the Islamic State in Syria and is plotting a hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan that could allow extremist elements to re-emerge in a country that once served as a base for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
"This policy directly undermines one of the two pillars of our strategy in this region, and that is counter-terrorism." Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said during the Senate debate Thursday. Rubio said it would also represent a "win" for Iran's efforts to spread its influence across the Middle East, the second pillar and a top Trump administration priority.
In his speech Wednesday, McConnell invoked the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and suggested a premature withdrawal from Afghanistan could lead to more attacks on U.S. soil.
"It's understandable that as we get farther from Sept. 11, many would grow tired of our military efforts a long way from home," he said, but leaving "too abruptly carries its own grave risk."
Several senators who opposed the measure, including a bevy of liberal Democrats, echoed Trump's argument that the U.S. has been involved in these two conflicts for far too long.
"American troops have been in Afghanistan for nearly 18 years, the longest war in American history. Our troops have been in Syria since 2015 under what I believe are very questionable legal authorities," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent socialist from Vermont. "The American people do not want endless war."
McConnell may have gotten fresh fuel for his proposal from a watchdog report on Afghanistan released Thursday. The U.S. inspector general overseeing Afghanistan reconstruction found insurgent forces increased their control over swaths of Afghanistan and the ranks of U.S.-backed government security forces have thinned to a new low.
McConnell's provision is an amendment to a broader Middle East foreign policy bill. The legislation would authorize new sanctions against the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and extend a security cooperation agreement between the United States and Jordan, among other things.
The Senate vote on Thursday comes amid increasing tensions among Republicans over the president's foreign policy decisions.
In testimony before Congress earlier this week, Trump's top intelligence officials contradicted the president on a broad range of issues. CIA Director Gina Haspel and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told lawmakers that the Islamic State remains a threat, that North Korea is unlikely to ever give up its nuclear weapons, and that the Iran nuclear deal is working. Republicans in Congress have also sharply split with Trump over his handling of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi Arabian operatives.
The Senate is expected to pass the underlying Middle East policy bill next week, although its fate in the House remains uncertain. The bill also includes a controversial provision, sponsored by Rubio, that would shield Israel from state and local boycotts that have pressured businesses to divest from Israel over its treatment of Palestinians.
Rubio's bill would allow cities and states to penalize businesses or individuals who participate in such boycotts. The Florida lawmaker has said the boycotts amount to "economic warfare" against America's closest ally.
But some Democrats strongly oppose the measure, saying it would infringe on free speech.
"The First Amendment protects the right of the people to participate in boycotts," said Brian Hauss, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s speech, privacy, and technology project. "The government does not have a First Amendment right to boycott the boycotters," he said.


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While the Columbia Gorge is rich in orchards and wheat fields, local food makes up only 1% of the diet of residents in the five-county area straddling the Columbia River between Hood River, Oregon, and Goldendale, Washington. The majority of the region’s bounty flows out of the Gorge via commercial packhouses and semi trucks. The nonprofit Gorge Grown Food Network aims to change that. Mobilizing farmers, food producers and community members using the slogan “20 by 2020,” Gorge Grown’s goal is for 20 percent of the food eaten by Gorge residents to come from local farms and ranches by the year 2020.
Through small grants, a Mobile Market, and the cultivation of strong food communities in small towns up and down the river, Gorge Grown strives for a future where more of what is produced in the Gorge is eaten in the Gorge. Edible Portland documents Gorge Grown’s trajectory over the past six years in our summer issue—but we didn’t have room to include this great story by Kerry Newberry about the birth of the Mosier, Oregon farmers’ market:
While Gorge Grown was building its program and establishing the Hood River farmers’ market, residents of Mosier planned their own local food revolution. During the winter of 2010, ten Mosier residents took part in “Menu for the Future,” a reading course sponsored by the Northwest Earth Institute. They were inspired to do something to connect residents to their food and farmers. As was true with Gorge Grown Food Network, the group considered a number of options and decided to start a farmers’ market.
The market kicked off the first week of July 2011. Through advertisements and word of mouth, the group rounded up about ten farmers and other vendors to set up on Mosier’s main drag. Their chief obstacle was figuring out how to close the street for a safe pedestrian market space. Mosier officials had never dealt with street closures before, and the market’s planners quickly became discouraged.
As small town luck would have it, the volunteer fire department was called out the afternoon of the first market. On the way back from the call, one of the firemen recognized the market’s need, and voluntarily pulled the fire truck up to the street, effectively closing it to traffic and starting a tradition that continues today. During the high desert’s summer heat, the firemen set out their portable water supply as a wading pool for kids to splash in.
Emily Reed, one of the market’s founders, says the Gorge Grown Mobile Market became “the anchor store” of Mosier’s market. About 200 people attended each farmers’ market—a considerable number, considering that Mosier’s total population rings in at 421. Between 10 and 14 vendors regularly set up booths.
Reed is documenting Mosier’s experience with the farmers’ market, and she has presented the results of the market’s first year at the OSU Small Farms Conference. She reports that other Oregon towns are eager to read about their market and replicate its success.
Read more about Gorge Grown Food Network, the Mobile Market and the Gorge’s new crop of farmers’ markets on p. 26 of the summer issue of Edible Portland.

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Hearts striker Steven MacLean explains why he loves winding up opponents
Steven MacLean turned 37 last month but his on-field taunting is worthy of someone half his age. It shows no sign of letting up, either.
The Hearts striker wound up the Aberdeen fans and their manager Derek McInnes during the midweek Betfred Cup win and seemed to revel in doing so.
He screamed in the face of McInnes, his former Rangers team-mate who got in the way of him retrieving a ball which bounced out of play in the first half. After scoring Hearts’ first equaliser, MacLean then stood in front of the Aberdeen support with his arms outstretched as if to say: ‘Bring on the abuse.’ It is all simply part of the forward’s make-up.
“Me and Del have had a couple of run-ins before and we actually had a chat at half-time,” he smiled. “I got him in a headlock going up the tunnel and we were having a laugh. He just said what he was meaning and I told him I wasn’t bothered about it. I was just having a laugh.
“I remember it happened in the derby last year, with Lewis Stevenson and somebody else. For 90 minutes you do what you need to do and, at the end of the game, you shake hands and get on with it. I like to get myself going and during the game it helps get everyone else going as well. It is good for spectators and you guys as well. It keeps you all entertained.
“I remember a semi-final when I was at St Johnstone, it was like a running commentary. Del was at the side and I was running past him and when I ran back again I think we were still screaming at each other but we dropped each other a text afterwards. I knew him from playing with him at Rangers. Well, we didn’t play together, we were in the gym together because the two of us were injured all the time! But it was good craic.”
As for the goal celebration, he said: “I don’t know why I did it to be honest. It seemed like a good idea.”
MacLean has endured enough personal stick in his career to know it works both ways. He can take it and is perfectly justified in dishing it out at the same time. Hence his enjoyment at scoring his first goal of the season against a club he previously played for on loan.
“It was good but I have had stick most places I have been,” he said. “It is fine by me and I don’t really mind it. It is harder for younger players or players who aren’t as experienced but they have just got to work through it as well.
“It happens to us all at some time in our career so we all just have to work through it. Football is easy when it is all going well and everything is rosy but I think you find out a person’s true character when you have to come out fighting. It is what it is for me.”


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Final suspect in last year's "machete attack" in Czech Republic arrested in England
Police in England have apprehended the final suspect involved in a brawl last year in Nový Bor that was labeled the "machete attack" in the Czech media. The Regional Court in Liberec remanded 20-year old Jakub Žiga into custody today. State Prosecutor Radim Kadlček informed the Czech Press Agency of the arrest.
"He has been arrested in England and extradited here on the basis of European law," said Kadlček. Žiga will remain in custody until the trial begins so he cannot flee again. Hearings in his case have not yet been scheduled.
The brawl took place on 7 August 2011 in the Pivní pomoc bar in Nový Bor. It was preceded by a conflict between a barmaid and two Romani youths who wanted to play the video poker machines there. The barmaid reportedly asked to see their identification and the youths reportedly began using vulgar language to insult her. Other customers stood up for the barmaid. In the course of showing the youths out, one customer reportedly struck one of the Romani youths. A few moments later, the Romani youths returned to the bar with reinforcements and attacked the customers. The attack was captured by a security camera. Three people were injured.
Four alleged assailants have been charged with attempted murder and rioting, for which they face between 15 and 20 years in prison or even an extraordinary sentence. A fifth alleged assailant faces between five and 12 years in prison on charges of bodily harm and rioting. All of the Romani defendants arrested are in custody.
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- Did the Czech President invite an anti-Semitic extremist to Prague Castle?
- Czech election results in Romani neighborhoods
- Czech Republic: 50 anti-minority racists march in Plzeň, 60 Roma stand up to them
- Czech Republic: Neo-Nazis attempt pogrom in Ostrava, 500 Roma march against them
- Czech President: More police needed in areas of conflict
- Czech Republic: No Romani candidates seated, populist Dawn (Úsvit) gets 7 % of the vote
- The long road of active resistance to racist marches in the Czech Republic
- Czech elections: Social Democrats gain only slight lead over ANO 2011
- Czech Republic: Neo-Nazis to march on state holiday Monday
- Czech Republic: Perpetrators of machete attack get up to 17.5 years

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If you think hip hop has been missing out on songs with snappy piano melodies and boom bap drums, look no further because you’ve hit paydirt. Emcee/producer HCM delivers the goods with a minimalist vibe, but that doesn’t make his new single and first DJBooth feature, The Gathering, any less head nod-worthy. HCM and fellow producer Max Savage remind us of world renowned architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, whose infinite wisdom included the well known phrase “less is more.” Just as there is beauty in lush, layered and intricate compositions, it also lies within simplicity and reservation. HCM fills in the gaps with lyrical gems and a candid voice that begs to be heard. Be sure to check out his latest project, Love Money Bullsh*t, on Bandcamp and keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for more HCM on The DJBooth in the future.
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Equestrian: Britain’s Townend fills top two spots in Badminton trials
36-year-old tops leader board with two Irish Sport Horse geldings
Britain’s Oliver Townend fills the top two spots at the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton international horse trials. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho
Britain’s Oliver Townend fills the top two spots on the leaderboard with two Irish Sport Horse geldings going into Saturday’s cross-country phase of the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton international horse trials.
Townend, who won last weekend’s five-star Land Rover Kentucky horse trials for the second successive year on the Irish Sport Horse gelding Cooley Master Class, topped Thursday’s first day of dressage with a record-breaking score for the Gloucestershire venue of 19.7 penalties on the 13-year-old S Freevagh Ferro gelding, Cillnabradden Evo.
On Friday, the 36-year-old from Shropshire, who won the event in 2009, moved into second place when posting a penalty score of 21.1 on Ballaghmor Class, a 12-year-old by Courage on which he won Burghley in 2017. Following dressage, British riders filled the top eight places, Townend’s nearest challenger being local competitor Tom McEwan on Toledo De Kerser (24.7).
None of the six Irish riders competing at the event, which too is running with the new five-star status, finished inside the top 20 with the placed being England-based Padraig McCarthy (41), who is lying 22nd (31.2 penalties) on the British-bred Mr Chunky with which the Tipperary native made his Badminton debut last year before being a member of the Irish silver medal-winning team at the World Equestrian Games in September. Hillsborough maths teacher Clare Abbott (32) is two places behind on Cormac McKay’s home-bred 16-year-old ISH gelding Euro Prince (31.4) with which she is making her fifth Badminton appearance.
Irish eventing team manager Sally Corscadden commented of Saturday’s 33-fence cross-country track: “Eric Winter, designer of the cross-country course, describes this year’s track as being ‘different to what we’ve previously seen’ and different it certainly is. It’s an innovative track which is sure to test the athlete’s cross-country riding and I am very much looking forward to seeing how our Irish athletes will answer the questions being asked of them.”
Corscadden, Horse Sport Ireland’s eventing high-performance director, recently announced her squad for this year’s European championships at Luhmühlen, Germany and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
In addition to the aforementioned Abbott and McCarthy the squad comprises Cathal Daniels (Rioghan Rua), Sarah Ennis (Woodcourt Garrison), Ciaran Glynn (November Night), Aidan Keogh (Pride Of Tredstep), Brian Morrison (Global Orchid), Michael Ryan (Dunlough Striker), Patricia Ryan (Dunlough Eclipse), Sam Watson (Horseware Ardagh Highlight, Tullabeg Flamenco and Imperial Sky), Susie Berry (Stonedge and Ringwood LB), Aoife Clark (Fernhill Adventure) and Austin O’Connor (Colorado Blue).
Co Carlow’s Watson, who won the CCI4*-L at Ballindenisk last month on the Puissance gelding Imperial Sky (owned by his wife Hannah and Cathy Byrne), has moved up four places to seventh in the FEI world rankings.
This weekend, Ireland’s international show jumping riders are competing from Shangai in China to Tryon in North Carolina.
A large contingent of underage riders are in Fontainebleau, France where, on Friday, the James Kernan-managed quartet of Kate Derwin (Ahg Whiterock Cruise Down), Harry Allen (Quarisma Della Caccia), Jennifer Kuehnle (Consun) and Jason Foley (Uncas S) won the Junior Nations’ Cup competition. They finished on a two-round total of five with Belgium placing second (eight) ahead of France (12).
Kernan outlined how his team’s experience proved crucial and how the outing was very beneficial ahead of this year’s European Championships at Zuidwolde in The Netherlands.
“We came here with a very strong team - three previous European gold medal winners and one rider who has won European individual silver. That really came out today as all four riders jumped brilliantly which was even more impressive as some of our riders were on relatively new horses. We had some very strong riders left at home and it is all very positive for the future. We will go to Hagen next for the Nations’ Cup there and continue our preparations for the European Championships that take place in July.”
At the three-star show in Mannheim in Germany, the show jumpers have been joined by Irish dressage and para dressage competitors. At home, the weekend’s show at Portmore in Co Antrim features the second legs of The Underwriting Exchange National 1.40m Grand Prix (Saturday) and the TRM/HIS New Heights Champions Series 1.50m Grand Prix (Sunday).
This Bank Holiday weekend also sees RDS show jumping qualifiers taking place in Galway and Cavan while there is a national one-day event in Crecora on Sunday. Dressage fans of all ages are being well-catered for with the Irish Pony Club national dressage day taking place at Spruce Lodge, Co Wicklow on Saturday and the inaugural Wild Atlantic dressage festival running on Saturday and Sunday at the Ard Chuan Equestrian Centre, Co Sligo.
In the latest world dressage rankings published by the FEI, Germany-based Kildare native Judy Reynolds has gone up two places to 19th.

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Efforts to keep the Mohawk language alive in Tyendinaga Mohawk territory continue – Kingston
The Mohawk language is considered endangered, with fewer than 2,500 people speaking it in Canada and the United States. But efforts are being made to keep the language alive in the Mohawk territory of Tyendinaga, in southeastern Ontario.
It has been three years since a Certificate in Mohawk Language and Culture – a partnership program between Queen’s University and the Tsi TyÃ³nnheht OnkwawÃ©n: na Language and Culture Center – was made available to the community of Tyendinaga and the nation. mohawk. Since then, more than 20 Indigenous students have registered.
Research grant to develop a Mohawk language study program in Tyendinaga
In the Mohawk Territory of Tyendinaga, there have been no fluent native speakers in the community for the past 20 years. But with calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, language and culture programs are now on offer for the next generation to connect with their lost heritage.
âSpeaking the language and hearing the language and being part of the language learning community helps us reconnect with that culture because that was one of the things that was suppressed, if not actively suppressed, and then certainly discouraged,â said Nathan ThanyehtÃ©nhas Brinklow, who teaches the Mohawk language for the Queen’s University course.
Brinklow says he knows firsthand how Canada’s residential and day school system has ended the transmission of the Indigenous language across generations.
âMy great-grandmother was one of the last people to speak (our language). She was one of the people who attended residential school. It didn’t happen much from Tyendinaga, but she did, she went to Mush Hole (Mohawk Institute Residential School) in Brantford. So I think of her, âhe said.
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Brinklow said that although her great-grandmother could still speak the language after returning from residential school, she did not teach her children in the hopes that assimilation into Western culture would give them a better life.
With classes like his, Brinklow says it’s possible to try and revive the history and culture that was almost smothered by colonization and residential schools.
âNow there is a whole generation that can undo what has been done. “
“They would like us to remind everyone what happened,” says BC residential school survivor
In addition to the current class offered by Queen’s University, Tsi TyÃ³nnheht OnkwawÃ©n: na is currently working to secure funding and approval for a new permanent language center, the KenhtÃ¨: ke Language and Cultural Center.
The project needs federal and community support, but on Thursday Tsi TyÃ³nnheht OnkwawÃ©n: na announced a big step forward in potential construction, with the hiring of Toronto architect Brook McIlroy’s Indigenous Design Studio, who will oversee construction on one. once funding has been confirmed.
âNow is the time to create and invest in a next generation of loudspeakers. To reverse the decline of indigenous languages ââin Canada, the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission called for the creation of more educational and cultural spaces, âa statement from the cultural center said Thursday.
If funding is approved, the new cultural center will house school programs, an outdoor student play area and a traditional replica of the longhouse.
New Mohawk language program at Queen’s U taught in Tyendinaga territory
Brinklow says Canada marking the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is a sign that more and more Canadians are waking up to the country’s dark past, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
âNon-Indigenous people are starting to see our shared history and see what their history has cost us. We are therefore living in a positive moment, âhe said.
He says that a concrete way to support reconciliation efforts is to invest in programs and infrastructure that help support the growth of Indigenous languages.
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Prepare to be amazed by the many ways this book and its author are better than you thought they would be. Everybody knows that Rob Lowe is very handsome, and that he spent a long time being a Hollywood wild child. Now in his 40s, Lowe’s reflections on his life thus far demonstrate a remarkably responsible perspective and a refreshingly self-deprecating look at how he ended up in the better state of mind he inhabits today. While the headlines and high notes may come and go, Lowe remains a devoted husband and proud father.
This listen is a small miracle for many reasons. It’s not simply the fact that Lowe reveals himself as capable of compelling writing, which he certainly does. It’s also not merely the path of the narrative that’s intriguing, though that’s definitely the case. Whether he is spending several chapters thoroughly reminiscing about the many lessons he learned during The Outsiders or sharing a quick anecdote about trying to meet Liza Minnelli when he was a little kid, Lowe indeed offers up a terrific set of insights about both life and stardom. He proves himself as a generous spirit, with strong thanks for Martin Sheen and solid praise for Patrick Swayze.
His narration is clearly heartfelt, and never comes across as phony or acted. This listen feels like a casual dinner conversation, minus the slick descent into rumor-mongering that usually rears its ugly head in memoirs of this variety. Lowe manages to steer clear of the blame game when analyzing the simultaneous blessing and curse of the Brat Pack label or his decision to leave The West Wing, and even finds some gracious adjectives for Tom Cruise. Be on the lookout for eerily spot-on impersonations of many stars, including a particularly good Christopher Walken and Matt Dillon.
In the end, it’s hard to put a finger on what makes this book so utterly fascinating. There isn’t anything shocking in the subject matter; there isn’t any mud-flinging in the tone; there is very little that stands out as an exclamation point. Yet the total package undeniably and irresistibly triumphs at being genuinely charming. This is ironic, because the book then actually sort of mirrors Lowe’s career. He’s spent the last two decades trying to upend the idea that he is simply a pretty face. The book succeeds in that endeavor, just as his several iconic film roles have done, and yet the shallow type-casting of Rob Lowe somehow too frequently persists. It’s true that he is a very dreamy guy, but this memoir absolutely proves that he is also intelligent, worldly, witty, and political. It’s an excellent listen that ought to once and for all put an end to the notion the Rob Lowe’s charisma is only skin deep. Megan Volpert
A wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye. A teen idol at 15, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at 20, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio who was uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-70s Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. The Outsiders placed Lowe at the birth of the modern youth movement in the entertainment industry. During his time on The West Wing, he witnessed the surreal nexus of show business and politics, both on the set and in the actual White House. And in between are deft and humorous stories of the wild excesses that marked the 80s, leading to his quest for family and sobriety.
Never mean-spirited or salacious, Lowe delivers unexpected glimpses into his successes, disappointments, relationships, and one-of-a-kind encounters with people who shaped our world over the last 25 years. These stories are as entertaining as they are unforgettable.
©2011 Robert Lowe (P)2011 Macmillan Audio
"[Lowe] writes viscerally and insightfully...He looks back at the aberrant highs of his heart-throb days, the changing nature of stardom in Hollywood, the trade-off he has made between high life and home life, and the step-by-step effort behind his show business survival. He looked like the callowest kid in the "Outsiders" crew. Now he looks like the sturdiest of them all" (The New York Times)
"A fresh pop-culture history of Hollywood in the ’70s and ’80s from the point of view of the man who lived it…[Lowe] is as funny as he is thoughtful. This is the best type of celeb memoir, because its author is as interested in the world as the world is interested in him." (People Magazine)
"A lovely autobiography, equal parts dish and pathos.” (Vanity Fair)
Love learning about Rob's past - directly from him. His voice and cadence remains true to who he is and how he speaks.
There is nothing like listening to someone tell there story in their own voice, especially when the someone is a well-trained actor at the top of his craft.
The frank acknowledgment of the author's struggles with alchoholism and his fight to keep his Hollywood performances authentic.
Filming of the insiders.
An excellent book improved by a terrific narrator.
I loved getting to know Rob Lowe the man. I have always enjoyed him as an actor although I was never the adoring fan that rushed to see his every film. I am just a few years older than him and watched as those labeled the "Brat Pack" rose to fame. I never knew how they got the name "Brat Pack" until listening to this book, I always thought it was a spin from the famed "Rat Pack." Since it was meant to be a put down, I'm glad that it backfired on the a**hole journalist. Listening to Rob open up so honestly about the highs and lows of his life has garnered him my respect. I truly wish him much success as I think he has been shortchanged terribly by the industry and the public.
Listening to him talk about an event at a movie theater in Westwood and remembering that I was actually in that theater the night it happened. I'll never forget the whispers that made their way from one side of the theater to the other as the young girls discovered he was there. He was only a few rows behind me and I can still remember his eyes!
I found his voice to be really soothing and he talked as if you were sitting on a couch across the room from him, or maybe even sitting around a fire pit on the back patio as he entertained you with stories, shared secrets, and reflected on life's disappointments and choices he had made. It really was like he was talking to you as a friend.
I wanted to but was unable to which meant that I often went back a chapter each time I picked it up again just to review! I'll probably listen to it again when I have time to relax in my backyard this summer with a glass of wine...or two ;)
I don't usually go in for books written by celebs. I worked in the industry for 20 years and really don't buy into the poor me crap they tend to spout and I'll be dammed if I'm going to give these new reality based celebs a dime of my money or a minute of my time...they're already getting a free ride in my opinion. This book is different. I could relate to some of the situations...not because they were Hollywood industry based, but life based.
This book was excellent and well read. There were many surprises that kept it interesting. And you don't have to been a "Rob Lowe Fan" to thoroughly enjoy this book.
I didn't read the print version, but I think having Rob Lowe narrate this book made it so much better.
So many it's hard to pick. I grew up about the same time as Rob Lowe, so it's pretty neat to hear the behind the scenes of how The Outsiders was made.
Christopher Walken - cracked me up.
Rob Lowe is like Forrest Gump - LOL
I enjoyed every minute of this book, told especially well by the author. My husband and I grew up in the Midwest and are close in age to Rob, so we shared many of the same experiences from his childhood. We also love movies, so hearing about actors with whom we grew up was a delight. It was fascinating to listen to Rob's history and about the many, many interesting people he has met. I can only conclude that he was meant to be an actor... so many of his childhood experiences led him to where he is today. It's also joyous and refreshing to hear from a celebrity who is very grounded in his love of family. I started listening to the book based on reviews I'd read, then listened to it a second time with my husband because it was so interesting. I hope Rob will write again someday. He really is a wonderful storyteller with a full life from which to draw his tales. Bravo!
I do not have much time to read a book - so I listen to them during my commute to work.
The end of the book when he talked about the things he is doing now
I had no idea that someone who was labeled by the media as a "brat" is actually very eloquent and mature. If you had a prejudice against him, hopefully your opinion will change after hearing him describe his life to you through this audio. Not only do you realize how much he has experienced, but you also gain a new respect for how he handles everything he goes through. I see him in an entirely different light now and I'm really glad I gave his autobiography a chance.
Decent (if pedestrian) writing, factual errors aside. ("They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" wasn't Jane Fonda's debut, she'd already been making movies for a decade; Lucille Ball never received a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, she was a presenter on the night of Lowe's Snow White Oscar debacle, etc...)
Lowe is a great mimic, and the fact that the book comes to life when he quotes dialogue points right to the heart of the problem -- good actors don't necessarily make good narrators. All actors can handle dialogue, it's what they do. But when Lowe has to narrate his own unremarkable prose, he flatlines. (His narration put me in mind of Richard Thomas', another good actor who simply can't narrate; I had to bail on his recording of "Heart Of Darkness" after about 15 minutes.)
He has no vocal variety. Whether he's discussing loosing friends on 9/11, his mother's death from cancer, enduring a harrowing audition for Francis Ford Coppola, or finding the love of his life, he never departs from his steady, measured, uninflected, slightly melancholy tone. If it weren't for the fact that his subject matter is sprinkled with tidbits on the rich & famous, his narration would be sleep inducing. (I listened while gardening -- I didn't trust myself to drive.)
Aside from the glittering supporting cast, it's a pretty tepid affair. He enters rehab without seeming to bottom out, and addresses his sex tape scandal without much perspective, and without giving the listener any idea of his mindset at the time he made such a major misjudgment.
The dialogue sections aside, the recording feels workmanlike, and contains a number of stumbles, wrong word stresses, etc... which imply that the actor and the production team just wanted to get it done. Listening, I ultimately began to feel the same way.
He expresses an admirable lack of bitterness and self pity over his various setbacks, but when you're rich, famous, handsome and celebrated, you hardly get major points for not whining.
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Octopussy, a short story from India.
Octopussy, a short story from India. In March 2004 I was 25 years old. With not a care in the world, no particular place to be and zero commitments to speak of, I packed up a rucksack and headed off to India. The future lay sparkling and I thought it would last forever. —— ‘‘Hey, […]Read More

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|Abstract:||Cloud computing is currently a very popular computing paradigm as it provides ubiquitous, on-demand access as a service to computing resources via the Internet. In spite of offering marked advantages over the traditional style of computing, there are several issues related to load on the computing system and task scheduling to outperform the computation that need to be effectively solved in order to provide better quality of service to the service consumer. Task scheduling is a crucial research area since it affects the system load and performance; and there will always be scope for optimizing existing scheduling algorithms and propose efficient new task scheduling algorithms. Many task scheduling algorithms to resolve this problem have already been proposed - Particle Swarm Optimization, Ant Colony Optimization, Genetic algorithms, Artificial Bee Algorithm etc. In this paper, we propose a hybrid task scheduling algorithm that is based on combining the plus points of bio-inspired algorithms like Ant Colony Optimization and Artificial Bee Algorithm. We show were the strong points of both these algorithms can be utilized and incorporated in order to optimize task scheduling in the cloud algorithm. It is observed that the proposed algorithm gave an improvement of about 19% when compared to the default FCFS scheduling strategy, 11% better than ABC algorithm and performed 9% better than the conventional ACO based task scheduling. � 2014 IEEE.|
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In the early stages of the Universe, quarks and gluons were quickly confined to protons and neutrons which went on to form atoms. With particle accelerators reaching increasingly higher energy levels the opportunity to study this fleeting primordial state of matter has finally arrived.
Quark-Gluon Plasma (QGP) is a state of matter which existed only for the briefest of times at the very beginning of the Universe with these particles being quickly clumped together to form the protons and neutrons that make up the everyday matter that surrounds us. The challenge of understanding this primordial state of matter falls to physicists operating the world’s most powerful particle accelerators. A new special edition of EPJ ST entitled ‘Quark-Gluon Plasma and Heavy-Ion Phenomenology’ edited by Munshi G. Mustafa, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India, brings together seven papers that detail our understanding of QGP and the processes that transformed it into the baryonic matter around us on an everyday basis.
“Quark-Gluon Plasma is the strongly interacting deconfined matter which existed only briefly in the early universe, a few microseconds after the Big Bang,” says Mustafa. “The discovery and characterisation of the properties of QGP remain some of the best orchestrated international efforts in modern nuclear physics.” Mustafa highlights Heavy Ion Phenomenology as providing a very reliable tool to determine the properties of QGP and in particular, the dynamics of its evolution and cooling.
Improvements at colliders such as the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have radically increased the energy levels that can be attained by heavy nuclei collisions at near-light speeds bringing them in line with those of the infant Universe. In addition to this, future experiments at the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) and at the Nuclotron-based Ion Collider fAcility (NICA) will generate a wealth of data on QGP and the conditions in the early Universe.
“This collection is so timely as it calls for a better theoretical understanding of particle properties of hot and dense deconfined matter, which reflect both static and dynamical properties of QGP,” explains Mustafa. “This improved theoretical understanding of Quark-Gluon Plasma and Heavy Ion Phenomenology is essential for uncovering the properties of the putative QGP which occupied the entire universe, a few microseconds after Big Bang.”
Mustafa points out that this improved understanding should also open the doorway to understanding the equation of state of this strongly interacting matter and prepare the platform to explore the theory of quark-hadron transition and the possible thermalisation of the QGP. This could in turn help us understand the steps that led from QGP to the everyday baryonic matter that surrounds us.
“The quarks and gluons which formed the neutrons and protons were confined into them, a few microseconds after the Big Bang,” concludes Mustafa. “This is the first time when we have seen them being liberated from their eternal confinement!”
All articles are available here and are freely accessible until 12 September 2021. For further information read the Editorial by Mustafa. M. G., ‘Quark-Gluon Plasma and Heavy-ion Phenomenology’ Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 230, 603–605 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-021-00018-y
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Too much has already been said and done by our current political protagonist that dialogue between President Nelson Chamisa’s MDC-A and President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu-PF is no longer possible without an external force.
The first issue of unresolved contention was who between the two parties is to call for the dialogue process. The two party’s positions have remained the same up to now. Several windows opened and closed owing to this significant sticking point.
The possible solution to this convening predicament has been for the church to step into the gap. The major problem for the church has been that of operating using similar hierarchical structure’s to those found in politics. This means that proposals and solutions are also mainly driven by the upper layers of leadership devoid of input from lower levels of society. In my view the total disregard of input in governance from lower levels of society is our greatest governance problem in Zimbabwe. Some might confuse this to voting rights periodically in elections but I mean the day to day running of our communities at our community levels.
The church’s predicament has recently been exposed by the sabbatical proposal forwarded to political parties in the country. This proposal as many other previous moves by the church clearly highlight the limited level of consultation in formulation, practicability assessment and presentations of plans. Their work will be noble but to a certain extent limited in legal, political implications assessment or other areas that suggest a lack of consultation before their presentations. To a certain extent you can also see a lack of divine intervention through prayer and fasting.
Moving forward the only solution from all said and done is a strong external force (not in the current political system) that is respected, listen to and inclusive in its approach. Personally I am against a foreign mediator for I have always said since independence for all our major political conflicts we have continued to have such solutions. As a nation approaching 40 years of independence it’s high time we seat down as a people to determine our own governance and political future alone.
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Philip Key meets the multi-talented Matt Devereux, in panto at Theatr Clwyd in Mold.
HAVING spoken to numerous pantomime actors over the years, I know what to expect: a stream of bad gags, tales of ridiculous costumes and memories of famous dames.
What I don't expect is a conversation peppered with names like John Coltrane, Dante Alighieri and Carl Jung. With a bit of Japanese theatrical history thrown in.
But then not all pantomime actors are like Matt Devereux, a chap who really earns the title Renaissance man.
He's at Mold's Clwyd Theatr Cymru this year playing the squire in Jack and the Beanstalk, a theatre where he last appeared wearing a dress.
Devereux is an imposing sort of bloke at 6ft 4ins, well set up, well-spoken and likely to burst into laughter at one of his own bon mots. He's also had - and still has - practically every career you care to mention.
He's a painter, jazz musician and stand-up comedian for starters. Acting seems to be just one string in a very well-strung bow.
Pantomime is, however, a favourite. "It's like organised anarchy if you can use such an expression. You're really being paid to muck about but in a disciplined sort of way.
"Within that framework you can just let rip and if you're having fun and managing to share that sense of fun with the audience, that's the essence of panto."
It appears Mold audiences do share that sense of fun, the theatre having staged its rock and roll pantomimes, written and directed by Peter Rowe and Alan Ellis, for the last few years.
"If the audience had their way we would have pantomime all year long," suggests artistic director Terry Hands.
He's also a fan, explaining how foreign friends who visit the theatre and see the pantomime are always amazed at the rapport between performers and audience. "There's nothing quite like it anywhere in the world," he says.
Devereux sort of agrees. "There is also no theatre like noh theatre," he says using a terrible pun. That's a traditional Japanese form of theatre along with Kabuki. "I'm influenced by Kabuki," he offers uninvited. "It's because of the colour and the fact that they go cross-eyed. But they go cross-eyed in the serious bits where we go cross-eyed in the comic ones - which can cause diplomatic problems."
Then pulling himself together, he announces: "But we're in Britain not Japan!"
London-born, he went with the family when they moved to Australia "for work reasons". A few years later they were back again, the return once more "for work reasons".
An early stage appearance was at the Royal Opera House, part of the boys' chorus in productions like Turandot, Boris Godunov and Peter Grimes. But then it was off to art school to study painting.
He still paints - for a while he was employed as a backdrop painter - and has brought his paintbox to Mold. "When I am not performing I will be capturing the verdant colours of the surrounding countryside," he says. Fellow panto performer Simon Jessop playing the giant is also a painter. "We are planning to form an artists' colony here."
It was at art school that he discovered jazz thanks to one of the head tutors. "He introduced me to John Coltrane." When I explain that I have one of the American jazzman's albums virtually unplayed, Devereux - who likes his quotations - mentions Mark Twain's definition of a classic book, "one that is admired by many but never read".
Devereux still plays jazz, having taken up the alto saxophone at the age of 20, making regular appearances at London's Troubadour Club.
He will be playing it in the pantomime - it's one of those shows that uses actor/ musicians - alongside the baritone sax.
He is also a stand-up comedian, sometimes doing character stand-up - he won a prize at the Hackney Empire with his Bob Van Krap.
APPEAR more and more as myself these days which is harder because you've got nothing to hide behind. At the Comic Discipline Club in London I do off-the-cuff stuff - you just open your mouth and hope for the best. It's something to do with being arrogant enough to think that what comes out of your mouth is going to sound vaguely amusing."
He also writes for other comics. "It's a good way of making not a great deal of money. Comedy is consumed at a great rate so if you can offer your services as a comedy writer and can deliver on schedule and to budget, the world will beat a path to your door."
Acting is something he sort of drifted into, he says, "just adding to the number of ways I can defraud the public out of a bit of money. I can give no account of how I came there, such slumber weighed upon me at the point where I left the rightful path," he intones. It turns out to be a quotation from Dante. "I've tried to pass it off as my own but for some reason people are reluctant to believe me..."
It was singing The Big Bopper in the musical Buddy that started him off and then came a role in the television series Crocodile Shoes playing an alcoholic taxi driver.
"It didn't seem like rocket science to me although I am sure the more serious students of acting will tell you it's a terrifyingly difficult thing to do. But I chanced my arm and have managed to remain in work."
But he does admire actors. "For all their fecklessness, they are some of the most reliable people in the world because you always have to turn up for work - you have to go on unless you've been hit by a truck. I've seen people go on with terrible illnesses which in any other business they would phone in sick. It's a terrible cliche but the show must go on."
In Jack and the Beanstalk his plot line involves the class war, he suggests. As the squire he evicts Jack's mother Dolly from her farm and when she gets rich tries "to get my hands on her assets". He thinks the main tale - about a boy with apparently worthless beans which turn out to be valuable in a way people could not imagine - has a touch of Jungian theory about it. He may have been joking but he delivers his gags with such deadly seriousness it is difficult to tell.
* Jack and the Beanstalk opens at Clwyd Theatr Cymru on November 30 and runs until January 26.

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Man, 51, pulled knife on his brother for eating too many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
- Jerome Davis became enraged after his brother questions his eating habits
- He had eaten six peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in an hour
Six sandwiches in one hour: Jerome Davis became enraged when his brother questioned his eating habits and pulled a knife on him
An Iowa man pulled a knife on his brother as they fought over peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
Jerome Davis, 51, of Des Moines, became enraged Friday after his brother criticized him for making and eating six sandwiches in an hour, so he pulled a knife on him.
Mr Davis has a handful of drug-related criminal convictions dating back over 20 years that include multiple jail sentences, records showed.
Authorities did not name Mr Davis’ brother, also in his 50s, in an arrest report obtained by the Des Moines Register which details the altercation.
Mr Davis ‘made three peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and ate them in the living room,’ the report said. ‘Within the next hour, the suspect made another 3 of these peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.’
This brought ‘his total consumption of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to six. This angered the victim,’ the report continued.
Confronted with being called an over-eater, Mr Davis escalated the situation.
‘Both victim and suspect began yelling about the other being lazy and ‘eating again,’ the report said.
Mr Davis then pulled out a knife, held it to his brother’s face and threatened to cut him, according to the report.
Police confiscated two knives from the scene and arrested the violent man as he told them he became violent because his brother wouldn’t ‘shut the f**k up and mind his own business.’
This is not Mr Davis’ first run-in with the law. He has three drug-related convictions, as well as another for criminal trespass.
He has served at least a combined 14 days in jail for the convictions.
The ex-con was charged with domestic assault with a weapon and hauled back to jail pending trial.
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FRANKLIN LIVING— Nothing says summer like good friends and family gathering outside on the patio or front porch and enjoying a ripe watermelon. This refreshing, delicious summer treat is a favorite among almost everyone – and nowhere, perhaps, is that truer than here in Franklin County, where Russellville is the Watermelon Capital of Alabama. Looking for an economical dessert that feeds a crowd? Try a watermelon! Red or yellow, salt or no salt, forks, spoons or your hands, you have a mouthwatering, healthy, colorful, naturally sweet treat. From carvings to pickles, watermelon is a well-rounded fruit with many benefits. No matter how you slice it, watermelon reigns supreme!
Did you know?
Watermelon is 100 percent usable.
- Watermelon flesh can be used in savory or sweet applications and even gilled.
- Watermelon peel is perfect for carving and as garnish on the plate or glass.
- Watermelon rind can be used for pickles, stir fry and slaw.
- Watermelon seeds can be roasted and used on salads.
- Watermelon can be traced back to southern Africa.
- The first evidence of people eating watermelon was recorded in Egypt in the second millennium BC. In the 10th century China began cultivating watermelon, and in the 16th century European colonists and the slave trade brought watermelon to the Americas, with the fruit first grown in Florida. Watermelon reached South America in the 17th century.
- Watermelon is a member of the cucurbitaceae family – the gourd family of flowering plants – which includes squash, zucchini and cucumber. Botanically, watermelon is a fruit, but it is grown using vegetable practices: planted from seeds, tended throughout its growth period, harvested and the field cleared like a vegetable crop.
- In order to grow watermelon, you need sun, bees, well-drained sandy soil and water.
- At full maturity, watermelons are harvested by hand.
- Research shows taste is the top reason consumers buy watermelon.
- Watermelons are 92 percent water, constituting most of their weight.
- Watermelon varieties fall into four types:
- Seeded: round, long, oblong and 5-45 pounds
- Seedless: round to oblong, 10-45 pounds, with any small white seed coats in the flesh being undeveloped and edible
- Mini: round, seedless, 1-7 pounds, with thinner rinds that result in greater yield per pound
- Yellow-Orange: round, seeded or seedless, 10-30 pounds, generally sweeter than red-fleshed watermelon
- Almost 85 percent of watermelon varieties grown today are seedless.
- Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia and Texas are the top watermelon-producing states. The year-round supply of watermelon comes from Mexico and Guatemala.
IS THIS WATERMELON RIPE?
- Watermelons should be firm, symmetrical and free of bruises, cuts, dents or soft spots. Some surface scarring, however, is normal.
- Watermelons should be heavy for their size. Each watermelon is 92 percent water, contributing to most of its weight.
- The ground spot – the part of the watermelon resting on the soil – changes from pale white to a creamy yellow at the proper harvest maturity.
MELON PREPARATION AND STORAGE
- Depending on growing conditions, variety, handling and other factors, a whole watermelon has a 3-4-week shelf life after it is cut from the vine. Considering the supply chain, a whole watermelon is expected to have a 7-10-day shelf life by the time it’s received by a restaurant or grocery store.
- A whole watermelon does not need to be refrigerated. The ideal storage temperature for whole watermelon is 50-59 degrees. Temperatures below 45 degrees cause chilling injuries like pitted rind, off flavor and loss of color.
- Remember to wash a watermelon before you cut it.
- Fresh-cut watermelon should be refrigerated and kept chilled when served.
Ways to use watermelon in cooking:
• Juice and puree – Blend until smooth and strain if desired.
• Glaze – Mix pureed watermelon into barbecue sauce for a subtle fruit flavor.
• Compress – A vacuum-sealing technique that removes air from watermelon, concentrating and intensifying the fruit’s juices, color and flavor. The product is slightly translucent. Season the watermelon, if desired, before vacuum sealing with ingredients that complement watermelon.
• Pickle – Watermelon rind is used to make pickles for Southern dishes and global flavor profiles, such as combining North African sweet spices to make preserved lemon and watermelon chutney. The rind can be “canned” for longer storage or quick pickled.
• Garnish: Use as an accompaniment when you need a bright, tart, sweet taste. Julienne and add to a salad or slaw, or include to add complexity to a beverage.
• Infuse – Infuse watermelon with single ingredients, like lime juice, tea and vodka or with a marinade before adding to a recipe. Watermelon does not typically need more than an hour for marinating.
• Jell – Can be used to slow the release of watermelon flavor or present watermelon flavor with an unexpected texture.
• Foam – Create fresh foam from strained watermelon juice for a topping or freeze for a different texture and later use.
• Consommé – Strain watermelon puree through cheesecloth, allow to separate and decant the clear liquid.
Delicious and nutritious
Watermelon is an excellent source of:
- Vitamin A, which is important for eye and skin health.
- Vitamin C, an antioxidant that might aid in the maintenance of normal connective tissues and promote wound healing and support the immune system’s defenses against infections and viruses
- Pyrisoxine, or vitamin B6, which is essential for enzymatic functions that convert food into cellular energy. The body uses it to help break down protein – so the more protein you eat, the more vitamin B6 you need.
- Potassium, which is a mineral found in every cell that is necessary for water balance and might help maintain normal blood pressure.
For more information on how to grow watermelons, contact the Franklin County Extension System at 256-332-8880.


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A new study has found that taking a certain supplement could help slow down cognitive decline if taken daily. The results haven’t been published in a peer-review journal yet, but they are currently under review, according to NBC News.
The COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study looked at more than 20,000 men and women.
The study researched whether having a daily dose of multivitamin or cocoa extract supplements could reduce the risk of developing heart disease, stroke, cancer and other health problems.
When it came to cocoa, they focused on supplements containing 500 milligrams of cocoa flavan-3-ols.
A new study has found that taking a certain supplement could help you slow down this condition.
Flavanols have been previously tested in a pre-clinical study and showed promising results in lowering cognitive decline induced by vascular damage, Science Direct reports.
However, before this new study, the benefits of both cocoa and multivitamin supplements haven’t been proven.
This new, large-scale trial helped to determine whether these supplements could be truly beneficial.
The participants were given either a cocoa extract supplement, multivitamin, placebo or a mix of cocoa extract and multivitamin.
Then, the participants had to undergo different tests once a year that looked at their overall cognitive function, memory and executive function.
This series of tests lasted for three years.
The researchers found that a daily dose of multivitamin significantly improved memory and executive function, including Alzheimer's disease.
However, no results were observed in the group taking the cocoa supplements.
The study evidence suggests that multivitamin could slow cognitive decline by about 60 percent.
This translates to the equivalent of 1.8 years.
This research is the first large-scale trial in both men and women that studied the long-term effect of a cocoa extract supplement on cardiovascular health outcomes.
Cocoa is an ancient product, containing catechins and epicatechins - flavonoids classified as flavan-3-ols- linked to vascular health benefits, the Cosmo Trial reports.
As reported by NBC News, the lead of the trial Laura Baker said: “If further research confirms the findings, multivitamins could fill a gap in preventive care.
"I am always looking for something that is inexpensive and accessible to everyone.
“Especially to communities that don't have access to expensive interventions.
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All sides in the budget negotiations agreed Wednesday that the federal fiscal picture is grim, but the Congressional Budget Office director told lawmakers not to let big fights over taxes and spending get in the way of a short-term fix.
"Big steps are better than small steps, but small steps are better than no steps at all," Douglas Elmendorf said.
Mr. Elmendorf was briefing negotiators who are working to write a 2014 federal budget, saying the fiscal picture is still "unsustainable."
Though he encouraged a short-term solution over doing nothing, he left no question that long-term reforms are needed eventually, especially to manage Social Security and Medicaid costs. Congress will have three choices, he said: cut those entitlements, increase revenue or cut other programs.
"You don't have a choice about doing at least one of those things. You can do one or two or three if you choose to, but at least one of those things will have to change," he said.
The House and Senate negotiators are racing a mid-December deadline for writing a final budget blueprint, which would give the spending committees about a month to write individual appropriations bills. The government is running on stopgap money right now, but that expires Jan. 15.
Republicans have ruled out big tax increases, while Democrats have said they won't accept major cuts to Social Security or other entitlements, leaving lawmakers chiefly to fiddle with the automatic sequester budget cuts, which are due to hit again in January.
Mr. Elmendorf said tax increases and spending cuts — the most "abrupt fiscal tightening" since World War II — have helped cut the deficit dramatically, but that they also have harmed the economy.
"Our analysis indicates it has also slowed economic growth in the past few years," Mr. Elmendorf said.
Despite this, Sen. Chuck Grassley said sequestration is working. He urged the committee to focus on economic growth and job creation, not military strength.
"I hope we keep in mind that the economic strength of our country is a necessary precondition to our military strength," the Iowa Republican said. "Without economic strength, there won't be any national security. Compromising on the sequester for more money for the military I think is short-sighted."
Mr. Elmendorf's overview of the economic state of the country was discouraging, but Sen. Patty Murray, Washington Democrat and chairwoman of the Senate Budget Committee, said she is "very encouraged" by conversations with Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, that they can reach a final deal.
"I'm hoping we'll get to a bipartisan compromise very soon," she said in the meeting.
However, lawmakers continued to keep expectations for a large deal very low.
"I think we can reach an agreement, though I'm not sure how large it's going to be," said Rep. Tom Price, Georgia Republican. "I think we need to walk before we can run."
The CBO released a report Wednesday afternoon detailing the budgetary effects of more than 100 options that would decrease spending or increase revenue. While the report does not evaluate which would be best, it does lay out the consequences of each option, including how much it would save the government over the next 10 years.
Options range from Social Security reforms to increasing taxes on cigarettes to canceling the Navy's plans to acquire more ballistic-missile submarines. Some that would save the most include reducing the size of the military, which would save $495 billion, and imposing a $25 tax per metric ton on greenhouse gases, which would save more than $1 trillion over 10 years.
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If, like us, your weekly screen time notifications are forever on the rise, then the following news might not help the amount of time you spend staring at your phone.
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority has announced that it will soon be launching a WhatsApp service so you can keep in touch with them easily and quickly.
How and where do you pay your fines? Soon you will be able to access all the information you need at any time through the new service on WhatsApp. pic.twitter.com/Wp09RnP1fV— RTA (@rta_dubai) July 16, 2019
In a post released by the RTA, you’ll be able to pay your fines and find out more information through WhatsApp, with the authority responding to users directly. You’ll be able to converse with them through 058 800 9090, which will offer up 24/7 service so any information you need will come quickly and when you need it most.
All you need to do is enter your registration number or license number, and you’ll get everything you need.
The RTA also recently announced that as much as 70 percent of lost items in Dubai Taxis are being returned, so if you lost your, for example, bar of gold, you’re more than likely to get it back.
The authority also announced that it has signed an agreement for suspended, driverless “sky trains”, which will hopefully be coming to Dubai soon.